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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.[1] 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[2] 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[3] Baltimore Orioles 25th
Paul Schaal[4] California Angels 27th
Dan Haynes Chicago White Sox 29th
Dick Drago[5] 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[6] 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

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).[10] 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.[11]

Season standings

Шаблон:1969 AL West standings

Record vs. opponents

Шаблон:1969 AL Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

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)

Roster

1969 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers

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Catchers

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Outfielders

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Manager

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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

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Шаблон:MLB Farm System LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Omaha

Elmira affiliation shared with San Diego Padres

Awards and honors

1969 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

1969 AL Rookie of the Year

Notes

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References

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