1969 KANSAS CITY ROYALS

| Level: MLB

Location: Kansas City,MO
Team Record: 69-93 .426
Result: 4th in American League - West Division
Manager(s): Joe Gordon
General Manager: Cedric Tallis
Stadium: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 902,414
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Kansas City Royals affiliate history

Oldest Player: Moe Drabowsky (33)
Youngest Player: Buck Martinez (20)
Longest Tenure:
Top Hitter: Jackie Hernandez (34)
Top Pitcher: Wally Bunker (19)
Top Draft Pick: John Simmons (#23)

Roster Continuity:

American League Standings

West	W	L	Pct	GB
Minnesota	97	65	.599	--
Oakland	88	74	.543	9.0
California	71	91	.438	26.0
KC Royals	69	93	.426	28.0
Chi White Sox	68	94	.420	29.0
Seattle	64	98	.395	33.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
1	Joe Foy	3b	38	26	-	MLB	145	519	72	136	19	2	11	71	37	15	74	75	5	4	2	9	12	.262	.354	.370	724	192	609	421	76	4.9	.283
24	Jackie Hernandez	ss	34	28	UDFA: 1961	MLB	145	504	54	112	14	2	4	40	17	7	38	111	2	1	3	2	3	.222	.278	.282	560	142	549	407	36	2.4	.276
9	Lou Piniella	of	35	25	UDFA: 1962	MLB	135	493	43	139	21	6	11	68	2	4	33	56	3	2	1	9	12	.282	.325	.416	741	205	539	380	72	5.1	.294
14	Jerry Adair	2b-ss	-	32	-	MLB	126	432	29	108	9	1	5	48	1	3	20	36	3	4	2	4	24	.250	.285	.310	596	134	461	357	33	2.5	.261
18	Pat Kelly	of	49	24	UDFA: 1963	MLB	112	417	61	110	20	4	8	32	40	13	49	70	5	3	2	0	5	.264	.348	.388	737	162	473	327	64	5.3	.301
33	Bob Oliver	1b-of	-	26	1965-49-760	MLB	118	394	43	100	8	4	13	43	5	5	21	74	2	2	6	2	18	.254	.294	.393	687	155	425	325	40	3.4	.282
19	Mike Fiore	1b	77	24	UDFA: 1978	MLB	107	339	53	93	14	1	12	35	4	4	84	63	2	4	1	1	9	.274	.420	.428	848	145	427	261	68	7.0	.306
8	Ed Kirkpatrick	of-c	-	24	UDFA: 1962	MLB	120	315	40	81	11	4	14	49	3	5	43	42	3	4	1	4	2	.257	.348	.451	799	142	366	246	56	6.1	.255
11	Ellie Rodriguez	c	72	23	UDFA: 1964	MLB	95	267	27	63	10	0	2	20	3	2	31	26	8	6	2	0	8	.236	.333	.296	629	79	308	216	29	3.6	.255
7	Chuck Harrison	1b	-	28	UDFA: 1962	MLB	75	213	18	47	5	1	3	18	1	2	16	20	1	2	0	2	3	.221	.276	.296	572	63	232	173	18	2.8	.229
21	Buck Martinez	c	-	20	UDFA: 1967	MLB	72	205	14	47	6	1	4	23	0	0	8	25	0	2	1	0	4	.229	.258	.327	585	67	214	163	17	2.8	.244
10	Paul Schaal	3b	-	26	UDFA: 1962	MLB	61	205	22	54	6	0	1	13	2	1	25	27	2	2	3	2	2	.263	.346	.307	653	63	237	159	25	4.2	.296
12	Juan Rios	2b-ss	-	27	-	MLB	87	196	20	44	5	1	1	5	1	3	7	19	3	2	2	0	6	.224	.262	.276	538	54	208	163	12	2.0	.244
16	Joe Keough	of	-	23	1965-2-21	MLB	70	166	17	31	2	0	0	7	5	2	13	13	2	0	2	0	1	.187	.254	.199	453	33	183	140	8	1.5	.203
31	Hawk Taylor	c-of	-	30	-	MLB	64	89	7	24	5	0	3	21	0	0	6	18	0	0	0	1	4	.270	.312	.427	739	38	96	70	11	4.4	.304
20	Jim Campanis	c	-	25	-	MLB	30	83	4	13	5	0	0	5	0	0	5	19	0	1	0	1	4	.157	.202	.217	419	18	89	75	1	0.2	.200
