Editing Kansas City, Missouri (section)

===Former teams===
Kansas City briefly had four short-term major league baseball teams between 1884 and 1915: the [[Kansas City Cowboys (Union Association)|Kansas City Unions]] of the short-lived [[Union Association]] in 1884, the [[Kansas City Cowboys (National League)|Kansas City Cowboys]] in the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] in 1886, a team of the [[Kansas City Cowboys (American Association)|same name]] in the then-major league [[American Association (19th century)|American Association]] in 1888 and 1889, and the [[Kansas City Packers]] in the [[Federal League]] in 1914 and 1915. The [[Kansas City Monarchs]] of the now-defunct [[Negro National League (1920–1931)|Negro National]] and [[Negro American League|Negro American]] Leagues represented Kansas City from 1920 through 1955. The city also had a number of minor league baseball teams between 1885 and 1955. After the [[Kansas City Blues (1885–1901)|Kansas City Cowboys]] began play in the 1885 [[Western League (1885–1899)|Western League]], from 1903 through 1954, the [[Kansas City Blues (American Association)|Kansas City Blues]] played in the high-level [[American Association (1902–1997)|American Association]] minor league. In 1955, Kansas City became a major league city when the [[Oakland Athletics|Philadelphia Athletics]] baseball franchise relocated to the city in 1955. Following the 1967 season, the team relocated to [[Oakland, California]].

Kansas City was represented in the [[National Basketball Association]] by the [[Sacramento Kings|Kansas City Kings]] (called the Kansas City-Omaha Kings from 1972 to 1975), when the former Cincinnati Royals moved to the Midwest in 1972. The team left for [[Sacramento]] in 1985.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theathletic.com/1747622/2020/04/16/from-despised-gm-to-missing-on-magic-to-low-attendance-the-story-behind-the-kings-demise-in-kansas-city/|title=From despised GM to missing on Magic: The story behind the King's demise in K.C.|last=Taylor|first=Nate|date=April 16, 2020|website=[[The Athletic]]|access-date=December 27, 2023|archive-date=December 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231227160157/https://theathletic.com/1747622/2020/04/16/from-despised-gm-to-missing-on-magic-to-low-attendance-the-story-behind-the-kings-demise-in-kansas-city/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1974, the [[National Hockey League]] placed an expansion team in Kansas City called the [[Kansas City Scouts]]. The team moved to [[Denver]] in 1976, then to [[New Jersey]] in 1982 where they have remained ever since as the [[New Jersey Devils]].