Kansas City Royals all-time roster

1969 to 2026 · 817 players

How many players have played for the Kansas City Royals?

817 players have a season with the Kansas City Royals on file, from 1969 to 2026: 415 at the plate and 401 on the mound. George Brett played the most games for the club, 2,707. Kansas City Royals all-time leaders →

Hitters with the most games

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Every Kansas City Royals hitter, 1969 to 2026

Player↓	Years↓	G↓	H↓iH: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.	HR↓iHR: Home runs hit.	RBI↓iRBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.	AVG↓iAVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
George Brett	1973–1993	2,707	3,154	317	1,596	.305
Frank White	1973–1990	2,324	2,006	160	886	.255
Amos Otis	1970–1983	1,891	1,977	193	992	.280
Salvador Perez	2011–2026	1,858	1,844	324	1,093	.261
Hal McRae	1973–1987	1,837	1,924	169	1,012	.293
Willie Wilson	1976–1990	1,787	1,968	40	509	.289
Alex Gordon	2007–2020	1,753	1,643	190	749	.257
Mike Sweeney	1995–2007	1,282	1,398	197	837	.299
Alcides Escobar	2011–2018	1,245	1,208	36	390	.259
Freddie Patek	1971–1979	1,245	1,036	28	382	.241
Billy Butler	2007–2014	1,166	1,273	127	628	.295
Eric Hosmer	2011–2017	1,048	1,132	127	566	.284
Joe Randa	1995–2004	1,019	1,084	86	533	.288
John Mayberry	1972–1977	897	816	143	552	.261
Mike Macfarlane	1987–1997	887	716	103	398	.256
David DeJesus	2003–2010	876	971	61	390	.289
John Wathan	1976–1985	860	656	21	261	.262
Mike Moustakas	2011–2017	836	764	119	379	.251
Al Cowens	1974–1979	812	784	45	374	.282
Johnny Damon	1995–2000	803	894	65	352	.292
Cookie Rojas	1971–1977	782	724	23	304	.269
Bobby Witt Jr.	2022–2026	768	879	123	427	.289
Whit Merrifield	2016–2021	768	909	68	345	.291
U.L. Washington	1977–1984	757	625	26	228	.254
Kevin Seitzer	1986–1991	741	809	33	265	.294
Carlos Ivan Beltran	1998–2003	726	825	108	465	.288
Lorenzo Cain	2011–2017	713	765	56	308	.289
Lou Piniella	1969–1973	700	734	45	348	.286
Mark Teahen	2005–2009	676	667	59	293	.269
Danny Tartabull	1987–1991	657	674	124	425	.290
Jim Eisenreich	1987–1992	650	555	23	225	.277
Angel Berroa	2001–2007	627	606	45	235	.263
Brian McRae	1990–1994	614	627	30	248	.262
Brent Mayne	1990–2003	613	443	18	185	.245
Ed Kirkpatrick	1969–1973	613	471	56	245	.248
Kyle Isbel	2021–2026	595	391	29	168	.235
Paul Schaal	1969–1973	594	519	31	194	.264
John Buck	2004–2009	584	450	70	259	.235
Jamie Quirk	1975–1988	582	336	30	157	.245
Darrell Porter	1977–1980	555	514	61	301	.271
Jarrod Dyson	2010–2016	550	355	7	101	.260
David Howard	1991–1997	547	320	8	130	.229
Steve Balboni	1984–1987	545	450	117	313	.232
Vinnie Pasquantino	2022–2026	537	530	85	323	.262
Maikel Garcia	2022–2026	530	518	30	222	.264
Kurt Stillwell	1988–1991	524	464	26	209	.256
Wally Joyner	1992–1995	518	556	44	271	.293
Bo Jackson	1986–1990	511	460	109	313	.250
Willie Aikens	1980–1983	511	499	77	297	.282
Carlos Febles	1998–2003	506	414	24	146	.250

What the columns mean: H · HR · RBI · AVG

Pitchers with the most games

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Every Kansas City Royals pitcher, 1969 to 2026

Player↓	Years↓	G↓	W↓iW: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.	L↓iL: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.	SV↓iSV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.	IP↓iIP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.	ERA↓iERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.	K↓iK: Batters this pitcher struck out.
Jeff Montgomery	1988–1999	686	44	50	304	849.1	3.20	720
Dan Quisenberry	1979–1987	553	51	43	237	895.0	2.52	312
Paul Splittorff	1970–1984	429	166	143	1	2,554.2	3.81	1,057
Joakim Soria	2007–2017	427	22	26	162	438.0	2.82	473
Kelvin Herrera	2011–2017	415	22	26	43	415.2	2.86	416
Greg Holland	2010–2021	394	24	17	159	403.2	2.72	514
Mark Gubicza	1984–1996	382	132	135	2	2,218.2	3.91	1,366
Dennis Leonard	1974–1986	312	144	106	1	2,187.0	3.70	1,323
Larry Gura	1976–1984	307	111	78	11	1,697.0	3.70	631
Doug Bird	1973–1978	292	49	36	58	714.2	3.56	464
Steve Farr	1985–1990	289	34	24	49	511.0	3.05	429
Hipolito Pichardo	1992–1998	281	42	39	19	669.2	4.48	340
Luke Hochevar	2007–2016	279	46	65	3	929.1	4.98	702
Tom Gordon	1988–1995	274	79	71	3	1,149.2	4.02	999
Zack Greinke	2004–2023	266	66	91	1	1,387.1	3.93	1,101
Kevin Appier	1989–2004	261	105	81	0	1,684.1	3.36	1,375
Wade Davis	2013–2021	256	27	18	49	360.2	3.39	386
Aaron James Crow	2011–2014	254	20	11	6	233.2	3.43	208
Bret Saberhagen	1984–1991	252	110	78	1	1,660.1	3.21	1,093
Steve Mingori	1974–1979	245	13	22	26	382.2	3.06	171
Marty Pattin	1974–1980	244	43	39	21	825.2	3.48	370
Al Fitzmorris	1969–1976	243	70	48	7	1,098.0	3.46	391
Scott Barlow	2018–2022	239	18	12	43	264.0	3.10	314
Jimmy Gobble	2003–2008	235	22	23	4	423.2	5.23	275
Danny Duffy	2011–2021	234	68	68	1	1,172.1	3.95	1,048
Tim Collins	2011–2014	228	12	17	0	211.0	3.54	220
Jason Grimsley	2001–2003	219	7	18	1	226.2	4.01	178
Bud Black	1982–1987	199	54	56	10	955.2	3.70	489
Tom Burgmeier	1969–1973	196	24	16	28	276.0	3.20	132
Charlie Leibrandt	1984–1989	194	76	61	0	1,257.0	3.60	618

What the columns mean: W · L · SV · IP · ERA · K

Regular season, each player’s seasons with the club under every name it has played as. A pitcher who also batted is in both tables. A season split between two clubs is filed as one combined line and counts for neither.