The 2015 American League Division Series were two best-of-five-game series to determine the participating teams in the 2015 American League Championship Series.
 The three divisional winners (seeded 1-3) and a fourth team—the winner of a one-game Wild Card playoff— played in two series.
 Fox Sports 1 carried the majority of games in the United States, while Sportsnet primarily simulcast Fox Sports 1's coverage in Canada.
 MLB Network had exclusive coverage of Game 3 of the Kansas City Royals–Houston Astros series in both the United States and Canada, and Game 2 of the Toronto Blue Jays–Texas Rangers series in the U.S. only (Sportsnet, co-owned with the Blue Jays by Rogers Communications, simulcast MLB Network's coverage for the latter).
 The ALDS began on October 8 and ran until October 14.
 The Toronto Blue Jays and Kansas City Royals had home field advantage in this round of the playoffs.
 With the New York Yankees being eliminated by the Astros in the AL Wild Card Game, this is the first time in ALDS history that all four ALDS teams were expansion teams.
Richard Allen Severson (January 19, 1945 – January 19, 2016) is a former Major League Baseball shortstop who played for two seasons.
 He played in 77 games for the Kansas City Royals during the 1970 Kansas City Royals season and 16 games during the 1971 Kansas City Royals season.
The Pine Tar Incident (also known as the Pine Tar Game) was a controversial incident during an American League Baseball game played between the Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees on July 24, 1983, at Yankee Stadium in New York City.
 With his team trailing 4–3 in the top half of the ninth inning, with two outs, George Brett of the Royals hit a two-run home run to give his team the lead.
 However, Yankees manager Billy Martin, who had noticed a large amount of pine tar on Brett's bat, requested that the umpires inspect his bat.
 The umpires ruled that the amount of pine tar on the bat exceeded the amount allowed by rule, nullified Brett's home run, and called him out.
 As Brett was the third out in the ninth inning with the home team in the lead, the game ended with a Yankees win.
Randall Kent McGilberry (born October 29, 1953) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for two seasons.
 He pitched in three games for the Kansas City Royals during the 1977 Kansas City Royals season and 18 games during the 1978 Kansas City Royals season.
 He played college baseball at Louisiana Tech University.
The Fort Myers Royals were a minor league affiliate of the Kansas City Royals from 1978-1987.
 In 1978 the Royals were brought to Fort Myers, Florida by the Kansas City franchise.
 This was because Fort Myers served as the spring training home of the Kansas City Royals.
 The Royals were a Single A Florida State League franchise.
 The team played at Terry Park Ballfield from 1978 until 1987.
 In 1985 the Royals won the Florida State League Championship.
 Kevin Seitzer and Bret Saberhagen were members of that Fort Myers Royals team.
 The Minor League franchise left Fort Myers in 1988 when the Major League Baseball franchise moved Spring Training to Haines City, Florida and Baseball City Stadium.
Germán Barranca Costales (born October 19, 1956 in Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Mexico) is a former Major League Baseball second baseman.
 On August 26, 1974 he was purchased by the Kansas City Royals from the Mexico City Reds.
 He was listed at 6 feet tall and 160 pounds.
 German made his major league debut on September 2, 1979 at the age of 22 with the Kansas City Royals vs the New York Yankees.
 German played 5 games that year and also played 7 games with the Royals in 1980 with a batting average of .600 On January 21, was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Cincinnati Reds for Cesar Geronimo.
 Played for the Cincinnati Reds in 1981 with a batting average of .333 and 1982 batting average of .255 German last game in the MLB was July 11 1982 vs. CHC at age 25.
 German was batting .250 and leading the National League in triples before the all star break was sent to Indianapolis the triple A of the Cincinnati Reds.
 On September 7, 1982 was sent to the Detroit Tigers by the Cincinnati Reds as part of a conditional deal.
 German played 4 years in Major League Baseball (2 years in the American League played 12 games ) and ( 2 years in the National League played 55 games ) with a total of 67 games, 62 AB, 19 Runs, 18 hits, 2 doubles, 3 triples, 5 stolen bases a fielding % of .893 and batting average of .290
The 2016 Kansas City Royals season was the 48th for the franchise, and their 44th at Kauffman Stadium.
 The Royals entered the season as the defending World Series champions determined to become the first team since the 1999 New York Yankees to win back-to-back World Series titles.
 The season started on April 3 with a World Series rematch at home against the New York Mets.
 The first series began with a 10 mile long relay of the first pitch from Kansas City Union Station to Kauffman Stadium benefiting the Kansas City MLB Urban Youth Academy.
 The Royals were eliminated from postseason contention with one game yet to play, marking four straight World Series champions that missed the playoffs the following year.
 They finished the season with an 81–81 record and third place in the division.
William Peter Filson (born September 28, 1958) is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher.
 He played during seven seasons at the major league level for the Minnesota Twins, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, and Kansas City Royals.
 He was drafted by the Yankees in the 9th round of the 1979 amateur draft out of Temple University.
 Filson played his first professional season with their Rookie league Paintsville Yankees and Class-A (Short Season) Oneonta Yankees in 1979, and split his last between Kansas City and their Triple-A Omaha Royals in 1990.
Leslie Eugene Norman (born February 25, 1969) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder who played for two seasons.
 He played in 24 games for the Kansas City Royals during the 1995 Kansas City Royals season and 54 games during the 1996 Kansas City Royals season.
Timothy Reid McClelland (born December 12, 1951) is a former umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the American League from 1983 to 1999 and throughout both leagues from 2000 until his retirement prior to the 2015 season.
 He has called many important games, from post-season games to the George Brett "Pine Tar" game in .
 More recently, he was the plate umpire for the Sammy Sosa corked bat game on June 3, 2003, when the Chicago Cubs hosted the Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Wrigley Field.
 He has worn uniform number 36 since his promotion to the AL, and kept the number when Major League Baseball merged the American and National League umpiring staffs in .

Question: Timothy Reid McClelland many important games including one played between the Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees on what date?
Answer: July 24, 1983