Righty starting pitcher Dennis Leonard pitched his whole career (12 years) with the Kansas City Royals. He was a bulldog of a starting pitcher for the Royals as he liked to battle opposing teams the whole game. He pitched in 312 games (302 starts) for the Royals in his career and he was 144-106 with a 3.70 ERA and a 1.26 WHIP. His best year with the Royals was in 1977 when he finished fourth in the Cy Young Award voting. He pitched in 38 games (37 starts) for the Royals in 1977 and he was 20-12 with 1 save, a 3.04 ERA and a 1.11 WHIP. Leonard is all over the team record book for the Royals. He is #1 in Royals’ history in both complete games (103) and shutouts (23). He is also #5 in games pitched (312), #2 in wins (144), #3 in strikeouts (1,323) and he is #3 in games started (302). It’s a shame he couldn’t have pitched a little longer but his gun just ran out of bullets.

Willie Wilson was one of the best lead-off hitters that I have ever seen. In 15-years with the Royals, Wilson played in 1,787 games in which he was 1,968 for 6,799 (.289 avg, .711 OPS) with 1,060 runs scored, 40 homers, 509 RBIs and 612 stolen bases. Wilson also cranked 133 watch me fly triples which is second in team history. Wilson led the league in triples 5 times for the Royals and he also led the American League in steals in 1979 with 83 of them. 1980 was by far Wilson’s best season with the Royals. He played in 161 games in 1980 and he was 230 for 705 (.326 avg, .778 OPS) with 133 runs scored, 3 homers, 49 RBIs and 79 stolen bases. He finished fourth in the voting for the MVP Award in the A.L. that year. Wilson is the all-time leader in steals for the Royals. He is also #4 in hits, #3 in runs scored and #9 in RBIs in team history.