2024 Kansas City Royals season

The 2024 Kansas City Royals season was the 56th season for the franchise, and their 52nd at Kauffman Stadium. It was also the team's second season under the management of Matt Quatraro. The season was a major improvement for the Royals; after finishing with only 56 wins and 106 losses in 2023, the second-worst during the Major League Baseball season just behind the Oakland Athletics, the 2024 Royals won their 56th game on July 2, and won 86 games total, 30 more than the previous season. The 2024 Royals were one of only six teams since 1969 to achieve a season-to-season improvement of 30 wins.^[1] The Royals made MLB history with the biggest turnaround in two seasons.

2024 Kansas City Royals
American League Wild Card
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Kauffman Stadium
City	Kansas City, Missouri
Record	86–76 (.531)
Divisional place	2nd
Owners	John Sherman
General managers	J.J. Picollo
Managers	Matt Quatraro
Television	Bally Sports Kansas City
Radio	KFNZ 96.5 The Fan
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On September 14, the Royals secured their first winning record since the World Series-winning 2015 team. On September 27, they clinched a postseason berth for the first time since 2015 when the Minnesota Twins lost to the Baltimore Orioles.^[2] They swept the Orioles in the 2024 American League Wild Card Series, a rematch of the 2014 American League Championship Series, which the Royals won in a four-game sweep. They were then defeated by the New York Yankees in the American League Division Series in four games, the first postseason matchup between the two since the 1980 ALCS.

Offseason

The Royals in 2023 finished 56–106, nine games worse than their 65–97 record in 2022.

Transactions

November 2023

November 17	Atlanta Braves traded right-handed pitcher Nick Anderson to Kansas City Royals for cash considerations.
November 30	Royals signed infielder/outfielder Garrett Hampson to a 1 year, $2 million contract.

December 2023

December 6	Houston Astros traded right-handed pitcher Carlos Mateo to Kansas City Royals for right-handed pitcher Dylan Coleman.
December 11	Royals signed left-handed pitcher Will Smith to a 1 year, $5 million contract.[3]
December 12	Royals signed right-handed pitcher Seth Lugo to a 2 year, $30 million contract.[4]
December 15	Royals signed right-handed pitcher Chris Stratton to a 1 year, $3.5 million contract.[5]
December 18	Royals signed right-handed pitcher Michael Wacha to a 1 year, $16 million contract.[4] Baltimore Orioles traded right-handed pitcher Cesar Espinal to Kansas City Royals for right-handed pitcher Jonathan Heasley
December 19	Royals signed outfielder Hunter Renfroe to a 1 year contract.

January 2024

January 30

Seattle Mariners traded a player to be named later or cash to Kansas City Royals for infielder/outfielder Samad Taylor

February 2024

February 5

Royals signed shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. to a 11 year, $288.7 million contract extension

Regular season

American League Central

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AL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Guardians	92	69	.571	—	50‍–‍30	42‍–‍39
Kansas City Royals	86	76	.531	6½	45‍–‍36	41‍–‍40
Detroit Tigers	86	76	.531	6½	43‍–‍38	43‍–‍38
Minnesota Twins	82	80	.506	10½	43‍–‍38	39‍–‍42
Chicago White Sox	41	121	.253	51½	23‍–‍58	18‍–‍63

American League Wild Card

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Division leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
New York Yankees	94	68	.580
Cleveland Guardians	92	69	.571
Houston Astros	88	73	.547

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Wild Card teams
(Top 3 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Baltimore Orioles	91	71	.562	+5
Kansas City Royals	86	76	.531	—
Detroit Tigers	86	76	.531	—
Seattle Mariners	85	77	.525	1
Minnesota Twins	82	80	.506	4
Boston Red Sox	81	81	.500	5
Tampa Bay Rays	80	82	.494	6
Texas Rangers	78	84	.481	8
Toronto Blue Jays	74	88	.457	12
Oakland Athletics	69	93	.426	17
Los Angeles Angels	63	99	.389	23
Chicago White Sox	41	121	.253	45

