The 2004 Kansas City Royals season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Royals finishing fifth in the American League Central with a record of 58 wins and 104 losses. It was one of the most disappointing seasons in Royals' history. The team had been picked by many sporting magazines to win the AL Central following their third-place finish in 2003. Injuries of veteran acquisitions did the Royals in. Catcher Benito Santiago and outfielder Juan González both played very few games for the boys in blue. Mike Sweeney was also injured during the campaign. As a result, the Royals set a new record for most losses in franchise history.
2004 Kansas City Royals | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | Central | |
Ballpark | Kauffman Stadium | |
City | Kansas City, Missouri | |
Owners | David Glass | |
General managers | Allard Baird | |
Managers | Tony Peña | |
Television | KMCI Royals Sports Television Network (Ryan Lefebvre, Paul Splittorff, Denny Matthews, Bob Davis) | |
Radio | WHB KLRX (Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre, Fred White, Paul Splittorff, Bob Davis) | |
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Offseason edit
Regular season edit
Season standings edit
AL Central | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Minnesota Twins | 92 | 70 | 0.568 | — | 49–32 | 43–38 |
Chicago White Sox | 83 | 79 | 0.512 | 9 | 46–35 | 37–44 |
Cleveland Indians | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 12 | 44–37 | 36–45 |
Detroit Tigers | 72 | 90 | 0.444 | 20 | 38–43 | 34–47 |
Kansas City Royals | 58 | 104 | 0.358 | 34 | 33–47 | 25–57 |
Record vs. opponents edit
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] | |||||||||||||||
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Team | ANA | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
Anaheim | — | 6–3 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 4–5 | 7–2 | 7–0 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 10–9 | 13–7 | 6–1 | 9–10 | 4–5 | 7–11 |
Baltimore | 3–6 | — | 10–9 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 6–0 | 6–3 | 4–5 | 5–14 | 0–7 | 7–2 | 11–8 | 5–2 | 11–8 | 5–13 |
Boston | 5–4 | 9–10 | — | 4–2 | 3–4 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 11–8 | 8–1 | 5–4 | 14–5 | 4–5 | 14–5 | 9–9 |
Chicago | 4–5 | 4–2 | 2–4 | — | 10–9 | 8–11 | 13–6 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 2–7 | 7–2 | 4–2 | 6–3 | 3–4 | 8–10 |
Cleveland | 5–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 9–10 | — | 9–10 | 11–8 | 7–12 | 2–4 | 6–3 | 5–4 | 3–3 | 1–8 | 5–2 | 10–8 |
Detroit | 2–7 | 0–6 | 1–6 | 11–8 | 10–9 | — | 8–11 | 7–12 | 4–3 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 3–3 | 4–5 | 4–2 | 9–9 |
Kansas City | 0–7 | 3–6 | 2–4 | 6–13 | 8–11 | 11–8 | — | 7–12 | 1–5 | 2–7 | 2–5 | 3–6 | 4–5 | 3–3 | 6–12 |
Minnesota | 4–5 | 5–4 | 4–2 | 10–9 | 12–7 | 12–7 | 12–7 | — | 2–4 | 2–5 | 5–4 | 4–5 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 11–7 |
New York | 4–5 | 14–5 | 8–11 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 4–2 | — | 7–2 | 6–3 | 15–4 | 5–4 | 12–7 | 10–8 |
Oakland | 9–10 | 7–0 | 1–8 | 7–2 | 3–6 | 5–4 | 7–2 | 5–2 | 2–7 | — | 11–8 | 7–2 | 11–9 | 6–3 | 10–8 |
Seattle | 7–13 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 4–5 | 5–2 | 4–5 | 3–6 | 8–11 | — | 2–5 | 7–12 | 2–7 | 9–9 |
Tampa Bay | 1–6 | 8–11 | 5–14 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 6–3 | 5–4 | 4–15 | 2–7 | 5–2 | — | 2–7 | 9–9 | 15–3 |
Texas | 10–9 | 2–5 | 5–4 | 3–6 | 8–1 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 2–5 | 4–5 | 9–11 | 12–7 | 7–2 | — | 7–2 | 10–8 |
Toronto | 5–4 | 8–11 | 5–14 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 7–12 | 3–6 | 7–2 | 9–9 | 2–7 | — | 8–10 |
Transactions edit
- July 30, 2004: Justin Huber was traded by the New York Mets to the Kansas City Royals for José Bautista.[3]
Roster edit
Player stats edit
Batting edit
Starters by position edit
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | John Buck | 71 | 238 | 56 | .235 | 12 | 30 |
