Bob Oliver, an original Royal, died Sunday. A relatively unknown player when he came to the KC Royals via the 1968 expansion draft, he quickly became a regular and split time primarily between the outfield and first base in three full seasons and part of a fourth with KC.
Oliver was the first Royal to get six hits in a single game, a fact made much of in the media since his death. Kevin Seitzer and Joe Randa later duplicated the six-hit feat, but what seems to go unnoticed and unmentioned is that Oliver and Seitzer did more than collect six safeties in one game–they both went 6-for-6 to achieve plate perfection.