2017 Kansas City Royals season
The 2017 Kansas City Royals season was the 49th season for the franchise, and their 45th at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals opened the season at the Minnesota Twins on April 3, 2017, and finished the season at home against the Arizona Diamondbacks on October 1. They failed to make the playoffs for the second consecutive season.
Offseason
Transactions
- November 3: C Drew Butera and RHP Peter Moylan elected free agency.
- November 4: RHP Edinson Vólquez, RHP Kris Medlen, and DH Kendrys Morales elected free agency.
- November 5: RHP Luke Hochevar elected free agency.
- November 18: C Tony Cruz designated for assignment. C Drew Butera signed. C Cam Gallagher, RHP Andrew Edwards, Jake Junis, and 1B Samir Dueñez signed from minors.
- November 23: C Tony Cruz released.
- December 1: RHP Brooks Pounders traded to the Los Angeles Angels for RHP Jared Ruxer.
- December 7: RHP Wade Davis traded to the Chicago Cubs for LF Jorge Soler
- January 3: RHP Sam Lewis traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks for LF Peter O'Brien.
- January 6: LF Jarrod Dyson traded to the Seattle Mariners for RHP Nate Karns.
- February 1: DH Brandon Moss signed.
- February 8: RHP Alec Mills traded to the Chicago Cubs for CF Donald Dewees Jr. RHP Jason Hammel signed.
- February 15: LHP Travis Wood signed.
Yordano Ventura
On the morning of January 22, 2017, it was announced that Kansas City Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura was killed in a car accident in the Dominican Republic.Regular season
The team's 16–4 win over the Detroit Tigers on July 20, 2017, was the first time in franchise history that the Royals had recorded four 4-run innings in a game. In the month of August, the Royals set a dubious franchise record of 45 innings without scoring a run, spanning more than 4 games. It was the longest such streak by any team since the pitching mound was lowered in the late 1960s.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 |
| Eric Hosmer | 162 | 603 | 98 | 192 | 31 | 1 | 25 | 94 | 6 | 66 | .318 | .498 |
| Alcides Escobar | 162 | 599 | 71 | 150 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 54 | 4 | 15 | .250 | .357 |
| Whit Merrifield | 145 | 587 | 80 | 169 | 32 | 6 | 19 | 78 | 34 | 29 | .288 | .460 |
| Lorenzo Cain | 155 | 584 | 86 | 175 | 27 | 5 | 15 | 49 | 26 | 54 | .300 | .440 |
| Mike Moustakas | 148 | 555 | 75 | 151 | 24 | 0 | 38 | 85 | 0 | 34 | .272 | .521 |
| Alex Gordon | 148 | 476 | 52 | 99 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 45 | 7 | 45 | .208 | .315 |
| Salvador Pérez | 129 | 471 | 57 | 126 | 24 | 1 | 27 | 80 | 1 | 17 | .268 | .495 |
| Jorge Bonifacio | 113 | 384 | 55 | 98 | 15 | 1 | 17 | 40 | 1 | 35 | .255 | .432 |
| Brandon Moss | 118 | 362 | 41 | 75 | 14 | 0 | 22 | 50 | 2 | 37 | .207 | .428 |
| Melky Cabrera | 58 | 223 | 24 | 60 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 1 | 11 | .269 | .399 |
| Drew Butera | 75 | 163 | 18 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 12 | .227 | .319 |
| Cheslor Cuthbert | 58 | 143 | 10 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 9 | .231 | .322 |
| Jorge Soler | 35 | 97 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 12 | .144 | .258 |
| Paulo Orlando | 39 | 86 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .198 | .302 |
| Ramón Torres | 33 | 74 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | .243 | .284 |
| Adalberto Mondesí | 25 | 53 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | .170 | .245 |
| Cam Gallagher | 13 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .417 |
| Christian Colón | 7 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .176 | .176 |
| Billy Burns | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 |
| Terrance Gore | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .000 |
| Pitcher Totals | 162 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .120 | .120 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5536 | 702 | 1436 | 260 | 24 | 193 | 660 | 91 | 390 | .259 | .420 |
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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 |
| Jason Hammel | 8 | 13 | 5.29 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 180.1 | 209 | 109 | 106 | 48 | 145 |
| Jason Vargas | 18 | 11 | 4.16 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 179.2 | 181 | 84 | 83 | 58 | 134 |
| Ian Kennedy | 5 | 13 | 5.38 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 154.0 | 143 | 99 | 92 | 61 | 131 |
| Danny Duffy | 9 | 10 | 3.81 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 146.1 | 143 | 67 | 62 | 41 | 130 |
| Jakob Junis | 9 | 3 | 4.30 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 98.1 | 101 | 52 | 47 | 25 | 80 |
| Mike Minor | 6 | 6 | 2.55 | 65 | 0 | 6 | 77.2 | 57 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 88 |
| Scott Alexander | 5 | 4 | 2.48 | 58 | 0 | 4 | 69.0 | 62 | 23 | 19 | 28 | 59 |
| Kelvin Herrera | 3 | 3 | 4.25 | 64 | 0 | 26 | 59.1 | 60 | 33 | 28 | 20 | 56 |
| Peter Moylan | 0 | 0 | 3.49 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 59.1 | 40 | 26 | 23 | 25 | 46 |
| Joakim Soria | 4 | 3 | 3.70 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 56.0 | 49 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 64 |
| Nate Karns | 2 | 2 | 4.17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 45.1 | 41 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 51 |
| Kevin McCarthy | 1 | 0 | 3.20 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 50 | 23 | 16 | 13 | 27 |
| Travis Wood | 1 | 3 | 6.91 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 41.2 | 56 | 33 | 32 | 20 | 29 |
| Matt Strahm | 2 | 5 | 5.45 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 34.2 | 30 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 37 |
| Chris Young | 0 | 0 | 7.50 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 30.0 | 47 | 27 | 25 | 14 | 22 |
| Ryan Buchter | 1 | 0 | 2.67 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 18 |
| Trevor Cahill | 0 | 0 | 8.22 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 23.0 | 33 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 15 |
| Brandon Maurer | 2 | 2 | 8.10 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 20.0 | 34 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 21 |
| Neftalí Feliz | 1 | 0 | 4.74 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 16 |
| Eric Skoglund | 1 | 2 | 9.50 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 18.0 | 30 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 14 |
| Sam Gaviglio | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12.0 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Al Alburquerque | 0 | 1 | 3.60 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| Seth Maness | 1 | 0 | 3.72 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Onelki Garcia | 0 | 1 | 13.50 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| Mike Morin | 0 | 0 | 7.94 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| Andrés Machado | 0 | 0 | 22.09 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| Luke Farrell | 0 | 0 | 16.88 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Brian Flynn | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Miguel Almonte | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 80 | 82 | 4.61 | 162 | 162 | 39 | 1437.2 | 1480 | 791 | 737 | 519 | 1216 |
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