which royals pitcher has the most hit by pitches in a season since 1969

Since 1969, Jakob Junis has pegged the most hitters for the Royals in a season, with 15 batters hit in 2018.

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	NAME	HBP	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Jakob Junis J. Junis	15	2018	KCR	30	9	12	.429	30	4.37	164	1	0	0	177.0	182	86	94	32	43	0	1	758	9	8.34	2.19	3.81	1.63	21.6	5.7	1.27	.298	4.78	101	4.64	112	9.25	-10
2	Jeremy Guthrie J. Guthrie	14	2014	KCR	32	13	11	.542	32	4.13	124	1	0	0	202.2	215	93	100	23	49	0	0	864	3	5.51	2.18	2.53	1.02	14.4	5.7	1.30	.294	4.44	105	4.31	115	9.55	-12.9
3	Ian Kennedy I. Kennedy	13	2016	KCR	33	11	11	.500	33	3.68	184	0	0	0	195.2	173	80	81	33	66	0	1	818	4	8.46	3.04	2.79	1.52	22.5	8.1	1.22	.268	3.73	87	4.66	112	7.96	-11.4
4	Luke Hochevar L. Hochevar	13	2012	KCR	32	8	16	.333	32	5.73	144	2	1	0	185.1	202	118	127	27	61	0	3	800	8	6.99	2.96	2.36	1.31	18.0	7.6	1.42	.315	6.17	139	4.62	113	9.81	-11.3
5	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	13	2005	KCR	33	5	17	.227	33	5.80	114	2	0	0	183.0	233	118	125	23	53	0	0	829	4	5.61	2.61	2.15	1.13	13.8	6.4	1.56	.335	6.15	130	4.48	104	11.46	-3.3
6	Mike Boddicker M. Boddicker	13	1991	KCR	30	12	12	.500	29	4.08	79	1	0	0	180.2	188	82	89	13	59	1	0	775	3	3.94	2.94	1.34	0.65	10.2	7.6	1.37	.286	4.43	100	4.11	106	9.37	-5.1
7	Jim Colborn J. Colborn	13	1977	KCR	36	18	14	.563	35	3.62	103	6	1	0	239.0	233	96	106	22	81	0	2	1,023	8	3.88	3.05	1.27	0.83	10.1	7.9	1.31	.262	3.99	88	4.24	107	8.77	-7.5
8	Jeff Suppan J. Suppan	12	2001	KCR	34	10	14	.417	34	4.37	120	1	0	0	218.1	227	106	120	26	74	0	3	946	6	4.95	3.05	1.62	1.07	12.7	7.8	1.38	.282	4.95	91	4.67	103	9.36	-2.4
9	Alec Marsh A. Marsh	11	2024	KCR	26	9	9	.500	25	4.53	123	0	0	0	129.0	123	65	70	19	39	1	1	548	3	8.58	2.72	3.15	1.33	22.4	7.1	1.26	.292	4.88	110	4.33	106	8.58	-3.5
10	Brady Singer B. Singer	11	2022	KCR	27	10	5	.667	24	3.23	150	0	0	0	153.1	140	55	58	18	35	2	0	621	3	8.80	2.05	4.29	1.06	24.2	5.6	1.14	.300	3.40	80	3.58	92	8.22	5.5
11	Brady Singer B. Singer	11	2021	KCR	27	5	10	.333	27	4.91	131	1	0	0	128.1	146	70	81	14	53	0	1	586	3	9.19	3.72	2.47	0.98	22.4	9.0	1.55	.350	5.68	109	4.03	95	10.24	2.8
12	Jakob Junis J. Junis	11	2019	KCR	31	9	14	.391	31	5.24	164	0	0	0	175.1	192	102	108	31	58	0	1	771	4	8.42	2.98	2.83	1.59	21.3	7.5	1.43	.318	5.54	111	4.81	108	9.86	-6.9
