2017 Kansas City Royals season

2017 Kansas City Royals
2017 Kansas City Royals
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Kauffman Stadium
City	Kansas City, Missouri
Record	80–82 (.494)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	David Glass
General managers	Dayton Moore
Managers	Ned Yost
Television	Fox Sports Kansas City; (Ryan Lefebvre, Jeff Montgomery, Rex Hudler, Steve Physioc)
Radio	KCSP 610 AM; (Denny Matthews, Steve Stewart, Rex Hudler, Ryan Lefebvre, Steve Physioc, Jeff Montgomery)

The 2017 Kansas City Royals season was the 49th season for the franchise, and their 45th at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals opened the season at the Minnesota Twins on April 3, 2017 and finished the season at home against the Arizona Diamondbacks on October 1. They failed to make the playoffs for the second consecutive season.

Offseason

Transactions

November 3: C Drew Butera and RHP Peter Moylan elected free agency.
November 4: RHP Edinson Vólquez, RHP Kris Medlen, and DH Kendrys Morales elected free agency.
November 5: RHP Luke Hochevar elected free agency.
November 18: C Tony Cruz designated for assignment. C Drew Butera signed. C Cam Gallagher, RHP Andrew Edwards, Jake Junis, and 1B Samir Dueñez signed from minors.
November 23: C Tony Cruz released.
December 1: RHP Brooks Pounders traded to the Los Angeles Angels for RHP Jared Ruxer.
December 7: RHP Wade Davis traded to the Chicago Cubs for LF Jorge Soler
January 3: RHP Sam Lewis traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks for LF Peter O'Brien.
January 6: LF Jarrod Dyson traded to the Seattle Mariners for RHP Nate Karns.
February 1: DH Brandon Moss signed.
February 8: RHP Alec Mills traded to the Chicago Cubs for CF Donald Dewees, Jr. RHP Jason Hammel signed.
February 15: LHP Travis Wood signed.

Yordano Ventura

On the morning of January 22, 2017, it was announced that Kansas City Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura was killed in a car accident in the Dominican Republic.

Regular season

The team's 16–4 win over the Detroit Tigers on July 20, 2017, was the first time in franchise history that the Royals had recorded four 4-run innings in a game.^[1] In the month of August, the Royals set a dubious franchise record of 45 innings without scoring a run, spanning more than 4 games. It was the longest such streak by any team since the pitching mound was lowered in the late 1960s.^[2]

Game log

2017 game log: 80–82 (Home: 43–38; Away: 37–44)

April: 7–16 (Home: 5–5; Away: 2–11)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
1	April 3	@ Twins	1–7	Santana (1–0)	Strahm (0–1)	—	39,615	0–1	L1
2	April 5	@ Twins	1–9	Santiago (1–0)	Kennedy (0–1)	—	15,171	0–2	L2
3	April 6	@ Twins	3–5	Rogers (1–0)	Minor (0–1)	Kintzler (1)	16,078	0–3	L3
4	April 7	@ Astros	5–1	Vargas (1–0)	Fiers (0–1)	—	30,491	1–3	W1
5	April 8	@ Astros	7–3	Duffy (1–0)	Gregerson (0–1)	—	35,373	2–3	W2
6	April 9	@ Astros	4–5 (12)	Devenski (1–0)	Strahm (0–2)	—	32,411	2–4	L1
7	April 10	A's	0–2	Cotton (1–1)	Kennedy (0–2)	Doolittle (1)	40,019	2–5	L2
8	April 12	A's	3–8	Triggs (2–0)	Hammel (0–1)	—	24,380	2–6	L3
9	April 13	A's	3–1	Vargas (2–0)	Hahn (0–1)	Herrera (1)	22,160	3–6	W1
10	April 14	Angels	7–1	Duffy (2–0)	Ramírez (2–1)	—	26,838	4–6	W2
11	April 15	Angels	3–2	Soria (1–0)	Alvarez (0–1)	Herrera (2)	24,162	5–6	W3
12	April 16	Angels	1–0	Herrera (1–0)	Parker (0–1)	—	27,950	6–6	W4
13	April 18	Giants	2–1 (11)	Law (1–0)	Alexander (0–1)	Melancon (3)	20,863	6–7	L1
14	April 19	Giants	2–0	Vargas (3–0)	Bumgarner (0–3)	Herrera (3)	24,402	7–7	W1
15	April 20	@ Rangers	0–1 (13)	Álvarez (1–0)	Wood (0–1)	—	26,898	7–8	L1
16	April 21	@ Rangers	2–6	Hamels (1–0)	Karns (0–1)	—	31,320	7–9	L2
17	April 22	@ Rangers	1–2	Bush (1–0)	Wood (0–2)	—	41,446	7–10	L3
18	April 23	@ Rangers	2–5	Darvish (2–2)	Hammel (0–2)	Bush (1)	37,177	7–11	L4
19	April 24	@ White Sox	1–12	González (3–0)	Vargas (3–1)	—	11,484	7–12	L5
20	April 25	@ White Sox	5–10	Jennings (2–0)	Duffy (2–1)	—	14,591	7–13	L6
21	April 26	@ White Sox	2–5	Quintana (1–4)	Karns (0–2)	Robertson (5)	18,218	7–14	L7
22	April 28	Twins	4–6	Breslow (1–0)	Soria (1–1)	Kintzler (6)	27,911	7–15	L8
—	April 29	Twins	Postponed (rain) (Rescheduled for July 1st)
23	April 30	Twins	5–7	Hughes (4–1)	Hammel (0–3)	Kintzler (7)	32,685	7–16	L9

