2016 Kansas City Royals season

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2016 Kansas City Royals
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionCentral
BallparkKauffman Stadium
CityKansas City, Missouri
Record81–81 (.500)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersDavid Glass
General managersDayton Moore
ManagersNed Yost
TelevisionFox Sports Kansas City
(Ryan Lefebvre, Jeff Montgomery, Rex Hudler, Steve Physioc)
RadioKCSP 610 AM
(Denny Matthews, Steve Stewart, Ryan Lefebvre, Steve Physioc)
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The Kansas City Royals entered the 2016 season as the defending World Series champions, hoping to reach the World Series for the third consecutive season. Before the season, the team signed free agents Ian Kennedy (a starting pitcher) and Joakim Soria (a reliever) and re-signed star Alex Gordon.[1] However, several players from the previous year's team departed in free agency, including right fielder Alex Rios, second baseman/outfielder Ben Zobrist, and pitchers Greg Holland, Ryan Madson, and Franklin Morales.[2]

The 2016 Royals team was adversely affected by injuries to Gordon, center fielder Lorenzo Cain, closer Wade Davis, and third baseman Mike Moustakas.[1] The team was eliminated from postseason contention with four games left in the season, becoming the fourth consecutive World Series winner to miss the playoffs the following year.[3] However, the Royals were the most successful team in the league at challenging umpire calls via instant replay thanks to the work of replay coordinator Bill Duplissea.[4] The Royals ended the season with an 81–81 record, finishing in third place in the Central Division.[5]

Season standings

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American League Central

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AL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 94 67 .584 — 53‍–‍28 41‍–‍39
Detroit Tigers 86 75 .534 8 45‍–‍35 41‍–‍40
Kansas City Royals 81 81 .500 13½ 47‍–‍34 34‍–‍47
Chicago White Sox 78 84 .481 16½ 45‍–‍36 33‍–‍48
Minnesota Twins 59 103 .364 35½ 30‍–‍51 29‍–‍52


American League Division Leaders

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Division Leaders
Team W L Pct.
Texas Rangers 95 67 .586
Cleveland Indians 94 67 .584
Boston Red Sox 93 69 .574
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Toronto Blue Jays 89 73 .549 —
Baltimore Orioles 89 73 .549 —
Detroit Tigers 86 75 .534 2½
Seattle Mariners 86 76 .531 3
New York Yankees 84 78 .519 5
Houston Astros 84 78 .519 5
Kansas City Royals 81 81 .500 8
Chicago White Sox 78 84 .481 11
Los Angeles Angels 74 88 .457 15
Oakland Athletics 69 93 .426 20
Tampa Bay Rays 68 94 .420 21
Minnesota Twins 59 103 .364 30


