2016 Kansas City Royals season

Major League Baseball team season

2016 Kansas City Royals

League| American League
Division| Central
Ballpark| Kauffman Stadium
City| Kansas City, Missouri
Record| 81–81 (.500)
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, Ryan Lefebvre, Steve Physioc)
| <- 2015 | Seasons | 2017 ->

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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[edit]

### American League Central[edit]

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AL Central | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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Cleveland Indians | 94 | 67  | 0.584  | —  | 53–28  | 41–39
Detroit Tigers | 86 | 75  | 0.534  | 8  | 45–35  | 41–40
Kansas City Royals | 81 | 81  | 0.500  | 13½  | 47–34  | 34–47
Chicago White Sox | 78 | 84  | 0.481  | 16½  | 45–36  | 33–48
Minnesota Twins | 59 | 103  | 0.364  | 35½  | 30–51  | 29–52

### American League Division Leaders[edit]

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Division Leaders  | W | L | Pct.

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Texas Rangers | 95 | 67  | 0.586
Cleveland Indians | 94 | 67  | 0.584
Boston Red Sox | 93 | 69  | 0.574

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Wild Card teams
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Toronto Blue Jays | 89 | 73  | 0.549  | —
Baltimore Orioles | 89 | 73  | 0.549  | —
Detroit Tigers | 86 | 75  | 0.534  | 2½
Seattle Mariners | 86 | 76  | 0.531  | 3
New York Yankees | 84 | 78  | 0.519  | 5
Houston Astros | 84 | 78  | 0.519  | 5
Kansas City Royals | 81 | 81  | 0.500  | 8
Chicago White Sox | 78 | 84  | 0.481  | 11
Los Angeles Angels | 74 | 88  | 0.457  | 15
Oakland Athletics | 69 | 93  | 0.426  | 20
Tampa Bay Rays | 68 | 94  | 0.420  | 21
Minnesota Twins | 59 | 103  | 0.364  | 30

### Record against opponents[edit]

2016 American League record

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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[edit]

2016 Game Log: 81–81 (Home: 47–34; Away: 34–47)

April: 12–11 (Home: 8–3; Away: 4–8)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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[edit]

2016 Kansas City Royals

Roster
Pitchers

* 54 Scott Alexander
* 17 Wade Davis
* 41 Danny Duffy
* 33 Brian Flynn
* 53 Dillon Gee
* 40 Kelvin Herrera
* 44 Luke Hochevar
* 31 Ian Kennedy
* 61 Kevin McCarthy
* 39 Kris Medlen
* 63 Alec Mills
* 47 Peter Moylan
* 62 Brooks Pounders
* 48 Joakim Soria
* 64 Matt Strahm
* 51 Jason Vargas
* 30 Yordano Ventura
* 36 Edinson Vólquez
* 67 Chien-Ming Wang
* 32 Chris Young

|  | Catchers

* 9 Drew Butera
* 7 Tony Cruz
* 13 Salvador Pérez

Infielders

* 24 Christian Colón
* 19 Cheslor Cuthbert
* 2 Alcides Escobar
* 35 Eric Hosmer
* 14 Omar Infante
* 15 Whit Merrifield
* 27 Raúl A. Mondesí
* 25 Kendrys Morales
* 8 Mike Moustakas
* 12 Daniel Nava

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Outfielders

* 14 Billy Burns
* 6 Lorenzo Cain
* 60 Hunter Dozier
* 1 Jarrod Dyson
* 12 Brett Eibner
* 34 Reymond Fuentes
* 4 Alex Gordon
* 0 Terrance Gore
* 16 Paulo Orlando

|  | Manager

* 3 Ned Yost

Coaches

* 58 Dave Eiland (pitching)
* 28 Pedro Grifol (catching)
* 57 Doug Henry (bullpen)
* 23 Mike Jirschele (third base)
* 18 Rusty Kuntz (first base)
* 21 Dale Sveum (hitting)
* 22 Don Wakamatsu (bench)
* 88 Cody Clark {bullpen catcher)

## Player stats[edit]

### Batting[edit]

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

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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

Source:[1]

### Pitching[edit]

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

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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

Source:[2]

## Farm system[edit]

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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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[edit]

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.

## External links[edit]

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* 2016 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference

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