Record vs. opponents

Record vs. American League

2024 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2024 v t e
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	8–5	6–1	3–4	2–4	2–5	4–2	4–2	6–0	8–5	3–3	4–2	9–4	5–2	7–6	20–26
Boston	5–8	—	4–3	2–5	3–4	2–4	4–2	4–2	3–3	6–7	5–1	4–3	6–7	4–2	8–5	21–25
Chicago	1–6	3–4	—	5–8	3–10	2–4	1–12	4–2	1–12	1–5	3–3	1–6	4–2	0–7	1–5	11–35
Cleveland	4–3	5–2	8–5	—	7–6	1–4	5–8	5–1	10–3	2–4	6–1	4–2	3–4	4–2	4–2	24–22
Detroit	4–2	4–3	10–3	6–7	—	2–4	6–7	3–4	6–7	2–4	3–3	5–1	5–1	3–4	5–2	22–24
Houston	5–2	4–2	4–2	4–1	4–2	—	4–3	9–4	2–4	1–6	8–5	5–8	4–2	7–6	5–2	22–24
Kansas City	2–4	2–4	12–1	8–5	7–6	3–4	—	5–2	6–7	2–5	4–2	3–3	3–3	1–5	5–2	23–23
Los Angeles	2–4	2–4	2–4	1–5	4–3	4–9	2–5	—	1–5	3–3	5–8	8–5	3–4	4–9	0–7	22–24
Minnesota	0–6	3–3	12–1	3–10	7–6	4–2	7–6	5–1	—	0–6	6–1	5–2	3–4	5–2	4–2	18–28
New York	5–8	7–6	5–1	4–2	4–2	6–1	5–2	3–3	6–0	—	5–2	4–3	7–6	3–3	7–6	23–23
Oakland	3–3	1–5	3–3	1–6	3–3	5–8	2–4	8–5	1–6	2–5	—	4–9	3–4	6–7	3–3	24–22
Seattle	2–4	3–4	6–1	2–4	1–5	8–5	3–3	5–8	2–5	3–4	9–4	—	3–3	10–3	2–4	26–20
Tampa Bay	4–9	7–6	2–4	4–3	1–5	2–4	3–3	4–3	4–3	6–7	4–3	3–3	—	1–5	9–4	26–20
Texas	2–5	2–4	7–0	2–4	4–3	6–7	5–1	9–4	2–5	3–3	7–6	3–10	5–1	—	2–4	19–27
Toronto	6–7	5–8	5–1	2–4	2–5	2–5	2–5	7–0	2–4	6–7	3–3	4–2	4–9	4–2	—	20–26

Updated with the results of all games through September 30, 2024.

Record vs. National League

2024 American League record vs. National League v t e Source: MLB Standings
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	LAD	MIA	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH
Baltimore	2–1	2–1	0–3	3–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–3	2–2
Boston	0–3	1–3	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–3	3–0	1–2	0–3	2–1	3–0	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1
Chicago	1–2	2–1	0–4	0–3	2–1	0–3	1–2	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	1–2	2–1	2–1
Cleveland	0–3	1–2	3–0	3–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	0–3	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1
Detroit	2–1	0–3	1–2	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–2
Houston	2–1	0–3	0–3	0–3	4–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–2
Kansas City	1–2	1–2	1–2	3–0	1–2	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	0–3	3–1	3–0
Los Angeles	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–3	1–2	2–2	3–0	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–2	1–2
Minnesota	2–1	0–3	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–3	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–1
New York	2–1	1–2	2–1	0–3	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	0–4	3–0	1–2	2–1	3–0	1–2	1–2
Oakland	1–2	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	3–0	0–3	2–2	1–2	2–1
Seattle	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	2–1	0–3	1–2	1–2	3–0	2–1	1–2	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–2
Tampa Bay	3–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–1	1–2	3–0	0–3	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1
Texas	2–2	1–2	2–1	2–1	0–3	2–1	2–1	0–3	1–2	0–3	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–1
Toronto	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	0–3	1–2	1–2	1–3	2–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–2

Updated with the results of all games through September 30, 2024.

