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Kansas City Royals

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Record	3373 - 3653 (.480)
Home +/-	-73.4
Away +/-	-66.7

	#	Last	Since
World Series	1	1985	28 yrs
League	2	1985	28 yrs
Division	7	1985	28 yrs
Wild Card	0		19 yrs

Baseball-Reference Links		Links
Team Encyclopedia	Batting Stats	Retrosheet
Starters Positional	Pitching Stats	Baseball-Almanac
Starters Pitching	Batting Leaders	Baseball America Execs
Opening Day Starters	Pitching Leaders	Wikipedia / BR Bullpen
Managers	Team Batting	SportsLogos.net
Amateur Drafts	Team Pitching	Official Site

Kansas City Royals All-Home Grown Team

WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

Left Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Alex Gordon	7	2007	2013	19.7
Bo Jackson	5	1986	1990	7.0
Tom Poquette	5	1973	1979	4.3
Mark Quinn	4	1999	2002	3.3

Center Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Willie Wilson	15	1976	1990	42.1
Carlos Beltran	7	1998	2004	24.6
David DeJesus	8	2003	2010	18.1
Johnny Damon	6	1995	2000	17.3

Right Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Al Cowens	6	1974	1979	12.1
Clint Hurdle	5	1977	1981	4.2
Pat Sheridan	4	1981	1985	3.2
Michael Tucker	2	1995	1996	1.0

Shortstop	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
U L Washington	8	1977	1984	8.5
Mike Aviles	4	2008	2011	5.5
David Howard	7	1991	1997	3.1
Andres Blanco	3	2004	2006	0.6

Second Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Frank White	18	1973	1990	30.7
Carlos Febles	6	1998	2003	3.5
Johnny Giavotella	2	2011	2012	-0.3
Jed Hansen	3	1997	1999	-0.3

Third Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
George Brett	21	1973	1993	88.4
Kevin Seitzer	6	1986	1991	17.3
Bill Pecota	6	1986	1991	8.3
Mike Moustakas	3	2011	2013	3.9

First Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Mike Sweeney	13	1995	2007	23.2
Eric Hosmer	3	2011	2013	1.6
Kila Ka'aihue	3	2008	2011	-0.2
Ken Harvey	4	2001	2005	-0.4

Catcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Mike Macfarlane	8	1987	1994	9.8
Salvador Perez	3	2011	2013	5.2
John Wathan	10	1976	1985	5.0
Don Slaught	3	1982	1984	3.1

Designated Hitter	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Billy Butler	7	2007	2013	11.9
Bob Hamelin	4	1993	1996	2.2

Starting Pitcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Kevin Appier	11	1989	1999	47.2
Bret Saberhagen	8	1984	1991	41.0
Mark Gubicza	13	1984	1996	38.5
Dennis Leonard	12	1974	1986	26.3
Paul Splittorff	15	1970	1984	23.5
Steve Busby	8	1972	1980	16.4
Danny Jackson	5	1983	1987	10.6
Jose Rosado	5	1996	2000	10.4
Jeremy Affeldt	5	2002	2006	4.1
Jimmy Gobble	6	2003	2008	1.6
Scott Bankhead	1	1986	1986	0.7
Mike Jones	4	1980	1985	0.0
Ryan Bukvich	3	2002	2004	-0.3
Israel Sanchez	2	1988	1990	-0.3
Randy McGilberry	2	1977	1978	-0.5

Swingman	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Zack Greinke	7	2004	2010	26.3
Tom Gordon	8	1988	1995	16.1
Doug Bird	6	1973	1978	7.9
Hipolito Pichardo	7	1992	1998	5.6

Relief Pitcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Dan Quisenberry	10	1979	1988	26.0
Greg Holland	4	2010	2013	4.1
Aaron Crow	3	2011	2013	3.0
Kelvin Herrera	3	2011	2013	2.3
Louis Coleman	2	2011	2012	1.9
Steve Shifflett	1	1992	1992	1.4
Jose Santiago	5	1997	2001	1.3
Ambiorix Burgos	2	2005	2006	0.5
Kris Wilson	4	2000	2003	-0.2
Renie Martin	3	1979	1981	-0.4
Chris George	4	2001	2004	-0.4
Chad Durbin	4	1999	2002	-0.5
Randy McGilberry	2	1977	1978	-0.5
Keith Creel	2	1982	1983	-1.3
Tim Byrdak	3	1998	2000	-1.3

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Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James