Editing Kansas City, Missouri (section)

===Professional baseball===
[[File:Kansas City Royals.jpg|thumb|The [[Kansas City Royals]] became 1985 and 2015 World Series Champions.]]
The [[Oakland Athletics|Athletics]] baseball franchise played in the city from 1955, after moving from [[Philadelphia]], to 1967, when the team relocated to [[Oakland, California]]. The city's current Major League Baseball franchise, the [[Kansas City Royals|Royals]], started play in 1969, and are the only major league sports franchise in Kansas City that has not relocated or changed its name. The Royals were the first [[American League]] expansion team to reach the playoffs (in [[1976 American League Championship Series|1976]]) to reach the World Series (in 1980) and to win the World Series (in 1985).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/october-27-1985-royals-rout-redbirds-to-wrap-up-first-world-series-title/|title=October 27, 1985: Royals rout Cardinals 11-0 to clinch first World Series title|last=Bush|first=Frederick|date=October 4, 2020|website=Society For American Baseball Research|access-date=August 1, 2023|archive-date=August 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801215321/https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/october-27-1985-royals-rout-redbirds-to-wrap-up-first-world-series-title/|url-status=live}}</ref> The Royals returned to the World Series in 2014 and won in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sbnation.com/2015/11/2/9657312/2015-royals-world-series|title=The Royals won the 2015 World Series because of devil magic and pure talent|last=Brisbee|first=Grant|date=November 2, 2015|website=[[SB Nation]]|access-date=August 1, 2023|archive-date=August 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801215735/https://www.sbnation.com/2015/11/2/9657312/2015-royals-world-series|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/11/02/453845714/kansas-city-wins-world-series-for-first-time-in-30-years|title=Kansas City Royals Win World Series for first time in 30 Years|last=Domonske|first=Camila|date=November 2, 2015|website=[[NPR]]|access-date=August 1, 2023|archive-date=August 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801215949/https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/11/02/453845714/kansas-city-wins-world-series-for-first-time-in-30-years|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Kansas City Monarchs]], formerly the Kansas City T-Bones, is an unaffiliated minor league team. It played in the [[Northern League (baseball, 1993–2010)|independent Northern League]] from 2003 until 2010 and has been part of the [[American Association of Independent Professional Baseball|independent American Association]] since 2011. Its home is [[Legends Field (Kansas City)|Legends Field]] in [[Kansas City, Kansas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/history/negro-leagues/teams/kansas-city-monarchs|title=The Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro Leagues|website=[[MLB.com]]|access-date=August 1, 2023|archive-date=August 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801221631/https://www.mlb.com/history/negro-leagues/teams/kansas-city-monarchs|url-status=live}}</ref>