Game log

Legend
Royals Win	Royals Loss	Game Postponed	Clinched playoff spot

2024 Game Log: 86–76 (Home: 45–36; Away: 41–40)
March/April: 18–13 (Home: 12–5; Away: 6–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 1 March 28 Twins 1–4 López (1–0) Ragans (0–1) Jax (1) 38,775 0–1 L1 2 March 30 Twins 1–5 Jax (1–0) Smith (0–1) — 19,461 0–2 L2 3 March 31 Twins 11–0 Singer (1–0) Ober (0–1) — 13,005 1–2 W1 4 April 1 @ Orioles 4–6 Kimbrel (1–0) Anderson (0–1) — 12,666 1–3 L1 5 April 2 @ Orioles 4–1 Marsh (1–0) Irvin (0–1) Smith (1) 9,404 2–3 W1 6 April 3 @ Orioles 3–4 Canó (1–0) Smith (0–2) — 11,488 2–4 L1 7 April 4 White Sox 10–1 Lugo (1–0) Soroka (0–1) — 10,863 3–4 W1 8 April 5 White Sox 2–1 Stratton (1–0) Kopech (0–1) McArthur (1) 10,592 4–4 W2 9 April 6 White Sox 3–0 Wacha (1–0) Flexen (0–2) Stratton (1) 15,453 5–4 W3 10 April 7 White Sox 5–3 Schreiber (1–0) García (0–1) McArthur (2) 14,251 6–4 W4 11 April 9 Astros 4–3 (10) McArthur (1–0) Suero (0–1) — 11,926 7–4 W5 12 April 10 Astros 11–2 Lugo (2–0) Arrighetti (0–1) — 10,536 8–4 W6 13 April 11 Astros 13–3 Singer (2–0) Brown (0–2) — 10,280 9–4 W7 14 April 12 @ Mets 1–6 Severino (1–1) Wacha (1–1) — 18,822 9–5 L1 15 April 13 @ Mets 11–7 Marsh (2–0) Manaea (1–1) — 25,387 10–5 W1 16 April 14 @ Mets 1–2 Raley (1–0) Stratton (1–1) Díaz (3) 32,749 10–6 L1 17 April 15 @ White Sox 2–0 Lugo (3–0) Nastrini (0–1) McArthur (3) 10,569 11–6 W1 — April 16 @ White Sox Postponed (rain); Makeup: April 17 18 April 17 (1) @ White Sox 4–2 Anderson (1–1) Kopech (0–2) McArthur (4) see 2nd game 12–6 W2 19 April 17 (2) @ White Sox 1–2 Fedde (1–0) Wacha (1–2) García (1) 10,412 12–7 L1 20 April 19 Orioles 9–4 Marsh (3–0) Kremer (0–2) — 17,073 13–7 W1 21 April 20 Orioles 7–9 Burnes (3–0) Ragans (0–2) Kimbrel (5) 23,118 13–8 L1 22 April 21 Orioles 0–5 Irvin (1–1) Lugo (3–1) — 18,044 13–9 L2 23 April 22 Blue Jays 3–5 Kikuchi (2–1) Singer (2–1) Romano (3) 10,004 13–10 L3 24 April 23 Blue Jays 3–2 Stratton (2–1) Gausman (0–3) McArthur (5) 11,357 14–10 W1 25 April 24 Blue Jays 3–2 Schreiber (2–0) Rodríguez (0–1) McArthur (6) 10,282 15–10 W2 26 April 25 Blue Jays 2–1 (5) Ragans (1–2) Berríos (4–1) — 9,740 16–10 W3 27 April 26 @ Tigers 8–0 Lugo (4–1) Olson (0–4) — 17,251 17–10 W4 28 April 27 @ Tigers 5–6 Faedo (2–1) Stratton (2–2) Foley (8) 22,734 17–11 L1 29 April 28 @ Tigers 1–4 Skubal (4–0) Wacha (1–3) Foley (9) 18,794 17–12 L2 30 April 29 @ Blue Jays 5–6 Cabrera (1–0) Bowlan (0–1) Pearson (1) 29,879 17–13 L3 31 April 30 @ Blue Jays 4–1 Ragans (2–2) Berríos (4–2) McArthur (7) 27,189 18–13 W1
May: 17–11 (Home: 9–4; Away: 8–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 32 May 1 @ Blue Jays 6–1 Lugo (5–1) Bassitt (2–5) — 32,307 19–13 W2 33 May 3 Rangers 7–1 Schreiber (3–0) Winn (0–1) — 25,690 20–13 W3 34 May 4 Rangers 4–15 Sborz (1–0) Wacha (1–4) — 26,002 20–14 L1 35 May 5 Rangers 2–3 (10) Yates (3–0) McArthur (1–1) Robertson (1) 20,613 20–15 L2 36 May 6 Brewers 3–2 Anderson (2–1) Koenig (2–1) Stratton (2) 10,005 21–15 W1 37 May 7 Brewers 5–6 Koenig (3–1) McArthur (1–2) Megill (3) 14,657 21–16 L1 38 May 8 Brewers 6–4 Singer (3–1) Ross (1–4) McArthur (8) 22,430 22–16 W1 39 May 9 @ Angels 10–4 Wacha (2–4) Detmers (3–4) — 23,568 23–16 W2 40 May 10 @ Angels 2–1 Duffey (1–0) Estévez (0–2) Schreiber (1) 29,126 24–16 