2003 Kansas City Royals

83-79 • .512 Win% • 3rd in AL C

The 2003 Kansas City Royals went 83-79 (.512) finishing 3rd in the AL C division. The club scored 836 runs, allowed 867, and played home games at Kauffman Stadium. Team leaders included Carlos Beltran (26 HR, 100 RBI) and Darrell May (10-8, 3.77 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

83 Wins
79 Losses
.512 Win %
3rd Rank
836 R 867 RA
Diff -31

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⚡ Quick Stats

836 Runs Scored
867 Runs Allowed
-31 Run Diff
1,779K Attendance

📈 vs. 2003 AL Average

Batting Avg .274 3% above the 2003 league average (.267)
OBP .336 1% above the 2003 league average (.333)
SLG .427 equal to the 2003 league average (.427)
Team ERA 5.05 12% worse than the 2003 league average (4.53)
Runs Scored 836 6% above the 2003 league average (788 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumKauffman Stadium
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Home Games 80
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Total Attendance 1,779,895
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Avg per Game 22,248

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2003

Batting Avg

1 Rondell White 0.347 2 Carlos Beltran 0.307 3 Raul Ibanez 0.294 4 Mike Sweeney 0.293 5 Joe Randa 0.291

Home Runs

1 Carlos Beltran 26 2 Raul Ibanez 18 3 Angel Berroa 17 4 Joe Randa 16 5 Mike Sweeney 16

RBI

1 Carlos Beltran 100 2 Raul Ibanez 90 3 Mike Sweeney 83 4 Angel Berroa 73 5 Joe Randa 72
2003 Kansas City Royals — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Raul Ibanez 157 608 95 179 33 5 18 90 49 81 8 0.294
Angel Berroa 158 567 92 163 28 7 17 73 29 100 21 0.287
Carlos Beltran 141 521 102 160 14 10 26 100 72 81 41 0.307
Joe Randa 131 502 80 146 31 1 16 72 41 61 1 0.291
Desi Relaford 141 500 70 127 27 5 8 59 40 70 20 0.254
Ken Harvey 135 485 50 129 30 0 13 64 29 94 2 0.266
Mike Sweeney 108 392 62 115 18 1 16 83 64 56 3 0.293
Michael Tucker 104 389 61 102 20 5 13 55 39 88 8 0.262
Brent Mayne 113 372 39 91 17 1 6 36 32 59 0 0.245
Aaron Guiel 99 354 63 98 30 0 15 52 27 63 3 0.277
Carlos Febles 74 196 31 46 5 0 0 11 13 30 8 0.235
Mike Difelice 62 189 29 48 16 1 3 25 9 30 1 0.254
Dee Brown 50 132 16 30 7 0 2 14 8 37 1 0.227
Mendy Lopez 52 94 13 26 5 1 3 11 4 28 2 0.277
Rondell White 22 75 13 26 6 1 4 21 6 8 0 0.347
Julius Matos 28 57 7 15 1 0 2 7 1 12 1 0.263
Brandon Berger 13 32 3 7 0 0 0 3 5 4 0 0.219
Brent Abernathy 10 27 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.074
Jarrod Patterson 13 22 3 4 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 0.182
Morgan Burkhart 6 15 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0.200
Tom Prince 8 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.250
David DeJesus 12 7 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0.286
Jeremy Affeldt 36 6 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0.333
Darrell May 35 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Rontrez Johnson 8 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.333
D. J. Carrasco 50 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Travis Dawkins 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
Jose Lima 14 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Kyle Snyder 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Rick DeHart 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Chris George 18 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
Brad Voyles 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Paul Abbott 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brian Anderson 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kevin Appier 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Miguel Asencio 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ryan Bukvich 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Nate Field 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jason Gilfillan 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jimmy Gobble 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jason Grimsley 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Runelvys Hernandez 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeremy Hill 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Curt Leskanic 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Al Levine 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Graeme Lloyd 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Albie Lopez 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Sean Lowe 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike MacDougal 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Scott Mullen 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Les Walrond 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kris Wilson 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jamey Wright 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2003

