2020 Kansas City Royals

26-34 • .433 Win% • 4th in AL C

The 2020 Kansas City Royals went 26-34 (.433) finishing 4th in the AL C division. The club scored 248 runs, allowed 272, and played home games at Kauffman Stadium. Team leaders included Salvador Perez (11 HR, 32 RBI) and Brad Keller (5-3, 2.47 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

26 Wins
34 Losses
.433 Win %
4th Rank
248 R 272 RA
Diff -24

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248 Runs Scored
272 Runs Allowed
-24 Run Diff
68 Home Runs

📈 vs. 2020 AL Average

Batting Avg .243 equal to the 2020 league average (.242)
OBP .308 3% below the 2020 league average (.318)
SLG .402 3% below the 2020 league average (.414)
Team ERA 4.30 3% better than the 2020 league average (4.43)
Runs Scored 248 10% below the 2020 league average (274 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumKauffman Stadium
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Home Games 30

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2020

Batting Avg

1 Salvador Perez 0.333 2 Cam Gallagher 0.283 3 Whit Merrifield 0.282 4 Maikel Franco 0.278 5 Edward Olivares 0.274

Home Runs

1 Salvador Perez 11 2 Whit Merrifield 9 3 Maikel Franco 8 4 Jorge Soler 8 5 Hunter Dozier 6

RBI

1 Maikel Franco 38 2 Salvador Perez 32 3 Whit Merrifield 30 4 Jorge Soler 24 5 Adalberto Mondesi 22
2020 Kansas City Royals — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Whit Merrifield 60 248 38 70 12 0 9 30 12 33 12 0.282
Maikel Franco 60 223 23 62 16 0 8 38 16 38 1 0.278
Adalberto Mondesi 59 219 33 56 11 3 6 22 11 70 24 0.256
Nicky Lopez 56 169 15 34 8 0 1 13 18 41 0 0.201
Alex Gordon 50 163 15 34 4 0 4 11 18 37 0 0.209
Hunter Dozier 44 158 29 36 4 2 6 12 27 48 4 0.228
Salvador Perez 37 150 22 50 12 0 11 32 3 36 1 0.333
Jorge Soler 43 149 17 34 8 0 8 24 19 60 0 0.228
Ryan O'Hearn 42 113 7 22 6 0 2 18 18 37 0 0.195
Ryan McBroom 36 81 8 20 3 0 6 10 4 30 0 0.247
Edward Olivares 18 62 5 17 1 1 2 7 2 11 0 0.274
Bubba Starling 35 59 5 10 1 0 1 5 4 27 0 0.169
Cam Gallagher 25 53 10 15 5 0 1 3 6 11 0 0.283
Franchy Cordero 16 38 7 8 3 0 2 7 4 4 1 0.211
Brett Phillips 18 31 8 7 0 1 1 2 3 8 3 0.226
Meibrys Viloria 15 21 1 4 1 0 0 0 2 9 0 0.190
Erick Mejia 8 14 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 1 0.071
Nick Heath 15 13 2 2 1 0 0 3 2 6 2 0.154
Matt Reynolds 3 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.000
Kelvin Gutierrez 4 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 0.111
Oscar Hernandez 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500
Chance Adams 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Scott Barlow 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Scott Blewett 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ronald Bolanos 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kris Bubic 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Danny Duffy 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Foster Griffin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jesse Hahn 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Matt Harvey 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Carlos Hernandez 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Greg Holland 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jakob Junis 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brad Keller 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ian Kennedy 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jorge Lopez 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Richard Lovelady 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kevin McCarthy 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Montgomery 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jake Newberry 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Randy Rosario 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Trevor Rosenthal 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brady Singer 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Glenn Sparkman 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Gabe Speier 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Josh Staumont 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kyle Zimmer 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tyler Zuber 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2020

