2015 Kansas City Royals season

2015 Kansas City Royals
Division	Central Division
Ballpark	Kauffman Stadium
City	Kansas City, Missouri
Owners	David Glass
Managers	Ned Yost
Television	Fox Sports Kansas City (Ryan Lefebvre, Jeff Montgomery, Rex Hudler, Steve Physioc)
Radio	KCSP 610 AM (Denny Matthews, Steve Stewart, Ryan Lefebvre, Steve Physioc)
Seasons

The Kansas City Royals' season of 2015 is the 47th for the Royals franchise, and their 43rd at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals look for another World Series appearance in 2015.

Offseason

October 30th: Josh Willingham, James Shields, Raul Ibanez, Luke Hochevar, Jason Frasor, Scott Downs, and Norichika Aoki become free agents.

• Hochevar and Frasor re-signed with the Royals.
• Downs signed with the Cleveland Indians.
• Aoki signed with the San Francisco Giants.
• Shields signed with the San Diego Padres.
• Willingham ended up retiring at age 34.

November 1st: Billy Butler becomes a free agent. He would sign with the Oakland Athletics.

November 3rd: Promoted Paulo Orlando.

Week of November 5th: Signed 4 players to a minor league contract, and invited 2 of them to Spring Training.

November 20th: Received Reymond Fuentes from the San Diego Padres for Kyle Bartsch and promoted 2 other players.

November 24th: Jayson Nix becomes a free agent while Juan Flores signs a minor league contract.

November 26th: Received Ryan Jackson from the Los Angeles Dodgers for cash.

• Jackson would be sent to the minors.

November 28th: Received Bryan Flynn and Reid Redman from the Miami Marlins for Aaron Crow. Signed Jason Frasor and also gave Ismaldo Rodriguez to a minor league contract.

December 2nd: Francisely Bueno becomes a free agent as Dany Geraldo signs a minor league contract.

December 8th: Signed Gabriel Noriega to a minor league contract and invited him to Spring Training.

December 11th: Received Jandel Gustave from the Boston Red Sox for cash.

December 14th: Signed Angel Franco to a minor league contract.

Week of December 15th:

• Signed 3 players to a minor league contract.
• Sent 3 players to the minors.
• Released Carlos Peguero.
• Signed Kendrys Morales, Alex Rios, Kris Medlen, and Yohan Pino.
• Received Brian Broderick from the Los Angeles Angels for Johnny Giavotella.

December 28th: Signed 3 players to a minor league contract.

December 29th: Signed Edinson Volquez.

January 4th: Signed Ryan Madson to a minor league contract and invited him to Spring Training.

January 16th: Signed 2 players to a minor league contract and invited them to Spring Training.

January 26th: Invited 16 players to Spring Training and signed J. C. Boscan to a minor league contract and also invited him to Spring Training. Brian Bocock also signs a minor league contract.

Season standings

American League Central

AL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Kansas City Royals	95	67	.586	—	51‍–‍30	44‍–‍37
Minnesota Twins	83	79	.512	12	46‍–‍35	37‍–‍44
Cleveland Indians	81	80	.503	13½	39‍–‍41	42‍–‍39
Chicago White Sox	76	86	.469	19	40‍–‍41	36‍–‍45
Detroit Tigers	74	87	.460	20½	38‍–‍43	36‍–‍44

American League Wild Card

Division Leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
Kansas City Royals	95	67	.586
Toronto Blue Jays	93	69	.574
Texas Rangers	88	74	.543

Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	87	75	.537	+1
Houston Astros	86	76	.531	—
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	85	77	.525	1
Minnesota Twins	83	79	.512	3
Cleveland Indians	81	80	.503	4½
Baltimore Orioles	81	81	.500	5
Tampa Bay Rays	80	82	.494	6
Boston Red Sox	78	84	.481	8
Chicago White Sox	76	86	.469	10
Seattle Mariners	76	86	.469	10
Detroit Tigers	74	87	.460	11½
Oakland Athletics	68	94	.420	18