W3 41 May 11 @ Angels 3–9 Anderson (3–4) Ragans (2–3) — 31,593 24–17 L1 42 May 12 @ Angels 4–2 Lugo (6–1) Sandoval (2–6) McArthur (9) 27,723 25–17 W1 43 May 13 @ Mariners 2–6 Kirby (4–3) Singer (3–2) Muñoz (6) 14,984 25–18 L1 44 May 14 @ Mariners 4–2 Wacha (3–4) Gilbert (3–2) McArthur (10) 20,665 26–18 W1 45 May 15 @ Mariners 2–4 Woo (1–0) Marsh (3–1) Muñoz (7) 22,233 26–19 L1 46 May 17 Athletics 6–2 Ragans (3–3) Spence (3–2) — 24,585 27–19 W1 47 May 18 Athletics 5–3 Lugo (7–1) Stripling (1–8) McArthur (11) 22,014 28–19 W2 48 May 19 Athletics 8–4 Singer (4–2) Sears (3–3) — 20,035 29–19 W3 49 May 20 Tigers 8–3 Wacha (4–4) Olson (0–5) Stratton (3) 12,986 30–19 W4 50 May 21 Tigers 10–3 Marsh (4–1) Mize (1–3) — 14,031 31–19 W5 51 May 22 Tigers 8–3 Ragans (4–3) Skubal (6–1) — 15,004 32–19 W6 52 May 24 @ Rays 8–1 Lugo (8–1) Alexander (2–3) — 16,368 33–19 W7 53 May 25 @ Rays 7–4 (11) McArthur (2–2) Lovelady (0–3) Anderson (1) 20,309 34–19 W8 54 May 26 @ Rays 1–4 Cleavinger (4–0) Wacha (4–5) Fairbanks (5) 20,789 34–20 L1 55 May 27 @ Twins 5–6 Ryan (4–3) Marsh (4–2) Durán (7) 17,508 34–21 L2 56 May 28 @ Twins 2–4 Woods Richardson (2–0) Ragans (4–4) Durán (8) 15,174 34–22 L2 57 May 29 @ Twins 6–1 Lugo (9–1) Ober (5–3) — 18,130 35–22 W1 58 May 30 @ Twins 6–7 Thielbar (2–1) Stratton (2–3) Durán (9) 22,542 35–23 L1 59 May 31 Padres 8–11 Matsui (3–0) Schreiber (3–1) Suárez (17) 30,006 35–24 L2
June: 12–15 (Home: 9–7; Away: 3–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 60 June 1 Padres 3–7 Vásquez (1–3) Marsh (4–3) — 25,266 35–25 L3 61 June 2 Padres 4–3 Klein (1–0) Matsui (3–1) — 21,825 36–25 W1 62 June 4 @ Guardians 5–8 Smith (3–0) Long (0–1) Clase (19) 23,260 36–26 L1 — June 5 @ Guardians Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 26 63 June 6 @ Guardians 4–3 Long (1–1) Gaddis (3–2) McArthur (12) 26,344 37–26 W1 64 June 7 Mariners 10–9 Anderson (3–1) Stanek (3–1) — 25,178 38–26 W2 65 June 8 Mariners 8–4 Marsh (5–3) Castillo (5–7) — 18,351 39–26 W3 66 June 9 Mariners 5–6 (10) Baumann (3–0) McArthur (2–3) Saucedo (3) 20,926 39–27 L1 67 June 10 Yankees 2–4 Rodón (9–2) Lugo (9–2) Tonkin (1) 24,038 39–28 L2 68 June 11 Yankees 1–10 Stroman (6–2) Singer (4–3) — 22,437 39–29 L3 69 June 12 Yankees 5–11 Poteet (3–0) Altavilla (0–1) — 25,132 39–30 L4 70 June 13 Yankees 4–3 McArthur (3–3) Holmes (1–2) — 21,875 40–30 W1 71 June 14 @ Dodgers 3–4 Hudson (3–1) Smith (0–3) Vesia (3) 49,580 40–31 L1 72 June 15 @ Dodgers 7–2 Lugo (10–2) Treinen (2–1) — 50,423 41–31 W1 73 June 16 @ Dodgers 0–3 Glasnow (7–5) Singer (4–3) Phillips (10) 52,789 41–32 L1 74 June 18 @ Athletics 5–7 Harris (1–0) Marsh (5–4) Miller (13) 7,013 41–33 L2 75 June 19 @ Athletics 1–5 Medina (1–2) Ragans (4–5) — 4,557 41–34 L3 76 June 20 @ Athletics 3–2 McArthur (4–3) Nittoli (0–1) Stratton (4) 8,753 42–34 W1 77 June 21 @ Rangers 2–6 Eovaldi (4–3) Schreiber (3–2) — 37,678 42–35 L1 78 June 22 @ Rangers 0–6 Gray (3–3) Wacha (4–6) — 38,301 42–36 L2 79 June 23 @ Rangers 0–4 Scherzer (1–0) Marsh (5–5) Ureña (1) 35,762 42–37 L3 80 June 24 Marlins 4–1 Ragans (5–5) Muñoz (1–3) McArthur (13) 16,817 43–37 W1 81 June 25 Marlins 1–2 Puk (2–8) Hernández (0–1) Scott (10) 16,119 43–38 L1 82 June 26 Marlins 5–1 Zerpa (1–0) Brazobán (0–1) — 14,132 44–38 W1 83 June 27 Guardians 2–1 Long (2–1) Lively (7–4) McArthur (14) 23,340 45–38 W2 84 June 28 Guardians 10–3 Marsh (6–5) McKenzie (3–5) — 20,691 46–38 W3 85 June 29 Guardians 2–7 Bibee (7–2) Ragans (5–6) — 24,153 46–39 L1 86 June 30 Guardians 6–2 Lugo (11–2) Allen (8–4) — 27,691 47–39 W1
