2004 Kansas City Royals

58-104 • .358 Win% • 5th in AL C

The 2004 Kansas City Royals went 58-104 (.358) finishing 5th in the AL C division. The club scored 720 runs, allowed 905, and played home games at Kauffman Stadium. Team leaders included Mike Sweeney (22 HR, 79 RBI) and Jimmy Gobble (9-8, 5.35 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

58 Wins
104 Losses
.358 Win %
5th Rank
720 R 905 RA
Diff -185

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⚡ Quick Stats

720 Runs Scored
905 Runs Allowed
-185 Run Diff
1,661K Attendance

📈 vs. 2004 AL Average

Batting Avg .258 4% below the 2004 league average (.269)
OBP .322 5% below the 2004 league average (.337)
SLG .397 8% below the 2004 league average (.433)
Team ERA 5.15 11% worse than the 2004 league average (4.63)
Runs Scored 720 11% below the 2004 league average (811 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumKauffman Stadium
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Home Games 80
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Total Attendance 1,661,478
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Avg per Game 20,768

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2004

Batting Avg

1 Andres Blanco 0.317 2 Kelly Stinnett 0.305 3 Ken Harvey 0.287 4 Mike Sweeney 0.287 5 Joe Randa 0.287

Home Runs

1 Mike Sweeney 22 2 Matt Stairs 18 3 Carlos Beltran 15 4 Ken Harvey 13 5 John Buck 12

RBI

1 Mike Sweeney 79 2 Matt Stairs 66 3 Joe Randa 56 4 Ken Harvey 55 5 Carlos Beltran 51
2004 Kansas City Royals — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Angel Berroa 134 512 72 134 27 6 8 43 23 87 14 0.262
Joe Randa 128 485 65 139 31 2 8 56 40 77 0 0.287
Ken Harvey 120 456 47 131 20 1 13 55 28 89 1 0.287
Matt Stairs 126 439 48 117 21 3 18 66 49 92 1 0.267
Mike Sweeney 106 411 56 118 23 0 22 79 33 44 3 0.287
Desi Relaford 114 380 45 84 14 0 6 34 34 56 5 0.221
David DeJesus 96 363 58 104 15 3 7 39 33 53 8 0.287
Tony Graffanino 75 278 37 73 11 0 3 26 27 38 10 0.263
Carlos Beltran 69 266 51 74 19 2 15 51 37 44 14 0.278
John Buck 71 238 36 56 9 0 12 30 15 79 1 0.235
Abraham Nunez 59 221 31 50 9 0 5 29 25 48 0 0.226
Dee Brown 59 195 19 49 7 0 4 24 11 50 2 0.251
Benito Santiago 49 175 15 48 10 0 6 23 8 32 1 0.274
Ruben Gotay 44 152 17 41 7 3 1 16 9 36 0 0.270
Aaron Guiel 42 135 15 21 4 0 5 13 17 42 1 0.156
Juan Gonzalez 33 127 17 35 4 1 5 17 9 19 0 0.276
Calvin Pickering 35 122 21 30 8 1 7 26 18 42 0 0.246
Ruben Mateo 32 93 9 18 4 3 0 7 3 20 1 0.194
Alberto Castillo 29 89 12 24 6 0 1 11 14 10 0 0.270
Andres Blanco 19 60 9 19 2 2 0 5 5 6 1 0.317
Kelly Stinnett 20 59 10 18 0 0 3 7 5 16 0 0.305
Byron Gettis 21 39 7 7 1 1 0 1 8 14 0 0.179
Mendy Lopez 18 38 4 4 0 0 1 4 4 9 0 0.105
Brandon Berger 11 35 5 7 2 0 0 2 0 7 1 0.200
Wilton Guerrero 24 32 7 7 0 1 0 1 0 4 1 0.219
Alexis Gomez 13 29 1 8 1 0 0 4 2 8 0 0.276
Donnie Murphy 7 27 1 5 3 0 0 3 0 7 1 0.185
Jose Bautista 13 25 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 12 0 0.200
Damian Jackson 14 15 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 6 0 0.133
Adrian Brown 5 11 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.273
Dennys Reyes 40 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Mike Tonis 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Paul Phillips 4 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.200
Darrell May 31 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Chris George 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Jimmy Gobble 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Zack Greinke 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Mike Wood 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Brian Anderson 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rich Thompson 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000
Jeremy Affeldt 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kevin Appier 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Denny Bautista 5 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
Shawn Camp 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
D. J. Carrasco 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jaime Cerda 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Nate Field 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jason Grimsley 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Justin Huisman 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Matt Kinney 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Curt Leskanic 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike MacDougal 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rudy Seanez 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jimmy Serrano 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Scott Sullivan 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jorge Vasquez 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Eduardo Villacis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2004

