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class="vector-toc-link" href="#1986–1994:_Staying_in_the_Picture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5</span> <span>1986–1994: Staying in the Picture</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1986–1994:_Staying_in_the_Picture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1995–2002:_Decline_in_the_Post-Kauffman_Era" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1995–2002:_Decline_in_the_Post-Kauffman_Era"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6</span> <span>1995–2002: Decline in the Post-Kauffman Era</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1995–2002:_Decline_in_the_Post-Kauffman_Era-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2003:_A_Winning_Season" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2003:_A_Winning_Season"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.7</span> <span>2003: A Winning Season</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2003:_A_Winning_Season-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2004–2008:_Rock_Bottom" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2004–2008:_Rock_Bottom"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.8</span> <span>2004–2008: Rock Bottom</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2004–2008:_Rock_Bottom-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2009–2012:_Kauffman_Renovations_and_Further_Rebuilding" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2009–2012:_Kauffman_Renovations_and_Further_Rebuilding"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.9</span> <span>2009–2012: Kauffman Renovations and Further Rebuilding</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2009–2012:_Kauffman_Renovations_and_Further_Rebuilding-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2013:_Return_to_Respectability" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2013:_Return_to_Respectability"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.10</span> <span>2013: Return to Respectability</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2013:_Return_to_Respectability-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2014:_Return_to_the_World_Series" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2014:_Return_to_the_World_Series"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.11</span> <span>2014: Return to the World Series</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2014:_Return_to_the_World_Series-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2015:_World_Series_Champions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2015:_World_Series_Champions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.12</span> <span>2015: World Series Champions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2015:_World_Series_Champions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2016–2017:_End_of_an_Era" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2016–2017:_End_of_an_Era"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.13</span> <span>2016–2017: End of an Era</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2016–2017:_End_of_an_Era-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2018–present:_John_Sherman_era" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2018–present:_John_Sherman_era"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.14</span> <span>2018–present: John Sherman era</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2018–present:_John_Sherman_era-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Future_stadium_plans" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Future_stadium_plans"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.14.1</span> <span>Future stadium plans</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Future_stadium_plans-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Uniform_history" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Uniform_history"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Uniform history</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Uniform_history-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Uniform history subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Uniform_history-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-1969–1972:_Original_look" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1969–1972:_Original_look"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>1969–1972: Original look</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1969–1972:_Original_look-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1973–1982:_Pullover_and_powder_blue_uniforms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1973–1982:_Pullover_and_powder_blue_uniforms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>1973–1982: Pullover and powder blue uniforms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1973–1982:_Pullover_and_powder_blue_uniforms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1983–1991:_Return_to_button-down_style" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1983–1991:_Return_to_button-down_style"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>1983–1991: Return to button-down style</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1983–1991:_Return_to_button-down_style-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1992–2001:_Return_to_grey_uniforms_and_alternate_blue_uniforms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1992–2001:_Return_to_grey_uniforms_and_alternate_blue_uniforms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>1992–2001: Return to grey uniforms and alternate blue uniforms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1992–2001:_Return_to_grey_uniforms_and_alternate_blue_uniforms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2002–2005:_Addition_of_black" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2002–2005:_Addition_of_black"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>2002–2005: Addition of black</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2002–2005:_Addition_of_black-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2006–2021:_New_alternates_and_return_to_powder_blue" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2006–2021:_New_alternates_and_return_to_powder_blue"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>2006–2021: New alternates and return to powder blue</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2006–2021:_New_alternates_and_return_to_powder_blue-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2022–present:_Block_road_letters_return;_City_Connect" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2022–present:_Block_road_letters_return;_City_Connect"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>2022–present: Block road letters return; City Connect</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2022–present:_Block_road_letters_return;_City_Connect-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rivalries" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rivalries"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Rivalries</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Rivalries-sublist" class="cdx-button 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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Baseball_Hall_of_Famers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Baseball Hall of Famers</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Baseball_Hall_of_Famers-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Baseball Hall of Famers subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Baseball_Hall_of_Famers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Ford_C._Frick_Award_recipients" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ford_C._Frick_Award_recipients"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Ford C. Frick Award recipients</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ford_C._Frick_Award_recipients-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_players_of_note" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_players_of_note"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Other players of note</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Other_players_of_note-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Other players of note subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Other_players_of_note-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Team_captains" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Team_captains"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Team captains</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Team_captains-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Missouri_Sports_Hall_of_Fame" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Missouri_Sports_Hall_of_Fame"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Missouri Sports Hall of Fame</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Missouri_Sports_Hall_of_Fame-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Retired_numbers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Retired_numbers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Retired numbers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Retired_numbers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Out_of_circulation,_but_not_retired" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Out_of_circulation,_but_not_retired"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3.1</span> <span>Out of circulation, but not retired</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Out_of_circulation,_but_not_retired-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Hall_of_Fame" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hall_of_Fame"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>Hall of Fame</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hall_of_Fame-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Roster" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Roster"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Roster</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Roster-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Managers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Managers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Managers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Managers-sublist" 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style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #004687 !important; border: 2px solid #004687 !important;">Major league affiliations</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> (<a href="/wiki/1969_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1969 Major League Baseball season">1969</a>–present) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_League_Central" title="American League Central">Central Division</a> (<a href="/wiki/1994_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1994 Major League Baseball season">1994</a>–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_League_West" title="American League West">West Division</a> (<a href="/wiki/1969_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1969 Major League Baseball season">1969</a>–<a href="/wiki/1993_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1993 Major League Baseball season">1993</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" 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ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Brett" title="George Brett">5</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Howser" title="Dick Howser">10</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Frank_White_(baseball)" title="Frank White (baseball)">20</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Robinson" title="Jackie Robinson">42</a></li></ul></div></i></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #004687 !important; border: 2px solid #004687 !important;">Colors</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="text-align:left"> <ul><li>Royal blue, white, powder blue, gold<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-KCRoyalsUni2022_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KCRoyalsUni2022-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RoyalsUniUpdate_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RoyalsUniUpdate-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#004687; color:white;"> </span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; color:black;"> </span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#7AB2DD; color:black;"> </span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#BA9863; color:black;"> </span></li></ul></div> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #004687 !important; border: 2px solid #004687 !important;">Name</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="text-align:left"> <ul><li>Kansas City Royals (<a href="/wiki/1969_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1969 Major League Baseball season">1969</a>–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #004687 !important; border: 2px solid #004687 !important;">Other nicknames</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="text-align:left" class="nickname"> <ul><li>The Blue Crew</li> <li>Boys In Blue</li> <li>The Crowns</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #004687 !important; border: 2px solid #004687 !important;">Ballpark</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="text-align:left"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kauffman_Stadium" title="Kauffman Stadium">Kauffman Stadium</a> (<a href="/wiki/1973_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1973 Major League Baseball season">1973</a>–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipal_Stadium_(Kansas_City)" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipal Stadium (Kansas City)">Municipal Stadium</a> (<a href="/wiki/1969_in_baseball" title="1969 in baseball">1969</a>–<a href="/wiki/1972_in_baseball" title="1972 in baseball">1972</a>)</li></ul></div> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #004687 !important; border: 2px solid #004687 !important;">Major league titles</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">World Series titles <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">(2)</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/1985_World_Series" title="1985 World Series">1985</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2015_World_Series" title="2015 World Series">2015</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">AL Pennants <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488" /><span class="nobold">(4)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/1980_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1980 American League Championship Series">1980</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1985_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1985 American League Championship Series">1985</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2014_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2014 American League Championship Series">2014</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2015_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2015 American League Championship Series">2015</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Central Division titles <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488" /><span class="nobold">(1)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2015_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2015 Kansas City Royals season">2015</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488" /><span class="nobold"><b>West Division titles</b> (6)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/1976_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1976 Kansas City Royals season">1976</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1977_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1977 Kansas City Royals season">1977</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1978_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1978 Kansas City Royals season">1978</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1980_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1980 Kansas City Royals season">1980</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1984_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1984 Kansas City Royals season">1984</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1985_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1985 Kansas City Royals season">1985</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Wild card berths <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488" /><span class="nobold">(2)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/2014_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2014 Kansas City Royals season">2014</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2024_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2024 Kansas City Royals season">2024</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #004687 !important; border: 2px solid #004687 !important;">Front office</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Principal owner(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Sherman_(businessman)" title="John Sherman (businessman)">John Sherman</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">President</th><td class="infobox-data">R. Brooks Sherman Jr. (President of Business Operations)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">President of baseball operations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/J._J._Picollo" title="J. J. Picollo">J. J. Picollo</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">General manager</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/J._J._Picollo" title="J. J. Picollo">J. J. Picollo</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Manager</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Quatraro" title="Matt Quatraro">Matt Quatraro</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mlb.com/royals">mlb.com/royals</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Kansas City Royals</b> are an American professional <a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">baseball</a> team based in <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City, Missouri</a>. The Royals compete in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> (MLB) as a member club of the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> (AL) <a href="/wiki/American_League_Central" title="American League Central">Central Division</a>. The team was founded as <a href="/wiki/1969_Major_League_Baseball_expansion" title="1969 Major League Baseball expansion">an expansion franchise</a> in 1969, and have made four <a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a> trips, winning in <a href="/wiki/1985_World_Series" title="1985 World Series">1985</a> and <a href="/wiki/2015_World_Series" title="2015 World Series">2015</a>, and losing in <a href="/wiki/1980_World_Series" title="1980 World Series">1980</a> and <a href="/wiki/2014_World_Series" title="2014 World Series">2014</a>. Outside of a dominant 10-year stretch between 1976 and 1985, and a brief, albeit dominant, resurgence from 2013 to 2015, the Royals have combined for a bottom-ten all time winning percentage in MLB history. </p><p>The name "Royals" pays homage to the <a href="/wiki/American_Royal" title="American Royal">American Royal</a>, a livestock show, horse show, rodeo, and championship barbecue competition held annually in Kansas City since 1899,<sup id="cite_ref-KCRoyalsTeamNameOrigin_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KCRoyalsTeamNameOrigin-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as the identical names of two former <a href="/wiki/Negro_league_baseball" title="Negro league baseball">Negro league baseball</a> teams that played in the first half of the 20th century (one was a semi-pro team based in Kansas City in the 1910s and 1920s that toured the Midwest<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the other was a <a href="/wiki/California_Winter_League" title="California Winter League">California Winter League</a> team based in Los Angeles in the 1940s that was managed by <a href="/wiki/Chet_Brewer" title="Chet Brewer">Chet Brewer</a> and included <a href="/wiki/Satchel_Paige" title="Satchel Paige">Satchel Paige</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Robinson" title="Jackie Robinson">Jackie Robinson</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on its roster).<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Los Angeles team had personnel connections to the Monarchs but could not use the Monarchs name. The name also fits into something of a theme for other professional sports franchises in the city, including the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Chiefs" title="Kansas City Chiefs">Kansas City Chiefs</a> of the NFL, the former <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Kings" class="mw-redirect" title="Kansas City Kings">Kansas City Kings</a> of the NBA, and the former <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Monarchs" title="Kansas City Monarchs">Kansas City Monarchs</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Negro_National_League_(1920%E2%80%931931)" title="Negro National League (1920–1931)">Negro National League</a>. </p><p>In 1968, the team held a name-the-team contest that received more than 17,000 entries. Sanford Porte, a bridge engineer from the suburb of <a href="/wiki/Overland_Park,_Kansas" title="Overland Park, Kansas">Overland Park, Kansas</a>, was named the winner for his “Royals” entry. His reason had nothing to do with royalty. “Kansas City’s new baseball team should be called the Royals because of Missouri’s billion-dollar livestock income, Kansas City’s position as the nation’s leading stocker and feeder market and the nationally known American Royal parade and pageant,” Porte wrote. The team's board voted 6–1 on the name, with the only opposition coming from team owner <a href="/wiki/Ewing_Kauffman" title="Ewing Kauffman">Ewing Kauffman</a>, who eventually changed his vote and said the name had grown on him.<sup id="cite_ref-KCRoyalsTeamNameOrigin_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KCRoyalsTeamNameOrigin-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Entering the American League in 1969 along with the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Pilots" title="Seattle Pilots">Seattle Pilots</a>, the club was founded by Kansas City businessman Ewing Kauffman. The franchise was established following the actions of <a href="/wiki/Stuart_Symington" title="Stuart Symington">Stuart Symington</a>, then-<a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Missouri" title="List of United States senators from Missouri">U.S. Senator from Missouri</a>, who demanded a new franchise for the city after the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Athletics</a> (Kansas City's previous major league team that played from 1955 to 1967) moved to <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland, California</a>, in 1968. Since April 10, 1973, the Royals have played at <a href="/wiki/Kauffman_Stadium" title="Kauffman Stadium">Kauffman Stadium</a>, formerly known as Royals Stadium. </p><p>The new team quickly became a powerhouse, appearing in the playoffs seven times from 1976 to 1985, winning one <a href="/wiki/1985_World_Series" title="1985 World Series">World Series championship</a> and another <a href="/wiki/1980_World_Series" title="1980 World Series">AL pennant</a>, led by stars such as <a href="/wiki/Amos_Otis" title="Amos Otis">Amos Otis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hal_McRae" title="Hal McRae">Hal McRae</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Mayberry" title="John Mayberry">John Mayberry</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Brett" title="George Brett">George Brett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_White_(baseball)" title="Frank White (baseball)">Frank White</a>, <a href="/wiki/Willie_Wilson_(baseball)" title="Willie Wilson (baseball)">Willie Wilson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bret_Saberhagen" title="Bret Saberhagen">Bret Saberhagen</a>. The team remained competitive throughout the early 1990s, but then had only one winning season from 1995 to 2012. For 28 consecutive seasons (1986–2013), the Royals did not qualify to play in the <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_postseason" title="Major League Baseball postseason">MLB postseason</a>, one of the longest <a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_franchise_postseason_droughts" title="List of Major League Baseball franchise postseason droughts">postseason droughts</a> during baseball's current wild-card era. The team broke this streak in <a href="/wiki/2014_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2014 Kansas City Royals season">2014</a> by securing the franchise's first <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_wild_card" class="mw-redirect" title="Major League Baseball wild card">wild card berth</a> and advancing to the <a href="/wiki/2014_World_Series" title="2014 World Series">2014 World Series</a>, where they lost to the <a href="/wiki/2014_San_Francisco_Giants_season" title="2014 San Francisco Giants season">San Francisco Giants</a> in seven games. The Royals, led by players like <a href="/wiki/Salvador_Perez" class="mw-redirect" title="Salvador Perez">Salvador Perez</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alex_Gordon" title="Alex Gordon">Alex Gordon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cueto" title="Johnny Cueto">Johnny Cueto</a>, <a href="/wiki/Danny_Duffy" title="Danny Duffy">Danny Duffy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eric_Hosmer" title="Eric Hosmer">Eric Hosmer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Moustakas" title="Mike Moustakas">Mike Moustakas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lorenzo_Cain" title="Lorenzo Cain">Lorenzo Cain</a>, and an elite group of <a href="/wiki/Bullpen" title="Bullpen">bullpen</a> pitchers, followed this up by winning the team's first AL Central division title in <a href="/wiki/2015_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2015 Kansas City Royals season">2015</a> and defeating the <a href="/wiki/2015_New_York_Mets_season" title="2015 New York Mets season">New York Mets</a> in five games in the <a href="/wiki/2015_World_Series" title="2015 World Series">2015 World Series</a> to win their second <a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Series_champions" title="List of World Series champions">World Series championship</a>. </p><p>From 1969 to 2024, the Royals have an all time win–loss record of <abbr title="4,208 wins, 4,623 losses">4,208–4,623</abbr> (.477).