The Kansas City Royals are an American professional baseball team based in Kansas City,Missouri. The Royals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central Division. The team was founded as an expansion franchise in 1969,and have made four World Series trips,winning in 1985 and 2015,and losing in 1980 and 2014. 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.
Donald Zackary Greinke is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. Greinke primarily played with the Kansas City Royals in Major League Baseball (MLB) across two stints;from his 2004 debut to 2010,and from 2022 to 2023. He has also played for the Milwaukee Brewers,Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim,Los Angeles Dodgers,Arizona Diamondbacks,and Houston Astros,with the last of which Greinke finished as a runner-up in the 2019 and 2021 World Series.
Shawn Anthony Camp is an American baseball coach and former pitcher,who is the current head coach of the George Mason Patriots. He played college baseball for George Mason from 1995 to 1997. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2004 to 2014 with his longest tenure as a player with the Toronto Blue Jays. He also played for the Kansas City Royals,Tampa Bay Devil Rays,Chicago Cubs,and Philadelphia Phillies.
James Gottfried Frey was an American professional baseball manager,coach,general manager,and Minor League Baseball (MiLB) outfielder. In 1980,Frey led the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB) to their first American League (AL) championship,in his first year with the team. In the World Series,they lost to the Philadelphia Phillies,who won their first World Series championship.
Robert JoséWatson was an American professional baseball player,coach and general manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman and left fielder from 1966 to 1984,most prominently as a member of the Houston Astros where he was a two-time All-Star player. Watson had a .295 batting average over a career that also saw him play for the Boston Red Sox,New York Yankees,and the Atlanta Braves.
John Boland Schuerholz Jr. is an American baseball front office executive. He was the general manager of Major League Baseball's Atlanta Braves from 1990 to 2007,and then served as the Braves president for a decade from 2007 until 2016. Before joining Atlanta,he spent 22 years with the Kansas City Royals organization,including nine (1982–1990) as the club's general manager. Among the teams he built are the 1985 Royals and 1995 Braves,both World Series champions. His teams have also won their division 16 times,including 14 consecutive times in Atlanta. During his time with the Braves,they won five National League pennants and played in nine National League Championship series. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2017.
Ned Louis Colletti Jr. is an American sports executive with 40 years experience in Major League Baseball,is a four-time Emmy Award-winning baseball analyst,a professor of Sports Administration at Pepperdine University,the author of the best-selling book The Big Chair,and a scout for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League. He was general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers from 2006 through 2014. Before moving to the Dodgers,he was assistant general manager of the San Francisco Giants. Colletti is one of very few American sports executives to work in two major sports:Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League.
This is a list of award winners and league leaders for the Kansas City Royals professional baseball team.
The Winchester Royals are a collegiate summer baseball team in Winchester,Virginia. They play in the Northern division of the Valley Baseball League. Founded in 1979,the Royals are the most successful team in the history of the Valley League,with thirteen Championships won —in 1979,1980,1982,1983,1987,1990,1992,1993,1997,2001,2003,and 2004. This is one more than the Harrisonburg Turks,and seven more than the Waynesboro Generals,which are the second and third most winning teams in the history of the Valley League.
Russell Jay Kuntz is an American baseball coach and former Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder. He played for the Chicago White Sox,Minnesota Twins and Detroit Tigers between 1979 and 1985. He never appeared in more than 84 games in any season during his playing career. In the final game of the 1984 World Series,Kuntz hit a pop fly to the second baseman that became the deciding run batted in (RBI).
Allard Baird is an American professional baseball executive,currently serving as an advisor for the Arizona Diamondbacks. He previously was the vice president and assistant general manager for scouting and player development for the New York Mets and held executive positions with the Kansas City Royals and Boston Red Sox.
The 2007 Kansas City Royals season was the 39th season for the franchise,and their 37th at Kauffman Stadium. the season began with the team attempting to win the American League Central - a task not achieved since the division was formed in 1994.
The following is a detailed history of the Kansas City Royals,a Major League Baseball team that began play in 1969 in Kansas City,Missouri. The team is currently in the American League Central Division. The franchise has won two wild card berths,seven division titles,four league championships,and two World Series titles.
The 2009 Kansas City Royals season was the 41st season for the franchise,and their 39th at Kauffman Stadium. The season began on April 7 with a game against the Chicago White Sox at U. S. Cellular Field,which Chicago won. On April 10,the Royals hosted the New York Yankees in the first game at the newly renovated Kauffman Stadium for the Royals' home opener. Interleague opponents included the St. Louis Cardinals,Arizona Diamondbacks,Cincinnati Reds,Houston Astros and Pittsburgh Pirates.
Dean Taylor is an American former front office executive in Major League Baseball who most recently served as the vice president of baseball operations and assistant general manager for the Kansas City Royals.
Alex Anthopoulos is a Canadian professional baseball executive,currently working as the general manager and president of baseball operations for the Atlanta Braves. He was the senior vice president of baseball operations and general manager of the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2010 to 2015,for whom he began as a scouting coordinator in 2003. Prior to the Blue Jays,Anthopoulos got his start in professional baseball with the Montreal Expos organization in 2000. In 2015,he was named the Sporting News Executive of the Year after the Blue Jays advanced to the playoffs for the first time since 1993,reaching the American League Championship Series (ALCS). However,his term with the Blue Jays ended on October 29,2015,when he declined a five-year contract extension. He served for two years as vice president of baseball operations for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
John J. Sherman is an American businessman. He is the majority owner of the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB). Sherman is founder and former chairman and chief executive officer of Inergy,L.P.
John P. Picollo is an American baseball executive. He is the general manager and president of baseball operations for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball. Picollo has been employed with the Royals since 2006.
Robert Moore is an American professional baseball second baseman in the Philadelphia Phillies organization.
