2011 Kansas City Royals season

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2011  Kansas City Royals
League American League
Division Central
Ballpark Kauffman Stadium
City Kansas City, Missouri
Record71–91 (.438)
Divisional place4th
Owners David Glass
General managers Dayton Moore
Managers Ned Yost
Television Fox Sports Kansas City
(Ryan Lefebvre, Paul Splittorff through May 25, Frank White)
Radio KCSP 610 AM
(Denny Matthews, Bob Davis, Steve Stewart, Ryan Lefebvre)
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The Kansas City Royals' season of 2011 was the 43rd for the Royals franchise. It was the fifth full season with Dayton Moore as general manager. The team was managed by Ned Yost in his first full season with the Royals. It was the 26th straight year of the Royals missing the playoffs.

Contents

Offseason

On November 10, 2010, the Royals traded outfielder David DeJesus for the right-handed, starting pitcher Vin Mazzaro from the Oakland Athletics and minor league pitcher Justin Marks. Mazzaro was 10–17 with a 4.72 ERA in 41 career Major League appearances, including 35 starts, for the Athletics in 2009 and 2010. [1]

Pitching

Bruce Chen began the year with a 4–1 record and 3.59 ERA in seven starts for the Royals. Chen was placed on the 15-day Disabled List on May 11 (retroactive to May 6), with a strain, and right-handed pitcher Vin Mazzaro was recalled from the Omaha Storm Chasers. [1] Mazzaro's first start was on May 11 versus the New York Yankees. [1] Mazzaro's stay with the Royals was a short-lived one. Following his second appearance on May 16, in which he allowed 14 earned runs in 2+1⁄3 innings of relief, a team record for runs given up by one pitcher in a game, and the worst performance of a pitcher in the Major Leagues since the first half of the 20th century,– Mazzaro was optioned to Omaha, and left-hand relief pitcher Everett Teaford was called up to replace him. [2] Mazzaro pitched 6+1⁄3 innings with a 22.74 ERA in his two appearances.

Regular season

The Royals opened the season at home on Thursday, March 31, in a four-game weekend series versus the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. It was their first Opening Day meeting since 1975 when the Angels hosted the Royals. Luke Hochevar, who was the first-round draft pick of the Royals in 2006, was chosen to pitch in his first Opening Day start. He gave up four runs, including two sole home runs, in 5+2⁄3 innings for the loss. The opposing starter Jered Weaver pitched 6+1⁄3 scoreless innings to earn his first win of the season with Fernando Rodney closing the game in the ninth inning for his first save as the Angels defeated the Royals, 4–2. The attendance for the game was 40,055, (currently) the highest of any home game during the season. This game also saw the major league debut of three Royals rookie pitchers: Aaron Crow, Tim Collins, and Nathan Adcock.

After two games versus the Chicago White Sox, the Royals finished their home opening series with a 4–2 record and ½ game lead in their division. It was the best home opening series since 2004 when they also began the season at home by winning 4 out of 6 games. This season's series was notable because three of their wins came on their final at-bat, and the last three games each extended into extra innings.

Although the team was successful during the first half of April–occupying first place on eight of those days while winning 10 of 14 games–the latter half of the month saw the team lose nine games as they fell 4+1⁄2 games behind the division-leading Cleveland Indians. During a six-game losing streak while on the road, Royals pitchers gave up 17 home runs and had an ERA of 7.88. It included three games at Cleveland where the Indians were in the midst of a 14-home-game winning streak. With a 14–13 record, it was only the third time in 22 years that the Royals ended the month with more wins than losses; the last time was in 2009.

