# 2017 Kansas City Royals season

The 2017 Kansas City Royals season was the 49th season for the franchise, and their 45th at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals opened the season at the Minnesota Twins on April 3, 2017 and finished the season at home against the Arizona Diamondbacks on October 1. They failed to make the playoffs for the second consecutive season.

## Offseason
### Transactions

* November 3: C Drew Butera and RHP Peter Moylan elected free agency.
* November 4: RHP Edinson Vólquez, RHP Kris Medlen, and DH Kendrys Morales elected free agency.
* November 5: RHP Luke Hochevar elected free agency.
* November 18: C Tony Cruz designated for assignment. C Drew Butera signed. C Cam Gallagher, RHP Andrew Edwards, Jake Junis, and 1B Samir Dueñez signed from minors.
* November 23: C Tony Cruz released.
* December 1: RHP Brooks Pounders traded to the Los Angeles Angels for RHP Jared Ruxer.
* December 7: RHP Wade Davis traded to the Chicago Cubs for LF Jorge Soler
* January 3: RHP Sam Lewis traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks for LF Peter O'Brien.
* January 6: LF Jarrod Dyson traded to the Seattle Mariners for RHP Nate Karns.
* February 1: DH Brandon Moss signed.
* February 8: RHP Alec Mills traded to the Chicago Cubs for CF Donald Dewees, Jr. RHP Jason Hammel signed.
* February 15: LHP Travis Wood signed.

### Yordano Ventura

On the morning of January 22, 2017, it was announced that Kansas City Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura was killed in a car accident in the Dominican Republic.

## Regular season

The team's 16–4 win over the Detroit Tigers on July 20, 2017, was the first time in franchise history that the Royals had recorded four 4-run innings in a game. In the month of August, the Royals set a dubious franchise record of 45 innings without scoring a run, spanning more than 4 games. It was the longest such streak by any team since the pitching mound was lowered in the late 1960s.

