2017 Kansas City Royals Starters
(80-82) 
Starters
Starter Date Vs. IP BF W/L ER R H K BB HR Pit Str Ball Str%
Danny Duffy Apr 3 MIN 6.0 24 1 1 3 8 3 1 100 62 38 .62
Ian Kennedy Apr 5 MIN 5.0 23 L 3 3 3 5 5 0 95 55 40 .58
Jason Hammel Apr 6 MIN 5.0 25 3 3 6 2 4 0 99 59 40 .60
Jason Vargas Apr 7 HOU 6.0 23 W 1 1 6 6 1 0 93 62 31 .67
Danny Duffy Apr 8 HOU 7.0 28 W 2 2 8 3 2 1 87 54 33 .62
Nate Karns Apr 9 HOU 5.2 22 1 1 6 3 2 1 86 50 36 .58
Ian Kennedy Apr 10 @OAK 6.0 25 L 2 2 6 4 2 1 99 61 38 .62
Jason Hammel Apr 12 @OAK 4.2 22 L 4 4 7 4 2 0 94 55 39 .59
Jason Vargas Apr 13 @OAK 7.2 27 W 0 0 4 8 1 0 98 66 32 .67
Danny Duffy Apr 14 @LAA 7.0 25 W 1 1 3 6 2 0 103 68 35 .66
Nate Karns Apr 15 @LAA 6.0 24 1 1 4 3 2 0 88 50 38 .57
Ian Kennedy Apr 16 @LAA 8.0 27 0 0 2 10 2 0 111 67 44 .60
Jason Hammel Apr 18 @SFG 6.0 24 1 1 6 3 1 0 87 58 29 .67
Jason Vargas Apr 19 @SFG 7.0 24 W 0 0 4 9 0 0 92 61 31 .66
Danny Duffy Apr 20 TEX 7.1 27 0 0 4 5 3 0 100 65 35 .65
Nate Karns Apr 21 TEX 4.2 22 L 6 6 5 6 3 4 100 59 41 .59
Ian Kennedy Apr 22 TEX 7.0 26 1 1 4 3 3 1 95 60 35 .63
Jason Hammel Apr 23 TEX 3.0 18 L 3 3 4 5 3 0 84 47 37 .56
Jason Vargas Apr 24 CWS 5.0 23 L 3 4 7 5 0 1 96 60 36 .63
Danny Duffy Apr 25 CWS 4.2 25 L 6 6 9 2 2 0 96 61 35 .64
Nate Karns Apr 26 CWS 6.0 25 L 4 4 7 5 0 1 93 68 25 .73
Ian Kennedy Apr 28 @MIN 5.1 20 2 2 2 6 2 1 100 61 39 .61
Jason Hammel Apr 30 @MIN 3.0 19 L 5 5 6 5 3 1 77 47 30 .61
Jason Vargas May 1 @CWS 6.0 26 W 1 1 5 1 3 0 96 59 37 .61
Danny Duffy May 2 @CWS 5.0 25 L 6 6 10 3 2 0 103 64 39 .62
Nate Karns May 3 @CWS 6.0 22 W 0 0 1 7 1 0 95 62 33 .65
Ian Kennedy May 4 @CWS 4.1 21 L 4 5 6 3 1 2 83 52 31 .63
Jason Hammel May 5 @CLE 6.0 22 W 1 1 3 6 2 1 95 58 37 .61
Jason Vargas May 6 @CLE 6.0 24 0 0 4 6 2 0 92 61 31 .66
Danny Duffy May 7 @CLE 6.2 27 L 1 1 6 2 2 0 103 66 37 .64
Nate Karns May 8 TAM 6.1 27 W 2 2 6 10 2 0 100 62 38 .62
Chris Young May 9 TAM 3.0 18 4 4 7 2 4 1 68 41 27 .60
Jason Hammel May 10 TAM 7.0 35 L 6 7 13 6 1 2 107 75 32 .70
Jason Vargas May 11 TAM 7.0 23 W 0 0 3 4 1 0 96 63 33 .66
Danny Duffy May 12 @BAL 7.0 29 2 2 8 6 1 0 97 65 32 .67
Nate Karns May 13 @BAL 5.0 21 2 2 5 12 1 2 91 62 29 .68
Chris Young May 14 @BAL 3.2 18 5 5 6 3 1 2 64 41 23 .64
Jason Hammel May 16 @NYY 6.0 28 L 5 5 9 0 1 2 107 77 30 .72
Jason Vargas May 17 @NYY 4.0 21 L 6 6 7 4 2 1 91 56 35 .62
