This is a list of award winners and league leaders for the

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professional baseball team.

Regular-season awards

MVP Award In team sports, a most valuable player award, abbreviated 'MVP award', is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual (or individuals, in the instance of a tie) whose individual performance is the greatest in an entire league, for a particu ...

* 1980: George Brett

Cy Young Award The Cy Young Award is given annually to the best pitchers in Major League Baseball (MLB), one each for the American League (AL) and National League (NL). The award was first introduced in 1956 by Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick in honor of Hall ...

* 1985:

Bret Saberhagen Bret William Saberhagen (; born April 11, 1964) is an American former professional baseball right-handed starting pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals, New York Mets, Colorado Rockies, and Boston Red Sox fro ...

* 1989: Bret Saberhagen * 1994: David Cone * 2009: Zack Greinke

Rookie of the Year

*1969: Lou Piniella *1994:

Bob Hamelin Robert James Hamelin (; born November 29, 1967) is a former first baseman and designated hitter in Major League Baseball. From 1993 through 1998, Hamelin played for the Kansas City Royals (1993–96), Detroit Tigers (1997) and Milwaukee Brewers (1 ...

*1999: Carlos Beltrán *2003:

Ángel Berroa Ángel Maria Berroa Selmo (born January 27, 1977) is a Dominican professional baseball coach and former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees ...

Comeback Player of the Year

*2017: Mike Moustakas *2020: Salvador Pérez

Silver Slugger Award

*1980: George Brett and Willie Wilson *1982: Hal McRae and Willie Wilson *1985: George Brett *1986: Frank White *1988: George Brett *1995: Gary Gaetti *1998:

Dean Palmer Dean William Palmer (born December 27, 1968) is an American former third baseman in Major League Baseball who had a 14-year career from 1989 to 2003. He played for the Texas Rangers, Kansas City Royals and Detroit Tigers, all of the American Leag ...

*2012: Billy Butler *2015: Kendrys Morales *2016: Salvador Pérez *2017: Eric Hosmer *2018: Salvador Pérez *2020: Salvador Pérez *2021: Salvador Pérez

Rawlings Gold Glove Award The Rawlings Gold Glove Award, usually referred to as simply the Gold Glove, is the award given annually to the Major League Baseball (MLB) players judged to have exhibited superior individual fielding performances at each fielding position in bo ...

*1971: Amos Otis *1973: Amos Otis *1974: Amos Otis *1977: Frank White and

Al Cowens Alfred Edward Cowens, Jr. (October 25, 1951 – March 11, 2002) was a right fielder in Major League Baseball. From through , Cowens played for the Kansas City Royals (1974–79), Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, California Angels (1980), Detroit Ti ...

*1978: Frank White *1979: Frank White *1980: Frank White and Willie Wilson *1981: Frank White *1982: Frank White *1985: George Brett *1986: Frank White *1987: Frank White *1989:

and Bob Boone *2000: Jermaine Dye *2006: Mark Grudzielanek *2011: Alex Gordon *2012: Alex Gordon *2013: Salvador Pérez, Eric Hosmer, and Alex Gordon *2014: Salvador Pérez, Eric Hosmer, and Alex Gordon (Gordon-Rawlings Platinum Glove Award Winner) *2015: Salvador Pérez, Eric Hosmer, and Alcides Escobar *2016: Salvador Pérez *2017: Alex Gordon *2018: Alex Gordon and Salvador Pérez *2019: Alex Gordon *2020: Alex Gordon (Gordon-Rawlings Platinum Gold Glove Award Winner) *2021: Andrew Bennintendi and Michael A. Taylor

Edgar Martínez Award

*1976: Hal McRae *1980: Hal McRae *1982: Hal McRae *2012: Billy Butler *2015: Kendrys Morales

Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award

:''See explanatory note at Atlanta Braves.'' ;Team (at all positions) * (2012) * (2013) ;Left field (in MLB) * Alex Gordon (2014) ;Centerfield (in MLB) * Lorenzo Cain (2014)

''USA Today'' AL Top Rookie

* Eric Hosmer (2011)

Rolaids Relief Man of the Year The Rolaids Relief Man Award was an annual Major League Baseball (MLB) award given from 1976 to 2012 to the top relief pitchers of the regular season, one in the American League (AL) and one in the National League (NL). Relief pitchers ente ...

