Английская Википедия:1969 Kansas City Royals season

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Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox baseball team season The 1969 Kansas City Royals season was the Royals' inaugural season. The team finished fourth in the newly established American League West with a record of 69 wins and 93 losses.

Offseason

A franchise is born

The club's inception is connected to the Athletics franchise. On October 18, 1967, A.L. owners at last gave Charles O. Finley permission to move the Athletics to Oakland for the 1968 season. According to some reports, Joe Cronin promised Finley that he could move the team after the 1967 season as an incentive to sign the new lease with Municipal Stadium. The move came in spite of approval by voters in Jackson County of a bond issue for a brand new baseball stadium (the eventual Kauffman Stadium) to be completed in 1973. When U.S. Senator Stuart Symington threatened to have baseball's antitrust exemption revoked, the owners responded with a hasty round of expansion. Kansas City was awarded an American League expansion team, the Royals. They were initially slated to begin play in 1971. However, Symington was not willing to have Kansas City wait three years for another team, and renewed his threat to have baseball's antitrust exemption revoked unless the teams began play in 1969. The owners complied, but it forced the Seattle Pilots to enter the league earlier than expected without a suitable stadium, leading to financial difficulty, and a rapid relocation to Milwaukee in April 1970.

The Kansas City franchise was formally awarded to Ewing Kauffman on January 11, 1968. The owner selected Los Angeles Angels vice president Cedric Tallis as the Royals' first general manager, and Tallis began to assemble a front office staff.

Expansion draft

Шаблон:Main The 1968 Major League Baseball expansion draft for the Royals and the Seattle Pilots was held on October 15.

Player	Former Team	Pick
Roger Nelson	Baltimore Orioles	1st
Joe Foy	Boston Red Sox	4th
Jim Rooker	New York Yankees	6th
Joe Keough	Oakland A's	8th
Steve Jones	Washington Senators	10th
Jon Warden	Detroit Tigers	12th
Ellie Rodríguez	New York Yankees	13th
Dave Morehead	Boston Red Sox	15th
Mike Fiore	Baltimore Orioles	17th
Bob Oliver	Minnesota Twins	19th
Bill Butler	Detroit Tigers	22nd
Steve Whitaker	New York Yankees	23rd
Wally Bunker	Baltimore Orioles	25th
Paul Schaal	California Angels	27th
Dan Haynes	Chicago White Sox	29th
Dick Drago	Detroit Tigers	31st
Pat Kelly	Minnesota Twins	34th
Billy Harris	Cleveland Indians	36th
Don O'Riley	Oakland A's	38th
Al Fitzmorris	Chicago White Sox	40th
Moe Drabowsky	Baltimore Orioles	42nd
Jackie Hernández	Minnesota Twins	43rd
Mike Hedlund	Cleveland Indians	45th
Tom Burgmeier	California Angels	47th
Hoyt Wilhelm	Chicago White Sox	49th
Jerry Adair	Boston Red Sox	51st
Jerry Cram	Minnesota Twins	54th
Fran Healy	Cleveland Indians	56th
Scott Northey	Chicago White Sox	58th
Ike Brookens	Washington Senators	60th

Other offseason transactions

• June 7, 1968: Dane Iorg was drafted by the Royals in the 16th round of the 1968 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign.
• August 14, 1968: Galen Cisco was purchased by the Royals from the Boston Red Sox.
• December 12, 1968: Hoyt Wilhelm was traded by the Royals to the California Angels for Ed Kirkpatrick and Dennis Paepke.
• December 15, 1968: Dennis Ribant was purchased by the Royals from the Detroit Tigers.
• March 29, 1969: Dennis Ribant was purchased from the Royals by the St. Louis Cardinals.

1968 MLB June amateur draft and minor league affiliates

The Royals and Seattle Pilots, along with the two National League expansion teams set to debut in 1969, the Montreal Expos and San Diego Padres, were allowed to participate in the June 1968 MLB first-year player draft, although the new teams were barred from the lottery's first three rounds. Despite this impediment, the Royals drafted fifty players in the 1968 June draft, including Iorg and other future major leaguers Lance Clemons (seventh round), Monty Montgomery (ninth) and Paul Splittorff (25th). Splittorff would win 166 games for the MLB Royals, including seasons of 20 (Шаблон:Mlby) and 19 (Шаблон:Mlby) victories, in a 15-year big-league career, then become a longtime analyst on the team's television crew. The Royals affiliated with three minor league clubs during 1968 to develop drafted players; the rosters were filled out by professional and amateur free agents that had been signed and players loaned from other organizations.