Record against opponents

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2016 American League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid - 2016
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore — 8–11 4–3 5–1 5–2 1–6 4–2 4–2 5–1 10–9 3–4 1–6 13–6 3–4 9–10 14–6
Boston 11–8 — 3–4 4–2 2–5 5–2 2–4 4–3 4–3 11–8 5–1 4–3 12–7 3–3 9–10 14–6
Chicago 3–4 4–3 — 8–11 7–12 3–3 5–14 2–5 12–7 3–3 5–2 4–3 4–3 4–2 5–1 9–11
Cleveland 1–5 2–4 11–8 — 14–4 3–4 14–5 6–1 10–9 2–5 4–2 3–4 5–1 2–5 4–3 13–7
Detroit 2–5 5–2 12–7 4–14 — 4–2 7–12 2–4 15–4 3–3 4–3 4–3 6–1 2–4 3–4 13–7
Houston 6–1 2–5 3–3 4–3 2–4 — 3–4 13–6 5–2 2–4 13–6 11–8 3–3 4–15 2–5 11–9
Kansas City 2–4 4–2 14–5 5–14 12–7 4–3 — 1–5 15–4 2–5 1–6 3–4 5–2 1–6 2–4 10–10
Los Angeles 2–4 3–4 5–2 1–6 4–2 6–13 5–1 — 2–4 1–6 12–7 8–11 3–4 9–10 4–3 9–11
Minnesota 1–5 3–4 7–12 9–10 4–15 2–5 4–15 4–2 — 2–5 2–4 4–2 3–4 5–2 1–6 8–12
New York 9–10 8–11 3–3 5–2 3–3 4–2 5–2 6–1 5–2 — 4–3 3–3 11–8 3–4 7–12 8–12
Oakland 4–3 1–5 2–5 2–4 3–4 6–13 6–1 7–12 4–2 3–4 — 7–12 5–2 9–10 3–3 7–13
Seattle 6–1 3–4 3–4 4–3 3–4 8–11 4–3 11–8 2–4 3–3 12–7 — 4–2 7–12 3–3 13–7
Tampa Bay 6–13 7–12 3–4 1–5 1–6 3–3 2–5 4–3 4–3 8–11 2–5 2–4 — 4–2 11–8 10–10
Texas 4–3 3–3 2–4 5–2 4–2 15–4 6–1 10–9 2–5 4–3 10–9 12–7 2–4 — 3–4 13–7
Toronto 10–9 10–9 1–5 3–4 4–3 5–2 4–2 3–4 6–1 12–7 3–3 3–3 8–11 4–3 — 13–7


