2023 Kansas City Royals season

2023 Kansas City Royals
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionCentral
BallparkKauffman Stadium
CityKansas City, Missouri
Record56–106 (.346)
Divisional place5th
OwnersJohn Sherman
General managersJ.J. Picollo
ManagersMatt Quatraro
TelevisionBally Sports Kansas City
RadioKCSP 610 AM
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The 2023 Kansas City Royals season was the 55th season for the franchise, and their 51st at Kauffman Stadium. It was also the team's first season under the management of Matt Quatraro. They were eliminated from playoff contention for the eighth consecutive season on August 29. Their 56–106 record tied the 2005 season for the lowest winning percentage (.346) in franchise history. They also finished sub-.458 for the 5th consecutive season. The Royals drew an average home attendance of 16,136 in 81 home games in the 2023 MLB season. The total attendance was 1,307,052.[1]

Offseason

The Royals finished the 2022 season 65–97, 27 games out of first place.[2] They missed the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season.

On October 5, 2022, the Royals fired manager Mike Matheny shortly after the season ended. Matheny went 165–219 (.430) over three seasons with the team.[3]

Rule changes

Pursuant to the CBA, new rule changes will be in place for the 2023 season:[4]

  • institution of a pitch clock between pitches;
  • limits on pickoff attempts per plate appearance;
  • limits on defensive shifts requiring two infielders to be on either side of second and be within the boundary of the infield; and
  • larger bases (increased to 18-inch squares);

Regular season

American League Central

AL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 87 75 .537 — 47‍–‍34 40‍–‍41
Detroit Tigers 78 84 .481 9 37‍–‍44 41‍–‍40
Cleveland Guardians 76 86 .469 11 42‍–‍39 34‍–‍47
Chicago White Sox 61 101 .377 26 31‍–‍50 30‍–‍51
Kansas City Royals 56 106 .346 31 33‍–‍48 23‍–‍58


American League Wild Card

Division leaders
Team W L Pct.
Baltimore Orioles 101 61 .623
Houston Astros 90 72 .556
Minnesota Twins 87 75 .537
Wild Card teams
(Top 3 teams qualify for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Tampa Bay Rays 99 63 .611 +10
Texas Rangers 90 72 .556 +1
Toronto Blue Jays 89 73 .549 —
Seattle Mariners 88 74 .543 1
New York Yankees 82 80 .506 7
Boston Red Sox 78 84 .481 11
Detroit Tigers 78 84 .481 11
Cleveland Guardians 76 86 .469 13
Los Angeles Angels 73 89 .451 16
Chicago White Sox 61 101 .377 28
Kansas City Royals 56 106 .346 33
Oakland Athletics 50 112 .309 39


Record vs. opponents

Record vs. American League

2023 American League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2023

Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore — 7–6 4–2 3–4 6–1 3–3 5–1 5–2 4–2 7–6 6–1 4–2 8–5 3–3 10–3 26–20
Boston 6–7 — 2–4 3–3 5–1 2–5 5–2 3–4 4–3 9–4 4–2 3–3 2–11 3–3 7–6 20–26
Chicago 2–4 4–2 — 8–5 5–8 3–4 6–7 3–4 4–9 4–2 3–4 2–4 1–6 1–5 0–6 15–31
Cleveland 4–3 3–3 5–8 — 4–9 2–4 7–6 3–4 7–6 2–4 5–1 4–3 3–3 3–3 4–3 20–26
Detroit 1–6 1–5 8–5 9–4 — 3–3 10–3 3–3 8–5 2–5 3–4 3–3 1–5 3–4 2–4 21–25
Houston 3–3 5–2 4–3 4–2 3–3 — 1–5 9–4 2–4 2–5 10–3 4–9 3–3 9–4 3–4 28–18
Kansas City 1–5 2–5 7–6 6–7 3–10 5–1 — 2–4 4–9 2–4 2–4 1–6 3–4 1–5 1–6 16–30
Los Angeles 2–5 4–3 4–3 4–3 3–3 4–9 4–2 — 3–3 4–2 7–6 5–8 2–4 6–7 2–4 19–27
Minnesota 2–4 3–4 9–4 6–7 5–8 4–2 9–4 3–3 — 4–3 5–1 3–4 1–5 5–2 3–3 25–21
New York 6–7 4–9 2–4 4–2 5–2 5–2 4–2 2–4 3–4 — 5–1 4–2 5–8 3–4 7–6 23–23
Oakland 1–6 2–4 4–3 1–5 4–3 3–10 4–2 6–7 1–5 1–5 — 1–12 2–5 4–9 2–4 14–32
Seattle 2–4 3–3 4–2 3–4 3–3 9–4 6–1 8–5 4–3 2–4 12–1 — 3–4 4–9 3–3 22–24
Tampa Bay 5–8 11–2 6–1 3–3 5–1 3–3 4–3 4–2 5–1 8–5 5–2 4–3 — 2–4 7–6 27–19
Texas 3–3 3–3 5–1 3–3 4–3 4–9 5–1 7–6 2–5 4–3 9–4 9–4 4–2 — 6–1 22–24
Toronto 3–10 6–7 6–0 3–4 4–2 4–3 6–1 4–2 3–3 6–7 4–2 3–3 6–7 1–6 — 30–16