<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Entering the 2023 season, the team is valued at <a href="/wiki/USD" class="mw-redirect" title="USD">US$</a>1.2 billion, placing them 27th out of MLB's 30 teams.<sup id="cite_ref-Forbes_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Forbes-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 2019, the team has been owned by majority owner <a href="/wiki/John_Sherman_(businessman)" title="John Sherman (businessman)">John Sherman</a>, amongst many other Kansas City business owners and entrepreneurs. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Franchise_history">Franchise history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Franchise history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Kansas_City_Royals" title="History of the Kansas City Royals">History of the Kansas City Royals</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For historical Kansas City baseball franchises, see <a href="/wiki/List_of_past_and_present_Kansas_City_sports_teams" class="mw-redirect" title="List of past and present Kansas City sports teams">List of past and present Kansas City sports teams</a>.</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Baseball_returns_to_Kansas_City">Baseball returns to Kansas City</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Baseball returns to Kansas City"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1989_Kansas_City_Royals_away_uniform.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/1989_Kansas_City_Royals_away_uniform.jpg/250px-1989_Kansas_City_Royals_away_uniform.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/1989_Kansas_City_Royals_away_uniform.jpg/330px-1989_Kansas_City_Royals_away_uniform.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/1989_Kansas_City_Royals_away_uniform.jpg/500px-1989_Kansas_City_Royals_away_uniform.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>The Royals wore their trademark powder blue road uniforms from 1973 to 1991 and reintroduced it in 2008 as an alternate jersey.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure><p>When the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Athletics" title="Kansas City Athletics">Kansas City Athletics</a> moved to <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a> after the <a href="/wiki/1967_in_baseball" title="1967 in baseball">1967 season</a>, Kansas City was left without major league baseball or, for the first time since 1883, professional baseball at all. The team was led by <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Finley" title="Charlie Finley">Charlie Finley</a>, who explored many elaborate relocation plans and essentially shunned Kansas City before the team even relocated.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An enraged <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senator</a> <a href="/wiki/Stuart_Symington" title="Stuart Symington">Stuart Symington</a> of Missouri threatened to introduce legislation removing baseball's antitrust exemption unless Kansas City was granted a team in the next round of expansion.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Major League Baseball complied with a hasty round of expansion at the 1967 winter meetings. Kansas City was awarded one of four teams to begin play in 1971. However, Symington was not satisfied with having Kansas City wait three years for baseball to return, and pressured MLB to allow the new teams to start play in 1969. Symington's intervention may have contributed to the financial collapse of the Royals' companion expansion team, the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Pilots" title="Seattle Pilots">Seattle Pilots</a>, who had to begin play in 1969 before they were ready (the league required new franchises to enter in pairs to preserve symmetry for scheduling purposes). </p><p>Pharmaceutical executive <a href="/wiki/Ewing_Kauffman" title="Ewing Kauffman">Ewing Kauffman</a> won the bidding for the new Kansas City team. He conducted a contest to determine the best and most appropriate name for the new franchise. Sanford Porte from Overland Park, Kansas submitted the name Royals, in recognition of Missouri's billion-dollar livestock industry. His suggestion was that the <a href="/wiki/American_Royal" title="American Royal">American Royal</a> best exemplified Kansas City through its pageantry and parade, so the new team should be named the Royals. The name was selected out of 17,000 submissions and the Royals Board voted 6–1 to adopt the name. The one dissenting vote was Kauffman's. He eventually changed his mind after the name grew on him. (Some sources say it was in honor of the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Monarchs" title="Kansas City Monarchs">Kansas City Monarchs</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Negro_leagues" class="mw-redirect" title="Negro leagues">Negro leagues</a> team.)<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team's logo, a crown atop a shield with the letters "KC" inside the shield, was created by Shannon Manning, an artist at <a href="/wiki/Hallmark_Cards" title="Hallmark Cards">Hallmark Cards</a>, based in Kansas City.<sup id="cite_ref-Crowning_Achievement_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crowning_Achievement-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1969–1979:_Taking_Off"><span id="1969.E2.80.931979:_Taking_Off"></span>1969–1979: Taking Off</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1969–1979: Taking Off"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Royals_Stadium_1976.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Royals_Stadium_1976.jpg/170px-Royals_Stadium_1976.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="260" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Royals_Stadium_1976.jpg/255px-Royals_Stadium_1976.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Royals_Stadium_1976.jpg/340px-Royals_Stadium_1976.jpg 2x" data-file-width="519" data-file-height="793" /></a><figcaption>A game versus the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> at <a href="/wiki/Kauffman_Stadium" title="Kauffman Stadium">Kauffman Stadium</a> (then Royals Stadium), September 1976</figcaption></figure> <p>The Royals began play in 1969 in <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City, Missouri</a>. In their inaugural game, on April 8, 1969, the <a href="/wiki/1969_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1969 Kansas City Royals season">Royals</a> defeated the <a href="/wiki/1969_Minnesota_Twins_season" title="1969 Minnesota Twins season">Minnesota Twins</a> 4–3 in 12 innings. The Royals went 69–93 in their first season, highlighted by <a href="/wiki/Lou_Piniella" title="Lou Piniella">Lou Piniella</a>, who won the <a href="/wiki/MLB_Rookie_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="MLB Rookie of the Year">AL Rookie of the Year Award</a>. </p><p>The team was quickly built through a number of trades engineered by its first General Manager, <a href="/wiki/Cedric_Tallis" title="Cedric Tallis">Cedric Tallis</a>, who picked up center fielder <a href="/wiki/Amos_Otis" title="Amos Otis">Amos Otis</a>, who became the team's first star, first baseman <a href="/wiki/John_Mayberry" title="John Mayberry">John Mayberry</a>, who provided power, second baseman <a href="/wiki/Cookie_Rojas" title="Cookie Rojas">Cookie Rojas</a>, shortstop <a href="/wiki/Fred_Patek" class="mw-redirect" title="Fred Patek">Fred Patek</a>, and designated hitter <a href="/wiki/Hal_McRae" title="Hal McRae">Hal McRae</a>. The Royals also invested in a strong farm system and developed future star pitchers <a href="/wiki/Paul_Splittorff" title="Paul Splittorff">Paul Splittorff</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Leonard" title="Dennis Leonard">Dennis Leonard</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Steve_Busby" title="Steve Busby">Steve Busby</a>, infielders <a href="/wiki/George_Brett" title="George Brett">George Brett</a> and <a href="/wiki/Frank_White_(baseball)" title="Frank White (baseball)">Frank White</a>, and outfielder <a href="/wiki/Al_Cowens" title="Al Cowens">Al Cowens</a>. Under these young players, the Royals built a core set up for future success. </p><p>In 1971, the <a href="/wiki/1971_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1971 Kansas City Royals season">Royals</a> had their first winning season, with manager <a href="/wiki/Bob_Lemon" title="Bob Lemon">Bob Lemon</a> leading them to a second-place finish. In 1973, under manager <a href="/wiki/Jack_McKeon" title="Jack McKeon">Jack McKeon</a>, the Royals adopted their iconic "<a href="/wiki/Powder_blue" title="Powder blue">powder blue</a>" road uniforms and moved from <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Stadium_(Kansas_City)" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipal Stadium (Kansas City)">Municipal Stadium</a> to the brand-new <a href="/wiki/Royals_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Royals Stadium">Royals Stadium</a> (now known as Kauffman Stadium). </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/1973_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1973 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1973 All-Star Game</a> was hosted at Royals Stadium, with Otis and Mayberry in the AL starting lineup. The event was previously held at Municipal Stadium in <a href="/wiki/1960_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game_(first_game)" title="1960 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (first game)">1960</a>, when the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Athletics" title="Kansas City Athletics">Athletics</a> were based in Kansas City. </p><p>Manager <a href="/wiki/Whitey_Herzog" title="Whitey Herzog">Whitey Herzog</a> replaced McKeon in <a href="/wiki/1975_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1975 Kansas City Royals season">1975</a>, and the Royals quickly became the dominant franchise in the American League's Western Division. After a second-place, 91 win season, they won three straight division championships from 1976 to 1978, including the franchise's only 100-win season in <a href="/wiki/1977_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1977 Kansas City Royals season">1977</a>. However, the Royals lost to the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> in three straight <a href="/wiki/American_League_Championship_Series" title="American League Championship Series">American League Championship Series</a> encounters. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980–1984:_From_Pennant_to_Pine_Tar_Incident"><span id="1980.E2.80.931984:_From_Pennant_to_Pine_Tar_Incident"></span>1980–1984: From Pennant to Pine Tar Incident</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1980–1984: From Pennant to Pine Tar Incident"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the <a href="/wiki/1979_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1979 Kansas City Royals season">Royals</a> finished in second place in 1979, Herzog was fired and replaced by <a href="/wiki/Jim_Frey" title="Jim Frey">Jim Frey</a>. Under Frey and a legendary .390 season from George Brett, the <a href="/wiki/1980_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1980 Kansas City Royals season">Royals</a> rebounded in 1980 and advanced to the <a href="/wiki/1980_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1980 American League Championship Series">ALCS</a>, where they again faced the <a href="/wiki/1980_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1980 New York Yankees season">Yankees</a>. The Royals vanquished the Yankees in a three-game sweep punctuated by Brett's home run off of Yankees' star relief pitcher <a href="/wiki/Goose_Gossage" title="Goose Gossage">Goose Gossage</a>. After reaching their first <a href="/wiki/1980_World_Series" title="1980 World Series">World Series</a>, the Royals fell to the <a href="/wiki/1980_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1980 Philadelphia Phillies season">Philadelphia Phillies</a> in six games. Game 6 was also significant because it remains the most-watched game in World Series history with a television audience of 54.9 million viewers.<sup id="cite_ref-Sandomir_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sandomir-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:George_brett_pine_tar_bat_rotated.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/George_brett_pine_tar_bat_rotated.JPG/500px-George_brett_pine_tar_bat_rotated.JPG" decoding="async" width="500" height="52" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/George_brett_pine_tar_bat_rotated.JPG/750px-George_brett_pine_tar_bat_rotated.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/George_brett_pine_tar_bat_rotated.JPG 2x" data-file-width="964" data-file-height="100" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Baseball_bat" title="Baseball bat">baseball bat</a> used by third baseman <a href="/wiki/George_Brett" title="George Brett">George Brett</a> in the "Pine Tar Incident" on July 24, 1983, versus the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In July 1983, while the <a href="/wiki/1983_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1983 Kansas City Royals season">Royals</a> were headed for a second-place finish behind the <a href="/wiki/1983_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="1983 Chicago White Sox season">Chicago White Sox</a> another chapter in the team's rivalry with the New York Yankees occurred. In what has come to be known as "the <a href="/wiki/Pine_Tar_Incident" title="Pine Tar Incident">Pine Tar Incident</a>", umpires discovered illegal placement of <a href="/wiki/Pine_tar" title="Pine tar">pine tar</a> (more than 18 inches up the handle) on <a href="/wiki/Third_baseman" title="Third baseman">third baseman</a> George Brett's bat after he had hit a two-run home run off Gossage that put the Royals up 5–4 in the top of the 9th. After Yankee Manager <a href="/wiki/Billy_Martin" title="Billy Martin">Billy Martin</a> came out of the dugout to talk to home plate umpire <a href="/wiki/Tim_McClelland" title="Tim McClelland">Tim McClelland</a>, McClelland and the other umpires mulled over the bat (measuring it over home plate, touching it, etc.). McClelland then pointed to Brett in the dugout and gave the "out" sign, disallowing the home run. Enraged, Brett stormed out of the dugout toward McClelland and Martin, and McClelland ejected Brett. The homer was later reinstated by <a href="/wiki/List_of_American_League_presidents" title="List of American League presidents">AL President</a> <a href="/wiki/Lee_MacPhail" title="Lee MacPhail">Lee MacPhail</a>, and the Royals won the game after it was resumed several weeks later. </p><p>The 1983 season was also notable for some transitional changes in the Royals organization. First, owner <a href="/wiki/Ewing_Kauffman" title="Ewing Kauffman">Ewing Kauffman</a> sold 49% of his interest to Memphis developer <a href="/wiki/Avron_Fogelman" title="Avron Fogelman">Avron Fogelman</a>. Second, <a href="/wiki/John_Schuerholz" title="John Schuerholz">John Schuerholz</a> was named general manager. Schuerholz soon bolstered the farm system with pitchers <a href="/wiki/Bud_Black" title="Bud Black">Bud Black</a>, <a href="/wiki/Danny_Jackson" title="Danny Jackson">Danny Jackson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Gubicza" title="Mark Gubicza">Mark Gubicza</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Cone" title="David Cone">David Cone</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bret_Saberhagen" title="Bret Saberhagen">Bret Saberhagen</a>, as well as hitters such as <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Seitzer" title="Kevin Seitzer">Kevin Seitzer</a>. </p><p>Thanks to the sudden and surprising maturation (specifically, in pitching) of most of the aforementioned players, the <a href="/wiki/1984_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1984 Kansas City Royals season">Royals</a> won their fifth division championship in 1984, relying on Brett's bat and the young pitching staff of Saberhagen, Gubicza, <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Leibrandt" title="Charlie Leibrandt">Charlie Leibrandt</a>, Black and Jackson. The Royals were then swept by the <a href="/wiki/1984_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1984 Detroit Tigers season">Detroit Tigers</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1984_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1984 American League Championship Series">American League Championship Series</a>. The Tigers went on to win the <a href="/wiki/1984_World_Series" title="1984 World Series">World Series</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1985:_"The_I-70_Series""><span id="1985:_.22The_I-70_Series.22"></span>1985: "The I-70 Series"</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1985: "The I-70 Series""><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/1985_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1985 Kansas City Royals season">1985 Kansas City Royals season</a></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/1985_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1985 Major League Baseball season">1985 regular season</a> the Royals topped the Western Division for the sixth time in ten years, led by Bret Saberhagen's <a href="/wiki/Cy_Young_Award" title="Cy Young Award">Cy Young Award</a>-winning performance and George Brett's self-described best "all around year." Throughout the ensuing playoffs, the Royals incurred both a 2-0 and a 3–1 series deficit in both rounds of the playoffs, but always managed to claw their way back into the series. In game three of the <a href="/wiki/1985_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1985 American League Championship Series">American League Championship Series</a>, with KC down 2 games to 0, George Brett homered twice and doubled off the fence in right field to put Kansas City back into the series. With the Royals down three games to one in the American League Championship Series against the <a href="/wiki/1985_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="1985 Toronto Blue Jays season">Toronto Blue Jays</a>, the Royals eventually rallied to win the series 4–3, highlighted by a go-ahead 3-run triple from <a href="/wiki/Jim_Sundberg" title="Jim Sundberg">Jim Sundberg</a> against Blue Jay's ace <a href="/wiki/Dave_Stieb" title="Dave Stieb">Dave Stieb</a> in Game 7. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1985_World_Series">1985 World Series</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1985 World Series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1985_World_Series" title="1985 World Series">1985 World Series</a></div> <p>In the 1985 World Series (nicknamed the "I-70 Series" because the two teams are both located in the state of <a href="/wiki/Missouri" title="Missouri">Missouri</a> and connected by <a href="/wiki/Interstate_70" title="Interstate 70">Interstate 70</a>) against the cross-state <a href="/wiki/1985_St._Louis_Cardinals_season" title="1985 St. Louis Cardinals season">St. Louis Cardinals</a>, the Royals again fell behind, three games to one. After Danny Jackson pitched the Royals to a 6–1 win in game five, the Cardinals and Royals headed back to Kansas City for game six. Facing elimination, the Royals trailed 1–0 in the bottom of the 9th inning, when <a href="/wiki/Jorge_Orta" title="Jorge Orta">Jorge Orta</a> led off, hitting a bouncing ground ball to Cardinals 1st basemen <a href="/wiki/Jack_Clark_(baseball)" title="Jack Clark (baseball)">Jack Clark</a>, who flipped the ball back to pitcher <a href="/wiki/Todd_Worrell" title="Todd Worrell">Todd Worrell</a> at first base. The ball beat Orta to the bag, but umpire <a href="/wiki/Don_Denkinger" title="Don Denkinger">Don Denkinger</a> called him safe, and following a dropped popup by Clark and a passed ball, the Royals rallied to score two runs, winning on a walk-off single from pinch hitter <a href="/wiki/Dane_Iorg" title="Dane Iorg">Dane Iorg</a> to send the series to game seven. In game seven <a href="/wiki/Bret_Saberhagen" title="Bret Saberhagen">Bret Saberhagen</a> shutout the Cardinals as Kansas City dominated the Cardinals 11–0, clinching their first title in franchise history.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1986–1994:_Staying_in_the_Picture"><span id="1986.E2.80.931994:_Staying_in_the_Picture"></span>1986–1994: Staying in the Picture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1986–1994: Staying in the Picture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Royals maintained a reputation as one of the American League West's top teams throughout the late 1980s. The club posted a winning record in three of the four seasons following its 1985 <a href="/wiki/1985_World_Series" title="1985 World Series">World Series championship</a>, while developing young stars such as <a href="/wiki/Bo_Jackson" title="Bo Jackson">Bo Jackson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Gordon" title="Tom Gordon">Tom Gordon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Seitzer" title="Kevin Seitzer">Kevin Seitzer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-KCR_History_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KCR_History-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Royals finished the <a href="/wiki/1989_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1989 Kansas City Royals season">1989 season</a> with a 92–70 record (third-best in the major leagues) but did not qualify for the playoffs, finishing second in their division behind the eventual World Series champion Oakland Athletics.<sup id="cite_ref-KCR_History_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KCR_History-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Brett_1990_CROP.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/George_Brett_1990_CROP.jpg/170px-George_Brett_1990_CROP.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/George_Brett_1990_CROP.jpg/255px-George_Brett_1990_CROP.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/George_Brett_1990_CROP.jpg/340px-George_Brett_1990_CROP.jpg 2x" data-file-width="388" data-file-height="547" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/George_Brett" title="George Brett">George Brett</a> bats during a 1990 game at <a href="/wiki/Kauffman_Stadium" title="Kauffman Stadium">Kauffman Stadium</a> (then Royals Stadium)</figcaption></figure> <p>At the end of the 1989 season, the team boasted a powerhouse pitching rotation, including the AL <a href="/wiki/Cy_Young_Award" title="Cy Young Award">Cy Young Award</a>-winner Bret Saberhagen (who set franchise record 23 <a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">wins</a> that year), two-time All-Star Mark Gubicza (a 15-game winner in 1989) and 1989 AL <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" title="Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award">Rookie of the Year</a> runner-up Tom Gordon (who won 17 games that year).<sup id="cite_ref-Royals_lineup_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Royals_lineup-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But the organization felt it was still missing a few necessary pieces to give its divisional rival Oakland Athletics a run for their money.<sup id="cite_ref-Cautionary_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cautionary-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> So prior to the 1990 season, the Royals acquired <a href="/wiki/Mark_Davis_(pitcher)" title="Mark Davis (pitcher)">Mark Davis</a>, the 1989 <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> Cy Young Award-winner and league leader in <a href="/wiki/Save_(baseball)" title="Save (baseball)">saves</a>, signing him to a 4-year, $13 million contract (the largest annual salary in baseball history at the time).<sup id="cite_ref-Royals_Sign_Davis_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Royals_Sign_Davis-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Royals also signed starting pitcher <a href="/wiki/Storm_Davis" title="Storm Davis">Storm Davis</a>, who was coming off a career-high 19-game win season (third-best in the AL), to a three-year $6 million contract.