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A new franchise was swiftly arranged and started play the following year. Initially called the 'Cowboys', the team held a vote on October 21 and allowed attending fans to select the new name for the franchise. The next day the team was rechristened as the 'Kansas City Royals' and played the remainder of the year under that banner.
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").
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 ...
Former Kansas City Royals players, coaches and staff from the 2014 American League championship team were honored on the field at Kauffman Stadium during a pre-game ceremony on Friday, May 17, 2024.
Who stood out for the Kansas City Royals this season? Here are the KC Star’s votes for team’s top awards.
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2014: Salvador Pérez, Eric Hosmer, and Alex Gordon (Gordon-Rawlings Platinum Glove Award Winner) 2015: Salvador Pérez, Eric Hosmer, and Alcides Escobar; 2016: Salvador Pérez; 2017: Alex Gordon; 2018: Alex Gordon and Salvador Pérez; 2019: Alex Gordon; 2020: Alex Gordon (Gordon-Rawlings Platinum Gold Glove Award Winner)
The Royals led 4–1 heading into the bottom of the eleventh inning, and closer Greg Holland retired three out of four batters faced to rack up his second postseason save and to send the Royals home to Kansas City with an opportunity to sweep the Angels in Game 3.