1970 Kansas City Royals Statistics and Roster

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1970 Kansas City Royals (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1969/1971)
65-97, Finished 4th in AL Western Division
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Scored 611 runs, Allowed 705 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-92
Managed by Charlie Metro and Bob Lemon

Ballpark: Municipal Stadium II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 693,047 (11th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 100
  (one-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 100
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *Ed Kirkpatrick      25  134  424   59   97  17  2  18   62  55   65  .229  .319  .406   4   4   9   1   1   0   8  100
1B  Bob Oliver          27  160  612   83  159  24  6  27   99  42  126  .260  .309  .451   3   3  15   3   2   3   4  109
2B  Cookie Rojas        31   98  384   36  100  13  3   2   28  20   29  .260  .296  .326   3   7   8   0   4   1   0   73
3B  Paul Schaal         27  124  380   50  102  12  3   5   35  43   39  .268  .343  .355   7   4  10   1   1   2   1   94
SS  Jackie Hernandez    29   83  238   14   55   4  1   2   10  15   50  .231  .281  .282   1   3   5   2   6   1   0   57
LF  Lou Piniella        26  144  542   54  163  24  5  11   88  35   42  .301  .342  .424   3   6  15   2   2   5   6  112
CF  Amos Otis           23  159  620   91  176  36  9  11   58  68   67  .284  .353  .424  33   2   8   1   6   5   3  115
RF *Pat Kelly           25  136  452   56  106  16  1   6   38  76  105  .235  .347  .314  34  16   6   2   0   1   3   85
    Rich Severson       25   77  240   22   60  11  1   1   22  16   33  .250  .300  .317   0   0   5   1   3   0   2   71
    Ellie Rodriguez     24   80  231   25   52   8  2   1   15  27   35  .225  .312  .290   2   1  11   4   1   4   2   68
   *Joe Keough          24   57  183   28   59   6  2   4   21  23   18  .322  .396  .443   1   1   6   0   3   1   3  133
   *Tom Matchick        26   55  158   11   31   3  2   0   11   5   23  .196  .226  .241   0   0   8   1   1   0   2   30
   *Bill Sorrell        29   57  135   12   36   2  0   4   14  10   13  .267  .317  .370   1   0   5   0   0   0   4   90
   *George Spriggs      33   51  130   12   27   2  3   1    7  14   32  .208  .283  .292   4   3   0   0   0   1   0   60
    Luis Alcaraz        29   35  120   10   20   5  1   1   14   4   13  .167  .192  .250   0   0   2   0   1   1   0   22
   *Mike Fiore          25   25   72    6   13   2  0   0    4  13   24  .181  .306  .208   1   1   1   0   0   0   0   46
    Hawk Taylor         31   57   55    3    9   3  0   0    6   6   16  .164  .258  .218   0   0   1   1   0   0   2   34
    Jim Campanis        26   31   54    6    7   0  0   2    2   4   14  .130  .203  .241   0   0   1   1   0   0   1   23
    Bobby Floyd         26   14   43    5   14   4  0   0    9   4    9  .326  .375  .419   0   1   0   0   0   1   0  120
    Jerry Adair         33    7   27    0    4   0  0   0    1   5    3  .148  .281  .148   0   1   1   0   1   0   1   23
    Buck Martinez       21    6    9    1    1   0  0   0    0   2    1  .111  .273  .111   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   11

    Dick Drago          25   35   76    2    4   0  0   0    1   2   44  .053  .077  .053   0   0   0   0   9   0   0  -63
    Jim Rooker          27   41   70   12   14   4  0   1   13   2   35  .200  .230  .300   0   0   3   1   2   1   0   46
   *Bob Johnson         27   40   57    2    6   1  0   0    3   6   34  .105  .190  .123   0   0   0   0   8   0   0  -11
   *Bill Butler         23   25   44    0    2   0  0   0    2   4   31  .045  .125  .045   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  -51
    Dave Morehead       27   28   36    1    6   1  0   0    1   1   15  .167  .189  .194   0   0   1   0   3   0   0    7
    Wally Bunker        25   24   31    3    2   0  0   0    1   7   13  .065  .237  .065   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -12
   #Al Fitzmorris       24   45   31    5    9   4  0   0    5   3    9  .290  .353  .419   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  114
    Ted Abernathy       37   36   14    1    3   0  0   0    2   0    5  .214  .214  .214   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   19
   *Tom Burgmeier       26   42   14    1    2   0  0   0    0   1    5  .143  .200  .143   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   -3
    Moe Drabowsky       34   24    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   39
    Mike Hedlund        23    9    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Ken Wright          23   47    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Don O'Riley         25    9    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   2   0   0 -100
    Aurelio Monteagudo  26   21    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Paul Splittorff     23    2    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  179
    Jim York            22    4    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Roger Nelson        26    4    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0       1.000         0   0   0   0   0   0   0     
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.4  162 5503  611 1341 202 41  97  572 514  958  .244  .308  .348  97  53 123  21  63  27  42   89
    Rank among 12 AL teams         5   12    8   7  1  12        8    4     9    11    12   3   4                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Dick Drago          25  35   3.75   9  15  0  34   1   7   1  240.0  239  110  100  20   72  127 1002   3   7  1   5  99
SP *Jim Rooker          27  38   3.54  10  15  1  29   5   6   3  203.7  190   99   80  11  102  117  879   3   1  1   4 105
SP  Bob Johnson         27  40   3.07   8  13  4  26   7  10   1  214.0  178   82   73  18   82  206  894   6  11  1   4 121
SP *Bill Butler         23  25   3.77   4  12  0  25   0   2   1  140.7  117   66   59  17   87   75  610   3   1  0   1  98
SP  Dave Morehead       27  28   3.62   3   5  1  17   2   1   0  121.7  121   64   49   9   62   69  536   9   1  0   3 103
SP  Wally Bunker        25  24   4.22   2  11  0  15   4   2   1  121.7  109   63   57  16   50   59  514   5   0  1   2  88