1B | Ken Harvey | 120 | 456 | 131 | .287 | 13 | 55 |
2B | Tony Graffanino | 75 | 278 | 73 | .263 | 3 | 26 |
SS | Ángel Berroa | 134 | 512 | 134 | .262 | 8 | 43 |
3B | Joe Randa | 128 | 485 | 139 | .287 | 8 | 56 |
LF | Dee Brown | 59 | 195 | 49 | .251 | 4 | 24 |
CF | David DeJesus | 96 | 363 | 104 | .287 | 7 | 39 |
RF | Abraham Núñez | 59 | 221 | 50 | .226 | 5 | 29 |
DH | Mike Sweeney | 106 | 411 | 118 | .287 | 22 | 79 |
Other batters edit
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Matt Stairs | 126 | 439 | 117 | .267 | 18 | 66 |
Desi Relaford | 114 | 380 | 84 | .221 | 6 | 34 |
Carlos Beltrán | 69 | 266 | 74 | .278 | 15 | 51 |
Benito Santiago | 49 | 175 | 48 | .274 | 6 | 23 |
Ruben Gotay | 44 | 152 | 41 | .270 | 1 | 16 |
Aaron Guiel | 42 | 135 | 21 | .156 | 5 | 13 |
Juan González | 33 | 127 | 35 | .276 | 5 | 17 |
Calvin Pickering | 35 | 122 | 30 | .246 | 7 | 26 |
Ruben Mateo | 32 | 93 | 18 | .194 | 0 | 7 |
Alberto Castillo | 29 | 89 | 24 | .270 | 1 | 11 |
Andrés Blanco | 19 | 60 | 19 | .317 | 0 | 5 |
Kelly Stinnett | 20 | 59 | 18 | .305 | 3 | 7 |
Byron Gettis | 21 | 39 | 7 | .179 | 0 | 1 |
Mendy López | 18 | 38 | 4 | .105 | 1 | 4 |
Brandon Berger | 11 | 35 | 7 | .200 | 0 | 2 |
Wilton Guerrero | 24 | 32 | 7 | .219 | 0 | 1 |
Alexis Gómez | 13 | 29 | 8 | .276 | 0 | 4 |
Donnie Murphy | 7 | 27 | 5 | .185 | 0 | 3 |
José Bautista | 13 | 25 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
Damian Jackson | 14 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 0 | 2 |
Adrian Brown | 5 | 11 | 3 | .273 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Tonis | 2 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Phillips | 4 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Rich Thompson | 6 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching edit
Starting pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Darrell May | 31 | 186.0 | 9 | 19 | 5.61 | 120 |
Brian Anderson | 35 | 166.0 | 6 | 12 | 5.64 | 70 |
Jimmy Gobble | 25 | 148.0 | 9 | 8 | 5.35 | 49 |
Zack Greinke | 24 | 145.0 | 8 | 11 | 3.97 | 100 |
Mike Wood | 17 | 100.0 | 3 | 8 | 5.94 | 54 |
Denny Bautista | 5 | 27.2 | 0 | 4 | 6.51 | 18 |
Kevin Appier | 2 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 13.50 | 2 |
Eduardo Villacis | 1 | 3.1 | 0 | 1 | 13.50 | 0 |
Other pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Dennys Reyes | 40 | 108.0 | 4 | 8 | 4.75 | 91 |
Jeremy Affeldt | 38 | 76.1 | 3 | 4 | 4.95 | 49 |
Chris George | 10 | 42.1 | 1 | 2 | 7.23 | 15 |
Jimmy Serrano | 10 | 32.2 | 1 | 2 | 4.68 | 25 |
Relief pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Jaime Cerda | 53 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3.15 | 33 |
Scott Sullivan | 49 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4.77 | 45 |
Nate Field | 43 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4.26 | 30 |
Shawn Camp | 42 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3.92 | 51 |
Jason Grimsley | 32 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3.38 | 18 |
D.J. Carrasco | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.84 | 22 |
Curt Leskanic | 19 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8.04 | 15 |
Rudy Seánez | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.91 | 21 |
Justin Huisman | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.84 | 13 |
Mike MacDougal | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.56 | 14 |
Matt Kinney | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.16 | 21 |
Ryan Bukvich | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.68 | 7 |
Jorge Vásquez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 4 |
Farm system edit
References edit
- ^ "Juan Gonzalez Stats". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ "Doug Linton Stats". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ "Justin Huber Stats".
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
- ^ Baseball America 2005 Annual Directory
External links edit
- 2004 Kansas City Royals team page at Baseball Reference
- 2004 Kansas City Royals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com