2004 Kansas City Royals season

The 2004 Kansas City Royals season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Royals finishing 5th 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
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersDavid Glass
General managersAllard Baird
ManagersTony Peña
Local televisionKMCI
Royals Sports Television Network
(Ryan Lefebvre, Paul Splittorff, Denny Matthews, Bob Davis)
Local radioWHB
KLRX
(Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre, Fred White, Paul Splittorff, Bob Davis)
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Offseason
  • January 6, 2004: Juan González signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals.[1]
  • January 16, 2004: Doug Linton was signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals.[2]

Regular season

Season standings
AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 9270 0.568 — 49–32 43–38
Chicago White Sox 8379 0.512 9 46–35 37–44
Cleveland Indians 8082 0.494 12 44–37 36–45
Detroit Tigers 7290 0.444 20 38–43 34–47
Kansas City Royals 58104 0.358 34 33–47 25–57

Record vs. opponents
2004 American League record

Sources:
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim —6–34–55–44–57–27–05–45–410–913–76–19–104–57–11
Baltimore 3–6—10–92–43–36–06–34–55–140–77–211–85–211–85–13
Boston 5–49–10—4–23–46–14–22–411–88–15–414–54–514–59–9
Chicago 4–54–22–4—10–98–1113–69–103–42–77–24–26–33–48–10
Cleveland 5–43–34–39–10—9–1011–87–122–46–35–43–31–85–210–8
Detroit 2–70–61–611–810–9—8–117–124–34–55–43–34–54–29–9
Kansas City 0–73–62–46–138–1111–8—7–121–52–72–53–64–53–36–12
Minnesota 4–55–44–210–912–712–712–7—2–42–55–44–55–24–211–7
New York 4–514–58–114–34–23–45–14–2—7–26–315–45–412–710–8
Oakland 9–107–01–87–23–65–47–25–22–7—11–87–211–96–310–8
Seattle 7–132–74–52–74–54–55–24–53–68–11—2–57–122–79–9
Tampa Bay 1–68–115–142–43–33–36–35–44–152–75–2—2–79–915–3
Texas 10–92–55–43–68–15–45–42–54–59–1112–77–2—7–210–8
Toronto 5–48–115–144–32–52–43–32–47–123–67–29–92–7—8–10

Transactions
  • July 30, 2004: Justin Huber was traded by the New York Mets to the Kansas City Royals for José Bautista.[3]

Roster
2004 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

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
CJohn Buck7123856.2351230
1BKen Harvey120456131.2871355
2BTony Graffanino7527873.263326
SSÁngel Berroa134512134.262843
3BJoe Randa128485139.287856
LFDee Brown5919549.251424
CFDavid DeJesus96363104.287739
RFAbraham Núñez5922150.226529
DHMike Sweeney106411118.2872279

Other batters

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
Matt Stairs126439117.2671866
Desi Relaford11438084.221634
Carlos Beltrán6926674.2781551
Benito Santiago4917548.274623
Ruben Gotay4415241.270116
Aaron Guiel4213521.156513
Juan González3312735.276517
Calvin Pickering3512230.246726
Ruben Mateo329318.19407
Alberto Castillo298924.270111
Andrés Blanco196019.31705
Kelly Stinnett205918.30537
Byron Gettis21397.17901
Mendy López18384.10514
Brandon Berger11357.20002
Wilton Guerrero24327.21901
Alexis Gómez13298.27604
Donnie Murphy7275.18503
José Bautista13255.20001
Damian Jackson14152.13302
Adrian Brown5113.27300
Mike Tonis260.00000
Paul Phillips451.20000
Rich Thompson610.00000

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Darrell May31186.09195.61120
Brian Anderson35166.06125.6470
Jimmy Gobble25148.0985.3549
Zack Greinke24145.08113.97100
Mike Wood17100.0385.9454
Denny Bautista527.2046.5118
Kevin Appier24.00113.502
Eduardo Villacis13.10113.500

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dennys Reyes40108.0484.7591
Jeremy Affeldt3876.1344.9549
Chris George1042.1127.2315
Jimmy Serrano1032.2124.6825

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Jaime Cerda531423.1533
Scott Sullivan493404.7745
Nate Field432334.2630
Shawn Camp422223.9251
Jason Grimsley323303.3818
D.J. Carrasco302204.8422
Curt Leskanic190328.0415
Rudy Seánez160103.9121
Justin Huisman140016.8413
Mike MacDougal131115.5614
Matt Kinney110107.1621
Ryan Bukvich90013.687
Jorge Vásquez20008.104

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Omaha Royals Pacific Coast League Mike Jirschele
AA Wichita Wranglers Texas League Frank White
A Wilmington Blue Rocks Carolina League Billy Gardner Jr.
A Burlington Bees Midwest League Jim Gabella
Rookie AZL Royals Arizona League Lloyd Simmons
Rookie Idaho Falls Chukars Pioneer League Brian Rupp

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References
  1. "Juan Gonzalez Stats". Baseball-Reference.com.
  2. "Doug Linton Stats". Baseball-Reference.com.
  3. "Justin Huber Stats".
  4. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  5. Baseball America 2005 Annual Directory


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