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1970 Kansas City Royals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1969 / 1971

65-97, Finished 4th in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Charlie Metro (19-33) and Bob Lemon (46-64)
Scored 611 runs, Allowed 705 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-92

Ballparks: Municipal Stadium · Attendance: 693,047 (11th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 100

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1969 / 1971 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Ted Abernathy 37 R R 6' 4" 215 Mar 6, 1933 12 36 0 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $36,000
Jerry Adair 33 R R 6' 0" 175 Dec 17, 1936 13 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Luis Alcaraz 29 R R 5' 9" 165 Jun 20, 1941 4 35 29 35 31 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 -0.9 $
Wally Bunker 25 R R 6' 2" 197 Jan 25, 1945 8 24 15 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Tom Burgmeier 26 L L 5' 11" 185 Aug 2, 1943 3 42 0 42 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 $
Bill Butler 23 L L 6' 2" 210 Mar 12, 1947 2 25 25 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $
Jim Campanis 26 R R 6' 0" 195 Feb 9, 1944 5 31 9 31 15 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17 1 -0.7 $
Moe Drabowsky 34 R R 6' 3" 190 Jul 21, 1935 15 24 0 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Dick Drago 25 R R 6' 1" 190 Jun 25, 1945 2 35 34 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $
Mike Fiore 25 L L 6' 0" 175 Oct 11, 1944 3 25 18 25 20 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.4 $17,000
Al Fitzmorris 24 B R 6' 2" 190 Mar 21, 1946 2 45 11 45 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.9 $
Bobby Floyd 26 R R 6' 1" 180 Oct 20, 1943 3 14 13 14 14 0 0 0 0 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3 $
Mike Hedlund 23 R R 6' 1" 182 Aug 11, 1946 4 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Jackie Hernandez 29 R R 5' 11" 165 Sep 11, 1940 6 83 65 83 77 0 0 0 0 0 77 0 0 0 0 4 2 -1.0 $22,500
Bob Johnson 27 L R 6' 4" 220 Apr 25, 1943 2 40 26 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.9 $12,000
Pat Kelly 25 L L 6' 1" 185 Jul 30, 1944 4 136 109 136 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 115 118 19 2 1.1 $16,000
Joe Keough 24 L L 6' 0" 185 Jan 7, 1946 3 57 46 57 49 0 0 18 0 0 0 18 1 15 34 8 1 1.3 $
Ed Kirkpatrick 25 L R 5' 11" 195 Oct 8, 1944 9 134 109 134 117 0 90 16 0 0 0 8 3 8 19 23 1 1.8 $
Buck Martinez 21 R R 5' 10" 190 Nov 7, 1948 2 6 3 6 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $12,500
Tommy Matchick 26 L R 6' 1" 173 Sep 7, 1943 4 55 42 55 53 0 0 0 10 1 43 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.1 $
Aurelio Monteagudo 26 R R 5' 11" 180 Nov 19, 1943 6 21 0 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Dave Morehead 27 R R 6' 1" 185 Sep 5, 1942 8 28 17 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Roger Nelson 26 R R 6' 3" 200 Jun 7, 1944 4 4 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Don O'Riley 25 R R 6' 3" 205 Mar 12, 1945 2 9 2 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $10,000
Bob Oliver 27 R R 6' 3" 205 Feb 8, 1943 3 160 156 160 159 0 0 115 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.1 $
Amos Otis 23 R R 5' 11" 165 Apr 26, 1947 3 159 158 159 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 159 0 159 1 0 4.0 $ All-Star
Lou Piniella 26 R R 6' 0" 182 Aug 28, 1943 4 144 138 144 139 0 0 1 0 0 0 139 0 0 139 6 0 1.2 $
Ellie Rodriguez 24 R R 5' 11" 185 May 24, 1946 3 80 70 80 75 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.3 $
Cookie Rojas 31 R R 5' 10" 160 Mar 6, 1939 9 98 95 98 97 0 0 0 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.1 $29,000
Jim Rooker 27 R L 6' 0" 195 Sep 23, 1942 3 41 29 41 39 38 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 1.9 $
Paul Schaal 27 R R 5' 11" 165 Mar 3, 1943 7 124 97 124 112 0 0 0 6 97 10 0 0 0 0 20 0 1.3 $
Rich Severson 25 R R 6' 0" 174 Jan 18, 1945 1st 77 66 77 71 0 0 0 25 0 50 0 0 0 0 6 1 1.1 $
Billy Sorrell 29 L R 6' 0" 190 Oct 14, 1940 3 57 32 57 36 0 0 3 0 29 0 2 0 2 4 25 0 0.0 $
Paul Splittorff 23 L L 6' 3" 205 Oct 8, 1946 1st 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
George Spriggs 33 L R 5' 11" 175 May 22, 1937 5 51 32 51 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 36 13 3 -0.9 $
Hawk Taylor 31 R R 6' 1" 187 Apr 3, 1939 11 57 2 57 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 0 -0.3 $
Ken Wright 23 R R 6' 2" 210 Sep 4, 1946 1st 47 0 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $7,200
Jim York 22 R R 6' 3" 200 Aug 27, 1947 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Luis Alcaraz
Cookie Rojas
Bobby Floyd
Buck Martinez
George Spriggs
Billy Sorrell
Ed Kirkpatrick
Lou Piniella
Paul Schaal
Ellie Rodriguez
George Spriggs

Jim Rooker
Jerry Adair
Rich Severson
Joe Keough
Dave Morehead
Pat Kelly
Mike Fiore
Tommy Matchick
Jim Campanis

Aurelio Monteagudo
Tom Burgmeier
Al Fitzmorris
Jackie Hernandez
Moe Drabowsky
Paul Splittorff
Amos Otis
Wally Bunker
Ken Wright

Bill Butler
Bob Johnson
Hawk Taylor
Mike Hedlund
Don O'Riley
Bob Oliver
Roger Nelson
Ted Abernathy
Jim York

Dick Drago
Ken Wright

1969 / 1971 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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