1970 KANSAS CITY ROYALS

| Level: MLB

Location: Kansas City,MO
Team Record: 65-97 .401
Result: 4th in American League - West Division
Manager(s): Bob Lemon, Charlie Metro
General Manager: Cedric Tallis
Stadium: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 693,047
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Kansas City Royals affiliate history

Oldest Player: Ted Abernathy (37)
Youngest Player: Buck Martinez (21)
Longest Tenure:
Top Hitter: Amos Otis (10)
Top Pitcher: Bob Johnson (12)
Top Draft Pick: Rex Goodson (#8)

Roster Continuity: 81.09%

American League Standings

West	W	L	Pct	GB
Minnesota	98	64	.605	--
Oakland	89	73	.549	9.0
California	86	76	.531	12.0
KC Royals	65	97	.401	33.0
Milwaukee	65	97	.401	33.0
Chi White Sox	56	106	.346	42.0

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
26	Amos Otis	of	10	23	1965-5-95	MLB	159	620	91	176	36	9	11	58	33	2	68	67	1	3	6	5	8	.284	.353	.424	777	263	700	465	112	6.5	.302
33	Bob Oliver	1b-of	17	27	1965-49-760	MLB	160	612	83	159	24	6	27	99	3	3	42	126	3	4	2	3	15	.260	.309	.451	760	276	662	476	86	4.9	.286
9	Lou Piniella	of	47	26	UDFA: 1962	MLB	144	542	54	163	24	5	11	88	3	6	35	42	2	6	2	5	15	.301	.342	.424	767	230	586	407	84	5.6	.308
18	Pat Kelly	of	35	25	UDFA: 1963	MLB	136	452	56	106	16	1	6	38	34	16	76	105	2	3	0	1	6	.235	.347	.314	661	142	531	369	52	3.8	.292
8	Ed Kirkpatrick	of-c	77	25	UDFA: 1962	MLB	134	424	59	97	17	2	18	62	4	4	55	65	1	8	1	0	9	.229	.319	.406	724	172	481	341	59	4.7	.232
1	Cookie Rojas	2b	-	31	UDFA: 1956	MLB	98	384	36	100	13	3	2	28	3	7	20	29	0	0	4	1	8	.260	.296	.326	622	125	409	304	38	3.4	.277
10	Paul Schaal	3b	-	27	UDFA: 1962	MLB	124	380	50	102	12	3	5	35	7	4	43	39	1	1	1	2	10	.268	.343	.355	698	135	427	295	51	4.7	.287
15	Rich Severson	ss-2b	-	25	-	MLB	77	240	22	60	11	1	1	22	0	0	16	33	1	2	3	0	5	.250	.300	.317	616	76	260	188	23	3.4	.286
24	Jackie Hernandez	ss	-	29	UDFA: 1961	MLB	83	238	14	55	4	1	2	10	1	3	15	50	2	0	6	1	5	.231	.281	.282	563	67	262	198	15	2.1	.283
11	Ellie Rodriguez	c	-	24	UDFA: 1964	MLB	80	231	25	52	8	2	1	15	2	1	27	35	4	2	1	4	11	.225	.312	.290	602	67	267	196	21	2.8	.256
16	Joe Keough	of	-	24	1965-2-21	MLB	57	183	28	59	6	2	4	21	1	1	23	18	0	3	3	1	6	.322	.396	.443	839	81	210	135	34	6.8	.340
19	Tom Matchick	ss-3b	-	26	-	MLB	55	158	11	31	3	2	0	11	0	0	5	23	1	2	1	0	8	.196	.226	.241	466	38	165	136	4	0.8	.230
7	Bill Sorrell	3b-of	-	29	-	MLB	57	135	12	36	2	0	4	14	1	0	10	13	0	4	0	0	5	.267	.317	.370	688	50	145	104	16	4.1	.271
6,12	George Spriggs	of	-	29	-	MLB	51	130	12	27	2	3	1	7	4	3	14	32	0	0	0	1	0	.208	.283	.292	575	38	145	107	10	2.5	.265
1	Luis Alcaraz	2b	-	29	-	MLB	35	120	10	20	5	1	1	14	0	0	4	13	0	0	1	1	2	.167	.192	.250	442	30	126	104	5	1.2	.178
41	Dick Drago	p	65	25	UDFA: 1965	MLB	35	76	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	44	0	0	9	0	0	.053	.077	.053	130	4	87	81	-9	-3.0	.125
