2010 Kansas City Royals season

Major League Baseball team season

2010 Kansas City Royals

League| American League
Division| Central
Ballpark| Kauffman Stadium
City| Kansas City, Missouri
Record| 67–95 (.414)
Divisional place| 5th
Owners| David Glass
General managers| Dayton Moore
Managers| Trey Hillman
Ned Yost
Television| Fox Sports Kansas City
(Ryan Lefebvre, Paul Splittorff, Frank White)
Radio| KCSP 610 AM
(Denny Matthews, Bob Davis, Steve Stewart)
| <- 2009 | Seasons | 2011 ->

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The Kansas City Royals' season of 2010 was the 42nd for the Royals franchise. It was also the 25th anniversary of their first World Series championship (1985).

The Royals' payroll as the 2010 season opened was $70 million (21st in the major leagues).[1][2] Royals batters struck out 905 times during the season, the fewest of any team in a season in the 2010s.[3]

## Regular season

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Manager Trey Hillman and third base coach Dave Owen (baseball) were dismissed after the game on May 13, 2010 and replaced with Ned Yost as manager and Rusty Kuntz as first base coach with Eddie Rodriguez shifting from first base coach to third base coach.

### Season standings

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#### American League Central

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Minnesota Twins | 94 | 68  | .580  | —  | 53‍–‍28  | 41‍–‍40
Chicago White Sox | 88 | 74  | .543  | 6  | 45‍–‍36  | 43‍–‍38
Detroit Tigers | 81 | 81  | .500  | 13  | 52‍–‍29  | 29‍–‍52
Cleveland Indians | 69 | 93  | .426  | 25  | 38‍–‍43  | 31‍–‍50
Kansas City Royals | 67 | 95  | .414  | 27  | 38‍–‍43  | 29‍–‍52

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Tampa Bay Rays | 96 | 66  | .593
Minnesota Twins | 94 | 68  | .580
Texas Rangers | 90 | 72  | .556

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Wild Card team
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New York Yankees | 95 | 67  | .586  | —
Boston Red Sox | 89 | 73  | .549  | 6
Chicago White Sox | 88 | 74  | .543  | 7
Toronto Blue Jays | 85 | 77  | .525  | 10
Detroit Tigers | 81 | 81  | .500  | 14
Oakland Athletics | 81 | 81  | .500  | 14
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 80 | 82  | .494  | 15
Cleveland Indians | 69 | 93  | .426  | 26
Kansas City Royals | 67 | 95  | .414  | 28
Baltimore Orioles | 66 | 96  | .407  | 29
Seattle Mariners | 61 | 101  | .377  | 34

#### Record vs. opponents

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Team  | BAL  | BOS  | CWS  | CLE  | DET  | KC  | LAA  | MIN  | NYY  | OAK  | SEA  | TB  | TEX  | TOR  | NL

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Baltimore | – | 9–9 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 5–5 | 2–4 | 6–0 | 3–5 | 5–13 | 3–7 | 3–6 | 7–11 | 6–4 | 3–15 | 7–11
Boston | 9–9 | – | 1–6 | 4–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 9–1 | 3–2 | 9–9 | 4–5 | 7–3 | 7–11 | 4–6 | 12–6 | 13–5
Chicago | 3–4 | 6–1 | – | 9–9 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 7–2 | 5–13 | 2–4 | 4–5 | 9–1 | 3–4 | 4–5 | 3–5 | 15–3
Cleveland | 3–3 | 4–4 | 9–9 | – | 9–9 | 10–8 | 5–4 | 6–12 | 2–6 | 3–6 | 3–4 | 2–7 | 2–4 | 6–4 | 5–13
Detroit | 5–5 | 3–3 | 10–8 | 9–9 | – | 10–8 | 6–4 | 9–9 | 4–4 | 3–3 | 3–5 | 1–6 | 3–6 | 4–4 | 11–7
Kansas City | 4–2 | 3-4 | 9–10 | 8–10 | 8–10 | – | 3-7 | 5–13 | 3–5 | 3–6 | 5–4 | 4–4 | 2–7 | 3–3 | 8–10
Los Angeles | 0–6 | 1–9 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 4–6 | 7–3 | – | 2–5 | 4–4 | 11–8 | 15–4 | 4–5 | 9–10 | 6–3 | 11–7
Minnesota | 5–3 | 2–3 | 13–5 | 12–6 | 9–9 | 13–5 | 5–2 | – | 2–4 | 6–3 | 6-4 | 3–5 | 7–3 | 3–6 | 8–10
New York | 13–5 | 9–9 | 4–2 | 6-2 | 4–4 | 5–3 | 4–4 | 4–2 | – | 9–1 | 6–4 | 8–10 | 4–4 | 8–10 | 11–7
Oakland | 7–3 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 3–3 | 6–3 | 8–11 | 3–6 | 1–9 | – | 13–6 | 4–5 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 8–10
Seattle | 6–3 | 3–7 | 1–9 | 4–3 | 5–3 | 4–5 | 4–15 | 4–6 | 4–6 | 6–13 | – | 2–7 | 7–12 | 2–3 | 9–9
Tampa Bay | 11–7 | 11–7 | 4–3 | 7–2 | 6–1 | 4–4 | 5–4 | 5–3 | 10–8 | 5–4 | 7–2 | – | 4–2 | 10–8 | 7–11
Texas | 4–6 | 6–4 | 5–4 | 4–2 | 6–3 | 7–2 | 10-9 | 3-7 | 4-4 | 10-9 | 12–7 | 2–4 | – | 3–7 | 14–4
Toronto | 15–3 | 6–12 | 5–3 | 4–6 | 4–4 | 3–3 | 3–6 | 6–3 | 10–8 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 8–10 | 7–3 | – | 7–11

