Kammala wannan jumla: Royals sun shiga gasar ne a matsayin ƙungiyar fadadawa a 1969. Sun sami nasara a farkon jagorancin Whitey Herzog, suna cin nasarar rabon su daga 1976 zuwa 1978, amma sun rasa kowace shekara ga New York Yankees a cikin Gasar Championship League ta Amurka (ALCS), a ƙarshe suna neman fansa tare da share Yankees a 1980. Phillies sun yi kama da kama da shiga cikin wannan jerin, kamar yadda su ma masu cin nasara ne daga 1976 zuwa 1978, amma sun rasa sau uku a jere NLCS: zuwa Cincinnati Reds a
1976, da kuma Los Angeles Dodgers a 1977 da 1978. A shekarar 1980, a karshe sun yi nasara, suna tattarawa a kan hanya don kawar da Houston Astros.