2012 Kansas City Royals season

2012 Kansas City Royals
2012 Kansas City Royals
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1969) Central Division (since 1994); ;
Location
	Kauffman Stadium (since 1973); Kansas City, Missouri (since 1969);
Results
Record	72–90 (.444)
Divisional place	3rd
Other information
Owner(s)	David Glass
General manager(s)	Dayton Moore
Manager(s)	Ned Yost
Local television	Fox Sports Kansas City; (Ryan Lefebvre, Jeff Montgomery, Rex Hudler, Steve Physioc)
Local radio	KCSP 610 AM; (Denny Matthews, Bob Davis, Steve Stewart, Ryan Lefebvre, Steve Physioc)
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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, 3rd place in the AL Central.

Prior to the 2013 Kansas City Royals season (during the offseason), 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.[1][2]

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.

Season standings[]

American League Central[]

v t AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	88	74	0.543	—	50–31	38–43
Chicago White Sox	85	77	0.525	3	45–36	40–41
Kansas City Royals	72	90	0.444	16	37–44	35–46
Cleveland Indians	68	94	0.420	20	37–44	31–50
Minnesota Twins	66	96	0.407	22	31–50	35–46

American League Wild Card[]

v t Division Winners	W	L	Pct.
New York Yankees	95	67	0.586
Oakland Athletics	94	68	0.580
Detroit Tigers	88	74	0.543

v t Wild Card teams (Top two qualify for postseason)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Baltimore Orioles	93	69	0.574	—
Texas Rangers	93	69	0.574	—
Tampa Bay Rays	90	72	0.556	3
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	89	73	0.549	4
Chicago White Sox	85	77	0.525	8
Seattle Mariners	75	87	0.463	18
Toronto Blue Jays	73	89	0.451	20
Kansas City Royals	72	90	0.444	21
Boston Red Sox	69	93	0.426	24
Cleveland Indians	68	94	0.420	25
Minnesota Twins	66	96	0.407	27

Record vs. opponents[]

Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	–	13–5	6–2	4–4	3–3	5–4	2–7	5–2	9–9	4–5	8–1	10–8	2–5	11–7	11–7
Boston	5–13	–	6–2	5–3	5–5	4–3	0–6	4–3	5–13	1–8	5–4	9–9	2–6	7–11	11–7
Chicago	2–6	2–6	–	11–7	6–12	6–12	3–5	14–4	5–2	3–3	8–1	4–3	6–3	6–4	9–9
Cleveland	4–4	3–5	7–11	–	10–8	8–10	5–4	6–12	1–5	2–8	4–4	4–4	4–5	2–4	8–10
Detroit	3–3	5–5	12–6	8–10	–	13–5	5–5	10–8	4–6	4–3	1–5	5–2	3–7	4–2	11–7
Kansas City	4–5	3–4	12–6	10–8	5–13	–	4–5	7–11	3–4	5–4	1–7	4–2	4–5	2–6	8–10
Los Angeles	7–2	6–0	5–3	4–5	5–5	5–4	–	6–3	4–5	9–10	11–8	1–9	10–9	4–4	12–6
Minnesota	2–5	3–4	4–14	12–6	8–10	11–7	3–6	–	3–4	4–5	2–8	1–5	2–8	2–5	9–9
New York	9–9	13–5	2–5	5–1	6–4	4–3	5–4	4–3	–	5–5	6–3	8–10	4–3	11–7	13–5
Oakland	5–4	8–1	3–3	8–2	3–4	4–5	10–9	5–4	5–5	–	12–7	5–4	11–8	5–4	10–8
Seattle	1–8	4–5	1–8	4–4	5–1	7–1	8–11	8–2	3–6	7–12	–	4–6	9–10	6–3	8–10
Tampa Bay	8–10	9–9	3–4	4–4	2–5	2–4	9–1	5–1	10–8	4–5	6–4	–	5–4	14–4	9–9
Texas	5–2	6–2	3–6	5–4	7–3	5–4	9–10	8–2	3–4	8–11	10–9	4–5	–	6–3	14–4
Toronto	7–11	11–7	4–6	4–2	2–4	6–2	4–4	5–2	7–11	4–5	3–6	4–14	3–6	–	9–9

