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1970 American League West
Team Record GB
Minnesota Twins 98 - 64
Oakland Athletics 89 - 73 9.0
California Angels 86 - 76 12.0
Kansas City Royals 65 - 97 33.0
Milwaukee Brewers 65 - 97 33.0
Chicago White Sox 56 - 106 42.0

4th (AL West)
Runs Scored: 611
Runs Allowed: 705
Attendance: 693,047

1970 Kansas City Royals Batting (Starters)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Ed Kirkpatrick C 25 134 424 59 97 17 2 18 62 55 8 65 4 4 1 1 9 .229 .319 .406 .725
Bob Oliver 1B 27 160 612 83 159 24 6 27 99 42 4 126 3 3 2 3 15 .260 .309 .451 .760
Cookie Rojas 2B 31 98 384 36 100 13 3 2 28 20 0 29 3 7 4 0 8 .260 .296 .326 .622
Paul Schaal 3B 27 124 380 50 102 12 3 5 35 43 1 39 7 4 1 1 10 .268 .343 .355 .698
Jackie Hernandez SS 29 83 238 14 55 4 1 2 10 15 0 50 1 3 6 2 5 .231 .281 .282 .563
Lou Piniella LF 26 144 542 54 163 24 5 11 88 35 6 42 3 6 2 2 15 .301 .342 .424 .766
Amos Otis CF 23 159 620 91 176 36 9 11 58 68 3 67 33 2 6 1 8 .284 .353 .424 .777
Pat Kelly RF 25 136 452 56 106 16 1 6 38 76 3 105 34 16 0 2 6 .235 .347 .314 .661

1970 Kansas City Royals Batting (Bench)
Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Ellie Rodriguez 24 80 231 25 52 8 2 1 15 27 2 35 2 1 1 4 11 .225 .312 .290 .602
Rich Severson 25 77 240 22 60 11 1 1 22 16 2 33 0 0 3 1 5 .250 .300 .317 .617
Joe Keough 24 57 183 28 59 6 2 4 21 23 3 18 1 1 3 0 6 .322 .396 .443 .839
Bill Sorrell 29 57 135 12 36 2 0 4 14 10 4 13 1 0 0 0 5 .267 .317 .370 .687
Hawk Taylor 31 57 55 3 9 3 0 0 6 6 2 16 0 0 0 1 1 .164 .258 .218 .476
Tom Matchick 26 55 158 11 31 3 2 0 11 5 2 23 0 0 1 1 8 .196 .226 .241 .467
George Spriggs 33 51 130 12 27 2 3 1 7 14 0 32 4 3 0 0 0 .208 .283 .292 .575
Luis Alcaraz 29 35 120 10 20 5 1 1 14 4 0 13 0 0 1 0 2 .167 .192 .250 .442
Jim Campanis 26 31 54 6 7 0 0 2 2 4 1 14 0 0 0 1 1 .130 .203 .241 .444
Mike Fiore 25 25 72 6 13 2 0 0 4 13 0 24 1 1 0 0 1 .181 .306 .208 .514
Bobby Floyd 26 14 43 5 14 4 0 0 9 4 0 9 0 1 0 0 0 .326 .375 .419 .794
Jerry Adair 33 7 27 0 4 0 0 0 1 5 1 3 0 1 1 0 1 .148 .281 .148 .429
Buck Martinez 21 6 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .111 .273 .111 .384

1970 Kansas City Royals Batting (Pitchers)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Dick Drago P 25 35 76 2 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 44 0 0 9 0 0 .053 .077 .053 .130
Jim Rooker P 27 41 70 12 14 4 0 1 13 2 0 35 0 0 2 1 3 .200 .230 .300 .530
Bob Johnson P 27 40 57 2 6 1 0 0 3 6 0 34 0 0 8 0 0 .105 .190 .123 .313
Bill Butler P 23 25 44 0 2 0 0 0 2 4 0 31 0 0 1 0 1 .045 .125 .045 .170
Wally Bunker P 25 24 31 3 2 0 0 0 1 7 0 13 0 0 1 0 0 .065 .237 .065 .302
Dave Morehead P 27 28 36 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 0 0 3 0 1 .167 .189 .194 .383
Al Fitzmorris P 24 45 31 5 9 4 0 0 5 3 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 .290 .353 .419 .772
Tom Burgmeier P 26 42 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 .143 .200 .143 .343
Ted Abernathy P 37 36 14 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 .214 .214 .214 .428
Moe Drabowsky P 34 24 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Mike Hedlund P 23 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Ken Wright P 23 47 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Don O'Riley P 25 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Aurelio Monteagudo P 26 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Paul Splittorff P 23 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Jim York P 22 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Roger Nelson P 26 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000

1970 Kansas City Royals Pitching (Starters)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Dick Drago 25 35 34 9 15 .375 3.75 240.0 110 100 239 20 72 127 .259 7 3 7 1 0 4.01
Jim Rooker 27 38 29 10 15 .400 3.54 203.2 99 80 190 11 102 117 .245 1 3 6 3 1 4.07
Bob Johnson 27 40 26 8 13 .381 3.07 214.0 82 73 178 18 82 206 .222 11 6 10 1 4 3.47
Bill Butler 23 25 25 4 12 .250 3.77 140.2 66 59 117 17 87 75 .224 1 3 2 1 0 5.38
Dave Morehead 27 28 17 3 5 .375 3.62 121.2 64 49 121 9 62 69 .256 1 9 1 0 1 4.38
Wally Bunker 25 24 15 2 11 .154 4.22 121.2 63 57 109 16 50 59 .235 0 5 2 1 0 4.97

1970 Kansas City Royals Pitching (Bullpen)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Ken Wright 23 47 0 1 2 .333 5.23 53.1 33 31 49 2 29 30 .251 7 2 0 0 3 4.39
Al Fitzmorris 24 43 11 8 5 .615 4.44 117.2 60 58 112 14 52 47 .248 0 12 2 0 1 5.07
Tom Burgmeier 26 41 0 6 6 .500 3.16 68.1 31 24 59 6 23 43 .227 0 2 0 0 1 3.89
Ted Abernathy 37 36 0 9 3 .750 2.59 55.2 23 16 41 3 38 49 .200 1 2 0 0 12 4.04
Moe Drabowsky 34 24 0 1 2 .333 3.28 35.2 13 13 28 3 12 38 .207 2 1 0 0 2 3.14
Aurelio Monteagudo 26 21 0 1 1 .500 2.96 27.1 11 9 20 2 9 18 .198 1 2 0 0 0 3.73
Mike Hedlund 23 9 0 2 3 .400 7.20 15.0 13 12 18 6 7 5 .290 0 1 0 0 0 8.93
Don O'Riley 25 9 2 0 0 .000 5.40 23.1 15 14 26 5 9 13 .271 1 3 0 0 0 5.96
Roger Nelson 26 4 2 0 2 .000 10.00 9.0 10 10 18 3 0 3 .409 1 2 0 0 0 7.00
Jim York 22 4 0 1 1 .500 3.38 8.0 3 3 5 2 2 6 .172 0 0 0 0 0 5.50
Paul Splittorff 23 2 1 0 1 .000 7.27 8.2 9 7 16 1 5 10 .390 0 0 0 0 0 3.92