Club History
18 entries in the Kansas City Royals compendium.
Club History — Era Chart
Ewing KauffmanThe pharmaceutical entrepreneur who founded Marion Laboratories and brought Major League BWillie WilsonA five-time league leader in triples and a 1982 batting champion who stole 79 bases in 161Paul SplittorffA left-handed pitcher for the Kansas City Royals from 1970 to 1984 with 166 career wins anDan QuisenberryThe submarine-style closer who led the American League in saves five times.Billy ButlerA two-time American League Player of the Month who led the Royals with career highs in douDayton MooreThe architect behind the Royals' 2014 and 2015 World Series runs.Alex GordonOne-club legend who transformed from third baseman to Gold Glove left fielder for the KansPaul MolitorThe Professor who taught a young franchise how to win it all.Lou PiniellaThe easygoing skipper who let the Royals be the Royals in the mid-90s.John WathanThe steady glove behind two World Series heartbreaks and a generation of Royals hope.Dave StewartA name in the long ledger of hands that touched the Royals' story.Dick GroatThe shortstop who proved the glove and the bat could finally share the same name.Mike MathenyA South Carolina catcher who built his craft in Kansas City before becoming a Cardinals icYordano VenturaA lightning bolt from the DR who lit up the 2015 rotation before the storm took him away.Paul GoldschmidtOne season in the Heart of America, a lifetime of power at the plate.Eric HosmerThe first-bagger who turned a scrappy Royals club into a dynasty in the making.Mike MoustakasThe Tar Heel slugger who anchored the Royals' back line through their championship era.Whit MerrifieldThe kid who turned a rebuild shortstop into a speed icon in the white-and-blue.
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