Mar 14
Fri
01:10pm
Tempe Diablo Stadium
Tempe, AZ
Spring Training: Kansas City Royals at Los Angeles Angels (Split Squad)
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Mar 15
Sat
01:05pm
Goodyear Ballpark
Goodyear, AZ
Spring Training: Kansas City Royals (Split Squad) at Cincinnati Reds
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Mar 15
Sat
01:05pm
Goodyear Ballpark
Goodyear, AZ
Spring Training: Kansas City Royals (Split Squad) at Cleveland Guardians
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Mar 17
Mon
01:05pm
Surprise Stadium
Surprise, AZ
Spring Training: Arizona Diamondbacks (Split Squad) at Kansas City Royals
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Mar 19
Wed
06:05pm
Surprise Stadium
Surprise, AZ
Spring Training: San Francisco Giants at Kansas City Royals
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Mar 20
Thu
01:05pm
Goodyear Ballpark
Goodyear, AZ
Spring Training: Kansas City Royals at Cincinnati Reds
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Mar 21
Fri
01:05pm
Hohokam Stadium
Mesa, AZ
Spring Training: Kansas City Royals (Split Squad) at Athletics
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Mar 31
Mon
12:00am
American Family Field
Milwaukee, WI
Kansas City Royals at Milwaukee Brewers
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Apr 02
Wed
12:10pm
American Family Field
Milwaukee, WI
Kansas City Royals at Milwaukee Brewers
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Apr 07
Mon
06:40pm
Kauffman Stadium
Kansas City, MO
Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals
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Apr 09
Wed
06:40pm
Kauffman Stadium
Kansas City, MO
Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals
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Apr 12
Sat
06:10pm
Progressive Field
Cleveland, OH
Kansas City Royals at Cleveland Guardians
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Apr 15
Tue
04:05pm
Yankee Stadium
Bronx, NY
Kansas City Royals at New York Yankees
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Apr 16
Wed
04:05pm
Yankee Stadium
Bronx, NY
Kansas City Royals at New York Yankees
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Apr 22
Tue
06:40pm
Kauffman Stadium
Kansas City, MO
Colorado Rockies at Kansas City Royals
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Apr 23
Wed
06:40pm
Kauffman Stadium
Kansas City, MO
Colorado Rockies at Kansas City Royals
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Apr 24
Thu
01:10pm
Kauffman Stadium
Kansas City, MO
Colorado Rockies at Kansas City Royals
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Apr 25
Fri
06:40pm
Kauffman Stadium
Kansas City, MO
Houston Astros at Kansas City Royals
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Apr 26
Sat
06:10pm
Kauffman Stadium
Kansas City, MO
Houston Astros at Kansas City Royals
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Apr 29
Tue
07:05pm
George M. Steinbrenner Field
Tampa, FL
Kansas City Royals at Tampa Bay Rays
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Apr 30
Wed
07:05pm
George M. Steinbrenner Field
Tampa, FL
Kansas City Royals at Tampa Bay Rays
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May 02
Fri
07:05pm
Oriole Park at Camden Yards
Baltimore, MD
Kansas City Royals at Baltimore Orioles
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May 03
Sat
07:15pm
Oriole Park at Camden Yards
Baltimore, MD
Kansas City Royals at Baltimore Orioles
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May 08
Thu
01:10pm
Kauffman Stadium
Kansas City, MO
Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Royals
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May 10
Sat
01:10pm
Kauffman Stadium
Kansas City, MO
Boston Red Sox at Kansas City Royals
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May 12
Mon
07:10pm
Minute Maid Park
Houston, TX
Kansas City Royals at Houston Astros
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May 17
Sat
06:10pm
Kauffman Stadium
Kansas City, MO
St. Louis Cardinals at Kansas City Royals
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May 19
Mon
06:45pm
Oracle Park
San Francisco, CA
Kansas City Royals at San Francisco Giants
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May 23
Fri
07:10pm
Target Field
Minneapolis, MN
Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins
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May 25
Sun
01:10pm
Target Field
Minneapolis, MN
Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins
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May 28
Wed
06:40pm
Kauffman Stadium
Kansas City, MO
Cincinnati Reds at Kansas City Royals
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May 31
Sat
03:10pm
Kauffman Stadium
Kansas City, MO
Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals
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Jun 01
Sun
01:10pm
Kauffman Stadium
Kansas City, MO
Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals
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Jun 03
Tue
06:45pm
Busch Stadium
St. Louis, MO
Kansas City Royals at St. Louis Cardinals
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Jun 07
Sat
03:10pm
Guaranteed Rate Field
Chicago, IL
Kansas City Royals at Chicago White Sox
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Jun 08
Sun
01:10pm
Guaranteed Rate Field