May: 15–14 (Home: 8–8; Away: 7–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
24	May 1	White Sox	6–1	Vargas (4–1)	Covey (0–2)	—	20,148	8–16	W1
25	May 2	White Sox	0–6	Quintana (2–4)	Duffy (2–2)	—	18,604	8–17	L1
26	May 3	White Sox	6–1	Karns (1–2)	Pelfrey (0–2)	—	22,298	9–17	W1
27	May 4	White Sox	3–8	Holland (3–2)	Kennedy (0–3)	—	36,525	9–18	L1
28	May 5	Indians	3–1	Hammel (1–3)	Salazar (2–3)	Herrera (4)	25,722	10–18	W1
29	May 6	Indians	1–3	Miller (2–0)	Herrera (1–1)	Allen (8)	23,743	10–19	L1
30	May 7	Indians	0–1	Clevinger (1–0)	Duffy (2–3)	Allen (9)	25,754	10–20	L2
31	May 8	@ Rays	7–3	Karns (2–2)	Snell (0–3)	—	12,826	11–20	W1
32	May 9	@ Rays	7–6 (12)	Junis (1–0)	Moreno (0–1)	Herrera (5)	9,921	12–20	W2
33	May 10	@ Rays	1–12	Archer (3–1)	Hammel (1–4)	—	9,320	12–21	L1
34	May 11	@ Rays	6–0	Vargas (5–1)	Odorizzi (2–2)	—	9,340	13–21	W1
35	May 12	Orioles	3–2	Soria (2–1)	Nuño (0–1)	Herrera (6)	25,467	14–21	W2
36	May 13	Orioles	4–3	Maness (1–0)	Asher (1–2)	Herrera (7)	24,662	15–21	W3
37	May 14	Orioles	9–8	Strahm (1–2)	Bleier (0–1)	Herrera (8)	30,662	16–21	W4
38	May 16	Yankees	1–7	Sabathia (3–2)	Hammel (1–5)	—	30,878	16–22	L1
39	May 17	Yankees	7–11	Pineda (4–2)	Vargas (5–2)	Betances (1)	22,899	16–23	L2
40	May 18	Yankees	5–1	Duffy (3–3)	Montgomery (2–3)	—	22,803	17–23	W1
41	May 19	@ Twins	3–4 (10)	Kintzler (2–0)	Alburquerque (0–1)	—	23,553	17–24	L1
—	May 20	@ Twins	Postponed (rain) (Rescheduled for May 21)
42	May 21	@ Twins	6–4	Minor (1–1)	Hughes (4–3)	Herrera (9)		18–24	W1
43	May 21	@ Twins	4–8	Mejía (1–1)	Kennedy (0–4)	—	27,852	18–25	L1
44	May 22	@ Yankees	2–4	Pineda (5–2)	Vargas (5–3)	Betances (3)	35,005	18–26	L2
45	May 23	@ Yankees	6–2	Duffy (4–3)	Warren (1–1)	—	35,931	19–26	W1
46	May 24	@ Yankees	0–3	Severino (3–2)	Hammel (1–6)	Betances (4)	34,610	19–27	L1
—	May 25	@ Yankees	Postponed (rain) (Rescheduled for September 25)
47	May 26	@ Indians	6–4	Minor (2–1)	Shaw (1–1)	Herrera (10)	29,603	20–27	W1
48	May 27	@ Indians	5–2	Vargas (6–3)	Salazar (3–5)	Herrera (11)	30,920	21–27	W2
49	May 28	@ Indians	1–10	Tomlin (3–6)	Duffy (4–4)	—	23,136	21–28	L1
50	May 29	Tigers	7–10	Rodríguez (2–5)	Soria (2–2)	Wilson (4)	28,419	21–29	L2
51	May 30	Tigers	1–0	Skoglund (1–0)	Verlander (4–4)	Herrera (12)	21,864	22–29	W1
52	May 31	Tigers	5–6	Saupold (1–0)	Kennedy (0–5)	Wilson (5)	24,347	22–30	L1

