2009 Kansas City Royals season

2009  Kansas City Royals
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Kauffman Stadium
City	Kansas City, Missouri
Record	65–97 (.401)
Divisional place	tied for 4th
Owners	David Glass
General managers	Dayton Moore
Managers	Trey Hillman
Television	Fox Sports Kansas City (Ryan Lefebvre, Bob Davis, Paul Splittorff, Frank White)
Radio	KCSP 610 AM (Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre, Steve Stewart, Bob Davis)
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The 2009 Kansas City Royals season was the 41st season for the franchise, and their 39th at Kauffman Stadium. The season began on April 7 with a game against the Chicago White Sox at U. S. Cellular Field, which Chicago won. ^[1] On April 10, the Royals hosted the New York Yankees in the first game at the newly renovated Kauffman Stadium for the Royals' home opener. ^[2] Interleague opponents included the St. Louis Cardinals, Arizona Diamondbacks, Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros and Pittsburgh Pirates. ^[2]

The Royals looked to improve on their 2008 record of 75–87 and sought their first playoff appearance since 1985, as manager Trey Hillman returned for his second season with Kansas City. The Royals' payroll for the 2009 season was $70.5 million, approximately 25 percent higher than their 2008 payroll (and 21st in the major leagues). ^{[3] [4] [5]}

There was much optimism for the Royals heading into the season, with some experts saying they had the potential reach the postseason. ^{[6] [7]} After a strong start and 18–11 record, the Royals suffered several losing streaks and fell back to a losing record, finishing with a dismal 65-97 record.

Off-season

Coaching staff changes

Following the 2008 season, third base coach Luis Silverio and hitting coach Mike Barnett were not retained on Trey Hillman's coaching staff. ^[8] In October 2008, the Royals hired Kevin Seitzer as the team's new hitting coach and John Gibbons as bench coach. ^[8] Seitzer served as the hitting coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2008, and Gibbons was the manager of the Toronto Blue Jays for five seasons. ^[8] Both were dismissed from their respective teams before the 2007 season was completed. ^[8] Dave Owen, the team's bench coach from 2008, will be the third base coach. ^[8] Bob McClure (pitching), Rusty Kuntz (first base), and John Mizerock (bullpen) were all retained to complete the six-man staff. ^[8]

Winter meetings

After the acquisitions of Mike Jacobs and Coco Crisp, the Royals entered the Winter Meetings not seeking to add another big free agent acquisition like in years past (Gil Meche in 2007 and José Guillén in 2008). ^[9] Through trades, Kansas City sought to acquire relief pitching, a middle infielder, and a starting pitcher. ^{[10] [11]} The Royals pursued both RHP Kyle Farnsworth and RHP Brandon Lyon, ^[12] and signed Farnsworth to a two-year contract. ^[13] The Royals also signed LHP Horacio Ramírez, who was previously with the team in 2008, ^[13] and RHP Doug Waechter. ^[13]

The Royals were also one of the final four teams that were in talks with SS Rafael Furcal. ^[14] The acquisition of Furcal would have resulted in the Royals moving SS Mike Avilés to second base. ^[14] Furcal played with the Atlanta Braves, where Royals general manager Dayton Moore worked prior to joining the Royals' front office. ^[14] Reports said that Kansas City was maneuvering to clear payroll so that they could sign Furcal, or sign Orlando Cabrera, who was in the Royals' backup plan. ^[15] Kansas City bowed out of talks with Furcal after they could not work around their payroll. ^[3]

The Boston Globe reported that the Royals had "serious discussions" concerning a trade of RHP Zack Greinke to the Atlanta Braves for OF Jeff Francoeur. ^[16] Reports about Kansas City's purported interest in Francoeur also surfaced weeks before the Winter Meetings but there had been no concrete evidence that the Royals pursued such a deal. ^[16] Dayton Moore quickly denied the report. ^[16] Moore showed a reluctance to trade Greinke or outfielders Mark Teahen and David DeJesus, all of whom were attached to rumors throughout the off-season. ^[16]

Roster moves

Royals players eligible for arbitration

Kansas City entered the 2008–2009 off-season with 15 players eligible for arbitration.

• LHP John Bale ^[10] (re-signed) ^[17]
• RHP Brian Bannister ^{[10] [18]}
• C John Buck ^{[10] [19]}
• RHP Kyle Davies ^[10]
• RHP Brandon Duckworth ^[10]
• OF Joey Gathright ^[10] (released) ^[20]
• IF/OF Esteban Germán ^[10]
• LHP Jimmy Gobble ^{[10] [21]}
• RHP Zack Greinke ^{[10] [22]}
• 2B Mark Grudzielanek (declined) ^[23]
• 1B Mike Jacobs ^[10]
• C Miguel Olivo ^[10]
• RHP Joel Peralta ^{[10] [19]}
• IF Jason Smith ^[10]
• IF/OF Mark Teahen ^[10]

In October, the Royals acquired 1B Mike Jacobs from the Florida Marlins in exchange for SP Leo Núñez. ^[24]

In November, the Royals acquired CF Coco Crisp from the Boston Red Sox in exchange for RP Ramón Ramírez. ^[25]

