2021 Kansas City Royals season

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Template:Infobox baseball team season/leagueseason Kansas City Royals
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League American League
Division Central
Ballpark Kauffman Stadium
City Kansas City, Missouri
Record 74–88 (.457)
Divisional place 4th
Owners John Sherman
General managers Dayton Moore
Managers Mike Matheny
Television Bally 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)
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The 2021 Kansas City Royals season was the 53rd season of the franchise, and their 49th season at Kauffman Stadium. The team finished with a 74–88 win–loss record, landing them in fourth place in the American League Central ahead of the Minnesota Twins by one game. They won their 4,000th game in franchise history on September 29.[1]

Regular season

The Royals won 14–10 against the Texas Rangers to open the season. The 14 runs set a Royals franchise record for Opening Day.[2]

Season standings

American League Central

AL Central		 W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 93 69 0.574 — 53–28 40–41
Cleveland Indians 80 82 0.494 13 40–41 40–41
Detroit Tigers 77 85 0.475 16 42–39 35–46
Kansas City Royals 74 88 0.457 19 39–42 35–46
Minnesota Twins 73 89 0.451 20 38–43 35–46


American League Wild Card

Division Leaders		 W L Pct.
Tampa Bay Rays 100 62 0.617
Houston Astros 95 67 0.586
Chicago White Sox 93 69 0.574


Wild Card teams
(Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)		 W L Pct. GB
Boston Red Sox 92 70 0.568 —
New York Yankees 92 70 0.568 —
Toronto Blue Jays 91 71 0.562 1
Seattle Mariners 90 72 0.556 2
Oakland Athletics 86 76 0.531 6
Cleveland Indians 80 82 0.494 12
Detroit Tigers 77 85 0.475 15
Los Angeles Angels 77 85 0.475 15
Kansas City Royals 74 88 0.457 18
Minnesota Twins 73 89 0.451 19
Texas Rangers 60 102 0.370 32
Baltimore Orioles 52 110 0.321 40


Record against opponents

2021 American League Records

Source: AL Standings Head-to-head
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore — 6–13 0–7 2–5 2–5 3–3 4–3 2–4 2–4 8–11 3–3 3–4 1–18 4–3 5–13 7–13
Boston 13–6 — 3–4 4–2 3–3 2–5 5–2 3–3 5–2 10–9 3–3 4–3 8–11 3–4 10–9 15–4
Chicago 7–0 4–3 — 10–9 12–6 2–5 9–10 2–5 13–6 1–5 4–3 3–3 3–3 5–1 4–3 14–6
Cleveland 5–2 2–4 9–10 — 12–7 1–6 14–5 5–1 8–11 3–4 2–4 3–4 1–6 3–2 2–5 9–11
Detroit 5–2 3–3 6–12 7–12 — 5–2 8–11 1–6 8–11 3–3 1–6 5–1 4–3 6–1 3–3 11–9
Houston 3–3 5–2 5–2 6–1 2–5 — 3–4 13–6 3–4 2–4 11–8 11–8 4–2 14–5 4–2 9–11
Kansas City 3–4 2–5 10–9 5–14 11–8 4–3 — 2–4 10–8 2–4 2–5 4–3 2–4 2–4 3–4 12–8
Los Angeles 4–2 3–3 5–2 1–5 6–1 6–13 4–2 — 5–2 4–3 4–15 7–11 1–6 11–8 4–3 11–9
Minnesota 4–2 2–5 6–13 11–8 11–8 4–3 8–10 2–5 — 1–6 1–5 2–4 3–3 4–3 3–4 10–10
New York 11–8 9–10 5–1 4–3 3–3 4–2 4–2 3–4 6–1 — 4–3 5–2 7–11 6–1 8–11 12–8
Oakland 3–3 3–3 3–4 4–2 6–1 8–11 5–2 15–4 5–1 3–4 — 4–15 4–3 10–9 2–5 11–9
Seattle 4–3 3–4 3–3 4–3 1–5 8–11 3–4 11–7 4–2 2–5 15–4 — 6–1 13–6 4–2 9–11
Tampa Bay 18–1 11–8 3–3 6–1 3–4 2–4 4–2 6–1 3–3 11–7 3–4 1–6 — 3–4 11–8 15–5
Texas 3–4 4–3 1–5 2–3 1–6 5–14 4–2 8–11 3–4 1–6 9–10 6–13 4–3 — 2–4 7–13
Toronto 13–5 9–10 3–4 5–2 3–3 2–4 4–3 3–4 4–3 11–8 5–2 2–4 8–11 4–2 — 14–6

