Can it really be true? The answer is yes, 2018 will be the 50th season of Kansas City Royals Baseball. The 'Boys in Blue' first took the field at Municipal Stadium at 22nd and Brooklyn on April 8, 1969 to start a new chapter in Kansas City's long and rich baseball history. But wait you say, 1969 to 2018, that isn't 50. If we were talking anniversary you would be correct, but the first season counts. Do the math and it all adds up, even if it still seems hard to believe we are about to start season #50.
Who will get the Royals first hit or score the Royals first run in season 50? We'll soon find out and they'll be forever linked to Lou Piniella who notched both that first hit and run scored in the Royals inaugural season of 1969. Whoever it is will need to strike quick if they are to match Lou, who got that first hit on the first pitch he saw as the Royals lead-off hitter in the first inning. The next hitter, Jerry Adair, drove Piniella in with an RBI single. That would be a good bottom of the first inning scenario to repeat on March 29.
The final score would be nice to repeat as well. The first season started with an Opening Day 4-3 win in 12 innings over the Minnesota Twins. So much has sprang forth from that auspicious start for the Royals. Nearly all the proclamations and predictions made for what the franchise could become on that day have come to pass. Even more, all the hopes and dreams the team, its hometown, and its fans had on that day have come true.
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1964: Birthday: Jose 'Chico' Lind
1969: Birthday: Phil Hiatt
1965: Birthday: Felix Jose
1977: Birthday: Luke Hudson
1974: George Brett is recalled from the Omaha Royals (AAA) for the final time. He replaced Paul Schaal, who was traded to the Angels (4/30/74), as the Royals primary third baseman.
1969: Bob Oliver goes 6-for-6 to become the first Royals player with six hits in a single game. Oliver collects four singles, a double and home run in the Royals 15-1 win at California.
1958: Birthday: Dave Gumpert
1969: Bob 'Hawk' Taylor hits the first pinch-hit home run in Royals history. Batting for Juan Rios, Taylor's three-run ninth inning blast off Dick Radatz boosts KC to 7-6 win at Detroit.
1980: The Royals set a club record with nine consecutive hits (seven singles and two doubles -- all after the first two batters made out) in the fourth inning of a 12-5 win at Comiskey Park in Chicago.
2011: Eric Hosmer collects his first Major League hit. The fifth inning single comes off Brandon McCarthy in the Royals 4-3 win at Kauffman Stadium against Oakland.
1948: Birthday: Steve Braun
1951: Birthday: Dennis Leonard
1974: Brett's first home run: George Brett collects his first career home. The two-run seventh inning blast comes off fellow Hall of Famer Ferguson Jenkins in the Royals 4-2 win at Arlington Stadium against Texas.
1957: Steve Hammond
1977: Birthday: Salvador Perez
1949: Birthday: Jerry Martin
1950: Birthday: Dane Iorg
1950: Birthday: Mark Huisman
2011: Eric Hosmer hits his first Major League home run. The fourth inning blast at Yankee Stadium comes against pitcher A. J. Burnett. Kansas City wins 4-3 in 11 innings.
1947: Birthday: Bob Heise
1978: The Royals' score a come from behind walk-off 4-3 win against the Yankees at Royals Stadium. The decisive hit is an Amos Otis two-run inside-the-park home run after New York outfielders Reggie Jackson and Mickey Rivers collide.
1984: Royals Hall of Famer Mark Gubicza posts his first career win with a complete game four hitter against Boston at Royals Stadium. Frank White's three-run HR plated only runs of the game.
1992: Royals Hall of Famer Joe Burke passes away. Burke was Royals Club President after serving as General Manager from 1974-1981.
1996: Royals' infielder Chris Stynes singles in the first inning against Seattle at Kauffman Stadium. He then proceeds to steal second, third and homes in the inning.
1950: Birthday: Juan Beniquez
1976: George Brett collects three hits for a sixth consecutive game breaking a record set by fellow Hall of Famer Rod Carew. The Royals defeat Chicago 13-2 at Royals Stadium.
1978: Birthday: Ryan Bukvich
1993: Two days before his 40th birthday, George Brett collects his 300th career HR making him just the sixth player in history with 3,000 hits and 300 HRs joining Henry Aaron, Stan Musial, Carl Yastzemski, Willie Mays and Al Kaline. Kansas City wins 7-3 at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland.
1936: Birthday: Dick Howser
1963: Birthday: Pat Borders
1970: Birthday: Larry Sutton
1973: Birthday: Brad Rigby
1977: Jim Colborn becomes the first Royals pitcher to throw a no-hitter at home. Colborn strikes out six Rangers as Kansas City defeats Texas 6-0 at Royals Stadium.
1993: Kansas City native David Cone wins his first game as a member of the Royals scattering four hits over nine innings. The Royals defeat the Angels 2-1 in 10 innings at Anaheim Stadium.
1994: George Brett is inducted into the Royals Hall of Fame and his trademark No. 5 is retired by the Royals Organization. It is the second number retired by the Royals following Dick Howser's No. 10.
1995: Joe Randa collects his first major league hit with a fourth inning single against the Angels' Mark Langston at Kauffman Stadium.
1953: Birthday: George Brett
1973: The Royals are no-hit for the first time in franchise history. The first no-hitter at brand new Royals Stadium is a milestone as it is the first of Nolan Ryan's major league record six career no-hitters.
1974: Birthday: A.J. Hinch
1984: Birthday: Everett Teaford
2002: Tony Pena is named the 13th full-time manager in Kansas City Royals history. He had been serving on the coaching staff of the Houston Astros.
1975: Royals Hall of Fame pitcher Dennis Leonard posts his first career win with a complete game at Fenway Park. The Royals defeat the Red Sox 5-2.
1976: Royals Hall of Fame pitcher Larry Gura is acquired in a trade with the New York Yankees in exchange for catcher Fran Healy.
1982: Royals Hall of Fame DH Hal McRae collects his 1,500th career base hit. The milestone was a fifth inning single against Bob Stanley. The Royals defeat Boston 5-0 at Royals Stadium.
1969: Birthday: Rick Huisman
1976: Birthday: Jose Guillen
1985: The Royals acquire outfielder Lonnie Smith from the St. Louis Cardinals for Minor League outfielder John Morris. 'Skates' was a key contributor in Kansas City's World Series run.
1951: Birthday: Jim Sundberg
1972: Birthday: Jaime Bluma
1974: Birthday: Felix Martinez
1976: The Royals and Rangers begin the day tied atop the AL West. After their 3-1 win over Texas at Royals Stadium, KC takes sole possession of first place and stays there the rest of the season.
1984: Birthday: Joakim Soria
1964: Birthday: Luis Aquino
1972: Royals Hall of Fame pitcher Paul Splittorff collects three singles among the Royals 20 hit barrage in a 16-1 win at Municipal Stadium against Oakland. He also throws a complete game six-hitter.
1976: Birthday: Chris Fussell
1977: Birthday: Steve Stemle
1974: Birthday: Mark Quinn
1937: Birthday: George Spriggs
1946: Birthday: Jim Colborn
1968: Birthday: Al Levine
1974: Birthday: John Bale
1980: The Royals defeat the Angels 13-9 in California to take over first place in the AL West. They remain in first the rest of the season in route to the 1980 American League pennant.
1993: Club founder Ewing Kauffman is inducted into Royals Hall of Fame from the field at Royals Stadium. It was his final appearance at the ballpark which would take his name six weeks later.
1946: Birthday: Ellie Rodriguez
1976: Birthday: Carlos Febles
1991: Former Royals' DH and future Royals Hall of Famer Hal McRae is named the 10th full-time manager in club history succeeding his former teammate John Wathan.
1996: Royals Hall of Famer Mark Gubicza throws a complete game four-hit shutout to collect his 132nd and final win for the Kansas City Royals. The Royals defeat Texas 8-0 at Kauffman Stadium.
1986: George Brett collects his 2,000th career hit. The fourth inning singles comes off Joel Davis of the Chicago White Sox early in a 2-1 17 inning win for Kansas City at Royals Stadium.
1994: Kevin Appier strikes out 13 in just five innings in KC's 8-3 victory over Texas. He was the first pitcher to ever reach 13 K's in less than six innings pitched. Appier was removed in the sixth with 108 pitches thrown following a 49-minute rain delay.
2002: The Royals defeat the Texas Rangers 6-3 at Kauffman Stadium as closer Roberto Hernandez becomes the 15th MLB pitcher to record 300 saves.
1984: Royals Hall of Famer Paul Splittorff pitches two-thirds of an inning in relief to collect his 166th and final club record win. The Royals five-run 8th inning rally makes Split the winner in an 11-7 victory at Fenway Park in Boston.
2000: The Royals post a club record with four sixth inning home runs hit by Jermaine Dye, Mark Quinn, Brian Johnson, Carlos Febles. They score eight runs in the inning on the way to a 9-4 win against the Angels in California.
2002: Royals' relief pitcher Cory Bailey is credited with wins in both ends of a doubleheader sweep against the Rangers at Kauffman Stadium. He was the first pitcher since David Wells in 1989 to turn the doubleheader trick.
1968: The Kansas City expansion franchise (later to be named the Royals) is placed in the new American League 'Western Division' for the 1969 season.
1981: Seattle third baseman Lenny Randle gets down on all fours and tries to blow a slow roller off the bat of Amos Otis foul. Royals Manager Whitey Herzog protests interference. Randle argues he was merely pleading with it. Umpire Larry McCoy rules in favor of Herzog. Otis later singles. The Royals win 8-5 at the Kingdome.
1957: Birthday: Kirk Gibson
1959: Birthday: Steve Jeltz
1969: Birthday: Mike Difelice
1979: George Brett 'Hits for the Cycle' for the first of two times in his historic career. His fifth hit is a walk-off home run leading off the bottom of the 17th inning in the 5-4 win against Baltimore at Royals Stadium.
1995: Gary Gaetti hits two homers in the Royals 12-0 victory over Texas at Kauffman Stadium. Gaetti's two HRs gave him nine for the month of May breaking John Mayberry's club record set in 1973.
1956: Birthday: Mike LaCoss
1955: Birthday: Larry Owen
1970: Birthday: Dilson Torres
1975: Birthday: Mac Suzuki
1977: John Mayberry collects the second three home run game of his Royals career leading Kansas City to an 11-3 win at Exibition Stadium in Toronto.
1984: Charlie Leibrandt collects the first win of his Royals career throwing eight innings and surrendering only one run in Royals 7-1 win at the Metrodome in Minneapolis.
1961: Birthday: Jeff Schulz
1972: Birthday: Raul Ibanez
1973: Birthday: Neifi Perez
1987: Kansas City selects future Royals Hall of Fame pitcher Kevin Appier in the First Round (ninth overall) of the June Draft. They select future big leaguer Jeff Conine in the draft's 58th round.
1998: Fight night broke out at Kauffman Stadium between the Royals and Angels with a beanball war and two on-field brawls leading to 12 player ejections, and an eight-game suspension for Royals Manager Tony Muser and Angels Manager Terry Collins.
1972: Birthday: Bryan Rekar
1981: Veteran catcher Jerry Grote, who returned to baseball after a three year retirement, hits his first home run since 1976. The Grand Slam helps him set a Royals record with seven RBI in a single game leading the Royals to a 12-9 win at Royals Stadium against Seattle.
1965: Birthday: Kurt Stillwell
1999: The Royals first game ever hosting the Cincinnati Reds is postponed due to a power outage at the Kauffman Stadium. The clubs play a DH the next day.
1987: Birthday: Manny Pina
2001: LHP Paul Byrd is acquired from Philadelphia in exchange for RHP Jose Santiago.
1964: Birthday: Edgar Caceres
1972: Birthday: Tony Graffanino
1977: Birthday: Mark Ellis
1979: Birthday: Jeremy Affeldt
1983: Birthday: Irving Falu
1991: In a game started by Bret Saberhagen and Nolan Ryan, the Royals defeat Texas 4-3 at Royals Stadium in 18-innings when pitcher Kenny Rogers misplays a sac bunt by Kurt Stillwell allowing Kevin Seitzer to score. It was the longest game in Royals history at 6 hours, 28 minutes.
1944: Birthday: Roger Nelson
1975: Royals scout Rosey Gilhousen signs Royals Hall of Fame pitcher Dan Quisenberry as an undrafted free-agent out of the University of LaVerne (CA).
1983: LHP Charlie Leibrandt is acquired from Cincinnati in exchange for LHP Bob Tufts.
1986: RHP Steve Busby and OF Amos Otis become the first two inductees into the Royals Hall of Fame in ceremonies at Royals Stadium.
1987: Chili Davis becomes the third Royals player to hit home runs from both sides of the plate in the same game leading Kansas City to a 10-4 win at Kauffman Stadium against Texas.
1971: Royals Hall of Fame pitcher Paul Splittorff collects the first of his club record 166 wins. Split throws 7.2 innings allowing only one run in the Royals 4-2 win at Municipal Stadium against Washington.
1971: Birthday: Matt Whisenant
1979: The Royals draft two future Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterbacks in the June Baseball Draft. Dan Marino is taken in the fourth-round, followed by John Elway in 18th round -- neither signs. Both high school players decide to attend college at Pittsburgh and Stanford respectively.
