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20 unusual facts about Kansas City Royals


Alfredo L. Escalera

Alfredo L. Escalera (born February 17, 1995) also known as Alfredo Escalera and Alfredo Escalera-Maldonado is an American baseball outfielder for the Kansas City Royals.

Bobby Kingsbury

Most of the players on the Greek Baseball team was up of Americans with Greek heritage, including North Florida coach Dusty Rhodes, and White Sox scout John Kazanas, Clay Bellinger of the Orioles, outfielders Nick Markakis the Orioles and Nick Theodorou of the Dodgers, and catchers Mike Tonis of Royals and George Kottaras of the Padres.

Bonneville International

Rush Limbaugh once worked for Bonneville Communications, after his stint with the Kansas City Royals.

Dennis Moeller

Dennis Michael Moeller (born September 15, 1967 in Tarzana, California) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Kansas City Royals and Pittsburgh Pirates from 1992 to 1993.

Jay Nady

Jay Nady (born August 23, 1947) is a championship boxing referee and the uncle of Kansas City Royals outfielder Xavier Nady.

Jeff Francis

On January 14, 2011, Francis agreed to a one-year contract with the Kansas City Royals for $2 million plus performance bonuses.

John Suomi

He played in the minor league system of the Athletics through 2004, missed 2005 because of injury and then played in the organizations of the Washington Nationals, Philadelphia Phillies and Kansas City Royals.

Khalil Greene

He returned to the Cards lineup on June 19 at the Kansas City Royals.

Matt Hollowell

Hollowell was also the first base umpire in a September 19, 2002, game between the Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Royals.

Michael E. Herman

Michael E. Herman (born 1941 in New York City) was president of the Kansas City Royals from 1992 to 2000.

Mike Guerrero

Prior to the 1993 season, Guerrero was acquired by the Kansas City Royals organization.

Miguel A. "Mike" Guerrero (born January 8, 1968) is a Major League Baseball coach with the Milwaukee Brewers and a former minor league player in the Brewers and Kansas City Royals farm systems from 1987 to 1995.

Mike Jirschele

On October 25, 2013, Jirschele was announced as a coach for the Kansas City Royals for the 2014 season.

Michael John Jirschele (born March 3, 1959 in Clintonville, Wisconsin) is a coach for the Kansas City Royals.

Mike Napoli

On May 29, he was involved in a controversial game-ending play at home plate in the ninth inning in a game against the Kansas City Royals.

Paulo Orlando

Paulo Roberto Orlando (born November 1, 1985) is a Brazilian professional baseball outfielder who is currently in the Kansas City Royals organization.

Román Rodríguez

Upon concluding his playing career, Rodríguez was hired by the Kansas City Royals from 1997 until 2000 as bullpen catcher.

Stephen Lumpkins

Following that season, Lumpkins was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 13th round of the MLB Draft.

The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass

The world also has some other minor differences with the one (or more) known to Eddie, Jake and Susannah, for instance, the Kansas City baseball team is the Monarchs (as opposed to the Royals), and Nozz-A-La is a popular soft drink.

WIBW-FM

The room with the FM programming doubled as the control room for the Kansas City Royals radio network when WIBW held the baseball team's broadcast rights.


1972 Houston Astros season

December 2, 1971: John Mayberry and Dave Grangaard (minors) were traded by the Astros to the Kansas City Royals for Jim York and Lance Clemons.

Alexei Ramírez

On September 19, 2008, Ramírez hit his third grand slam of the season off of pitcher Brian Bannister of the Kansas City Royals in a 6–4 White Sox win, tying an American League rookie record set by Shane Spencer of the New York Yankees in 1998.

Allen McDill

Allen Gabriel McDill (born August 23, 1971 in Greenville, Mississippi) is a former left-handed specialist in Major League Baseball who pitched from 1997 through 2001 for the Kansas City Royals (1997–98), Detroit Tigers (2000) and Boston Red Sox (2001).

American Royal

The Future Farmers of America (now the National FFA Organization) was founded during the Royal and Kansas City's professional baseball team the Kansas City Royals derive their name in part from the Royal.