June: 17–9 (Home: 9–5; Away: 8–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
53	June 2	Indians	4–0	Vargas (7–3)	Tomlin (3–7)	—	33,408	23–30	W1
54	June 3	Indians	12–5	Hammel (2–6)	Carrasco (5–3)	—	26,497	24–30	W2
55	June 4	Indians	0–8	Otero (1–0)	Skoglund (1–1)	—	28,185	24–31	L1
56	June 5	Astros	3–7	Fiers (2–2)	Kennedy (0–6)	—	21,892	24–32	L2
57	June 6	Astros	9–7	Minor (3–1)	Giles (1–2)	—	20,974	25–32	W1
58	June 7	Astros	7–5	Vargas (8–3)	Díaz (0–1)	Herrera (13)	25,628	26–32	W2
59	June 8	Astros	1–6	Harris (2–1)	Herrera (1–2)	—	32,747	26–33	L1
60	June 9	@ Padres	3–6	Chacín (5–5)	Strahm (1–3)	Maurer (10)	23,055	26–34	L2
61	June 10	@ Padres	12–6	Wood (1–2)	Hand (1–4)	—	26,107	27–34	W1
62	June 11	@ Padres	8–3	Junis (2–0)	Lamet (2–2)	—	25,599	28–34	W2
63	June 13	@ Giants	8–1	Vargas (9–3)	Blach (4–4)	—	41,284	29–34	W3
64	June 14	@ Giants	7–2	Hammel (3–6)	Cueto (5–6)	—	41,144	30–34	W4
65	June 15	@ Angels	7–2	Strahm (2–3)	Nolasco (2–8)	—	34,884	31–34	W5
66	June 16	@ Angels	3–1	Kennedy (1–6)	Chavez (5–7)	Herrera (14)	34,184	32–34	W6
67	June 17	@ Angels	0–9	Meyer (3–3)	Junis (2–1)	—	41,209	32–35	L1
68	June 18	@ Angels	7–3	Vargas (10–3)	Ramirez (6–5)	Herrera (15)	40,178	33–35	W1
69	June 19	Red Sox	4–2	Hammel (4–6)	Boyer (0–1)	Herrera (16)	27,992	34–35	W2
70	June 20	Red Sox	3–8	Sale (9–3)	Strahm (2–4)	—	25,983	34–36	L1
71	June 21	Red Sox	6–4	Soria (3–2)	Scott (0–1)	Herrera (17)	30,826	35–36	W1
72	June 23	Blue Jays	5–4	Soria (4–2)	Loup (2–1)	—	38,848	36–36	W2
72	June 24	Blue Jays	3–2	Vargas (11–3)	Estrada (4–6)	Herrera (18)	26,938	37–36	W3
74	June 25	Blue Jays	2–8	Liriano (4–3)	Alexander (0–2)	—	37,182	37–37	L1
75	June 27	@ Tigers	3–5	Verlander (5–4)	Strahm (2–5)	J. Wilson (7)	29,488	37–38	L2
76	June 28	@ Tigers	8–2	Kennedy (2–6)	Norris (4–6)	—	29,614	38–38	W1
77	June 29	@ Tigers	3–7	Fulmer (7–6)	Junis (2–2)	—	33,681	38–39	L1
78	June 30	Twins	8–1	Vargas (12–3)	Santana (10–5)	—	34,332	39–39	W1