### Game log

2017 game log: 80–82 (Home: 43–38; Away: 37–44) :
April: 7–16 (Home: 5–5; Away: 2–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 3@ Twins1–7Santana (1–0)Strahm (0–1)—39,6150–1L1
2April 5@ Twins1–9Santiago (1–0)Kennedy (0–1)—15,1710–2L2
3April 6@ Twins3–5Rogers (1–0)Minor (0–1)Kintzler (1)16,0780–3L3
4April 7@ Astros5–1Vargas (1–0)Fiers (0–1)—30,4911–3W1
5April 8@ Astros7–3Duffy (1–0)Gregerson (0–1)—35,3732–3W2
6April 9@ Astros4–5 (12)Devenski (1–0)Strahm (0–2)—32,4112–4L1
7April 10A's0–2Cotton (1–1)Kennedy (0–2)Doolittle (1)40,0192–5L2
8April 12A's3–8Triggs (2–0)Hammel (0–1)—24,3802–6L3
9April 13A's3–1Vargas (2–0)Hahn (0–1)Herrera (1)22,1603–6W1
10April 14Angels7–1Duffy (2–0)Ramírez (2–1)—26,8384–6W2
11April 15Angels3–2Soria (1–0)Alvarez (0–1)Herrera (2)24,1625–6W3
12April 16Angels1–0Herrera (1–0)Parker (0–1)—27,9506–6W4
13April 18Giants2–1 (11)Law (1–0)Alexander (0–1)Melancon (3)20,8636–7L1
14April 19Giants2–0Vargas (3–0)Bumgarner (0–3)Herrera (3)24,4027–7W1
15April 20@ Rangers0–1 (13)Álvarez (1–0)Wood (0–1)—26,8987–8L1
16April 21@ Rangers2–6Hamels (1–0)Karns (0–1)—31,3207–9L2
17April 22@ Rangers1–2Bush (1–0)Wood (0–2)—41,4467–10L3
18April 23@ Rangers2–5Darvish (2–2)Hammel (0–2)Bush (1)37,177 7–11L4
19April 24@ White Sox1–12González (3–0)Vargas (3–1) —11,4847–12L5
20April 25@ White Sox5–10Jennings (2–0)Duffy (2–1)—14,5917–13L6
21April 26@ White Sox2–5Quintana (1–4)Karns (0–2)Robertson (5)18,2187–14L7
22April 28Twins4–6Breslow (1–0)Soria (1–1)Kintzler (6)27,9117–15L8
—April 29TwinsPostponed (rain) (Rescheduled for July 1st)
23April 30Twins5–7Hughes (4–1)Hammel (0–3)Kintzler (7)32,6857–16L9 :
May: 15–14 (Home: 8–8; Away: 7–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
24May 1White Sox6–1Vargas (4–1)Covey (0–2)—20,1488–16W1
25May 2White Sox0–6Quintana (2–4)Duffy (2–2)—18,6048–17L1
26May 3White Sox6–1Karns (1–2)Pelfrey (0–2)—22,2989–17W1
27May 4White Sox3–8Holland (3–2)Kennedy (0–3)—36,5259–18L1
28May 5Indians3–1Hammel (1–3)Salazar (2–3)Herrera (4)25,72210–18W1
29May 6Indians1–3Miller (2–0)Herrera (1–1)Allen (8)23,74310–19L1
30May 7Indians0–1Clevinger (1–0)Duffy (2–3)Allen (9)25,75410–20L2
31May 8@ Rays7–3Karns (2–2)Snell (0–3)—12,82611–20W1
32May 9@ Rays7–6 (12)Junis (1–0)Moreno (0–1)Herrera (5)9,92112–20W2
33May 10@ Rays1–12Archer (3–1)Hammel (1–4)—9,32012–21L1
34May 11@ Rays6–0Vargas (5–1)Odorizzi (2–2)—9,34013–21W1
35May 12Orioles3–2Soria (2–1)Nuño (0–1)Herrera (6)25,46714–21W2
36May 13Orioles4–3Maness (1–0)Asher (1–2)Herrera (7)24,66215–21W3
37May 14Orioles9–8Strahm (1–2)Bleier (0–1)Herrera (8)30,66216–21W4
38May 16Yankees1–7Sabathia (3–2)Hammel (1–5)—30,87816–22L1
39May 17Yankees7–11Pineda (4–2)Vargas (5–2)Betances (1)22,89916–23L2
40May 18Yankees5–1Duffy (3–3)Montgomery (2–3)—22,80317–23W1
41May 19@ Twins3–4 (10)Kintzler (2–0)Alburquerque (0–1)—23,55317–24L1
—May 20@ TwinsPostponed (rain) (Rescheduled for May 21)
42May 21@ Twins6–4Minor (1–1)Hughes (4–3)Herrera (9)18–24W1
43May 21@ Twins4–8Mejía (1–1)Kennedy (0–4)—27,85218–25L1
44May 22@ Yankees2–4Pineda (5–2)Vargas (5–3)Betances (3)35,00518–26L2
45May 23@ Yankees6–2Duffy (4–3)Warren (1–1)—35,93119–26W1
46May 24@ Yankees0–3Severino (3–2)Hammel (1–6)Betances (4)34,61019–27L1
—May 25@ YankeesPostponed (rain) (Rescheduled for September 25)
47May 26@ Indians6–4Minor (2–1)Shaw (1–1)Herrera (10)29,60320–27W1
48May 27@ Indians5–2Vargas (6–3)Salazar (3–5)Herrera (11)30,92021–27W2
49May 28@ Indians1–10Tomlin (3–6)Duffy (4–4)—23,13621–28L1
50May 29Tigers7–10Rodríguez (2–5)Soria (2–2)Wilson (4)28,41921–29L2
51May 30Tigers1–0Skoglund (1–0)Verlander (4–4)Herrera (12)21,86422–29W1
52May 31Tigers5–6Saupold (1–0)Kennedy (0–5)Wilson (5)24,34722–30L1 :
June: 17–9 (Home: 9–5; Away: 8–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
53June 2Indians4–0Vargas (7–3)Tomlin (3–7)—33,40823–30W1