July: 13–10 (Home: 6–6; Away: 7–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 87 July 2 Rays 1–5 Littell (3–5) Singer (4–5) — 16,865 47–40 L1 88 July 3 Rays 4–2 Wacha (5–6) Pepiot (4–5) McArthur (15) 23,268 48–40 W1 89 July 4 Rays 8–10 Eflin (5–5) Marsh (6–6) Fairbanks (14) 28,358 48–41 L1 90 July 5 @ Rockies 2–4 Vodnik (2–1) Schreiber (3–3) Beeks (8) 48,321 48–42 L2 91 July 6 @ Rockies 1–3 Gomber (2–5) Lugo (11–3) Vodnik (1) 33,748 48–43 L3 92 July 7 @ Rockies 10–1 Singer (5–5) Gordon (0–1) — 32,180 49–43 W1 — July 9 @ Cardinals Postponed (rain); Makeup: July 10[6] 93 July 10 (1) @ Cardinals 6–4 Marsh (7–6) Pallante (4–4) McArthur (16) 32,108 50–43 W2 94 July 10 (2) @ Cardinals 8–5 Wacha (6–6) Graceffo (0–1) McArthur (17) 37,898 51–43 W3 95 July 12 @ Red Sox 6–1 Ragans (6–6) Criswell (3–4) — 34,894 52–43 W4 96 July 13 @ Red Sox 0–5 Crawford (6–7) Lugo (11–4) — 32,378 52–44 L1 97 July 14 @ Red Sox 4–5 Bello (10–5) Singer (5–6) Jansen (19) 35,351 52–45 L2 94th All-Star Game in Arlington, Texas 98 July 19 White Sox 7–1 Wacha (7–6) Flexen (2–9) — 26,693 53–45 W1 99 July 20 White Sox 6–1 Singer (6–6) Cannon (1–4) — 27,545 54–45 W2 100 July 21 White Sox 4–1 Lugo (12–4) Brebbia (0–5) — 22,226 55–45 W3 101 July 22 Diamondbacks 10–4 Ragans (7–6) Díaz (1–1) — 16,275 56–45 W4 102 July 23 Diamondbacks 2–6 Montgomery (7–5) Marsh (7–7) — 21,993 56–46 L1 103 July 24 Diamondbacks 6–8 Mantiply (4–2) McArthur (4–4) — 15,931 56–47 L2 104 July 26 Cubs 6–0 Singer (7–6) Hendricks (2–9) — 36,351 57–47 W1 105 July 27 Cubs 4–9 Imanaga (9–2) Lugo (12–5) — 31,784 57–48 L1 106 July 28 Cubs 3–7 Assad (5–3) Ragans (7–7) — 24,839 57–49 L2 107 July 29 @ White Sox 8–5 Stratton (3–3) Brebbia (0–6) McArthur (18) 12,179 58–49 W1 108 July 30 @ White Sox 4–3 Wacha (8–6) Ellard (0–1) Long (1) 15,360 59–49 W2 109 July 31 @ White Sox 10–3 Singer (8–6) Thorpe (3–3) — 14,112 60–49 W3
August: 15–13 (Home: 5–6; Away: 10–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 110 August 1 @ Tigers 7–1 Lugo (13–5) Montero (1–5) — 15,743 61–49 W4 111 August 2 @ Tigers 9–2 Ragans (8–7) Skubal (12–4) — 21,035 62–49 W5 112 August 3 @ Tigers 5–6 (11) Foley (3–3) McArthur (4–5) — 35,210 62–50 L1 113 August 4 @ Tigers 3–2 Stratton (4–3) Miller (5–7) Harvey (1) 25,990 63–50 W1 114 August 5 Red Sox 5–9 Paxton (9–3) Singer (8–7) — 20,087 63–51 L1 115 August 6 Red Sox 5–6 Bernardino (4–3) Lugo (13–6) Jansen (21) 21,386 63–52 L2 116 August 7 Red Sox 8–4 Ragans (9–7) Crawford (7–9) — 16,550 64–52 W1 117 August 9 Cardinals 5–8 Liberatore (3–3) Smith (0–4) Helsley (37) 34,066 64–53 L1 118 August 10 Cardinals 8–3 Wacha (9–6) Fernandez (1–4) Erceg (4) 36,799 65–53 W1 119 August 12 @ Twins 3–8 López (11–8) Singer (8–8) — 22,173 65–54 L1 120 August 13 @ Twins 3–13 Matthews (1–0) Lugo (13–7) — 25,885 65–55 L2 121 August 14 @ Twins 4–1 Ragans (10–7) Varland (0–5) Erceg (5) 27,560 66–55 W1 122 August 16 @ Reds 7–1 Lorenzen (6–6) Martinez (6–6) — 32,500 67–55 W2 123 August 17 @ Reds 13–1 Wacha (10–6) Lodolo (9–5) — 35,430 68–55 W3 124 August 18 @ Reds 8–1 Singer (9–8) Abbott (10–10) — 30,388 69–55 W4 125 August 19 Angels 5–3 Lugo (14–7) Fulmer (0–4) Schreiber (2) 15,091 70–55 W5 126 August 20 Angels 5–9 Anderson (10–11) Ragans (10–8) — 16,310 70–56 L1 127 August 21 Angels 3–0 Lorenzen (7–6) Cueto (0–1) Erceg (6) 13,009 71–56 W1 128 August 23 Phillies 7–4 Wacha (11–6) Walker (3–5) Erceg (7) 25,491 72–56 W2 129 August 24 Phillies 2–11 Suárez (11–5) Singer (9–9) — 27,002 72–57 L1 130 August 25 Phillies 3–11 Allard (2–0) Lugo (14–8) — 18,193 72–58 L2 131 August 26 (1) @ Guardians 4–3 Schreiber (4–3) Gaddis (4–3) Erceg (8) 17,738 73–58 W1 132 August 26 (2) @ Guardians 9–4 Long (3–1) Allen (8–5) Lynch IV (1) 16,856 74–58 W2 133 August 27 @ Guardians 6–1 McArthur (5–5) Williams (2–7) — 19,820 75–58 W3 134 August 28 @ Guardians 5–7 Morgan (2–0) Erceg (2–4) Clase (39) 19,722 75–59 L1 135 August 29 @ Astros 3–6 Pressly (1–3) Erceg (2–5) Hader (29) 32,070 75–60 L2 136 August 30 @ Astros 2–3 Hader (7–7) McArthur (5–6) — 37,279 75–61 L3 137 August 31 @ Astros 2–5 Kikuchi (7–9) Ragans (10–9) Pressly (3) 37,776 75–62 L4
September: 11–14 (Home: 4–8; Away: 7–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 138 September 1 @ Astros 2–7 Blanco (10–6) Marsh (7–8) — 40,229 75–63 L5 139 September 2 Guardians 2–4 Williams (3–7) Wacha (11–7) Clase (41) 30,612 75–64 L6 140 September 3 Guardians 1–7 Bibee (11–6) Singer (9–10) — 14,813 75–65 L7 141 September 4 Guardians 4–1 Lugo (15–8) Lively (11–9) Erceg (9) 14,094 76–65 W1 142 September 6 Twins 5–0 Ragans (11–9) Matthews (1–3) — 19,484 77–65 W2 143 September 7 Twins 4–2 Lynch IV (1–0) Durán (6–9) Erceg (10) 29,160 78–65 W3 144 September 8 Twins 2–0 Wacha (12–7) Woods Richardson (5–4) Erceg (11) 26,477 79–65 W4 145 September 9 @ Yankees 4–10 Cousins (2–1) McArthur (5–7) — 35,308 79–66 L1 146 September 10 @ Yankees 5–0 Lugo (16–8) Stroman (10–8) — 34,485 80–66 W1 147 September 11 @ Yankees 3–4 (11) Weaver (5–3) Bubic (0–1) — 40,080 80–67 L1 148 September 13 @ Pirates 8–3 Marsh (8–8) Ortiz (6–6) — 24,748 81–67 W1 149 September 14 @ Pirates 5–1 Wacha (13–7) Keller (11–10) — 15,439 82–67 W2 150 September 15 @ Pirates 3–4 Mlodzinski (3–5) Singer (9–11) Chapman (9) 20,078 82–68 L1 151 September 16 Tigers 6–7 Hanifee (1–1) Long (3–2) Foley (24) 18,920 82–69 L2 152 September 17 Tigers 1–3 (10) Holton (7–1) Erceg (2–6) Foley (25) 21,086 82–70 L3 153 September 18 Tigers 2–4 Skubal (17–4) Marsh (8–9) Vest (2) 16,279 82–71 L4 154 September 20 Giants 1–2 Black (1–4) Wacha (13–8) Doval (23) 22,117 82–72 L5 155 September 21 Giants 0–9 Roupp (1–1) Singer (9–12) — 24,189 82–73 L6 156 September 22 Giants 0–2 Snell (5–3) Lugo (16–9) Walker (9) 24,189 82–74 L7 157 September 24 @ Nationals 1–0 (10) Zerpa (2–0) Finnegan (3–7) Erceg (12) 14,477 83–74 W1 158 September 25 @ Nationals 3–0 Lynch IV (2–0) Herz (4–9) Erceg (13) 16,670 84–74 W2 159 September 26 @ Nationals 7–4 Bubic (1–1) Finnegan (3–8) Erceg (14) 14,357 85–74 W3 160 September 27* @ Braves 0–3 Fried (11–10) Singer (9–13) Iglesias (33) 36,212 85–75 L1 161 September 28 @ Braves 1–2 Iglesias (6–2) Long (3–3) — 38,775 85–76 L2 162 September 29 @ Braves 4–2 Marsh (9–9) Morton (8–10) Bubic (1) 39,043 86–76 W1 * Despite losing to Atlanta on September 27, the Royals clinched a playoff berth on this day by virtue of a Minnesota loss.

