2020 Kansas City Royals
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionCentral
BallparkKauffman Stadium
CityKansas City, Missouri
Record26–34 (.433)
Divisional place4th
OwnersJohn Sherman
General managersDayton Moore
ManagersMike Matheny
TelevisionFox Sports Kansas City
(Ryan Lefebvre, Jeff Montgomery, Rex Hudler, Steve Physioc)
RadioKCSP 610 AM
(Denny Matthews, Steve Stewart, Rex Hudler, Ryan Lefebvre, Steve Physioc, Jeff Montgomery)
Seasons

The 2020 Kansas City Royals season was the 52nd season for the franchise, and their 48th at Kauffman Stadium. The 2020 season was the first under new owner John Sherman, whose purchase of the team was approved by MLB on November 21, 2019.[1] It was also the first season under manager Mike Matheny, replacing Ned Yost after having a ten-season tenure.[2] The team finished with a 26–34 win–loss record, landing them fourth place in the American League Central.

On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled.[3] Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the CDC to restrict events of more than 50 people for eight weeks.[4] On June 23, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players reported to training camps on July 1 in order to resume spring training and prepare for a July 24 Opening Day.[5]

Offseason

Season standings

American League Central

AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 3624 0.600 — 24–7 12–17
Cleveland Indians 3525 0.583 1 18–12 17–13
Chicago White Sox 3525 0.583 1 18–12 17–13
Kansas City Royals 2634 0.433 10 15–15 11–19
Detroit Tigers 2335 0.397 12 12–15 11–20

American League Wild Card

Division Leaders W L Pct.
Tampa Bay Rays 4020 0.667
Oakland Athletics 3624 0.600
Minnesota Twins 3624 0.600


Division 2nd Place W L Pct.
Cleveland Indians 3525 0.583
New York Yankees 3327 0.550
Houston Astros 2931 0.483


Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Chicago White Sox 3525 0.583 +3
Toronto Blue Jays 3228 0.533 —
Seattle Mariners 2733 0.450 5
Los Angeles Angels 2634 0.433 6
Kansas City Royals 2634 0.433 6
Baltimore Orioles 2535 0.417 7
Boston Red Sox 2436 0.400 8
Detroit Tigers 2335 0.397 8
Texas Rangers 2238 0.367 10

Record against opponents

2020 American League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2020

Team CWS CLE DET KC MIN NL
Chicago —2–89–19–15–510–10
Cleveland 8–2—7–35–53–712–8
Detroit 1–93–7—4–64–611–7
Kansas City 1–95–56–4—5–59–11
Minnesota 5–57–36–45–5—13–7

