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The list of the top 20 players who have the highest batting average (AVG) in Kansas City Royals franchise history (min 1506 PA).

1
 
Jose Offerman
.306
2
 
George Brett
.305
3
 
Mike Sweeney
.299
4
 
Billy Butler
.295
5
 
Kevin Seitzer
.294
6
 
Wally Joyner
.293
7
 
Hal McRae
.293
8
 
Johnny Damon
.292
9
 
Whit Merrifield
.291
10
 
Danny Tartabull
.290
11
 
Willie Wilson
.289
12
 
David DeJesus
.289
13
 
Lorenzo Cain
.289
14
 
Joe Randa
.288
15
 
Carlos Beltran
.287
16
 
Lou Piniella
.286
17
 
Raul Ibanez
.286
18
 
Jermaine Dye
.284
19
 
Eric Hosmer
.284
20
 
Willie Aikens
.282

The list of the top 20 players who have the highest on base percentage (OBP) in Kansas City Royals franchise history (min 1506 PA).

1
 
Jose Offerman
.385
2
 
Kevin Seitzer
.380
3
 
Danny Tartabull
.376
4
 
Darrell Porter
.375
5
 
John Mayberry
.374
6
 
Wally Joyner
.371
7
 
Mike Sweeney
.369
8
 
George Brett
.369
9
 
Willie Aikens
.362
10
 
David DeJesus
.360
11
 
Paul Schaal
.360
12
 
Billy Butler
.359
13
 
Hal McRae
.356
14
 
Carlos Beltran
.352
15
 
Johnny Damon
.351
16
 
Amos Otis
.347
17
 
Jermaine Dye
.344
18
 
Raul Ibanez
.343
19
 
Eric Hosmer
.342
20
 
Lorenzo Cain
.342

The list of the top 20 players who have the highest slugging percentage (SLG) in Kansas City Royals franchise history (min 1506 PA).

1
 
Danny Tartabull
.518
2
 
Mike Sweeney
.492
3
 
George Brett
.487
4
 
Carlos Beltran
.483
5
 
Raul Ibanez
.483
6
 
Bo Jackson
.480
7
 
Jermaine Dye
.477
8
 
Jorge Soler
.471
9
 
Willie Aikens
.469
10
 
Salvador Perez
.463
11
 
Steve Balboni
.459
12
 
Hal McRae
.458
13
 
Billy Butler
.449
14
 
John Mayberry
.448
15
 
Mike Macfarlane
.439
16
 
Eric Hosmer
.439
17
 
Johnny Damon
.438
18
 
Hunter Dozier
.436
19
 
Darrell Porter
.435
20
 
Wally Joyner
.434

The list of the top 20 players who have the most games played in Kansas City Royals franchise history.

1
 
George Brett
2707
2
 
Frank White
2324
3
 
Amos Otis
1891
4
 
Hal McRae
1837
5
 
Willie Wilson
1787
6
 
Alex Gordon
1753
7
 
Mike Sweeney
1282
8
 
Freddie Patek
1245
9
 
Alcides Escobar
1245
10
 
Billy Butler
1166
11
 
Salvador Perez
1140
12
 
Eric Hosmer
1048
13
 
Joe Randa
1019
14
 
Mike Moustakas
934
15
 
John Mayberry
897
16
 
Mike Macfarlane
890
17
 
Cookie Rojas
880
18
 
David DeJesus
876
19
 
John Wathan
860
20
 
Al Cowens
812

The list of the top 20 players who have the most at bats in Kansas City Royals franchise history.

1
 
George Brett
10349
2
 
Frank White
7859
3
 
Amos Otis
7050
4
 
Willie Wilson
6799
5
 
Hal McRae
6568
6
 
Alex Gordon
6391
7
 
Alcides Escobar
4672
8
 
Mike Sweeney
4669
9
 
Billy Butler
4317
10
 
Salvador Perez
4307
11
 
Freddie Patek
4305
12
 
Eric Hosmer
3991
13
 
Joe Randa
3764
14
 
Mike Moustakas
3416
15
 
David DeJesus
3355
16
 
Carlos Beltran
3134
17
 
John Mayberry
3131
18
 
Whit Merrifield
3123
19
 
Cookie Rojas
3072
20
 
Johnny Damon
3057

The list of the top 20 players who have the most runs scored in Kansas City Royals franchise history.

