Kansas City Blues (American Association)
The Kansas City Blues were a minor league baseball team located in Kansas City, Missouri, in the Midwestern United States. The team was one of the eight founding members of the American Association.
Mickey Mantle
Al Rosen
American Association (1902–1997)
The American Association (AA) was a Minor League Baseball league that operated primarily in the Midwestern and South Central United States from 1902 to 1962 and 1969 to 1997. It was classified as a Triple-A league, which is one grade below Major League Baseball, for most of its existence.
The Indianapolis Indians won the first American Association championship (1902).
Carl Yastrzemski, who was inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989, won the AA Rookie of the Year Award in 1960.