Record against opponents

2015 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2015
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	11–8	3–3	5–1	4–3	3–4	3–4	2–4	0–7	10–9	6–1	3–3	10–9	1–6	8–11	12–8
Boston	8–11	—	3–4	2–4	4–2	2–4	4–3	2–5	2–5	8–11	5–1	4–3	9–10	2–5	10–9	13–7
Chicago	3–3	4–3	—	10–9	9–10	5–1	7–12	4–3	6–13	2–5	5–2	4–3	1–5	3–3	4–3	9–11
Cleveland	1–5	4–2	9–10	—	7–11	5–2	9–10	4–2	7–12	5–2	3–4	4–3	5–2	3–3	3–4	12–8
Detroit	3–4	2–4	10–9	11–7	—	3–4	9–10	1–6	11–8	2–5	2–4	4–3	3–3	2–5	2–4	9–11
Houston	4–3	4–2	1–5	2–5	4–3	—	4–2	10–9	3–3	4–3	10–9	12–7	2–5	6–13	4–3	16–4
Kansas City	4–3	3–4	12–7	10–9	10–9	2–4	—	6–1	12–7	2–4	5–1	4–2	6–1	3–4	3–4	13–7
Los Angeles	4–2	5–2	3–4	2–4	6–1	9–10	1–6	—	5–2	2–4	11–8	12–7	3–3	12–7	2–5	8–12
Minnesota	7–0	5–2	13–6	12–7	8–11	3–3	7–12	2–5	—	1–5	4–3	4–3	4–2	3–3	2–5	8–12
New York	9–10	11–8	5–2	2–5	5–2	3–4	4–2	4–2	5–1	—	3–4	5–1	12–7	2–5	6–13	11–9
Oakland	1–6	1–5	2–5	4–3	4–2	9–10	1–5	8–11	3–4	4–3	—	6–13	3–4	10–9	1–5	11–9
Seattle	3–3	3–4	3–4	3–4	3–4	7–12	2–4	7–12	3–4	1–5	13–6	—	4–3	12–7	4–2	8–12
Tampa Bay	9–10	10–9	5–1	2–5	3–3	5–2	1–6	3–3	2–4	7–12	4–3	3–4	—	2–5	10–9	14–6
Texas	6–1	5–2	3–3	3–3	5–2	13–6	4–3	7–12	3–3	5–2	9–10	7–12	5–2	—	2–4	11–9
Toronto	11–8	9–10	3–4	4–3	4–2	3–4	4–3	5–2	5–2	13–6	5–1	2–4	9–10	4–2	—	12–8

Detailed Records

(updated through August 26)

American League
Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Pct.	Runs scored	Runs allowed
AL East
Baltimore Orioles	2–0	0–0	2–0	1.000	11	5
Boston Red Sox	1–2	2–2	3–4	.429	29	44
New York Yankees	2–1	0–3	2–4	.333	23	29
Tampa Bay Rays	4–0	0–0	4–0	1.000	33	16
Toronto Blue Jays	2–1	1–3	3–4	.429	33	39
	11–4	3–8	14–12	.538	129	133
AL Central
Chicago White Sox	6–0	4–4	10–4	.714	61	43
Cleveland Indians	3–3	4–2	7–5	.583	56	58
Detroit Tigers	4–3	3–3	7–6	.538	56	38
Kansas City Royals	–	–	–	–	–	–
Minnesota Twins	4–3	4–2	8–5	.615	52	37
	17–9	15–11	32–20	.615	225	176
AL West
Houston Astros	2–1	0–3	2–4	.333	13	22
Los Angeles Angels	3–1	3–0	6–1	.857	42	23
Oakland Athletics	2–1	3–0	5–1	.833	23	18
Seattle Mariners	0–0	2–1	2–1	.667	12	10
Texas Rangers	1–2	2–2	3–4	.429	23	33
	8–5	10–6	.621	113	106

