2005 Kansas City Royals season explained

Kansas City Royals
Season:	2005
League:	American League
Division:	Central
Ballpark:	Kauffman Stadium
City:	Kansas City, Missouri
Owners:	David Glass
General Managers:	Allard Baird
Managers:	Tony Peña, Bob Schaefer, Buddy Bell
Television:	KMCI Royals Sports Television Network (Ryan Lefebvre, Paul Splittorff, Denny Matthews, Bob Davis)
Radio:	WHB KLRX (Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre, Fred White)

The 2005 Kansas City Royals season began on April 4 and ended October 2. The Royals competed and finished fifth 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. On August 31, the Royals became the first team to be eliminated from playoff contention.

Offseason

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

Regular season

Roster

2005 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches (hitting) (first base) (pitching) (first base) (hitting) (bullpen) (bench) (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		127	466	109	.275	13	66
2B		86	317	64	.227	5	29
SS		159	652	164	.270	11	55
3B		130	447	110	.246	7	55
LF		137	455	127	.279	6	53
CF		122	461	135	.293	9	56
RF		150	545	156	.286	17	86
DH		122	470	141	.300	21	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
	59	191	57	.298	3	18
	83	180	43	.239	1	6
	53	145	35	.241	4	9
	33	109	32	.294	4	7
	34	100	21	.210	1	14
	34	89	25	.281	1	9
	32	88	14	.159	4	9
	27	81	19	.235	2	7
	26	79	17	.215	0	5
	25	78	17	.218	0	6
	32	77	12	.156	1	8
	23	67	18	.269	1	9
	23	60	16	.267	0	7
	12	45	10	.222	1	5
	7	27	4	.148	1	3

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
Zack Greinke	33	183.0	5	17	5.80	114
José Lima	32	168.2	5	16	6.99	80
Runelvys Hernández	29	159.2	8	14	5.52	88
D.J. Carrasco	21	114.2	6	8	4.79	49
J.P. Howell	15	72.2	3	5	6.19	54
Denny Bautista	7	35.2	2	2	5.80	23
Brian Anderson	6	30.2	1	2	6.75	17

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
	47	115.0	5	8	4.46	60
	13	36.0	1	3	6.75	17
	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
	68	5	6	21	3.33	72
	67	2	5	0	3.11	76
	59	3	5	2	3.98	65
	49	0	2	0	5.26	39
	41	3	2	0	7.55	32
	29	1	4	0	6.43	28
	28	1	1	0	5.70	38
	20	1	4	0	6.63	18
	11	0	0	0	4.63	10
	8	1	0	0	9.00	11
	7	0	0	0	9.45	4
	6	0	0	0	5.06	9

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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References

• 2005 Kansas City Royals team page at Baseball Reference
• 2005 Kansas City Royals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hockide01.shtml 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