:''See footnote''MLB appears to have dropped the ''Rolaids'' Relief Man of the Year Award as an official MLB award, after the 2006 season
Relief Man Award winners (1976-2006).
Awards (The Official Site of MLB's Honors and Accolades). MLB Advanced Media, L.P. (MLB.com). Retrieved 2010-06-09. Established in 1976, it does not appear on the MLB.com awards page for the most recent completed season
2010 Awards
MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Retrieved 2011-08-21. The MLB Delivery Man of the Year Award (initially sponsored by DHL) was first given in 2005 and does appear on the MLB.com awards page for the most recent completed season. Prior to both awards, in 1960, ''The Sporting News'' established its Fireman of the Year Award, to recognize the best closer from each league. In 2001, the award was broadened to include all relievers and was re-named ''The Sporting News'' Reliever of the Year Award. In 2002, MLB began its This Year in Baseball Awards (TYIB Awards) (for all of MLB, not for each league), including Pitcher of the Year and Setup Man of the Year. In 2004, a Closer of the Year category was added and "Pitcher of the Year" was re-named "Starting Pitcher of the Year". In or about 2000, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum began its

Hilton Smith Legacy Award The Legacy Awards are presented annually by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (NLBM), headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. The "Hall of Game Award"—established in 2014 and honoring players who personify "the spirit of the way the game was pl ...

for "Relievers of the Year". Dan Quisenberry has won more Relief Man of the Year awards than any other player in baseball history. *1980: Dan Quisenberry *1982: Dan Quisenberry *1983: Dan Quisenberry *1984: Dan Quisenberry *1993: Jeff Montgomery

MLB "This Year in Baseball Awards"

:''Note: These awards are voted on by five groups for all of Major League Baseball (i.e., not one per league).'' :''Note: These awards were renamed the "GIBBY Awards" (Greatness in Baseball Yearly) in 2010 and then the "Esurance MLB Awards" in 2015.''

"Esurance MLB Awards" Best Major Leaguer, Postseason

* – Wade Davis

MLB "GIBBY Awards" Best Closer

* – Greg Holland

MLB "GIBBY Awards" Best Setup Man

*2014 – Wade Davis

MLB "GIBBY Awards" Best Executive

*2014 –

Dayton Moore Dayton Moore (born February 17, 1967) is an American baseball executive who is currently serving as Senior Advisor of Baseball Operations for the Texas Rangers Moore's baseball career began as an assistant coach at George Mason University. H ...

*2015 – Dayton Moore

''Baseball America'' All-Rookie Team

:''See: Baseball America#Baseball America All-Rookie Team'' *2011 – Eric Hosmer (1B)

Topps All-Star Rookie teams

Manager of the Year

*2003: Tony Peña

Postseason and all-star game awards

World Series MVP

*1985:

*2015: Salvador Pérez

American League Championship Series The American League Championship Series (ALCS) is a best-of-seven playoff and one of two League Championship Series comprising the penultimate round of Major League Baseball's (MLB) postseason. It is contested by the two winners of the American ...
MVP

*1980: Frank White *1985: George Brett *2014: Lorenzo Cain *2015: Alcides Escobar

All-Star Game MVP

*1989: Bo Jackson *2016: Eric Hosmer

Team award

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– William Harridge Trophy (American League championship) *1985 * – Commissioner's Trophy (World Series championship) * – ''Baseball America'' Organization of the Year *2014 * – ''Baseball America'' Organization of the Year *2015 *2015

Other achievements

Baseball Hall of Fame

:''See: Kansas City Royals#Baseball Hall of Famers''

''DHL'' Hometown Heroes (2006)

*George Brett — voted by MLB fans as the most outstanding player in the history of the franchise, based on on-field performance, leadership quality and character value

Ford C. Frick Award recipients

:''See: Kansas City Royals#Ford C. Frick Award recipients''

Royals Hall of Fame

:''See: Kansas City Royals#Hall of Fame''

Retired numbers

:''See: Kansas City Royals#Retired numbers'' 5 - George Brett; 10 - Dick Howser; 20 - Frank White; 42 - Jackie Robinson * ( retired across all of MLB)

''Sporting News'' Sportsman of the Year

:''See: Sporting News#Sportsman of the Year''

Missouri Sports Hall of Fame

:''See: Kansas City Royals#Missouri Sports Hall of Fame''

Kansas City Sports Walk of Stars

:''See: Barney Allis Plaza'' * George Brett

Season leaders

Batting champions

George Brett is the only person in baseball history to win a batting title in three different decades. *1976: George Brett (.333) *1980: George Brett (.390) *1982: Willie Wilson (.332) *1990: George Brett (.329)

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*1982: Hal McRae

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(pitcher)

*1977: Dennis Leonard *1989:

ERA

*1989:

*1993: Kevin Appier

Footnotes

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