After the Royals finished in second place in 1979, Herzog was fired and replaced by Jim Frey.

The team continued a youth movement in 2005, but finished with a 56 – 106 record (. 346 ), a full 43 games out of first place, marking the third time in four seasons that the team reestablished the mark for worst record in franchise history The season also saw the Royals lose a franchise record 19 games in a row.

The Royals finished the season 69-93, but 2007 marked the club's first season with fewer than 100 losses since 2003.

At the end of the 2010 season, the Royals finished with a 67 – 95 record, in last place in the division for the sixth time in seven years.

A year later, Henderson finished second in the league in batting average with a mark of. 325, losing out to the Kansas City Royals ' George Brett on the final day of the season.

The Royals finished 31 – 13 (. 705 ), capturing their second NBL Championship in as many years, and lost in the post-season tournament finals to George Mikan and the Chicago American Gears.

The Royals again finished with the league's best overall record at 44 – 16, and lost to George Mikan's new team, the Minneapolis Lakers, 3 games to 1 in the NBL Finals.

With their smallish arena and now-limited schedule, the Royals became less profitable even as Harrison maintained a remarkably high standard for the team, which finished no lower than second in its division, 1945 – 1954.

Under Howser, the Royals finished second in 1982 and 1983.

2001 was even worse for the Royals, as the team hit rock bottom with just one win all year long, and finished dead last Southern Conference.

2002 was an improvement, but only just, as the Royals secured three victories in the 20 game regular season, but still finished in the basement of the Southern Conference, a full 55 points behind divisional champions Wilmington Hammerheads.

If 2003 was bad, then 2004 was even worse as the Royals finished the season rock bottom of the Southern Division, with just three wins all year.

In what was undoubtedly a long and demoralizing season, the Royals picked up just two wins all season, lost all of their 18 other games, conceded an astonishing 90 goals in the process, and finished bottom of the league, 37 points behind regular season champions Western Mass Pioneers.

The Royals finished the year 8th in the Mid Atlantic Division, just one point above basement-dwellers West Virginia Chaos.

" However, the Royals finished 76 – 78 in it was Lemon's last year with the club.

He finished up his career as a reserve player with the Kansas City Royals in 1994.

The Stags finished 3rd, 38 – 22, seven games behind division-winning Rochester Royals.

The Stags finished tied for third with the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons ( and behind the Lakers and Royals ), 11 games back, with a 40 – 28 record, and again lost to the Lakers in the opening round.

After signing with the Royals, he finished 12-12 with a 4. 08 ERA in 1991, his last full season ( 30 games ).

Chunnam's best season to date came in 1997 when they finished runners-up, behind Daewoo Royals in the K-League and also lifted the Korean FA Cup.

A 5 point 2nd semi final defeat of minor premier East Fremantle Football Club then earned Claremont premiership favouritism, a state of affairs which intensified still further when it was learned that their grand final opponents would not be Old Easts, but the Royals ( East Perth Football Club ), which had finished the minor round in 4th place, but had surprisingly overturned East Fremantle in the preliminary final by a solitary point.

The unquestioned heart and soul of the Royals was surrounded by a solid corps including veteran Royals, Amos Otis, super-designated-hitter, Hal McRae, solid second-baseman, Frank White and switch-hitter Willie Wilson who finished the season with 230 hits and 79 stolen bases.

They won the Treble by clinching the Division 2 title, Wood's Cup beating Royals 3-1, Paul Henry Cup beating Marown 5-1, and also reached the final of the FA Cup, for the first time in the clubs history, where they finished as runners up to Geordies.

Several days earlier, the Royals bulked up their bullpen by inking starting pitcher Storm Davis, who was enjoying a career-high 19 game win record ( third best in the AL ) with the Athletics in 1989, on a three-year $ 6 million contract.

Greinke joined Bret Saberhagen ( in 1985 and 1989 ) and David Cone ( in 1994 ) as the only three players in Royals history to receive the award.

He joined Jermaine Dye to become the first pair of Royals to go to the Mid-Summer Classic since 1989 ( Bo Jackson and Mark Gubicza ).

Played for the Kansas City Royals and the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1989.