Game log

2020 game log: 26–34 (Home: 15–15; Away: 11–19)
July: 3–5 (Home: 0–1; Away: 3–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
1July 24@ Indians0–2Bieber (1–0)Duffy (0–1)Hand (1)0–1L1
2July 25@ Indians3–2 (10)Barlow (1–0)Karinchak (0–1)Holland (1)1–1W1
3July 26@ Indians2–9Carrasco (1–0)Bolaños (0–1)—1–2L1
4July 27@ Tigers14–6Griffin (1–0)Funkhouser (0–1)—2–2W1
5July 28@ Tigers3–4Alexander (1–0)Zuber (0–1)Jiménez (3)2–3L1
6July 29@ Tigers4–5Garcia (1–0)Kennedy (0–1)Jiménez (4)2–4L2
7July 30@ Tigers5–3Holland (1–0)Cisnero (1–1)Rosenthal (1)3–4W1
8July 31White Sox2–3Keuchel (2–0)Bubic (0–1)Colomé (1)3–5L1
August: 11–16 (Home: 7–6; Away: 4–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
9August 1White Sox5–11Foster (1–0)Bolaños (0–2)Heuer (1)3–6L2
10August 2White Sox2–9Cease (1–1)Barlow (1–1)—3–7L3
11August 3@ Cubs0–2Mills (2–0)Duffy (0–2)Wick (2)3–8L4
12August 4@ Cubs4–5Hendricks (2–1)Singer (0–1)Ryan (1)3–9L5
13August 5Cubs1–6Darvish (2–1)Bubic (0–2)—3–10L6
14August 6Cubs13–2Keller (1–0)Chatwood (2–1)—4–10W1
15August 7Twins3–2Holland (2–0)Wisler (0–1)Rosenthal (2)5–10W2
16August 8Twins9–6Zuber (1–1)Thorpe (0–1)Rosenthal (3)6–10W3
17August 9Twins4–2Singer (1–1)Berríos (1–2)Barlow (1)7–10W4
18August 11@ Reds5–6 (10)Sims (1–0)Staumont (0–1)—7–11L1
19August 12@ Reds5–4Keller (2–0)Miley (0–2)Rosenthal (4)8–11W1
—August 14@ TwinsPostponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to August 15.
20August 15 (1)@ Twins2–4 (7)Duffey (1–0)Speier (0–1)Rogers (5)8–12L1
21August 15 (2)@ Twins4–2 (7)Duffy (1–2)Berríos (1–3)Rosenthal (5)9–12W1
22August 16@ Twins2–4Dobnak (4–1)Singer (1–2)Romo (3)9–13L1
23August 17@ Twins1–4Smeltzer (2–0)Bubic (0–3)—9–14L2
—August 18RedsPostponed (COVID-19). Rescheduled to August 19.
24August 19 (1)Reds4–0 (7)Keller (3–0)Castillo (0–3)Rosenthal (6)10–14W1
25August 19 (2)Reds0–5 (7)Bauer (3–0)Harvey (0–1)—10–15L1
26August 21Twins7–2Duffy (2–2)Odorizzi (0–1)—11–15W1
27August 22Twins2–7Dobnak (5–1)Singer (1–3)—11–16L1
28August 23Twins4–5Clippard (1–0Bubic (0–4)Rogers (6)11–17L2
29August 24@ Cardinals3–9Flaherty (2–0)Keller (3–1)—11–18L3
30August 25@ Cardinals5–4Staumont (1–1)Gant (0–1)Rosenthal (7)12–18W1
31August 26@ Cardinals5–6Reyes (1–0)Rosario (0–1)—12–19L1
32August 28@ White Sox5–6Colomé (1–0)Kennedy (0–2)—12–20L2
33August 29@ White Sox9–6Newberry (1–0)Burdi (0–1)Hahn (1)13–20W1
34August 30@ White Sox2–5 (10)Foster (3–0)Zuber (1–2)—13–21L1
35August 31Indians2–1Barlow (2–1)Karinchak (0–2)Holland (2)14–21W1
September: 12–13 (Home: 8–8; Away: 4–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
36September 1Indians1–10Plesac (2–1)Harvey (0–2)—14–22L1
37September 2Indians0–5McKenzie (2–0)Junis (0–1)—14–23L2
38September 3White Sox6–11Cease (5–2)Duffy (2–3)—14–24L3
39September 4White Sox4–7Heuer (2–0)Singer (1–4)Colomé (8)14–25L4
40September 5White Sox3–5Giolito (4–2)Bubic (0–5)Colomé (9)14–26L5
41September 6White Sox2–8Keuchel (6–2)Harvey (0–3)—14–27L6
42September 7@ Indians2–5Plesac (3–1)Keller (3–2)Hand (12)14–28L7
43September 8@ Indians8–5Holland (3–0)Cimber (0–1)Barlow (2)15–28W1
44September 9@ Indians3–0Duffy (3–3)Carrasco (2–4)Holland (3)16–28W2
45September 10@ Indians11–1Singer (2–4)Civale (3–5)—17–28W3
46September 11Pirates4–3Bubic (1–5)Brault (0–3)Holland (4)18–28W4
47September 12Pirates7–4Zimmer (1–0)Williams (1–7)Holland (5)19–28W5
48September 13Pirates11–0Keller (4–2)Kuhl (1–2)—20–28W6
49September 15@ Tigers0–6Boyd (2–6)Junis (0–2)—20–29L1
50September 16@ Tigers4–0Singer (3–4)Skubal (1–3)—21–29W1
51September 18@ Brewers5–9Rasmussen (1–0)Duffy (3–4)—21–30L1
52September 19@ Brewers0–5Burnes (4–0)Bubic (1–6)—21–31L2
53September 20@ Brewers3–5Lindblom (2–3)Keller (4–3)Hader (10)21–32L3
54September 21Cardinals4–1Staumont (2–1)Wainwright (5–2)Holland (6)22–32W1
55September 22Cardinals0–5Gomber (1–1)Singer (3–5)—22–33L1
56September 23Cardinals12–3Duffy (4–4)Martínez (0–3)—23–33W1
57September 24Tigers8–7Hahn (1–0)Alexander (2–3)Newberry (1)24–33W2
58September 25Tigers3–2Keller (5–3)Turnbull (4–4)Hahn (2)25–33W3
59September 26Tigers3–4Boyd (3–7)Hernández (0–1)Garcia (4)25–34L1
60September 27Tigers3–1Singer (4–5)Skubal (1–4)Hahn (3)26–34W1
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Royals team member