July: 16–10 (Home: 8–5; Away: 8–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
79	July 1 (1)	Twins	11–6	Minor (4–1)	Duffey (0–2)	—	25,571	40–39	W2
80	July 1 (2)	Twins	5–10	Jorge (1–0)	Hammel (4–7)	—	32,448	40–40	L1
81	July 2	Twins	6–2	Alexander (1–2)	Santiago (4–8)	—	28,775	41–40	W1
82	July 3	@ Mariners	3–1	Kennedy (3–6)	Moore (1–1)	Soria (1)	35,789	42–40	W2
83	July 4	@ Mariners	7–3	Duffy (5–4)	Hernandez (3–3)	—	25,555	43–40	W3
84	July 5	@ Mariners	9–6	Minor (7–5)	Pazos (2–2)	Herrera (19)	15,157	44–40	W4
85	July 7	@ Dodgers	1–4	Maeda (7–4)	Hammel (4–8)	Jansen (21)	48,017	44–41	L1
86	July 8	@ Dodgers	4–5 (10)	Stripling (1–3)	Alexander (1–3)	—	45,225	44–42	L2
87	July 9	@ Dodgers	2–5	Kershaw (14–2)	Duffy (5–5)	—	41,524	44–43	L3
88th All-Star Game in Miami, Florida
88	July 14	Rangers	3–5	Pérez (5–6)	Minor (5–2)	Claudio (2)	35,591	44–44	L4
89	July 15	Rangers	0–1	Leclerc (2–2)	Duffy (5–6)	Claudio (3)	32,907	44–45	L5
90	July 16	Rangers	4–3	Herrera (2–2)	Grilli (2–5)	—	23,163	45–45	W1
91	July 17	Tigers	2–10	Zimmermann (6–7)	Vargas (12–4)	—	26,359	45–46	L1
92	July 18	Tigers	3–9	Boyd (3–5)	Wood (1–3)	—	22,908	45–47	L2
93	July 19	Tigers	4–3	McCarthy (1–0)	J. Wilson (3–4)	—	30,105	46–47	W1
94	July 20	Tigers	16–4	Duffy (6–6)	Fulmer (10–7)	—	29,018	47–47	W2
95	July 21	White Sox	7–6 (10)	Feliz (2–5)	Clippard (1–6)	—	29,647	48–47	W3
96	July 22	White Sox	7–2	Alexander (2–3)	Holmberg (1–3)	—	34,088	49–47	W4
97	July 23	White Sox	5–4	Herrera (3–2)	Infante (0–1)	—	23,184	50–47	W5
98	July 24	@ Tigers	5–3 (12)	Junis (3–2)	VerHagen (0–1)	Herrera (20)	26,415	51–47	W6
99	July 25	@ Tigers	3–1	Duffy (7–6)	Fulmer (10–8)	Herrera (21)	27,259	52–47	W7
100	July 26	@ Tigers	16–2	Kennedy (4–6)	Sánchez (2–1)	—	29,073	53–47	W8
101	July 28	@ Red Sox	4–2	Vargas (13–4)	Porcello (4–14)	Herrera (22)	37,321	54–47	W9
102	July 29	@ Red Sox	8–9 (10)	Barnes (6–2)	Minor (5–3)	—	36,912	54–48	L1
103	July 30	@ Red Sox	5–3	Hammel (5–8)	Barnes (6–3)	Herrera (23)	36,480	55–48	W1
104	July 31	@ Orioles	1–2	Britton (1–0)	Soria (4–3)	—	20,663	55–49	L1