Updated with the results of all games through October 1, 2023.

Record vs. National League

2023 American League record vs. National League

Source: MLB Standings

Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL LAD MIA MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH
Baltimore 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 3–0 1–2 3–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 4–0
Boston 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–3 2–1 1–2 0–3 1–2
Chicago 1–2 2–1 1–3 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–3 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–3 1–2 1–2 1–2
Cleveland 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–3 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–1
Detroit 0–3 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–0 0–3 2–2 1–2 3–0 2–1 1–2
Houston 3–0 3–0 3–0 0–3 3–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1
Kansas City 1–2 0–3 1–2 0–3 1–2 2–1 0–3 0–3 3–0 1–2 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–2
Los Angeles 1–2 1–2 3–0 0–3 1–2 0–4 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–3 2–1 3–0 2–1
Minnesota 3–0 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–2
New York 2–1 0–3 1–2 3–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–2
Oakland 1–2 2–1 0–3 1–2 2–1 0–3 0–3 3–0 0–3 0–3 2–1 0–3 2–2 1–2 0–3
Seattle 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 3–0 0–3 2–1 0–3 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–2
Tampa Bay 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–2 0–3 3–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 3–0
Texas 1–3 1–2 1–2 0–3 3–0 1–2 3–0 0–3 2–1 3–0 2–1 0–3 2–1 2–1 1–2
Toronto 3–0 3–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–3 3–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–1

Updated with the results of all games through October 1, 2023.

Roster

2023 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Nick Pratto shown during the Royals' May 30 game against the Cardinals.
Starting pitcher Zack Greinke has a mound visit.