Amy Bender

Bender grew up as a fan of the Kansas City Royals where she was a huge fan of George Brett and she learned how to do his batting average when she was in third grade.

Chris Truby

The Kansas City Royals signed Truby with the intention of having him play third base until prospect Mark Teahen was ready for full-time duty in the major leagues.

Daron Kirkreit

He played in the Indians, Milwaukee Brewers, Kansas City Royals, Seattle Mariners, and the Anaheim Angels minor league systems until his retirement after the 2001 season.

David DeJesus

Three years later, he was drafted in the fourth round of the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft by the Kansas City Royals.

David Herndon

The 6'5", 230 pounds Herndon was originally drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 38th round of the 2004 amateur draft out of Mosely High School in Panama City, but did not sign.

Dickie Noles

In Game 4 of that series, Noles came on in relief of Larry Christenson in the first inning with only one out and the Phillies down 4–0 to the Kansas City Royals.

Eric Hurley

Hurley attended Samuel W. Wolfson High School in Jacksonville, Florida, where he was teammates with fellow first round draft pick Billy Butler who was selected by the Kansas City Royals.

Harold Mozingo

Harold Clifton Mozingo Jr (born March 29, 1985 in Tappahannock, Virginia) is a former Professional baseball pitcher in the Kansas City Royals and Toronto Blue Jays organizations.

Héctor Wagner

Héctor Raul Guerrero Wagner (born November 26, 1968 in San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals from 1990 to 1991.

Jason Bourgeois

On March 20, 2012, Bourgeois was traded to the Kansas City Royals along with Humberto Quintero for minor leaguer Kevin Chapman and a player to be named later.

Joe Keough

Joseph William Keough (born January 7, 1946 in Pomona, California) is a former right fielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1968 through 1973 for the Oakland Athletics (1968), Kansas City Royals (1969–72) and Chicago White Sox (1973).

Juan Cedeño

He played organization from 2002 through 2005, until he was traded with Chip Ambres to the Kansas City Royals for Tony Graffanino.

Kevin Pillar

Pillar was called up to the Blue Jays for the first time in his career on August 14, 2013, after center fielder Colby Rasmus was placed on the 15-day disabled list and utility player Emilio Bonifacio was traded to the Kansas City Royals.

Kivett and Myers

The two most prominent commissions came in the late 1960s and early 1970s with terminals and control tower at Kansas City International Airport (a design layout with in "C" shape so that all gates were within a few feet of the road) and most importantly the Truman Sports Complex for Kansas City Chiefs and Kansas City Royals.

Lindsay Meggs

He signed with the Kansas City Royals after being drafted in the 15th round of the 1984 Major League Baseball Draft, and enjoyed a brief professional career before returning to UCLA to complete his degree.

Myril Hoag

In 1934, he collected six hits in one game, and was the last New York Yankee to accomplish this feat until Johnny Damon did so against the Kansas City Royals on June 7, 2008.

Phil Brassington

After a year of college baseball with the Lamar University Cardinals, Brassington was drafted by Kansas City Royals in 5th Round (133rd overall) of 1993 amateur entry draft and played the 1993 season with the Eugene Emeralds as a starting pitcher where he finished with a season ERA of 2.42.

Proposed Major League Baseball franchises in Portland, Oregon

ESPN.com reported that the Portland metropolitan area was a bigger location then the ones that house the Cincinnati Reds, the Kansas City Royals and the Milwaukee Brewers.

Rusty Kuntz

Since his retirement, Kuntz has served as a special assistant to Dayton Moore, general manager of the Kansas City Royals.

Tom Phoebus

Phoebus began his career with Baltimore pitching shutouts in his first two starts, on September 15 and 20, 1966, against the Angels and Kansas City.

Trey Johnson

He starred as a pitcher during high school and after graduating, he was selected in the 30th round of the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft by the Kansas City Royals.

Víctor Santos

After two years with Milwaukee, he made an unusual route via the Kansas City Royals and the Rule 5 draft onto the major-league roster of the Pittsburgh Pirates for the 2006 season.