2019 Kansas City Royals
Record: 98-64
Finish: 1st in AL Central Division Division
Runs Scored: 802
Runs Allowed: 646
Exp W-L: 97-65
 
Ballpark: Kauffman Stadium
Attendance: 1,850,224
Manager: Steve Garvey

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 79-59, 3rd in the AL
AA: 72-66, 7th in the AL
A: 72-66, 6th in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost AL League Series 2-4 to Cleveland Indians
Won Divisional Series 3-1 over Baltimore Orioles
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
1B  Alfonso Romero 26 158 593 100 213 29 3 17 105 0 0 68 112 .359 .429 .504 .933 115.9 30.3 3.9
RF  Wilton Soto 29 151 600 98 161 24 1 12 58 21 3 30 80 .268 .317 .372 .689 71.2 11.1 4.4
2B  Johnnie Gardner 25 151 540 97 178 15 1 11 68 8 6 96 93 .330 .437 .422 .860 100.1 24.1 7.2
LF  David Swick 26 148 588 77 141 22 7 11 50 35 17 49 147 .240 .300 .357 .657 62.0 7.0 5.8
3B  Ron Frisina 25 156 556 83 140 29 4 16 65 28 4 56 117 .252 .329 .405 .734 76.9 13.7 3.9
SS  Fernando Gonzalez 30 152 525 89 157 20 2 32 119 9 4 68 76 .299 .389 .528 .917 102.0 23.3 9.5
DH  Brent Jones 33 151 532 61 150 29 1 6 75 0 0 46 97 .282 .344 .374 .718 68.2 11.7 4.7
2B  Ignacio Castro 27 141 505 70 138 23 3 12 65 5 0 21 76 .273 .309 .402 .711 60.8 9.9 0.0
C #Jesus Rivera 32 120 391 35 68 8 2 18 60 1 1 20 89 .174 .219 .343 .562 33.4 0.0 2.0
CF  Delmon Young 34 104 273 35 59 12 5 12 46 7 1 22 79 .216 .281 .429 .710 33.3 4.7 1.9
SS  John Ozuna 24 55 160 18 43 13 1 2 26 0 0 9 24 .269 .308 .400 .708 18.3 2.7 2.6
C  Ernesto Manrique 32 34 96 5 24 9 0 0 10 0 0 8 29 .250 .308 .344 .651 9.6 1.5 0.5
C  Micheal Talarico 21 32 95 10 20 4 1 0 13 0 0 5 29 .211 .250 .274 .524 4.7 0.0 0.4
3B  Noah Nasser 27 27 71 8 15 2 0 0 10 0 0 5 21 .211 .273 .239 .512 3.7 0.0 0.8
C  Barney Barger 34 14 43 8 16 3 0 0 6 0 0 4 11 .372 .438 .442 .879 7.4 1.8 0.2
1B  Horiuchi Takejiro 30 13 32 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 9 .094 .171 .125 .296 -1.1 0.0 0.2
P *Matthew Huntington 26 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  William Witherspoon 24 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Pedro Lopez 28 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Jose Aguayo 33 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Clarence Babin 24 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
SS #Robert Smith 33 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.3 1618 5621 798 1527 243 31 149 777 114 36 511 1098 .272 .339 .405 .744 765.4 141.8 47.7
  Rank among 14 AL teams 8 5 5 7 4 8 5 7 3 2 7 4 4 5 5 5  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Pedro Lopez 28 18 11 .621 35 35 0 265.3 236 90 21 80 199 3.05 21.4
*Clarence Babin 24 18 9 .667 35 35 0 255.3 266 107 19 37 186 3.77 15.6
*Matthew Huntington 26 16 7 .696 27 27 0 191.7 160 63 21 39 158 2.96 17.2
 William Witherspoon 24 7 14 .333 31 31 0 190.3 219 121 30 49 148 5.72 0.7
 Jose Aguayo 33 11 5 .688 23 21 0 125.3 92 54 19 58 134 3.88 8.4
 Constantino Contreras 29 5 3 .625 77 0 12 80.7 69 29 4 21 53 3.24 11.5
 Robert Smith 29 5 5 .500 47 0 2 65.3 57 19 4 12 49 2.62 6.7
 Carl Swain 26 3 4 .429 12 11 0 61.0 76 30 11 14 28 4.43 2.1
*Faustino Torres 32 0 1 .000 34 0 1 53.3 35 14 6 32 61 2.36 4.5
 Seth McCool 25 4 3 .571 43 0 18 48.0 54 20 4 19 46 3.75 5.3
*Orval Ertel 34 3 1 .750 24 0 2 35.3 40 20 9 10 26 5.09 1.2
