1970 Kansas City Royals Statistics

1969 Season 1971 Season

Record: 65-97-0, Finished 4th in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

Managers: Charlie Metro (19-33) and Bob Lemon (46-64)

General Manager: Cedric Tallis

Scouting Director: Lou Gorman

Ballpark: 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

Pythagorean W-L: 70-92, 611 Runs, 705 Runs Allowed

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162. Oct 1, KCR (65-97) lost to MIN, 0-4

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	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 Hernández	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	532	452	56	106	16	1	6	38	34	16	76	105	.235	.347	.314	.661	85	142	6	2	0	1	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	C	Ellie Rodríguez	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	Tommy 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	Billy 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	127	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	4	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	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
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	26	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	26.4	162	6130	5503	611	1341	202	41	97	572	97	53	514	958	.244	.309	.348	.657	82	1916	126	21	63	27	42
		Rank in 12 AL teams				5	12	8	7	1	12		3	9	8	9	9	11	12	12		12		12		12
		Non-Pitcher Totals	26.4	162	5676	5109	584	1291	192	41	96	544	97	53	487	757	.253	.319	.363	.681	89	1853	121	20	32	26	42
		Pitcher Totals	26.0	162	454	394	27	50	10	0	1	28	0	0	27	201	.127	.184	.160	.344	-3	63	5	1	31	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	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	3.65	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	3.11	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	3.71	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	99	5.02	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	4.61	1.307	8.1	1.2	3.7	4.4	1.18
6	SP	Dave Morehead	26	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	4.02	1.504	9.0	0.7	4.6	5.1	1.11
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
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	145	3.68	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	4.71	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	3.53	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	72	4.03	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	115	2.78	1.121	7.1	0.8	3.0	9.6	3.17
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
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	127	3.37	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	70	5.60	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	53	8.57	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	39	6.64	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	54	3.56	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	116	5.14	0.875	5.6	2.3	2.3	6.8	3.00
		Team Totals	26.0	65	97	.401	3.78	162	162	132	30	7	25	1463.2	1346	705	615	138	641	29	915	34	5	56	6253	99	4.00	1.358	8.3	0.8	3.9	5.6	1.43
		Rank in 12 AL teams		10	2		6				8	4	12	3	6	8	6	4	11		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