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Kansas City has had teams in all five of the major professional sports leagues; three major league teams remain today. The Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball became the first American League expansion team to reach the playoffs (), to reach the World Series (), and to win the World Series (1985; against the state-rival St. Louis Cardinals in the "Show-Me Series").
15–20 January 2013 Field hockey: 2012-13 World Series Hockey: Domestic Cancelled: 26–5 January 2013 Ice hockey: 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships: International United States of America: 29 – 20 January 2013 Ice hockey: 2013 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship: International Canada: 29–6 January 2013 Cross-country skiing ...
November 2 – Joe Ginsberg, 86, catcher for the original 1962 New York Mets, who also had stops with the Indians, Kansas City A's, Orioles, White Sox and Red Sox during a 13-year career. November 9 – Harold Gould , 88, Minor league pitcher who had a seven-season career between 1942 and 1949, most prominently for the Negro league Philadelphia ...
Bob Davis is an American sportscaster.He is best known for his work broadcasting Kansas City Royals baseball games and Kansas Jayhawks football and basketball games. Davis is known for his dramatic style and calling the Jayhawks' NCAA Tournament Championships in 1988 and 2008.
Became the first switch hitter in Major League history with 300 home runs and 300 steals with his stolen base on June 15 against the Kansas City Royals. [42] Ichiro Suzuki /: Recorded his 2500th MLB career hit in the first inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks on June 19. [43] He became the 95th player to reach this mark.
Madison in 1915, owner of the Kansas City, Missouri baseball club of the Federal League, the Kansas City Packers. The Federal League of Base Ball Clubs , known simply as the Federal League , was an American professional baseball league that played its first season as a minor league in 1913 and operated as a "third major league ", in competition ...
Craig Patrick (born May 20, 1946) is an American former hockey player, coach and general manager, the son of Lynn Patrick and the grandson of Lester Patrick.During the 1980 Winter Olympics, Patrick was the Assistant General Manager and Assistant Coach under Herb Brooks for the United States men's national ice hockey team, which won the gold medal and defeated the Soviet Union in the "Miracle ...
Prior to the 2013 Kansas City Royals season (during the offseason), the Royals donated over $4 million in funds raised during the 2012 All-Star game for various projects in the Kansas City area communities, including building two baseball facilities for disabled children. Alex Gordon signed a $37.5 million four-year deal with the Royals.