Current-feed record
+27wins for Cardinals
61% Cardinals · 39% Royals
Royals have closed the gap since the 2023 schedule change: 11-9.
Kansas City Royals vs St. Louis Cardinals All-Time Record
Show-Me Series
Kansas City Royals
St. Louis Cardinals
Cardinals lead Royals85to62since 1985
Retrosheet history through 2025, plus 6 final games from the current feed.
2026 season series tied 3-3
Data updated 6 min read
At a glance
All-time since 1985 · current-feed analysis, 2002 to 2026
Kansas City Royals vs St. Louis Cardinals insights
Recent form
11-9last 20
Cardinals won 12-10 on Jun 21, 2026
Where it matters
0Postseason games
No postseason meetings since 2002.
Schedule context
- Cardinals built the series lead before the 2023 schedule change, taking 67 of 105 decided meetings (64%).
- Since the schedule balanced out they are 9-11, or 45% to Cardinals.
Royals vs Cardinals postseason head-to-head record
Kansas City Royals and St. Louis Cardinals have met 147 times since 1985, 7 times in the postseason. The playoff games are included in the all-time total, not added on top of it.
- Postseason record
- Royals 4-3
- 7 postseason games since 1985
- Playoff share
- 4.8%
- Share of all meetings
- Regular season
- 140
- Recorded non-postseason meetings
Win Percentage
49W
76W
KC
STL
39%61%
Kansas City RoyalsSt. Louis Cardinals
Recent Games
Last 10 Games
Jun 21
KC 10-12 STL
STLJun 19
KC 6-5 STL
KCJun 18
KC 14-6 STL
KCMay 17
STL 0-2 KC
KCMay 16
STL 4-2 KC
STLMay 15
STL 5-4 KC
STLJun 5
STL 6-5 KC
STLJun 5
STL 5-7 KC
KCJun 3
STL 7-10 KC
KCMay 18
KC 2-1 STL
KC| Date | Home | Away | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 2026 | KC | STL | 10–12 | STL |
| Jun 19, 2026 | KC | STL | 6–5 | KC |
| Jun 18, 2026 | KC | STL | 14–6 | KC |
| May 17, 2026 | STL | KC | 0–2 | KC |
| May 16, 2026 | STL | KC | 4–2 | STL |
| May 15, 2026 | STL | KC | 5–4 | STL |
| Jun 5, 2025 | STL | KC | 6–5 | STL |
| Jun 5, 2025 | STL | KC | 5–7 | KC |
| Jun 3, 2025 | STL | KC | 7–10 | KC |
| May 18, 2025 | KC | STL | 2–1 | KC |
Last Meeting
Jun 21, 2026Final
KC
10
HOME
STL
12
AWAY
Cardinalswon by2runs
Snapped Royals' streak·Game 125 since 2002
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
St. Louis Cardinals won the most recent meeting
1
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 3.6 runs on average
3.6runs
Momentum (Last 10 vs Archive since 2002)
KC↑Trending Up
Last 1060%
Archive since 200239.2%
STL↓Trending Down
Last 1040%
Archive since 200260.8%
Last 10 Results
KC / STL
Record since 2002
Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs Postseason record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season125 games
49
76
No postseason meetings appear since 2002.
Kansas City Royals Biggest Win
17–8+9 runs
Jun 14, 2007
St. Louis Cardinals Biggest Win
10–0+10 runs
May 4, 2022
Decade Breakdown
Choose a decade to scope the current-feed page
Season by Season
| Season ↓ | KC ↕ | STL ↕ | Games ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2022 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2021 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2019 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2018 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2017 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2016 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2015 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2013 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2012 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2011 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2008 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2007 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2006 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2002 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
All 25 seasons are shown in the table above.
Home / Away Split
AWAY
28-30
KC
AWAY
46-21
STL
Retrosheet archiveComplete through 2025
Kansas City Royals vs St. Louis Cardinals all-time record, 1985 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
- 141
- Peak inning
- 2
- Record game
- 30 runs
Two source windows. Current-feed sections: 125 games from 2002 to 2026. History Lab: 141 Retrosheet games from 1985 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.
KCSTL
Scoring by inning
Runs per 100 batting innings, adjusted for unequal ninth and extra innings.
KCSTL
49.6
155.3
61.7
268.1
46.8
368.1
50.4
454.6
53.2
559.6
50.7
651.1
40.0
755.7
50.0
849.3
38.5
952.7
51.9
EX44.4
- KC after scoring first
- 64.4%
- STL after scoring first
- 74.4%
- Lead-change games
- 39.0%
- Beyond nine innings
- 11
The games at the edges
Verified single-game records from the historical matchup log.
Highest total
30 runs
KC 17, STL 13
Jun 9, 1999
Biggest margin
11 runs
KC 11, STL 0
Oct 27, 1985 · Postseason
Longest game
15 innings
STL 3, KC 5
Jun 17, 2012
Largest crowd
53,634
STL 1, KC 6
Oct 22, 1985 · Postseason
Kansas City Royals largest comeback
5-run deficit
STL 7, KC 10
Jun 3, 2025
St. Louis Cardinals largest comeback
5-run deficit
KC 6, STL 9
May 19, 2006
Full archive stat line
Counting stats across games with complete team totals.
MetricKCSTL
Hits1,2851,306
Home runs114161
Walks365510
Strikeouts875917
Errors7984
Where the rivalry lived
- 0177games
Kauffman Stadium
Kansas City, MO
- 0249games
Busch Stadium III
St. Louis, MO
- 0315games
Busch Stadium II
St. Louis, 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.
One-run games
24.8%
Share of the 125 decided meetings settled by exactly one run.
Won by 2 or more
75.2%
A 2+ run margin crosses 1.5, but this is not a historical line result. Average gap: 3.6.
Average total
9.6runs
Final-score average without accounting for park, bullpen or weather.
Home side wins
40.8%
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 | 75 | 50 | 60% |
| 8.5Closest to even | 67 | 58 | 53.6% |
| 9.5 | 55 | 70 | 44% |
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.
St. Louis Cardinals
76 W · 60.8%1.64
Kansas City Royals
49 W · 39.2%2.55
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 24.8% full archive
+10.2% in the last 20
Won by 2 or more
65%vs 75.2% full archive
-10.2% in the last 20
Average total
10.7 runsvs 9.6 runs full archive
+1.1 runs in the last 20
Seasons 2023 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 Cardinals and Royals in the oddsmatcher.
Questions about this record: Kansas City Royals vs St. Louis Cardinals
What is the Kansas City Royals vs St. Louis Cardinals postseason record?
The postseason subset contains 7 games: Kansas City Royals have 4 wins and St. Louis Cardinals have 3 wins. Those games are already included in the complete series from 1985 through 2026.
How do recent Kansas City Royals vs St. Louis Cardinals results compare with the complete record?
Kansas City Royals have won 6 of the latest 10 decided meetings. St. Louis Cardinals lead the decided record 85-62. The recent window is a subset of the complete series from 1985 through 2026, so the page reports the two separately.
When did the Kansas City Royals and St. Louis Cardinals first play each other?
The Retrosheet archive's first recorded meeting for this pairing is Oct 19, 1985, when St. Louis Cardinals won 3-1 away to Kansas City Royals. The archive covers 141 meetings from 1985 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 St. Louis Cardinals have met 125 times in this archive, which covers the 2002 season onward.