Probably the most famous Royals that were part of the Kansas City A's and Kansas City Royals were managers Whitey Herzog and Dick Howser, . Besides those two, there were only 4 players that played for both teams. I decided to take a look at these 4 players, all pitchers, that just couldn't wait to get back to Kansas City after the A's went to Oakland.

Aurelio Monteagudo

Kansas City A from 1963 to 1966 for 35 games

Kansas City Royal in 1970- 21 games

Aurelio never had the best of luck pitching the majors, but in Mexico it was a different story. In 1973 he was one out from pitching a no-no and he final did pitch a no-hiter in 1979.

He was one of three major league players to have the first name Aurelio and all 3 were dead from automobile accidents before their 53rd birthday.

Dave Wickersham

Kansas City A from 1960 to 1963 for 90 games

Kansas City Royal in 1969 for 34 games

Wickersham was a born again Christian and maybe that is why I can find in juicy information on his life. He was accused of throwing a spit ball and he had to defend himself, "In the first place, I think it's cheating. Besides, the last time I threw one, it got by the catcher."

Ken Sanders

Kansas City A in 1964 and 1966 for 59 games

Kansas City Royal in 1976 for 3 games

Ken had 408 appearances in games as a pitcher with all but one of them as a reliever. His only start was in relief pitcher 1 start with the A's in 1966 when he went 4 innings giving up only1 run. He actually led the American League in saves in 1971 when he was with Milwaukee.

Moe Drabowsky 

Kansas City A from 1962 to 1965 for 103 games

Kansas City Royal from 1969 to 1970 for 76 games

Moe was born in Ozanna, Poland and is one of only four major leagues to be born in Poland, the others are Nap Kloza, Henry Peploski and Johnny Reder. He holds a World Series record for striking out 11 batters as a reliever. Also, he was the first Royal ever to record by pitching the 12th inning opening day 1969.

Moe was quite a prankster and did the following:

• Was pushed to first base in a wheel chair after being hit in the foot.

• Gave the commissioner, Bowie Kuhn, a hotfoot.

• Make crank calls to the bullpen. He knew the number to the opposing team's bullpen at Kansas City's Municipal Stadium and several times got the opposing teams bullpen warming up when the pitcher in the game was doing fine.

• Strategically placed snakes throughout the dugout and locker room.

• Put sneezing powder into the AC units of opposing teams.

• Slipping gold fish into the water cooler.

Though they are not the who's who of Kansas City baseball history, they are the only four to be part of the A's and Royals.