1969 Kansas City Royals Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 69-93
Finished 4th in the AL's West Division
Attendance: 902,414, Avg. 12,361
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium II
Manager: Joe Gordon (69-93)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas

1969 Kansas City Royals Roster
1969 Kansas City Royals Results

The Kansas City Royals of the American League ended the 1969 season with a record of 69 wins and 93 losses, finishing fourth in the AL's West Division.

The Royals plated 586 runs and conceded 688 runs. Ed Kirkpatrick paced Kansas City with 14 home runs Joe Foy recorded 71 runs batted in. Lou Piniella led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .282 clip. Wally Bunker topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.23 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Joe Gordon coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Wally Bunker	12	11	.522	3.23	35	31	2	10	1	2	222.7	198	89	80	29	62	3	130	4	0	6	907
Moe Drabowsky	11	9	.550	2.94	52	0	37	0	0	11	98.0	68	33	32	10	30	2	76	2	0	1	398
Dick Drago	11	13	.458	3.77	41	26	10	10	2	1	200.7	190	95	84	19	65	6	108	2	0	0	848
Bill Butler	9	10	.474	3.90	34	29	1	5	4	0	193.7	174	91	84	15	91	5	156	3	0	4	834
Roger Nelson	7	13	.350	3.31	29	29	0	8	1	0	193.3	170	78	71	12	65	4	82	6	1	8	790
Jim Rooker	4	16	.200	3.75	28	22	2	8	1	0	158.3	136	80	66	13	73	3	108	1	1	5	679
Tom Burgmeier	3	1	.750	4.17	31	0	12	0	0	0	54.0	67	31	25	5	21	3	23	1	0	2	244
Mike Hedlund	3	6	.333	3.24	34	16	8	1	0	2	125.0	123	53	45	8	40	2	74	1	0	0	532
Dave Wickersham	2	3	.400	3.96	34	0	14	0	0	5	50.0	58	27	22	6	14	2	27	2	1	5	217
Steve Jones	2	3	.400	4.23	20	4	5	0	0	0	44.7	45	25	21	3	24	2	31	3	0	6	203
Dave Morehead	2	3	.400	5.73	21	2	9	0	0	0	33.0	28	22	21	7	28	1	32	0	0	4	148
Galen Cisco	1	1	.500	3.63	15	0	8	0	0	1	22.3	17	11	9	4	15	0	18	0	0	2	98
Al Fitzmorris	1	1	.500	4.22	7	0	5	0	0	2	10.7	9	5	5	1	4	0	3	0	0	1	45
Don O'Riley	1	1	.500	6.94	18	0	5	0	0	1	23.3	32	23	18	0	15	2	10	0	0	3	121
Jerry Cram	0	1	.000	3.24	5	2	1	0	0	0	16.7	15	8	6	0	6	1	10	0	0	1	71
Chris Zachary	0	1	.000	7.85	8	2	2	0	0	0	18.3	27	17	16	4	7	0	6	0	0	4	87
Totals	69	93	.426	3.72	412	163	121	42	9	25	1464.7	1357	688	605	136	560	36	894	25	3	52	6222

