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Zack Greinke, drafted in 2002, is the only Royals' first-round pick to win a Cy Young Award with the team.
The
Kansas City Royals are a
Major League Baseball
franchise based in
Kansas City ,
Missouri . The franchise, founded in 1969, plays in the
American League Central division.
[1] Since the institution of Major League Baseball's
Rule 4 Draft , the Royals have selected 57 players in the first round. Officially known as the "First-Year Player Draft",
[2] the Rule 4 Draft is Major League Baseball's primary mechanism for assigning amateur players from high schools, colleges, and other amateur baseball clubs to its franchises. The draft order is determined based on the previous season's standings with the team that had the worst record receiving the first pick.
[2] In addition, teams that lost
free agents in the previous off-season may be awarded
compensatory or supplementary picks .
[3] The First-Year Player Draft is unrelated to the
1968 expansion draft in which the Royals initially filled their roster.
Of the 57 players first-round draft picks, 31 have been
pitchers , the most of any position; 20 of these were right-handed, while 11 were left-handed. Twelve
outfielders were selected, and eight
shortstops , three
catchers , and two
third basemen were taken. The team also selected one player at
first base , but has never drafted a
second baseman .
[4] Fifteen of the players came from institutions in the state of California, while Florida and Texas follow with seven players each. The Royals have drafted two players,
Luke Hochevar (2006) and
Aaron Crow (2009), who were playing in the
American Association of Independent Professional Baseball at the time of their draft.
[5]
[6] Both had been drafted previously by other major league teams but had chosen to play for the
Fort Worth Cats instead.
[5]
[6] They have also drafted one player from Puerto Rico: Juan Lebron (1995).
Seven of their first-round picks have won
World Series championships with the team. Outfielder
Willie Wilson (1974) and shortstop
Buddy Biancalana (1978) appeared during the Royals'
1985 World Series victory,
[7] while
Alex Gordon (2005),
Luke Hochevar (2006),
Mike Moustakas (2007),
Eric Hosmer (2008) and
Christian Colón (2010) were all part of the winning team in the
2015 World Series .
[8]
Zack Greinke (2002) is the only first-round pick of the Royals to earn a
Cy Young Award with the team, winning in 2009.
[9] Royals' first-round picks have never won
Rookie of the Year or
Most Valuable Player awards, and no pick has been elected to the
Hall of Fame . The Royals have made seven selections in the supplemental round of the draft. They have made the
first overall selection in the draft once, in 2006.
[4]
[10] The club has had 13 compensatory picks since the institution of the First-Year Player Draft in 1965. These additional picks are provided when a team loses a particularly valuable free agent in the prior off-season,
[3]
[11]
[V] or, more recently, if a team fails to sign a draft pick from the previous year.
[12] The Royals' first-ever pick, John Simmons (1969), did not sign with the club but they received no compensatory pick.
[13]
Key
Year
Links to an article about that year's
Major League Baseball Draft
Position
Indicates the secondary/collegiate position at which the player was drafted, rather than the professional position the player may have gone on to play
Organization (Location)
Indicates the previous high school, university, or other organization the player was drafted from
Pick
Indicates the number of the pick
*
Player did not sign with the Royals
§
Indicates a
supplemental pick
'85
Player was a member of
Royals' 1985 championship team
'15
Player was a member of
Royals' 2015 championship team
Picks
Clint Hurdle (1975) was the first player drafted by the Royals in the first round from Florida, a state which has produced seven first-rounders for the Royals overall.
Johnny Damon was the last of four first-round picks by the Royals in 1992 and went on to win World Series championships with the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees.
[14]
Mike MacDougal was one of two right-handed pitchers from the state of North Carolina taken by the Royals in the first round of the 1999 draft.
Mitch Maier (2003) was one of three catchers ever drafted by the Royals in the first round of the First-Year Player Draft.
Billy Butler (2004) was one of two third basemen taken by the Royals in the first round.
Luke Hochevar (2006) is one of two players the Royals have drafted in the first round from the Fort Worth Cats and was selected with their only first overall pick.
