Dayton Moore

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Dayton Moore is the general manager of the Kansas City Royals. He succeeds Allard Baird.

Moore did not participate in the amateur draft with the Royals on June 6th, 2006, in which the team has the first overall selection (due to the apparent conflict of interest).

A native of Wichita, Kansas, Moore grew up a Royals fan. He graduated from George Mason University in 1989, with an undergraduate degree in Physical Education and Health. He served as an assistant baseball coach at Mason from 1990 to 1994. In 1992 he received a master's degree in Athletic Administration from Mason. In 1994 he made the jump to Major League Baseball, joining the Atlanta Braves as a scout. He later served as an assistant director of scouting, assistant director of player development, and director of international scouting before his promotion in 2002 to director of player personnel development. He took over as Braves Assistant General Manager in August of 2005. In November 2005, Moore interviewed with the Boston Red Sox for their GM opening, but withdrew his name from consideration after the first interview.

Moore was officially hired as the Royals GM after a long negotiation process with owner David Glass. Apparently, the major point of contention was the extent to which Moore would control baseball decisions, and more specifically, personnel. Former GM Allard Baird shared those decisions with Dan Glass, David's son, whereas Moore will have complete control.

Moore faces a steep challenge in improving the Royals, who have not reached the playoffs since winning the 1985 World Series.