Source: MLB Standings Grid

Game log[]

Legend
Royals Win	Royals Loss	Game Postponed
* All times are CDT

2012 Game Log

April (6–15)

#	Date	Opponent	Time	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 6	@ Angels	2:22	0–5	Weaver (1–0)	Crow (0–1)		44,106	0–1
2	April 7	@ Angels	2:46	6–3	Hochevar (1–0)	Haren (0–1)		40,022	1–1
3	April 8	@ Angels	3:15	7–3	Sánchez (1–0)	Santana (0–1)	Broxton (1)	32,227	2–1
4	April 9	@ Athletics	2:34	0–1	Milone (1–0)	Mendoza (0–1)	Balfour (2)	10,054	2–2
5	April 10	@ Athletics	2:13	3–0 (8)	Duffy (1–0)	Godfrey (0–1)	Crow (1)	10,670	3–2
6	April 11	@ Athletics	4:10	4–5 (12)	Carignan (1–1)	Broxton (0–1)		12,390	3–3
7	April 13	Indians	2:39	3–8	Lowe (2–0)	Hochevar (1–1)		40,230	3–4
8	April 14	Indians	3:44	9–11 (10)	Asencio (1–1)	Holland (0–1)	Perez (2)	21,788	3–5
9	April 15	Indians	3:20	7–13	Jiménez (1–0)	Mendoza (0–2)		21,182	3–6
10	April 16	Tigers	2:37	2–3	Verlander (1–1)	Duffy (1–1)		14,039	3–7
11	April 17	Tigers	2:50	1–3	Dotel (1–0)	Chen (0–1)	Valverde (2)	13,851	3–8
12	April 18	Tigers	3:06	3–4	Scherzer (1–1)	Mijares (0–1)	Valverde (3)	14,083	3–9
13	April 20	Blue Jays	3:14	3–4	Pérez (2–0)	Holland (0–2)	Santos (2)	23,065	3–10
14	April 21	Blue Jays	3:03	5–9	Hutchison (1–0)	Teaford (0–1)		27,804	3–11
15	April 22	Blue Jays	3:08	3–5	Romero (3–0)	Duffy (1–2)	Cordero (1)	26,891	3–12
16	April 23	Blue Jays	2:31	1–4	Morrow (1–1)	Chen (0–2)	Cordero (2)	13,267	3–13
17	April 24	@ Indians	3:12	3–4	Lowe (3–1)	Sánchez (1–1)	Perez (7)	9,137	3–14
18	April 25	@ Indians	2:50	8–2	Hochevar (2–1)	Jiménez (2–1)		10,552	4–14
19	April 26	@ Indians	3:00	4–2	Mendoza (1–2)	Tomlin (1–2)	Broxton (2)	9,229	5–14
20	April 27	@ Twins	3:00	7–6	Mijares (1–1)	Duensing (0–2)	Broxton (3)	33,315	6–14
21	April 28	@ Twins	Game Postponed (rain) (to be made up as a doubleheader on 6/30)
22	April 29	@ Twins	3:02	4–7	Marquis (2–0)	Chen (0–3)		34,201	6–15
23	April 30	@ Tigers	Game Postponed (rain) (to be made up on 9/24)

May (15–13)

