Kansas City Athletics History - 1970 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1970 Kansas City Athletics	59	103	.364	6^th	41	57-105	2	.244	4.53			2,099,876	$61,609,342	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Ozzie Award	Steve Carlton (P), Kirby Puckett (CF)	2
All-Star	Rod Carew	1
Player of the Week	Rocco Colavito (Apr 27)	1

Batting Stats

Pos	Player	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR	OPS+
2B	Rod Carew	28	156	629	193	39	5	8	69	75	52	5	0	3	67	24	17	.307	.363	.423	.786	4.1	116
SS	Brian Roberts	32	156	602	154	43	4	8	48	70	71	1	1	4	78	27	14	.256	.333	.380	.714	3.0	97
LF	Vladimir Guerrero	27	155	586	170	34	5	14	72	70	44	8	0	5	61	10	13	.290	.345	.437	.782	3.5	114
1B	George C Scott	31	155	580	135	35	1	20	77	57	41	1	0	4	131	2	1	.233	.283	.400	.683	0.3	86
CF	Kirby Puckett	28	141	556	144	27	6	11	48	54	22	10	0	3	85	6	3	.259	.298	.388	.686	3.4	88
3B	Carney Lansford	22	145	500	109	26	5	6	35	45	30	2	4	3	102	10	1	.218	.264	.326	.590	-0.1	62
RF	Rocco Colavito	24	140	378	72	17	1	11	53	40	57	2	0	3	89	0	0	.190	.298	.328	.626	0.2	73
RF	Gene Woodling	28	120	365	80	16	5	8	42	38	40	2	2	2	52	0	0	.219	.298	.356	.654	0.4	80
C	Hank Severeid	24	89	277	67	18	1	3	16	33	24	3	0	0	31	0	0	.242	.309	.347	.656	0.9	81
C	Brian Johnson	27	88	289	76	15	0	9	28	24	6	2	2	4	57	0	0	.263	.279	.408	.687	1.4	87
1B	Ed Kranepool	27	92	134	30	6	1	3	18	13	5	3	0	2	21	0	0	.224	.264	.351	.615	0.0	68
CF	Roger Cedeno	30	43	105	29	4	0	0	7	16	6	1	0	0	23	3	0	.276	.321	.314	.636	-1.2	77
3B	Red Schoendienst	36	44	92	30	7	0	0	15	7	5	1	1	2	4	0	0	.326	.360	.402	.762	0.5	110
3B	George J Burns	31	66	92	19	5	0	1	11	8	7	1	0	0	15	1	1	.207	.270	.293	.563	-0.4	56
P	Steve Carlton	27	33	74	12	1	0	1	4	6	1	5	16	0	23	0	0	.162	.225	.216	.441	-0.5	23
P	Billy Pierce	34	32	71	6	1	0	0	1	5	1	2	17	0	17	0	0	.085	.122	.099	.220	-1.4	-38
P	Willard Nixon	24	32	57	7	2	0	0	1	2	2	0	10	0	26	0	0	.123	.153	.158	.310	-0.9	-14
P	Milt Pappas	29	32	57	7	0	0	2	5	6	4	0	6	0	34	0	0	.123	.180	.228	.408	-0.5	12
P	Fred Norman	30	36	47	4	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	7	0	18	0	0	.085	.122	.106	.229	-0.9	-36
P	Luis Tiant, Jr.	33	33	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	12	0	0	.118	.167	.118	.284	-0.4	-20
P	Lance Carter	26	34	11	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	-0.0	1
P	Sean Doolittle	36	55	5	2	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.800	1.200	0.0	222
P	David Phelps	24	34	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0.0	85
P	Severino Gonzalez	22	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
24 Players		27.9	1932	5528	1351	299	34	105	555	572	421	49	72	35	950	83	50	.244	.302	.368	.670	11.6	83
AL Rank				2	4	1	6	6	5	5	6	6	3	5	2	3	2	4	5	4	4	6
ABBA Rank				4	8	1	9	12	11	11	12	11	7	11	5	5	5	8	11	10	10	12

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Steve Carlton	27	33	33	13	13	0	4.29	253.7	244	123	121	40	88	201	0	8	2	1.31	.275	2.1	90
Billy Pierce	34	32	32	10	13	0	3.78	247.7	242	119	104	20	60	110	0	6	2	1.22	.270	4.0	102
Milt Pappas	29	32	32	3	21	0	5.04	214.3	242	135	120	31	48	112	0	6	0	1.35	.301	1.3	77
Willard Nixon	24	32	32	8	17	0	4.29	214.0	199	122	102	38	94	100	0	4	1	1.37	.242	-1.6	90
Fred Norman	30	36	23	5	14	2	5.79	178.7	193	119	115	22	95	118	0	4	1	1.61	.316	0.4	67
Luis Tiant, Jr.	33	33	10	2	6	0	5.09	99.0	105	62	56	17	27	67	0	2	0	1.33	.290	-0.0	76
Sean Doolittle	36	55	0	7	10	22	2.83	86.0	62	30	27	7	22	63	2	0	0	.98	.230	1.8	137
Lance Carter	26	34	0	0	1	0	6.83	56.7	75	45	43	6	32	30	0	0	0	1.89	.345	-0.4	57
David Phelps	24	34	0	4	4	0	4.07	42.0	43	19	19	3	31	27	0	0	0	1.76	.310	-0.3	95
Clay Zavada	25	28	0	4	3	1	3.46	39.0	30	16	15	5	25	21	2	0	0	1.41	.227	-0.6	112
Severino Gonzalez	22	21	0	3	1	1	3.86	25.7	28	12	11	1	7	16	0	0	0	1.36	.329	0.4	100
11 Pitchers	29.1	370	162	59	103	26	4.53	1456.7	1463	802	733	190	529	865	4	30	6	1.37	.281	7.1	89
AL Rank		3	1	6	1	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	6	6	5	4	6	5	5
ABBA Rank		5	1	12	1	10	10	8	10	11	10	9	8	12	10	9	9	10	8	11