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Lou Piniella	135	539	493	43	139	21	6	11	68	2	4	33	56	.282	.325	.416	.741	205	12	3	1	9	2
Joe Foy	145	609	519	72	136	19	2	11	71	37	15	74	75	.262	.354	.370	.724	192	12	5	2	9	4
Jackie Hernandez	145	549	504	54	112	14	2	4	40	17	7	38	111	.222	.278	.282	.560	142	3	2	3	2	1
Pat Kelly	112	473	417	61	110	20	4	8	32	40	13	49	70	.264	.348	.388	.737	162	5	5	2	0	3
Jerry Adair	126	461	432	29	108	9	1	5	48	1	3	20	36	.250	.285	.310	.596	134	24	3	2	4	4
Bob Oliver	118	425	394	43	100	8	4	13	43	5	5	21	74	.254	.294	.393	.687	155	18	2	6	2	2
Mike Fiore	107	427	339	53	93	14	1	12	35	4	4	84	63	.274	.420	.428	.848	145	9	2	1	1	4
Ed Kirkpatrick	120	366	315	40	81	11	4	14	49	3	5	43	42	.257	.348	.451	.799	142	2	3	1	4	4
Ellie Rodriguez	95	308	267	27	63	10	0	2	20	3	2	31	26	.236	.333	.296	.629	79	8	8	2	0	6
Paul Schaal	61	237	205	22	54	6	0	1	13	2	1	25	27	.263	.346	.307	.653	63	2	2	3	2	2
Buck Martinez	72	214	205	14	47	6	1	4	23	0	0	8	25	.229	.258	.327	.585	67	4	0	1	0	2
Chuck Harrison	75	232	213	18	47	5	1	3	18	1	2	16	20	.221	.276	.296	.572	63	3	1	0	2	2
Juan Rios	87	208	196	20	44	5	1	1	5	1	3	7	19	.224	.262	.276	.538	54	6	3	2	0	2
Joe Keough	70	183	166	17	31	2	0	0	7	5	2	13	13	.187	.254	.199	.453	33	1	2	2	0	0
Hawk Taylor	64	96	89	7	24	5	0	3	21	0	0	6	18	.270	.313	.427	.739	38	4	0	0	1	0
Luis Alcaraz	22	86	79	15	20	2	1	1	7	0	0	7	9	.253	.314	.342	.656	27	2	0	0	0	0
Jim Rooker	34	59	57	7	16	3	0	4	8	0	0	1	19	.281	.305	.544	.849	31	2	1	0	0	0
Scott Northey	20	68	61	11	16	2	2	1	7	6	3	7	19	.262	.338	.410	.748	25	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Campanis	30	89	83	4	13	5	0	0	5	0	0	5	19	.157	.202	.217	.419	18	4	0	0	1	1
Wally Bunker	35	82	70	1	10	3	0	0	7	1	0	5	23	.143	.200	.186	.386	13	1	0	7	0	0
Roger Nelson	29	66	58	4	8	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	16	.138	.164	.172	.336	10	0	0	5	1	0
Fred Rico	12	35	26	2	6	2	0	0	2	0	1	9	10	.231	.429	.308	.736	8	1	0	0	0	1
Mike Hedlund	34	35	33	2	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	15	.152	.176	.152	.328	5	0	0	1	0	0
Fran Healy	6	10	10	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.400	.400	.500	.900	5	0	0	0	0	0
Moe Drabowsky	52	19	17	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.235	.235	.294	.529	5	0	0	2	0	0
George Spriggs	23	33	29	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	8	.138	.242	.276	.518	8	0	1	0	0	0
Tom Burgmeier	47	18	18	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.167	.167	.167	.333	3	0	0	0	0	0
Dennis Paepke	12	29	27	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.111	.172	.148	.321	4	1	0	0	0	0
Dick Drago	41	64	52	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	25	.058	.109	.077	.186	4	0	0	9	0	0
Bill Butler	34	70	60	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	38	.050	.123	.050	.173	3	1	0	5	0	0
Billy Harris	5	7	7	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.429	.714	3	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Zachary	8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Jones	20	10	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.125	.300	.125	.425	1	0	0	0	0	0
Don O'Riley	19	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Al Fitzmorris	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Morehead	21	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Cram	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Wickersham	34	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0
Galen Cisco	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2097	6122	5462	586	1311	179	32	98	538	129	70	522	901	.240	.309	.338	.648	1848	125	43	57	38	40

