| 1975 Kansas City Royals | ||
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| League | American League | |
| Division | West | |
| Ballpark | Royals Stadium | |
| City | Kansas City, Missouri | |
| Owners | Ewing Kauffman | |
| General managers | Joe Burke | |
| Managers | Jack McKeon (50–46, .521) Whitey Herzog (41–25, .621) | |
| Television | KBMA (Buddy Blattner, Denny Matthews) | |
| Radio | WIBW (AM) (Buddy Blattner, Denny Matthews, Fred White) | |
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The 1975 Kansas City Royals season was their seventh in Major League Baseball. The Royals' 91–71 record was the best in franchise history and Kansas City finished second in the American League West, six games behind the Oakland Athletics. Manager Jack McKeon was fired on July 24 and was replaced by Whitey Herzog.[1][2] John Mayberry became the first Royals player to hit at least 30 home runs in a season (34) and also set a franchise single-season record with 106 runs batted in.