2016 Kansas City Royals season

2016 Kansas City Royals
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1969)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Kauffman Stadium (since 1973)
Kansas City, Missouri (since 1969)
Results
Record	81–81 (.500)
Divisional place	3rd
Other information
Owner(s)	David Glass
General manager(s)	Dayton Moore
Manager(s)	Ned Yost
Local television	Fox Sports Kansas City (Ryan Lefebvre, Jeff Montgomery, Rex Hudler, Steve Physioc)
Local radio	KCSP 610 AM (Denny Matthews, Steve Stewart, Ryan Lefebvre, Steve Physioc)
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The 2016 Kansas City Royals season was the 48th for the franchise, and their 44th at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals entered the season as the defending World Series champions determined to become the first team since the 1999 New York Yankees to win back-to-back World Series titles. The season started on April 3 with a World Series rematch at home against the New York Mets.^[1] The first series began with a 10 mile long relay of the first pitch from Kansas City Union Station to Kauffman Stadium benefiting the Kansas City MLB Urban Youth Academy.^[2] The Royals were eliminated from postseason contention with one game yet to play, marking four straight World Series champions that missed the playoffs the following year.^[3] They finished the season with an 81–81 record and third place in the division.

Season standings

American League Central

American League Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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 Wild Card

Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
⁽¹⁾ Texas Rangers	95	67	0.586
⁽²⁾ Cleveland Indians	94	67	0.584
⁽³⁾ Boston Red Sox	93	69	0.574

Wild Card teams (Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)	W	L	Pct.	GB
⁽⁴⁾ Toronto Blue Jays	89	73	0.549	—
⁽⁵⁾ 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 of Anaheim	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

2016 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	—	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

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

April: 12–11 (Home: 8–3; Away: 4–8)

May: 17–11 (Home: 10–4; Away: 7–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
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)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
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)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
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)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
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)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
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)

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Royals team member

Roster

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

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)

Farm system

Level	Team	League
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	DSL Royals	Dominican Summer League

References

↑ "2016 Kansas City Royals schedule". MLB.com.
↑ "Relay the Way: Make History for the Future of Kansas City". www.relaytheway.com. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
↑ Royals defeat Twins, but get officially eliminated from playoffs

External links

2016 Kansas City Royals Official Site
2016 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference

2016 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota

AL West	Houston Los Angeles Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Miami New York Philadelphia Washington

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Kansas City Royals

Based in Kansas City, Missouri

Franchise

Ballparks

Municipal Stadium; Kauffman Stadium
Spring training: Terry Park; Baseball City Stadium; Surprise Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

St. Louis Cardinals

Team Hall of Fame

Minors

AAA: Omaha Storm Chasers
AA: Northwest Arkansas Naturals
A Adv.: Wilmington Blue Rocks
A: Lexington Legends
Rookie Adv.: Idaho Falls Chukars; Burlington Royals
Rookie: AZL Royals; DSL Royals

Key personnel

Owner: David Glass
General Manager: Dayton Moore
Manager: Ned Yost

World Series
championships (2)

1985
2015

American League
pennants (4)

Division titles

West: 1976; 1977; 1978; 1980; 1981 (second half); 1984; 1985
Central: 2015
Wild Card: 2014

Seasons (49)

1960s	1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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