Updated with the results of all games through October 2, 2021.


Game log

2021 Game Log: 74–88 (Home: 39–42; Away: 35–46)
April: 15–9 (Home: 8–5 ; Away: 7–4)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
1 April 1 Rangers 14–10 Hernández (1–0) Cody (0–1) Davis (1) 9,155 1–0 W1
2 April 3 Rangers 11–4 Minor (1–0) Sborz (0–1) — 8,889 2–0 W2
3 April 4 Rangers 3–7 Lyles (1–0) Singer (0–1) — 8,869 2–1 L1
4 April 5 @ Indians 3–0 Duffy (1–0) Allen (0–1) Hahn (1) 8,914 3–1 W1
5 April 7 @ Indians 2–4 Clase (1–0) Holland (0–1) Wittgren (1) 5,908 3–2 L1
6 April 8 @ White Sox 0–6 Lynn (1–0) Keller (0–1) — 8,207 3–3 L2
– April 10 @ White Sox Postponed (Rain, Makeup May 14)
7 April 11 @ White Sox 4–3 (10) Holland (1–1) Crochet (0–1) Zimmer (1) 7,695 4–3 W1
8 April 12 Angels 3–10 Cobb (1–0) Singer (0–2) — 6,962 4–4 L1
9 April 13 Angels 3–2 Duffy (2–0) Bundy (0–1) Holland (1) 6,404 5–4 W1
10 April 14 Angels 6–1 Keller (1–1) Canning (0–1) — 6,814 6–4 W2
11 April 15 Blue Jays 7–5 Junis (1–0) Kay (0–1) Barlow (1) 6,266 7–4 W3
— April 16 Blue Jays Postponed (Rain, Makeup: April 17)
12 April 17 (1) Blue Jays 1–5 (7) Matz (3–0) Minor (1–1) — N/A 7–5 L1
13 April 17 (2) Blue Jays 3–2 (7) Holland (2–1) Payamps (0–1) — 8,950 8–5 W1
14 April 18 Blue Jays 2–0 Zimmer (1–0) Zeuch (0–2) Holland (2) 9,042 9–5 W2
15 April 19 Rays 1–4 Fleming (1–1) Duffy (2–1) — 5,589 9–6 L1
16 April 20 Rays 7–14 Kittredge (3–0) Keller (1–2) Richards (1) 4,481 9–7 L2
17 April 21 Rays 9–8 Barlow (1–0) Castillo (0–1) — 5,053 10–7 W1
18 April 23 @ Tigers 6–2 Minor (2–1) Mize (1–2) — 8,000 11–7 W2
19 April 24 @ Tigers 2–1 Singer (1–2) Boyd (2–2) Staumont (1) 8,000 12–7 W3
20 April 25 @ Tigers 4–0 Duffy (3–1) Skubal (0–3) — 8,000 13–7 W4
21 April 26 @ Tigers 3–2 Keller (2–2) Turnbull (1–1) Staumont (2) 7,288 14–7 W5
22 April 27 @ Pirates 1–2 Underwood Jr. (1–0) Junis (1–1) Rodríguez (4) 5,510 14–8 L1
23 April 28 @ Pirates 9–6 Zimmer (2–0) Keller (1–3) Staumont (3) 4,226 15–8 W1
24 April 30 @ Twins 1–9 Pineda (2–1) Singer (1–3) — 9,982 15–9 L1
May: 11–17 (Home: 5–8 ; Away: 6–9)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
25 May 1 @ Twins 11–3 Duffy (4–1) Shoemaker (1–3) — 9,993 16–9 W1
26 May 2 @ Twins 4–13 Berríos (3–2) Keller (2–3) — 9,997 16–10 L1
27 May 3 Indians 6–8 Shaw (1–0) Junis (1–2) Clase (6) 6,919 16–11 L2
28 May 4 Indians 3–7 Wittgren (1–1) Staumont (0–1) — 5,997 16–12 L3
29 May 5 Indians 4–5 Wittgren (2–1) Davis (0–1) Karinchak (3) 9,640 16–13 L4
30 May 6 Indians 0–4 McKenzie (1–1) Duffy (4–2) — 9,259 16–14 L5
31 May 7 White Sox 0–3 Rodón (5–0) Keller (2–4) Hendriks (6) 16,011 16–15 L6
