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1970 Kansas City Royals
Record: 102-60
Finish: 2nd in AL Union Division Division
Runs Scored: 975
Runs Allowed: 703
Exp W-L: 105-57
 
Ballpark: Ag County Fair Grounds
Attendance: 2,427,837
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 63-74, 7th in the American League
AA: 57-80, 9th in the American League
A: 76-61, 2nd in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost AL League Series 1-4 to Oakland Athletics
Won Divisional Series 4-2 over Seattle Mariners
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
SS  Dick Allen 28 152 581 123 161 32 6 39 123 26 7 84 158 .277 .369 .554 .923 114.8 27.2 6.1
RF  Tony Conigliaro 25 151 607 108 179 38 4 38 130 0 0 49 123 .295 .348 .558 .907 110.6 25.8 2.6
1B *Joe Pepitone 29 153 584 90 173 17 6 21 88 0 1 42 53 .296 .341 .454 .794 86.7 18.0 2.4
CF  Jimmy Wynn 28 153 519 74 127 28 3 15 81 19 7 105 147 .245 .369 .397 .766 82.5 16.2 3.7
3B  Adolfo Phillips 28 136 464 68 111 21 6 15 75 0 0 65 126 .239 .333 .407 .740 65.8 11.4 3.6
SS *Wayne Causey 33 125 475 86 136 28 1 12 49 0 0 59 37 .286 .366 .425 .791 72.4 15.7 3.5
C *Billy Bryan 31 139 486 86 125 19 1 33 104 1 1 45 129 .257 .318 .504 .822 78.5 15.7 6.0
1B *Rusty Staub 26 122 435 80 116 21 2 15 68 0 0 46 15 .267 .337 .428 .765 59.7 11.5 1.2
1B *Mike Epstein 27 118 395 84 115 18 1 26 90 0 0 69 81 .291 .401 .539 .941 82.9 20.4 0.1
LF  Jackie Brandt 36 84 275 45 86 15 7 7 39 0 0 15 16 .313 .346 .495 .840 42.6 9.4 0.0
LF  Dave Nicholson 30 72 199 29 48 11 0 10 29 0 1 34 59 .241 .352 .447 .799 31.1 6.4 1.0
RF *Willie Crawford 23 80 204 35 59 13 1 6 40 0 0 20 25 .289 .348 .451 .799 31.5 6.4 1.3
LF  Ike Brown 28 59 194 25 41 9 1 3 12 1 0 28 56 .211 .311 .314 .625 19.2 2.0 2.0
CF  Mickey Stanley 27 48 103 13 19 4 1 1 10 4 3 2 11 .184 .200 .272 .472 4.8 0.0 1.0
C  Don Pavletich 31 31 97 5 19 3 0 2 8 0 0 6 20 .196 .257 .289 .546 6.6 0.0 1.3
RF *George Spriggs 29 52 16 21 4 1 0 0 0 24 7 2 6 .250 .333 .313 .646 3.9 0.4 0.0
CF *Barry Shetrone 31 4 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 .500 .667 2.000 2.667 2.1 0.6 0.0
  Team Totals 28.8 1679 5636 975 1520 278 40 244 948 77 27 672 1062 .270 .347 .463 .810 895.4 187.0 35.6
  Rank among 10 AL teams 3 1 3 1 3 1 1 7 4 3 8 2 3 1 1 1  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Don Sutton 25 21 8 .724 35 35 0 259.0 182 100 28 100 286 3.47 17.4
 Pat Dobson 28 15 11 .577 34 34 0 248.3 263 121 21 70 171 4.39 9.6
 Dick Drott 33 19 8 .704 33 33 0 233.7 212 93 27 87 213 3.58 14.8
*Pete Richert 30 18 3 .857 34 34 0 222.0 203 78 12 67 148 3.16 17.2
 Larry Dierker 23 10 9 .526 68 0 14 122.0 108 43 10 38 72 3.17 12.2
 Don Nottebart 34 4 6 .400 13 13 0 90.0 82 37 4 32 47 3.70 4.5
 Howie Koplitz 32 5 7 .417 56 0 7 88.7 96 48 8 55 40 4.87 2.8
 Joe Sparma 28 5 6 .455 13 13 0 86.0 92 64 19 40 78 6.70 0.0
 Steve Renko 25 3 1 .750 36 0 4 51.3 71 28 6 21 32 4.91 1.7
 Gary Wagner 30 2 1 .667 34 0 1 50.7 44 17 4 28 27 3.02 3.1
Team Totals 28.8 102 60 .630 356 162 26 1451.6 1353 629 139 538 1114 3.90 83.3