54June 3Indians12–5Hammel (2–6)Carrasco (5–3)—26,49724–30W2
55June 4Indians0–8Otero (1–0)Skoglund (1–1)—28,18524–31L1
56June 5Astros3–7Fiers (2–2)Kennedy (0–6)—21,89224–32L2
57June 6Astros9–7Minor (3–1)Giles (1–2)—20,97425–32W1
58June 7Astros7–5Vargas (8–3)Díaz (0–1)Herrera (13)25,62826–32W2
59June 8Astros1–6Harris (2–1)Herrera (1–2)—32,74726–33L1
60June 9@ Padres3–6Chacín (5–5)Strahm (1–3)Maurer (10)23,05526–34L2
61June 10@ Padres12–6Wood (1–2)Hand (1–4)—26,10727–34W1
62June 11@ Padres8–3Junis (2–0)Lamet (2–2)—25,59928–34W2
63June 13@ Giants8–1Vargas (9–3)Blach (4–4)—41,28429–34W3
64June 14@ Giants7–2Hammel (3–6)Cueto (5–6)—41,14430–34W4
65June 15@ Angels7–2Strahm (2–3)Nolasco (2–8)—34,88431–34W5
66June 16@ Angels3–1Kennedy (1–6)Chavez (5–7)Herrera (14)34,18432–34W6
67June 17@ Angels0–9Meyer (3–3)Junis (2–1)—41,20932–35L1
68June 18@ Angels7–3Vargas (10–3)Ramirez (6–5)Herrera (15)40,17833–35W1
69June 19Red Sox4–2Hammel (4–6)Boyer (0–1)Herrera (16)27,99234–35W2
70June 20Red Sox3–8Sale (9–3)Strahm (2–4)—25,98334–36L1
71June 21Red Sox6–4Soria (3–2)Scott (0–1)Herrera (17)30,82635–36W1
72June 23Blue Jays5–4Soria (4–2)Loup (2–1)—38,84836–36W2
72June 24Blue Jays3–2Vargas (11–3)Estrada (4–6)Herrera (18)26,93837–36W3
74June 25Blue Jays2–8Liriano (4–3)Alexander (0–2)—37,18237–37L1
75June 27@ Tigers3–5Verlander (5–4)Strahm (2–5)J. Wilson (7)29,48837–38L2
76June 28@ Tigers8–2Kennedy (2–6)Norris (4–6)—29,61438–38W1
77June 29@ Tigers3–7Fulmer (7–6)Junis (2–2)—33,68138–39L1
78June 30Twins8–1Vargas (12–3)Santana (10–5)—34,33239–39W1 :
July: 16–10 (Home: 8–5; Away: 8–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
79July 1 (1)Twins11–6Minor (4–1)Duffey (0–2)—25,57140–39W2
80July 1 (2)Twins5–10Jorge (1–0)Hammel (4–7)—32,44840–40L1
81July 2Twins6–2Alexander (1–2)Santiago (4–8)—28,77541–40W1
82July 3@ Mariners3–1Kennedy (3–6)Moore (1–1)Soria (1)35,78942–40W2
83July 4@ Mariners7–3Duffy (5–4)Hernandez (3–3)—25,55543–40W3
84July 5@ Mariners9–6Minor (7–5)Pazos (2–2)Herrera (19)15,15744–40W4
85July 7@ Dodgers1–4Maeda (7–4)Hammel (4–8)Jansen (21)48,01744–41L1
86July 8@ Dodgers4–5 (10)Stripling (1–3)Alexander (1–3)—45,22544–42L2
87July 9@ Dodgers2–5Kershaw (14–2)Duffy (5–5)—41,52444–43L3
88th All-Star Game in Miami, Florida
88July 14Rangers3–5Pérez (5–6)Minor (5–2)Claudio (2)35,59144–44L4
89July 15Rangers0–1Leclerc (2–2)Duffy (5–6)Claudio (3)32,90744–45L5
90July 16Rangers4–3Herrera (2–2)Grilli (2–5)—23,16345–45W1
91July 17Tigers2–10Zimmermann (6–7)Vargas (12–4)—26,35945–46L1
92July 18Tigers3–9Boyd (3–5)Wood (1–3)—22,90845–47L2
93July 19Tigers4–3McCarthy (1–0)J. Wilson (3–4)—30,10546–47W1
94July 20Tigers16–4Duffy (6–6)Fulmer (10–7)—29,01847–47W2
95July 21White Sox7–6 (10)Feliz (2–5)Clippard (1–6)—29,64748–47W3
96July 22White Sox7–2Alexander (2–3)Holmberg (1–3)—34,08849–47W4
97July 23White Sox5–4Herrera (3–2)Infante (0–1)—23,18450–47W5
98July 24@ Tigers5–3 (12)Junis (3–2)VerHagen (0–1)Herrera (20)26,41551–47W6
99July 25@ Tigers3–1Duffy (7–6)Fulmer (10–8)Herrera (21)27,25952–47W7
100July 26@ Tigers16–2Kennedy (4–6)Sánchez (2–1)—29,07353–47W8
101July 28@ Red Sox4–2Vargas (13–4)Porcello (4–14)Herrera (22)37,32154–47W9
102July 29@ Red Sox8–9 (10)Barnes (6–2)Minor (5–3)—36,91254–48L1
103July 30@ Red Sox5–3Hammel (5–8)Barnes (6–3)Herrera (23)36,48055–48W1
104July 31@ Orioles1–2Britton (1–0)Soria (4–3)—20,66355–49L1 :
August: 10–18 (Home: 6–9; Away: 4–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
105August 1@ Orioles2–7Bundy (10–8)Kennedy (4–7)—20,93155–50L2
106August 2@ Orioles0–6Hellickson (7–5)Vargas (13–5)—14,98455–51L3
107August 3Mariners6–4Buchter (4–3)Pagan (0–2)Herrera (24)29,22856–51W1
108August 4Mariners2–5Paxton (12–3)Hammel (5–9)Diaz (22)38,13056–52L1
—August 5MarinersPPD, RAIN; Rescheduled for August 6
109August 6Mariners7–8Pazos (3–3)Duffy (7–7)Díaz (23)56–53L2
110August 6Mariners9–1Junis (4–2)Ramírez (4–4)—29,43257–53W1