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%
Mike Fiore	1B	91	88	784.3	696	94	10	54	.988	9.065	8.681	0	0	0	0
Chuck Harrison	1B	55	50	458.7	415	36	3	27	.993	8.850	8.200	0	0	0	0
Joe Foy	1B	16	16	137.0	131	11	2	6	.986	9.328	8.875	0	0	0	0
Bob Oliver	1B	12	8	72.7	72	6	0	6	1.000	9.661	6.500	0	0	0	0
Ed Kirkpatrick	1B	2	1	10.0	5	0	0	0	1.000	4.500	2.500	0	0	0	0
Joe Keough	1B	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.500	1.000	0	0	0	0
Jerry Adair	2B	109	105	916.3	223	261	8	41	.984	4.754	4.440	0	0	0	0
Juan Rios	2B	46	30	305.0	73	72	5	17	.967	4.279	3.152	0	0	0	0
Luis Alcaraz	2B	19	18	158.3	40	45	1	5	.988	4.832	4.474	0	0	0	0
Paul Schaal	2B	6	6	46.0	10	8	3	1	.857	3.522	3.000	0	0	0	0
Joe Foy	2B	3	4	31.0	2	3	1	0	.833	1.452	1.667	0	0	0	0
Ed Kirkpatrick	2B	1	0	5.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	3.600	2.000	0	0	0	0
Billy Harris	2B	1	0	3.0	1	2	0	0	1.000	9.000	3.000	0	0	0	0
Joe Foy	3B	113	107	968.3	117	209	12	20	.964	3.030	2.885	0	0	0	0
Paul Schaal	3B	49	45	393.7	27	77	12	3	.897	2.378	2.122	0	0	0	0
Bob Oliver	3B	8	5	50.3	5	8	3	0	.813	2.325	1.625	0	0	0	0
Juan Rios	3B	4	3	19.0	2	4	0	0	1.000	2.842	1.500	0	0	0	0
Luis Alcaraz	3B	2	2	18.7	2	4	0	0	1.000	2.893	3.000	0	0	0	0
Ed Kirkpatrick	3B	2	1	9.0	1	3	0	0	1.000	4.000	2.000	0	0	0	0
Jerry Adair	3B	1	0	3.7	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Fred Rico	3B	1	0	2.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	9.000	2.000	0	0	0	0
Ellie Rodriguez	C	90	83	703.3	433	39	5	2	.990	6.040	5.244	8	30	29	24	45.3
Buck Martinez	C	55	46	420.7	290	25	9	7	.972	6.739	5.727	6	13	19	11	36.7
Jim Campanis	C	26	21	202.7	155	7	3	2	.982	7.194	6.231	0	5	17	5	22.7
Dennis Paepke	C	8	7	64.0	56	2	0	0	1.000	8.156	7.250	1	1	5	2	28.6
Ed Kirkpatrick	C	8	1	27.0	17	1	0	0	1.000	6.000	2.250	0	0	1	0	0.0
Hawk Taylor	C	6	2	25.0	19	1	0	0	1.000	7.200	3.333	2	2	3	1	25.0
Fran Healy	C	5	3	22.0	16	1	0	0	1.000	6.955	3.400	0	1	1	0	0.0
Lou Piniella	OF	129	125	1117.0	278	13	7	1	.977	2.345	2.256	0	0	0	0
Pat Kelly	OF	107	106	938.0	237	12	5	3	.980	2.389	2.327	0	0	0	0
Bob Oliver	OF	98	89	799.3	199	11	5	4	.977	2.364	2.143	0	0	0	0
Ed Kirkpatrick	OF	82	75	671.0	180	8	1	1	.995	2.522	2.293	0	0	0	0
Joe Keough	OF	49	35	339.0	82	2	0	1	1.000	2.230	1.714	0	0	0	0
Scott Northey	OF	18	16	134.0	35	1	1	0	.973	2.418	2.000	0	0	0	0
Joe Foy	OF	16	15	126.7	32	2	1	1	.971	2.416	2.125	0	0	0	0
Hawk Taylor	OF	18	7	76.0	19	1	2	1	.909	2.368	1.111	0	0	0	0
Fred Rico	OF	9	9	74.0	27	2	0	0	1.000	3.527	3.222	0	0	0	0
Mike Fiore	OF	13	7	71.0	13	0	1	0	.929	1.648	1.000	0	0	0	0
George Spriggs	OF	6	4	39.0	7	0	0	0	1.000	1.615	1.167	0	0	0	0
Buck Martinez	OF	1	1	8.0	2	1	0	1	1.000	3.375	3.000	0	0	0	0
Tom Burgmeier	OF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Wally Bunker	P	35	31	222.7	19	43	2	6	.969	2.506	1.771	0	0	0	0
Dick Drago	P	41	26	200.7	25	32	1	6	.983	2.556	1.390	0	0	0	0
Bill Butler	P	34	29	193.7	4	16	1	1	.952	.929	.588	0	0	0	0
Roger Nelson	P	29	29	193.3	19	25	5	3	.898	2.048	1.517	0	0	0	0
Jim Rooker	P	28	22	158.3	3	24	4	0	.871	1.535	.964	0	0	0	0
Mike Hedlund	P	34	16	125.0	9	24	1	3	.971	2.376	.971	0	0	0	0
Moe Drabowsky	P	52	0	98.0	6	19	0	0	1.000	2.296	.481	0	0	0	0
Tom Burgmeier	P	31	0	54.0	9	15	0	1	1.000	4.000	.774	0	0	0	0
Dave Wickersham	P	34	0	50.0	2	10	1	0	.923	2.160	.353	0	0	0	0
Steve Jones	P	20	4	44.7	7	6	1	0	.929	2.619	.650	0	0	0	0
Dave Morehead	P	21	2	33.0	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.091	.190	0	0	0	0
Don O'Riley	P	18	0	23.3	3	1	0	0	1.000	1.543	.222	0	0	0	0
Galen Cisco	P	15	0	22.3	2	5	1	0	.875	2.821	.467	0	0	0	0
Chris Zachary	P	8	2	18.3	0	2	0	0	1.000	.982	.250	0	0	0	0
Jerry Cram	P	5	2	16.7	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.620	.600	0	0	0	0
Al Fitzmorris	P	7	0	10.7	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.688	.286	0	0	0	0
Jackie Hernandez	SS	144	139	1212.7	306	375	33	60	.954	5.054	4.729	0	0	0	0
Juan Rios	SS	32	10	133.3	28	33	4	6	.938	4.118	1.906	0	0	0	0
Jerry Adair	SS	8	8	60.0	14	18	1	1	.970	4.800	4.000	0	0	0	0
Paul Schaal	SS	6	4	39.7	4	18	0	1	1.000	4.992	3.667	0	0	0	0
Joe Foy	SS	5	1	15.0	3	5	2	2	.800	4.800	1.600	0	0	0	0
Luis Alcaraz	SS	1	1	4.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	4.500	2.000	0	0	0	0
Totals		1895	1467	13182.0	4389	1652	157	294	.975	4.124	3.188	17	52	75	43	36.4

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