Forty-five players from Royals’ 1985 and 2015 title teams are gathering for gala
During the Royals’ run to the 2015 World Series championship, a number of fans wore T-shirts that read, “Party like it’s 1985.”
That was the year of the other Royals World Series championship, and members from both of those teams are coming back to be honored next month at a gala at Union Station.
Forty-five players from the two teams will gather for what is being called a black-tie optional affair. There will be dinner and commemorative programming as part of the fundraiser for The Kansas City Royals Foundation.
You can buy tickets online.
Nineteen members of the 1985 Royals team will be on hand: Steve Balboni, Buddy Biancalana, George Brett, Steve Farr, Mark Gubicza, Mark Huismann, Dane Iorg, Danny Jackson, Charlie Leibrandt, Hal McRae, Omar Moreno, Darryl Motley, Greg Pryor, Jamie Quirk, Pat Sheridan, Jim Sundberg, John Wathan, Frank White and Willie Wilson.
Janie Quisenberry will be at the gala on behalf of Dan Quisenberry. Four members of the staff are expected to be on hand, too: Mickey Cobb, Paul McGannon, Will Rudd and George Toma.
From the 2015 championship team, 25 players will be back in Kansas City to join current Royals catcher Salvador Perez at the bash: Lorenzo Cain, Tim Collins, Christian Colón, Johnny Cueto, Wade Davis, Danny Duffy, Alcides Escobar, Alex Gordon, Terrance Gore, Jeremy Guthrie, Kelvin Herrera, Luke Hochevar, Greg Holland, Eric Hosmer, Omar Infante, Ryan Madson, Kris Medlen, Franklin Morales, Kendrys Morales, Mike Moustakas, Paulo Orlando, Alex Ríos, Jason Vargas, Edinson Vólquez and Ben Zobrist.
Eighteen coaches or members of the staff will be at Union Station as well: Jeff Blum, Cody Clark, Bill Duplissea, Miguel Garcia, Seth Greenberg, Pedro Grifol, Doug Henry, Mike Jirschele, Jason Kendall, Nick Kenney, Rusty Kuntz, Dayton Moore, Ryan Stoneberg, Dean Taylor, Mark Topping, Kyle Turner, Don Wakamatsu and Ned Yost.
This story was originally published April 17, 2025 at 10:19 AM.
