# 2021 Kansas City Royals season

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.

## 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.

### American League Central

vteAL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago White Sox | 93 | 69 | .574 | — | 53‍–‍28 | 40‍–‍41 |
| Cleveland Indians | 80 | 82 | .494 | 13 | 40‍–‍41 | 40‍–‍41 |
| Detroit Tigers | 77 | 85 | .475 | 16 | 42‍–‍39 | 35‍–‍46 |
| Kansas City Royals | 74 | 88 | .457 | 19 | 39‍–‍42 | 35‍–‍46 |
| Minnesota Twins | 73 | 89 | .451 | 20 | 38‍–‍43 | 35‍–‍46 |

### American League Wild Card

vteDivision Leaders :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 100 | 62 | .617 |
| Houston Astros | 95 | 67 | .586 |
| Chicago White Sox | 93 | 69 | .574 |
vteWild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| Boston Red Sox | 92 | 70 | .568 | — |
| New York Yankees | 92 | 70 | .568 | — |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 91 | 71 | .562 | 1 |
| Seattle Mariners | 90 | 72 | .556 | 2 |
| Oakland Athletics | 86 | 76 | .531 | 6 |
| Cleveland Indians | 80 | 82 | .494 | 12 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 77 | 85 | .475 | 15 |
| Detroit Tigers | 77 | 85 | .475 | 15 |
| Kansas City Royals | 74 | 88 | .457 | 18 |
| Minnesota Twins | 73 | 89 | .451 | 19 |
| Texas Rangers | 60 | 102 | .370 | 32 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 52 | 110 | .321 | 40 |

### Record against opponents

2021 American League recordvte
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2021 :
| 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 | 5–14 | 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 | 16–4 |
| Chicago | 7–0 | 4–3 | — | 10–9 | 12–7 | 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 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 9–11 |
| Detroit | 5–2 | 3–3 | 7–12 | 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 | 10–9 | 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 | 8–11 | 1–6 | 11–8 | 4–3 | 11–9 |
| Minnesota | 4–2 | 2–5 | 6–13 | 11–8 | 11–8 | 4–3 | 9–10 | 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 | 8–11 | 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 | 11–8 | 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 | 11–8 | 3–4 | 1–6 | — | 3–4 | 11–8 | 15–5 |
| Texas | 3–4 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 1–6 | 5–14 | 4–2 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 1–6 | 9–10 | 6–13 | 4–3 | — | 2–4 | 7–13 |
| Toronto | 14–5 | 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 3, 2021.