Postseason

Game log

2024 Game Log: 3–3 (Home 0–2, Road 3–1)
AL Wild Card Series: 2–0 (Home 0–0, Road 2–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Series 1 October 1 @ Orioles 1–0 Ragans (1–0) Burnes (0–1) Erceg (1) 41,506 1–0 2 October 2 @ Orioles 2–1 Zerpa (1–0) Pérez (0–1) Erceg (2) 38,698 2–0
AL Division Series: 1–3 (Home 0–2, Road 1–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Series 1 October 5 @ Yankees 5–6 Holmes (1–0) Lorenzen (0–1) Weaver (1) 48,790 0–1 2 October 7 @ Yankees 4–2 Zerpa (2–0) Rodón (0–1) Erceg (3) 48,034 1–1 3 October 9 Yankees 2–3 Kahnle (1–0) Bubic (0–1) Weaver (2) 40,312 1–2 4 October 10 Yankees 1–3 Cole (1–0) Wacha (0–1) Weaver (3) 39,012 1–3

Postseason rosters

Playoff rosters
American League Wild Card Series Pitchers: 24 Michael Lorenzen 41 Daniel Lynch IV 46 John Schreiber 50 Kris Bubic 51 Brady Singer 52 Michael Wacha 55 Cole Ragans 60 Lucas Erceg 61 Ángel Zerpa 67 Seth Lugo 73 Sam Long Catchers: 13 Salvador Pérez 34 Freddy Fermín Infielders: 2 Garrett Hampson 7 Bobby Witt Jr. 9 Vinnie Pasquantino 11 Maikel García 15 Paul DeJong 18 Yuli Gurriel 19 Michael Massey 26 Adam Frazier Outfielders: 1 MJ Melendez 16 Hunter Renfroe 22 Tommy Pham 28 Kyle Isbel 44 Dairon Blanco
American League Division Series Pitchers: 24 Michael Lorenzen 41 Daniel Lynch IV 46 John Schreiber 50 Kris Bubic 51 Brady Singer 52 Michael Wacha 55 Cole Ragans 60 Lucas Erceg 61 Ángel Zerpa 67 Seth Lugo 73 Sam Long Catchers: 13 Salvador Pérez 34 Freddy Fermín Infielders: 2 Garrett Hampson 7 Bobby Witt Jr. 9 Vinnie Pasquantino 11 Maikel García 15 Paul DeJong 18 Yuli Gurriel 19 Michael Massey 26 Adam Frazier Outfielders: 1 MJ Melendez 16 Hunter Renfroe 22 Tommy Pham 28 Kyle Isbel 44 Dairon Blanco

Roster

2024 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers 54 Dan Altavilla 63 Nick Anderson 62 Jonathan Bowlan 50 Kris Bubic 64 Steven Cruz 21 Tyler Duffey 60 Lucas Erceg 56 Hunter Harvey 43 Carlos Hernández 36 Will Klein 73 Sam Long 24 Michael Lorenzen 67 Seth Lugo 24 Jordan Lyles 41 Daniel Lynch IV 48 Alec Marsh 66 James McArthur 65 Walter Pennington 32 Nick Pratto 55 Cole Ragans 65 Matt Sauer 46 John Schreiber 60 Colin Selby 51 Brady Singer 31 Will Smith 35 Chris Stratton 69 Anthony Veneziano 52 Michael Wacha 61 Ángel Zerpa		Catchers 34 Freddy Fermín 13 Salvador Pérez Infielders 40 CJ Alexander 15 Paul DeJong 26 Adam Frazier 11 Maikel García 18 Yuli Gurriel 12 Nick Loftin 19 Michael Massey  9 Vinnie Pasquantino  7 Bobby Witt Jr.		Outfielders 44 Dairon Blanco 27 Tyler Gentry  8 Robbie Grossman  2 Garrett Hampson 28 Kyle Isbel  1 MJ Melendez 22 Tommy Pham 16 Hunter Renfroe 17 Nelson Velázquez  6 Drew Waters		Manager 33 Matt Quatraro Coaches 68 José Alguacil (infield) 84 Zach Bove (assistant pitching) 80 Allan de San Miguel (bullpen catcher) -- Joe Dillon (assistant hitting) 80 Ryan Eigsti (bullpen catcher) 39 Damon Hollins (first base) 26 Paul Hoover (bench) 18 Rusty Kuntz (coach) 70 Parker Morin (bullpen catcher) 57 Mitch Stetter (bullpen) 85 Brian Sweeney (pitching) 25 Vance Wilson (third base) 31 Alec Zumwalt (hitting)

Player stats

Yellow background = Team leader in category.

