2005 Kansas City Royals season

2005  Kansas City Royals
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Kauffman Stadium
City	Kansas City, Missouri
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 began on April 4 and ended October 2. 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.

Offseason

• January 21, 2005: Denny Hocking was signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals. ^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	99	63	0.611	—	47–34	52–29
Cleveland Indians	93	69	0.574	6	43–38	50–31
Minnesota Twins	83	79	0.512	16	45–36	38–43
Detroit Tigers	71	91	0.438	28	39–42	32–49
Kansas City Royals	56	106	0.346	43	34–47	22–59

Record vs. opponents

2005 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	8–10	2–6	1–6	3–5	4–2	2–4	3–3	7–11	4–6	7–3	12–6	4–6	9–10	8–10
Boston	10–8	—	4–3	4–2	6–4	4–2	6–4	4–2	9–10	6–4	3–3	13–6	7–2	7–11	12–6
Chicago	6–2	3–4	—	14–5	14–5	13–5	4–6	11–7	3–3	2–7	6–3	4–2	3–6	4–2	12–6
Cleveland	6–1	2–4	5–14	—	12–6	13–6	3–5	10–9	3–4	6–3	7–3	4–6	3–3	4–2	15–3
Detroit	5–3	4–6	5–14	6–12	—	10–9	4–6	8–11	1–5	1–5	5–4	5–2	4–2	4–3	9–9
Kansas City	2–4	2–4	5–13	6–13	9–10	—	2–7	6–13	3–3	2–4	2–7	3–5	2–8	3–6	9–9
Los Angeles	4–2	4–6	6–4	5–3	6–4	7–2	—	6–4	6–4	10–9	9–9	4–5	15–4	1–5	12–6
Minnesota	3–3	2–4	7–11	9–10	11–8	13–6	4–6	—	3–3	4–6	6–4	6–0	3–6	4–2	8–10
New York	11–7	10–9	3–3	4–3	5–1	3–3	4–6	3–3	—	7–2	7–3	8–11	7–3	12–6	11–7
Oakland	6–4	4–6	7–2	3–6	5–1	4–2	9–10	6–4	2–7	—	12–6	4–5	11–8	5–5	10–8
Seattle	3–7	3–3	3–6	3–7	4–5	7–2	9–9	4–6	3–7	6–12	—	4–2	6–13	4–6	10–8
Tampa Bay	6–12	6–13	2–4	6–4	2–5	5–3	5–4	0–6	11–8	5–4	2–4	—	6–2	8–11	3–15
Texas	6–4	2–7	6–3	3–3	2–4	8–2	4–15	6–3	3–7	8–11	13–6	2–6	—	7–3	9–9
Toronto	10–9	11–7	2–4	2–4	3–4	6–3	5–1	2–4	6–12	5–5	6–4	11–8	3–7	—	8–10

Roster

2005 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers 48 Jeremy Affeldt 19 Brian Anderson 27 Denny Bautista 22 Jonah Bayliss 50 Ambiorix Burgos 58 Shawn Camp 21 D. J. Carrasco 56 Jaime Cerda 52 Chris Demaria 57 Nate Field 41 Jimmy Gobble 23 Zack Greinke 40 Runelvys Hernández 53 J. P. Howell 38 Ryan Jensen 33 José Lima 54 Mike MacDougal 43 Juan Carlos Oviedo 51 Andrew Sisco 39 Kyle Snyder 37 Steve Stemle 46 Mike Wood		Catchers  2 John Buck  7 Alberto Castillo 11 Paul Phillips Infielders  4 Ángel Berroa  7 Andrés Blanco 30 Rubén Gotay 14 Tony Graffanino 28 Ken Harvey  1 Denny Hocking 16 Justin Huber 11 Eli Marrero  8 Joe McEwing 31 Donnie Murphy 12 Matt Stairs 29 Mike Sweeney 24 Mark Teahen		Outfielders 18 Chip Ambres 35 Emil Brown 15 Shane Costa  9 David DeJesus 34 Matt Diaz 45 Aaron Guiel  3 Terrence Long Other batters 36 Calvin Pickering		Manager 25 Buddy Bell  6 Tony Peña 44 Bob Schaefer Coaches 26 Andre David (hitting) 13 Bill Doran (first base) 37 Guy Hansen (pitching) 18 Joe Jones (first base) 22 Jeff Pentland (hitting) 25 Brian Poldberg (bullpen) 44 Bob Schaefer (bench) 17 Luis Silverio (third 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
C	John Buck	118	430	97	.242	12	47
1B	Matt Stairs	127	466	109	.275	13	66
2B	Rubén Gotay	86	317	64	.227	5	29
SS	Angel Berroa	159	652	164	.270	11	55
3B	Mark Teahen	130	447	110	.246	7	55
LF	Terrence Long	137	455	127	.279	6	53
CF	David DeJesus	122	461	135	.293	9	56
RF	Emil Brown	150	545	156	.286	17	86
DH	Mike Sweeney	122	470	141	.300	21	83

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
Tony Graffanino	59	191	57	.298	3	18
Joe McEwing	83	180	43	.239	1	6
Chip Ambres	53	145	35	.241	4	9
Aaron Guiel	33	109	32	.294	4	7
Alberto Castillo	34	100	21	.210	1	14
Matt Diaz	34	89	25	.281	1	9
Eli Marrero	32	88	14	.159	4	9
Shane Costa	27	81	19	.235	2	7
Andrés Blanco	26	79	17	.215	0	5
Justin Huber	25	78	17	.218	0	6
Donnie Murphy	32	77	12	.156	1	8
Paul Phillips	23	67	18	.269	1	9
Denny Hocking	23	60	16	.267	0	7
Ken Harvey	12	45	10	.222	1	5
Calvin Pickering	7	27	4	.148	1	3

Pitching

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
Zack Greinke	33	183.0	5	17	5.80	114
José Lima	32	168.2	5	16	6.99	80
Runelvys Hernández	29	159.2	8	14	5.52	88
D.J. Carrasco	21	114.2	6	8	4.79	49
J.P. Howell	15	72.2	3	5	6.19	54
Denny Bautista	7	35.2	2	2	5.80	23
Brian Anderson	6	30.2	1	2	6.75	17

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
Mike Wood	47	115.0	5	8	4.46	60
Kyle Snyder	13	36.0	1	3	6.75	17
Ryan Jensen	9	25.1	3	2	7.11	18

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
Mike MacDougal	68	5	6	21	3.33	72
Andy Sisco	67	2	5	0	3.11	76
Ambiorix Burgos	59	3	5	2	3.98	65
Jeremy Affeldt	49	0	2	0	5.26	39
Juan Carlos Oviedo	41	3	2	0	7.55	32
Shawn Camp	29	1	4	0	6.43	28
Jimmy Gobble	28	1	1	0	5.70	38
Jaime Cerda	20	1	4	0	6.63	18
Jonah Bayliss	11	0	0	0	4.63	10
Chris Demaria	8	1	0	0	9.00	11
Nate Field	7	0	0	0	9.45	4
Steve Stemle	6	0	0	0	5.06	9

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	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

References

• 2005 Kansas City Royals team page at Baseball Reference
• 2005 Kansas City Royals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com