ERA

1 Darrell May 3.77 2 Jeremy Affeldt 3.93 3 Brian Anderson 3.99 4 Mike MacDougal 4.08 5 Jimmy Gobble 4.61

Wins

1 Darrell May 10 2 Chris George 9 3 Jose Lima 8 4 Jeremy Affeldt 7 5 Runelvys Hernandez 7

Strikeouts

1 Darrell May 115 2 Jeremy Affeldt 98 3 Jason Grimsley 58 4 D. J. Carrasco 57 5 Mike MacDougal 57
2003 Kansas City Royals — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Darrell May 10 8 3.77 35 32 0 210.0 197 88 53 115
Jeremy Affeldt 7 6 3.93 36 18 4 126.0 126 55 38 98
Chris George 9 6 7.11 18 18 0 93.2 120 74 44 39
Runelvys Hernandez 7 5 4.61 16 16 0 91.2 87 47 37 48
Kyle Snyder 1 6 5.17 15 15 0 85.1 94 49 21 39
D. J. Carrasco 6 5 4.82 50 2 2 80.1 82 43 40 57
Jason Grimsley 2 6 5.16 76 0 0 75.0 88 43 36 58
Jose Lima 8 3 4.91 14 14 0 73.1 80 40 26 32
Kris Wilson 6 3 5.33 29 4 0 72.2 92 43 16 42
Mike MacDougal 3 5 4.08 68 0 27 64.0 64 29 32 57
Jimmy Gobble 4 5 4.61 9 9 0 52.2 56 27 15 31
Brian Anderson 5 1 3.99 7 7 0 49.2 50 22 11 15
Miguel Asencio 2 1 5.21 8 8 0 48.1 54 28 21 27
Paul Abbott 1 2 5.29 10 8 0 47.2 47 28 26 32
Sean Lowe 1 1 6.25 28 0 0 44.2 55 31 21 28
Brad Voyles 0 2 7.18 11 3 0 31.1 47 25 18 24
Curt Leskanic 1 0 1.73 27 0 2 26.0 16 5 11 22
Jamey Wright 1 2 4.26 4 4 0 25.1 23 12 11 19
Albie Lopez 4 2 12.71 15 0 0 22.2 41 32 17 15
Nate Field 1 1 4.15 19 0 0 21.2 19 10 14 19
Al Levine 0 1 2.53 18 0 1 21.1 22 6 11 5
Kevin Appier 1 2 4.26 4 4 0 19.0 15 9 7 5
Jason Gilfillan 2 0 7.71 13 0 0 16.1 22 14 10 12
Graeme Lloyd 0 2 10.95 16 0 0 12.1 29 15 7 8
Ryan Bukvich 1 0 9.58 9 0 0 10.1 12 11 9 8
Les Walrond 0 2 10.13 7 0 0 8.0 11 9 7 6
Scott Mullen 0 0 16.62 2 0 0 4.1 11 8 5 3
Rick DeHart 0 2 13.50 4 0 0 4.0 8 6 2 1
Jeremy Hill 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0

👥 Roster (53)

Paul Abbott Brent Abernathy Jeremy Affeldt Brian Anderson Kevin Appier Miguel Asencio Carlos Beltran Brandon Berger Angel Berroa Dee Brown Ryan Bukvich Morgan Burkhart +41 more

53 players

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The 2003 Kansas City Royals in brief

A 83-79 record (.512) put the 2003 Kansas City Royals 3rd in the AL Central. The Kansas City Royals scored 836 runs and allowed 867, a run differential of -31. At the plate the Kansas City Royals hit .274, 3% better than the league's .267. The staff ERA of 5.05 was 12% worse than the league average of 4.53. The 836 runs scored compare with a league average of 788 per club, 6% more.

The home park, Kauffman Stadium, recorded 1,779,895 in attendance, about 22,248 a game. Carlos Beltran led the club in home runs with 26. The hits leader was Raul Ibanez with 179. The pitching staff's wins leader was Darrell May (10). Mike MacDougal closed out 27 saves. The 2003 roster runs to 53 players.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2003 Kansas City Royals

What was the 2003 Kansas City Royals record?
The 2003 Kansas City Royals finished 83-79 (.512 win pct).
Who led the 2003 Kansas City Royals in home runs?
Carlos Beltran led the 2003 Kansas City Royals with 26 home runs.
What was the 2003 Kansas City Royals team ERA?
The 2003 Kansas City Royals posted a team ERA of 5.05.
Did the 2003 Kansas City Royals win the World Series?
No. The 2003 Kansas City Royals did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2003 Kansas City Royals play?
The 2003 Kansas City Royals played home games at Kauffman Stadium.
Who led the 2003 Kansas City Royals in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Carlos Beltran (26 HR, 100 RBI) and Darrell May (10-8, 3.77 ERA).
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