Roster

2020 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

 Manager

Coaches

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
Whit Merrifield6024838701209301212.282.440
Maikel Franco602232362160838116.278.457
Adalberto Mondesí5921933561136222411.256.416
Nicky Lopez56169153480113018.201.266
Alex Gordon50163153440411018.209.307
Hunter Dozier44158293642612427.228.392
Salvador Pérez371502250120113213.333.633
Jorge Soler43149173480824019.228.443
Ryan O'Hearn4211372260218018.195.301
Ryan McBroom36818203061004.247.506
Edward Olivares1862517112702.274.419
Bubba Starling3559510101504.169.237
Cam Gallagher25531015501306.283.434
Franchy Cordero163878302714.211.447
Brett Phillips183187011233.226.387
Meibrys Viloria152114100002.190.238
Erick Mejia81411100010.071.143
Nick Heath151322100322.154.231
Matt Reynolds31110000000.000.000
Kelvin Gutiérrez4901000003.111.111
Oscar Hernández4412000000.500.500
Team Totals6019882484859776823749172.244.402

Source:

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
Brady Singer454.061212064.15229292361
Danny Duffy444.951211056.15333312257
Brad Keller532.4799054.23916151735
Kris Bubic164.321010050.05229242249
Scott Barlow214.20320230.0271414939
Greg Holland301.91280628.12086731
Josh Staumont212.45260025.220871637
Jakob Junis026.3986025.1351818619
Kyle Zimmer101.57161023.014441026
Tyler Zuber124.09230022.01511102030
Jake Newberry104.09200122.02012101224
Jesse Hahn100.52180317.1411819
Carlos Hernández014.9153014.21998613
Ian Kennedy029.00151014.0201714515
Trevor Rosenthal003.29140713.2955721
Matt Harvey0311.5774011.2271515510
Chance Adams009.356008.2159906
Kevin McCarthy004.505006.0103322
Gabe Speier017.948005.295546
Mike Montgomery005.063105.165314
Glen Sparkman005.404005.096312
Ronald Bolaños0212.272203.287532
Randy Rosario018.104003.173334
Scott Blewett006.002003.062214
Foster Griffin100.001001.200001
Richard Lovelady009.001001.011110
Jorge López0027.001000.232200
Team Totals26344.30606019517.0500272247211517

Source:

Farm system

On June 30, 2020, Minor League Baseball announced that the 2020 season would not be played due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[20]

Level Team League Manager
AAA Omaha Storm Chasers Pacific Coast League
AA Northwest Arkansas Naturals Texas League
A-Advanced Wilmington Blue Rocks Carolina League
A Lexington Legends South Atlantic League
Rookie Burlington Royals Appalachian League
Rookie Idaho Falls Chukars Pioneer League
Rookie AZL Royals Arizona League
Rookie DSL Royals Dominican Summer League

References

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  2. ↑ Flanagan, Jeffrey (October 31, 2019). "Royals name Mike Matheny manager". mlb.com. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
  3. ↑ Mark Feinsand (March 12, 2020). "Opening Day delayed at least 2 weeks; Spring Training games cancelled". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
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