National League
Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Pct.	Runs scored	Runs allowed
Chicago Cubs	0–0	1–1	1–1	.500	9	6
Cincinnati Reds	2–0	2–0	4–0	1.000	17	5
Milwaukee Brewers	2–0	2–0	4–0	1.000	28	11
Pittsburgh Pirates	2–1	0–0	2–1	.667	15	12
St. Louis Cardinals	2–1	0–3	2–4	.333	14	19
	8–2	5–4	13–6	.684	83	53

Season summary

Game log

2015 Game Log (77–49)
April: 15–7 (Home: 8–2 ; Away: 7–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 6 White Sox 10–1 Ventura (1–0) Samardzija (0–1) — 40,085 1–0 2 April 8 White Sox 7–5 Davis (1–0) Putnam (0–1) Holland (1) 23,385 2–0 3 April 9 White Sox 4–1 Volquez (1–0) Danks (0–1) Holland (2) 20,236 3–0 4 April 10 @ Angels 4–2 Vargas (1–0) Santiago (0–1) Davis (1) 44,489 4–0 5 April 11 @ Angels 6–4 Guthrie (1–0) Weaver (0–2) Holland (3) 44,154 5–0 6 April 12 @ Angels 9–2 Ventura (2–0) Wilson (1–1) — 37,060 6–0 7 April 13 @ Twins 12–3 Duffy (1–0) May (0–1) — 40,123 7–0 8 April 15 @ Twins 1–3 Gibson (1–1) Volquez (1–1) Perkins (1) 21,362 7–1 9 April 16 @ Twins 5–8 Milone (2–0) Vargas (1–1) Perkins (2) 17,449 7–2 10 April 17 Athletics 6–4 Davis (2–0) Otero (0–1) Holland (4) 39,228 8–2 11 April 18 Athletics 0–5 Hahn (1–1) Ventura (2–1) Chavez (1) 33,151 8–3 12 April 19 Athletics 4–2 Morales (1–0) O'Flaherty (0–1) Davis (2) 36,755 9–3 13 April 20 Twins 7–1 Volquez (2–1) Gibson (1–2) — 20,393 10–3 14 April 21 Twins 6–5 Young (1–0) Fien (0–1) Davis (3) 20,990 11–3 15 April 22 Twins 0–3 Pelfrey (1–0) Guthrie (1–1) Perkins (3) 24,721 11–4 16 April 23 @ White Sox 3–2 (13) Morales (2–0) Petricka (0–1) Davis (4) 14,218 12–4 — April 24 @ White Sox 2–2 (8) *Suspended (rain) (Resumed: April 26) 20,350 12–4 — April 25 @ White Sox Postponed (rain) (Resceduled: July 17) 17 April 26 @ White Sox 2–3* Robertson (2–0) Herrera (0–1) — 20,350 12–5 18 April 26 @ White Sox 3–5 Danks (1–2) Volquez (2–2) Robertson (3) 23,317 12–6 19 April 27 @ Indians 6–2 Vargas (2–1) Kluber (0–3) — 9,668 13–6 20 April 28 @ Indians 11–5 Finnegan (1–0) Atchison (0–1) — 10,698 14–6 21 April 29 @ Indians 5–7 Salazar (3–0) Ventura (2–2) Allen (4) 10,284 14–7 22 April 30 Tigers 8–1 Duffy (2–0) Simón (4–1) — 28,405 15–7
May: 14–12 (Home: 9–5 ; Away: 5–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 23 May 1 Tigers 4–1 Young (2–0) Lobstein (2–2) Davis (5) 38,186 16–7 24 May 2 Tigers 1–2 Price (3–1) Volquez (2–3) — 38,692 16–8 25 May 3 Tigers 4–6 Sánchez (2–3) Guthrie (1–2) Soria (10) 38,326 16–9 26 May 5 Indians 5–3 Vargas (3–1) Salazar (3–1) Davis (6) 29,099 17–9 27 May 6 Indians 3–10 Carrasco (4–2) Duffy (2–1) — 23,316 17–10 28 May 7 Indians 7–4 Morales (3–0) Kluber (0–5) Holland (5) 38,271 18–10 29 May 8 @ Tigers 5–6 Soria (2–0) Pino (0–1) — 39,434 18–11 30 May 9 @ Tigers 6–2 Guthrie (2–2) Sánchez (2–4) 41,456 19–11 31 May 10 @ Tigers 2–1 Frasor (1–0) Nesbitt (0–1) Holland (6) 29,852 20–11 32 May 11 @ Rangers 2–8 Lewis (3–2) Duffy (2–2) — 21,206 20–12 33 