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1970 Kansas City Royals season

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Major League Baseball team season

1970 Kansas City Royals

League

American League

Division

Municipal Stadium

City

Kansas City, Missouri

Record

65–97 (.401)

Divisional place

4th

Owners

General managers

Charlie Metro andBob Lemon

Television

Radio

KMBZ
(Buddy Blattner,Denny Matthews)

← 1969

Seasons

1971 →

The1970Kansas City Royals season was their second inMajor League Baseball. The Royals finished tied for fourth place with theMilwaukee Brewers in theAmerican League West with a record of 65–97, 33 games behind the division championMinnesota Twins.Charlie Metro took over as manager whenJoe Gordon resigned after the Royals' initial season, but was replaced byBob 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 theNew York Mets forAmos Otis andBob Johnson.^[1]
January 17, 1970:Greg Minton was drafted by the Royals in the third round of the1970 Major League Baseball draft.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

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AL West
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	98	64	.605	—	51‍–‍30	47‍–‍34
Oakland Athletics	89	73	.549	9	49‍–‍32	40‍–‍41
California Angels	86	76	.531	12	43‍–‍38	43‍–‍38
Kansas City Royals	65	97	.401	33	35‍–‍44	30‍–‍53
Milwaukee Brewers	65	97	.401	33	38‍–‍42	27‍–‍55
Chicago White Sox	56	106	.346	42	31‍–‍53	25‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

1970 American League record v t e Sources:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	WAS
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 theBoston Red Sox forTom Matchick.^[3]

Roster

1970 Kansas City Royals

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

2Bob Lemon
36Charlie Metro

Coaches

5Dan Carnevale(Bench)
4Harry Dunlop(First base)
2Bob Lemon(Pitching)
3Joe Schultz(Third base)
14George Strickland

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
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
Rich Severson	77	240	60	.250	1	22
Ellie Rodríguez	80	231	52	.225	1	15
Joe Keough	57	183	59	.322	4	21
Tom 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
Dick Drago	35	240.0	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
Bob Johnson	40	214.0	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	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
Ted Abernathy	36	9	3	12	2.59	49
Ken Wright	47	1	2	3	5.23	30
Tom Burgmeier	41	6	6	1	3.16	43
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

See also:Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
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 withSan 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

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1970 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit New York Washington
AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Milwaukee Minnesota Oakland

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

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Kansas City Royals

Established in1969
Based inKansas City, Missouri

Ballparks

Municipal Stadium; Kauffman Stadium; New Royals Stadium (proposed)
Spring training: Terry Park; Baseball City Stadium; Surprise Stadium

Culture

Lore

Team Hall of Fame

Retired numbers

Minor league
affiliates

Triple-A: Omaha Storm Chasers
Double-A: Northwest Arkansas Naturals
High-A: Quad Cities River Bandits
Single-A: Columbia Fireflies
Rookie: ACL Royals; DSL Royals Fortuna; DSL Royals Ventura

Key personnel

Owner:John Sherman
President of baseball operations & general manager:J. J. Picollo
Manager:Matt Quatraro

World Series
championships (2)

American League
pennants (4)

Division titles

West: 1976; 1977; 1978; 1980; 1981 (second half); 1984; 1985
Central: 2015
Wild Card: 2014; 2024

Seasons (58)
1960s	1969
1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020s	2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

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