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
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record67–95 (.414)
Divisional place5th
Other information
Owner(s)David Glass
General manager(s)Dayton Moore
Manager(s)Trey Hillman
Ned Yost
Local televisionFox Sports Kansas City
(Ryan Lefebvre, Paul Splittorff, Frank White)
Local radioKCSP 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]

Regular season

Manager Trey Hillman was dismissed after the game on May 13, 2010 and replaced with Ned Yost.

Season standings
AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 9468 0.580 — 53–28 41–40
Chicago White Sox 8874 0.543 6 45–36 43–38
Detroit Tigers 8181 0.500 13 52–29 29–52
Cleveland Indians 6993 0.426 25 38–43 31–50
Kansas City Royals 6795 0.414 27 38–43 29–52

Record vs. opponents
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore–9–94–33–35–52–46–03–55–133–73–67–116–43–157–11
Boston9–9–1–64–43–34–39–13–29–94–57–37–114–612–613–5
Chicago3–46–1–9–98–1010–87–25–132–44–59–13–44–53–515–3
Cleveland3–34–49–9–9–910–85–46–122–63–63–42–72–46–45–13
Detroit5–53–310–89–9–10–86–49–94–43–33–51–63–64–411–7
Kansas City4–23-49–108–108–10–3-75–133–53–65–44–42–73–38–10
Los Angeles0–61–92–74–54–67–3–2–54–411–815–44–59–106–311–7
Minnesota5–32–313–512–69–913–55–2–2–46–36-43–57–33–68–10
New York13–59–94–26-24–45–34–44–2–9–16–48–104–48–1011–7
Oakland7–35–45–46–33–36–38–113–61–9–13–64–59–103–48–10
Seattle6–33–71–94–35–34–54–154–64–66–13–2–77–122–39–9
Tampa Bay11–711–74–37–26–14–45–45–310–85–47–2–4–210–87–11
Texas4–66–45–44–26–37–210-93-74-410-912–72–4–3–714–4
Toronto15–36–125–34–64–43–33–66–310–84–33–28–107–3–7–11

Game log
Legend
Royals Win Royals Loss Game Postponed
2010 Game Log

Roster
2010 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

 Manager

Coaches

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 Aviles 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) Jose Guillen 106 396 46 101 17 2 16 62 .255 1

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
  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.
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