#	Date	Opponent	Time	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
24	May 1	@ Tigers	2:27	3–9	Porcello (2–2)	Hochevar (2–2)		30,159	6–16
25	May 2	@ Tigers	2:52	3–2	Collins (1–0)	Benoit (0–1)	Broxton (4)	33,187	7–16
26	May 3	Yankees	3:20	4–3	Duffy (2–2)	Phelps (0–1)	Broxton (5)	19,590	8–16
27	May 4	Yankees	2:34	2–6	Sabathia (4–0)	Chen (0–4)		24,153	8–17
28	May 5	Yankees	3:03	5–1	Paulino (1–0)	Kuroda (2–4)		29,121	9–17
29	May 6	Yankees	3:06	4–10	Hughes (2–4)	Hochevar (2–3)		20,434	9–18
30	May 7	Red Sox	3:11	5–11	Doubront (2–1)	Sánchez (1–2)	Padilla (1)	19,502	9–19
31	May 8	Red Sox	2:52	6–4	Mijares (2–1)	Bard (2–4)	Broxton (6)	20,524	10–19
32	May 9	Red Sox	2:55	4–3	Chen (1–4)	Lester (1–3)	Broxton (7)	18,339	11–19
33	May 11	@ White Sox	2:43	0–5	Floyd (3–3)	Paulino (1–1)		19,129	11–20
34	May 12	@ White Sox	2:46	5–0	Hochevar (3–3)	Sale (3–2)		20,066	12–20
35	May 13	@ White Sox	3:21	9–1	Mendoza (2–2)	Thornton (1–3)		22,636	13–20
36	May 14	@ Rangers	2:50	3–1	Chen (2–4)	Feldman (0–1)	Broxton (8)	38,702	14–20
37	May 15	@ Rangers	2:41	7–4	Mazzaro (1–0)	Lewis (3–3)		37,210	15–20
38	May 16	Orioles	4:10	3–4 (15)	Gregg (1–1)	Adcock (0–1)	Johnson (13)	17,949	15–21
39	May 17	Orioles	2:40	3–5	Matusz (3–4)	Hochevar (3–4)	Johnson (14)	31,076	15–22
40	May 18	Diamondbacks	3:06	4–6	Ziegler (3–1)	Herrera (0–1)	Putz (8)	33,694	15–23
41	May 19	Diamondbacks	2:54	7–3	Chen (3–4)	Kennedy (3–4)		27,469	16–23
42	May 20	Diamondbacks	2:37	0–2	Miley (5–1)	Adcock (0–2)	Putz (9)	24,234	16–24
43	May 21	@ Yankees	3:10	6–0	Paulino (2–1)	Kuroda (3–6)		39,229	17–24
44	May 22	@ Yankees	2:37	2–3	Hughes (4–5)	Hochevar (3–5)	Soriano (3)	37,674	17–25
45	May 23	@ Yankees	2:53	3–8	Pettitte (2–1)	Smith (0–1)		40,407	17–26
46	May 25	@ Orioles	3:00	2–8	Hammel (6–1)	Chen (3–5)		28,954	17–27
47	May 26	@ Orioles	3:14	4–3	Holland (1–2)	Strop (3–2)	Broxton (9)	26,714	18–27
48	May 27	@ Orioles	3:05	4–2	Collins (2–0)	Matusz (4–5)	Broxton (10)	33,919	19–27
49	May 28	@ Indians	3:01	5–8	Tomlin (2–2)	Adcock (0–3)	Perez (17)	25,377	19–28
50	May 29	@ Indians	2:44	8–2	Smith (1–1)	Masterson (2–4)		14,253	20–28
51	May 30	@ Indians	3:28	6–3	Chen (4–5)	Gómez (3–4)	Broxton (11)	17,112	21–28

June (14–13)