Year
Name
Position
Organization (Location)
Pick
Ref
1969
John Simmons *
Shortstop
Childersburg High School (
Childersburg, Alabama )
23
[15]
1970
Rex Goodson
Catcher
Pine Tree High School (
Longview, Texas )
8
[16]
1971
Roy Branch
Right-handed
pitcher
Beaumont High School (
St. Louis, Missouri )
5
[17]
1972
Jamie Quirk '85
Shortstop
St. Paul High School (
Whittier, California )
18
[18]
1973
Lew Olsen
Right-handed
pitcher
San Ramon Valley High School (
Danville, California )
9
[19]
1974
Willie Wilson '85
Outfielder
Summit High School (
Summit, New Jersey )
15
[20]
1975
Clint Hurdle
Outfielder
Merritt Island High School (
Merritt Island, Florida )
9
[21]
1976
Ben Grzybek
Right-handed
pitcher
Hialeah High School (
Hialeah, Florida )
18
[22]
1977
Mike Jones
Left-handed
pitcher
Sunderland High School (
Pittsford, New York )
21
[23]
1978
Buddy Biancalana '85
Shortstop
Redwood High School (
Greenbrae, California )
25
[24]
1979
Atlee Hammaker
Left-handed
pitcher
East Tennessee State University (
Johnson City, Tennessee )
21
[25]
1980
Frank Wills
Right-handed
pitcher
Tulane University (
New Orleans, Louisiana )
16
[26]
1981
Dave Leeper
Outfielder
University of Southern California (
Los Angeles, California )
23
[27]
1982
John Morris
Outfielder
Seton Hall University (
South Orange, New Jersey )
10
[28]
1983
Gary Thurman
Outfielder
North Central High School (
Indianapolis, Indiana )
21
[29]
1984
Scott Bankhead
Right-handed
pitcher
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (
Chapel Hill, North Carolina )
16
[30]
1985
Brian McRae
Shortstop
Manatee High School (
Bradenton, Florida )
17
[31]
1986
Tony Clements
Shortstop
Don Antonio Lugo High School (
Chino, California )
24
[32]
1987
Kevin Appier
Right-handed
pitcher
Antelope Valley College (
Lancaster, California )
9
[33]
1988
Hugh Walker
Outfielder
Jacksonville High School (
Jacksonville, Arkansas )
18
[34]
1989
Brent Mayne
Catcher
California State University, Fullerton (
Fullerton, California )
13
[35]
1990
no first-round pick
[a]
[4]
1991
Joe Vitiello
Outfielder
University of Alabama (
Tuscaloosa, Alabama )
7
[36]
1991
Jason Pruitt
Right-handed
pitcher
Rockingham County High School (
Wentworth, North Carolina )
30§
[b]
[36]
1992
Michael Tucker
Shortstop
Longwood College (
Farmville, Virginia )
10
[37]
1992
Jim Pittsley
Right-handed
pitcher
DuBois Area High School (
DuBois, Pennsylvania )
17
[c]
[37]
1992
Sherard Clinkscales
Right-handed
pitcher
Purdue University (
West Lafayette, Indiana )
31§
[d]
[37]
1992
Johnny Damon
Outfielder
Dr. Phillips High School (
Orlando, Florida )
35§
[e]
[37]
1993
Jeff Granger
Left-handed
pitcher
Texas A&M University (
College Station, Texas )
5
[38]
1994
Matt Smith
Left-handed
pitcher
Grants Pass High School (
Grants Pass, Oregon )
16
[39]
1995
Juan Lebron
Outfielder
Carmen Bozello Huyke High School (
Arroyo , Puerto Rico)
22
[40]
1996
Dee Brown
Outfielder
Marlboro Central High School (
Marlboro, New York )
14
[40]
1997
Dan Reichert
Right-handed
pitcher
University of the Pacific (
Stockton, California )
7
[41]
1998
Jeff Austin
Right-handed
pitcher
Stanford University (
Stanford, California )
4
[42]
1998
Matt Burch
Right-handed
pitcher
Virginia Commonwealth University (
Richmond, Virginia )
30
[f]
[42]
1998
Chris George
Left-handed
pitcher
Klein High School (
Spring, Texas )
31§
[g]
[42]
1999
Kyle Snyder
Right-handed
pitcher
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (
Chapel Hill, North Carolina )
7
[43]
1999
Mike MacDougal
Right-handed
pitcher
Wake Forest University (
Winston-Salem, North Carolina )
25
[h]
[43]
1999
Jay Gehrke
Right-handed
pitcher
Pepperdine University (
Malibu, California )
32§
[i]
[43]
1999
Jimmy Gobble
Left-handed
pitcher
