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1970 Kansas City Royals Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1969 / 1971)
65-97, Finished 4th in AL West
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Scored 611 runs, Allowed 705 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-92
Manager: Charlie Metro (19-33) and Bob Lemon (46-64)
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium II (ballparks.com)
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
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
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
Luis Alcaraz 29 R R 5' 9" 165 Jun 20, 1941 4 35 29 35 35 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
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
Tom Burgmeier 26 L L 5' 11" 185 Aug 2, 1943 3 42 0 42 42 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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
Jim Campanis 26 R R 6' 0" 195 Feb 9, 1944 5 31 9 31 31 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17 1
Moe Drabowsky 34 R R 6' 2" 200 Jul 21, 1935 15 24 0 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Mike Fiore 25 L L 6' 0" 185 Oct 11, 1944 3 25 18 25 25 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Al Fitzmorris 24 B R 6' 2" 190 Mar 21, 1946 2 45 11 45 45 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bobby Floyd 26 R R 6' 0" 181 Oct 20, 1943 3 14 13 14 14 0 0 0 0 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mike Hedlund 23 R R 6' 1" 190 Aug 11, 1946 4 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jackie Hernandez 29 R R 6' 0" 175 Sep 11, 1940 6 83 65 83 83 0 0 0 0 0 77 0 0 0 0 4 2
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
Pat Kelly 25 L L 6' 1" 185 Jul 30, 1944 4 136 109 136 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 115 118 19 2
Joe Keough 24 L L 6' 0" 185 Jan 7, 1946 3 57 46 57 57 0 0 18 0 0 0 18 1 15 34 8 1
Ed Kirkpatrick 25 L R 195 Oct 8, 1944 9 134 109 134 134 0 89 16 0 0 0 8 3 8 19 23 1
Buck Martinez 21 R R 5' 10" 190 Nov 7, 1948 2 6 3 6 6 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Tom Matchick 26 L R 6' 0" 175 Sep 7, 1943 4 55 42 55 55 0 0 0 10 1 43 0 0 0 0 6 0
Aurelio Monteagudo 26 R R 5' 11" 185 Nov 19, 1943 6 21 0 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Roger Nelson 26 R R 6' 3" 205 Jun 7, 1944 4 4 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Bob Oliver 27 R R 6' 2" 215 Feb 8, 1943 3 160 156 160 160 0 0 115 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Amos Otis 23 R R 5' 11" 166 Apr 26, 1947 3 159 158 159 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 159 0 159 1 0 All-Star
Lou Piniella 26 R R 6' 2" 198 Aug 28, 1943 4 144 138 144 144 0 0 1 0 0 0 139 0 0 139 6 0
Ellie Rodriguez 24 R R 5' 11" 185 May 24, 1946 3 80 70 80 80 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Cookie Rojas 31 R R 5' 10" 170 Mar 6, 1939 9 98 95 98 98 0 0 0 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Jim Rooker 27 R L 6' 0" 201 Sep 23, 1942 3 41 29 41 41 38 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2
Paul Schaal 27 R R 5' 11" 180 Mar 3, 1943 7 124 97 124 124 0 0 0 6 97 10 0 0 0 0 20 0
Rich Severson 25 R R 6' 0" 174 Jan 18, 1945 1st 77 66 77 77 0 0 0 25 0 50 0 0 0 0 6 1
Bill Sorrell 29 L R 6' 0" 190 Oct 14, 1940 3 57 32 57 57 0 0 3 0 29 0 2 0 2 4 25 0
Paul Splittorff 23 L L 6' 3" 210 Oct 8, 1946 1st 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Spriggs 33 L R 5' 11" 175 May 22, 1937 5 51 32 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 36 13 3
Hawk Taylor 31 R R 6' 2" 190 Apr 3, 1939 11 57 2 57 57 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 0
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
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
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1969 / 1971 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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