Kansas Citians in the National Baseball Hall of Fame
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Notable persons from Kansas City who are in the
National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown
| Notable Kansas Citians in the National Baseball Hall of FameCooperstown, NY |
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| Name | Team | Year Inducted | Notes |
| Joe Gordon |
Kansas City Royals |
2009 |
In 1969, Joe became the first manager of the Kansas City Royals. He was a nine-time All-Star with the Yankees and Indians. |
| Buck O'Neil | Kansas City Monarchs | 2008 | He was a first baseman, hitting .281 in twelve seasons, mostly with the Kansas City Monarch's. Buck was the first black coach in MLB, for the Cubs in 1962. Buck worked as a scout for the Kansas City Royals. He was a beloved ambassador to baseball and spokesman for the Negro Leagues Baseball and it's museum. He was awarded the first Baseball Lifetime Achievement Award, named in his memory. |
| George Brett | Kansas City Royals | 1999 | Primarily a Third baseman. He helped the Royals to the 1980 and 1985 World Series. He was the first KC Royal inducted into the Hall of Fame as a Royal. |
| Denny Matthews | Kansas City Royals broadcaster | 2007 | Radio Voice of the Royals since 1969. |
| Joe McGuff | Kansas City Star Newspaper Writer | 1984 | He was instrumental in securing an expansion franchise for Kansas City that became the Royals. |
| Satchel Paige | Kansas City Monarchs and Kansas City A's | 1971 | Pitcher, who played for the Monarchs 12 years. Probably the best pitcher of his time. He played one game with the A's. |
| Casey Stengel | New York Yankees | 1966 | Born and raised in Northeast Kansas City as Charles Dillon Stengel, playing baseball at Central High School and the semi-professional teams of the Kansas City Red Sox and the Kansas City Blues, etc. before gaining his nickname as a member of the Major League Brooklyn Dodgers in 1912 and going on to manage the New York Yankees to 10 pennants and a record 7 world championships in 12 years through the early 1960s. |
| J.L. Wilkinson | Kansas City Monarchs | 2006 | Monarchs Team Owner and helped found the Nego Leagues Baseball League. |
| "Bullet" Joe Rogan | Kansas City Monarchs | 1998 | Pitcher and manager in the 1920's and 30's. |
| Hilton Smith | Kansas City Monarchs | 2001 | Pitcher (often relieving Satchel Paige) |
| Charles "Kid" Nichols | Kansas City Blue Stockings |
1949 | He pitched in 1888-1903. Retired in KC, where he gave up pitching for bowling |
| Orlando Cepada | Kansas City Royals | Played 33 games for KC in 1974 | |
| Harmon Killebrew | Kansas City Royals | Played for KC in 1975 | |
| Gaylord Perry | Kansas City Royals | Pitched his final 14 games with KC before retiring in 1983. | |
| Bob Lemon | Kansas City Royals | Hall of Fame Pitcher. Royals manager 1970-72. | |
| Enos Slaughter | Kansas City A's | He played parts of two seasons in KC. | |
| Reggie Jackson | Kansas City A's | Mr October started in KC in 1967. | |
| Catfish Hunter | Kansas City A's in 1965 | ||
| Mickey Mantle | Kansas City Blues in 1951 | He was later called up to the NY Yankees | |
| Lou Boudreau | Kansas City A's | He managed the A's in 1955-57. | |
| Phil Rizzuto | Kansas City Blues | Shortstop. Former New York Yankee's shortstop and announcer. He payed two seasons with the Kansas City Blues (1939, 1940) and in 1940 was the minor-league player of the year. | |
| Whitey Ford | Kansas City Blues | Pitcher. He was later called up to the NY Yankees | |
| Ernie Banks | Kansas City Monarchs | Played for KC in 1950 and 1953. Later played for the Cubs | |
| Jackie Robinson | Kansas City Monarchs | Played for KC in 1945. He later broke the color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. | |
| Cool Papa Bell | Kansas City Monarchs | Center fielder. | |
| Willard Brown | Kansas City Monarchs | Center fielder. | |
| Andy Cooper | Kansas City Monarchs | Pitcher and manager. | |
| Bill Foster | Kansas City Monarchs | Pitcher | |
| Jose Mendez | Kansas City Monarchs | Player and manager | |
| Turkey Stearnes | Kansas City Monarchs | Center fielder | |
| Cristobal Torriente | Kansas City Monarchs | Center fielder | |
| Willie Wells | Kansas City Monarchs | Shortstop | |
| Tracy Ringolsby | Kansas City Star Newspaper Writer | ||
| "Sliding" Billy Hamilton | Kansas City Cowboys | He hit .301, had 77 RBI's and stole 117 bases with the KC Cowboys in 1889. | |
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