2003 Kansas City Royals | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | Central | |
Ballpark | Kauffman Stadium | |
City | Kansas City, Missouri | |
Record | 83–79 (.512) | |
Divisional place | 3rd | |
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 a season in American baseball. 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.
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.
AL Central | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Minnesota Twins | 90 | 72 | 0.556 | — | 48–33 | 42–39 |
Chicago White Sox | 86 | 76 | 0.531 | 4 | 51–30 | 35–46 |
Kansas City Royals | 83 | 79 | 0.512 | 7 | 40–40 | 43–39 |
Cleveland Indians | 68 | 94 | 0.420 | 22 | 38–43 | 30–51 |
Detroit Tigers | 43 | 119 | 0.265 | 47 | 23–58 | 20–61 |
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Team | ANA | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
Anaheim | — | 1–8 | 3–6 | 3–4 | 6–3 | 6–1 | 6–3 | 5–4 | 3–6 | 8–12 | 8–11 | 6–3 | 9–10 | 2–7 | 11–7 |
Baltimore | 8–1 | — | 9–10 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 6–13–1 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 8–11 | 7–2 | 8–11 | 5–13 |
Boston | 6–3 | 10–9 | — | 5–4 | 4–2 | 8–1 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 12–7 | 5–4 | 10–9 | 11–7 |
Chicago | 4–3 | 4–2 | 4–5 | — | 11–8 | 11–8 | 11–8 | 9–10 | 4–2 | 4–5 | 2–7 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 6–3 | 10–8 |
Cleveland | 3–6 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 8–11 | — | 12–7 | 6–13 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 3–6 | 3–6 | 5–2 | 4–5 | 2–4 | 6–12 |
Detroit | 1–6 | 3–3 | 1–8 | 8–11 | 7–12 | — | 5–14 | 4–15 | 1–5 | 3–6 | 1–8 | 2–4 | 1–6 | 2–7 | 4–14 |
Kansas City | 3–6 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 8–11 | 13–6 | 14–5 | — | 11–8 | 2–4 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 4–3 | 7–2 | 1–5 | 9–9 |
Minnesota | 4–5 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 10–9 | 10–9 | 15–4 | 8–11 | — | 0–7 | 8–1 | 3–6 | 6–0 | 5–4 | 3–3 | 10–8 |
New York | 6–3 | 13–6–1 | 10–9 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 7–0 | — | 3–6 | 5–4 | 14–5 | 4–5 | 10–9 | 13–5 |
Oakland | 12–8 | 7–2 | 4–3 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 6–3 | 7–2 | 1–8 | 6–3 | — | 7–12 | 6–3 | 15–4 | 5–2 | 9–9 |
Seattle | 11–8 | 5–4 | 2–5 | 7–2 | 6–3 | 8–1 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 4–5 | 12–7 | — | 4–5 | 10–10 | 3–4 | 10–8 |
Tampa Bay | 3–6 | 11–8 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 0–6 | 5–14 | 3–6 | 5–4 | — | 3–6 | 11–8 | 3–15 |
Texas | 10–9 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 4–3 | 5–4 | 6–1 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 4–15 | 10–10 | 6–3 | — | 5–4 | 4–14 |
Toronto | 7–2 | 11–8 | 9–10 | 3–6 | 4–2 | 7–2 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 8–11 | 4–5 | — | 10–8 |
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 |
C | Brent Mayne | 113 | 372 | 91 | .245 | 6 | 36 |
1B | Ken Harvey | 135 | 485 | 129 | .266 | 13 | 64 |
2B | Desi Relaford | 141 | 500 | 127 | .254 | 8 | 59 |
SS | Ángel Berroa | 158 | 567 | 163 | .287 | 17 | 73 |
3B | Joe Randa | 131 | 502 | 146 | .291 | 16 | 72 |
LF | Raúl Ibañez | 157 | 608 | 179 | .294 | 18 | 90 |
CF | Carlos Beltrán | 141 | 521 | 160 | .307 | 26 | 100 |
RF | Aaron Guiel | 99 | 354 | 98 | .277 | 15 | 52 |
DH | Mike Sweeney | 108 | 392 | 115 | .293 | 16 | 83 |
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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Michael Tucker | 104 | 389 | 102 | .262 | 13 | 55 |
Carlos Febles | 74 | 196 | 46 | .235 | 0 | 11 |
Mike Difelice | 62 | 189 | 48 | .254 | 3 | 25 |
Dee Brown | 50 | 132 | 30 | .227 | 2 | 14 |
Mendy López | 52 | 94 | 26 | .277 | 3 | 11 |
Rondell White | 22 | 75 | 26 | .347 | 4 | 21 |
Julius Matos | 28 | 57 | 15 | .263 | 2 | 7 |
Brandon Berger | 13 | 32 | 7 | .219 | 0 | 3 |
Brent Abernathy | 10 | 27 | 2 | .074 | 0 | 0 |
Jarrod Patterson | 13 | 22 | 4 | .182 | 0 | 0 |
Morgan Burkhart | 6 | 15 | 3 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
Tom Prince | 8 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
David DeJesus | 12 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 0 |
Rontrez Johnson | 8 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Travis Dawkins | 3 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 35 | 210.0 | 10 | 8 | 3.77 | 115 |
Chris George | 18 | 93.2 | 9 | 6 | 7.11 | 39 |
Runelvys Hernández | 16 | 91.2 | 7 | 5 | 4.61 | 48 |
Kyle Snyder | 15 | 85.1 | 1 | 6 | 5.17 | 39 |
José Lima | 14 | 73.1 | 8 | 3 | 4.91 | 32 |
Jimmy Gobble | 9 | 52.2 | 4 | 5 | 4.61 | 31 |
Brian Anderson | 7 | 49.2 | 5 | 1 | 3.99 | 15 |
Miguel Asencio | 8 | 48.1 | 2 | 1 | 5.21 | 27 |
Paul Abbott | 10 | 47.2 | 1 | 2 | 5.29 | 32 |
Jamey Wright | 4 | 25.1 | 1 | 2 | 4.26 | 19 |
Kevin Appier | 4 | 19.0 | 1 | 2 | 4.26 | 5 |
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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Jeremy Affeldt | 36 | 126.0 | 7 | 6 | 3.93 | 98 |
Kris Wilson | 29 | 72.2 | 6 | 3 | 5.33 | 42 |
Brad Voyles | 11 | 31.1 | 0 | 2 | 7.18 | 24 |
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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Mike MacDougal | 68 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 4.08 | 57 |
Jason Grimsley | 76 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5.16 | 58 |
D.J. Carrasco | 50 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4.82 | 57 |
Sean Lowe | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.25 | 28 |
Curt Leskanic | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.73 | 22 |
Nate Field | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.15 | 19 |
Al Levine | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.53 | 5 |
Graeme Lloyd | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10.95 | 8 |
Albie Lopez | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12.71 | 15 |
Jason Gilfillan | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 12 |
Ryan Bukvich | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.58 | 8 |
Les Walrond | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10.13 | 6 |
Rick DeHart | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 |
Scott Mullen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.62 | 3 |
Jeremy Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
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