2012 Kansas City Royals season

The Kansas City Royals' season of 2012 was the 44th for the Royals franchise. The Royals hosted the 83rd MLB All-Star Game on July 10 at Kauffman Stadium, where the team played its 40th season of home games. The Royals finished 72–90, third place in the American League Central. The Royals also hosted the All-Star Game on July 10.
Prior to the 2013 Kansas City Royals season, the Royals donated over $4 million in funds raised during the 2012 All-Star game for various projects in the Kansas City area communities, including building two baseball facilities for disabled children.
Alex Gordon signed a $37.5 million four-year deal with the Royals.
Jeremy Guthrie signed a $25 million three-year deal in November 2012 to stay with the Royals.

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; 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
Alex Gordon	161	642	93	189	51	5	14	72	10	73	.294	.455
Billy Butler	161	614	72	192	32	1	29	107	2	54	.313	.510
Alcides Escobar	155	605	68	177	30	7	5	52	35	27	.293	.390
Mike Moustakas	149	563	69	136	34	1	20	73	5	39	.242	.412
Jeff Francoeur	148	561	58	132	26	3	16	49	4	34	.235	.378
Eric Hosmer	152	535	65	124	22	2	14	60	16	56	.232	.359
Jarrod Dyson	102	292	52	76	8	5	0	9	30	30	.260	.322
Salvador Pérez	76	289	38	87	16	0	11	39	0	12	.301	.471
Lorenzo Cain	61	222	27	59	9	2	7	31	10	15	.266	.419
Yuniesky Betancourt	57	215	21	49	14	1	7	36	0	9	.228	.400
Brayan Peña	68	212	16	50	10	1	2	25	0	9	.236	.321
Chris Getz	64	189	22	52	10	3	0	17	9	11	.275	.360
Johnny Giavotella	53	181	21	43	7	1	1	15	3	8	.238	.304
Humberto Quintero	43	138	7	32	12	0	1	19	0	4	.232	.341
Irving Falú	24	85	14	29	6	1	0	7	0	4	.341	.435
Tony Abreu	22	70	5	18	2	1	1	15	0	2	.257	.357
Mitch Maier	32	64	8	11	1	1	2	7	2	8	.172	.313
Jason Bourgeois	30	62	10	16	2	1	0	5	5	4	.258	.323
David Lough	20	59	9	14	2	1	0	2	1	4	.237	.305
Adam Moore	4	11	1	2	1	0	1	2	0	1	.182	.545
Clint Robinson	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Manny Piña	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Pitcher totals	162	21	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.190	.190
Team totals	162	5636	676	1492	295	37	131	643	132	404	.265	.400

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Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = 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
Bruce Chen	11	14	5.07	34	34	0	191.2	215	114	108	47	140
Luke Hochevar	8	16	5.73	32	32	0	185.1	202	127	118	61	144
Luis Mendoza	8	10	4.23	30	25	0	166.0	176	84	78	59	104
Jeremy Guthrie	5	3	3.16	14	14	0	91.0	84	37	32	19	56
Will Smith	6	9	5.32	16	16	0	89.2	111	54	53	33	59
Kelvin Herrera	4	3	2.35	76	0	3	84.1	79	24	22	21	77
Tim Collins	5	4	3.36	72	0	0	69.2	55	29	26	34	93
Greg Holland	7	4	2.96	67	0	16	67.0	58	22	22	34	91
Aaron Crow	3	1	3.48	73	0	2	64.2	54	27	25	22	65
Everett Teaford	1	4	4.99	18	5	0	61.1	68	34	34	21	35
Jonathan Sánchez	1	6	7.76	12	12	0	53.1	65	47	46	44	36
Louis Coleman	0	0	3.71	42	0	0	51.0	41	23	21	26	65
Vin Mazzaro	4	3	5.73	18	6	0	44.0	55	29	28	19	26
José Mijares	2	2	2.56	51	0	0	38.2	36	13	11	13	37
Felipe Paulino	3	1	1.67	7	7	0	37.2	31	8	7	15	39
Jonathan Broxton	1	2	2.27	35	0	23	35.2	36	11	9	14	25
Nathan Adcock	0	3	2.34	12	2	0	34.2	37	13	9	13	22
Danny Duffy	2	2	3.90	6	6	0	27.2	26	13	12	18	28
Francisley Bueno	1	1	1.56	18	0	0	17.1	16	4	3	2	7
Jeremy Jeffress	0	0	6.75	13	0	0	13.1	19	14	10	13	13
Tommy Hottovy	0	0	2.89	9	0	0	9.1	11	3	3	5	6
Román Colón	0	0	6.75	3	0	0	8.0	12	6	6	3	3
Jake Odorizzi	0	1	4.91	2	2	0	7.1	8	4	4	4	4
Ryan Verdugo	0	1	32.40	1	1	0	1.2	8	6	6	2	2
Mitch Maier	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals	72	90	4.30	162	162	44	1451.1	1504	746	693	542	1177

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Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Billy Butler, Outfield, Reserve