111August 7Cardinals3–11Martinez (8–9)Kennedy (4–8)—38,47857–54L1
112August 8Cardinals3–10Wacha (9–4)Vargas (13–6)—37,26757–55L2
113August 9@ Cardinals5–8Bowman (3–4)Maurer (1–5)Rosenthal (9)44,13957–56L3
114August 10@ Cardinals6–8Lyons (1–0)Minor (5–4)Rosenthal (10)41,70657–57L4
115August 11@ White Sox3–6Bummer (1–2)Duffy (7–8)Clippard (3)18,13757–58L5
116August 12@ White Sox5–4Alexander (3–3)Bummer (1–3)Herrera (25)20,41358–58W1
117August 13@ White Sox14–6Vargas (14–6)Holland (6–12)—27,35159–58W2
118August 14@ A's6–2Junis (5–2)Cotton (5–10)—9,84860–58W3
119August 15@ A's8–10Treinen (1–2)Minor (5–5)—13,87560–59L1
120August 16@ A's7–6Maurer (2–5)Treinen (1–3)Herrera (26)15,23961–59W1
121August 18Indians1–10Kluber (12–3)Kennedy (4–9)—35,97461–60L1
122August 19Indians0–5Bauer (12–8)Vargas (14–7)—34,20461–61L2
123August 20Indians7–4Hammel (6–9)Salazar (5–6)—27,41762–61W1
124August 22Rockies3–2Duffy (8–8)Gray (5–3)Alexander (1)22,86863–61W2
125August 23Rockies6–4Maurer (3–5)Holland (2–5)—25,75264–61W3
126August 24Rockies2–3Ottavino (2–3)Minor (5–6)Holland (36)25,31464–62L1
127August 25@ Indians0–4Merritt (1–0)Vargas (14–8)—34,06164–63L2
128August 26@ Indians0–4Clevinger (7–5)Hammel (6–10)—34,27364–64L3
129August 27@ Indians0–12Carrasco (13–6)Skoglund (1–2)—32,22964–65L4
130August 28Rays0–12Pruitt (7–3)Kennedy (4–10)Andriese (1)21,86664–66L5
131August 29Rays6–2Junis (6–2)Cobb (9–9)—25,20465–66W1
132August 30Rays3–5Odorizzi (7–7)Vargas (14–9)Colomé (40)25,91665–67L1 :
September/October: 15–15 (Home: 7–6; Away: 8–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
133September 1@ Twins7–6Hammel (7–10)Gee (1–2)Alexander (2)24,06866–67W1
134September 2@ Twins0–17Gibson (9–10)Garcia (0–1)—33,41366–68L1
135September 3@ Twins5–4Alexander (4–3)Busenitz (1–1)Maurer (21)32,23467–68W1
136September 4@ Tigers7–6Junis (7–2)Lewicki (0–1)Alexander (3)24,80468–68W3
137September 5@ Tigers2–13Jaye (1–0)Vargas (14–10)—,68–69L1
138September 6@ Tigers13–2Hammel (8–10)Boyd (5–9)—23,75569–69W1
139September 7Twins2–4Hildenberger (3–2)Herrera (3–3)Belisle (6)26,48569–70L1
140September 8Twins5–8Santana (8–5)Kennedy (4–11)Belisle (7)31,87969–71L2
141September 9Twins5–2Minor (6–6)Pressly (2–3)Maurer (2)29,99170–71W1
142September 10Twins11–3Vargas (15–10)Colón (6–12)—35,00371–71W2
143September 11White Sox3–11López (1–3)Hammel (8–11)—23,13571–72L1
144September 12White Sox4–3Gaviglio (4–5)Covey (0–5)Alexander (4)17,72772–72W1
145September 13White Sox3–5Minaya (3–2)Alexander (4–4)—25,66572–73L1
146September 14@ Indians2–3 (10)Allen (3–6)Maurer (3–6)—30,87472–74L2
147September 15@ Indians4–3Vargas (16–10)Bauer (16–9)Minor (1)34,02573–74W1
148September 16@ Indians4–8Carrasco (16–6)Hammel (8–12)—33,68873–75L1
149September 17@ Indians2–3Kluber (17–4)Duffy (8–9)Allen (28)32,31373–76L2
150September 19@ Blue Jays2–5Stroman (12–8)Kennedy (4–12)Osuna (37)33,55473–77L3
151September 20@ Blue Jays15–5Junis (8–2)Anderson (1–2)—33,05074–77W1
152September 21@ Blue Jays1–0Vargas (17–10)Happ (9–11)Minor (2)35,86175–77W2
153September 22@ White Sox6–7López (3–3)Hammel (8–13)Minaya (6)18,04175–78L1
154September 23@ White Sox8–2Duffy (9–9)Covey (0–7)—20,30676–78W1
155September 24@ White Sox1–8Giolito (3–3)Kennedy (4–13)—18,79176–79L1
156September 25@ Yankees3–11Sabathia (13–5)Junis (8–3)—40,02376–80L2
157September 26Tigers2–1Vargas (18–10)Sánchez (3–6)Minor (3)20,61377–80W1
158September 27Tigers7–4Alexander (5–4)VerHagen (0–3)Minor (4)21,31978–80W2
159September 28Tigers1–4Norris (5–8)Duffy (9–10)Greene (8)21,65078–81L1
160September 29D-Backs2–1Kennedy (5–13)Greinke (17–7)Minor (5)23,48879–81W1
161September 30D-Backs4–3Junis (9–3)Bradley (3–3)Minor (6)32,72780–81W2
162October 1D-Backs2–14Banda (2–3)Vargas (18–11)—32,27780–82L1 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Royals team member :

