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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 ...
In the "Original 16" era (1901–1960), there were 8 teams in each league and teams in each league played each other 22 times a season. [1] With the second American League incarnation of the Washington Senators (now the Texas Rangers) and the Los Angeles Angels entering play as expansion teams in 1961, MLB increased the total number of games American League teams played to 162, which meant ...
Kauffman Stadium, home stadium for the Royals since 1973. This is a list of seasons completed by the Kansas City Royals, a professional baseball franchise based in Kansas City, Missouri. They formerly played in the American League West until the 1994 realignment, where they now compete in the American League Central Division.
The New York Yankees have the highest all-time regular season win–loss percentage (.569) in Major League Baseball history. Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization, which consists of a total of 30 teams—15 teams in the National League (NL) and 15 in the American League (AL). The NL and AL were formed in 1876 and ...
The Royals’ sweep of Minnesota earlier this month didn’t affect the season series. The Twins won it 7-6 and would hold a tiebreaker over the Royals if the teams finish with the same record. Tigers
The longest winning streak against a single opponent is 23 games by the Baltimore Orioles over the Kansas City Royals from May 10, 1969, to August 2, 1970. Baltimore had won more than 90 games in three of the previous four seasons, with a World Series title in 1966. The Royals were an expansion team in their first season.
This was the second postseason meeting between the Royals and Athletics. They last met in the ALDS in 1981, which the Athletics won in a sweep.The Athletics went up 7–3 going into the eighth inning, until the Royals rallied in the bottom of the eighth and ninth innings, scoring 4 runs to send the game into extra innings.
The Royals last had a .500 record at 22–22, and by the All-Star break, the Royals had a record of 37–54, the worst in the American League. Almost all of the Royals' bullpen was made up of 2011 minor league call ups, in addition to the infielders Eric Hosmer , Mike Moustakas , Johnny Giavotella , and catchers Salvador Pérez and Manny Piña .