<sup id="cite_ref-Royals_Sign_Davis_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Royals_Sign_Davis-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite the promising off-season moves, the team suffered critical bullpen injuries while both newly signed Davises experienced lackluster seasons in 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-Cautionary_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cautionary-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Royals concluded the season with a 75–86 record, in second-to-last place in the AL West (and with the worst franchise record since 1970). Bo Jackson—the team's potential future franchise player—suffered a devastating hip injury while playing football in the off-season, so the Royals waived him during spring training in 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Though the team dropped out of contention from 1990 to 1992, the Royals still could generally be counted on to post winning records through the <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Major_League_Baseball_strike" title="1994–95 Major League Baseball strike">strike-shortened</a> <a href="/wiki/1994_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1994 Kansas City Royals season">1994 season</a>. With no playoff appearances despite the winning records during this era, many of the team's highlights instead centered around the end of George Brett's career, such as his third and final batting title in 1990—which made him the first player to win batting titles in three different decades—and his <a href="/wiki/3,000_hit_club" class="mw-redirect" title="3,000 hit club">3,000th hit</a>. </p><p>In 1994, the Royals moved from the AL West to the newly created <a href="/wiki/AL_Central" class="mw-redirect" title="AL Central">AL Central</a> along with the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a>, joined by the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> and <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a> from the <a href="/wiki/AL_East" class="mw-redirect" title="AL East">AL East</a>. The Brewers left for the <a href="/wiki/NL_Central" class="mw-redirect" title="NL Central">NL Central</a> in 1998, replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> that moved from the AL East. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1995–2002:_Decline_in_the_Post-Kauffman_Era"><span id="1995.E2.80.932002:_Decline_in_the_Post-Kauffman_Era"></span>1995–2002: Decline in the Post-Kauffman Era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 1995–2002: Decline in the Post-Kauffman Era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the start of the 1990s, the Royals had been hit with a double-whammy when General Manager <a href="/wiki/John_Schuerholz" title="John Schuerholz">John Schuerholz</a> departed in 1990 and team owner <a href="/wiki/Ewing_Kauffman" title="Ewing Kauffman">Ewing Kauffman</a> died in 1993. Shortly before Kauffman's death, he set up an unprecedented complex succession plan to keep the team in Kansas City. The team was donated at his death to the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation and Affiliated Trusts with operating decisions of the team decided by a five-member group chaired by <a href="/wiki/Wal-Mart" class="mw-redirect" title="Wal-Mart">Wal-Mart</a> executive <a href="/wiki/David_Glass_(businessman)" title="David Glass (businessman)">David Glass</a>. According to the plan the Royals had six years to find a local owner for the team before opening ownership to an outside bidder. The new owners would be required to say they would keep the team in Kansas City. Kauffman had feared that new owners would move it noting, "No one would want to buy a baseball team that consistently loses millions of dollars and had little prospect of making money because it was in a small city."<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> If no owner could be found the Kauffman restrictions were to end on January 1, 2002, and the team was to be sold to the highest bidder.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1999, New York City lawyer and minor league baseball owner <a href="/wiki/Miles_Prentice" title="Miles Prentice">Miles Prentice</a>, vowing not to move the team, bid $75 million for the team. This was the minimum amount Kauffman had stipulated the team could be sold for.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MLB rejected Prentice's first bid without specifying any reason.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a final round of bids on March 13, 2000, the Foundation voted to accept Glass' bid of $96 million, rejecting Prentice's revised bid of $115 million.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the interregnum under Foundation ownership, the team declined. In the 1994 season, the Royals reduced payroll by trading pitcher <a href="/wiki/David_Cone" title="David Cone">David Cone</a> and outfielder <a href="/wiki/Brian_McRae" title="Brian McRae">Brian McRae</a>, then continued their salary dump in the 1995 season. The team payroll, which had previously remained among the league's highest, was sliced in half from $40.5 million in 1994 (fourth-highest in the major leagues) to $18.5 million in 1996 (second-lowest in the major leagues).<sup id="cite_ref-salary_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-salary-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-USAToday_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USAToday-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As attendance slid and the average MLB salary continued to rise, rather than pay higher salaries or lose their players to free agency, the Royals traded their remaining stars such as <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Appier" title="Kevin Appier">Kevin Appier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Damon" title="Johnny Damon">Johnny Damon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jermaine_Dye" title="Jermaine Dye">Jermaine Dye</a>. By 1999, the team's payroll had fallen again to $16.5 million.<sup id="cite_ref-salary_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-salary-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Making matters worse, most of the younger players that the Royals received in exchange for these All-Stars proved of little value, setting the stage for an extended downward spiral. Indeed, the Royals set a franchise-low with a .398 winning percentage (64–97 record) in 1999, and lost 97 games again in 2001. </p><p>In the middle of this era, in 1997, the Royals declined the opportunity to switch to the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> as part of a realignment plan to introduce the <a href="/wiki/Arizona_Diamondbacks" title="Arizona Diamondbacks">Arizona Diamondbacks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Rays" title="Tampa Bay Rays">Tampa Bay Devil Rays</a> as expansion teams. The <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a> made the switch instead. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/2002_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2002 Kansas City Royals season">2002</a>, the Royals set a new team record for futility, losing 100 games for the first time in franchise history. They fired manager <a href="/wiki/Tony_Muser" title="Tony Muser">Tony Muser</a>, and he was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Tony_Pe%C3%B1a" title="Tony Peña">Tony Peña</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2003:_A_Winning_Season">2003: A Winning Season</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2003: A Winning Season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/2003_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2003 Kansas City Royals season">2003 season</a> saw a temporary end to the losing, when manager Tony Peña, in his first full season with the club, guided the team to its first winning record (83–79) since 1994 and finished in third place in the AL Central. He was named the American League <a href="/wiki/Manager_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Manager of the Year Award">Manager of the Year</a> for his efforts and shortstop <a href="/wiki/%C3%81ngel_Berroa" title="Ángel Berroa">Ángel Berroa</a> was named <a href="/wiki/AL_Rookie_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="AL Rookie of the Year">AL Rookie of the Year</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2004–2008:_Rock_Bottom"><span id="2004.E2.80.932008:_Rock_Bottom"></span>2004–2008: Rock Bottom</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 2004–2008: Rock Bottom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From the <a href="/wiki/2004_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2004 Kansas City Royals season">2004 season</a> through the <a href="/wiki/2012_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2012 Kansas City Royals season">2012 season</a>, the Royals posted nine consecutive losing records, the longest streak in team history. In six of those seasons, the team finished in last place in the American League Central, and in eight of those nine seasons the team lost at least 90 games. The worst seasons came in 2004–2006, when the Royals lost at least 100 games each year and set the franchise's all-time record for losses (56–106 in <a href="/wiki/2005_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2005 Kansas City Royals season">2005</a>). </p><p>Picked by many<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too-vague attribution or weasel words. (April 2012)">who?</span></a></i>]</sup> to win their division in <a href="/wiki/2004_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2004 Kansas City Royals season">2004</a> after faring well in the free agent market, the Royals got off to a disappointing start and by late June were back in a rebuilding mode, releasing veteran reliever <a href="/wiki/Curtis_Leskanic" class="mw-redirect" title="Curtis Leskanic">Curtis Leskanic</a> and trading veteran reliever <a href="/wiki/Jason_Grimsley" title="Jason Grimsley">Jason Grimsley</a> and superstar center fielder <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Beltr%C3%A1n" title="Carlos Beltrán">Carlos Beltrán</a> for prospects, all within a week of each other. </p><p>The team subsequently fell apart completely, losing 104 games and breaking the franchise record set just two years earlier. The Royals did, however, see promising seasons from two rookies, center fielder <a href="/wiki/David_DeJesus" title="David DeJesus">David DeJesus</a> and starting pitcher <a href="/wiki/Zack_Greinke" title="Zack Greinke">Zack Greinke</a>. The team continued a youth movement in 2005, but finished with a 56–106 record (.346), a full 43 games out of first place, marking the third time in four seasons that the team reestablished the mark for worst record in franchise history. The season also saw the Royals lose 19 games in a row, a franchise record. During the season manager <a href="/wiki/Tony_Pe%C3%B1a" title="Tony Peña">Tony Peña</a> quit and was replaced by interim manager <a href="/wiki/Bob_Schaefer" title="Bob Schaefer">Bob Schaefer</a> until the Indians' bench coach <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Bell" title="Buddy Bell">Buddy Bell</a> was chosen as the next manager. Looking for a quick turnaround, general manager <a href="/wiki/Allard_Baird" title="Allard Baird">Allard Baird</a> signed several veteran players prior to the 2006 season, including <a href="/wiki/Doug_Mientkiewicz" title="Doug Mientkiewicz">Doug Mientkiewicz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Grudzielanek" title="Mark Grudzielanek">Mark Grudzielanek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Mays_(pitcher)" title="Joe Mays (pitcher)">Joe Mays</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scott_Elarton" title="Scott Elarton">Scott Elarton</a>. Nevertheless, the <a href="/wiki/2006_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2006 Kansas City Royals season">Royals</a> struggled through another 100-loss season in 2006, becoming just the eleventh team in major league history to lose 100 games in three straight seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the season Baird was fired as GM and replaced by <a href="/wiki/Dayton_Moore" title="Dayton Moore">Dayton Moore</a>. </p><p>Kansas City entered the 2007 season looking to rebound from four out of five seasons ending with at least 100 losses. The Royals outbid the Cubs and Blue Jays for free agent righty <a href="/wiki/Gil_Meche" title="Gil Meche">Gil Meche</a>, signing him to a five-year, $55 million contract, the largest contract in Royals history. Reliever <a href="/wiki/Octavio_Dotel" title="Octavio Dotel">Octavio Dotel</a> also inked a one-year, $5 million contract. The team also added several new prospects, including <a href="/wiki/Alex_Gordon" title="Alex Gordon">Alex Gordon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Billy_Butler_(baseball)" title="Billy Butler (baseball)">Billy Butler</a>. Among <a href="/wiki/Dayton_Moore" title="Dayton Moore">Dayton Moore</a>'s first acts as General Manager was instating a new motto for the team: "True. Blue. Tradition."<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 2007, the Royals had their first winning month since July 2003 and followed it up with a winning July. The Royals finished the season 69–93, but 2007 marked the club's first season with fewer than 100 losses since 2003. Manager <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Bell" title="Buddy Bell">Buddy Bell</a> resigned following the 2007 season.<sup id="cite_ref-Bell_stepping_down_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bell_stepping_down-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Royals hired <a href="/wiki/Trey_Hillman" title="Trey Hillman">Trey Hillman</a>, formerly the manager of the <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Ham_Fighters" class="mw-redirect" title="Nippon Ham Fighters">Nippon Ham Fighters</a> and a minor league manager with the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a>, to be the 15th manager in franchise history.<sup id="cite_ref-Royals_introduce_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Royals_introduce-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/2008_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2008 Kansas City Royals season">2008 season</a> began with the release of fan-favorite <a href="/wiki/Mike_Sweeney" title="Mike Sweeney">Mike Sweeney</a> and the trade of <a href="/wiki/%C3%81ngel_Berroa" title="Ángel Berroa">Ángel Berroa</a> to the Dodgers. Through 13 games in 2008, the Royals were 8–5 and in first place in the <a href="/wiki/AL_Central" class="mw-redirect" title="AL Central">AL Central</a>, a vast improvement over their start from the previous season. However, by the All-Star break, the Royals were again in losing territory, with their record buoyed only by a 13–5 record in interleague play, the best in the American League. The team finished the season in fourth place in the division with a 75–87 record. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2009–2012:_Kauffman_Renovations_and_Further_Rebuilding"><span id="2009.E2.80.932012:_Kauffman_Renovations_and_Further_Rebuilding"></span>2009–2012: Kauffman Renovations and Further Rebuilding</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 2009–2012: Kauffman Renovations and Further Rebuilding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NewKauffman.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/NewKauffman.jpg/220px-NewKauffman.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/NewKauffman.jpg/330px-NewKauffman.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/NewKauffman.jpg/440px-NewKauffman.jpg 2x" data-file-width="610" data-file-height="406" /></a><figcaption>Kauffman Stadium underwent renovations in 2009, including the addition of a <a href="/wiki/High-definition_television" title="High-definition television">high-definition</a> scoreboard.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Zack_Greinke_on_July_29,_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Zack_Greinke_on_July_29%2C_2009.jpg/220px-Zack_Greinke_on_July_29%2C_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Zack_Greinke_on_July_29%2C_2009.jpg/330px-Zack_Greinke_on_July_29%2C_2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Zack_Greinke_on_July_29%2C_2009.jpg/440px-Zack_Greinke_on_July_29%2C_2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2588" data-file-height="2614" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Zack_Greinke" title="Zack Greinke">Zack Greinke</a> did not allow an earned run in the first 24 innings of the 2009 season as a starter.</figcaption></figure> <p>Prior to the 2009 season, the Royals renovated Kauffman Stadium, and after the season began, the Royals ended April at the top of the AL Central, both of which raised excitement levels among fans. However, the team faded as the season progressed and finished the year with a final record of 65–97, in a tie for fourth place in the AL Central. The season was highlighted by starter <a href="/wiki/Zack_Greinke" title="Zack Greinke">Zack Greinke</a>, who did not allow an earned run in the first 24 innings of the season, went on to finish the year with a Major League-leading 2.16 <a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">earned run average</a>, and won the American League Cy Young Award. Greinke joined Bret Saberhagen (in 1985 and 1989) and David Cone (in 1994) as only the third player in Royals history to receive the award. </p><p>The Royals began the <a href="/wiki/2010_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2010 Kansas City Royals season">2010 season</a> with a rocky start, and after the team's record fell to 12–23, manager Trey Hillman was fired. Former <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a> skipper <a href="/wiki/Ned_Yost" title="Ned Yost">Ned Yost</a> took over as the 16th manager in franchise history, At the end of the 2010 season, the Royals finished with a 67–95 record, in last place in the division for the sixth time in seven years. The Royals also set a dubious franchise record during the season, allowing 42 runs in a three-day span from July 25 to 27. The Royals began 2011 with a hot start, compiling 10–4 record after 14 games, but success faded as the season progressed. The Royals last had a .500 record at 22–22, and by the All-Star break, the Royals had a record of 37–54, the worst in the American League. Almost all of the Royals' bullpen was made up of 2011 minor league call ups, in addition to the infielders <a href="/wiki/Eric_Hosmer" title="Eric Hosmer">Eric Hosmer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Moustakas" title="Mike Moustakas">Mike Moustakas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Giavotella" title="Johnny Giavotella">Johnny Giavotella</a>, and catchers <a href="/wiki/Salvador_P%C3%A9rez" title="Salvador Pérez">Salvador Pérez</a> and <a href="/wiki/Manny_Pi%C3%B1a" title="Manny Piña">Manny Piña</a>. Hosmer won the AL <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Rookie_of_the_Month_Award" title="Major League Baseball Rookie of the Month Award">Rookie of the Month</a> award in July and September and finished the season with 19 home runs. Moustakas collected a fifteen-game hitting streak, which tied the longest such streak by a Royals rookie. The Royals finished the <a href="/wiki/2011_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2011 Kansas City Royals season">2011 season</a> with a 71–91 record, in fourth place in the AL Central. The <a href="/wiki/2012_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2012 Kansas City Royals season">2012 team</a> saw more of the same, as they improved by one game to 72–90, but finished one spot better in the division. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/2012_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2012 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2012 Major League Baseball All-Star Game</a> was hosted by the Royals at Kauffman Stadium on July 10, 2012 (in addition to the 2012 <a href="/wiki/Home_Run_Derby_(Major_League_Baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Home Run Derby (Major League Baseball)">Home Run Derby</a>, <a href="/wiki/All-Star_Futures_Game" title="All-Star Futures Game">All-Star Futures Game</a> and <a href="/wiki/Taco_Bell_All-Star_Legends_and_Celebrity_Softball_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="Taco Bell All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game">Taco Bell All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game</a> during the All-Star break), which the National League won 8–0. The <a href="/wiki/2012_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2012 Kansas City Royals season">2012 season</a> marked the third time the "<a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">Midsummer Classic</a>" was held in Kansas City. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2013:_Return_to_Respectability">2013: Return to Respectability</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 2013: Return to Respectability"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On December 10, 2012, in an attempt to strengthen the pitching staff (which was among the worst in baseball in 2012), the Royals traded for <a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Rays" title="Tampa Bay Rays">Rays</a> pitchers <a href="/wiki/James_Shields_(baseball)" title="James Shields (baseball)">James Shields</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wade_Davis_(baseball)" title="Wade Davis (baseball)">Wade Davis</a>, giving Tampa top prospects <a href="/wiki/Wil_Myers" title="Wil Myers">Wil Myers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jake_Odorizzi" title="Jake Odorizzi">Jake Odorizzi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Montgomery_(baseball)" title="Mike Montgomery (baseball)">Mike Montgomery</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Leonard_(baseball)" title="Patrick Leonard (baseball)">Patrick Leonard</a> in return. This trade helped catalyze a return to winning records. </p><p>For most of the <a href="/wiki/2013_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2013 Kansas City Royals season">2013 season</a>, the Royals hovered near .500. The team also did not commit an error in its first seven games (for <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac">64<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">2</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> innings) for the first time in team history. On September 22, the Royals won their 82nd game of the season to clinch the franchise's first winning season since 2003. The Royals finished the season 86–76 and in third place in the AL Central, securing the team's best winning percentage since 1994. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2014:_Return_to_the_World_Series">2014: Return to the World Series</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 2014: Return to the World Series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/2014_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2014 Kansas City Royals season">2014 season</a> featured a return to the postseason for the first time in 29 years, and what would unfold as a historic playoff run from the <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_wild_card" class="mw-redirect" title="Major League Baseball wild card">Wild Card</a> all the way to the <a href="/wiki/2014_World_Series" title="2014 World Series">2014 World Series</a>. </p><p>Anchored by the "HDH" trio of <a href="/wiki/Kelvin_Herrera" title="Kelvin Herrera">Kelvin Herrera</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wade_Davis_(baseball)" title="Wade Davis (baseball)">Wade Davis</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Greg_Holland" title="Greg Holland">Greg Holland</a>, the bullpen became one of the most dominant in MLB history. </p><p>Entering the 2014 season, the Royals had the longest playoff drought of any team in the four main American professional sports leagues (NFL, MLB, NHL, and NBA).<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On July 21, 2014, the Royals had a losing record (48–50) and were eight games behind the <a href="/wiki/2014_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="2014 Detroit Tigers season">Detroit Tigers</a> in the AL Central standings. But spurred by a 22–5 record from July 22 to August 19 coinciding with a mediocre 12–15 stretch by the Tigers, the team surged into first place in the AL Central. The Royals reached the top of the division standings on August 11, after winning their eighth game in a row.<sup id="cite_ref-KCS2014_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KCS2014-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This marked the latest date the Royals had led their division since August 29, 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-KCS2014_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KCS2014-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team retained its division lead for a month, before falling out of first-place permanently on September 12. They finished the 2014 regular season with a record 89–73, still the most wins for the Royals since <a href="/wiki/1989_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1989 Kansas City Royals season">1989</a>. Though the team finished one game behind Detroit in the AL Central, the Royals secured their first-ever wild card berth. </p><p>After qualifying for the postseason, the Royals embarked on a record-setting eight-game winning streak. They hosted the <a href="/wiki/2014_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2014 Oakland Athletics season">Oakland Athletics</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2014_American_League_Wild_Card_Game" title="2014 American League Wild Card Game">2014 American League Wild Card Game</a> and won 9–8 on a <a href="/wiki/Salvador_P%C3%A9rez" title="Salvador Pérez">Salvador Pérez</a> walk-off single in the 12th inning, having earlier rallied back from a 7–3 deficit in the eighth. The Royals then swept the <a href="/wiki/2014_Los_Angeles_Angels_of_Anaheim_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season">Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2014_American_League_Division_Series" title="2014 American League Division Series">2014 American League Division Series</a>. In Game 1 of the ALDS, the score was 2–2 going into the 11th inning, when <a href="/wiki/Mike_Moustakas" title="Mike Moustakas">Mike Moustakas</a> hit a game-winning solo home run. The next day, Kansas City beat the Angels 4–1 in another extra-innings affair, in the process setting an MLB postseason record of three straight extra-inning wins.