2004 Kansas City Royals
[edit] Summary
The 2004 Kansas City Royals finished with a record of 58-104. They scored 720 runs and belted 150 home runs to go along with a .259 batting average. The offense was powered by Mike Sweeney, who led the team with 22 home runs and 79 RBI. Joe Randa led the team with 139 hits for a .287 average.
The team allowed 905 runs and had a team ERA of 5.16. Jimmy Gobble and Darrell May were tied for the team lead in wins with 9. Darrell May racked up 120 strkeouts to lead the team. Jeremy Affeldt led the team with 13 saves.
[edit] Roster and Statistics
| Player Name | Pos | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | OBP | SLG | OPS | AVG |
| Infielders | ||||||||||||
| Jose Bautista | 3B | 13 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .231 | .240 | .471 | .200 |
| Angel Berroa | SS | 134 | 512 | 72 | 134 | 8 | 43 | 14 | .308 | .385 | .693 | .262 |
| Andres Blanco | SS | 19 | 60 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .379 | .417 | .796 | .317 |
| Ruben Gotay | 2B | 44 | 152 | 17 | 41 | 1 | 16 | 0 | .315 | .375 | .690 | .270 |
| Tony Graffanino | 2B | 75 | 278 | 37 | 73 | 3 | 26 | 10 | .332 | .335 | .667 | .263 |
| Wilton Guerrero | 2B | 24 | 32 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .219 | .281 | .500 | .219 |
| Ken Harvey | 1B | 120 | 456 | 47 | 131 | 13 | 55 | 1 | .338 | .421 | .759 | .287 |
| Mendy Lopez | 2B | 18 | 38 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .209 | .184 | .393 | .105 |
| Donnie Murphy | 2B | 7 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .185 | .296 | .481 | .185 |
| Joe Randa | 3B | 128 | 485 | 65 | 139 | 8 | 56 | 0 | .343 | .408 | .751 | .287 |
| Desi Relaford | 3B | 114 | 380 | 45 | 84 | 6 | 34 | 5 | .296 | .305 | .601 | .221 |
| Mike Sweeney | 1B | 106 | 411 | 56 | 118 | 22 | 79 | 3 | .347 | .504 | .851 | .287 |
| Outfielders | ||||||||||||
| Carlos Beltran | OF | 69 | 266 | 51 | 74 | 15 | 51 | 14 | .367 | .534 | .901 | .278 |
| Brandon Berger | OF | 11 | 35 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .200 | .257 | .457 | .200 |
| Adrian Brown | OF | 5 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .546 | .273 |
| Dee Brown | OF | 59 | 195 | 19 | 49 | 4 | 24 | 2 | .293 | .349 | .642 | .251 |
| David DeJesus | OF | 96 | 363 | 58 | 104 | 7 | 39 | 8 | .360 | .402 | .762 | .287 |
| Byron Gettis | OF | 21 | 39 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .327 | .256 | .583 | .179 |
| Alexis Gomez | OF | 13 | 29 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .323 | .310 | .633 | .276 |
| Juan Gonzalez | OF | 33 | 127 | 17 | 35 | 5 | 17 | 0 | .326 | .441 | .767 | .276 |
| Aaron Guiel | OF | 42 | 135 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 13 | 1 | .263 | .296 | .559 | .156 |
| Damian Jackson | OF | 14 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .188 | .267 | .455 | .133 |
| Ruben Mateo | OF | 32 | 93 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 1 | .235 | .301 | .536 | .194 |
| Abraham Nunez | OF | 59 | 221 | 31 | 50 | 5 | 29 | 0 | .304 | .335 | .639 | .226 |
| Matt Stairs | OF | 126 | 439 | 48 | 117 | 18 | 66 | 1 | .345 | .451 | .796 | .267 |
| Rich Thompson | OF | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Catchers | ||||||||||||
| John Buck | C | 71 | 238 | 36 | 56 | 12 | 30 | 1 | .280 | .424 | .704 | .235 |
| Alberto Castillo | C | 29 | 89 | 12 | 24 | 1 | 11 | 0 | .365 | .371 | .736 | .270 |
| Paul Phillips | C | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .200 | .533 | .200 |
| Benito Santiago | C | 49 | 175 | 15 | 48 | 6 | 23 | 1 | .312 | .434 | .746 | .274 |
| Kelly Stinnett | C | 20 | 59 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .379 | .458 | .837 | .305 |
| Mike Tonis | C | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .000 | .143 | .000 |
| Other | ||||||||||||
| Calvin Pickering | DH | 35 | 122 | 21 | 30 | 7 | 26 | 0 | .338 | .500 | .838 | .246 |
| Team Totals | - | - | 5538 | 720 | 1432 | 150 | 675 | 67 | .320 | .397 | .717 | .259 |
| Player Name | G | GS | IP | W | L | Win % | SV | SO | BB | ERA | WHIP | |||
| Pitchers | ||||||||||||||