CL  Ted Abernathy       37  36   2.59   9   3 12   0  31   0   0   55.7   41   23   16   3   38   49  244   2   1  0   0 144
RP  Ken Wright          23  47   5.23   1   2  3   0  14   0   0   53.3   49   33   31   2   29   30  231   2   7  1   0  71
RP *Tom Burgmeier       26  41   3.16   6   6  1   0  17   0   0   68.3   59   31   24   6   23   43  283   2   0  0   1 118
RP  Al Fitzmorris       24  43   4.44   8   5  1  11  14   2   0  117.7  112   60   58  14   52   47  503  12   0  0   6  84
RP  Moe Drabowsky       34  24   3.28   1   2  2   0  14   0   0   35.7   28   13   13   3   12   38  149   1   2  0   3 113

    Aurelio Monteagudo  26  21   2.96   1   1  0   0  12   0   0   27.3   20   11    9   2    9   18  111   2   1  0   0 125
    Don O'Riley         25   9   5.40   0   0  0   2   5   0   0   23.3   26   15   14   5    9   13  106   3   1  0   0  69
    Mike Hedlund        23   9   7.20   2   3  0   0   3   0   0   15.0   18   13   12   6    7    5   69   1   0  0   0  52
    Roger Nelson        26   4  10.00   0   2  0   2   0   0   0    9.0   18   10   10   3    0    3   45   2   1  0   0  37
   *Paul Splittorff     23   2   7.27   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    8.7   16    9    7   1    5   10   46   0   0  0   0  51
    Jim York            22   4   3.38   1   1  0   0   3   0   0    8.0    5    3    3   2    2    6   31   0   0  0   0 110
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.2 162   3.78  65  97 25 162 132  30  11 1463.0 1346  705  614 138  641  915 6253  56  34  5  29  98
    Rank among 12 AL teams          6  10   2 12           8   4      3    6    8        4   11    7