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Royals then completed the sweep at home, winning 8–3 in game three and advancing to the <a href="/wiki/2014_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2014 American League Championship Series">2014 American League Championship Series</a> against the <a href="/wiki/2014_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="2014 Baltimore Orioles season">Baltimore Orioles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the opening game of the ALCS on October 11, 2014, the Royals defeated the Orioles 8–6, with two home runs in the 10th inning. Thus, in eight extra innings over five postseason games in 2014, they succeeded in hitting four homers in extra innings, more than any team in the history of Major League Baseball.<sup id="cite_ref-BerthaMLB_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BerthaMLB-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the second ALCS game, the Royals again beat the Orioles 6–4, behind <a href="/wiki/Lorenzo_Cain" title="Lorenzo Cain">Lorenzo Cain</a>'s four hits, including an RBI single.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After game three, the ALCS was delayed one day due to rainy weather, when the Royals hosted the Orioles at Kauffman Stadium on October 14, 2014. Pitcher <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Guthrie" title="Jeremy Guthrie">Jeremy Guthrie</a> allowed only one run as KC beat the Orioles 2–1, taking a 3–0 lead in the series. In game four, the Royals completed the sweep of the Orioles with another 2–1 win to advance to the World Series for the first time since <a href="/wiki/1985_World_Series" title="1985 World Series">1985</a>. The win marked the team's eighth consecutive postseason win in one year, breaking a major league record previously held by the <a href="/wiki/2007_Colorado_Rockies_season" title="2007 Colorado Rockies season">Colorado Rockies in 2007</a> and <a href="/wiki/1976_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1976 Cincinnati Reds season">Cincinnati Reds in 1976</a>. It also marked the Royals' 11th win in a row overall in postseason play, dating back to the franchise's final three wins of the 1985 Series, the third-longest multi-year postseason streak in baseball history.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2014_World_Series" title="2014 World Series">2014 World Series</a></div> <p>The Royals faced the <a href="/wiki/2014_San_Francisco_Giants_season" title="2014 San Francisco Giants season">San Francisco Giants</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2014_World_Series" title="2014 World Series">2014 World Series</a>. They had home-field advantage, due to the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a>'s win in the <a href="/wiki/2014_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2014 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2014 All-Star Game</a>. </p><p>After setting an AL record by winning eight straight games to reach the World Series, the Royals opened the series by losing 7–1 in the first game against starter <a href="/wiki/Madison_Bumgarner" title="Madison Bumgarner">Madison Bumgarner</a>. The Royals bounced back with a 7–2 win in game two to tie the series at 1–1. The Royals won game three in San Francisco 3–2 to take the series lead for the first time. In game four, the Royals lost 11–4, which tied the series with the Giants. In game five, they lost 5–0 to the Giants against starter <a href="/wiki/Madison_Bumgarner" title="Madison Bumgarner">Madison Bumgarner</a>. In game six, the Royals beat the Giants 10–0. In game seven, the Royals started <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Guthrie" title="Jeremy Guthrie">Jeremy Guthrie</a> against Giants pitcher <a href="/wiki/Tim_Hudson" title="Tim Hudson">Tim Hudson</a>. Guthrie lasted <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" /><span class="frac">3<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> innings before he was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Kelvin_Herrera" title="Kelvin Herrera">Kelvin Herrera</a>, who himself lasted <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" /><span class="frac">2<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">2</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> innings. He was then replaced by <a href="/wiki/Wade_Davis_(baseball)" title="Wade Davis (baseball)">Wade Davis</a>, who pitched in two innings. Closer <a href="/wiki/Greg_Holland_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Greg Holland (baseball)">Greg Holland</a> ended the game. On the Giants side, Hudson lasted only <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" /><span class="frac">1<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">2</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> innings before he was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Affeldt" title="Jeremy Affeldt">Jeremy Affeldt</a>, who was later replaced by <a href="/wiki/Madison_Bumgarner" title="Madison Bumgarner">Madison Bumgarner</a>. The Royals lost game seven, 3–2, with the tying run (<a href="/wiki/Alex_Gordon" title="Alex Gordon">Alex Gordon</a>) on third base in the bottom of the ninth with two outs, when <a href="/wiki/Salvador_P%C3%A9rez" title="Salvador Pérez">Salvador Pérez</a> fouled out to <a href="/wiki/Pablo_Sandoval" title="Pablo Sandoval">Pablo Sandoval</a> to end the game and the series. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2015:_World_Series_Champions">2015: World Series Champions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: 2015: World Series Champions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2015_World_Series" title="2015 World Series">2015 World Series</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Royals_Celebrating_Winning_the_2015_World_Series.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Royals_Celebrating_Winning_the_2015_World_Series.jpg/220px-Royals_Celebrating_Winning_the_2015_World_Series.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Royals_Celebrating_Winning_the_2015_World_Series.jpg/330px-Royals_Celebrating_Winning_the_2015_World_Series.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Royals_Celebrating_Winning_the_2015_World_Series.jpg/440px-Royals_Celebrating_Winning_the_2015_World_Series.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4956" data-file-height="3648" /></a><figcaption>Royals celebrating winning the <a href="/wiki/2015_World_Series" title="2015 World Series">2015 World Series</a></figcaption></figure> <p>After earning a wild card entry to the playoffs in <a href="/wiki/2014_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2014 Kansas City Royals season">2014</a>, in <a href="/wiki/2015_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2015 Kansas City Royals season">2015</a>, the Royals won the franchise's first division title since <a href="/wiki/1985_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1985 Kansas City Royals season">1985</a> and first <a href="/wiki/American_League_Central" title="American League Central">Central division</a> title ever. The Royals went on to win the <a href="/wiki/2015_World_Series" title="2015 World Series">2015 World Series</a> – the first championship for the Royals since 1985 – beating the <a href="/wiki/2015_New_York_Mets_season" title="2015 New York Mets season">New York Mets</a> four games to one.<sup id="cite_ref-grasswire.com_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grasswire.com-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Royals entered the 2015 All-Star break with the best record in the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> at 52–34. The team continued its momentum into the second half of the season, and on July 26, Royals management traded three prospects <a href="/wiki/Brandon_Finnegan" title="Brandon Finnegan">Brandon Finnegan</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://m.mlb.com/player/543424/john-lamb">John Lamb</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160407215903/http://m.mlb.com/player/543424/john-lamb">Archived</a> April 7, 2016, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds_minor_league_players" title="Cincinnati Reds minor league players">Cody Reed</a> for 2014 All-Star pitcher <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cueto" title="Johnny Cueto">Johnny Cueto</a> to help bolster its starting pitching rotation, as well as trading two pitchers to the Oakland Athletics for super-utility player <a href="/wiki/Ben_Zobrist" title="Ben Zobrist">Ben Zobrist</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team ended the regular season with a record of 95–67, the best in the entire American League, and the organization's best record since <a href="/wiki/1980_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1980 Kansas City Royals season">1980</a>. </p><p>The Royals faced the <a href="/wiki/2015_Houston_Astros_season" title="2015 Houston Astros season">Houston Astros</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2015_American_League_Division_Series" title="2015 American League Division Series">ALDS</a>. Down 2–1 in the series and trailing 6–2 in the 8th inning of Game 4, the Royals rallied for 5 runs en route to a 9–6 win before Cueto's gem in <a href="/wiki/2015_American_League_Division_Series" title="2015 American League Division Series">Game 5</a> powered the Royals to a second consecutive <a href="/wiki/American_League_Championship_Series" title="American League Championship Series">ALCS</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Royals defeated the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Blue_Jays" title="Toronto Blue Jays">Toronto Blue Jays</a> in Game 6, to win the <a href="/wiki/2015_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2015 American League Championship Series">2015 ALCS</a> and earn a trip to face the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2015_World_Series" title="2015 World Series">2015 World Series</a>. </p><p>The Royals beat the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> 4 games to 1 to become the <a href="/wiki/2015_World_Series" title="2015 World Series">2015 World Series</a> champions.<sup id="cite_ref-grasswire.com_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grasswire.com-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the Royals' first World Series title since 1985. The series win was sealed after the Royals beat the Mets 7–2 in the 12th inning of Game 5. The Royals rallied in the 9th inning down 2–0 to tie the score 2–2, forcing the game into extra innings. The five-run 12th inning was initiated by a Salvador Pérez single, with Jarrod Dyson pinch-running for him. This was followed by a single from <a href="/wiki/Christian_Colon" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian Colon">Christian Colon</a> and doubles from both <a href="/wiki/Alcides_Escobar" title="Alcides Escobar">Alcides Escobar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lorenzo_Cain" title="Lorenzo Cain">Lorenzo Cain</a>, scoring runs from <a href="/wiki/Jarrod_Dyson" title="Jarrod Dyson">Jarrod Dyson</a>, Colon, <a href="/wiki/Paulo_Orlando" title="Paulo Orlando">Paulo Orlando</a> (who reached base on an error by <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Murphy_(baseball)" title="Daniel Murphy (baseball)">Daniel Murphy</a>), Escobar and <a href="/wiki/Ben_Zobrist" title="Ben Zobrist">Ben Zobrist</a> (who was intentionally walked). <a href="/wiki/Wade_Davis_(baseball)" title="Wade Davis (baseball)">Wade Davis</a>, who hadn't allowed a run yet that postseason, closed out the game with a flawless 12th, allowing one hit and striking out <a href="/wiki/Wilmer_Flores" title="Wilmer Flores">Wilmer Flores</a> to end the game and win the World Series for the Royals.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon conclusion of the final game, catcher <a href="/wiki/Salvador_P%C3%A9rez" title="Salvador Pérez">Salvador Perez</a> was named World Series MVP.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2016–2017:_End_of_an_Era"><span id="2016.E2.80.932017:_End_of_an_Era"></span>2016–2017: End of an Era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: 2016–2017: End of an Era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Royals followed up their World Series victory with an underachieving, injury-riddled campaign in <a href="/wiki/2016_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2016 Kansas City Royals season">2016</a>. The Royals had an inconsistent season in which they ultimately finished 81–81, third place in the division and out of playoff contention. This season is notable for the debut of future star <a href="/wiki/Whit_Merrifield" title="Whit Merrifield">Whit Merrifield</a>. The <a href="/wiki/2017_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2017 Kansas City Royals season">2017 season</a> marked the end of the World Series core: pitcher <a href="/wiki/Yordano_Ventura" title="Yordano Ventura">Yordano Ventura</a> was killed in a car accident on January 22, and the Royals wore patches that said 'ACE 30' on their jerseys for the 2017 season to honor him; <a href="/wiki/Wade_Davis_(baseball)" title="Wade Davis (baseball)">Wade Davis</a> was traded in the offseason. In 2017, the Royals finished similarly to 2016 at 80–82, third place in the division, and missed the playoffs for a second consecutive year. Stars <a href="/wiki/Lorenzo_Cain" title="Lorenzo Cain">Lorenzo Cain</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eric_Hosmer" title="Eric Hosmer">Eric Hosmer</a> became free agents after the season and signed contracts with the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a> and <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a>, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, through both of these years the Royals were one of the most successful teams in the league at <a href="/wiki/Instant_replay_in_Major_League_Baseball" title="Instant replay in Major League Baseball">challenging umpire calls via instant replay</a> thanks to the work of replay coordinator <a href="/wiki/Bill_Duplissea_(baseball)" title="Bill Duplissea (baseball)">Bill Duplissea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2018–present:_John_Sherman_era"><span id="2018.E2.80.93present:_John_Sherman_era"></span>2018–present: John Sherman era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: 2018–present: John Sherman era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although Eric Hosmer and Lorenzo Cain left in free agency, the Royals were able to re-sign <a href="/wiki/Mike_Moustakas" title="Mike Moustakas">Mike Moustakas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alcides_Escobar" title="Alcides Escobar">Alcides Escobar</a>. In <a href="/wiki/2018_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2018 Kansas City Royals season">2018</a>, the team started a new rebuild, trading Moustakas mid-season for prospects, and giving playing time to young players like <a href="/wiki/Adalberto_Mondesi" class="mw-redirect" title="Adalberto Mondesi">Adalberto Mondesi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ryan_O%27Hearn" title="Ryan O'Hearn">Ryan O'Hearn</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Brad_Keller_(baseball)" title="Brad Keller (baseball)">Brad Keller</a>. Despite this, the team finished with only 58 wins, the team's lowest win total since 2005. The 2018 season also marked the emergence of Whit Merrifield as a star, as he led MLB in hits (192) and stolen bases (45). </p><p>On June 3, 2019, the Royals selected <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Witt_Jr." title="Bobby Witt Jr.">Bobby Witt Jr.</a> with the second pick in the MLB draft. Widely considered one of the top prospects in baseball,<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Witt is regarded as one of the biggest prospects to be drafted by Kansas City since Eric Hosmer and Mike Moustakas. </p><p>On August 30, 2019, it was announced that John Sherman, a minority owner of the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Guardians" title="Cleveland Guardians">Cleveland Indians</a>, had agreed to purchase the team from David Glass for a reported amount of $1 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September, manager Ned Yost announced that he would retire at the end of the season after ten seasons and a franchise-record 746 wins. The Royals finished the <a href="/wiki/2019_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2019 Kansas City Royals season">2019 season</a> one game better than 2018, at 59–103. Whit Merrifield once again led the league in hits, while <a href="/wiki/Jorge_Soler" title="Jorge Soler">Jorge Soler</a> led the American League with 48 home runs and three Royals players paced the league in triples (Mondesi, Merrifield and <a href="/wiki/Hunter_Dozier" title="Hunter Dozier">Hunter Dozier</a>, with 10 apiece). On October 31, 2019, the Royals announced the hiring of former St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny to replace Ned Yost.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/2020_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2020 Kansas City Royals season">2020</a>, the season was <a href="/wiki/2020_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2020 Major League Baseball season">shortened to 60 games</a> because of the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>; the Royals finished with a 26–34 record (a .433 winning percentage), good for fourth place in the AL Central. Overall in <a href="/wiki/2021_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2021 Kansas City Royals season">2021</a>, the Royals finished with a 74–88 record (a .457 winning percentage), landing in fourth place in the AL Central but seeing improvement over both 2019 and 2020, as catcher <a href="/wiki/Salvador_P%C3%A9rez" title="Salvador Pérez">Salvador Pérez</a> led MLB in both home runs and runs batted in and <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Witt_Jr." title="Bobby Witt Jr.">Bobby Witt Jr.</a> continued to emerge as one of the top prospects in <a href="/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball" title="Minor League Baseball">Minor League Baseball</a>. </p><p>Beginning with the 2022 season, Dayton Moore was promoted to the team's President of Baseball Operations and <a href="/wiki/J._J._Picollo" title="J. J. Picollo">J. J. Picollo</a> began his tenure as general manager.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Moore was fired by the end of the season.<sup id="cite_ref-Doolittle_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Doolittle-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Royals spent 2022 blending their roster with several rookies (including <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Witt_Jr." title="Bobby Witt Jr.">Bobby Witt Jr.</a>, <a href="/wiki/MJ_Melendez" title="MJ Melendez">MJ Melendez</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Vinnie_Pasquantino" title="Vinnie Pasquantino">Vinnie Pasquantino</a> among others), often fielding lineups with six or more rookies on a given night.<sup id="cite_ref-Doolittle_60-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Doolittle-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team finished in fourth place of the AL Central with a 65–97 record, and <a href="/wiki/Mike_Matheny" title="Mike Matheny">Mike Matheny</a> was fired after their season finale in Cleveland.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Matt_Quatraro" title="Matt Quatraro">Matt Quatraro</a> was hired as manager for the <a href="/wiki/2023_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2023 Kansas City Royals season">2023 season</a>, and the team finished with a record of 56–106. Leading into the <a href="/wiki/2024_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2024 Kansas City Royals season">2024 season</a>, the Royals were aggressive in the offseason signing pitchers such as <a href="/wiki/Michael_Wacha" title="Michael Wacha">Michael Wacha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Seth_Lugo" title="Seth Lugo">Seth Lugo</a>. The 2024 Royals became the second team ever to go from over 100 losses from the season prior to a <a href="/wiki/Playoff_berth" class="mw-redirect" title="Playoff berth">playoff berth</a> in the next. They clinched their first playoff berth since 2015 on September 27, 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They swept the Baltimore Orioles in the Wild Card round and lost to the New York Yankees in the American League Division series. </p><p>In February 2025, former manager <a href="/wiki/Ned_Yost" title="Ned Yost">Ned Yost</a> rejoined the team as a senior advisor to general manager <a href="/wiki/J._J._Picollo" title="J. J. Picollo">J. J. Picollo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Future_stadium_plans">Future stadium plans</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Future stadium plans"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/New_Royals_Stadium" title="New Royals Stadium">New Royals Stadium</a></div> <p>Team owner John Sherman announced in November 2022 that the team plans to leave Kauffman Stadium prior to the end of their lease which expires at the end of the 2030 MLB season.<sup id="cite_ref-Downtown_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Downtown-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team announced in June 2023 that the two final sites under consideration for the stadium district were the <a href="/wiki/East_Village,_Kansas_City" title="East Village, Kansas City">East Village neighborhood</a> and <a href="/wiki/North_Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="North Kansas City, Missouri">North Kansas City</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Truong_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Truong-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but a third site in the <a href="/wiki/Crossroads,_Kansas_City" title="Crossroads, Kansas City">Crossroads district</a> emerged as the final site chosen by the team in February 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-Dailey_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dailey-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2024, Jackson County voters rejected a ballot initiative to help fund the stadium. The Royals, who had pledged at least $1 billion from ownership for their project, wanted to use their share of the tax revenue to help fund a $2 billion-plus ballpark district.<sup id="cite_ref-Skretta_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Skretta-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team plans to open a new stadium by the start of the 2027 or 2028 MLB season,<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and it would have a seating capacity of about 34,000.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Royals are also considering relocating across the state border to <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Kansas" title="Kansas City, Kansas">Kansas City, Kansas</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as considering building a downtown ballpark in Washington Square Park, an area located between <a href="/wiki/Union_Station_(Kansas_City)" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Station (Kansas City)">Union Station</a> and <a href="/wiki/Crown_Center" title="Crown Center">Crown Center</a> on the Missouri side.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2024, it was reported that the Royals were also examining "two or three" potential stadium sites in <a href="/wiki/Johnson_County,_Kansas" title="Johnson County, Kansas">Johnson County, Kansas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Uniform_history">Uniform history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Uniform history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1969–1972:_Original_look"><span id="1969.E2.80.931972:_Original_look"></span>1969–1972: Original look</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: 1969–1972: Original look"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Royals' home uniform remained almost unchanged from its first season. The original design featured blue arm and neck piping, along with "Royals" in blue and in script lettering. The road uniform was inverted from the home uniform, with "Kansas City" written in blue, in script lettering and in an arch arrangement. For the 1971 season the "Kansas City" on the road uniforms were changed to block lettering, while both uniforms added a roundel containing the team logo on the left sleeve. The blue cap with "KC" stitched in front was also introduced and remains in use today. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1973–1982:_Pullover_and_powder_blue_uniforms"><span id="1973.E2.80.931982:_Pullover_and_powder_blue_uniforms"></span>1973–1982: Pullover and powder blue uniforms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: 1973–1982: Pullover and powder blue uniforms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Royals switched to pullover uniforms for the 1973 season. While the home uniform did not deviate much from its original design, the road uniform changed to a powder blue base and white letters. Names were added in the 1978 season. