When I started this list project, I thought it would be easy. The best would just jump off the statistical page, right? Wrong. Especially with the pitchers. Once again there are a lot of moving parts. Different eras, different managers, the expansion of the closer role, the adherence to pitch counts and the disappearance of the fireman role. For this exercise, I’m only looking at the time they played for Kansas City, which eliminates a terrific pitcher like David Cone (68 games over three seasons) even though Cone had one of the more dominant seasons ever by a Kansas City pitcher.
The greatest pitchers in Royals history
