2010 Kansas City Royals season

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
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

Manager 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

American League Central

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AL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

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Division Winners

Team	W	L	Pct.
Tampa Bay Rays	96	66	.593
Minnesota Twins	94	68	.580
Texas Rangers	90	72	.556

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Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
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

Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
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

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• Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2010

Game log

Legend
Royals Win	Royals Loss	Game Postponed

2010 Game Log
April (9–14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 5 Tigers 8–4 Zumaya (1–0) Tejeda (0–1) 40,052 0–1 2 April 7 Tigers 3–2 (11) Farnsworth (1–0) Valverde (0–1) 10,574 1–1 3 April 8 Tigers 7–3 Bonine (1–0) Mendoza (0–1) 10,909 1–2 4 April 9 Red Sox 4–3 Parrish (1–0) Bard (0–1) Soria (1) 21,091 2–2 5 April 10 Red Sox 8–3 Beckett (1–0) Greinke (0–1) 37,505 2–3 6 April 11 Red Sox 8–6 Buchholz (1–0) Meche (0–1) Papelbon (2) 19,240 2–4 7 April 12 @ Tigers 10–5 Hochevar (1–0) Scherzer (0–1) 17,058 3–4 8 April 13 @ Tigers 6–5 Zumaya (2–0) Hughes (0–1) Valverde (2) 18,414 3–5 9 April 14 @ Tigers 7–3 Davies (1–0) Perry (0–1) Soria (2) 19,262 4–5 10 April 16 @ Twins 10–3 Baker (2–1) Greinke (0–2) 38,532 4–6 11 April 17 @ Twins 6–5 Duensing (2–0) Parrish (1–1) Rauch (6) 38,564 4–7 12 April 18 @ Twins 10–5 Hochevar (2–0) Pavano (2–1) Soria (3) 38,544 5–7 13 April 19 @ Blue Jays 8–1 Morrow (1–1) Bannister (0–1) 10,314 5–8 14 April 20 @ Blue Jays 4–3 Camp (1–0) Davies (0–2) Gregg (4) 10,565 5–9 15 April 21 @ Blue Jays 4–3 (10) Tejeda (1–1) Downs (0–1) Soria (4) 15,577 6–9 16 April 23 Twins 8–3 Pavano (3–1) Meche (0–2) 16,605 6–10 17 April 24 Twins 9–7 (12) Rauch (1–0) Tejeda (1–2) 26,649 6–11 18 April 25 Twins 4–3 Bannister (1–1) Slowey (2–2) Soria (5) 15,601 7–11 19 April 26 Mariners 3–1 Davies (2–1) Hernández (2–1) Chen (1) 11,391 8–11 20 April 27 Mariners 3–2 Kelley (1–0) Rupe (0–1) Aardsma (7) 14,969 8–12 21 April 28 Mariners 6–5 League (3–1) Thompson (0–1) Aardsma (8) 13,206 8–13 22 April 29 @ Rays 11–1 Garza (4–1) Hochevar (2–1) 12,766 8–14 23 April 30 @ Rays 3–2 Rupe (1–1) Choate (0–2) Soria (6) 25,195 9–14
May (12–17) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 24 May 1 @ Rays 4–2 (11) Tejada (2–2) Cormier (2–1) Soria (7) 34,813 10–14 25 May 2 @ Rays 1–0 Davis (3–1) Greinke (0–3) Soriano (6) 19,757 10–15 26 May 3 @ White Sox 5–1 Peavy (1–2) Meche (0–3) 21,208 10–16 27 May 4 @ White Sox 7–2 Hochevar (3–1) Floyd (1–3) 17,157 11–16 28 May 5 @ White Sox 9–2 García (1–2) Bannister (1–2) 21,255 11–17 29 May 6 @ Rangers 13–12 Francisco (4–3) Soria (0–1) Feliz (7) 15,132 11–18 30 May 7 @ Rangers 4–1 Wilson (3–1) Greinke (0–4) 29,065 11–19 31 May 8 @ Rangers 3–2 Ray (1–0) Meche (0–4) Feliz (8) 36,349 11–20 32 May 9 @ Rangers 6–4 Mathis (1–0) Thompson (0–2) Feliz (9) 25,476 11–21 33 May 11 Indians 8–2 