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The Kansas City Royals baseball team is currently owned by an ownership group led by John Sherman. ... part owner) Ewing Kauffman estate (1993—2000) David Glass ...
December 11, 1981: Clint Hurdle was traded by the Royals to the Cincinnati Reds for Scott Brown. [2] December 11, 1981: Jerry Martin was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Kansas City Royals for Rich Gale and Bill Laskey. [3] January 14, 1982: Ken Phelps was traded by the Royals to the Montreal Expos for Grant Jackson. [4]
Kauffman Stadium, home stadium for the Royals since 1973. This is a list of seasons completed by the Kansas City Royals, a professional baseball franchise based in Kansas City, Missouri. They formerly played in the American League West until the 1994 realignment, where they now compete in the American League Central Division.
The Royals were 20–30 and in fifth place in the American League West when the strike began, but won the second half with a 30–23 mark. Dick Howser replaced Jim Frey as manager on August 31. Kansas City's overall 50-53 record made the Royals the first team in MLB history to reach the postseason with a losing mark.
The name "Royals" pays homage to the American Royal, a livestock show, horse show, rodeo, and championship barbecue competition held annually in Kansas City since 1899, [7] [8] as well as the identical names of two former Negro league baseball teams that played in the first half of the 20th century (one was a semi-pro team based in Kansas City ...
Tarik Skubal allowed three hits over five innings for his 17th win and the streaking Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 on Wednesday night to move within a half game of a playoff spot ...
The Astros negated the effect of the Kansas City run in the top of the third as Rasmus homered for his third consecutive postseason game. Kansas City remained resilient, however, with Alex Ríos doubling, Alcides Escobar singling on an overturned video-review call, and Ben Zobrist hitting a sacrifice ground out to bring Rios home. At the end of ...
A bright prospect, Busby won 56 games in his first three full seasons, only to have his career derailed by a rotator cuff tear.Drafted by the Royals in 1971 in the second round, the University of Southern California graduate made his major league debut the following season and stuck in the majors for good in 1973, when he won 16 games and on April 27 pitched the first no-hitter in Kansas City ...