32 May 8 White Sox 1–9 Lynn (3–1) Lynch (0–1) — 15,895 16–16 L7
33 May 9 White Sox 3–9 Giolito (2–3) Minor (2–2) — 12,102 16–17 L8
34 May 11 @ Tigers 7–8 Soto (3–1) Barlow (1–1) — 7,312 16–18 L9
35 May 12 @ Tigers 2–4 Mize (2–3) Duffy (4–3) Soto (4) 7,133 16–19 L10
36 May 13 @ Tigers 3–4 Turnbull (2–2) Lynch (0–2) Fulmer (2) 7,369 16–20 L11
37 May 14 (1) @ White Sox 6–2 (7) Keller (3–4) Giolito (2–4) — 8,574 17–20 W1
38 May 14 (2) @ White Sox 1–3 (7) Heuer (3–1) Junis (1–3) Hendriks (8) 9,823 17–21 L1
39 May 15 @ White Sox 5–1 Minor (3–2) Rodón (5–1) — 9,886 18–21 W1
40 May 16 @ White Sox 3–4 Foster (2–1) Davis (0–2) — 9,928 18–22 L1
41 May 18 Brewers 2–0 Brentz (1–0) Woodruff (2–2) Staumont (4) 9,298 19–22 W1
42 May 19 Brewers 6–4 Barlow (2–1) Feyereisen (0–2) Staumont (5) 8,950 20–22 W2
43 May 21 Tigers 5–7 Ureña (2–4) Zuber (0–1) Fulmer (4) 17,080 20–23 L1
44 May 22 Tigers 7–5 Singer (2–3) Boyd (2–5) — 14,226 21–23 W1
45 May 23 Tigers 3–2 Zimmer (3–0) Fulmer (3–3) — 15,540 22–23 W2
46 May 25 @ Rays 2–1 Keller (4–4) Hill (3–2) Zimmer (2) 4,946 23–23 W3
47 May 26 @ Rays 1–2 (10) Feyereisen (1–2) Zuber (0–2) — 4,973 23–24 L1
48 May 27 @ Rays 2–7 McClanahan (2–0) Singer (2–4) — 5,519 23–25 L2
49 May 28 @ Twins 8–3 Bubic (1–0) Dobnak (1–4) — 14,260 24–25 W1
50 May 29 @ Twins 5–6 Happ (3–2) Santana (0–1) Rogers (4) 18,444 24–26 L1
51 May 30 @ Twins 6–3 Keller (5–4) Shoemaker (2–6) Holland (3) 17,923 25–26 W1
52 May 31 Pirates 7–3 Minor (4–2) Kuhl (0–2) — 12,604 26–26 W2
June: 7–20 (Home: 5–6 ; Away: 2–14)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
53 June 1 Pirates 10–5 Singer (3–4) Crowe (0–4) — 10,333 27–26 W3
54 June 3 Twins 6–5 Junis (2–3) Robles (1–2) Barlow (2) 11,072 28–26 W4
55 June 4 Twins 14–5 Keller (6–4) Shoemaker (2–7) — 22,612 29–26 W5
56 June 5 Twins 4–5 Berríos (6–2) Minor (4–3) Robles (5) 21,574 29–27 L1
57 June 6 Twins 1–2 Farrell (1–0) Singer (3–5) Rogers (5) 14,046 29–28 L2
58 June 7 @ Angels 3–8 Bundy (1–6) Kowar (0–1) — 9,481 29–29 L3
59 June 8 @ Angels 1–8 Heaney (4–3) Bubic (1–1) — 9,387 29–30 L4
60 June 9 @ Angels 1–6 Canning (5–4) Keller (6–5) — 10,474 29–31 L5
61 June 10 @ Athletics 6–1 Minor (5–3) Montas (6–6) — 3,211 30–31 W1
62 June 11 @ Athletics 3–4 Trivino (3–2) Barlow (2–2) — 6,964 30–32 L1
63 June 12 @ Athletics 2–11 Kaprielian (3–1) Kowar (0–1) — 7,678 30–33 L2
64 June 13 @ Athletics 3–6 Bassitt (7–2) Bubic (1–2) Trivino (10) 7,060 30–34 L3
65 June 14 Tigers 3–10 Jiménez (2–0) Keller (6–6) — 11,910 30–35 L4
66 June 15 Tigers 3–4 Mize (4–4) Minor (5–4) Soto (6) 15,947 30–36 L5
67 June 16 Tigers 5–6 Skubal (4–7) Holland (2–2) Fulmer (5) 11,327 30–37 L6