## Game log

2021 Game Log: 74–88 (Home: 39–42; Away: 35–46) :
April: 15–9 (Home: 8–5; Away: 7–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 1Rangers14–10Hernández (1–0)Cody (0–1)Davis (1)9,1551–0W1
2April 3Rangers11–4Minor (1–0)Sborz (0–1)—8,8892–0W2
3April 4Rangers3–7Lyles (1–0)Singer (0–1)—8,8692–1L1
4April 5@ Indians3–0Duffy (1–0)Allen (0–1)Hahn (1)8,9143–1W1
5April 7@ Indians2–4Clase (1–0)Holland (0–1)Wittgren (1)5,9083–2L1
6April 8@ White Sox0–6Lynn (1–0)Keller (0–1)—8,2073–3L2
–April 10@ White SoxPostponed (Rain, Makeup May 14)
7April 11@ White Sox4–3 (10)Holland (1–1)Crochet (0–1)Zimmer (1)7,6954–3W1
8April 12Angels3–10Cobb (1–0)Singer (0–2)—6,9624–4L1
9April 13Angels3–2Duffy (2–0)Bundy (0–1)Holland (1)6,4045–4W1
10April 14Angels6–1Keller (1–1)Canning (0–1)—6,8146–4W2
11April 15Blue Jays7–5Junis (1–0)Kay (0–1)Barlow (1)6,2667–4W3
—April 16Blue JaysPostponed (Rain, Makeup: April 17)
12April 17 (1)Blue Jays1–5 (7)Matz (3–0)Minor (1–1)—N/A7–5L1
13April 17 (2)Blue Jays3–2 (7)Holland (2–1)Payamps (0–1)—8,9508–5W1
14April 18Blue Jays2–0Zimmer (1–0)Zeuch (0–2)Holland (2)9,0429–5W2
15April 19Rays1–4Fleming (1–1)Duffy (2–1)—5,5899–6L1
16April 20Rays7–14Kittredge (3–0)Keller (1–2)Richards (1)4,4819–7L2
17April 21Rays9–8Barlow (1–0)Castillo (0–1)—5,05310–7W1
18April 23@ Tigers6–2Minor (2–1)Mize (1–2)—8,00011–7W2
19April 24@ Tigers2–1Singer (1–2)Boyd (2–2)Staumont (1)8,00012–7W3
20April 25@ Tigers4–0Duffy (3–1)Skubal (0–3)—8,00013–7W4
21April 26@ Tigers3–2Keller (2–2)Turnbull (1–1)Staumont (2)7,28814–7W5
22April 27@ Pirates1–2Underwood Jr. (1–0)Junis (1–1)Rodríguez (4)5,51014–8L1
23April 28@ Pirates9–6Zimmer (2–0)Keller (1–3)Staumont (3)4,22615–8W1
24April 30@ Twins1–9Pineda (2–1)Singer (1–3)—9,98215–9L1 :
May: 11–17 (Home: 5–8; Away: 6–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
25May 1@ Twins11–3Duffy (4–1)Shoemaker (1–3)—9,99316–9W1
26May 2@ Twins4–13Berríos (3–2)Keller (2–3)—9,99716–10L1
27May 3Indians6–8Shaw (1–0)Junis (1–2)Clase (6)6,91916–11L2
28May 4Indians3–7Wittgren (1–1)Staumont (0–1)—5,99716–12L3
29May 5Indians4–5Wittgren (2–1)Davis (0–1)Karinchak (3)9,64016–13L4
30May 6Indians0–4McKenzie (1–1)Duffy (4–2)—9,25916–14L5
31May 7White Sox0–3Rodón (5–0)Keller (2–4)Hendriks (6)16,01116–15L6
32May 8White Sox1–9Lynn (3–1)Lynch (0–1)—15,89516–16L7
33May 9White Sox3–9Giolito (2–3)Minor (2–2)—12,10216–17L8
34May 11@ Tigers7–8Soto (3–1)Barlow (1–1)—7,31216–18L9
35May 12@ Tigers2–4Mize (2–3)Duffy (4–3)Soto (4)7,13316–19L10
36May 13@ Tigers3–4Turnbull (2–2)Lynch (0–2)Fulmer (2)7,36916–20L11
37May 14 (1)@ White Sox6–2 (7)Keller (3–4)Giolito (2–4)—8,57417–20W1
38May 14 (2)@ White Sox1–3 (7)Heuer (3–1)Junis (1–3)Hendriks (8)9,82317–21L1
39May 15@ White Sox5–1Minor (3–2)Rodón (5–1)—9,88618–21W1
40May 16@ White Sox3–4Foster (2–1)Davis (0–2)—9,92818–22L1
41May 18Brewers2–0Brentz (1–0)Woodruff (2–2)Staumont (4)9,29819–22W1
42May 19Brewers6–4Barlow (2–1)Feyereisen (0–2)Staumont (5)8,95020–22W2