1
 
George Brett
1583
2
 
Amos Otis
1074
3
 
Willie Wilson
1060
4
 
Frank White
912
5
 
Hal McRae
873
6
 
Alex Gordon
867
7
 
Mike Sweeney
700
8
 
Freddie Patek
571
9
 
Eric Hosmer
547
10
 
Carlos Beltran
546
11
 
Alcides Escobar
526
12
 
Johnny Damon
504
13
 
Billy Butler
502
14
 
David DeJesus
501
15
 
Salvador Perez
491
16
 
Joe Randa
489
17
 
John Mayberry
459
18
 
Whit Merrifield
452
19
 
Kevin Seitzer
408
20
 
Mike Moustakas
388

The list of the top 20 players who have the most hits in Kansas City Royals franchise history.

1
 
George Brett
3154
2
 
Frank White
2006
3
 
Amos Otis
1977
4
 
Willie Wilson
1968
5
 
Hal McRae
1924
6
 
Alex Gordon
1643
7
 
Mike Sweeney
1398
8
 
Billy Butler
1273
9
 
Alcides Escobar
1208
10
 
Salvador Perez
1161
11
 
Eric Hosmer
1132
12
 
Joe Randa
1084
13
 
Freddie Patek
1036
14
 
David DeJesus
971
15
 
Whit Merrifield
909
16
 
Carlos Beltran
899
17
 
Johnny Damon
894
18
 
Mike Moustakas
858
19
 
Cookie Rojas
824
20
 
John Mayberry
816

The list of the top 20 players who have the most doubles in Kansas City Royals franchise history.

1
 
George Brett
665
2
 
Hal McRae
449
3
 
Frank White
407
4
 
Amos Otis
365
5
 
Alex Gordon
357
6
 
Mike Sweeney
297
7
 
Billy Butler
276
8
 
Willie Wilson
241
9
 
Joe Randa
223
10
 
Salvador Perez
213
11
 
Alcides Escobar
207
12
 
Eric Hosmer
206
13
 
Whit Merrifield
192
14
 
David DeJesus
187
15
 
Mike Moustakas
184
16
 
Freddie Patek
182
17
 
Mike Macfarlane
174
18
 
Carlos Beltran
156
19
 
Johnny Damon
156
20
 
Mark Teahen
146

The list of the top 20 players who have the most triples in Kansas City Royals franchise history.

1
 
George Brett
137
2
 
Willie Wilson
133
3
 
Amos Otis
65
4
 
Hal McRae
63
5
 
Frank White
58
6
 
Johnny Damon
47
7
 
Carlos Beltran
45
8
 
David DeJesus
45
9
 
Al Cowens
44
10
 
Alcides Escobar
43
11
 
Freddie Patek
41
12
 
Brian McRae
32
13
 
Jarrod Dyson
31
14
 
U. L. Washington
28
15
 
Jose Offerman
27
16
 
Alex Gordon
26
17
 
Whit Merrifield
25
18
 
John Wathan
25
19
 
Kevin Seitzer
24
20
 
Mark Teahen
24

The list of the top 20 players who have the most home runs in Kansas City Royals franchise history.

1
 
George Brett
317
2
 
Salvador Perez
200
3
 
Mike Sweeney
197
4
 
Amos Otis
193
5
 
Alex Gordon
190
6
 
Hal McRae
169
7
 
Frank White
160
8
 
John Mayberry
143
9
 
Mike Moustakas
139
10
 
Eric Hosmer
127
11
 
Billy Butler
127
12
 
Danny Tartabull
124
13
 
Carlos Beltran
123
14
 
Steve Balboni
119
15
 
Bo Jackson
109
16
 
Mike Macfarlane
103
17
 
Joe Randa
86
18
 
Jermaine Dye
85
19
 
Jorge Soler
80
20
 
Willie Aikens
77

The list of the top 20 players who have the most runs batted in (RBI) in Kansas City Royals franchise history.