68 June 18 Red Sox 5–3 Bubic (2–2) Pivetta (6–3) Holland (4) 29,870 31–37 W1
69 June 19 Red Sox 1–7 Pérez (5–4) Keller (6–7) — 24,568 31–38 L1
70 June 20 Red Sox 7–3 Minor (6–4) Eovaldi (7–4) — 20,726 32–38 W1
71 June 22 @ Yankees 6–5 Brentz (2–0) Loáisiga (7–3) Holland (5) 21,130 33–38 W2
72 June 23 @ Yankees 5–6 Chapman (5–2) Holland (2–3) — 25,032 33–39 L1
73 June 24 @ Yankees 1–8 Taillon (2–4) Keller (6–8) — 21,350 33–40 L2
74 June 25 @ Rangers 4–9 Dunning (3–6) Minor (6–5) — 30,389 33–41 L3
75 June 26 @ Rangers 0–8 Gibson (6–0) Bubic (2–3) — 31,612 33–42 L4
76 June 27 @ Rangers 1–4 Lyles (3–5) Singer (3–6) Kennedy (13) 29,046 33–43 L5
77 June 28 @ Red Sox 5–6 Sawamura (4–0) Staumont (0–2) Barnes (17) 22,766 33–44 L6
78 June 29 @ Red Sox 6–7 Ríos (2–0) Brentz (2–1) Barnes (18) 25,180 33–45 L7
79 June 30 @ Red Sox 2–6 Pérez (6–4) Minor (6–6) — 24,616 33–46 L8
July: 12–12 (Home: 10–6 ; Away: 2–6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
80 July 1 @ Red Sox 1–15 Eovaldi (9–4) Bubic (2–4) — 27,913 33–47 L9
81 July 2 Twins 7–4 Lovelady (1–0) Happ (4–4) Barlow (3) 31,824 34–47 W1
82 July 3 Twins 6–3 Zimmer (4–0) Jax (1–1) Barlow (4) 16,133 35–47 W2
83 July 4 Twins 2–6 Maeda (4–3) Keller (6–9) — 15,350 35–48 L1
84 July 5 Reds 2–6 Gutiérrez (4–3) Minor (6–7) — 14,709 35–49 L2
85 July 6 Reds 7–6 Lovelady (2–0) Hembree (2–4) — 14,491 36–49 W1
86 July 7 Reds 2–5 Gray (2–4) Barlow (2–3) Hembree (4) 11,457 36–50 L1
87 July 8 @ Indians 4–7 Karinchak (5–2) Holland (2–4) — 13,272 36–51 L2
88 July 9 @ Indians 1–2 Karinchak (6–2) Brentz (2–2) — 21,395 36–52 L3
89 July 10 @ Indians 6–14 Quantrill (1–2) Minor (6–8) — 24,077 36–53 L4
— July 11 @ Indians Postponed (Rain, Makeup September 20)
91st All-Star Game in Denver, Colorado
90 July 16 Orioles 9–2 Staumont (1–2) Akin (0–5) — 23,763 37–53 W1
91 July 17 Orioles 4–8 Fry (3–3) Singer (3–7) — 27,292 37–54 L1
92 July 18 Orioles 0–5 Harvey (4–10) Hernández (1–1) — 13,706 37–55 L2
93 July 20 @ Brewers 5–2 Minor (7–8) Strickland (0–1) Holland (6) 20,140 38–55 W1
94 July 21 @ Brewers 6–3 Keller (7–9) Suter (9–5) Barlow (5) 30,063 39–55 W2
95 July 23 Tigers 5–3 Bubic (3–4) Peralta (3–2) Holland (7) 24,912 40–55 W3
96 July 24 Tigers 9–8 Brentz (3–2) Funkhouser (4–1) Davis (2) 24,616 41–55 W4
97 July 25 Tigers 6–1 Lynch (1–2) Skubal (6–9) — 12,703 42–55 W5
98 July 26 White Sox 4–3 Minor (8–8) Keuchel (7–4) Barlow (6) 12,384 43–55 W6
99 July 27 White Sox 3–5 López (1–0) Zimmer (4–1) Hendriks (25) 14,298 43–56 L1
100 July 28 White Sox 3–2 (10) Barlow (3–3) Burr (2–1) — 13,626 44–56 W1
101 July 29 White Sox 5–0 Hernández (2–1) Rodón (8–5) — 11,210 45–56 W2
