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1969 Kansas City Royals
Record: 110-52
Finish: 1st in AL Union Division Division
Runs Scored: 966
Runs Allowed: 650
Exp W-L: 109-53
 
Ballpark: Ag County Fair Grounds
Attendance: 2,402,885
Manager: Ricky Sanford

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 75-62, 3rd in the American League
AA: 61-76, 8th in the American League
A: 59-78, 8th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 2-4 to Toronto Blue Jays
 
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 27 154 618 117 168 38 9 35 123 41 9 84 178 .272 .357 .532 .889 113.6 25.9 5.9
CF  Jimmy Wynn 27 155 562 102 158 30 1 20 92 28 5 109 158 .281 .398 .445 .842 105.5 24.4 4.7
SS *Wayne Causey 32 155 583 97 184 22 3 13 73 1 0 62 57 .316 .377 .431 .808 94.7 21.5 5.4
3B  Adolfo Phillips 27 154 514 82 136 34 5 13 67 1 1 93 120 .265 .374 .426 .800 85.6 18.7 3.9
C *Billy Bryan 30 144 537 89 120 21 1 28 111 1 1 58 140 .223 .302 .423 .725 70.1 11.8 3.8
1B *Mike Epstein 26 131 392 73 109 18 2 22 70 2 0 66 92 .278 .388 .503 .890 75.4 18.0 0.3
LF  Ike Brown 27 110 335 60 77 12 1 10 41 0 1 55 89 .230 .338 .361 .699 44.3 7.2 4.8
RF *Willie Crawford 22 122 355 55 105 21 0 5 46 1 0 30 50 .296 .348 .397 .745 47.2 9.4 3.5
LF  Jackie Brandt 35 103 313 61 110 25 4 14 67 0 1 15 15 .351 .386 .591 .977 62.6 16.8 1.0
LF *Leon Wagner 35 82 290 35 72 3 3 9 45 1 2 20 54 .248 .307 .372 .679 33.8 5.1 0.4
3B  Mike Shannon 29 52 215 33 65 10 2 4 24 1 1 15 30 .302 .343 .423 .767 29.7 5.9 2.9
1B *Joe Pepitone 28 52 188 30 59 7 1 6 29 6 5 19 14 .314 .376 .457 .834 31.3 7.1 1.3
RF  Rocky Colavito 35 49 141 13 33 6 0 3 33 0 0 17 41 .234 .314 .340 .655 14.9 1.7 1.1
1B *John Mayberry 20 34 104 15 22 3 0 6 15 0 0 19 17 .212 .328 .413 .741 16.0 2.7 0.7
1B *Rusty Staub 25 41 110 19 36 7 0 6 33 1 0 15 2 .327 .406 .555 .961 23.8 6.2 0.1
C  Don Pavletich 30 36 112 19 29 9 0 8 29 0 0 8 18 .259 .306 .554 .859 18.1 3.6 0.7
LF  Dave Nicholson 29 33 87 20 22 3 0 6 16 1 1 16 29 .253 .371 .494 .866 16.0 3.5 0.6
RF  Johnny Weekly 32 33 73 7 11 7 0 1 8 0 0 18 11 .151 .319 .288 .606 7.7 0.8 0.2
RF *George Spriggs 28 72 39 31 8 0 1 1 5 30 13 9 8 .205 .354 .333 .688 6.9 0.7 0.2
LF  Mike Hershberger 29 9 24 6 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 .292 .414 .292 .705 3.3 0.8 0.2
2B  Johnny Goryl 35 15 24 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 5 .208 .296 .208 .505 1.4 0.0 0.4
P *Pete Richert 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.0 1737 5617 966 1536 276 33 210 933 115 40 736 1128 .273 .358 .447 .804 901.9 191.9 42.0
  Rank among 10 AL teams 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 4 4 1 9 1 1 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 24 19 6 .760 34 34 0 269.0 202 106 39 84 309 3.55 17.7
*Billy Hoeft 37 17 9 .654 31 31 0 230.3 217 85 25 37 174 3.32 16.2
*Pete Richert 29 16 8 .667 34 34 0 223.0 199 78 17 56 176 3.15 16.5
 Pat Dobson 27 17 3 .850 31 31 0 212.3 192 78 12 58 152 3.31 14.5
*Dick Lemay 30 13 7 .650 28 28 0 182.0 182 106 32 75 160 5.24 4.0
 Howie Koplitz 31 8 11 .421 54 0 9 122.3 118 54 7 48 58 3.97 7.5
 Dick Drott 32 12 4 .750 65 0 15 79.7 61 28 9 40 68 3.16 10.4
 Gary Wagner 29 2 1 .667 40 0 5 79.0 67 22 6 32 47 2.51 7.2
 Jerry Cram 21 4 3 .571 23 2 2 40.7 63 29 3 10 10 6.42 0.0
 Marcel Lachemann 28 0 0 .000 8 0 0 13.3 7 1 0 4 6 0.68 1.6
 Larry Dierker 22 2 0 1.000 2 2 0 12.7 11 8 2 6 6 5.69 0.5
Team Totals 28.2 110 52 .679 350 162 31 1464.3 1319 595 152 450 1166 3.66 96.1
Rank among 10 AL teams 1 1 3 1 4 5 8 3 1 2 3  
* - 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 .992 36.3
B.Bryan 1226.3 136 141 1007 49 10 0 .991 33.3
D.Pavletich 235.0 26 28 182 11 1 0 .995 36.4
P.Richert 3.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 100.0