May 12 @ Rangers 7–6 (10) Holland (1–0) Pimentel (0–1) — 23,659 21–12 34 May 13 @ Rangers 2–5 Gallardo (3–5) Ventura (2–3) Feliz (6) 26,258 21–13 35 May 14 @ Rangers 6–3 Guthrie (3–2) Detwiler (0–5) Holland (7) 33,818 22–13 36 May 15 Yankees 12–1 Young (3–0) Pineda (5–1) — 34,584 23–13 37 May 16 Yankees 1–5 Sabathia (2–5) Duffy (2–3) — 31,871 23–14 38 May 17 Yankees 6–0 Volquez (3–3) Capuano (0–1) — 31,251 24–14 39 May 19 Reds 3–0 Ventura (3–3) Cueto (3–4) Davis (7) 29,767 25–14 40 May 20 Reds 7–1 Guthrie (4–2) Marquis (3–4) — 30,450 26–14 41 May 22 Cardinals 5–0 Young (4–0) Lynn (3–4) — 37,379 27–14 42 May 23 Cardinals 3–2 (6) Volquez (4–3) Lackey (2–3) — 38,676 28–14 43 May 24 Cardinals 1–6 Wacha (7–0) Ventura (3–4) — 36,342 28–15 44 May 25 @ Yankees 1–14 Eovaldi (4–1) Guthrie (4–3) — 36,031 28–16 45 May 26 @ Yankees 1–5 Warren (3–3) Vargas (3–2) — 33,414 28–17 46 May 27 @ Yankees 2–4 Pineda (6–2) Young (4–1) Miller (14) 32,734 28–18 47 May 29 @ Cubs 8–4 Herrera (1–1) Strop (1–3) — 34,273 29–18 May 30 @ Cubs Postponed (rain): Makeup date on September 28 48 May 31 @ Cubs 1–2 (11) Rosscup (2–1) Madson (0–1) — 37,766 29–19
June: 14–11 (Home: 5–5 ; Away: 7–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 49 June 2 Indians 1–2 Carrasco (7–4) Davis (2–1) Allen (12) 30,361 29–20 50 June 3 Indians 4–2 Vargas (4–2) Kluber (3–6) Holland (8) 29,899 30–20 51 June 4 Indians 2–6 (8) Bauer (5–2) Young (4–2) — 29,552 30–21 52 June 5 Rangers 0–4 Gonzalez (2–0) Volquez (4–4) — 38,159 30–22 53 June 6 Rangers 2–4 Rodriguez (3–2) Ventura (3–5) Tolleson (7) 37,924 30–23 54 June 7 Rangers 4–3 Davis (3–1) Kela (4–2) Holland (9) 38,202 31–23 55 June 8 @ Twins 3–1 Vargas (5–2) Hughes (4–6) Holland (10) 22,796 32–23 56 June 9 @ Twins 2–0 Young (5–2) May (4–4) Holland (11) 22,497 33–23 57 June 10 @ Twins 7–2 Volquez (5–4) Gibson (4–4) — 28,434 34–23 58 June 12 @ Cardinals 0–4 García (2-3) Ventura (3–6) — 45,909 34–24 59 June 13 @ Cardinals 3–2 Lyons (1–0) Guthrie (4–4) Rosenthal (21) 45,981 34–25 60 June 14 @ Cardinals Postponed (rain): Rescheduled July 23 61 June 15 @ Brewers 8–5 Volquez (6–4) Lohse (3–8) Davis (8) 23,007 35–25 62 June 16 @ Brewers 7–2 Young (6–2) Garza (4–8) – 27,740 36–25 63 June 17 Brewers 10–2 Blanton (1–0) Fiers (3–7) – 33,420 37–25 64 June 18 Brewers 3–2 Guthrie (5–4) Nelson (3–8) Holland (12) 36,318 38–25 65 June 19 Red Sox 3–7 Rodriguez (3-1) Pino (0-2) — 38,190 38–26 66 June 20 Red Sox 7–4 Volquez (7-4) Porcello (4-8) Holland (13) 39,115 39–26 67 June 21 Red Sox 2–13 Miley (7–6) Young (6–3) — 37,975 39–27 68 June 22 @ Mariners 4–1 Blanton (2–0) Hernández (10–4) Holland (14) 23,588 40–27 69 June 23 @ Mariners 0–7 Montgomery (2–2) Guthrie (5–5) 17,460 40–28 70 June 24 @ Mariners 8–2 Madson (1–1) Elias (4–5) — 23,392 41–28 71 June 26 @ Athletics 5–2 Volquez (8–4) Hahn (5–6) Holland (15) 27,365 42–28 72 June 27 @ Athletics 3–2 Young (7–3) Kazmir (4–5) Holland (16) 28,619 43–28 73 June 28 @ Athletics 5–3 Guthrie (6–5) Chavez (4–7) Davis (9) 22,477 44–28 74 June 29 @ Astros 1–6 McCullers (4–2) Blanton (2–1) – 20,419 44–29 75 June 30 @ Astros 0–4 Keuchel (10–3) Duffy (2–4) — 24,642 44–30
