2003 Kansas City Royals season
2003 Kansas City Royals | ||
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Division | Central Division | |
Ballpark | Kauffman Stadium | |
City | Kansas City, Missouri | |
Record | 83–79 (.512) | |
Owners | David Glass | |
Managers | Tony Peña | |
Television | KMCI Royals Sports Television Network (Paul Splittorff, Bob Davis) | |
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 missed the playoffs.
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
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Minnesota Twins | 90 | 72 | .556 | — | 48–33 | 42–39 |
Chicago White Sox | 86 | 76 | .531 | 4 | 51–30 | 35–46 |
Kansas City Royals | 83 | 79 | .512 | 7 | 40–40 | 43–39 |
Cleveland Indians | 68 | 94 | .420 | 22 | 38–43 | 30–51 |
Detroit Tigers | 43 | 119 | .265 | 47 | 23–58 | 20–61 |
Record vs. opponents
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] | |||||||||||||||
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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
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 | Angel Berroa | 158 | 567 | 163 | .287 | 17 | 73 |
3B | Joe Randa | 131 | 502 | 146 | .291 | 16 | 72 |
LF | Raul Ibanez | 157 | 608 | 179 | .294 | 18 | 90 |
CF | Carlos Beltran | 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: AZL Royals Blue[4]
Notes
- ^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hincha.01.shtml
- ^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carlybu01.shtml
- ^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/KCR/2003.shtml
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
References
- 2003 Kansas City Royals team page at Baseball Reference
- 2003 Kansas City Royals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com