## Season standings
### American League Central

vteAL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Cleveland Indians | 102 | 60 | .630 | — | 49‍–‍32 | 53‍–‍28 |
| Minnesota Twins | 85 | 77 | .525 | 17 | 41‍–‍40 | 44‍–‍37 |
| Kansas City Royals | 80 | 82 | .494 | 22 | 43‍–‍38 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Chicago White Sox | 67 | 95 | .414 | 35 | 39‍–‍42 | 28‍–‍53 |
| Detroit Tigers | 64 | 98 | .395 | 38 | 34‍–‍47 | 30‍–‍51 |

### American League Wild Card

vteDivision Leaders :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| Cleveland Indians | 102 | 60 | .630 |
| Houston Astros | 101 | 61 | .623 |
| Boston Red Sox | 93 | 69 | .574 |
vteWild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| New York Yankees | 91 | 71 | .562 | +6 |
| Minnesota Twins | 85 | 77 | .525 | — |
| Kansas City Royals | 80 | 82 | .494 | 5 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 80 | 82 | .494 | 5 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 80 | 82 | .494 | 5 |
| Seattle Mariners | 78 | 84 | .481 | 7 |
| Texas Rangers | 78 | 84 | .481 | 7 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 76 | 86 | .469 | 9 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 75 | 87 | .463 | 10 |
| Oakland Athletics | 75 | 87 | .463 | 10 |
| Chicago White Sox | 67 | 95 | .414 | 18 |
| Detroit Tigers | 64 | 98 | .395 | 21 |