13	James Shields J. Shields	11	2014	KCR	34	14	8	.636	34	3.21	180	1	1	0	227.0	224	81	95	23	44	0	0	939	12	7.14	1.74	4.09	0.91	19.2	4.7	1.18	.295	3.77	82	3.59	96	8.88	4
14	Luis Mendoza L. Mendoza	11	2012	KCR	30	8	10	.444	25	4.23	104	0	0	0	166.0	176	78	84	15	59	0	3	709	6	5.64	3.20	1.76	0.81	14.7	8.3	1.42	.310	4.55	103	4.27	105	9.54	-3.6
15	Chad Durbin C. Durbin	11	2001	KCR	29	9	16	.360	29	4.93	95	2	0	0	179.0	201	98	109	26	58	0	0	777	6	4.78	2.92	1.64	1.31	12.2	7.5	1.45	.298	5.48	103	5.03	110	10.11	-8.8
16	Dennis Leonard D. Leonard	11	1976	KCR	35	17	10	.630	34	3.51	150	16	2	0	259.0	247	101	113	16	70	0	5	1,072	7	5.21	2.43	2.14	0.56	14.0	6.5	1.22	.280	3.93	99	3.21	93	8.58	7.1
17	Bob Johnson B. Johnson	11	1970	KCR	40	8	13	.381	26	3.07	206	10	1	4	214.0	178	73	82	18	82	7	4	894	6	8.66	3.45	2.51	0.76	23.0	9.2	1.21	.277	3.45	83	3.10	79	7.49	19.4
18	Brady Singer B. Singer	10	2024	KCR	32	9	13	.409	32	3.71	170	0	0	0	179.2	175	74	77	22	54	0	0	762	2	8.52	2.71	3.15	1.10	22.3	7.1	1.27	.302	3.86	90	3.93	96	8.77	3.2
19	Jorge López J. López	10	2019	KCR	39	4	9	.308	18	6.33	109	0	0	1	123.2	140	87	94	27	42	8	0	548	6	7.93	3.06	2.60	1.96	19.9	7.7	1.47	.314	6.84	135	5.54	124	10.19	-15.1
20	Pat Rapp P. Rapp	10	1998	KCR	32	12	13	.480	32	5.30	132	1	1	0	188.1	208	111	117	24	107	0	7	855	14	6.31	5.11	1.23	1.15	15.4	12.5	1.67	.316	5.59	112	5.25	113	9.94	-12
21	David Cone D. Cone	10	1993	KCR	34	11	14	.440	34	3.33	191	6	1	0	254.0	205	94	102	20	114	0	2	1,060	14	6.77	4.04	1.68	0.71	18.0	10.8	1.26	.255	3.61	76	3.96	94	7.26	7.3
22	Seth Lugo S. Lugo	9	2026	KCR	32	7	9	.438	32	5.17	134	0	0	0	172.1	200	99	107	23	54	0	0	751	2	7.00	2.82	2.48	1.20	17.8	7.2	1.47	.333	5.59	121	4.37	105	10.44	-3.6
23	Seth Lugo S. Lugo	9	2024	KCR	33	16	9	.640	33	3.00	181	1	0	0	206.2	177	69	75	16	48	0	1	836	4	7.88	2.09	3.77	0.70	21.7	5.7	1.09	.277	3.27	73	3.24	79	7.71	19.4
24	Alec Marsh A. Marsh	9	2023	KCR	17	3	9	.250	8	5.69	85	0	0	0	74.1	77	47	50	16	39	1	0	342	1	10.29	4.72	2.18	1.94	24.9	11.4	1.56	.316	6.05	127	5.70	133	9.32	-11.7
25	Brad Keller B. Keller	9	2019	KCR	28	7	14	.333	28	4.19	122	0	0	0	165.1	154	77	80	15	70	0	2	709	9	6.64	3.81	1.74	0.82	17.2	9.9	1.35	.282	4.35	89	4.34	97	8.38	2.4

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