1
 
George Brett
1596
2
 
Hal McRae
1012
3
 
Amos Otis
992
4
 
Frank White
886
5
 
Mike Sweeney
837
6
 
Alex Gordon
749
7
 
Salvador Perez
656
8
 
Billy Butler
628
9
 
Eric Hosmer
566
10
 
John Mayberry
552
11
 
Joe Randa
533
12
 
Carlos Beltran
516
13
 
Willie Wilson
509
14
 
Mike Moustakas
441
15
 
Danny Tartabull
425
16
 
Mike Macfarlane
398
17
 
David DeJesus
390
18
 
Alcides Escobar
390
19
 
Freddie Patek
382
20
 
Al Cowens
374

The list of the top 20 players who have the most stolen bases in Kansas City Royals franchise history.

1
 
Willie Wilson
612
2
 
Amos Otis
340
3
 
Freddie Patek
336
4
 
George Brett
201
5
 
Jarrod Dyson
184
6
 
Frank White
178
7
 
Carlos Beltran
164
8
 
Alcides Escobar
160
9
 
Whit Merrifield
159
10
 
Johnny Damon
156
11
 
Tom Goodwin
150
12
 
Adalberto Mondesi
128
13
 
U. L. Washington
120
14
 
Lorenzo Cain
120
15
 
Alex Gordon
113
16
 
Hal McRae
105
17
 
John Wathan
105
18
 
Brian McRae
93
19
 
Bo Jackson
81
20
 
Al Cowens
80

The list of the top 20 players who have the most walks (batting) in Kansas City Royals franchise history.

1
 
George Brett
1096
2
 
Amos Otis
739
3
 
Alex Gordon
684
4
 
Hal McRae
616
5
 
John Mayberry
561
6
 
Mike Sweeney
484
7
 
Billy Butler
427
8
 
Freddie Patek
413
9
 
Frank White
412
10
 
Kevin Seitzer
369
11
 
Eric Hosmer
360
12
 
Willie Wilson
360
13
 
Danny Tartabull
325
14
 
Darrell Porter
318
15
 
Carlos Beltran
316
16
 
David DeJesus
314
17
 
Paul Schaal
300
18
 
Joe Randa
287
19
 
Johnny Damon
275
20
 
Mike Moustakas
244

The list of the top 20 players who have the most strike outs (batting) in Kansas City Royals franchise history.

1
 
Alex Gordon
1535
2
 
Frank White
1035
3
 
Willie Wilson
990
4
 
Amos Otis
953
5
 
George Brett
908
6
 
Salvador Perez
805
7
 
Eric Hosmer
714
8
 
Hal McRae
697
9
 
Billy Butler
697
10
 
Alcides Escobar
687
11
 
Bo Jackson
638
12
 
Danny Tartabull
592
13
 
Freddie Patek
586
14
 
Carlos Beltran
584
15
 
Mike Moustakas
578
16
 
Mark Teahen
573
17
 
Steve Balboni
568
18
 
Mike Sweeney
555
19
 
Lorenzo Cain
540
20
 
Whit Merrifield
536

The list of the top 20 players who have the most wins in Kansas City Royals franchise history.

1
 
Paul Splittorff
166
2
 
Dennis Leonard
144
3
 
Mark Gubicza
132
4
 
Kevin Appier
115
5
 
Larry Gura
111
6
 
Bret Saberhagen
110
7
 
Tom Gordon
79
8
 
Charlie Leibrandt
76
9
 
Al Fitzmorris
70
10
 
Steve Busby
70
11
 
Danny Duffy
68
12
 
Dick Drago
61
13
 
Zack Greinke
60
14
 
Buddy Black
56
15
 
Dan Quisenberry
51
16
 
Doug Bird
49
17
 
Bruce Chen
47
18
 
Luke Hochevar
46
19
 
Jeff Montgomery
44
20
 
Marty Pattin
43

The list of the top 20 players who have the most losses in Kansas City Royals franchise history.

1
 
Paul Splittorff
143
2
 
Mark Gubicza
135
3
 
Dennis Leonard
106
4
 
Kevin Appier
92
5
 
Larry Gura
78
6
 
Bret Saberhagen
78
7
 
Tom Gordon
71
8
 
Dick Drago
70
9
 
Danny Duffy
68
10
 
Zack Greinke
67
11
 
Luke Hochevar
65
12
 
Charlie Leibrandt
61
13
 
Buddy Black
57
14
 
Steve Busby
54
15
 
Jeff Suppan
51
16
 
Jeff Montgomery
50
17
 
Danny Jackson
49
18
 
Brian Bannister
49
19
 
Al Fitzmorris
48
20
 
Jose Rosado
45

The list of the top 20 players who have the most complete games in Kansas City Royals franchise history.