#	Date	Opponent	Time	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
52	June 1	Athletics	2:24	2–0	Paulino (2–1)	Colón (4–6)	Broxton (12)	29,527	22–28
53	June 2	Athletics	3:09	3–9	McCarthy (4–3)	Hochevar (3–6)		26,276	22–29
54	June 3	Athletics	2:37	2–0	Mazzaro (2–0)	Milone (6–5)	Broxton (13)	21,111	23–29
55	June 4	Twins	3:07	7–10	De Vries (1–1)	Smith (1–2)	Capps (13)	16,531	23–30
56	June 5	Twins	2:25	1–0	Chen (5–5)	Liriano (1–6)	Broxton (14)	23,934	24–30
57	June 6	Twins	3:04	2–4	Blackburn (2–4)	Mendoza (2–3)	Capps (14)	18,386	24–31
58	June 8	@ Pirates	2:32	2–4	Bédard (4–6)	Hochevar (3–7)	Hanrahan (16)	36,069	24–32
59	June 9	@ Pirates	3:14	3–5	Hughes (2–0)	Mazzaro (2–1)	Hanrahan (17)	39,312	24–33
60	June 10	@ Pirates	2:55	2–3	Burnett (6–2)	Chen (5–6)	Grilli (1)	25,752	24–34
61	June 12	Brewers	2:36	2–1	Holland (2–2)	Rodríguez (0–4)	Broxton (15)	24,258	25–34
62	June 13	Brewers	3:27	4–3 (11)	Collins (3–0)	Loe (2–2)		17,885	26–34
63	June 14	Brewers	2:48	4–3	Collins (4–0)	Axford (1–3)		21,869	27–34
64	June 15	@ Cardinals	2:39	3–2	Mazzaro (3–1)	Lohse (6–2)	Broxton (16)	42,001	28–34
65	June 16	@ Cardinals	3:38	7–10	Boggs (1–1)	Collins (4–1)	Motte (14)	42,018	28–35
66	June 17	@ Cardinals	5:00	5–3 (15)	Broxton (1–1)	Sánchez (0–1)		41,680	29–35
67	June 18	@ Astros	3:04	7–9	Happ (5–7)	Sánchez (1–3)	Cedeño (1)	15,436	29–36
68	June 19	@ Astros	2:31	2–0	Hochevar (4–7)	Rodríguez (6–5)	Broxton (17)	18,098	30–36
69	June 20	@ Astros	2:41	2–1	Chen (6–6)	Lyles (1–4)	Broxton (18)	30,687	31–36
70	June 22	Cardinals	3:05	4–11	Kelly (1–0)	Mazzaro (3–2)		37,902	31–37
71	June 23	Cardinals	2:58	2–8	Wainwright (6–7)	Mendoza (2–4)		37,240	31–38
72	June 24	Cardinals	3:08	8–11	Marte (1–1)	Collins (4–2)		29,063	31–39
73	June 25	Rays	2:17	8–0	Hochevar (5–7)	Cobb (3–4)		20,200	32–39
74	June 26	Rays	2:30	8–2	Chen (7–6)	Archer (0–2)		25,892	33–39
75	June 27	Rays	3:01	5–4	Crow (1–1)	Badenhop (1–2)	Broxton (19)	19,228	34–39
76	June 29	@ Twins	2:50	4–3	Mendoza (3–4)	Duensing (1–4)	Broxton (20)	33,359	35–39
77	June 30	@ Twins	2:45	2–7	Diamond (7–3)	Sánchez (1–4)		37,694	35–40
78	June 30	@ Twins	2:43	1–5	De Vries (2–1)	Hochevar (5–8)		37,629	35–41

July (7–19)

