2019 Kansas City Royals season

The 2019 Kansas City Royals season was the 51st season for the franchise, and their 47th at Kauffman Stadium. They had a 1-game improvement from the previous season, but they were eliminated from postseason contention on August 27. The season would prove to be Ned Yost’s final season as manager as he announced his retirement on September 23 with five games remaining in the season. [1]

2019 Kansas City Royals
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record59–103 (.364)
Divisional place4th
Other information
Owner(s)David Glass
General manager(s)Dayton Moore
Manager(s)Ned Yost
Local televisionFox Sports Kansas City
(Ryan Lefebvre, Jeff Montgomery, Rex Hudler, Steve Physioc)
Local radioKCSP 610 AM
(Denny Matthews, Steve Stewart, Rex Hudler, Ryan Lefebvre, Steve Physioc, Jeff Montgomery)
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Season standings

American League Central
American League Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 10161 0.623 — 46–35 55–26
Cleveland Indians 9369 0.574 8 49–32 44–37
Chicago White Sox 7289 0.447 28½ 39–41 33–48
Kansas City Royals 59103 0.364 42 31–50 28–53
Detroit Tigers 47114 0.292 53½ 22–59 25–55

American League Wild Card
Division Leaders W L Pct.
Houston Astros 10755 0.660
New York Yankees 10359 0.636
Minnesota Twins 10161 0.623


Wild Card teams
(Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)		 W L Pct. GB
Oakland Athletics 9765 0.599 +1
Tampa Bay Rays 9666 0.593 —
Cleveland Indians 9369 0.574 3
Boston Red Sox 8478 0.519 12
Texas Rangers 7884 0.481 18
Chicago White Sox 7289 0.447 23½
Los Angeles Angels 7290 0.444 24
Seattle Mariners 6894 0.420 28
Toronto Blue Jays 6795 0.414 29
Kansas City Royals 59103 0.364 37
Baltimore Orioles 54108 0.333 42
Detroit Tigers 47114 0.292 48½

Record against opponents
2019 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 —7–123–33–43–42–43–34–30–62–171–63–47–121–68–117–13
Boston 12–7—5–23–35–22–45–14–33–35–144–34–37–124–311–810–10
Chicago 3–32–5—11–812–64–39–102–56–134–31–52–42–44–34–36–14
Cleveland 4–33–38–11—18–13–412–76–010–94–31–55–11–64–36–18–12
Detroit 4–32–56–121–18—1–610–93–35–143–31–61–62–40–63–45–15
Houston 4–24–23–44–36–1—5–114–53–44–311–818–13–413–64–211–9
Kansas City 3–31–510–97–129–101–5—2–45–142–52–52–53–42–51–69–11
Los Angeles 3–43–45–20–63–35–144–2—1–52–56–1310–93–49–106–112–8
Minnesota 6–03–313–69–1014–54–314–55–1—2–43–45–25–26–14–38–12
New York 17–214–53–43–43–33–45–25–24–2—2–46–112–73–311–812–8
Oakland 6–13–45–15–16–18–115–213–64–34–2—10–94–313–60–611–9
Seattle 4–33–44–21–56–11–185–29–102–51–69–10—2–48–114–29–11
Tampa Bay 12–712–74–26–14–24–34–34–32–57–123–44–2—3–313–614–6
Texas 6–13–43–43–46–06–135–210–91–63–36–1311–83–3—3–39–11
Toronto 11–88–113–41–64–32–46–11–63–48–116–02–46–133–3—3–17

Updated with the results of all games through September 29, 2019.

Regular season

Game log
2019 game log: 59–103 (Home: 31–50; Away: 28–53)
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = Postponement
Bold = Royals team member

Roster
2019 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers
  • 65 Jake Junis
 Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

 Manager

Coaches

  • 80 Ryan Eigsti (bullpen catcher)

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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
  1. "Royals Rumblings - News for August 30, 2019". SBNATION. sterlingice. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
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