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<html> <head> <title>Kansas City Royals</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/sports/650/000085395/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Kansas City Royals SPORTS FRANCHISE Entered the American League as an expansion team in 1969. League champions in 1980, 1985, 2014, and 2015; World Series winners in 1985 and 2015. Official Website: <a href="http://kansascity.royals.mlb.com/">http://kansascity.royals.mlb.com/</a> Location: <a href="/geo/557/000069350/" class=proflink>Kansas City, MO</a> <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_actors"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/303/000173781/">Buddy Bell</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Aug-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Manager, Kansas City Royals, 2005-07</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/627/000162141/">Carlos Beltran</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Apr-1977</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Outfielder, New York Yankees</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/914/000165419/">Bud Black</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Jun-1957</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Manager, San Diego Padres</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/944/000047803/">Vida Blue</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jul-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Cy Young Award winning pitcher</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/276/000025201/">George Brett</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-May-1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Twelve-time American League All-Star</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/218/000030128/">Bill Buckner</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Dec-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Haunted by game 6 of the 1986 World Series</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/161/000163669/">Melky Cabrera</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Aug-1984</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>White Sox outfielder</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/174/000133772/">Orlando Cepeda</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Sep-1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>MLB first baseman</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/103/000166602/">Rocky Colavito</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Aug-1933</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Denies having cursed Cleveland</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/762/000206144/">Vince Coleman</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Sep-1960</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>St. Louis Cardinal, base stealer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/148/000108821/">Johnny Damon</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Nov-1973</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>"Caveman" outfielder</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/175/000163683/">Bucky Dent</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Nov-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Former MLB shortstop, Yankees manager</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/091/000085833/">Kirk Gibson</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-May-1957</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>1988 National League MVP</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/347/000127963/">David D. Glass</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Wal-Mart, 1988-2000</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/458/000023389/">Whitey Herzog</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Nov-1931</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The White Rat</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/908/000165413/">Trey Hillman</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Jan-1963</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Manager, Kansas City Royals</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/248/000163756/">Clint Hurdle</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Jul-1957</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Manager, Pittsburgh Pirates</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/293/000025218/">Bo Jackson</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Nov-1962</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Bo Knows</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/024/000025946/">Harmon Killebrew</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jun-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-May-2011</tt></td> <td>Minnesota Twins</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/993/000206375/">Bob Lemon</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Sep-1920</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jan-2000</tt></td> <td>Cleveland Indians Pitcher, MLB Manager</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/327/000166826/">Jack McKeon</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Nov-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Former Manager, Florida Marlins</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/911/000165416/">Bob Melvin</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Oct-1961</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Manager, Arizona Diamondbacks</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/095/000085837/">Gaylord Perry</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Sep-1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Me and the Spitter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/894/000165399/">Lou Piniella</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Aug-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Manager, Chicago Cubs</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/555/000166057/">Bret Saberhagen</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Apr-1964</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Two-time Cy Young winner</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=85395" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2015 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/717/000001714/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/717/1714/s1714.jpg" width=128> (KETC) Mortgage Crisis Connections</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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