In December, the Royals did not tender contracts to OF Joey Gathright, LHP John Bale, RHP Jairo Cuevas, and 2B Jason Smith. ^[20] Bale was later re-signed on a one-year deal, ^[17]

In January, the Royals agreed to a four-year, $38 million contract with RHP Zack Greinke. ^[22]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	87	76	0.534	—	49–33	38–43
Detroit Tigers	86	77	0.528	1	51–30	35–47
Chicago White Sox	79	83	0.488	7½	43–38	36–45
Cleveland Indians	65	97	0.401	21½	35–46	30–51
Kansas City Royals	65	97	0.401	21½	33–48	32–49

Record vs. opponents

Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	–	2–16	5–4	2–5	3–5	4–4	2–8	3–2	5–13	1–5	4–5	8–10	5–5	9–9	11–7
Boston	16–2	–	4–4	7–2	6–1	5–3	4–5	4–2	9–9	5–5	2–4	9–9	2–7	11–7	11–7
Chicago	4–5	4−4	–	10–8	9–9	9–9	5–4	6−12	3–4	4–5	4–5	6–2	2–4	1–6	12–6
Cleveland	5–2	2–7	8–10	–	4–14	10–8	2–4	8–10	3–5	2–5	6–4	5–3	1–8	4–4	5–13
Detroit	5–3	1–6	9–9	14–4	–	9–9	5–4	7–12	1–5	5–4	5–4	5–2	7–2	3–5	10–8
Kansas City	4–4	3–5	9–9	8–10	9–9	–	1–9	6–12	2–4	2–6	5–4	1–9	3–3	4–3	8–10
Los Angeles	8–2	5–4	4–5	4–2	4–5	9–1	–	6–4	5–5	12–7	10–9	4–2	8–11	4–4	14–4
Minnesota	2–3	2–4	12–6	10–8	12–7	12–6	4–6	–	0–7	4–6	5–5	3–3	6–4	3–5	12–6
New York	13–5	9–9	4–3	5–3	5–1	4–2	5–5	7–0	–	7–2	6–4	11–7	5–4	12–6	10–8
Oakland	5–1	5–5	5–4	5–2	4–5	6–2	7–12	6–4	2–7	–	5–14	6–4	11–8	3–6	5–13
Seattle	5–4	4–2	5–4	4–6	4–5	4–5	9–10	5–5	4–6	14–5	–	5–3	8–11	3–4	11–7
Tampa Bay	10–8	9–9	2–6	3–5	2–5	9–1	2–4	3–3	7–11	4–6	3–5	–	3–6	14–4	13–5
Texas	5–5	7–2	4–2	8–1	2–7	3–3	11–8	4–6	4–5	8–11	11–8	6–3	–	5–5	9–9
Toronto	9–9	7–11	6–1	4–4	5–3	3–4	4–4	5–3	6–12	6–3	4–3	4–14	5–5	–	7–11

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• Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2009

Monthly summaries

April

Zack Greinke finished the month of April with a 5-0 record and 0.50 ERA. He won Pitcher of the Month honors and was featured on Sports Illustrated.

The Royals' season opener against the Chicago White Sox was originally scheduled for April 6 but was postponed due to snow forecasts in the Chicago area. ^{[2] [26]} The game was rescheduled for April 7, which was originally an off-day for both teams. ^[1] The Royals lost the first game of the season after Kyle Farnsworth gave up a game-losing, three-run homer to Chicago's Jim Thome. ^[27] After losing the first game to Chicago, the Royals won two of three games against Chicago to open the series. ^[28] The Royals played the New York Yankees on April 10 at the newly renovated Kauffman Stadium for their home opener. ^[2] It was the first game of a three-game series. Kansas City lost the first two games and trailed late in the 8th inning of the third game before Brayan Peña scored a game-tying RBI double and then scored the go-ahead run on Alberto Callaspo's RBI single. ^[29] Peña is the team's third-string catcher and was listed as designated hitter for the day. ^[29] The Royals would hold on to the 6–4 lead for their third win on the season. ^[29]

On April 17 the Royals began a three-game series with the Texas Rangers and eventually won two of them. On that day, 3B Alex Gordon was placed on the disabled list and was ruled out for at least two months after having surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right hip. ^[30] Despite the bad news, the Royals beat the Rangers 12–3 in the opening game of the series. ^[31] In the second game against the Rangers (on April 18), RHP Zack Greinke recorded his first career shut-out and extended his scoreless inning streak to 34. ^[32] The streak dated back to the 2008 Kansas City Royals season. ^[33] This brought Greinke's statistics to three wins in three starts and an 0.00 ERA, the best in the American League at the time. ^[32] Texas' Kevin Millwood, who started for the Rangers, had the American League's second lowest ERA entering the game with a 0.64 ERA. ^[32] The Royals entered the third game of the series against Texas looking for their first series sweep of the season. ^[34] After trailing 5–3 in the bottom of the eighth, the Rangers tied the game at 5 by the ninth inning after Royals set up pitchers Ron Mahay and Jamie Wright allowed two runs. ^{[34] [35]} Texas' Michael Young hit a game-winning leadoff home run off of reliever Kyle Farnsworth's second pitch of the inning. ^[34] The loss brought Kansas City down to a three-way tie for first place in the American League Central with Detroit and Chicago. ^[35] Royals manager Trey Hillman kept closer Joakim Soria in the bullpen for the entire series instead reasoning that he didn't want Soria to be used for more than one inning in the third game. ^[35] RHP Brian Bannister was recalled from Triple-A Omaha to pitch for Kansas City on April 22 and replaced both the injured Doug Waechter, who was placed on the DL, and the struggling Horacio Ramírez in the pitching rotation. ^[36] Bannister and Jamie Wright pitched eight shut-out innings before closer Joakim Soria returned from an eight-day hiatus to close out the 2–0 victory. ^[36] Soria battled injuries for most of the month. ^[37]