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* Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2010

### Game log

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Legend

Royals Win  | Royals Loss  | Game Postponed
2010 Game Log

April (9–14)

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1 | April 5 | Tigers | 8–4 | Zumaya (1–0) | Tejeda (0–1) |  | 40,052 | 0–1
2 | April 7 | Tigers | 3–2 (11) | Farnsworth (1–0) | Valverde (0–1) |  | 10,574 | 1–1
3 | April 8 | Tigers | 7–3 | Bonine (1–0) | Mendoza (0–1) |  | 10,909 | 1–2
4 | April 9 | Red Sox | 4–3 | Parrish (1–0) | Bard (0–1) | Soria (1) | 21,091 | 2–2
5 | April 10 | Red Sox | 8–3 | Beckett (1–0) | Greinke (0–1) |  | 37,505 | 2–3
6 | April 11 | Red Sox | 8–6 | Buchholz (1–0) | Meche (0–1) | Papelbon (2) | 19,240 | 2–4
7 | April 12 | @ Tigers | 10–5 | Hochevar (1–0) | Scherzer (0–1) |  | 17,058 | 3–4
8 | April 13 | @ Tigers | 6–5 | Zumaya (2–0) | Hughes (0–1) | Valverde (2) | 18,414 | 3–5
9 | April 14 | @ Tigers | 7–3 | Davies (1–0) | Perry (0–1) | Soria (2) | 19,262 | 4–5
10 | April 16 | @ Twins | 10–3 | Baker (2–1) | Greinke (0–2) |  | 38,532 | 4–6
11 | April 17 | @ Twins | 6–5 | Duensing (2–0) | Parrish (1–1) | Rauch (6) | 38,564 | 4–7
12 | April 18 | @ Twins | 10–5 | Hochevar (2–0) | Pavano (2–1) | Soria (3) | 38,544 | 5–7
13 | April 19 | @ Blue Jays | 8–1 | Morrow (1–1) | Bannister (0–1) |  | 10,314 | 5–8
14 | April 20 | @ Blue Jays | 4–3 | Camp (1–0) | Davies (0–2) | Gregg (4) | 10,565 | 5–9
15 | April 21 | @ Blue Jays | 4–3 (10) | Tejeda (1–1) | Downs (0–1) | Soria (4) | 15,577 | 6–9
16 | April 23 | Twins | 8–3 | Pavano (3–1) | Meche (0–2) |  | 16,605 | 6–10
17 | April 24 | Twins | 9–7 (12) | Rauch (1–0) | Tejeda (1–2) |  | 26,649 | 6–11
18 | April 25 | Twins | 4–3 | Bannister (1–1) | Slowey (2–2) | Soria (5) | 15,601 | 7–11
19 | April 26 | Mariners | 3–1 | Davies (2–1) | Hernández (2–1) | Chen (1) | 11,391 | 8–11
20 | April 27 | Mariners | 3–2 | Kelley (1–0) | Rupe (0–1) | Aardsma (7) | 14,969 | 8–12
21 | April 28 | Mariners | 6–5 | League (3–1) | Thompson (0–1) | Aardsma (8) | 13,206 | 8–13
22 | April 29 | @ Rays | 11–1 | Garza (4–1) | Hochevar (2–1) |  | 12,766 | 8–14
23 | April 30 | @ Rays | 3–2 | Rupe (1–1) | Choate (0–2) | Soria (6) | 25,195 | 9–14

May (12–17)

