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1968 Kansas City Royals
Record: 96-66
Finish: 1st in AL Union Division Division
Runs Scored: 757
Runs Allowed: 623
Exp W-L: 95-67
 
Ballpark: Ag County Fair Grounds
Attendance: 2,297,511
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 80-57, 3rd in the American League
AA: 63-74, 8th in the American League
A: 66-71, 5th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost AL League Series 0-4 to Seattle Mariners
Won Divisional Series 4-3 over Boston (A) Red Sox
 
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
3B  Mike Shannon 28 153 624 85 186 23 5 13 74 1 0 46 105 .298 .344 .413 .757 83.9 16.6 6.5
SS *Wayne Causey 31 151 583 101 188 27 2 18 69 0 1 63 63 .322 .387 .468 .855 99.7 23.4 8.7
CF  Jimmy Wynn 26 149 533 86 126 16 3 23 84 19 7 87 153 .236 .340 .407 .747 77.6 13.5 4.5
SS  Dick Allen 26 147 506 86 131 26 4 36 91 29 10 79 132 .259 .357 .540 .897 97.1 21.7 3.6
LF  Dave Nicholson 28 157 488 66 117 11 1 19 62 1 2 71 155 .240 .335 .383 .718 64.0 10.6 2.9
3B  Adolfo Phillips 26 136 475 61 107 22 7 11 69 2 0 69 118 .225 .325 .371 .695 61.2 10.2 2.8
C *Billy Bryan 29 130 480 59 119 14 1 28 86 2 1 59 124 .248 .328 .456 .785 72.5 13.8 5.6
1B *Mike Epstein 25 112 341 42 81 14 1 8 39 1 0 53 89 .238 .348 .355 .703 46.1 8.1 1.7
RF *Willie Crawford 21 121 335 39 84 16 2 6 40 0 0 33 62 .251 .315 .364 .680 37.0 5.3 2.9
LF  Jackie Brandt 34 127 299 62 108 22 7 16 59 0 0 15 21 .361 .391 .642 1.033 64.4 17.1 1.1
C  Orlando McFarlane 30 41 140 13 30 4 0 4 17 0 0 5 36 .214 .241 .329 .570 9.5 0.1 1.5
CF  Mickey Stanley 25 93 112 13 27 4 0 1 11 6 3 8 4 .241 .292 .304 .595 8.6 0.5 0.4
P *Billy Hoeft 36 48 90 8 18 2 0 0 5 0 1 6 30 .200 .250 .222 .472 4.8 0.0 0.0
P *Dick Lemay 29 47 82 5 12 2 0 0 8 0 0 1 28 .146 .157 .171 .327 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Don Sutton 23 31 81 4 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 23 .136 .146 .148 .294 -0.2 0.0 0.0
3B  Julio Gotay 29 39 61 4 11 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 10 .180 .203 .197 .400 0.9 0.0 0.4
1B *John Mayberry 19 19 59 6 13 3 0 1 6 0 0 5 7 .220 .281 .322 .603 5.6 0.7 0.3
P  Pat Dobson 26 67 44 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 13 .091 .111 .136 .247 -0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Dick Drott 31 55 49 1 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 15 .082 .082 .102 .184 -2.0 0.0 0.0
RF  Johnny Weekly 31 16 37 3 8 3 0 1 3 0 0 7 10 .216 .341 .378 .719 4.5 0.8 0.3
P  Joe Sparma 26 29 27 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 .037 .037 .037 .074 -2.1 0.0 0.0
SS  George Banks 29 32 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 .000 .138 .000 .138 -1.3 0.0 0.1
P  Larry Dierker 21 45 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0 0.0
RF *George Spriggs 27 47 5 10 1 0 0 0 0 13 7 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Red Swanson 31 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Howie Koplitz 30 70 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 27.6 2081 5490 757 1387 214 33 185 731 74 33 615 1230 .253 .327 .405 .732 730.1 142.4 43.3
  Rank among 10 AL teams 5 2 5 8 3 1 2 5 3 3 10 6 3 2 2 2  
* - 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