Zack Greinke's scoreless innings streak ended at 38 when an unearned run was scored after an errant throw by Mike Avilés in a 6–1 Royals victory over the Detroit Tigers. ^[38] The run was unearned so Greinke's ERA stayed at 0.00 and his record improved to 4-0 on the season. ^[38] The game was also Greinke's second complete game of the season. ^[38] Greinke was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated's May 4, 2009, issue (Volume 110, Issue 18) for a cover story by Joe Posnanski called "The Best Pitcher in Baseball." ^[39] Greinke is the first Royals player to appear on the magazine cover since pitcher David Cone on April 5, 1993, for the magazine's baseball preview. ^[39] The last Kansas City player to appear in an in-season cover was back on June 12, 1989, when SI featured outfielder Bo Jackson. ^[39]

The team won three of four games against the Toronto Blue Jays, who entered the series with baseball's best record. ^[40] On April 29 Zack Greinke was the first pitcher of the season to record his fifth win and allowed only two runs to the Blue Jays in an 11–3 victory. ^[41] This brought his ERA for the season from 0.00 to 0.50. ^[41] By finishing with a 12-10 record for the month, the Royals registered their first winning April since 2003 when they began the season with a 16-7 record. ^[40]

May

Twins pitcher Scott Baker held the Royals scoreless through six innings on May 3 but the Royals tallied seven runs once he left the game.

The Royals entered the month of May in sole-possession of first place in the American League Central. ^[40] They traveled to the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome to play the Minnesota Twins in a three-game series to start off the month. The series was hotly contested with the Royals scoring 22 runs and the Twins scoring 19 and several lead changes. The second game of the series was decided in 11 innings. ^[42] In the third game, the Royals were no-hit by Scott Baker through six innings before an offensive but then suddenly unleashed an offensive flurry in the seventh, scoring five runs to roar ahead and hold on for a stunning 7–5 victory. ^[43] Zack Greinke threw his third complete game in a 3–0 shutout of the White Sox on May 4 and improved his record to 6-0 on the year with a 0.40 ERA. ^[44] Greinke lost his first game of the season to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on May 9 in a 1–0 loss. ^[45] Greinke pitched a complete game and his ERA rose to 0.51. ^[45]

Joakim Soria continued to battle injuries to his shoulder and his appearances were limited in the early part of May. ^{[37] [46]} He was placed on the disabled list and Sidney Ponson was sent to the bullpen in exchange for Luke Hochevar being called up from Triple-A Omaha. ^[47] In his first appearance of the season, Hochevar lasted only two innings and allowed eight runs in a 12–3 loss to the Oakland Athletics. ^[48] Entering the game, Kansas City's team ERA led the American League, but took a hit with Hochevar's performance. ^[48] By the beginning of the fifth inning, Oakland led the game 12–0 and the Royals never recovered and dropped their fourth consecutive game. ^[48] The Royals lost all five games of their road trip against the Angels and Athletics after sweeping their four-game homestand against the White Sox and Mariners.

Zack Greinke's eighth start of the season was delayed by two and half hours of rainfall, but the Royals still won the game 8–1 against the Baltimore Orioles. ^[49] The game was held at Kauffman Stadium and had a sell-out crowd of 38,353 along with many other games in the season selling out for Greinke's starts. ^{[49] [50]} The Royals split their four-game home series against the Orioles. ^[51]

On May 19, Kansas City trailed Cleveland 5–2 entering the ninth inning but accomplished their biggest comeback victory of the season. ^[52] After two consecutive home runs by Mike Jacobs and Mark Teahen, the Royals rallied to a 6–5 victory after a sacrifice fly by Willie Bloomquist brought David DeJesus home for the winning run. ^[52]

Kansas City began Interleague play against their cross-state rival St. Louis Cardinals. After losing the first two games of the series by scores of 5–0, ^{[53] [54]} the Royals fell to a 21-22 record and under the .500 mark for the first time since April 11 when they were 2-3. ^[54] After optioning three players (Mike Avilés, Luke Hochevar, and Robinson Tejeda) to the inactive roster, ^[55] Kansas City won the final game 3–2 and regained a .500 record on the season.

By the end of the month, the Royals began to slip from the top of their division standings in the American League Central, especially following a three-game sweep by the Chicago White Sox left the team with a 23–27 record. An 11–17 record in May dropped the Royals down to fourth place in the division.

