Kansas City Royals (KC or KCR), is one of the major league baseball teams affiliated with the American League. The home court is located in Kansas City, Missouri. Among the American League partitions, it belongs to the American League Central District.

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Royals' home court is Kauffman Stadium, used since 1973. The first World Championship in team history was won in 1985. The use of the name Royal originated from the American Royal, which played rodeo in Kansas City in 1899.

Team History

Create : joined in the United States League expansion in 1969.

affiliated to partition : American League Central District (1994 to present), American League West District (1969-1993)

Home stadium : Kaufman Stadium (1973-present)

used stadium : Municipal Stadium (1969-1972)

jersey color : Royal Blue, Black and White

Playoffs times (9): 1976~1978, 1980~1981, 1984~1985, 2014, 2015

• 1981 shortened the season due to a strike, so the first and second half of the season was selected, while the Royals were the champion of the second half of the season.

The team's strong period

1975 mid-season, the Royals replaced the new head coach Whitey Herzog. Whitey Herzog's goal was to enhance the team's garage and speed, so the Royals and Chicago White Sox traded for four players including Willie Wilson to enhance the team's garage and speed. In 1976, the team won the first division championship and entered the playoffs. in the American League Championship match between Royals and New York Yankees. The two sides tied 2 and played the fifth game, but in the end, they were hit by Yankees Chris Chambris and were unable to enter the World Series.

• In 1977, Royals won the division championship with 102 wins and 60 losses, and won the division championship in 1978 the following year, winning the division championship and winning three consecutive games. However, it was eliminated by the Yankees for three consecutive years in the American League Championship.
• 1979 Royal only won the second place in the partition.
• In 1980, Jim Frey took over the Royals' chief coach and won the division championship this season under Jim Frey's leadership. He met the Yankees in the American League Championship. However, the result this time was different from the previous three times. The Royals swept the Yankees straight down 3 and became the first expanded team to win the American League Championship. However, Royals lost to the Philadelphia Phillies 2:4 in the World Championship. The first World Championship in the team history has to wait.

1985: The first World Series champion

After the end of the season in 1981, the Royals replaced the head coach with former Yankees head coach Dick Howser. In the first two years leading by Dick Howser (1982-1983), the team was the old 2 in the division. In 1984, the team won the division championship, but was eliminated by Detroit Tiger straight down 3 in the US League Championship.

1985 The Royals won the division championship with 91 wins and 71 losses. This year, the American League Championship changed to a 7-game 4-win system. The opponent was the Toronto Bluebirds. After 1 win and 3 losses, the Royals won three consecutive victories, including two important away wins, and successfully entered the World Championship. This is the second time the team entered the World Championship. The opponent was the St. Louis Cardinals. The St. Louis Cardinals won 3 wins and 1 defeat in the first 4 games of the game. However, after that, the Royals won three consecutive games and reversed the performance. The most important thing is that the 6th game was the referee's misjudgment, which allowed the Royals to win to Game 7 and win, and won the first World Championship in the team's history.

Long-term downturn

Since 1994, the team's performance has started to get worse and worse. In 2002, the team's first defeat reached 100 (62 wins), and the winning rate in 2003 reached more than 50%. However, since 2004, the record has reached 100 losses for three consecutive years. Although it only lost 93 in 2007, it is still the master of the division.

After replacing the new head coach in 2008, the division ranked second and fourth, avoiding being the owner of the furnace for five consecutive years. In the first division rankings in the past two years (2008 and 2009), the Royals were the leaders, but their results have declined since May and are unable to continue to lead.

2014: After 29 years of World Series

Kansas City Royals faced the AMF wild card game of Oakland athlete at home, and finally let fans see how crazy the playoffs can be. Although the athletes took the lead with Brandon Moss' single-game double hits and 5 RBIs, the Royals overcame the disadvantage of 3 degrees of the game and made a 2-point comeback after extending 12 innings. They defeated the athletes 9:8 with Salvador Perez's goodbye hit, and grabbed the ticket for the Royals to play the division series with Anaham and the Los Angeles Angels.

