2012 Kansas City Royals Starters
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Starters
Starter Date Vs. IP BF W/L ER R H K BB HR Pit Str Ball Str%
Bruce Chen Apr 6 LAA 6.0 19 0 0 3 4 0 0 75 54 21 .72
Luke Hochevar Apr 7 LAA 6.1 23 W 2 2 5 4 2 0 95 58 37 .61
Jonathan Sanchez Apr 8 LAA 5.0 23 W 2 2 4 4 3 0 99 59 40 .60
Luis Mendoza Apr 9 OAK 5.2 24 L 1 1 5 2 4 0 97 57 40 .59
Danny Duffy Apr 10 OAK 6.0 21 W 0 0 1 8 4 0 103 62 41 .60
Bruce Chen Apr 11 OAK 5.0 21 2 3 4 3 2 1 102 70 32 .69
Luke Hochevar Apr 13 @CLE 4.0 22 L 7 7 9 3 1 0 70 48 22 .69
Jonathan Sanchez Apr 14 @CLE 2.2 18 5 5 6 1 4 0 75 38 37 .51
Luis Mendoza Apr 15 @CLE 4.0 24 L 5 9 9 1 4 2 90 52 38 .58
Danny Duffy Apr 16 @DET 6.2 26 L 3 3 7 7 1 2 106 74 32 .70
Bruce Chen Apr 17 @DET 7.0 27 L 2 2 6 7 0 0 108 78 30 .72
Jonathan Sanchez Apr 18 @DET 5.0 23 2 2 4 3 3 0 97 60 37 .62
Luke Hochevar Apr 20 @TOR 5.0 19 1 1 2 5 2 0 84 52 32 .62
Luis Mendoza Apr 21 @TOR 3.1 19 4 4 10 0 1 0 50 34 16 .68
Danny Duffy Apr 22 @TOR 4.2 24 L 4 4 5 5 5 0 113 66 47 .58
Bruce Chen Apr 23 @TOR 7.0 28 L 3 3 6 3 2 2 106 68 38 .64
Jonathan Sanchez Apr 24 CLE 4.2 25 L 4 4 4 5 7 0 115 56 59 .49
Luke Hochevar Apr 25 CLE 6.1 25 W 2 2 4 4 3 0 97 57 40 .59
Luis Mendoza Apr 26 CLE 5.0 21 W 2 2 4 3 2 0 70 42 28 .60
Everett Teaford Apr 27 MIN 4.0 19 4 4 8 1 2 1 75 46 29 .61
Bruce Chen Apr 29 MIN 2.2 17 L 6 6 6 1 2 0 62 37 25 .60
Luke Hochevar May 1 DET 4.0 26 L 9 9 12 2 3 0 75 49 26 .65
Jonathan Sanchez May 2 DET 5.0 19 0 0 1 2 2 0 82 43 39 .52
Danny Duffy May 3 @NYY 5.1 23 W 2 2 6 6 2 0 90 52 38 .58
Bruce Chen May 4 @NYY 6.2 28 L 6 6 9 4 1 2 93 61 32 .66
Felipe Paulino May 5 @NYY 6.0 23 W 0 0 4 6 2 0 96 59 37 .61
Luke Hochevar May 6 @NYY 2.1 15 L 7 7 7 0 1 2 51 30 21 .59
Jonathan Sanchez May 7 @BOS 3.0 18 L 6 6 6 3 3 2 73 35 38 .48
Danny Duffy May 8 @BOS 4.1 24 3 4 7 1 5 0 99 55 44 .56
Bruce Chen May 9 @BOS 6.2 28 W 3 3 7 5 0 0 103 68 35 .66
Felipe Paulino May 11 CWS 5.2 24 L 4 4 7 6 1 1 113 70 43 .62
Luke Hochevar May 12 CWS 7.0 24 W 0 0 3 5 1 0 101 58 43 .57
Danny Duffy May 13 CWS 0.2 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 13 8 5 .62
Bruce Chen May 14 TEX 6.2 27 W 1 1 5 7 2 1 106 67 39 .63
Vin Mazzaro May 15 TEX 5.0 22 W 3 3 7 2 1 0 81 51 30 .63
Felipe Paulino May 16 @BAL 7.0 28 0 0 5 9 2 0 100 66 34 .66
Luke Hochevar May 17 @BAL 6.0 24 L 4 4 7 6 1 1 98 61 37 .62
Luis Mendoza May 18 @ARI 5.2 25 4 4 5 4 3 0 93 55 38 .59
