1970 Kansas City Royals Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 65-97
Finished 4th in the AL's West Division
Attendance: 693,047, Avg. 9,625
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium II
Manager: Charlie Metro (19-33)
Manager: Bob Lemon (46-64)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas

1970 Kansas City Royals Roster
1970 Kansas City Royals Results

The Kansas City Royals of the American League ended the 1970 season with a record of 65 wins and 97 losses, finishing fourth in the AL's West Division.

The Royals scored 611 runs, worst in the league, and yielded 705 runs. Bob Oliver led Kansas City with 27 home runs, and Ed Kirkpatrick walloped 20 or more also. Bob Oliver drove in 99 runs. Lou Piniella paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .301 clip. Jim Rooker topped the squad with 10 wins, while Bob Johnson recorded a 3.07 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Charlie Metro and Bob Lemon coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Jim Rooker	10	15	.400	3.54	38	29	5	6	3	1	203.7	190	99	80	11	102	4	117	1	1	3	879
Ted Abernathy	9	3	.750	2.59	36	0	31	0	0	12	55.7	41	23	16	3	38	0	49	1	0	2	244
Dick Drago	9	15	.375	3.75	35	34	1	7	1	0	240.0	239	110	100	20	72	5	127	7	1	3	1002
Al Fitzmorris	8	5	.615	4.44	43	11	14	2	0	1	117.7	112	60	58	14	52	6	47	0	0	12	503
Bob Johnson	8	13	.381	3.07	40	26	7	10	1	4	214.0	178	82	73	18	82	4	206	11	1	6	894
Tom Burgmeier	6	6	.500	3.16	41	0	17	0	0	1	68.3	59	31	24	6	23	1	43	0	0	2	283
Bill Butler	4	12	.250	3.77	25	25	0	2	1	0	140.7	117	66	59	17	87	1	75	1	0	3	610
Dave Morehead	3	5	.375	3.62	28	17	2	1	0	1	121.7	121	64	49	9	62	3	69	1	0	9	536
Mike Hedlund	2	3	.400	7.20	9	0	3	0	0	0	15.0	18	13	12	6	7	0	5	0	0	1	69
Wally Bunker	2	11	.154	4.22	24	15	4	2	1	0	121.7	109	63	57	16	50	2	59	0	1	5	514
Aurelio Monteagudo	1	1	.500	2.96	21	0	12	0	0	0	27.3	20	11	9	2	9	0	18	1	0	2	111
Jim York	1	1	.500	3.38	4	0	3	0	0	0	8.0	5	3	3	2	2	0	6	0	0	0	31
Moe Drabowsky	1	2	.333	3.28	24	0	14	0	0	2	35.7	28	13	13	3	12	3	38	2	0	1	149
Ken Wright	1	2	.333	5.23	47	0	14	0	0	3	53.3	49	33	31	2	29	0	30	7	1	2	231
Don O'Riley	0	0		5.40	9	2	5	0	0	0	23.3	26	15	14	5	9	0	13	1	0	3	106
Paul Splittorff	0	1	.000	7.27	2	1	0	0	0	0	8.7	16	9	7	1	5	0	10	0	0	0	46
Roger Nelson	0	2	.000	10.00	4	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	18	10	10	3	0	0	3	1	0	2	45
Totals	65	97	.401	3.78	430	162	132	30	7	25	1463.7	1346	705	615	138	641	29	915	34	5	56	6253

