1969 Kansas City Royals Statistics

1970 Season

Record: 69-93-1, Finished 4th in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Joe Gordon (69-93-1)

General Manager: Cedric Tallis

Farm Director: Lou Gorman

Scouting Director: Charlie Metro

Ballpark: Municipal Stadium

Attendance: 902,414 (7th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 101
One-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 103

Pythagorean W-L: 69-93, 586 Runs, 688 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	Ellie Rodríguez	23	95	308	267	27	63	10	0	2	20	3	2	31	26	.236	.333	.296	.629	78	79	8	8	2	0	6
2	1B	Mike Fiore*	24	107	427	339	53	93	14	1	12	35	4	4	84	63	.274	.420	.428	.848	138	145	9	2	1	1	4
3	2B	Jerry Adair	32	126	461	432	29	108	9	1	5	48	1	3	20	36	.250	.285	.310	.596	67	134	24	3	2	4	4
4	SS	Jackie Hernández	28	145	550	504	54	112	14	2	4	40	17	7	38	111	.222	.278	.282	.560	58	142	3	2	3	2	1
5	3B	Joe Foy	26	145	609	519	72	136	19	2	11	71	37	15	74	75	.262	.354	.370	.724	103	192	12	5	2	9	4
6	LF	Lou Piniella	25	135	539	493	43	139	21	6	11	68	2	4	33	56	.282	.325	.416	.741	107	205	12	3	1	9	2
7	CF	Bob Oliver	26	118	425	394	43	100	8	4	13	43	5	5	21	74	.254	.294	.393	.687	91	155	18	2	6	2	2
8	RF	Pat Kelly*	24	112	474	417	61	110	20	4	8	32	40	13	49	70	.264	.348	.388	.737	106	162	5	5	2	0	3
Rk	Pos	Name	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	OF	Ed Kirkpatrick*	24	120	366	315	40	81	11	4	14	49	3	5	43	42	.257	.348	.451	.799	123	142	2	3	1	4	4
10	3B	Paul Schaal	26	61	237	205	22	54	6	0	1	13	2	1	25	27	.263	.346	.307	.653	85	63	2	2	3	2	2
11	1B	Chuck Harrison	28	75	232	213	18	47	5	1	3	18	1	2	16	20	.221	.276	.296	.572	60	63	3	1	0	2	2
12	C	Buck Martinez	20	72	214	205	14	47	6	1	4	23	0	0	8	25	.229	.258	.327	.585	63	67	4	0	1	0	2
13	2B	Juan Ríos	26	87	208	196	20	44	5	1	1	5	1	3	7	19	.224	.262	.276	.538	51	54	6	3	2	0	2
14	OF	Joe Keough*	23	70	183	166	17	31	2	0	0	7	5	2	13	13	.187	.254	.199	.453	29	33	1	2	2	0	0
15	UT	Hawk Taylor	30	64	96	89	7	24	5	0	3	21	0	0	6	18	.270	.313	.427	.739	106	38	4	0	0	1	0
16	C	Jim Campanis	25	30	89	83	4	13	5	0	0	5	0	0	5	19	.157	.202	.217	.419	18	18	4	0	0	1	1
17	2B	Luis Alcaraz	28	22	86	79	15	20	2	1	1	7	0	0	7	9	.253	.314	.342	.656	84	27	2	0	0	0	0
18	CF	Scott Northey	22	20	68	61	11	16	2	2	1	7	6	3	7	19	.262	.338	.410	.748	109	25	0	0	0	0	0
19	OF	Fred Rico	24	12	35	26	2	6	2	0	0	2	0	1	9	10	.231	.429	.308	.736	110	8	1	0	0	0	1
20	OF	George Spriggs*	32	23	33	29	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	8	.138	.242	.276	.518	45	8	0	1	0	0	0
21	C	Dennis Paepke	24	12	30	27	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.111	.172	.148	.321	-9	4	1	0	0	0	0
22	C	Fran Healy	22	6	10	10	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.400	.400	.500	.900	151	5	0	0	0	0	0
23	2B	Billy Harris*	25	5	7	7	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.429	.714	98	3	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	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
24	P	Wally Bunker	24	35	82	70	1	10	3	0	0	7	1	0	5	23	.143	.200	.186	.386	9	13	1	0	7	0	0
25	P	Bill Butler*	22	34	70	60	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	38	.050	.123	.050	.173	-50	3	1	0	5	0	0
26	P	Roger Nelson	25	29	66	58	4	8	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	16	.138	.164	.172	.336	-6	10	0	0	5	1	0
27	P	Dick Drago	24	41	64	52	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	25	.058	.109	.077	.186	-47	4	0	0	9	0	0
28	P	Jim Rooker	26	34	59	57	7	16	3	0	4	8	0	0	1	19	.281	.305	.544	.849	134	31	2	1	0	0	0
29	P	Mike Hedlund	22	34	35	33	2	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	15	.152	.176	.152	.328	-7	5	0	0	1	0	0