Game log

Legend
Royals Win Royals Loss Game Postponed Eliminated from playoff race
2023 Game Log: 56–106 (Home: 33–48; Away: 23–58)
March/April: 7–22 (Home: 1–12; Away: 6–10)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
1 March 30 Twins 0–2 López (1–0) Greinke (0–1) Durán (1) 38,351 0–1 L1
2 April 1 Twins 0–2 Gray (1–0) Lyles (0–1) López (1) 16,633 0–2 L2
3 April 2 Twins 4–7 Ryan (1–0) Keller (0–1) — 14,589 0–3 L3
4 April 3 Blue Jays 9–5 Singer (1–0) Berríos (0–1) — 10,810 1–3 W1
5 April 4 Blue Jays 1–4 Kikuchi (1–0) Bubic (0–1) Romano (2) 12,123 1–4 L1
6 April 5 Blue Jays 0–3 Manoah (1–0) Greinke (0–2) Romano (3) 10,015 1–5 L2
7 April 6 Blue Jays 3–6 Gausman (1–1) Lyles (0–2) Cimber (1) 10,401 1–6 L3
8 April 7 @ Giants 3–1 Keller (1–1) Cobb (0–1) Barlow (1) 40,711 2–6 W1
9 April 8 @ Giants 6–5 Clarke (1–0) Doval (0–1) Chapman (1) 35,126 3–6 W2
10 April 9 @ Giants 1–3 Brebbia (1–0) Yarbrough (0–1) Rogers (1) 30,207 3–7 L1
11 April 10 @ Rangers 2–11 Heaney (1–1) Greinke (0–3) — 17,430 3–8 L2
12 April 11 @ Rangers 5–8 (10) Ragans (2–0) Barlow (0–1) — 17,760 3–9 L3
13 April 12 @ Rangers 10–1 Keller (2–1) Eovaldi (1–2) — 18,380 4–9 W1
14 April 14 Braves 3–10 Morton (2–1) Singer (1–1) — 20,186 4–10 L1
15 April 15 Braves 3–9 Elder (2–0) Bubic (0–2) — 17,644 4–11 L2
16 April 16 Braves 4–5 Anderson (1–0) Barlow (0–2) Minter (3) 22,040 4–12 L3
17 April 17 Rangers 0–4 Dunning (1–0) Lyles (0–3) — 11,068 4–13 L4
18 April 18 Rangers 2–12 Eovaldi (2–2) Keller (2–2) — 12,118 4–14 L5
19 April 19 Rangers 3–12 Pérez (3–1) Singer (1–2) — 10,388 4–15 L6
20 April 21 @ Angels 0–2 Ohtani (3–0) Yarbrough (0–2) Quijada (4) 44,741 4–16 L7
21 April 22 @ Angels 11–8 Cuas (1–0) Quijada (0–1) Barlow (2) 44,148 5–16 W1
22 April 23 @ Angels 3–4 Warren (1–0) Lyles (0–4) Estévez (3) 36,016 5–17 L1
23 April 24 @ Diamondbacks 4–5 Chafin (2–0) Chapman (0–1) — 9,815 5–18 L2
24 April 25 @ Diamondbacks 5–4 Singer (2–2) Nelson (1–1) Barlow (3) 13,835 6–18 W1
25 April 26 @ Diamondbacks 0–2 Gallen (4–1) Yarbrough (0–3) Chafin (4) 14,343 6–19 L1
26 April 27 @ Twins 1–7 Stewart (1–0) Greinke (0–4) — 12,862 6–20 L2
27 April 28 @ Twins 6–8 López (2–2) Lyles (0–5) López (2) 11,754 6–21 L3
28 April 29 @ Twins 3–2 Chapman (1–1) Durán (0–1) Barlow (4) 22,883 7–21 W1
29 April 30 @ Twins 4–8 Gray (4–0) Singer (2–3) Durán (6) 17,150 7–22 L1
May: 10–17 (Home: 7–9; Away: 3–8)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
30 May 2 Orioles 7–11 Wells (2–1) Yarbrough (0–4) — 10,487 7–23 L2
31 May 3 Orioles 6–0 Greinke (1–4) Gibson (4–1) — 10,362 8–23 W1
32 May 4 Orioles 10–13 Canó (1–0) Chapman (1–2) — 11,514 8–24 L1
33 May 5 Athletics 8–12 Muller (1–2) Keller (2–3) — 15,966 8–25 L2
34 May 6 Athletics 4–5 Waldichuk (1–2) Singer (2–4) Jackson (1) 29,549 8–26 L3
35 May 7 Athletics 5–1 Yarbrough (1–4) Miller (0–2) — 12,740 9–26 W1
36 May 8 White Sox 12–5 Cuas (2–0) Cease (2–2) — 9,814 10–26 W2
37 May 9 White Sox 2–4 Giolito (2–2) Lyles (0–6) Graveman (1) 11,258 10–27 L1
38 May 10 White Sox 9–1 Keller (3–3) Lynn (1–5) — 12,187 11–27 W1
39 May 11 White Sox 4–3 Barlow (1–2) López (0–3) — 20,321 12–27 W2
40 May 12 @ Brewers 1–5 Burnes (4–2) Taylor (0–1) — 24,900 12–28 L1
41 May 13 @ Brewers 3–4 Williams (3–0) Hernández (0–1) — 35,766 12–29 L2