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24 | May 1 | @ Rays | 4–2 (11) | Tejada (2–2) | Cormier (2–1) | Soria (7) | 34,813 | 10–14
25 | May 2 | @ Rays | 1–0 | Davis (3–1) | Greinke (0–3) | Soriano (6) | 19,757 | 10–15
26 | May 3 | @ White Sox | 5–1 | Peavy (1–2) | Meche (0–3) |  | 21,208 | 10–16
27 | May 4 | @ White Sox | 7–2 | Hochevar (3–1) | Floyd (1–3) |  | 17,157 | 11–16
28 | May 5 | @ White Sox | 9–2 | García (1–2) | Bannister (1–2) |  | 21,255 | 11–17
29 | May 6 | @ Rangers | 13–12 | Francisco (4–3) | Soria (0–1) | Feliz (7) | 15,132 | 11–18
30 | May 7 | @ Rangers | 4–1 | Wilson (3–1) | Greinke (0–4) |  | 29,065 | 11–19
31 | May 8 | @ Rangers | 3–2 | Ray (1–0) | Meche (0–4) | Feliz (8) | 36,349 | 11–20
32 | May 9 | @ Rangers | 6–4 | Mathis (1–0) | Thompson (0–2) | Feliz (9) | 25,476 | 11–21
33 | May 11 | Indians | 8–2 | Westbrook (1–2) | Bannister (1–2) |  | 15,930 | 11–22
34 | May 12 | Indians | 4–0 | Carmona (4–1) | Davies (2–2) |  | 11,803 | 11–23
35 | May 13 | Indians | 6–4 | Greinke (1–4) | Huff (1–5) | Soria (8) | 28,361 | 12–23
36 | May 14 | White Sox | 6–1 | Hughes (1–1) | Buehrle (2–5) |  | 27,816 | 13–23
37 | May 15 | White Sox | 5–4 | Peavy (3–2) | Hochevar (3–2) | Thornton (1) | 22,192 | 13–24
38 | May 16 | White Sox | 5–3 | Bannister (2–3) | Floyd (1–4) | Soria (9) | 13,922 | 14–24
39 | May 17 | @ Orioles | 4–3 | Davies (3–2) | Bergesen (3–3) | Soria (10) | 9,299 | 15–24
40 | May 18 | @ Orioles | 4–3 (10) | Simón (1–1) | Bullington (0–1) |  | 9,715 | 15–25
41 | May 19 | @ Indians | 8–4 | Chen (1–0) | Wood (0–2) |  | 10,916 | 16–25
42 | May 20 | @ Indians | 9–3 | Hochevar (4–2) | Talbot (5–3) |  | 13,953 | 17–25
43 | May 21 | Rockies | 9–2 | Bannister (3–3) | Hammel (1–3) |  | 24,807 | 18–25
44 | May 22 | Rockies | 3–0 | Francis (1–0) | Davies (3–3) | Corpas (3) | 20,907 | 18–26
45 | May 23 | Rockies | 11–7 | Rogers (1–2) | Greinke (1–5) |  | 21,867 | 18–27
46 | May 25 | Rangers | 8–7 | O'Day (2–2) | Thompson (0–3) | Feliz (13) | 12,796 | 18–28
47 | May 26 | Rangers | 5–2 | Hochevar (5–2) | Feldman (2–5) | Soria (11) | 14,722 | 19–28
48 | May 27 | @ Red Sox | 4–3 | Bannister (4–3) | Matsuzaka (3–2) | Soria (12) | 37,940 | 20–28
49 | May 28 | @ Red Sox | 12–5 | Davies (4–3) | Wakefield (1–3) |  | 37,945 | 21–28
50 | May 29 | @ Red Sox | 1–0 | Buchholz (7–3) | Greinke (1–6) | Papelbon (12) | 37,956 | 21–29
51 | May 30 | @ Red Sox | 8–1 | Lester (6–2) | Thompson (0–4) |  | 37,581 | 21–30
52 | May 31 | Angels | 7–1 | Santana (5–3) | Hochevar (5–3) |  | 24,649 | 21–31

June (13–14)

