Brian Bannister 2007 - 12-9, 3.87 ERA, 3rd in AL ROY voting just in front of Dice K.

Jefferies wasn't washed up. He hit .342 the year after we traded him, .325 the year after that.

Greg Gagne for all washed up...

Kila Kia'ahue

Depends on how you define it.

Many of these guys were just playing out the string here. Others went on to play better elsewhere once they left here (Like Jeffries and Stairs). Hell, look at what Raul Ibanez did after he left KC.

All of these guys on the list had their best years elsewhere, that's for sure.

Jose Guillen was a fan favorite

My favorite players that were not "Stars?"

How about:

Sal Fasano
Carlos Febles
Jose Rosado
Kurt Bevaqua
Pete LaCock
Aaron Guile

Jose Offerman 1998. .315, 102 runs scored, 13 triples, 45 SB, 191 hits, 89 walks, .403 OBP

Gaetti had a monster year for us.

Kevin Seitzer 1987. .323, 105 runs scored, 207 hits, .399 OBP.

Well we certainly agree that Greg Gagne sucked it. :)

Funny that we're arguing about who sucked less in our team's history.
Sad, really....

thats a name i was trying to remember. He had some anger management issues.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Offerman

Alot of those 90s teams we had decent hitters, just god awful starting pitching outside of Appier.

He's the all-time Royals leader in batting average.

I was a big Jim Eisenreich fan.

Who can name this Royal based off of a single season?

Hit .316/31/100 with 35 doubles despite playing only 132 games

is that bo? I thought bo had 32 homeruns as his max though.

Jermaine Dye.

Wally Joyner?

Not Bo

Bo Jackson couldn't hit .316 in tee ball.

No to both

A five year span hint? Like 1995 to 2000?

Gerrold Perry

Dean Palmer

Danny Tartabull?

Hint: It was his best year for BA as a Royal but not for HRs nor RBI.

1991

Tartabull!

Danny Tartabul

EDIT: Q

pitchers are too good anymore

we're not going to see a whole lot of 40 HR seasons ever again

**** all of the people that made steroids so frowned upon

Here's a trivia tidbit about Tartabull (not 100% sure it's accurate, though): Before Jeff Francouer, he was the last Royal to start in RF two seasons in a row.



Jermaine Dye may have, but I don't think so.

Mike Sweeney

We're only going to see guys hit 40 that are legitimate 40 HR guys.

I was tired of seeing guys flip their wrists when they were off-balance and drive balls 340 to the opposite field. For ****'s sake, we were seeing broken bat homers. The game was way the hell out of whack.

Guys like Stanton and Harper will have 40 HR years and in really good years may challenge 50. In other words, baseball will be sane again.

that's fine and all but it's like the reverse hockey

if you like pitching duels, that's all fine and dandy

personally, I miss guys jacking 500 foot bombs

I wish they were still taking handfuls of greenies and pumping themselves full of adrenaline and testosterone and horse steroids

I miss Sammy Sosa and his 66 bombs, .360 BA and 165 RBI's

THOSE WERE THE DAYS

Nope

can you imagine Alex Gordon pumped full of steroids/amphetamines/crack? That dude would hit .400 and 50 bombs...all of those doubles would be homeruns...

lets find him some creme clear or whatever and see what happens

seems like Mike Sweeney only played 132 games

More Royals obscure trivia:

The career hit leaders for the Royals starts:

Brett
White
Otis
Wilson
McRae
Sweeney

Who comes next?

Damon

No

360 BA? LOL I don't think he got much higher than 320.

Strange tidbit: This player is exactly seventh in hits, doubles, and RBI.

ok, How about worst Royals team of all time? 2006, 2005, 2004, 2002, 2009, 2001, 1999, 1997, 1969, 1970...any other year?




http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/KCR/

yeah maybe it was only .330 I thought it was higher one of those ridiculous 2000/2001 years

Juan Gonzalez... he should be added to the Ass Face list of mediocre has-been turds.

My goodness, this is just reminding me that we deserve a good year after all the shit we have been through

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/story/2...on-to-be-happy

Movin on up

Jeff King?

No. King had only 264 his as a Royal.

Johnny Damon?