July: 17–11 (Home: 12–5 ; Away: 5–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 76 July 1 @ Astros 5–6 Gregerson (3–1) Herrera (1–2) — 25,848 44–31 77 July 2 Twins 0–2 Gibson (6–6) Young (7–4) Perkins (26) 37,196 44–32 78 July 3 Twins 3–2 Davis (4–1) Thompson (1–3) — 38,868 45–32 79 July 4 Twins 3–5 Duensing (3–0) Blanton (2–2) Perkins (27) 37,917 45–33 80 July 5 Twins 3–2 Holland (2–0) Boyer (2–4) — 29,427 46–33 – July 6 Rays Postponed (rain) to July 7 as part of a doubleheader. 81 July 7 Rays 9–5 Holland (3–0) Boxberger (4–5) – 22,386 47–33 82 July 7 Rays 7–1 Finnegan (2–0) Gomes (1–4) – 28,119 48–33 83 July 8 Rays 9–7 Guthrie (7–5) Archer (9–6) Holland (17) 28,204 49–33 84 July 9 Rays 8–3 Ventura (4–6) Karns (4–5) 32,308 50–33 85 July 10 Blue Jays 3–0 Duffy (3–4) Estrada (6–5) Holland (18) 31,558 51–33 86 July 11 Blue Jays 2–6 Buehrle (10–5) Young (7–5) — 30,790 51–34 87 July 12 Blue Jays 11–10 Davis (5–1) Schultz (0–1) Holland (19) 31,962 52–34 – July 14 86th All-Star Game AL 6–3 NL Price (AL, DET) Kershaw (NL, LAD) National League vs. American League (Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, OH) 88 July 17 @ White Sox 4–2 Young (8–5) Samardzija (6–5) Holland (20) 25,807 53–34 89 July 17 @ White Sox 0–2 Danks (5–8) Volquez (8–5) Robertson (20) 25,701 53–35 90 July 18 @ White Sox 7–6 (13) Finnegan (3–0) Jennings (1–3) Madson (1) 33,559 54–35 91 July 19 @ White Sox 4–1 Duffy (4–4) Sale (8–5) Blanton (1) 32,175 55–35 92 July 20 Pirates 7–10 Burnett (8–3) Ventura (4–7) Melancon (30) 38,169 55–36 93 July 21 Pirates 3–1 Davis (6–1) Cole (13–4) Holland (21) 38,163 56–36 94 July 22 Pirates 5–1 Volquez (9–5) Morton (6–4) — 39,105 57–36 95 July 23 @ Cardinals 3–4 Lackey (9–5) Young (8–6) Rosenthal (30) 46,003 57–37 96 July 24 Astros 0–4 Kazmir (6–5) Guthrie (7–6) Gregerson (21) 36,965 57–38 97 July 25 Astros 2–1 (10) Herrera (2–2) Harris (4–2) — 38,893 58–38 98 July 26 Astros 5–1 Ventura (5–7) Keuchel (12–5) — 33,638 59–38 99 July 27 @ Indians 9–4 Volquez (10–5) Anderson (2–2) Blanton (2) 13,611 60–38 100 July 28 @ Indians 2–1 Davis (7–1) Bauer (8–8) Holland (22) 18,064 61–38 101 July 29 @ Indians 1–12 Kluber (6–11) Guthrie (7–7) — 19,767 61–39 102 July 30 @ Blue Jays 2–5 Estrada (8–6) Duffy (4–5) Osuna (6) 30,057 61–40 103 July 31 @ Blue Jays 6–7 Hendriks (3–0) Morales (3–1) — 29,389 61–41