#	Date	Opponent	Time	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
78	July 1	@ Twins	3:05	8–10	Gray (4–0)	Chen (7–7)		37,819	35–42
79	July 2	@ Blue Jays	2:36	11–3	Teaford (1–1)	Romero (8–3)		17,127	36–42
80	July 3	@ Blue Jays	2:30	3–6	Cecil (2–1)	Mazzaro (3–3)	Janssen (10)	15,516	36–43
81	July 4	@ Blue Jays	2:45	1–4	Villanueva (3–0)	Mendoza (3–5)	Janssen (11)	17,831	36–44
82	July 5	@ Blue Jays	3:16	9–6	Hochevar (6–8)	Álvarez (5–7)	Broxton (21)	20,598	37–44
83	July 6	@ Tigers	2:56	2–4	Smyly (4–3)	Sánchez (1–5)	Valverde (16)	39,144	37–45
84	July 7	@ Tigers	3:00	7–8	Fister (2–6)	Chen (7–8)		39,392	37–46
85	July 8	@ Tigers	2:41	1–7	Scherzer (8–5)	Teaford (1–2)		36,693	37–47
86	July 13	White Sox	5:23	8–9 (14)	Axelrod (1–2)	Teaford (1–3)		32,744	37–48
87	July 14	White Sox	2:56	6–3	Holland (3–2)	Peavy (7–6)	Broxton (22)	24,998	38–48
88	July 15	White Sox	2:52	1–2	Sale (11–2)	Mendoza (3–6)	Reed (14)	25,714	38–49
89	July 16	Mariners	2:59	4–9	Vargas (9–7)	Sánchez (1–6)		16,697	38–50
90	July 17	Mariners	3:09	6–9	Beavan (4–6)	Verdugo (0–1)	Wilhelmsen (8)	15,769	38–51
91	July 18	Mariners	3:03	8–7	Holland (4–2)	Kinney (0–1)		17,312	39–51
92	July 19	Mariners	2:31	1–6	Hernández (8–5)	Smith (1–3)		16,706	39–52
93	July 20	Twins	3:23	1–2 (11)	Fien (1–0)	Broxton (1–2)	Perkins (5)	25,719	39–53
94	July 21	Twins	3:02	7–3	Mendoza (4–6)	Diamond (8–4)	Crow (2)	26,747	40–53
95	July 22	Twins	2:47	5–7	Deduno (1–0)	Guthrie (3–10)		23,252	40–54
96	July 23	@ Angels	3:21	3–6	Jepsen (1–1)	Holland (4–3)	Downs (9)	35,047	40–55
97	July 24	@ Angels	2:54	4–1	Smith (2–3)	Richards (3–2)	Broxton (23)	35,051	41–55
98	July 25	@ Angels	3:07	6–11	Weaver (13–1)	Hochevar (6–9)		39,107	41–56
99	July 26	@ Mariners	2:31	1–4	Vargas (11–7)	Mendoza (4–7)	Wilhelmsen (12)	15,014	41–57
100	July 27	@ Mariners	2:30	1–6	Beavan (6–6)	Guthrie (3–11)		14,953	41–58
101	July 28	@ Mariners	2:42	3–4	Millwood (4–8)	Chen (7–9)	Wilhelmsen (13)	32,111	41–59
102	July 29	@ Mariners	3:00	6–7	Pérez (1–2)	Mijares (2–2)	Wilhelmsen (14)	19,402	41–60
103	July 31	Indians	2:46	8–3	Hochevar (7–9)	Lowe (8–10)		18,569	42–60

August (17–11)

#	Date	Opponent	Time	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
104	August 1	Indians	2:31	5–2	Mendoza (5–7)	McAllister (4–3)	Holland (1)	17,033	43–60
105	August 2	Indians	3:41	7–6 (11)	Crow (2–1)	Rogers (1–3)		15,135	44–60
106	August 3	Rangers	2:58	3–5	Harrison (13–6)	Guthrie (3–12)	Ogando (2)	26,889	44–61
107	August 4	Rangers	2:41	2–4	Feldman (6–6)	Smith (2–4)	Ogando (3)	28,724	44–62
108	August 5	Rangers	3:26	7–6 (10)	Holland (5–3)	Kirkman (0–2)		22,007	45–62
109	August 6	@ White Sox	2:17	2–4	Sale (13–3)	Mendoza (5–8)	Reed (20)	30,097	45–63
110	August 7	@ White Sox	2:34	5–2	Chen (8–9)	Peavy (9–8)	Holland (2)	27,194	46–63
111	August 8	@ White Sox	2:37	2–1	Guthrie (4–12)	Quintana (4–2)	Holland (3)	25,151	47–63
112	August 9	@ Orioles	2:40	8–2	Smith (3–4)	Chen (10–7)		21,226	48–63
113	August 10	@ Orioles	2:31	1–7	González (4–2)	Hochevar (7–10)		17,277	48–64
114	August 11	@ Orioles	2:59	7–3	Mendoza (6–8)	Tillman (5–2)		40,456	49–64
115	August 12	@ Orioles	2:44	3–5	Ayala (4–3)	Chen (8–10)	Johnson (34)	20,935	49–65
116	August 14	Athletics	2:23	5–0	Guthrie (5–12)	Parker (7–7)		16,107	50–65
117	August 15	Athletics	2:35	3–2	Smith (4–4)	McCarthy (6–4)	Holland (4)	15,591	51–65
118	August 16	Athletics	2:57	0–3	Straily (1–0)	Hochevar (7–11)	Balfour (9)	14,345	51–66
119	August 17	White Sox	2:31	4–2	Mendoza (7–8)	Sale (14–4)	Holland (5)	22,169	52–66
120	August 18	White Sox	2:59	9–4	Chen (9–10)	Peavy (9–9)		23,858	53–66
121	August 19	White Sox	2:43	5–2	Holland (6–3)	Crain (2–2)		22,401	54–66
122	August 20	@ Rays	2:46	1–5	Hellickson (8–8)	Smith (4–5)		9,913	54–67
123	August 21	@ Rays	2:46	1–0 (10)	Herrera (1–1)	Peralta (1–5)	Holland (6)	10,877	55–67
124	August 22	@ Rays	2:54	3–5	Shields (12–7)	Mendoza (7–9)	Rodney (39)	11,892	55–68
125	August 24	@ Red Sox	2:54	3–4	Lester (8–10)	Herrera (1–2)	Bailey (1)	37,228	55–69
126	August 25	@ Red Sox	4:31	10–9 (12)	Bueno (1–0)	Tazawa (0–1)	Holland (7)	37,103	56–69
127	August 26	@ Red Sox	3:36	6–8	Beato (1–0)	Smith (4–6)	Melancon (1)	37,188	56–70
128	August 27	@ Red Sox	2:34	1–5	Matsuzaka (1–3)	Hochevar (7–12)		37,506	56–71
129	August 28	Tigers	3:30	9–8	Crow (3–1)	Villarreal (3–4)	Holland (8)	13,601	57–71
130	August 29	Tigers	2:25	1–0	Chen (10–10)	Sánchez (7–11)	Holland (9)	13,024	58–71
131	August 30	Tigers	2:41	2–1	Guthrie (6–12)	Porcello (9–10)	Herrera (1)	12,997	59–71
132	August 31	Twins	Game Postponed (rain) (to be made up as a doubleheader on 9/1)

