1970 Kingsport Royals Statistics
Team Record: 27-32
Finished 6th in the AL
Manager: Owen Friend (27-32)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Kingsport, Tennessee
Ballpark: J. Fred Johnson Stadium
Attendance: 22,572, Avg. 765
The Kingsport Royals of the Appalachian League ended the 1970 season with a record of 27 wins and 32 losses, finishing sixth in the AL.
The Royals scored 264 runs and gave up 259 runs. Stanley Jackson accounted for 37 RBI and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .339. Whitey Reid led the team with 6 wins, while Bruce Griggs recorded a 2.52 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Tom Poquette played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Kingsport Royals to do so.
Owen Friend served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whitey Reid | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.96 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 85.0 | 69 | 41 | 28 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 87 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
Stephen Denison | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.79 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 58.0 | 47 | 23 | 18 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 75 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
David Allen | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.38 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 47 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
Bruce Griggs | 3 | 5 | .375 | 2.52 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 82.0 | 50 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 68 | 0 | 86 | 2 | 2 | 14 | ||
Robert Salas | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.45 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22.0 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
James Feiler | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.38 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24.0 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
Stanley Grout | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.81 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
Curtis Isom | 2 | 3 | .400 | 7.26 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 29 | 35 | 25 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
Michael Ward | 1 | 2 | .333 | 1.69 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32.0 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
Randy Hammon | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.25 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 36.0 | 39 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Bradley Rooker | 1 | 6 | .143 | 3.07 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 43 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 5 | ||
Miguel Sosa | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
David Hausaman | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jackson Chandler | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 27 | 32 | .458 | 3.17 | 121 | 60 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 506.0 | 425 | 259 | 178 | 33 | 243 | 2 | 498 | 29 | 6 | 46 | 0 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stanley Jackson | 57 | 241 | 192 | 38 | 65 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 39 | 49 | .339 | .462 | .557 | 1.020 | 107 | 7 | 1 | 2 | ||
Tom Poquette | 56 | 240 | 209 | 41 | 57 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 27 | .273 | .360 | .431 | .790 | 90 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
Rex Goodson | 55 | 241 | 210 | 31 | 53 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 69 | .252 | .339 | .410 | .748 | 86 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
John Johnson | 60 | 239 | 218 | 29 | 45 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 39 | .206 | .269 | .248 | .517 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Christopher Crews | 46 | 168 | 154 | 14 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 29 | .221 | .259 | .266 | .525 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
Arnold Cruet | 32 | 111 | 106 | 12 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | .255 | .288 | .302 | .590 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jose Salas | 32 | 117 | 94 | 19 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 16 | 20 | .255 | .402 | .298 | .700 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
Pete Dunn | 36 | 135 | 109 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 28 | .202 | .341 | .339 | .680 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Richard Simpson | 32 | 122 | 104 | 16 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 17 | .192 | .289 | .231 | .520 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
Alan Wells | 16 | 63 | 58 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | .259 | .317 | .259 | .576 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Victor Price | 26 | 86 | 77 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 29 | .195 | .279 | .299 | .578 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Hurst | 38 | 136 | 120 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 41 | .108 | .168 | .125 | .293 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
Whitey Reid | 12 | 38 | 32 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | .281 | .351 | .344 | .695 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Hugh Waln | 17 | 40 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 10 | .156 | .325 | .156 | .481 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Stephen Denison | 18 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .286 | .375 | .286 | .661 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Bruce Griggs | 12 | 32 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .143 | .250 | .179 | .429 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
James Buzzard | 11 | 37 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | .129 | .270 | .129 | .399 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Michael Ward | 15 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .400 | .500 | .400 | .900 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Stanley Grout | 5 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .200 | .200 | .300 | .500 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Curtis Isom | 7 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .200 | .429 | .200 | .629 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Randy Hammon | 6 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .167 | .231 | .167 | .397 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bradley Rooker | 10 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .143 | .200 | .143 | .343 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Steven Brown | 11 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | .125 | .391 | .250 | .641 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gerald Clark | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 | .400 | .500 | .900 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
James Feiler | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .167 | .286 | .333 | .619 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
David Allen | 8 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .067 | .300 | .067 | .367 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bobby McDonald | 12 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .053 | .217 | .053 | .270 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Robert Salas | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Miguel Sosa | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
James Pappas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 665 | 2209 | 1907 | 264 | 432 | 64 | 8 | 30 | 213 | 49 | 20 | 238 | 474 | .227 | .321 | .316 | .636 | 602 | 0 | 33 | 16 | 15 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stanley Jackson | 1B | 57 | 456 | 27 | 8 | 35 | .984 | 8.474 | ||||
Steven Brown | 1B | 2 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 9.000 | ||||
Arnold Cruet | 1B | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
John Hurst | 2B | 38 | 78 | 96 | 17 | 21 | .911 | 4.579 | ||||
Arnold Cruet | 2B | 17 | 27 | 46 | 9 | 7 | .890 | 4.294 | ||||
James Buzzard | 2B | 9 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 7 | .921 | 3.889 | ||||
Christopher Crews | 3B | 45 | 36 | 76 | 20 | 8 | .848 | 2.489 | ||||
Jose Salas | 3B | 9 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .870 | 2.222 | ||||
Arnold Cruet | 3B | 7 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 4 | .708 | 2.429 | ||||
Pete Dunn | C | 35 | 279 | 15 | 7 | 1 | .977 | 8.400 | 15 | |||
Jose Salas | C | 23 | 197 | 18 | 4 | 2 | .982 | 9.348 | 8 | |||
Bobby McDonald | C | 6 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.667 | 3 | |||
Tom Poquette | OF | 55 | 81 | 5 | 7 | 2 | .925 | 1.564 | ||||
Rex Goodson | OF | 54 | 79 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .934 | 1.574 | ||||
Richard Simpson | OF | 30 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .970 | 1.067 | ||||
Victor Price | OF | 19 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.053 | ||||
Alan Wells | OF | 16 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 1.312 | ||||
Hugh Waln | OF | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .727 | ||||
Steven Brown | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Stephen Denison | P | 18 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .444 | ||||
Michael Ward | P | 14 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .625 | .357 | ||||
James Feiler | P | 13 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .538 | ||||
Whitey Reid | P | 12 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .714 | .833 | ||||
Bruce Griggs | P | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .769 | .833 | ||||
Robert Salas | P | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
Bradley Rooker | P | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.111 | ||||
David Allen | P | 8 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.250 | ||||
Miguel Sosa | P | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Curtis Isom | P | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .375 | .500 | ||||
Randy Hammon | P | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.000 | ||||
Stanley Grout | P | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .600 | .600 | ||||
David Hausaman | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
Jackson Chandler | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
John Johnson | SS | 60 | 88 | 158 | 29 | 20 | .895 | 4.100 | ||||
Totals | 617 | 1517 | 555 | 143 | 117 | .935 | 3.358 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
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