The Kansas City Royals' season of 2010 was the 42nd for the Royals franchise. It was also the 25th anniversary of their first World Series championship (1985).
2010 Kansas City Royals | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | Central | |
Ballpark | Kauffman Stadium | |
City | Kansas City, Missouri | |
Record | 67–95 (.414) | |
Divisional place | 5th | |
Owners | David Glass | |
General managers | Dayton Moore | |
Managers | Trey Hillman Ned Yost | |
Television | Fox Sports Kansas City (Ryan Lefebvre, Paul Splittorff, Frank White) | |
Radio | KCSP 610 AM (Denny Matthews, Bob Davis, Steve Stewart) | |
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The Royals' payroll as the 2010 season opened was $70 million (21st in the major leagues).[1][2] Royals batters struck out 905 times during the season, the fewest of any team in a season in the 2010s.[3]
Regular season
editManager Trey Hillman and third base coach Dave Owen (baseball) were dismissed after the game on May 13, 2010 and replaced with Ned Yost as manager and Rusty Kuntz as first base coach with Eddie Rodriguez shifting from first base coach to third base coach.
Season standings
editAmerican League Central
editTeam | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Minnesota Twins | 94 | 68 | .580 | — | 53–28 | 41–40 |
Chicago White Sox | 88 | 74 | .543 | 6 | 45–36 | 43–38 |
Detroit Tigers | 81 | 81 | .500 | 13 | 52–29 | 29–52 |
Cleveland Indians | 69 | 93 | .426 | 25 | 38–43 | 31–50 |
Kansas City Royals | 67 | 95 | .414 | 27 | 38–43 | 29–52 |
American League Wild Card
editTeam | W | L | Pct. |
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Tampa Bay Rays | 96 | 66 | .593 |
Minnesota Twins | 94 | 68 | .580 |
Texas Rangers | 90 | 72 | .556 |
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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New York Yankees | 95 | 67 | .586 | — |
Boston Red Sox | 89 | 73 | .549 | 6 |
Chicago White Sox | 88 | 74 | .543 | 7 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 85 | 77 | .525 | 10 |
Detroit Tigers | 81 | 81 | .500 | 14 |
Oakland Athletics | 81 | 81 | .500 | 14 |
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 80 | 82 | .494 | 15 |
Cleveland Indians | 69 | 93 | .426 | 26 |
Kansas City Royals | 67 | 95 | .414 | 28 |
Baltimore Orioles | 66 | 96 | .407 | 29 |
Seattle Mariners | 61 | 101 | .377 | 34 |
Record vs. opponents
editTeam | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
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Baltimore | – | 9–9 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 5–5 | 2–4 | 6–0 | 3–5 | 5–13 | 3–7 | 3–6 | 7–11 | 6–4 | 3–15 | 7–11 |
Boston | 9–9 | – | 1–6 | 4–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 9–1 | 3–2 | 9–9 | 4–5 | 7–3 | 7–11 | 4–6 | 12–6 | 13–5 |
Chicago | 3–4 | 6–1 | – | 9–9 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 7–2 | 5–13 | 2–4 | 4–5 | 9–1 | 3–4 | 4–5 | 3–5 | 15–3 |
Cleveland | 3–3 | 4–4 | 9–9 | – | 9–9 | 10–8 | 5–4 | 6–12 | 2–6 | 3–6 | 3–4 | 2–7 | 2–4 | 6–4 | 5–13 |
Detroit | 5–5 | 3–3 | 10–8 | 9–9 | – | 10–8 | 6–4 | 9–9 | 4–4 | 3–3 | 3–5 | 1–6 | 3–6 | 4–4 | 11–7 |
Kansas City | 4–2 | 3-4 | 9–10 | 8–10 | 8–10 | – | 3-7 | 5–13 | 3–5 | 3–6 | 5–4 | 4–4 | 2–7 | 3–3 | 8–10 |
Los Angeles | 0–6 | 1–9 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 4–6 | 7–3 | – | 2–5 | 4–4 | 11–8 | 15–4 | 4–5 | 9–10 | 6–3 | 11–7 |
Minnesota | 5–3 | 2–3 | 13–5 | 12–6 | 9–9 | 13–5 | 5–2 | – | 2–4 | 6–3 | 6-4 | 3–5 | 7–3 | 3–6 | 8–10 |
New York | 13–5 | 9–9 | 4–2 | 6-2 | 4–4 | 5–3 | 4–4 | 4–2 | – | 9–1 | 6–4 | 8–10 | 4–4 | 8–10 | 11–7 |
Oakland | 7–3 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 3–3 | 6–3 | 8–11 | 3–6 | 1–9 | – | 13–6 | 4–5 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 8–10 |
Seattle | 6–3 | 3–7 | 1–9 | 4–3 | 5–3 | 4–5 | 4–15 | 4–6 | 4–6 | 6–13 | – | 2–7 | 7–12 | 2–3 | 9–9 |
Tampa Bay | 11–7 | 11–7 | 4–3 | 7–2 | 6–1 | 4–4 | 5–4 | 5–3 | 10–8 | 5–4 | 7–2 | – | 4–2 | 10–8 | 7–11 |
Texas | 4–6 | 6–4 | 5–4 | 4–2 | 6–3 | 7–2 | 10-9 | 3-7 | 4-4 | 10-9 | 12–7 | 2–4 | – | 3–7 | 14–4 |
Toronto | 15–3 | 6–12 | 5–3 | 4–6 | 4–4 | 3–3 | 3–6 | 6–3 | 10–8 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 8–10 | 7–3 | – | 7–11 |
- Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2010
Game log
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September/October (11–19)
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Roster
editPlayer stats
editBatting
editNote: 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 |
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(C) Jason Kendall | 118 | 434 | 39 | 111 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 37 | .256 | 12 |
(1B) Billy Butler | 158 | 595 | 77 | 189 | 45 | 0 | 15 | 78 | .318 | 0 |
(2B) Mike Avilés | 110 | 424 | 63 | 129 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 32 | .304 | 14 |
(SS) Yuniesky Betancourt | 151 | 556 | 60 | 144 | 29 | 2 | 16 | 78 | .259 | 2 |
(3B) Alberto Callaspo | 88 | 349 | 40 | 96 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 43 | .275 | 3 |
(LF) Scott Podsednik | 95 | 390 | 46 | 121 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 44 | .310 | 30 |