September/October (13-19)

#	Date	Opponent	Time	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
132	September 1	Twins	2:31	1–3	De Vries (4–5)	Smith (4–7)	Perkins (9)		59–72
133	September 1	Twins	3:07	7–8	Swarzak (3–4)	Hochevar (7–13)	Perkins (10)	23,189	59–73
134	September 2	Twins	2:55	6–4	Collins (5–2)	Vásquez (0–1)	Holland (10)	23,641	60–73
135	September 3	Rangers	2:40	4–8	Darvish (14–9)	Chen (10–11)		22,207	60–74
136	September 4	Rangers	2:32	6–3	Guthrie (7–12)	Harrison (15–9)	Holland (11)	12,462	61–74
137	September 5	Rangers	2:58	6–7	Dempster (10–6)	Teaford (1–4)	Nathan (29)	13,354	61–75
138	September 6	Rangers	3:20	4–5 (10)	Adams (4–3)	Holland (6–4)	Nathan (30)	15,332	61–76
139	September 7	@ White Sox	3:02	7–5	Herrera (2–2)	Reed (3–2)	Holland (12)	26,660	62–76
140	September 8	@ White Sox	2:48	4–5	Sale (16–6)	Chen (10–12)	Reed (26)	26,227	62–77
141	September 9	@ White Sox	3:30	2–1 (10)	Herrera (3–2)	Myers (2–7)	Holland (13)	19,356	63–77
142	September 11	@ Twins	2:56	9–1	Smith (5–7)	Diamond (11–7)		28,993	64–77
143	September 12	@ Twins	3:25	10–5	Hochevar (8–13)	Walters (2–4)		28,139	65–77
143	September 13	@ Twins	3:13	3–4 (10)	Perkins (3–1)	Bueno (1–1)		28,669	65–78
145	September 14	Angels	3:42	7–9	Walden (3–2)	Collins (5–3)	Frieri (19)	27,586	65–79
146	September 15	Angels	2:23	3–2	Herrera (4–2)	Frieri (4–1)		23,027	66–79
147	September 16	Angels	2:43	3–4	Haren (11–11)	Smith (5–8)	Jepsen (2)	24,979	66–80
148	September 18	White Sox	2:12	2–3	Floyd (10–10)	Hochevar (8–14)	Reed (28)	14,420	66–81
149	September 19	White Sox	2:51	3–0	Chen (11–12)	Sale (17–7)	Holland (14)	15,120	67–81
150	September 20	White Sox	2:41	4–3	Holland (7–4)	Crain (2–3)		14,710	68–81
151	September 21	Indians	2:41	6–3	Mendoza (8–9)	Masterson (11–15)	Holland (15)	22,805	69–81
152	September 22	Indians	2:47	5–3	Smith (6–8)	Jiménez (9–17)	Herrera (2)	24,304	70–81
153	September 23	Indians	3:17	4–15	Huff (2–0)	Odorizzi (0–1)		22,960	70–82
154	September 24	@ Tigers	2:34	2–6	Verlander (16–8)	Hochevar (8–15)		31,521	70–83
155	September 25	@ Tigers	2:13	0–2	Sánchez (9–13)	Chen (11–13)		29,048	70–84
156	September 26	@ Tigers	2:39	4–5	Benoit (4–3)	Herrera (4–3)	Valverde (32)	32,360	70–85
156	September 27	@ Tigers	2:33	4–5	Benoit (5–3)	Collins (5–4)		33,019	70–86
157	September 28	@ Indians	3:00	5–8	Huff (3–0)	Smith (6–9)	Perez (39)	14,850	70–87
158	September 29	@ Indians	4:52	7–6 (14)	Mazzaro (4–3)	Maine (2–3)	Herrera (3)	17,109	71–87
159	September 30	@ Indians	3:02	3–15	McAllister (6–8)	Hochevar (8–16)		18,099	71–88
160	October 1	Tigers	2:55	3–6	Porcello (10–12)	Chen (11–14)	Valverde (35)	15,312	71–89
161	October 2	Tigers	2:34	4–2	Guthrie (8–12)	Fister (10–10)	Holland (16)	14,283	72–89
162	October 3	Tigers	7:10	0-1	Marte (1-0)	Mendoza (8-10)	Putkonen (1)	30,383	72-90