102 July 30 @ Blue Jays 4–6 Stripling (4–6) Lynch (1–3) Romano (9) 13,446 45–57 L1
103 July 31 @ Blue Jays 0–4 Manoah (3–1) Minor (8–9) — 13,953 45–58 L2
August: 14–14 (Home: 4–7 ; Away: 10–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
104 August 1 @ Blue Jays 1–5 Berríos (8–5) Keller (7–10) — 14,427 45–59 L3
105 August 3 @ White Sox 1–7 Cease (8–6) Bubic (3–5) — 19,369 45–60 L4
106 August 4 @ White Sox 9–1 Hernández (3–1) Giolito (8–8) — 22,793 46–60 W1
107 August 5 @ White Sox 3–2 Lynch (2–3) Keuchel (7–5) Brentz (1) 23,589 47–60 W2
108 August 6 @ Cardinals 2–4 Wainwright (10–6) Minor (8–10) Reyes (25) 29,090 47–61 L1
109 August 7 @ Cardinals 2–5 García (1–0) Keller (7–11) Gallegos (2) 36,615 47–62 L2
110 August 8 @ Cardinals 6–5 Barlow (4–3) Reyes (5–5) Lovelady (1) 31,943 48–62 W1
111 August 9 Yankees 6–8 (11) Holmes (4–2) Holland (2–5) Peralta (3) 18,477 48–63 L1
112 August 10 Yankees 8–4 Staumont (2–2) Cortés Jr. (0–1) — 18,218 49–63 W1
113 August 11 Yankees 2–5 Green (6–5) Singer (3–8) Britton (1) 13,748 49–64 L1
114 August 13 Cardinals 0–6 Flaherty (9–1) Minor (8–11) — 30,620 49–65 L2
115 August 14 Cardinals 4–9 Lester (4–6) Keller (7–12) — 35,784 49–66 L3
116 August 15 Cardinals 2–7 Happ (7–6) Bubic (3–6) — 18,317 49–67 L4
117 August 16 Astros 7–6 Barlow (5–3) García (3–8) — 10,228 50–67 W1
118 August 17 Astros 3–1 Lynch (3–3) Valdez (8–4) Brentz (2) 9,748 51–67 W2
119 August 18 Astros 3–2 Tapia (1–0) Taylor (2–4) Barlow (7) 12,278 52–67 W3
120 August 19 Astros 3–6 (10) Pressly (5–1) Davis (0–3) Javier (2) 9,884 52–68 L1
121 August 20 @ Cubs 6–2 Keller (8–12) Davies (6–10) — 31,835 53–68 W1
122 August 21 @ Cubs 4–2 Bubic (4–6) Thompson (3–3) Barlow (8) 34,005 54–68 W2
123 August 22 @ Cubs 9–1 Hernández (4–1) Mills (5–6) — 29,640 55–68 W3
124 August 23 @ Astros 7–1 Lynch (4–3) Greinke (11–4) — 18,742 56–68 W4
125 August 24 @ Astros 0–4 García (10–6) Singer (3–9) — 22,964 56–69 L1
126 August 25 @ Astros 5–6 (10) Graveman (5–0) Payamps (0–3) — 21,052 56–70 L2
127 August 26 @ Mariners 6–4 Santana (1–1) Smith (2–2) Barlow (9) 16,882 57–70 W1
128 August 27 @ Mariners 8–7 (12) Staumont (3–2) Ramírez (0–2) — 22,953 58–70 W2
129 August 28 @ Mariners 4–2 Payamps (1–3) Anderson (6–9) Barlow (10) 24,575 59–70 W3
130 August 29 @ Mariners 3–4 Gonzales (6–5) Zuber (0–3) Steckenrider (7) 20,044 59–71 L1
131 August 31 Indians 2–7 Plesac (9–4) Junis (2–4) — 11,542 59–72 L2
September: 14–14 (Home: 6–8 ; Away: 8–6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
132 September 1 Indians 3–5 (11) Parker (2–0) Santana (1–2) Stephan (1) 10,516 59–73 L3
