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1969 Kansas City Royals  (1970)
44-118, 5th in AL Western Division
Scored 732 runs, Allowed 886 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 66-96
Defensive Efficiency Rating: .690
Park Factor: Batting - 87 / Pitching - 88 (over 100 favors batters)
Pyth2 W-L: 56-106   (What is this?)

Actual W-L record in MLB: 69-93
Manager(s): Mike Rodriguez

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos
 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 1B  Deron Johnson        30  141  528  106  165  24   4  44  154   8   2   87  105  .312  .406  .623  137   9.7  3e11      277  
 C  *Ed Kirkpatrick       24  120  351   61  103  12   7  22   60   4   6   60   48  .293  .397  .556   79   8.2  4(+5)e16  153  
 OF  Lou Piniella         25  144  564   49  164  24   6  12   68   1  13   28   66  .291  .324  .418   68   4.2  4(0)e10     1  
 OF *Pat Kelly            24  127  481   86  116  30   5   8   27  67  25   55   98  .241  .324  .374   61   4.1  4(0)e9    -38  
 3B  Bob Oliver           26  115  455   59  121   8   6  24   70   9  10   22   81  .266  .303  .468   56   4.2  4e37       84  
 OF  Jim Hickman          32   82  307   53   78   9   2  21   58   2   0   35   60  .254  .330  .502   50   5.7  3(-1)e5    38  
 SS  Jackie Hernandez     28  136  477   60  107  21   0   4   38  28  12   34  110  .224  .278  .294   41   2.8  3e38       12  
 SS  Paul Schaal          26   76  225   33   73   6   1   1   30   2   2   40   37  .324  .424  .373   39   6.6  4e48      144  
 2B  Cookie Rojas         30  128  437   33  106  15   1   4   29   2   8   28   33  .243  .291  .309   36   2.8  2e18       40  
 C   Ellie Rodriguez      23  102  289   35   70  12   0   4   26   1   2   31   24  .242  .338  .325   32   3.9  2(0)e5     34  
 OF  Buck Martinez        20   75  223   34   66   6   2   8   32   0   0    8   21  .296  .316  .448   30   4.9  2(+1)e16  180  
 UT  Bobby Pfeil          25   80  241   19   66  13   1   0   18   0   0   10   32  .274  .303  .336   23   3.6            104  
 PH  Hawk Taylor          30   63   92   13   30   5   0   6   14   0   0    6   25  .326  .367  .576   17   7.3            204  
 OF *Gary Geiger          32   55  145   26   28   7   2   0   16   0   1   28   38  .193  .324  .269   14   3.3  2(+1)e11  -30  
 UT *Joe Keough           23   47  167   11   36   8   0   0    4   9   3   15   18  .216  .292  .263   14   2.9            102  
 OF *Walt Hriniak         26   27   59    8   15   2   0   0    3   0   0    7    6  .254  .380  .288    7   4.4  unrated   120  
 3B  Juan Rios            27   71  185   13   29   2   0   2   10   3   3    5   17  .157  .187  .200    5    .9  4e37     -151  
 UT  Jerry Adair          32   29   36    3   11   0   0   0    1   0   1    2    1  .306  .342  .306    2   2.5             52  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                           719                   73

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Wally Bunker         24   9  12  .429  35  35   4   0   0   0   3  254.0  206   90   74  16   85  148  2.62   90   3.2  -96  
  P  Dick Drago           24   8  19  .296  36  36   4   0   0   0   0  230.2  250  143  125  33   53  137  4.88  126   4.9   42  
  P *Jim Rooker           26   7   9  .438  25  25   0   0   0   0   0  147.1  148  103   90  14   69  103  5.50   81   4.8   41  
  P *Bill Butler          22   7  14  .333  36  34   1   2   0   0   0  216.1  208  122  107  23  107  172  4.45  112   4.7   -3  
  P  Roger Nelson         25   7  19  .269  33  32   3   1   0   0   1  216.0  218  123  101  32   74   88  4.21  114   4.6   72  
  P  Mike Hedlund         22   3  16  .158  77   0   0  35   1  11   0  126.1  152  100   81  21   55   79  5.77   95   6.6  135  
  P *Tom Burgmeier        25   1   3  .250  51   0   0  17   2   1   0   54.2   60   35   33   4   21   28  5.43   35   5.8  -43  
  P  Dave Wickersham      33   1   5  .167  41   0   0  12   2   3   0   36.1   56   42   33   9   17    8  8.17   40   9.8  188  
  P  Eddie Fisher         32   1   9  .100  45   0   0  28   0   7   0   62.0   81   43   38   5   13   32  5.52   38   5.4   56  
  P  Vern Geishert        23   0   1  .000  17   0   0  13   8   1   0   20.2   19    7    7   1    5    9  3.05    9   3.9  -95  
  P  Moe Drabowsky        33   0   1  .000  19   0   0  18   9   2   0   23.1   15    9    7   2    9   23  2.70    7   2.9  -51  
  P  Bill Champion        21   0  10  .000  44   0   0  24   3   4   0   79.0   94   69   56  11   47   51  6.38   57   6.5   64  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 24                                                                                      808         25

