1970 Kansas City Royals roster

32 players appeared for the Kansas City Royals in the 1970 MLB season.

1970 Royals roster: batting

1970 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.
Amos Otis15962091176115833.284.353.777
Bob Oliver1606128315927993.260.309.760
Lou Piniella1445425416311883.301.342.767
Pat Kelly1364525610663834.235.347.661
Ed Kirkpatrick134424599718624.229.319.724
Paul Schaal124380501025357.268.343.698
Rich Severson7724022601220.250.300.616
Jackie Hernandez8323814552101.231.281.563
Ellie Rodriguez8023125521152.225.312.602
Joe Keough5718328594211.322.396.839
Bill Sorrell5713512364141.267.317.688
George Spriggs511301227174.208.283.575
Luis Alcaraz3512010201140.167.192.442
Hawk Taylor575539060.164.258.476
Jim Campanis315467220.130.203.444
Jerry Adair72704010.148.281.429
Buck Martinez6911000.111.273.384

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

1970 Royals roster: pitching

1970 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.
Dick DragoRP35349153.75240.01271.300
Bob JohnsonP40268133.07214.02061.214
Jim RookerSP382910153.54203.21171.431
Bill ButlerP25254123.77140.2751.450
Wally BunkerP24152114.22121.2591.310
Dave MoreheadP2817353.62121.2691.501
Al FitzmorrisP4311854.44117.2471.391
Tom BurgmeierRP410663.1668.1431.201
Ken WrightP470125.2353.1301.463
Aurelio MonteagudoP210112.9627.1181.060
Don O'rileyP92005.4023.1131.500
Mike HedlundP90237.2015.051.670
Roger NelsonP420210.009.032.000
Paul SplittorffRP21017.278.2102.420
Jim YorkP40113.388.060.880

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.