133 September 2 Indians 2–4 McKenzie (4–5) Minor (8–12) Clase (20) 10,042 59–74 L4
134 September 3 White Sox 7–2 Hernández (5–1) Keuchel (8–8) — 14,210 60–74 W1
135 September 4 White Sox 7–10 Kimbrel (3–4) Lynch (4–4) Hendriks (32) 18,800 60–75 L1
136 September 5 White Sox 6–0 Singer (4–9) Cease (11–7) — 19,696 61–75 W1
137 September 6 @ Orioles 3–2 Tapia (2–0) Sulser (4–4) Barlow (11) 11,973 62–75 W2
138 September 7 @ Orioles 3–7 Baumann (1–0) Kowar (0–3) — 4,981 62–76 L1
139 September 8 @ Orioles 8–9 Barreda (1–0) Staumont (3–3) Wells (2) 4,965 62–77 L2
140 September 9 @ Orioles 6–0 Hernández (6–1) Means (5–7) — 5,087 63–77 W1
141 September 10 @ Twins 6–4 (11) Santana (2–2) Minaya (2–1) Holland (8) 20,803 64–77 W2
142 September 11 @ Twins 2–9 Pineda (6–8) Singer (4–10) — 19,532 64–78 L1
143 September 12 @ Twins 5–3 Brentz (4–2) Alcalá (3–6) Barlow (12) 19,496 65–78 W1
144 September 14 Athletics 10–7 Brentz (5–2) Petit (8–2) Barlow (13) 10,254 66–78 W2
145 September 15 Athletics 10–12 Manaea (10–9) Hernández (6–2) Chafin (4) 11,056 66–79 L1
146 September 16 Athletics 2–7 Blackburn (1–2) Lynch (4–5) — 11,729 66–80 L2
147 September 17 Mariners 2–6 Flexen (12–6) Heasley (0–1) — 14,904 66–81 L3
148 September 18 Mariners 8–1 Bubic (5–6) Kikuchi (7–9) — 20,085 67–81 W1
149 September 19 Mariners 1–7 Gilbert (6–5) Kowar (0–4) — 16,872 67–82 L1
150 September 20 (1) @ Indians 7–2 (7) Singer (5–10) McKenzie (5–7) — N/A 68–82 W1
151 September 20 (2) @ Indians 4–2 (7) Tapia (3–0) Wittgren (2–8) Barlow (14) 11,459 69–82 W2
152 September 21 @ Indians 1–4 Quantrill (7–3) Lynch (4–6) Clase (24) 23,341 69–83 L1
— September 22 @ Indians Postponed (rain, makeup September 27)
153 September 24 @ Tigers 3–1 Tapia (4–0) Lange (0–3) Barlow (15) 24,877 70–83 W1
154 September 25 @ Tigers 1–5 Hutchison (3–1) Tapia (4–1) Fulmer (12) 16,424 70–84 L1
155 September 26 @ Tigers 2–1 Bubic (6–6) Peralta (4–4) Barlow (16) 23,788 71–84 W1
156 September 27 @ Indians 3–8 Quantrill (8–3) Kowar (0–5) — 13,121 71–85 L1
157 September 28 Indians 6–4 Staumont (4–3) Parker (2–1) — 11,670 72–85 W1
158 September 29 Indians 10–5 Holland (3–5) Wittgren (2–9) — 10,373 73–85 W2
159 September 30 Indians 1–6 Allen (2–7) Zerpa (0–1) — 11,288 73–86 L1
October: 1–2 (Home: 1–2 ; Away: 0–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
160 October 1 Twins 11–6 Heasley (1–1) Gant (5–11) — 14,293 74–86 W1
161 October 2 Twins 0–4 Jax (4–5) Bubic (6–7) — 22,321 74–87 L1
162 October 3 Twins 3–7 Vincent (1–0) Kowar (0–6) Alcalá (1) 17,158 74–88 L2
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = Postponement
Bold = Royals team member