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53 | June 1 | Angels | 6–3 | Bannister (5–3) | Piñeiro (3–6) | Soria (13) | 15,142 | 22–31
54 | June 2 | Angels | 7–2 | Kazmir (4–5) | Davies (4–4) |  | 12,718 | 22–32
55 | June 3 | Angels | 5–4 | Weaver (5–2) | Greinke (1–7) | Fuentes (7) | 13,621 | 22–33
56 | June 4 | Tigers | 7–3 | Chen (2–0) | Scherzer (2–5) |  | 21,930 | 23–33
57 | June 5 | Tigers | 4–2 | Verlander (6–4) | Hochevar (5–4) | Valverde (12) | 24,383 | 23–34
58 | June 6 | Tigers | 7–2 | Bannister (6–3) | Bonderman (2–4) |  | 22,240 | 24–34
59 | June 8 | @ Twins | 7–3 | Slowey (7–3) | Greinke (1–8) | Guerrier (1) | 38,970 | 24–35
60 | June 9 | @ Twins | 6–2 | Pavano (6–6) | Davies (4–5) |  | 40,323 | 24–36
61 | June 10 | @ Twins | 9–8 | Chen (3–0) | Baker (5–5) | Soria (14) | 39,022 | 25–36
62 | June 11 | @ Reds | 6–5 (11) | Marté (1–0) | Owings (3–2) | Soria (15) | 25,847 | 26–36
63 | June 12 | @ Reds | 11–5 | Cueto (6–1) | Bannister (6–4) |  | 34,240 | 26–37
64 | June 13 | @ Reds | 7–3 | Greinke (2–8) | LeCure (1–3) |  | 23,747 | 27–37
65 | June 15 | Astros | 15–7 | Texeira (1–1) | Paulino (1–8) |  | 24,862 | 28–37
66 | June 16 | Astros | 4–2 | Oswalt (5–8) | Chen (3–1) | Lindstrom (15) | 17,675 | 28–38
67 | June 17 | Astros | 5–2 | Marté (2–0) | Myers (4–5) | Soria (16) | 16,255 | 29–38
68 | June 18 | @ Braves | 6–4 | Lowe (9–5) | Bannister (6–5) | Wagner (13) | 29,808 | 29–39
69 | June 19 | @ Braves | 5–4 | Wagner (5–0) | Tejeda (2–3) |  | 39,109 | 29–40
70 | June 20 | @ Braves | 8–5 | Kimbrel (2–0) | Wood (0–1) | Wagner (14) | 30,072 | 29–41
71 | June 21 | @ Nationals | 2–1 | Hernández (6–4) | Chen (3–2) | Capps (21) | 13,592 | 29–42
72 | June 22 | @ Nationals | 4–3 | Atilano (6–4) | Lerew (0–1) | Capps (22) | 21,168 | 29–43
73 | June 23 | @ Nationals | 1–0 | Bannister (7–5) | Strasburg (2–1) | Soria (17) | 31,913 | 30–43
74 | June 25 | Cardinals | 4–2 | Greinke (3–8) | Suppan (0–3) | Soria (18) | 38,916 | 31–43
75 | June 26 | Cardinals | 5–3 | Hawksworth (2–4) | Davies (4–6) | Franklin (15) | 38,457 | 31–44
76 | June 27 | Cardinals | 10–3 | Chen (4–2) | García (7–4) |  | 32,938 | 32–44
77 | June 28 | White Sox | 3–1 | Lerew (1–1) | Buehrle (6–7) | Soria (19) | 15,056 | 33–44
78 | June 29 | White Sox | 4–3 | Floyd (3–7) | Bannister (7–6) | Putz (2) | 19,364 | 33–45
79 | June 30 | White Sox | 7–6 | Greinke (4–8) | Peavy (7–6) | Soria (20) | 18,335 | 34–45

July (10–15)

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80 | July 2 | @ Angels | 2–1 (10) | Tejeda (3–3) | Shields (0–3) | Soria (21) | 40,005 | 35–45
81 | July 3 | @ Angels | 4–2 | Chen (5–2) | Santana (8–6) | Soria (22) | 39,112 | 36–45
82 | July 4 | @ Angels | 11–0 | Piñeiro (9–6) | Lerew (1–2) |  | 42,116 | 36–46
83 | July 5 | @ Mariners | 6–4 (10) | Farnsworth (2–0) | Cordero (0–1) | Soria (23) | 22,617 | 37–46
84 | July 6 | @ Mariners | 3–2 | Greinke (5–8) | Rowland-Smith (1–8) | Soria (24) | 17,555 | 38–46
85 | July 7 | @ Mariners | 7–3 | Marté (3–0) | League (5–6) | Soria (25) | 16,954 | 39–46
86 | July 9 | @ White Sox | 8–2 | Buehrle (8–7) | Chen (5–3) |  | 25,572 | 39–47
87 | July 10 | @ White Sox | 5–1 | Floyd (5–7) | Bannister (7–7) |  | 32,339 | 39–48
88 | July 11 | @ White Sox | 15–5 | Peña (3–1) | Lerew (1–3) |  | 29,040 | 39–49
All-Star Break: National League defeats American League 3–1.
89 | July 16 | Athletics | 5–1 | Gonzalez (8–6) | Greinke (5–9) |  | 37,312 | 39–50
90 | July 17 | Athletics | 6–5 | Breslow (4–2) | Soria (0–2) | Bailey (19) | 26,634 | 39–51
91 | July 18 | Athletics | 9–6 | Mazzaro (5–2) | Bannister (7–8) | Bailey (20) | 18,702 | 39–52
92 | July 19 | Blue Jays | 5–4 (10) | Farnsworth (3–0) | Gregg (0–4) |  | 12,968 | 40–52
93 | July 20 | Blue Jays | 13–1 | Litsch (1–4) | Lerew (1–4) |  | 18,865 | 40–53
94 | July 21 | Blue Jays | 5–2 | Greinke (6–9) | Rzepczynski (0–1) | Soria (26) | 15,285 | 41–53
95 | July 22 | @ Yankees | 10–4 | Sabathia (13–3) | Chen (5–4) |  | 47,484 | 41–54
96 | July 23 | @ Yankees | 7–1 | Burnett (8–8) | Bannister (7–9) |  | 46,801 | 41–55
97 | July 24 | @ Yankees | 7–4 | Davies (5–6) | Mitre (0–2) | Soria (27) | 48,138 | 42–55
98 | July 25 | @ Yankees | 12–6 | Hughes (12–3) | O'Sullivan (1–1) |  | 47,890 | 42–56
99 | July 26 | Twins | 19–1 | Liriano (9–7) | Greinke (6–10) |  | 19,306 | 42–57
100 | July 27 | Twins | 11–2 | Pavano (13–6) | Chen (5–5) |  | 16,749 | 42–58
101 | July 28 | Twins | 6–4 | Duensing (4–1) | Bannister (7–10) | Rauch (21) | 15,484 | 42–59
102 | July 29 | Orioles | 6–5 (11) | Hernandez (5–7) | Wood (0–2) | Simón (15) | 17,220 | 42–60
103 | July 30 | Orioles | 7–5 | Wood (1–2) | Simón (2–2) |  | 21,537 | 43–60
104 | July 31 | Orioles | 4–3 | Greinke (7–10) | Hernandez (5–8) | Soria (28) | 25,055 | 44–60

