1969 Kansas City Royals roster

39 players appeared for the Kansas City Royals in the 1969 MLB season.

1969 Royals roster: batting

1969 Kansas City Royals batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Joe Foy14551972136117137.262.354.724
Jackie Hernandez1455045411244017.222.278.560
Lou Piniella1354934313911682.282.325.741
Jerry Adair126432291085481.250.285.596
Pat Kelly1124176111083240.264.348.737
Bob Oliver1183944310013435.254.294.687
Mike Fiore107339539312354.274.420.848
Ed Kirkpatrick120315408114493.257.348.799
Ellie Rodriguez9526727632203.236.333.629
Chuck Harrison7521318473181.221.276.572
Paul Schaal6120522541132.263.346.653
Buck Martinez7220514474230.229.258.585
Juan Rios871962044151.224.262.538
Joe Keough701661731075.187.254.453
Hawk Taylor64897243210.270.313.739
Jim Campanis3083413050.157.202.419
Luis Alcaraz22791520170.253.314.656
Scott Northey20611116176.262.338.748
George Spriggs232944000.138.242.518
Dennis Paepke122723000.111.172.321
Fred Rico122626020.231.429.736
Fran Healy61004000.400.400.900
Billy Harris5712000.286.286.714

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1969 Royals roster: pitching

1969 Kansas City Royals pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Wally BunkerP353112113.23222.21301.172
Dick DragoRP412611133.77200.21081.271
Bill ButlerP34299103.90193.21561.370
Roger NelsonP29297133.31193.1821.220
Jim RookerSP28224163.75158.11081.320
Mike HedlundP3416363.24125.0741.302
Moe DrabowskyP5201192.9498.0761.0011
Tom BurgmeierRP310314.1754.0231.630
Dave WickershamP340233.9650.0271.445
Steve JonesP204234.2344.2311.540
Dave MoreheadP212235.7333.0321.700
Don O'rileyP180116.9423.1102.011
Galen CiscoP150113.6322.1181.431
Chris ZacharyP82017.8518.161.850
Jerry CramP52013.2416.2101.260
Al FitzmorrisP70114.2210.231.222

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.