August: 17–8 ( Home: 10–3 ; Away: 7–5 ) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 104 August 1 @ Blue Jays 7–6 Ventura (6–7) Lowe (0–2) Holland (23) 37,932 62–41 105 August 2 @ Blue Jays 2–5 Dickey (6–10) Volquez (10–6) Osuna (7) 45,736 62–42 106 August 4 @ Tigers 5–1 Duffy (5–5) Verlander (1–4) 35,039 63–42 107 August 5 @ Tigers 1–2 Boyd (1–2) Cueto (7–7) Wilson (2) 34,628 63–43 108 August 6 @ Tigers 6–8 Wilson (2–3) Madson (1–2) — 38,919 63–44 109 August 7 White Sox 3–2 Volquez (11–6) Danks (6–9) Holland (24) 36,211 64–44 110 August 8 White Sox 7–6 Guthrie (8–7) Samardzija (8–7) Holland (25) 39,302 65–44 111 August 9 White Sox 5–4 Herrera (3–2) Petricka (3–3) Madson (2) 35,785 66–44 112 August 10 Tigers 4–0 Cueto (8–7) Boyd (1–3) 36,672 67–44 113 August 11 Tigers 6–1 Ventura (7–7) Sánchez (10–10) Hochevar (1) 34,068 68–44 114 August 12 Tigers 4–7 Feliz (2–3) Volquez (11–7) Rondón (2) 30,732 68–45 115 August 13 Angels 7–6 Álvarez (3–3) Holland (3–1) Street (27) 32,098 68–46 116 August 14 Angels 4–1 Duffy (6–5) Weaver (4–9) Holland' (26) 36,926 69–46 117 August 15 Angels 9–4 Cueto (9–8) Shoemaker (5–9) — 39,251 70–46 118 August 16 Angels 4–3 (10) Herrera (4–2) Gott (2–1) — 36,845 71–46 119 August 18 @ Reds 3–1 (13) Medlen (1–0) Mattheus (1–4) Holland (27) 28,719 72–46 120 August 19 @ Reds 4–3 Hochevar (1–0) Sampson (2–2) Davis (10) 18,078 73–46 121 August 20 @ Red Sox 4–1 Miley (10–9) Duffy (6–6) Tazawa (2) 35,458 73–47 122 August 21 @ Red Sox 2–7 Owens (2–1) Cueto (9–8) 35,203 73–48 123 August 22 @ Red Sox 6–3 Ventura (8–7) Barnes (3–4) Holland (28) 37,135 74–48 124 August 23 @ Red Sox 6–8 Young (9–6) Tazawa (2–6) Davis (11) 36,151 75–48 125 August 24 Orioles 8–3 Medlen (2–0) Jiménez (9–8) — 27,797 76–48 126 August 25 Orioles 3–2 Duffy (7–6) González (9–10) Davis (12) 29,734 77–48 127 August 26 Orioles 5–8 Chen (8–6) Cueto (9–9) Britton (30) 33,003 77–49 128 August 27 Orioles 5–3 Ventura (9-7) — 78–49 129 August 28 @ Rays – — – 130 August 29 @ Rays – — – 131 August 30 @ Rays – — –
September: – (Home: – ; Away: – ) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 132 September 1 Tigers – — – 133 September 2 Tigers – — – 134 September 3 Tigers – — – 135 September 4 White Sox – — – 136 September 5 White Sox – — – 137 September 6 White Sox – — – 138 September 7 Twins – — – 139 September 8 Twins – — – 140 September 9 Twins – — – 141 September 11 @ Orioles – — – 142 September 12 @ Orioles – — – 143 September 13 @ Orioles – — – 144 September 14 @ Indians – — – 145 September 15 @ Indians – — – 146 September 16 @ Indians – — – 147 September 17 @ Indians – — – 148 September 18 @ Tigers – — – 149 September 19 @ Tigers – — – 150 September 20 @ Tigers – — – 151 September 22 Mariners – — – 152 September 23 Mariners – — – 153 September 24 Mariners – — – 154 September 25 Indians – — – 155 September 26 Indians – — – 156 September 27 Indians – — – 157 September 28 @ Cubs – — – 158 September 29 @ White Sox – — – 159 September 30 @ White Sox – — –
October: – (Home: – ; Away: – ) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 160 October 1 @ White Sox – — – 160 October 2 @ Twins – — – 161 October 3 @ Twins – — – 162 October 4 @ Twins – — –
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Royals team member