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1983–1991:_Return_to_button-down_style"><span id="1983.E2.80.931991:_Return_to_button-down_style"></span>1983–1991: Return to button-down style</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: 1983–1991: Return to button-down style"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Royals returned to wearing buttoned uniforms for the 1983 season. The most notable change came on the powder blue uniform, where "Royals" in script replaced "Kansas City". Both uniforms added numbers on the left chest. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1992–2001:_Return_to_grey_uniforms_and_alternate_blue_uniforms"><span id="1992.E2.80.932001:_Return_to_grey_uniforms_and_alternate_blue_uniforms"></span>1992–2001: Return to grey uniforms and alternate blue uniforms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: 1992–2001: Return to grey uniforms and alternate blue uniforms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For the 1992 season, the Royals resumed wearing grey uniforms on the road, but the uniforms retained the "Royals" script and letters in blue with white trim. In 1994 a blue alternate uniform was introduced, with "Royals" script and letters in white. The following season, the road uniforms were tweaked to feature "Kansas City" in block letters, while neck piping was removed. A grey cap with blue brim and "KC" in blue was also used for a few games. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2002–2005:_Addition_of_black"><span id="2002.E2.80.932005:_Addition_of_black"></span>2002–2005: Addition of black</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: 2002–2005: Addition of black"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Before the 2002 season, the Royals added black to the color scheme, and this was also reflected on the team's uniforms. Initially, the home uniforms were only updated to remove blue piping and include black drop shadows, but in 2003, the Royals went with sleeveless uniforms with blue undershirts. The grey uniforms also removed the sleeves and piping, and were paired with black undershirts and a black cap with blue brim. Letters were also given black drop shadows. The Royals also went with a black alternate uniform, featuring blue piping and "Royals" written in blue with white trim. The sleeve patch was updated without the roundel on the home and blue alternate uniforms, while a new "Royals" roundel logo was placed on the grey undershirt and black alternates. The logo removed the "R" from the shield, enlarged the "KC" and added black drop shadows, and the crown was changed to black. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2006–2021:_New_alternates_and_return_to_powder_blue"><span id="2006.E2.80.932021:_New_alternates_and_return_to_powder_blue"></span>2006–2021: New alternates and return to powder blue</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: 2006–2021: New alternates and return to powder blue"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2006, black was eliminated from the uniforms, and the Royals returned to wearing sleeved uniforms with arm piping. The crown on the "KC" shield logo reverted back to gold, but the black drop shadows were not removed until 2019. The road uniforms brought back the "Kansas City" script, albeit written diagonally, with a slight adjustment in size prior to the 2012 season. For a few games in 2006, the black uniforms were used, albeit with the "Kansas City" script, before it was retired.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2008, the Royals introduced a new powder blue alternate with "Royals" in blue with white trim, and letters in white with blue trim; the color lettering scheme in front was reversed starting in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The uniforms were briefly paired with a powder blue cap with blue brim in 2010. Unlike the previous powder blue uniform, this set is paired with the home white pants. As a result, the royal blue alternates were worn exclusively on select road games. </p><p>Powder blue was added as a trim color when the Royals issued a new blue alternate in 2014. The "KC" insignia replaced "Royals" and the number in front, while piping was added.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After winning the 2015 World Series, the Royals began wearing an alternate white uniform, featuring "Royals" in metallic gold with blue trim.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2017, the uniform was updated with the team name in blue with gold trim, and numbers in gold and blue trim. A new blue cap with "KC" in gold was paired with this uniform. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2022–present:_Block_road_letters_return;_City_Connect"><span id="2022.E2.80.93present:_Block_road_letters_return.3B_City_Connect"></span>2022–present: Block road letters return; City Connect</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: 2022–present: Block road letters return; City Connect"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Royals unveiled a fresh uniform set for the 2022 season. The primary home uniform remained the same save for the thicker sleeve stripes. The road primary and blue road alternate returned to the block "Kansas City" wordmark the team used from 1971 to 1982, adding chest numbers on both uniforms. The alternate home powder blue uniform removed the royal blue elements, with the numbers taking the same color as the "Royals" script.<sup id="cite_ref-KCRoyalsUni2022_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KCRoyalsUni2022-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RoyalsUniUpdate_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RoyalsUniUpdate-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Also in 2022, the Royals wore "City Connect" uniforms in homage to Kansas City's "City of Fountains" moniker. The top of the uniform is navy blue with powder blue accents, with a stylized "KC" insignia on the left chest. The "KC" insignia was shaped to resemble a fountain of water shooting up. Pants worn are white with a powder blue stripe on each side. Caps are all-navy while helmets are navy with powder blue brim; both designs incorporate the "KC" in front.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Beginning in 2023, the Royals' powder blue alternate uniform would be worn with powder blue pants for select games, a combination not worn since the 1991 season.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2025, the Royals' full powder blue uniform would be worn every Saturday home game,<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and would be paired with their batting practice cap featuring the classic "KCR" crown logo in a white panel along with a powder blue crown and royal blue brim.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner span:not(.skin-invert-image):not(.skin-invert):not(.bg-transparent) img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner span:not(.skin-invert-image):not(.skin-invert):not(.bg-transparent) img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tnone center"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:593px;max-width:593px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:170px;max-width:170px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:216px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:U.L._Washington_-_Kansas_City_Royals_-_1980.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/U.L._Washington_-_Kansas_City_Royals_-_1980.jpg/168px-U.L._Washington_-_Kansas_City_Royals_-_1980.jpg" decoding="async" width="168" height="217" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/U.L._Washington_-_Kansas_City_Royals_-_1980.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="214" data-file-height="276" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Road pullover uniform (1973–1982), worn by <a href="/wiki/U._L._Washington" title="U. L. Washington">U. L. Washington</a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:167px;max-width:167px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:216px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jerry_Terrell_Royals.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Jerry_Terrell_Royals.jpg/250px-Jerry_Terrell_Royals.jpg" decoding="async" width="165" height="217" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Jerry_Terrell_Royals.jpg/330px-Jerry_Terrell_Royals.jpg 2x" data-file-width="357" data-file-height="469" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Home pullover uniform (1973–1982), worn by <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Terrell" title="Jerry Terrell">Jerry Terrell</a>.</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:250px;max-width:250px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:216px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:David_Howard_(6198899828)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/David_Howard_%286198899828%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/250px-David_Howard_%286198899828%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="248" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/David_Howard_%286198899828%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="330" data-file-height="288" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Home uniform (1983–1994), worn by <a href="/wiki/David_Howard_(baseball)" title="David Howard (baseball)">David Howard</a>.</div></div></div></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti" /><div class="thumb tmulti tnone center"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:991px;max-width:991px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:135px;max-width:135px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:258px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kansas_City_Royals_relief_pitcher_Aaron_Crow_(43).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Kansas_City_Royals_relief_pitcher_Aaron_Crow_%2843%29.jpg/133px-Kansas_City_Royals_relief_pitcher_Aaron_Crow_%2843%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="133" height="259" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Kansas_City_Royals_relief_pitcher_Aaron_Crow_%2843%29.jpg/200px-Kansas_City_Royals_relief_pitcher_Aaron_Crow_%2843%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Kansas_City_Royals_relief_pitcher_Aaron_Crow_%2843%29.jpg/266px-Kansas_City_Royals_relief_pitcher_Aaron_Crow_%2843%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1239" data-file-height="2410" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Alternate blue uniform (2006–2013), worn by <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Crow" title="Aaron Crow">Aaron Crow</a>. This uniform was worn exclusively on the road starting in 2008.</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:96px;max-width:96px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:258px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brett_Phillips,_Houston_Astros_4,_Kansas_City_Royals_1,_Kaufmann_Stadium,_Kansas_City,_Missouri_(48730234246)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Brett_Phillips%2C_Houston_Astros_4%2C_Kansas_City_Royals_1%2C_Kaufmann_Stadium%2C_Kansas_City%2C_Missouri_%2848730234246%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/94px-Brett_Phillips%2C_Houston_Astros_4%2C_Kansas_City_Royals_1%2C_Kaufmann_Stadium%2C_Kansas_City%2C_Missouri_%2848730234246%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="94" height="258" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Brett_Phillips%2C_Houston_Astros_4%2C_Kansas_City_Royals_1%2C_Kaufmann_Stadium%2C_Kansas_City%2C_Missouri_%2848730234246%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/141px-Brett_Phillips%2C_Houston_Astros_4%2C_Kansas_City_Royals_1%2C_Kaufmann_Stadium%2C_Kansas_City%2C_Missouri_%2848730234246%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Brett_Phillips%2C_Houston_Astros_4%2C_Kansas_City_Royals_1%2C_Kaufmann_Stadium%2C_Kansas_City%2C_Missouri_%2848730234246%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/188px-Brett_Phillips%2C_Houston_Astros_4%2C_Kansas_City_Royals_1%2C_Kaufmann_Stadium%2C_Kansas_City%2C_Missouri_%2848730234246%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1272" data-file-height="3488" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Home alternate uniform (2017–2021), worn by <a href="/wiki/Brett_Phillips" title="Brett Phillips">Brett Phillips</a>.</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:173px;max-width:173px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:258px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kansas_City_Royals_designated_hitter_Billy_Butler.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Kansas_City_Royals_designated_hitter_Billy_Butler.jpg/250px-Kansas_City_Royals_designated_hitter_Billy_Butler.jpg" decoding="async" width="171" height="258" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Kansas_City_Royals_designated_hitter_Billy_Butler.jpg/330px-Kansas_City_Royals_designated_hitter_Billy_Butler.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Kansas_City_Royals_designated_hitter_Billy_Butler.jpg/500px-Kansas_City_Royals_designated_hitter_Billy_Butler.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2256" data-file-height="3405" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Road uniform (2006–2011), worn by <a href="/wiki/Billy_Butler_(baseball)" title="Billy Butler (baseball)">Billy Butler</a>.</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:173px;max-width:173px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:258px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Drew_Butera_on_June_6,_2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Drew_Butera_on_June_6%2C_2016.jpg/171px-Drew_Butera_on_June_6%2C_2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="171" height="258" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Drew_Butera_on_June_6%2C_2016.jpg/257px-Drew_Butera_on_June_6%2C_2016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Drew_Butera_on_June_6%2C_2016.jpg/342px-Drew_Butera_on_June_6%2C_2016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2191" data-file-height="3305" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Road uniform (2012–2021), worn by <a href="/wiki/Drew_Butera" title="Drew Butera">Drew Butera</a>.</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:263px;max-width:263px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:258px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ZackGreinkeKcvsStl2023_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/ZackGreinkeKcvsStl2023_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-ZackGreinkeKcvsStl2023_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="261" height="258" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/ZackGreinkeKcvsStl2023_%28cropped%29.jpg/500px-ZackGreinkeKcvsStl2023_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/ZackGreinkeKcvsStl2023_%28cropped%29.jpg/960px-ZackGreinkeKcvsStl2023_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1685" data-file-height="1666" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Road uniform (2022–present), worn by <a href="/wiki/Zack_Greinke" title="Zack Greinke">Zack Greinke</a>.</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:139px;max-width:139px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:258px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Terrance_Gore_pinch_running_for_the_Kansas_City_Royals_on_September_1,_2015_(Cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Terrance_Gore_pinch_running_for_the_Kansas_City_Royals_on_September_1%2C_2015_%28Cropped%29.jpg/137px-Terrance_Gore_pinch_running_for_the_Kansas_City_Royals_on_September_1%2C_2015_%28Cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="137" height="258" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Terrance_Gore_pinch_running_for_the_Kansas_City_Royals_on_September_1%2C_2015_%28Cropped%29.jpg/206px-Terrance_Gore_pinch_running_for_the_Kansas_City_Royals_on_September_1%2C_2015_%28Cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, 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href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: St. Louis Cardinals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Show_Me_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="Show Me Series">Show Me Series</a></div> <p>The Royals' most prominent rivalry is with the intrastate <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a>. For geographic reasons, the teams long played exhibition games, but a true rivalry began with the Royals' victory over the Cardinals in the <a href="/wiki/1985_World_Series" title="1985 World Series">1985 World Series</a>, known as the "I-70 Series." Notably, the manager for the Cardinals in the series was <a href="/wiki/Whitey_Herzog" title="Whitey Herzog">Whitey Herzog</a>, who had been the Royals' manager from 1975 to 1979, and led Kansas City to the franchise's first three playoff appearances – in 1976, 1977, and 1978 – before getting fired just shortly after the Royals were eliminated from playoff contention in 1979. <a href="/wiki/Interleague_play" title="Interleague play">Interleague play</a> in 1997 allowed the I-70 Series to be revived in non-exhibition games. The first few seasons of the series were rather even, with the Cardinals holding a slight advantage with a 14–13 record through the 2003 season. Through the 2023 season, the Cardinals hold the series advantage 75–49.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_York_Yankees">New York Yankees</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: New York Yankees"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1976 to 1980, the Royals faced the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> four times in five years in the <a href="/wiki/American_League_Championship_Series" title="American League Championship Series">American League Championship Series</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Yankees won in 1976, 1977 and 1978, while the Royals won in 1980. The teams did not face each other in the postseason again until the 2024 American League Division Series, with the Yankees winning in four games. In a 2013 article about the 1983 <a href="/wiki/Pine_Tar_Incident" title="Pine Tar Incident">Pine Tar Incident</a> involving the two teams, <a href="/wiki/Lou_Pinella" class="mw-redirect" title="Lou Pinella">Lou Pinella</a> said: "As a team, we didn't really like Kansas City. We had played them in the '76, '77 and '78 postseason and beaten them every time. There was no love lost between the teams. We didn't like each other. They were our big rivals..."<sup id="cite_ref-Yankees_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yankees-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> George Brett agreed: "I hated everyone on the Yankees, I really did. I hated 'em all, back in that era."<sup id="cite_ref-Yankees_85-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yankees-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kansas City also held historic grudges against the Yankees in general, as during the Athletics' residency under <a href="/wiki/Arnold_Johnson_(industrialist)" title="Arnold Johnson (industrialist)">Arnold Johnson</a>'s ownership, it was effectively a <i>de facto</i> "farm team" for the Bronx Bombers due to lopsided trades in favor of New York. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Baseball_Hall_of_Famers">Baseball Hall of Famers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Baseball Hall of Famers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style="font-size: 95%; margin: 1em auto;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="1" style="background-color: #004687; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;">Kansas City Royals Hall of Famers </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="1" style="background-color: #C09A5B; color: #000000; text-align: center;">Affiliation according to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"> <table style="margin: 1em auto;"> <caption><b>Kansas City Royals</b> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/George_Brett" title="George Brett">George Brett</a></b> * </p> </td> <td width="50"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Cepeda" title="Orlando Cepeda">Orlando Cepeda</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Joe_Gordon" title="Joe Gordon">Joe Gordon</a> </p> </td> <td width="50"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p><a href="/wiki/Whitey_Herzog" title="Whitey Herzog">Whitey Herzog</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Harmon_Killebrew" title="Harmon Killebrew">Harmon Killebrew</a> </p> </td> <td width="50"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p><a href="/wiki/Bob_Lemon" title="Bob Lemon">Bob Lemon</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Gaylord_Perry" title="Gaylord Perry">Gaylord Perry</a> </p> </td> <td width="50"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p><a href="/wiki/John_Schuerholz" title="John Schuerholz">John Schuerholz</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="margin: 1em auto;display:none"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td width="50"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td width="50"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td width="50"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td width="50"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="margin: 1em auto;display:none"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td width="50"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td width="50"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td width="50"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td width="50"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="margin: 1em auto;display:none"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td width="50"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td width="50"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td width="50"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td width="50"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Players and managers listed in <b>bold</b> are depicted on their Hall of Fame plaques wearing a Royals cap insignia.</li> <li>* Kansas City Royals listed as primary team according to the Hall of Fame</li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ford_C._Frick_Award_recipients">Ford C. Frick Award recipients</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Ford C. Frick Award recipients"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style="font-size: 95%; margin: 1em auto;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color: #004687; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;">Kansas City Royals <a href="/wiki/Ford_C._Frick_Award" title="Ford C. Frick Award"><span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Ford C. Frick Award</span></a> recipients </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #C09A5B; color: #000000; text-align: center;">Affiliation according to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum </th></tr> <tr> <td> <table style="margin: 1em auto;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td width="50"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td width="50"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Denny_Matthews" title="Denny Matthews">Denny Matthews</a></b> </p> </td> <td width="50"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td width="50"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><b>Names in bold</b> received the award based primarily on their work as broadcasters for the Royals.</li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_players_of_note">Other players of note</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Other players of note"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals_award_winners_and_league_leaders" title="Kansas City Royals award winners and league leaders">Kansas City Royals award winners and league leaders</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alex_Gordon_(27140253467).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Alex_Gordon_%2827140253467%29.jpg/170px-Alex_Gordon_%2827140253467%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="234" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Alex_Gordon_%2827140253467%29.jpg/255px-Alex_Gordon_%2827140253467%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Alex_Gordon_%2827140253467%29.jpg/340px-Alex_Gordon_%2827140253467%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2135" data-file-height="2936" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Alex_Gordon" title="Alex Gordon">Alex Gordon</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Amos_Otis_-_Kansas_City_Royals.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Amos_Otis_-_Kansas_City_Royals.jpg/170px-Amos_Otis_-_Kansas_City_Royals.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="182" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Amos_Otis_-_Kansas_City_Royals.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="191" data-file-height="204" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Amos_Otis" title="Amos Otis">Amos Otis</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dan_Quisenberry_1986.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Dan_Quisenberry_1986.jpg/250px-Dan_Quisenberry_1986.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="219" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Dan_Quisenberry_1986.jpg/330px-Dan_Quisenberry_1986.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Dan_Quisenberry_1986.jpg/500px-Dan_Quisenberry_1986.jpg 2x" data-file-width="521" data-file-height="671" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Dan_Quisenberry" title="Dan Quisenberry">Dan Quisenberry</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jackie_Robinson_Kansas_City_Monarchs.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Jackie_Robinson_Kansas_City_Monarchs.jpg/170px-Jackie_Robinson_Kansas_City_Monarchs.