Kansas City Royals award winners and league leaders explained
This is a list of award winners and league leaders for the Kansas City Royals professional baseball team.
Regular-season awards
Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award
See main article: Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award.
See explanatory note at Atlanta Braves.
- Team (at all positions)
- Left field (in MLB)
- Centerfield (in MLB)
USA Today AL Top Rookie
See footnote[1] Dan Quisenberry has won more Relief Man of the Year awards than any other player in baseball history.
- 1980: Dan Quisenberry
- 1982: Dan Quisenberry
- 1983: Dan Quisenberry
- 1984: Dan Quisenberry
- 1993: Jeff Montgomery
MLB "This Year in Baseball Awards"
See main article: This Year in Baseball Awards.
Note: These awards are voted on by five groups for all of Major League Baseball (i.e., not one per league).
Note: These awards were renamed the "GIBBY Awards" (Greatness in Baseball Yearly) in 2010 and then the "Esurance MLB Awards" in 2015.
"Esurance MLB Awards" Best Major Leaguer, Postseason
MLB "GIBBY Awards" Best Closer
MLB "GIBBY Awards" Best Setup Man
MLB "GIBBY Awards" Best Executive
Baseball America All-Rookie Team
See: Baseball America#Baseball America All-Rookie Team
Postseason and all-star game awards
Team award
- 1980 - William Harridge Trophy (American League championship)
- 1985
- - Commissioner's Trophy (World Series championship)
- - Baseball America Organization of the Year
- 2014
- - Baseball America Organization of the Year
- 2015
- 2015
Other achievements
Baseball Hall of Fame
See: Kansas City Royals#Baseball Hall of Famers
- George Brett — voted by MLB fans as the most outstanding player in the history of the franchise, based on on-field performance, leadership quality and character value
Ford C. Frick Award recipients
See: Kansas City Royals#Ford C. Frick Award recipients
Royals Hall of Fame
See: Kansas City Royals#Hall of Fame
Retired numbers
See: Kansas City Royals#Retired numbers5 - George Brett; 10 - Dick Howser; 20 - Frank White; 42 - Jackie Robinson * (retired across all of MLB)
Sporting News Sportsman of the Year
See: Sporting News#Sportsman of the Year
Missouri Sports Hall of Fame
See: Kansas City Royals#Missouri Sports Hall of Fame
Kansas City Sports Walk of Stars
See: Barney Allis Plaza
Season leaders
George Brett is the only person in baseball history to win a batting title in three different decades.
- 1976: George Brett (.333)
- 1980: George Brett (.390)
- 1982: Willie Wilson (.332)
- 1990: George Brett (.329)
Wins (pitcher)
See also
Notes and References
- MLB appears to have dropped the Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Award as an official MLB award, after the 2006 season. Relief Man Award winners (1976-2006). Awards (The Official Site of MLB's Honors and Accolades). MLB Advanced Media, L.P. (MLB.com). Retrieved 2010-06-09. Established in 1976, it does not appear on the MLB.com awards page for the most recent completed season. 2010 Awards. MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Retrieved 2011-08-21. The MLB Delivery Man of the Year Award (initially sponsored by DHL) was first given in 2005 and does appear on the MLB.com awards page for the most recent completed season. Prior to both awards, in 1960, The Sporting News established its Fireman of the Year Award, to recognize the best closer from each league. In 2001, the award was broadened to include all relievers and was re-named The Sporting News Reliever of the Year Award. In 2002, MLB began its This Year in Baseball Awards (TYIB Awards) (for all of MLB, not for each league), including Pitcher of the Year and Setup Man of the Year. In 2004, a Closer of the Year category was added and "Pitcher of the Year" was re-named "Starting Pitcher of the Year". In or about 2000, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum began its Hilton Smith Legacy Award for "Relievers of the Year".
- Web site: Matt. Eddy. Infield, Pitching Staff Highlight 2011 Rookie Team. October 21, 2011. Baseball America. 2011-11-08.