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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 Merrifield 162 664 97 184 42 3 10 74 40 40 .277 .395
Salvador Pérez 161 620 88 169 24 0 48 121 1 28 .273 .544
Carlos Santana 158 565 66 121 15 0 19 69 2 86 .214 .342
Nicky Lopez 151 497 78 149 21 6 2 43 22 49 .300 .378
Andrew Benintendi 134 493 63 136 27 2 17 73 8 36 .276 .442
Hunter Dozier 144 487 55 105 27 6 16 54 5 43 .216 .394
Michael A. Taylor 142 483 58 118 16 1 12 54 14 33 .244 .356
Jorge Soler 94 308 38 59 16 0 13 37 0 38 .192 .370
Hanser Alberto 103 241 25 65 20 3 2 24 3 4 .270 .402
Ryan O'Hearn 84 236 23 53 5 1 9 29 0 13 .225 .369
Kelvin Gutiérrez 38 135 9 29 4 2 1 8 0 6 .215 .296
Adalberto Mondesí 35 126 19 29 8 1 6 17 15 6 .230 .452
Jarrod Dyson 77 122 13 27 7 2 0 10 8 6 .221 .311
Cam Gallagher 48 112 9 28 6 0 1 7 0 8 .250 .330
Edward Olivares 39 101 14 24 2 0 5 12 2 5 .238 .406
Emmanuel Rivera 29 90 13 23 4 0 1 5 2 8 .256 .333
Kyle Isbel 28 76 16 21 5 2 1 7 2 7 .276 .434
Sebastian Rivero 17 40 1 7 2 0 0 3 0 3 .175 .225
Ryan McBroom 7 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250
Pitcher Totals 162 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000
Team Totals 162 5427 686 1349 251 29 163 647 124 421 .249 .396

