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1 Offseason  




2 Season standings  


2.1  American League Central  




2.2  American League Wild Card  




2.3  Record against opponents  






3 Game log  




4 Roster  




5 Player stats  


5.1  Batting  




5.2  Pitching  






6 Farm system  




7 References  




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2020 Kansas City Royals season






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2020 Kansas City Royals
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionCentral
BallparkKauffman Stadium
CityKansas City, Missouri
Record26–34 (.433)
Divisional place4th
OwnersJohn Sherman
General managersDayton Moore
ManagersMike Matheny
TelevisionFox Sports Kansas City
(Ryan Lefebvre, Jeff Montgomery, Rex Hudler, Steve Physioc)
RadioKCSP 610 AM
(Denny Matthews, Steve Stewart, Rex Hudler, Ryan Lefebvre, Steve Physioc, Jeff Montgomery)
← 2019 Seasons 2021 →

The 2020 Kansas City Royals season was the 52nd season for the franchise, and their 48th at Kauffman Stadium. The 2020 season was the first under new owner John Sherman, whose purchase of the team was approved by MLB on November 21, 2019.[1] It was also the first season under manager Mike Matheny, replacing Ned Yost after having a ten-season tenure.[2] The team finished with a 26–34 win–loss record, landing them fourth place in the American League Central.

On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled.[3] Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the CDC to restrict events of more than 50 people for eight weeks.[4] On June 23, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players reported to training camps on July 1 in order to resume spring training and prepare for a July 24 Opening Day.[5]

Offseason

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Season standings

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American League Central

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  • t
  • e
    • AL Central
    Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
    Minnesota Twins 36 24 .600 — 24‍–‍7 12‍–‍17
    Cleveland Indians 35 25 .583 1 18‍–‍12 17‍–‍13
    Chicago White Sox 35 25 .583 1 18‍–‍12 17‍–‍13
    Kansas City Royals 26 34 .433 10 15‍–‍15 11‍–‍19
    Detroit Tigers 23 35 .397 12 12‍–‍15 11‍–‍20


    American League Wild Card

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  • t
  • e
    • Division Leaders
    Team W L Pct.
    Tampa Bay Rays 40 20 .667
    Oakland Athletics 36 24 .600
    Minnesota Twins 36 24 .600
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  • e
    • Division 2nd Place
    Team W L Pct.
    Cleveland Indians 35 25 .583
    New York Yankees 33 27 .550
    Houston Astros 29 31 .483
  • t
  • e
    • Wild Card teams
    (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
    Team W L Pct. GB
    Chicago White Sox 35 25 .583 +3
    Toronto Blue Jays 32 28 .533 —
    Seattle Mariners 27 33 .450 5
    Los Angeles Angels 26 34 .433 6
    Kansas City Royals 26 34 .433 6
    Baltimore Orioles 25 35 .417 7
    Boston Red Sox 24 36 .400 8
    Detroit Tigers 23 35 .397 8
    Texas Rangers 22 38 .367 10


    Record against opponents

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    2020 American League record
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  • e

    • Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2020

    Team CWS CLE DET KC MIN NL
    Chicago — 2–8 9–1 9–1 5–5 10–10
    Cleveland 8–2 — 7–3 5–5 3–7 12–8
    Detroit 1–9 3–7 — 4–6 4–6 11–7
    Kansas City 1–9 5–5 6–4 — 5–5 9–11
    Minnesota 5–5 7–3 6–4 5–5 — 13–7

    Game log

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    2020 game log: 26–34 (Home: 15–15; Away: 11–19)

    July: 3–5 (Home: 0–1; Away: 3–4)

    # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Streak
    1 July 24 @ Indians 0–2 Bieber (1–0) Duffy (0–1) Hand (1) 0–1 L1
    2 July 25 @ Indians 3–2 (10) Barlow (1–0) Karinchak (0–1) Holland (1) 1–1 W1
    3 July 26 @ Indians 2–9 Carrasco (1–0) Bolaños (0–1) — 1–2 L1
    4 July 27 @ Tigers 14–6 Griffin (1–0) Funkhouser (0–1) — 2–2 W1
    5 July 28 @ Tigers 3–4 Alexander (1–0) Zuber (0–1) Jiménez (3) 2–3 L1
    6 July 29 @ Tigers 4–5 Garcia (1–0) Kennedy (0–1) Jiménez (4) 2–4 L2
    7 July 30 @ Tigers 5–3 Holland (1–0) Cisnero (1–1) Rosenthal (1) 3–4 W1
    8 July 31 White Sox 2–3 Keuchel (2–0) Bubic (0–1) Colomé (1) 3–5 L1