ERA

1 Jaime Cerda 3.15 2 Shawn Camp 3.92 3 Zack Greinke 3.97 4 Nate Field 4.26 5 Jimmy Serrano 4.68

Wins

1 Jimmy Gobble 9 2 Darrell May 9 3 Zack Greinke 8 4 Brian Anderson 6 5 Dennys Reyes 4

Strikeouts

1 Darrell May 120 2 Zack Greinke 100 3 Dennys Reyes 91 4 Brian Anderson 70 5 Mike Wood 54
2004 Kansas City Royals — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Darrell May 9 19 5.61 31 31 0 186.0 234 116 55 120
Brian Anderson 6 12 5.64 35 26 0 166.0 217 104 53 70
Jimmy Gobble 9 8 5.35 25 24 0 148.0 157 88 43 49
Zack Greinke 8 11 3.97 24 24 0 145.0 143 64 26 100
Dennys Reyes 4 8 4.75 40 12 0 108.0 114 57 50 91
Mike Wood 3 8 5.94 17 17 0 100.0 112 66 28 54
Jeremy Affeldt 3 4 4.95 38 8 13 76.1 91 42 32 49
Shawn Camp 2 2 3.92 42 0 2 66.2 74 29 16 51
Scott Sullivan 3 4 4.77 49 0 0 60.1 73 32 24 45
Jaime Cerda 1 4 3.15 53 0 2 45.2 41 16 30 33
Nate Field 2 3 4.26 43 0 3 44.1 40 21 19 30
Chris George 1 2 7.23 10 7 0 42.1 60 34 25 15
D. J. Carrasco 2 2 4.84 30 0 0 35.1 41 19 15 22
Jimmy Serrano 1 2 4.68 10 5 0 32.2 35 17 12 25
Denny Bautista 0 4 6.51 5 5 0 27.2 38 20 11 18
Jason Grimsley 3 3 3.38 32 0 0 26.2 24 10 15 18
Justin Huisman 0 0 6.84 14 0 1 25.0 36 19 8 13
Rudy Seanez 0 1 3.91 16 0 0 23.0 21 10 11 21
Matt Kinney 0 1 7.16 11 0 0 16.1 27 13 7 21
Curt Leskanic 0 3 8.04 19 0 2 15.2 23 14 14 15
Mike MacDougal 1 1 5.56 13 0 1 11.1 16 7 9 14
Ryan Bukvich 0 0 3.68 9 0 1 7.1 4 3 7 7
Kevin Appier 0 1 13.50 2 2 0 4.0 7 6 3 2
Jorge Vasquez 0 0 8.10 2 0 0 3.1 4 3 1 4
Eduardo Villacis 0 1 13.50 1 1 0 3.1 6 5 4 0

👥 Roster (58)

Jeremy Affeldt Brian Anderson Kevin Appier Denny Bautista Jose Bautista Carlos Beltran Brandon Berger Angel Berroa Andres Blanco Adrian Brown Dee Brown John Buck +46 more

58 players

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The 2004 Kansas City Royals in brief

A 58-104 record (.358) put the 2004 Kansas City Royals 5th in the AL Central. With 720 runs scored and 905 given up, the 2004 differential was -185. Against a league average of .269, the 2004 Kansas City Royals batted .258. Pitchers allowed 5.15 earned runs per nine innings, against a league figure of 4.63. Measured against the 811-run league average, the offense was 11% behind.

Home games were played at Kauffman Stadium, where 1,661,478 fans came through the gates. The home run leader was Mike Sweeney, who hit 22. The hits leader was Joe Randa with 139. On the mound, Jimmy Gobble won 9 games to lead the staff. The strikeout leader was Darrell May with 120. Jeremy Affeldt closed out 13 saves.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2004 Kansas City Royals

What was the 2004 Kansas City Royals record?
The 2004 Kansas City Royals finished 58-104 (.358 win pct).
Who led the 2004 Kansas City Royals in home runs?
Mike Sweeney led the 2004 Kansas City Royals with 22 home runs.
What was the 2004 Kansas City Royals team ERA?
The 2004 Kansas City Royals posted a team ERA of 5.15.
Did the 2004 Kansas City Royals win the World Series?
No. The 2004 Kansas City Royals did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2004 Kansas City Royals play?
The 2004 Kansas City Royals played home games at Kauffman Stadium.
Who led the 2004 Kansas City Royals in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Mike Sweeney (22 HR, 79 RBI) and Jimmy Gobble (9-8, 5.35 ERA).
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