1968 farm system

Шаблон:MLB Farm System LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: High Point-Thomasville

Regular season

• May 4, 1969: Bob Oliver became the first Royal to collect six hits in a nine-inning game.

Notable transactions

• April 1, 1969: Steve Whitaker and John Gelnar were traded by the Royals to the Seattle Pilots for Lou Piniella.
• June 5, 1969: 1969 Major League Baseball Draft
  • Keith Marshall was drafted by the Royals in the 5th round.
  • Frank Ortenzio was drafted by the Royals in the 47th round.

The first game

Starting lineup

9	Lou Piniella	CF
14	Jerry Adair	2B
8	Ed Kirkpatrick	LF
1	Joe Foy	3B
7	Chuck Harrison	1B
33	Bob Oliver	RF
11	Ellie Rodríguez	C
24	Jackie Hernández	SS
27	Wally Bunker	P

Scorecard

April 8, Municipal Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
Minnesota	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	1
Kansas City	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	14	0
W: Drabowsky (1–0)  L: Grzenda (0–1)
HRs: Nettles (1)

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Шаблон:Sortname	95	267	63	.236	2	20
1B	Шаблон:Sortname	107	339	93	.274	12	35
2B	Шаблон:Sortname	126	432	108	.250	5	48
3B	Шаблон:Sortname	145	519	136	.262	11	71
SS	Шаблон:Sortname	145	504	112	.222	4	40
LF	Шаблон:Sortname	135	493	139	.282	11	68
CF	Шаблон:Sortname	118	394	100	.254	13	43
RF	Шаблон:Sortname	112	417	110	.264	8	32

Other batters

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
Шаблон:Sortname	120	315	81	.257	14	49
Шаблон:Sortname	75	213	47	.221	3	18
Шаблон:Sortname	72	205	47	.229	4	23
Шаблон:Sortname	61	205	54	.263	1	13
Шаблон:Sortname	87	196	44	.224	1	5
Шаблон:Sortname	70	166	31	.187	0	7
Шаблон:Sortname	64	89	24	.270	3	21
Шаблон:Sortname	30	83	13	.157	0	5
Шаблон:Sortname	22	79	20	.253	1	7
Шаблон:Sortname	20	61	16	.262	1	7
Шаблон:Sortname	23	29	4	.138	0	0
Шаблон:Sortname	12	27	3	.111	0	0
Шаблон:Sortname	12	26	6	.231	0	2
Шаблон:Sortname	6	10	4	.400	0	0
Шаблон:Sortname	5	7	2	.286	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Шаблон:Sortname	35	222.2	12	11	3.23	130
Шаблон:Sortname	34	193.2	9	10	3.90	156
Шаблон:Sortname	29	193.1	7	13	3.31	82
Шаблон:Sortname	28	158.1	4	16	3.75	108

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Шаблон:Sortname	41	200.2	11	13	3.77	108
Шаблон:Sortname	34	125.0	3	6	3.24	74
Шаблон:Sortname	20	44.2	2	3	4.23	31
Шаблон:Sortname	8	18.1	0	1	7.85	6
Шаблон:Sortname	5	16.2	0	1	3.24	10

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Шаблон:Sortname	52	11	9	11	2.94	76
Шаблон:Sortname	34	2	3	5	3.96	27
Шаблон:Sortname	31	3	1	0	4.17	23
Шаблон:Sortname	21	2	3	0	5.73	32
Шаблон:Sortname	18	1	1	1	6.94	10
Шаблон:Sortname	15	1	1	1	3.63	18
Шаблон:Sortname	7	1	1	2	4.22	3

Farm system

Шаблон:MLB Farm System LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Omaha

Elmira affiliation shared with San Diego Padres

Awards and honors

1969 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Ellie Rodríguez (reserve, did not play)

1969 AL Rookie of the Year

• Lou Piniella

References

• 1969 Kansas City Royals team page at Baseball Reference
• 1969 Kansas City Royals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
• Шаблон:Cite book