39	Luis Alcaraz	2b	-	28	-	MLB	22	79	15	20	2	1	1	7	0	0	7	9	0	0	0	0	2	.253	.314	.342	656	27	86	61	9	4.0	.275
27	Wally Bunker	p	-	24	-	MLB	35	70	1	10	3	0	0	7	1	0	5	23	0	0	7	0	1	.143	.200	.186	386	13	82	68	0	0.0	.213
44	Scott Northey	of	-	22	-	MLB	20	61	11	16	2	2	1	7	6	3	7	19	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.338	.410	748	25	68	48	8	4.7	.366
29	Bill Butler	p	-	22	1965-37-662	MLB	34	60	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	38	0	0	5	0	1	.050	.123	.050	173	3	70	63	-7	-2.9	.136
35	Roger Nelson	p	-	25	1968-6-130	MLB	29	58	4	8	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	16	0	0	5	1	0	.138	.164	.172	336	10	66	56	-1	-0.3	.186
22	Jim Rooker	p	-	26	UDFA: 1962	MLB	34	57	7	16	3	0	4	8	0	0	1	19	1	0	0	0	2	.281	.305	.544	849	31	59	43	9	5.4	.353
41	Dick Drago	p	67	24	UDFA: 1965	MLB	41	52	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	25	0	0	9	0	0	.058	.109	.077	186	4	64	58	-4	-2.0	.111
32	Mike Hedlund	p	-	22	UDFA: 1964	MLB	34	33	2	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	15	0	0	1	0	0	.152	.176	.152	328	5	35	29	-1	-1.2	.278
30	George Spriggs	of	-	28	-	MLB	23	29	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	8	1	0	0	0	0	.138	.242	.276	518	8	33	25	2	2.1	.190
28	Dennis Paepke	c-of	-	24	-	MLB	12	27	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	.111	.172	.148	321	4	29	25	0	-0.3	.125
46	Fred Rico	of	-	24	-	MLB	12	26	2	6	2	0	0	2	0	1	9	10	0	1	0	0	1	.231	.429	.308	736	8	35	22	3	4.2	.375
34	Tom Burgmeier	p	-	25	UDFA: 1963	MLB	47	18	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	333	3	18	15	0	-0.5	.214
25	Moe Drabowsky	p	-	33	-	MLB	52	17	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	2	0	0	.235	.235	.294	529	5	19	15	1	1.5	.364
16	Fran Healy	c	-	22	UDFA: 1965	MLB	6	10	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.500	900	5	10	6	2	7.4	.800
37	Steve Jones	p	-	28	-	MLB	20	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.300	.125	425	1	10	7	0	1.5	.143
15	Billy Harris	2b-3b	-	25	1966-27-531	MLB	5	7	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.429	714	3	7	5	1	5.5	.333
23	Don O'Riley	p	-	24	-	MLB	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	3	-	-	.000
38	Jerry Cram	p	-	21	UDFA: 1978	MLB	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	3	-	-	.000
17	Dave Morehead	p	-	26	-	MLB	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	333	0	3	2	0	-0.0	.000
40	Dave Wickersham	p	-	33	-	MLB	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	333	0	3	2	0	1.6	.000
40	Chris Zachary	p	-	25	UDFA: 1962	MLB	8	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000	1	2	1	0	9.9	1.000
42	Al Fitzmorris	p	-	23	UDFA: 1965	MLB	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (38 players)							162	5462	586	1311	179	32	98	538	129	70	522	901	43	40	57	38	125	.240	.309	.338	647	1848	6122	4441	585	3.6	.269

