Kansas City Royals

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

## Contents

* 1 Championships
* 2 Locations
* 3 Retired Numbers
* 4 Notes

## Championships[edit]

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

## Locations[edit]

The team has been based in Kansas City since its inception in 1969. They have played their home games at the following stadiums.[3]

* 1969-1972: Municipal Stadium
* 1973-present: Royals Stadium, renamed Kaufman Stadium on July 2, 1993

## Retired Numbers[edit]

The following uniform numbers are retired in that players, managers, and coaches of the team will no longer use them.[4]

* 5 George Brett
* 10 Dick Howser
* 20 Frank White
* 42 Jackie Robinson (retired across major league baseball)

## Notes[edit]

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