1
 
Dennis Leonard
103
2
 
Paul Splittorff
88
3
 
Bret Saberhagen
64
4
 
Larry Gura
61
5
 
Dick Drago
53
6
 
Steve Busby
53
7
 
Mark Gubicza
42
8
 
Al Fitzmorris
35
9
 
Charlie Leibrandt
34
10
 
Kevin Appier
32
11
 
Danny Jackson
20
12
 
Rich Gale
19
13
 
Jim Rooker
19
14
 
Roger Nelson
18
15
 
Marty Pattin
18
16
 
Buddy Black
16
17
 
Bruce Dal Canton
13
18
 
Tom Gordon
12
19
 
Wally Bunker
12
20
 
Zack Greinke
12

The list of the top 20 players who have the most shutouts in Kansas City Royals franchise history.

1
 
Dennis Leonard
23
2
 
Paul Splittorff
17
3
 
Mark Gubicza
16
4
 
Larry Gura
14
5
 
Bret Saberhagen
14
6
 
Al Fitzmorris
11
7
 
Dick Drago
10
8
 
Charlie Leibrandt
10
9
 
Kevin Appier
10
10
 
Roger Nelson
7
11
 
Steve Busby
7
12
 
Jim Rooker
7
13
 
Danny Jackson
6
14
 
Bill Butler
5
15
 
Rich Gale
5
16
 
David Cone
4
17
 
Darrell May
3
18
 
Chris Haney
3
19
 
Luis Aquino
3
20
 
Buddy Black
3

The list of the top 20 players who have the most walks (pitching) in Kansas City Royals franchise history.

1
 
Mark Gubicza
783
2
 
Paul Splittorff
780
3
 
Kevin Appier
634
4
 
Dennis Leonard
622
5
 
Tom Gordon
587
6
 
Larry Gura
503
7
 
Steve Busby
433
8
 
Danny Duffy
432
9
 
Al Fitzmorris
359
10
 
Charlie Leibrandt
359
11
 
Bret Saberhagen
331
12
 
Rich Gale
315
13
 
Dick Drago
310
14
 
Danny Jackson
305
15
 
Luke Hochevar
299
16
 
Buddy Black
289
17
 
Jeff Suppan
289
18
 
Jeff Montgomery
287
19
 
Zack Greinke
280
20
 
Hipolito Pichardo
249

The list of the top 20 players who have the most strike outs (pitching) in Kansas City Royals franchise history.

1
 
Kevin Appier
1458
2
 
Mark Gubicza
1366
3
 
Dennis Leonard
1323
4
 
Bret Saberhagen
1093
5
 
Paul Splittorff
1057
6
 
Danny Duffy
1048
7
 
Tom Gordon
999
8
 
Zack Greinke
931
9
 
Jeff Montgomery
720
10
 
Luke Hochevar
702
11
 
Steve Busby
659
12
 
Larry Gura
633
13
 
Charlie Leibrandt
618
14
 
Dick Drago
577
15
 
Greg Holland
514
16
 
Ian Kennedy
508
17
 
Buddy Black
508
18
 
Bruce Chen
494
19
 
Jose Rosado
484
20
 
Gil Meche
475

The list of the top 20 players who have the most saves in Kansas City Royals franchise history.

1
 
Jeff Montgomery
304
2
 
Dan Quisenberry
238
3
 
Joakim Soria
162
4
 
Greg Holland
159
5
 
Doug Bird
58
6
 
Kelvin Herrera
57
7
 
Roberto Hernandez
54
8
 
Mike MacDougal
50
9
 
Steve Farr
49
10
 
Wade Davis
49
11
 
Ted Abernathy
40
12
 
Al Hrabosky
31
13
 
Ian Kennedy
30
14
 
Tom Burgmeier
28
15
 
Mark Littell
28
16
 
Steve Mingori
27
17
 
Gene Garber
26
18
 
Jonathan Broxton
23
19
 
Marty Pattin
21
20
 
Ambiorix Burgos
20

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