42 May 14 @ Brewers 6–9 Lauer (4–4) Lyles (0–7) — 33,188 12–30 L3
43 May 15 @ Padres 0–4 Wacha (4–1) Keller (3–4) — 43,828 12–31 L4
44 May 16 @ Padres 5–4 Singer (3–4) Lugo (3–3) Barlow (5) 36,060 13–31 W1
45 May 17 @ Padres 4–3 Taylor (1–1) Darvish (2–3) Barlow (6) 31,416 14–31 W2
46 May 19 @ White Sox 0–2 Kopech (2–4) Greinke (1–5) Graveman (3) 20,329 14–32 L1
47 May 20 @ White Sox 1–5 Giolito (3–3) Lyles (0–8) — 23,984 14–33 L2
48 May 21 @ White Sox 2–5 Lynn (3–5) Castillo (0–1) Kelly (1) 23,556 14–34 L3
49 May 22 Tigers 5–8 (10) Lange (2–0) Barlow (1–3) Cisnero (1) 14,229 14–35 L4
50 May 23 Tigers 4–1 Cuas (3–0) Rodríguez (4–4) Chapman (2) 13,443 15–35 W1
51 May 24 Tigers 4–6 Vest (1–0) Taylor (1–2) Lange (9) 11,898 15–36 L1
52 May 26 Nationals 10–12 Corbin (4–5) Lyles (0–9) Kuhl (1) 15,878 15–37 L2
53 May 27 Nationals 2–4 Thompson (3–2) Taylor (1–3) Finnegan (11) 19,130 15–38 L3
54 May 28 Nationals 3–2 Barlow (2–3) Kuhl (0–3) — 18,319 16–38 W1
55 May 29 @ Cardinals 7–0 Mayers (1–0) Wainwright (2–1) — 45,911 17–38 W2
56 May 30 @ Cardinals 1–2 Mikolas (4–1) Hernández (0–2) Gallegos (7) 38,406 17–39 L1
June: 6–20 (Home: 3–10; Away: 3–10)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
57 June 2 Rockies 2–7 Suter (4–0) Hernández (0–3) — 23,482 17–40 L2
58 June 3 Rockies 4–6 Carasiti (1–0) Lynch (0–1) Lawrence (2) 16,492 17–41 L3
59 June 4 Rockies 2–0 Singer (4–4) Freeland (4–7) Barlow (7) 13,128 18–41 W1
60 June 5 @ Marlins 6–9 Garrett (2–2) Mayers (1–1) Floro (7) 7,232 18–42 L1
61 June 6 @ Marlins 1–6 Luzardo (5–4) Greinke (1–6) — 7,342 18–43 L2
62 June 7 @ Marlins 1–6 Cabrera (5–4) Lyles (0–10) — 7,673 18–44 L3
63 June 9 @ Orioles 2–3 Wells (5–2) Lynch (0–2) Bautista (17) 18,076 18–45 L4
64 June 10 @ Orioles 1–6 Irvin (1–2) Singer (4–5) — 34,136 18–46 L5
65 June 11 @ Orioles 3–11 Gibson (8–3) Mayers (1–2) — 23,255 18–47 L6
66 June 12 Reds 4–5 (10) Farmer (2–3) Hernández (0–4) Karcher (1) 20,500 18–48 L7
67 June 13 Reds 4–5 Williamson (1–0) Lyles (0–11) Díaz (16) 16,931 18–49 L8
68 June 14 Reds 4–7 Lively (4–4) Lynch (0–3) Díaz (17) 13,731 18–50 L9
69 June 16 Angels 0–3 Sandoval (4–6) Singer (4–6) Bachman (1) 19,384 18–51 L10
70 June 17 Angels 10–9 Chapman (2–2) Devenski (3–1) — 21,056 19–51 W1
71 June 18 Angels 2–5 Anderson (4–1) Greinke (1–7) Estévez (19) 24,385 19–52 L1
72 June 19 @ Tigers 4–6 Alexander (2–1) Clarke (1–1) Lange (11) 18,438 19–53 L2
73 June 20 @ Tigers 1–0 Lynch (1–3) Lorenzen (2–5) Barlow (8) 18,409 20–53 W1
74 June 21 @ Tigers 4–9 Boyd (5–5) Singer (4–7) — 20,195 20–54 L1
75 June 22 @ Rays 6–5 Chapman (3–2) Fairbanks (0–2) Barlow (9) 10,436 21–54 W1
76 June 23 @ Rays 3–11 Eflin (9–3) Greinke (1–8) — 16,189 21–55 L1
77 June 24 @ Rays 9–4 Lyles (1–11) Chirinos (3–3) — 20,884 22–55 W1
78 June 25 @ Rays 1–3 Poche (5–2) Clarke (1–2) Fairbanks (8) 18,442 22–56 L1
79 June 27 Guardians 1–2 Stephan (4–3) Barlow (2–4) Clase (24) 15,718 22–57 L2
80 June 28 Guardians 1–14 Sandlin (4–3) Cox (0–1) — 11,978 22–58 L3
81 June 29 Guardians 4–3 (10) Chapman (4–2) Clase (1–5) — 12,414 23–58 W1
82 June 30 Dodgers 3–9 Miller (4–1) Marsh (0–1) — 22,006 23–59 L1
July: 9–16 (Home: 7–5; Away: 2–11)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
83 July 1 Dodgers 6–4 Lynch (2–3) Urías (5–5) Barlow (10) 21,004 24–59 W1
