Current-feed record
+4wins for Padres
57% Padres · 43% Royals
Royals have closed the gap since the 2023 schedule change: 6-6.
Kansas City Royals vs San Diego Padres All-Time Record
Interleague
Kansas City Royals
San Diego Padres
Padres lead Royals17to13since 2002
Retrosheet history through 2025, plus 3 final games from the current feed.
2026 season series: Royals lead 2-1
Data updated 5 min read
At a glance
Current-feed analysis, 2002 to 2026
Kansas City Royals vs San Diego Padres insights
Recent form
11-9last 20
Padres won 19-2 on Jul 19, 2026
Where it matters
0Postseason games
No postseason meetings since 2002.
Schedule context
- Padres built the series lead before the 2023 schedule change, taking 11 of 18 decided meetings (61%).
- Since the schedule balanced out they are 6-6, or 50% to Padres.
Royals vs Padres interleague history by season
Kansas City Royals and San Diego Padres first met in 2002, so all 30 meetings across 10 seasons sit in 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
- 2026
- 3 meetings
- Per active season
- 3.0
- Uneven interleague cadence
Win Percentage
13W
17W
KC
SD
43%57%
Kansas City RoyalsSan Diego Padres
Recent Games
Last 10 Games
Jul 19
KC 2-19 SD
SDJul 18
KC 6-1 SD
KCJul 17
KC 7-6 SD
KCJun 22
SD 3-2 KC
SDJun 21
SD 5-1 KC
SDJun 20
SD 5-6 KC
KCJun 2
KC 4-3 SD
KCJun 1
KC 3-7 SD
SDMay 31
KC 8-11 SD
SDMay 17
SD 3-4 KC
KC| Date | Home | Away | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2026 | KC | SD | 2–19 | SD |
| Jul 18, 2026 | KC | SD | 6–1 | KC |
| Jul 17, 2026 | KC | SD | 7–6 | KC |
| Jun 22, 2025 | SD | KC | 3–2 | SD |
| Jun 21, 2025 | SD | KC | 5–1 | SD |
| Jun 20, 2025 | SD | KC | 5–6 | KC |
| Jun 2, 2024 | KC | SD | 4–3 | KC |
| Jun 1, 2024 | KC | SD | 3–7 | SD |
| May 31, 2024 | KC | SD | 8–11 | SD |
| May 17, 2023 | SD | KC | 3–4 | KC |
Last Meeting
Jul 19, 2026Final
KC
2
HOME
SD
19
AWAY
Padreswon by17runs
Snapped Royals' streak·Game 30 since 2002
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
San Diego Padres won the most recent meeting
1
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 4.0 runs on average
4.0runs
Momentum (Last 10 vs Archive since 2002)
KC-Neutral
Last 1050%
Archive since 200243.3%
SD-Neutral
Last 1050%
Archive since 200256.7%
Last 10 Results
KC / SD
Record since 2002
Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs Postseason record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season30 games
13
17
No postseason meetings appear since 2002.
Kansas City Royals Biggest Win
13–1+12 runs
Jun 30, 2002
San Diego Padres Biggest Win
19–2+17 runs
Jul 19, 2026
Decade Breakdown
Choose a decade to scope the current-feed page
Season by Season
| Season ↓ | KC ↕ | SD ↕ | Games ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Home / Away Split
AWAY
7-11
KC
AWAY
6-6
SD
Retrosheet archiveComplete through 2025
Kansas City Royals vs San Diego Padres all-time record, 2002 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
- 27
- Peak inning
- EX
- Record game
- 24 runs
Two source windows. Current-feed sections: 30 games from 2002 to 2026. History Lab: 27 Retrosheet games from 2002 to 2025. The first refreshes with current finals; Retrosheet's published archive currently ends in 2025.Small historical sample: 27 games. Era and inning rates describe these meetings, but should not be treated as a forecast.
Decade balance
Select an era to inspect pace, scoring and attendance.
KCSD
Scoring by inning
Runs per 100 batting innings, adjusted for unequal ninth and extra innings.
KCSD
70.4
159.3
40.7
240.7
33.3
348.1
33.3
451.9
51.9
540.7
85.2
670.4
51.9
792.6
88.9
866.7
66.7
944.4
50.0
EX100.0
- KC after scoring first
- 58.3%
- SD after scoring first
- 73.3%
- Lead-change games
- 44.4%
- Beyond nine innings
- 3
The games at the edges
Verified single-game records from the historical matchup log.
Highest total
24 runs
KC 14, SD 10
Jun 28, 2002
Biggest margin
12 runs
KC 13, SD 1
Jun 30, 2002
Longest game
12 innings
SD 6, KC 5
May 5, 2014
Largest crowd
43,828
SD 4, KC 0
May 15, 2023
Kansas City Royals largest comeback
5-run deficit
KC 14, SD 10
Jun 28, 2002
San Diego Padres largest comeback
3-run deficit
SD 6, KC 5
May 5, 2014
Full archive stat line
Counting stats across games with complete team totals.
MetricKCSD
Hits250268
Home runs3129
Walks77105
Strikeouts206199
Errors1616
Where the rivalry lived
- 0118games
Petco Park
San Diego, CA
- 029games
Kauffman Stadium
Kansas City, MO
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: 30 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
33.3%
Share of the 30 decided meetings settled by exactly one run.
Won by 2 or more
66.7%
A 2+ run margin crosses 1.5, but this is not a historical line result. Average gap: 4.
Average total
10.8runs
Final-score average without accounting for park, bullpen or weather.
Home side wins
56.7%
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.
| Line | Over | Under | Over rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 19 | 11 | 63.3% |
| 8.5 | 17 | 13 | 56.7% |
| 9.5Closest to even | 14 | 16 | 46.7% |
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.
San Diego Padres
17 W · 56.7%1.76
Kansas City Royals
13 W · 43.3%2.31
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 33.3% full archive
+1.7% in the last 20
Won by 2 or more
65%vs 66.7% full archive
-1.7% in the last 20
Average total
10.8 runsvs 10.8 runs full archive
0 runs in the last 20
Seasons 2014 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 Padres and Royals in the oddsmatcher.
Questions about this record: Kansas City Royals vs San Diego Padres
How do recent Kansas City Royals vs San Diego Padres results compare with the complete record?
The latest 10 decided meetings are split 5-5. San Diego Padres lead the decided record 17-13. The recent window is a subset of the complete series from 2002 through 2026, so the page reports the two separately.
When did the Kansas City Royals and San Diego Padres first play each other?
The Retrosheet archive's first recorded meeting for this pairing is Jun 28, 2002, when Kansas City Royals beat San Diego Padres 14-10 at home. The archive covers 27 meetings from 2002 through 2025. The current feed starts in 2002 and is reported separately.
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.
Last updated Sources: balldontlie, MLB Stats API, Retrosheet
Kansas City Royals and San Diego Padres have met 30 times in this archive, which covers the 2002 season onward.