Current roster

Kansas City Royals roster
Active roster				Inactive roster		Coaches/Other
Pitchers Starting rotation 67 Seth Lugo 55 Cole Ragans 52 Michael Wacha Bullpen 50 Kris Bubic 73 Sam Long 24 Michael Lorenzen 41 Daniel Lynch IV 46 John Schreiber 51 Brady Singer 61 Ángel Zerpa Closer(s) 60 Lucas Erceg		Catchers 34 Freddy Fermín 13 Salvador Pérez (captain) Infielders 15 Paul DeJong 26 Adam Frazier 11 Maikel García 18 Yuli Gurriel 19 Michael Massey  9 Vinnie Pasquantino  7 Bobby Witt Jr. Outfielders 44 Dairon Blanco  2 Garrett Hampson 28 Kyle Isbel  1 MJ Melendez 22 Tommy Pham 16 Hunter Renfroe		Pitchers 62 Jonathan Bowlan 64 Steven Cruz 56 Hunter Harvey 43 Carlos Hernández 48 Alec Marsh 66 James McArthur 31 Will Smith 35 Chris Stratton Infielders 12 Nick Loftin 32 Nick Pratto Outfielders 27 Tyler Gentry  8 Robbie Grossman 17 Nelson Velázquez  6 Drew Waters		Manager 33 Matt Quatraro Coaches 68 José Alguacil (infield) 84 Zach Bove (assistant pitching) 80 Allan de San Miguel (bullpen catcher) -- Joe Dillon (assistant hitting) 80 Ryan Eigsti (bullpen catcher) 39 Damon Hollins (first base) 26 Paul Hoover (bench) 18 Rusty Kuntz (coach) 70 Parker Morin (bullpen catcher) 57 Mitch Stetter (bullpen) 85 Brian Sweeney (pitching) 25 Vance Wilson (third base) 31 Alec Zumwalt (hitting) 60-day injured list 38 Josh Taylor 30 Kyle Wright 26 active, 14 inactive 7-, 10-, or 15-day injured list # Personal leave Roster and coaches updated October 1, 2024 Transactions • Depth chart → All MLB rosters