30	P	Moe Drabowsky	33	52	19	17	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.235	.235	.294	.529	48	5	0	0	2	0	0
31	P	Tom Burgmeier*	25	47	18	18	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.167	.167	.167	.333	-6	3	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Steve Jones*	28	20	10	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.125	.300	.125	.425	23	1	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Dave Wickersham	33	34	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Don O'Riley	24	19	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Jerry Cram	21	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Dave Morehead	25	21	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Chris Zachary*	25	8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	181	1	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Al Fitzmorris#	23	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Galen Cisco	33	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	25.8	163	6125	5462	586	1311	179	32	98	538	129	70	522	901	.240	.309	.338	.648	82	1848	125	43	57	38	40
		Rank in 12 AL teams				5	9	8	8	4	10		2	10	11	5	8	9	11	11		10		3		8
		Non-Pitcher Totals	25.9	163	5687	5076	559	1257	171	31	94	514	127	70	501	749	.248	.318	.349	.667	87	1772	121	42	28	37	40
		Pitcher Totals	24.5	163	438	386	27	54	8	1	4	24	2	0	21	152	.140	.186	.197	.383	7	76	4	1	29	1	0
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Wally Bunker	24	12	11	.522	3.23	35	31	2	10	1	2	222.2	198	89	80	29	62	3	130	4	0	6	907	114	3.92	1.168	8.0	1.2	2.5	5.3	2.10
2	SP	Dick Drago	24	11	13	.458	3.77	41	26	10	10	2	1	200.2	190	95	84	19	65	6	108	2	0	0	848	97	3.67	1.271	8.5	0.9	2.9	4.8	1.66
3	SP	Bill Butler*	22	9	10	.474	3.90	34	29	1	5	4	0	193.2	174	91	84	15	91	5	156	3	0	4	834	94	3.36	1.368	8.1	0.7	4.2	7.2	1.71
4	SP	Roger Nelson	25	7	13	.350	3.31	29	29	0	8	1	0	193.1	170	78	71	12	65	4	82	6	1	8	790	111	3.57	1.216	7.9	0.6	3.0	3.8	1.26
5	SP	Jim Rooker*	26	4	16	.200	3.75	28	22	2	8	1	0	158.1	136	80	66	13	73	3	108	1	1	5	679	98	3.61	1.320	7.7	0.7	4.1	6.1	1.48
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	CL	Moe Drabowsky	33	11	9	.550	2.94	52	0	37	0	0	11	98.0	68	33	32	10	30	2	76	2	0	1	398	125	3.26	1.000	6.2	0.9	2.8	7.0	2.53
7	RP	Mike Hedlund	22	3	6	.333	3.24	34	16	8	1	0	2	125.0	123	53	45	8	40	2	74	1	0	0	532	113	3.14	1.304	8.9	0.6	2.9	5.3	1.85
8	RP	Tom Burgmeier*	25	3	1	.750	4.17	31	0	12	0	0	0	54.0	67	31	25	5	21	3	23	1	0	2	244	89	4.08	1.630	11.2	0.8	3.5	3.8	1.10
9	RP	Dave Wickersham	33	2	3	.400	3.96	34	0	14	0	0	5	50.0	58	27	22	6	14	2	27	2	1	5	217	93	3.95	1.440	10.4	1.1	2.5	4.9	1.93
10	RP	Dave Morehead	25	2	3	.400	5.73	21	2	9	0	0	0	33.0	28	22	21	7	28	1	32	0	0	4	148	65	5.87	1.697	7.6	1.9	7.6	8.7	1.14
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
11		Steve Jones*	28	2	3	.400	4.23	20	4	5	0	0	0	44.2	45	25	21	3	24	2	31	3	0	6	203	87	3.81	1.545	9.1	0.6	4.8	6.2	1.29
12		Don O'Riley	24	1	1	.500	6.94	18	0	5	0	0	1	23.1	32	23	18	0	15	2	10	0	0	3	121	54	3.58	2.014	12.3	0.0	5.8	3.9	0.67
13		Galen Cisco	33	1	1	.500	3.63	15	0	8	0	0	1	22.1	17	11	9	4	15	0	18	0	0	2	98	103	5.24	1.433	6.9	1.6	6.0	7.3	1.20
14		Chris Zachary	25	0	1	.000	7.85	8	2	2	0	0	0	18.1	27	17	16	4	7	0	6	0	0	4	87	48	5.84	1.855	13.3	2.0	3.4	2.9	0.86
15		Jerry Cram	21	0	1	.000	3.24	5	2	1	0	0	0	16.2	15	8	6	0	6	1	10	0	0	1	71	116	2.39	1.260	8.1	0.0	3.2	5.4	1.67
16		Al Fitzmorris	23	1	1	.500	4.22	7	0	5	0	0	2	10.2	9	5	5	1	4	0	3	0	0	1	45	90	4.29	1.219	7.6	0.8	3.4	2.5	0.75
		Team Totals	25.1	69	93	.426	3.72	163	163	121	42	9	25	1464.2	1357	688	605	136	560	36	894	25	3	52	6222	99	3.69	1.309	8.3	0.8	3.4	5.5	1.60
		Rank in 12 AL teams		9	4		8				4	5	9	5	8	8	7	8	5		7
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W