August: 10–18 (Home: 6–9; Away: 4–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
105	August 1	@ Orioles	2–7	Bundy (10–8)	Kennedy (4–7)	—	20,931	55–50	L2
106	August 2	@ Orioles	0–6	Hellickson (7–5)	Vargas (13–5)	—	14,984	55–51	L3
107	August 3	Mariners	6–4	Buchter (4–3)	Pagan (0–2)	Herrera (24)	29,228	56–51	W1
108	August 4	Mariners	2–5	Paxton (12–3)	Hammel (5–9)	Diaz (22)	38,130	56–52	L1
—	August 5	Mariners		PPD, RAIN; Rescheduled for August 6
109	August 6	Mariners	7–8	Pazos (3–3)	Duffy (7–7)	Díaz (23)		56–53	L2
110	August 6	Mariners	9–1	Junis (4–2)	Ramírez (4–4)	—	29,432	57–53	W1
111	August 7	Cardinals	3–11	Martinez (8–9)	Kennedy (4–8)	—	38,478	57–54	L1
112	August 8	Cardinals	3–10	Wacha (9–4)	Vargas (13–6)	—	37,267	57–55	L2
113	August 9	@ Cardinals	5–8	Bowman (3–4)	Maurer (1–5)	Rosenthal (9)	44,139	57–56	L3
114	August 10	@ Cardinals	6–8	Lyons (1–0)	Minor (5–4)	Rosenthal (10)	41,706	57–57	L4
115	August 11	@ White Sox	3–6	Bummer (1–2)	Duffy (7–8)	Clippard (3)	18,137	57–58	L5
116	August 12	@ White Sox	5–4	Alexander (3–3)	Bummer (1–3)	Herrera (25)	20,413	58–58	W1
117	August 13	@ White Sox	14–6	Vargas (14–6)	Holland (6–12)	—	27,351	59–58	W2
118	August 14	@ A's	6–2	Junis (5–2)	Cotton (5–10)	—	9,848	60–58	W3
119	August 15	@ A's	8–10	Treinen (1–2)	Minor (5–5)	—	13,875	60–59	L1
120	August 16	@ A's	7–6	Maurer (2–5)	Treinen (1–3)	Herrera (26)	15,239	61–59	W1
121	August 18	Indians	1–10	Kluber (12–3)	Kennedy (4–9)	—	35,974	61–60	L1
122	August 19	Indians	0–5	Bauer (12–8)	Vargas (14–7)	—	34,204	61–61	L2
123	August 20	Indians	7–4	Hammel (6–9)	Salazar (5–6)	—	27,417	62–61	W1
124	August 22	Rockies	3–2	Duffy (8–8)	Gray (5–3)	Alexander (1)	22,868	63–61	W2
125	August 23	Rockies	6–4	Maurer (3–5)	Holland (2–5)	—	25,752	64–61	W3
126	August 24	Rockies	2–3	Ottavino (2–3)	Minor (5–6)	Holland (36)	25,314	64–62	L1
127	August 25	@ Indians	0–4	Merritt (1–0)	Vargas (14–8)	—	34,061	64–63	L2
128	August 26	@ Indians	0–4	Clevinger (7–5)	Hammel (6–10)	—	34,273	64–64	L3
129	August 27	@ Indians	0–12	Carrasco (13–6)	Skoglund (1–2)	—	32,229	64–65	L4
130	August 28	Rays	0–12	Pruitt (7–3)	Kennedy (4–10)	Andriese (1)	21,866	64–66	L5
131	August 29	Rays	6–2	Junis (6–2)	Cobb (9–9)	—	25,204	65–66	W1
132	August 30	Rays	3–5	Odorizzi (7–7)	Vargas (14–9)	Colomé (40)	25,916	65–67	L1

September/October: 15–15 (Home: 7–6; Away: 8–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
133	September 1	@ Twins	7–6	Hammel (7–10)	Gee (1–2)	Alexander (2)	24,068	66–67	W1
134	September 2	@ Twins	0–17	Gibson (9–10)	Garcia (0–1)	—	33,413	66–68	L1
135	September 3	@ Twins	5–4	Alexander (4–3)	Busenitz (1–1)	Maurer (21)	32,234	67–68	W1
136	September 4	@ Tigers	7–6	Junis (7–2)	Lewicki (0–1)	Alexander (3)	24,804	68–68	W3
137	September 5	@ Tigers	2–13	Jaye (1–0)	Vargas (14–10)	—	,	68–69	L1
138	September 6	@ Tigers	13–2	Hammel (8–10)	Boyd (5–9)	—	23,755	69–69	W1
139	September 7	Twins	2–4	Hildenberger (3–2)	Herrera (3–3)	Belisle (6)	26,485	69–70	L1
140	September 8	Twins	5–8	Santana (8–5)	Kennedy (4–11)	Belisle (7)	31,879	69–71	L2
141	September 9	Twins	5–2	Minor (6–6)	Pressly (2–3)	Maurer (2)	29,991	70–71	W1
142	September 10	Twins	11–3	Vargas (15–10)	Colón (6–12)	—	35,003	71–71	W2
143	September 11	White Sox	3–11	López (1–3)	Hammel (8–11)	—	23,135	71–72	L1
144	September 12	White Sox	4–3	Gaviglio (4–5)	Covey (0–5)	Alexander (4)	17,727	72–72	W1
145	September 13	White Sox	3–5	Minaya (3–2)	Alexander (4–4)	—	25,665	72–73	L1
146	September 14	@ Indians	2–3 (10)	Allen (3–6)	Maurer (3–6)	—	30,874	72–74	L2
147	September 15	@ Indians	4–3	Vargas (16–10)	Bauer (16–9)	Minor (1)	34,025	73–74	W1
148	September 16	@ Indians	4–8	Carrasco (16–6)	Hammel (8–12)	—	33,688	73–75	L1
149	September 17	@ Indians	2–3	Kluber (17–4)	Duffy (8–9)	Allen (28)	32,313	73–76	L2
150	September 19	@ Blue Jays	2–5	Stroman (12–8)	Kennedy (4–12)	Osuna (37)	33,554	73–77	L3
151	September 20	@ Blue Jays	15–5	Junis (8–2)	Anderson (1–2)	—	33,050	74–77	W1
152	September 21	@ Blue Jays	1–0	Vargas (17–10)	Happ (9–11)	Minor (2)	35,861	75–77	W2
153	September 22	@ White Sox	6–7	López (3–3)	Hammel (8–13)	Minaya (6)	18,041	75–78	L1
154	September 23	@ White Sox	8–2	Duffy (9–9)	Covey (0–7)	—	20,306	76–78	W1
155	September 24	@ White Sox	1–8	Giolito (3–3)	Kennedy (4–13)	—	18,791	76–79	L1
156	September 25	@ Yankees	3–11	Sabathia (13–5)	Junis (8–3)	—	40,023	76–80	L2
157	September 26	Tigers	2–1	Vargas (18–10)	Sánchez (3–6)	Minor (3)	20,613	77–80	W1
158	September 27	Tigers	7–4	Alexander (5–4)	VerHagen (0–3)	Minor (4)	21,319	78–80	W2
159	September 28	Tigers	1–4	Norris (5–8)	Duffy (9–10)	Greene (8)	21,650	78–81	L1
160	September 29	D-Backs	2–1	Kennedy (5–13)	Greinke (17–7)	Minor (5)	23,488	79–81	W1
161	September 30	D-Backs	4–3	Junis (9–3)	Bradley (3–3)	Minor (6)	32,727	80–81	W2
162	October 1	D-Backs	2–14	Banda (2–3)	Vargas (18–11)	—	32,277	80–82	L1

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Royals team member

Season standings

American League Central

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AL Central
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	102	60	.630	—	49‍–‍32	53‍–‍28
Minnesota Twins	85	77	.525	17	41‍–‍40	44‍–‍37
Kansas City Royals	80	82	.494	22	43‍–‍38	37‍–‍44
Chicago White Sox	67	95	.414	35	39‍–‍42	28‍–‍53
Detroit Tigers	64	98	.395	38	34‍–‍47	30‍–‍51

American League Wild Card

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Division Leaders
Team	W	L	Pct.
Cleveland Indians	102	60	.630
Houston Astros	101	61	.623
Boston Red Sox	93	69	.574

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Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	91	71	.562	+6
Minnesota Twins	85	77	.525	—
Kansas City Royals	80	82	.494	5
Los Angeles Angels	80	82	.494	5
Tampa Bay Rays	80	82	.494	5
Seattle Mariners	78	84	.481	7
Texas Rangers	78	84	.481	7
Toronto Blue Jays	76	86	.469	9
Baltimore Orioles	75	87	.463	10
Oakland Athletics	75	87	.463	10
Chicago White Sox	67	95	.414	18
Detroit Tigers	64	98	.395	21