1988: Pitcher Jeff Montgomery records the first save of his career in relief of fellow Royals Hall of Fame pitcher Bret Saberhagen. Monty pitches 1.2 no-hit innings to save the Kansas City 5-4 win at Royals Stadium against Oakland.
1970: Future National Baseball Hall of Fame Member Bob Lemon replaces Charlie Metro as the third manager in Kansas City Royals history.
1974: Kansas City selects future Royals Hall of Fame outfielder Willie Wilson in the First Round (18th overall) of the June Draft. Wilson had been a catcher at Summit High School in Summit, N.J.
1955: Birthday: Floyd Bannister
2000: David Glass and his family are officially welcomed as the second club owners in Royals history during a pre-game on-field ceremony at Kauffman Stadium.
2006: Reggie Sanders 9th inning two-run home run off Tampa Bay's Chad Harville is the 300th of his career. He becomes just the fifth player in MLB history with at least 300 home runs and 300 stolen bases.
1973: Frank White becomes the first member of the Royals Baseball Academy to reach the Major Leagues when he gets the call-up from Omaha to his hometown of Kansas City.
1974: Joe Burke is named the second General Manager in Kansas City Royals history replacing Cedric Tallis. The future Royals Hall of Famer had previously worked with the Washington Senators and moved with them to Dallas when they became the Texas Rangers.
1981: The Royals win 10-5 at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto in the final game before the 1981 Baseball Strike begins. Play is suspended the following day and does not resume until August 10.
1982: Birthday: Bobby Keppel
1963: Birthday: Keith Miller
1973: Royals Hall of Fame second baseman Frank White makes his Major League debut. He replaces pinch-hitter Steve Hovley on defense at shortstop to start the bottom of the sixth inning at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. Hovley had hit for starting shortstop Bobby Floyd.
1970: Future Royals Hall of Fame second baseman Cookie Rojas is acquired from the St. Louis Cardinals in a trade for outfielder Fred Rico.
1972: Birthday: Darrell May
1989: Royals Hall of Fame pitcher Kevin Appier collects the first win of his career. Ape throws five innings allowing two runs in the Royals 5-3 win at Royals Stadium against Oakland.
1967: Birthday: Jerry Spradlin
1973: Frank White collects his first Major League hit. Royals Manager Jack McKeon places his shortstop at the top of his batting order and the rookie singles to center with one-out in the third inning off Doyle Alexander at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore.
1941: Birthday: Bruce Del Canton
1976: The Royals pound out a then club record 24 hits resulting in a lop-sided 21-7 win at Tiger Stadium in Detroit. Tom Poquette lead way going 5 for 6 with two singles, two doubles and a home run.
1979: Willie Wilson becomes the first Royals player to hit home runs from both sides of the plate leading Kansas City to a 14-11 win at County Stadium in Milwaukee. Wilson hits a three-run shot off Mike Caldwell in the sixth; then a three-run inside-the-parker off Bill Castro in the ninth.
1979: The Royals post the biggest rally in club history coming from down nine runs (11-2) to defeat Milwaukee 14-11 at County Stadium. The Royals scored eight runs in the top of the ninth capped by Willie Wilson's three-run inside-the-park home run.
1995: Royals Hall of Fame pitcher Mark Gubicza tosses a one-hit complete game gem against Oakland at the Oakland-Alameda Coliseum. Gubicza walked one with five strikeouts surrendering only a fourth inning single to Mark McGwire in the 7-0 Kansas City win.
1962: Birthday: Wally Joyner
1969: Birthday: Kevin Young
1984: Birthday: Jonathan Broxton
1965: Birthday: Mike Magnante
1975: Birthday: Donnie Sadler
1987: Royals Hall of Fame Manager Dick Howser passes away after a nearly year-long battle with brain cancer.
2000: Allard Baird is named the fifth General Manager in Kansas City Royals history replacing the retiring Spencer 'Herk' Robinson. Baird was in thirteenth season with the Royals starting as hitting coach for the Appleton Foxes (Class-A) in 1988.
2003: Trailing 3-1, the Royals send 16 players to the plate and score 12 runs in the seventh inning on the way to a 14-7 victory at Kauffman Stadium against Minnesota. The dozen tallies sets a club record for runs scored in a single inning.
1963: Birthday: Russ McGinnis
1975: Marty Pattin throws a complete game, five-hit shutout leading Kansas City to a 13-0 win at Royals Stadium against California. Tony Solaita hits two home runs and scores five runs. Angels starter Nolan Ryan last just two innings in taking the loss.
1997: In the inaugural year of interleague play, Royals first baseman Jeff King hits his fourth home run against the National League in just six games. The first inning grand slam sparks the Royals to a 6-2 win at Kauffman Stadium against Houston. Over the first six interleague battles King goes 10 for 21 with 12 RBI.
2004: For the third straight game, the Royals defeat a National League opponent by a score of 10-4. The third comes against the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. The Elias Sports Bureau establishes that the Royals are the first team in Major League history to win three straight games by the same score while scoring at least 10 runs each.
1958: Birthday: Butch Davis
1973: Birthday: Yasuhiko Yabuta
1974: Royals Hall of Fame pitcher Steve Busby throws his second career no-hitter just 14 months after his first. Busby blanks Milwaukee at County Stadium with the Royals winning 2-0 to become the first pitcher to ever throw a no-hitter in each of his first two big league seasons.
1974: Birthday: Doug Mientkiewicz
1977: Birthday: Bruce Chen
1941: Birthday: Luis Alcaraz
1944: Birthday: Dave Nelson
1972: Birthday: Paul Bako
2007: The Royals play their longest road game in club history at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. The Cardinals prevail at home 7-6 in fourteen innings in a game lasting 5 hours and 21 minutes.
1986: Heisman Trophy winner Bo Jackson shocks the sports world by signing a professional baseball contract to play for the Kansas City Royals. Kansas City had selected Jackson in the fourth round of the 1986 June Draft.
1987: Royals Hall of Fame pitcher Bret Saberhagen pitches seven perfect innings before giving up his first hit to Gormon Thomas leading off the top of eighth inning for Seattle at Royals Stadium The pitching duel between Sabes and Bill Swift was won by Swift and the Mariners 2-1.
1974: Royals Hall of Fame pitcher Steve Busby retires the first nine White Sox to set a then American League record.
2001: The Royals reacquire cather Brent Mayne in a trade with Colorado that sends catcher Sal Fasano and pitcher Mac Suzuki to the Rockies.
2004: The Royals trade former American League Rookie of the Year Carlos Beltran to Houston in a three-team deal. Kansas City receives Minor League third baseman Mark Teahen and pitcher Mike Wood from the Athletics along with catcher John Buck from the Astros. The Athletics get pitcher Octavio Dotel from the Astros.
2005: Royals first round draft selection Alex Gordon wins the Golden Spikes Award as amateur baseball's best player following his junior All-American season at the University of Nebraska.
1945: Birthday: Dick Drago
1954: Birthday: Bob Shirley
1971: Birthday: Michael Tucker
1984: The Royals post the largest shutout win in club history blanking Oakland, 16-0. Royals Hall of Fame pitcher Mark Gubicza throws a complete game three-hit gem at Royals Stadium.
2002: Tony Pena and Luis Pujols become the first Dominican born managers to oppose each other in a Major League game. The current Royals manager (Pena) bests the former Royals player (Pujols) as Kansas City wins 8-6 at Kauffman Stadium with DR President Hipolito Mejia in attendance.
1974: Birthday: Jason Kendall
1976: Royals pitchers Marty Pattin (7.2 innings) and Steve Mingori (1.1 innings) combine on a one-hit shutout as Kansas City wins 3-0 at Royals Stadium against California. The sole hit is a sixth inning lead-off infield single by Dave Collins.
1953: Birthday: Joe Zdeb
1966: Birthday: Jeff Conine
1972: Royals Hall of Fame first baseman John Mayberry goes 4-4 with HR, double and two singles to lead the Royals to a 6-4 win at Municipal Stadium against Chicago.
1974: Birthday: Andy Larkin
1997: The left side of the Royals infield accounts for 10 runs as third baseman Craig Paquette and shortstop Jay Bell each collect five RBIs in the Royals 16-3 win at Kauffman Stadium against Milwaukee.
1971: Birthday: Ron Mahay
1977: Royals Hall of Fame pitcher Dennis Leonard tosses a complete game two-hitter leading Kansas City to 3-1 win against the California Angels at Anaheim Stadium.
1936: Birthday: Harmon Killebrew
1973: Birthday: Jason Rakers
1977: Birthday: Shawn Sedlacek
2001: The Royals tied a club record with four home runs in a single inning. Mike Sweeney, Jermaine Dye, Raul Ibanez and Carlos Beltran all homer against Dave Burba in the fourth inning pacing Kansas City to a 5-3 win against Cleveland at Jacobs Field.
1957: Birthday: Buddy Black
1970: Birthday: Mark Grudzielanek
1982: Birthday: Mitch Maier
1986: Bo Jackson makes his professional baseball debut with the Royals Double-A affiliate Memphis Chicks of the Southern League. His first hit comes in his initial at-bat an RBI single up the middle off Columbus Astros pitcher Mike Cook.
1970: Royals acquire pitcher Ted Abernathy in a trade with the cross-state St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for pitcher Chris Zachary.
1971: Birthday: Jaime Walker
1975: Royals Hall of Fame first baseman John Mayberry collects the first three home run game in club history. His three solo shots off Hall of Famer Fergie Jenkins isn't enough as the Royals fall to the Rangers 5-4 at Arlington Stadium.
1982: Birthday: Justin Huber
1984: Birthday: Rich Thompson
1966: Birthday: Tim Spehr
1984: Paul Splittorff announces his retirement from baseball. Splitt finishes his 15-year career as the Royals all-time leader with 166 wins.
1993: Royals Stadium is officially renamed Ewing Marion Kauffman Stadium in honor of the Royals founder. The ballpark would become commonly known as Kauffman Stadium. Its nickname 'The K' is another salute to Kauffman, who was affectionately known as Mr. K.
1987: Manager Dick Howser is posthumously inducted into the Royals Hall of Fame from the field at Royals Stadium between games of a Royals DH sweep of Toronto. Howser's No. 10 also becomes the first number retired by the ballclub. Kansas City ends the night in first place.
1944: Birthday: Fred Rico
1969: Bob Oliver caps off a 13-2 Kansas City win against the Seattle Pilots at Municipal Stadium with the first grand slam home run in Royals history. The eighth inning blast goes off pitcher Jim Bouton author of the famous baseball book 'Ball Four'.
1966: Birthday: Dave Eiland
1970: Birthday: Doug Bochter
1989: Royals pitcher Charlie Leibrandt surrenders Mark McGwire's 100th career home run, but the Royals rally to defeat the A's 12-9 in 11 innings at the Oakland-Alameda Coliseum.
1947: Birthday: Lance Clemons
1991: Danny Tartabull becomes the fifth Royals player to collect three home runs in a single game. Though he is the first Royals player to accomplish the feat at home, Kansas City still falls to Oakland 9-7 at Royals Stadium.
1968: Birthday: Chuck Knoblauch
1980: Birthday: John Buck
1956: Birthday: Terry Puhl
1969: Birthday: Ernie Young
1937: Birthday: Gordie MacKenzie
1955: Birthday: Royals Hall of Famer Willie Wilson
1971: Royals Hall of Famer Fred Patek becomes the first Royals player to hit for the cycle. The Royals defeat the Twins 6-3 at Metropolitan Stadium.
1976: Royals Hall of Famer Dennis Leonard outduels Mark Fidrych in Tiger Stadium in Detroit. The Royals prevail 1-0.
1981: Birthday: Tommy Hottovy
1997: Tony Muser is named 12th manager in Kansas City Royals history.
2005: Mike Sweeney goes 5 for 5 helping the Royals defeat the Twins 12-8 at Kauffman Stadium. Sweeney also ties a franchise record with eight consecutive base hits.
1945: Birthday: Royals Hall of Famer Hal McRae
1984: Royals Hall of Famer George Brett hits his lone All-Star Game home run. Unfortunately it is the only run for the American League in a 3-1 loss at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
1987: Birthday: Johnny Giavotella
1989: Birthday: Will Smith
1968: Groundbreaking ceremonies are held for the Harry S. Truman Sports Complex -- the site of what would become known as Royals Stadium and Arrowhead Stadium.
1989: Bo Jackson launches a monumental first inning home run at the 1989 All-Star Game in Anaheim. The American League wins 5-3 and Jackson is named the game's MVP.
1976: Birthday: Dan Reichert
1946: Birthday: Jerry Terrell
1967: Birthday: Pat Rapp
1982: Five Royals players -- Brett, McRae, Quisenberry, White and Wilson -- along with trainer Mickey Cobb and Manager Dick Howser are part of the American League All-Star roster in Montreal.
1970: Amos Otis becomes the first Kansas City Royals player to appear in an All-Star Game. He makes the outfield throw on the famous Pete Rose and Ray Fosse home plate collision at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati.