August (12–16)

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105 | August 1 | Orioles | 5–4 | Chen (6–5) | Millwood (2–11) | Soria (29) | 14,662 | 45–60
106 | August 2 | @ Athletics | 6–0 | Cahill (11–4) | Bannister (7–11) |  | 10,047 | 45–61
107 | August 3 | @ Athletics | 3–2 | Chavez (4–2) | Breslow (4–3) | Soria (30) | 10,670 | 46–61
108 | August 4 | @ Athletics | 4–3 | Anderson (3–2) | O'Sullivan (1–2) | Wuertz (4) | 22,325 | 46–62
109 | August 6 | @ Mariners | 7–1 | French (1–2) | Greinke (7–11) |  | 20,411 | 46–63
110 | August 7 | @ Mariners | 2–1 | Chen (7–5) | Pauley (0–4) | Soria (31) | 24,520 | 47–63
111 | August 8 | @ Mariners | 3–2 | Vargas (8–5) | Davies (5–7) | Aardsma (20) | 24,078 | 47–64
112 | August 9 | @ Angels | 6–4 | Santana (11–8) | O'Sullivan (1–3) | Fuentes (22) | 40,011 | 47–65
113 | August 10 | @ Angels | 3–1 | Haren (1–2) | Bullington (0–2) | Fuentes (23) | 43,512 | 47–66
114 | August 11 | @ Angels | 2–1 (10) | Fuentes (4–1) | Chavez (4–3) |  | 39,093 | 47–67
115 | August 12 | Yankees | 4–3 | Sabathia (15–5) | Chen (7–6) | Robertson (1) | 23,337 | 47–68
116 | August 13 | Yankees | 4–3 | Davies (6–7) | Moseley (2–2) | Soria (32) | 30,680 | 48–68
117 | August 14 | Yankees | 8–3 | Hughes (14–5) | O'Sullivan (1–4) |  | 34,206 | 48–69
118 | August 15 | Yankees | 1–0 | Bullington (1–2) | Burnett (9–10) | Soria (33) | 26,012 | 49–69
119 | August 17 | Indians | 2–1 | Greinke (8–11) | Gómez (3–1) | Soria (34) | 13,258 | 50–69
120 | August 18 | Indians | 9–7 | Chen (8–6) | Carmona (11–11) | Soria (35) | 12,864 | 51–69
121 | August 19 | Indians | 7–3 | Pérez (4–0) | Wood (1–3) | Perez (15) | 9,732 | 51–70
| August 20 | White Sox | Postponed (rain); rescheduled for August 21
122 | August 21 (Game 1) | White Sox | 6–5 (11) | Chavez (5–3) | Sale (0–1) |  | N/A | 52–70
123 | August 21 (Game 2) | White Sox | 7–6 (10) | Putz (6–5) | Holland (0–1) |  | 25,543 | 52–71
124 | August 22 | White Sox | 3–2 (10) | O'Sullivan (2–4) | Linebrink (1–1) |  | 18,877 | 53–71
125 | August 23 | @ Tigers | 12–3 | Bonderman (7–9) | Chen (8–7) |  | 30,552 | 53–72
126 | August 24 | @ Tigers | 9–1 | Porcello (6–11) | Davies (6–8) |  | 29,043 | 53–73
127 | August 25 | @ Tigers | 4–3 (12) | Humber (1–0) | Fígaro (0–1) | Soria (36) | 31,231 | 54–73
128 | August 27 | @ Indians | 15–4 | Tomlin (2–3) | Bullington (1–3) |  | 17,631 | 54–74
129 | August 28 | @ Indians | 4–3 (10) | Perez (2–2) | Chavez (5–4) |  | 16,372 | 54–75
130 | August 29 | @ Indians | 6–2 | Chen (9–7) | Carmona (11–13) |  | 19,725 | 55–75
131 | August 30 | Rangers | 3–0 | Wilson (14–5) | Davies (6–9) | Feliz (33) | 15,881 | 55–76
132 | August 31 | Rangers | 10–9 | Soria (1–2) | Oliver (1–2) |  | 10,295 | 56–76