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="214" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Jackie_Robinson_Kansas_City_Monarchs.jpg/255px-Jackie_Robinson_Kansas_City_Monarchs.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Jackie_Robinson_Kansas_City_Monarchs.jpg/340px-Jackie_Robinson_Kansas_City_Monarchs.jpg 2x" data-file-width="528" data-file-height="664" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Robinson" title="Jackie Robinson">Jackie Robinson</a> (#42 retired throughout MLB) played for the Negro League's <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Monarchs" title="Kansas City Monarchs">Kansas City Monarchs</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Frank_White_Royals.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Frank_White_Royals.jpg/250px-Frank_White_Royals.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="224" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Frank_White_Royals.jpg/330px-Frank_White_Royals.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Frank_White_Royals.jpg/340px-Frank_White_Royals.jpg 2x" data-file-width="353" data-file-height="466" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Frank_White_(baseball)" title="Frank White (baseball)">Frank White</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Team_captains">Team captains</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Team captains"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Brett" title="George Brett">George Brett</a> 1989–1993<sup id="cite_ref-captains_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-captains-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_White_(baseball)" title="Frank White (baseball)">Frank White</a> 1989–1990<sup id="cite_ref-captains_86-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-captains-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Sweeney" title="Mike Sweeney">Mike Sweeney</a> 2003–2007<sup id="cite_ref-captains_86-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-captains-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salvador_P%C3%A9rez" title="Salvador Pérez">Salvador Pérez</a> 2023–present<sup id="cite_ref-captains_86-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-captains-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Missouri_Sports_Hall_of_Fame">Missouri Sports Hall of Fame</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Missouri Sports Hall of Fame"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Missouri_Sports_Hall_of_Fame" title="Missouri Sports Hall of Fame">Missouri Sports Hall of Fame</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="5" style="background-color: #004687 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;"><b>Kansas City Royals in the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #004687 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #004687, inset -2px -2px 0 #004687; !important;;">No. </th> <th style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #004687 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #004687, inset -2px -2px 0 #004687; !important;;">Player </th> <th style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #004687 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #004687, inset -2px -2px 0 #004687; !important;;">Position </th> <th style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #004687 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #004687, inset -2px -2px 0 #004687; !important;;">Tenure </th> <th style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #004687 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #004687, inset -2px -2px 0 #004687; !important;;">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>–</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ewing_Kauffman" title="Ewing Kauffman">Ewing Kauffman</a></td> <td>Founder/Owner</td> <td>1969–1993</td> <td>Born near Garden City, grew up in Kansas City </td></tr> <tr> <td>–</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Art_Stewart" title="Art Stewart">Art Stewart</a></td> <td>Scout</td> <td>1969–2021</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>–</td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Toma" title="George Toma">George Toma</a></td> <td>Groundskeeper</td> <td>1969–1999</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dayton_Moore" title="Dayton Moore">Dayton Moore</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_Manager" class="mw-redirect" title="General Manager">GM</a></td> <td>2006–2021</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2, 37</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fred_Patek" class="mw-redirect" title="Fred Patek">Fred Patek</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shortstop" title="Shortstop">SS</a></td> <td>1971–1979</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ned_Yost" title="Ned Yost">Ned Yost</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Manager_(baseball)" title="Manager (baseball)">Manager</a></td> <td>2010–2019</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4, 7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alex_Gordon" title="Alex Gordon">Alex Gordon</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Left_fielder" title="Left fielder">LF</a></td> <td>2007–2020</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5, 25</td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Brett" title="George Brett">George Brett</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Third_baseman" title="Third baseman">3B</a>/<a href="/wiki/Designated_hitter" title="Designated hitter">DH</a>/<a href="/wiki/First_baseman" title="First baseman">1B</a></td> <td>1973–1993</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Terry_Pendleton" title="Terry Pendleton">Terry Pendleton</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Third_baseman" title="Third baseman">3B</a></td> <td>1998</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6, 19, 32</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Willie_Wilson_(baseball)" title="Willie Wilson (baseball)">Willie Wilson</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Center_fielder" title="Center fielder">CF</a>/<a href="/wiki/Left_fielder" title="Left fielder">LF</a></td> <td>1976–1990</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8, 22</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Eisenreich" title="Jim Eisenreich">Jim Eisenreich</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Outfielder" title="Outfielder">OF</a></td> <td>1987–1992</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Mayberry" title="John Mayberry">John Mayberry</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_baseman" title="First baseman">1B</a></td> <td>1972–1977</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8, 15, 28</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_MacFarlane" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike MacFarlane">Mike MacFarlane</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Catcher" title="Catcher">C</a></td> <td>1987–1994<br />1996–1998</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hal_McRae" title="Hal McRae">Hal McRae</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Outfielder" title="Outfielder">OF</a>/<a href="/wiki/Designated_hitter" title="Designated hitter">DH</a>/Coach<br /><a href="/wiki/Manager_(baseball)" title="Manager (baseball)">Manager</a></td> <td>1973–1987<br />1991–1994</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Wathan" title="John Wathan">John Wathan</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Catcher" title="Catcher">C</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Manager_(baseball)" title="Manager (baseball)">Manager</a></td> <td>1976–1985<br />1987–1991</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Darrell_Porter" title="Darrell Porter">Darrell Porter</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Catcher" title="Catcher">C</a></td> <td>1977–1980</td> <td>Born in Joplin </td></tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bo_Jackson" title="Bo Jackson">Bo Jackson</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Outfielder" title="Outfielder">OF</a>/<a href="/wiki/Designated_hitter" title="Designated hitter">DH</a></td> <td>1987–1990</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9, 10, 18</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Quirk" title="Jamie Quirk">Jamie Quirk</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Catcher" title="Catcher">C</a></td> <td>1975–1976<br />1978–1982<br />1985–1988</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>19, 20</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_White_(baseball)" title="Frank White (baseball)">Frank White</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_baseman" title="Second baseman">2B</a></td> <td>1973–1990</td> <td>Attended Longview Community College in Lee's Summit </td></tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Montgomery_(baseball)" title="Jeff Montgomery (baseball)">Jeff Montgomery</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Relief_pitcher" title="Relief pitcher">RP</a></td> <td>1988–1999</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Leonard" title="Dennis Leonard">Dennis Leonard</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Starting_pitcher" title="Starting pitcher">SP</a></td> <td>1974–1986</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Gubicza" title="Mark Gubicza">Mark Gubicza</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Starting_pitcher" title="Starting pitcher">SP</a></td> <td>1984–1996</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Whitey_Herzog" title="Whitey Herzog">Whitey Herzog</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Manager_(baseball)" title="Manager (baseball)">Manager</a></td> <td>1975–1979</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amos_Otis" title="Amos Otis">Amos Otis</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Center_fielder" title="Center fielder">CF</a></td> <td>1970–1983</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>29, 40</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vince_Coleman_(baseball)" title="Vince Coleman (baseball)">Vince Coleman</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Left_fielder" title="Left fielder">LF</a></td> <td>1994–1995</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dan_Quisenberry" title="Dan Quisenberry">Dan Quisenberry</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Relief_pitcher" title="Relief pitcher">RP</a></td> <td>1979–1988</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Sweeney" title="Mike Sweeney">Mike Sweeney</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Catcher" title="Catcher">C</a>/<a href="/wiki/First_baseman" title="First baseman">1B</a>/<a href="/wiki/Designated_hitter" title="Designated hitter">DH</a></td> <td>1995–2007</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Cepeda" title="Orlando Cepeda">Orlando Cepeda</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_baseman" title="First baseman">1B</a></td> <td>1974</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>25, 34</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Splittorff" title="Paul Splittorff">Paul Splittorff</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Starting_pitcher" title="Starting pitcher">SP</a></td> <td>1970–1984</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>36</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gaylord_Perry" title="Gaylord Perry">Gaylord Perry</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Starting_pitcher" title="Starting pitcher">SP</a></td> <td>1983</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>37</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Suppan" title="Jeff Suppan">Jeff Suppan</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">P</a></td> <td>1998–2002</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>39</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Al_Hrabosky" title="Al Hrabosky">Al Hrabosky</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Relief_pitcher" title="Relief pitcher">RP</a></td> <td>1978–1979</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>40</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Busby" title="Steve Busby">Steve Busby</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Starting_pitcher" title="Starting pitcher">SP</a></td> <td>1972–1980</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Retired_numbers">Retired numbers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Retired numbers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_retired_numbers" title="List of Major League Baseball retired numbers">List of Major League Baseball retired numbers</a></div> <table style="white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr><td> <table style="float:left; text-align:center; width:100px; border:#aaa 1px solid; margin:0.5em 1.4em 0.8em 0;"><tbody><tr><td style="background:transparent;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royals_5_GeorgeBrett.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="5" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Royals_5_GeorgeBrett.png/100px-Royals_5_GeorgeBrett.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Royals_5_GeorgeBrett.png/150px-Royals_5_GeorgeBrett.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Royals_5_GeorgeBrett.png/200px-Royals_5_GeorgeBrett.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/George_Brett" title="George Brett">George<br />Brett</a><br />3B<br /><span style="font-size:80%; white-space:normal">Retired <span style="white-space:nowrap"><br />1994</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="float:left; text-align:center; width:100px; border:#aaa 1px solid; margin:0.5em 1.4em 0.8em 0;"><tbody><tr><td style="background:transparent;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royals_10_DickHowser.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="10" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Royals_10_DickHowser.png/100px-Royals_10_DickHowser.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Royals_10_DickHowser.png/150px-Royals_10_DickHowser.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Royals_10_DickHowser.png/200px-Royals_10_DickHowser.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Dick_Howser" title="Dick Howser">Dick<br />Howser</a><br />Manager<br /><span style="font-size:80%; white-space:normal">Retired <span style="white-space:nowrap"><br />1987</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="float:left; text-align:center; width:100px; border:#aaa 1px solid; margin:0.5em 1.4em 0.8em 0;"><tbody><tr><td style="background:transparent;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royals_20_FrankWhite.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="20" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Royals_20_FrankWhite.png/100px-Royals_20_FrankWhite.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Royals_20_FrankWhite.png/150px-Royals_20_FrankWhite.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Royals_20_FrankWhite.png/200px-Royals_20_FrankWhite.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Frank_White_(baseball)" title="Frank White (baseball)">Frank<br />White</a><br />2B<br /><span style="font-size:80%; white-space:normal">Retired <span style="white-space:nowrap"><br />1995</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="float:left; text-align:center; width:100px; border:#aaa 1px solid; margin:0.5em 1.4em 0.8em 0;"><tbody><tr><td style="background:transparent;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royals_42_JackieRobinson.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="42" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Royals_42_JackieRobinson.png/120px-Royals_42_JackieRobinson.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Royals_42_JackieRobinson.png/250px-Royals_42_JackieRobinson.png 1.5x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Robinson" title="Jackie Robinson">Jackie<br />Robinson</a><br />All MLB<br /><span style="font-size:80%; white-space:normal">Honored <span style="white-space:nowrap">April 15, 1997</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Royals have retired the numbers of former players <a href="/wiki/George_Brett" title="George Brett">George Brett</a> (No. 5) and <a href="/wiki/Frank_White_(baseball)" title="Frank White (baseball)">Frank White</a> (No. 20). Former manager <a href="/wiki/Dick_Howser" title="Dick Howser">Dick Howser</a>'s No. 10 was retired following his death in 1987. Former <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a> player <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Robinson" title="Jackie Robinson">Jackie Robinson</a>'s No. 42 is retired throughout <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Out_of_circulation,_but_not_retired"><span id="Out_of_circulation.2C_but_not_retired"></span>Out of circulation, but not retired</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Out of circulation, but not retired"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>No. 29, worn by Royals greats <a href="/wiki/Dan_Quisenberry" title="Dan Quisenberry">Dan Quisenberry</a> (238 saves, 2.55 ERA) and <a href="/wiki/Mike_Sweeney" title="Mike Sweeney">Mike Sweeney</a> (.299 batting average, 197 home runs, 837 RBI), has not been assigned since Sweeney's departure in 2007. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hall_of_Fame">Hall of Fame</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Hall of Fame"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Key </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="row">Year </th> <td>Year inducted </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#ffb;"><b>Bold</b> </th> <td>Member of the <a href="/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum">National Baseball Hall of Fame</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#ffb;"><div class="center">†</div> </th> <td>Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame as a member of the Royals </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#cfc;"><b>Bold</b> </th> <td>Recipient of the Hall of Fame's <a href="/wiki/Ford_C._Frick_Award" title="Ford C. Frick Award">Ford C. Frick Award</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="5" style="background-color: #004687 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;"><b>Kansas City Royals Hall of Fame</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #004687 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #004687, inset -2px -2px 0 #004687; !important;;">Inducted </th> <th style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #004687 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #004687, inset -2px -2px 0 #004687; !important;;">No. </th> <th style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #004687 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #004687, inset -2px -2px 0 #004687; !important;;">Player </th> <th style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #004687 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #004687, inset -2px -2px 0 #004687; !important;;">Position </th> <th style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #004687 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #004687, inset -2px -2px 0 #004687; !important;;">Tenure </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1986</td> <td>40</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Busby" title="Steve Busby">Steve Busby</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Starting_pitcher" title="Starting pitcher">SP</a></td> <td>1972–1980 </td></tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amos_Otis" title="Amos Otis">Amos Otis</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Center_fielder" title="Center fielder">CF</a></td> <td>1970–1983 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1987</td> <td>10</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dick_Howser" title="Dick Howser">Dick Howser</a></td> <td>Manager</td> <td>1981–1986 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cookie_Rojas" title="Cookie Rojas">Cookie Rojas</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_baseman" title="Second baseman">2B</a></td> <td>1970–1977 </td></tr> <tr> <td>25, 34</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Splittorff" title="Paul Splittorff">Paul Splittorff</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Starting_pitcher" title="Starting pitcher">SP</a></td> <td>1970–1984 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1989</td> <td>22</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Leonard" title="Dennis Leonard">Dennis Leonard</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Starting_pitcher" title="Starting pitcher">SP</a></td> <td>1974–1986 </td></tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hal_McRae" title="Hal McRae">Hal McRae</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Outfielder" title="Outfielder">OF</a>/<a href="/wiki/Designated_hitter" title="Designated hitter">DH</a>/Coach<br /><a href="/wiki/Manager_(baseball)" title="Manager (baseball)">Manager</a></td> <td>1973–1987<br />1991–1994 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1992</td> <td>—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_Burke_(baseball_executive)" title="Joe Burke (baseball executive)">Joe Burke</a></td> <td>GM<br />President</td> <td>1974–1981<br />1981–1992 </td></tr> <tr> <td>32, 37</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Larry_Gura" title="Larry Gura">Larry Gura</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Starting_pitcher" title="Starting pitcher">SP</a></td> <td>1976–1985 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2, 37</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Freddie_Patek" title="Freddie Patek">Freddie Patek</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shortstop" title="Shortstop">SS</a></td> <td>1971–1979 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993</td> <td>—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ewing_Kauffman" title="Ewing Kauffman">Ewing Kauffman</a></td> <td>Owner and tributary of name of Kauffman Stadium</td> <td>1969–1993 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994</td> <td>5, 25</td> <td style="background:#ffb;"><b><a href="/wiki/George_Brett" title="George Brett">George Brett</a></b><sup>†</sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Third_baseman" title="Third baseman">3B</a>/<a href="/wiki/Designated_hitter" title="Designated hitter">DH</a>/<a href="/wiki/First_baseman" title="First baseman">1B</a></td> <td>1973–1993 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995</td> <td>19, 20</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_White_(baseball)" title="Frank White (baseball)">Frank White</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_baseman" title="Second baseman">2B</a></td> <td>1973–1990 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1996</td> <td>—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Muriel_Kauffman" title="Muriel Kauffman">Muriel Kauffman</a></td> <td>Executive and wife of Ewing</td> <td>1969–1995 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Mayberry" title="John Mayberry">John Mayberry</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_baseman" title="First baseman">1B</a></td> <td>1972–1977 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998</td> <td>29</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dan_Quisenberry" title="Dan Quisenberry">Dan Quisenberry</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Relief_pitcher" title="Relief pitcher">RP</a></td> <td>1979–1988 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2000</td> <td>24</td> <td style="background:#ffb;"><b><a href="/wiki/Whitey_Herzog" title="Whitey Herzog">Whitey Herzog</a></b></td> <td>Manager</td> <td>1975–1979 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6, 19, 32</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Willie_Wilson_(baseball)" title="Willie Wilson (baseball)">Willie Wilson</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Center_fielder" title="Center fielder">CF</a>/<a 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Lugo">Seth Lugo</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">55</span> <a href="/wiki/Cole_Ragans" title="Cole Ragans">Cole Ragans</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">52</span> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Wacha" title="Michael Wacha">Michael Wacha</a></li></ul> <p><span style="font-size: 85%;"><b>Bullpen</b></span> </p> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace">60</span> <a href="/wiki/Lucas_Erceg" title="Lucas Erceg">Lucas Erceg</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">53</span> <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Est%C3%A9vez_(baseball)" title="Carlos Estévez (baseball)">Carlos Estévez</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">56</span> <a href="/wiki/Hunter_Harvey" title="Hunter Harvey">Hunter Harvey</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">73</span> <a href="/wiki/Sam_Long_(baseball)" title="Sam Long (baseball)">Sam Long</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">41</span> <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Lynch_IV" title="Daniel Lynch IV">Daniel Lynch IV</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">46</span> <a href="/wiki/John_Schreiber_(baseball)" title="John Schreiber (baseball)">John Schreiber</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">35</span> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Stratton" title="Chris Stratton">Chris Stratton</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">61</span> <a href="/wiki/%C3%81ngel_Zerpa" title="Ángel Zerpa">Ángel Zerpa</a></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> </td> <td width="25px"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p><b>Catchers</b> </p> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace">34</span> <a href="/wiki/Freddy_Ferm%C3%ADn" title="Freddy Fermín">Freddy Fermín</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">13</span> <a href="/wiki/Salvador_P%C3%A9rez" title="Salvador Pérez">Salvador Pérez</a></li></ul> <p><b>Infielders</b> </p> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace">18</span> <a href="/wiki/Cavan_Biggio" title="Cavan Biggio">Cavan Biggio</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">21</span> <a href="/wiki/Mark_Canha" title="Mark Canha">Mark Canha</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">11</span> <a href="/wiki/Maikel_Garc%C3%ADa" title="Maikel García">Maikel García</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"> 6</span> <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_India" title="Jonathan India">Jonathan India</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">19</span> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Massey" title="Michael Massey">Michael Massey</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"> 9</span> <a href="/wiki/Vinnie_Pasquantino" title="Vinnie Pasquantino">Vinnie Pasquantino</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"> 7</span> <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Witt_Jr." title="Bobby Witt Jr.">Bobby Witt Jr.