Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists and consistently look to update them when necessary and based on necessity. As such, we are delighted to present our post-2024 revision of our top 50 Kansas City Royals.

As for all of our top 50 players in baseball, we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the American League.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.

Please note that our algorithm has changed, which yielded minor changes throughout the baseball lists.

Last year, the Royals made a triumphant return to the playoffs, winning their Wild Card Series over Baltimore before falling to the New York Yankees in four games.  The season yielded one new entrant and one elevation.

As always, we present our top five, which saw a huge change based on the new algorithm.

1. George Brett

2. Amos Otis

3. Bret Saberhagen

4. Willie Wilson

5. Kevin Appier

You can find the entire list here.

Under the new algorithm, Amos Otis moved from #5 to #2; a showcase to how tight everyone from 2 to 5 already were.

Multi-time All-Star Catcher Salvador Perez went up one spot to #6.

The new entrant is Bobby Witt Jr., who debuts at #31.

We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our post 2023 revision of our top 50 Kansas City Royals.

As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following:

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in Major League Baseball.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, the Royals had a bad year, and there were no new entrants into the Top 50.  There was one small elevation.

As always, we present our top five, which saw no changes:

1. George Brett

2. Bret Saberhagen

3. Willie Wilson

4. Kevin Appier

5. Amos Otis

You can find the entire list here.

Catcher, Salvador Perez, moved up one spot to #7.

Pitcher, Zack Greinke, who was with Kansas City last year, failed to move up from #13.

We thank you for your continued support for our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our post 2022 revision of our top Kansas City Royals.

As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following:

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the American League.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, the Royals were unable to make the playoffs, but there were some shifts in the top 50.

As always, we present our top five, which was not affected by the last season:

1. George Brett

2. Bret Saberhagen

3. Willie Wilson

4. Kevin Appier

5. Amos Otis

You can find the entire list here.

Catcher, Salvador Perez, moved up from #10 to #8.

Pitcher, Zack Greinke, moved up one spot to #13.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.

The process continues.

We here are Notinhalloffame.com have plans to create our own set of post-season awards, which we will look back and retroactively present from 1901 on.  That will take a while, but it has never stopped us before!

Our awards are not be league specific.

Now it is time for our 2021 positional awards.

We will be awarding a positional player of the year, but not only that, offer up the runner-up and second runner-up, meaning that we will have First, Second and Third All-MLB players.

Let’s work our way around the diamond and award the best of the best in Baseball!

*Please note that to qualify, a player must appear in that position at least 50% of the time.

Catcher of the Year (First Team All-MLB):  Salvador Perez, Kansas City Royals.  5.3 bWAR, 3.4 fWAR, 169 H, 48 HR, 88 R, 121 RBI, 0 SB, .273/.316/.544/.859.

Advanced metrics show that Perez is declining defensively, but this was the best offensive output of his career.  While we were all watching Shohei Ohtani and Vladimir Guerrero battle for the American League Home Run Title, it was Perez who snuck past Ohtani to tie Guerrero for the win, also while setting a new Home Run record for Catchers with 48 (though only 33 were accumulated as a Catcher).  Nevertheless, Perez earns this honor, while also again being the unquestioned Royals MVP. 

Catcher: Second Team All-MLB:  Buster Posey, San Francisco Giants.  3.5 bWAR, 4.9 fWAR, 120 H, 18 HR, 68 R, 56 RBI, 0 SB, .304/.390/.499/.889.

Posey could have challenged Perez for First Team, but he missed a lot of Games, only appearing in 113 this year.  He went to his eighth All-Star Game this year, and had his first .300 Season since 2017.

Catcher: Third Team All-MLB:  J.T. Realmuto, Philadelphia Phillies.  3.4 bWAR, 4.4 fWAR, 125 H, 17 HR, 64 R, 73 RBI, 13 SB, .263/.343/.449/.782.

Realmuto made his third All-Star Game this year and second with Philadelphia.   

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present the pre-2021 update of our top 50 Kansas City Royals of all-time.

As for all of our top 50 players in hockey we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the American League. 

3. Playoff accomplishments.

4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

There are no new additions, but as always, we announce our top five immediately, but out full list can be found here.

1. George Brett

2. Bret Saberhagen

3. Kevin Appier

4. Willie Wilson

5. Amos Otis

While there were no new entries, there were two movements among active Royals.

Multi-time All-Star Catcher, Salvador Perez, rose from #15 to #13.  Second Baseman, Whit Merrifield, climbed from #32 to #27.

We welcome your input and commentsand as always, we thank you for your support.

One of the most popular Catchers in recent memory, Salvador Perez has also proven to be one of the better defensive ones too.