1970 Kansas City Royals Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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1970 Kansas City Royals Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Ed Kirkpatrick*	25	134	481	424	59	97	17	2	18	62	4	4	55	65	.229	.319	.406	.724	100	172	9	1	1	0	8
2	1B	Bob Oliver	27	160	662	612	83	159	24	6	27	99	3	3	42	126	.260	.309	.451	.760	109	276	15	3	2	3	4
3	2B	Cookie Rojas	31	98	409	384	36	100	13	3	2	28	3	7	20	29	.260	.296	.326	.622	73	125	8	0	4	1	0
4	SS	Jackie Hernandez	29	83	262	238	14	55	4	1	2	10	1	3	15	50	.231	.281	.282	.563	57	67	5	2	6	1	0
5	3B	Paul Schaal	27	124	427	380	50	102	12	3	5	35	7	4	43	39	.268	.343	.355	.698	94	135	10	1	1	2	1
6	LF	Lou Piniella	26	144	586	542	54	163	24	5	11	88	3	6	35	42	.301	.342	.424	.767	112	230	15	2	2	5	6
7	CF	Amos Otis	23	159	700	620	91	176	36	9	11	58	33	2	68	67	.284	.353	.424	.777	115	263	8	1	6	5	3
8	RF	Pat Kelly*	25	136	531	452	56	106	16	1	6	38	34	16	76	105	.235	.347	.314	.661	85	142	6	2	0	1	3
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	C	Ellie Rodriguez	24	80	267	231	25	52	8	2	1	15	2	1	27	35	.225	.312	.290	.602	68	67	11	4	1	4	2
10	MI	Rich Severson	25	77	260	240	22	60	11	1	1	22	0	0	16	33	.250	.300	.317	.616	71	76	5	1	3	0	2
11	UT	Joe Keough*	24	57	210	183	28	59	6	2	4	21	1	1	23	18	.322	.396	.443	.839	133	81	6	0	3	1	3
12	SS	Tom Matchick*	26	55	165	158	11	31	3	2	0	11	0	0	5	23	.196	.226	.241	.466	30	38	8	1	1	0	2
13	RF	George Spriggs*	33	51	145	130	12	27	2	3	1	7	4	3	14	32	.208	.283	.292	.575	60	38	0	0	0	1	0
14	3B	Bill Sorrell*	29	57	145	135	12	36	2	0	4	14	1	0	10	13	.267	.317	.370	.688	90	50	5	0	0	0	4
15	2B	Luis Alcaraz	29	35	126	120	10	20	5	1	1	14	0	0	4	13	.167	.192	.250	.442	22	30	2	0	1	1	0
16	1B	Mike Fiore*	25	25	85	72	6	13	2	0	0	4	1	1	13	24	.181	.306	.208	.514	46	15	1	0	0	0	0
17	UT	Hawk Taylor	31	57	62	55	3	9	3	0	0	6	0	0	6	16	.164	.258	.218	.476	34	12	1	1	0	0	2
18	UT	Jim Campanis	26	31	59	54	6	7	0	0	2	2	0	0	4	14	.130	.203	.241	.444	23	13	1	1	0	0	1
19	IF	Bobby Floyd	26	14	48	43	5	14	4	0	0	9	0	1	4	9	.326	.375	.419	.794	120	18	0	0	0	1	0
20	2B	Jerry Adair	33	7	33	27	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	3	.148	.281	.148	.429	23	4	1	0	1	0	1
21	C	Buck Martinez	21	6	11	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.111	.273	.111	.384	11	1	1	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
22	P	Dick Drago	25	35	87	76	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	44	.053	.077	.053	.130	-63	4	0	0	9	0	0
23	P	Jim Rooker	27	41	76	70	12	14	4	0	1	13	0	0	2	35	.200	.230	.300	.530	46	21	3	1	2	1	0
24	P	Bob Johnson*	27	40	71	57	2	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	6	34	.105	.190	.123	.313	-11	7	0	0	8	0	0
25	P	Bill Butler*	23	25	49	44	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	31	.045	.125	.045	.170	-51	2	1	0	1	0	0
26	P	Dave Morehead	27	28	40	36	1	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	15	.167	.189	.194	.384	7	7	1	0	3	0	0
27	P	Wally Bunker	25	24	39	31	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	13	.065	.237	.065	.301	-12	2	0	0	1	0	0
28	P	Al Fitzmorris#	24	45	34	31	5	9	4	0	0	5	0	0	3	9	.290	.353	.419	.772	114	13	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Ted Abernathy	37	36	17	14	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	.214	.214	.214	.429	19	3	0	0	3	0	0
30	P	Tom Burgmeier*	26	42	16	14	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.143	.200	.143	.343	-3	2	0	0	1	0	0
31	P	Mike Hedlund	23	9	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
