Kansas City Royals

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The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The team was founded in 1969 as an expansion team in the American League. [1]

Championships

The team has had a total of two championship-winning seasons in the modern era (1901 and later) of major-league baseball, winning the World Series in 1985 and 2015. They were also American League champions, but lost in the World Series, 2 times, in 1980 and 2014. [2]

Locations

The team has been based in Kansas City since its inception in 1969.

They have played their home games at the following stadiums: xxx during x-x; xxx during x-x; and xxx from x-present.

Retired Numbers

The following uniform numbers are retired in that players, managers, and coaches of the team will no longer use them.[3]

  • 5
  • 10
  • 20
  • 42 Jackie Robinson (retired across major league baseball)

Notes

  1. ↑ https://www.mlb.com/royals/history/timeline-1960s
  2. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/world-series.shtml
  3. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/KCR/
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