John S. Battle High School (
Bristol, Virginia )
43§
[j]
[43]
2000
Mike Stodolka
Left-handed
pitcher
Centennial High School (
Corona, California )
4
[44]
2001
Colt Griffin
Right-handed
pitcher
Marshall High School (
Marshall, Texas )
9
[45]
2002
Zack Greinke
Right-handed
pitcher
Apopka High School (
Apopka, Florida )
6
[46]
2003
Chris Lubanski
Outfielder
Kennedy–Kenrick Catholic High School (
Norristown, Pennsylvania )
5
[47]
2003
Mitch Maier
Catcher
University of Toledo (
Toledo, Ohio )
30
[k]
[47]
2004
Billy Butler
Third baseman
Wolfson High School (
Jacksonville, Florida )
14
[48]
2004
Matthew Campbell
Left-handed
pitcher
University of South Carolina (
Columbia, South Carolina )
29
[l]
[48]
2004
J. P. Howell
Left-handed
pitcher
University of Texas at Austin (
Austin, Texas )
31§
[m]
[48]
2005
Alex Gordon '15
Third baseman
University of Nebraska–Lincoln (
Lincoln, Nebraska )
2
[49]
2006
Luke Hochevar '15
Right-handed
pitcher
Fort Worth Cats (
Fort Worth, Texas )
1
[50]
2007
Mike Moustakas '15
Shortstop
Chatsworth High School (
Chatsworth, California )
2
[51]
2008
Eric Hosmer '15
First baseman
American Heritage School (
Plantation, Florida )
3
[52]
2008
Mike Montgomery
Left-handed
pitcher
Hart High School (
Newhall, California )
36
[n]
[52]
2009
Aaron Crow
Right-handed
pitcher
Fort Worth Cats (
Fort Worth, Texas )
12
[53]
2010
Christian Colon '15
Shortstop
California State University, Fullerton (
Fullerton, California )
4
[54]
2011
Bubba Starling
Outfielder
Gardner Edgerton High School (
Gardner, Kansas )
5
[55]
2012
Kyle Zimmer
Right-handed
pitcher
University of San Francisco (
San Francisco, California )
5
[56]
2013
Hunter Dozier
Shortstop
Stephen F. Austin State University (
Nacogdoches, Texas )
8
[57]
2013
Sean Manaea
Left-handed
pitcher
Indiana State University (
Terre Haute, Indiana )
34§
[o]
[57]
2014
Brandon Finnegan
Left-handed
pitcher
Texas Christian University (
Fort Worth, TX )
17
[58]
2014
Foster Griffin
Left-handed
pitcher
The First Academy (
Orlando, Florida )
28§
[58]
2014
Chase Vallot
catcher
St. Thomas More High School (
Lafayette, Louisiana )
40§
[58]
2015
Ashe Russell
Right-handed
pitcher
Cathedral High School (
Indianapolis, Indiana )
21
[59]
2015
Nolan Watson
Right-handed
pitcher
Lawrence North High School (
Indianapolis, Indiana )
33§
[59]
2016
no first-round pick
[o]
N/A
2017
Nick Pratto
First baseman
Huntington Beach High School
(
Huntington Beach, California )
14
[60]
2018
Brady Singer
Right-handed
pitcher
University of Florida
(
Gainesville, Florida )
18
[61]
2018
Jackson Kowar
Right-handed
pitcher
University of Florida
(
Gainesville, Florida )
33§
[62]
2018
Daniel Lynch
Left-handed
pitcher
University of Virginia
(
Charlottesville, Virginia )
34§
[62]
2019
Bobby Witt Jr.
Shortstop
Colleyville Heritage High School
(
Colleyville, Texas )
2
2020
Asa Lacy
Left-handed
pitcher
Texas A&M University
(
College Station, Texas )
4
2021
Frank Mozzicato
Left-handed
pitcher
East Catholic High School
(
Manchester, Connecticut )
7
2022
Gavin Cross
Outfielder
Virginia Tech
(
Blacksburg, Virginia )
9
[63]
2023
Blake Mitchell
Catcher
Sinton High School
(
Sinton, Texas )
8
See also
V Through the 2012 draft,
free agents were evaluated by the
Elias Sports Bureau and rated "Type A", "Type B", or not compensation-eligible. If a team offered
arbitration to a player but that player refused and subsequently signed with another team, the original team was able to receive additional draft picks. If a "Type A" free agent left in this way, his previous team received a supplemental pick and a compensatory pick from the team with which he signed. If a "Type B" free agent left in this way, his previous team received only a supplemental pick.