Bruce Chen May 19 @ARI 6.1 27 W 2 2 8 4 2 0 100 67 33 .67
Nathan Adcock May 20 @ARI 5.0 21 L 1 1 5 3 1 0 77 46 31 .60
Felipe Paulino May 21 NYY 6.2 28 W 0 0 6 8 2 0 109 64 45 .59
Luke Hochevar May 22 NYY 6.2 28 L 3 3 6 8 3 1 115 68 47 .59
Will Smith May 23 NYY 3.1 16 L 5 5 6 1 1 3 54 30 24 .56
Bruce Chen May 25 BAL 4.0 22 L 6 6 7 2 2 0 84 56 28 .67
Felipe Paulino May 26 BAL 5.2 27 3 3 5 5 5 2 109 59 50 .54
Luke Hochevar May 27 BAL 4.2 24 1 2 7 6 1 0 104 67 37 .64
Nathan Adcock May 28 CLE 2.1 14 L 4 5 6 0 2 1 51 28 23 .55
Will Smith May 29 CLE 6.0 25 W 2 2 4 5 2 0 96 64 32 .67
Bruce Chen May 30 CLE 5.0 24 W 3 3 7 3 2 0 100 58 42 .58
Felipe Paulino Jun 1 @OAK 6.0 22 W 0 0 3 5 3 0 94 55 39 .59
Luke Hochevar Jun 2 @OAK 4.2 22 L 6 6 5 3 3 0 90 50 40 .56
Vin Mazzaro Jun 3 @OAK 6.0 24 W 0 0 4 3 3 0 97 58 39 .60
Will Smith Jun 4 @MIN 4.2 24 L 7 7 8 3 2 3 80 52 28 .65
Bruce Chen Jun 5 @MIN 7.0 24 W 0 0 4 5 0 0 88 62 26 .70
Felipe Paulino Jun 6 @MIN 0.2 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 13 8 5 .62
Luke Hochevar Jun 8 PIT 6.0 26 L 4 4 9 3 1 0 98 59 39 .60
Vin Mazzaro Jun 9 PIT 3.0 17 L 3 4 3 4 4 0 79 45 34 .57
Bruce Chen Jun 10 PIT 5.0 22 L 3 3 4 5 1 1 79 56 23 .71
Luis Mendoza Jun 12 @MIL 6.0 22 1 1 1 4 2 0 74 46 28 .62
Jonathan Sanchez Jun 13 @MIL 5.0 23 1 1 7 4 2 0 96 64 32 .67
Luke Hochevar Jun 14 @MIL 7.1 27 3 3 6 5 1 2 85 60 25 .71
Vin Mazzaro Jun 15 STL 6.0 22 W 0 0 5 4 1 0 80 55 25 .69
Bruce Chen Jun 16 STL 1.2 12 6 6 7 0 0 2 40 27 13 .68
Luis Mendoza Jun 17 STL 6.0 24 2 2 6 5 1 2 88 56 32 .64
Jonathan Sanchez Jun 18 HOU 6.0 28 L 3 4 6 3 4 1 106 61 45 .58
Luke Hochevar Jun 19 HOU 7.2 31 W 0 0 5 6 4 0 93 58 35 .62
Bruce Chen Jun 20 HOU 5.2 25 W 1 1 5 6 2 0 94 59 35 .63
Vin Mazzaro Jun 22 @STL 1.1 13 L 7 7 6 2 2 0 42 26 16 .62
Luis Mendoza Jun 23 @STL 4.1 21 L 4 4 7 2 2 0 85 50 35 .59
Jonathan Sanchez Jun 24 @STL 5.2 27 6 6 4 3 6 2 111 61 50 .55
Luke Hochevar Jun 25 @TAM 9.0 33 W 0 0 7 8 1 0 113 73 40 .65
Bruce Chen Jun 26 @TAM 7.0 27 W 1 2 5 5 1 1 99 72 27 .73
Everett Teaford Jun 27 @TAM 5.0 20 2 2 4 5 3 0 89 55 34 .62
Luis Mendoza Jun 29 MIN 8.0 27 W 1 1 5 5 0 0 115 71 44 .62
Jonathan Sanchez Jun 30 MIN 4.1 28 L 6 6 10 4 6 0 101 56 45 .55
Luke Hochevar Jun 30 (2) MIN 6.0 27 L 5 5 8 0 1 3 86 60 26 .70
Bruce Chen Jul 1 MIN 5.2 24 L 6 6 6 5 1 3 95 66 29 .69
Everett Teaford Jul 2 TOR 7.0 28 W 3 3 5 2 2 2 102 64 38 .63
Vin Mazzaro Jul 3 TOR 5.1 27 L 6 6 13 3 0 1 79 55 24 .70