No

Hint time: This player played for the Royals twice. He also played for the Pirates twice.

Okay, moving on to my next silly hypothetical trade offer that is essentially impossible.

Allen Craig and his shiny new team friendly contract for Kelvin Herrera and Tim Collins?

Craig would get Frenchy off the field. I know it would come at a hell of a cost, but Craig's a legitimate middle of the order hitter that's stepped up huge in WS play and makes $6 million/season for the next 5 seasons.

Craig will give you at least what Myers would've been likely to give you over the next 5 seasons, so if you look at replacing Myers with Craig, the trade becomes James Shields for Herrera and Collins.

Isn't that a deal worth making for both teams?

Randatime

we will give you Holland and his shit rags....errr fangraphs

Bam

Thanks but no thanks.

We already have a nice setup guy that gets the yips in the 9th, we don't need another.

Cards fans are making me believe that the Royals are headed in the right direction.

Here is my nomination for the most under-rated Royal of all time:

4 time all-star (3 as a Royal)

Finished top 10 in MVP voting two years in a row. (both as a Royal)

Highest single season WAR by any Royal besides George Brett.

Best offensive player in team history at his position.

Best defensive player in team history at his position.

Had one of the best seasons in team history with a .291/20/112 while scoring 100 runs, leading the league with 121 walks, and an incredible .421 OBP.

Who is it?

I was going to guess Randa, but I thought Jeff King played longer than that for us.

carlos beltran

That is crazy if true.

random thought....imagine our rotation if we still had Grienke?

Grienke, Shields, Santana, Guthrie, Davis/Mendoza


Championship!!!

Carlos is going to just miss being a HOFer, IMO.

The guy has been criminally underrated his entire career. You'll be hard pressed to find a CFer that played the position better than he did that was also a 300 HR, 300 SB player.

He's just done everything so smoothly his whole career that it's hard to appreciate just how well he's done it.

Carlos Beltran is one of the most preternaturally gifted players you'll ever see play. I'd have given anything to see him steer clear of NY for those years and stay healthy. Had he stayed in Houston, he'd have done some amazing things statistically and he'd have been right in the middle of some great Astros teams through middle of the decade. He'd have possibly won a WS in 2005.

I was just commenting today during the Cardinals game that when Beltran is 80 and in a walker, he'll still have top-shelf bat whip. The guy's wrists just slash the bathead through the hitting zone and create some of the sweetest, easiest power you'll find.

If he'd have been a life-long Royal, he'd have challenged Brett as the greatest player in Royals history.

Minus Cain and Escobar. We don't need Grienke. We just needed Duffy and/or Paulino to not be out for so long.

You'd be without a SS and CFer. You'd also have been missing one of the key components to the Shields trade.

The Royals made out quite well in the Greinke deal. It's never good to give up an ace, but to get a plus SS and CFer out of the deal is a pretty good return. You've replaced a very scarce resource (#1 SP) with 2 very scarce resources (well rounded hitters at defensively premium positions).

That's why the Royals are so dangerous - at 3 of the most important defensive positions on the field - C, SS and CF - you guys have people that can hold their own with the bat.

No

Cards fans are a little jittery about the fact that we presently have Pete Kozma and Mitchell Boggs at SS and CL respectively while we have 2 absolute stud prospects in Taveras and Adams that are completely blocked.

Somebody help us fill one of the goddamn holes and you'll get a really good player back for your efforts.

Frank White

No

By trading Myers, the Royals have gone all in for the next two years. So you want pieces? Start looking at the farm because the viable parts on the ML roster are off limits, unless you're going to start grabbing ankles.

Huh. Willie WIlson? If no, I'll let someone else give it a shot.

Nope.

Remember...this is my nomination for the most under-rated Royal ever. Can't really put Beltran, White, and Wilson in that category.

Amos Otis?

I'd much much much rather have Esky and Lo-Cain.
And Odorizzi helped us get Shields.

Grienke is about the money. He's not a team guy.

No

Ah yes. Overlooked that tidbit.

Who could have been under-rated, yet led the team at his position all time? :hmmm:

Have fun trying to 'win now' with Jeff Francouer in the middle of your order.

darrell porter?

Excuse me. BOTTOM of the order. (but point taken)