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AMOS OTIS (Franchise player
#0040 - 1970-01)
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All-Star |
Position:
OF |
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Amos Joseph Otis
("A.O.", "Famous Amos")
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 166 lb.
Born: April 26, 1947 in Mobile, AL |
Acquired:
December 3, 1969: Traded to the Kansas City Royals by the New York Mets with Bob
Johnson for Joe Foy
Departed: December
19, 1983: Signed as Free
Agent by the Pittsburgh Pirates |
MLB Debut: September 6,
1967
Final MLB Game: August 5, 1984 |
Royals Debut: April
7, 1970
Final Royals Game: September
10, 1983 |
| Member
of the Kansas City Royals Hall of Fame - Class of 1986 |
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| All-Star:
1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976 |
| AL Doubles
Leader: 1970, 1976 |
| AL Stolen
Base Leader: 1971 |
| AL Player of
the Week: August 13, 1974 & September 17, 1978 |
| Sporting News
All-AL Team: 1973 |
| Rawlings Gold
Glove: 1971, 1973, 1974 |
| Royals
Player of the Month: April 1970, June 1970, May 1971, July 1973,
August 1974, May 1976, May 1978, September 1978, April 1982 |
| Royals
Player of the Year: 1971 (with Freddie Patek), 1973, 1978 |
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| Statistics
with the Royals (led
team in bold) (led
league in red) |
| Year |
G |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
SB |
CS |
BB |
SO |
BA |
| 1970 |
159 |
620 |
91 |
176 |
36 |
9 |
11 |
58 |
33 |
2 |
68 |
67 |
.284 |
| 1971 |
147 |
555 |
80 |
167 |
26 |
4 |
15 |
79 |
52 |
8 |
40 |
74 |
.301 |
| 1972 |
143 |
540 |
75 |
158 |
28 |
2 |
11 |
54 |
28 |
12 |
50 |
59 |
.293 |
| 1973 |
148 |
583 |
89 |
175 |
21 |
4 |
26 |
93 |
13 |
9 |
63 |
47 |
.300 |
| 1974 |
146 |
552 |
87 |
157 |
31 |
9 |
12 |
73 |
18 |
5 |
58 |
67 |
.284 |
| 1975 |
132 |
470 |
87 |
116 |
26 |
6 |
9 |
46 |
39 |
11 |
66 |
48 |
.247 |
| 1976 |
153 |
592 |
93 |
165 |
40 |
2 |
18 |
86 |
26 |
7 |
55 |
100 |
.279 |
| 1977 |
142 |
478 |
85 |
120 |
20 |
8 |
17 |
78 |
23 |
7 |
71 |
88 |
.251 |
| 1978 |
141 |
486 |
74 |
145 |
30 |
7 |
22 |
96 |
32 |
8 |
66 |
54 |
.298 |
| 1979 |
151 |
577 |
100 |
170 |
28 |
2 |
18 |
90 |
30 |
5 |
68 |
92 |
.295 |
| 1980 |
107 |
394 |
56 |
99 |
16 |
3 |
10 |
53 |
16 |
1 |
39 |
70 |
.251 |
| 1981 |
99 |
372 |
49 |
100 |
22 |
3 |
9 |
57 |
16 |
7 |
31 |
59 |
.269 |
| 1982 |
125 |
475 |
73 |
136 |
25 |
3 |
11 |
88 |
9 |
5 |
37 |
65 |
.286 |
| 1983 |
98 |
356 |
35 |
93 |
16 |
3 |
4 |
41 |
5 |
2 |
27 |
63 |
.261 |
| w/Royals |
1891 |
7050 |
1074 |
1977 |
365 |
65 |
193 |
992 |
340 |
89 |
739 |
953 |
.280 |
| Career |
1998 |
7299 |
1092 |
2020 |
374 |
66 |
193 |
1007 |
341 |
93 |
757 |
1008 |
.277 |
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For
complete stats, go to Baseball-Reference.com's Amos Otis page
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- unofficial fan site of the Kansas City Royals Baseball Club