1970 Kansas City Royals

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W-L Record: 65-97 -- 4th in American League West Manager: Bob Lemon, Charlie Metro Location: Kansas City,MO Baseball Stadium: Municipal Stadium Top Draft Pick: Rex Goodson (#8) Attendance: 693,047 Youngest Player: Buck Martinez (21) Oldest Player: Ted Abernathy (37)

Statistics

Roster

Personnel

Baseball Roster for 1970 Kansas City Royals

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	Born	Place	High Level	mlbYears	Salary
36	Ted Abernathy	P	37	R	R	6-4	215	3/6/1933	Stanley,North Carolina	MLB	1955-1972
14	Jerry Adair	2B-SS	33	R	R	6-0	175	12/17/1936	Sand Springs,Oklahoma	MLB	1958-1970
1	Luis Alcaraz	2B	29	R	R	5-9	165	6/20/1941	Humacao,Puerto Rico	MLB	1967-1970
27	Wally Bunker	P	25	R	R	6-2	197	1/25/1945	Seattle,Washington	MLB	1963-1971
22	Tom Burgmeier	P	26	L	L	5-11	185	8/2/1943	St. Paul,Minnesota	MLB	1968-1984
29	Bill Butler	P	23	L	L	6-2	210	3/12/1947	Hyattsville,Maryland	MLB	1969-1977
20,25	Jim Campanis	C	26	R	R	6-0	195	2/9/1944	New York,New York	MLB	1966-1973
25	Moe Drabowsky	P	34	R	R	6-2	200	7/21/1935	Ozanna,Poland	MLB	1956-1972
41	Dick Drago	P	25	R	R	6-1	190	6/25/1945	Toledo,Ohio	MLB	1969-1981
19	Mike Fiore	1B	25	L	L	6-0	185	10/11/1944	Brooklyn,New York	MLB	1968-1972
23	Al Fitzmorris	P	24	B	R	6-2	190	3/21/1946	Buffalo,New York	MLB	1969-1978
15	Bobby Floyd	SS-2B	26	R	R	6-0	181	10/20/1943	Hawthorne,California	MLB	1968-1974
32	Mike Hedlund	P	23	R	R	6-1	190	8/11/1946	Dallas,Texas	MLB	1965-1972
24	Jackie Hernandez	SS	29	R	R	6-0	175	9/11/1940	Central Tinguaro,Cuba	MLB	1965-1973
30	Bob Johnson	P	27	L	R	6-4	220	4/25/1943	Aurora,Illinois	MLB	1969-1977
18	Pat Kelly	OF	25	L	L	6-1	185	7/30/1944	Philadelphia,Pennsylvania	MLB	1967-1981
16	Joe Keough	OF	24	L	L	6-0	185	1/7/1946	Pomona,California	MLB	1968-1973
8	Ed Kirkpatrick	OF-C	25	L	R	5-11	195	10/8/1944	Spokane,Washington	MLB	1962-1977
6	Buck Martinez	C	21	R	R	5-11	200	11/7/1948	Redding,California	MLB	1969-1986
19	Tom Matchick	SS-3B	26	L	R	6-0	175	9/7/1943	Hazelton,Pennsylvania	MLB	1967-1972
21	Aurelio Monteagudo	P	26	R	R	5-11	185	11/19/1943	Caibarien,Cuba	MLB	1963-1973
17	Dave Morehead	P	27	R	R	6-1	185	9/5/1942	San Diego,California	MLB	1963-1970
35	Roger Nelson	P	26	R	R	6-3	205	6/7/1944	Altadena,California	MLB	1967-1976
32	Don O'Riley	P	25	R	R	6-3	205	3/12/1945	Topeka,Kansas	MLB	1969-1970
33	Bob Oliver	1B-OF	27	R	R	6-2	215	2/8/1943	Shreveport,Louisiana	MLB	1965-1975
26	Amos Otis	OF	23	R	R	5-11	166	4/26/1947	Mobile,Alabama	MLB	1967-1984
9	Lou Piniella	OF	26	R	R	6-2	199	8/28/1943	Tampa,Florida	MLB	1964-1984
11	Ellie Rodriguez	C	24	R	R	5-11	185	5/24/1946	Fajardo,Puerto Rico	MLB	1968-1976
1	Cookie Rojas	2B	31	R	R	5-10	170	3/6/1939	Havana,Cuba	MLB	1962-1977
13	Jim Rooker	P	27	R	L	6-0	201	9/23/1942	Lakeview,Oregon	MLB	1968-1980
10	Paul Schaal	3B	27	R	R	5-11	180	3/3/1943	Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania	MLB	1964-1974
15	Rich Severson	SS-2B	25	R	R	6-0	174	1/18/1945	Artesia,California	MLB	1970-1971
7	Bill Sorrell	3B-OF	29	L	R	6-0	190	10/14/1940	Morehead,Kentucky	MLB	1965-1970
43	Paul Splittorff	P	23	L	L	6-3	210	10/8/1946	Evansville,Indiana	MLB	1970-1984
6,12	George Spriggs	OF	29	L	R	5-11	175	5/22/1941	Jewell,Maryland	MLB	1965-1970
31	Hawk Taylor	C-OF	31	R	R	6-2	190	4/3/1939	Metropolis,Illinois	MLB	1957-1970
28,48	Ken Wright	P	23	R	R	6-2	210	9/4/1946	Pensacola,Florida	MLB	1970-1974
40	Jim York	P	22	R	R	6-3	200	8/27/1947	Maywood,California	MLB	1970-1976

Team Personnel

Buddy Blattner (Broadcaster)
Dan Carnevale (Assistant Coach)
Harry Dunlop (Third Base Coach)
Bob Lemon (Pitching Coach)
Bob Lemon (Manager)
Denny Matthews (Broadcaster)
Charlie Metro (Manager)
Joe Schultz (Assistant Coach)
George Strickland (Assistant Coach)
Cedric Tallis (General Manager)

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