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The 1985 Kansas City Royals season was the 17th season in Royals franchise history. It ended with the Royals' first World Series championship over their intra-state rivals, the St. Louis Cardinals . The Royals won the American League West for the second consecutive season and the sixth time in ten years.
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.
In 1984, K.C. again won the West Division, but were swept in the ALCS by the eventual World champion Detroit Tigers, who won 20 more games during the regular season than the Royals. 1985 saw the Royals post a record of 91–71 (.562) winning another West Division pennant, ahead of the California Angels by a game.
The 1985 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1985 season.The 82nd edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Kansas City Royals and the National League (NL) champion St. Louis Cardinals.
The KC-NY rivalry has since faded, but a new chapter will be added this week when the Royals and Yankees meet in an American League Division Series. Here is a look at their playoff history: 1976 ALCS
After falling behind 3–1 in the series, the Royals eventually rallied to win the series 4–3 (notably, the LCS had been expanded to a best-of-seven format for the first time in 1985, which allowed the Royals to survive at all).
The Royals entered Monday’s action nine games behind the Cleveland Guardians in the American League Central Division. KC is also a half-game behind the Boston Red Sox in the AL Wild Card race ...
The Kansas City Royals added two players to their 40-man roster Tuesday night, elevating outfielder Tyler Gentry and pitcher Will Klein to the Major League Reserve List. Both players were eligible ...