Chicago, IL
Kansas City Royals at Chicago White Sox
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Jun 10
Tue
06:40pm
Kauffman Stadium
Kansas City, MO
New York Yankees at Kansas City Royals
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Jun 13
Fri
07:10pm
Kauffman Stadium
Kansas City, MO
Athletics at Kansas City Royals
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Jun 14
Sat
03:10pm
Kauffman Stadium
Kansas City, MO
Athletics at Kansas City Royals
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Jun 18
Wed
07:05pm
Globe Life Field
Arlington, TX
Kansas City Royals at Texas Rangers
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Jun 19
Thu
01:35pm
Globe Life Field
Arlington, TX
Kansas City Royals at Texas Rangers
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Jun 20
Fri
06:40pm
Petco Park
San Diego, CA
Kansas City Royals at San Diego Padres
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Jun 21
Sat
04:15pm
Petco Park
San Diego, CA
Kansas City Royals at San Diego Padres
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Jun 24
Tue
06:40pm
Kauffman Stadium
Kansas City, MO
Tampa Bay Rays at Kansas City Royals
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Jun 25
Wed
06:40pm
Kauffman Stadium
Kansas City, MO
Tampa Bay Rays at Kansas City Royals
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Jun 26
Thu
01:10pm
Kauffman Stadium
Kansas City, MO
Tampa Bay Rays at Kansas City Royals
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Jun 29
Sun
01:10pm
Kauffman Stadium
Kansas City, MO
Los Angeles Dodgers at Kansas City Royals
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Jun 30
Mon
06:40pm
T-Mobile Park
Seattle, WA
Kansas City Royals at Seattle Mariners
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Jul 04
Fri
06:40pm
Chase Field
Phoenix, AZ
Kansas City Royals at Arizona Diamondbacks
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Jul 11
Fri
07:10pm
Kauffman Stadium
Kansas City, MO
New York Mets at Kansas City Royals
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Jul 13
Sun
01:10pm
Kauffman Stadium
Kansas City, MO
New York Mets at Kansas City Royals
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Jul 19
Sat
01:10pm
loanDepot Park
Miami, FL
Kansas City Royals at Miami Marlins
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Jul 22
Tue
07:05pm
Wrigley Field
Chicago, IL
Kansas City Royals at Chicago Cubs
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Jul 27
Sun
01:10pm
Kauffman Stadium
Kansas City, MO
Cleveland Guardians at Kansas City Royals
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Jul 29
Tue
06:40pm
Kauffman Stadium
Kansas City, MO
Atlanta Braves at Kansas City Royals
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Jul 30
Wed
01:10pm
Kauffman Stadium
Kansas City, MO
Atlanta Braves at Kansas City Royals
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Aug 01
Fri
07:07pm
Rogers Centre
Toronto, ON
Kansas City Royals at Toronto Blue Jays
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Aug 08
Fri
07:10pm
Target Field
Minneapolis, MN
Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins
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Aug 09
Sat
06:10pm
Target Field
Minneapolis, MN
Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins
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Aug 12
Tue
06:40pm
Kauffman Stadium
Kansas City, MO
Washington Nationals at Kansas City Royals
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Aug 15
Fri
07:10pm
Kauffman Stadium
Kansas City, MO
Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Royals
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Aug 22
Fri
07:10pm
Comerica Park
Detroit, MI
Kansas City Royals at Detroit Tigers
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Aug 25
Mon
06:40pm
Guaranteed Rate Field
Chicago, IL
Kansas City Royals at Chicago White Sox
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Aug 29
Fri
07:10pm
Kauffman Stadium
Kansas City, MO
Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals
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Aug 30
Sat
06:10pm
Kauffman Stadium
Kansas City, MO
Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals
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Sep 04
Thu
06:40pm
Kauffman Stadium
Kansas City, MO
Los Angeles Angels at Kansas City Royals
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Sep 10
Wed
06:40pm
Progressive Field
Cleveland, OH
Kansas City Royals at Cleveland Guardians
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Sep 14
Sun
01:35pm
Citizens Bank Park
Philadelphia, PA
Kansas City Royals at Philadelphia Phillies
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Sep 20
Sat
06:10pm
Kauffman Stadium
Kansas City, MO
Toronto Blue Jays at Kansas City Royals
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Sep 21
Sun
01:10pm
Kauffman Stadium
Kansas City, MO
Toronto Blue Jays at Kansas City Royals
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Sep 28
Sun
12:05pm
Sutter Health Park
West Sacramento, CA
Kansas City Royals at Athletics
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League: American League (AL)
Division: AL Central
Stadium: Kauffman Stadium (capacity 37,903)
Manager: Matt Quatraro (2023-present)
Star Players: Salvador Perez, Gavin Cross, Nick Loftin, Bobby Witt Jr., Brady Singer (pitcher)
