Kansas City Royals vs Pittsburgh Pirates H2H Record

Interleague
Kansas City Royals
Pittsburgh Pirates
Royals lead Pirates17to14since 2002

Current-feed record from 2002 through 2025.

No 2026 meetings yet

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At a glance

Current-feed analysis, 2002 to 2025

Kansas City Royals vs Pittsburgh Pirates insights

Current-feed record
+3wins for Royals
55% Royals · 45% Pirates

Balanced-schedule record since 2023: 5-4.

Recent form
12-8last 20
Royals on a 3-game streak

Royals won 4-3 on Jul 9, 2025

Where it matters
0Postseason games

No postseason meetings since 2002.

Schedule context
  • Royals built the series lead before the 2023 schedule change, taking 12 of 22 decided meetings (55%).

Royals vs Pirates interleague history by season

Kansas City Royals and Pittsburgh Pirates met in 10 seasons inside the current feed. Interleague scheduling makes meeting frequency uneven, so the season table matters more than a raw average.

Active seasons
10
With at least one meeting since 2002
Busiest season
2021
4 meetings
Per active season
3.1
Uneven interleague cadence
Win Percentage
17W
14W
KC
PIT
55%45%
Kansas City RoyalsPittsburgh Pirates

Recent Games

Last 10 Games
Jul 9
KC 4-3 PIT
KC
Jul 8
KC 4-3 PIT
KC
Jul 7
KC 9-3 PIT
KC
Sep 15
PIT 4-3 KC
PIT
Sep 14
PIT 1-5 KC
KC
Sep 13
PIT 3-8 KC
KC
Aug 30
KC 1-4 PIT
PIT
Aug 29
KC 3-6 PIT
PIT
Aug 28
KC 0-5 PIT
PIT
Jun 1
KC 10-5 PIT
KC
Last Meeting
Jul 9, 2025Final
KC
4
HOME
PIT
3
AWAY
Royalswon by1run
Royals' 3rd straight in this series·Game 31 since 2002
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Kansas City Royals: 3 consecutive wins
3
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 3.1 runs on average
3.1runs
Momentum (Last 10 vs Archive since 2002)
KC-Neutral
Last 1060%
Archive since 200254.8%
PIT-Neutral
Last 1040%
Archive since 200245.2%
Last 10 Results
KC / PIT

Record since 2002

Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs Postseason record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season31 games
17
14
No postseason meetings appear since 2002.
Kansas City Royals Biggest Win
11–0+11 runs
Sep 13, 2020
Pittsburgh Pirates Biggest Win
5–0+5 runs
Aug 28, 2023
Decade Breakdown
Choose a decade to scope the current-feed page
Season by Season
Season ↓KC ↕PIT ↕Games ↕
2025303
2024213
2023033
2021314
2020303
2018033
2015213
2012033
2009123
2006303
Home / Away Split
13-4KC HOME10-4PIT HOME
AWAY
4-10
KC
AWAY
4-13
PIT

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.

Small sample: 31 decided meetings, under the 50 we treat as the floor for a stable rate. Read the figures below as description, not a forecast. Interleague pairs meet in short bursts, so a single series can move any percentage here by several points.

One-run games
32.3%

Share of the 31 decided meetings settled by exactly one run.

Won by 2 or more
67.7%

A 2+ run margin crosses 1.5, but this is not a historical line result. Average gap: 3.1.

Average total
8.9runs

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

Home side wins
74.2%

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
7.5Closest to even1615
51.6%
8.51318
41.9%
9.51219
38.7%

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.

Kansas City Royals
17 W · 54.8%1.82
Pittsburgh Pirates
14 W · 45.2%2.21

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
40%vs 32.3% full archive
+7.7% in the last 20
Won by 2 or more
60%vs 67.7% full archive
-7.7% in the last 20
Average total
8.3 runsvs 8.9 runs full archive
-0.6 runs in the last 20

Seasons 2015 to 2025. 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 Royals and Pirates in the oddsmatcher.

Questions about this record: Kansas City Royals vs Pittsburgh Pirates

How do recent Kansas City Royals vs Pittsburgh Pirates results compare with the record since 2002?

Kansas City Royals have won 6 of the latest 10 decided meetings. Kansas City Royals lead the decided record 17-14. The recent window is a subset of the current-feed record since 2002, 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 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

Kansas City Royals and Pittsburgh Pirates have met 31 times in this archive, which covers the 2006 season onward.