1987: Bret Saberhagen is the first Royals pitcher to start and Kevin Seitzer becomes the first Royals rookie to play in an All-Star Game. The NL wins 2-0 at the Oakland-Alameda Coliseum
1991: The Royals set a club record with six home runs in a single game in route to an 18-4 win at Tiger Stadium in Detroit. Macfarlane (2), B. McRae (2), Brett and Benzinger.
1972: Birthday: Wilson Delgado
1978: Birthday: Miguel Oliva
1986: Dick Howser manages his final Major League game -- the 1986 All-Star Game in Houston. Frank White's pinch hit home run helps the American League prevail 3-2.
1960: Birthday: Terry Pendleton
1969: Catcher Ellie Rodriquez represents the Kansas City Royals at the 1969 All-Star Game at RFK Stadium in Washington. He does not play in the game.
1990: Bo Jackson becomes the fourth Royals player to hit three home runs in a single game. Jackson's blasts helps lead the Royals to a 10-7 win at Yankee Stadium.
1980: Royals Hall of Famer George Brett begins his club record 30-game hitting streak. Brett goes 4 for 5 with a home run leading Kansas City to a 13-1 win at Yankee Stadium.
1986: Royals third-base coach Mike Ferraro is named interim manager after Royals Hall of Fame manager Dick Howser is diagnosed with brain cancer.
1999: Mike Sweeney begins a career best 25-game hitting streak. Sweeney goes 2 for 4 with a double, leading Kansas City to a 5-4 win at Wrigley Field.
2000: Johnny Damon collects four doubles in a game tying a Major League record. The Royals defeat the Chicago Cubs 12-4 at Kauffman Stadium
1927: Birthday: Billy Gardner
1979: Birthday: Rick Ankiel
1981: Birthday: Jimmy Gobble
1990: Royals Hall of Famer Kevin Appier throws a shutout, outdueling Roger Clemens. The Royals defeat the Red Sox 5-0 in Game 1 of a doubleheader at Royals Stadium.
1935: Birthday: Mow Drabowsky
1949: Birthday: Al Hrabosky
1958: Birthday: Dave Henderson
1978: Royals Hall of Famer Paul Splittorff pitches a shutout to notch the 100th victory of his career. The Royals defeat the Red Sox 9-0 at Royals Stadium.
1973: Birthday: Mike Sweeney
1979: George Brett becomes the third Royals player to hit three home runs in a single game. Brett's roundtrippers help lead the Royals to a 7-6 win against the Rangers at Arlington Stadium.
1969: Birthday: Henry Mercedes
1979: Royals Hall of Famer Dan Quisenberry records the first save of his career. Quisenberry closes out a 5-4 win against the Rangers at Arlington Stadium.
1994: The Royals begin what will become a 14 game winning streak with a 4-1 win at Tiger Stadium in Detroit. The streak was the second longest in club history.
1973: Royals Stadium hosts the 40th Anniversary MLB All-Star Game. Amos Otis is the first-ever Royals starter and collects two hits and a RBI. The NL prevails 7-1 with San Francisco Giant Bobby Bonds named MVP.
1975: Royals Hall of Famer Whitey Herzog is named the fifth manager in Kansas City Royals history.
1983: THE PINE TAR GAME. George Brett's ninth inning home run giving the Royals a 5-4 lead is disallowed and the Royals lose at Yankee Stadium. The ruling is appealed and Brett's home run is later reinstated.
1972: Lou Piniella makes the only All-Star appearance of his career and teammate Cookie Rojas hits the first Royals All-Star Game home run. They were joined by two other Royals -- Otis and Scheinblum -- at Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta.
1990: Royals Hall of Famer George Brett hits for the cycle for the second time in his career. The Royals defeat the Blue Jays 6-1 at Skydome in Toronto.
1999: Royals Hall of Famer George Brett takes his place in baseball history as he is inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.
1922: Birthday: Hoyt Wilhelm
1980: The largest single-game crowd in Royals/Kauffman Stadium history (41,860) watches the Royals take on the New York Yankees. The Yankees edge KC 5-4.
1952: Birthday: Rich Dauer
1961: Birthday: Nelson Santovenia
1968: Birthday: Tom Goodwin
1983: Hall of Famer Gaylord Perry picks up his first win as a member of the Kansas City Royals. In the 5-4 win against Cleveland at Royals Stadium, Perry joined Nolan Ryan and Steve Carlton as the only pitchers to amass 3,500 career strikeouts.
1949: Birthday: Vida Blue
1960: Birthday: Carmelo Martinez
1964: Birthday: Bob Milacki
1976: Royals Hall of Famer Larry Gura wins his first game as a member of the Kansas City Royals. The victory comes in relief as the Royals down the Angels 3-2 in 15 innings in Anaheim.
1983: American League President Lee MacPhail reinstates George Brett's 'Pine Tar' home run from July 24th at Yankee Stadium. The game is scheduled to resume on August 18 with the Royals leading 5-4.
1965: Birthday: Luis Alicea
1987: Royals shortstop Buddy Biancalana is traded to the Houston Astros for pitcher Mel Stottlemyre, Jr.
1988: Not yet set in the batters box after asking for a timeout and being denied by home plate umpire Mike Reilly, Bo Jackson still launches a long home run. The blast contributes to the Royals 6-2 win at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore.
1995: Jon Nunnally's walk-off home run in the 16th inning defeats the Tigers 5-4 at Kauffman Stadium. It is the Royals only extra base hit of the game following 21 singles, including five by Vince Coleman.
1944: Birthday: Pat Kelly
1957: Birthday: Clint Hurdle
1959: Birthday: Mike Jones
2007: Royals Hall of Famer Denny Matthews takes his place with the greatest broadcasters in baseball history as the 2007 Ford C. Frick Award recipient at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.
1963: Birthday: Scott Bankhead
1972: Royals Hall of Famer Amos Otis scores the only run of the game on a fourth inning steal of home at Angels Stadium in Anaheim. It marks only the second-time since WWII that a steal of home accounted for a game's only run.
1947: Birthday: Tony Muser
1967: Birthday: Gregg Jefferies
1993: Royals founder Ewing Kauffman passes away at his home in Mission Hills at the age of 76.
1998: The Royals steal eight bases, including four by Jose Offerman, to tie a team record during a 9-5 win over the Baltimore Orioles.
2007: Royals manager Buddy Bell announces his retirement, effective at the end of the season.
1943: Birthday: Tom Burgmeier
1952: Birthday: Bombo Rivera
1956: Birthday: Derek Bothelo
1969: The Royals sign a 25-year lease for a new baseball stadium to be located within Truman Sports Complex.
1973: Hall of Famer George Brett records the first hit of his Major League career.
1979: Birthday: Humberto Quintero
1987: Kevin Seitzer becomes the second Royals player to post a six-hit game.
1973: Birthday: Blake Stein
1982: Royals Hall of Famer Frank White becomes the first Royals player to hit for the cycle for a second time.
1994: The Royals host their first 'Salute the Negro Leagues' donning the uniforms of the 1924 Negro World Series champion Kansas City Monarchs.
2007: Alex Rodriguez homers off Royals pitcher Kyle Davies for his milestone 500th career home run.
1943: Birthday: Nelson Briles
1977: Royals Hall of Famer John Mayberry becomes the second Royals player to hit for the cycle.
1984: The Royals sweep a doubleheader against Detroit, winning 5-4 and 5-0, in a 1984 ALCS preview at Tiger Stadium.
1954: Birthday: Ken Phelps
1966: Birthday: Stan Belinda
1976: Birthday: Kris Wilson
1983: Royals pitcher Eric Rasmussen throws a 4-0 shutout against the Boston Red Sox in his first American League outing.
1967: Birthday: Jason Grimsley
1970: Birthday: Marc Pisciotta
1999: George Brett is officially welcomed back to Kauffman Stadium for the first time as a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame during a pregame ceremony. He was inducted in Cooperstown on July 25, 1999.
1976: The White Sox defeat the Royals, 5-2, in Game 1 of a doubleheader at Comiskey Park while wearing shorts. In the nightcap, the Royals defeat Chicago, 7-1, with the White Sox back in long pants.
1977: Birthday: Jeremy Hill
1978: Birthday: Alexis Gomez
1989: Birthday: Blake Wood
1966: Birthday: Bob Scanlon
1976: The Royals defeat the Yankees, 8-2, at Royals Stadium in front of the first-ever Kansas City crowd of more than 40,000.
2003: Carlos Beltran hits his 100th career home run in a 6-2 win against Tampa Bay.
1970: The Royals Baseball Academy opens in Sarasota, Fla.
1971: Birthday: Sal Fasano
2006: In the finale of a three-game sweep of the Boston Red Sox, Curt Schilling gives up 10 extra-base hits, tying an American League record set by Dale Gear in 1901. The Royals win, 5-4, at Kauffman Stadium.
2011: Royals catcher Salvador Perez makes his Major League debut. He collects his first career base hit and picks off two Tampa Bay base runners.
1938: Birthday: Vada Pinson
1946: Birthday: Mike Hedlund
1984: Birthday: Melky Cabrera
2003: The Royals and Yankees combine for an American League-record 19 doubles. Kansas City alone collects 11 doubles, one shy of the single-team AL record. The Royals win, 12-9, at Kauffman Stadium.
1975: Birthday: Luis Ordaz
1996: Mike Sweeney hits his first career home run.
1972: The Royals turn the first triple play in club history during the third inning at Arlington Stadium against the Rangers.
1979: Birthday: Romon Colon
1980: Birthday: Jonah Bayliss
2000: Mike Sweeney drives in two runs in the Royals' 10-5 win over Baltimore at Kauffman Stadium, giving him 100 for the season. It is the earliest date a Royals player has ever reached that mark. He would go on to set the Royals single-season record with 144.
2004: The Royals hit a then-Major League-record tying two grand slams in a 10-3 win over the Oakland A's at the Coliseum. Abraham Nunez hits the first, breaking Mark Mulder's 1-0 shutout in the sixth inning. John Buck hits the second in the eighth.
1962: Birthday: Royals Hall of Famer Mark Gubicza
1990: The Royals defeat the Texas Rangers, 1-0, on Jim Eisenreich's ninth-inning lead-off game-ending home run.
2002: Mike Sweeney stuns the Yankees with a straight steal of home in the sixth inning to give the Royals a 2-1 lead at Kauffman Stadium. New York wins, 3-1, in 14 innings.
1984: Birthday: Jarrod Dyson
1964: Birthday: Rick Reed
1966: Birthday: Terry Shumpert
1973: Birthday: Damian Jackson
1959: Birthday: Brad Wellman
1971: Birthday: Jim Converse
1976: George Brett ends the game with a walk-off steal of home in the tenth inning to beat the Indians, 4-3, at Royals Stadium.
1980: Royals Hall of Famer George Brett goes 4-for-4, taking his batting average above the .400 mark (.401).
2006: For the first time in Major League history, each team hits leadoff home runs in each of the first two innings. David DeJesus and Emil Brown go deep for the Royals, and Pablo Ozuna and Jermaine Dye do it for the White Sox.
1971: Birthday: Albie Lopez
1982: Birthday: Josh Rupe
1983: The infamous "Pine Tar Game" is resumed at Yankee Stadium. Hal McRae makes the last out of the top of the ninth and Dan Quisenberry retires the Yankees in order to complete the bizarre, 5-4, Royals win.
1958: Birthday: Gary Gaetti
1972: Birthday: Jed Hansen
1980: Royals Hall of Famer George Brett's 30-game hitting streak comes to an end. During the streak, Brett hit .467 with 42 RBIs.
1963: Birthday: Israel Sanchez
1980: George Brett reaches base six times, going 3-for-3 with three walks, and increases his batting average to .406.
1983: The Royals defeat Boston 5-2 at Royals Stadium to take over first place in the American League West. They stayed in first for the rest of the season on the way to their second consecutive division title.
2005: The Royals snap their club-record 19-game losing streak by beating the Oakland A's, 2-1.
1983: Birthday: Jesse Chavez
1989: Birthday: Tim Collins
1990: For the first time in the 20th century, two rookie pitchers make their Major League debuts against each other -- Paul Abbott of the Twins and Jim Campbell of the Royals. Abbott takes the loss.
1969: Birthday: Hipolito Pichardo
1973: Birthday: Dusty Wathan
1957: Birthday: Mike Boddicker
1960: Birthday: Ed Hearn
1971: Birthday: Allen McDill
1972: Royals pitcher Roger Nelson tosses a one hitter to shut out the Boston Red Sox, 3-0, at Municipal Stadium.
1983: Amos Otis records his 2000th career hit on a two-out single in a six-run sixth on a Royals 10-2 over the White Sox. At the time he was the second player in club history to reach this milestone in a Royals uniform.
1992: Royals center fielder Brian McRae records an unassisted double play, the first by an outfielder since Bill North in 1974.
1982: Royals catcher John Wathan steals his 31st base of the season, breaking Ray Schalk's 1916 Major League record for stolen bases by a catcher. The Royals defeat the Rangers, 5-3.
1979: Royals Hall of Famer Willie Wilson leads off the top of the first inning with an inside-the-park home run. His run is the game's only one as the Royals defeat Boston, 1-0, at Royals Stadium.