84 July 2 Dodgers 9–1 Singer (5–7) Gonsolin (4–3) — 19,058 25–59 W2
85 July 3 @ Twins 4–8 Headrick (2–0) Clarke (1–3) — 28,218 25–60 L1
86 July 4 @ Twins 3–9 Maeda (2–5) Greinke (1–9) — 25,033 25–61 L2
87 July 5 @ Twins 0–5 López (5–5) Marsh (0–2) — 19,692 25–62 L3
88 July 6 @ Guardians 1–6 Morgan (4–1) Garrett (0–1) — 17,464 25–63 L4
89 July 7 @ Guardians 0–3 Civale (3–2) Lynch (2–4) Clase (25) 29,990 25–64 L5
90 July 8 @ Guardians 6–10 Williams (1–1) Singer (5–8) — 30,864 25–65 L6
91 July 9 @ Guardians 4–1 Yarbrough (2–4) Bieber (5–6) Barlow (11) 25,911 26–65 W1
93rd All-Star Game in Seattle, Washington
— July 14 Rays Postponed (rain); Makeup: July 15
92 July 15 (1) Rays 1–6 Glasnow (3–3) Marsh (0–3) — 15,428 26–66 L1
93 July 15 (2) Rays 2–4 Poche (7–2) Hernández (0–5) Fairbanks (10) 18,052 26–67 L2
94 July 16 Rays 8–4 Singer (6–8) Eflin (10–5) — 15,632 27–67 W1
95 July 17 Tigers 2–3 White (2–2) Clarke (1–4) Lange (15) 19,440 27–68 L1
96 July 18 Tigers 11–10 Lynch (3–4) Skubal (0–1) — 18,448 28–68 W1
97 July 19 Tigers 2–3 Rodríguez (6–5) Yarbrough (2–5) Lange (16) 17,903 28–69 L1
98 July 20 Tigers 0–3 Lorenzen (5–6) Greinke (1–10) Foley (4) 11,478 28–70 L2
99 July 21 @ Yankees 4–5 Schmidt (6–6) Marsh (0–4) Holmes (12) 46,242 28–71 L3
100 July 22 @ Yankees 2–5 Peralta (3–1) Hernández (0–6) Holmes (13) 44,401 28–72 L4
101 July 23 @ Yankees 5–8 Severino (2–4) Lyles (1–12) — 44,130 28–73 L5
102 July 24 @ Guardians 5–3 Yarbrough (3–5) Allen (4–3) Barlow (12) 19,630 29–73 W1
103 July 25 @ Guardians 1–5 Civale (4–2) Greinke (1–11) — 22,177 29–74 L1
104 July 26 @ Guardians 3–8 Sandlin (5–3) Marsh (0–5) — 26,699 29–75 L2
105 July 28 Twins 8–5 (10) Clarke (2–4) Durán (2–5) — 23,022 30–75 W1
106 July 29 Twins 10–7 Lyles (2–12) Ober (6–5) Barlow (13) 20,643 31–75 W2
107 July 30 Twins 2–1 Yarbrough (4–5) Maeda (2–6) Hernández (1) 13,752 32–75 W3
August: 9–19 (Home: 5–7; Away: 4–12)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
108 August 1 Mets 7–6 (10) Hernández (1–6) Raley (0–2) — 16,140 33–75 W4
109 August 2 Mets 4–0 Ragans (3–3) Senga (7–6) — 13,630 34–75 W5
110 August 3 Mets 9–2 Singer (7–8) Carrasco (3–6) — 11,926 35–75 W6
111 August 4 @ Phillies 7–5 Lyles (3–12) Nola (9–8) Cox (1) 36,510 36–75 W7
112 August 5 @ Phillies 6–9 Strahm (7–3) Zerpa (0–1) Kimbrel (19) 42,326 36–76 L1
113 August 6 @ Phillies 4–8 Walker (13–4) Greinke (1–12) — 43,112 36–77 L2
114 August 7 @ Red Sox 2–6 Jansen (3–5) Hernández (1–7) — 32,732 36–78 L3
115 August 8 @ Red Sox 9–3 Singer (8–8) Crawford (5–6) — 30,997 37–78 W1
116 August 9 @ Red Sox 3–4 Pivetta (8–6) Lyles (3–13) Jansen (25) 35,495 37–79 L1
117 August 10 @ Red Sox 0–2 Paxton (7–3) Marsh (0–6) Jansen (26) 31,952 37–80 L2
118 August 11 Cardinals 12–8 Zerpa (1–1) Wainwright (3–7) — 26,271 38–80 W1
119 August 12 Cardinals 4–5 Matz (4–7) Ragans (3–4) Romero (2) 37,016 38–81 L1
120 August 14 Mariners 7–6 Wittgren (1–0) Brash (8–4) — 11,878 39–81 W1
121 August 15 Mariners 8–10 (10) Muñoz (3–5) Davidson (1–2) Saucedo (1) 12,759 39–82 L1
122 August 16 Mariners 5–6 Castillo (9–7) Coleman (0–1) Brash (3) 11,091 39–83 L2
123 August 17 Mariners 4–6 Campbell (3–0) Hernández (1–8) Brash (4) 10,875 39–84 L3
124 August 18 @ Cubs 4–3 Ragans (4–4) Taillon (7–8) Hernández (2) 37,936 40–84 W1
