2017 Kansas City Royals Roster (40-man)

2016 Season 2018 Season

Record: 80-82-0, Finished 3rd in AL_Central (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Ned Yost (80-82)

General Manager: Dayton Moore (Senior VP, Baseball Ops/GM)

Farm Director: Ronnie Richardson

Scouting Director: Lonnie Goldberg

Ballpark: Kauffman Stadium

Attendance: 2,220,370 (8th of 15)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 102
One-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99

Pythagorean W-L: 72-90, 702 Runs, 791 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Al Alburquerque	31	do DO	R	R	6' 0"	195	Jun 10, 1986	7	11	0	1	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2
Scott Alexander	27	us US	L	L	6' 2"	195	Jul 10, 1989	3	58	0	4	58	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.3
Miguel Almonte	24	do DO	R	R	6' 1"	210	Apr 4, 1993	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Jorge Bonifacio	24	do DO	R	R	6' 0"	220	Jun 4, 1993	1st	113	96	113	102	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	1	92	102	8	7	3	0.4
Ryan Buchter	30	us US	L	L	6' 4"	230	Feb 13, 1987	3	29	0	1	29	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6
Billy Burns	27	us US	B	R	5' 9"	170	Aug 30, 1989	4	7	0	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	5	0	1	2	-0.2
Drew Butera	33	us US	R	R	6' 1"	212	Aug 9, 1983	8	75	43	75	75	0	74	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	-0.5	$1,500,000
Melky Cabrera	32	do DO	B	L	5' 10"	210	Aug 11, 1984	13	58	58	58	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	46	54	4	0	0	-1.0
Trevor Cahill	29	us US	R	R	6' 4"	223	Mar 1, 1988	9	10	3	1	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5
Lorenzo Cain	31	us US	R	R	6' 2"	214	Apr 13, 1986	8	155	154	155	151	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	151	0	151	3	0	1	5.5	$11,000,000
Christian Colón	28	pr PR	R	R	5' 10"	215	May 14, 1989	4	7	6	7	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-0.1	$564,000
Cheslor Cuthbert	24	ni NI	R	R	6' 1"	205	Nov 16, 1992	3	58	36	58	51	0	0	6	3	44	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	1	-0.6	$552,250
Danny Duffy	28	us US	L	L	6' 3"	205	Dec 21, 1988	7	24	24	1	24	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.6	$5,000,000
Alcides Escobar	30	ve VE	R	R	6' 1"	205	Dec 16, 1986	10	162	162	162	162	0	0	0	0	0	162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.7	$6,500,000
Luke Farrell	26	us US	R	R	6' 6"	200	Jun 7, 1991	1st	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Neftalí Feliz	29	do DO	R	R	6' 3"	235	May 2, 1988	9	20	0	3	20	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Brian Flynn	27	us US	L	L	6' 8"	245	Apr 19, 1990	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	$556,000
Cam Gallagher	24	us US	R	R	6' 3"	230	Dec 6, 1992	1st	13	6	13	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1
Onelki García	27	cu CU	L	L	6' 3"	225	Aug 2, 1989	2	2	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4
Sam Gaviglio	27	us US	R	R	6' 1"	215	May 22, 1990	1st	4	2	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4
Alex Gordon	33	us US	L	R	6' 1"	220	Feb 10, 1984	11	148	140	148	147	0	0	0	0	0	0	140	15	1	147	0	2	0	-0.2	$16,000,000
Terrance Gore	26	us US	R	R	5' 7"	160	Jun 8, 1991	4	12	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	4	8	-0.3	$536,500
Jason Hammel	34	us US	R	R	6' 6"	225	Sep 2, 1982	12	32	32	3	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	$5,000,000
Kelvin Herrera	27	do DO	R	R	5' 10"	220	Dec 31, 1989	7	64	0	6	64	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	$5,325,000