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; 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
Bobby Witt Jr.	161	636	125	211	45	11	32	109	31	57	.332	.588
Salvador Pérez	158	590	58	160	28	0	27	104	0	44	.271	.456
Maikel García	157	575	84	131	27	5	7	58	37	42	.231	.332
Vinnie Pasquantino	131	496	64	130	30	2	19	97	1	40	.262	.446
MJ Melendez	135	412	44	85	23	3	17	44	4	35	.206	.400
Hunter Renfroe	120	385	44	88	18	0	15	52	1	36	.229	.392
Kyle Isbel	136	384	62	88	13	8	8	42	11	27	.229	.367
Freddy Fermín	111	339	40	92	14	0	6	36	2	23	.271	.366
Michael Massey	100	332	45	86	17	2	14	45	1	15	.259	.449
Adam Frazier	104	262	35	53	10	1	4	22	3	22	.202	.294
Garrett Hampson	113	213	16	49	13	1	0	16	7	14	.230	.300
Nelson Velázquez	64	205	31	41	8	1	8	27	2	19	.200	.366
Nick Loftin	56	148	15	28	4	0	1	14	1	19	.189	.236
Dairon Blanco	88	120	37	31	4	0	4	13	31	8	.258	.392
Paul DeJong	37	108	15	24	3	0	6	15	0	9	.222	.417
Tommy Pham	23	101	9	23	3	1	2	8	1	3	.228	.337
Yuli Gurriel	18	54	7	13	3	0	0	6	1	9	.241	.296
Robbie Grossman	16	32	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	5	.125	.125
Drew Waters	7	16	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	.188	.250
CJ Alexander	4	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125
Tyler Gentry	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Team totals	162	5421	735	1343	264	35	170	711	134	429	.248	.403

Source:

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; Hits = 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
Seth Lugo	16	9	3.00	33	33	0	206.2	177	75	69	48	181
Cole Ragans	11	9	3.14	32	32	0	186.1	146	71	65	67	223
Brady Singer	9	13	3.71	32	32	0	179.2	175	77	74	54	170
Michael Wacha	13	8	3.35	29	29	0	166.2	154	65	62	45	145
Alec Marsh	9	9	4.53	26	25	0	129.0	123	70	65	39	123
Chris Stratton	4	3	5.55	57	0	4	58.1	53	38	36	33	44
James McArthur	5	7	4.92	57	0	18	56.2	68	36	31	14	49
Ángel Zerpa	2	0	3.86	60	0	0	53.2	59	24	23	19	49
John Schreiber	4	3	3.66	59	0	2	51.2	48	23	21	20	46
Daniel Lynch IV	2	0	3.32	16	3	1	43.1	29	17	16	14	39
Sam Long	3	3	3.16	43	0	1	42.2	34	17	15	17	44
Will Smith	0	4	6.53	45	0	1	41.1	45	31	30	15	29
Nick Anderson	3	1	4.04	37	0	1	35.2	35	17	16	15	29
Kris Bubic	1	1	2.67	27	0	1	30.1	26	12	9	5	39
Carlos Hernández	0	1	3.30	27	0	0	30.0	24	14	11	16	27
Michael Lorenzen	2	0	1.57	7	6	0	28.2	19	6	5	12	22
Lucas Erceg	0	3	2.88	23	0	11	25.0	18	9	8	3	31
Matt Sauer	0	0	7.71	14	0	0	16.1	23	14	14	11	9
Tyler Duffey	1	0	5.00	9	0	0	9.0	7	5	5	8	10
Hunter Harvey	0	0	6.35	6	0	1	5.2	8	4	4	4	5
Will Klein	1	0	6.35	5	0	0	5.2	10	4	4	2	6
Steven Cruz	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	5.2	1	0	0	0	4
Jordan Lyles	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	5.0	2	0	0	2	3
Dan Altavilla	0	1	14.73	5	1	0	3.2	5	6	6	3	5
Colin Selby	0	0	6.00	2	0	0	3.0	2	3	2	2	0
Jonathan Bowlan	0	1	13.50	1	1	0	2.2	6	4	4	3	3
Anthony Veneziano	0	0	4.50	2	0	0	2.0	4	2	1	1	2
Nick Pratto	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1
Garrett Hampson	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Loftin	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
Walter Pennington	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals	86	76	3.76	162	162	41	1428.0	1303	644	596	472	1339

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Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
Triple-A	Omaha Storm Chasers	International League	Mike Jirschele
Double-A	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Texas League	Brooks Conrad
High-A	Quad Cities River Bandits	Midwest League	Jesus Azuaje
Single-A	Columbia Fireflies	Carolina League	David Noworyta
Rookie	ACL Royals Blue	Arizona Complex League	Larry Sutton
Rookie	ACL Royals Gold	Arizona Complex League	Larry Sutton
Rookie	DSL Royals	Dominican Summer League	Sergio De Luna