2022-23 Regular Season: 56-106 (5th in AL Central)
2023 Postseason: Did not qualify
Legendary Former Players: Alex Gordon, Lorenzo Cain, George Brett, Mike Sweeney, Kevin Appier (pitcher), Willie Wilson, Bret Saberhagen (pitcher), Amos Otis
World Series Titles: 2 (1985, 2015)
The Kansas City Royals joined MLB as an expansion franchise in 1969, adding to their city’s ledger of blue-blooded sports monikers along with the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs and short-lived Kansas City Kings of the NBA and Kansas City Monarchs baseball team. Apparently, the name Royals was actually based on how much money Kansas City made from cows along with the American Royal beauty pageant held in the city each year. Make of that combination what you will. Unlike most expansion teams of the era, it did not take long for the Royals to emerge as a new power in the American League West, challenging for first place several times before topping the division three times in a row from 1976-78. They would fall to the New York Yankees in all three postseason ALCS matchups, but extending the heavy hitters from the Big Apple to Game Five deciders on two of those occasions. In 1980, led by the legendary George Brett, the Royals finally went one better, sweeping the Yankees to reach the franchise’s first-ever World Series. They lost in six to the Philadelphia Phillies, but the foundations of the young team’s future success seemed well and truly in place. After two more unsuccessful playoff campaigns, the Royals beat the Toronto Blue Jays in the ALCS, coming from behind to overturn a three games to one margin and advance to the 1985 World Series. Intriguingly, the Royals would face their fellow denizens of the state of Missouri, the St. Louis Cardinals, leading the encounter to be described as the “I-70 Series” after the highway that connects the two cities. Once more, the Royals fell into a three games to one hole, but battled back to win Game Five before testing every nerve fiber of their fans during Game Six in Kansas City when they scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to win 2-1 and force a Game Seven by the skin of their teeth (that inning is also famous for an umpire’s missed call at first that might have changed the result). In Game Seven, with well over 40,000 fans packing out Royals Stadium, Cy Young Award-winning pitcher Bret Saberhagen blanked the Cardinals en route to an 11-0 blowout and first-ever World Series win for the team and the city. Post-victory, the team stayed competitive in their division for a few years but did not make the playoffs, then began to slump hard, finishing in the basement for several seasons. Fortunes did not improve when they moved to the AL Central in 1994, leading into a 28-year postseason drought that is the longest in MLB history since the introduction of Wild Card qualification. The Royals made their return in style in 2014, sweeping both the Los Angeles Angels and Baltimore Orioles to return to the World Series just one year shy of three decades since their 1985 triumph in Kansas City. Up against the San Francisco Giants, things looked promising after a 10-0 Game Six Royals win leveled the series, but it was the Giants who would prevail in the Game Seven decider, with their excellent pitching stymying the Royals for seven straight innings to hold on to a 3-2 lead and win the Series. Bouncing back immediately in the following season, the Royals got things right this time, led by MVP Salvador Perez (still playing for the team to this day), and beat the New York Mets in five to take the franchise’s second World Series. Recent years have not been kind to the Royals, seeing them slip steadily down the rungs of the AL Central each season into the basement, where they recorded their (tied for) worst-ever season in 2023 (56-106). But if there is one thing the Kansas City Royals are known for, it is for coming back stronger after times of adversity, so keep an eye out for a resurgence in the years to come.
Kansas City Royals Rivalries
The most obvious rivals of the Kansas City Royals are the St. Louis Cardinals, with whom they share the state of Missouri. The two cities are about a 4-hour drive from one another via the Interstate 70 highway, leading to their first real meeting (aside from exhibition matchups) in the 1985 World Series to be known as the I-70 Series, which the Royals won in seven games. The start of interleague play in 1997 has meant that the teams meet more regularly, adding some zest to this mostly friendly intrastate rivalry. Less cordial is the Royals’ rivalry with the New York Yankees, who bested the Royals three times in a row in the ALCS before the Royals hit back in 1980. The rivalry got nasty in 1983 after the Yankees accused George Brett of using an overly-tarred bat and Brett was ruled out after hitting a home run, losing the Royals the game (an infuriated Brett was also subsequently tossed out by the umpire). The ruling was overturned by the MLB brass and the last four outs of the game replayed in an empty stadium nearly a month later.
Needless to say, with two such heated rivalries, it can be hard to get tickets to such popular matchups. TicketX is your go-to spot for locating the most affordable tickets to all the most intriguing Kansas City Royals games.
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