June

Looking to rebound from a sub-par month of May, the Royals began June with a three-game series at Tampa Bay on June 2, but continued to flounder, dropping all three games. They lost their eighth game in a row on June 5 at Toronto, but broke the losing streak the next day thanks to a strong performance from Luke Hochevar. In the 2009 Major League Baseball draft held on June 9 the Royals selected RHP Aaron Crow with the 12th overall selection. Crow attended the University of Missouri, was born in nearby Topeka, Kansas, and was a longtime Royals fan prior to being selected with the team. ^[56] That same day, the Royals' defense and bullpen allowed eight unanswered runs to the Indians in an 8–4 loss. ^[57] The loss dropped the Royals to fifth place in the American League Central.

Roster

2009 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers 49 John Bale 19 Brian Bannister 52 Bruce Chen 56 Román Colón 37 Juan Cruz 28 Kyle Davies 41 Lenny DiNardo 40 Kyle Farnsworth 23 Zack Greinke 44 Luke Hochevar 31 Dusty Hughes 54 Anthony Lerew 32 Ron Mahay 47 Víctor Marté 55 Gil Meche 47 Sidney Ponson 52 Horacio Ramírez 53 Carlos Rosa 48 Joakim Soria 51 Robinson Tejeda 45 Doug Waechter 34 Jamey Wright 57 Yasuhiko Yabuta		Catchers 14 John Buck 21 Miguel Olivo 27 Brayan Peña Infielders 30 Mike Avilés  3 Yuniesky Betancourt 16 Billy Butler 13 Alberto Callaspo  4 Alex Gordon 46 Luis Hernández  7 Tug Hulett 17 Mike Jacobs  1 Tony Peña Jr. 24 Mark Teahen Outfielders  1 Josh Anderson  8 Willie Bloomquist  2 Coco Crisp  9 David DeJesus 26 Ryan Freel 11 José Guillén 35 Mitch Maier		Manager 22 Trey Hillman Coaches 12 John Gibbons (bench) 18 Rusty Kuntz (first base) 33 Bob McClure (pitching) 50 John Mizerock (bullpen)  6 Dave Owen (third base) 36 Kevin Seitzer (hitting)

