Kansas City Royals 1970

65–97record

.401win pct

611runs

705allowed

-94run diff

97home runs

38players

The three rarest things in 1970

Rarity	What	Who	Date	Rate	Game
57	Triple Play	Amos Otis	1970-06-26	1 in 497 games	box score ↗
54	Triple Play (play-by-play era)	Kansas City Royals	1970-06-26	1 in 371 games	box score ↗
51	Three Wild Pitches	Dave Morehead	1970-05-01	1 in 275 games	box score ↗

Batting (38)

Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Amos Otis	159	700	620	91	176	36	9	11	58	68	66	33	2	.284	.353	.424	.777
Bob Oliver	160	662	612	83	159	24	6	27	99	42	126	3	3	.260	.309	.451	.760
Lou Piniella	144	586	542	54	163	24	5	11	88	35	42	3	6	.301	.342	.424	.767
Pat Kelly	136	532	452	56	106	16	1	6	38	77	105	34	16	.235	.348	.314	.662
Ed Kirkpatrick	134	481	424	59	97	17	2	18	62	55	66	4	4	.229	.319	.406	.724
Paul Schaal	124	427	380	50	102	12	3	5	35	43	39	7	4	.268	.343	.355	.698
Cookie Rojas	98	409	384	36	100	13	3	2	28	20	28	3	7	.260	.296	.326	.622
Ellie Rodriguez	80	267	231	25	52	8	2	1	15	27	35	2	1	.225	.312	.290	.602
Jackie Hernandez	83	262	238	14	55	4	1	2	10	15	50	1	3	.231	.281	.282	.563
Rich Severson	77	260	240	22	60	11	1	1	22	16	33	0	0	.250	.300	.317	.616
Joe Keough	57	209	183	28	59	6	2	4	21	22	18	1	1	.322	.393	.443	.836
Tommy Matchick	55	165	158	11	31	3	2	0	11	5	23	0	0	.196	.226	.241	.466
Billy Sorrell	57	145	135	12	36	2	0	4	14	10	13	1	0	.267	.317	.370	.688
George Spriggs	51	145	130	12	27	2	3	1	7	14	32	4	3	.208	.283	.292	.575
Luis Alcaraz	35	127	120	10	20	5	1	1	14	4	13	0	0	.167	.192	.250	.442
Dick Drago	35	87	76	2	4	0	0	0	1	2	44	0	0	.053	.077	.053	.130
Mike Fiore	25	85	72	6	13	2	0	0	4	13	24	1	1	.181	.306	.208	.514
Jim Rooker	41	76	70	12	14	4	0	1	13	2	35	0	0	.200	.230	.300	.530
Bob Johnson	40	71	57	2	6	1	0	0	3	6	34	0	0	.105	.190	.123	.313
Hawk Taylor	57	62	55	3	9	3	0	0	6	6	16	0	0	.164	.258	.218	.476
Jim Campanis	31	59	54	6	7	0	0	2	2	4	14	0	0	.130	.203	.241	.444
Bill Butler	25	49	44	0	2	0	0	0	2	4	31	0	0	.045	.125	.045	.170
Bobby Floyd	14	48	43	5	14	4	0	0	9	4	9	0	1	.326	.375	.419	.794
Dave Morehead	28	40	36	1	6	1	0	0	1	1	15	0	0	.167	.189	.194	.384
Wally Bunker	24	39	31	3	2	0	0	0	1	7	13	0	0	.065	.237	.065	.301
Al Fitzmorris	45	34	31	5	9	4	0	0	5	3	9	0	0	.290	.353	.419	.772
Jerry Adair	7	33	27	0	4	0	0	0	1	5	3	0	1	.148	.281	.148	.429
Ted Abernathy	36	17	14	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	.214	.214	.214	.429
Tom Burgmeier	42	16	14	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	.143	.200	.143	.343
Buck Martinez	6	11	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	.111	.273	.111	.384
Mike Hedlund	9	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Don O'Riley	9	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Moe Drabowsky	24	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500
Ken Wright	47	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Aurelio Monteagudo	21	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Paul Splittorff	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000
Jim York	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Roger Nelson	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	1.000	–	–

Pitching (17)

Player	G	W–L	GS	CG	SV	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP
Dick Drago	35	9–15	34	7	0	239	110	100	72	127	20	240.0	3.75	1.30
Bob Johnson	40	8–13	26	10	4	178	82	73	82	206	18	214.0	3.07	1.21
Jim Rooker	38	10–15	29	6	1	190	99	80	102	117	11	203.2	3.54	1.43
Bill Butler	25	4–12	25	2	0	117	66	59	87	75	17	140.2	3.77	1.45
Wally Bunker	24	2–11	15	2	0	109	63	57	50	59	16	121.2	4.22	1.31
Dave Morehead	28	3–5	17	1	1	121	64	49	62	69	9	121.2	3.62	1.50
Al Fitzmorris	43	8–5	11	2	1	112	60	58	52	47	14	117.2	4.44	1.39
Tom Burgmeier	41	6–6	0	0	1	59	31	24	23	43	6	68.1	3.16	1.20
Ted Abernathy	36	9–3	0	0	12	41	23	16	38	49	3	55.2	2.59	1.42
Ken Wright	47	1–2	0	0	3	49	33	31	28	30	2	53.1	5.23	1.44
Moe Drabowsky	24	1–2	0	0	2	28	13	13	12	38	3	35.2	3.28	1.12
Aurelio Monteagudo	21	1–1	0	0	0	20	11	9	9	18	2	27.1	2.96	1.06
Don O'Riley	9	0–0	2	0	0	26	15	14	10	13	5	23.1	5.40	1.54
Mike Hedlund	9	2–3	0	0	0	18	13	12	7	5	6	15.0	7.20	1.67
Roger Nelson	4	0–2	2	0	0	18	10	10	0	3	3	9.0	10.00	2.00
Paul Splittorff	2	0–1	1	0	0	16	9	7	5	10	1	8.2	7.27	2.42
Jim York	4	1–1	0	0	0	5	3	3	2	6	2	8.0	3.38	0.88