In this article, I’m not concerned with who are the greatest players in Kansas City Royals history. Instead, I’m looking for five guys that impacted not only their teammates, but the entire history of the franchise. What I’m interested in is both what players made the KC Royals who they are today, but also players who impacted the sport of baseball.
In short, who are the five players that you can’t really tell the history of the Kansas City Royals without including their story?
Before we begin, I’d like to give a shout out to my Twitter follower @kryslynmo who is both a big KC Royals fan and also gave me the idea for this piece by asking readers of her Twitter feed to name the five most influential players in baseball history.