1980: Birthday: Neal Musser
1999: Royals Hall of Famer Jeff Montgomery records his 300th career save. He becomes the first closer to record 300 saves with the same team.
2009: Zack Greinke's 15 strikeouts breaks Royals Hall of Famer Mark Gubicza's single-game Royals record of 14. The eventual Cy Young winner throws eight innings in the Royals', 6-2, win against Cleveland at Kauffman Stadium.
1964: Birthday: Chad Kreuter
1969: Birthday: Ricky Bottalico
1980: Royals Hall of Famer Steve Busby posts the final win of his remarkable career.
1980: George Brett records his fourth-career five-game hit.
1984: Greg Pryor ends one of the longest games in Royals history with a 16th-inning walk-off home run.
1990: Bo Jackson returns from the DL and homers off Randy Johnson in his first at-bat.
1991: Royals Hall of Famer Bret Saberhagen becomes the third Royals pitcher to throw a no-hitter, shutting out the White Sox.
1947: Birthday: Jim York
1951: Birthday: Buddy Bell
1967: Birthday: Brian McRae
1974: Royals Hall of Famer Hal McRae ties a Major League record with six extra-base hits as the Royals split a doubleheader with Cleveland at Royals Stadium.
1978: The Royals defeat Texas, 4-2, at Arlington Stadium to take over first place in the American League West.
1983: Birthday: Billy Buckner
1987: Former Royals catcher John Wathan is named the ninth full-time manager in Royals history, replacing Billy Gardner.
1988: Royals Hall of Famer Mark Gubicza sets a then-club record of 14 strikeouts in the Royals 4-1 win over Minnesota at Royals Stadium.
1943: Birthday: Lou Piniella
1960: Birthday: Mark Ryal
1972: Birthday: Jay Witasick
1973: Birthday: Kit Pellow
1979: Birthday: Ryan Shealy
1979: Birthday: Eduardo Villacis
1979: George Brett and Amos Otis hit back-to-back home runs to lead the Royals to an 18-8 win against Milwaukee.
1982: George Brett collects his 1,500th career hit, a fourth-inning single off LaMarr Hoyt.
1993: George Brett steals the 200th base of his career making him only the third player in history to record at least 3,000 hits, 300 home runs and 200 stolen bases. The Royals defeat Boston, 5-4, at Kauffman Stadium.
1950: Birthday: Dave Chalk
1955: Birthday: Renie Martin
1978: Birthday: Todd Wellemeyer
1983: Birthday: Chris Getz
2003: More than seven inches of rain in less than 23 hours force the postponement of the Angels-Royals game at Kauffman Stadium.
1968: Birthday: Hideo Nomo
1976: Birthday: Jason Gilfillan
1977: The Royals begin a club-record 16-game winning streak with a 5-4 victory over Texas at Royals Stadium.
1981: Royals Hall of Famer Dick Howser is named the seventh full-time manager in Royals history, replacing Jim Frey.
1993: Royals third baseman Gary Gaetti hits the 239th home run of his career, becoming the all-time home run leader for players who homered in their first big league at bat.
1946: Birthday: Monty Montgomery
1971: Birthday: Derek Wallace
1987: Birthday: Sean O'Sullivan
2000: Jermaine Dye garnered his second Grand Slam of the season in a 9-5 victory over Tampa Bay.
1960: Birthday: Rex Hudler
1962: Birthday: Dave Clark
1970: Birthday: Craig Wilson
1989: For the third time in the 20th century, a single game included seven hit by pitches -- the last resulting in Mike Macfarlane charging pitcher Craig McMurtry. The Royals top the Rangers, 13-2.
1993: MLB owners vote to split both leagues into three divisions in 1994. The Royals moved from the AL West to the AL Central.
1998: Royals acquire pitcher Jeff Suppan from Arizona in exchange for outfielfer Jermaine Allensworth.
1950: Birthday: Frank White
1957: Birthday: Kelly Heath
1942: Birthday: Dave Morehead
1971: Birthday: Brian Bevil
1946: Birthday: Fran Healy
1981: Birthday: Mark Teahen
1943: Birthday: Tommy Matchick
1954: Birthday: Craig Eaton
1956: Birthday: Orlando Sanchez
1969: Birthday: Brent Cookson
1971: Royals Hall of Famer Amos Otis had four hits and set a team record with five stolen bases. The Royals won 4-3 over the Milwaukee Brewers.
1973: Birthday: Jarrod Patterson
1975: Tony Solaita becomes the second Royal to hit three home runs in a single game, but it his fourth hit, an 11th-inning RBI single, that proves to be the difference. The Royals defeat the Angels, 8-7.
1972: Royals Hall of Famer Steve Busby collects his first win in his first career start.
1978: Birthday: Gil Meche
1989: George Brett's third inning RBI single marks career hit 2,500.
1995: The Royals acquire infielder/outfielder Juan Samuel from the Detroit Tigers in exchange for third baseman Phil Hiatt.
1968: Future National Baseball Hall of Famer Joe Gordon is named the first manager of the Kansas City Royals. He is the only man to manage both the Kansas City Athletics (1960) and Royals (1969).
1976: George Brett posts the second of his five career, five-hit games. The fifth is a 10th-inning RBI single providing the winning margin in a 6-5 win over the Angels.
1977: Birthday: Kyle Snyder
1983: Birthday: Kyle Davies
2004: Joe Randa becomes the third Royals player to collect a six-hit game. He also becomes the first American Leaguer in history with six hits and six runs scored in a nine-inning game.
2004: The Royals set a club record for most runs scored, defeating the Tigers, 26-5, at Comerica Park.
1969: The Royals set a then-modern MLB record by using 27 players in a game. The overwhelming numbers are not enough and Kansas City falls, 11-4, to the Angels.
1940: Birthday: Jack Hernandez
1958: Birthday: Don Slaught
1969: Ewing Kauffman announces plans for a first-of-its-kind baseball school to be opened in Saraota, Fla. The concept would later be named the Royals Baseball Academy.
1988: Birthday: Mike Moustakas
2000: Johnny Damon gets his second five-hit game of the 2000 season.
2001: All games are canceled due to the terrorist attacks in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington, DC. The Royals were scheduled to host Cleveland at Kauffman Stadium.
1982: Looking for his first win, Twins relief pitcher Terry Felton leaves in the bottom of the sixth with one out, runners on first and second and a 7-6 lead. The Royals rally for an 18-7 win tagging Felton with his final MLB decision and a career 0-16 record.
1983: Birthday: Greg Keatley
1984: Kansas City ties Minnesota for first-place and remains in first for the rest of the season.
1983: Royals Hall of Famer Dan Quisenberry closes out a 4-3 Royals win at Anaheim Stadium. He collects his 39th save and sets a then-MLB record. He finished the 1983 season with 45 saves.
2004: The Royals outhit the Yankees, 18-16, but a 10-run fifth-inning leads to a 17-8 win over New York. Angel Berroa has five hits and John Buck drives in five runs.
1957: Birthday: Jerry Gleaton
1986: Bo Jackson hits his first-career home run. The 475-foot hit off pitcher Mike Moore is the longest in Royals Stadium history.
1998: Carlos Beltran collects the first hit of his Major League career. The seventh-inning single comes against A's reliever Buddy Groom during the Royals, 16-6, win at Kauffman Stadium.
1998: The Royals become the fifth team in American League history to score in every inning. The resulting line score of '11311324' defeated Oakland, 16-6, at Kauffman Stadium.
1999: Mark Quinn makes a memorable MLB debut going 3-for-4 with a double and two home runs.
1938: Birthday: Gaylord Perry
1967: Birthday: Paul Abbott
1967: Birthday: Dennis Moeller
1977: The Royals sweep their second doubleheader in two days winning 7-6 and 5-4 against Oakland.
1983: Birthday: Luke Hochevar
1973: Birthday: Desi Relaford
1979: Birthday: Chris George
1982: Birthday: Ramon Ramirez
1999: Carlos Beltran's first inning, two-run homer gives him 100 RBIs in his rookie season. He is the the first rookie since Mark McGwire (1987) to reach the century mark.
1979: Willie Wilson's third inning inside-the-park home run is his fifth of the season -- the most since Hall of Famer Kiki Cuyler hit eight for the Pirates in 1925.
1937: Birthday: Orlando Cepeda
1956: Birthday: Thad Bosley
1974: Steve Busby becomes the second Royals pitcher to post a 20-game season. He outduels Catfish Hunter with a complete three-hit, eight strikeout performance in a 2-1 win over Oakland.
1975: Birthday: Ryan Jensen
1979: George Brett collects his 20th triple of the season, becoming the fifth player to garner 20 doubles, 20 triples and 20 HRs in the same season.
1980: The Royals clinch their fourth AL West title defeating the Angels, 5-0, at Royals Stadium.
1989: Bret Saberhagen reaches the 20-win mark for the second time in his career with a seven inning one-hit performance en route to his second Cy Young Award. The Royals defeat Baltimore, 7-0, at Royals Stadium.
1980: Willie Wilson steals second and third in the second-inning against the Angels, earning a then-record 28 consecutive stolen bases. The Royals defeat the Angels, 5-2, at Royals Stadium.
1979: Birthday: Lenny DiNardo
1980: George Brett goes 2-4 to keep his batting average at .400. The Royals defeat Oakland, 13-3, at Royals Stadium.
2002: Royals first base coach Tom Gamboa is assaulted in the ninth-inning at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago. The bizarre scene unfolds near the end of a 2-1 Royals win.
1948: Birthday: Gary Lance
1948: Birthday: Aurelio Lopez
1954: Birthday: Bob Detherage
1972: Royals Hall of Famer Steve Busby throws a complete game while also collecting three hits and three RBIs in a 9-2 victory against the Angels.
1975: The A's and Royals set an AL record by using 42 players in a nine-inning game. Oakland overwhelms Kansas City, 16-4, at Royals Stadium.
1983: Birthday: Angel Sanchez
1979: Royals Academy graduate U.L. Washington hits the first two home runs of his Major League career -- one from each side of the plate. The Royals defeat Oakland, 13-4, at the Coliseum.
1984: Birthday: Carlos Rosa
1987: Birthday: Jeremy Jeffress
1961: Birthday: Vince Coleman
2003: The Royals hand the Detroit Tigers their 118th loss with a 12-6 win at Kauffman Stadium.
1942: Birthday: Jim Rooker
1977: The Royals clinch their second consecutive AL West title with their 96th win of the season. Kansas City defeats the Angels, 7-3, at Anaheim Stadium.
1977: Birthday: Brent Abernathy
1986: The Royals trade 1985 World Series hero Darryl Motley to the Atlanta Braves in exchange for pitcher Steve Shields.
1993: George Brett officially announces his retirement at the end of the 1993 season, marking the end of his Hall of Fame playing career. He played all 21 seasons of his career in Kansas City .
1947: Birthday: Norm Angelini
1965: Birthday: Scott Leius
1966: Birthday: Kevin Koslofski
1970: Birthday: Paul Spoljaric
1970: Birthday: Ray Holbert
1978: Dennis Leonard becomes the third Royals pitcher to post a 20-win season. The milestone is a complete game victory as the Royals defeat the Mariners, 7-2, at Royals Stadium.
2001: Angel Berroa collects his first Major League hit. The eighth-inning single comes off Detroit Tigers pitcher Jose Lima at Kauffman Stadium.
1968: Birthday: Brian Shouse
1973: Paul Splittorff becomes the first Royals pitcher to post a 20-win season. The milestone comes in a 6-2 victory against the White Sox at Comiskey Park.
1974: Steve Busby collects his then-club record 22nd win with a complete game, 10-1, victory against the Angels at Royals Stadium.
1978: The Royals clinch their third consecutive AL West title defeating the Mariners, 4-1, behind Larry Gura's three-hit performance. By time, it is the shortest game in Royals Stadium history at just 1 hour and 42 minutes.
1979: Royals Hall of Famer Frank White becomes the fourth Royals player to hit for the cycle. White completes the feat with a ninth-inning triple, and scores on an error charged to centerfielder Bobby Clark. The Royals defeat the Angels, 4-0, at Anaheim Stadium.
1988: Mark Gubicza becomes the fifth Royals pitcher to post a 20-game season. He tosses a three-hit shutout with ten strikeouts, as the Royals defeat the Mariners, 5-0, at Royals Stadium.
1935: Birthday: Dave Wickersham
1974: Al Fitzmorris throws a remarkable 12-inning game, helping the Royals post a 5-4 win against the Texas Rangers.
1984: Future Royal Jaime Quirk hits a walk-off home run in his only career at-bat with Cleveland beating the Twins. The win moves first-place Kansas City two games in front of Minnesota with three games left to play in the season.
1986: Birthday: Vin Mazzaro
1999: The Royals play the Detroit Tigers in the final game at Tiger Stadium. The Tigers win 8-2, and the last batter in the ballpark's history is Carlos Beltran who strikes out against Todd Jones.
1942: Birthday: Grant Jackson
1958: Birthday: Pete Filson
1980: Birthday: Chris Demaria
1984: The Royals clinch their fifth AL West title in nine seasons with win number 84 in the 160th game of the season. Kansas City defeats Oakland, 6-5, at the Coliseum.