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

Draft Picks

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
27	Wally Bunker	19	24	-	MLB	12	11	3.23	35	31	10	1	2	2	222.2	198	89	80	29	62	130	6	0	1.17	8.00	1.17	2.51	5.25	0.48	.251	0.86
41	Dick Drago	51	24	UDFA: 1965	MLB	11	13	3.77	41	26	10	2	10	1	200.2	190	95	84	19	65	108	0	0	1.27	8.52	0.85	2.92	4.84	0.60	.268	1.04
29	Bill Butler	28	22	1965-37-662	MLB	9	10	3.90	34	29	5	4	1	0	193.2	174	91	84	15	91	156	4	0	1.37	8.09	0.70	4.23	7.25	0.58	.286	0.58
35	Roger Nelson	36	25	1968-6-130	MLB	7	13	3.31	29	29	8	1	0	0	193.1	170	78	71	12	65	82	8	1	1.22	7.91	0.56	3.03	3.82	0.79	.260	0.98
22	Jim Rooker	55	26	UDFA: 1962	MLB	4	16	3.75	28	22	8	1	2	0	158.1	136	80	66	13	73	108	5	1	1.32	7.73	0.74	4.15	6.14	0.68	.261	1.02
32	Mike Hedlund	-	22	UDFA: 1964	MLB	3	6	3.24	34	16	1	0	8	2	125.0	123	53	45	8	40	74	0	0	1.30	8.86	0.58	2.88	5.33	0.54	.292	0.79
25	Moe Drabowsky	46	33	-	MLB	11	9	2.94	52	0	0	0	37	11	98.0	68	33	32	10	30	76	1	0	1.00	6.24	0.92	2.76	6.98	0.39	.216	0.72
34	Tom Burgmeier	-	25	UDFA: 1963	MLB	3	1	4.17	31	0	0	0	12	0	54.0	67	31	25	5	21	23	2	0	1.63	11.17	0.83	3.50	3.83	0.91	.339	1.37
40	Dave Wickersham	-	33	-	MLB	2	3	3.96	34	0	0	0	14	5	50.0	58	27	22	6	14	27	5	1	1.44	10.44	1.08	2.52	4.86	0.52	.317	1.15
37	Steve Jones	-	28	-	MLB	2	3	4.23	20	4	0	0	5	0	44.2	45	25	21	3	24	31	6	0	1.54	9.07	0.60	4.84	6.25	0.77	.302	0.81
17	Dave Morehead	-	26	-	MLB	2	3	5.73	21	2	0	0	9	0	33.0	28	22	21	7	28	32	4	0	1.70	7.64	1.91	7.64	8.73	0.88	.269	1.13
23	Don O'Riley	-	24	-	MLB	1	1	6.94	18	0	0	0	5	1	23.1	32	23	18	0	15	10	3	0	2.01	12.34	0.00	5.79	3.86	1.50	.348	1.83
26	Galen Cisco	-	33	-	MLB	1	1	3.63	15	0	0	0	8	1	22.1	17	11	9	4	15	18	2	0	1.43	6.85	1.61	6.04	7.25	0.83	.228	1.89
40	Chris Zachary	-	25	UDFA: 1962	MLB	0	1	7.85	8	2	0	0	2	0	18.1	27	17	16	4	7	6	4	0	1.85	13.25	1.96	3.44	2.95	1.17	.338	0.96
38	Jerry Cram	-	21	UDFA: 1978	MLB	0	1	3.24	5	2	0	0	1	0	16.2	15	8	6	0	6	10	1	0	1.26	8.10	0.00	3.24	5.40	0.60	.273	0.47
42	Al Fitzmorris	-	23	UDFA: 1965	MLB	1	1	4.22	7	0	0	0	5	2	10.2	9	5	5	1	4	3	1	0	1.22	7.59	0.84	3.37	2.53	1.33	.235	1.54
Totals: (38 players)						69	93	3.72	162	162	42	9	120	25	1,465	1357	688	605	98	560	894	52	3	1.25	8.34	0.84	3.44	5.49	0.63	.279