Danny Duffy May 18 @NYY 7.0 26 W 0 0 3 10 2 0 108 69 39 .64
Nate Karns May 19 MIN 5.0 19 1 1 5 3 0 1 72 48 24 .67
Jakob Junis May 21 MIN 4.2 21 2 2 5 4 3 0 92 60 32 .65
Ian Kennedy May 21 (2) MIN 2.0 12 L 5 5 3 1 3 2 54 28 26 .52
Jason Vargas May 22 NYY 6.0 25 L 3 3 4 6 3 2 102 63 39 .62
Danny Duffy May 23 NYY 7.0 29 W 2 2 6 7 3 2 105 72 33 .69
Jason Hammel May 24 NYY 6.0 26 L 3 3 6 7 2 1 98 64 34 .65
Ian Kennedy May 26 CLE 5.0 20 4 4 3 4 2 1 88 50 38 .57
Jason Vargas May 27 CLE 5.2 27 W 2 2 9 2 2 1 99 62 37 .63
Danny Duffy May 28 CLE 4.0 23 L 6 6 9 2 3 0 89 57 32 .64
Jason Hammel May 29 @DET 4.1 21 4 4 4 2 4 0 81 40 41 .49
Eric Skoglund May 30 @DET 6.1 22 W 0 0 2 5 1 0 90 62 28 .69
Ian Kennedy May 31 @DET 3.0 17 L 5 5 4 4 3 1 74 43 31 .58
Jason Vargas Jun 2 @CLE 9.0 31 W 0 0 7 3 1 0 103 69 34 .67
Jason Hammel Jun 3 @CLE 6.2 25 W 3 3 5 7 0 2 96 64 32 .67
Eric Skoglund Jun 4 @CLE 2.0 11 L 4 4 4 2 2 0 46 28 18 .61
Ian Kennedy Jun 5 @HOU 5.0 22 L 4 4 6 4 3 1 96 53 43 .55
Jakob Junis Jun 6 @HOU 3.2 23 4 7 8 1 3 1 79 49 30 .62
Jason Vargas Jun 7 @HOU 5.0 23 W 2 2 6 5 1 1 89 53 36 .60
Jason Hammel Jun 8 @HOU 7.0 25 1 1 4 4 0 0 85 59 26 .69
Eric Skoglund Jun 9 SDP 1.1 11 2 2 7 1 2 0 32 17 15 .53
Ian Kennedy Jun 10 SDP 6.0 25 4 4 6 5 2 1 100 67 33 .67
Jakob Junis Jun 11 SDP 7.0 28 W 3 3 6 6 1 3 100 68 32 .68
Jason Vargas Jun 13 SFG 7.0 27 W 1 1 5 6 1 0 102 65 37 .64
Jason Hammel Jun 14 SFG 6.2 30 W 1 1 8 4 1 0 98 66 32 .67
Matt Strahm Jun 15 LAA 5.0 18 W 0 1 3 3 1 0 71 50 21 .70
Ian Kennedy Jun 16 LAA 6.0 21 W 1 1 2 4 1 1 97 57 40 .59
Jakob Junis Jun 17 LAA 5.1 26 L 5 5 8 6 0 2 89 57 32 .64
Jason Vargas Jun 18 LAA 6.0 27 W 3 3 8 3 2 0 94 62 32 .66
Jason Hammel Jun 19 @BOS 7.0 30 W 2 2 7 4 0 1 93 67 26 .72
Matt Strahm Jun 20 @BOS 3.0 17 L 5 5 7 4 1 0 75 50 25 .67
Ian Kennedy Jun 21 @BOS 4.2 21 2 4 3 4 3 2 93 54 39 .58
Jakob Junis Jun 23 @TOR 6.1 27 2 2 6 4 2 0 93 58 35 .62
Jason Vargas Jun 24 @TOR 7.0 27 W 2 2 8 2 0 2 98 69 29 .70
Jason Hammel Jun 25 @TOR 5.0 24 2 2 5 6 3 1 105 63 42 .60
Matt Strahm Jun 27 DET 3.2 18 L 5 5 6 4 0 2 80 48 32 .60
Ian Kennedy Jun 28 DET 7.0 26 W 2 2 5 5 1 2 94 63 31 .67
Jakob Junis Jun 29 DET 6.0 27 L 6 6 7 5 3 3 100 64 36 .64
Jason Vargas Jun 30 @MIN 7.0 27 W 1 1 2 4 4 0 100 60 40 .60
Luke Farrell Jul 1 @MIN 2.2 18 5 5 7 2 3 1 74 45 29 .61
Jason Hammel Jul 1 (2) @MIN 5.1 28 L 6 7 9 5 2 1 107 71 36 .66
