2005 Kansas City Royals

56-106 • .346 Win% • 5th in AL C

The 2005 Kansas City Royals went 56-106 (.346) finishing 5th in the AL C division. The club scored 701 runs, allowed 935, and played home games at Kauffman Stadium. Team leaders included Mike Sweeney (21 HR, 83 RBI) and Runelvys Hernandez (8-14, 5.52 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

56 Wins
106 Losses
.346 Win %
5th Rank
701 R 935 RA
Diff -234

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701 Runs Scored
935 Runs Allowed
-234 Run Diff
1,371K Attendance

📈 vs. 2005 AL Average

Batting Avg .262 2% below the 2005 league average (.267)
OBP .319 3% below the 2005 league average (.330)
SLG .396 7% below the 2005 league average (.424)
Team ERA 5.49 26% worse than the 2005 league average (4.36)
Runs Scored 701 9% below the 2005 league average (771 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumKauffman Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,371,181
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Avg per Game 16,928

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2005

Batting Avg

1 Mike Sweeney 0.300 2 Tony Graffanino 0.298 3 Aaron Guiel 0.294 4 David DeJesus 0.293 5 Emil Brown 0.286

Home Runs

1 Mike Sweeney 21 2 Emil Brown 17 3 Matt Stairs 13 4 John Buck 12 5 Angel Berroa 11

RBI

1 Emil Brown 86 2 Mike Sweeney 83 3 Matt Stairs 66 4 David DeJesus 56 5 Angel Berroa 55
2005 Kansas City Royals — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Angel Berroa 159 608 68 164 21 5 11 55 18 108 7 0.270
Emil Brown 150 545 75 156 31 5 17 86 48 108 10 0.286
Mike Sweeney 122 470 63 141 39 0 21 83 33 61 3 0.300
David DeJesus 122 461 69 135 31 6 9 56 42 76 5 0.293
Terrence Long 137 455 62 127 21 3 6 53 30 56 3 0.279
Mark Teahen 130 447 60 110 29 4 7 55 40 107 7 0.246
John Buck 118 401 40 97 21 1 12 47 23 94 2 0.242
Matt Stairs 127 396 55 109 26 1 13 66 60 69 1 0.275
Ruben Gotay 86 282 32 64 14 2 5 29 22 51 2 0.227
Tony Graffanino 59 191 29 57 5 2 3 18 22 28 3 0.298
Joe McEwing 83 180 16 43 7 0 1 6 6 35 4 0.239
Chip Ambres 53 145 25 35 8 0 4 9 16 32 3 0.241
Aaron Guiel 33 109 18 32 5 0 4 7 6 21 1 0.294
Alberto Castillo 34 100 13 21 5 1 1 14 12 21 1 0.210
Matt Diaz 34 89 7 25 4 2 1 9 4 15 0 0.281
Eli Marrero 32 88 11 14 4 0 4 9 7 18 1 0.159
Shane Costa 27 81 13 19 2 0 2 7 5 11 0 0.235
Andres Blanco 26 79 6 17 0 1 0 5 0 5 0 0.215
Justin Huber 25 78 6 17 3 0 0 6 5 20 0 0.218
Donnie Murphy 32 77 4 12 5 0 1 8 9 23 0 0.156
Paul Phillips 23 67 6 18 4 1 1 9 0 5 0 0.269
Denny Hocking 23 60 14 16 1 0 0 7 10 10 0 0.267
Ken Harvey 12 45 4 10 3 0 1 5 3 13 0 0.222
Calvin Pickering 7 27 4 4 0 0 1 3 3 14 0 0.148
D. J. Carrasco 21 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Runelvys Hernandez 29 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
J. P. Howell 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jose Lima 32 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.333
Zack Greinke 33 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.500
Ryan Jensen 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Andy Sisco 67 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jeremy Affeldt 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brian Anderson 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Denny Bautista 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jonah Bayliss 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ambiorix Burgos 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Shawn Camp 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jaime Cerda 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chris Demaria 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Nate Field 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jimmy Gobble 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
Juan Carlos Oviedo 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kyle Snyder 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Stemle 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Wood 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2005