Luis Mendoza Jul 4 TOR 6.0 28 L 3 3 9 9 1 0 101 65 36 .64
Luke Hochevar Jul 5 TOR 5.0 21 W 2 2 4 3 1 1 84 56 28 .67
Jonathan Sanchez Jul 6 DET 5.2 26 L 4 4 6 2 3 1 101 60 41 .59
Bruce Chen Jul 7 DET 3.1 20 L 6 6 9 3 2 1 72 50 22 .69
Everett Teaford Jul 8 DET 4.1 21 L 5 5 7 5 1 2 80 51 29 .64
Bruce Chen Jul 13 @CWS 4.2 25 6 6 9 5 3 3 110 72 38 .65
Luke Hochevar Jul 14 @CWS 5.0 22 3 3 5 4 3 1 97 55 42 .57
Luis Mendoza Jul 15 @CWS 7.1 29 L 2 2 4 6 4 1 93 52 41 .56
Jonathan Sanchez Jul 16 @SEA 1.1 12 L 7 7 7 2 1 2 50 30 20 .60
Ryan Verdugo Jul 17 @SEA 1.2 15 L 6 6 8 2 2 1 55 31 24 .56
Bruce Chen Jul 18 @SEA 5.1 23 4 4 7 6 0 2 105 73 32 .70
Will Smith Jul 19 @SEA 6.1 29 L 4 4 8 5 2 1 90 59 31 .66
Luke Hochevar Jul 20 @MIN 7.0 26 1 1 5 6 0 1 109 67 42 .61
Luis Mendoza Jul 21 @MIN 6.1 27 W 3 3 7 4 2 0 93 55 38 .59
Jeremy Guthrie Jul 22 @MIN 5.0 22 L 5 5 4 4 3 1 91 56 35 .62
Bruce Chen Jul 23 LAA 5.1 25 3 3 5 3 2 0 106 69 37 .65
Will Smith Jul 24 LAA 7.0 25 W 1 1 2 4 4 0 102 57 45 .56
Luke Hochevar Jul 25 LAA 3.0 19 L 6 8 9 2 1 1 63 39 24 .62
Luis Mendoza Jul 26 SEA 5.0 27 L 4 4 9 1 3 0 80 50 30 .63
Jeremy Guthrie Jul 27 SEA 5.1 27 L 6 6 11 4 0 2 105 68 37 .65
Bruce Chen Jul 28 SEA 6.0 26 L 3 3 7 5 1 1 96 66 30 .69
Will Smith Jul 29 SEA 6.0 26 3 3 7 4 0 0 85 55 30 .65
Luke Hochevar Jul 31 @CLE 6.0 27 W 3 3 7 6 3 0 101 61 40 .60
Luis Mendoza Aug 1 @CLE 7.1 27 W 2 2 4 3 1 1 94 62 32 .66
Bruce Chen Aug 2 @CLE 2.2 15 4 4 7 0 1 0 55 36 19 .65
Jeremy Guthrie Aug 3 @TEX 6.0 24 L 3 3 6 4 2 0 104 65 39 .63
Will Smith Aug 4 @TEX 5.2 27 L 4 4 8 2 3 0 90 55 35 .61
Luke Hochevar Aug 5 @TEX 6.0 26 1 5 4 4 1 0 106 71 35 .67
Luis Mendoza Aug 6 CWS 7.1 29 L 4 4 7 5 1 2 103 65 38 .63
Bruce Chen Aug 7 CWS 6.2 27 W 2 2 7 2 1 1 98 69 29 .70
Jeremy Guthrie Aug 8 CWS 8.0 28 W 0 0 5 6 0 0 104 74 30 .71
Will Smith Aug 9 BAL 7.0 28 W 2 2 6 5 3 1 99 59 40 .60
Luke Hochevar Aug 10 BAL 5.1 26 L 7 7 7 2 2 3 90 57 33 .63
Luis Mendoza Aug 11 BAL 6.0 27 W 3 3 7 4 2 0 93 53 40 .57
Bruce Chen Aug 12 BAL 5.1 23 L 4 4 4 5 3 2 95 61 34 .64
Jeremy Guthrie Aug 14 @OAK 7.0 25 W 0 0 3 8 2 0 102 63 39 .62
Will Smith Aug 15 @OAK 7.0 27 W 2 2 5 5 1 1 97 62 35 .64
Luke Hochevar Aug 16 @OAK 7.0 26 L 3 3 4 5 3 2 103 64 39 .62
Luis Mendoza Aug 17 @CWS 7.0 25 W 2 2 4 6 1 1 85 51 34 .60
Bruce Chen Aug 18 @CWS 6.0 24 W 2 2 5 5 1 1 98 71 27 .72
Jeremy Guthrie Aug 19 @CWS 7.2 27 0 2 2 5 1 0 103 70 33 .68
