Kansas City Royals vs New York Yankees All-Time Record

American League
Kansas City Royals
New York Yankees
Yankees lead Royals343to215·1 tiessince 1969

Retrosheet history through 2025, plus 6 final games from the current feed.

2026 season series: Yankees lead 6-0

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At a glance

All-time since 1969 · current-feed analysis, 2002 to 2026

Kansas City Royals vs New York Yankees insights

Current-feed record
+70wins for Yankees
71% Yankees · 29% Royals

Yankees have pulled further ahead since 2023: 24-5.

Recent form
3-17last 20
Yankees on a 14-game streak

Yankees won 7-0 on May 27, 2026

Where it matters
4Postseason games

4 postseason games across 1 postseason since 2002.

Schedule context
  • Yankees built the series lead before the 2023 schedule change, taking 96 of 141 decided meetings (68%).
  • Since the schedule balanced out they are 24-5, or 83% to Yankees.

Royals vs Yankees postseason head-to-head record

Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees have met 559 times since 1969, 21 times in the postseason. The playoff games are included in the all-time total, not added on top of it.

Postseason record
Yankees 12-9
21 postseason games since 1969
Playoff share
3.8%
Share of all meetings
Regular season
538
Recorded non-postseason meetings
Win Percentage
50W
120W
KC
NYY
29%71%
Kansas City RoyalsNew York Yankees

Recent Games

Last 10 Games
May 27
KC 0-7 NYY
NYY
May 26
KC 1-15 NYY
NYY
May 25
KC 3-4 NYY
NYY
Apr 19
NYY 7-0 KC
NYY
Apr 18
NYY 13-4 KC
NYY
Apr 17
NYY 4-2 KC
NYY
Jun 12
KC 0-1 NYY
NYY
Jun 11
KC 3-6 NYY
NYY
Jun 10
KC 2-10 NYY
NYY
Apr 16
NYY 4-3 KC
NYY
Last Meeting
May 27, 2026Final
KC
0
HOME
NYY
7
AWAY
Yankeeswon by7runs
Yankees' 14th straight in this series·Game 170 since 2002
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
New York Yankees: 14 consecutive wins
14
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 3.9 runs on average
3.9runs
Momentum (Last 10 vs Archive since 2002)
KC↓Trending Down
Last 100%
Archive since 200229.4%
NYY↑Trending Up
Last 10100%
Archive since 200270.6%
Last 10 Results
KC / NYY

Record since 2002

Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs Postseason record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season166 games
49
117
Postseason4 games
1
3
Kansas City Royals Biggest Win
11–0+11 runs
Aug 13, 2003
New York Yankees Biggest Win
15–1+14 runs
May 26, 2026
Decade Breakdown
Choose a decade to scope the current-feed page
Season by Season
Season ↓KC ↕NYY ↕Games ↕
2026066
2025066
20243811
2023246
2022167
2021246
2019257
2018257
2017257
2016257
2015246
2014437
2013257
2012347
2011336
2010358
2009246
20085510
20071910
2006279
2005336
2004156
2003246
2002156

All 24 seasons are shown in the table above.

Home / Away Split
28-54KC HOME66-22NYY HOME
AWAY
22-66
KC
AWAY
54-28
NYY
Retrosheet archiveComplete through 2025

Kansas City Royals vs New York Yankees all-time record, 1969 to 2025

Explore how this matchup changed by decade, where each lineup produced its runs, and the games that pushed the rivalry record book. This archive is a separate source window from the current-feed sections above, which start in 2002.

Games
553
Peak inning
7
Record game
25 runs
Two source windows. Current-feed sections: 170 games from 2002 to 2026. History Lab: 553 Retrosheet games from 1969 to 2025. The first refreshes with current finals; Retrosheet's published archive currently ends in 2025.

Decade balance

Select an era to inspect pace, scoring and attendance.

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Open source archive

Betting Context

Betting context since 2002

How this pairing has settled: run margins, totals and break-even prices derived from its historical record. These are final-score frequencies, not results against a closing line. We do not hold historical sportsbook prices for these games.

One-run games
23.5%

Share of the 170 decided meetings settled by exactly one run.

Won by 2 or more
76.5%

A 2+ run margin crosses 1.5, but this is not a historical line result. Average gap: 3.9.

Average total
9.7runs

Final-score average without accounting for park, bullpen or weather.

Home side wins
55.3%

Share of decided meetings won by the listed home team.

Totals ladder

Where the combined score landed against the half-run lines a book normally posts. Half runs cannot push, so every meeting falls on one side.

LineOverUnderOver rate
7.510070
58.8%
8.5Closest to even8981
52.4%
9.57397
42.9%

Fair price from the base rate

The decimal price that corresponds exactly to each club's win share in this archive. It describes the record and does not estimate the next game.

New York Yankees
120 W · 70.6%1.42
Kansas City Royals
50 W · 29.4%3.40

A base rate is not a forecast. Starting pitchers, lineups, injuries and venue all matter more to a single game than a multi-season head-to-head record.

Last 20 meetings vs full history

One-run games
35%vs 23.5% full archive
+11.5% in the last 20
Won by 2 or more
65%vs 76.5% full archive
-11.5% in the last 20
Average total
8 runsvs 9.7 runs full archive
-1.7 runs in the last 20

Seasons 2024 to 2026. The comparison shows whether the last 20 final scores differ from the longer archive, without assigning a cause or predicting what comes next.

View the break-even percentages in another odds format with the odds converter, or compare current prices for Yankees and Royals in the oddsmatcher.

Questions about this record: Kansas City Royals vs New York Yankees

How is the Kansas City Royals vs New York Yankees meeting total counted?

The complete series from 1969 through 2026 contains 559 recorded meetings. 558 meetings have a winner; 1 meeting ended tied and remain separate. This is why the meeting total can exceed the two win totals combined.

What is the Kansas City Royals vs New York Yankees postseason record?

The postseason subset contains 21 games: Kansas City Royals have 9 wins and New York Yankees have 12 wins. Those games are already included in the complete series from 1969 through 2026.

How do recent Kansas City Royals vs New York Yankees results compare with the complete record?

New York Yankees have won 10 of the latest 10 decided meetings. New York Yankees lead the decided record 343-215. The recent window is a subset of the complete series from 1969 through 2026, so the page reports the two separately.

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Methodology & Data Sources

Current MLB game logs come from the balldontlie API and cover the 2002 season onward. Scores and schedule anomalies are checked against the official MLB Stats API. Spring training is excluded, while results from earlier franchise identities are merged into the current club.

The all-time record and the History Lab use Retrosheet game logs through 2025, with inning lines, team totals, attendance, duration and ballpark fields when available. Final games after 2025 come from the current feed, and every section built on that feed alone is labeled as starting in 2002.

The betting context summarizes completed final scores only. It contains no sportsbook closing lines and summarizes only completed games. Report a possible error through our contact page with the matchup and game date.

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Last updated Sources: balldontlie, MLB Stats API, Retrosheet

Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees have met 170 times in this archive, which covers the 2002 season onward.