Rank among 10 AL teams 3 3 4 3 6 4 6 6 4 1 6  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 31.4
B.Bryan 1203.7 135 138 955 39 8 1 .992 26.5
D.Pavletich 248.0 27 29 194 10 0 0 1.000 47.1
Team Total 1451.7 162 167 1149 49 8 1 .993 29.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.18
R.Staub 897.0 105 112 977 70 11 85 .990 10.51
J.Pepitone 442.3 52 52 473 40 3 47 .994 10.44
J.Brandt 34.0 0 14 31 3 1 1 .971 9.00
W.Crawford 34.0 2 9 40 2 0 4 1.000 11.12
M.Epstein 33.3 3 9 41 8 0 4 1.000 13.23
W.Causey 6.0 0 2 5 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
I.Brown 5.0 0 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1451.7 162 200 1572 124 15 141 .991 10.51
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.59
W.Causey 942.3 108 115 175 339 8 65 .985 4.91
I.Brown 444.0 50 53 86 200 8 45 .973 5.80
W.Crawford 63.3 4 19 9 21 1 2 .968 4.26
M.Stanley 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.7 162 189 270 560 17 112 .980 5.15
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.73
A.Phillips 1184.3 133 134 68 255 18 24 .947 2.45
M.Stanley 141.0 16 17 8 33 1 2 .976 2.62
W.Crawford 107.3 12 12 8 19 3 1 .900 2.26
J.Pepitone 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Causey 6.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Allen 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1451.7 162 166 85 307 22 27 .947 2.43
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.94
D.Allen 1313.0 146 149 186 484 20 85 .971 4.59
W.Causey 63.0 8 8 14 24 1 4 .974 5.43
W.Crawford 62.0 7 8 7 26 1 2 .971 4.79
M.Stanley 13.7 1 3 2 7 1 2 .900 5.93
Team Total 1451.7 162 168 209 541 23 93 .970 4.65
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.77
J.Pepitone 881.0 99 102 171 6 1 2 .994 1.81
D.Nicholson 479.3 56 62 92 4 2 2 .980 1.80
W.Crawford 71.3 7 11 17 0 1 0 .944 2.14
G.Spriggs 12.0 0 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75
J.Brandt 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Wynn 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Allen 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
A.Phillips 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Mayberry 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.7 162 188 282 10 4 4 .986 1.81
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.46
J.Wynn 1289.3 150 151 346 8 7 1 .981 2.47
W.Crawford 70.0 6 11 19 1 0 1 1.000 2.57
M.Stanley 63.0 6 10 24 2 0 1 1.000 3.71
J.Brandt 15.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20
J.Pepitone 7.3 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.46
A.Phillips 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Shetrone 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.7 162 184 394 11 7 3 .983 2.51
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.02
T.Conigliaro 1302.3 151 151 266 4 6 1 .978 1.87
W.Crawford 85.0 9 11 19 0 2 0 .905 2.01
G.Spriggs 26.0 0 11 3 0 1 0 .750 1.04
M.Stanley 22.0 2 5 5 0 1 0 .833 2.05
R.Staub 6.3 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.42