Statistics

Through August 4, 2015

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Joe Blanton, P	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Drew Butera, C	21	45	3	8	1	0	0	2	0	12	.178	0
Lorenzo Cain, CF	93	359	68	111	24	5	11	46	26	65	.309	19
Dusty Coleman, 3B	4	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0
Christian Colón, SS,2B,3B	29	78	5	19	4	0	0	4	7	12	.244	2
Cheslor Cuthbert, 3B	8	25	2	6	1	1	0	4	1	5	.240	0
Jarrod Dyson, OF	58	138	19	33	5	5	1	12	11	27	.239	18
Alcides Escobar, SS	95	398	55	110	17	2	2	36	18	46	.276	8
Alex Gordon, LF	78	258	32	72	13	0	11	39	39	63	.279	1
Jeremy Guthrie, P	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Eric Hosmer, 1B	102	388	60	123	21	4	11	58	34	71	.317	4
Omar Infante, 2B	99	363	36	84	21	4	1	29	7	59	.231	1
Erik Kratz, C	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.000	0
Kendrys Morales, DH	105	388	46	110	28	0	12	73	29	64	.284	0
Mike Moustakas, 3B	95	361	45	102	17	1	10	39	24	46	.283	1
Paulo Orlando, RF	46	152	20	36	4	5	4	17	5	30	.237	3
Francisco Peña, C	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Salvador Pérez, C	95	358	32	89	15	0	16	46	7	56	.249	1
Alex Ríos, RF	61	224	26	55	10	0	2	17	7	37	.246	7
Yordano Ventura, P	22	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0
Edinson Volquez, P	22	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0
Chris Young, P	22	4	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	.500	0
Ben Zobrist, LF	5	19	4	6	1	0	3	7	1	1	.316	0

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; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Joe Blanton	2	2	3.89	15	4	2	41.2	43	19	18	6	7	40
Aaron Brooks	0	0	6.23	2	0	0	4.1	6	3	3	0	0	3
Johnny Cueto	0	0	4.50	1	1	0	6.0	7	3	3	0	2	7
Wade Davis	7	1	0.60	46	0	9	44.2	23	3	3	1	13	50
Danny Duffy	5	5	4.04	16	16	0	89.0	89	42	40	10	37	54
Brandon Finnegan	3	0	2.96	14	0	0	24.1	16	8	8	3	13	21
Jason Frasor	1	0	1.54	26	0	0	23.1	24	5	4	1	15	18
Jeremy Guthrie	7	7	5.65	20	20	0	113.0	145	73	71	17	32	59
Kelvin Herrera	2	2	2.14	47	0	0	46.1	30	12	11	3	17	40
Luke Hochevar	0	0	3.86	28	0	0	28.0	28	12	12	3	8	28
Greg Holland	3	0	3.03	34	0	23	32.2	24	11	11	1	19	35
Ryan Madson	1	1	2.23	47	0	1	44.1	33	13	11	3	9	40
Michael Mariot	0	0	4.50	1	0	0	2.0	1	1	1	1	1	1
Kris Medlen	0	0	5.68	3	0	0	6.1	6	4	4	1	4	7
Franklin Morales	3	1	2.45	45	0	0	44.0	35	12	12	1	10	28
Yohan Pino	2	2	3.26	7	1	0	19.1	23	8	7	2	3	13
Jason Vargas	5	2	3.98	9	9	0	43.0	46	20	19	5	12	27
Yordano Ventura	6	7	4.98	16	16	0	90.1	90	50	50	9	27	72
Edinson Volquez	10	6	3.20	22	22	0	132.0	118	54	47	10	50	99
Chris Young	8	6	3.25	22	16	0	99.2	78	38	36	14	32	66

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Pacific Coast League	Brian Poldberg
AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Texas League	Vance Wilson
A-Advanced	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Carolina League	Brian Buchanan
A	Lexington Legends	South Atlantic League	Omar Ramirez
Rookie	Burlington Royals	Appalachian League	Scott Thorman
Rookie	Idaho Falls Chukars	Pioneer League	Justin Gemoll
Rookie	DSL Royals	Dominican Summer League	Jose Gualdron

External links

• 2015 Kansas City Royals Official Site
• 2015 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference