Stephen Charles Balboni is an American former Major League Baseball player,who played for the New York Yankees,Seattle Mariners,Kansas City Royals,and Texas Rangers. He was a player with home run power and a tendency to strike out. He was nicknamed "Bye Bye" because of his home run hitting prowess. He was also known by the nickname "Bones",which is a malapropism for Balboni. He is also known for the "Curse of the Balboni",an idea written about by Rany Jazayerli which said no baseball team with a player hitting more than 36 home runs for that team could win the World Series. Since Balboni was the last player to hit 36 home runs and win a World Series,,the curse bore his name. The curse ran from 1985 until Luis Gonzalez and the Arizona Diamondbacks won the 2001 World Series.
Jeffrey Thomas Montgomery is an American former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. During a 13-year baseball career,he pitched from 1987 to 1999,primarily for the Kansas City Royals.
Damon Jamall Hollins is an American former professional baseball outfielder and current coach. Hollins played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves,Los Angeles Dodgers,and Tampa Bay Devil Rays. His only regular major league playing time was in Tampa Bay,where he manned all three outfield positions. He is currently the first base coach for the Kansas City Royals.
Danny Lynn Jackson is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball from 1983 to 1997. He played for the Kansas City Royals,Cincinnati Reds,Chicago Cubs,Pittsburgh Pirates,Philadelphia Phillies,St. Louis Cardinals,and San Diego Padres.
William Harold Morris III is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) first baseman who played for several teams from 1988 to 2000,including an eight-year stint with the Cincinnati Reds. From 2012 until 2016,he was the director of professional scouting for the Los Angeles Angels.
Jerry Lindsey Martin is an American former Professional baseball outfielder. He spent 11 years in Major League Baseball,from 1974 to 1984. On November 17,1983,Martin and Kansas City Royals teammates Willie Aikens and Willie Wilson each received three-month prison terms on misdemeanor attempted cocaine possession charges. They became the first active major leaguers to serve jail time.
Dennis Lee Rasmussen is an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the San Diego Padres,New York Yankees (1984–87),Cincinnati Reds (1987–88),Chicago Cubs (1992),and Kansas City Royals. He batted and threw left-handed.
Charles Douglas Bair is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played for 15 Major League Baseball (MLB) seasons —from 1976 to 1990 —for seven teams.
Timothy James Leary is an American former professional baseball right-handed pitcher.
Travis James Snider is an American former professional baseball outfielder. Nicknamed Lunchbox,he played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays,Pittsburgh Pirates,and Baltimore Orioles.
Rawlins Jackson "Rawly" Eastwick,is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher,who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds,St. Louis Cardinals,New York Yankees,Philadelphia Phillies,Kansas City Royals,and Chicago Cubs,from 1975 to 1981.
Michael Scott Bankhead is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1986-1995. Bankhead also pitched for Team USA in the 1984 Olympic Games. He attended the University of North Carolina.
Richard Anthony Rodriguez is an American former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1990 to 2003.
Steven Wayne Scarsone is an American former professional baseball infielder and former minor league manager. He serves on the Oakland Athletics' Player Development staff as travelling minor league instructor. He played all or parts of seven seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1992 and 1999 for the Philadelphia Phillies,Baltimore Orioles,San Francisco Giants,St. Louis Cardinals,and Kansas City Royals.
Michael Christopher Moustakas is an American professional baseball third baseman for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Kansas City Royals,Milwaukee Brewers,Cincinnati Reds,and Colorado Rockies.
The 1997 Kansas City Royals season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Royals finishing 5th in the American League Central with a record of 67 wins and 94 losses.
Kelly Jay Paris was a professional baseball player who played in the Major Leagues with the St. Louis Cardinals,Cincinnati Reds,Baltimore Orioles,and the Chicago White Sox. He played as a third baseman and shortstop.
Nathan Masler Adcock is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals,Texas Rangers,and Cincinnati Reds.
Brandon Kyle Finnegan is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Monarchs of the American Association of Professional Baseball. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals and the Cincinnati Reds.
Charles Brewer Hicklen is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Philadelphia Phillies organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals.
