2005 Kansas City Royals season

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2005  Kansas City Royals
League American League
Division Central
Ballpark Kauffman Stadium
City Kansas City, Missouri
Record56–106 (.346)
Divisional place5th
Owners David Glass
General managers Allard Baird
Managers Tony Peña, Bob Schaefer, Buddy Bell
Television KMCI
Royals Sports Television Network
(Ryan Lefebvre, Paul Splittorff, Denny Matthews, Bob Davis)
Radio WHB
KLRX
(Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre, Fred White)
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The 2005 Kansas City Royals season was the 37th season for the franchise, and their 33rd at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals competed and finished fifth in the American League Central with a record of 56 wins and 106 losses, 43 games behind first place Chicago White Sox. With 106 losses, the Royals set a record for the most losses in a single season in franchise history, and their third 100-loss season in 4 years. The 2005 Kansas City Royals were plagued by abysmal pitching and an anemic offense, and to date have one of the worst Major League Baseball season records of all-time. On August 31, the Royals became the first team to be eliminated from playoff contention.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 9963.611—47‍–‍3452‍–‍29
Cleveland Indians 9369.574643‍–‍3850‍–‍31
Minnesota Twins 8379.5121645‍–‍3638‍–‍43
Detroit Tigers 7191.4382839‍–‍4232‍–‍49
Kansas City Royals 56106.3464334‍–‍4722‍–‍59

Record vs. opponents

2005 American League record
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2005
TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETKCLAAMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL
Baltimore —8–102–61–63–54–22–43–37–114–67–312–64–69–108–10
Boston 10–8—4–34–26–44–26–44–29–106–43–313–67–27–1112–6
Chicago 6–23–4—14–514–513–54–611–73–32–76–34–23–64–212–6
Cleveland 6–12–45–14—12–613–63–510–93–46–37–34–63–34–215–3
Detroit 5–34–65–146–12—10–94–68–111–51–55–45–24–24–39–9
Kansas City 2–42–45–136–139–10—2–76–133–32–42–73–52–83–69–9
Los Angeles 4–24–66–45–36–47–2—6–46–410–99–94–515–41–512–6
Minnesota 3–32–47–119–1011–813–64–6—3–34–66–46–03–64–28–10
New York 11–710–93–34–35–13–34–63–3—7–27–38–117–312–611–7
Oakland 6–44–67–23–65–14–29–106–42–7—12–64–511–85–510–8
Seattle 3–73–33–63–74–57–29–94–63–76–12—4–26–134–610–8
Tampa Bay 6–126–132–46–42–55–35–40–611–85–42–4—6–28–113–15
Texas 6–42–76–33–32–48–24–156–33–78–1113–62–6—7–39–9
Toronto 10–911–72–42–43–46–35–12–46–125–56–411–83–7—8–10

Roster

2005 Kansas City Royals
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

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 John Buck 11843097.2421247
1B Matt Stairs 127466109.2751366
2B Rubén Gotay 8631764.227529
SS Angel Berroa 159652164.2701155
3B Mark Teahen 130447110.246755
LF Terrence Long 137455127.279653
CF David DeJesus 122461135.293956
RF Emil Brown 150545156.2861786
DH Mike Sweeney 122470141.3002183

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Tony Graffanino 5919157.298318
Joe McEwing 8318043.23916
Chip Ambres 5314535.24149
Aaron Guiel 3310932.29447
Alberto Castillo 3410021.210114
Matt Diaz 348925.28119
Eli Marrero 328814.15949
Shane Costa 278119.23527
Andrés Blanco 267917.21505
Justin Huber 257817.21806
Donnie Murphy 327712.15618
Paul Phillips 236718.26919
Denny Hocking 236016.26707
Ken Harvey 124510.22215
Calvin Pickering 7274.14813

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Zack Greinke 33183.05175.80114
José Lima 32168.25166.9980
Runelvys Hernández 29159.28145.5288
D.J. Carrasco 21114.2684.7949
J.P. Howell 1572.2356.1954
Denny Bautista 735.2225.8023
Brian Anderson 630.2126.7517

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Mike Wood 47115.0584.4660
Kyle Snyder 1336.0136.7517
Ryan Jensen 925.1327.1118

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Mike MacDougal 6856213.3372
Andy Sisco 672503.1176
Ambiorix Burgos 593523.9865
Jeremy Affeldt 490205.2639
Juan Carlos Oviedo 413207.5532
Shawn Camp 291406.4328
Jimmy Gobble 281105.7038
Jaime Cerda 201406.6318
Jonah Bayliss 110004.6310
Chris Demaria 81009.0011
Nate Field 70009.454
Steve Stemle 60005.069

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Omaha Royals Pacific Coast League Mike Jirschele
AA Wichita Wranglers Texas League Frank White
A High Desert Mavericks California 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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Notes

  1. ↑ Dennis Hocking Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  3. ↑ Baseball America 2006 Annual Directory

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