*Billy Hoeft 36 21 12 .636 48 38 0 290.3 262 88 24 65 206 2.73 26.0
*Dick Lemay 29 18 11 .621 47 37 4 258.7 234 90 31 93 227 3.13 19.2
 Don Sutton 23 18 8 .692 31 31 0 234.3 175 76 21 57 280 2.92 19.9
 Dick Drott 31 7 10 .412 55 22 12 194.0 174 85 23 59 182 3.94 10.0
 Pat Dobson 26 13 10 .565 67 17 13 185.3 203 92 21 53 119 4.47 8.5
 Joe Sparma 26 5 5 .500 29 12 0 97.3 79 42 12 53 91 3.88 4.3
 Howie Koplitz 30 7 4 .636 70 0 4 87.3 84 33 10 28 44 3.40 7.8
 Larry Dierker 21 6 4 .600 45 5 2 81.3 83 34 9 32 50 3.76 4.8
 Red Swanson 31 1 2 .333 19 0 0 25.3 29 9 2 3 7 3.20 1.7
 Joey Jay 32 0 0 .000 6 0 0 6.0 13 10 1 3 5 15.00 0.0
Team Totals 28.5 96 66 .593 417 162 35 1460.0 1336 559 154 446 1211 3.45 102.3
Rank among 10 AL teams 2 2 2 2 6 5 7 3 2 2 2  
* - 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 36.5
B.Bryan 1129.0 125 128 963 51 5 1 .995 30.1
O.McFarlane 322.0 36 39 261 13 2 0 .993 44.4
J.Gotay 9.0 1 1 10 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1460.0 162 168 1234 65 7 1 .995 32.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.19
M.Epstein 789.3 90 97 927 71 6 70 .994 11.38
J.Brandt 475.7 53 60 540 38 13 48 .978 10.94
J.Mayberry 166.0 19 19 191 13 3 19 .986 11.06
D.Allen 17.0 0 10 21 3 0 1 1.000 12.71
W.Crawford 10.0 0 4 11 0 0 0 1.000 9.90
J.Gotay 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1460.0 162 191 1690 125 22 138 .988 11.19
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.51
W.Causey 1310.3 150 150 276 561 16 113 .981 5.75
W.Crawford 109.7 11 16 26 42 2 6 .971 5.58
J.Gotay 38.3 1 10 9 10 2 1 .905 4.46
J.Brandt 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1460.0 162 177 311 613 20 120 .979 5.70
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.70
D.Allen 1163.3 130 132 66 296 26 25 .933 2.80
W.Crawford 243.7 28 29 17 63 9 7 .899 2.95
J.Gotay 39.0 4 5 1 9 0 2 1.000 2.31
M.Stanley 8.0 0 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.50
A.Phillips 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Banks 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1460.0 162 170 86 370 35 34 .929 2.81
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 4.95
M.Shannon 1316.7 151 153 179 519 16 92 .978 4.77
W.Crawford 87.7 8 16 15 32 0 6 1.000 4.83
J.Gotay 41.7 3 10 2 15 2 1 .895 3.67
G.Banks 14.0 0 8 4 5 0 1 1.000 5.79
Team Total 1460.0 162 187 200 571 18 100 .977 4.75
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.68
D.Nicholson 854.0 103 103 127 6 3 0 .978 1.40
A.Phillips 381.7 41 44 72 5 1 3 .987 1.82
W.Crawford 77.0 8 12 12 1 0 0 1.000 1.52
J.Weekly 50.7 6 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.42
M.Stanley 41.0 4 8 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.10
J.Brandt 31.0 0 19 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.74
G.Spriggs 15.7 0 8 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.57
J.Wynn 5.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
D.Allen 4.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1460.0 162 205 232 12 4 3 .984 1.50
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.22
J.Wynn 1284.0 146 147 274 9 4 2 .986 1.98
A.Phillips 56.0 6 6 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
W.Crawford 46.0 4 7 9 1 1 1 .909 1.96
M.Stanley 31.0 4 6 9 1 0 0 1.000 2.90
J.Brandt 27.0 0 13 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.67