The team's worst loss came at home on May 16 in a 19–1 rout by the Cleveland Indians. After giving up three walks to load the bases in the first inning, starting pitcher Kyle Davies left the game with an injury. Nathan Adcock replaced him and allowed two of the base runners to score–giving Davies his sixth loss of the season. Vin Mazzaro, who had been scheduled to start the next day, entered the game in the third inning and gave up 14 earned runs on 11 hits in just 2+1⁄3 innings. Three of the ten runs scored in the fourth inning came on a 3-run home run by Michael Brantley. The 18-run deficit matched the worst margin of defeat in the team's history which has occurred twice before, the most recent being the previous season on July 26 when the Minnesota Twins also won 19–1. [2]

Because of the Twins' plague of injuries, the Royals came out fourth place. During a stretch of games from September 11 to 17, the Royals won seven straight, giving them their longest winning record since the 2006 season. However, the Royals were no-hit to the fifth/sixth inning twice in a row (the first, a perfect game). During the last week of the season, Billy Butler, Alex Gordon and Louis Coleman were all struck by the flu, giving Jarrod Dyson and Lorenzo Cain a chance in the big leagues.

Season standings

American League Central

AL Central 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 95670.586—50–3145–36
Cleveland Indians 80820.4941544–3736–45
Chicago White Sox 79830.4881636–4543–38
Kansas City Royals 71910.4382440–4131–50
Minnesota Twins 63990.3893233–4830–51

American League Wild Card

Division Winners		 W L Pct.
New York Yankees 97650.599
Texas Rangers 96660.593
Detroit Tigers 95670.586
Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Tampa Bay Rays 91710.562—
Boston Red Sox 90720.5561
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 86760.5315
Toronto Blue Jays 81810.50010
Cleveland Indians 80820.49411
Chicago White Sox 79830.48812
Oakland Athletics 74880.45717
Kansas City Royals 71910.43820
Baltimore Orioles 69930.42622
Seattle Mariners 67950.41424
Minnesota Twins 63990.38928

Record vs. opponents

American League East
American League Central
American League West
TeamRecord
Baltimore Orioles 4–5
Boston Red Sox 2–2
Chicago White Sox 6–5
Cleveland Indians 4–8
Detroit Tigers 4–8
Los Angeles Angels 7–3
Minnesota Twins 5–8
New York Yankees 3–3
Oakland Athletics 1–5
Seattle Mariners 3–1
Tampa Bay Rays 2–5
Texas Rangers 3–5
Toronto Blue Jays 2–2
Interleague play 5–13

