2023 Kansas City Royals season

The 2023 Kansas City Royals season was the 55th season for the franchise, and their 51st at Kauffman Stadium. It was also the team's first season under the management of Matt Quatraro. They were eliminated from playoff contention for the eighth consecutive season on August 29. Their 56–106 record tied the 2005 season for the lowest winning percentage (.346) in franchise history. They also finished sub-.458 for the 5th consecutive season.

Offseason

The Royals finished the 2022 season 65–97, 27 games out of first place.^[1] They missed the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season.

On October 5, 2022, the Royals fired manager Mike Matheny shortly after the season ended. Matheny went 165–219 (.430) over three seasons with the team.^[2]

Rule changes

Pursuant to the CBA, new rule changes will be in place for the 2023 season:^[3]

institution of a pitch clock between pitches;
limits on pickoff attempts per plate appearance;
limits on defensive shifts requiring two infielders to be on either side of second and be within the boundary of the infield; and
larger bases (increased to 18-inch squares);

Regular season

American League Central

American League Wild Card

Record vs. opponents

Record vs. American League

Updated with the results of all games through October 1, 2023.

Record vs. National League

Updated with the results of all games through October 1, 2023.

Roster

Nick Pratto shown during the Royals' May 30 game against the Cardinals.

Game log

Player statistics

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

Source:[1]

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

Source:[2]

Farm system

References

^ "2022 Kansas City Royals Schedule". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
^ Anderson (October 5, 2022). "Royals fire manager Mike Matheny after three disappointing seasons at helm". CBS Sports. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
^ "Pitch clocks and shift limits: MLB adopts sweeping rule changes for 2023". the Guardian. Associated Press. September 9, 2022. Retrieved October 13, 2022.

External links

Kansas City Royals Official Site Archived July 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
2023 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference