Burlington Royals

MiLB infobox
name = Burlington Royals
founded = 1986
city = Burlington, North Carolina
misc =

uniform
class level = Rookie
past class level=
current league = Appalachian League (1986-Present)
conference =
division = East Division
past league =
majorleague = Kansas City Royals(2006-present)
pastmajorleague = Cleveland Indians (1986-2005)
uniform =
nickname = Burlington Royals (2006-Present)
pastnames = Burlington Indians (1986-2005)
ballpark = Burlington Athletic Stadium (1986-Present)
pastparks =
leaguechamps = 1987, 1993
divisionchamps = 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993
misc6 =
owner = Miles Wolff
manager = Tony Tijerina
gm = Steve Brice

The Burlington Royals are a minor league baseball team in Burlington, North Carolina, USA. They are a Rookie-level team in the Appalachian League and have been a farm team of the Kansas City Royals since September 1, 2006. For the previous 21 years, the team had been affiliated with the Cleveland Indians as the Burlington Indians. [Hill, Benjamin. [http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/app/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060901&content_id=126804&vkey=news_milb&fext=.jsp Burlington makes Royal move] , minorleaguebaseball.com. September 1 2006.] The Royals play home games at Burlington Athletic Stadium. Opened in 1960, Burlington Athletic Stadium seats 3,500 fans. [There are differing figures on the capacity. [http://www.geocities.com/pauls2004parks/Stadiums/BurlingtonNC/BurlingtonNC.htm Ball Parks of the Minor Leagues] lists it at 3,000 while [http://www.ballparkwatch.com/visits/burlington_indians.htm Ballpark Digest] lists it at 3,500; the team's website does not make a distinction. A boxscore from Opening Night of the 2006 campaign shows a paid attendance of [http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t483&t=g_box&gid=2006_06_24_brirok_brlrok_1 3,622] , so it seems more reasonable to side with the 3,500 capacity.]

References

External links

* [http://www.burlingtonroyals.com/ Burlington Royals Official Site]