125 August 19 @ Cubs 4–6 Steele (14–3) Singer (8–9) Alzolay (17) 39,525 40–85 L1
126 August 20 @ Cubs 3–4 Hendricks (5–6) Lyles (3–14) Alzolay (18) 36,949 40–86 L2
127 August 21 @ Athletics 4–6 May (4–4) Coleman (0–2) — 3,095 40–87 L3
128 August 22 @ Athletics 4–5 Harris (3–6) Zerpa (1–2) May (13) 4,021 40–88 L4
129 August 23 @ Athletics 4–0 Ragans (5–4) Martínez (0–2) Hernández (3) 5,075 41–88 W1
130 August 25 @ Mariners 5–7 Campbell (4–0) Singer (8–10) Muñoz (9) 45,175 41–89 L1
131 August 26 @ Mariners 2–15 Gilbert (12–5) Lyles (3–15) — 41,744 41–90 L2
132 August 27 @ Mariners 2–3 Castillo (11–7) Marsh (0–7) Muñoz (10) 38,829 41–91 L3
133 August 28 Pirates 0–5 Oviedo (8–13) Greinke (1–13) — 11,610 41–92 L4
134 August 29 Pirates 3–6 Ortiz (3–4) Hernández (1–9) — 11,233 41–93 L5
135 August 30 Pirates 1–4 Jackson (1–1) Zerpa (1–3) Bednar (29) 10,592 41–94 L6
September/October: 15–12 (Home: 10–5; Away: 5–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
136 September 1 Red Sox 13–2 Lyles (4–15) Paxton (7–5) — 15,470 42–94 W1
137 September 2 Red Sox 5–9 Houck (4–8) Marsh (0–8) Pivetta (1) 20,527 42–95 L1
138 September 3 Red Sox 3–7 Sale (6–3) Greinke (1–14) — 15,785 42–96 L2
139 September 4 White Sox 12–1 Ragans (6–4) Scholtens (1–7) — 10,646 43–96 W1
140 September 5 White Sox 7–6 Kowar (1–0) Santos (2–2) — 10,395 44–96 W2
141 September 6 White Sox 4–6 Toussaint (3–7) Lyles (4–16) Shaw (2) 11,046 44–97 L1
142 September 8 @ Blue Jays 4–5 Green (2–0) Hernández (1–10) Romano (33) 26,493 44–98 L2
143 September 9 @ Blue Jays 1–5 Gausman (11–8) Greinke (1–15) — 41,443 44–99 L3
144 September 10 @ Blue Jays 2–5 Berríos (10–10) Clarke (2–5) Romano (34) 35,275 44–100 L4
— September 11 @ White Sox Postponed (rain); Makeup: September 12
146 September 12 (1) @ White Sox 2–6 Cease (7–7) Singer (8–11) Santos (5) see 2nd game 44–101 L5
146 September 12 (2) @ White Sox 11–10 Clarke (3–5) García (0–1) Hernández (4) 14,824 45–101 W1
147 September 13 @ White Sox 7–1 Marsh (1–8) Clevinger (7–8) — 15,593 46–101 W2
148 September 15 Astros 4–2 Zerpa (2–3) Javier (9–4) Clarke (1) 15,465 47–101 W3
149 September 16 Astros 10–8 McArthur (1–0) Neris (6–3) Clarke (2) 19,557 48–101 W4
150 September 17 Astros 1–7 Valdez (12–10) Lyles (4–17) — 15,311 48–102 L1
151 September 18 Guardians 6–4 Kowar (2–0) Stephan (6–7) McArthur (1) 9,736 49–102 W1
152 September 19 Guardians 7–6 Marsh (2–8) Allen (7–8) Snider (1) 15,254 50–102 W2
153 September 20 Guardians 6–2 Zerpa (3–3) Giolito (8–14) — 12,162 51–102 W3
154 September 22 @ Astros 7–5 Ragans (7–4) Valdez (12–11) McArthur (2) 41,033 52–102 W4
155 September 23 @ Astros 3–2 Lyles (5–17) France (11–6) Clarke (3) 41,692 53–102 W5
156 September 24 @ Astros 6–5 Marsh (3–8) Brown (11–13) McArthur (3) 41,438 54–102 W6
157 September 26 @ Tigers 3–6 Foley (3–3) Clarke (3–6) — 13,903 54–103 L1
— September 27 @ Tigers Suspended (rain); Rescheduled to September 28
158 September 28 @ Tigers 0–8 Díaz (1–0) Bowlan (0–1) — see 2nd game 54–104 L2
159 September 28 @ Tigers 3–7 Cisnero (3–4) Ragans (7–5) — 13,326 54–105 L3
160 September 29 Yankees 12–5 Lyles (6–17) Rodón (3–8) — 18,374 55–105 W1
161 September 30 Yankees 2–5 Montas (1–0) Marsh (3–9) Holmes (24) 22,665 55–106 L1
162 October 1 Yankees 5–2 Greinke (2–15) King (4–8) McArthur (4) 20,662 56–106 W1