Game log

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2016 Game Log: 81–81 (Home: 47–34; Away: 34–47)
April: 12–11 (Home: 8–3; Away: 4–8)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
1 April 3 Mets 4–3 Vólquez (1–0) Harvey (0–1) Davis (1) 40,030 1–0 W1
2 April 5 Mets 0–2 Syndergaard (1–0) Young (0–1) Familia (1) 39,782 1–1 L1
3 April 8 Twins 4–3 Soria (1–0) Jepsen (0–2) Davis (2) 27,166 2–1 W1
4 April 9 Twins 7–0 Kennedy (1–0) Milone (0–1) — 31,001 3–1 W2
5 April 10 Twins 4–3 Davis (1–0) May (0–1) — 35,317 4–1 W3
6 April 11 @ Astros 2–8 McHugh (1–1) Young (0–2) — 43,332 4–2 L1
7 April 12 @ Astros 3–2 Medlen (1–0) Fiers (0–1) Davis (3) 21,027 5–2 W1
8 April 13 @ Astros 4–2 Hochevar (1–0) Giles (0–1) Soria (1) 24,109 6–2 W2
9 April 14 @ Astros 6–2 Kennedy (2–0) Fister (1–1) Davis (4) 21,203 7–2 W3
10 April 15 @ Athletics 4–2 Vólquez (1–0) Hill (1–2) Davis (5) 19,451 8–2 W4
11 April 16 @ Athletics 3–5 Gray (2–1) Young (0–3) Madson (3) 25,564 8–3 L1
12 April 17 @ Athletics 2–3 Axford (2–0) Soria (1–1) Madson (4) 29,668 8–4 L2
13 April 19 Tigers 8–6 Ventura (1–0) Greene (1–1) Davis (6) 26,889 9–4 W1
14 April 20 Tigers 2–3 Zimmermann (3–0) Kennedy (2–1) Rodríguez (4) 28,928 9–5 L1
15 April 21 Tigers 4–0 Vólquez (3–0) Pelfrey (0–3) — 30,763 10–5 W1
16 April 22 Orioles 4–2 Young (1–3) Gallardo (1–1) Davis (7) 29,546 11–5 W2
17 April 23 Orioles 3–8 Wilson (1–0) Medlen (1–1) — 39,900 11–6 L1
18 April 24 Orioles 6–1 Ventura (2–0) Wright (1–2) — 34,748 12–6 W1
19 April 25 @ Angels 1–6 Richards (1–3) Kennedy (2–2) — 31,061 12–7 L1
20 April 26 @ Angels 4–9 Weaver (3–0) Vólquez (3–1) — 34,428 12–8 L2
21 April 27 @ Angels 2–4 Salas (1–1) Young (1–4) Smith (1) 35,142 12–9 L3
22 April 29 @ Mariners 0–1 Hernández (2–2) Medlen (1–2) Cishek (6) 38,684 12–10 L4
23 April 30 @ Mariners 0–6 Miley (2–2) Ventura (2–1) — 43,444 12–11 L5
May: 17–11 (Home: 10–4; Away: 7–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
24 May 1 @ Mariners 4–1 Kennedy (3–2) Walker (2–1) Davis (8) 37,053 13–11 W1
25 May 2 Nationals 0–2 Gonzalez (2–1) Vólquez (3–2) Papelbon (9) 32,394 13–12 L1
26 May 3 Nationals 7–6 Wang (1–0) Papelbon (0–2) — 33,729 14–12 W1
27 May 4 Nationals 2–13 Strasburg (5–0) Medlen (1–3) — 38,610 14–13 L1
28 May 6 @ Indians 1–7 Salazar (3–2) Ventura (2–2) — 13,587 14–14 L2
29 May 7 @ Indians 7–0 Kennedy (4–2) Anderson (0–2) — 17,302 15–14 W1
30 May 8 @ Indians 4–5 Tomlin (5–0) Vólquez (3–3) Allen (8) 14,463 15–15 L1
31 May 9 @ Yankees 3–6 Yates (2–0) Young (1–5) — 41,243 15–16 L2
32 May 10 @ Yankees 7–10 Miller (2–0) Herrera (0–1) Chapman (1) 39,128 15–17 L3
33 May 11 @ Yankees 7–3 Ventura (3–2) Pineda (1–4) — 31,226 16–17 W1
34 May 12 @ Yankees 3–7 Eovaldi (3–2) Kennedy (4–3) — 35,944 16–18 L1
35 May 13 Braves 5–1 Vólquez (4–3) Teherán (0–4) — 33,132 17–18 W1
36 May 14 Braves 0–5 Foltynewicz (1–1) Gee (0–1) — 36,541 17–19 L1
37 May 15 Braves 4–2 (13) Wang (2–0) O'Flaherty (0–3) — 33,861 18–19 W1
– May 16 Red Sox Postponed (rain). Makeup date: May 18th.
38 May 17 Red Sox 8–4 Ventura (4–2) Porcello (6–2) — 25,215 19–19 W2
39 May 18 Red Sox 3–2 Flynn (1–0) Wright (3–4) Davis (9) 33,613 20–19 W3
40 May 18 Red Sox 2–5 Price (6–1) Vólquez (4–4) Kimbrel (11) 23,739 20–20 L1
41 May 20 @ White Sox 4–1 Gee (1–1) Quintana (5–3) Davis (10) 24,020 21–20 W1
