After the fall of Napoleon I and the Liberal revolution in Portugal, the Portuguese Royals returned to Europe ( 1820 ).

Major League Baseball returned to the city in 1969 with the Royals, who have proven stable and became the first American League expansion team to reach the playoffs, in 1976, the World Series, in 1980 and to win the World Series, in 1985 against the state-rival St. Louis Cardinals in the " Show-Me Series.

Gilmour was injured during the 1981 championship run, but in the 1981 – 82 season, he returned and led the Royals in scoring with 46 goals and 119 total points.

In 1980, he returned from Florida State to become a full-time manager of the Yanks, taking them to the AL Eastern Division championship with a 103 – 59 record, but losing three consecutive games to the Kansas City Royals in the playoffs.

Tessier returned to the Memorial Cup for the fourth time, after playing for the 1953 Barrie Flyers, and coaching the 1972 Cornwall Royals and 1973 Quebec Remparts.

He returned to the Royals in 1995 as the manager of the team, but was let go during the 1997 season after a third straight sub -. 500 season.

Dent returned to the Yankees briefly in 1984 ( but never played a game ) before finishing his career that season with the Kansas City Royals, wearing uniform number 21.

After sitting out the 1954-55 season, McNeil returned to professional hockey with the Montreal Royals and then played two seasons with the Rochester Americans before finishing his professional career where he was born, Quebec City.

Seven years after his retirement as a manager, Mauch returned in 1995 as bench coach with the Kansas City Royals to assist Bob Boone, who was in his first year as a big league skipper.

In 2007, he returned to the Royals rotation at the start of the season, but was sent to the bullpen in early May.

In 2008, Ahn returned to the Daewoo Royals, now renamed Busan I ' Park.

In 1996 the Royals returned to prominence and took the minor premiership before losing narrowly to Claremont in its first grand final since 1978.

A partial recovery in 2007 saw the Royals finish fourth, but it returned to last in 2008 before again rebounding in 2009 to finish fifth.

He pitched for the Newark Bears in the Independent Atlantic League early in 2003, but returned to MLB in June 2003, when he was acquired by the Kansas City Royals.

The Royals traded Calero to the Philadelphia Phillies for shortstop Brian Harris in 2002 but was returned to the Royals and granted free agency.

The Rangers had just come off a Memorial Cup final game loss to the Cornwall Royals the previous season and in his first season with the team, they returned to the Memorial Cup, winning the J. Ross Robertson Cup as the OHL champion.

After making three rehab starts for Wichita, Affeldt returned to the Royals on August 2 and threw a perfect inning against the Minnesota Twins.

His time on the DL did not last long, though, as he returned to the Royals on May 6.

After making four appearances for triple-A Wichita, Affedlt returned to the Royals on August 21.

After rehabbing in Omaha, Affeldt returned to the Royals on June 4.

Affeldt returned to the Royals on July 7.

Over the following decade he played for the Kansas City Royals (), Houston Astros ( 1995 ), St. Louis Cardinals (), California Angels ( 1996 ), Chicago White Sox ( 1996 ), Cleveland Indians (-), returned to Toronto in 1999, Seattle Mariners (-), Minnesota Twins ( 2004 ), and again with the Mariners (), never playing in more than 55 games for any one team during a season.

He returned to the Cards lineup on June 19 at the Kansas City Royals.

In 1969, the American League expanded when the Kansas City Royals and Seattle Pilots, were admitted to the league prompting the expansion of the post-season for the first time since the creation of the World Series.

Though Schmidt had just a career. 191 post-season batting average with no home runs and five RBIs, his bat came alive in the World Series, hitting two homers and driving in seven runs against the Kansas City Royals to earn him the World Series MVP Award.

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.

On October 9, 1976, the Royals competed in their first post-season game in franchise history, losing 4 – 1 to the New York Yankees at Royals Stadium in the American League Championship Series.

The Royals came back to win the next game on October 10, 6 – 3, for their first post-season win in Royals Stadium.

Under coach Karl Taylor, the Royals had generally mediocre performance in regular season and post-season play.

It is also the Royals ' last trip to the MLB post-season to date.

Reaching the post-season for the first time in his career, Lemon went hitless in thirteen at-bats in the Tigers ' three game sweep of the Kansas City Royals in the 1984 American League Championship Series.