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
S. Carlton	33	33	19	29	1	52	4	.923	253.7	1.70	2.6
B. Pierce	32	32	17	31	2	50	2	.960	247.7	1.74	0.1
M. Pappas	32	32	12	30	2	45	3	.933	214.3	1.76	0.5
W. Nixon	32	32	13	23	0	40	4	.900	214.0	1.51	-1.0
F. Norman	36	23	5	18	0	26	3	.885	178.7	1.16	-0.4
L. Tiant, Jr.	33	10	2	15	0	19	2	.895	99.0	1.55	-0.5
S. Doolittle	55	0	8	7	2	16	1	.938	86.0	1.57	-0.5
L. Carter	34	0	4	8	1	12	0	1.000	56.7	1.91	0.5
D. Phelps	34	0	3	5	0	8	0	1.000	42.0	1.71	-0.0
C. Zavada	27	0	1	2	0	3	0	1.000	39.0	0.69	-0.5
S. Gonzalez	21	0	4	5	0	10	1	.900	25.7	3.16	-0.0
Totals	369	162	88	173	8	281	20	.929	1456.7	1.61	0.8

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
H. Severeid	88	82	429	50	11	483	4	.992	741.7	5.81	-2.4	5	32.8
B. Johnson	86	80	459	60	10	524	5	.990	714.0	6.54	1.0	7	42.5
E. Kranepool	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	1.0	18.00	0.0	0	0.0
Totals	175	162	890	110	21	1009	9	.991	1456.7	6.18	-1.4	12	38.3

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
G. Scott	147	147	1277	94	112	1389	18	.987	1311.7	9.41	-1.9
E. Kranepool	21	15	141	9	16	152	2	.987	145.0	9.31	0.9
Totals	168	162	1418	103	128	1541	20	.987	1456.7	9.40	-1.0

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Carew	156	156	375	392	114	783	16	.980	1401.3	4.93	-6.6
R. Schoendienst	5	4	9	12	2	21	0	1.000	37.3	5.06	-0.1
G. Burns	2	2	4	5	2	9	0	1.000	18.0	4.50	-1.1
Totals	163	162	388	409	118	813	16	.980	1456.7	4.92	-7.8

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
C. Lansford	142	142	103	273	27	383	7	.982	1227.7	2.76	-0.3
G. Burns	25	10	14	34	3	51	3	.941	125.0	3.46	-1.8
R. Schoendienst	14	10	6	16	2	22	0	1.000	96.0	2.06	-0.0
G. Scott	5	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	8.0	1.12	-0.6
Totals	186	162	123	324	32	457	10	.978	1456.7	2.76	-2.7

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Roberts	155	154	199	442	89	651	10	.985	1366.0	4.22	-8.2
R. Schoendienst	17	8	7	25	4	34	2	.941	89.0	3.24	-0.6
G. Scott	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
G. Burns	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	0.7	13.50	-0.0
Totals	174	162	206	468	93	686	12	.983	1456.7	4.16	-8.9

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
V. Guerrero	145	145	329	7	3	342	6	.982	1297.7	2.33	2.6
G. Woodling	17	17	29	1	1	31	1	.968	141.0	1.91	-0.3
R. Cedeno	2	0	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	12.0	3.75	-0.0
R. Colavito	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	4.0	0.00	0.0
G. Burns	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	168	162	363	8	4	378	7	.981	1456.7	2.29	2.2

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
K. Puckett	141	141	410	21	9	436	5	.989	1242.0	3.12	13.2
R. Cedeno	32	21	57	1	1	60	2	.967	212.7	2.45	-13.9
V. Guerrero	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	174	162	467	22	10	496	7	.986	1456.7	3.02	-0.7

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Colavito	92	91	239	12	3	253	2	.992	818.3	2.76	3.1
G. Woodling	71	71	176	5	1	184	3	.984	625.3	2.61	0.3
R. Cedeno	7	0	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	9.0	2.00	-0.0
V. Guerrero	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	4.0	2.25	0.8
Totals	172	162	417	18	4	440	5	.989	1456.7	2.69	4.1

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Rod Carew	.307
On-Base Percentage	Rod Carew	.363
Slugging Percentage	Vladimir Guerrero	.437
OPS	Rod Carew	.786
Games	Rod Carew, Brian Roberts	156
At-Bats	Rod Carew	629
Runs	Rod Carew	75
Hits	Rod Carew	193
Doubles	Brian Roberts	43
Triples	Kirby Puckett	6
Home Runs	George C Scott	20
Runs Batted In	George C Scott	77
Stolen Bases	Brian Roberts	27
Caught Stealing	Rod Carew	17
Walks	Brian Roberts	71
Strikeouts	George C Scott	131

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Steve Carlton	13
Losses	Milt Pappas	21
Saves	Sean Doolittle	22
Games	Sean Doolittle	55
Games Started	Steve Carlton	33
Complete Games	Steve Carlton	8
Shutouts	Steve Carlton, Billy Pierce	2
Innings Pitched	Steve Carlton	253.7
Hits Allowed	Steve Carlton	244
Home Runs Allowed	Steve Carlton	40
Strikeouts	Steve Carlton	201
Walks Allowed	Fred Norman	95
Earned Run Average	Billy Pierce	3.78
Walks + Hits per IP	Billy Pierce	1.22
BABIP	Willard Nixon	.242