1987: Kevin Seitzer goes 2-4 and collects his 200th hit of the season. He is the first rookie to reach the 200-hit mark since Tony Oliva and Dick Allen both turned the trick in 1964.
1938: Birthday: Mike McCormick
1949: Birthday: Steve Busby
1953: Birthday: Warren Cromartie
1970: Kansas City and Minnesota combine to use 49 players -- 27 by Minnesota and 22 by the Royals -- to set a Major League game record.
1976: Birthday: Calvin Pickering
1977: The Royals win their 100th game of the season defeating the Angels, 6-3, at Royals Stadium. Kansas City finished the season with a Major League best 102-59 record.
1980: Birthay: Miguel Asencio
1992: Royals pitcher Dennis Rasmussen hurls a one-hit shutout over the Angels in a 2-0 win at Anaheim Stadium. Damion Easley's leadoff single in the fourth inning is the only Angels hit.
1993: George Brett ties the game with an eighth-inning RBI single in his final at-bat at Kauffman Stadium.
1972: Birthday: Jose Lima
1974: Birthday: Jeremy Giambi
1980: George Brett rallies Kansas City with a three-run walk-off home run capping a 7-5, 14-inning against Seattle. Brett ends the season with 24 home runs and only 22 strikeouts.He is the first player with fewer strikeouts than home runs since 1959.
1980: Birthday: Bryan Bullington
1985: Bret Saberhagen tosses a complete game at Royals Stadium to become the fourth Royals pitcher to post a 20-win season. The 3-1 win over the Angels ties the two clubs atop the AL West standings with six games left to play.
1989: Bret Saberhagen sets a club record with his 23rd win of the season. The Royals defeat Oakland, 6-1, at the Coliseum.
1992: George Brett collects career hit 3,000. The milestone is a seventh-inning single against Angels pitcher Tim Fortungo.
1998: Royals Hall of Fame Pitcher Dan Quisenberry dies of brain cancer at age 45.
2006: The Royals begin a game against the Tigers with a double, single, triple and homerun. Kansas City defeats Detroit, 9-6, at Comerica Park.
1976: The Royals clinch their first AL West title when the A's falls to the Angels 2-0 in 12 innings at Oakland. The winning HR was hit by future Royal Rusty Torres off future Royal Vida Blue.
1978: The Royals closeout the season with a 1-0 win over Minnesota at Royals Stadium. Kansas City draws 2,255,493 for the season the first expansion club to ever hit the two million mark.
1995: Mike Sweeney captures his first Major League hit with a sixth inning lead-off pinch hit single off the Indians Paul Assenmacher at Jacobs Field in Cleveland.
1949: Birthday: Greg Pryor
1977: The Royals posted their 102 and final win of the regular season -- the most in baseball for 1978. The 2-0 win against the Angels at Royals Stadium is also win No. 20 for Dennis Leonard, making him the third Royal in history to reach that mark.
1949: Birthday: Steve Foucault
1972: Omaha Royals manager Jack McKeon is named the fourth full-time manager in Royals history replacing Bob Lemon. Lemon continues as manager for the final two games of the 1972 season.
1973: Birthday: Kerry Robinson
1976: George Brett's ninth inning, inside the park HR, makes him 3-4 in the season's final game. He edged teammate Hal McRae for the American League batting crown. Brett finished at .3333 ahead of McRae at .3321.
1982: Royals Hall of Famer Willie Wilson finishes the season batting .329, to claim the American League batting crown. Wilson finished at .3316 ahead of the Brewers Robin Yount at .3307.
1990: George Brett pinch hits and collects a sac fly in the fifth inning against Cleveland. Later, in the same game, Brett lashes a seventh inning single to clinch his third American League batting crown. Brett finished at .3290 ahead of the A's Rickey Henderson at .3252.
1949: Birthday: John Wathan
1956: Birthday: Charlie Leibrandt
1962: Birthday: Tony Ferreira
1962: Birthday: Chris James
1972: The Royals play the final Kansas City baseball game at 22nd and Brooklyn, closing out Municipal Stadium with a 4-0 win againat Texas. Roger Nelson pitches a sparkling two-hit shutout.
1978: Kansas City draws even with New York with a 10-4 win in AL Championship Series Game 2 at Royals Stadium. The top six in the order -- Brett, McRae, Otis, Porter, LaCock and Hurdle -- all post multiple hits. Royals Hall of famer Fred Patek posted the sole HR.
1980: Royals Hall of Famer Dennis Leonard posts his 20 win of the season as the Royals defeat the Twins, 17-1, at Royals Stadium. It marks the third-time Leonard would win 20 or more games in a single campaign.
1957: Birthday: Onix Concepcion
1967: Birthday: Rey Sanchez
1972: Birthday: Yamil Benitez
1972: Birthday: Aaron Guiel
1973: Birthday: Brett Laxton
1977: Kansas City defeats New York, 7-2, in AL Championship Series Game 1 at Yankee Stadium. The Royals are powered by HRs from Al Cowens and Royals Hall of Famers Hal McRae and John Mayberry.
1978: George Brett homers in three consecutive at-bats against fellow Hall of Famer Catfish Hunter in AL Championship Series Game 3 at Yankee Stadium. The singular performance is not quite enough as the Royals fall 6-5.
1980: George Brett finishes the season batting .390 -- just five hits short of the .400 mark he chased all summer. The mark is more than enough to capture his second American League batting crown, finishing 38-points ahead of the Brewers Cecil Cooper.
1985: The Royals clinch their sixth AL West title defeating the A's, 5-4, in 10 innings. Royals Hall of Famer Willie Wilson drives in Pat Sheridan with the winning run on the next to last game of Kansas City's magical season.
1942: Birthday: Jerry Grote
1960: Birthday: Jay Baller
1968: Birthday: Ed Pierce
1943: Birthday: Jose Cardenal
1956: Birthday: Rudy Law
1965: Birthday: Enrique Burgos
1977: Dennis Leonard's four-hit game leads the Royals to a 6-2 win over New York in Game 3 of the AL Championship Series.
1944: Birthday: Ed Kirkpatrick
1946: Birthday: Paul Splittorff
1980: Larry Gura scatters 10 hits and throws a complete game as Kansas City defeats New York, 7-2, in Game 1 of the AL Championship Series. Frank White ignites the Royals with a game-tying two-run double in the second inning.
1944: Birthday: Fred Patek
1980: The Royals score three runs in the third inning for a 3-2 win over New York in Game 2 of the AL Championship Series.
1980: Kansas City captures its first American League pennant.
1944: Birthday: Mike Fiore
1945: Birthday: Bob Stinson
1966: Birthday: Gregg Olson
1985: George Brett goes 4-for-4 with two homers, three runs scored and four RBIs. The Royals defeat Toronto, 6-5, in Game 3 of the AL Championship Series.
1966: Birthday: Jorge Pedre
1964: Birthday: Chris Gwynn
1967: Birthday: Scott Cooper
1985: Danny Jackson tosses a shutout, leading Kansas City's, 2-0, victory over the Blue Jays in Game 5 of the AL Championship Series. The Royals stay alive but still trail 3-2 in the series headed back to Toronto.
1954: Birthday: Willie Aikens
1969: Birthday: Hector Ortiz
1980: Amos Otis homers in the second and Willie Aikens goes deep in the third, giving Kansas City a four-run lead in Game 1 of the World Series at Veterans Stadium. Despite another Aikens homer, the Phillies rally to defeat the Royals, 7-6.
1946: Birthday: Scott Northey
1968: The Royals win a coin flip with the Seattle Pilots for the first pick in the American League portion of the 1968 MLB Expansion Draft. Kansas City selects right-handed pitcher Roger Nelson of the Baltimore Orioles who becomes the first player ever on the Royals Major League roster.
1973: Birthday: Mendy Lopez
1949: Birthday: Don Hood
1953: Birthday: Rodney Scott
1959: Birthday: Kevin McReynolds
1985: Jim Sundberg's sixth-inning, bases-loaded triple extends the Royals lead to 5-1 and takes out Blue Jays starter Dave Steib. The Royals win American League Championship Series Game 7, 6-2, at Exhibition Stadium. Kansas City captures its second American League pennant with George Brett named ALCS MVP.
1976: Birthday: Seth Etherton
1980: Kansas City hosts its first World Series Game. The Royals win Game 3 (4-3) over the Phillies in walk-off fashion when Willie Aikens two-out 10th inning RBI single scores Willie Wilson.
1938: Birthday: Bobby Knoop
1951: Birthday: Andy Hassler
1966: Birthday: Carlos Maldanado
1980: The Royals tie the World Series at two games apiece with a 5-3 win over the Phillies at Royals Stadium. Willie Aikens hits home runs in both the first and second innings to become the first player in history with a pair of two-homer games in the same World Series.
1956: Birthday: German Barranca
1960: Birthday: Mark Davis
1961: Birthday: Tim Belcher
1964: Birthday: Mike Perez
1967: Sen. Stuart Symington (D-MO) takes to the floor of the U.S. Senate and refers to Kansas City Athletics owner Charles Finley as "one of the most disreputable characters ever to enter the American sports scene." The animosity between Finley and Kansas City leads to the A's departure and an American League promise of a new expansion club in Kansas City.
1972: Birthday: Joe McEwing
1976: Birthday: Jeff Austin
1980: Birthday: Jose Bautista
2007: Japan Series champion manager Trey Hillman of the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters is named the 15th full-time manager in Royals history replacing Buddy Bell.
1967: Birthday: Harvey Pulliam
1968: Birthday: Rudy Seanez
1969: Birthday: Juan Gonzalez
1983: Birthday: Zack Greinke
1954: Birthday: Jaime Quirk
1969: Birthday: Hector Carrasco
1985: Kansas City gets its first win of the 1985 World Series in Game 3 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. Frank White hits a key two-run homer in the fifth inning and Bret Saberhagen tosses a complete game in the 6-1 victory.
1994: Bob Hamelin is named American League Rookie of the Year. He receives 25 of 28 first-place votes to easily outdistance Cleveland's Manny Ramirez.
1956: Birthday: Luis Silverio
1976: Birthday: David Riske
1982: Birthday: Denny Bautista
1985: Danny Jackson stuffed a cork in the Cardinals offense and their celebration hopes with a five-hitter and Willie Wilson keyed an early Royals uprising to force the 1985 World Series back to Kansas City.
1951: Birthday: Al Cowens
1955: Birthday: Jeff Schattinger
1956: Birthday: Andy McGaffigan
1972: The Royals acquire pitcher Gene Garber in a trade with Pittsburgh that sends pitcher Jim Rooker to the Pirates.
1974: Birthday: Joe Nelson
1994: Kansas City native David Cone is named the American League Cy Young Award winner after posting a 16-5 record with a 2.94 ERA in the strike-shortened season.
1958: Birthday: Frank Wills
1978: Birthday: Jaime Cerda
1985: Dane Iorg's pinch-hit two-run single in the ninth inning caps the Royals 'Miracle on I-70' win in World Series Game 6 at Royals Stadium.
1953: Birthday: U.L. Washington
1962: Birthday: Terry Bell
1963: Birthday: Bip Roberts
1965: Birthday: Bobby Moore
1981: The Royals depart Kansas City for a 28-day, 17-game exhibition tour of Japan. They criss-cross the country playing the Yomiuri Giants, Taiyo Whales, Seibu Lions, Tokyo Giants, Hankyu Braves, Hiroshima Carp and a group of Japanese All-Stars.
1985: Kansas City captures its first World Series championship defeating St. Louis, 11-0, in Game 7 at Royals Stadium. Bret Saberhagen tosses a five-hit shutout and wins Series MVP honors.
1961: Birthday: Bob Melvin
1965: Birthday: Larry Casian
1982: Birthday: Andrew Lerew
1996: The Royals acquire DH/OF Chili Davis in a trade with California that sends Royals Hall of Fame pitcher Mark Gubicza and pitcher Mike Bovee to the Angels.
1953: Birthday: Randy McGilberry
1984: Birthday: Jose Mijares
1951: Birthday: Tom Poquette
1959: Birthday: Dave Leeper
1960: Birthday: Gerald Perry
1962: Birthday: Danny Tartabull
1980: Birthday: Mike Jacobs
2008: The Royals acquire DH/1B Mike Jacobs in a trade with Florida that sends pitcher Leo Nunez (aka Juan Carlos Oviedo) to the Marlins.
1958: Birthday: Paul Zuvella
1973: Birthday: Tim Byrdak
1983: Birthday: Luis Mendoza
1979: Birthday: Coco Crisp
1997: The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum opens in Kansas City.
2011: Alex Gordon wins his first Gold Glove.
1955: Birthday: Bob Tufts
1976: Birthday: Sidney Ponson
1981: Birthday: Wilson Betemit
1969: Birthday: Ken Young
2006: Second baseman Mark Grudzielanek wins the American League Gold Glove.
1961: Birthday: Angel Salazar
1971: Birthday: Melvin Munch
1942: Birthday: Richie Scheinblum
1973: Birthday: Johnny Damon
1974: Birthday: Jose Santeago
1969: Birthday: Don Wengert
1987: The Royals trade Angel Salazar and Danny Jackson to the Cincinnati Reds for Ted Power and Kurt Stillwell.
