Archive for August 2012
I have compiled a list of all of the Kansas City Royals bobblehead stadium giveaways. I have listed them from the first one given away. I have looked and can’t find good documentation of a list and dates anywhere on the internet so I have compiled one. As of the end of the 2012 season there have been 23 Kansas City Royals bobbleheads and 6 statues. If you have any changes or additions please let me know.
- Carlos Beltran 5/11/02
- Sluggerrr 6/30/02
- Mike Sweeney 4/5/03
- Denny Matthews 8/7/04
- Bret Saberhagen statue 8/13/05
- Frank White 6/24/06
- Mark Gubicza statue 7/21/06
- Dick Howser 7/22/06
- George Brett 8/19/06
- Paul Splittorff 5/26/07
- Dennis Leonard 6/9/07
- Steve Busby 7/28/07
- Cookie Rojas 8/11/07
- Fred Patek 9/8/07
- John Mayberry 5/31/08
- Alex Gordon 6/21/08
- Dan Quisenberry 7/26/08
- Larry Gura 8/9/08
- Tony Pena Jr. 9/6/08
- Stadium replica statue 5/16/09
- Dick Howser statue 7/18/09
- Frank White statue 8/8/09
- George Brett statue 9/26/09
- Zack Greinke 4/24/10
- Bret Saberhagen 6/5/10
- Willie Wilson 6/4/11
- Joakim Soria 9/3/11
- Buck O’Neil 7/21/12
- Eric Hosmer 8/18/12
This is the jewel of my collection. As a Royals fan it is hard to image one single item being much more cool than this. I’m up to 17 autographs by the championship team on this cover from when they won it all in 1985. The most recent additions were Danny Jackson and Darryl Motley. Before that it was Frank White and Hal McRae that got added to the mix.
I struck gold when I picked this up at an estate sale a couple years ago already having several of the really hard to find Royals players on it… like George Brett, Bret Saberhagen and Steve Balboni. Sadly the one signature it will never have is Dan Quisenberry. The two most notable names missing now are Mark Gubicza and Jim Sundberg. I guess I really need the Angels and Rangers to come to KC to pick those up. Enjoy!
Autographed 1985 Royals championship Sports Illustrated: Here is a rough guide from left to right, top to bottom of signatures: Willie Wilson, Greg Pryor, Steve Balboni, George Brett, Jamie Quirk, John Wathan, Dick Howser, Buddy Biancalana, Darryl Motley, Charlie Leibrandt, Dennis Leonard, Bud Black, Bret Saberhagen, Hal McRae, Danny Jackson, Mike Jones, Frank White
A Hair Off Square 