Game log

Legend
Royals WinRoyals LossGame Postponed
2011 Game Log
March/April (14–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1March 31 Los Angeles Angels L 2–4 Weaver (1–0) Hochevar (0–1) Rodney (1)40,0550–1
2April 1 Los Angeles Angels W 2–1 Soria (1–0) Kohn (0–1)13,3021–1
3April 2 Los Angeles Angels W 5–4 Crow (1–0) Jepsen (0–1) Soria (1)17,3282–1
4April 3 Los Angeles Angels W 12–9 (13) Collins (1–0) Bulger (0–1)14,0853–1
5April 5 Chicago White Sox W 7–6 (12) Jeffress (1–0) Peña (0–1)12,6414–1
6April 6 Chicago White Sox L 7–10 (12) Sale (1–0) O'Sullivan (0–1)13,3604–2
7April 8@ Detroit Tigers L 2–5 Scherzer (2–0) Davies (0–1) Valverde (2)44,7994–3
8April 9@ Detroit Tigers W 3–1 Chen (1–0) Coke (0–2) Soria (2)33,8105–3
9April 10@ Detroit Tigers W 9–5 Hochevar (1–1) Porcello (0–2) Soria (3)28,9846–3
10April 12@ Minnesota Twins L 3–4 (10) Hughes (1–0) Tejeda (0–1)38,1546–4
11April 13@ Minnesota Twins W 10–5 Davies (1–1) Liriano (0–3) Jeffress (1)36,2867–4
12April 14 Seattle Mariners W 5–1 (8) Chen (2–0) Fister (0–3)8,8118–4
13April 15 Seattle Mariners W 6–5 Hochevar (2–1) Bédard (0–3) Soria (4)13,6869–4
14April 16 Seattle Mariners W 7–0 O'Sullivan (1–1) Hernández (1–2)22,36410–4
15April 17 Seattle Mariners L 2–3 Pineda (2–1) Francis (0–1) League (3)19,42410–5
16April 18 Cleveland Indians L 3–7 (10) Smith (1–0) Collins (1–1)12,21410–6
17April 19 Cleveland Indians W 5–4 Chen (3–0) Gómez (0–1) Soria (5)10,50611–6
18April 20 Cleveland Indians L 5–7 Masterson (4–0) Hochevar (2–2) Perez (6)10,08011–7
19April 21 Cleveland Indians W 3–2 Crow (2–0) Perez (0–1)9,27912–7
20April 22@ Texas Rangers L 6–11 Holland (3–1) Francis (0–2)45,76912–8
21April 23@ Texas Rangers L 1–3 Ogando (3–0) Davies (1–2) Oliver (1)45,50612–9
22April 24@ Texas Rangers L 8–7 Wilson (3–0) Chen (3–1) Rhodes (1)28,28412–10
23April 26@ Cleveland Indians L 4–9 Masterson (5–0) Hochevar (2–3)9,65012–11
24April 27@ Cleveland Indians L 2–7 Tomlin (4–0) Francis (0–3)9,72212–12
25April 28@ Cleveland Indians L 2–8 Carmona (2–3) Davies (1–3)9,07612–13
26April 29 Minnesota Twins W 4–3 Wood (1–0) Burnett (0–1) Soria (6)31,40713–13
27April 30 Minnesota Twins W 11–2 Adcock (1–0) Duensing (2–1)22,09914–13
May (10–17)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
28May 1 Minnesota Twins W 10–3 Hochevar (3–3) Pavano (2–3)18,10815–13
29May 3 Baltimore Orioles W 6–5 10 Collins (2–1) Berken (0–2)11,98616–13
30May 4 Baltimore Orioles L 2–3 Arrieta (4–1) Davies (1–4) Gregg (6)11,13016–14
31May 5 Baltimore Orioles W 9–1 Chen (4–1) Tillman (1–3)29,92717–14
32May 6 Oakland Athletics L 2–3 Gonzalez (4–2) O'Sullivan (1–2) Fuentes (8)30,69017–15
33May 7 Oakland Athletics W 4–3 Soria (2–0) McCarthy (1–3)25,82818–15
34May 8 Oakland Athletics L 2–5 Ross (2–2) Francis (0–4) Fuentes (9)22,43518–16
35May 10@ New York Yankees L 1–3 García (2–2) Davies (1–5) Rivera (13)41,27518–17
36May 11@ New York Yankees W 4–3 (11) Soria (3–0) Carlyle (0–1) Coleman (1)40,16419–17
37May 12@ New York Yankees W 11–5 O'Sullivan (2–2) Nova (3–3)41,79020–17
38May 13@ Detroit Tigers L 1–3 Verlander (4–3) Hochevar (3–4) Valverde (9)33,64120–18
39May 14@ Detroit Tigers L 0–3 Penny (4–3) Francis (0–5) Valverde (10)37,64720–19
–May 15@ Detroit Tigers -––––-
40May 16 Cleveland Indians L 1–19 Tomlin (5–1) Davies (1–6)12,24220–20