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ellie Rodriguez	C	90		433	39	5	2	.990	0.00
Buck Martinez	C	55		290	25	9	7	.972	0.00
Jim Campanis	C	26		155	7	3	2	.982	0.00
Ed Kirkpatrick	C	8		17	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Dennis Paepke	C	8		56	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Hawk Taylor	C	6		19	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Fran Healy	C	5		16	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Mike Fiore	1B	91		696	94	10	54	.987	0.00
Chuck Harrison	1B	55		415	36	3	27	.993	0.00
Joe Foy	1B	16		131	11	2	6	.986	0.00
Bob Oliver	1B	12		72	6	0	6	1.000	0.00
Ed Kirkpatrick	1B	2		5	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Joe Keough	1B	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jerry Adair	2B	109		223	261	8	41	.984	0.00
Juan Rios	2B	46		73	72	5	17	.967	0.00
Luis Alcaraz	2B	19		40	45	1	5	.988	0.00
Paul Schaal	2B	6		10	8	3	1	.857	0.00
Joe Foy	2B	3		2	3	1	0	.833	0.00
Billy Harris	2B	1		1	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Ed Kirkpatrick	2B	1		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Joe Foy	3B	113		117	209	12	20	.964	0.00
Paul Schaal	3B	49		27	77	12	3	.897	0.00
Bob Oliver	3B	8		5	8	3	0	.812	0.00
Juan Rios	3B	4		2	4	0	0	1.000	0.00
Luis Alcaraz	3B	2		2	4	0	0	1.000	0.00
Ed Kirkpatrick	3B	2		1	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jerry Adair	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Fred Rico	3B	1		0	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jackie Hernandez	SS	144		306	375	33	60	.954	0.00
Juan Rios	SS	32		28	33	4	6	.938	0.00
Jerry Adair	SS	8		14	18	1	1	.970	0.00
Paul Schaal	SS	6		4	18	0	1	1.000	0.00
Joe Foy	SS	5		3	5	2	2	.800	0.00
Luis Alcaraz	SS	1		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Lou Piniella	OF	129		278	13	7	1	.977	0.00
Pat Kelly	OF	107		237	12	5	3	.980	0.00
Bob Oliver	OF	98		199	11	5	4	.977	0.00
Ed Kirkpatrick	OF	82		180	8	1	1	.995	0.00
Joe Keough	OF	49		82	2	0	1	1.000	0.00
Scott Northey	OF	18		35	1	1	0	.973	0.00
Hawk Taylor	OF	18		19	1	2	1	.909	0.00
Joe Foy	OF	16		32	2	1	1	.971	0.00
Mike Fiore	OF	13		13	0	1	0	.929	0.00
Fred Rico	OF	9		27	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
George Spriggs	OF	6		7	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Tom Burgmeier	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Buck Martinez	OF	1		2	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Moe Drabowsky	P	52	98	6	19	0	0	1.000	2.30
Dick Drago	P	41	200	25	32	1	6	.983	2.56
Wally Bunker	P	35	222	19	43	2	6	.969	2.51
Bill Butler	P	34	193	4	16	1	1	.952	0.93
Mike Hedlund	P	34	125	9	24	1	3	.971	2.38
Dave Wickersham	P	34	50	2	10	1	0	.923	2.16
Tom Burgmeier	P	31	54	9	15	0	1	1.000	4.00
Roger Nelson	P	29	193	19	25	5	3	.898	2.05
Jim Rooker	P	28	158	3	24	4	0	.871	1.54
Dave Morehead	P	21	33	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.09
Steve Jones	P	20	44	7	6	1	0	.929	2.65
Don O'Riley	P	18	23	3	1	0	0	1.000	1.56
Galen Cisco	P	15	22	2	5	1	0	.875	2.85
Chris Zachary	P	8	18	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.99
Al Fitzmorris	P	7	10	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.76
Jerry Cram	P	5	16	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.67

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