 Stewart Cattanach 29 3 0 1.000 34 0 1 32.0 39 17 3 16 28 4.78 1.2
 Samuel McGugan 29 2 0 1.000 20 0 13 17.0 8 4 1 3 24 2.12 4.7
 David Coley 28 1 0 1.000 1 1 0 9.0 6 0 0 0 7 0.00 1.6
 Jose Hermosillo 26 1 0 1.000 1 1 0 8.3 3 0 0 4 5 0.00 1.5
 Thomas Armijo 25 0 0 .000 2 0 0 3.7 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 0.5
 Ezequiel Carballo 25 1 1 .500 3 0 1 3.0 3 1 0 1 1 3.00 0.5
Team Totals 27.8 98 64 .605 449 162 50 1444.6 1364 589 152 396 1154 3.67 104.4
Rank among 14 AL teams 2 2 3 2 10 2 8 2 2 5 4  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 30.4
J.Rivera 941.0 106 111 773 31 9 0 .989 20.6
M.Talarico 180.3 20 23 151 8 2 0 .988 58.3
E.Manrique 116.9 13 15 95 6 0 0 1.000 23.5
B.Barger 101.8 12 13 80 4 0 0 1.000 30.0
D.Young 9.0 1 1 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1349.0 152 163 1106 49 11 0 .991 25.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 9.71
A.Romero 1319.0 147 157 1415 95 9 125 .994 10.30
E.Manrique 98.7 11 14 95 8 2 9 .981 9.39
H.Takejiro 81.0 10 13 75 8 0 10 1.000 9.22
Team Total 1498.7 168 184 1585 111 11 144 .994 10.18
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 4.92
J.Gardner 1263.0 143 143 231 478 26 89 .965 5.05
J.Ozuna 181.7 19 23 41 76 6 18 .951 5.80
Team Total 1444.7 162 166 272 554 32 107 .963 5.15
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.56
R.Frisina 1301.7 145 153 78 268 25 24 .933 2.39
N.Nasser 137.0 17 19 10 36 1 5 .979 3.02
J.Ozuna 6.0 0 5 0 1 1 1 .500 1.50
Team Total 1444.7 162 177 88 305 27 30 .936 2.45
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 4.48
F.Gonzalez 1227.3 140 146 185 472 21 82 .969 4.82
J.Ozuna 196.0 22 25 26 64 3 14 .968 4.13
J.Gardner 12.0 0 6 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.25
R.Frisina 7.3 0 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.68
R.Smith 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.7 162 179 212 541 24 96 .969 4.69
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.03
B.Jones 1257.3 146 149 260 10 1 3 .996 1.93
D.Young 174.0 16 31 33 1 1 0 .971 1.76
D.Swick 9.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
K.Ryoma 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Hermosillo 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Soto 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.7 162 185 293 11 2 3 .993 1.89
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.58
D.Swick 1222.3 137 139 322 3 1 1 .997 2.39
D.Young 203.3 23 26 49 0 0 0 1.000 2.17
N.Nasser 10.0 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
A.Romero 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
Team Total 1444.7 162 167 376 3 1 1 .997 2.36
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.06
W.Soto 1267.7 147 149 261 6 5 1 .982 1.90
D.Young 144.7 12 30 31 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
J.Rivera 16.0 2 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.94
D.Swick 11.3 1 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.38
J.Ozuna 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Takejiro 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Manrique 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.5 162 187 302 6 5 1 .984 1.92
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 1.62
P.Lopez 265.3 35 35 13 43 2 2 .966 1.90
C.Babin 255.3 35 35 17 30 3 1 .940 1.66
