Belt game 17,840 · August 17, 1996
Kansas City Royals take the belt
Kansas City Royals beat Texas Rangers 4–1 on the road to start reign 8,389 of the MLB belt, the 47th for the franchise.
Texas Rangers had held it since August 9, 1996, with 6 defenses over 8 days.
Kansas City Royals held it for 1 day and 0 defenses, then lost it to Texas Rangers on August 18, 1996.
8,389Reign number
47Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score
Texas Rangers
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rusty Greer | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Will Clark | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Juan Gonzalez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Darryl Hamilton | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Kevin Elster | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Mark McLemore | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Mickey Tettleton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Dean Palmer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Dave Valle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Ed Vosberg | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Hill | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7.1 | 13 | 4 | 4 |
Kansas City Royals
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Tucker | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Craig Paquette | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Mike Sweeney | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Mike Macfarlane | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Jose Offerman | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Tom Goodwin | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Bob Hamelin | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Tim Belcher | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| Johnny Damon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Keith Lockhart | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| David Howard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Box scores: MLB's Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com). HA, ER, K are pitching.