[12] Since the 2013 draft, free agents are no longer classified by type; instead, compensatory picks are only awarded if the team offered its free agent a contract worth at least the average of the 125 current richest MLB contracts.
[64] However, if the free agent's last team acquired the player in a trade during the last year of his contract, it is ineligible to receive compensatory picks for that player.
[65]
a The Royals lost their first-round pick in 1990 to the
San Diego Padres as compensation for signing free agent
Mark Davis .
[66]
b The Royals gained a supplemental first-round pick in 1991 for losing free agent
Steve Farr .
[36]
c The Royals gained a compensatory first-round pick in 1992 from the
San Diego Padres for losing free agent
Kurt Stillwell .
[37]
d The Royals gained a supplemental first-round pick in 1992 for losing free agent
Danny Tartabull .
[37]
e The Royals gained a supplemental first-round pick in 1992 for losing free agent Kurt Stillwell.
[37]
f The Royals gained a compensatory first-round pick in 1998 from the
Arizona Diamondbacks for losing free agent
Jay Bell .
[42]
g The Royals gained a supplemental first-round pick in 1998 for losing free agent Jay Bell.
[42]
h The Royals gained a compensatory first-round pick in 1999 from the
Boston Red Sox for losing free agent
José Offerman .
[43]
i The Royals gained a supplemental first-round pick in 1999 for losing free agent José Offerman.
[43]
j The Royals gained a supplemental first-round pick in 1999 for losing free agent
Dean Palmer .
[43]
k The Royals gained a compensatory first-round pick in 2003 from the
Atlanta Braves for losing free agent
Paul Byrd .
[47]
l The Royals gained a compensatory first-round pick in 2004 from the
San Francisco Giants for losing free agent
Michael Tucker .
[48]
m The Royals gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2004 for losing free agent
Raúl Ibañez .
[48]
n The Royals gained a compensatory first-round pick in 2008 from the
Milwaukee Brewers for losing free agent
David Riske .
[67]
o The Royals gained an extra first-round pick in 2013 as a result of the 2012 Competitive Balance Lottery.
[68]
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Franchise Ballparks Culture Lore Team Hall of Fame
Minor league affiliates Key personnel World Series championships (2) American League pennants (4) Division titles
Seasons (56)
1960s
1960 · 1961 · 1962 · 1963 · 1964 · 1965 · 1966 · 1967 · 1968 ·
1969
1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
1969 : Simmons
1970 : Goodson
1971 :
Branch
1972 :
Quirk
1973 : Olsen
1974 :
Wilson
1975 :
Hurdle
1976 : Gryzbek
1977 :
Jones
1978 :
Biancalana
1979 :
Hammaker
1980 :
Wills
1981 :
Leeper
1982 :
Morris
1983 :
Thurman
1984 :
Bankhead
1985 :
McRae
1986 : Clements
1987 :
Appier
1988 : Walker
1989 :
Mayne
1990: None
1991 :
Vitiello , Pruitt
1992 :
Tucker ,
Pittsley , Clinkscales,
Damon
1993 :
Granger
1994 : Smith
1995 : Lebron
1996 :
Brown
1997 :
Reichert
1998 :
Austin , Burch,
George
1999 :
Snyder ,
MacDougal , Gehrke,
Gobble
2000 : Whatland
2001 : C. Griffin
2002 :
Greinke
2003 :
Lubanski ,
Maier
2004 :
Butler , Campbell,
Howell
2005 :
Gordon
2006 :
Hochevar
2007 :
Moustakas
2008 :
Hosmer ,
Montgomery
2009 :
Crow
2010 :
Colón
2011 :
Starling
2012 :
Zimmer
2013 :
Dozier
2014 :
Finnegan ,
F. Griffin
2015 : Russell,
Watson
2016 : None
2017 :
Pratto
2018 :
Singer ,
Kowar ,
Lynch
2019 :
Witt
2020 :
Lacy
2021 :
Mozzicato
2022 :
Cross
2023 :
Mitchell