Joseph Roy Burke was an American front office executive in Major League Baseball who served as general manager or club president of the Kansas City Royals for almost 18 years during the most successfu
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James Gottfried Frey was an American professional baseball manager, coach, general manager, and Minor League Baseball outfielder. In 1980, Frey led the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball to t
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…pilot, working under Burke, during 1973. In Kansas City, he would turn the Royals into consistent contenders in the AL West. Burke also appointed Jim Frey and Dick Howser as managers after Herzog's exit, and each man would lead Kansas City to an American League pennant (and, in Howser's case, the 1985…
Frey in 1980