Team Total 1464.3 162 170 1190 61 11 0 .991 34.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.94
M.Epstein 646.3 74 86 757 42 6 62 .993 11.13
J.Brandt 308.7 31 46 333 14 8 31 .977 10.12
R.Staub 249.5 37 37 301 20 1 28 .997 11.58
J.Pepitone 67.4 9 9 75 6 1 6 .988 10.82
L.Wagner 23.3 2 3 25 2 0 2 1.000 10.43
I.Brown 15.0 0 7 17 2 0 2 1.000 11.40
D.Allen 8.0 0 3 5 1 0 1 1.000 6.75
W.Causey 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
W.Crawford 2.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
D.Pavletich 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
M.Shannon 0.7 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 12.86
J.Goryl 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1325.1 153 197 1517 87 16 132 .990 10.89
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.64
W.Causey 762.7 87 90 164 310 11 71 .977 5.59
I.Brown 661.7 74 84 156 270 9 57 .979 5.79
J.Goryl 26.7 6 7 5 11 1 2 .941 5.39
W.Crawford 21.0 0 9 6 6 0 1 1.000 5.14
A.Phillips 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Hershberger 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1473.1 167 191 331 597 21 131 .978 5.67
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .947 2.58
D.Allen 885.0 97 98 55 211 15 14 .947 2.71
A.Phillips 453.3 52 52 29 111 7 10 .952 2.78
I.Brown 95.0 11 11 5 19 3 0 .889 2.27
W.Causey 3.0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.Goryl 1.8 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Shannon 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1438.5 160 163 89 344 25 24 .945 2.71
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 4.85
D.Allen 465.3 52 52 50 174 8 38 .966 4.33
M.Shannon 464.9 50 51 59 185 8 34 .968 4.72
W.Crawford 321.0 35 39 39 127 3 23 .982 4.65
W.Causey 146.7 17 17 13 46 2 9 .967 3.62
I.Brown 44.0 5 5 5 19 1 5 .960 4.91
J.Goryl 30.3 7 7 5 14 1 3 .950 5.64
M.Epstein 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Pavletich 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1476.2 166 173 171 566 23 112 .970 4.49
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.78
R.Colavito 313.7 37 42 67 5 1 1 .986 2.07
W.Crawford 288.3 31 33 50 1 1 0 .981 1.59
J.Mayberry 280.0 34 34 55 0 1 0 .982 1.77
D.Nicholson 206.4 30 31 40 1 1 0 .976 1.79
L.Wagner 185.2 21 26 35 0 4 0 .897 1.70
J.Pepitone 84.0 10 14 12 1 0 0 1.000 1.39
G.Spriggs 37.0 0 12 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.70
J.Brandt 25.0 2 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.52
M.Hershberger 16.5 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
A.Phillips 5.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Weekly 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Pavletich 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Wynn 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
I.Brown 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1451.1 166 207 278 8 8 1 .973 1.77
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.43
J.Wynn 1271.3 147 148 308 13 6 3 .982 2.27
J.Pepitone 270.9 32 33 70 2 1 1 .986 2.39
J.Brandt 71.3 6 13 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.14
J.Weekly 41.0 2 9 8 2 0 1 1.000 2.20
W.Crawford 20.7 0 7 10 0 1 0 .909 4.36
G.Spriggs 20.0 2 3 7 0 1 0 .875 3.15
M.Hershberger 16.5 1 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.18
Team Total 1711.7 190 215 416 17 9 5 .980 2.28
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.93
A.Phillips 853.0 100 100 152 3 2 2 .987 1.64
W.Crawford 267.3 30 33 47 2 1 1 .980 1.65
J.Brandt 243.0 27 33 51 2 2 0 .964 1.96
J.Wynn 25.0 2 6 2 0 1 0 .667 0.72
J.Weekly 22.0 2 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.05
G.Spriggs 16.0 1 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
