Post by Admin on Aug 12, 2014 18:44:36 GMT
The Kansas City Royals, Montreal Expos, San Diego Padres, and Seattle Pilots. Having seen their Kansas City A's move to Oakland, the Missouri baseball fans were hungry for their new team to get started. The Missouri mayor pressed Major League Baseball to be ready for the 1969 season. The Royals were ready to get started, as it took them only their third season to post a winning record. San Diego and Seattle, who became the Milwaukee Brewers, had their first winning seasons in 1978, the franchises' 10th. Montreal experienced its first winning record in 1979, posting the most wins (95) among all four of those '69 expansion teams in their first winning seasons. Call that catharsis? Kansas City posted 85 wins in 1971, San Diego, 84, and Milwaukee, 93. In the meantime, Kansas City posted five winning campaigns, with two playoff appearances, before any of their other three expansion counterparts had their first .500 plus seasons.