2004 Kansas City Royals season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Kansas City Royals
season = 2004
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1969
division = Central Division
y2 = 1994
Uniform
ballpark = Kauffman Stadium
y4 = 1973
city = Kansas City, Missouri
y5 = 1969
owners = David Glass
managers = Tony Pena
television =KMCI
Royals Sports Television Network
(Ryan Lefebvre, Paul Splittorff, Denny Matthews, Bob Davis)
radio =WHB
KLRX
(Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre, Fred White, Paul Splittorff,Bob Davis)|The by|2004 Kansas City Royals season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Royals finishing 5th in the American League Central with a record of 58 wins and 104 losses. It was one of the most disappointing seasons in Royals' history. The team had been picked by many sporting magazines to win the AL Central following their third place finish in 2003. Tony Pena, then the Royals manager, guaranteed a Central division crown during an early season slump. He did not even finish the season with the club. He resigned and Buddy Bell was soon named manager.

Injuries of veteran acquisitions did the Royals in. Catcher Benito Santiago and outfielder Juan González both played very few games for the boys in blue. Mike Sweeney was also injured during the campaign.

Offseason

* January 6, 2004: Juan Gonzalez signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gonzaju03.shtml Juan Gonzalez Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Regular season

eason standings

Player stats

Batting

"Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In"

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/KC/2004.shtml 2004 Kansas City Royals team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2004&t=KCA 2004 Kansas City Royals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]