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The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball (MLB) team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They have competed in the American League (AL) since the team began play in 1969, and in the AL Central division since 1994. The team's list of records includes batting and pitching records set in single games, single seasons and careers, by both the ...
Pete Rose is the all-time MLB hits leader with 4,256 hits. Listed are all Major League Baseball players who have reached the 2,000 hit milestone during their career in MLB. Pete Rose holds the Major League record for most career hits, with 4,256. Rose and Ty Cobb, second most, are the only players with 4,000 or more career hits.
Lyons hit in 52 consecutive games that season, but his streak included two games (#22 and #44) in which his only "hits" were walks. In 1968, MLB ruled that walks in 1887 would not be counted as hits, so Lyons' streak was no longer recognized, though it still appears on some lists. In 2000, Major League Baseball reversed its 1968 decision ...
December 10, 1999: Doug Bochtler was signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals. [2] December 17, 1999: Scott Service was released by the Royals. [3] January 27, 2000: Ricky Bottalico was signed as a free agent by the Royals. [4] March 7, 2000: Gregg Zaun was sent to the Royals by the Detroit Tigers as part of a conditional deal. [5]
Ted Williams won six AL batting titles. He hit .406 in 1941, and that is the last time a player has hit over .400. Rod Carew won seven AL batting titles between 1969 and 1978. George Brett's .390 batting average in 1980 is the second-highest since 1941. Ichiro Suzuki won AL batting titles in 2001 and 2004.
Johnny David Damon (born November 5, 1973) [1] is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1995 to 2012. During his MLB career, Damon played for the Kansas City Royals (1995–2000), Oakland Athletics (2001), Boston Red Sox (2002–2005), New York Yankees (2006–2009), Detroit Tigers (2010), Tampa Bay Rays (2011) and Cleveland Indians ...
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 17 games in September, Quinn hit .333 with 6 home runs and 18 RBIs. In 2000, Quinn became the Royals regular leftfielder. He hit .294 with 20 home runs and 78 RBIs in 135 games, earning him the Sporting News American League Rookie Player of the Year and a spot on the 2000 Topps All-Star Rookie Team.