Eric Hosmer	27	us US	L	L	6' 4"	226	Oct 24, 1989	7	162	161	162	157	0	0	157	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	4.3	$12,250,000
Jakob Junis	24	us US	R	R	6' 3"	238	Sep 16, 1992	1st	20	16	1	20	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5
Nate Karns	29	us US	R	R	6' 3"	225	Nov 25, 1987	5	9	8	0	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	$571,000
Ian Kennedy	32	us US	R	R	6' 0"	210	Dec 19, 1984	11	30	30	2	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	$13,500,000
Andrés Machado	24	ve VE	R	R	6' 1"	232	Apr 22, 1993	1st	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Seth Maness	28	us US	R	R	6' 0"	190	Oct 14, 1988	5	8	0	0	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Brandon Maurer	26	us US	R	R	6' 5"	225	Jul 3, 1990	5	26	0	1	26	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5
Kevin McCarthy	25	us US	R	R	6' 3"	210	Feb 22, 1992	2	33	0	2	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4
Whit Merrifield	28	us US	R	R	6' 1"	195	Jan 24, 1989	2	145	143	145	144	0	0	1	132	1	0	7	0	10	16	0	0	2	3.2
Mike Minor	29	us US	R	L	6' 4"	210	Dec 26, 1987	6	65	0	4	65	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	$4,000,000
Adalberto Mondesí	21	us US	B	R	6' 1"	200	Jul 27, 1995	3	25	13	25	23	0	0	0	14	0	9	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	-0.8	$537,250
Mike Morin	26	us US	R	R	6' 4"	220	May 3, 1991	4	6	0	0	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Brandon Moss	33	us US	L	R	6' 1"	210	Sep 16, 1983	11	118	98	118	20	0	0	14	0	0	0	5	0	2	7	90	12	0	-0.9	$3,750,000
Mike Moustakas	28	us US	L	R	6' 0"	230	Sep 11, 1988	7	148	144	148	127	0	0	0	0	127	0	0	0	0	0	17	4	0	1.6	$8,700,000	All-Star
Peter Moylan	38	au AU	R	R	6' 3"	220	Dec 2, 1978	11	79	0	7	79	79	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	$1,000,000
Paulo Orlando	31	br BR	R	R	6' 2"	215	Nov 1, 1985	3	39	20	39	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	20	38	0	2	3	-0.5	$558,250
Salvador Perez	27	ve VE	R	R	6' 3"	255	May 10, 1990	7	129	126	129	115	0	115	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	2	0	2.5	$4,200,000	All-Star
Eric Skoglund	24	us US	L	L	6' 7"	215	Oct 26, 1992	1st	7	5	1	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.6
Jorge Soler	25	cu CU	R	R	6' 4"	235	Feb 25, 1992	4	35	25	35	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	15	22	11	5	0	-1.2	$3,666,667
Joakim Soria	33	mx MX	R	R	6' 3"	205	May 18, 1984	10	59	0	3	59	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	$8,000,000
Matt Strahm	25	us US	R	L	6' 2"	190	Nov 12, 1991	2	24	3	1	24	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	$538,900
Ramón Torres	24	do DO	B	R	5' 11"	190	Jan 22, 1993	1st	33	17	33	33	0	0	0	20	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	-0.2
Jason Vargas	34	us US	L	L	6' 0"	215	Feb 2, 1983	12	32	32	1	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	$8,000,000	All-Star
Travis Wood	30	us US	R	L	5' 11"	175	Feb 6, 1987	8	28	3	3	28	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.6
Chris Young	38	us US	R	R	6' 10"	255	May 25, 1979	13	14	2	2	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5	$5,750,000
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Ned Yost	62	us US	Aug 19, 1954	Manager	Apr 3	Oct 1
Don Wakamatsu	54	us US	Feb 22, 1963	Bench	Apr 3	Oct 1
Brian Buchanan	43	us US	Jul 21, 1973	Hitting	Apr 3	Oct 1
Dale Sveum	53	us US	Nov 23, 1963	Hitting	Apr 3	Oct 1
Dave Eiland	50	us US	Jul 5, 1966	Pitching	Apr 3	Oct 1
Doug Henry	53	us US	Dec 10, 1963	Bullpen	Apr 3	Oct 1
Rusty Kuntz	62	us US	Feb 4, 1955	First base	Apr 3	Oct 1
Mike Jirschele	58	us US	Mar 3, 1959	Third base	Apr 3	Oct 1
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date