September/October (11–19)

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133 | September 1 | Rangers | 4–3 | Hunter (12–2) | Bullington (1–4) | Feliz (34) | 10,811 | 56–77
134 | September 3 | Tigers | 9–5 (11) | Perry (3–5) | Chavez (5–5) |  | 17,835 | 56–78
135 | September 4 | Tigers | 6–4 | Porcello (8–11) | Hughes (1–2) | Valverde (25) | 21,483 | 56–79
136 | September 5 | Tigers | 2–1 | Davies (7–9) | Thomas (5–2) | Soria (37) | 19,061 | 57–79
137 | September 6 | @ Twins | 5–4 | Manship (2–0) | O'Sullivan (2–5) | Capps (10) | 40,228 | 57–80
138 | September 7 | @ Twins | 10–3 | Liriano (13–7) | Bannister (7–12) |  | 38,816 | 57–81
139 | September 8 | @ Twins | 4–3 | Duensing (8–2) | Greinke (8–12) | Capps (11) | 39,376 | 57–82
140 | September 10 | @ White Sox | 4–3 | Putz (7–5) | Tejeda (3–4) | Sale (2) | 27,009 | 57–83
141 | September 11 | @ White Sox | 8–2 | Davies (8–9) | Jackson (3–1) |  | 26,389 | 58–83
142 | September 12 | @ White Sox | 12–6 | Santos (2–0) | Humber (1–1) |  | 23,756 | 58–84
143 | September 13 | Athletics | 3–1 | Cramer (1–0) | Hochevar (5–5) | Bailey (24) | 20,695 | 58–85
144 | September 14 | Athletics | 11–3 | Greinke (9–12) | Gonzalez (14–9) |  | 12,852 | 59–85
145 | September 15 | Athletics | 6–3 | Chen (10–7) | Cahill (16–7) | Soria (38) | 11,087 | 60–85
146 | September 17 | Indians | 11–4 | Carrasco (1–0) | Davies (8–10) |  | 21,168 | 60–86
147 | September 18 | Indians | 6–4 | Smith (2–2) | O'Sullivan (2–6) | Perez (21) | 18,112 | 60–87
148 | September 19 | Indians | 6–4 | Hochevar (6–5) | Tomlin (4–4) | Soria (39) | 17,803 | 61–87
149 | September 20 | @ Tigers | 7–5 | Thomas (6–2) | Greinke (9–13) | Coke (2) | 24,382 | 61–88
150 | September 21 | @ Tigers | 9–6 | Chen (11–7) | Galarraga (4–7) | Soria (40) | 26,178 | 62–88
151 | September 22 | @ Tigers | 4–2 | Scherzer (12–10) | Davies (8–11) |  | 24,678 | 62–89
152 | September 23 | @ Indians | 4–2 | O'Sullivan (3–6) | Talbot (9–13) | Soria (41) | 16,625 | 63–89
153 | September 24 | @ Indians | 7–3 | Tomlin (5–4) | Hochevar (6–6) |  | 25,100 | 63–90
154 | September 25 | @ Indians | 7–1 | Gómez (4–5) | Greinke (9–14) |  | 19,746 | 63–91
155 | September 26 | @ Indians | 5–3 | Pérez (6–1) | Tejeda (3–5) | Pestano (1) | 18,813 | 63–92
156 | September 27 | Twins | 10–8 | Humber (2–1) | Manship (2–1) | Soria (42) | 19,307 | 64–92
157 | September 28 | Twins | 10–1 | O'Sullivan (4–6) | Blackburn (10–11) |  | 18,487 | 65–92
158 | September 29 | Twins | 4–2 | Guerrier (5–7) | Meche (0–5) | Capps (16) | 18,340 | 65–93
159 | September 30 | Rays | 3–2 | Greinke (10–14) | Garza (15–10) | Soria (43) | 21,563 | 66–93
160 | October 1 | Rays | 7–0 | Chen (12–7) | Shields (13–15) |  | 23,374 | 67–93
161 | October 2 | Rays | 4–0 | Qualls (3–4) | Davies (8–12) |  | 32,484 | 67–94
162 | October 3 | Rays | 3–2 (12) | Niemann (12–8) | Hughes (1–3) | Soriano (45) | 20,936 | 67–95

