His professional baseball career was launched in 1938, joining the Cardinal organization and playing for the triple-A club in Columbus, Ohio before graduating from high school. He made it to the major league with the Cardinals in 1942. His stint in St. Louis was cut short by military duty in World War II, serving over… Read more »
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Team: Kansas City Royals
Frank Boal
The story goes that Kansas City was just supposed to be a pit stop on the road back home, that he’d cut his teeth in a large television market and eventually go cover the boyhood teams he once cheered. And then Frank Boal met Kansas City, and its passion for sports and people. “Once I… Read more »
George Brett
George Brett just finished the greatest career in Kansas City Royals history. Brett is the club career leader in every offensive category except stolen bases. He finished his career with a .305 batting average, collecting 3,154 career hits (11th on the all-time list), won Royals’ Player-of-the-Year honors eight times and has been invited to 13… Read more »
Steve Busby
A bright prospect, Busby won 56 games in his first three full seasons, only to have his career derailed by a rotator cuff tear. Drafted by the Royals in 1971 in the second round, the University of Southern California graduate made his debut the following season and stuck in the major leagues for good in… Read more »
Billy Butler
Amid the champagne celebration after the Kansas City Royals won the American League pennant, Billy Butler stood off in a corner of the clubhouse, encircled by media and doused in suds by teammates. “Being part of this organization for 10 years, to see us come from the bottom to the top and through rebuilding processes,”… Read more »
Lorenzo Cain
In December 2010, a phone call found its way to Lorenzo Cain. It was his mom, who saw on TV that he had been traded from the Milwaukee Brewers to the Kansas City Royals. Stunned? That was putting mildly. After all, Cain had made his big-league debut that July after spending five seasons in the… Read more »
Johnny Damon
He grew up in the 1980s and, despite living in Florida, gravitated toward George Brett, Willie Wilson, Frank White and other Kansas City Royals. So when the Royals drafted Johnny Damon in 1992, it was incredible. His boyhood team had come calling, following a decade in which Kansas City played in two World Series, winning… Read more »
2015 Class – Diamond Nine
Class of 2015 Jack Burrell — Humansville and Southwest Baptist Brad Simmons — Glendale High School and the Kansas City Royals Kelly Snider — Hillcrest High School the Oklahoma Sooners and the Los Angeles Dodgers Barry Short –Mansfield High School, Three Rivers Community College and the New York Mets Jim Lumpe — Glendale High School,… Read more »
2016 Class- Diamond Nine
CLASS OF 2016 Marin Whorton Cooney (Ozark) Sophia Alexander Denning (Strafford/Drury) Bob Detherage (Hillcrest/Royals) Bill Helfrecht (Glendale/Missouri State) Brent Maggard (Sparta/Crowder/Southern Arkansas) Kristen Marshall (Glendale/William Jewell) Troy McMain (Willard) Christian Overstreet (Nixa/Missouri State) Tom Wilson (Bolivar/Detroit Tigers)
Jim Eisenreich
With one year of pro-ball under his belt, Jim Eisenreich joined the Kansas City Royals in 1987, where he was mostly used as a pinch hitter and DH. In 1989, Jim got his chance to fill in at all three outfield positions and proved he could still contribute despite suffering from Tourette’s Syndrome. Eisenreich batted… Read more »
Alex Gordon
He’ll be forever remembered for a tying home run in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 1 of the 2015 World Series that sent the Kansas City Royals on their way. Well, that and a decade of stellar defense from all over left field as well as playing his entire career for only… Read more »
Mark Gubicza
Mark Gubicza spent 13 years on the hill for the Kansas City Royals, helping them clinch the 1984 American League Western Division and the 1985 World Series crown. A two-time All-Star selection (1988 and 1989), Mark finished his career in 1997 with the Anaheim Angels, leaving baseball with a career record of 132-136 and an… Read more »
Dorrel “Whitey” Herzog
Whitey Herzog managed four different major league teams, five years with the Kansas City Royals from 1975-’79 and over 10 years with the St. Louis Cardinals from 1980-’90. His 1,281 victories rank 25th on the all-time list for managers in the big leagues. Herzog logged eight years in the majors as a player, including stints… Read more »
Eric Hosmer
He’ll forever live in Kansas City Royals lore for his “Mad Dash” to the plate in Game 5 of the 2015 World Series, his sprint from third base forging a tie and helping the club ultimately win its first championship in 30 years. Top of the ninth. Down 2-1 with one out. A Salvador Perez… Read more »
Dick Howser
Leading with a quiet confidence and professionalism that understated his fierce determination, Dick Howser took the Royals to the top of baseball. He will always be remembered for leading Kansas City to its first World Series Championship in 1985. In just over five full seasons, he managed the Royals into postseason play three times. Howser… Read more »
Al Hrabosky
Known as “The Mad Hungarian” during his professional baseball career, Al Hrabosky is one of the most recognized and respected Missouri sports personalities. The #1 draft pick of the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1969 draft, Hrabosky was promoted to the major leagues one year later. He played for the Cardinals through the 1977 season,… Read more »