2004 Kansas City Royals season

March 2026 November 2013 Kansas City Royals 2004 Kansas City Royals Insignia (2002–2025).svg American League Central Kauffman Stadium Kansas City, Missouri 58–104 (58 104) 5th David Glass Allard Baird Tony Peña KMCIRoyals Sports Television Network(Ryan Lefebvre, Paul Splittorff, Denny Matthews, Bob Davis) WHBKLRX(Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre, Fred White, Paul Splittorff, Bob Davis) The 2004 Kansas City Royals season was the 36th season for the franchise, and their 32nd at Kauffman Stadium. It involved the Royals finishing fifth 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. However, 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 González signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gonzaju03.shtml Juan Gonzalez Stats Baseball-Reference.com January 16, 2004: Doug Linton was signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lintodo01.shtml Doug Linton Stats Baseball-Reference.com Regular season Season standings Kansas City Royals Record vs. opponents KC Transactions July 30, 2004: Justin Huber was traded by the New York Mets to the Kansas City Royals for José Bautista.https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/huberju01.shtml Justin Huber Stats 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 43 Alexis Gómez 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 C John Buck 71 238 56 .235 12 30 1B Ken Harvey 120 456 131 .287 13 55 2B Tony Graffanino 75 278 73 .263 3 26 SS Ángel Berroa 134 512 134 .262 8 43 3B Joe Randa 128 485 139 .287 8 56 LF Dee Brown 59 195 49 .251 4 24 CF David DeJesus 96 363 104 .287 7 39 RF Abraham Núñez 59 221 50 .226 5 29 DH Mike Sweeney 106 411 118 .287 22 79 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 Matt Stairs 126 439 117 .267 18 66 Desi Relaford 114 380 84 .221 6 34 Carlos Beltrán 69 266 74 .278 15 51 Benito Santiago 49 175 48 .274 6 23 Ruben Gotay 44 152 41 .270 1 16 Aaron Guiel 42 135 21 .156 5 13 Juan González 33 127 35 .276 5 17 Calvin Pickering 35 122 30 .246 7 26 Ruben Mateo 32 93 18 .194 0 7 Alberto Castillo 29 89 24 .270 1 11 Andrés Blanco 19 60 19 .317 0 5 Kelly Stinnett 20 59 18 .305 3 7 Byron Gettis 21 39 7 .179 0 1 Mendy López 18 38 4 .105 1 4 Brandon Berger 11 35 7 .200 0 2 Wilton Guerrero 24 32 7 .219 0 1 Alexis Gómez 13 29 8 .276 0 4 Donnie Murphy 7 27 5 .185 0 3 José Bautista 13 25 5 .200 0 1 Damian Jackson 14 15 2 .133 0 2 Adrian Brown 5 11 3 .273 0 0 Mike Tonis 2 6 0 .000 0 0 Paul Phillips 4 5 1 .200 0 0 Rich Thompson 6 1 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 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 Zack Greinke 24 145.0 8 11 3.97 100 Mike Wood 17 100.0 3 8 5.94 54 Denny Bautista 5 27.2 0 4 6.51 18 Kevin Appier 2 4.0 0 1 13.50 2 Eduardo Villacis 1 3.1 0 1 13.50 0 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 Dennys Reyes 40 108.0 4 8 4.75 91 Jeremy Affeldt 38 76.1 3 4 4.95 49 Chris George 10 42.1 1 2 7.23 15 Jimmy Serrano 10 32.2 1 2 4.68 25 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 Jaime Cerda 53 1 4 2 3.15 33 Scott Sullivan 49 3 4 0 4.77 45 Nate Field 43 2 3 3 4.26 30 Shawn Camp 42 2 2 2 3.92 51 Jason Grimsley 32 3 3 0 3.38 18 D.J. Carrasco 30 2 2 0 4.84 22 Curt Leskanic 19 0 3 2 8.04 15 Rudy Seánez 16 0 1 0 3.91 21 Justin Huisman 14 0 0 1 6.84 13 Mike MacDougal 13 1 1 1 5.56 14 Matt Kinney 11 0 1 0 7.16 21 Ryan Bukvich 9 0 0 1 3.68 7 Jorge Vásquez 2 0 0 0 8.10 4 Farm system Minor League Baseball 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 RuppJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007Baseball America 2005 Annual Directory References External links 2004 Kansas City Royals team page at Baseball Reference 2004 Kansas City Royals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Kansas City Royals seasons Kansas Kansas City Royals