41May 17 Cleveland Indians L 3–7 Carrasco (2–2) O'Sullivan (2–3)17,71220–21
42May 18 Texas Rangers L 4–5 (11) Rhodes (2–2) Jeffress (1–1) Lowe (1)13,78920–22
43May 19 Texas Rangers W 2–1 (10) Holland (1–0) Oliver (1–5)12,35521–22
44May 20 St. Louis Cardinals W 3–0 Francis (1–5) Carpenter (1–4) Soria (7)26,81622–22
45May 21 St. Louis Cardinals L 0–3 Westbrook (4–3) Collins (2–2) Salas (6)32,22922–23
46May 22 St. Louis Cardinals L 8–9 (10) Motte (2–1) Coleman (0–1) Salas (7)28,19522–24
47May 24@ Baltimore Orioles L 3–5 Simón (1–0) Soria (3–1)14,07722–25
48May 25@ Baltimore Orioles L 2–9 Arrieta (6–2) Hochevar (3–5)15,74022–26
49May 26@ Baltimore Orioles L 5–6(12) Accardo (3–1) Coleman (0–2)22,72022–27
50May 27@ Texas Rangers W 12–7 (14) Wood (2–0) Bush (0–1)39,39023–27
51May 28@ Texas Rangers L 1–10 Harrison (5–4) O'Sullivan (2–4) Tateyama (1)40,24023–28
52May 29@ Texas Rangers L 6–7 Rhodes (3–2) Soria (3–2)45,01123–29
53May 30 Los Angeles Angels L 8–10 Jepsen (1–2) Soria (3–3) Rodney (3)24,40623–30
54May 31 Los Angeles Angels W 7–3 Francis (2–5) Piñeiro (2–2)14,17424–30
June (9–18)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
55June 1 Los Angeles Angels W 2–0 Collins (3–2) Downs (3–2)12,02225–30
56June 2 Minnesota Twins L 2–8 Swarzak (1–2) O'Sullivan (2–5)14,58425–31
57June 3 Minnesota Twins L 2–5 Pavano (3–5) Duffy (0–1)32,44325–32
58June 4 Minnesota Twins L 2–7 Blackburn (5–4) Hochevar (3–6)27,86125–33
59June 5 Minnesota Twins L 0–6 Duensing (3–5) Francis (2–6)21,70425–34
60June 6 Toronto Blue Jays W 3–2 (11) Soria (4–3) Francisco (1–3)12,19426–34
61June 7 Toronto Blue Jays L 5–8 Drabek (4–4) Mazzaro (0–1) Rauch (7)16,53926–35
62June 8 Toronto Blue Jays L 8–9 Villanueva (4–0) Duffy (0–1) Janssen (1)12,15226–36
63June 9 Toronto Blue Jays W 3–2 Hochevar (4–6) Romero (5–6) Soria (8)13,94127–36
64June 10@ Los Angeles Angels W 4–2 Francis (3–6) Santana (3–6) Soria (9)38,25428–36
65June 11@ Los Angeles Angels L 5–7 Downs (4–2) Collins (3–3) Walden (14)38,91128–37
66June 12@ Los Angeles Angels W 9–0 Mazzaro (1–1) Chatwood (3–4)39,11429–37
67June 14@ Oakland Athletics W 7–4 Duffy (1–2) Cahill (6–5) Soria (10)11,43930–37
68June 15@ Oakland Athletics L 1–2 Outman (2–1) Hochevar (4–7) Bailey (2)16,39230–38
69June 16@ Oakland Athletics L 4–8 Gonzalez (6–5) Francis (3–7)11,77530–39
70June 17@ St. Louis Cardinals W 5–4 Wood (3–0) Carpenter (1–7) Soria (11)40,67431–39
71June 18@ St. Louis Cardinals L 4–5 Motte (3–1) Holland (1–1) Salas (12)43,10231–40
72June 19@ St. Louis Cardinals L 4–5 Salas (4–1) Collins (3–4)41,66031–41
73June 21 Arizona Diamondbacks L 2–7 Saunders (4–7) Hochevar (4–8)19,30531–42
74June 22 Arizona Diamondbacks L 2–3 Kennedy (8–2) Francis (3–8) Putz (19)14,26531–43
75June 23 Arizona Diamondbacks L 3–5 Hudson (9–5) Paulino (0–5) Putz (20)23,61031–44
76June 24 Chicago Cubs L 4–6 Marshall (4–2) Crow (2–1) Mármol (16)32,92131–45
77June 25 Chicago Cubs W 3–2 Holland (2–1) Samardzija (5–4) Soria (12)38,74432–45
78June 26 Chicago Cubs W 6–3 Hochevar (5–8) Wells (1–2) Soria (13)28,40133–45
79June 27@ San Diego Padres L 3–4 Latos (5–8) Francis (3–9) Bell (21)23,63533–46
80June 28@ San Diego Padres L 2–4 Richard (4–9) Paulino (0–6) Bell (22)20,25033–47
81June 29@ San Diego Padres L 1–4 Stauffer (4–5) Chen (4–2) Bell (23)24,46133–48
July (13–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
