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Kansas City Royals

Kansas City Royals
2017 Kansas City Royals season
Established in 1969
Kansas City Royals.svg Kansas City Royals Insignia.svg
Team logo Cap insignia
Major league affiliations
Current uniform
ALC-Uniform-KC.PNG
Retired numbers
Colors
  • Royal blue, gold, black, light blue, white
                        
Name
  • Kansas City Royals (1969–present)
Other nicknames
  • The Blue Crew
Ballpark
Major league titles
World Series titles (2)
AL Pennants (4)
Central Division titles (1) 2015
West Division titles (6) [1]
Wild card berths (1) 2014
[1] The Royals also qualified for the 1981 American League Division Series by winning the AL West in the second half of the 1981 season, which was split by a players' strike. Kansas City lost in the ALDS to the Oakland Athletics
Front office
Owner(s) David Glass
Manager Ned Yost
General Manager Dayton Moore
President of Baseball Operations Dan Glass

The Kansas City Royals are an American professional baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member team of the American League (AL) Central division. The team was founded as an expansion franchise in 1969, and has participated in four World Series, winning in 1985 and 2015, and losing in 1980 and 2014.

The name Royals originates from the American Royal, a livestock show, horse show, rodeo, and championship barbeque competition held annually in Kansas City since 1899. The name also fits into something of a theme for other professional sports franchises in the city, including the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL, the former Kansas City Kings of the NBA, the formerly named Kansas City Wizards of MLS, and the former Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro National League.

Entering the American League in 1969 along with the Seattle Pilots, the club was founded by Kansas City businessman Ewing Kauffman. The franchise was established following the actions of Stuart Symington, then-United States Senator from Missouri, who demanded a new franchise for the city after the Athletics (Kansas City's previous major league team that played from 1955 to 1967) moved to Oakland, California in 1968. Since April 10, 1973, the Royals have played at Kauffman Stadium, formerly known as Royals Stadium.


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