The 2005 Kansas City Royals season was the 37th season for the franchise, and their 33rd at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals competed in the American League Central, where they finished fifth with a record of 56 wins and 106 losses, 43 games behind the first-place Chicago White Sox, who won the 2005 World Series as well. 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 four years. The 2005 Kansas City Royals suffered from poor 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.Dennis Hocking Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster
2005 Kansas City Royals Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches (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 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 3B Mark Teahen 130 447 110 .246 7 55 LF Terrence Long 137 455 127 .279 6 53 CF David DeJesus 122 461 135 .293 9 56 RF Emil Brown 150 545 156 .286 17 86 DH Mike Sweeney 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 Tony Graffanino 59 191 57 .298 3 18 Joe McEwing 83 180 43 .239 1 6 Chip Ambres 53 145 35 .241 4 9 Aaron Guiel 33 109 32 .294 4 7 Alberto Castillo 34 100 21 .210 1 14 Matt Diaz 34 89 25 .281 1 9 Eli Marrero 32 88 14 .159 4 9 Shane Costa 27 81 19 .235 2 7 Andrés Blanco 26 79 17 .215 0 5 Justin Huber 25 78 17 .218 0 6 Donnie Murphy 32 77 12 .156 1 8 Paul Phillips 23 67 18 .269 1 9 Denny Hocking 23 60 16 .267 0 7 Ken Harvey 12 45 10 .222 1 5 Calvin Pickering 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 SOZack Greinke33183.05175.80114José Lima32168.25166.9980Runelvys Hernández29159.28145.5288D.J. Carrasco21114.2684.7949J.P. Howell1572.2356.1954Denny Bautista735.2225.8023Brian Anderson630.2126.7517
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 Mike Wood 47 115.0 5 8 4.46 60 Kyle Snyder 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 Mike MacDougal 68 5 6 21 3.33 72 Andy Sisco 67 2 5 0 3.11 76 Ambiorix Burgos 59 3 5 2 3.98 65 Jeremy Affeldt 49 0 2 0 5.26 39 Juan Carlos Oviedo 41 3 2 0 7.55 32 Shawn Camp 29 1 4 0 6.43 28 Jimmy Gobble 28 1 1 0 5.70 38 Jaime Cerda 20 1 4 0 6.63 18 Jonah Bayliss 11 0 0 0 4.63 10 Chris Demaria 8 1 0 0 9.00 11 Nate Field 7 0 0 0 9.45 4 Steve Stemle 6 0 0 0 5.06 9
Farm system
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007Baseball America 2006 Annual Directory
Notes
References 2005 Kansas City Royals team page at Baseball Reference 2005 Kansas City Royals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com