42 May 21 @ White Sox 2–1 Soria (2–1) González (0–1) Davis (11) 27,631 22–20 W2
43 May 22 @ White Sox 2–3 Rodon (2–4) Ventura (4–3) Robertson (11) 34,526 22–21 L1
44 May 23 @ Twins 10–4 Moylan (1–0) Nolasco (1–3) — 17,886 23–21 W1
45 May 24 @ Twins 7–4 Vólquez (5–4) Santana (1–3) Davis (12) 23,541 24–21 W2
46 May 25 @ Twins 5–7 Duffey (2–3) Gee (1–2) Jepsen (4) 27,233 24–22 L1
– May 26 White Sox Postponed (rain). Makeup date: TBA.
47 May 27 White Sox 7–5 Moylan (2–0) Albers (1–4) Davis (13) 28,508 25–22 W1
48 May 28 White Sox 8–7 Wang (2–0) Kahnle (0–1) — 31,598 26–22 W2
49 May 29 White Sox 5–4 Young (2–5) Jones (2–1) Davis (14) 36,624 27–22 W3
50 May 30 Rays 6–2 Herrera (1–1) Ramírez (6–3) — 32,018 28–22 W4
51 May 31 Rays 10–5 Gee (2–2) Smyly (2–7) Davis (15) 26,006 29–22 W5
June: 13–14 (Home: 9–4; Away: 4–10)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
52 June 1 Rays 6–3 Duffy (1–0) Archer (3–7) Davis (16) 30,554 30–22 W6
53 June 2 @ Indians 4–5 Hunter (2–1) Soria (2–2) — 11,131 30–23 L1
54 June 3 @ Indians 1–6 Salazar (6–3) Vólquez (5–5) — 24,753 30–24 L2
55 June 4 @ Indians 1–7 Tomlin (8–1) Kennedy (4–4) — 23,258 30–25 L3
56 June 5 @ Indians 0–7 Kluber (5–6) Young (2–6) — 16,747 30–26 L4
57 June 6 @ Orioles 1–4 Wright (3–3) Duffy (1–1) Britton (18) 14,878 30–27 L5
58 June 7 @ Orioles 1–9 Jiménez (3–6) Ventura (4–4) 28,110 30–28 L6
59 June 8 @ Orioles 0–4 Tillman (8–1) Vólquez (5–6) Brach (2) 19,178 30–29 L7
60 June 10 @ White Sox 7–5 Sale (10–2) Kennedy (4–5) Robertson (15) 31,183 30-30 L8
61 June 11 @ White Sox 4–1 Duffy (2–1) Quintana (5–7) — 31,183 31-30 W1
62 June 12 @ White Sox 1–3 Ventura (5–4) Rodon (2–6) Davis (17) 30,363 32-30 W2
63 June 13 Indians 2–1 Vólquez (6–6) Carrasco (2–2) — 31,269 33–30 W3
64 June 14 Indians 3–2 Soria (3–2) Shaw (0–3) — 29,293 34–30 W4
65 June 15 Indians 9–4 Kennedy (5–5) Kluber (6–7) — 33,546 35–30 W5
66 June 16 Tigers 4–10 Verlander (7–5) Hochevar (1–1) — 33,568 35–31 L1
67 June 17 Tigers 10–3 Ventura (6–4) Fulmer (7–2) — 37,746 36–31 W1
68 June 18 Tigers 16–5 Vólquez (7–6) Boyd (0–2) — 38,480 37–31 W2
69 June 19 Tigers 2–1 (13) Wang (4–0) Ryan (1–2) — 34,659 38–31 W3
70 June 21 @ Mets 0–2 Robles (1–3) Kennedy (5–6) Familia (23) 40,122 38–32 L1
71 June 22 @ Mets 3–4 Syndergaard (8–2) Soria (3–3) Familia (24) 35,185 38–33 L2
72 June 24 Astros 4–13 Keuchel (4–9) Vólquez (7–7) — 36,195 38–34 L3
73 June 25 Astros 5–13 Feliz (5–1) Young (2–7) — 38,880 38–35 L4
74 June 26 Astros 6–1 Kennedy (6–6) Fister (8–4) — 36,450 39–35 W1
75 June 27 Cardinals 6–2 Duffy (3–1) Wainwright (6–5) — 31,355 40–35 W2
76 June 28 Cardinals 4–8 Wacha (4–7) Ventura (6–5) — 32,909 40–36 L1
77 June 29 @ Cardinals 3–2 (12) Wang (5–0) Maness (0–2) — 44,840 41–36 W1
78 June 30 @ Cardinals 4–2 Gee (3–2) Leake (5–6) Davis (19) 44,802 42–36 W2
July: 7–19 (Home: 5–8; Away: 2–11)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
79 July 1 @ Phillies 3–4 Hellickson (6–6) Kennedy (6–7) Gómez (22) 30,263 42–37 L1
80 July 2 @ Phillies 6–2 Duffy (4–1) Nola (5–8) — 40,331 43–37 W1
81 July 3 @ Phillies 2–7 Velasquez (7–2) Ventura (6–6) — 20,473 43–38 L1
82 July 4 @ Blue Jays 2–6 Sanchez (9–1) Vólquez (7–8) — 36,438 43–39 L2
83 July 5 @ Blue Jays 3–8 Dickey (6–9) Young (2–8) — 35,917 43–40 L3
