1970 Kansas City Royals season
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Owner(s) | Ewing Kauffman |
General manager(s) | Cedric Tallis |
Manager(s) | Charlie Metro and Bob Lemon |
Local television | KMBC-TV |
Local radio | KMBZ (Buddy Blattner, Denny Matthews) |
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The 1970 Kansas City Royals season was their second in Major League Baseball. The Royals finished tied for fourth place with the Milwaukee Brewers in the American League West with a record of 65-97, 33 games behind the division champion Minnesota Twins. Charlie Metro took over as manager when Joe Gordon resigned after the Royals' initial season, but was replaced by Bob Lemon following a 19-33 start. Bob Oliver hit a team-high 27 home runs, becoming the first Royals player to hit 20 or more home runs in a season.
Offseason[]
- December 3, 1969: Joe Foy was traded by the Royals to the New York Mets for Amos Otis and Bob Johnson.[1]
- January 17, 1970: Greg Minton was drafted by the Royals in the third round of the 1970 Major League Baseball draft.[2]
Regular season[]
Season standings[]
AL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Minnesota Twins | 98 | 64 | 0.605 | — | 51–30 | 47–34 |
Oakland Athletics | 89 | 73 | 0.549 | 9 | 49–32 | 40–41 |
California Angels | 86 | 76 | 0.531 | 12 | 43–38 | 43–38 |
Kansas City Royals | 65 | 97 | 0.401 | 33 | 35–44 | 30–53 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 65 | 97 | 0.401 | 33 | 38–42 | 27–55 |
Chicago White Sox | 56 | 106 | 0.346 | 42 | 31–53 | 25–53 |
Record vs. opponents[]
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | WSH | |
Baltimore | — | 13–5 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 14–4 | 11–7 | 12–0 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 11–7 | 7–5 | 12–6 | |
Boston | 5–13 | — | 5–7 | 8–4 | 12–6 | 9–9 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 10–8 | 7–5 | 12–6 | |
California | 5–7 | 7–5 | — | 12–6 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 10–8 | 12–6 | 8–10 | 5–7 | 8–10 | 7–5 | |
Chicago | 3–9 | 4–8 | 6–12 | — | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–11 | 7–11 | 6–12 | 5–7 | 2–16 | 4–8 | |
Cleveland | 4–14 | 6–12 | 6–6 | 6–6 | — | 7–11 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 8–10 | 7–5 | 11–7 | |
Detroit | 7–11 | 9–9 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 11–7 | — | 6–6 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 7–11 | 6–6 | 9–9 | |
Kansas City | 0–12 | 5–7 | 8–10 | 11–7 | 4–8 | 6–6 | — | 12–6 | 5–13 | 1–11 | 7–11 | 6–6 | |
Milwaukee | 5–7 | 7–5 | 6–12 | 11–7 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 6–12 | — | 5–13 | 3–9–1 | 8–10 | 5–7 | |
Minnesota | 7–5 | 5–7 | 10–8 | 12–6 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 13–5 | 13–5 | — | 5–7 | 13–5 | 6–6 | |
New York | 7–11 | 8–10 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 10–8 | 11–7 | 11–1 | 9–3–1 | 7–5 | — | 6–6 | 10–8 | |
Oakland | 5–7 | 5–7 | 10–8 | 16–2 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 11–7 | 10–8 | 5–13 | 6–6 | — | 10–2 | |
Washington | 6–12 | 6–12 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 8–10 | 2–10 | — |
Notable transactions[]
- May 28, 1970: Mike Fiore was traded by the Royals to the Boston Red Sox for Tom Matchick.[3]
Roster[]
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Player stats[]
Batting[]
Starters by position[]
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Ed Kirkpatrick | 134 | 424 | 97 | .229 | 18 | 62 |
1B | Bob Oliver | 160 | 612 | 159 | .260 | 27 | 99 |
2B | Cookie Rojas | 98 | 384 | 100 | .260 | 2 | 28 |
SS | Jackie Hernández | 83 | 238 | 55 | .231 | 2 | 10 |
3B | Paul Schaal | 124 | 380 | 102 | .268 | 5 | 35 |
LF | Lou Piniella | 144 | 542 | 163 | .301 | 11 | 88 |
CF | Amos Otis | 159 | 620 | 176 | .284 | 11 | 58 |
RF | Pat Kelly | 136 | 452 | 106 | .235 | 6 | 38 |
Other batters[]
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Rich Severson | 77 | 240 | 60 | .250 | 1 | 22 |
Ellie Rodríguez | 80 | 231 | 52 | .225 | 1 | 15 |
Joe Keough | 57 | 183 | 59 | .322 | 4 | 21 |
Tommy Matchick | 55 | 158 | 31 | .196 | 0 | 11 |
Billy Sorrell | 57 | 135 | 36 | .267 | 4 | 14 |
George Spriggs | 51 | 130 | 27 | .208 | 1 | 7 |
Luis Alcaraz | 35 | 120 | 20 | .167 | 1 | 14 |
Mike Fiore | 25 | 72 | 13 | .181 | 0 | 4 |
Hawk Taylor | 57 | 55 | 9 | .164 | 0 | 6 |
Jim Campanis | 31 | 54 | 7 | .130 | 2 | 2 |
Bobby Floyd | 14 | 43 | 14 | .326 | 0 | 9 |
Jerry Adair | 7 | 27 | 4 | .148 | 0 | 1 |
Buck Martinez | 6 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching[]
Starting pitchers[]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Dick Drago | 35 | 240 | 9 | 15 | 3.75 | 127 |
Jim Rooker | 38 | 203.2 | 10 | 15 | 3.54 | 117 |
Bill Butler | 25 | 140.2 | 4 | 12 | 3.77 | 75 |
Other pitchers[]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bob Johnson | 40 | 214 | 8 | 13 | 3.07 | 206 |
Wally Bunker | 24 | 121.2 | 2 | 11 | 4.22 | 59 |
Dave Morehead | 28 | 121.2 | 3 | 5 | 3.62 | 69 |
Al Fitzmorris | 43 | 117.2 | 8 | 5 | 4.44 | 47 |
Don O'Riley | 9 | 23.1 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 13 |
Roger Nelson | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 10.00 | 3 |
Paul Splittorff | 2 | 8.2 | 0 | 1 | 7.27 | 10 |
Relief pitchers[]
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Ken Wright | 47 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5.23 | 30 |
Tom Burgmeier | 41 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3.16 | 43 |
Ted Abernathy | 36 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 2.59 | 49 |
Moe Drabowsky | 24 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3.28 | 38 |
Aurelio Monteagudo | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.96 | 18 |
Mike Hedlund | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7.20 | 5 |
Jim York | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.38 | 6 |
Farm system[]
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Omaha Royals | American Association | Jack McKeon |
AA | Elmira Pioneers | Eastern League | Harry Malmberg |
A | San Jose Bees | California League | Buddy Peterson |
A | Waterloo Hawks | Midwest League | Steve Boros |
Rookie | Kingsport Royals | Appalachian League | Owen Friend |
Rookie | Billings Mustangs | Pioneer League | Dave Pavlesic |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Omaha
Elmira affiliation shared with San Diego Padres
Notes[]
References[]
- Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
- 1970 Kansas City Royals team page at Baseball Reference
- 1970 Kansas City Royals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
- Kansas City Royals seasons
- 1970 Major League Baseball season
- 1970 in sports in Missouri
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