82July 1@ Colorado Rockies L 0–9 Nicasio (3–1) Duffy (1–3)48,28233–49
83July 2@ Colorado Rockies L 6–9 G. Reynolds (3–0) Davies (1–7) Street (24)49,22733–50
84July 3@ Colorado Rockies W 16–8 Wood (4–0) Hammel (4–8)40,26934–50
85July 4@ Chicago White Sox L 4–5 Santos (3–3) Crow (2–2)31,07734–51
86July 5@ Chicago White Sox W 5–3 Paulino (1–6) Peavy (4–2) Soria (14)20,69535–51
87July 6@ Chicago White Sox W 4–1 Chen (5–2) Jackson (5–7) Soria (15)27,23336–51
88July 7 Detroit Tigers L 1–3 Scherzer (10–4) Duffy (1–4) Valverde (22)16,35536–52
89July 8 Detroit Tigers L 4–6 Porcello (8–6) Davies (1–8) Valverde (23)34,56336–53
90July 9 Detroit Tigers W 13–6 Holland (3–1) Furbush (1–3) Teaford (1)25,94137–53
91July 10 Detroit Tigers L 1–2 Verlander (12–4) Francis (3–10) Valverde (24)18,37337–54
92July 14@ Minnesota Twins L 4–8 Liriano (6–7) Chen (5–3)39,58437–55
93July 15@ Minnesota Twins W 2–1 Collins (4–4) Capps (2–5) Soria (16)39,17738–55
94July 16@ Minnesota Twins L 3–4 Perkins (1–1) Francis (3–11) Nathan (4)41,29538–56
95July 17@ Minnesota Twins L 3–4 Duensing (7–7) Paulino (1–7) Nathan (5)38,78638–57
96July 18 Chicago White Sox L 2–5 Buehrle (7–5) Davies (1–9)17,19038–58
97July 19 Chicago White Sox W 4–2 Duffy (2–4) Peavy (4–4) Soria (17)20,12639–58
98July 20 Chicago White Sox W 2–1 (11) Crow (3–2) Sale (2–1)13,83140–58
99July 22 Tampa Bay Rays W 10–4 Hochevar (6–8) Davis (7–7)27,82441–58
100July 23 Tampa Bay Rays W 5–4 (10) Soria (5–3) Gomes (0–1)27,64342–58
101July 24 Tampa Bay Rays L 0–5 Cobb (3–0) Paulino (1–8)23,73542–59
102July 25@ Boston Red Sox W 3–1 (14) Coleman (1–2) Williams (0–1) Soria (18)37,72743–59
103July 26@ Boston Red Sox L 9–13 Aceves (6–1) Adcock (1–1)37,46043–60
104July 27@ Boston Red Sox L 5–12 Lackey (9–8) Chen (5–4)38,32943–61
105July 28@ Boston Red Sox W 4–3 Hochevar (7–8) Beckett (9–4) Soria (19)37,82244–61
106July 29@ Cleveland Indians W 12–0 Francis (4–11) Carrasco (8–9)35,39045–61
107July 30@ Cleveland Indians L 2–5 Sipp (6–2) Soria (5–4)31,43645–62
108July 31@ Cleveland Indians W 5–3 Duffy (3–4) Carmona (5–11) Soria (20)21,10146–62
August (10–19)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
109August 2 Baltimore Orioles L 2–8 Simón (3–4) Chen (5–5)17,11646–63
110August 3 Baltimore Orioles W 6–2 Hochevar (8–8) Guthrie (5–15) Holland (1)14,18747–53
111August 4 Baltimore Orioles W 9–4 Wood (5–0) Britton (6–9)–12,16148–53
112August 5 Detroit Tigers L 3–4 (10) Schlereth (1–1) Crow (3–3) Valverde (31)28,56548–64
113August 6 Detroit Tigers L 3–4 Verlander (16–5) Duffy (3–5) Valverde (32)25,81848–65
114August 7 Detroit Tigers W 4–3 Chen (6–5) Scherzer (11–7) Soria (21)20,13249–65
115August 8@ Tampa Bay Rays L 1–2 Farnsworth (4–1) Wood (5–1)–10,74249–66
116August 9@ Tampa Bay Rays L 0–4 Shields (11–9) Francis (4–12)–10,12449–67
117August 10@ Tampa Bay Rays L 7–8 McGee (1–1) Soria (5–5)–11,70649–68
118August 11@ Tampa Bay Rays L 1–4 Niemann (7–4) Duffy (3–6) Farnsworth (21)13,94249–69
119August 12@ Chicago White Sox W 5–1 Chen (7–5) Stewart (1–2) Holland (2)23,13050–69
120August 13@ Chicago White Sox L 4–5 Crain (7–3) Hochevar (8–9) Sale (4)24,85450–70
121August 14@ Chicago White Sox L 2–6 Danks (5–9) Francis (4–13)–25,51750–71
122August 15 New York Yankees L 4–7 Burnett (9–9) Paulino (1–5) Rivera (31)24,87950–72
123August 16 New York Yankees L 7–9 Nova (12–4) Duffy (3–7) Rivera (32)22,25850–73