84 July 6 @ Blue Jays 2–4 Stroman (7–4) Herrera (1–2) Osuna (17) 39,971 43–41 L4
85 July 7 Mariners 4–3 Pounders (1–0) Cishek (2–5) — 31,425 44–41 W1
86 July 8 Mariners 2–3 Iwakuma (9–6) Ventura (6–7) Cishek (21) 33,391 44–42 L1
87 July 9 Mariners 5–3 Vólquez (8–8) Miley (6–6) Herrera (1) 30,659 45–42 W1
88 July 10 Mariners 5–8 Montgomery (3–3) Gee (3–3) — 27,544 45–43 L1
87th All-Star Game in San Diego, California
89 July 15 @ Tigers 2–4 Verlander (9–6) Hochevar (1–2) Rodríguez (25) 37,447 45–44 L2
90 July 16 @ Tigers 8–4 Duffy (5–1) Pelfrey (2–9) — 39,594 46–44 W1
91 July 17 @ Tigers 2–4 Rodríguez (1–0) Soria (3–4) — 37,363 46–45 L1
92 July 18 Indians 7–3 Hochevar (2–2) Shaw (1–4) Davis (20) 38,042 47–45 W1
93 July 19 Indians 3–7 Salazar (11–3) Flynn (1–1) — 31,144 47–46 L1
94 July 20 Indians 4–11 Carrasco (7–3) Kennedy (6–8) — 33,455 47–47 L2
95 July 22 Rangers 3–1 Duffy (6–1) Darvish (2–2) Davis (21) 33,535 48–47 W1
96 July 23 Rangers 4–7 Hamels (11–2) Ventura (6–8) — 32,132 48–48 L1
97 July 24 Rangers 1–2 Claudio (2–1) Hochevar (2–3) Dyson (20) 32,739 48–49 L2
98 July 25 Angels 2–6 Santiago (9–4) Kennedy (6–9) — 33,828 48–50 L3
99 July 26 Angels 0–13 Skaggs (1–0) Gee (3–4) — 28,026 48–51 L4
100 July 27 Angels 5–7 Soria (4–4) Shoemaker (5–11) — 30,279 49–51 W1
101 July 28 @ Rangers 2–3 Hamels (12–2) Ventura (6–9) Dyson (21) 36,008 49–52 L1
102 July 29 @ Rangers 3–8 Griffin (4–1) Vólquez (8–9) — 40,008 49–53 L2
103 July 30 @ Rangers 1–2 Bush (4–2) Pounders (1–1) — 47,125 49–54 L3
104 July 31 @ Rangers 3–5 Harrell (3–2) Gee (3–5) Dyson (22) 32,806 49–55 L4
August: 20–9 (Home: 9–4; Away:11–5)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
105 August 1 @ Rays 3–0 Duffy (7–1) Archer (5–15) Herrera (2) 13,976 50–55 W1
106 August 2 @ Rays 3–2 Young (3–8) Cedeño (3–3) Herrera (3) 12,625 51–55 W2
107 August 3 @ Rays 0–12 Odorizzi (6–5) Vólquez (8–10) — 11,149 51–56 L1
108 August 4 @ Rays 2–3 Boxberger (1–0) Soria (4–5) Colomé (26) 13,120 51–57 L2
109 August 5 Blue Jays 3–4 Cecil (1–6) Herrera (1–3) Benoit (1) 31,831 51–58 L3
110 August 6 Blue Jays 4–2 Duffy (8–1) Sanchez (11–2) Herrera (4) 35,986 52–58 W1
111 August 7 Blue Jays 7–1 Ventura (7–9) Stroman (8–5) — 25,830 53–58 W2
112 August 9 White Sox 5–7 (10) Robertson (3–2) Herrera (1–4) Jennings (1) 27,134 53–59 L1
113 August 10 White Sox 3–2 (14) Gee (4–5) Albers (2–5) — 25,188 54–59 W1
114 August 11 White Sox 2–1 Duffy (9–1) Fulmer (0–2) — 34,310 55–59 W2
115 August 12 @ Twins 7–3 Ventura (8–9) Gibson (4–7) — 24,617 56–59 W3
116 August 13 @ Twins 3–5 Duffey (8–8) Gee (4–6) Kintzler (11) 30,147 56–60 L1
117 August 14 @ Twins 11–4 Vólquez (9–10) Santiago (10–7) Young (1) 31,730 57–60 W1
118 August 15 @ Tigers 3–1 Kennedy (7–9) Norris (1–1) Herrera (5) 29,803 58–60 W2
119 August 16 @ Tigers 6–1 Duffy (10–1) Verlander (12–7) — 28,663 59–60 W3
120 August 17 @ Tigers 4–1 Ventura (8–9) Sánchez (6–12) Herrera (6) 28,790 60–60 W4
121 August 18 Twins 8–1 Gee (5–6) Duffey (8–9) — 30,599 61–60 W5
122 August 19 Twins 5–4 (11) Wang (6–0) Chargois (0–1) — 28,463 62–60 W6
123 August 20 Twins 10–0 Kennedy (8–9) Santiago (10–8) — 29,268 63–60 W7
124 August 21 Twins 1–2 Duffy (11–1) Santana (6–10) Herrera (7) 32,996 64–60 W8