Player statistics

= Indicates team leader

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
Bobby Witt Jr. 158 641 97 177 28 11 30 96 49 40 .276 .495
Salvador Pérez 140 538 59 137 21 0 23 80 0 19 .255 .422
MJ Melendez 148 533 65 125 29 5 16 56 6 62 .235 .398
Maikel García 123 464 59 126 20 4 4 50 23 38 .272 .358
Michael Massey 129 428 42 98 18 1 15 55 6 24 .229 .381
Edward Olivares 107 354 47 93 23 4 12 36 11 22 .263 .452
Nick Pratto 95 306 33 71 16 0 7 35 1 29 .232 .353
Drew Waters 98 302 40 69 11 5 8 32 16 27 .228 .377
Kyle Isbel 91 292 45 70 22 2 5 34 7 17 .240 .380
Vinnie Pasquantino 61 231 24 57 17 0 9 26 0 25 .247 .437
Freddy Fermín 70 217 26 61 10 1 9 32 0 13 .281 .461
Matt Duffy 78 191 17 48 8 0 2 16 1 12 .251 .325
Nicky Lopez 68 160 19 34 5 3 0 13 4 21 .213 .281
Nelson Velázquez 40 133 27 31 4 0 14 28 0 11 .233 .579
Dairon Blanco 69 124 19 32 7 4 3 18 24 10 .258 .452
Jackie Bradley Jr. 43 105 10 14 5 0 1 6 0 5 .133 .210
Hunter Dozier 29 82 8 15 2 1 2 9 2 8 .183 .305
Nick Loftin 19 62 10 20 5 1 0 10 2 4 .323 .435
Samad Taylor 31 60 11 12 2 1 0 4 8 7 .200 .267
Franmil Reyes 19 59 5 11 0 0 2 7 0 4 .186 .288
Matt Beaty 26 56 7 13 4 0 0 3 0 6 .232 .304
Nate Eaton 28 53 2 4 0 0 0 1 3 2 .075 .075
Logan Porter 11 31 4 6 1 0 1 3 0 5 .194 .323
Tyler Cropley 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .167 .167
Totals 162 5428 676 1325 258 43 163 651 163 411 .244 .398
Rank in AL — 13 10 11 11 1 14 10 1 14 9 10