Source:2021 Kansas City Royals Batting Statistics

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games starting; 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
Mike Minor 8 12 5.05 28 28 0 158.2 156 92 89 41 149
Brad Keller 8 12 5.39 26 26 0 133.2 158 89 80 64 120
Kris Bubic 6 7 4.43 29 20 0 130.0 121 67 64 59 114
Brady Singer 5 10 4.91 27 27 0 128.1 146 81 70 53 131
Carlos Hernández 6 2 3.68 24 11 0 85.2 69 36 35 41 74
Scott Barlow 5 3 2.42 71 0 16 74.1 61 20 20 28 91
Daniel Lynch 4 6 5.69 15 15 0 68.0 80 46 43 31 55
Josh Staumont 4 3 2.88 64 0 5 65.2 43 24 21 27 72
Ervin Santana 2 2 4.68 38 2 0 65.1 65 35 34 22 52
Jake Brentz 5 2 3.66 72 0 2 64.0 45 32 26 37 76
Danny Duffy 4 3 2.51 13 12 0 61.0 52 19 17 22 65
Greg Holland 3 5 4.85 57 0 8 55.2 49 32 30 26 53
Kyle Zimmer 4 1 4.83 52 2 2 54.0 46 32 29 30 46
Wade Davis 0 3 6.75 40 0 2 42.2 44 33 32 19 38
Jakob Junis 2 4 5.26 16 6 0 39.1 43 24 23 12 41
Domingo Tapia 4 1 2.84 32 0 0 31.2 21 10 10 14 25
Jackson Kowar 0 6 11.27 9 8 0 30.1 43 38 38 20 29
Tyler Zuber 0 3 6.26 31 0 0 27.1 26 20 19 17 25
Richard Lovelady 2 0 3.48 20 0 1 20.2 16 9 8 6 23
Joel Payamps 1 1 4.43 15 1 0 20.1 23 12 10 3 16
Jonathan Heasley 1 1 4.91 3 3 0 14.2 15 8 8 3 6
Anthony Swarzak 0 0 9.39 7 0 0 7.2 13 8 8 0 5
Gabe Speier 0 0 1.17 7 0 0 7.2 10 3 1 0 5
Dylan Coleman 0 0 1.42 5 0 0 6.1 5 1 1 1 7
Ronald Bolaños 0 0 1.42 3 0 0 6.1 4 1 1 2 10
Ángel Zerpa 0 1 0.00 1 1 0 5.0 3 2 0 1 4
Scott Blewett 0 0 1.80 3 0 0 5.0 3 1 1 5 4
Jake Newberry 0 0 16.62 4 0 0 4.1 10 8 8 3 5
Jesse Hahn 0 0 13.50 5 0 1 3.1 5 5 5 4 3
Hanser Alberto 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 74 88 4.64 162 162 37 1417.1 1375 788 731 591 1344

Source:2021 Kansas City Royals Pitching Statistics

Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
Triple-A Omaha Storm Chasers Triple-A East Brian Poldberg
Double-A Northwest Arkansas Naturals Double-A Central Scott Thorman
High-A Quad Cities River Bandits High-A Central Chris Widger
Low-A Columbia Fireflies Low-A East Brooks Conrad
Rookie ACL Royals Blue Arizona Complex League Omar Ramirez
Rookie ACL Royals Gold Arizona Complex League Andre David
Rookie DSL Royals Dominican Summer League

References

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External links

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