Westbrook (1–2) Bannister (1–2) 15,930 11–22 34 May 12 Indians 4–0 Carmona (4–1) Davies (2–2) 11,803 11–23 35 May 13 Indians 6–4 Greinke (1–4) Huff (1–5) Soria (8) 28,361 12–23 36 May 14 White Sox 6–1 Hughes (1–1) Buehrle (2–5) 27,816 13–23 37 May 15 White Sox 5–4 Peavy (3–2) Hochevar (3–2) Thornton (1) 22,192 13–24 38 May 16 White Sox 5–3 Bannister (2–3) Floyd (1–4) Soria (9) 13,922 14–24 39 May 17 @ Orioles 4–3 Davies (3–2) Bergesen (3–3) Soria (10) 9,299 15–24 40 May 18 @ Orioles 4–3 (10) Simón (1–1) Bullington (0–1) 9,715 15–25 41 May 19 @ Indians 8–4 Chen (1–0) Wood (0–2) 10,916 16–25 42 May 20 @ Indians 9–3 Hochevar (4–2) Talbot (5–3) 13,953 17–25 43 May 21 Rockies 9–2 Bannister (3–3) Hammel (1–3) 24,807 18–25 44 May 22 Rockies 3–0 Francis (1–0) Davies (3–3) Corpas (3) 20,907 18–26 45 May 23 Rockies 11–7 Rogers (1–2) Greinke (1–5) 21,867 18–27 46 May 25 Rangers 8–7 O'Day (2–2) Thompson (0–3) Feliz (13) 12,796 18–28 47 May 26 Rangers 5–2 Hochevar (5–2) Feldman (2–5) Soria (11) 14,722 19–28 48 May 27 @ Red Sox 4–3 Bannister (4–3) Matsuzaka (3–2) Soria (12) 37,940 20–28 49 May 28 @ Red Sox 12–5 Davies (4–3) Wakefield (1–3) 37,945 21–28 50 May 29 @ Red Sox 1–0 Buchholz (7–3) Greinke (1–6) Papelbon (12) 37,956 21–29 51 May 30 @ Red Sox 8–1 Lester (6–2) Thompson (0–4) 37,581 21–30 52 May 31 Angels 7–1 Santana (5–3) Hochevar (5–3) 24,649 21–31
June (13–14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 53 June 1 Angels 6–3 Bannister (5–3) Piñeiro (3–6) Soria (13) 15,142 22–31 54 June 2 Angels 7–2 Kazmir (4–5) Davies (4–4) 12,718 22–32 55 June 3 Angels 5–4 Weaver (5–2) Greinke (1–7) Fuentes (7) 13,621 22–33 56 June 4 Tigers 7–3 Chen (2–0) Scherzer (2–5) 21,930 23–33 57 June 5 Tigers 4–2 Verlander (6–4) Hochevar (5–4) Valverde (12) 24,383 23–34 58 June 6 Tigers 7–2 Bannister (6–3) Bonderman (2–4) 22,240 24–34 59 June 8 @ Twins 7–3 Slowey (7–3) Greinke (1–8) Guerrier (1) 38,970 24–35 60 June 9 @ Twins 6–2 Pavano (6–6) Davies (4–5) 40,323 24–36 61 June 10 @ Twins 9–8 Chen (3–0) Baker (5–5) Soria (14) 39,022 25–36 62 June 11 @ Reds 6–5 (11) Marté (1–0) Owings (3–2) Soria (15) 25,847 26–36 63 June 12 @ Reds 11–5 Cueto (6–1) Bannister (6–4) 34,240 26–37 64 June 13 @ Reds 7–3 Greinke (2–8) LeCure (1–3) 23,747 27–37 65 June 15 Astros 15–7 Texeira (1–1) Paulino (1–8) 24,862 28–37 66 June 16 Astros 4–2 Oswalt (5–8) Chen (3–1) Lindstrom (15) 17,675 28–38 67 June 17 Astros 5–2 Marté (2–0) Myers (4–5) Soria (16) 16,255 29–38 68 June 18 @ Braves 6–4 Lowe (9–5) Bannister (6–5) Wagner (13) 29,808 29–39 69 June 19 @ Braves 5–4 Wagner (5–0) Tejeda (2–3) 39,109 29–40 70 June 20 @ Braves 8–5 Kimbrel (2–0) Wood (0–1) Wagner (14) 30,072 29–41 71 June 21 @ Nationals 2–1 Hernández (6–4) Chen (3–2) Capps (21) 13,592 29–42 72 June 22 @ Nationals 4–3 Atilano (6–4) Lerew (0–1) Capps (22) 21,168 29–43 73 June 23 @ Nationals 1–0 Bannister (7–5) Strasburg (2–1) Soria (17) 31,913 30–43 74 June 25 Cardinals 4–2 Greinke (3–8) Suppan (0–3) Soria (18) 38,916 31–43 75 June 26 Cardinals 5–3 Hawksworth (2–4) Davies (4–6) Franklin (15) 38,457 31–44 76 June 27 Cardinals 10–3 Chen (4–2) García (7–4) 32,938 32–44 77 June 28 White Sox 3–1 Lerew (1–1) Buehrle (6–7) Soria (19) 15,056 33–44 78 June 29 White Sox 4–3 Floyd (3–7) Bannister (7–6) Putz (2) 19,364 33–45 79 June 30 White Sox 7–6 Greinke (4–8) Peavy (7–6) Soria (20) 18,335 34–45