</a></li></ul> <p><b>Outfielders</b> </p> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace">44</span> <a href="/wiki/Dairon_Blanco_(baseball)" title="Dairon Blanco (baseball)">Dairon Blanco</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">28</span> <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Isbel" title="Kyle Isbel">Kyle Isbel</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"> 1</span> <a href="/wiki/MJ_Melendez" title="MJ Melendez">MJ Melendez</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">16</span> <a href="/wiki/Hunter_Renfroe" title="Hunter Renfroe">Hunter Renfroe</a></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> </td> <td width="25px"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p><b>Pitchers</b> </p> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace">86</span> <a href="/wiki/Luinder_Avila" class="mw-redirect" title="Luinder Avila">Luinder Avila</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">62</span> <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Bowlan" title="Jonathan Bowlan">Jonathan Bowlan</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">65</span> <a href="/wiki/Noah_Cameron" class="mw-redirect" title="Noah Cameron">Noah Cameron</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">87</span> <a href="/wiki/Eric_Cerantola" class="mw-redirect" title="Eric Cerantola">Eric Cerantola</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">64</span> <a href="/wiki/Steven_Cruz_(baseball)" title="Steven Cruz (baseball)">Steven Cruz</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">48</span> <a href="/wiki/Alec_Marsh" title="Alec Marsh">Alec Marsh</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Injury_icon_2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/20px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/40px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">66</span> <a href="/wiki/James_McArthur_(baseball)" title="James McArthur (baseball)">James McArthur</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Injury_icon_2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/20px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/40px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">47</span> <a href="/wiki/Evan_Sisk" class="mw-redirect" title="Evan Sisk">Evan Sisk</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">30</span> <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Wright_(baseball)" title="Kyle Wright (baseball)">Kyle Wright</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Injury_icon_2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/20px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/40px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span></li></ul> <p><br /> </p><p><b>Infielders</b> </p> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace">12</span> <a href="/wiki/Nick_Loftin" title="Nick Loftin">Nick Loftin</a></li></ul> <p><b>Outfielders</b> </p> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace">27</span> <a href="/wiki/Tyler_Gentry" title="Tyler Gentry">Tyler Gentry</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"> 8</span> <a href="/wiki/Drew_Waters" title="Drew Waters">Drew Waters</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">22</span> <a href="/wiki/Joey_Wiemer" title="Joey Wiemer">Joey Wiemer</a></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> </td> <td width="25px"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p><b>Manager</b> </p> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace">33</span> <a href="/wiki/Matt_Quatraro" title="Matt Quatraro">Matt Quatraro</a></li></ul> <p><b>Coaches</b> </p> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace">68</span> <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Alguacil" title="José Alguacil">José Alguacil</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(infield)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">84</span> Zach Bove <span style="font-size: 85%;">(assistant pitching)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">80</span> <a href="/wiki/Allan_de_San_Miguel" title="Allan de San Miguel">Allan de San Miguel</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(bullpen catcher)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">77</span> <a href="/wiki/Keoni_DeRenne" title="Keoni DeRenne">Keoni DeRenne</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(assistant hitting)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">70</span> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Dillon" title="Joe Dillon">Joe Dillon</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(assistant hitting)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">82</span> Miguel Garcia <span style="font-size: 85%;">(coach)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">83</span> <a href="/wiki/Juan_Graterol" title="Juan Graterol">Juan Graterol</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(bullpen catcher)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">39</span> <a href="/wiki/Damon_Hollins" title="Damon Hollins">Damon Hollins</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(first base)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">49</span> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Hoover_(baseball)" title="Paul Hoover (baseball)">Paul Hoover</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(bench)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">57</span> <a href="/wiki/Mitch_Stetter" title="Mitch Stetter">Mitch Stetter</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(bullpen)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">85</span> <a href="/wiki/Brian_Sweeney" title="Brian Sweeney">Brian Sweeney</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(pitching)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">25</span> <a href="/wiki/Vance_Wilson" title="Vance Wilson">Vance Wilson</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(third base)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">37</span> <a href="/wiki/Alec_Zumwalt" title="Alec Zumwalt">Alec Zumwalt</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(hitting)</span></li></ul> <p><br /> </p><p><br /> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist" style="font-size:90%"><ul><li>26 active, 12 inactive</li><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Injury_icon_2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/20px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/40px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span> 7-, 10-, or 15-day <a href="/wiki/Injured_list" title="Injured list">injured list</a></li><li><sup>#</sup> <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_transactions#Personal_leave" title="Major League Baseball transactions">Personal leave</a></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mlb.com/royals/roster/40-man">Roster</a></span> and <span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mlb.com/royals/roster/coaches">coaches</a></span> updated March 25, 2025</li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mlb.com/royals/roster/transactions">Transactions</a></span> • <span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mlb.com/royals/roster/depth-chart">Depth chart</a></span></li><li>→ <a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_team_rosters" title="List of Major League Baseball team rosters">All MLB rosters</a></li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Managers">Managers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Managers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Kansas_City_Royals_managers" title="List of Kansas City Royals managers">List of Kansas City Royals managers</a></div> <p><i>Statistics current through 2024 season</i> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th class="unsortable" style="background-color: #004687 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">#<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_Numbera"><a href="#endnote_Numbera">[a]</a></sup></th> <th style="background-color: #004687 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">Manager</th> <th style="background-color: #004687 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">Seasons</th> <th style="background-color: #004687 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">Wins</th> <th style="background-color: #004687 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">Losses</th> <th style="background-color: #004687 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">Pct</th> <th style="background-color: #004687 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">PA</th> <th style="background-color: #004687 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">PW</th> <th style="background-color: #004687 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">PL</th> <th style="background-color: #004687 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">WS </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td style="background:#ffb;"><span data-sort-value="Gordon !"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Gordon" title="Joe Gordon">Joe Gordon</a><sup>†</sup></span></td> <td>1969</td> <td><span data-sort-value="0069 !">69</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="0093 !">93</span></td> <td>.426</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Metro !"><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Metro" title="Charlie Metro">Charlie Metro</a></span></td> <td>1970</td> <td><span data-sort-value="0019 !">19</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="0033 !">33</span></td> <td>.365</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td style="background:#ffb;"><span data-sort-value="Lemon !"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Lemon" title="Bob Lemon">Bob Lemon</a><sup>†</sup></span></td> <td>1970–1972</td> <td><span data-sort-value="0207 !">207</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="0218 !">218</span></td> <td>.487</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td><span data-sort-value="McKeon !"><a href="/wiki/Jack_McKeon" title="Jack McKeon">Jack McKeon</a></span></td> <td>1973–1975</td> <td><span data-sort-value="0215 !">215</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="0205 !">205</span></td> <td>.512</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td style="background:#ffb;"><span data-sort-value="Herzog !"><a href="/wiki/Whitey_Herzog" title="Whitey Herzog">Whitey Herzog</a><sup>†</sup></span></td> <td>1975–1979</td> <td><span data-sort-value="0410 !">410</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="0304 !">304</span></td> <td>.574</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">3</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">5</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">9</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">0</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Frey !"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Frey" title="Jim Frey">Jim Frey</a></span></td> <td>1980–1981</td> <td><span data-sort-value="0127 !">127</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="0105 !">105</span></td> <td>.547</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">1</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">5</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">4</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">0</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Howser !"><a href="/wiki/Dick_Howser" title="Dick Howser">Dick Howser</a></span></td> <td>1981–1986</td> <td><span data-sort-value="0404 !">404</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="0365 !">365</span></td> <td>.525</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">3</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">8</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">12</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">1</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Ferraro !"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Ferraro" title="Mike Ferraro">Mike Ferraro</a></span></td> <td>1986</td> <td><span data-sort-value="0036 !">36</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="0038 !">38</span></td> <td>.486</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Gardner !"><a href="/wiki/Billy_Gardner" title="Billy Gardner">Billy Gardner</a></span></td> <td>1987</td> <td><span data-sort-value="0062 !">62</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="0064 !">64</span></td> <td>.492</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Wathan !"><a href="/wiki/John_Wathan" title="John Wathan">John Wathan</a></span></td> <td>1987–1991</td> <td><span data-sort-value="0287 !">287</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="0270 !">270</span></td> <td>.515</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Schaefer !"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Schaefer" title="Bob Schaefer">Bob Schaefer</a></span></td> <td>1991</td> <td><span data-sort-value="0001 !">1</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="0000 !">0</span></td> <td>1.000</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td><span data-sort-value="McRae !"><a href="/wiki/Hal_McRae" title="Hal McRae">Hal McRae</a></span></td> <td>1991–1994</td> <td><span data-sort-value="0286 !">286</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="0277 !">277</span></td> <td>.508</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Boone !"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Boone" title="Bob Boone">Bob Boone</a></span></td> <td>1995–1997</td> <td><span data-sort-value="0181 !">181</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="0206 !">206</span></td> <td>.468</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Muser !"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Muser" title="Tony Muser">Tony Muser</a></span></td> <td>1997–2002</td> <td><span data-sort-value="0317 !">317</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="0431 !">431</span></td> <td>.424</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Mizerock !"><a href="/wiki/John_Mizerock" title="John Mizerock">John Mizerock</a></span></td> <td>2002</td> <td><span data-sort-value="0005 !">5</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="0008 !">8</span></td> <td>.385</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Peña !"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Pe%C3%B1a" title="Tony Peña">Tony Peña</a></span></td> <td>2002–2005</td> <td><span data-sort-value="0198 !">198</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="0285 !">285</span></td> <td>.410</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>—</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Schaefer !"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Schaefer" title="Bob Schaefer">Bob Schaefer</a></span></td> <td>2005</td> <td><span data-sort-value="0005 !">5</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="0012 !">12</span></td> <td>.294</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Bell !"><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Bell" title="Buddy Bell">Buddy Bell</a></span></td> <td>2005–2007</td> <td><span data-sort-value="0174 !">174</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="0262 !">262</span></td> <td>.399</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Hillman !"><a href="/wiki/Trey_Hillman" title="Trey Hillman">Trey Hillman</a></span></td> <td>2008–2010</td> <td><span data-sort-value="0152 !">152</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="0207 !">207</span></td> <td>.423</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Yost !"><a href="/wiki/Ned_Yost" title="Ned Yost">Ned Yost</a></span></td> <td>2010–2019</td> <td><span data-sort-value="0687 !">687</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="0736 !">736</span></td> <td>.483</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">2</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">22</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">9</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">1</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Matheny !"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Matheny" title="Mike Matheny">Mike Matheny</a></span></td> <td>2020–2022</td> <td><span data-sort-value="0165 !">165</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="0219 !">219</span></td> <td>.430</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">—</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Quatraro !"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Quatraro" title="Matt Quatraro">Matt Quatraro</a></span></td> <td>2023–present</td> <td>142</td> <td>182</td> <td>.438</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">1</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">3</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">3</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000 !">0</span> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <th colspan="3" style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #004687 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #004687, inset -2px -2px 0 #004687; !important;;"><i><b>Totals</b></i></th> <th style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #004687 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #004687, inset -2px -2px 0 #004687; !important;;">4,205</th> <th style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #004687 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #004687, inset -2px -2px 0 #004687; !important;;">4,623</th> <th style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #004687 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #004687, inset -2px -2px 0 #004687; !important;;">.476</th> <th style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #004687 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #004687, inset -2px -2px 0 #004687; !important;;">10</th> <th style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #004687 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #004687, inset -2px -2px 0 #004687; !important;;">43</th> <th style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #004687 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #004687, inset -2px -2px 0 #004687; !important;;">37</th> <th style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #004687 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #004687, inset -2px -2px 0 #004687; !important;;">2 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Minor_league_affiliations">Minor league affiliations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Minor league affiliations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Kansas_City_Royals_minor_league_affiliates" title="List of Kansas City Royals minor league affiliates">List of Kansas City Royals minor league affiliates</a></div> <p>The Kansas City Royals <a href="/wiki/Farm_team" title="Farm team">farm system</a> consists of seven <a href="/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball" title="Minor League Baseball">minor league</a> affiliates.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #004687 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">Class </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #004687 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">Team </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #004687 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">League </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #004687 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">Location </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #004687 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">Ballpark </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #004687 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">Affiliated </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Triple-A_(baseball)" title="Triple-A (baseball)">Triple-A</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Omaha_Storm_Chasers" title="Omaha Storm Chasers">Omaha Storm Chasers</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/International_League" title="International League">International League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Papillion,_Nebraska" title="Papillion, Nebraska">Papillion, Nebraska</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Werner_Park" title="Werner Park">Werner Park</a> </td> <td align="right">1969 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Double-A_(baseball)" title="Double-A (baseball)">Double-A</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Northwest_Arkansas_Naturals" title="Northwest Arkansas Naturals">Northwest Arkansas Naturals</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Texas_League" title="Texas League">Texas League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Springdale,_Arkansas" title="Springdale, Arkansas">Springdale, Arkansas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arvest_Ballpark" title="Arvest Ballpark">Arvest Ballpark</a> </td> <td align="right">2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/High-A" title="High-A">High-A</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Quad_Cities_River_Bandits" title="Quad Cities River Bandits">Quad Cities River Bandits</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Midwest_League" title="Midwest League">Midwest League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Davenport,_Iowa" title="Davenport, Iowa">Davenport, Iowa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Modern_Woodmen_Park" title="Modern Woodmen Park">Modern Woodmen Park</a> </td> <td align="right">2021 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Single-A" title="Single-A">Single-A</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Columbia_Fireflies" title="Columbia Fireflies">Columbia Fireflies</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Carolina_League" title="Carolina League">Carolina League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Columbia,_South_Carolina" title="Columbia, South Carolina">Columbia, South Carolina</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Segra_Park" title="Segra Park">Segra Park</a> </td> <td align="right">2021 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Rookie_league" class="mw-redirect" title="Rookie league">Rookie</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Arizona_Complex_League_Royals" title="Arizona Complex League Royals">ACL Royals</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Arizona_Complex_League" title="Arizona Complex League">Arizona Complex League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Surprise,_Arizona" title="Surprise, Arizona">Surprise, Arizona</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Surprise_Stadium" title="Surprise Stadium">Surprise Stadium</a> </td> <td align="right">2022 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Summer_League_Royals" title="Dominican Summer League Royals">DSL Royals Fortuna</a> </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Summer_League" title="Dominican Summer League">Dominican Summer League</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Boca_Chica" title="Boca Chica">Boca Chica</a>, <a href="/wiki/Santo_Domingo_Province" title="Santo Domingo Province">Santo Domingo</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">Kansas City Royals Complex </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right">2024 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Summer_League_Royals" title="Dominican Summer League Royals">DSL Royals Ventura</a> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Season_records">Season records</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Season records"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Kansas_City_Royals_seasons" title="List of Kansas City Royals seasons">List of Kansas City Royals seasons</a></div> <ul><li>Highest batting average: .390, <a href="/wiki/George_Brett" title="George Brett">George Brett</a> (1980)</li> <li>Most games: 162, <a href="/wiki/Al_Cowens" title="Al Cowens">Al Cowens</a> (1977), <a href="/wiki/Hal_McRae" title="Hal McRae">Hal McRae</a> (1977), <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Beltr%C3%A1n" title="Carlos Beltrán">Carlos Beltrán</a> (2002), <a href="/wiki/Billy_Butler_(baseball)" title="Billy Butler (baseball)">Billy