### Roster

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2010 Kansas City Royals

Roster
Pitchers

*   * 19 Brian Bannister
*   * 41 Bryan Bullington
*   * 57 Jesse Chavez
*   * 52 Bruce Chen
*   * 56 Román Colón
*   * 37 Juan Cruz
*   * 34 Kyle Davies
*   * 40 Kyle Farnsworth
*   * 23 Zack Greinke
*   * 44 Luke Hochevar
*   * 56 Greg Holland
*   * 31 Dusty Hughes
*   * 59 Philip Humber
*   * 54 Anthony Lerew
*   * 47 Víctor Marté
*   * 55 Gil Meche
*   * 39 Luis Mendoza
*   * 37 Sean O'Sullivan
*   * 67 John Parrish
*   * 65 Josh Rupe
*   * 48 Joakim Soria
*   * 51 Robinson Tejeda
*   * 53 Kanekoa Texeira
*   * 57 Brad Thompson
*   * 38 Blake Wood

|  | Catchers

*   * 18 Jason Kendall
*   * 22 Lucas May
*   * 27 Brayan Peña

Infielders

*   * 30 Mike Avilés
*   * 3 Yuniesky Betancourt
*   * 46 Wilson Betemit
*   * 16 Billy Butler
*   * 13 Alberto Callaspo
*   * 11 Josh Fields
*   * 17 Chris Getz
*   * 25 Kila Ka'aihue

Outfielders

*   * 24 Rick Ankiel
*   * 7 Gregor Blanco
*   * 8 Willie Bloomquist
*   * 9 David DeJesus
*   * 1 Jarrod Dyson
*   * 4 Alex Gordon
*   * 6 José Guillén
*   * 12 Mitch Maier
*   * 26 Jai Miller
*   * 22 Scott Podsednik

|  | Manager

*   * 88 Trey Hillman
*   * 2 Ned Yost

Coaches

*   * 58 Steve Foster (bullpen)
*   * 50 John Gibbons (bench)
*   * 15 Rusty Kuntz (first base)
*   * 14 Eddie Rodríguez (first base)(third base)
*   * 33 Bob McClure (pitching)
*   * 7 Dave Owen (third base)
*   * 36 Kevin Seitzer (hitting)

## Player stats

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### Batting

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

Player  | G  | AB  | R  | H  | 2B  | 3B  | HR  | RBI  | AVG  | SB

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(C) Jason Kendall | 118  | 434  | 39  | 111  | 18  | 0  | 0  | 37  | .256  | 12
(1B) Billy Butler | 158  | 595  | 77  | 189  | 45  | 0  | 15  | 78  | .318  | 0
(2B) Mike Avilés | 110  | 424  | 63  | 129  | 16  | 3  | 8  | 32  | .304  | 14
(SS) Yuniesky Betancourt | 151  | 556  | 60  | 144  | 29  | 2  | 16  | 78  | .259  | 2
(3B) Alberto Callaspo | 88  | 349  | 40  | 96  | 19  | 2  | 8  | 43  | .275  | 3
(LF) Scott Podsednik | 95  | 390  | 46  | 121  | 19  | 2  | 5  | 44  | .310  | 30
(CF) Mitch Maier | 117  | 373  | 41  | 98  | 15  | 6  | 5  | 39  | .263  | 3
(RF) David DeJesus | 91  | 352  | 46  | 112  | 23  | 3  | 5  | 37  | .318  | 3
(DH) José Guillén | 106  | 396  | 46  | 101  | 17  | 2  | 16  | 62  | .255  | 1
(3B) Wilson Betemit | 84  | 276  | 36  | 82  | 20  | 0  | 13  | 43  | .297  | 0
(LF) Alex Gordon | 74  | 242  | 34  | 52  | 10  | 0  | 8  | 20  | .215  | 1
(2B) Chris Getz | 72  | 224  | 23  | 53  | 9  | 0  | 0  | 18  | .237  | 15
(1B) Kila Ka'aihue | 52  | 180  | 22  | 39  | 6  | 1  | 8  | 25  | .217  | 0
(CF) Gregor Blanco | 49  | 179  | 22  | 49  | 8  | 3  | 1  | 11  | .274  | 10
(UT) Willie Bloomquist | 72  | 170  | 31  | 45  | 10  | 1  | 3  | 17  | .265  | 8
(C) Brayan Peña | 60  | 158  | 11  | 40  | 10  | 0  | 1  | 19  | .253  | 2
(CF) Rick Ankiel | 27  | 92  | 14  | 24  | 7  | 0  | 4  | 15  | .261  | 1
(CF) Jarrod Dyson | 18  | 57  | 11  | 12  | 4  | 2  | 1  | 5  | .211  | 9
(RF) Jai Miller | 20  | 55  | 5  | 13  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 4  | .236  | 1
(3B) Josh Fields | 13  | 49  | 5  | 15  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 6  | .306  | 0
(C) Lucas May | 12  | 37  | 3  | 7  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 6  | .189  | 0
Pitcher Totals | 162 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .125 | 0
Team Totals | 162 | 5604 | 676 | 1534 | 279 | 31 | 121 | 640 | .274 | 115