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Amos Otis	159	700	620	91	176	36	9	11	58	33	2	68	67	.284	.353	.424	.777	263	8	1	6	5	3
Lou Piniella	144	586	542	54	163	24	5	11	88	3	6	35	42	.301	.342	.424	.767	230	15	2	2	5	6
Bob Oliver	160	662	612	83	159	24	6	27	99	3	3	42	126	.260	.309	.451	.760	276	15	3	2	3	4
Pat Kelly	136	531	452	56	106	16	1	6	38	34	16	76	105	.235	.347	.314	.661	142	6	2	0	1	3
Paul Schaal	124	427	380	50	102	12	3	5	35	7	4	43	39	.268	.343	.355	.698	135	10	1	1	2	1
Cookie Rojas	98	409	384	36	100	13	3	2	28	3	7	20	29	.260	.296	.326	.622	125	8	0	4	1	0
Ed Kirkpatrick	134	481	424	59	97	17	2	18	62	4	4	55	65	.229	.319	.406	.724	172	9	1	1	0	8
Rich Severson	77	260	240	22	60	11	1	1	22	0	0	16	33	.250	.300	.317	.616	76	5	1	3	0	2
Joe Keough	57	210	183	28	59	6	2	4	21	1	1	23	18	.322	.396	.443	.839	81	6	0	3	1	3
Jackie Hernandez	83	262	238	14	55	4	1	2	10	1	3	15	50	.231	.281	.282	.563	67	5	2	6	1	0
Ellie Rodriguez	80	267	231	25	52	8	2	1	15	2	1	27	35	.225	.312	.290	.602	67	11	4	1	4	2
Billy Sorrell	57	145	135	12	36	2	0	4	14	1	0	10	13	.267	.317	.370	.688	50	5	0	0	0	4
Tommy Matchick	55	165	158	11	31	3	2	0	11	0	0	5	23	.196	.226	.241	.466	38	8	1	1	0	2
George Spriggs	51	145	130	12	27	2	3	1	7	4	3	14	32	.208	.283	.292	.575	38	0	0	0	1	0
Luis Alcaraz	35	126	120	10	20	5	1	1	14	0	0	4	13	.167	.192	.250	.442	30	2	0	1	1	0
Bobby Floyd	14	48	43	5	14	4	0	0	9	0	1	4	9	.326	.375	.419	.794	18	0	0	0	1	0
Jim Rooker	41	76	70	12	14	4	0	1	13	0	0	2	35	.200	.230	.300	.530	21	3	1	2	1	0
Mike Fiore	25	85	72	6	13	2	0	0	4	1	1	13	24	.181	.306	.208	.514	15	1	0	0	0	0
Al Fitzmorris	45	34	31	5	9	4	0	0	5	0	0	3	9	.290	.353	.419	.772	13	0	0	0	0	0
Hawk Taylor	57	62	55	3	9	3	0	0	6	0	0	6	16	.164	.258	.218	.476	12	1	1	0	0	2
Jim Campanis	31	59	54	6	7	0	0	2	2	0	0	4	14	.130	.203	.241	.444	13	4	1	0	0	1
Dave Morehead	28	40	36	1	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	15	.167	.189	.194	.384	7	1	0	3	0	0
Bob Johnson	40	71	57	2	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	6	34	.105	.190	.123	.313	7	0	0	8	0	0
Jerry Adair	7	33	27	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	3	.148	.281	.148	.429	4	1	0	1	0	1
Dick Drago	35	87	76	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	44	.053	.077	.053	.130	4	0	0	9	0	0
Ted Abernathy	36	17	14	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	.214	.214	.214	.429	3	0	0	3	0	0
Tom Burgmeier	42	16	14	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.143	.200	.143	.343	2	0	0	1	0	0
Wally Bunker	24	39	31	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	13	.065	.237	.065	.301	2	0	0	1	0	0
Bill Butler	25	49	44	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	31	.045	.125	.045	.170	2	1	0	1	0	0
Paul Splittorff	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Moe Drabowsky	24	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
Buck Martinez	6	11	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.111	.273	.111	.384	1	1	0	0	0	0
Ken Wright	47	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Don O'Riley	9	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0
Mike Hedlund	9	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Aurelio Monteagudo	21	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim York	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Roger Nelson	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2026	6128	5503	611	1341	202	41	97	572	97	53	514	958	.244	.309	.348	.657	1916	126	21	63	27	42