Travis Wood Jul 2 @MIN 4.0 19 2 2 6 3 1 0 81 51 30 .63
Ian Kennedy Jul 3 SEA 6.2 26 W 1 1 4 7 2 0 105 67 38 .64
Danny Duffy Jul 4 SEA 5.2 23 W 2 2 5 4 2 0 86 58 28 .67
Jason Vargas Jul 5 SEA 5.0 23 6 6 8 4 1 3 82 54 28 .66
Jason Hammel Jul 7 LAD 6.0 28 L 3 3 8 7 3 1 102 69 33 .68
Ian Kennedy Jul 8 LAD 6.0 26 3 3 7 7 1 1 100 71 29 .71
Danny Duffy Jul 9 LAD 7.0 27 L 5 5 6 9 0 3 102 76 26 .75
Jason Hammel Jul 14 @TEX 5.2 24 3 3 4 4 2 1 108 68 40 .63
Danny Duffy Jul 15 @TEX 8.1 28 L 1 1 5 4 0 0 91 64 27 .70
Ian Kennedy Jul 16 @TEX 6.2 25 2 2 5 6 1 2 99 63 36 .64
Jason Vargas Jul 17 @DET 2.2 19 L 6 6 7 4 4 2 72 41 31 .57
Travis Wood Jul 18 @DET 4.1 22 L 6 6 9 1 0 1 63 43 20 .68
Jason Hammel Jul 19 @DET 6.1 24 1 1 4 2 1 0 97 63 34 .65
Danny Duffy Jul 20 @DET 5.0 23 W 4 4 9 4 0 0 76 55 21 .72
Ian Kennedy Jul 21 @CWS 4.0 20 5 6 6 4 2 0 94 56 38 .60
Jason Vargas Jul 22 @CWS 5.0 23 2 2 7 2 1 1 84 50 34 .60
Travis Wood Jul 23 @CWS 4.2 20 4 4 7 4 1 0 70 49 21 .70
Jason Hammel Jul 24 DET 5.2 23 3 3 5 4 1 0 83 53 30 .64
Danny Duffy Jul 25 DET 6.1 26 W 1 1 6 4 1 0 105 75 30 .71
Ian Kennedy Jul 26 DET 6.0 21 W 1 1 3 4 2 0 95 58 37 .61
Jason Vargas Jul 28 BOS 6.0 24 W 1 1 5 2 2 0 99 61 38 .62
Trevor Cahill Jul 29 BOS 4.0 20 5 5 8 2 2 2 90 51 39 .57
Jason Hammel Jul 30 BOS 7.0 27 W 3 3 7 6 0 1 97 68 29 .70
Danny Duffy Jul 31 BAL 7.0 28 1 1 7 6 1 0 106 66 40 .62
Ian Kennedy Aug 1 BAL 4.0 21 L 4 4 8 2 1 0 92 63 29 .68
Jason Vargas Aug 2 BAL 5.0 21 L 3 3 4 6 2 1 97 54 43 .56
Trevor Cahill Aug 3 @SEA 4.2 22 2 2 6 3 2 2 80 48 32 .60
Jason Hammel Aug 4 @SEA 6.1 24 L 3 3 6 3 1 0 89 53 36 .60
Danny Duffy Aug 6 @SEA 5.2 27 L 3 7 7 8 2 3 103 67 36 .65
Jakob Junis Aug 6 (2) @SEA 8.0 28 W 1 1 4 7 0 0 94 65 29 .69
Ian Kennedy Aug 7 @STL 6.0 28 L 6 7 6 5 4 1 103 67 36 .65
Jason Vargas Aug 8 @STL 4.2 24 L 6 6 8 3 3 2 88 51 37 .58
Trevor Cahill Aug 9 STL 2.1 16 3 3 4 1 5 0 66 34 32 .52
Jason Hammel Aug 10 STL 5.0 22 2 2 3 7 1 0 103 61 42 .59
Danny Duffy Aug 11 CWS 6.1 27 L 5 5 7 8 0 0 90 66 24 .73
Ian Kennedy Aug 12 CWS 6.1 25 3 3 7 7 1 2 97 68 29 .70
Jason Vargas Aug 13 CWS 6.0 26 W 3 3 6 7 2 1 92 58 34 .63
Jakob Junis Aug 14 OAK 6.0 24 W 2 2 4 2 0 0 83 52 31 .63
Jason Hammel Aug 15 OAK 6.0 26 4 4 8 6 1 3 101 67 34 .66
Danny Duffy Aug 16 OAK 5.0 23 4 4 6 8 2 1 101 67 34 .66
Ian Kennedy Aug 18 @CLE 2.2 16 L 5 5 6 1 2 2 58 37 21 .64