125 August 23 @ Marlins 1–0 Ventura (9–9) Cashner (4–10) Herrera (8) 18,513 65–60 W9
126 August 24 @ Marlins 0–3 Fernández (13–7) Gee (5–7) Rodney (25) 17,894 65–61 L1
127 August 25 @ Marlins 5–2 Vólquez (10–10) Koehler (9–9) Herrera (9) 19,045 66–61 W1
128 August 26 @ Red Sox 6–3 Kennedy (9–9) Wright (13–6) Herrera (10) 38,143 67–61 W2
129 August 27 @ Red Sox 3–8 Price (13–8) Duffy (11–2) — 37,933 67–62 L1
130 August 28 @ Red Sox 10–4 Strahm (2–0) Rodriguez (2–6) — 37,337 68–62 W1
131 August 29 Yankees 8–5 Gee (6–7) Pineda (6–11) Herrera (11) 22,859 69–62 W2
132 August 30 Yankees 4–5 (10) Betances (3–4) Soria (4–6) Shreve (1) 22,895 69–63 L1
133 August 31 Yankees 4–5 (13) Heller (1–0) Young (3–9) Betances (7) 22,615 69–64 L2
September: 12–15 (Home: 6–9; Away: 6–6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
134 September 2 Tigers 6–7 Rodríguez (3–3) Davis (1-1) — 25,008 69–65 L3
135 September 3 Tigers 5–2 Ventura (10–9) Fulmer (10–6) Davis (21) 39,757 70–65 W1
136 September 4 Tigers 5–6 Greene (3–3) Soria (4–7) Rodríguez (38) 34,616 70–66 L1
137 September 5 @ Twins 11–5 Kennedy (10–9) Berríos (2–5) — 20,992 71–66 W1
138 September 6 @ Twins 10–3 Herrera (2–4) Kintzler (0–2) — 22,194 72–66 W2
139 September 7 @ Twins 5–6 Wimmers (1–1) Soria (4–8) Kintzler (14) 17,972 72–67 L1
140 September 9 @ White Sox 2–7 Rodon (7–8) Ventura (10–10) — 20,653 72–68 L2
141 September 10 @ White Sox 6–5 McCarthy (1–0) Beck (2–2) Davis (23) 20,148 73–68 W1
142 September 11 @ White Sox 2–0 Kennedy (11–9) Sale (15–8) Davis (24) 20,107 74–68 W2
143 September 12 Athletics 3–16 Coulombe (3–1) Gee (6–8) Neal (2) 31,061 74–69 L1
144 September 13 Athletics 4–5 Axford (6–4) Strahm (2–1) Madson (30) 29,523 74–70 L2
145 September 14 Athletics 0–8 Manaea (6–9) Ventura (10–11) — 30,006 74–71 L3
146 September 15 Athletics 5–14 Mengden (2–7) Volquez (10–11) — 32,176 74–72 L4
147 September 16 White Sox 4–7 Sale (16–8) Herrera (2–5) — 29,318 74–73 L5
148 September 17 White Sox 3–2 Gee (7–8) González (4–7) Davis (25) 34,805 75–73 W1
149 September 18 White Sox 10–3 Duffy (12–2) Quintana (12–11) — 34,982 76–73 W2
150 September 19 White Sox 8–3 Ventura (11–11) Rodon (7–10) — 31,502 77–73 W3
151 September 20 @ Indians 1–2 Miller (9–1) Flynn (1–2) — 13,623 77–74 L1
152 September 21 @ Indians 3–4 Kluber (18–9) Kennedy (11–10) Allen (28) 13,888 77–75 L2
153 September 22 @ Indians 2–5 Otero (5–1) Gee (7–9) Allen (29) 15,253 77–76 L3
154 September 23 @ Tigers 3–8 Fulmer (11–7) Duffy (12–3) — 29,480 77–77 L4
155 September 24 @ Tigers 7–4 Davis (2–1) Rodríguez (3–4) Herrera (12) 31,721 78–77 W1
156 September 25 @ Tigers 12–9 Gee (8–9) Boyd (6–5) — 33,375 79–77 W2
157 September 27 Twins 4–3 (11) Pounders (2–1) Milone (3–5) — 28,435 80–77 W3
158 September 28 Twins 5–2 Soria (5–8) Rogers (3–1) Davis (27) 23,437 81–77 W4
159 September 29 Twins 6–7 Tonkin (3–2) Herrera (2–6) Kintzler (16) 29,566 81–78 L1
160 September 30 Indians 2–7 Merritt (1–0) Ventura (11–12) — 24,741 81–79 L2
October: 0–2 (Home: 0–2; Away: 0–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
161 October 1 Indians 3–6 Clevinger (3–3) Strahm (2–2) Allen (31) 28,569 81–80 L3
162 October 2 Indians 2–3 Tomlin (13–9) Kennedy (11–11) Allen (32) 29,475 81–81 L4
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Royals team member