19	Mike Fiore	1b	-	25	UDFA: 1978	MLB	25	72	6	13	2	0	0	4	1	1	13	24	0	0	0	0	1	.181	.306	.208	514	15	85	61	3	1.4	.271
13	Jim Rooker	p	-	27	UDFA: 1962	MLB	41	70	12	14	4	0	1	13	0	0	2	35	1	0	2	1	3	.200	.230	.300	530	21	76	62	1	0.5	.371
30	Bob Johnson	p	86	27	1966-37-699	MLB	40	57	2	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	6	34	0	0	8	0	0	.105	.190	.123	313	7	71	59	-3	-1.4	.261
31	Hawk Taylor	c-of	-	31	-	MLB	57	55	3	9	3	0	0	6	0	0	6	16	1	2	0	0	1	.164	.258	.218	476	12	62	47	2	1.0	.231
20,25	Jim Campanis	c	-	26	-	MLB	31	54	6	7	0	0	2	2	0	0	4	14	1	1	0	0	1	.130	.203	.241	444	13	59	48	1	0.5	.132
29	Bill Butler	p	-	23	1965-37-662	MLB	25	44	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	31	0	0	1	0	1	.045	.125	.045	170	2	49	44	-6	-3.4	.154
15	Bobby Floyd	ss-2b	-	26	UDFA: 1964	MLB	14	43	5	14	4	0	0	9	0	1	4	9	0	0	0	1	0	.326	.375	.419	794	18	48	31	7	6.2	.400
17	Dave Morehead	p	-	27	-	MLB	28	36	1	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	15	0	0	3	0	1	.167	.189	.194	384	7	40	34	-1	-0.6	.286
23	Al Fitzmorris	p	-	24	UDFA: 1965	MLB	45	31	5	9	4	0	0	5	0	0	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.353	.419	772	13	34	22	5	6.1	.409
27	Wally Bunker	p	-	25	-	MLB	24	31	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	13	0	0	1	0	0	.065	.237	.065	301	2	39	30	-1	-0.9	.111
14	Jerry Adair	2b-ss	-	33	-	MLB	7	27	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	3	0	1	1	0	1	.148	.281	.148	429	4	33	26	0	0.5	.167
22	Tom Burgmeier	p	-	26	UDFA: 1963	MLB	42	14	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	0	0	.143	.200	.143	343	2	16	13	0	-0.6	.222
36	Ted Abernathy	p	-	37	UDFA: 1952	MLB	36	14	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	3	0	0	.214	.214	.214	429	3	17	14	0	0.2	.333
6	Buck Martinez	c	-	21	UDFA: 1967	MLB	6	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	.111	.273	.111	384	1	11	9	0	-0.2	.125
32	Mike Hedlund	p	-	23	UDFA: 1964	MLB	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	5	-	-	.000
28,48	Ken Wright	p	-	23	UDFA: 1964	MLB	47	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	4	4	-	-	.000
25	Moe Drabowsky	p	-	34	-	MLB	24	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	1	4	3	0	0.3	.500
32	Don O'Riley	p	-	25	-	MLB	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	5	-	-	.000
43	Paul Splittorff	p	-	23	1968-25-574	MLB	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000	1	2	1	0	13.4	.500
21	Aurelio Monteagudo	p	-	26	UDFA: 1983	MLB	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
40	Jim York	p	-	22	1969-16-381	MLB	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
35	Roger Nelson	p	-	26	1968-6-130	MLB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	1000	0	1	0	0	--	.000
Totals: (38 players)							162	5503	611	1341	202	41	97	572	97	53	514	958	21	42	63	27	123	.244	.309	.348	657	1916	6128	4428	605	3.7	.278

