1970 Kansas City Royals season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Kansas City Royals
season = 1970
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1969
division = West Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Municipal Stadium
y4 = 1973
city = Kansas City, Missouri
y5 = 1969
owners = Ewing Kauffman
managers = Charlie Metro and Bob Lemon
television =KMBC-TV
radio =KMBZ
(Buddy Blattner, Denny Matthews)|The 1970 Kansas City Royals season involved the Royals finishing 4th in the American League West with a record of 65 wins and 97 losses.

Offseason

*December 3, 1969: Amos Otis was traded by the New York Mets with Bob Johnson to the Kansas City Royals for Joe Foy. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/o/otisam01.shtml Amos Otis Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*January 17, 1970: Greg Minton was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 3rd round of the 1970 amateur draft. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mintogr01.shtml]

Regular season

eason standings

Roster

Starting pitchers

Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball," 2nd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997]

* Class AAA: Omaha Royals (American Association; Jack McKeon, manager) -- LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class AA: Elmira Pioneers (Eastern League; Harry Malmberg, manager) -- Affiliation shared with San Diego Padres
* Class A: San Jose Bees (California League; Buddy Peterson, manager)
* Class A: Waterloo Hawks (Midwest League; Steve Boros, manager)
* Rookie: Kingsport Royals (Appalachian League; Owen Friend, manager)
* Rookie: Billings Mustangs (Pioneer League; Dave Pavlesic, manager)

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/KC/1970.shtml 1970 Kansas City Royals team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1970&t=KCA 1970 Kansas City Royals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]