Kansas City Royals Baseball Academy

The Kansas City Royals Baseball Academy (also known as the Royals Academy and the GCL Royals Academy) was a part of the player development system of the Kansas City Royals in the early 1970s. The Royals are an American professional baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. An innovation conceived by Ewing Kauffman, the franchise's original owner, the goal was to develop quality athletes into major-league-caliber ballplayers for the organization. Fourteen Academy students eventually graduated to the majors, the most notable of which were Ron Washington, U L Washington and Frank White. Others who made the majors included Bruce Miller and Rodney Scott. The concept was discontinued in May 1974.

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