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- EKirkpatric 712 80 89 463 61 12 12 .978 5 28 43 37 ERodriguez 609 70 75 451 32 6 5 .988 7 24 40 16 JCampanis 97 8 13 63 7 1 1 .986 4 3 13 5 BMartinez 30 3 5 20 3 1 0 .958 0 1 2 3 HTaylor 14 1 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1463 162 162 1004 103 20 18 .982 16 56 99 61 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 *9.59 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BOliver 992 110 115 1020 65 8 100 .993 9.84 MFiore 163 18 20 131 15 2 11 .986 8.03 EKirkpatric 142 16 16 139 9 0 13 1.000 9.38 JKeough 137 14 18 113 11 3 13 .976 8.10 BSorrell 20 3 3 15 3 0 0 1.000 8.10 HTaylor 7 1 1 5 2 1 1 .875 9.00 LPiniella 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1463 162 162 1426 105 14 138 .991 9.42 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *5.35 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CRojas 825 95 97 217 283 9 69 .982 5.45 LAlcaraz 271 29 31 65 68 1 12 .993 4.41 RSeverson 182 20 25 44 55 3 11 .971 4.89 JAdair 72 7 7 24 20 0 6 1.000 5.50 PSchaal 57 6 6 14 19 1 3 .971 5.21 TMatchick 55 5 10 21 21 0 6 1.000 6.87 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1463 162 162 385 466 14 107 .984 5.24 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 *3.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PSchaal 782 85 97 69 159 15 12 .938 2.62 BOliver 408 46 46 57 80 6 11 .958 3.02 BSorrell 222 26 29 17 45 9 3 .873 2.51 BFloyd 49 5 6 6 10 0 0 1.000 2.92 TMatchick 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1463 162 162 149 294 30 26 .937 2.73 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 *4.94 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JHernandez 606 65 77 142 187 17 38 .951 4.88 RSeverson 399 46 50 83 147 9 34 .962 5.18 TMatchick 327 37 43 64 130 3 32 .985 5.33 BFloyd 68 8 8 18 26 6 5 .880 5.82 PSchaal 62 6 10 12 18 3 4 .909 4.35 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1463 162 162 319 508 38 113 .956 5.09 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *1.81 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LPiniella 1221 138 139 244 7 4 2 .984 1.85 JKeough 158 17 18 34 2 1 0 .973 2.04 EKirkpatric 56 5 8 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.77 BSorrell 18 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 PKelly 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 JRooker 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1463 162 162 293 9 5 2 .984 1.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 *2.62 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AOtis 1413 158 159 387 16 4 6 .990 2.57 PKelly 22 1 4 10 0 2 0 .833 4.09 EKirkpatric 19 2 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JKeough 9 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1463 162 162 400 16 6 6 .986 2.56 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 *1.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PKelly 984 108 115 250 8 8 2 .970 2.36 GSpriggs 276 32 36 54 4 3 0 .951 1.89 JKeough 126 14 15 27 1 0 1 1.000 2.00 EKirkpatric 51 6 8 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.12 BSorrell 17 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.04 JCampanis 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1463 162 162 346 13 11 3 .970 2.21 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.14 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- AOtis 1413 158 159 388 15 4 6 .990 2.57 LPiniella 1221 138 139 247 6 4 2 .984 1.86 PKelly 1014 109 118 254 8 10 2 .963 2.32 JKeough 293 32 34 63 2 1 0 .985 1.99 GSpriggs 276 32 36 57 4 3 0 .953 1.98 EKirkpatric 126 13 19 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.71 BSorrell 35 3 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.27 JCampanis 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 JRooker 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1463 162 162 1039 35 22 10 .980 2.20 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 *1.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DDrago 240 34 35 10 33 1 5 .977 1.61 BJohnson 214 26 40 13 20 0 0 1.000 1.39 JRooker 203 29 38 6 32 2 4 .950 1.68 BButler 140 25 25 3 13 1 1 .941 1.02 DMorehead 121 17 28 7 10 2 0 .895 1.26 WBunker 121 15 24 5 17 3 0 .880 1.63 AFitzmorris 117 11 43 12 21 1 1 .971 2.52 TBurgmeier 68 0 41 3 20 2 0 .920 3.03 TAbernathy 55 0 36 3 9 0 0 1.000 1.94 KWright 53 0 47 1 8 1 0 .900 1.52 MDrabowsky 35 0 24 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.51 AMonteagudo 27 0 21 1 2 1 0 .750 0.99 DO'Riley 23 2 9 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.16 MHedlund 15 0 9 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.60 RNelson 9 2 4 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00 PSplittorff 8 1 2 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.03 JYork 8 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1463 162 162 68 195 14 12 .949 1.62 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

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Batting Average Piniella .301

On-base % Otis .353

Slugging % Oliver .451

OPS Otis .777

Games Oliver 160

At Bats Otis 620

Plate Appearances (approx.) Otis 700

Runs Otis 91

Hits Otis 176

Total Bases Oliver 276

Doubles Otis 36

Triples Otis 9

Home Runs Oliver 27

RBI Oliver 99

Bases on Balls Kelly 76

Strikeouts Oliver 126

Stolen Bases Kelly 34

Singles Piniella 123

Adjusted OPS+ Otis 115

Runs Created Otis 102

Adjusted Batting Runs Otis 13

Batting Wins Otis 1.4

Extra-Base Hits Oliver 57

Times on Base Otis 245

Offensive Win% Otis .641

Hit By Pitch Rodriguez 4

Sac. Hits Drago 9

Sac. Flies Otis and Piniella 5

Intentional Walks Kirkpatrick 8

Grounded into Double Plays Oliver and Piniella 15

Caught Stealing Kelly 16

Power/Speed Number Otis 16.5

At Bats per Strikeout Piniella 12.9

At Bats per Home Run Oliver 22.7

Outs Oliver 476

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Johnson 3.07

Wins Rooker 10

Won-Loss % Fitzmorris .615

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Johnson 1.215

Hits Allowed/9IP Johnson 7.49

Bases on Balls/9IP Drago 2.70

Strikeouts/9IP Johnson 8.66

Games Wright 47

Saves Abernathy 12

Innings Drago 240.0

Strikeouts Johnson 206

Games Started Drago 34

Comp. Games Johnson 10

Shutouts Rooker 3

Home Runs Allow. Drago 20

Bases On Balls Allow. Rooker 102

Hits Allowed Drago 239

SO to Walk Johnson 2.51

Losses Drago and Rooker 15

Earned Runs Allow. Drago 100

Wild Pitches Fitzmorris 12

Hit Batsmen Johnson 11

Batters Faced Drago 1002

Games Finished Abernathy 31

Adjusted ERA+ Johnson 121

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