| Jeremy Affeldt | 38 | 8 | 76.3 | 3 | 4 | .429 | 13 | 49 | 32 | 4.95 | 1.612 | |||
| Brian Anderson | 35 | 26 | 166 | 6 | 12 | .333 | 0 | 70 | 53 | 5.64 | 1.627 | |||
| Kevin Appier | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 13.50 | 2.500 | |||
| Denny Bautista | 5 | 5 | 27.7 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 | 18 | 11 | 6.51 | 1.769 | |||
| Ryan Bukvich | 9 | 0 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3.68 | 1.507 | |||
| Shawn Camp | 42 | 0 | 66.7 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2 | 51 | 16 | 3.91 | 1.349 | |||
| D.J. Carrasco | 30 | 0 | 35.3 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 22 | 15 | 4.84 | 1.586 | |||
| Jaime Cerda | 53 | 0 | 45.7 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 2 | 33 | 30 | 3.15 | 1.554 | |||
| Nate Field | 43 | 0 | 44.3 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 4.26 | 1.332 | |||
| Chris George | 10 | 7 | 42.3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 15 | 25 | 7.23 | 2.009 | |||
| Jimmy Gobble | 25 | 24 | 148 | 9 | 8 | .529 | 0 | 49 | 43 | 5.35 | 1.351 | |||
| Zack Greinke | 24 | 24 | 145 | 8 | 11 | .421 | 0 | 100 | 26 | 3.97 | 1.166 | |||
| Jason Grimsley | 32 | 0 | 26.7 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 3.38 | 1.461 | |||
| Justin Huisman | 14 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 6.84 | 1.760 | |||
| Matt Kinney | 11 | 0 | 16.3 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 7.16 | 2.086 | |||
| Curt Leskanic | 19 | 0 | 15.7 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 8.04 | 2.357 | |||
| Mike MacDougal | 13 | 0 | 11.3 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5.56 | 2.212 | |||
| Darrell May | 31 | 31 | 186 | 9 | 19 | .321 | 0 | 120 | 55 | 5.61 | 1.554 | |||
| Dennys Reyes | 40 | 12 | 108 | 4 | 8 | .333 | 0 | 91 | 50 | 4.75 | 1.519 | |||
| Rudy Seanez | 16 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 3.91 | 1.391 | |||
| Jimmy Serrano | 10 | 5 | 32.7 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 25 | 12 | 4.68 | 1.437 | |||
| Scott Sullivan | 49 | 0 | 60.3 | 3 | 4 | .429 | 0 | 45 | 24 | 4.77 | 1.609 | |||
| Jorge Vasquez | 2 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8.10 | 1.515 | |||
| Eduardo Villacis | 1 | 1 | 3.3 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13.50 | 3.030 | |||
| Mike Wood | 17 | 17 | 100 | 3 | 8 | .273 | 0 | 54 | 28 | 5.94 | 1.400 | |||
| Team Totals | 571 | 162 | 1420.2 | 58 | 104 | .358 | 25 | 887 | 518 | 5.16 | 1.518 | |||
[edit] Batting Leaders
| Category | ||
| Games | Angel Berroa | 134 |
| At Bats | Angel Berroa | 512 |
| Plate Appearances (approx.) | Angel Berroa | 554 |
| Batting Average | Joe Randa | .287 |
| On-Base % | Joe Randa | .343 |
| Slugging % | Joe Randa | .408 |
| OPS | Joe Randa | .751 |
| Runs | Angel Berroa | 72 |
| Hits | Joe Randa | 139 |
| Total Bases | Mike Sweeney | 207 |
| Doubles | Joe Randa | 31 |
| Triples | Angel Berroa | 6 |
| Home Runs | Mike Sweeney | 22 |
| RBI | Mike Sweeney | 79 |
| Walks | Matt Stairs | 49 |
| Strikeouts | Matt Stairs | 92 |
| Stolen Bases | Carlos Beltran and Angel Berroa | 14 |
| Caught Stealing | David DeJesus | 11 |
| Sacrifice Hits | David DeJesus | 8 |
| Sacrifice Flies | Joe Randa | 8 |
| Grounded into Double Plays | Matt Stairs | 15 |
[edit] Pitching Leaders
| Category | ||
| Wins | Jimmy Gobble and Darrell May | 9 |
| Losses | Darrell May | 19 |
| Saves | Jeremy Affeldt | 13 |
| Won-Loss % | Jimmy Gobble | .529 |
| ERA | Darrell May | 5.61 |
| WHIP | Darrell May | 1.554 |
| Innings Pitched | Darrell May | 186 |
| Games | Jaime Cerda | 53 |
| Games Started | Darrell May | 31 |
| Strikeouts | Darrell May | 120 |
| Complete Games | Darrell May | 3 |
| Shutouts | Brian Anderson and Darrell May | 1 |
| Batters Faced | Darrell May | 832 |
| Earned Runs Allowed | Darrell May | 116 |
| Hits Allowed | Darrell May | 234 |
| Walks Allowed | Darrell May | 55 |
| Home Runs Allowed | Darrell May | 38 |
| Doubles Allowed | Darrell May | 58 |
| Triples Allowed | Darrell May | 9 |
| Wild Pitches | Dennys Reyes and Mike Wood | 6 |
| Hit Batsmen | Zack Greinke | 8 |
| Double Plays Induced | Brian Anderson | 22 |
