KC Sports By the Numbers
23 The biggest shoe size in college basketball history belongs to Shaquille O’Neal. The smallest shoe size belongs to Earl Boykins at size 9. Visitors can measure their shoe size against the players at the College Basketball Experience in the Measure Up exhibit.
191.36 m.p.h. The fastest speed driven in a race at the Kansas Speedway. Kasey Kahne set the record in the Hollywood Casino 400 (NASCAR Sprint Cup Series) on Oct. 21, 2012.
18 The number of innings for the longest games played at Kauffman Stadium. The Kansas City Royals played two games in their history that went 18 innings, both at home and both against the Texas Rangers. The first was in 1972; the second, on June 6, 1991, lasted the longest—at 6 hours and 28 minutes. Hall-of-Famer Nolan Ryan was the starting pitcher for Texas. Two-time American League Cy Young Award-winner Bret Saberhagen started for Kansas City. The Royals won 4-3.
#22 On May 23, 2006, in front of 5,967 fans, the T-Bones paid tribute to Kansas City legend Buck O’Neil by retiring his #22 and placing it on the left field wall. John Jordan "Buck" O'Neil (Nov. 13, 1911–Oct. 6, 2006), beloved Kansas City legend, was first baseman and manager in the Negro American League with the Kansas City Monarchs. After retirement as a player, Buck became the first African American coach in Major League Baseball. On Dec. 7, 2006, O'Neil was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by George W. Bush. His family donated his medal to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum on Nov. 13, 2012, on what would have been his 101st birthday.