{| style="margin:5px; border:1px solid #138808;" align=right cellpadding=3 cellspacing=3 width=280 |- align="center" bgcolor="#138808" |colspan=2| <span style="color:yellow;">'''Winchester Royals'''</span> |- align="center" |- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" || '''Founded''' || 1979 |- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" || '''Field''' || Bridgeforth Field |- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" || '''Team History''' || '''Winchester Royals'''<br/> (1979–present) |- align="center" |- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" || '''Colors''' || green and yellow |- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" |- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" || '''Division''' || Northern |- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" || '''Championships''' || '''13''' (1979) (1980) (1981) (1982) (1983) (1987) (1990) (1992) (1993) (1997) (2001) (2003) (2004) |- align="center" |- align="center" |- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" || '''Runner-Up''' || '''1''' (1999) |- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" || '''President''' || Donna Turrill<ref name=WR_staff>{{cite web |url=http://www.eteamz.com/winchesterroyals/news/index.cfm?cat=341558 |title=Winchester Royals: Royals Staff |website=Eteamz.com |access-date=August 29, 2016}}</ref> |- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" || '''Head coach''' || Jacob Mays<ref name=WR_Roster>{{cite web |url=http://www.eteamz.com/winchesterroyals/roster/ |title=Winchester Royals: Roster |website=Eteamz.com |access-date=August 29, 2016}}</ref> |- align="center" |}
The '''Winchester Royals''' are a collegiate summer baseball team in Winchester, Virginia. They play in the Northern division of the Valley Baseball League. Founded in 1979,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Royals celebrate long reign -- Baseball has had home in city for 40 years|url=https://www.winchesterstar.com/news/winchester/royals-celebrate-long-reign----baseball-has-had-home-in-city-for-40/article_11daf4f3-6d93-5271-b7e6-e186961015e1.html|last=Star|first=ONOFRIO CASTIGLIA{{!}} The Winchester|website=The Winchester Star|language=en|access-date=2020-05-27}}</ref> the Royals are the most successful team in the history of the Valley League, with thirteen Championships won — in 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2003, and 2004. This is one more than the Harrisonburg Turks, and seven more than the Waynesboro Generals, which are the second and third most winning teams in the history of the Valley League.
The Royals play their home games at Bridgeforth Field, a 1,500-seat stadium located within the city-run Jim Barnett Park.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stadiumjourney.com/stadiums/bridgeforth-field-winchester-royals/|title=Bridgeforth Field – Winchester Royals {{!}} Stadium Journey|last=Koch|first=Gregory|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-17}}</ref>
==Notable players== Notable former players who went on to play in the major leagues include Jimmy Key, Reggie Sanders,<ref>{{Cite web|title=One of country’s oldest baseball leagues starts season in Va.|url=https://wtop.com/mlb/2017/06/summer-baseball-begins-down-in-the-valley-league/|date=2017-06-08|website=WTOP|language=en|access-date=2020-05-27}}</ref> Kevin Kouzmanoff, Tyler Thornburg,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Royals 40th Anniversary|url=https://www.winchesterroyals.org/post/2018/05/28/royals-40th-anniversary|last=Admin|date=2018-05-29|website=wincroyals|language=en|access-date=2020-05-27}}</ref> and Kyle Snyder.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ROYALS HISTORY {{!}} Winchester Royals|url=https://www.winchesterroyals.org/our-history|website=wincroyals|language=en|access-date=2020-05-27}}</ref> Dayton Moore served as the Winchester manager in 1992 and 1993 and went on to become the general manager of the Kansas City Royals.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Long before he was KC's GM, Dayton Moore piloted another...|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/1766181/2020/04/23/long-before-he-was-kcs-gm-dayton-moore-piloted-another-royals-squad-to-titles/|last=Lewis|first=Alec|website=The Athletic|access-date=2020-05-27}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://eteamz.active.com/winchesterroyals/ Winchester Royals] *[http://www.valleyleaguebaseball.com/ Valley Baseball League]
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