Roster[]

2012 Kansas City Royals

Roster

Pitchers

47 Nathan Adcock
51 Jonathan Broxton
67 Francisley Bueno
52 Bruce Chen
31 Louis Coleman
55 Tim Collins
66 Román Colón
43 Aaron Crow
23 Danny Duffy
33 Jeremy Guthrie
40 Kelvin Herrera
44 Luke Hochevar
56 Greg Holland
46 Tommy Hottovy
41 Jeremy Jeffress
32 Vin Mazzaro
39 Luis Mendoza
50 José Mijares
49 Jake Odorizzi
59 Felipe Paulino
57 Jonathan Sánchez
53 Will Smith
61 Everett Teaford
62 Ryan Verdugo

Catchers

Infielders

34 Tony Abreu
11 Yuniesky Betancourt
16 Billy Butler
2 Alcides Escobar
19 Irving Falu
17 Chris Getz
9 Johnny Giavotella
35 Eric Hosmer
8 Mike Moustakas

Outfielders

30 Jason Bourgeois
6 Lorenzo Cain
1 Jarrod Dyson
21 Jeff Francoeur
4 Alex Gordon
7 David Lough
12 Mitch Maier

Other batters

25 Clint Robinson

Manager

3 Ned Yost

Coaches

15 Chino Cadahia (bench)
58 Dave Eiland (pitching)
-- Bill Fischer (bullpen)
54 Steve Foster (bullpen)
18 Rusty Kuntz (first base)
14 Eddie Rodríguez (third base)
36 Kevin Seitzer (hitting)
7 Doug Sisson (first base)

Farm system[]

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Pacific Coast League	Mike Jirschele
AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Texas League	Brian Poldberg
A	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Carolina League	Vance Wilson
A	Kane County Cougars	Midwest League	Brian Buchanan
Rookie	Burlington Royals	Appalachian League	Tommy Shields
Rookie	AZL Royals	Arizona League	Darryl Kennedy
Rookie	Idaho Falls Chukars	Pioneer League	Omar Ramírez

References[]

Kansas City Royals: Official web site