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
41	Dick Drago	31	25	UDFA: 1965	MLB	9	15	3.75	35	34	7	1	1	0	240.0	239	110	100	20	72	127	3	1	1.30	8.96	0.75	2.70	4.76	0.57	.291	1.28
30	Bob Johnson	12	27	1966-37-699	MLB	8	13	3.07	40	26	10	1	7	4	214.0	178	82	73	18	82	206	6	1	1.21	7.49	0.76	3.45	8.66	0.40	.287	0.70
13	Jim Rooker	26	27	UDFA: 1962	MLB	10	15	3.54	38	29	6	3	5	1	203.2	190	99	80	11	102	117	3	1	1.43	8.40	0.49	4.51	5.17	0.87	.285	0.98
29	Bill Butler	-	23	1965-37-662	MLB	4	12	3.77	25	25	2	1	0	0	140.2	117	66	59	17	87	75	3	0	1.45	7.49	1.09	5.57	4.80	1.16	.239	0.48
17	Dave Morehead	-	27	-	MLB	3	5	3.62	28	17	1	0	2	1	121.2	121	64	49	9	62	69	9	0	1.50	8.95	0.67	4.59	5.10	0.90	.290	1.10
27	Wally Bunker	-	25	-	MLB	2	11	4.22	24	15	2	1	4	0	121.2	109	63	57	16	50	59	5	1	1.31	8.06	1.18	3.70	4.36	0.85	.243	0.72
23	Al Fitzmorris	-	24	UDFA: 1965	MLB	8	5	4.44	43	11	2	0	14	1	117.2	112	60	58	14	52	47	12	0	1.39	8.57	1.07	3.98	3.59	1.11	.258	1.36
22	Tom Burgmeier	-	26	UDFA: 1963	MLB	6	6	3.16	41	0	0	0	17	1	68.1	59	31	24	6	23	43	2	0	1.20	7.77	0.79	3.03	5.66	0.53	.264	1.24
36	Ted Abernathy	49	37	UDFA: 1952	MLB	9	3	2.59	36	0	0	0	31	12	55.2	41	23	16	3	38	49	2	0	1.42	6.63	0.49	6.14	7.92	0.78	.266	2.14
28,48	Ken Wright	-	23	UDFA: 1964	MLB	1	2	5.23	47	0	0	0	14	3	53.1	49	33	31	2	29	30	2	1	1.46	8.27	0.34	4.89	5.06	0.97	.301	1.19
25	Moe Drabowsky	67	34	-	MLB	1	2	3.28	24	0	0	0	14	2	35.2	28	13	13	3	12	38	1	0	1.12	7.07	0.76	3.03	9.59	0.32	.284	0.77
21	Aurelio Monteagudo	-	26	UDFA: 1983	MLB	1	1	2.96	21	0	0	0	12	0	27.1	20	11	9	2	9	18	2	0	1.06	6.59	0.66	2.96	5.93	0.50	.225	0.97
32	Don O'Riley	-	25	-	MLB	0	0	5.40	9	2	0	0	5	0	23.1	26	15	14	5	9	13	3	0	1.50	10.03	1.93	3.47	5.01	0.69	.276	1.27
32	Mike Hedlund	-	23	UDFA: 1964	MLB	2	3	7.20	9	0	0	0	3	0	15.0	18	13	12	6	7	5	1	0	1.67	10.80	3.60	4.20	3.00	1.40	.245	0.56
35	Roger Nelson	-	26	1968-6-130	MLB	0	2	10.00	4	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	18	10	10	3	0	3	2	0	2.00	18.00	3.00	0.00	3.00	0.00	.405	1.40
43	Paul Splittorff	-	23	1968-25-574	MLB	0	1	7.27	2	1	0	0	0	0	8.2	16	9	7	1	5	10	0	0	2.42	16.62	1.04	5.19	10.38	0.50	.500	2.60
40	Jim York	-	22	1969-16-381	MLB	1	1	3.38	4	0	0	0	3	0	8.0	5	3	3	2	2	6	0	0	0.88	5.63	2.25	2.25	6.75	0.33	.150	0.50
Totals: (38 players)						65	97	3.78	162	162	30	7	132	25	1,464	1346	705	615	97	641	915	56	5	1.27	8.28	0.85	3.94	5.63	0.70	.282