32	P	Don O'Riley	25	9	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0
33	P	Ken Wright	23	47	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Moe Drabowsky	34	24	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	39	1	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Aurelio Monteagudo	26	21	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Jim York	22	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Paul Splittorff*	23	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	179	1	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Roger Nelson	26	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	26.3	162	6128	5503	611	1341	202	41	97	572	97	53	514	958	.244	.309	.348	.657	82	1916	123	21	63	27	42
		Rank in 12 AL teams				5	12	8	7	1	12		3	4	8	4	9	11	12	12		12
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Dick Drago	25	9	15	.375	3.75	35	34	1	7	1	0	240.0	239	110	100	20	72	5	127	7	1	3	1002	99	1.296	9.0	0.8	2.7	4.8	1.76
2	SP	Bob Johnson	27	8	13	.381	3.07	40	26	7	10	1	4	214.0	178	82	73	18	82	4	206	11	1	6	894	121	1.215	7.5	0.8	3.4	8.7	2.51
3	SP	Jim Rooker*	27	10	15	.400	3.54	38	29	5	6	3	1	203.2	190	99	80	11	102	4	117	1	1	3	879	105	1.434	8.4	0.5	4.5	5.2	1.15
4	SP	Bill Butler*	23	4	12	.250	3.77	25	25	0	2	1	0	140.2	117	66	59	17	87	1	75	1	0	3	610	98	1.450	7.5	1.1	5.6	4.8	0.86
5	SP	Wally Bunker	25	2	11	.154	4.22	24	15	4	2	1	0	121.2	109	63	57	16	50	2	59	0	1	5	514	88	1.307	8.1	1.2	3.7	4.4	1.18
6	SP	Dave Morehead	27	3	5	.375	3.62	28	17	2	1	0	1	121.2	121	64	49	9	62	3	69	1	0	9	536	103	1.504	9.0	0.7	4.6	5.1	1.11
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
7	CL	Ted Abernathy	37	9	3	.750	2.59	36	0	31	0	0	12	55.2	41	23	16	3	38	0	49	1	0	2	244	144	1.419	6.6	0.5	6.1	7.9	1.29
8	RP	Al Fitzmorris	24	8	5	.615	4.44	43	11	14	2	0	1	117.2	112	60	58	14	52	6	47	0	0	12	503	84	1.394	8.6	1.1	4.0	3.6	0.90
9	RP	Tom Burgmeier*	26	6	6	.500	3.16	41	0	17	0	0	1	68.1	59	31	24	6	23	1	43	0	0	2	283	118	1.200	7.8	0.8	3.0	5.7	1.87
10	RP	Ken Wright	23	1	2	.333	5.23	47	0	14	0	0	3	53.1	49	33	31	2	29	0	30	7	1	2	231	71	1.463	8.3	0.3	4.9	5.1	1.03
11	RP	Moe Drabowsky	34	1	2	.333	3.28	24	0	14	0	0	2	35.2	28	13	13	3	12	3	38	2	0	1	149	113	1.121	7.1	0.8	3.0	9.6	3.17
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
12		Aurelio Monteagudo	26	1	1	.500	2.96	21	0	12	0	0	0	27.1	20	11	9	2	9	0	18	1	0	2	111	125	1.061	6.6	0.7	3.0	5.9	2.00
13		Don O'Riley	25	0	0		5.40	9	2	5	0	0	0	23.1	26	15	14	5	9	0	13	1	0	3	106	69	1.500	10.0	1.9	3.5	5.0	1.44
14		Mike Hedlund	23	2	3	.400	7.20	9	0	3	0	0	0	15.0	18	13	12	6	7	0	5	0	0	1	69	52	1.667	10.8	3.6	4.2	3.0	0.71
15		Roger Nelson	26	0	2	.000	10.00	4	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	18	10	10	3	0	0	3	1	0	2	45	37	2.000	18.0	3.0	0.0	3.0
16		Paul Splittorff*	23	0	1	.000	7.27	2	1	0	0	0	0	8.2	16	9	7	1	5	0	10	0	0	0	46	51	2.423	16.6	1.0	5.2	10.4	2.00
17		Jim York	22	1	1	.500	3.38	4	0	3	0	0	0	8.0	5	3	3	2	2	0	6	0	0	0	31	110	0.875	5.6	2.3	2.3	6.8	3.00
		Team Totals	26.1	65	97	.401	3.78	162	162	132	30	7	25	1463.2	1346	705	615	138	641	29	915	34	5	56	6253	98	1.358	8.3	0.8	3.9	5.6	1.43
		Rank in 12 AL teams		10	2						8	4	12	3	6	8	6	4	11		7
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
Ted Abernathy	37	36	0	55.2	12	3	9	0	0	1.000									1.94	0.33						P
Jerry Adair	33	7	7	72.0	44	24	20	0	6	1.000	-0.1	-1.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1		0		5.50	6.29						2B
Luis Alcaraz	29	31	29	271.2	134	65	68	1	12	.993	-0.9	-4.0	-0.9	-0.1	-0.7		0		4.41	4.29						2B
Wally Bunker	25	24	15	121.2	25	5	17	3	0	.880									1.63	0.92						P
Tom Burgmeier	26	41	0	68.1	25	3	20	2	0	.920									3.03	0.56						P
Bill Butler	23	25	25	140.2	17	3	13	1	1	.941									1.02	0.64						P
Jim Campanis	26	14	9	105.1	72	64	7	1	1	.986	-1.1	-12.5	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0		-1	6.07	5.07	4	3	13	5	28%	C-RF
Moe Drabowsky	34	24	0	35.2	6	2	4	0	0	1.000									1.51	0.25						P
Dick Drago	25	35	34	240.0	44	10	33	1	5	.977									1.61	1.23						P
Mike Fiore	25	20	18	163.2	148	131	15	2	11	.986	-0.1	-0.7	-0.1	-0.1	0.0		0		8.03	7.30						1B
Al Fitzmorris	24	43	11	117.2	34	12	21	1	1	.971									2.52	0.77						P
Bobby Floyd	26	14	13	117.1	66	24	36	6	5	.909	-1.0	-10.2	0.0	0.5	-0.6		-1		4.60	4.29						SS-3B
Mike Hedlund	23	9	0	15.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000									0.60	0.11						P
Jackie Hernandez	29	77	65	606.1	346	142	187	17	38	.951	-4.6	-9.1	-3.6	-4.4	0.8		-1		4.88	4.27						SS
Bob Johnson	27	40	26	214.0	33	13	20	0	0	1.000									1.39	0.83						P
Pat Kelly	25	120	109	1014.2	279	261	8	10	2	.964	6.9	8.2	9.9	4.9	4.9	-3			2.39	2.24						RF-CF-LF
Joe Keough	24	52	46	431.1	195	177	14	4	14	.979	0.9	2.5	0.9	-1.4	2.3	0	0		3.99	3.67						LF-1B-RF-CF
Ed Kirkpatrick	25	124	109	980.2	707	625	70	12	25	.983	1.4	1.7	-1.6	-1.1	-0.6	0	0	3	6.38	5.60	5	28	43	37	46%	C-1B-LF-RF-CF
Buck Martinez	21	5	3	30.0	24	20	3	1	0	.958	1.0	40.0						1	6.90	4.60	0	1	2	3	60%	C
Tom Matchick	26	54	42	383.2	239	85	151	3	38	.987	9.7	30.3	8.7	2.1	6.6		1		5.54	4.37						SS-2B-3B
Aurelio Monteagudo	26	21	0	27.1	4	1	2	1	0	.750									0.99	0.14						P
Dave Morehead	27	28	17	121.2	19	7	10	2	0	.895									1.26	0.61						P
Roger Nelson	26	4	2	9.0	3	0	3	0	0	1.000									3.00	0.75						P
Don O'Riley	25	9	2	23.1	3	2	1	0	0	1.000									1.16	0.33						P
Bob Oliver	27	161	156	1401.0	1236	1077	145	14	111	.989	-1.8	-1.5	-2.8	0.6	-3.4		1		7.85	7.59						1B-3B
Amos Otis	23	159	158	1413.2	407	387	16	4	6	.990	-2.0	-1.7	-2.0	2.5	-4.5	0			2.57	2.53						CF
Lou Piniella	26	140	138	1222.0	258	247	7	4	2	.984	-4.7	-4.6	-1.7	-0.1	-1.6	-3	0		1.87	1.81						LF-1B
Ellie Rodriguez	24	75	70	609.2	489	451	32	6	5	.988	-5.0	-9.8						-5	7.13	6.44	7	24	40	16	29%	C
Cookie Rojas	31	97	95	825.2	509	217	283	9	69	.982	7.1	10.3	6.1	1.3	4.8		1		5.45	5.15						2B
Jim Rooker	27	39	29	205.2	40	6	32	2	4	.950	-0.1	-0.6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1				1.66	0.97						P-LF
Paul Schaal	27	113	97	901.2	310	95	196	19	19	.939	-3.6	-4.8	-2.6	0.2	-2.8		-1		2.90	2.58						3B-SS-2B
Rich Severson	25	75	66	582.0	341	127	202	12	45	.965	5.8	12.0	3.8	2.1	1.6		2		5.09	4.39						SS-2B
Bill Sorrell	29	36	32	277.1	94	37	48	9	3	.904	-2.8	-12.1	-3.8	-5.1	1.2	1	0		2.76	2.36						3B-1B-LF-RF
Paul Splittorff	23	2	1	8.2	1	0	1	0	1	1.000									1.04	0.50						P
George Spriggs	33	36	32	276.2	61	54	4	3	0	.951	-3.1	-13.4	-2.1	-1.7	-0.5	-1			1.89	1.61						RF
Hawk Taylor	31	4	2	21.0	15	12	2	1	1	.933	0.4	22.9	0.4	0.0	0.4		0	0	6.00	3.50	0	0	1	0	0%	C-1B
Ken Wright	23	47	0	53.1	10	1	8	1	0	.900									1.52	0.19						P
Jim York	22	4	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0										0.00	0.00						P
Team Totals	26.4	162	1458	13173.0	6248	4390	1706	152	424	.976	2.3	0.2	8.3	0.1	7.7	-6	2	-2	4.16	3.31	16	56	99	61	38%
Rank in 12 AL teams								3	5	10
	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary

1969 / 1971 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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