(CF) Mitch Maier | 117 | 373 | 41 | 98 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 39 | .263 | 3 |
(RF) David DeJesus | 91 | 352 | 46 | 112 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 37 | .318 | 3 |
(DH) José Guillén | 106 | 396 | 46 | 101 | 17 | 2 | 16 | 62 | .255 | 1 |
(3B) Wilson Betemit | 84 | 276 | 36 | 82 | 20 | 0 | 13 | 43 | .297 | 0 |
(LF) Alex Gordon | 74 | 242 | 34 | 52 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 20 | .215 | 1 |
(2B) Chris Getz | 72 | 224 | 23 | 53 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .237 | 15 |
(1B) Kila Ka'aihue | 52 | 180 | 22 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 25 | .217 | 0 |
(CF) Gregor Blanco | 49 | 179 | 22 | 49 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 11 | .274 | 10 |
(UT) Willie Bloomquist | 72 | 170 | 31 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 17 | .265 | 8 |
(C) Brayan Peña | 60 | 158 | 11 | 40 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .253 | 2 |
(CF) Rick Ankiel | 27 | 92 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .261 | 1 |
(CF) Jarrod Dyson | 18 | 57 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .211 | 9 |
(RF) Jai Miller | 20 | 55 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .236 | 1 |
(3B) Josh Fields | 13 | 49 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .306 | 0 |
(C) Lucas May | 12 | 37 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .189 | 0 |
Pitcher Totals | 162 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .125 | 0 |
Team Totals | 162 | 5604 | 676 | 1534 | 279 | 31 | 121 | 640 | .274 | 115 |
Pitching
editNote: 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
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | R | ER | BB | SO |
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SP Zack Greinke | 10 | 14 | 4.17 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 220.0 | 114 | 102 | 55 | 181 |
SP Kyle Davies | 8 | 12 | 5.34 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 183.2 | 114 | 109 | 80 | 126 |
SP Bruce Chen | 12 | 7 | 4.17 | 33 | 23 | 1 | 140.1 | 68 | 65 | 57 | 98 |
SP Brian Bannister | 7 | 12 | 6.34 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 127.2 | 92 | 90 | 50 | 77 |
SP Luke Hochevar | 6 | 6 | 4.81 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 103.0 | 61 | 55 | 37 | 76 |
SP Sean O'Sullivan | 3 | 6 | 6.11 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 70.2 | 50 | 48 | 27 | 37 |
CL Joakim Soria | 1 | 2 | 1.78 | 66 | 0 | 43 | 65.2 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 71 |
RP Rob Tejeda | 3 | 5 | 3.54 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 61.0 | 28 | 24 | 26 | 56 |
RP Dusty Hughes | 1 | 3 | 3.83 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 56.1 | 28 | 24 | 24 | 34 |
RP Blake Wood | 1 | 3 | 5.07 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 49.2 | 29 | 28 | 22 | 31 |
RP Kyle Farnsworth | 3 | 0 | 2.42 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 44.2 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
Gil Meche | 0 | 5 | 5.69 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 61.2 | 42 | 39 | 38 | 41 |
Kanekoa Texeira | 1 | 0 | 4.64 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 42.2 | 24 | 22 | 15 | 19 |
Bryan Bullington | 1 | 4 | 6.12 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 42.2 | 29 | 29 | 17 | 29 |
Víctor Marte | 3 | 0 | 9.76 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 27.2 | 30 | 30 | 15 | 19 |
Anthony Lerew | 1 | 4 | 8.54 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 26.1 | 25 | 25 | 9 | 18 |
Jesse Chavez | 2 | 3 | 5.88 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 16 |
Philip Humber | 2 | 1 | 4.15 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21.2 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 16 |
Brad Thompson | 0 | 4 | 6.41 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 19.2 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 10 |
Greg Holland | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 18.2 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 23 |
Josh Rupe | 1 | 1 | 5.59 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
John Parrish | 1 | 1 | 3.00 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
Juan Cruz | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
Luis Mendoza | 0 | 1 | 22.50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
Román Colón | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Team Totals | 67 | 95 | 4.97 | 162 | 162 | 44 | 1436.2 | 845 | 794 | 551 | 1035 |
Farm system
editLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Northwest Arkansas
References
edit- Kansas City Royals: Official web site
- ^ Dutton, Bob (April 4, 2010). "Royals to Open 2010 Season With $70.1 million Payroll". Kansas City Star. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
- ^ "USA Today Salaries Database". USA Today. October 24, 2007. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
- ^ "Team Batting Season Finder: For Single Seasons, from 2010 to 2019, Standard stats, requiring Strikeouts <= 1000, sorted by lowest Strikeouts". Stathead Baseball. Retrieved April 16, 2021.