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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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Team Batting

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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
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* - 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
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* - 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.63 0.92 P
Tom Burgmeier 26 41 0 68.1 25 3 20 2 0 .920 0.0 0.0 3.03 0.56 P
Bill Butler 23 25 25 140.2 17 3 13 1 1 .941 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.51 0.25 P
Dick Drago 25 35 34 240.0 44 10 33 1 5 .977 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 0.99 0.14 P
Dave Morehead 27 28 17 121.2 19 7 10 2 0 .895 0.0 0.0 1.26 0.61 P
Roger Nelson 26 4 2 9.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 3.00 0.75 P
Don O'Riley 25 9 2 23.1 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.52 0.19 P
Jim York 22 4 0 8.0 0 0 0 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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