43May 21Tigers5–7Ureña (2–4)Zuber (0–1)Fulmer (4)17,08020–23L1
44May 22Tigers7–5Singer (2–3)Boyd (2–5)—14,22621–23W1
45May 23Tigers3–2Zimmer (3–0)Fulmer (3–3)—15,54022–23W2
46May 25@ Rays2–1Keller (4–4)Hill (3–2)Zimmer (2)4,94623–23W3
47May 26@ Rays1–2 (10)Feyereisen (1–2)Zuber (0–2)—4,97323–24L1
48May 27@ Rays2–7McClanahan (2–0)Singer (2–4)—5,51923–25L2
49May 28@ Twins8–3Bubic (1–0)Dobnak (1–4)—14,26024–25W1
50May 29@ Twins5–6Happ (3–2)Santana (0–1)Rogers (4)18,44424–26L1
51May 30@ Twins6–3Keller (5–4)Shoemaker (2–6)Holland (3)17,92325–26W1
52May 31Pirates7–3Minor (4–2)Kuhl (0–2)—12,60426–26W2 :
June: 7–20 (Home: 5–6; Away: 2–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
53June 1Pirates10–5Singer (3–4)Crowe (0–4)—10,33327–26W3
54June 3Twins6–5Junis (2–3)Robles (1–2)Barlow (2)11,07228–26W4
55June 4Twins14–5Keller (6–4)Shoemaker (2–7)—22,61229–26W5
56June 5Twins4–5Berríos (6–2)Minor (4–3)Robles (5)21,57429–27L1
57June 6Twins1–2Farrell (1–0)Singer (3–5)Rogers (5)14,04629–28L2
58June 7@ Angels3–8Bundy (1–6)Kowar (0–1)—9,48129–29L3
59June 8@ Angels1–8Heaney (4–3)Bubic (1–1)—9,38729–30L4
60June 9@ Angels1–6Canning (5–4)Keller (6–5)—10,47429–31L5
61June 10@ Athletics6–1Minor (5–3)Montas (6–6)—3,21130–31W1
62June 11@ Athletics3–4Trivino (3–2)Barlow (2–2)—6,96430–32L1
63June 12@ Athletics2–11Kaprielian (3–1)Kowar (0–1)—7,67830–33L2
64June 13@ Athletics3–6Bassitt (7–2)Bubic (1–2)Trivino (10)7,06030–34L3
65June 14Tigers3–10Jiménez (2–0)Keller (6–6)—11,91030–35L4
66June 15Tigers3–4Mize (4–4)Minor (5–4)Soto (6)15,94730–36L5
67June 16Tigers5–6Skubal (4–7)Holland (2–2)Fulmer (5)11,32730–37L6
68June 18Red Sox5–3Bubic (2–2)Pivetta (6–3)Holland (4)29,87031–37W1
69June 19Red Sox1–7Pérez (5–4)Keller (6–7)—24,56831–38L1
70June 20Red Sox7–3Minor (6–4)Eovaldi (7–4)—20,72632–38W1
71June 22@ Yankees6–5Brentz (2–0)Loáisiga (7–3)Holland (5)21,13033–38W2
72June 23@ Yankees5–6Chapman (5–2)Holland (2–3)—25,03233–39L1
73June 24@ Yankees1–8Taillon (2–4)Keller (6–8)—21,35033–40L2
74June 25@ Rangers4–9Dunning (3–6)Minor (6–5)—30,38933–41L3
75June 26@ Rangers0–8Gibson (6–0)Bubic (2–3)—31,61233–42L4
76June 27@ Rangers1–4Lyles (3–5)Singer (3–6)Kennedy (13)29,04633–43L5
77June 28@ Red Sox5–6Sawamura (4–0)Staumont (0–2)Barnes (17)22,76633–44L6
78June 29@ Red Sox6–7Ríos (2–0)Brentz (2–1)Barnes (18)25,18033–45L7
79June 30@ Red Sox2–6Pérez (6–4)Minor (6–6)—24,61633–46L8 :
July: 12–12 (Home: 10–6; Away: 2–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
80July 1@ Red Sox1–15Eovaldi (9–4)Bubic (2–4)—27,91333–47L9
81July 2Twins7–4Lovelady (1–0)Happ (4–4)Barlow (3)31,82434–47W1
82July 3Twins6–3Zimmer (4–0)Jax (1–1)Barlow (4)16,13335–47W2
83July 4Twins2–6Maeda (4–3)Keller (6–9)—15,35035–48L1
84July 5Reds2–6Gutiérrez (4–3)Minor (6–7)—14,70935–49L2
85July 6Reds7–6Lovelady (2–0)Hembree (2–4)—14,49136–49W1
86July 7Reds2–5Gray (2–4)Barlow (2–3)Hembree (4)11,45736–50L1
