1969 Kansas City Royals season

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1969 Kansas City Royals
Major league affiliations
Location
1969 Information
Owner(s) Ewing Kauffman
Manager(s) Joe Gordon
Local television KMBC-TV
Local radio KMBZ
(Buddy Blattner, Denny Matthews

The 1969 Kansas City Royals season involved the Royals finishing 4th in the American League West with a record of 69 wins and 93 losses.

Contents

[edit] Offseason

[edit] Expansion Draft

The MLB Expansion Draft for the Royals and the Seattle Pilots was held on October 15, 1968

Player Former Team Pick
Ellie Rodriguez New York Yankees 13th
Mike Fiore Baltimore Orioles 17th
Jerry Adair Boston Red Sox 51st

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Opening Day Starters

  • Jerry Adair
  • Wally Bunker
  • Joe Foy
  • Chuck Harrison
  • Jackie Hernandez
  • Ed Kirkpatrick
  • Bob Oliver
  • Lou Piniella
  • Ellie Rodriguez

[edit] Season standings

Team Wins Losses Win % GB
Minnesota Twins 97 65 .599 0
Oakland Athletics 88 74 .543 9.0
California Angels 71 91 .438 26.0
Kansas City Royals 69 93 .426 28.0
Chicago White Sox 68 94 .420 29.0
Seattle Pilots 64 98 .395 33.0

[edit] Notable Transactions

  • April 1, 1969: Lou Piniella was traded by the Seattle Pilots to the Kansas City Royals for Steve Whitaker and John Gelnar.

[edit] The First Game

[edit] Scorecard

April 8, Municipal Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Minnesota 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 12 1
Kansas City 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 14 0
W: Drabowsky (1-0)  L: Grzenda (0-1)  
HRs: Nettles (1)

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

[edit] Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

[edit] References

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1969 MLB season by team
   

AL East: Baltimore • Boston • Cleveland • Detroit • New York • Washington
AL West: California • Chicago • Kansas City • Minnesota • Oakland • Seattle

           
1969 All-Star Game • 1969 World Series
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Kansas City Royals
Based in Kansas City, Missouri
The Franchise
Ballparks
Culture
Important Figures
Team Hall of Fame
Retired Numbers
5 • 10 • 20 • 42
Minors
Key Personnel
Owner: David Glass • General Manager: Dayton Moore • Manager: Trey Hillman
Team Managers
World Series
Championships (1)
American League
Pennants (2)
Division Titles
Western: 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1980 • 1981 (second half) • 1984 • 1985 • Central: none • Wild Card: none