Will Smith Aug 20 TAM 3.2 19 L 4 4 8 4 2 0 74 45 29 .61
Luke Hochevar Aug 21 TAM 8.0 27 0 0 1 10 3 0 105 65 40 .62
Luis Mendoza Aug 22 TAM 4.1 23 L 2 2 5 0 4 0 81 43 38 .53
Bruce Chen Aug 24 BOS 6.0 25 3 3 8 5 1 0 98 65 33 .66
Jeremy Guthrie Aug 25 BOS 2.2 16 6 7 7 1 2 2 53 32 21 .60
Will Smith Aug 26 BOS 5.0 26 L 4 5 9 1 2 1 90 58 32 .64
Luke Hochevar Aug 27 BOS 8.0 32 L 4 5 8 6 1 1 114 78 36 .68
Luis Mendoza Aug 28 @DET 5.0 23 6 6 7 4 1 1 82 50 32 .61
Bruce Chen Aug 29 @DET 8.0 28 W 0 0 4 4 1 0 100 65 35 .65
Jeremy Guthrie Aug 30 @DET 7.1 32 W 1 1 10 3 0 0 100 70 30 .70
Will Smith Sep 1 @MIN 6.0 28 L 3 3 9 4 2 0 92 58 34 .63
Luke Hochevar Sep 1 (2) @MIN 1.2 14 L 8 8 6 3 4 2 63 34 29 .54
Luis Mendoza Sep 2 @MIN 5.0 20 2 2 7 3 0 1 84 49 35 .58
Bruce Chen Sep 3 @TEX 6.0 25 L 6 6 6 5 1 4 101 71 30 .70
Jeremy Guthrie Sep 4 @TEX 7.0 26 W 2 2 5 5 2 1 102 64 38 .63
Everett Teaford Sep 5 @TEX 4.1 17 L 3 3 3 5 2 1 72 46 26 .64
Luke Hochevar Sep 6 @TEX 6.1 26 4 4 6 5 2 2 101 65 36 .64
Luis Mendoza Sep 7 CWS 5.1 27 5 5 10 3 1 3 93 63 30 .68
Bruce Chen Sep 8 CWS 6.0 26 L 5 5 6 6 2 3 101 68 33 .67
Jeremy Guthrie Sep 9 CWS 8.0 27 0 0 6 4 0 0 97 69 28 .71
Will Smith Sep 11 MIN 7.0 27 W 0 0 7 7 3 0 107 68 39 .64
Luke Hochevar Sep 12 MIN 5.0 25 W 5 5 6 4 4 0 110 66 44 .60
Luis Mendoza Sep 13 MIN 6.0 21 1 1 2 6 2 1 96 56 40 .58
Bruce Chen Sep 14 @LAA 6.1 28 5 5 7 5 1 0 105 70 35 .67
Jeremy Guthrie Sep 15 @LAA 8.0 30 2 2 5 2 1 1 107 71 36 .66
Will Smith Sep 16 @LAA 5.0 21 L 4 4 7 2 2 1 82 46 36 .56
Luke Hochevar Sep 18 @CWS 7.0 27 L 3 3 7 4 0 3 98 63 35 .64
Bruce Chen Sep 19 @CWS 6.2 27 W 0 0 5 4 3 0 114 75 39 .66
Jeremy Guthrie Sep 20 @CWS 6.0 27 1 3 8 4 1 0 107 70 37 .65
Luis Mendoza Sep 21 @CLE 6.0 27 W 2 2 8 3 2 0 90 52 38 .58
Will Smith Sep 22 @CLE 7.0 29 W 2 2 8 5 2 1 104 63 41 .61
Jake Odorizzi Sep 23 @CLE 5.1 23 L 3 3 6 3 1 1 87 55 32 .63
Luke Hochevar Sep 24 DET 7.1 32 L 5 6 12 5 1 1 104 67 37 .64
Bruce Chen Sep 25 DET 6.2 31 L 2 2 10 5 3 0 115 77 38 .67
Jeremy Guthrie Sep 26 DET 7.0 30 4 4 7 3 2 2 103 66 37 .64
Luis Mendoza Sep 27 DET 7.0 27 2 4 7 6 1 0 86 57 29 .66
Will Smith Sep 28 CLE 3.0 19 L 6 6 9 2 2 0 69 41 28 .59
Jake Odorizzi Sep 29 CLE 2.0 11 1 1 2 1 3 0 65 43 22 .66
Luke Hochevar Sep 30 CLE 4.2 28 L 9 9 9 7 3 0 102 66 36 .65
Bruce Chen Oct 1 @DET 5.2 27 L 2 6 10 3 1 2 90 55 35 .61
Jeremy Guthrie Oct 2 @DET 6.0 25 W 2 2 5 3 3 0 100 61 39 .61
Luis Mendoza Oct 3 @DET 7.0 28 L 1 1 6 6 3 0 109 64 45 .59