Butler</a> (2013), <a href="/wiki/Alcides_Escobar" title="Alcides Escobar">Alcides Escobar</a> (2014, 2016), <a href="/wiki/Whit_Merrifield" title="Whit Merrifield">Whit Merrifield</a> (2019), <a href="/wiki/Jorge_Soler" title="Jorge Soler">Jorge Soler</a> (2019)</li> <li>Most runs: 136, <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Damon" title="Johnny Damon">Johnny Damon</a> (2000)</li> <li>Most hits: 230, <a href="/wiki/Willie_Wilson_(baseball)" title="Willie Wilson (baseball)">Willie Wilson</a> (1980)</li> <li>Highest slugging %: .664, <a href="/wiki/George_Brett" title="George Brett">George Brett</a> (1980)</li> <li>Most doubles: 54, <a href="/wiki/Hal_McRae" title="Hal McRae">Hal McRae</a> (1977)</li> <li>Most triples: 21, <a href="/wiki/Willie_Wilson_(baseball)" title="Willie Wilson (baseball)">Willie Wilson</a> (1985)</li> <li>Most home runs: 48, <a href="/wiki/Jorge_Soler" title="Jorge Soler">Jorge Soler</a> (2019), <a href="/wiki/Salvador_Perez" class="mw-redirect" title="Salvador Perez">Salvador Perez</a> (2021)</li> <li>Most grand slams: 3, <a href="/wiki/Danny_Tartabull" title="Danny Tartabull">Danny Tartabull</a> (1988)</li> <li>Most RBIs: 144, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Sweeney" title="Mike Sweeney">Mike Sweeney</a> (2000)</li> <li>Most stolen bases: 83, <a href="/wiki/Willie_Wilson_(baseball)" title="Willie Wilson (baseball)">Willie Wilson</a> (1979)</li> <li>Most wins: 23, <a href="/wiki/Bret_Saberhagen" title="Bret Saberhagen">Bret Saberhagen</a> (1989)</li> <li>Lowest ERA: 2.08, <a href="/wiki/Roger_Nelson_(baseball)" title="Roger Nelson (baseball)">Roger Nelson</a> (1972)</li> <li>Strikeouts: 244, <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Leonard" title="Dennis Leonard">Dennis Leonard</a> (1977)</li> <li>Most strikeouts, single game: 16, <a href="/wiki/Danny_Duffy" title="Danny Duffy">Danny Duffy</a> (2016)</li> <li>Most strikeouts, Reliever: 109, <a href="/wiki/Wade_Davis_(baseball)" title="Wade Davis (baseball)">Wade Davis</a> (2014)</li> <li>Complete games: 21, <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Leonard" title="Dennis Leonard">Dennis Leonard</a> (1977)</li> <li>Shutouts: 6, <a href="/wiki/Roger_Nelson_(baseball)" title="Roger Nelson (baseball)">Roger Nelson</a> (1972)</li> <li>Saves: 47, <a href="/wiki/Greg_Holland_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Greg Holland (baseball)">Greg Holland</a> (2013)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="All-time_records">All-time records</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: All-time records"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Highest batting average: .306, <a href="/wiki/George_Brett" title="George Brett">George Brett</a></li> <li>Most games: 2,707, <a href="/wiki/George_Brett" title="George Brett">George Brett</a></li> <li>Most runs: 1,583, <a href="/wiki/George_Brett" title="George Brett">George Brett</a></li> <li>Most hits: 3,154, <a href="/wiki/George_Brett" title="George Brett">George Brett</a></li> <li>Highest Slugging %: .518, <a href="/wiki/Danny_Tartabull" title="Danny Tartabull">Danny Tartabull</a></li> <li>Most doubles: 665, <a href="/wiki/George_Brett" title="George Brett">George Brett</a></li> <li>Most triples: 137, <a href="/wiki/George_Brett" title="George Brett">George Brett</a></li> <li>Most home runs: 317, <a href="/wiki/George_Brett" title="George Brett">George Brett</a></li> <li>Most RBIs: 1,596, <a href="/wiki/George_Brett" title="George Brett">George Brett</a></li> <li>Most stolen bases: 612, <a href="/wiki/Willie_Wilson_(baseball)" title="Willie Wilson (baseball)">Willie Wilson</a></li> <li>Most wins: 166, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Splittorff" title="Paul Splittorff">Paul Splittorff</a></li> <li>Lowest ERA: 2.55, <a href="/wiki/Dan_Quisenberry" title="Dan Quisenberry">Dan Quisenberry</a></li> <li>Strikeouts: 1,458, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Appier" title="Kevin Appier">Kevin Appier</a></li> <li>Complete games: 103, <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Leonard" title="Dennis Leonard">Dennis Leonard</a></li> <li>Shutouts: 23, <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Leonard" title="Dennis Leonard">Dennis Leonard</a></li> <li>Saves: 304, <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Montgomery_(baseball)" title="Jeff Montgomery (baseball)">Jeff Montgomery</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Radio_and_television">Radio and television</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Radio and television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 2024<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the Royals flagship radio stations are <a href="/wiki/KFNZ-FM" title="KFNZ-FM">KFNZ-FM</a> (96.5) and <a href="/wiki/KFNZ_(AM)" title="KFNZ (AM)">KFNZ</a> (610 AM).<sup id="cite_ref-kcs-kcsptokfnz_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kcs-kcsptokfnz-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As KCSP, 610 AM had been carrying games since 2008,<sup id="cite_ref-kansascitybusinessjournal_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kansascitybusinessjournal-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and entered into a new four-year deal starting from the 2020 season.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The radio announcers are <a href="/wiki/Denny_Matthews" title="Denny Matthews">Denny Matthews</a> and Ryan Lefebvre, with Steve Stewart and <a href="/wiki/Steve_Physioc" title="Steve Physioc">Steve Physioc</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mlbradio2012_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mlbradio2012-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Televised games are aired on <a href="/wiki/FanDuel_Sports_Network_Kansas_City" title="FanDuel Sports Network Kansas City">FanDuel Sports Network Kansas City</a>, a branch of <a href="/wiki/FanDuel_Sports_Network_Midwest" title="FanDuel Sports Network Midwest">FanDuel Sports Network Midwest</a>. For the 2012 season, <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Lefebvre" title="Ryan Lefebvre">Ryan Lefebvre</a> was joined by <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Montgomery_(baseball)" title="Jeff Montgomery (baseball)">Jeff Montgomery</a> for about 20 games while the rest of the broadcasts were covered by former <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels_of_Anaheim" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim">Angels</a> announcer duo of <a href="/wiki/Rex_Hudler" title="Rex Hudler">Rex Hudler</a> and <a href="/wiki/Steve_Physioc" title="Steve Physioc">Steve Physioc</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the 2016 season, the Royals averaged an 11.7 rating and 105,000 viewers on primetime TV broadcasts.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Selected Royals games previously aired in the 2000s on the Royals Network, and its former flagship was <a href="/wiki/KMCI-TV" title="KMCI-TV">KMCI-TV</a>. </p><p>On February 22, 2007, Matthews was selected as the 2007 recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Ford_C._Frick_Award" title="Ford C. Frick Award">Ford C. Frick Award</a>, presented annually for major contributions to baseball broadcasting.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mascot">Mascot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Mascot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Sluggerrr" class="mw-redirect" title="Sluggerrr">Sluggerrr</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Mascot" title="Mascot">mascot</a> of the Royals. Sluggerrr is a lion, and made his first appearance on April 5, 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On game day, Sluggerrr can be found giving aggressive encouragement to players and fans, pitching in the "Little K", and firing <a href="/wiki/Hot_dog" title="Hot dog">hot dogs</a> from an <a href="/wiki/Spud_Gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Spud Gun">air cannon</a> into the stands between innings. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Royals&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals_Baseball_Academy" title="Kansas City Royals Baseball Academy">Kansas City Royals Baseball Academy</a></li> <li><a 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color: #004687 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #004687, inset -2px -2px 0 #004687; !important;;;width:1%">Team Hall of Fame</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Busby" title="Steve Busby">Steve Busby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amos_Otis" title="Amos Otis">Amos Otis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Howser" title="Dick Howser">Dick Howser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cookie_Rojas" title="Cookie Rojas">Cookie Rojas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Splittorff" title="Paul Splittorff">Paul Splittorff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Leonard" title="Dennis Leonard">Dennis Leonard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hal_McRae" title="Hal McRae">Hal McRae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Burke_(baseball_executive)" title="Joe Burke (baseball executive)">Joe Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Gura" title="Larry Gura">Larry Gura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freddie_Patek" title="Freddie Patek">Freddie Patek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ewing_Kauffman" title="Ewing Kauffman">Ewing Kauffman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Brett" title="George Brett">George Brett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_White_(baseball)" title="Frank White (baseball)">Frank White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muriel_Kauffman" title="Muriel Kauffman">Muriel Kauffman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Mayberry" title="John Mayberry">John Mayberry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Quisenberry" title="Dan Quisenberry">Dan Quisenberry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitey_Herzog" title="Whitey Herzog">Whitey Herzog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Wilson_(baseball)" title="Willie Wilson (baseball)">Willie Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Montgomery_(baseball)" title="Jeff Montgomery (baseball)">Jeff Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denny_Matthews" title="Denny Matthews">Denny Matthews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bret_Saberhagen" title="Bret Saberhagen">Bret Saberhagen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Gubicza" title="Mark Gubicza">Mark Gubicza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Stewart" title="Art Stewart">Art Stewart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Appier" title="Kevin Appier">Kevin Appier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Sweeney" title="Mike Sweeney">Mike Sweeney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ned_Yost" title="Ned Yost">Ned Yost</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #004687 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #004687, inset -2px -2px 0 #004687; !important;;;width:1%">Retired numbers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Brett" title="George Brett">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Howser" title="Dick Howser">10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_White_(baseball)" title="Frank White (baseball)">20</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Robinson" title="Jackie Robinson">42</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #004687 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #004687, inset -2px -2px 0 #004687; !important;;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Kansas_City_Royals_minor_league_affiliates" title="List of Kansas City Royals minor league affiliates"><span style="color:#004687">Minor league<br />affiliates</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>Triple-A</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Omaha_Storm_Chasers" title="Omaha Storm Chasers">Omaha Storm Chasers</a></dd> <dt>Double-A</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Northwest_Arkansas_Naturals" title="Northwest Arkansas Naturals">Northwest Arkansas Naturals</a></dd> <dt>High-A</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Quad_Cities_River_Bandits" title="Quad Cities River Bandits">Quad Cities River Bandits</a></dd> <dt>Single-A</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Columbia_Fireflies" title="Columbia Fireflies">Columbia Fireflies</a></dd> <dt>Rookie</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Arizona_Complex_League_Royals" title="Arizona Complex League Royals">ACL Royals</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Summer_League_Royals" title="Dominican Summer League Royals">DSL Royals Fortuna</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Summer_League_Royals" title="Dominican Summer League Royals">DSL Royals Ventura</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #004687 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #004687, inset -2px -2px 0 #004687; !important;;;width:1%">Key personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Owner: <a href="/wiki/John_Sherman_(businessman)" title="John Sherman (businessman)">John Sherman</a></li> <li>President of Baseball Operations & General Manager: <a href="/wiki/J._J._Picollo" title="J. J. Picollo">J. J. Picollo</a></li> <li>Manager: <a href="/wiki/Matt_Quatraro" title="Matt Quatraro">Matt Quatraro</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #004687 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #004687, inset -2px -2px 0 #004687; !important;;;width:1%">World Series<br />championships (2)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1985_World_Series" title="1985 World Series">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_World_Series" title="2015 World Series">2015</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #004687 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #004687, inset -2px -2px 0 #004687; !important;;;width:1%">American League<br />pennants (4)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1980_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1980 American League Championship Series">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1985 American League Championship Series">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2014 American League Championship Series">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2015 American League Championship Series">2015</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #004687 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #004687, inset -2px -2px 0 #004687; !important;;;width:1%">Division titles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>West</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/1976_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1976 Kansas City Royals season">1976</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1977_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1977 Kansas City Royals season">1977</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1978_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1978 Kansas City Royals season">1978</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1980_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1980 Kansas City Royals season">1980</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1981_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1981 Kansas City Royals season">1981</a> (second half)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1984_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1984 Kansas City Royals season">1984</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1985_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1985 Kansas City Royals season">1985</a></dd> <dt>Central</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/2015_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2015 Kansas City Royals season">2015</a></dd> <dt>Wild Card</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/2014_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2014 Kansas City Royals season">2014</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2024_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2024 Kansas City Royals season">2024</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #004687 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #004687, inset -2px -2px 0 #004687; !important;;;background-color: #004687 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;"><div id="Seasons_(57)47" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Seasons (57)</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #004687 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #004687, inset -2px -2px 0 #004687; !important;;;width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span aria-hidden="true" style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">1960 · 1961 · 1962 · 1963 · 1964 · 1965 · 1966 · 1967 · 1968 · </span> <a href="/wiki/1969_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1969 Kansas City Royals season">1969</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #004687 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #004687, inset -2px -2px 0 #004687; !important;;;width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1970_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1970 Kansas City Royals season">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1971 Kansas City Royals season">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1972 Kansas City Royals season">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1973 Kansas City Royals season">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1974 Kansas City Royals season">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1975 Kansas City Royals season">1975</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1976_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1976 Kansas City Royals season">1976</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1977_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1977 Kansas City Royals season">1977</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1978_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1978 Kansas City Royals season">1978</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1979 Kansas City Royals season">1979</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #004687 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #004687, inset -2px -2px 0 #004687; !important;;;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/1980_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1980 Kansas City Royals season">1980</a></b></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1981_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1981 Kansas City Royals season">1981</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1982 Kansas City Royals season">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1983 Kansas City Royals season">1983</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1984_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1984 Kansas City Royals season">1984</a></i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/1985_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1985 Kansas City Royals season">1985</a></b></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1986 Kansas City Royals season">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1987 Kansas City Royals season">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1988 Kansas City Royals season">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1989 Kansas City Royals season">1989</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #004687 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #004687, inset -2px -2px 0 #004687; !important;;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1990_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1990 Kansas City Royals season">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1991 Kansas City Royals season">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1992 Kansas City Royals season">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1993 Kansas City Royals season">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1994 Kansas City Royals season">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1995 Kansas City Royals season">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1996 Kansas City Royals season">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1997 Kansas City Royals season">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1998 Kansas City Royals season">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1999 Kansas City Royals season">1999</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #004687 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #004687, inset -2px -2px 0 #004687; !important;;;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2000_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2000 Kansas City Royals season">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2001 Kansas City Royals season">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2002 Kansas City Royals season">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2003 Kansas City Royals season">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2004 Kansas City Royals season">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2005 Kansas City Royals season">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2006 Kansas City Royals season">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2007 Kansas City Royals season">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2008 Kansas City Royals season">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2009 Kansas City Royals season">2009</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #004687 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #004687, inset -2px -2px 0 #004687; !important;;;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2010_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2010 Kansas City Royals season">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2011 Kansas City Royals season">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2012 Kansas City Royals season">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2013 Kansas City Royals season">2013</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2014_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2014 Kansas City Royals season">2014</a></b></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/2015_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2015 Kansas City Royals season">2015</a></b></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2016 Kansas City Royals season">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2017 Kansas City Royals season">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2018 Kansas City Royals season">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2019 Kansas City Royals season">2019</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #004687 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #004687, inset -2px -2px 0 #004687; !important;;;width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2020_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2020 Kansas City Royals season">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2021 Kansas City Royals season">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2022 Kansas City Royals 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title="Major League Baseball rivalries">Rivalries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_Major_League_Baseball_and_Nippon_Professional_Baseball" title="Comparison of Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball">Comparison with Nippon Professional Baseball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pride_Night#Major_League_Baseball" title="Pride Night">Pride Night</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_baseball_in_the_United_States" title="History of baseball in the United States">History</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_American_League" title="History of the American League">AL</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_seasons" title="List of Major League Baseball seasons">Seasons</a></li> <li><a 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League">Federal League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Negro_league_baseball" title="Negro league baseball">Major Negro leagues</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Negro_National_League_(1920%E2%80%931931)" title="Negro National League (1920–1931)">Negro National League (I)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Colored_League" title="Eastern Colored League">Eastern Colored League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Negro_League" title="American Negro League">American Negro League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East%E2%80%93West_League" title="East–West League">East–West League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Negro_Southern_League_(1920%E2%80%931936)" title="Negro Southern League (1920–1936)">Negro Southern League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Negro_National_League_(1920%E2%80%931931)" title="Negro National League (1920–1931)">Negro National League (II)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Negro_American_League" title="Negro American League">Negro American League</a></li></ul></li></ul> 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Antitrust cases</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Federal_Baseball_Club_v._National_League" title="Federal Baseball Club v. 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