### 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; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | W  | L  | ERA  | G  | GS  | SV  | IP  | R  | ER  | BB  | SO

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SP Zack Greinke | 10  | 14  | 4.17  | 33  | 33  | 0  | 220.0  | 114  | 102  | 55  | 181
SP Kyle Davies | 8  | 12  | 5.34  | 32  | 32  | 0  | 183.2  | 114  | 109  | 80  | 126
SP Bruce Chen | 12  | 7  | 4.17  | 33  | 23  | 1  | 140.1  | 68  | 65  | 57  | 98
SP Brian Bannister | 7  | 12  | 6.34  | 24  | 23  | 0  | 127.2  | 92  | 90  | 50  | 77
SP Luke Hochevar | 6  | 6  | 4.81  | 18  | 17  | 0  | 103.0  | 61  | 55  | 37  | 76
SP Sean O'Sullivan | 3  | 6  | 6.11  | 14  | 13  | 0  | 70.2  | 50  | 48  | 27  | 37
CL Joakim Soria | 1  | 2  | 1.78  | 66  | 0  | 43  | 65.2  | 13  | 13  | 16  | 71
RP Rob Tejeda | 3  | 5  | 3.54  | 54  | 0  | 0  | 61.0  | 28  | 24  | 26  | 56
RP Dusty Hughes | 1  | 3  | 3.83  | 57  | 0  | 0  | 56.1  | 28  | 24  | 24  | 34
RP Blake Wood | 1  | 3  | 5.07  | 51  | 0  | 0  | 49.2  | 29  | 28  | 22  | 31
RP Kyle Farnsworth | 3  | 0  | 2.42  | 37  | 0  | 0  | 44.2  | 13  | 12  | 12  | 36
Gil Meche | 0  | 5  | 5.69  | 20  | 9  | 0  | 61.2  | 42  | 39  | 38  | 41
Kanekoa Texeira | 1  | 0  | 4.64  | 27  | 0  | 0  | 42.2  | 24  | 22  | 15  | 19
Bryan Bullington | 1  | 4  | 6.12  | 13  | 5  | 0  | 42.2  | 29  | 29  | 17  | 29
Víctor Marte | 3  | 0  | 9.76  | 22  | 0  | 0  | 27.2  | 30  | 30  | 15  | 19
Anthony Lerew | 1  | 4  | 8.54  | 6  | 6  | 0  | 26.1  | 25  | 25  | 9  | 18
Jesse Chavez | 2  | 3  | 5.88  | 23  | 0  | 0  | 26.0  | 20  | 17  | 11  | 16
Philip Humber | 2  | 1  | 4.15  | 8  | 1  | 0  | 21.2  | 10  | 10  | 7  | 16
Brad Thompson | 0  | 4  | 6.41  | 16  | 0  | 0  | 19.2  | 16  | 14  | 4  | 10
Greg Holland | 0  | 1  | 6.75  | 15  | 0  | 0  | 18.2  | 15  | 14  | 8  | 23
Josh Rupe | 1  | 1  | 5.59  | 11  | 0  | 0  | 9.2  | 6  | 6  | 7  | 8
John Parrish | 1  | 1  | 3.00  | 9  | 0  | 0  | 6.0  | 2  | 2  | 5  | 4
Juan Cruz | 0  | 0  | 3.38  | 5  | 0  | 0  | 5.1  | 2  | 2  | 4  | 7
Luis Mendoza | 0  | 1  | 22.50  | 4  | 0  | 0  | 4.0  | 10  | 10  | 3  | 1
Román Colón | 0  | 0  | 18.00  | 5  | 0  | 0  | 2.0  | 4  | 4  | 2  | 1
Team Totals | 67 | 95 | 4.97 | 162 | 162 | 44 | 1436.2 | 845 | 794 | 551 | 1035

## Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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AAA | Omaha Royals | Pacific Coast League | Mike Jirschele
AA | Northwest Arkansas Naturals | Texas League | Brian Poldberg
A | Wilmington Blue Rocks | Carolina League | Brian Rupp
A | Burlington Bees | Midwest League | Jim Gabella
Rookie | Burlington Royals | Appalachian League | Nelson Liriano
Rookie | AZL Royals | Arizona League | Darryl Kennedy
Rookie | Idaho Falls Chukars | Pioneer League | Brian Buchanan

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Northwest Arkansas

## References

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* Kansas City Royals: Official web site

1. ^ Dutton, Bob (April 4, 2010). "Royals to Open 2010 Season With $70.1 million Payroll". Kansas City Star. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
2. ^ "USA Today Salaries Database". USA Today. October 24, 2007. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
3. ^ "Team Batting Season Finder: For Single Seasons, from 2010 to 2019, Standard stats, requiring Strikeouts <= 1000, sorted by lowest Strikeouts". Stathead Baseball. Retrieved April 16, 2021.

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