124August 17 New York Yankees W 5–4 Chen (8–5) Colón (8–7) Soria (22)22,43551–73
125August 18 Boston Red Sox L 3–4 Beckett (10–5) Hochevar (8–10) Papelbon (29)20,54751–74
126August 19 Boston Red Sox L 1–7 Miller (5–1) Francis (4–14) Aceves (2)21,26251–75
127August 20 Boston Red Sox W 9–4 Paulino (2–9) Albers (4–4)28,58852–75
128August 21 Boston Red Sox L 1–6 Lester (13–6) Duffy (3–8)25,72352–76
129August 23@ Toronto Blue Jays W 6–4 Chen (9–5) Morrow (9–8) Soria (23)20,00953–76
130August 24@ Toronto Blue Jays L 3–4 Litsch (5–3) Coleman (1–3) Francisco (11)18,29253–77
131August 25@ Toronto Blue Jays W 9–6 Francis (5–14) Cecil (4–7)17,35554–77
132August 26@ Cleveland Indians L 1–2 Jiménez (8–10) Paulino (2–10) C. Perez (28)41,33754–78
133August 27@ Cleveland Indians L 7–8 Smith (3–3) Coleman (1–4) C. Perez (29)35,37054–79
134August 28@ Cleveland Indians W 2–1 Chen (10–5) Masterson (10–8) Soria (24)27,90855–79
135August 29@ Detroit Tigers W 9–5 Hochevar (9–10) Scherzer (13–8) Wood (1)32,42356–79
136August 30@ Detroit Tigers L 1–2 (10) Benoit (4–3) Crow (3–4)34,86656–80
137August 31@ Detroit Tigers L 4–5 Schlereth (2–1) Wood (5–2) Valverde (40)33,57256–81
September (15–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
138September 1@ Detroit Tigers W 11–8 Crow (3–4) Coke (2–9) Soria (25)39,08457–81
139September 2 Cleveland Indians L 4–5 Masterson (11–8) Chen (10–6) Perez (31)27,25157–82
140September 3 Cleveland Indians W 5–1 Hochevar (10–10) Huff (2–3)27,12658–82
141September 4 Cleveland Indians L 6–9 Gómez (2–2) Francis (5–15) Perez (32)34,01558–83
142September 5@ Oakland Athletics W 11–6 Holland (4–1) Bailey (0–4)14,57759–83
143September 6@ Oakland Athletics W 7–4 Duffy (4–8) Gonzalez (12–12) Soria (26)12,06460–83
144September 7@ Oakland Athletics L 0–7 Moscoso (8–8) Chen (10–7)13,13260–84
145September 8@ Seattle Mariners L 1–4 Vargas (8–13) Hochevar (10–10) League (34)14,37760–85
146September 9@ Seattle Mariners L 3–7 Beavan (4–5) Francis (5–16)14,80560–86
147September 10@ Seattle Mariners W 4–2 Paulino (3–10) Pineda (9–10) Soria (27)17,88461–86
148September 11@ Seattle Mariners W 2–1 Teaford (1–0) Vasquez (1–3) Soria (28)20,95162–86
149September 13 Minnesota Twins W 4–0 Chen (11–7) Pavano (8–12)25,25363–86
150September 14 Minnesota Twins W 7–3 Hochevar (10–10) Hendriks (0–2) Holland (3)19,07664–86
151September 15 Chicago White Sox W 7–2 Francis (6–16) Buehrle (11–9)17,73765–86
152September 16 Chicago White Sox W 7–6 Holland (5–1) Thornton (1–5)24,91866–86
153September 17 Chicago White Sox W 10–3 Teaford (2–0) Stewart (2–5) Adcock (1)31,26467–86
154September 18 Chicago White Sox L 5–10 Danks (7–12) Chen (11–8)29,48067–87
155September 20 Detroit Tigers W 10–2 Mendoza (1–0) Penny (10–11)26,95368–87
156September 21 Detroit Tigers L 3–6 Fister (10–13) Herrera (0–1) Valverde (47)28,77668–88
157September 23@ Chicago White Sox W 11–1 Chen (12–8) Stewart (2–6)21,74469–88
158September 24@ Chicago White Sox L 3–6 Danks (8–12) Teaford (2–1)26,24969–89
159September 25@ Chicago White Sox W 2–1 Mendoza (2–0) Floyd (12–13) Holland (4)22,01870–89
160September 26@ Minnesota Twins W 7–3 Paulino (4–10) Slowey (0–8)34,84771–89
161September 27@ Minnesota Twins L 4–7 Swarzak (4–7) O'Sullivan (2–6)34,22871–90
162September 28@ Minnesota Twins L 0–1 Pavano (9–13) Wood (5–3)36,48871–91

