Dennis Leonard may never have been an All-Star but the mustachioed hurler had some campaigns where you thought he might have been considered for it…especially if the All-Star Game was voted on after the season!

At the University of Nebraska, Alex Gordon was considered by all of the experts not just to be the best Cornhusker on the diamond but the best baseball player in all of the NCAA.  It was certainly no surprise that the Kansas City Royals would make the versatile player the second overall pick in the 2005 Amateur Draft.

Hal McRae was not a very good defensive player, but fortunately for him and the Kansas City Royals he emerged in the 1870’s when the Designated Hitter came into fruition.

With the exception of the 1993 season where he was mostly used as a Middle Reliever, Mark Gubicza was a Starting Pitcher for the Royals for thirteen seasons.  Over that time Gubicza was used either as the team ace, the number five starter, and all spots in between which was enough for him to accrue 133 wins as a Royal.