2003 Kansas City Royals
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionCentral
BallparkKauffman Stadium
CityKansas City, Missouri
Record83–79 (.512)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersDavid Glass
General managersAllard Baird
ManagersTony Peña
TelevisionKMCI
Royals Sports Television Network
(Paul Splittorff, Bob Davis)
RadioKMBZ
(Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre, Fred White)
Seasons

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, as they begin the season winning their first 9 games, 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

Season standings

AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 9072 0.556 — 48–33 42–39
Chicago White Sox 8676 0.531 4 51–30 35–46
Kansas City Royals 8379 0.512 7 40–40 43–39
Cleveland Indians 6894 0.420 22 38–43 30–51
Detroit Tigers 43119 0.265 47 23–58 20–61

Record vs. opponents

2003 American League record

Sources:
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim —1–83–63–46–36–16–35–43–68–128–116–39–102–711–7
Baltimore 8–1—9–102–43–33–33–43–46–13–12–74–58–117–28–115–13
Boston 6–310–9—5–44–28–15–12–49–103–45–212–75–410–911–7
Chicago 4–34–24–5—11–811–811–89–104–24–52–73–33–46–310–8
Cleveland 3–63–32–48–11—12–76–139–102–53–63–65–24–52–46–12
Detroit 1–63–31–88–117–12—5–144–151–53–61–82–41–62–74–14
Kansas City 3–64–31–58–1113–614–5—11–82–42–74–54–37–21–59–9
Minnesota 4–54–34–210–910–915–48–11—0–78–13–66–05–43–310–8
New York 6–313–6–110–92–45–25–14–27–0—3–65–414–54–510–913–5
Oakland 12–87–24–35–46–36–37–21–86–3—7–126–315–45–29–9
Seattle 11–85–42–57–26–38–15–46–34–512–7—4–510–103–410–8
Tampa Bay 3–611–87–123–32–54–23–40–65–143–65–4—3–611–83–15
Texas 10–92–74–54–35–46–12–74–55–44–1510–106–3—5–44–14
Toronto 7–211–89–103–64–27–25–13–39–102–54–38–114–5—10–8

Roster

2003 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Designated Hitters

 Manager

Coaches

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 Tucker104389102.2621355
Carlos Febles7419646.235011
Mike Difelice6218948.254325
Dee Brown5013230.227214
Mendy López529426.277311
Rondell White227526.347421
Julius Matos285715.26327
Brandon Berger13327.21903
Brent Abernathy10272.07400
Jarrod Patterson13224.18200
Morgan Burkhart6153.20001
Tom Prince882.25001
David DeJesus1272.28600
Rontrez Johnson831.33300
Travis Dawkins320.00000

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 May35210.01083.77115
Chris George1893.2967.1139
Runelvys Hernández1691.2754.6148
Kyle Snyder1585.1165.1739
José Lima1473.1834.9132
Jimmy Gobble952.2454.6131
Brian Anderson749.2513.9915
Miguel Asencio848.1215.2127
Paul Abbott1047.2125.2932
Jamey Wright425.1124.2619
Kevin Appier419.0124.265

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 Affeldt36126.0763.9398
Kris Wilson2972.2635.3342
Brad Voyles1131.1027.1824

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 MacDougal6835274.0857
Jason Grimsley762605.1658
D.J. Carrasco506524.8257
Sean Lowe281106.2528
Curt Leskanic271021.7322
Nate Field191104.1519
Al Levine180112.535
Graeme Lloyd1602010.958
Albie Lopez1542012.7115
Jason Gilfillan132007.7112
Ryan Bukvich91009.588
Les Walrond702010.136
Rick DeHart402013.501
Scott Mullen200016.623
Jeremy Hill10000.000

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

  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

References


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