In honor of the royal wedding, I thought I would provide baseball fans with their own version of royalty and like all royal families some are not so great. But they are interesting. I welcome other suggestions! I do not have owners or umps. Do you know any that would fit here? I did consider Chief Bender for the rotation, but decided that the American Indian would still not make the official royalty list – I am sorry to say. There are some Hall of Famers and some that are hanging on by name only.

Team – Kansas City Royals

Starters

Pitcher – King Felix Hernandez – Seattle, 165 – 117, 52.1 WAR

Pitcher – Clyde King, Brooklyn – 32 – 25, 1.6 WAR

Pitcher – Eric King, Det, WS, Cleve 52 – 40, 9.5 WAR

Pitcher – Duke Maas, Yankees, 45 – 44, -0.7 WAR

Pitcher – Duke Esper, 7 teams, 101 - 100, 18 WAR

Bullpen

Pitcher – Curtis King, St Louis – 6-2, 0.8 WAR

Pitcher - Mel Queen, Cincinnati Reds 20 – 17, 6 WAR

Catcher – Duke Farrell, 9 teams, .277 BA, 23.1 WAR

1B Prince Fielder Mil, Det, Tex – 319 HR, 23.6 WAR

2B Duke Kenworthy, 3 teams, 304 BA, 6.7 WAR

SS – The Wizard of Oz – Ozzie Smith (sounds royal)

3B Jeff King, Pitt, KC, 425 Slg, 16.8 WAR

CF Duke Snider, Dodgers. 407 HR, 66.3 WAR

OF – Duke Reilly, .210 BA, 0.1 WAR

OF King Kelly, 8 teams, 307 AV, 43.2 WAR

DH Dave Kingman, 10 teams, 442HR, 17.2 WAR

Manager – Clyde King, SF, NY, Atlanta 464 – 234

Radio/play by play announcer – Bob Prince 3 decades with the Pirates