ERA

1 Andy Sisco 3.11 2 Mike MacDougal 3.33 3 Ambiorix Burgos 3.98 4 Mike Wood 4.46 5 D. J. Carrasco 4.79

Wins

1 Runelvys Hernandez 8 2 D. J. Carrasco 6 3 Zack Greinke 5 4 Jose Lima 5 5 Mike MacDougal 5

Strikeouts

1 Zack Greinke 114 2 Runelvys Hernandez 88 3 Jose Lima 80 4 Andy Sisco 76 5 Mike MacDougal 72
2005 Kansas City Royals — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Zack Greinke 5 17 5.80 33 33 0 183.0 233 118 53 114
Jose Lima 5 16 6.99 32 32 0 168.2 219 131 61 80
Runelvys Hernandez 8 14 5.52 29 29 0 159.2 172 98 70 88
Mike Wood 5 8 4.46 47 10 2 115.0 129 57 52 60
D. J. Carrasco 6 8 4.79 21 20 0 114.2 129 61 51 49
Andy Sisco 2 5 3.11 67 0 0 75.1 68 26 42 76
J. P. Howell 3 5 6.19 15 15 0 72.2 73 50 39 54
Mike MacDougal 5 6 3.33 68 0 21 70.1 69 26 24 72
Ambiorix Burgos 3 5 3.98 59 0 2 63.1 60 28 31 65
Jimmy Gobble 1 1 5.70 28 4 0 53.2 64 34 30 38
Juan Carlos Oviedo 3 2 7.55 41 0 0 53.2 73 45 18 32
Jeremy Affeldt 0 2 5.26 49 0 0 49.2 56 29 29 39
Shawn Camp 1 4 6.43 29 0 0 49.0 69 35 13 28
Kyle Snyder 1 3 6.75 13 3 0 36.0 55 27 10 19
Denny Bautista 2 2 5.80 7 7 0 35.2 36 23 17 23
Brian Anderson 1 2 6.75 6 6 0 30.2 39 23 4 17
Ryan Jensen 3 2 7.11 9 3 0 25.1 31 20 7 18
Jaime Cerda 1 4 6.63 20 0 0 19.0 21 14 11 18
Jonah Bayliss 0 0 4.63 11 0 0 11.2 7 6 4 10
Steve Stemle 0 0 5.06 6 0 0 10.2 10 6 4 9
Chris Demaria 1 0 9.00 8 0 0 9.0 14 9 5 11
Nate Field 0 0 9.45 7 0 0 6.2 13 7 5 4

👥 Roster (46)

Jeremy Affeldt Chip Ambres Brian Anderson Denny Bautista Jonah Bayliss Angel Berroa Andres Blanco Emil Brown John Buck Ambiorix Burgos Shawn Camp D. J. Carrasco +34 more

46 players

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The 2005 Kansas City Royals in brief

The 2005 Kansas City Royals finished 56-106, a .346 winning percentage, placing 5th in the AL Central. The Kansas City Royals scored 701 runs and allowed 935, a run differential of -234. Against a league average of .267, the 2005 Kansas City Royals batted .262. Pitchers allowed 5.49 earned runs per nine innings, against a league figure of 4.36. Kauffman Stadium was home in 2005, drawing a total attendance of 1,371,181.

Mike Sweeney topped the Kansas City Royals with 21 home runs. Emil Brown drove in a team-high 86 runs. On the mound, Runelvys Hernandez won 8 games to lead the staff. Zack Greinke struck out 114, the most on the club. Mike MacDougal closed out 21 saves.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2005 Kansas City Royals

What was the 2005 Kansas City Royals record?
The 2005 Kansas City Royals finished 56-106 (.346 win pct).
Who led the 2005 Kansas City Royals in home runs?
Mike Sweeney led the 2005 Kansas City Royals with 21 home runs.
What was the 2005 Kansas City Royals team ERA?
The 2005 Kansas City Royals posted a team ERA of 5.49.
Did the 2005 Kansas City Royals win the World Series?
No. The 2005 Kansas City Royals did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2005 Kansas City Royals play?
The 2005 Kansas City Royals played home games at Kauffman Stadium.
Who led the 2005 Kansas City Royals in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Mike Sweeney (21 HR, 83 RBI) and Runelvys Hernandez (8-14, 5.52 ERA).
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