Burlington Royals

Team History[edit]

After the 2006 season, the Burlington Indians of the Appalachian League became a Kansas City Royals affiliate known as the Burlington Royals. The team's home was Burlington Athletic Park in Burlington, North Carolina. Darryl Kennedy was named as manager of the inaugural team with coaches Jon Williams and Jose Bautista.

In the minor league reorganization of 2021 they were transformed into a summer collegiate team and renamed the Burlington Sock Puppets. In 2021 under the Royals name, they were one of the four founding teams in the independent Southern Shores Pro League.

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs	Hitting coach	Pitching coach	Coach
2007	38-30	3rd	Darryl Kennedy		Jon Williams	Jose Bautista
2008	24-41	10th	Tony Tijerina		Patrick Anderson		Omar Ramirez
2009	24-44	10th	Nelson Liriano
2010	34-34	4th (t)	Nelson Liriano	Lost in 1st round	Damon Hollins
2011	24-44	9th (t)	Nelson Liriano
2012	41-25	2nd	Tommy Shields	Lost League Finals	Justin Gemoll	Carlos Martinez
2013	29-38	8th	Tommy Shields		Abraham Nunez	Carlos Martinez
2014	28-40	9th	Tommy Shields		Nelson Liriano	Carlos Martinez	Scott Thorman
2015	31-37	7th	Scott Thorman		Jesus Azuaje	Carlos Martinez
2016	42-26	1st	Scott Thorman	Lost League Finals	Jesus Azuaje	Carlos Martinez
2017	29-39	9th	Omar Ramirez		Andre David	Carlos Martinez	Brooks Conrad
2018	25-43	10th	Brooks Conrad		Nelson Liriano	Carlos Martinez
2019	39-29	2nd	Chris Widger	Lost League Finals	Andy LaRoche	Carlos Martinez
2020	Season cancelled
2021			Jake Bullington

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