J.Weekly 16.0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
Team Total 1460.0 162 181 316 11 5 3 .985 2.02
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.82
A.Phillips 726.3 82 84 93 3 2 0 .980 1.19
D.Nicholson 448.7 51 54 68 2 1 0 .986 1.40
W.Crawford 186.3 21 21 46 0 2 0 .958 2.22
M.Stanley 56.0 6 8 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.96
J.Weekly 21.0 2 3 4 1 0 0 1.000 2.14
J.Brandt 19.7 0 9 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.83
G.Spriggs 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1460.0 162 181 221 6 5 0 .978 1.40
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 2.08
B.Hoeft 290.3 38 48 20 52 1 3 .986 2.23
D.Lemay 258.7 37 47 13 46 5 0 .922 2.05
D.Sutton 234.3 31 31 8 32 5 1 .889 1.54
D.Drott 194.0 22 55 9 30 1 0 .975 1.81
P.Dobson 185.3 17 67 9 29 2 3 .950 1.85
J.Sparma 97.3 12 29 2 25 0 2 1.000 2.50
H.Koplitz 87.3 0 70 10 15 0 1 1.000 2.58
L.Dierker 81.3 5 45 5 12 0 0 1.000 1.88
R.Swanson 25.3 0 19 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.07
J.Jay 6.0 0 6 1 3 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1460.0 162 417 78 246 14 10 .959 2.00
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Causey .322
On-Base Pct Causey .387
Slugging Pct Allen .540
OPS Allen .897
XR Causey 99.7
Games Nicholson 157
At-Bats Shannon 624
Runs Causey 101
Hits Causey 188
Total Bases Allen, Causey 273
Singles Shannon 145
Doubles Causey 27
Triples Brandt, Phillips 7
Homeruns Allen 36
RBIs Allen 91
Stolen Bases Allen 29
Caught Stealing Allen 10
Walks Wynn 87
Strikeouts Nicholson 155
ERA Hoeft 2.73
Wins Hoeft 21
Losses Hoeft 12
Winning Pct Sutton .692
Saves Dobson 13
Games Pitched Koplitz 70
Games Started Hoeft 38
Complete Games Hoeft 10
Shutouts Hoeft 4
Innings Pitched Hoeft 290.3
Hits Allowed Hoeft 262
Homeruns Allowed Lemay 31
Strikeouts Sutton 280
Walks Allowed Lemay 93
Walks per 9IP Hoeft 2.0
Hits per 9IP Sutton 6.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Sutton 10.8
WHiP Sutton 0.99
OAVG Sutton .203
OOBP Sutton .252
OSLG Hoeft .342
OOPS Sutton .609
Team All-Stars
Dick Allen
Billy Bryan
Wayne Causey
Billy Hoeft
Mike Shannon
Don Sutton
Player Salaries
Billy Hoeft $ 24,000,100
Dick Allen $ 5,228,571
Jimmy Wynn $ 4,250,000
Red Swanson $ 4,000,000
Wayne Causey $ 3,500,000
Dick Lemay $ 3,357,143
Dick Drott $ 3,250,000
Dave Nicholson $ 3,178,571
Mike Shannon $ 2,928,571
Jackie Brandt $ 2,200,000
Billy Bryan $ 2,200,000
Julio Gotay $ 1,100,000
Howie Koplitz $ 1,100,000
Ed Rakow $ 1,000,000
Willie Davis $ 750,000
Joey Jay $ 600,000
Barry Shetrone $ 400,000
Johnny Weekly $ 330,000
George Spriggs $ 300,000
George Banks $ 300,000
Don Sutton $ 300,000
Mickey Stanley $ 300,000
Willie Crawford $ 300,000
Pat Dobson $ 300,000
John Mayberry $ 300,000
Mike Epstein $ 300,000
Joe Sparma $ 300,000
Adolfo Phillips $ 300,000
Orlando McFarlane $ 300,000
Larry Dierker $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Bob Locker
Frank Carpin
Milt Pappas
Floyd Robinson
$5,000,000		 San Diego Jack Kubiszyn
2/7 Traded Clay Carroll San Diego Dick Bertell
2/14 Signed     Willie Davis
2/19 Signed     Joey Jay
2/22 Signed     Julio Gotay
3/3 Traded Kevin Collins Tampa Bay Red Swanson
 
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