87July 8@ Indians4–7Karinchak (5–2)Holland (2–4)—13,27236–51L2
88July 9@ Indians1–2Karinchak (6–2)Brentz (2–2)—21,39536–52L3
89July 10@ Indians6–14Quantrill (1–2)Minor (6–8)—24,07736–53L4
—July 11@ IndiansPostponed (Rain, Makeup September 20)
91st All-Star Game in Denver, Colorado
90July 16Orioles9–2Staumont (1–2)Akin (0–5)—23,76337–53W1
91July 17Orioles4–8Fry (3–3)Singer (3–7)—27,29237–54L1
92July 18Orioles0–5Harvey (4–10)Hernández (1–1)—13,70637–55L2
93July 20@ Brewers5–2Minor (7–8)Strickland (0–1)Holland (6)20,14038–55W1
94July 21@ Brewers6–3Keller (7–9)Suter (9–5)Barlow (5)30,06339–55W2
95July 23Tigers5–3Bubic (3–4)Peralta (3–2)Holland (7)24,91240–55W3
96July 24Tigers9–8Brentz (3–2)Funkhouser (4–1)Davis (2)24,61641–55W4
97July 25Tigers6–1Lynch (1–2)Skubal (6–9)—12,70342–55W5
98July 26White Sox4–3Minor (8–8)Keuchel (7–4)Barlow (6)12,38443–55W6
99July 27White Sox3–5López (1–0)Zimmer (4–1)Hendriks (25)14,29843–56L1
100July 28White Sox3–2 (10)Barlow (3–3)Burr (2–1)—13,62644–56W1
101July 29White Sox5–0Hernández (2–1)Rodón (8–5)—11,21045–56W2
102July 30@ Blue Jays4–6Stripling (4–6)Lynch (1–3)Romano (9)13,44645–57L1
103July 31@ Blue Jays0–4Manoah (3–1)Minor (8–9)—13,95345–58L2 :
August: 14–14 (Home: 4–7; Away: 10–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
104August 1@ Blue Jays1–5Berríos (8–5)Keller (7–10)—14,42745–59L3
105August 3@ White Sox1–7Cease (8–6)Bubic (3–5)—19,36945–60L4
106August 4@ White Sox9–1Hernández (3–1)Giolito (8–8)—22,79346–60W1
107August 5@ White Sox3–2Lynch (2–3)Keuchel (7–5)Brentz (1)23,58947–60W2
108August 6@ Cardinals2–4Wainwright (10–6)Minor (8–10)Reyes (25)29,09047–61L1
109August 7@ Cardinals2–5García (1–0)Keller (7–11)Gallegos (2)36,61547–62L2
110August 8@ Cardinals6–5Barlow (4–3)Reyes (5–5)Lovelady (1)31,94348–62W1
111August 9Yankees6–8 (11)Holmes (4–2)Holland (2–5)Peralta (3)18,47748–63L1
112August 10Yankees8–4Staumont (2–2)Cortés Jr. (0–1)—18,21849–63W1
113August 11Yankees2–5Green (6–5)Singer (3–8)Britton (1)13,74849–64L1
114August 13Cardinals0–6Flaherty (9–1)Minor (8–11)—30,62049–65L2
115August 14Cardinals4–9Lester (4–6)Keller (7–12)—35,78449–66L3
116August 15Cardinals2–7Happ (7–6)Bubic (3–6)—18,31749–67L4
117August 16Astros7–6Barlow (5–3)García (3–8)—10,22850–67W1
118August 17Astros3–1Lynch (3–3)Valdez (8–4)Brentz (2)9,74851–67W2
119August 18Astros3–2Tapia (1–0)Taylor (2–4)Barlow (7)12,27852–67W3
120August 19Astros3–6 (10)Pressly (5–1)Davis (0–3)Javier (2)9,88452–68L1
121August 20@ Cubs6–2Keller (8–12)Davies (6–10)—31,83553–68W1
122August 21@ Cubs4–2Bubic (4–6)Thompson (3–3)Barlow (8)34,00554–68W2
123August 22@ Cubs9–1Hernández (4–1)Mills (5–6)—29,64055–68W3
124August 23@ Astros7–1Lynch (4–3)Greinke (11–4)—18,74256–68W4
125August 24@ Astros0–4García (10–6)Singer (3–9)—22,96456–69L1
126August 25@ Astros5–6 (10)Graveman (5–0)Payamps (0–3)—21,05256–70L2
127August 26@ Mariners6–4Santana (1–1)Smith (2–2)Barlow (9)16,88257–70W1