Roster

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2016 Kansas City Royals
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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
Alcides Escobar 162 637 57 166 24 6 7 55 17 27 .261 .350
Eric Hosmer 158 605 80 161 24 1 25 104 5 57 .266 .433
Kendrys Morales 154 558 65 147 24 0 30 93 0 48 .263 .468
Salvador Pérez 139 514 57 127 28 2 22 64 0 22 .247 .438
Cheslor Cuthbert 128 475 49 130 28 1 12 46 2 32 .274 .413
Paulo Orlando 128 457 52 138 24 4 5 43 14 13 .302 .405
Alex Gordon 128 445 62 98 16 2 17 40 8 52 .220 .380
Lorenzo Cain 103 397 56 114 19 1 9 56 14 31 .287 .408
Whit Merrifield 81 311 44 88 22 3 2 29 8 19 .283 .392
Jarrod Dyson 107 299 46 83 14 8 1 25 30 26 .278 .388
Christian Colón 54 147 13 34 6 0 1 13 0 11 .231 .293
Adalberto Mondesí 47 135 16 25 1 3 2 13 9 6 .185 .281
Omar Infante 39 134 16 32 9 1 0 11 0 9 .239 .321
Drew Butera 55 123 18 35 10 1 4 16 0 8 .285 .480
Mike Moustakas 27 104 12 25 6 0 7 13 0 9 .240 .500
Brett Eibner 26 78 11 18 6 0 3 10 0 6 .231 .423
Rey Fuentes 13 41 2 13 1 0 0 5 0 3 .317 .341
Billy Burns 24 37 7 9 0 0 0 1 3 0 .243 .243
Hunter Dozier 8 19 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 .211 .263
Daniel Nava 9 11 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .091 .182
Tony Cruz 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000
Terrance Gore 17 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 .000 .000
Pitcher Totals 162 18 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .111 .111
Team Totals 162 5552 675 1450 264 33 147 640 121 382 .261 .400