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed


Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

 Catchers              Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP  OSB OCS
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---
 Ed Kirkpatrick        791  92  92  542   69  29   3  .955 138  54
 Ellie Rodriguez       666  70  90  441   41   1   3  .998  33  25
 Hawk Taylor             9   0   3    6    1   0   0 1.000   1   1
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---

First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Deron Johnson 1208 134 134 1149 97 10 104 .992 9.28 Joe Keough 158 17 18 141 17 2 12 .988 9.00 Juan Rios 44 5 6 42 2 2 7 .957 8.93 Bob Oliver 27 3 3 16 3 0 0 1.000 6.33 Walt Hriniak 26 3 3 25 2 1 2 .964 9.23 Bobby Pfeil 3 0 1 4 0 0 2 1.000 13.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Cookie Rojas 1041 115 122 318 288 7 65 .989 5.24 Bobby Pfeil 306 35 38 107 98 9 29 .958 6.02 Juan Rios 106 11 14 33 32 3 6 .956 5.52 Jerry Adair 9 0 4 5 4 0 2 1.000 8.68 Paul Schaal 4 1 2 2 3 0 2 1.000 11.25 Ed Kirkpatrick 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bob Oliver 857 94 97 79 157 19 16 .925 2.48 Bobby Pfeil 259 29 32 18 57 2 7 .974 2.61 Juan Rios 245 30 32 22 41 6 8 .913 2.32 Deron Johnson 44 4 4 4 4 1 0 .889 1.65 Jerry Adair 27 2 6 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.01 Paul Schaal 26 2 5 1 4 1 0 .833 1.75 Walt Hriniak 8 1 1 2 1 2 0 .600 3.38 Ed Kirkpatrick 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jackie Hernandez 996 108 126 208 361 33 59 .945 5.14 Paul Schaal 463 54 60 104 155 19 30 .932 5.03 Jerry Adair 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 6.75 Juan Rios 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

 Left Field            Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP    RF
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
 Lou Piniella         1278 143 143  232   10  10   0  .960  1.70
 Pat Kelly              71   8   8   22    0   0   0 1.000  2.79
 Joe Keough             37   3   7    5    0   0   0 1.000  1.23
 Hawk Taylor            26   3   3    4    0   1   0  .800  1.37
 Walt Hriniak           25   4   5    3    2   0   0 1.000  1.80
 Ed Kirkpatrick         19   1   7    5    0   0   0 1.000  2.37
 Gary Geiger             6   0   2    1    0   0   0 1.000  1.50
 Bob Oliver              5   0   2    2    0   0   0 1.000  3.86
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pat Kelly 703 76 78 223 5 4 0 .983 2.92 Gary Geiger 283 33 35 87 2 3 1 .967 2.83 Buck Martinez 266 29 34 77 6 4 0 .954 2.81 Joe Keough 149 17 17 48 4 0 0 1.000 3.14 Ed Kirkpatrick 61 7 8 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.51 Hawk Taylor 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 5.40 Bob Oliver 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jim Hickman 707 77 78 149 5 3 1 .981 1.96 Pat Kelly 277 31 32 65 2 2 0 .971 2.18 Buck Martinez 143 15 21 32 0 1 0 .970 2.01 Bob Oliver 133 16 17 31 0 0 0 1.000 2.10 Hawk Taylor 62 7 8 12 0 2 0 .857 1.73 Walt Hriniak 58 6 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.23 Gary Geiger 36 4 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 Joe Keough 29 5 5 8 2 0 1 1.000 3.14 Ed Kirkpatrick 22 1 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1969 Draft


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