After both teams missed the play-offs in, the Royals and Yankees resumed their post-season rivalry in the 1980 American League Championship Series.

Named Detroit's Rookie of the Year in 1979, Jones also played in 14 career post-season games with the Kansas City Royals ( 1984 – 85 ), going 2-for-3 with a double and a triple in six games in the 1985 World Series against St. Louis.

However, a post-season appeal to the tribunal on the grounds that Essendon Royals had fielded a suspended player ( Ilcho Mladenovski in round 24 ) saw the Royals deducted a point and relegated.

With the Yankees, he reached the post-season for the first time in his career, losing to the Kansas City Royals in the 1980 American League Championship Series.

Orta played in the post-season with the Royals in both 1984 and 1985.

In 1981, a split-season format forced the first ever divisional playoff series, in which the New York Yankees won the Eastern Division series over the Milwaukee Brewers ( who were in the American League until 1998 ) in five games while the Oakland Athletics swept the Kansas City Royals in three games in the Western Division.

The 1981 Royals as of 2012 are the only team to qualify for the postseason despite having a losing record.

On September 30, 1981, the last baseball game was played at Metropolitan Stadium ( Kansas City Royals 5, Twins 2 ) as the Twins and Vikings moved to the newly constructed Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in downtown Minneapolis.

The Royals won the Memorial Cup in 1972, 1980 and 1981.

* May 10-Cornwall Royals defeat the Kitchener Rangers to win the 1981 Memorial Cup

The Twins played their last game at the Met on September 30, 1981, losing to the Kansas City Royals 5-2 on a rainy afternoon.

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 ).

Martin won the American League West Division title in the split season of, swept the Kansas City Royals in the special division series ( due to a players ' strike-action ), and then met the Yankees in the 1981 ALCS where his A's were swept by the Yankees.

* 1981 Lost to Cornwall Royals in final game

After three seasons of major junior in the QMJHL with the Cornwall Royals, he joined the Canucks in 1981 – 82.

Prior to his political life, he was a businessman and coached the Cornwall Royals to a Memorial Cup victory in 1981.

David Lee Henderson ( born July 21, 1958 ), nicknamed Hendu, is an American former Major League Baseball player who played for the Seattle Mariners ( 1981 – 1986 ), Boston Red Sox ( 1986 – 1987 ), San Francisco Giants ( 1987 ), Oakland Athletics ( 1988 – 1993 ) and Kansas City Royals ( 1994 ).

Gary Joseph Gaetti (; born August 19, 1958 ), nicknamed " G-Man ", " Rat ", or " Zorn ", is an American former third baseman in Major League Baseball for the Minnesota Twins ( 1981 – 1990 ), California Angels ( 1991 – 1993 ), Kansas City Royals ( 1993 – 1995 ), St. Louis Cardinals ( 1996 – 1998 ), Chicago Cubs ( 1998 – 1999 ) and Boston Red Sox ( 2000 ).

He retired from professional baseball after the season, only to be lured out of retirement in 1981 by the Kansas City Royals, who were experiencing a shortage of catchers.

After playing in the Alberta Midget Hockey League ( AMHL ) with the Calgary Royals in 1981 – 82, Murzyn began his junior career with the Calgary Spurs of the Alberta Junior Hockey League ( AJHL ).

Davis is a former outfielder / designated hitter who played in Major League Baseball with the San Francisco Giants ( 1981 – 87 ), California Angels ( 1988 – 90, 1993 – 96 ), Minnesota Twins ( 1991 – 92 ), Kansas City Royals ( 1997 ) and New York Yankees ( 1998 – 99 ).

Like the Pirates, the Royals were known for their pitching, because in 1981 pitcher Jeffery Gladden led the league with a 2. 09 ERA.

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His Royals returned to the post season, however, were swept by the Oakland Athletics in the 1981 American League Division Series.

The following year was marked by the 1981 baseball strike and the Royals never got untracked.

After losing the 1981 World Series to the Los Angeles Dodgers ( whom they had beaten in consecutive World Series in the and after besting the Royals for the American League crown ), the Yankees would not again appear in the Fall Classic until winning in under veteran manager Joe Torre — in a coincidental twist, their best subsequent opportunity prior to 1996 was also during a strike-shortened season: when the season prematurely ended, the Yankees had the best record in the American League, which was also the second best in baseball.