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
Jordan Lyles 6 17 6.28 31 31 0 177.2 176 130 124 45 120
Brady Singer 8 11 5.52 29 29 0 159.2 182 102 98 49 133
Zack Greinke 2 15 5.06 30 27 0 142.1 158 82 80 23 97
Alec Marsh 3 9 5.69 17 8 0 74.1 77 50 47 39 85
Cole Ragans 5 2 2.64 12 12 0 71.2 50 23 21 27 89
Carlos Hernández 1 10 5.27 67 4 4 70.0 62 43 41 31 77
Taylor Clarke 3 6 5.95 58 2 3 59.0 71 42 39 24 65
Daniel Lynch IV 3 4 4.64 9 9 0 52.1 50 29 27 16 34
Ryan Yarbrough 4 5 4.24 14 7 0 51.0 52 24 24 9 29
Brad Keller 3 4 4.57 11 9 0 45.1 42 26 23 45 31
Ángel Zerpa 3 3 4.85 15 3 0 42.2 46 24 23 8 36
José Cuas 3 0 4.54 45 1 0 41.2 46 21 21 21 52
Scott Barlow 2 4 5.35 38 0 13 38.2 38 26 23 22 47
Austin Cox 0 1 4.54 24 3 1 35.2 28 20 18 17 33
Aroldis Chapman 4 2 2.45 31 0 2 29.1 16 10 8 20 53
Nick Wittgren 1 0 4.97 27 0 0 29.0 30 17 16 11 18
Jackson Kowar 2 0 6.43 23 0 0 28.0 34 24 20 20 29
Mike Mayers 1 2 6.15 6 2 0 26.1 34 19 18 10 17
Amir Garrett 0 1 3.33 27 0 0 24.1 22 11 9 20 28
James McArthur 1 0 4.63 18 2 4 23.1 20 12 12 2 23
Collin Snider 0 0 4.87 20 1 1 20.1 24 12 11 13 11
Max Castillo 0 1 4.43 7 0 0 20.1 20 10 10 9 10
Josh Staumont 0 0 5.40 21 1 0 20.0 16 12 12 13 24
Tucker Davidson 0 1 5.03 20 1 0 19.2 20 12 11 8 15
Dylan Coleman 0 2 8.84 23 1 0 18.1 18 19 18 19 21
Josh Taylor 1 3 8.15 17 1 0 17.2 22 17 16 9 26
Kris Bubic 0 2 3.94 3 3 0 16.0 19 7 7 2 16
Jonathan Heasley 0 0 7.20 12 0 0 15.0 17 13 12 2 9
Steven Cruz 0 0 4.97 10 4 0 12.2 11 7 7 11 15
Taylor Hearn 0 0 8.22 8 0 0 7.2 12 7 7 2 8
Brooks Kriske 0 0 4.05 4 0 0 6.2 3 3 3 4 6
John McMillon 0 0 2.25 4 0 0 4.0 1 1 1 0 8
Jonathan Bowlan 0 1 3.00 2 1 0 3.0 5 1 1 0 3
Anthony Veneziano 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 2.1 2 2 0 2 1
Matt Duffy 0 0 4.50 2 0 0 2.0 3 1 1 0 0
Nate Eaton 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals 56 106 5.17 162 162 28 1409.0 1429 859 809 553 1270
Rank in AL 14 2 14 — — 14 15 14 14 14 12 15

Source:[2]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
Triple-A Omaha Storm Chasers International League Mike Jirschele
Double-A Northwest Arkansas Naturals Texas League Chris Widger
High-A Quad Cities River Bandits Midwest League
Single-A Columbia Fireflies Carolina League
Rookie ACL Royals Blue Arizona Complex League
Rookie ACL Royals Gold Arizona Complex League
Rookie DSL Royals Dominican Summer League

References

  1. ^ https://www.espn.com/mlb/attendance/_/year/2023
  2. ^ "2022 Kansas City Royals Schedule". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  3. ^ Anderson (October 5, 2022). "Royals fire manager Mike Matheny after three disappointing seasons at helm". CBS Sports. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  4. ^ "Pitch clocks and shift limits: MLB adopts sweeping rule changes for 2023". the Guardian. Associated Press. September 9, 2022. Retrieved October 13, 2022.