Kansas City Royals: Top all-time home run hitters

Kansas City Royals all-time run leaders: 18. (tied): Alex Gordon (186)

Alex Gordon has seen his power wane significantly over the past few years. He has just 35 homers in the past three years, injuries in 2015 and 2016 cost him over 80 games.

While Gordon is not a prolific home run hitter, with only two seasons over 20, the nine he hit in 2017 in 148 games was the lowest mark since 2010, when he hit eight in 74 games.

It has not been determined if Gordon will be back for the 2020 season but if he does, there is a chance he could finish as high as second all-time in home runs.

Gordon has seven Gold Gloves and three All-Star appearances under his belt and has been Mr. Royal for this generation of fans. Whether he retires or signs on for one more year, he will finish his time in Kansas City as one of the greatest players in franchise history.

Like his comrades on the 2014 and 2015 teams, he has a place forever in the hearts of fans.

Kansas City Royals all-time run leaders: 3. Amos Otis (193)

Amos Otis maybe the forgotten star of the Royals past and early glory day in the late seventies. He played 1,891 games in Kansas City and was their second-best player for many of those campaigns.

Otis hit 24 more homers than did his long-time teammate Hal McRae. What is interesting is that Otis played in just 54 more games than McRae, but had 608 more plate appearances.

Much like McRae, Otis wasn’t much of a slugger. He too, only hit more than 20 twice, recording his career-high of 26 in 1973. The biggest difference was that from 1970 through 1982, Otis only hit less than 11 homers twice, and even in those two seasons, he hit 9.

In those 13 seasons, he averaged 14. 5 home runs a season – solid but not spectacular. The fact that he, like some of the other players at the top of this list, was able to play for so long for the Royals, helped vault him toward the top on most of these franchise lists.

He was one of the key pieces to the KC Royals’ early seasons and was an important member of those great teams of the late 1970s. He was a five-time All-Star and won four Gold Gloves for his defensive prowess.

Amos Otis should be remembered as a fine all-around player for the Royals in their glory years, and his 193 career home runs, good for third place, is a testament to his overall talent.