### Record against opponents

2017 American League recordvte Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2017 :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | HOU | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Baltimore | — | 10–9 | 4–3 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 7–12 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 8–11 | 6–1 | 12–7 | 8–12 |
| Boston | 9–10 | — | 6–1 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 11–8 | 5–1 | 13–6 | 16–4 |
| Chicago | 3–4 | 1–6 | — | 6–13 | 10–9 | 4–2 | 10–9 | 3–4 | 7–12 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 6–14 |
| Cleveland | 6–1 | 3–4 | 13–6 | — | 13–6 | 5–1 | 12–7 | 6–0 | 12–7 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 6–14 |
| Detroit | 4–3 | 4–3 | 9–10 | 6–13 | — | 3–4 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 8–11 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 1–6 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 8–12 |
| Houston | 5–1 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 4–3 | — | 3–4 | 12–7 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 12–7 | 14–5 | 3–4 | 12–7 | 4–3 | 15–5 |
| Kansas City | 3–3 | 4–2 | 9–10 | 7–12 | 11–8 | 4–3 | — | 6–1 | 8–11 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 1–6 | 3–3 | 9–11 |
| Los Angeles | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 0–6 | 4–3 | 7–12 | 1–6 | — | 2–5 | 4–2 | 12–7 | 12–7 | 3–4 | 8–11 | 4–3 | 11–9 |
| Minnesota | 5–2 | 2–5 | 12–7 | 7–12 | 11–8 | 1–5 | 11–8 | 5–2 | — | 2–4 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 13–7 |
| New York | 12–7 | 11–8 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 4–2 | — | 2–5 | 5–2 | 12–7 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 15–5 |
| Oakland | 3–4 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 5–2 | — | 7–12 | 2–5 | 10–9 | 2–5 | 7–13 |
| Seattle | 2–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 6–1 | 5–14 | 2–5 | 7–12 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 12–7 | — | 5–1 | 11–8 | 1–6 | 12–8 |
| Tampa Bay | 11–8 | 8–11 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 7–12 | 5–2 | 1–5 | — | 2–4 | 9–10 | 11–9 |
| Texas | 1–6 | 1–5 | 3–4 | 1–6 | 5–1 | 7–12 | 6–1 | 11–8 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 8–11 | 4–2 | — | 3–4 | 14–6 |
| Toronto | 7–12 | 6–13 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 10–9 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 10–9 | 4–3 | — | 9–11 |