Game log

2009 game log
April (12–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record April 6 @ White Sox Postponed 1 April 7 @ White Sox 4–2 Dotel (1–0) Farnsworth (0–1) Jenks (1) 37,449 0–1 2 April 8 @ White Sox 2–0 Greinke (1–0) Floyd (0–1) Soria (1) 22,817 1–1 3 April 9 @ White Sox 2–1 Mahay (1–0) Jenks (0–1) Soria (2) 18,091 2–1 4 April 10 Yankees 4–1 Pettitte (1–0) Ponson (0–1) Rivera (1) 38,098 2–2 5 April 11 Yankees 6–1 Sabathia (1–1) Ramírez (0–1) 31,271 2–3 6 April 12 Yankees 6–4 Cruz (1–0) Coke (0–1) Soria (3) 17,629 3–3 7 April 13 Indians 4–2 Greinke (2–0) Carmona (0–2) Soria (4) 10,061 4–3 8 April 14 Indians 9–3 Davies (1–0) Pavano (0–2) 11,756 5–3 9 April 15 Indians 5–4 Lewis (1–0) Farnsworth (0–2) Wood (1) 13,589 5–4 10 April 17 @ Rangers 12–3 Meche (1–0) Harrison (0–2) 24,062 6–4 11 April 18 @ Rangers 2–0 Greinke (3–0) Millwood (1–1) 37,635 7–4 12 April 19 @ Rangers 6–5 Francisco (1–0) Farnsworth (0–3) 27,635 7–5 13 April 21 @ Indians 8–7 Laffey (1–0) Ponson (0–2) Wood (2) 11,408 7–6 14 April 22 @ Indians 2–0 Bannister (1–0) Lee (1–3) Soria (5) 13,509 8–6 15 April 23 @ Indians 5–2 Lewis (2–2) Meche (1–1) Wood (3) 12,852 8–7 16 April 24 Tigers 6–1 Greinke (4–0) Porcello (1–2) 36,363 9–7 17 April 25 Tigers 9–1 Miner (2–1) Davies (1–1) 37,647 9–8 18 April 26 Tigers 3–2 Galarraga (3–0) Ponson (0–3) Rodney (4) 13,520 9–9 19 April 27 Blue Jays 7–1 Bannister (2–0) Purcey (0–2) 9,685 10–9 20 April 28 Blue Jays 8–1 Richmond (3–0) Meche (1–2) 15,191 10–10 21 April 29 Blue Jays 11–3 Greinke (5–0) Tallet (1–1) 10,619 11–10 22 April 30 Blue Jays 8–6 Davies (2–1) Burres (0–2) Cruz (1) 11,896 12–10
May (11–17) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 23 May 1 @ Twins 7–5 Slowey (4–0) Ponson (0–4) Nathan (4) 24,727 12–11 24 May 2 @ Twins 10 – 7 (11) Soria (1–0) Breslow (0–1) 29,061 13–11 25 May 3 @ Twins 7–5 Meche (2–2) Baker (0–4) Soria (6) 31,845 14–11 26 May 4 White Sox 3–0 Greinke (6–0) Colón (2–2) 21,843 15–11 27 May 5 White Sox 8 – 7 (11) Cruz (2–0) Broadway (0–1) 13,419 16–11 28 May 6 Mariners 9–1 Ponson (1–4) Silva (1–3) 15,324 17–11 29 May 7 Mariners 3–1 Bannister (3–0) Washburn (3–2) Soria (7) 32,714 18–11 30 May 8 @ Angels 4–1 Palmer (3–0) Meche (2–3) Fuentes (8) 41,019 18–12 31 May 9 @ Angels 1–0 Saunders (5–1) Greinke (6–1) 39,776 18–13 32 May 10 @ Angels 4–3 Shields (1–2) Wright (0–1) Fuentes (9) 43,646 18–14 33 May 12 @ Athletics 12–3 Cahill (2–2) Hochevar (0–1) 10,156 18–15 34 May 13 @ Athletics 7–2 Outman (1–0) Bannister (3–1) 16,057 18–16 35 May 14 Orioles 9–5 Guthrie (3–3) Meche (2–4) 24,431 18–17 36 May 15 Orioles 8–1 Greinke (7–1) Eaton (2–4) 38,353 19–17 37 May 16 Orioles 3–2 Hill (1–0) Davies (2–2) Sherrill (7) 26,720 19–18 38 May 17 Orioles 7–4 Cruz (3–0) Johnson (2–2) 22,791 20–18 39 May 19 Indians 6–5 Farnsworth (1–3) Wood (1–2) 25,024 21–18 40 May 20 Indians 6–5 Laffey (3–0) Ponson (1–5) Wood (6) 19,652 21–19 41 May 21 Indians 8–3 Pavano (4–4) Ramírez (0–2) Betancourt (1) 23,095 21–20 42 May 22 @ Cardinals 5–0 Wellemeyer (4–4) Davies (2–3) 43,429 21–21 43 May 23 @ Cardinals 5–0 Lohse (4–3) Hochevar (0–2) 43,829 21–22 44 May 24 @ Cardinals 3–2 Bannister (4–1) Piñeiro (5–4) Cruz (2) 44,213 22–22 45 May 25 Tigers 13–1 Verlander (5–2) Meche (2–5) 34,524 22–23 46 May 26 Tigers 6–1 Greinke (8–1) Jackson (4–3) 16,366 23–23 47 May 27 Tigers 8–3 Porcello (6–3) Davies (2–4) 16,568 23–24 48 May 29 White Sox 11–2 Richard (2–0) Bannister (4–2) 26,495 23–25 49 May 30 White Sox 5–3 Linebrink (2–2) Cruz (3–1) Jenks (11) 37,894 23–26 50 May 31 White Sox 7–4 Thornton (2–1) Bale (0–1) Jenks (12) 19,855 23–27
June (10–16) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 51 June 2 @ Rays 6–2 Sonnanstine (4–5) Davies (2–5) 13,604 23–28 52 June 3 @ Rays 9–0 Niemann (5–4) Bannister (4–3) 15,256 23–29 53 June 4 @ Rays 3–2 Shields (5–4) Wright (0–2) Howell (2) 16,103 23–30 54 June 5 @ Blue Jays 9–3 Romero (3–2) Greinke (8–2) 15,435 23–31 55 June 6 @ Blue Jays 6–2 Hochevar (1–2) Richmond (4–3) 16,552 24–31 56 June 7 @ Blue Jays 4–0 Halladay (10–1) Davies (2–6) 21,071 24–32 57 June 9 @ Indians 8–4 Pérez (1–1) Cruz (3–2) 15,038 24–33 58 June 10 @ Indians 9–0 Meche (3–5) Pavano (6–5) 16,257 25–33 59 June 11 @ Indians 4 – 3 (10) Herges (2–0) Farnsworth (1–4) 14,342 25–34 60 June 12 Reds 4–1 Hochevar (2–2) Maloney (0–1) 32,959 26–34 61 June 13 Reds 7–4 Davies (3–6) Arroyo (7–5) 29,574 27–34 62 June 14 Reds 7–1 Bannister (5–3) Cueto (6–4) 24,525 28–34 63 June 16 Diamondbacks 5–0 Meche (4–5) Davis (3–8) 26,974 29–34 64 June 17 Diamondbacks 12–5 Scherzer (4–4) Greinke (8–3) 29,777 29–35 65 June 18 Diamondbacks 12–5 Haren (6–4) Hochevar (2–3) 14,129 29–36 66 June 19 Cardinals 10–5 Thompson (2–2) Davies (3–7) 37,660 29–37 67 June 20 Cardinals 7–1 Carpenter (5–1) Bannister (5–4) Franklin (17) 38,769 29–38 68 June 21 Cardinals 12–5 Wainwright (8–4) Meche (4–6) 33,805 29–39 69 June 23 @ Astros 2–1 Greinke (9–3) Ortiz (3–3) Soria (8) 30,049 30–39 70 June 24 @ Astros 4–3 Soria (2–0) Fulchino (2–3) Bale (1) 28,602 31–39 71 June 25 @ Astros 5–4 Wright (2–1) Bannister (5–5) Valverde (6) 32,048 31–40 72 June 26 @ Pirates 5–3 Vasquez (1–0) Meche (4–7) Capps (17) 18,458 31–41 73 June 27 @ Pirates 6–2 Maholm (5–4) Chen (0–1) 36,032 31–42 74 June 28 @ Pirates 3–2 Greinke (10–3) Morton (0–1) Soria (9) 25,888 32–42 75 June 29 Twins 4–2 Hochevar (3–3) Blackburn (6–4) Soria (10) 22,066 33–42 76 June 30 Twins 2–1 Baker (6–6) Bannister (5–6) Nathan (20) 19,310 33–43
