Kansas City Royals announce schedule for 2024 Major League Baseball season: the details
The Kansas City Royals on Thursday announced their schedule for the 2024 Major League Baseball season.
The Royals’ 2024 season opener is scheduled for Thursday, March 28 at Kauffman Stadium against the Minnesota Twins. This matches the 2019 opener as the earliest in club history, and it’s also the second straight year that KC will open against the Twins.
The Royals will open their regular season at home for the eighth time in 10 years. They’ll end the 2024 season with a six-game interleague road trip to Washington (Sept. 24-26) and Atlanta (Sept. 27-29).
For the second year in a row, the Royals will play every other team in the majors at least once, thanks to MLB’s balanced schedule.
The Royals will play I-70 rival St. Louis again, starting with two games against the Cardinals at Busch Stadium on July 9-10. The Royals will later play host to St. Louis at Kauffman Stadium — two games, Aug. 9-10 — before taking an off-day Aug. 11.
The Royals will play three games against each of the other 14 NL teams, including seven three-game home series and seven three-game road series.
That includes three games each against Milwaukee (May 6-8), San Diego (May 31-June 2), Miami (June 24-26), Arizona (July 22-24), Chicago (July 26-28), Philadelphia (Aug. 23-25), and San Francisco (Sept. 20-22).
Counting Busch Stadium, the Royals will travel to seven NL ballparks in 2024, including New York (April 12-14), L.A. (June 14-16), Colorado (July 5-7), Cincinnati (Aug. 16-18), Pittsburgh (Sept. 13-15), Washington (Sept. 24-26) and Atlanta (Sept. 27-29).
The Royals will be in Chicago to play the White Sox on Jackie Robinson Day — April 15 — and will welcome San Diego to KC June 2 as MLB celebrates its fourth annual Lou Gehrig Day. On Sept. 15, Roberto Clemente Day, KC will face Clemente’s Pirates in Pittsburgh.
The 2024 All-Star break is set for July 15-18, with the 94th Midsummer Classic scheduled for July 16 at Globe Life Field in Texas.
Game dates are subject to change, Royals officials noted, and game times will be announced at a later date.
Here are some additional highlights of KC’s 162-game lineup for 2024:
52 games vs. American League Central teams (13 games across four series vs. all four opponents)
64 league games vs. American League East and West teams (6-7 games vs. each opponent)
46 Interleague games (four games vs. St. Louis and three vs. all other NL teams)
Seven home games and six road games vs. AL Central division-mates Cleveland and Chicago
Six home games and seven road games vs. AL Central division-mates Detroit and Minnesota
And here is the full 2024 schedule for the Royals, minus game times:
March 28-31: Minnesota
April 1-3: at Baltimore
April 4-7: Chicago White Sox
April 9-11: Houston
April 12-14: at N.Y. Mets
April 15-17: at Chicago White Sox
April 19-21: Baltimore
April 22-25: Toronto
April 26-18: at Detroit
April 29-30, May 1: at Toronto
May 3-5: Texas
May 6-8: Milwaukee
May 9-12: at L.A. Angels
May 13-15: at Seattle
May 17-19: Oakland
May 20-22: Detroit
May 24-26: at Tampa Bay
May 27-30: at Minnesota
May 31, June 1-2: San Diego
June 4-6: at Cleveland
June 7-9: Seattle
June 10-13: N.Y. Yankees
June 14-16: at L.A. Dodgers
June 18-20: at Oakland
June 21-23: at Texas
June 24-26: Miami
June 27-30: Cleveland
July 2-4: Tampa Bay
July 5-7: at Colorado
July 9-10: at St. Louis
July 12-14: at Boston
July 19-21: Chicago White Sox
July 22-24: Arizona
July 26-28: Chicago Cubs
July 29-31: at Chicago White Sox
Aug. 1-4: at Detroit
Aug. 5-7: Boston
Aug. 9-10: St. Louis
Aug. 12-14: at Minnesota
Aug. 16-18: at Cincinnati
Aug. 19-21: L.A. Angels
Aug. 23-25: Philadelphia
Aug. 26-28: at Cleveland
Aug. 29-31, Sept. 1: at Houston
Sept. 2-4: Cleveland
Sept. 6-8: Minnesota
Sept. 9-11: at N.Y. Yankees
Sept. 13-15: at Pittsburgh
Sept. 16-18: Detroit
Sept. 20-22: San Francisco
Sept. 24-26: at Washington
Sept. 27-29: at Atlanta