July (10–15) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 80 July 2 @ Angels 2–1 (10) Tejeda (3–3) Shields (0–3) Soria (21) 40,005 35–45 81 July 3 @ Angels 4–2 Chen (5–2) Santana (8–6) Soria (22) 39,112 36–45 82 July 4 @ Angels 11–0 Piñeiro (9–6) Lerew (1–2) 42,116 36–46 83 July 5 @ Mariners 6–4 (10) Farnsworth (2–0) Cordero (0–1) Soria (23) 22,617 37–46 84 July 6 @ Mariners 3–2 Greinke (5–8) Rowland-Smith (1–8) Soria (24) 17,555 38–46 85 July 7 @ Mariners 7–3 Marté (3–0) League (5–6) Soria (25) 16,954 39–46 86 July 9 @ White Sox 8–2 Buehrle (8–7) Chen (5–3) 25,572 39–47 87 July 10 @ White Sox 5–1 Floyd (5–7) Bannister (7–7) 32,339 39–48 88 July 11 @ White Sox 15–5 Peña (3–1) Lerew (1–3) 29,040 39–49 All-Star Break: National League defeats American League 3–1. 89 July 16 Athletics 5–1 Gonzalez (8–6) Greinke (5–9) 37,312 39–50 90 July 17 Athletics 6–5 Breslow (4–2) Soria (0–2) Bailey (19) 26,634 39–51 91 July 18 Athletics 9–6 Mazzaro (5–2) Bannister (7–8) Bailey (20) 18,702 39–52 92 July 19 Blue Jays 5–4 (10) Farnsworth (3–0) Gregg (0–4) 12,968 40–52 93 July 20 Blue Jays 13–1 Litsch (1–4) Lerew (1–4) 18,865 40–53 94 July 21 Blue Jays 5–2 Greinke (6–9) Rzepczynski (0–1) Soria (26) 15,285 41–53 95 July 22 @ Yankees 10–4 Sabathia (13–3) Chen (5–4) 47,484 41–54 96 July 23 @ Yankees 7–1 Burnett (8–8) Bannister (7–9) 46,801 41–55 97 July 24 @ Yankees 7–4 Davies (5–6) Mitre (0–2) Soria (27) 48,138 42–55 98 July 25 @ Yankees 12–6 Hughes (12–3) O'Sullivan (1–1) 47,890 42–56 99 July 26 Twins 19–1 Liriano (9–7) Greinke (6–10) 19,306 42–57 100 July 27 Twins 11–2 Pavano (13–6) Chen (5–5) 16,749 42–58 101 July 28 Twins 6–4 Duensing (4–1) Bannister (7–10) Rauch (21) 15,484 42–59 102 July 29 Orioles 6–5 (11) Hernandez (5–7) Wood (0–2) Simón (15) 17,220 42–60 103 July 30 Orioles 7–5 Wood (1–2) Simón (2–2) 21,537 43–60 104 July 31 Orioles 4–3 Greinke (7–10) Hernandez (5–8) Soria (28) 25,055 44–60
August (12–16) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 105 August 1 Orioles 5–4 Chen (6–5) Millwood (2–11) Soria (29) 14,662 45–60 106 August 2 @ Athletics 6–0 Cahill (11–4) Bannister (7–11) 10,047 45–61 107 August 3 @ Athletics 3–2 Chavez (4–2) Breslow (4–3) Soria (30) 10,670 46–61 108 August 4 @ Athletics 4–3 Anderson (3–2) O'Sullivan (1–2) Wuertz (4) 22,325 46–62 109 August 6 @ Mariners 7–1 French (1–2) Greinke (7–11) 20,411 46–63 110 August 7 @ Mariners 2–1 Chen (7–5) Pauley (0–4) Soria (31) 24,520 47–63 111 August 8 @ Mariners 3–2 Vargas (8–5) Davies (5–7) Aardsma (20) 24,078 47–64 112 August 9 @ Angels 6–4 Santana (11–8) O'Sullivan (1–3) Fuentes (22) 40,011 47–65 113 August 10 @ Angels 3–1 Haren (1–2) Bullington (0–2) Fuentes (23) 43,512 47–66 114 August 11 @ Angels 2–1 (10) Fuentes (4–1) Chavez (4–3) 39,093 47–67 115 August 12 Yankees 4–3 Sabathia (15–5) Chen (7–6) Robertson (1) 23,337 47–68 116 August 13 Yankees 4–3 Davies (6–7) Moseley (2–2) Soria (32) 30,680 48–68 117 August 14 Yankees 8–3 Hughes (14–5) O'Sullivan (1–4) 34,206 48–69 118 August 15 Yankees 1–0 Bullington (1–2) Burnett (9–10) Soria (33) 26,012 49–69 119 August 17 Indians 2–1 Greinke (8–11) Gómez (3–1) Soria (34) 13,258 50–69 120 August 18 Indians 9–7 Chen (8–6) Carmona (11–11) Soria (35) 12,864 51–69 121 August 19 Indians 7–3 Pérez (4–0) Wood (1–3) Perez (15) 9,732 51–70 August 20 White Sox Postponed (rain); rescheduled for August 21 122 August 21 (Game 1) White Sox 6–5 (11) Chavez (5–3) Sale (0–1) N/A 52–70 123 August 21 (Game 2) White Sox 7–6 (10) Putz (6–5) Holland (0–1) 25,543 52–71 124 August 22 White Sox 3–2 (10) O'Sullivan (2–4) Linebrink (1–1) 18,877 53–71 125 August 23 @ Tigers 12–3 Bonderman (7–9) Chen (8–7) 30,552 53–72 126 August 24 @ Tigers 9–1 Porcello (6–11) Davies (6–8) 29,043 53–73 127 August 25 @ Tigers 4–3 (12) Humber (1–0) Fígaro (0–1) Soria (36) 31,231 54–73 128 August 27 @ Indians 15–4 Tomlin (2–3) Bullington (1–3) 17,631 54–74 129 August 28 @ Indians 4–3 (10) Perez (2–2) Chavez (5–4) 16,372 54–75 130 August 29 @ Indians 6–2 Chen (9–7) Carmona (11–13) 19,725 55–75 131 August 30 Rangers 3–0 Wilson (14–5) Davies (6–9) Feliz (33) 15,881 55–76 132 August 31 Rangers 10–9 Soria (1–2) Oliver (1–2) 10,295 56–76
September/October (11–19) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 133 September 1 Rangers 4–3 Hunter (12–2) Bullington (1–4) Feliz (34) 10,811 56–77 134 September 3 Tigers 9–5 (11) Perry (3–5) Chavez (5–5) 17,835 56–78 135 September 4 Tigers 6–4 Porcello (8–11) Hughes (1–2) Valverde (25) 21,483 56–79 136 September 5 Tigers 2–1 Davies (7–9) Thomas (5–2) Soria (37) 19,061 57–79 137 September 6 @ Twins 5–4 Manship (2–0) O'Sullivan (2–5) Capps (10) 40,228 57–80 138 September 7 @ Twins 10–3 Liriano (13–7) Bannister (7–12) 38,816 57–81 139 September 8 @ Twins 4–3 Duensing (8–2) Greinke (8–12) Capps (11) 39,376 57–82 140 September 10 @ White Sox 4–3 Putz (7–5) Tejeda (3–4) Sale (2) 27,009 57–83 141 September 11 @ White Sox 8–2 Davies (8–9) Jackson (3–1) 26,389 58–83 142 September 12 @ White Sox 12–6 Santos (2–0) Humber (1–1) 23,756 58–84 143 September 13 Athletics 3–1 Cramer (1–0) Hochevar (5–5) Bailey (24) 20,695 58–85 144 September 14 Athletics 11–3 Greinke (9–12) Gonzalez (14–9) 12,852 59–85 145 September 15 Athletics 6–3 Chen (10–7) Cahill (16–7) Soria (38) 11,087 60–85 146 September 17 Indians 11–4 Carrasco (1–0) Davies (8–10) 21,168 60–86 147 September 18 Indians 6–4 Smith (2–2) O'Sullivan (2–6) Perez (21) 18,112 60–87 148 September 19 Indians 6–4 Hochevar (6–5) Tomlin (4–4) Soria (39) 17,803 61–87 149 September 20 @ Tigers 7–5 Thomas (6–2) Greinke (9–13) Coke (2) 24,382 61–88 150 September 21 @ Tigers 9–6 Chen (11–7) Galarraga (4–7) Soria (40) 26,178 62–88 151 September 22 @ Tigers 4–2 Scherzer (12–10) Davies (8–11) 24,678 62–89 152 September 23 @ Indians 4–2 O'Sullivan (3–6) Talbot (9–13) Soria (41) 16,625 63–89 153 September 24 @ Indians 7–3 Tomlin (5–4) Hochevar (6–6) 25,100 63–90 154 September 25 @ Indians 7–1 Gómez (4–5) Greinke (9–14) 19,746 63–91 155 September 26 @ Indians 5–3 Pérez (6–1) Tejeda (3–5) Pestano (1) 18,813 63–92 156 September 27 Twins 10–8 Humber (2–1) Manship (2–1) Soria (42) 19,307 64–92 157 September 28 Twins 10–1 O'Sullivan (4–6) Blackburn (10–11) 18,487 65–92 158 September 29 Twins 4–2 Guerrier (5–7) Meche (0–5) Capps (16) 18,340 65–93 159 September 30 Rays 3–2 Greinke (10–14) Garza (15–10) Soria (43) 21,563 66–93 160 October 1 Rays 7–0 Chen (12–7) Shields (13–15) 23,374 67–93 161 October 2 Rays 4–0 Qualls (3–4) Davies (8–12) 32,484 67–94 162 October 3 Rays 3–2 (12) Niemann (12–8) Hughes (1–3) Soriano (45) 20,936 67–95