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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
Ian Kennedy 11 11 3.68 33 33 0 195.2 173 81 80 66 184
Edinson Vólquez 10 11 5.37 34 34 0 189.1 217 124 113 76 139
Yordano Ventura 11 12 4.45 32 32 0 186.0 190 96 92 78 144
Danny Duffy 12 3 3.51 42 26 0 179.2 163 71 70 42 188
Dillon Gee 8 9 4.68 33 14 0 125.0 146 67 65 37 89
Chris Young 3 9 6.19 34 13 1 88.2 104 63 61 43 94
Kelvin Herrera 2 6 2.75 72 0 12 72.0 57 23 22 12 86
Joakim Soria 5 8 4.05 70 0 1 66.2 70 31 30 27 68
Brian Flynn 1 2 2.60 36 1 0 55.1 38 19 16 23 44
Chien-Ming Wang 6 0 4.22 38 0 0 53.1 60 27 25 18 30
Peter Moylan 2 0 3.43 50 0 0 44.2 42 19 17 16 34
Wade Davis 2 1 1.87 45 0 27 43.1 33 9 9 16 47
Luke Hochevar 2 3 3.86 40 0 0 37.1 31 17 16 9 40
Kris Medlen 1 3 7.77 6 6 0 24.1 30 25 21 20 18
Matt Strahm 2 2 1.23 21 0 0 22.0 13 4 3 11 30
Scott Alexander 0 0 3.32 17 0 0 19.0 24 7 7 7 16
Brooks Pounders 2 1 9.24 13 0 0 12.2 19 13 13 3 13
Jason Vargas 0 0 2.25 3 3 0 12.0 8 3 3 3 11
Kevin McCarthy 1 0 6.48 10 0 0 8.1 11 8 6 5 7
Alec Mills 0 0 13.50 3 0 0 3.1 3 5 5 5 4
Drew Butera 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Team Totals 81 81 4.21 162 162 41 1440.0 1433 712 674 517 1287

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Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Omaha Storm Chasers Pacific Coast League Brian Poldberg
AA Northwest Arkansas Naturals Texas League Vance Wilson
A-Advanced Wilmington Blue Rocks Carolina League Jamie Quirk
A Lexington Legends South Atlantic League Omar Ramírez
Rookie Burlington Royals Appalachian League Scott Thorman
Rookie Idaho Falls Chukars Pioneer League Justin Gemoll
Rookie DSL Royals Dominican Summer League Darryl Kennedy

References

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  1. ^ a b "Royals' injuries, fatigue led to uneven 2016". MLB.com.
  2. ^ "2016 MLB preview: A team-by-team capsule, including key additions and losses". UPI.
  3. ^ Sep 28, foxsports; ET, 2016 at 10:30p (September 28, 2016). "Royals defeat Twins, but get officially eliminated from playoffs". FOX Sports.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Dodd, Rustin (September 17, 2017). "The Royals remain the best at questioning umpires. Here's their secret". Kansas City Star. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
  5. ^ Benjamin, Josh. "30 Teams In 30 Days: Kansas City Royals Seek To Reclaim Throne". Forbes.
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