2005 Kansas City Royals season

The 2005 Kansas City Royals season began on April 4 and ended October 2. The Royals competed and finished 5th 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.

2005 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, Bob Schaefer, Buddy Bell
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)
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Offseason

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

Regular season

Season standings

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 Records 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 Leo Núñez 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

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

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

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
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

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

[2][3]

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