M.Hershberger 15.9 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.26
R.Colavito 13.0 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
L.Wagner 4.5 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
M.Epstein 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Nicholson 3.9 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.31
M.Shannon 1.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Staub 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1469.8 163 196 269 7 6 3 .979 1.69
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 1.93
D.Sutton 269.0 34 34 10 30 2 3 .952 1.34
B.Hoeft 230.3 31 31 10 42 1 1 .981 2.03
P.Richert 223.0 34 34 9 23 1 1 .970 1.29
P.Dobson 212.3 31 31 16 36 1 0 .981 2.20
D.Lemay 182.0 28 28 8 31 2 1 .951 1.93
H.Koplitz 122.3 0 54 5 15 0 2 1.000 1.47
D.Drott 79.7 0 65 7 14 0 0 1.000 2.37
G.Wagner 79.0 0 40 6 18 1 2 .960 2.73
J.Cram 40.7 2 23 3 8 0 0 1.000 2.43
M.Lachemann 13.3 0 8 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.03
L.Dierker 12.7 2 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.13
Team Total 1464.3 162 350 75 222 8 10 .974 1.83
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Causey .316
On-Base Pct Wynn .398
Slugging Pct Allen .532
OPS Allen .889
XR Allen 113.6
Games Wynn, Causey 155
At-Bats Allen 618
Runs Allen 117
Hits Causey 184
Total Bases Allen 329
Singles Causey 146
Doubles Allen 38
Triples Allen 9
Homeruns Allen 35
RBIs Allen 123
Stolen Bases Allen 41
Caught Stealing Spriggs 13
Walks Wynn 109
Strikeouts Allen 178
ERA Richert 3.15
Wins Sutton 19
Losses Koplitz 11
Winning Pct Dobson .850
Saves Drott 15
Games Pitched Drott 65
Games Started Richert, Sutton 34
Complete Games Hoeft 10
Shutouts Dobson, Hoeft, Sutton 1
Innings Pitched Sutton 269.0
Hits Allowed Hoeft 217
Homeruns Allowed Sutton 39
Strikeouts Sutton 309
Walks Allowed Sutton 84
Walks per 9IP Hoeft 1.4
Hits per 9IP Sutton 6.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Sutton 10.3
WHiP Sutton 1.06
OAVG Sutton .206
OOBP Sutton .267
OSLG Richert .347
OOPS Richert .631
Team All-Stars
Dick Allen
Billy Bryan
Wayne Causey
Dick Drott
Billy Hoeft
Jimmy Wynn
Player Salaries
Dick Allen $ 8,250,000
Billy Hoeft $ 6,000,000
Dick Lemay $ 4,250,000
Jimmy Wynn $ 4,250,000
Pete Richert $ 4,200,000
Wayne Causey $ 3,500,000
Dick Drott $ 3,250,000
Joe Pepitone $ 3,135,714
Billy Bryan $ 2,750,000
Dave Nicholson $ 2,500,000
Johnny Goryl $ 2,350,000
Rusty Staub $ 2,307,143
Jackie Brandt $ 2,200,000
Don Pavletich $ 1,777,777
Mike Hershberger $ 1,378,571
Larry Dierker $ 1,250,000
Howie Koplitz $ 1,100,000
Joey Jay $ 600,000
Johnny Blanchard $ 500,000
Barry Shetrone $ 400,000
Johnny Weekly $ 330,000
George Spriggs $ 300,000
Ike Brown $ 300,000
Gary Wagner $ 300,000
Don Sutton $ 300,000
Willie Crawford $ 300,000
Pat Dobson $ 300,000
Mike Epstein $ 300,000
Adolfo Phillips $ 300,000
John Mayberry $ 300,000
Marcel Lachemann $ 300,000
Jerry Cram $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Traded Gil Blanco
Ed Sprague		 St. Louis Pete Richert
2/4 Signed     Don Pavletich
2/25 Signed     Leon Wagner
2/25 Signed     Rocky Colavito
2/25 Signed     Johnny Blanchard
3/3 Released Steve Barber    
3/3 Released Mike Ryan    
3/3 Released Jack Kubiszyn    
3/3 Released Bob Meyer    
3/3 Released Jeff Torborg    
3/3 Released Garry Roggenburk    
3/3 Released Jerry Buchek    
3/3 Traded Bill Champion Detroit Bob Johnson
4/2 Traded Dave Nicholson
Red Swanson		 Boston (N) John Orsino
6/1 Traded Mike Shannon
George Banks		 Pittsburgh Don Hahn
7/31 Traded Bob Johnson
Don Hahn
Leon Wagner		 Boston (N) Joe Pepitone
Rusty Staub
7/31 Traded Rocky Colavito
Julio Gotay
Ed Rakow
Willie Davis		 Boston (N) Mike Hershberger
Dave Nicholson
Johnny Goryl
$6,280,932
 
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