Record against opponents

2017 American League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2017
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	10–9	4–3	1–6	3–4	1–5	3–3	2–4	2–5	7–12	4–3	4–2	8–11	6–1	12–7	8–12
Boston	9–10	—	6–1	4–3	3–4	3–4	2–4	2–4	5–2	8–11	3–4	3–3	11–8	5–1	13–6	16–4
Chicago	3–4	1–6	—	6–13	10–9	4–2	10–9	3–4	7–12	3–4	1–5	3–4	3–3	4–3	3–3	6–14
Cleveland	6–1	3–4	13–6	—	13–6	5–1	12–7	6–0	12–7	5–2	3–4	4–2	4–3	6–1	4–2	6–14
Detroit	4–3	4–3	9–10	6–13	—	3–4	8–11	3–4	8–11	3–3	1–5	1–6	2–5	1–5	3–3	8–12
Houston	5–1	4–3	2–4	1–5	4–3	—	3–4	12–7	5–1	5–2	12–7	14–5	3–4	12–7	4–3	15–5
Kansas City	3–3	4–2	9–10	7–12	11–8	4–3	—	6–1	8–11	2–5	3–3	5–2	4–3	1–6	3–3	9–11
Los Angeles	4–2	4–2	4–3	0–6	4–3	7–12	1–6	—	2–5	4–2	12–7	12–7	3–4	8–11	4–3	11–9
Minnesota	5–2	2–5	12–7	7–12	11–8	1–5	11–8	5–2	—	2–4	3–3	3–4	2–4	4–3	4–3	13–7
New York	12–7	11–8	4–3	2–5	3–3	2–5	5–2	2–4	4–2	—	2–5	5–2	12–7	3–3	9–10	15–5
Oakland	3–4	4–3	5–1	4–3	5–1	7–12	3–3	7–12	3–3	5–2	—	7–12	2–5	10–9	2–5	7–13
Seattle	2–4	3–3	4–3	2–4	6–1	5–14	2–5	7–12	4–3	2–5	12–7	—	5–1	11–8	1–6	12–8
Tampa Bay	11–8	8–11	3–3	3–4	5–2	4–3	3–4	4–3	4–2	7–12	5–2	1–5	—	2–4	9–10	11–9
Texas	1–6	1–5	3–4	1–6	5–1	7–12	6–1	11–8	3–4	3–3	9–10	8–11	4–2	—	3–4	14–6
Toronto	7–12	6–13	3–3	2–4	3–3	3–4	3–3	3–4	3–4	10–9	5–2	6–1	10–9	4–3	—	9–11

Roster

2017 Kansas City Royals

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

3 Ned Yost

Coaches

44 Brian Buchanan (assistant hitting)
80 Ryan Eigsti (bullpen catcher)
58 Dave Eiland (pitching)
28 Pedro Grifol (catching)
57 Doug Henry (bullpen)
23 Mike Jirschele (third base/infield)
18 Rusty Kuntz (first base/outfield/baserunning)
21 Dale Sveum (hitting)
22 Don Wakamatsu (bench)

Player stats

Batting

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
Eric Hosmer	162	603	98	192	31	1	25	94	6	66	.318	.498
Alcides Escobar	162	599	71	150	36	5	6	54	4	15	.250	.357
Whit Merrifield	145	587	80	169	32	6	19	78	34	29	.288	.460
Lorenzo Cain	155	584	86	175	27	5	15	49	26	54	.300	.440
Mike Moustakas	148	555	75	151	24	0	38	85	0	34	.272	.521
Alex Gordon	148	476	52	99	20	2	9	45	7	45	.208	.315
Salvador Pérez	129	471	57	126	24	1	27	80	1	17	.268	.495
Jorge Bonifacio	113	384	55	98	15	1	17	40	1	35	.255	.432
Brandon Moss	118	362	41	75	14	0	22	50	2	37	.207	.428
Melky Cabrera	58	223	24	60	13	2	4	29	1	11	.269	.399
Drew Butera	75	163	18	37	4	1	3	14	0	12	.227	.319
Cheslor Cuthbert	58	143	10	33	7	0	2	18	0	9	.231	.322
Jorge Soler	35	97	7	14	5	0	2	6	0	12	.144	.258
Paulo Orlando	39	86	9	17	3	0	2	6	1	1	.198	.302
Ramón Torres	33	74	9	18	3	0	0	4	1	4	.243	.284
Adalberto Mondesí	25	53	4	9	1	0	1	3	5	3	.170	.245
Cam Gallagher	13	24	2	6	1	0	1	5	0	3	.250	.417
Christian Colón	7	17	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.176	.176
Billy Burns	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167
Terrance Gore	12	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.000
Pitcher Totals	162	25	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.120	.120
Team Totals	162	5536	702	1436	260	24	193	660	91	390	.259	.420

