GCL Royals

• Location: Sarasota, FL 1971-1978, 1982-1983, 1985-1987; Baseball City 1988-1992, 1999-2002; Fort Myers, FL 1993-1998
• League: Gulf Coast League 1971-1978, 1982-1983, 1985-2002
• Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
• Ballpark: Baseball City Stadium 1988-1992, 1999-2002

From 1979 to 1981, the Kansas City Royals fielded two teams in the Gulf Coast League called GCL Royals Gold and GCL Royals Blue.

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs	Hitting Coach
1971	40-13	1st	Buzzy Keller	none League Champs
1972	41-22	1st (t)	Buzzy Keller	none Co-Champs
1973	27-28	5th	Buzzy Keller	none
1974	29-19	4th	Billy Scripture	none
1975	31-18	2nd	Gary Blaylock	none
1976	29-25	3rd	Jose Martinez	none
1977	34-19	2nd	Billy Scripture	none
1978	31-24	2nd	Jose Martinez	none
1982	28-35	8th	Joe Jones	none	Moe Hill
1983	30-31	5th	Joe Jones
1985	38-24	3rd (t)	Joe Jones
1986	30-33	8th	Luis Silverio
1987	40-23	2nd	Luis Silverio	Lost League Finals
1988	39-24	4th	Carlos Tosca	Lost League Finals
1989	35-28	6th	Carlos Tosca
1990	25-38	12th	Carlos Tosca
1991	31-29	5th	Bob Herold
1992	41-18	1st	Mike Jirschele	League Champs
1993	29-30	10th	Bob Herold
1994	47-12	1st	Bob Herold	Lost League Finals
1995	37-20	3rd	Bob Herold	League Champs
1996	30-29	8th	Al Pedrique
1997	36-24	3rd	Al Pedrique	Lost in 1st round
1998	32-28	7th	Andre David
1999	33-27	4th	Andre David	Lost in 1st round
2000	20-40	11th	Ron Karkovice / Andre David
2001	20-40	13th (t)	Lino Diaz		Patrick Anderson
2002	22-38	14th	Lloyd Simmons