The Royals, for all intents and purposes, haven’t had many superstars during their 56-year existence. George Brett and Bobby Witt Jr. are about the list. Sure, there have been plenty of stars, but it takes a different level to be a superstar. However, there was a Major League team before the Royals which was absolutely chock full of them. No, not the Athletics. I am, of course, talking about the Kansas City Monarchs.
Jackie Robinson, Buck O’Neill, and Satchell Paige all played for the Monarchs, and they weren’t even close to the only baseball behemoths to do so.