128August 27@ Mariners8–7 (12)Staumont (3–2)Ramírez (0–2)—22,95358–70W2
129August 28@ Mariners4–2Payamps (1–3)Anderson (6–9)Barlow (10)24,57559–70W3
130August 29@ Mariners3–4Gonzales (6–5)Zuber (0–3)Steckenrider (7)20,04459–71L1
131August 31Indians2–7Plesac (9–4)Junis (2–4)—11,54259–72L2 :
September: 14–14 (Home: 6–8; Away: 8–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
132September 1Indians3–5 (11)Parker (2–0)Santana (1–2)Stephan (1)10,51659–73L3
133September 2Indians2–4McKenzie (4–5)Minor (8–12)Clase (20)10,04259–74L4
134September 3White Sox7–2Hernández (5–1)Keuchel (8–8)—14,21060–74W1
135September 4White Sox7–10Kimbrel (3–4)Lynch (4–4)Hendriks (32)18,80060–75L1
136September 5White Sox6–0Singer (4–9)Cease (11–7)—19,69661–75W1
137September 6@ Orioles3–2Tapia (2–0)Sulser (4–4)Barlow (11)11,97362–75W2
138September 7@ Orioles3–7Baumann (1–0)Kowar (0–3)—4,98162–76L1
139September 8@ Orioles8–9Barreda (1–0)Staumont (3–3)Wells (2)4,96562–77L2
140September 9@ Orioles6–0Hernández (6–1)Means (5–7)—5,08763–77W1
141September 10@ Twins6–4 (11)Santana (2–2)Minaya (2–1)Holland (8)20,80364–77W2
142September 11@ Twins2–9Pineda (6–8)Singer (4–10)—19,53264–78L1
143September 12@ Twins5–3Brentz (4–2)Alcalá (3–6)Barlow (12)19,49665–78W1
144September 14Athletics10–7Brentz (5–2)Petit (8–2)Barlow (13)10,25466–78W2
145September 15Athletics10–12Manaea (10–9)Hernández (6–2)Chafin (4)11,05666–79L1
146September 16Athletics2–7Blackburn (1–2)Lynch (4–5)—11,72966–80L2
147September 17Mariners2–6Flexen (12–6)Heasley (0–1)—14,90466–81L3
148September 18Mariners8–1Bubic (5–6)Kikuchi (7–9)—20,08567–81W1
149September 19Mariners1–7Gilbert (6–5)Kowar (0–4)—16,87267–82L1
150September 20 (1)@ Indians7–2 (7)Singer (5–10)McKenzie (5–7)—N/A68–82W1
151September 20 (2)@ Indians4–2 (7)Tapia (3–0)Wittgren (2–8)Barlow (14)11,45969–82W2
152September 21@ Indians1–4Quantrill (7–3)Lynch (4–6)Clase (24)23,34169–83L1
—September 22@ IndiansPostponed (rain, makeup September 27)
153September 24@ Tigers3–1Tapia (4–0)Lange (0–3)Barlow (15)24,87770–83W1
154September 25@ Tigers1–5Hutchison (3–1)Tapia (4–1)Fulmer (12)16,42470–84L1
155September 26@ Tigers2–1Bubic (6–6)Peralta (4–4)Barlow (16)23,78871–84W1
156September 27@ Indians3–8Quantrill (8–3)Kowar (0–5)—13,12171–85L1
157September 28Indians6–4Staumont (4–3)Parker (2–1)—11,67072–85W1
158September 29Indians10–5Holland (3–5)Wittgren (2–9)—10,37373–85W2
159September 30Indians1–6Allen (2–7)Zerpa (0–1)—11,28873–86L1 :
October: 1–2 (Home: 1–2; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
160October 1Twins11–6Heasley (1–1)Gant (5–11)—14,29374–86W1
161October 2Twins0–4Jax (4–5)Bubic (6–7)—22,32174–87L1
162October 3Twins3–7Vincent (1–0)Kowar (0–6)Alcalá (1)17,15874–88L2 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Royals team member :

## 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 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

| 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 | |