The Kansas City Royals are a relatively young MLB team, established as a franchise in 1969. When compared to the likes of the Atlanta Braves, Chicago Cubs, and St. Louis Cardinals, teams established in the 1870s and 1880s, they’re kinda new on the block. The American League side has played in four World Series since being founded, winning on two …
1969 1973 1985 2003 2015 Kansas City Royals Team Formation When the Kansas City Athletics moved to Oakland after the 1967 season, Kansas City was left without major league baseball or, for the first time since 1883, professional baseball at all. An enraged Senator Stuart Symington threatened to introduce legislation removing baseball’s antitrust exemption unless Kansas City was granted a …