July (7–19) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 77 July 1 Twins 5–1 Perkins (4–4) Meche (4–8) Nathan (21) 18,906 33–44 78 July 2 White Sox 4–1 Buehrle (8–2) Chen (0–2) Jenks (19) 17,964 33–45 79 July 3 White Sox 5–0 Danks (7–6) Greinke (10–4) Linebrink (2) 39,026 33–46 80 July 4 White Sox 6–4 Hochevar (4–3) Floyd (6–6) Soria (11) 18,182 34–46 81 July 5 White Sox 6–3 Bannister (6–6) Richard (3–2) Soria (12) 15,915 35–46 82 July 6 @ Tigers 4–3 Colón (1–0) Rodney (0–2) Soria (13) 32,134 36–46 83 July 7 @ Tigers 8–5 Verlander (9–4) Chen (0–3) Rodney (18) 29,751 36–47 84 July 8 @ Tigers 3–1 French (1–0) Greinke (10–5) Rodney (19) 29,104 36–48 85 July 9 @ Red Sox 8–4 Hochevar (5–3) Masterson (3–3) Soria (14) 38,189 37–48 86 July 10 @ Red Sox 1–0 Lester (8–6) Bannister (6–7) Papelbon (23) 38,116 37–49 87 July 11 @ Red Sox 15–9 Smoltz (1–2) Meche (4–9) 37,825 37–50 88 July 12 @ Red Sox 6–0 Beckett (11–3) Chen (0–4) 37,612 37–51 89 July 17 Rays 8–7 Nelson (3–0) Cruz (3–3) Howell (7) 33,568 37–52 90 July 18 Rays 4–2 Bradford (1–0) Cruz (3–4) 30,288 37–53 91 July 19 Rays 4–3 Balfour (4–1) Wright (0–3) Howell (9) 18,934 37–54 July 20 Angels Postponed (rain); Rescheduled for July 21 92 July 21 Angels 8–5 Santana (3–5) Ponson (1–6) Fuentes (29) N/A 37–55 93 July 21 Angels 10–2 O'Sullivan (3–0) Chen (0–5) 23,874 37–56 94 July 22 Angels 9–6 Speier (4–2) Colón (1–1) Fuentes (30) 18,078 37–57 95 July 24 Rangers 2–0 Feldman (9–3) Greinke (10–6) Wilson (10) 25,012 37–58 96 July 25 Rangers 6–3 Hochevar (6–3) Holland (3–6) Soria (15) 27,602 38–58 97 July 26 Rangers 7–2 Nippert (3–0) Mahay (1–1) 16,847 38–59 98 July 27 @ Orioles 5–3 Tejeda (1–0) Albers (1–4) Soria (16) 15,169 39–59 99 July 28 @ Orioles 4 – 3 (11) Wright (1–3) Báez (4–4) Soria (17) 21,545 40–59 100 July 29 @ Orioles 7–3 Albers (2–4) Tejeda (1–1) Johnson (2) 19,741 40–60 101 July 30 @ Orioles 7–3 Bergesen (7–5) Hochevar (6–4) 19,194 40–61 103 July 31 @ Rays 8–2 Price (4–4) Ponson (1–7) 26,596 40–62
August (10–19) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 103 August 1 @ Rays 7–1 Niemann (10–5) Chen (0–6) 36,973 40–63 104 August 2 @ Rays 4–1 Bannister (7–7) Shields (6–8) Soria (18) 27,930 41–63 105 August 3 @ Rays 10–4 Kazmir (6–6) Greinke (10–7) 24,219 41–64 106 August 4 Mariners 7–6 Kelley (3–1) Wright (1–4) Aardsma (26) 15,057 41–65 107 August 5 Mariners 11–6 French (2–2) Davies (3–8) 27,805 41–66 108 August 6 Mariners 8–2 Chen (1–6) Vargas (3–6) 15,103 42–66 109 August 7 Athletics 9–4 Mazzaro (3–8) Bannister (7–8) 21,918 42–67 110 August 8 Athletics 12–6 Greinke (11–7) Mortensen(0–1) 29,818 43–67 111 August 9 Athletics 6–3 Anderson (7–8) Hochevar (6–5) Bailey (16) 19,439 43–68 112 August 11 @ Twins 14–6 Davies (4–8) Blackburn (8–7) 32,121 44–68 113 August 12 @ Twins 7–1 Liriano (5–11) Bannister (7–9) 30,105 44–69 114 August 13 @ Twins 5–4 Meche (5–9) Pavano (10–9) Soria (19) 32,373 45–69 115 August 14 @ Tigers 1–0 Lyon (5–4) Colón (1–2) 34,799 45–70 116 August 15 @ Tigers 0–3 Jackson (6–6) Hochevar (9–5) 37,276 45–71 117 August 16 @ Tigers 3 – 2 (10) Soria (3–0) Rodney (2–3) 32,888 46–71 118 August 17 @ White Sox 8–7 Linebrink (3–5) Colón (1–3) Jenks (25) 36,703 46–72 119 August 18 @ White Sox 4–5 Meche (6–9) García (0–1) Soria (20) 28,812 47–72 120 August 19 @ White Sox 4–2 Contreras (5–11) Greinke (11–8) Jenks (26) 25,786 47–73 121 August 21 Twins 5–4 Nathan (2–1) Soria (3–1) 22,283 47–74 122 August 22 Twins 8–7 Duensing (1–1) Davies (4–9) Guerrier (1) 33,811 47–75 123 August 23 Twins 10–3 Pavano (11–9) Bannister (7–10) 18,680 47–76 124 August 24 Indians 10–6 Sowers (5–9) Soria (3–2) 11,101 47–77 125 August 25 Indians 6–2 Greinke (12–8) Masterson (4–5) 17,353 47–78 126 August 26 Indians 4–2 Huff (8–7) Hochevar (6–7) Wood (16) 10,751 48–78 127 August 27 @ Mariners 8–4 Davies (5–9) Fister (1–1) 19,345 49–78 128 August 28 @ Mariners 6–3 Hernández (13–5) Bannister (7–11) Aardsma (31) 26,714 49–79 129 August 29 @ Mariners 8–4 Snell (5–9) Meche (6–10) 26,457 49–80 130 August 30 @ Mariners 3–0 Greinke (13–8) Rowland-Smith (2–2) 30,286 50–80 131 August 31 @ Athletics 8–5 Breslow (6–7) Hochevar (6–8) Bailey (21) 10,376 50–81
September (14–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 132 September 1 @ Athletics 4–3 Davies (6–9) Marshall (0–2) Soria (21) 10,039 51–81 133 September 2 @ Athletics 10–4 Cahill (8–12) Bannister (7–12) 13,920 51–82 134 September 4 Angels 2–1 Weaver (14–5) Wright (1–5) Fuentes (38) 17,447 51–83 135 September 5 Angels 2 – 1 (11) Jepsen (5–3) Yabuta (0–1) Fuentes (39) 22,628 51–84 136 September 6 Angels 7–2 Saunders (12–7) Hochevar (6–9) 16,745 51–85 137 September 7 Angels 6–3 Davies (7–9) Santana (7–8) Soria (22) 18,453 52–85 137 September 8 Tigers 7–5 Yabuta (1–1) Seay (5–3) Soria (23) 12,032 53–85 138 September 9 Tigers 5–1 Tejeda (2–1) Verlander (16–8) Soria (24) 10,584 54–85 139 September 10 Tigers 7–4 Colón (2–3) Miner (6–5) Rosa (1) 12,029 55–85 141 September 11 @ Indians 2–1 Wright (2–5) Veras (4–3) Soria (25) 26,006 56–85 142 September 12 @ Indians 13–6 Huff (10–7) Hochevar (6–10) 24,842 56–86 143 September 13 @ Indians 7–0 Davies (8–9) Carrasco (0–2) 21,153 57–86 144 September 15 @ Tigers 11–1 Tejeda (3–1) Washburn (9–9) 20,422 58–86 145 September 16 @ Tigers 4–3 Miner (7–5) DiNardo (0–1) Rodney (33) 25,400 58–87 146 September 17 @ Tigers 9–2 Greinke (14–8) Jackson (12–7) 26,457 59–87 147 September 18 @ White Sox 11–0 Hochevar (7–10) Buehrle (12–9) 29,179 62–87 148 September 19 @ White Sox 13–3 Peavy (1–0) Hughes (0–1) 28,329 60–88 149 September 20 @ White Sox 2–1 Tejeda (4–1) García (2–3) Soria (26) 22,798 61–88 150 September 21 Red Sox 12–9 Yabuta (2–1) Bard (2–2) Soria (27) 16,770 62–88 151 September 22 Red Sox 5–1 Greinke (15–8) Byrd (1–2) Soria (28) 21,228 63–88 152 September 23 Red Sox 9–2 Beckett (16–6) Hochevar (7–11) 18,989 63–89 153 September 24 Red Sox 10–3 Buchholz (7–3) Lerew (0–1) 20,807 63–90 154 September 25 Twins 9–4 Pavano (13–11) Tejeda (4–2) 23,307 63–91 155 September 26 Twins 11–6 Baker (14–9) DiNardo (0–2) 30,690 63–92 156 September 27 Twins 4–1 Greinke (16–8) Liriano (5–13) Soria (29) 28,721 64–92 157 September 28 @ Yankees 8–2 Gaudin (2–0) Hochevar (7–12) 45,348 64–93 158 September 29 @ Yankees 4–3 Bruney (5–0) Farnsworth (1–5) 44,794 64–94 159 September 30 @ Yankees 4–3 Wright (3–5) Marte (1–3) Soria (30) 46,956 65–94
October (0–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 160 October 2 @ Twins 10–7 Manship (1–1) DiNardo (0–3) Nathan (46) 40,223 65–95 161 October 3 @ Twins 5–4 Rauch (5–1) Hughes (0–2) Nathan (47) 48,644 65–96 162 October 4 @ Twins 13–4 Pavano (14–12) Hochevar (7–13) 51,155 65–97