Eighteen teams have all hosted an all-star game at least twice since the Mets last did: Atlanta Braves ( 1972 and 2000 ), Chicago White Sox ( 1983 and 2003 ), Cincinnati Reds ( 1970 and 1988 ), Cleveland Indians ( 1981 and 1997 ), Detroit Tigers ( 1971 and 2005 ), Houston Astros ( 1968, 1986, and 2004 ), Kansas City Royals ( 1973 and 2012 ), Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim ( 1967, 1989, and 2010 ), Milwaukee Brewers ( 1975 and 2002 ), Minnesota Twins ( 1965, 1985, and 2014 ), New York Yankees ( 1977 and 2008 ), Philadelphia Phillies ( 1976 and 1996 ), Pittsburgh Pirates ( 1974, 1994, and 2006 ), San Diego Padres ( 1978 and 1992 ), San Francisco Giants ( 1984 and 2007 ), Seattle Mariners ( 1979 and 2001 ), and St. Louis Cardinals ( 1966 and 2009 ), and Washington Senators / Texas Rangers ( 1969 and 1995 ).

It replaced both the old matrix board in the shape of the Royals logo that had been in the park since its opening, along with the video board that had been installed in 1989.

He signed with the Kansas City Royals for the 1989 season, but played only in the minor leagues before being released in June of that year, ending his 14-year career in baseball.

Jay Stuart Bell ( born December 11, 1965 in Eglin AFB, Florida ) is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and second baseman who played for the Cleveland Indians ( 1986 – 88 ), Pittsburgh Pirates ( 1989 – 96 ), Kansas City Royals ( 1997 ), Arizona Diamondbacks ( 1998 – 2002 ) and New York Mets ( 2003 ).

* 1989 – 90-Owen Nolan, Cornwall Royals

* Jackie Kellogg ( 1989 grad ), MLB draft pick of the Kansas City Royals and CFL Grey Cup Champion with the Calgary Stampeders

Juan Milton Samuel ( born December 9, 1960 in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic ) is a retired second baseman who spent sixteen seasons in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) with the Philadelphia Phillies ( 1983 – 1989 ), New York Mets ( 1989 ), Los Angeles Dodgers ( 1990 – 1992 ), Kansas City Royals ( 1992, 1995 ), Cincinnati Reds ( 1993 ), Detroit Tigers ( 1994 – 1995 ) and Toronto Blue Jays ( 1996 – 1998 ).

He played in the Kansas City Royals organization in 1987 and the San Francisco Giants organization in 1988 and 1989, without returning to the majors.

From 1980 through 1997, he played for the Philadelphia Phillies ( 1980 – 81, 1993 ), San Francisco Giants ( 1983 – 1987 ), Padres ( 1987 – 1989, 1993 – 1994 ), Kansas City Royals ( 1990 – 92 ), Atlanta Braves ( 1992 ) and Milwaukee Brewers ( 1997 ).

The team was quickly built through a number of trades engineered by its first General Manager, Cedric Tallis, including a trade for Lou Piniella, who won the Rookie of the Year during the Royals ' inaugural season.

In 1971, the Royals had their first winning season, with manager Bob Lemon leading them to a second-place finish.

In the 1985 regular season the Royals topped the Western Division for the sixth time in ten years, led by Bret Saberhagen's Cy Young Award-winning performance.

The Royals concluded the season with a 75-86 finish and second-to-last place standing in the AL West ( worst franchise record since ).

Though the team dropped out of contention from 1990 to 1992, the Royals still could generally be counted on to post winning records through the strike-shortened 1994 season.

In 1994 season, the Royals reduced payroll by trading pitcher David Cone and outfielder Brian McRae, then continued their salary dump in the 1995 season.

Nevertheless, the Royals struggled through another 100-loss season in 2006, becoming just the eleventh team in major league history to lose 100 games in three straight seasons.

Through 13 games in 2008, the Royals were 8 – 5 and in first place in the AL Central, a vast improvement over their start from the previous season.

Prior to the 2009 season, the Royals renovated Kauffman Stadium.

After the season began, the Royals ended April at the top of the AL Central, all of which raised excitement levels among fans.

The Royals began the 2010 season with a rocky start, and after the team's record fell to 12 – 23, manager Trey Hillman was fired.

The Royals also set a dubious franchise record during the season, allowing 42 runs in a three day span from July 25 to July 27.

The Royals began 2011 with a hot start with a 10-4 record after 14 games, but success faded as the season progressed.

During the 2012 season, the Royals hosted the All-Star game.

The Detroit Tigers swept the Royals in the 1984 playoff season, and in the early 2000s, Detroit and Kansas City had a number of bench clearing brawls.

Clemente was promoted to the team's starting lineup the following season and batted. 288 as the team's leadoff hitter, and by season's end, on February 19, 1954, Zorilla had signed Clemente to a contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers ' Triple-A affiliate, the Montreal Royals.

Also in 2003, José Lima pitched for the Bears at the beginning of the season ; after the Kansas City Royals signed him away from Newark, Lima won his first seven decisions for the Royals.