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Key: RHOF, Royals Hall of Fame inductee; MSHOF, Missouri Sports Hall of Fame inductee. Players in Bold are members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Players in Italics have had their numbers retired by the team.
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 Royals wore their trademark powder blue road uniforms from 1973 to 1991 and reintroduced it in 2008 as an alternate jersey. [17]When the Kansas City Athletics moved to Oakland after the 1967 season, Kansas City was left without major league baseball or, for the first time since 1883, professional baseball at all.
See: Kansas City Royals#Retired numbers 5 - George Brett; 10 - Dick Howser; 20 - Frank White; 42 - Jackie Robinson * ( retired across all of MLB) <kcroyals.com> Sporting News Sportsman of the Year
Jim Kelly, the first player to have his jersey number (12) officially retired by the Buffalo Bills, is seen here in 2010 Otto Graham, whose number 14 was retired by the Browns, at his new job, as the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Athletic Director in 1959 Jim Brown's #32 was retired by the Browns after his 9-years tenure on the franchise Lenny Moore, whose number 24 was retired by the Colts, poses ...
Here is a look at their playoff history: 1976 ALCS. The Royals made the playoffs for the first time in 1976 and came up just short of the World Series. ... with the finale in Kansas City. The ...
The first major leaguer whose number was retired was Gehrig, in July 1939, following his retirement due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which became popularly known in the United States as Lou Gehrig's Disease. Since then, over 150 other people have had their numbers retired, some with more than one team.
During his career with the team, it was known first as the Cincinnati Royals (1970–1972), then the Kansas City–Omaha Kings (1972–1975), and finally as the Kansas City Kings (1975–1976). He wore no. 10 from 1970 to 1974. 2: Mitch Richmond † Sacramento Kings: G 1991–1998 4: Chris Webber † Sacramento Kings: F 1998–2005 6: Sixth man