J.Wynn 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Nicholson 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
M.Epstein 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Brandt 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.7 162 186 295 4 10 1 .968 1.85
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 1.91
D.Sutton 259.0 35 35 13 39 3 0 .945 1.81
P.Dobson 248.3 34 34 11 39 3 1 .943 1.81
D.Drott 233.7 33 33 17 42 0 5 1.000 2.27
P.Richert 222.0 34 34 20 28 2 0 .960 1.95
L.Dierker 122.0 0 68 11 16 2 0 .931 1.99
D.Nottebart 90.0 13 13 6 14 0 1 1.000 2.00
H.Koplitz 88.7 0 56 4 16 0 0 1.000 2.03
J.Sparma 86.0 13 13 5 12 1 1 .944 1.78
S.Renko 51.3 0 36 4 11 1 1 .938 2.63
G.Wagner 50.7 0 34 4 6 0 2 1.000 1.78
Team Total 1451.6 162 356 95 223 12 11 .964 1.97
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Pepitone .296
On-Base Pct Epstein .377
Slugging Pct Conigliaro .558
OPS Allen .923
XR Allen 114.8
Games Wynn, Pepitone 153
At-Bats Conigliaro 607
Runs Allen 123
Hits Conigliaro 179
Total Bases Conigliaro 339
Singles Pepitone 129
Doubles Conigliaro 38
Triples Brandt 7
Homeruns Allen 39
RBIs Conigliaro 130
Stolen Bases Allen 26
Caught Stealing Allen, Spriggs, Wynn 7
Walks Wynn 105
Strikeouts Allen 158
ERA Richert 3.16
Wins Sutton 21
Losses Dobson 11
Winning Pct Richert .857
Saves Dierker 14
Games Pitched Dierker 68
Games Started Sutton 35
Complete Games Sutton 7
Shutouts Dobson 2
Innings Pitched Sutton 259.0
Hits Allowed Dobson 263
Homeruns Allowed Sutton 28
Strikeouts Sutton 286
Walks Allowed Sutton 100
Walks per 9IP Dobson 2.5
Hits per 9IP Sutton 6.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Sutton 9.9
WHiP Sutton 1.09
OAVG Sutton .193
OOBP Sutton .273
OSLG Sutton .326
OOPS Sutton .599
Team All-Stars
Dick Allen
Billy Bryan
Tony Conigliaro
Pat Dobson
Joe Pepitone
Player Salaries
Dick Allen $ 8,250,000
Joe Pepitone $ 4,850,000
Wayne Causey $ 4,850,000
Jackie Brandt $ 4,750,000
Rusty Staub $ 4,500,000
Tony Conigliaro $ 4,400,000
Don Nottebart $ 4,360,000
Billy Bryan $ 4,250,000
Jimmy Wynn $ 4,250,000
Don Sutton $ 4,235,714
Pete Richert $ 4,200,000
Mike Epstein $ 3,328,571
Dick Drott $ 3,250,000
Adolfo Phillips $ 2,785,714
Dave Nicholson $ 2,500,000
Willie Crawford $ 2,172,857
Don Pavletich $ 1,777,777
Larry Dierker $ 1,250,000
Phil Regan $ 1,100,000
Howie Koplitz $ 1,100,000
Barry Shetrone $ 400,000
George Spriggs $ 350,000
Jerry Cram $ 300,000
Ike Brown $ 300,000
Pat Dobson $ 300,000
Alan Foster $ 300,000
Paul Foytack $ 300,000
John Mayberry $ 300,000
Steve Renko $ 300,000
Mickey Stanley $ 300,000
Gary Wagner $ 300,000
Johnny Weekly $ 300,000
Greg Luzinski $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/7 Traded Billy Hoeft San Diego Tom Brown
2/15 Signed     Phil Regan
2/22 Signed     Paul Foytack
3/2 Signed     Jackie Brandt
3/3 Traded Gary Kroll
Johnny Goryl
Dick Lemay
Jim Roland		 San Diego Tony Conigliaro
Chuck Hinton
Seth Morehead
3/3 Traded Seth Morehead
Chuck Hinton
Gary Gentry		 Boston (N) Al Kaline
7/1 Traded Joe Sparma San Diego Don Nottebart
 
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