Kansas City Royals History - 1969 Season Recap

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1969: Recap | Spring Training Roster | Opening Day Roster/Transactions | Debuts

1968 | 1969 | 1970

1969 Kansas City Royals Inaugural Yearbook

1969 KANSAS CITY ROYALS

Record: 69-93 4th Place (28 games back)

Manager: Joe Gordon

Coaches: Harry Dunlop, Owen Friend, Mel Harder, Jo Jo White

Month Player of the Month Pitcher of the Month

September Ed Kirkpatrick Wally Bunker

1969 Topps #529 Ed Kirkpatrick

Batting Statistics

Player Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA
Joe Foy	26	145	519	72	136	19	2	11	71	37	15	74	75	.262
Jackie Hernandez	28	145	504	54	112	14	2	4	40	17	7	38	111	.222
Lou Piniella	26	135	493	43	139	21	6	11	68	2	4	33	56	.282
Jerry Adair	32	126	432	29	108	9	1	5	48	1	3	20	36	.250
Pat Kelly	25	112	417	61	110	20	4	8	32	40	13	49	70	.264
Bob Oliver	26	118	394	43	100	8	4	13	43	5	5	21	74	.254
Mike Fiore	24	107	339	53	93	14	1	12	35	4	4	84	63	.274
Ed Kirkpatrick	24	120	315	40	81	11	4	14	49	3	5	43	42	.257
Ellie Rodriguez	23	95	267	27	63	10	0	2	20	3	2	31	26	.236
Chuck Harrison	28	75	213	18	47	5	1	3	18	1	2	16	20	.221
Buck Martinez	20	72	205	14	47	6	1	4	23	0	0	8	25	.229
Paul Schaal	26	61	205	22	54	6	0	1	13	2	1	25	27	.263
Juan Rios	27	87	196	20	44	5	1	1	5	1	3	7	19	.224
Joe Keough	23	70	166	17	31	2	0	0	7	5	2	13	13	.187
Bob "Hawk" Taylor	30	64	89	7	24	5	0	3	21	0	0	6	18	.270
Jim Campanis	25	30	83	4	13	5	0	0	5	0	0	5	19	.157
Luis Alcaraz	28	22	79	15	20	2	1	1	7	0	0	7	9	.253
Wally Bunker	24	35	70	1	10	3	0	0	7	1	0	5	23	.143
Scott Northey	22	20	61	11	16	2	2	1	7	6	3	7	19	.262
Bill Butler	22	34	60	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	38	.050
Roger Nelson	25	29	58	4	8	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	16	.138
Jim Rooker	26	34	57	7	16	3	0	4	8	0	0	1	19	.281
Dick Drago	24	41	52	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	25	.058
Mike Hedlund	23	34	33	2	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	15	.152
George Spriggs	28	23	29	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	8	.138
Dennis Paepke	24	12	27	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.111
Fred Rico	25	12	26	2	6	2	0	0	2	0	1	9	10	.231
Tom Burgmeier	26	47	18	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.167
Moe Drabowsky	34	52	17	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.235
Fran Healy	22	6	10	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.400
Steve Jones	28	20	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.125
Billy Harris	25	5	7	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286
Jerry Cram	21	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Don O'Riley	24	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Dave Morehead	26	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000
Dave Wickersham	33	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Chris Zachary	25	8	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500
Al Fitzmorris	23	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Galen Cisco	33	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---
Jon Warden	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---
Player Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA

1969 Fleer Cap Plaques Kansas City Royals

Pitching Statistics

Player Name	Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO
Wally Bunker	24	12	11	3.23	35	31	10	2	222.2	198	89	80	29	62	130
Dick Drago	24	11	13	3.77	41	26	10	1	200.2	190	95	84	19	65	108
Bill Butler	22	9	10	3.90	34	29	5	0	193.2	174	91	84	15	91	156
Roger Nelson	25	7	13	3.31	29	29	8	0	193.1	170	78	71	12	65	82
Jim Rooker	26	4	16	3.75	28	22	8	0	158.1	136	80	66	13	73	108
Mike Hedlund	23	3	6	3.24	34	16	1	2	125.0	123	53	45	8	40	74
Moe Drabowsky	34	11	9	2.94	52	0	0	11	98.0	68	33	32	10	30	76
Tom Burgmeier	26	3	1	4.17	31	0	0	0	54.0	67	31	25	5	21	23
Dave Wickersham	33	2	3	3.96	34	0	0	5	50.0	58	27	22	6	14	27
Steve Jones	28	2	3	4.23	20	4	0	0	44.2	45	25	21	3	24	31
Dave Morehead	26	2	3	5.73	21	2	0	0	33.0	28	22	21	7	28	32
Don O'Riley	24	1	1	6.94	18	0	0	1	23.1	32	23	18	0	15	10
Galen Cisco	33	1	1	3.63	15	0	0	1	22.1	17	11	9	4	15	18
Chris Zachary	25	0	1	7.85	8	2	0	0	18.1	27	17	16	4	7	6
Jerry Cram	21	0	1	3.24	5	2	0	0	16.2	15	8	6	0	6	10
Al Fitzmorris	23	1	1	4.22	7	0	0	2	10.2	9	5	5	1	4	3
Jon Warden	22	0	0	---	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0