2000: Outfielder Jermaine Dye wins an American League Gold Glove.
1969: Birthday: Dave Fleming
1974: Birthday: Glendon Rusch
1976: Birthday: Les Walrond
1979: Birthday: Juan Brito
1968: Birthday: Jose Offerman
1969: Birthday: Shane Halter
1971: Birthday: Jon Nunnally
1974: Birthday: Jeff D'Amico
1974: Birthday: Jose Rosado
1978: Birthday: Jason Standridge
1999: Outfielder Carlos Beltran is named American League Rookie of the Year.
1957: Birthday: Jeff Twitty
1964: Birthday: Keith Lockhart
1975: Harmon Killebrew is released, ending a 22-year career.
1982: Hal McRae and Paul Splittorff are granted free agency.
1986: Birthday: Aaron Crow
2003: Shortstop Angel Berroa is named the American League Rookie of the Year.
1964: Birthday: Roberto Hernandez
1971: Birthday: Roland DeLaMaza
1961: Birthday: Greg Gagne
1964: Birthday: Gary Thurman
2003: Tony Pena is named American League Manager of the Year.
1947: Birthday: Gene Garber
1967: National League president Warren Giles says that NL owners will not stand in the way of expanding teams to Kansas City and Seattle.
1942: Birthday: Denny Matthews
1960: Birthday: Rick Luecken
1989: Bret Saberhagen becomes the fourth pitcher to win two American League Cy Young Awards.
1968: Birthday: Chris Haney
1952: Birthday: Dave Frost
1964: Birthday: Mitch Williams
1973: Birthday: Eli Marrero
2009: Zack Greinke is named the American League Cy Young Award winner.
1955: Birthday: Luis Pujols
1958: Birthday: Cliff Pastornicky
1967: Birthday: Tom Gordon
1975: Birthday: Shawn Camp
1980: George Brett is named American League MVP.
1985: Bret Saberhagen wins his first American League Cy Young Award.
1947: Birthday: Bob Boone
1982: Birthday: Jonathan Sanchez
2008: The Royals trade Ramon Ramirez to the Red Sox for Coco Crisp.
1971: Amos Otis wins his first Gold Glove.
1985: Birthday: Greg Holland
2006: The Royals acquire catcher Jason LaRue from the Cincinnati Reds.
1973: Birthday: Dan Murray
1975: Birthday: Brian Meadows
1990: The Royals sign free-agent pitcher Mike Boddicker to a three-year deal.
1997: The Royals acquire first baseman Jeff Conine from the Marlins for pitcher Blaine Mull.
1947: Birthday: Tom Hall
1955: Birthday: Todd Cruz
1963: Birthday: Rich Sauveur
1969: Birthday: Dave McCarty
1943: Birthday: Bill Harris
1950: Birthday: George Throop
1970: Birthday: Jason Jacome
1973: Amos Otis wins his second Glold Glove.
1951: Birthday: Bucky Dent
1964: Birthday: Mark Davis
1965: Birthday: Randy Veres
1969: Lou Piniella is named AL Rookie of the Year.
1973: Birthday: Octavio Dotel
1979: Birthday: Matt Tupman
1947: Birthday: Larry Gura
1950: Birthday: Jorge Orta
1968: Birthday: Hector Wagner
1979: Birthday: Jeff Fulchino
1974: Birthday: Ken Ray
1977: Birthday: Willie Bloomquist
1964: Birthday: Craig Wilson
1976: Birthday: Adam Bernero
1956: Birthday: Rick Anderson
1967: Birthday: Bob Hamelin
2011: The Royals sign Jonathan Broxton to a one-year deal.
1954: Birthday: Juan Berenguer
1958: Birthday: Steve Shields
1962: Birthday: Bo Jackson
1972: Hal McRae and Wayne Simpson are traded to the Royals from Cincinnati for Richie Scheinblum and Roger Nelson.
1988: The Royals sign catcher Bob Boone.
2009: Mark Teahen is named the Hutch Award recipient from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
1954: Birthday: Dan Schatzeder
1976: Birthday: Reggie Sanders
2003: Royals re-sign Major League free agent Brian Anderson (LHP) to a two-year contract.
1970: The Royals acquire Fred Patek (SS), Jerry May (C) and Bruce Dal Canton (RHP) in a trade with Pittsburgh that sends Bob Johnson (RHP), Jack Hernandez (SS) and Jimmy Campanis (C) to the Pirates.
1971: The Royals acquire John Mayberry (1B) and Dave Grangaard (3B) in a trade with Houston that sends Lance Clemons (LHP) and Jim York (RHP) to the Astros.
1972: The Royals acquire Hal McRae (OF) and Wayne Simpson (RHP) in a trade with Cincinnati that sends Roger Nelson (RHP) and Richie Scheinblum (OF) to the Reds.
1969: The Royals acquire Amos Otis (OF) and Bob Johnson (RHP) in a trade with New York that sends Joe Foy (3B) to the Mets.
1970: Birthday: Paul Byrd
1975: George Brett is named the 1975 Les Milgram award winner as the Royals Player of the Year by the Kansas City chapter of the Baseball Writers of America -- his first of eight such honors.
1977: Birthday: Chad Durbin
1954: Birthday: Tucker Ashford
1957: Birthday: Pat Sheridan
1970: Birthday: Andy Stewart
1973: The Royals acquire Nelson Briles (RHP) and Fernando Gonzalez (IF) in a trade with Pittsburgh that sends Ed Kirkpatrick (C/OF), Kurt Bevacqua (PH/IF) and Winston Cole (1B) to the Pirates.
1967: Birthday: Kevin Appier
1975: Dennis Leonard is named the 1975 Bruce Rice award winner as the Royals Pitcher of the Year by the Kansas City chapter of the Baseball Writers of America -- his first of three such honors.
1976: The Royals acquire Darrell Porter (C) and Jim Colborn (RHP) in a trade with Milwaukee that sends Jim Wohlford (OF), Jaime Quirk (C) and Bob McClure (RHP) to the Brewers.
1979: The Royals acquire Willie Aikens (1B) and Rance Mulliniks (3B) in a trade with California that sends Al Cowens (OF), Todd Cruz (IF) and Craig Eaton (RHP) to the Angels.
2006: The Royals acquire Brian Bannister (RHP) in a trade with New York that sends Ambiorix Burgos (RHP) to the Mets.
2007: The Royals sign Major League free agent Jose Guillen (OF) to a three-year contract.
1963: Birthday: Shane Mack
1973: The Royals acquire Lindy McDaniel (RHP) in a trade with New York that sends Lou Piniella (OF) and Ken Wright (RHP) to the Yankees.
1989: The Royals sign Major League free agent Storm Davis (RHP) to a three-year contract worth $6 million.
1994: Topps awards their 1994 MLB organization of the year honors to the Kansas City Royals.
1998: The Royals re-sign Major League free agent Jeff Montgomery (RHP) to a one-year contract.
2003: The Royals sign Major League free agent Jason Grimsley (RHP) to a one-year contract.
2005: The Royals acquire Mark Redman (LHP) in a trade with Pittsburgh that sends Jonah Bayliss (RHP) and Chad Blackwell (RHP) to the Pirates.
2006: The Royals sign Major League free agent Gil Meche (RHP) to a five-year contract worth $55 million.
1960: Birthday: John Mizerock
1965: Birthday: Jeff Grotewold
1976: Birthday: Rontrez Johnson
1983: The Royals acquire Steve Balboni (1B) and Roger Erickson (RHP) in a trade with New York that sends Mike Armstrong (RHP) and Duane Dewey (C) to the Yankees.
1992: The Royals sign Major League free agent Greg Gagne (SS) to a three-year contract worth $10.5 million.
1992: The Royals sign Major League free agent David Cone (RHP) to a three-year contract worth $18 million.
1947: Birthday: Jerry Cram
1960: Birthday: Juan Samuel
1976: Birthday: Chris Booker
1977: The Royals acquire Al Hrabosky (RHP) in a trade with St. Louis that sends Mark Littell (RHP) and Buck Martinez (C) to the Cardinals.
1980: The Royals sign Major League free agent Lee May (DH/1B).
1983: The Royals acquire Joe Beckwith (RHP) in a trade with Los Angeles that sends John Serritella (RHP), Joe Szekely (C) and Jose Torres (RHP) to the Dodgers.
1991: The Royals sign Major League free agent Wally Joyner (1B) to a one-year contract worth $4.2 million.
2003: The Royals sign Major League free agent Matt Stairs (DH/OF) to a one-year contract.
2003: The Royals sign Major League free agent Scott Sullivan (RHP) to a two-year contract with a third year club option.
2010: The Royals select Nate Adcock (RHP) in the Rule 5 Draft from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
1944: Birthday: Steve Renko
1963: Birthday: Doug Henry
1975: Birthday: Joe Mays
1981: The Royals acquire Scott Brown (RHP) in a trade with Cincinnati that sends Clint Hurdle (OF) to the Reds.
1986: The Royals acquire Danny Tartabull (OF) and Rick Luecken (RHP) in a trade with Seattle that sends Scott Bankhead (RHP), Mike Kingery (OF) and Steve Shields (RHP) to the Mariners.
1987: The Royals acquire Floyd Bannister (LHP) and Dave Cochrane (PH) in a trade with Chicago that sends John Davis (RHP), Melido Perez (RHP), Greg Hibbard (LHP) and Chuck Mount (RHP) to the White Sox.
1998: The Royals re-acquire Joe Randa (3B) in a trade with New York that sends Juan LeBron (OF) to the Mets.
2003: The Royals sign Major League free agent Benito Santiago (C) to a two-year contract.
1965: Birthday: Jay Bell
1975: Birthday: Nate Field
1981: The Royals acquire Jerry Martin (OF) in a trade with San Francisco that sends Rich Gale (RHP) and Bill Laskey (RHP) to the Giants.
1989: The Royals sign Major League free agent Mark Davis (LHP) to a four-year contract worth $13 million.
1991: The Royals acquire Bob Melvin (C) in a trade with Baltimore that sends Storm Davis (RHP) to the Orioles.
1991: The Royals acquire Chris Gwynn (PH/OF) and Domingo Mota (IF) in a trade with Los Angeles that sends Todd Benzinger (1B) to the Dodgers.
1991: The Royals acquire Gregg Jefferies (3B), Kevin McReynolds (OF) and Keith Miller (U) in a trade with New York that sends Bret Saberhagen (RHP) and Bill Pecota (IF) to the Mets.
1956: Birthday: Steve Farr
1968: In the first trade in club history, the Royals acquire Ed Kirkpatrick (C/OF) and Dennis Paepke (C) from California with Hoyt Wilhelm (RHP) going to the Angels.
1974: Birthday: Julius Matos
1981: Birthday: Shane Costa
1982: Birthday: Ervin Santana
1935: Birthday: Lindy McDaniel
1994: The Royals trade Terry Shumpert (2B) to the Boston Red Sox.
1996: The Royals acquire Jeff King (3B/1B) and Jay Bell (SS) in a trade with Pittsburgh that sends Joe Randa (3B) Jeff Granger (LHP), Jeff Wallace (LHP) and Jeff Martin (RHP) to the Pirates.
2001: The Royals select Miguel Asencio (RHP) in the Rule 5 Draft from the Philadelphia Phillies.
1943: Birthday: Jerry May
1949: Birthday: Bill Buckner
1982: Birthday: Josh Fields
2007: The Royals acquire Alberto Callaspo (IF) in a trade with Arizona that sends Billy Buckner (RHP) to the Diamondbacks.
1980: Dan Quissenberry is named the 1980 Bruce Rice Award winner as the Royals Pitcher of the Year by the Kansas City chapter of the Baseball Writers of America -- his first of four such honors.
1983: Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn imposes one-year suspensions on Royals players Willie Wilson, Willie Aikens and Jerry Martin for their use of illegal drugs. The suspensions are lifted on May 15, 1984.
1989: The Royals acquire Gerald Perry (PH/1B) and Jim LeMasters (RHP) in a trade with Atlanta that sends Charlie Leibrandt (LHP) and Rick Luecken (RHP) to the Braves.
2010: Royals sign Major League free agent Jeff Francoeur (OF) to a one-year contract.
1958: Birthday: Rondin Johnson
1968: The Royals acquire Buck Martinez (C), Tommy Smith (C) and Mike Sinnerud (IF) in a trade with Houston that sends John Jones (C) to the Astros.
1976: Birthday: Matt Kinney
1986: Birthday: Alcides Escobar
2002: The Royals select D.J. Carrasco (RHP) in the Rule 5 Draft from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
2003: The Royals sign Major League free agent Tony Graffanino (IF) to a one-year contract.
2010: The Royals sign Major League free agent Melky Cabrera (OF) to a one-year contract.
1936: Birthday: Jerry Adair
1986: The Royals acquire Juan Beniquez (PH/OF) in a trade with Baltimore that sends Jimmy Daniel (RHP) and Joe Jarrell (IF) to the Orioles.
1995: The Royals acquire Jose Offerman (IF) in a trade with Los Angeles that sends Billy Brewer (LHP) to the Dodgers.
