There are currently 18 players enshrined in the Royals Hall of Fame for, according to Hall’s website, “exceptional contributions to Kansas City Royals baseball, both on and off the field.”
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Amongst the Royals who were inducted are Whitey Herzog, Joe Gordon, George Brett, Orlando Cepeda, Gaylord Perry, Harmon Killebrew, and Bob Lemon.
The 1985 World Series between the Kansas City Royals and St. Louis Cardinals was the FIRST World Series to be played ALL at night.
This World Series featured two team from MISSOURI, in what was called the I-70 Series since both teams were located along Interstate 70 Hwy.
However, this was NOT the first all Missouri World Series! The 1944 World Series was between two MO teams: The St. Louis Browns and St. Louis Cardinals.
In 1980, the Royals Amos Otis hit a Home Run in his FIRST World Series at-bat while in Philadelphia on Oct 14, 1980.
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At that time, A.O. was only the 16th person in MLB history to hit a homer in their first World Series at-bat. Teammate Willie Aikens followed AO with a homer of his own in the next at-bat.
During the 1980 World Series, Willie Aikens became the first player ever with a PAIR of TWO HOMER games during the Fall Classic.
The first World Series HIT for a game played IN Kansas City on Oct 17, 1980, was a first-inning Home Run hit by George Brett at Royals Stadium in 1980 against Philadelphia. 42,380 KC fans witnessed the first World Series game played in Kansas City with a WIN.
The first World Series game played in Kansas City was an extra-inning WIN for the Kansas City Royals against the Philadephia Phillies by the score of 4-3 in 1980.
Kansas City pitcher Bret Saberhagen was a mere sophomore when he pitched in the 1985 World Series, yet he won two games in the series, both complete games, and one a shut out and was named the World Series MVP.
Bret pitched game 3 despite the distraction of his wife who was due at any minute with a baby. Bret was a 20 game-winner that year, with 20 wins and 6 losses.
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