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ed Kirkpatrick	C	89		463	61	12	12	.978	0.00
Ellie Rodriguez	C	75		451	32	6	5	.988	0.00
Jim Campanis	C	13		63	7	1	1	.986	0.00
Buck Martinez	C	5		20	3	1	0	.958	0.00
Hawk Taylor	C	3		7	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bob Oliver	1B	115		1020	65	8	100	.993	0.00
Mike Fiore	1B	20		131	15	2	11	.986	0.00
Joe Keough	1B	18		113	11	3	13	.976	0.00
Ed Kirkpatrick	1B	16		139	9	0	13	1.000	0.00
Bill Sorrell	1B	3		15	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Lou Piniella	1B	1		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Hawk Taylor	1B	1		5	2	1	1	.875	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Cookie Rojas	2B	97		217	283	9	69	.982	0.00
Luis Alcaraz	2B	31		65	68	1	12	.993	0.00
Rich Severson	2B	25		44	55	3	11	.971	0.00
Tom Matchick	2B	10		21	21	0	6	1.000	0.00
Jerry Adair	2B	7		24	20	0	6	1.000	0.00
Paul Schaal	2B	6		14	19	1	3	.971	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Paul Schaal	3B	97		69	159	15	12	.938	0.00
Bob Oliver	3B	46		57	80	6	11	.958	0.00
Bill Sorrell	3B	29		17	45	9	3	.873	0.00
Bobby Floyd	3B	6		6	10	0	0	1.000	0.00
Tom Matchick	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jackie Hernandez	SS	77		142	187	17	38	.951	0.00
Rich Severson	SS	50		83	147	9	34	.962	0.00
Tom Matchick	SS	43		64	130	3	32	.985	0.00
Paul Schaal	SS	10		12	18	3	4	.909	0.00
Bobby Floyd	SS	8		18	26	6	5	.880	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Amos Otis	OF	159		388	15	4	6	.990	0.00
Lou Piniella	OF	139		247	6	4	2	.984	0.00
Pat Kelly	OF	118		254	8	10	2	.963	0.00
George Spriggs	OF	36		57	4	3	0	.953	0.00
Joe Keough	OF	34		63	2	1	0	.985	0.00
Ed Kirkpatrick	OF	19		24	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Bill Sorrell	OF	4		5	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jim Campanis	OF	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jim Rooker	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ken Wright	P	47	53	1	8	1	0	.900	1.53
Al Fitzmorris	P	43	117	12	21	1	1	.971	2.53
Tom Burgmeier	P	41	68	3	20	2	0	.920	3.04
Bob Johnson	P	40	214	13	20	0	0	1.000	1.39
Jim Rooker	P	38	203	6	32	2	4	.950	1.68
Ted Abernathy	P	36	55	3	9	0	0	1.000	1.96
Dick Drago	P	35	240	10	33	1	5	.977	1.61
Dave Morehead	P	28	121	7	10	2	0	.895	1.26
Bill Butler	P	25	140	3	13	1	1	.941	1.03
Wally Bunker	P	24	121	5	17	3	0	.880	1.63
Moe Drabowsky	P	24	35	2	4	0	0	1.000	1.53
Aurelio Monteagudo	P	21	27	1	2	1	0	.750	1.00
Mike Hedlund	P	9	15	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.60
Don O'Riley	P	9	23	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.17
Roger Nelson	P	4	9	0	3	0	0	1.000	3.00
Jim York	P	4	8	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Paul Splittorff	P	2	8	0	1	0	1	1.000	1.10

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