1944: Birthday: Steve Hovley
1969: Birthday: Joe Randa
2001: The Royals sign Major League free agent Chuck Knoblauch (OF) to a one-year contract.
1945: Birthday: Art Kusnyer
1979: Birthday: Chip Ambres
1983: The Royals acquire Jorge Orta (PH) in a trade with Toronto that sends Willie Aikens (1B) to the Blue Jays.
2001: The Royals re-acquire Michael Tucker (OF) in a trade with Chicago that sends Shawn Sonnier (RHP) to the Cubs.
2010: The Royals acquire Alcides Escobar (SS), Lorenzo Cain (OF), Jake Odorizzi (RHP) and Jerremy Jeffress (RHP) in a trade with Milwaukee that sends Zack Greinke (RHP) and Yuniesky Betancourt (SS) to the Brewers.
1979: Birthday: David DeJesus
1950: Birthday: Jim Wright
1976: Birthday: Tony Cogan
1981: After finishing fourth in American League Rookie of the Year voting, the Royals Mike Jones (RHP) is injured in an automobile accident. He does not pitch again until 1984.
1982: Birthday: Philip Humber
1988: Birthday: Danny Duffy
1995: The Royals acquire Bip Roberts (IF/OF) and Bryan Wolff (RHP) in a trade with San Diego that sends Wally Joyner (1B) and Aaron Dorlaque (RHP) to the Padres.
1955: Birthday: Lonnie Smith
1976: Birthday: Wes Obermueller
1980: George Brett is named the 1980 Les Milgram award winner as the Royals Player of the Year by the Kansas City chapter of the Baseball Writers of America -- his fourth of eight such honors.
1980: Royals owner Ewing Kauffman announces he has made executive vice president and general manager Joe Burke a minority owner of the ballclub.
1974: Birthday: Jamey Wright
1983: Birthday: Gregor Blanco
1982: Birthday: Ruben Gotay
2004: The Royals re-sign their own Major League free agent Jose Lima (RHP) to a one-year contract.
1940: Birthday: Ray Sadecki
1961: Birthday: Storm Davis
1964: Birthday: Jeff King
1968: Birthday: Dean Palmer
1975: Birthday: Jeff D'Amico
2007: The Royals sign Major League free agent Miguel Olivo (C) to a one-year contract with a mutual option.
1963: Birthday: Mel Stottlemyre, Jr.
1952: Birthday: Dennis Werth
1974: Birthday: Emil Brown
1945: Birthday: Tom Murphy
1967: Birthday: Archie Corbin
1970: Birthday: Bart Evans
1951: Birthday: Joe Simpson
1989: Birthday: Kelvin Herrera
1953: Birthday: Lynn Jones
1963: Birthday: David Cone
1975: Birthday: Jeff Suppan
1982: Birthday: Jason Bourgeois
2008: Royals sign free agent Hideo Nomo to Minor League contract.
1962: Birthday: Danny Jackson
1963: Birthday: John Davis
1966: Birthday: Steve Shifflett
1974: Birthday: Mark Redman
1994: The Royals acquire outfielder Vince Coleman in a trade with New York that sends Kevin McReynolds outfielder to the Mets.
1999: George Brett's election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame is announced. He is joined by fellow first-year eligible players Nolan Ryan and Robin Yount.
1969: Birthday: Alvin Mormon
2004: Royals sign free agent Juan Gonzalez to a one-year contract.
2011: Gil Meche announces retirement, foregoing the final season of his five-year, $55 million contract.
1946: Birthday: Joe Keough
1962: Birthday: Jeff Montgomery
1969: Birthday: Chris Hatcher
1982: Birthday: Brayan Pena
1985: The Royals acquire Mike Kinnunen (LHP) and Ken Baker (LHP/OF) in a trade with Montreal that sends U.L. Washington (SS) to the Expos.
2010: Royals sign Noel Arguelles (LHP) to five-year contract after he defects from Cuban Junior National Team.
1968: Birthday: Brian Johnson
1981: Birthday: Jeff Francis
1984: Birthday: Jeff Francoeur
1991: Gaylord Perry (RHP) -- who ended his career with the Royals -- is elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
2001: The Royals acquire Roberto Hernandez (RHP), A.J. Hinch (C) and Angel Berroa (SS) in a trade with Tampa Bay and Oakland that sends Johnny Damon (OF) and Mark Ellis (IF) to the A's.
1951: Birthday: Gary Martz
1959: Birthday: Richard Dotson
1984: Harmon Killebrew -- who ended his career with the Royals -- is elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
1968: The American League officially announces that Ewing & Muriel Kauffman have been awarded ownership of the new expansion franchise for Kansas City.
1972: Birthday: Jermaine Allensworth
1971: Royals select John Wathan in the first round, fourth overall of the January Draft out of the University of San Diego.
1971: Birthday: Elmer Dessens
1972: Birthday: Jermaine Allensworth
1981: Royals select Independence, Mo., native Russ Morman in Round 7 of the January Draft out of the Iowa Western CC. Morman does not sign.
1981: Royals select DeAnza College's Bill Pecota in Round 10 of the January Draft.
1983: Birthday: Andrew Sisco
1991: Bo Jackson (OF) suffers a hip injury playing for the Raiders in an NFL playoff game against the Cincinnati Bengals in Los Angeles. The injury will end his Royals career the following month.
2010: The Royals hire Ned Yost as a special advisor. He would become the club's 16th manager.
1973: Birthday: Rod Myers
1947: Birthday: Tony Solaita
1956: Birthday: Rance Mulliniks
1957: Birthday: Steve Balboni
1952: Birthday: Darrell Porter
1953: Birthday: Mark Littell
1960: Birthday: Chili Davis
1975: Birthday: Scott Mullen
1945: Birthday: Rich Severson
1963: Birthday: Bill Sampen
1985: The Royals acquire Jim Sundberg (C) in a trade with Milwaukee that sends Don Slaught (C) and Frank Wills (RHP) to the Brewers in a four-team deal.
1954: Birthday: Rich Gale
1973: Birthday: Chris Stynes
1982: The Royals acquire Grant Jackson (LHP) in a trade with Montreal that sends Ken Phelps (1B/DH) to the Expos.
1986: Birthday: David Lough
1998: Royals sign free agents Lee Smith (RHP) and Terry Pendleton (3B/PH) to Minor League contracts.
1960: Birthday: Darryl Motley
1981: The Royals acquire Caesar Geranimo (OF) in a trade with Cincinnati that sends German Barranca (IF) to the Reds.
1951: Birthday: Leon Roberts
2011: Royals sign Billy Butler (DH/1B) to four-year contract extension.
1947: Birthday: Kurt Bevacqua
1976: Birthday: Brandon Duckworth
1939: Birthday: Sandy Valdespino
1958: Birthday: Atlee Hammaker
1971: Birthday: Cory Bailey
1945: Birthday: Wally Bunker
1953: Birthday: Tom Bruno
1967: Birthday: Tim Pugh
1978: Birthday: Esteban German
2009: Royals sign Zack Greinke (RHP) to four-year contract extension.
1968: Birthday: Rusty Meachum
1980: Birthday: Angel Berroa
2006: The Royals unveil a return to traditional white home uniforms.
1955: Birthday: Joe Beckwith
1974: Birthday: Jermaine Dye
1964: Birthday: John Habyan
1972: Birthday: Morgan Burkhart
1994: Royals sign free agent Dave Henderson (OF) to a one-year contract.
1955: Birthday: Ted Power
1982: Birthday: Yuniesky Betancourt
1973: Kansas City trades Joe Keough -- who won the first game in Royals history with an extra-inning pinch-hit -- to the Chicago White Sox for Jim Lyttle.
1987: Royals Hall of Famer George Brett and PGA Champion Fred Couples team up to win the Pebble Beach Pro-Am in Pebble Beach, Calif.
1994: Royals sign free-agent outfielder Dave Henderson to a one-year contract for an estimated $1 million.
1973: Royals sign free-agent pitcher Tim Belcher to a one-year contract for $975,000.
1957: Birthday: Craig Chamberlain
1958: Birthday: Pat Tabler
1960: Birthday: Buddy Biancalana
1971: Kansas City trades Ellie Rodriguez -- the first Royals player named to an All-Star Team -- to the Milwaukee Brewers for Carl Taylor.
1987: Royals Hall of Famer Dennis Leonard announces his retirement.
1973: Birthday: Ryan Long
1974: United States Senator Stuart Symington (D-MO) receives Kansas City's 'Mr. Baseball Award' at annual Kansas City Baseball Awards dinner.
1959: Birthday: Keith Creel
1983: The Royals acquire Leon Roberts in a trade with Toronto that sends Minor Leaguer Cecil Fielder to the Blue Jays.
1988: The Royals make a one-year contract offer to free agent catcher Carlton Fisk, who was granted free-agency after a court-ordered MLB owners collusion ruling. He eventually re-signs with the White Sox.
1947: Birthday: Barry Raziano
1977: Birthday: Abraham Nunez
1978: Birthday: Steve Andrade
1986: Birthday: Kanekoa Texeira
1953: Birthday: Dan Quisenberry
1966: Birthday: Stu Cole
1974: Birthday: Adrian Brown
1978: Birthday: Endy Chavez
1997: Royals Hall of Famer Frank White receives Kansas City's 'Mr. Baseball Award' at annual Kansas City Baseball Awards dinner.
1920: Birthday: Broadcaster Bud Blattner
1943: Birthday: Bob Oliver
1996: Royals Hall of Fame pitcher Steve Busby returns to Kansas City as a Royals TV play-by-play broadcaster.
1944: Birthday: Jim Campanis
1965: Birthday: Doug Linton
1974: Royals announce TV rights deal with local station KBMA (Channel 41). The pact calls for 35 televised games in 1974 -- making it the most in Royals history at that time.
1977: Royals 19-year-old heralded farmhand Clint Hurdle receives non-roster invite to Major League Spring Training camp.
1979: Birthday: Mike Tonis
1988: Royals Hall of Fame pitcher Bret Saberhagen signs a three-year contract extension for an estimated $3.7 million.
1954: Birthday: Larry McWilliams
1970: Birthday: Alberto Castillo
1976: Royals founder Muriel Kauffman becomes a naturalized American citizen. Mrs. Kauffman was a native of Canada.
1978: Birthday: Ruben Mateo
1984: Birthday: Alex Gordon
1963: Birthday: Todd Benzinger
1967: Birthday: Scott Pose
1974: Royals Hall of Famer Paul Splittorff -- coming off his first 20 win season in club history -- avoids arbitration and signs a one-year deal for $50,000.
1977: Royals sign reigning American League batting champion George Brett to a five-year contract extension for an estimated $1.5 million.
1993: The Royals acquire Felix Jose and Craig Wilson in a trade with St. Louis that sends Gregg Jefferies and Ed Gerald to the Cardinals.
1978: Birthday: Scott Dohmann
1988: Royals Hall of Fame pitcher Jeff Montgomery signs a three-year contract extension for an estimated $11 million -- plus a club option for a fourth year at $4 million.
1970: Birthday: Kelly Stinnett
1978: After a 75 minute tug-of-war match is called a draw, the Royals and Dallas Cowboys are named co-champions of ABC Sports SuperTeams Competition in Hawaii.
1966: Birthday: Melido Perez
1993: Royals Hall of Fame pitcher Jeff Montgomery signs a three-year contract extension for an estimated $11 million -- plus a club option for a fourth year at $4 million.
1960: Birthday: Bill Pecota
1983: Royals owner Ewing Kauffman calls off negotiations to sell 49 percent of the ballclub to former Hollywood executive Michael Shapiro.
1985: Birthday: Clint Robinson
1970: Johnson County Court Authority votes to adopt proposal to name new sports complex after former President Harry S. Truman.
1915: Birthday: Manager Joe Gordon
1949: Birthday: John Mayberry
2000: The Royals acquire Brett Laxton in a trade with Oakland that sends Jeremy Giambi to the A's.
1943: Birthday: Gail Hopkins
1944: Birthday: Chris Zachary
1971: Birthday: Miguel Batista
1979: The Royals defeat the Dallas Cowboys to win the title at ABC Sports SuperStars Competition in Hawaii.
1985: The Royals sell their Triple-A Affiliate Omaha Royals to Chicagoan Gus Cherry for over $600,000. The deal includes a five-year affiliation extension.
1987: Royals Hall of Fame Manager Dick Howser returns to the the field after battling cancer to open Spring Training at Terry Park in Fort Myers, Fla.
1988: Royals officially take the field for Spring Training at their new combined amusement park/baseball facility 'Boardwalk and Baseball' in Baseball City, Fla.
1997: Royals announce Bob Davis will become the ballclub's television play-by-play broadcaster, teaming with Royals Hall of Famer Paul Splittorff.
1975: Birthday: Donzell McDonald
1937: Birthday: Ted Savage
1943: Birthday: Joe Foy
1969: Royals officially take the field at Terry Park in Fort Myers, Fla., for the ballclub's first-ever Spring Training.
1975: Birthday: Brandon Berger
1987: Denver Broncos head coach Dan Reeves says his club will not be making a trade with the Tampa Bay Bucs for Royals outfielder Bo Jackson.
