Kansas City Royals
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Franchise 1969 |
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Franchise Record: 2872-2983 World Series Titles: 1 (1985) American League Pennants: 2 (1980, 1985) Playoffs: 7 (1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985) Franchise Players: Hal McRae, Steve Busby, John Mayberry, Al Cowens, Frank White, George Brett, Willie Wilson, Dan Quisenberry, Mark Gubicza, Bret Saberhagen, Bo Jackson, Danny Tartabull, Jeff Montgomery, David Cone, Mike Sweeney, Carlos Beltran, Amos Otis |
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The Kansas City Royals were created in the expansion of 1969.
Established in 1986, the Royals Hall of Fame now has 22 members: Amos Otis (1986), Steve Busby (1986), Dick Howser (1987), Cookie Rojas (1987), Paul Splittorff (1987), Dennis Leonard (1989), Hal McRae (1989), Joe Burke - GM/President (1992), Larry Gura (1992), Freddie Patek (1992), Ewing Kauffman - Owner (1993), George Brett (1994), Frank White (1995), Muriel Kauffman - Royals First Lady (Ewing's wife) (1996), John Mayberry (1996), Dan Quisenberry (1998), Whitey Herzog (2000), Willie Wilson (2000), Jeff Montgomery (2003), Denny Matthews - Broadcaster (2004), Bret Saberhagen (2005), Mark Gubicza (2006), and Art Stewart - Scout (2008).
[edit] Team Executives
| Royals Owners | |||||||||||||||
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| Team | Years | ||||||||||||||
| Ewing Kauffman | 1969 to 1993 | ||||||||||||||
| Kauffman family | 1993 to 2000 | ||||||||||||||
| David Glass | 2000 to present | ||||||||||||||
| Royals General Managers | |
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| Team | Years |
| Cedric Tallis | 1969 to June 1974 |
| Joe Burke | June 1974 to October 1981 |
| John Schuerholz | October 1981 to October 1990 |
| Herk Robinson | October 10, 1990 to June 17, 2000 |
| Allard Baird | June 17, 2000 to May 31, 2006 |
| Dayton Moore | June 8, 2006 to present |