Source:[1]

Pitching

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
Jason Hammel	8	13	5.29	32	32	0	180.1	209	109	106	48	145
Jason Vargas	18	11	4.16	32	32	0	179.2	181	84	83	58	134
Ian Kennedy	5	13	5.38	30	30	0	154.0	143	99	92	61	131
Danny Duffy	9	10	3.81	24	24	0	146.1	143	67	62	41	130
Jakob Junis	9	3	4.30	20	16	0	98.1	101	52	47	25	80
Mike Minor	6	6	2.55	65	0	6	77.2	57	23	22	22	88
Scott Alexander	5	4	2.48	58	0	4	69.0	62	23	19	28	59
Kelvin Herrera	3	3	4.25	64	0	26	59.1	60	33	28	20	56
Peter Moylan	0	0	3.49	79	0	0	59.1	40	26	23	25	46
Joakim Soria	4	3	3.70	59	0	1	56.0	49	24	23	20	64
Nate Karns	2	2	4.17	9	8	0	45.1	41	21	21	13	51
Kevin McCarthy	1	0	3.20	33	0	0	45.0	50	23	16	13	27
Travis Wood	1	3	6.91	28	3	0	41.2	56	33	32	20	29
Matt Strahm	2	5	5.45	24	3	0	34.2	30	22	21	22	37
Chris Young	0	0	7.50	14	2	0	30.0	47	27	25	14	22
Ryan Buchter	1	0	2.67	29	0	0	27.0	16	10	8	8	18
Trevor Cahill	0	0	8.22	10	3	0	23.0	33	21	21	21	15
Brandon Maurer	2	2	8.10	26	0	2	20.0	34	18	18	11	21
Neftalí Feliz	1	0	4.74	20	0	0	19.0	17	11	10	8	16
Eric Skoglund	1	2	9.50	7	5	0	18.0	30	20	19	12	14
Sam Gaviglio	1	0	3.00	4	2	0	12.0	13	4	4	5	9
Al Alburquerque	0	1	3.60	11	0	0	10.0	7	4	4	6	9
Seth Maness	1	0	3.72	8	0	0	9.2	16	5	4	2	4
Onelki Garcia	0	1	13.50	2	1	0	6.0	12	9	9	5	2
Mike Morin	0	0	7.94	6	0	0	5.2	8	5	5	3	6
Andrés Machado	0	0	22.09	2	0	0	3.2	10	9	9	3	1
Luke Farrell	0	0	16.88	1	1	0	2.2	7	5	5	3	2
Brian Flynn	0	0	3.86	1	0	0	2.1	3	1	1	0	0
Miguel Almonte	0	0	13.50	2	0	0	2.0	5	3	3	2	0
Team Totals	80	82	4.61	162	162	39	1437.2	1480	791	737	519	1216

Source:[2]

Awards

First baseman Eric Hosmer won the Silver Slugger Award as the best offensive player at his position in the American League.^[3]

Farm system

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	Scott Thorman
Rookie	Burlington Royals	Appalachian League	Omar Ramírez
Rookie	Idaho Falls Chukars	Pioneer League	Justin Gemoll
Rookie	AZL Royals	Arizona League	Darryl Kennedy
Rookie	DSL Royals	Dominican Summer League

References

^ "Fantastic fours: Royals roll with 4 big innings". MLB.com. July 21, 2017. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
^ Flanagan, Jeffrey; Chastain, Bill (August 30, 2017). "Royals hit 3 homers, snap skid against Rays". MLB.com. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
^ "Silver Slugger Awards". Louisville Slugger. Retrieved July 7, 2018.

External links

Kansas City Royals Official Site Archived July 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
2017 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference

[1] "Fantastic fours: Royals roll with 4 big innings". MLB.com. July 21, 2017. Retrieved July 21, 2017.

[2] Flanagan, Jeffrey; Chastain, Bill (August 30, 2017). "Royals hit 3 homers, snap skid against Rays". MLB.com. Retrieved September 5, 2017.

[3] "Silver Slugger Awards". Louisville Slugger. Retrieved July 7, 2018.

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