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Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
(C) Miguel Olivo	114	390	51	97	15	5	23	65	.249	5
(1B) Billy Butler	159	608	78	183	51	1	21	93	.301	1
(2B) Alberto Callaspo	155	576	79	173	41	8	11	73	.300	2
(SS) Yuniesky Betancourt	71	246	25	59	10	5	4	27	.240	0
(3B) Mark Teahen	144	524	69	142	34	1	12	50	.271	8
(LF) David DeJesus	144	558	74	157	28	9	13	71	.281	4
(CF) Mitch Maier	127	341	42	83	15	3	3	31	.243	9
(RF) José Guillén	81	281	30	68	8	0	9	40	.242	1
(DH) Mike Jacobs	128	434	46	99	16	1	19	61	.228	0
(UT) Willie Bloomquist	125	434	52	115	11	8	4	29	.265	25
(CF) Coco Crisp	49	180	30	41	8	5	3	14	.228	13
(C) John Buck	59	186	16	46	12	4	8	36	.247	1
(3B) Alex Gordon	49	164	28	38	6	0	6	22	.232	5
(C) Brayan Peña	64	165	17	45	10	0	6	18	.273	0
(SS) Mike Avilés	36	120	10	22	3	1	1	8	.183	1
(CF) Josh Anderson	44	118	20	28	3	0	1	8	.237	12
(SS) Luis Hernández	37	73	4	15	1	0	0	4	.205	1
(SS) Tony Peña Jr.	40	51	3	5	1	0	0	2	.098	0
(OF) Ryan Freel	18	45	8	11	2	0	0	3	.244	0
(UT) Tug Hulett	15	18	4	2	0	0	0	1	.111	0
Pitcher Totals	162	20	0	3	1	0	0	1	.150	0
Team Totals	162	5532	686	1432	276	51	144	657	.259	88

