2021 Kansas City Royals season

The 2021 Kansas City Royals season was the 53rd season of the franchise, and their 49th season at Kauffman Stadium. The team finished with a 74–88 win–loss record, landing them in fourth place in the American League Central ahead of the Minnesota Twins by one game.

2021 Kansas City Royals
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record74–88 (.457)
Divisional place4th
Other information
Owner(s)John Sherman
General manager(s)Dayton Moore
Manager(s)Mike Matheny
Local televisionBally Sports Kansas City
(Ryan Lefebvre, Jeff Montgomery, Rex Hudler, Steve Physioc)
Local radioKCSP 610 AM
(Denny Matthews, Steve Stewart, Rex Hudler, Ryan Lefebvre, Steve Physioc, Jeff Montgomery)
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Regular season

The Royals won 14–10 against the Texas Rangers to open the season. The 14 runs set a Royals franchise record for Opening Day.[1]

American League Central
AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 9369 0.574 — 53–28 40–41
Cleveland Indians 8082 0.494 13 40–41 40–41
Detroit Tigers 7785 0.475 16 42–39 35–46
Kansas City Royals 7488 0.457 19 39–42 35–46
Minnesota Twins 7389 0.451 20 38–43 35–46

American League Wild Card
Division Leaders W L Pct.
Tampa Bay Rays 10062 0.617
Houston Astros 9567 0.586
Chicago White Sox 9369 0.574


Wild Card teams
(Top two qualify for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Boston Red Sox 9270 0.568 —
New York Yankees 9270 0.568 —
Toronto Blue Jays 9171 0.562 1
Seattle Mariners 9072 0.556 2
Oakland Athletics 8676 0.531 6
Cleveland Indians 8082 0.494 12
Detroit Tigers 7785 0.475 15
Los Angeles Angels 7785 0.475 15
Kansas City Royals 7488 0.457 18
Minnesota Twins 7389 0.451 19
Texas Rangers 60102 0.370 32
Baltimore Orioles 52110 0.321 40

Record against opponents
2021 American League Records

Source: AL Standings Head-to-head

Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore —6–130–72–52–53–34–32–42–48–113–33–41–184–35–147–13
Boston 13–6—3–44–23–32–55–23–35–210–93–34–38–113–410–916–4
Chicago 7–04–3—10–912–72–59–102–513–61–54–33–33–35–14–314–6
Cleveland 5–22–49–10—12–71–614–55–18–113–42–43–41–64–22–59–11
Detroit 5–23–37–127–12—5–28–111–68–113–31–65–14–36–13–311–9
Houston 3–35–25–26–12–5—3–413–63–42–411–811–84–214–54–29–11
Kansas City 3–42–510–95–1411–84–3—2–410–92–42–54–32–42–43–412–8
Los Angeles 4–23–35–21–56–16–134–2—5–24–34–158–111–611–84–311–9
Minnesota 4–22–56–1311–811–84–39–102–5—1–61–52–43–34–33–410–10
New York 11–89–105–14–33–34–24–23–46–1—4–35–28–116–18–1112–8
Oakland 3–33–33–44–26–18–115–215–45–13–4—4–154–310–92–511–9
Seattle 4–33–43–34–31–58–113–411–84–22–515–4—6–113–64–29–11
Tampa Bay 18–111–83–36–13–42–44–26–13–311–83–41–6—3–411–815–5
Texas 3–44–31–52–41–65–144–28–113–41–69–106–134–3—2–47–13
Toronto 14–59–103–45–23–32–44–33–44–311–85–22–48–114–2—14–6

Updated with the results of all games through October 3, 2021.

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

Roster
2021 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

  • -- Bill Duplissea (Replay Coordinator)
  • 80 Ryan Eigsti (bullpen catcher)

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
Triple-A Omaha Storm Chasers Triple-A East Brian Poldberg
Double-A Northwest Arkansas Naturals Double-A Central Scott Thorman
High-A Quad Cities River Bandits High-A Central Chris Widger
Low-A Columbia Fireflies Low-A East Brooks Conrad
Rookie ACL Royals Blue Arizona Complex League Omar Ramirez
Rookie ACL Royals Gold Arizona Complex League Andre David
Rookie DSL Royals Dominican Summer League

References
  1. Smale, David (April 1, 2021). "Royals outslug Rangers 14-10 in wild season opener". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
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