After three seasons playing for the Milwaukee Brewers, Alcides Escobar was traded to the Kansas City Royals, where he would play eight years.  Escobar has collected numerous Hits as five of his seasons with KC have seen him go 150 or more and he has also given them four 20 Stolen Base seasons.  While his hit accumulation has been good (he is one of the few Royals who have over 1,000 Hits for the team) he is certainly penalized on this list for having an abysmal On Base Percentage.  As a Royal, the Venezuelan Shortstop has only had two seasons of .300 OBP and his career OBP for Kansas City is .295.  Throw in a lack of power and there are clearly some deficiencies in his game. 

Certainly hampered on this list by his lack of defensive skills, Billy Butler was best used as a Designated Hitter, a role he spent approximately two thirds of his Royals career at.  Focusing on his offensive skills, Butler was a more than capable DH winning the Edgar Martinez Award as the DH of the year in 2012.  Five years in a row (2009-13) he would hit 15 or more Home Runs and he would post two .300 seasons with a decent career Royals Batting Average of .295.

Far more than a player who feuded with Ed Farmer (Google it) Al Cowens was a good defensive Rightfielder who would provide 784 Hits for Kansas City.

Mike Macfarlane played eleven seasons with the Kansas City Royals where the workmanlike Catcher would serve as a rock for the team.   A good defensive Catcher who expertly handled his staff, Macfarlane wasn’t known for his offensive spark, but he did have good power numbers.  Macfarlane had a 20 Home Run season in 1993 with five other 10 Home Run campaigns.  Notably, he also led the American League twice in being Hit by Pitches.

As a Royal, Macfarlane accumulated 717 Hits.