Jason Vargas Aug 19 @CLE 4.2 23 L 4 4 6 7 3 0 96 61 35 .64
Jason Hammel Aug 20 @CLE 6.0 24 W 3 3 5 3 1 1 101 61 40 .60
Danny Duffy Aug 22 @COL 6.0 23 W 2 2 1 7 3 1 88 60 28 .68
Ian Kennedy Aug 23 @COL 4.2 23 3 3 7 6 3 2 95 60 35 .63
Jakob Junis Aug 24 @COL 5.1 24 1 1 7 7 1 0 79 55 24 .70
Jason Vargas Aug 25 CLE 5.0 22 L 4 4 6 2 2 1 97 58 39 .60
Jason Hammel Aug 26 CLE 6.2 27 L 4 4 6 4 1 3 89 60 29 .67
Eric Skoglund Aug 27 CLE 1.1 13 L 7 7 7 1 2 1 53 34 19 .64
Ian Kennedy Aug 28 @TAM 2.2 16 L 7 7 6 1 2 2 45 29 16 .64
Jakob Junis Aug 29 @TAM 5.2 21 W 1 1 3 8 0 0 73 47 26 .64
Jason Vargas Aug 30 @TAM 6.0 26 L 5 5 7 1 1 3 97 63 34 .65
Jason Hammel Sep 1 MIN 6.1 26 W 4 4 7 3 0 1 97 66 31 .68
Onelki Garcia Sep 2 MIN 0.1 6 L 4 4 4 0 1 0 23 15 8 .65
Ian Kennedy Sep 3 MIN 5.2 24 2 4 5 1 1 1 90 57 33 .63
Jakob Junis Sep 4 DET 5.0 22 W 3 3 7 3 0 0 77 48 29 .62
Jason Vargas Sep 5 DET 2.0 14 L 7 7 6 1 1 2 49 33 16 .67
Jason Hammel Sep 6 DET 6.0 29 W 2 2 9 6 2 1 111 73 38 .66
Sam Gaviglio Sep 7 @MIN 5.0 22 1 1 4 3 3 1 77 43 34 .56
Ian Kennedy Sep 8 @MIN 3.0 16 L 3 3 4 2 3 1 55 33 22 .60
Jakob Junis Sep 9 @MIN 6.1 26 2 2 8 7 1 2 95 65 30 .68
Jason Vargas Sep 10 @MIN 5.0 19 W 1 1 4 3 1 0 84 54 30 .64
Jason Hammel Sep 11 @CWS 3.1 22 L 5 5 10 7 2 0 85 54 31 .64
Sam Gaviglio Sep 12 @CWS 5.0 22 W 2 2 7 5 0 0 87 62 25 .71
Eric Skoglund Sep 13 @CWS 3.0 16 2 3 5 2 2 0 66 41 25 .62
Jakob Junis Sep 14 CLE 5.2 22 1 1 7 1 1 0 98 61 37 .62
Jason Vargas Sep 15 CLE 5.0 22 W 3 3 5 4 3 1 90 52 38 .58
Jason Hammel Sep 16 CLE 6.0 30 L 6 7 11 3 1 0 96 65 31 .68
Danny Duffy Sep 17 CLE 5.0 18 L 1 2 1 8 0 1 62 47 15 .76
Ian Kennedy Sep 19 TOR 5.0 18 L 2 2 3 2 0 1 63 46 17 .73
Jakob Junis Sep 20 TOR 6.1 25 W 2 4 3 3 2 0 83 51 32 .61
Jason Vargas Sep 21 TOR 6.1 23 W 0 0 2 7 3 0 86 53 33 .62
Jason Hammel Sep 22 CWS 3.1 20 L 7 7 8 4 0 2 68 46 22 .68
Danny Duffy Sep 23 CWS 6.0 27 W 2 2 8 2 2 0 89 65 24 .73
Ian Kennedy Sep 24 CWS 5.1 25 L 5 5 7 7 2 2 91 59 32 .65
Jakob Junis Sep 25 NYY 5.2 25 L 6 6 7 4 1 2 93 59 34 .63
Jason Vargas Sep 26 @DET 6.0 20 W 1 1 5 3 1 0 82 54 28 .66
Jason Hammel Sep 27 @DET 6.0 26 3 3 6 6 2 0 96 65 31 .68
Danny Duffy Sep 28 @DET 4.1 21 L 4 4 6 4 3 0 86 51 35 .59
Ian Kennedy Sep 29 @ARI 5.0 19 W 1 1 4 7 1 1 86 53 33 .62
Jakob Junis Sep 30 @ARI 6.0 26 W 2 2 5 5 2 1 97 58 39 .60
Jason Vargas Oct 1 @ARI 4.0 22 L 6 6 6 4 4 2 92 51 41 .55