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Bob Oliver	1B	115	110	992.0	1020	65	8	100	.993	9.844	9.435	0	0	0
Mike Fiore	1B	20	18	164.0	131	15	2	11	.986	8.012	7.300	0	0	0
Ed Kirkpatrick	1B	16	16	142.0	139	9	0	13	1.000	9.380	9.250	0	0	0
Joe Keough	1B	18	14	138.0	113	11	3	13	.976	8.087	6.889	0	0	0
Billy Sorrell	1B	3	3	20.0	15	3	0	0	1.000	8.100	6.000	0	0	0
Hawk Taylor	1B	1	1	7.0	5	2	1	1	.875	9.000	7.000	0	0	0
Lou Piniella	1B	1	0	1.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	27.000	3.000	0	0	0
Cookie Rojas	2B	97	95	826.0	217	283	9	69	.982	5.448	5.155	0	0	0
Luis Alcaraz	2B	31	29	272.0	65	68	1	12	.993	4.401	4.290	0	0	0
Rich Severson	2B	25	20	182.0	44	55	3	11	.971	4.896	3.960	0	0	0
Jerry Adair	2B	7	7	72.0	24	20	0	6	1.000	5.500	6.286	0	0	0
Paul Schaal	2B	6	6	57.0	14	19	1	3	.971	5.211	5.500	0	0	0
Tommy Matchick	2B	10	5	55.0	21	21	0	6	1.000	6.873	4.200	0	0	0
Paul Schaal	3B	97	85	783.0	69	159	15	12	.938	2.621	2.351	0	0	0
Bob Oliver	3B	46	46	409.0	57	80	6	11	.958	3.015	2.978	0	0	0
Billy Sorrell	3B	29	26	222.0	17	45	9	3	.873	2.514	2.138	0	0	0
Bobby Floyd	3B	6	5	49.0	6	10	0	0	1.000	2.939	2.667	0	0	0
Tommy Matchick	3B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Ed Kirkpatrick	C	89	80	713.0	463	61	12	12	.978	6.614	5.888	5	43	37	46.3
Ellie Rodriguez	C	75	70	610.0	451	32	6	5	.988	7.126	6.440	7	40	16	28.6
Jim Campanis	C	13	8	97.0	63	7	1	1	.986	6.495	5.385	4	13	5	27.8
Buck Martinez	C	5	3	30.0	20	3	1	0	.958	6.900	4.600	0	2	3	60.0
Hawk Taylor	C	3	1	14.0	7	0	0	0	1.000	4.500	2.333	0	1	0	0.0
Amos Otis	OF	159	158	1414.0	388	15	4	6	.990	2.565	2.535	0	0	0
Lou Piniella	OF	139	138	1221.0	247	6	4	2	.984	1.865	1.820	0	0	0
Pat Kelly	OF	118	109	1015.0	254	8	10	2	.963	2.323	2.220	0	0	0
Joe Keough	OF	34	32	294.0	63	2	1	0	.985	1.990	1.912	0	0	0
George Spriggs	OF	36	32	277.0	57	4	3	0	.953	1.982	1.694	0	0	0
Ed Kirkpatrick	OF	19	13	126.0	24	0	0	0	1.000	1.714	1.263	0	0	0
Billy Sorrell	OF	4	3	35.0	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.286	1.250	0	0	0
Jim Campanis	OF	1	1	8.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.125	1.000	0	0	0
Jim Rooker	OF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Dick Drago	P	35	34	240.0	10	33	1	5	.977	1.612	1.229	0	0	0
Bob Johnson	P	40	26	214.0	13	20	0	0	1.000	1.388	.825	0	0	0
Jim Rooker	P	38	29	204.0	6	32	2	4	.950	1.676	1.000	0	0	0
Bill Butler	P	25	25	141.0	3	13	1	1	.941	1.021	.640	0	0	0
Dave Morehead	P	28	17	122.0	7	10	2	0	.895	1.254	.607	0	0	0
Wally Bunker	P	24	15	122.0	5	17	3	0	.880	1.623	.917	0	0	0
Al Fitzmorris	P	43	11	118.0	12	21	1	1	.971	2.517	.767	0	0	0
Tom Burgmeier	P	41	0	68.0	3	20	2	0	.920	3.044	.561	0	0	0
Ted Abernathy	P	36	0	56.0	3	9	0	0	1.000	1.929	.333	0	0	0
Ken Wright	P	47	0	53.0	1	8	1	0	.900	1.528	.191	0	0	0
Moe Drabowsky	P	24	0	36.0	2	4	0	0	1.000	1.500	.250	0	0	0
Aurelio Monteagudo	P	21	0	27.0	1	2	1	0	.750	1.000	.143	0	0	0
Don O'Riley	P	9	2	23.0	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.174	.333	0	0	0
Mike Hedlund	P	9	0	15.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	.600	.111	0	0	0
Paul Splittorff	P	2	1	9.0	0	1	0	1	1.000	1.000	.500	0	0	0
Roger Nelson	P	4	2	9.0	0	3	0	0	1.000	3.000	.750	0	0	0
Jim York	P	4	0	8.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Jackie Hernandez	SS	77	65	606.0	142	187	17	38	.951	4.886	4.273	0	0	0
Rich Severson	SS	50	46	400.0	83	147	9	34	.962	5.175	4.600	0	0	0
Tommy Matchick	SS	43	37	328.0	64	130	3	32	.985	5.323	4.512	0	0	0
Bobby Floyd	SS	8	8	68.0	18	26	6	5	.880	5.824	5.500	0	0	0
Paul Schaal	SS	10	6	62.0	12	18	3	4	.909	4.355	3.000	0	0	0
Totals		1843	1458	13177.0	4390	1706	152	424	.976	4.164	3.308	16	99	61	38.1

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