2003 Kansas City Royals season

March 2026 November 2013 Kansas City Royals 2003 Kansas City Royals Insignia (2002–2025).svg American League Central Kauffman Stadium Kansas City, Missouri 83–79 (.512) 3rd David Glass Allard Baird Tony Peña KMCIRoyals Sports Television Network(Paul Splittorff, Bob Davis) KMBZ(Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre, Fred White)March 2026 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. 2003 was regarded as a hopeful season ("We Believe" was the slogan) for the Royals, as they began the season winning their first 9 games. The team spent 93 days in first place in the AL Central, but fell out of first place for the last time on August 31, and were eliminated from playoff contention on September 23. Offseason October 15, 2002: AJ Hinch was released by the Kansas City Royals.https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hincha.01.shtml AJ Hinch Stats December 18, 2002: Buddy Carlyle was signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carlybu01.shtml Buddy Carlyle Stats Regular season Opening Day starters Michael Tucker – CF Joe Randa – 3B Mike Sweeney – 1B Raúl Ibañez – LF Brandon Berger – RF Ken Harvey – DH Ángel Berroa – SS Brent Mayne – C Carlos Febles – 2B https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/KCR/2003.shtml 2003 Kansas City Royals Statistics Season standings Kansas City Royals Record vs. opponents KC Roster 2003 Kansas City Royals Roster Pitchers 31 Paul Abbott 48 Jeremy Affeldt 27,19 Brian Anderson 55 Kevin Appier 53 Miguel Asencio 35 Ryan Bukvich 59 D. J. Carrasco 58 Rick DeHart 55,27,57 Nate Field 32 Chris George 50 Jason Gilfillan 41 Jimmy Gobble 38 Jason Grimsley 40 Runelvys Hernández 52 Jeremy Hill 43,33 Curtis Leskanic 43 Al Levine 25 José Lima 37 Graeme Lloyd 31 Albie Lopez 39 Sean Lowe 54 Mike MacDougal 34 Darrell May 57 Scott Mullen 36 Kyle Snyder 46 Brad Voyles 56 Les Walrond 51 Kris Wilson 49 Jamey Wright Catchers 26 Mike DiFelice  2 Brent Mayne 11 Tom Prince Infielders 14 Brent Abernathy  4 Ángel Berroa 33 Morgan Burkhart  1 Gookie Dawkins  3 Carlos Febles 28 Ken Harvey  7 Mendy López 23 Julius Matos 19,27 Jarrod Patterson 16 Joe Randa 12 Desi Relaford Outfielders 15 Carlos Beltrán 30 Brandon Berger  8 Dee Brown  9 David DeJesus 45 Aaron Guiel 18 Raúl Ibañez 25 Rontrez Johnson 24 Michael Tucker 14 Rondell White Designated Hitters 29 Mike Sweeney Manager  6 Tony Peña Coaches 47 John Cumberland (pitching) 21 Tom Gamboa (first base) 13 John Mizerock (third base) 44 Jeff Pentland (hitting) 17 Luis Silverio (bullpen) 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 RBICBrent Mayne11337291.2456361BKen Harvey135485129.26613642BDesi Relaford141500127.254859SSÁngel Berroa158567163.28717733BJoe Randa131502146.2911672LFRaúl Ibañez157608179.2941890CFCarlos Beltrán141521160.30726100RFAaron Guiel9935498.2771552DHMike Sweeney108392115.2931683 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Farm system Minor League Baseball 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 SimmonsLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: AZL Royals BlueJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 Notes References 2003 Kansas City Royals team page at Baseball Reference 2003 Kansas City Royals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Kansas City Royals seasons Kansas City Royals season Kansas City Royals Category:Long stubs with short prose