M.Huntington 191.7 27 27 12 17 0 2 1.000 1.36
W.Witherspoon 190.3 31 31 7 27 2 4 .944 1.61
J.Aguayo 125.3 21 23 2 14 0 3 1.000 1.15
C.Contreras 80.7 0 77 2 5 2 0 .778 0.78
R.Smith 65.3 0 47 2 5 1 1 .875 0.96
C.Swain 61.0 11 12 7 12 2 1 .905 2.80
F.Torres 53.3 0 34 0 5 0 0 1.000 0.84
S.McCool 48.0 0 43 5 3 0 0 1.000 1.50
O.Ertel 35.3 0 24 1 3 0 1 1.000 1.02
S.Cattanach 32.0 0 34 3 6 1 0 .900 2.53
S.McGugan 17.0 0 20 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.06
D.Coley 9.0 1 1 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.00
J.Hermosillo 8.3 1 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.16
T.Armijo 3.7 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.92
E.Carballo 3.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.6 162 449 72 179 13 15 .951 1.56
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Romero .359
On-Base Pct Gardner .437
Slugging Pct Gonzalez .528
OPS Romero .933
XR Romero 115.9
Games Romero 158
At-Bats Soto 600
Runs Romero 100
Hits Romero 213
Total Bases Romero 299
Singles Romero 164
Doubles Jones, Romero, Frisina 29
Triples Swick 7
Homeruns Gonzalez 32
RBIs Gonzalez 119
Stolen Bases Swick 35
Caught Stealing Swick 17
Walks Gardner 96
Strikeouts Swick 147
ERA Huntington 2.96
Wins Babin, Lopez 18
Losses Witherspoon 14
Winning Pct Huntington .696
Saves McCool 18
Games Pitched Contreras 77
Games Started Babin, Lopez 35
Complete Games Babin, Witherspoon 5
Shutouts Babin, Coley, Huntington, Lopez 1
Innings Pitched Lopez 265.3
Hits Allowed Babin 266
Homeruns Allowed Witherspoon 30
Strikeouts Lopez 199
Walks Allowed Lopez 80
Walks per 9IP Babin 1.3
Hits per 9IP Huntington 7.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Huntington 7.4
WHiP Huntington 1.04
OAVG Huntington .224
OOBP Huntington .266
OSLG Lopez .340
OOPS Huntington .625
Team All-Stars
Johnnie Gardner
Fernando Gonzalez
Alfonso Romero
Player Salaries
Fernando Gonzalez $ 5,557,143
Pedro Lopez $ 5,385,714
Samuel McGugan $ 4,000,000
Jesus Rivera $ 4,000,000
Jose Aguayo $ 3,530,000
Delmon Young $ 2,759,000
Barney Barger $ 2,000,000
Constantino Contreras $ 1,780,000
Brent Jones $ 1,750,000
Wilton Soto $ 1,542,857
Robert Smith $ 1,348,571
Stewart Cattanach $ 771,429
Noah Nasser $ 350,000
Horiuchi Takejiro $ 350,000
Steffen Coughlin $ 300,000
Bill Cota $ 300,000
Ron Frisina $ 300,000
David Coley $ 300,000
Jose Hermosillo $ 300,000
Ignacio Castro $ 300,000
Ezequiel Carballo $ 300,000
David Swick $ 300,000
Clarence Babin $ 300,000
Thomas Armijo $ 300,000
Carl Swain $ 300,000
Matthew Huntington $ 300,000
William Witherspoon $ 300,000
Seth McCool $ 300,000
Faustino Torres $ 300,000
Robert Smith $ 300,000
Alexander Negrete $ 300,000
John Ozuna $ 300,000
Bill Proulx $ 300,000
Micheal Talarico $ 300,000
Alfonso Romero $ 300,000
Keisuke Ryoma $ 300,000
Johnnie Gardner $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/24 Signed     Delmon Young
2/25 Traded Marvin Henline
Berry Fulkerson
Toronto Matthew Huntington
2/25 Released Leroy Nathaniel    
2/25 Released Gary Munos    
2/25 Released Mark Wohlers Jr.    
2/26 Traded Jack Grant
Adrian Canao
Fredric Malizia
Montreal William Witherspoon
Fernando Gonzalez
Robert Smith
7/27 Traded Adam Haycraft
Justin Bird
Ernesto Manrique
New York (N) Micheal Talarico
Barney Barger
Samuel Mcgugan
7/27 Released Orval Ertel