Answer: 1985
They won in 1985 beating the St. Louis Cardinals in 7 games. The series climaxed during game six, when after eight scoreless innings, the Cardinals scored a run in the eighth and ninth inning. Pinch-hitter Dane Iorg hit a single that scored the tying and winning runs. The Royals went on to win game seven, 11-0.
From Quiz: Kansas City Royals
Answer: Central
They played from 1969 to 1993 in the Western Division.
From Quiz: The Kansas City Royals
Answer: Steve Balboni
Balboni ended the season with 36 HRs with Brett a close second on 30.
From Quiz: 1976-1985 KC Royals
Answer: Bret Saberhagen
Bret Saberhagen threw a five hitter en route to victory.
From Quiz: Kansas City Royals: 1985
Answer: 1985
They won it on October 27, 1985. They came back from 3-1 down to win the series 4-3. They beat the St. Louis Cardinals by a score of 11-0 in the final game to win the World Series. Bret Saberhagen pitched a 5 hit game.
From Quiz: Kansas City Royals
Answer: 1980
They lost to the Philadelphia Phillies 4 games to 2. Dan Quisenberry figured into three of the decisions during the series. "Quiz" lost the lead twice during the Series. He gave up six runs over 10 innings pitched in six games.
From Quiz: Kansas City Royals
Answer: 1985
Kansas City beat St. Louis in 7 games to win the 1985 World Series.
From Quiz: The Kansas City Royals
Answer: George Brett
Brett ended with a cool .335, while Quirk was second with .281!
From Quiz: 1976-1985 KC Royals
Answer: 112
George Brett was the teams leader with 112 RBIs.
From Quiz: Kansas City Royals: 1985
Answer: Ewing Kauffman
He purchased the club as an expansion franchise in 1968 and is generally regarded as being the cornerstone of success for the Royals during the club's first 25 years. He passed away in 1993.
From Quiz: KC Royals
Answer: 1969
They started playing when Ewing Kauffman (who the stadium is named after) bought the rights to the team.
From Quiz: Kansas City Royals
Answer: All of these
Amazingly, all of these were true. It was the first time that a team had come back from a 3-1 deficit twice in the same year.
From Quiz: Kansas City Royals
Answer: George Brett
George hit .333 in 1976, an amazing .390 in 1980, and .329 in 1990, to win the batting titles in those years. He retired in 1993 and was elected to the Hall of Fame six years later in 1999.
From Quiz: The Kansas City Royals
Answer: Steve Balboni
He led the team with 160 games played during the regular season.
From Quiz: Kansas City Royals: 1985
Answer: 1973
It was opened and named Royals Stadium in 1973, the same year they hosted the All-Star game. It was changed to Kauffman stadium on July 2, 1993, to honor Ewing M. Kauffman.
From Quiz: Kansas City Royals
Answer: Dick Howser
Howser would also have his number (10) retired by the Kansas City Royals organization. His last game managed would be the 1986 All-Star game, when he would have some issues remembering signals. He went to the doctor the following day and would be diagnosed then. The Kansas City Royals would erect a statue in his honor outside the stadium in 2009.
From Quiz: Royal Hall of Fame
Answer: Jose Lima
Jose's best season was in 1999, when he went 21-10 with a 3.58 ERA for Houston.
From Quiz: The Kansas City Royals
Answer: Detroit Tigers
The Tigers won the series in 3, sweeping the Royals.
From Quiz: 1976-1985 KC Royals
Answer: 91-71
The Royals finished 20 games above 500.
From Quiz: Kansas City Royals: 1985
Answer: 3
They won 3 straight in 1976, 1977 and 1978.
From Quiz: Kansas City Royals
Answer: Dick Howser
Dick managed the Royals from 1981 to 1986. He had a .525 win percentage, and the Royals never finished lower than third place.
From Quiz: Kansas City Royals
Answer: Jim Frey
Frey managed the '80 and most of the '81 season before Dick Howser took over.
From Quiz: 1976-1985 KC Royals
Answer: Hal Mcrae
Hal hit 133 RBIs in 1982.
From Quiz: KC Royals
Answer: They could keep the option on Mike Sweeney through the 2008 Season.
If they had not won 82 games before the 2004 season, Sweeney could have become a free agent at the end of that season.
From Quiz: Kansas City Royals
Answer: Carlos Beltran
Carlos finished the 2002 season with 29 home runs and 105 RBI's, to go along with his .273 average.
From Quiz: The Kansas City Royals
Answer: 1983
July 24th, 1983 to be exact.
From Quiz: 1976-1985 KC Royals
Answer: Toronto
The Royals are the first team in history to come back from 3 to 1 deficits to win both the League Championship and the World Series.
From Quiz: Kansas City Royals: 1985
Answer: 1980
They lost out to the Philadelphia Phillies in six games. The Phillies won the final game 4-1.
From Quiz: Kansas City Royals
Answer: Downtown Stadium
They played in Municipal from 1969-1972, and Royals Stadium From 1973-1993. Royals Stadium changed it's name from Royals Stadium to Kaufman Stadium in 1994, in honor of Ewing Kaufman, long time owner of the team.
From Quiz: Kansas City Royals
Answer: Runelvys Hernandez
Runelvys finished 4-4 in 2002, and was their Opening Day starter in 2003, with only 4 career wins at the time.
From Quiz: The Kansas City Royals
Answer: 8
He also was the only full time starter with a losing record.
From Quiz: Kansas City Royals: 1985
Answer: Boone
Boone - Cincinatti, McRae - Devil Rays, and Pinella - Mariners.
From Quiz: KC Royals
Answer: George Brett
George Brett won three batting titles and retired in 1993. His number was retired with him in 1999.
From Quiz: Kansas City Royals
Answer: Bret Saberhagen
In the 1985 Series he won two games. He pitched two complete games, giving up 1 run and 10 hits over 18 innings.
From Quiz: Kansas City Royals
Answer: 9
They swept three games from Chicago, two from Cleveland, two from Detroit, then two more from Cleveland, before losing 6-1 to Cleveland on April 13th.
From Quiz: The Kansas City Royals
Answer: 11-0
The Royals had come back from trailing 3 to 1 in the series to win game 7 in a rout.
From Quiz: Kansas City Royals: 1985
Answer: 1975
1975 was George Brett's rookie year. The Royals lost in the playoffs all three seasons to the Yankees.
From Quiz: Kansas City Royals
Answer: Jermaine Dye
In 2000, he had 33 home runs and 118 RBI's, to go with his gold glove in right field.
From Quiz: The Kansas City Royals
Answer: John Tudor
He was statistically the best pitcher on the Cards staff in 1985.
From Quiz: Kansas City Royals: 1985