Roster

2010 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers 19 Brian Bannister 41 Bryan Bullington 57 Jesse Chavez 52 Bruce Chen 56 Román Colón 37 Juan Cruz 34 Kyle Davies 40 Kyle Farnsworth 23 Zack Greinke 44 Luke Hochevar 56 Greg Holland 31 Dusty Hughes 59 Philip Humber 54 Anthony Lerew 47 Víctor Marté 55 Gil Meche 39 Luis Mendoza 37 Sean O'Sullivan 67 John Parrish 65 Josh Rupe 48 Joakim Soria 51 Robinson Tejeda 53 Kanekoa Texeira 57 Brad Thompson 38 Blake Wood		Catchers 18 Jason Kendall 22 Lucas May 27 Brayan Peña Infielders 30 Mike Avilés  3 Yuniesky Betancourt 46 Wilson Betemit 16 Billy Butler 13 Alberto Callaspo 11 Josh Fields 17 Chris Getz 25 Kila Ka'aihue Outfielders 24 Rick Ankiel  7 Gregor Blanco  8 Willie Bloomquist  9 David DeJesus  1 Jarrod Dyson  4 Alex Gordon  6 José Guillén 12 Mitch Maier 26 Jai Miller 22 Scott Podsednik		Manager 88 Trey Hillman  2 Ned Yost Coaches 58 Steve Foster (bullpen) 50 John Gibbons (bench) 15 Rusty Kuntz (first base) 14 Eddie Rodríguez (first base)(third base) 33 Bob McClure (pitching)  7 Dave Owen (third base) 36 Kevin Seitzer (hitting)

Player stats

Batting

Note: 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
(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

Note: 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
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

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Omaha Royals	Pacific Coast League	Mike Jirschele
AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Texas League	Brian Poldberg
A	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Carolina League	Brian Rupp
A	Burlington Bees	Midwest League	Jim Gabella
Rookie	Burlington Royals	Appalachian League	Nelson Liriano
Rookie	AZL Royals	Arizona League	Darryl Kennedy
Rookie	Idaho Falls Chukars	Pioneer League	Brian Buchanan

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Northwest Arkansas

References

• Kansas City Royals: Official web site

1. Dutton, Bob (April 4, 2010). "Royals to Open 2010 Season With $70.1 million Payroll". Kansas City Star. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
2. "USA Today Salaries Database". USA Today. October 24, 2007. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
3. "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.

External links

• 2010 Kansas City Royals Official Site
• 2010 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference