2003 Kansas City Royals season

2003 Kansas City Royals
2003 Kansas City Royals
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1969) Central Division (since 1994); ;
Location
	Kauffman Stadium (since 1973); Kansas City, Missouri (since 1969);
Results
Record	83–79 (.512)
Divisional place	3rd
Other information
Owner(s)	David Glass
General manager(s)	Allard Baird
Manager(s)	Tony Peña
Local television	KMCI; Royals Sports Television Network; (Paul Splittorff, Bob Davis)
Local radio	KMBZ; (Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre, Fred White)
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The 2003 Kansas City Royals season was a season in American baseball. 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 a hopeful and promising winning season ("We Believe" was the slogan) for the Royals, and the team spent 93 days in first place in the AL Central. But the team faded down the stretch, falling 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.^[1]
December 18, 2002: Buddy Carlyle was signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.^[2]

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 ^[3]

Season standings[]

v t AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	90	72	0.556	—	48–33	42–39
Chicago White Sox	86	76	0.531	4	51–30	35–46
Kansas City Royals	83	79	0.512	7	40–40	43–39
Cleveland Indians	68	94	0.420	22	38–43	30–51
Detroit Tigers	43	119	0.265	47	23–58	20–61

Record vs. opponents[]

2003 American League Records v t Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	ANA	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Anaheim	—	1–8	3–6	3–4	6–3	6–1	6–3	5–4	3–6	8–12	8–11	6–3	9–10	2–7	11–7
Baltimore	8–1	—	9–10	2–4	3–3	3–3	3–4	3–4	6–13–1	2–7	4–5	8–11	7–2	8–11	5–13
Boston	6–3	10–9	—	5–4	4–2	8–1	5–1	2–4	9–10	3–4	5–2	12–7	5–4	10–9	11–7
Chicago	4–3	4–2	4–5	—	11–8	11–8	11–8	9–10	4–2	4–5	2–7	3–3	3–4	6–3	10–8
Cleveland	3–6	3–3	2–4	8–11	—	12–7	6–13	9–10	2–5	3–6	3–6	5–2	4–5	2–4	6–12
Detroit	1–6	3–3	1–8	8–11	7–12	—	5–14	4–15	1–5	3–6	1–8	2–4	1–6	2–7	4–14
Kansas City	3–6	4–3	1–5	8–11	13–6	14–5	—	11–8	2–4	2–7	4–5	4–3	7–2	1–5	9–9
Minnesota	4–5	4–3	4–2	10–9	10–9	15–4	8–11	—	0–7	8–1	3–6	6–0	5–4	3–3	10–8
New York	6–3	13–6–1	10–9	2–4	5–2	5–1	4–2	7–0	—	3–6	5–4	14–5	4–5	10–9	13–5
Oakland	12–8	7–2	4–3	5–4	6–3	6–3	7–2	1–8	6–3	—	7–12	6–3	15–4	5–2	9–9
Seattle	11–8	5–4	2–5	7–2	6–3	8–1	5–4	6–3	4–5	12–7	—	4–5	10–10	3–4	10–8
Tampa Bay	3–6	11–8	7–12	3–3	2–5	4–2	3–4	0–6	5–14	3–6	5–4	—	3–6	11–8	3–15
Texas	10–9	2–7	4–5	4–3	5–4	6–1	2–7	4–5	5–4	4–15	10–10	6–3	—	5–4	4–14
Toronto	7–2	11–8	9–10	3–6	4–2	7–2	5–1	3–3	9–10	2–5	4–3	8–11	4–5	—	10–8

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

Infielders

Outfielders

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	RBI
C	Brent Mayne	113	372	91	.245	6	36
1B	Ken Harvey	135	485	129	.266	13	64
2B	Desi Relaford	141	500	127	.254	8	59
SS	Ángel Berroa	158	567	163	.287	17	73
3B	Joe Randa	131	502	146	.291	16	72
LF	Raúl Ibañez	157	608	179	.294	18	90
CF	Carlos Beltrán	141	521	160	.307	26	100
RF	Aaron Guiel	99	354	98	.277	15	52
DH	Mike Sweeney	108	392	115	.293	16	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
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	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	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	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
Jason Grimsley	76	2	6	0	5.16	58
Mike MacDougal	68	3	5	27	4.08	57
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[]

Level	Team	League	Manager
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 Simmons

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: AZL Royals Blue^[4]

Notes[]

^ "AJ Hinch Stats".
^ "Buddy Carlyle Stats".
^ "2003 Kansas City Royals Statistics".
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References[]

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[1] "AJ Hinch Stats".

[2] "Buddy Carlyle Stats".

[3] "2003 Kansas City Royals Statistics".

[4] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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2003 Kansas City Royals
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1969) Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Kauffman Stadium (since 1973) Kansas City, Missouri (since 1969)
Results
Record	83–79 (.512)
Divisional place	3rd
Other information
Owner(s)	David Glass
General manager(s)	Allard Baird
Manager(s)	Tony Peña
Local television	KMCI Royals Sports Television Network (Paul Splittorff, Bob Davis)
Local radio	KMBZ (Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre, Fred White)
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