page_title: Dayton Moore
hierarchical_section_title: Dayton Moore
caption_attribution_description: English: Kansas City Royals GM Dayton Moore, 2011.
context_page_description: Dayton Moore is an American baseball executive who is the general manager of the Kansas City Royals. Moore's baseball career began as an assistant coach at George Mason University. He transitioned to professional baseball after being hired by the Atlanta Braves. In the Braves' organization, Moore worked in the team's scouting department and was later promoted to the baseball operations department. In 2006, Moore was hired by the Kansas City Royals to fill a vacancy in their general manager position, replacing Allard Baird. Moore was the Royals' general manager during the team's 2014 American League championship and 2015 World Series titles.
context_section_description: Dayton Moore (born February 17, 1967) is an American baseball executive who is the general manager of the Kansas City Royals. Moore's  baseball career began as an assistant coach at George Mason University.  He transitioned to professional baseball after being hired by the Atlanta Braves.  In the Braves' organization, Moore worked in the team's scouting department and was later promoted to the baseball operations department.  In 2006, Moore was hired by the Kansas City Royals to fill a vacancy in their general manager position, replacing Allard Baird.  Moore was the Royals' general manager during the team's 2014 American League championship and 2015 World Series titles.
caption: Moore in 2011.
exif: {"Image Make": "NIKON CORPORATION", "Image Model": "NIKON D40", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "300", "Image YResolution": "300", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Ver.1.11", "Image DateTime": "2011:01:20 16:43:17", "Image ExifOffset": "196", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/40", "EXIF FNumber": "28/5", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Aperture Priority", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "800", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0221", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2011:01:20 16:43:17", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2011:01:20 16:43:17", "EXIF CompressedBitsPerPixel": "4", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MaxApertureValue": "5", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Pattern", "EXIF LightSource": "Unknown", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire", "EXIF FocalLength": "55", "EXIF SubSecTime": "80", "EXIF SubSecTimeOriginal": "80", "EXIF SubSecTimeDigitized": "80", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "1758", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "1787", "EXIF SensingMethod": "One-chip color area", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF DigitalZoomRatio": "1", "EXIF FocalLengthIn35mmFilm": "82", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF GainControl": "Low gain up", "EXIF Contrast": "Hard", "EXIF Saturation": "Normal", "EXIF Sharpness": "Normal", "EXIF SubjectDistanceRange": "0"}