2004 Kansas City Royals season

2004 Kansas City Royals
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1969)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Kauffman Stadium (since 1973)
Kansas City, Missouri (since 1969)
Other information
Owner(s)	David Glass
General manager(s)	Allard Baird
Manager(s)	Tony Peña
Local television	KMCI Royals Sports Television Network (Ryan Lefebvre, Paul Splittorff, Denny Matthews, Bob Davis)
Local radio	WHB KLRX (Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre, Fred White, Paul Splittorff, Bob Davis)
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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.

Offseason

• January 6, 2004: Juan Gonzalez signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.
• January 16, 2004: Doug Linton was signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

Regular season

Season standings

AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

2004 American League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
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

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

Roster

2004 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers 48 Jeremy Affeldt 19 Brian Anderson 55 Kevin Appier 27 Denny Bautista 35 Ryan Bukvich 58 Shawn Camp 21 D. J. Carrasco 56 Jaime Cerda 57 Nate Field 32 Chris George 41 Jimmy Gobble 23 Zack Greinke 38 Jason Grimsley 37 Justin Huisman 52 Matt Kinney 54 Mike MacDougal 34 Darrell May 49 Dennys Reyes 43 Rudy Seánez 50 Jimmy Serrano 47 Scott Sullivan 59 Jorge Vásquez 59 Eduardo Villacis 46 Mike Wood		Catchers  2 John Buck  7 Alberto Castillo  3 Paul Phillips 30,33 Benito Santiago 18 Kelly Stinnett  3 Mike Tonis Infielders 27 José Bautista  4 Ángel Berroa 1,3 Andrés Blanco 30 Rubén Gotay 14 Tony Graffanino  1 Wilton Guerrero 28 Ken Harvey  7 Mendy López 31 Donnie Murphy 36 Calvin Pickering 16 Joe Randa 12,11 Desi Relaford 29 Mike Sweeney		Outfielders 15 Carlos Beltrán 24 Brandon Berger 31 Adrian Brown  8 Dee Brown  9 David DeJesus 31 Byron Gettis 22 Juan González 45 Aaron Guiel  1 Damian Jackson 24 Rubén Mateo 38 Abraham Núñez 11,12 Matt Stairs 24 Rich Thompson		Manager  6 Tony Peña Coaches 52 John Cumberland (pitching) 13 John Mizerock (third base) 26 Jeff Pentland (hitting) 25 Brian Poldberg (bullpen) 44 Bob Schaefer (bench) 17 Luis Silverio (first base)

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Zack Greinke 24 145.0 8 11 3.97 100

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

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

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

References

• 2004 Kansas City Royals team page at Baseball Reference
• 2004 Kansas City Royals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com