1985: Royals co-owner Avron Fogelman announces the ballclub has offered lifetime contract proposals to Willie Wilson, Dan Quisenberry and Frank White.
1989: Royals Manager John Wathan announces George Brett and Frank White are co-captains for the ballclub -- it is the first time captains have been named in franchise history.
1972: Birthday: Rondell White
1974: The Royals acquire Vada Pinson in a trade that sends Barry Raziano to the Angels.
1976: Birthday: Scott Elarton
1987: Royals Hall of Fame manager Dick Howser attempts to return to the field following his brain cancer diagnosis. Billy Gardner is named Royals manager.
1951: Birthday: Frank Ortenzio
1969: Birthday: Les Norman
1988: Birthday: Nate Adcock
1958: Birthday: Bob Hegman
1967: Birthday: Scott Service
1967: Birthday: David Howard
1962: Birthday: Greg Cadaret
1968: Birthday: Matt Stairs
2012: Royals sign Salvador Perez to a five-year contract extension.
1951: Birthday: Jim Wohlford
1981: Birthday: Brian Bannister
1983: Birthday: Tug Hullett
1978: Birthday: Ken Harvey
1962: Birthday: Mark Gardner
1982: The Royals acquire Buddy Black (LHP) in a trade with Seattle that sends Manny Castillo (IF) to the Mariners.
1973: Birthday: Brian Barber
1950: Birthday: Doug Bird
1977: Birthday: Mike MacDougal
1933: Birthday: Ted Abernathy
1939: Birthday: Cookie Rojas
1952: Birthday: Eduardo Rodriguez
1969: The Royals play their first-ever Spring Training exhibition game. Despite a sixteen-hit offensive attack, Kansas City falls, 9-8, to Montreal.
1972: The Royals play on home turf for the first time on an new artificial surface infield installed at Terry Park in Fort Myers, Fla. The outfield remained natural grass.
1936: Birthday: Galen Cisco
1954: Birthday: Mike Armstrong
1957: Birthday: Bob Stoddard
1958: Birthday: Nick Capra
1967: Birthday: Joel Johnston
1969: The Royals post their first-ever Spring Training victory. Pat Kelly and Chuck Harrision hit home runs in the 2-1 win over the Washington Senators.
1969: The City Council approves payment of $53,000 to Charlie Finley to purchase the scoreboard at Municipal Stadium -- the last piece of business between the A's owner and Kansas City.
1976: Birthday: Ryan Freel
1980: Royals MLB Player Association representative Jerry Terrell votes against authorizing a players strike. He is the only MLB player of 972 to register a 'no' vote.
1965: Birthday: Benito Santiago
1983: Birthday: Donnie Murphy
1992: The Royals acquire Neal Heaton (LHP) in a trade with Pittsburgh that sends Kirk Gibson (OF) to the Pirates.
2002: The Royals release two-time American League All-Star Jose Rosado (LHP) at age 27 after an arm injury.
1948: Birthday: Cesar Geronimo
1945: Birthday: Don O'Riley
1947: Birthday: Bill Butler
1955: Birthday: Ruppert Jones
1954: Birthday: Terry Leach
1954: Birthday: Randy Bass
1970: Birthday: Jorge Fabregas
1971: Birthday: Scott Sullivan
1980: Birthday: Byron Gettis
1981: Birthday: Mike Aviles
1986: Manager Dick Howser places both Hal and Brian McRae in an exhibition game starting line-up. They are the first father/son to play as teammates in a Major League sanctioned game.
1953: Birthday: Tim Ireland
2000: Major League Baseball officially announces the approval of the Glass Family as the second owners of the Kansas City Royals.
1982: Birthday: Juan Carlos Oviedo (aka Leo Nunez)
1943: Birthday: Rick Reichardt
1965: Birthday: Jose Mota
1976: Birthday: Abraham Nunez
2001: Royals sign Joe Randa (3B) to two-year contract extension.
1960: Birthday: Matt Winter
1976: Birthday: Scott Podsednik
1984: Former Royals hitting coach and Kansas City Athletics player Charley Lau dies.
1991: The Royals release 1989 All-Star Game MVP Bo Jackson (OF) following a hip injury sustained in a Jan. 13, 1991, NFL Playoff Game.
1974: Birthday: Jason LaRue
1980: WDAF-TV hires Denny Trease to team with Al Wisk as the Royals TV broadcast team. They replace the KMBC-TV team of Steve Shannon and Dave Nelson from 1979.
1939: Birthday: Tommy Davis
1946: Birthday: Al Fitzmorris
1968: Kansas City's American League expansion franchise is officially named 'Royals' after the results of a fan vote of proposed entries.
1970: Birthday: Rick DeHart
1971: The innovative Royals Baseball Academy complex is officially dedicated near Sarasota, Fla.
1952: Birthday: Eric Rasmussen
1943: Birthday: Lee May
1944: Birthday: George Scott
1956: Birthday: Ron Johnson
1969: Birthday: Chris Turner
1976: Birthday: Joel Peralta
1981: Birthday: Tony Pena Jr.
1960: Birthday: Dwight Taylor
1982: Birthday: Robinson Tejada
1982: The Royals acquire Greg Pryor (IF) in a trade with Chicago that sends Jeff Schattinger (RHP) to the White Sox.
1983: Birthday: Devon Lowery
1958: Birthday: Chris Codiroli
1962: Birthday: Kevin Seitzer
1997: The Royals release 1994 American League Rookie of the Year Bob Hamelin (1B).
1946: Birthday: Mike Jackson
1976: George Brett hits against his brother Ken for the first time, lauching a 3-1 pitch for a HR over the fence at Terry Park in Fort Myers, Fla. The Yankees and Ken win the game, 6-4.
1978: Manager Whitey Herzog names 20-year-old Clint Hurdle as the Royals starting first baseman over struggling All-Star John Mayberry. Mayberry is later traded to Toronto.
1978: Birthday: Dee Brown
1987: The Royals acquire Ed Hearn (C), Rick Anderson (RHP) and Mauro Gozzo (RHP) in a trade with New York that sends David Cone (RHP) and Chris Jelic (C) to the Mets.
1990: Birthday: Jake Odorizzi
1997: The Royals acquire Jermaine Dye (OF) and Jaime Walker (LHP) in a trade with Atlanta that sends Michael Tucker (OF) and Keith Lockhart (IF) to the Braves.
1969: Birthday: Craig Paquette
1952: Birthday: Bill Castro
1961: Birthday: Mike Kingery
1971: Birthday: Sean Lowe
1984: Birthday: Kila Ka'aihue
1982: The Royals acquire Vida Blue (LHP) and Bob Tufts (LHP) in a trade with San Francisco that sends Renie Martin (RHP), Craig Chamberlain (RHP), Brad Wellman (IF) and Atlee Hammaker (LHP) to the Giants.
1987: The Royals acquire Thad Bosley (OF/PH) and Dave Gumpert (RHP) in a trade with Chicago that sends Jim Sundberg (C) to the Cubs.
1976: Steve Busby is placed on the DL days before the start of the season. After three seasons with over 30 starts, he would only make 36 starts over the next four years before retiring.
1981: The Royals acquire Juan Berrenger (RHP) in a trade with New York that sends Marvell Wynne (OF) and John Skinner (RHP) to the Mets.
1990: The Royals acquire former KU Jayhawk Steve Jeltz (IF) in a trade with Philadelphia that sends Jose DeJesus (RHP) to the Phillies.
2003: Manager Tony Pena starts Runelvys Hernandez (RHP) over Jeremy Affeldt (LHP) by the flip of a coin. Hernandez and the Royals beat the White Sox, 3-0, on Opening Day at Kauffman Stadium.
1957: Birthday: Manny Castillo
1958: Birthday: Mike Kinnunen
1969: The Royals acquire Lou Piniella (OF) in a trade with Seattle that sends Steve Whitaker (OF) and John Gelnar (RHP) to the Pilots.
1986: The Royals acquire Angel Salazar (SS) in a trade with New York that sends Tony Ferreira (RHP) to the Mets.
1997: The Royals and Orioles are snowed-out on Opening Day at Camden Yards in Baltimore.
1968: Birthday: Curtis Leskanic
1970: Birthday: Denny Hocking
1973: The Royals acquire Fran Healy (C) in a trade with San Francisco that sends Greg Minton (RHP) to the Giants.
1984: The first Opening Day game at Royals Stadium is rained out. The previous eleven home openers (1973-1983) at Royals Stadium were night games.
1939: Birthday: Hawk Taylor
1974: Birthday: Jim Pittsley
1979: The Royals acquire Todd Cruz (IF) in a trade with Philadelphia that sends Doug Bird (RHP) to the Phillies.
1984: The Royals Onix Concepcion (SS) leads-off the rain-out, make-up season opener with the first home run of his Kansas City career.
1983: Willie Wilson collects three hits and George Brett blasts a two-run homer leading the Royals to a season opening, 7-2, win over Baltimore.
1986: Birthday: Louis Coleman
2006: Jackson County voters approve a sales tax ballot issue to renovate both Kauffman Stadium and Arrowhead.
1938: Birthday: Ron Hansen
1960: Birthday: Jim Scranton
1976: Birthday: Ross Gload
1979: Darrell Porter and John Wathan both drive in three runs each, leading the Royals to a season opening, 11-2, win over the Blue Jays at Royals Stadium.
1981: Birthday: Jorge De La Rosa
1943: Birthday: Marty Pattin
1971: Dick Drago tosses a complete game against the Angels leading the Royals to a season opening, 4-1, win at Anaheim Stadium.
1974: The Royals set a then club record with 23 runs scored -- including five RBIs from John Mayberry and four RBIs from Hal McRae -- to defeat Minnesota, 23-6, at Royals Stadium.
1951: Birthday: Dave Cripe
1973: Birthday: Brett Tomko
1977: Amos Otis and John Mayberry both hit home runs, and drive in three runs each -- leading the Royals to a season opening, 7-2, win over the Detroit.
1997: In his first game with the Royals, Jeff King drives in three runs including a walk-off sac fly giving KC a, 6-5, home opening win over the Orioles.
2000: Kauffman Stadium debuts renovations. which include the Royal Pavilion and an upper-level blue seat replacement on Opening Day.
2000: Mike Sweeney launches a seventh-inning grand slam capping the Royals, 10-6, home opening win over the Twins.
1969: Kansas City hosts the Twins at Municipal Stadium. Joe Keough drives in Joe Foy with an 12th inning RBI single for Royals, 4-3, win.
1979: Birthday: Jeremy Guthrie
1985: Willie Wilson drives in two runs with a seventh-inning double, providing the winning margin in the Royals, 2-1, season opening win over the Blue Jays.
1991: Royals Stadiums Jumbotron -- the largest color videoboard in the United States when installed -- debuts on Opening Day.
1991: George Brett, Danny Tartabull and Kirk Gibson all collect two hits each, behind pitchers Bret Saberhagen and Dan Quisenberry, leading the Royals to a season opening, 4-2, win over the Indians at Royals Stadium.
1965: Birthday: Hal Morris
1967: Birthday: Graeme Lloyd
2000: The Twins and the Royals hit three consecutive homers in an inning marking the first in MLB history. Coomer, Jones and Lecroy for the Twins in the sixth; Beltran, Dye and Sweeney for the Royals in the eighth. Minnesota wins, 13-7, at Royals Stadium.
1973: Royals Stadium makes its debut. Paul Splittorff tosses a complete game, Amos Otis collects the first hit and John Mayberry blasts the first home run leading KC to a, 12-1, win against Texas.
1964: Birthday: Bret Saberhagen
1966: Birthday: Steve Scarsone
1970: Birthday: Joe Vitiello
1975: Birthday: Todd Dunwoody
1984: Birthday: Andres Blanco
1964: Birthday: Mike Macfarlane
1977: Birthday: DJ Carrasco
1986: Royals Hall of Famer Dennis Leonard shut outs the Blue Jays on three hits before a national television audience in his first start since suffer a major knee injury in May of 1983. The Royals win, 1-0, at Royals Stadium.
2001: The Royals game against the Blue Jays at SkyDome in Toronto is postponed when pieces of the roof fall on the field during batting practice.
1969: Mike Fiore hits the first home run in Royals history leading Kansas City to, 4-1, win in Game One of a doubleheader against the A's at the Oakland-Alameda Coliseum.
1986: Birthday: Lorenzo Cain
1996: Michael Tucker's fifth-inning home run is the only hit the Royals muster against knuckeballer Steve Sparks, but Kansas City still prevails, 3-2, over the Brewers at County Stadium in Milwaukee.
1947: Birthday: Joe Lahoud
1971: Birthday: Gregg Zaun
1976: Birthday: Kyle Farnsworth
1990: Royals Hall of Famer Bret Saberhagen gets the win and Mark Davis records a save, as Kansas City defeats Toronto, 3-1, at Royals Stadium. It is the first time in history both reigning Cy Young Award winners figure in a decision as teammates.
1968: Birthday: Billy Brewer
1977: Birthday: Paul Phillips
2003: The Royals rally with four ninth-inning runs to defeat the White Sox, 8-5. The game was delayed in the eighth when fans stormed the field to attack umpire Laz Diaz.
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