## 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 |
| Eric Hosmer | 162 | 603 | 98 | 192 | 31 | 1 | 25 | 94 | 6 | 66 | .318 | .498 |
| Alcides Escobar | 162 | 599 | 71 | 150 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 54 | 4 | 15 | .250 | .357 |
| Whit Merrifield | 145 | 587 | 80 | 169 | 32 | 6 | 19 | 78 | 34 | 29 | .288 | .460 |
| Lorenzo Cain | 155 | 584 | 86 | 175 | 27 | 5 | 15 | 49 | 26 | 54 | .300 | .440 |
| Mike Moustakas | 148 | 555 | 75 | 151 | 24 | 0 | 38 | 85 | 0 | 34 | .272 | .521 |
| Alex Gordon | 148 | 476 | 52 | 99 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 45 | 7 | 45 | .208 | .315 |
| Salvador Pérez | 129 | 471 | 57 | 126 | 24 | 1 | 27 | 80 | 1 | 17 | .268 | .495 |
| Jorge Bonifacio | 113 | 384 | 55 | 98 | 15 | 1 | 17 | 40 | 1 | 35 | .255 | .432 |
| Brandon Moss | 118 | 362 | 41 | 75 | 14 | 0 | 22 | 50 | 2 | 37 | .207 | .428 |
| Melky Cabrera | 58 | 223 | 24 | 60 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 1 | 11 | .269 | .399 |
| Drew Butera | 75 | 163 | 18 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 12 | .227 | .319 |
| Cheslor Cuthbert | 58 | 143 | 10 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 9 | .231 | .322 |
| Jorge Soler | 35 | 97 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 12 | .144 | .258 |
| Paulo Orlando | 39 | 86 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .198 | .302 |
| Ramón Torres | 33 | 74 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | .243 | .284 |
| Adalberto Mondesí | 25 | 53 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | .170 | .245 |
| Cam Gallagher | 13 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .417 |
| Christian Colón | 7 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .176 | .176 |
| Billy Burns | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 |
| Terrance Gore | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .000 |
| Pitcher Totals | 162 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .120 | .120 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5536 | 702 | 1436 | 260 | 24 | 193 | 660 | 91 | 390 | .259 | .420 |
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### 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; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| Jason Hammel | 8 | 13 | 5.29 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 180.1 | 209 | 109 | 106 | 48 | 145 |
| Jason Vargas | 18 | 11 | 4.16 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 179.2 | 181 | 84 | 83 | 58 | 134 |
| Ian Kennedy | 5 | 13 | 5.38 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 154.0 | 143 | 99 | 92 | 61 | 131 |
| Danny Duffy | 9 | 10 | 3.81 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 146.1 | 143 | 67 | 62 | 41 | 130 |
| Jakob Junis | 9 | 3 | 4.30 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 98.1 | 101 | 52 | 47 | 25 | 80 |
| Mike Minor | 6 | 6 | 2.55 | 65 | 0 | 6 | 77.2 | 57 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 88 |
| Scott Alexander | 5 | 4 | 2.48 | 58 | 0 | 4 | 69.0 | 62 | 23 | 19 | 28 | 59 |
| Kelvin Herrera | 3 | 3 | 4.25 | 64 | 0 | 26 | 59.1 | 60 | 33 | 28 | 20 | 56 |
| Peter Moylan | 0 | 0 | 3.49 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 59.1 | 40 | 26 | 23 | 25 | 46 |
| Joakim Soria | 4 | 3 | 3.70 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 56.0 | 49 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 64 |
| Nate Karns | 2 | 2 | 4.17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 45.1 | 41 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 51 |
| Kevin McCarthy | 1 | 0 | 3.20 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 50 | 23 | 16 | 13 | 27 |
| Travis Wood | 1 | 3 | 6.91 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 41.2 | 56 | 33 | 32 | 20 | 29 |
| Matt Strahm | 2 | 5 | 5.45 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 34.2 | 30 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 37 |
| Chris Young | 0 | 0 | 7.50 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 30.0 | 47 | 27 | 25 | 14 | 22 |
| Ryan Buchter | 1 | 0 | 2.67 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 18 |
| Trevor Cahill | 0 | 0 | 8.22 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 23.0 | 33 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 15 |
| Brandon Maurer | 2 | 2 | 8.10 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 20.0 | 34 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 21 |
| Neftalí Feliz | 1 | 0 | 4.74 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 16 |
| Eric Skoglund | 1 | 2 | 9.50 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 18.0 | 30 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 14 |
| Sam Gaviglio | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12.0 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Al Alburquerque | 0 | 1 | 3.60 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| Seth Maness | 1 | 0 | 3.72 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Onelki Garcia | 0 | 1 | 13.50 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| Mike Morin | 0 | 0 | 7.94 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| Andrés Machado | 0 | 0 | 22.09 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| Luke Farrell | 0 | 0 | 16.88 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Brian Flynn | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Miguel Almonte | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 80 | 82 | 4.61 | 162 | 162 | 39 | 1437.2 | 1480 | 791 | 737 | 519 | 1216 |
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## Awards

First baseman Eric Hosmer won the Silver Slugger Award as the best offensive player at his position in the American League.

## Farm system

| 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 | Jamie Quirk |
| A | Lexington Legends | South Atlantic League | Scott Thorman |
| Rookie | Burlington Royals | Appalachian League | Omar Ramírez |
| Rookie | Idaho Falls Chukars | Pioneer League | Justin Gemoll |
| Rookie | AZL Royals | Arizona League | Darryl Kennedy |
| Rookie | DSL Royals | Dominican Summer League | |