1970 Kansas City Royals

65-97 • 0.401 Win% • 4th in AL W

📊 Season Record

65 Wins
97 Losses
0.401 Win %
4th Rank
611 R 705 RA
Diff -94

📁 Franchise Info

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⚡ Quick Stats

611 Runs Scored
705 Runs Allowed
-94 Run Diff
692K Attendance

📈 vs. 1970 AL Average

Batting Avg .243 2% below the 1970 league average (.249)
OBP .308 4% below the 1970 league average (.320)
SLG .296 10% below the 1970 league average (.329)
Team ERA 3.78 2% worse than the 1970 league average (3.72)
Runs Scored 611 10% below the 1970 league average (676 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumMunicipal Stadium II
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Home Games 79
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Total Attendance 692,986
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Avg per Game 8,771

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Joe Keough 0.322 2 Lou Piniella 0.301 3 Amos Otis 0.284 4 Paul Schaal 0.268 5 Billy Sorrell 0.267

Home Runs

1 Bob Oliver 27 2 Ed Kirkpatrick 18 3 Amos Otis 11 4 Lou Piniella 11 5 Pat Kelly 6

RBI

1 Bob Oliver 99 2 Lou Piniella 88 3 Ed Kirkpatrick 62 4 Amos Otis 58 5 Pat Kelly 38
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Amos Otis 159 620 91 176 0 0 11 58 68 67 33 0.284
Bob Oliver 160 612 83 159 0 0 27 99 42 126 3 0.260
Lou Piniella 144 542 54 163 0 0 11 88 35 42 3 0.301
Pat Kelly 136 452 56 106 0 0 6 38 76 105 34 0.235
Ed Kirkpatrick 134 424 59 97 0 0 18 62 55 65 4 0.229
Cookie Rojas 98 384 36 100 0 0 2 28 20 29 3 0.260
Paul Schaal 124 380 50 102 0 0 5 35 43 39 7 0.268
Rich Severson 77 240 22 60 0 0 1 22 16 33 0 0.250
Jackie Hernandez 83 238 14 55 0 0 2 10 15 50 1 0.231
Ellie Rodriguez 80 231 25 52 0 0 1 15 27 35 2 0.225
Joe Keough 57 183 28 59 0 0 4 21 23 18 1 0.322
Tommy Matchick 55 158 11 31 0 0 0 11 5 23 0 0.196
Billy Sorrell 57 135 12 36 0 0 4 14 10 13 1 0.267
George Spriggs 51 130 12 27 0 0 1 7 14 32 4 0.208
Luis Alcaraz 35 120 10 20 0 0 1 14 4 13 0 0.167
Dick Drago 35 76 2 4 0 0 0 1 2 44 0 0.053
Mike Fiore 25 72 6 13 0 0 0 4 13 24 1 0.181
Jim Rooker 41 70 12 14 0 0 1 13 2 35 0 0.200
Bob Johnson 40 57 2 6 0 0 0 3 6 34 0 0.105
Hawk Taylor 57 55 3 9 0 0 0 6 6 16 0 0.164
Jim Campanis 31 54 6 7 0 0 2 2 4 14 0 0.130
Bill Butler 25 44 0 2 0 0 0 2 4 31 0 0.045
Bobby Floyd 14 43 5 14 0 0 0 9 4 9 0 0.326
Dave Morehead 28 36 1 6 0 0 0 1 1 15 0 0.167
Wally Bunker 24 31 3 2 0 0 0 1 7 13 0 0.065
Al Fitzmorris 45 31 5 9 0 0 0 5 3 9 0 0.290
Jerry Adair 7 27 0 4 0 0 0 1 5 3 0 0.148
Ted Abernathy 36 14 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0.214
Tom Burgmeier 42 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.143
Buck Martinez 6 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.111
Moe Drabowsky 24 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.250
Mike Hedlund 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Ken Wright 47 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Don O'Riley 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Aurelio Monteagudo 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Paul Splittorff 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Jim York 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Roger Nelson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Ted Abernathy 2.59 2 Bob Johnson 3.07 3 Tom Burgmeier 3.16 4 Moe Drabowsky 3.28 5 Jim Rooker 3.54

Wins

1 Jim Rooker 10 2 Ted Abernathy 9 3 Dick Drago 9 4 Al Fitzmorris 8 5 Bob Johnson 8

Strikeouts

1 Bob Johnson 206 2 Dick Drago 127 3 Jim Rooker 117 4 Bill Butler 75 5 Dave Morehead 69
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Dick Drago 9 15 3.75 35 34 0 240.0 72 127
Bob Johnson 8 13 3.07 40 26 4 214.0 82 206
Jim Rooker 10 15 3.54 38 29 1 203.2 102 117
Bill Butler 4 12 3.77 25 25 0 140.2 87 75
Wally Bunker 2 11 4.22 24 15 0 121.2 50 59
Dave Morehead 3 5 3.62 28 17 1 121.2 62 69
Al Fitzmorris 8 5 4.44 43 11 1 117.2 52 47
Tom Burgmeier 6 6 3.16 41 0 1 68.1 23 43
Ted Abernathy 9 3 2.59 36 0 12 55.2 38 49
Ken Wright 1 2 5.23 47 0 3 53.1 29 30
Moe Drabowsky 1 2 3.28 24 0 2 35.2 12 38
Aurelio Monteagudo 1 1 2.96 21 0 0 27.1 9 18
Don O'Riley 0 0 5.40 9 2 0 23.1 9 13
Mike Hedlund 2 3 7.20 9 0 0 15.0 7 5
Roger Nelson 0 2 10.00 4 2 0 9.0 0 3
Paul Splittorff 0 1 7.27 2 1 0 8.2 5 10
Jim York 1 1 3.38 4 0 0 8.0 2 6

👥 Roster (38)

Ted Abernathy Jerry Adair Luis Alcaraz Wally Bunker Tom Burgmeier Bill Butler Jim Campanis Moe Drabowsky Dick Drago Mike Fiore Al Fitzmorris Bobby Floyd +26 more

38 players

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