ERA

1 Brad Keller 2.47 2 Brady Singer 4.06 3 Scott Barlow 4.20 4 Kris Bubic 4.32 5 Danny Duffy 4.95

Wins

1 Brad Keller 5 2 Danny Duffy 4 3 Brady Singer 4 4 Greg Holland 3 5 Scott Barlow 2

Strikeouts

1 Brady Singer 61 2 Danny Duffy 57 3 Kris Bubic 49 4 Scott Barlow 39 5 Josh Staumont 37
2020 Kansas City Royals — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Brady Singer 4 5 4.06 12 12 0 64.1 52 29 23 61
Danny Duffy 4 4 4.95 12 11 0 56.1 53 31 22 57
Brad Keller 5 3 2.47 9 9 0 54.2 39 15 17 35
Kris Bubic 1 6 4.32 10 10 0 50.0 52 24 22 49
Scott Barlow 2 1 4.20 32 0 2 30.0 27 14 9 39
Greg Holland 3 0 1.91 28 0 6 28.1 20 6 7 31
Josh Staumont 2 1 2.45 26 0 0 25.2 20 7 16 37
Jakob Junis 0 2 6.39 8 6 0 25.1 35 18 6 19
Kyle Zimmer 1 0 1.57 16 1 0 23.0 14 4 10 26
Jake Newberry 1 0 4.09 20 0 1 22.0 20 10 12 24
Tyler Zuber 1 2 4.09 23 0 0 22.0 15 10 20 30
Jesse Hahn 1 0 0.52 18 0 3 17.1 4 1 8 19
Carlos Hernandez 0 1 4.91 5 3 0 14.2 19 8 6 13
Ian Kennedy 0 2 9.00 15 1 0 14.0 20 14 5 15
Trevor Rosenthal 0 0 3.29 14 0 7 13.2 9 5 7 21
Matt Harvey 0 3 11.57 7 4 0 11.2 27 15 5 10
Chance Adams 0 0 9.35 6 0 0 8.2 15 9 0 6
Kevin McCarthy 0 0 4.50 5 0 0 6.0 10 3 2 2
Gabe Speier 0 1 7.94 8 0 0 5.2 9 5 4 6
Mike Montgomery 0 0 5.06 3 1 0 5.1 6 3 1 4
Glenn Sparkman 0 0 5.40 4 0 0 5.0 9 3 1 2
Ronald Bolanos 0 2 12.27 2 2 0 3.2 8 5 3 2
Randy Rosario 0 1 8.10 4 0 0 3.1 7 3 3 4
Scott Blewett 0 0 6.00 2 0 0 3.0 6 2 1 4
Foster Griffin 1 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 1
Richard Lovelady 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 0
Jorge Lopez 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0.2 3 2 0 0

👥 Roster (48)

Chance Adams Scott Barlow Scott Blewett Ronald Bolanos Kris Bubic Franchy Cordero Hunter Dozier Danny Duffy Maikel Franco Cam Gallagher Alex Gordon Foster Griffin +36 more

48 players

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The 2020 Kansas City Royals in brief

A 26-34 record (.433) put the 2020 Kansas City Royals 4th in the AL Central. With 248 runs scored and 272 given up, the 2020 differential was -24. Pitchers allowed 4.30 earned runs per nine innings, against a league figure of 4.43. League clubs averaged 274 runs that year, so the Kansas City Royals scored 10% fewer. Home games were played at Kauffman Stadium. For power, Salvador Perez led the way with 11 homers.

The RBI leader was Maikel Franco, with 38. The hits leader was Whit Merrifield with 70. Brad Keller was the top winner, with 5 victories. The strikeout leader was Brady Singer with 61. In all, the roster shows 48 players. For the seasons either side, see the 2019 season and the 2021 season.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2020 Kansas City Royals

What was the 2020 Kansas City Royals record?
The 2020 Kansas City Royals finished 26-34 (.433 win pct).
Who led the 2020 Kansas City Royals in home runs?
Salvador Perez led the 2020 Kansas City Royals with 11 home runs.
What was the 2020 Kansas City Royals team ERA?
The 2020 Kansas City Royals posted a team ERA of 4.30.
Did the 2020 Kansas City Royals win the World Series?
No. The 2020 Kansas City Royals did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2020 Kansas City Royals play?
The 2020 Kansas City Royals played home games at Kauffman Stadium.
Who led the 2020 Kansas City Royals in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Salvador Perez (11 HR, 32 RBI) and Brad Keller (5-3, 2.47 ERA).
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