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; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
(SP) Zack Greinke	16	8	2.16	33	33	0	229.1	195	64	65	51	242
(SP) Brian Bannister	7	12	4.73	26	26	0	154.0	161	94	81	50	98
(SP) Luke Hochevar	7	13	6.55	25	25	0	143.0	167	109	104	46	106
(SP) Gil Meche	6	10	5.09	23	23	0	129.0	144	81	73	58	95
(SP) Kyle Davies	8	9	5.27	22	22	0	123.0	122	76	72	66	86
(CL) Joakim Soria	3	2	2.21	47	0	30	53.0	44	14	13	16	69
(RP) Jamey Wright	3	5	4.33	65	0	0	79.0	73	51	38	44	60
(RP) Juan Cruz	3	4	5.72	46	0	2	50.1	46	34	32	29	38
(RP) Román Colón	2	3	4.83	43	0	0	50.1	50	27	27	22	29
(RP) John Bale	0	1	5.72	43	0	1	28.1	34	19	18	18	24
Robinson Tejeda	4	2	3.54	35	6	0	73.2	43	30	29	50	87
Bruce Chen	1	6	5.78	17	9	0	62.1	74	42	40	25	32
Sidney Ponson	1	7	7.36	14	9	0	58.2	79	50	48	25	32
Ron Mahay	1	1	4.79	41	0	0	41.1	55	26	22	19	34
Kyle Farnsworth	1	5	4.58	41	0	0	37.1	43	22	19	14	42
Horacio Ramírez	0	2	5.96	19	1	0	22.2	27	16	15	11	13
Lenny DiNardo	0	3	10.13	5	5	0	21.1	41	28	24	15	8
Dusty Hughes	0	2	5.14	8	1	0	14.0	13	9	8	8	15
Yasuhiko Yabuta	2	1	13.50	12	0	0	14.0	29	21	21	7	9
Anthony Lerew	0	1	4.05	3	2	0	13.1	14	8	6	8	7
Víctor Marte	0	0	8.25	8	0	0	12.0	13	12	11	12	7
Carlos Rosa	0	0	3.38	7	0	1	10.2	10	4	4	3	4
Doug Waechter	0	0	8.44	5	0	0	5.1	9	5	5	3	3
Team Totals	65	97	4.83	162	162	34	1426.0	1486	842	765	600	1153

Awards and honors

Player of the week

April 13–19: Zack Greinke, shared with Ian Kinsler (Texas Rangers). ^[33]

Pitcher of the month

April: Zack Greinke. ^[58]

Pepsi clutch performer of the month

April: Zack Greinke. ^[59]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Omaha Royals	Pacific Coast League	Mike Jirschele
AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Texas League	Brian Poldberg
A	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Carolina League	Brian Rupp
A	Burlington Bees	Midwest League	Jim Gabella
Rookie	Burlington Royals	Appalachian League	Nelson Liriano
Rookie	AZL Royals	Arizona League	Julio Bruno
Rookie	Idaho Falls Chukars	Pioneer League	Darryl Kennedy

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• Kansas City Royals: Official web site

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External links

• 2009 Kansas City Royals official site
• 2009 KC Royals at Baseball Reference
• 2009 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference