2003 Kansas City Royals season

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2003  Kansas City Royals
League American League
Division Central
Ballpark Kauffman Stadium
City Kansas City, Missouri
Record83–79 (.512)
Divisional place3rd
Owners David Glass
General managers Allard Baird
Managers Tony Peña
Television KMCI
Royals Sports Television Network
(Paul Splittorff, Bob Davis)
Radio KMBZ
(Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre, Fred White)
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The 2003 Kansas City Royals season was the 35th season of the franchise, and their 31st season at Kauffman Stadium. It involved the Royals finishing third in the American League Central, with a record of 83 wins and 79 losses. It was the only winning season for the franchise between 1994 and 2013.

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2003 was a hopeful and promising winning season ("We Believe" was the slogan) for the Royals, as they begin the season winning their first 9 games, and the team spent 93 days in first place in the AL Central. But the team faded down the stretch, falling out of first place for the last time on August 31, and were eliminated from playoff contention on September 23.

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

AL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 9072.556—48‍–‍3342‍–‍39
Chicago White Sox 8676.531451‍–‍3035‍–‍46
Kansas City Royals 8379.512740‍–‍4043‍–‍39
Cleveland Indians 6894.4202238‍–‍4330‍–‍51
Detroit Tigers 43119.2654723‍–‍5820‍–‍61

Record vs. opponents

2003 American League record

Sources:
TeamANABALBOSCWSCLEDETKCMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL 
Anaheim —1–83–63–46–36–16–35–43–68–128–116–39–102–711–7
Baltimore 8–1—9–102–43–33–33–43–46–13–12–74–58–117–28–115–13
Boston 6–310–9—5–44–28–15–12–49–103–45–212–75–410–911–7
Chicago 4–34–24–5—11–811–811–89–104–24–52–73–33–46–310–8
Cleveland 3–63–32–48–11—12–76–139–102–53–63–65–24–52–46–12
Detroit 1–63–31–88–117–12—5–144–151–53–61–82–41–62–74–14
Kansas City 3–64–31–58–1113–614–5—11–82–42–74–54–37–21–59–9
Minnesota 4–54–34–210–910–915–48–11—0–78–13–66–05–43–310–8
New York 6–313–6–110–92–45–25–14–27–0—3–65–414–54–510–913–5
Oakland 12–87–24–35–46–36–37–21–86–3—7–126–315–45–29–9
Seattle 11–85–42–57–26–38–15–46–34–512–7—4–510–103–410–8
Tampa Bay 3–611–87–123–32–54–23–40–65–143–65–4—3–611–83–15
Texas 10–92–74–54–35–46–12–74–55–44–1510–106–3—5–44–14
Toronto 7–211–89–103–64–27–25–13–39–102–54–38–114–5—10–8

Roster

2003 Kansas City Royals
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Designated Hitters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Brent Mayne 11337291.245636
1B Ken Harvey 135485129.2661364
2B Desi Relaford 141500127.254859
SS Ángel Berroa 158567163.2871773
3B Joe Randa 131502146.2911672
LF Raúl Ibañez 157608179.2941890
CF Carlos Beltrán 141521160.30726100
RF Aaron Guiel 9935498.2771552
DH Mike Sweeney 108392115.2931683

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Michael Tucker 104389102.2621355
Carlos Febles 7419646.235011
Mike Difelice 6218948.254325
Dee Brown 5013230.227214
Mendy López 529426.277311
Rondell White 227526.347421
Julius Matos 285715.26327
Brandon Berger 13327.21903
Brent Abernathy 10272.07400
Jarrod Patterson 13224.18200
Morgan Burkhart 6153.20001
Tom Prince 882.25001
David DeJesus 1272.28600
Rontrez Johnson 831.33300
Travis Dawkins 320.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Darrell May 35210.01083.77115
Chris George 1893.2967.1139
Runelvys Hernández 1691.2754.6148
Kyle Snyder 1585.1165.1739
José Lima 1473.1834.9132
Jimmy Gobble 952.2454.6131
Brian Anderson 749.2513.9915
Miguel Asencio 848.1215.2127
Paul Abbott 1047.2125.2932
Jamey Wright 425.1124.2619
Kevin Appier 419.0124.265

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jeremy Affeldt 36126.0763.9398
Kris Wilson 2972.2635.3342
Brad Voyles 1131.1027.1824

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Mike MacDougal 6835274.0857
Jason Grimsley 762605.1658
D.J. Carrasco 506524.8257
Sean Lowe 281106.2528
Curt Leskanic 271021.7322
Nate Field 191104.1519
Al Levine 180112.535
Graeme Lloyd 1602010.958
Albie Lopez 1542012.7115
Jason Gilfillan 132007.7112
Ryan Bukvich 91009.588
Les Walrond 702010.136
Rick DeHart 402013.501
Scott Mullen 200016.623
Jeremy Hill 10000.000

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Omaha Royals Pacific Coast League Mike Jirschele
AA Wichita Wranglers Texas League Keith Bodie
A Wilmington Blue Rocks Carolina League Billy Gardner Jr.
A Burlington Bees Midwest League Joe Szekely
Rookie AZL Royals Blue Arizona League Kevin Boles
Rookie AZL Royals Gold Arizona League Lloyd Simmons

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: AZL Royals Blue [4]

Notes

  1. ↑ "AJ Hinch Stats".
  2. ↑ "Buddy Carlyle Stats".
  3. ↑ "2003 Kansas City Royals Statistics".
  4. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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