Real swept the Angels with the help of "small ball tactics", line play and start-and-up support in the first three matches of the FC League. In the FC League championship game, the Baltimore Orioles also swept the Tigers with a straight-down 3. As a result, the Royal continued its momentum and defeated the Golden Birds with a straight-down 4, won the American League championship at home, and competed with the National League champion San Francisco Giants for the World Championship of the year.

Although the Royals won 8 consecutive victories in the AFC playoffs, in the first game of the World Series, the Royals were beaten up and defeated by the Giants 1:7 at home. In the second game of the series, the Royals reversed the decline at home and responded to the Giants with a 7:2. The third game of the series moved to the Giants at home. In AT&T Park, the Royals continued to have a good state, narrowly defeating the Giants 3:2. The Royals in the 4th and 5th games were very different from the previous two games. The Royals lost to the Giants 4:11 and 0:5, and fell behind 2:3 in terms of points on the court. Under pressure from “just lose one more game and go home”, the last two games of the series returned to Kansas City. Just when everyone thought the Giants could easily win the 6th game and reach the top, the Royals scored 7 points in 2 games and slaughtered the Giants 10:0, and dragged the World Championship into G7. In the last game, he met the playoff god Madison Bumgarner. After 9 fierce battles, the Royals lost the final game 2:3 and lost the World Championship, but the Royals have created the best record in 29 years.

2015: After 30 years of World Series champion

almost brought back the World Series champion Royal the year before. He sent "Country Breakfast" Billy Butler to the Bay Area before the season, and changed the Cuban good player Cantri Moralis, and captured the celebrity ace Johnny Krato and super toolman Ben Zobrist on the eve of the 731 trading deadline. Although the royal family often clashed with the American League's powers this season, their record was among the best in the American League, easily made it into the playoffs, and after defeating the Mariners 10:4, they became the first division champion of the year, and even became the division champion for the first time after 30 years of departure.

• However, in ALDS, the Royals were entangled by wild card Houston Astronauts, and they played all the way to Game 5 to successfully end the Astronauts' amazing season.
• American Championship Battle, the Royals' opponent happened to be the Blue Bird whom he met 30 years ago. On October 23, 2015, the Royals won 4:3 in the 6th match of ALCS, and finally defeated the Bluebirds 4:2 in the series, and advanced to the World Championship for two consecutive years.
• Finally, the Royals defeated the National League champion New York Metropolitan 4:1 in the World Series, winning the World Series championship that has been out of reach for 30 years.

2019: The Jost era ended

head coach Ned Yost, who led the Royals to win the 2015 World Series championship, announced that he will retire after the end of the last game of this year's season.

Baseball Hall of Fame Players:

• George Brett
• Orlando Sepesha
• Harmon Kielbru
• Gallo Perry
• Joe Gordon
• Bob Raymond
• Whitey Herzog
• John Schuerholz

retirement number

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In the well-known baseball mobile game MLB: Nine-inning professional baseball, there is a well-known Royal Team player. He is often seen on the channel and is called Nobi by most players because he often changes his Japanese ensemble name. After the game produced particularly outstanding Royal Team signature cards such as Escobar, Cain, Merrifield, Mondesi, Wilson, etc., many players noticed this unique team, and the fastest Mondesi made great contributions in real-time battles through the hands of the player DSPPF. After that, whenever someone mentions the Kansas track and field team, uh no, baseball team, this name will appear in everyone's mind: Kansas wildbie team.

Affiliated minor league teams

• AAA:Omaha Storm Chasers, Pacific Coast League (Pacific Coast League)
• AA:Northwest Arkansas Naturals, Texas League (Texas League)
• A:Wilmington Blue Rocks, Carolina League
• A:Columbia Fireflies, South Atlantic League)
• Rookies : Burlington Royals, Appalachian League
• Rookies: Idaho Falls Chukars, Pioneer League League)
• Rookies : AZL Royals, Arizona League
• Rookies : Dominican Summer League)
• Rookies : Dominican Summer League Royals2 (DSL Royals2), Dominican Summer League (Dominican Summer League)