    August: 11–16 (Home: 7–6; Away: 4–10)

    # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Streak
    9 August 1 White Sox 5–11 Foster (1–0) Bolaños (0–2) Heuer (1) 3–6 L2
    10 August 2 White Sox 2–9 Cease (1–1) Barlow (1–1) — 3–7 L3
    11 August 3 @ Cubs 0–2 Mills (2–0) Duffy (0–2) Wick (2) 3–8 L4
    12 August 4 @ Cubs 4–5 Hendricks (2–1) Singer (0–1) Ryan (1) 3–9 L5
    13 August 5 Cubs 1–6 Darvish (2–1) Bubic (0–2) — 3–10 L6
    14 August 6 Cubs 13–2 Keller (1–0) Chatwood (2–1) — 4–10 W1
    15 August 7 Twins 3–2 Holland (2–0) Wisler (0–1) Rosenthal (2) 5–10 W2
    16 August 8 Twins 9–6 Zuber (1–1) Thorpe (0–1) Rosenthal (3) 6–10 W3
    17 August 9 Twins 4–2 Singer (1–1) Berríos (1–2) Barlow (1) 7–10 W4
    18 August 11 @ Reds 5–6 (10) Sims (1–0) Staumont (0–1) — 7–11 L1
    19 August 12 @ Reds 5–4 Keller (2–0) Miley (0–2) Rosenthal (4) 8–11 W1
    — August 14 @ Twins Postponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to August 15.
    20 August 15 (1) @ Twins 2–4 (7) Duffey (1–0) Speier (0–1) Rogers (5) 8–12 L1
    21 August 15 (2) @ Twins 4–2 (7) Duffy (1–2) Berríos (1–3) Rosenthal (5) 9–12 W1
    22 August 16 @ Twins 2–4 Dobnak (4–1) Singer (1–2) Romo (3) 9–13 L1
    23 August 17 @ Twins 1–4 Smeltzer (2–0) Bubic (0–3) — 9–14 L2
    — August 18 Reds Postponed (COVID-19). Rescheduled to August 19.
    24 August 19 (1) Reds 4–0 (7) Keller (3–0) Castillo (0–3) Rosenthal (6) 10–14 W1
    25 August 19 (2) Reds 0–5 (7) Bauer (3–0) Harvey (0–1) — 10–15 L1
    26 August 21 Twins 7–2 Duffy (2–2) Odorizzi (0–1) — 11–15 W1
    27 August 22 Twins 2–7 Dobnak (5–1) Singer (1–3) — 11–16 L1
    28 August 23 Twins 4–5 Clippard (1–0 Bubic (0–4) Rogers (6) 11–17 L2
    29 August 24 @ Cardinals 3–9 Flaherty (2–0) Keller (3–1) — 11–18 L3
    30 August 25 @ Cardinals 5–4 Staumont (1–1) Gant (0–1) Rosenthal (7) 12–18 W1
    31 August 26 @ Cardinals 5–6 Reyes (1–0) Rosario (0–1) — 12–19 L1
    32 August 28 @ White Sox 5–6 Colomé (1–0) Kennedy (0–2) — 12–20 L2
    33 August 29 @ White Sox 9–6 Newberry (1–0) Burdi (0–1) Hahn (1) 13–20 W1
    34 August 30 @ White Sox 2–5 (10) Foster (3–0) Zuber (1–2) — 13–21 L1
    35 August 31 Indians 2–1 Barlow (2–1) Karinchak (0–2) Holland (2) 14–21 W1

    September: 12–13 (Home: 8–8; Away: 4–5)

    # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Streak
    36 September 1 Indians 1–10 Plesac (2–1) Harvey (0–2) — 14–22 L1
    37 September 2 Indians 0–5 McKenzie (2–0) Junis (0–1) — 14–23 L2
    38 September 3 White Sox 6–11 Cease (5–2) Duffy (2–3) — 14–24 L3
    39 September 4 White Sox 4–7 Heuer (2–0) Singer (1–4) Colomé (8) 14–25 L4
    40 September 5 White Sox 3–5 Giolito (4–2) Bubic (0–5) Colomé (9) 14–26 L5
    41 September 6 White Sox 2–8 Keuchel (6–2) Harvey (0–3) — 14–27 L6
    42 September 7 @ Indians 2–5 Plesac (3–1) Keller (3–2) Hand (12) 14–28 L7
    43 September 8 @ Indians 8–5 Holland (3–0) Cimber (0–1) Barlow (2) 15–28 W1
    44 September 9 @ Indians 3–0 Duffy (3–3) Carrasco (2–4) Holland (3) 16–28 W2
    45 September 10 @ Indians 11–1 Singer (2–4) Civale (3–5) — 17–28 W3
    46 September 11 Pirates 4–3 Bubic (1–5) Brault (0–3) Holland (4) 18–28 W4
    47 September 12 Pirates 7–4 Zimmer (1–0) Williams (1–7) Holland (5) 19–28 W5
    48 September 13 Pirates 11–0 Keller (4–2) Kuhl (1–2) — 20–28 W6
    49 September 15 @ Tigers 0–6 Boyd (2–6) Junis (0–2) — 20–29 L1
    50 September 16 @ Tigers 4–0 Singer (3–4) Skubal (1–3) — 21–29 W1
    51 September 18 @ Brewers 5–9 Rasmussen (1–0) Duffy (3–4) — 21–30 L1
    52 September 19 @ Brewers 0–5 Burnes (4–0) Bubic (1–6) — 21–31 L2
    53 September 20 @ Brewers 3–5 Lindblom (2–3) Keller (4–3) Hader (10) 21–32 L3
    54 September 21 Cardinals 4–1 Staumont (2–1) Wainwright (5–2) Holland (6) 22–32 W1
    55 September 22 Cardinals 0–5 Gomber (1–1) Singer (3–5) — 22–33 L1
    56 September 23 Cardinals 12–3 Duffy (4–4) Martínez (0–3) — 23–33 W1
    57 September 24 Tigers 8–7 Hahn (1–0) Alexander (2–3) Newberry (1) 24–33 W2
    58 September 25 Tigers 3–2 Keller (5–3) Turnbull (4–4) Hahn (2) 25–33 W3
    59 September 26 Tigers 3–4 Boyd (3–7) Hernández (0–1) Garcia (4) 25–34 L1
    60 September 27 Tigers 3–1 Singer (4–5) Skubal (1–4) Hahn (3) 26–34 W1
    Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
    Bold = Royals team member

    Roster

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    2020 Kansas City Royals
    Roster
    Pitchers Catchers

    Infielders

    Outfielders

    		Manager

    Coaches

    Player stats

    [edit]

    Batting

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    Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

    Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB AVG SLG
    Whit Merrifield 60 248 38 70 12 0 9 30 12 12 .282 .440
    Maikel Franco 60 223 23 62 16 0 8 38 1 16 .278 .457
    Adalberto Mondesí 59 219 33 56 11 3 6 22 24 11 .256 .416
    Nicky Lopez 56 169 15 34 8 0 1 13 0 18 .201 .266
    Alex Gordon 50 163 15 34 4 0 4 11 0 18 .209 .307
    Hunter Dozier 44 158 29 36 4 2 6 12 4 27 .228 .392
    Salvador Pérez 37 150 22 50 12 0 11 32 1 3 .333 .633
    Jorge Soler 43 149 17 34 8 0 8 24 0 19 .228 .443
    Ryan O'Hearn 42 113 7 22 6 0 2 18 0 18 .195 .301
    Ryan McBroom 36 81 8 20 3 0 6 10 0 4 .247 .506
    Edward Olivares 18 62 5 17 1 1 2 7 0 2 .274 .419
    Bubba Starling 35 59 5 10 1 0 1 5 0 4 .169 .237
    Cam Gallagher 25 53 10 15 5 0 1 3 0 6 .283 .434
    Franchy Cordero 16 38 7 8 3 0 2 7 1 4 .211 .447
    Brett Phillips 18 31 8 7 0 1 1 2 3 3 .226 .387
    Meibrys Viloria 15 21 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 .190 .238
    Erick Mejia 8 14 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .071 .143
    Nick Heath 15 13 2 2 1 0 0 3 2 2 .154 .231
    Matt Reynolds 3 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
    Kelvin Gutiérrez 4 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .111
    Oscar Hernández 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500
    Team Totals 60 1988 248 485 97 7 68 237 49 172 .244 .402

    Source:[1]

    Pitching

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    Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

    Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB SO
    Brady Singer 4 5 4.06 12 12 0 64.1 52 29 29 23 61
    Danny Duffy 4 4 4.95 12 11 0 56.1 53 33 31 22 57
    Brad Keller 5 3 2.47 9 9 0 54.2 39 16 15 17 35
    Kris Bubic 1 6 4.32 10 10 0 50.0 52 29 24 22 49
    Scott Barlow 2 1 4.20 32 0 2 30.0 27 14 14 9 39
    Greg Holland 3 0 1.91 28 0 6 28.1 20 8 6 7 31
    Josh Staumont 2 1 2.45 26 0 0 25.2 20 8 7 16 37
    Jakob Junis 0 2 6.39 8 6 0 25.1 35 18 18 6 19
    Kyle Zimmer 1 0 1.57 16 1 0 23.0 14 4 4 10 26
    Tyler Zuber 1 2 4.09 23 0 0 22.0 15 11 10 20 30
    Jake Newberry 1 0 4.09 20 0 1 22.0 20 12 10 12 24
    Jesse Hahn 1 0 0.52 18 0 3 17.1 4 1 1 8 19
    Carlos Hernández 0 1 4.91 5 3 0 14.2 19 9 8 6 13
    Ian Kennedy 0 2 9.00 15 1 0 14.0 20 17 14 5 15
    Trevor Rosenthal 0 0 3.29 14 0 7 13.2 9 5 5 7 21
    Matt Harvey 0 3 11.57 7 4 0 11.2 27 15 15 5 10
    Chance Adams 0 0 9.35 6 0 0 8.2 15 9 9 0 6
    Kevin McCarthy 0 0 4.50 5 0 0 6.0 10 3 3 2 2
    Gabe Speier 0 1 7.94 8 0 0 5.2 9 5 5 4 6
    Mike Montgomery 0 0 5.06 3 1 0 5.1 6 5 3 1 4
    Glen Sparkman 0 0 5.40 4 0 0 5.0 9 6 3 1 2
    Ronald Bolaños 0 2 12.27 2 2 0 3.2 8 7 5 3 2
    Randy Rosario 0 1 8.10 4 0 0 3.1 7 3 3 3 4
    Scott Blewett 0 0 6.00 2 0 0 3.0 6 2 2 1 4
    Foster Griffin 1 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 1
    Richard Lovelady 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 1 0
    Jorge López 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0.2 3 2 2 0 0
    Team Totals 26 34 4.30 60 60 19 517.0 500 272 247 211 517

    Source:[2]

    Farm system

    [edit]
    See also: Minor League Baseball

    On June 30, 2020, Minor League Baseball announced that the 2020 season would not be played due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[20]

    Level Team League Manager
    AAA Omaha Storm Chasers Pacific Coast League
    AA Northwest Arkansas Naturals Texas League
    A-Advanced Wilmington Blue Rocks Carolina League
    A Lexington Legends South Atlantic League
    Rookie Burlington Royals Appalachian League
    Rookie Idaho Falls Chukars Pioneer League
    Rookie AZL Royals Arizona League
    Rookie DSL Royals Dominican Summer League

    References

    [edit]
    1. ^ "John Sherman Approved as New Royals Owner". espn.com. ESPN. November 21, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  • ^ Flanagan, Jeffrey (October 31, 2019). "Royals name Mike Matheny manager". mlb.com. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
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  • ^ "Opening of regular season to be pushed back". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. March 16, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  • ^ Feinsand, Mark (June 24, 2020). "Play Ball: MLB announces 2020 regular season". MLB.com. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  • ^ Worthy, Lynn (November 1, 2019). "Royals decline Alex Gordon's offer, makes veteran free agent". kansascity.com. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
  • ^ Reuter, Joel (November 5, 2019). "Giants: How can waiver claim Trevor Oaks help the team in 2020?". aroundthefoghorn.com. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
  • ^ Adams, Steve (November 6, 2019). "Royals release Jacob Barnes". mlbtraderumors.com. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
  • ^ "Royals add four players to 40-man roster; Bonifacio, Dini among four DFA'd". foxsports.com. November 20, 2019. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
  • ^ Flanagan, Jeffrey (November 20, 2019). "Royals DFA Bonifacio, Dini among roster moves". mlb.com. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
  • ^ Kappel, Nick (November 20, 2019). "Royals add four players to 40-man roster". royals.mlblogs.com. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
  • ^ Foote, Jordan (December 2, 2019). "Royals: Cuthbert, Arteaga, Hahn, Mejia non-tendered". kingsofkauffman.com. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
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  • ^ Kappel, Nick (December 12, 2019). "Royals select Stephen Woods Jr. in Rule 5 draft". royals.mlblogs.com. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
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  • ^ Polishuk, Mark (December 19, 2019). "Royals to sign Maikel Franco". mlbtraderumors.com. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
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  • ^ Adler, David (June 30, 2020). "2020 Minor League Baseball season canceled". MLB.com. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
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