Roster

2011 Kansas City Royals
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Infielders

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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

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIAVGSB
Melky Cabrera 1556581022014451887.30520
Alex Gordon 1516111011854542387.30317
Alcides Escobar 15854869139218446.25426
Jeff Francoeur 153601771714742087.28522
Billy Butler 159597741744401995.2912
Mike Avilés 531851441113531.22210
Kila Ka'aihue 23826164026.1950
Wilson Betemit 572032957151327.2813
Chris Getz 118380509763026.25521
Matt Treanor 65186244260321.2262
Brayan Peña 722221755110324.2480
Mitch Maier 449519224307.2321
Jarrod Dyson 2644891003.20514
Eric Hosmer 128523661532731978.29311
Mike Moustakas 893382689181530.2632
Yamaico Navarro 623271006.3040
Manny Piña 414232000.2140
Johnny Giavotella 46178204494221.2475
Salvador Pérez 39148204982321.3310
Lorenzo Cain 622461001.2730
Pitcher Totals16214000001.0000
Team Totals1625672730156032541129705.275153

Stats through September 28, 2011

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPRERBBSO
Nate Adcock 114.62243160.134312636
Jesse Chavez 0010.574007.29958
Bruce Chen 1283.7725250155.071655097
Louis Coleman 142.87480159.220192664
Tim Collins 443.63680067.028274860
Aaron Crow 442.76570062.020193165
Kyle Davies 196.751313061.152462650
Danny Duffy 485.6420200105.166665187
Jeff Francis 6164.8231310183.0102983991
Kelvin Herrera 0113.502002.03300
Luke Hochevar 11114.6831310198.011010362128
Greg Holland 511.80460460.013121974
Jeremy Jeffress 114.70140115.1881113
Mitch Maier 000.001001.00000
Luis Mendoza 201.2322014.23257
Sean O'Sullivan 267.251210058.152472619
Felipe Paulino 464.1121200124.2625748119
Joakim Soria 554.036002860.129271760
Everett Teaford 213.27263144.017161428
Rob Tejeda 016.149007.15532
Kanekoa Texeira 002.846006.12230
Blake Wood 533.75550169.230293262
Team Totals71914.44162162371451.17627165571080

Stats through September 28, 2011.

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Omaha Storm Chasers Pacific Coast League Mike Jirschele
AA Northwest Arkansas Naturals Texas League Brian Poldberg
A Wilmington Blue Rocks Carolina League Brian Rupp
A Kane County Cougars Midwest League Vance Wilson
Rookie Burlington Royals Appalachian League Nelson Liriano
Rookie AZL Royals Arizona League Darryl Kennedy
Rookie Idaho Falls Chukars Pioneer League Brian Buchanan

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