# 2005 Kansas City Royals season

The 2005 Kansas City Royals season was the 37th season for the franchise, and their 33rd at Kauffman Stadium. 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.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago White Sox | 99 | 63 | .611 | — | 47‍–‍34 | 52‍–‍29 |
| Cleveland Indians | 93 | 69 | .574 | 6 | 43‍–‍38 | 50‍–‍31 |
| Minnesota Twins | 83 | 79 | .512 | 16 | 45‍–‍36 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Detroit Tigers | 71 | 91 | .438 | 28 | 39‍–‍42 | 32‍–‍49 |
| Kansas City Royals | 56 | 106 | .346 | 43 | 34‍–‍47 | 22‍–‍59 |

### Record vs. opponents

2005 American League recordvte 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
## 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 | 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 |
| Mike Wood | 47 | 115.0 | 5 | 8 | 4.46 | 60 |
| Kyle Snyder | 13 | 36.0 | 1 | 3 | 6.75 | 17 |
| 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 |
| 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

| 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 |