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1970 Omaha Royals

1970 > Class AAA > 1970 American Association (East)
Overall: 73-65
Scored 602 runs, Allowed 567 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 73-65

Affiliation: Kansas City Royals-AL
Manager: Jack McKeon
Represented: Omaha, NE
Ballpark: Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium (Omaha, NE)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1969 / 1971

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Luis Alcaraz 29 77 315 263 30 67 11 3 6 29 1 0 39 41 .255 .355 .388 .743 102 3 8 2
2 Tom Burgmeier* 26 10 10 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 .250 .400 .250 .650 2 0 0 0
3 Bill Butler* 23 4 8 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .000 .375 .000 .375 0 0 0 0
4 Galen Cisco 34 24 23 20 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .150 .150 .200 .350 4 0 3 0
5 Lance Clemons* 22 16 19 18 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .167 .167 .167 .333 3 0 1 0
6 Jerry Cram 22 35 64 55 6 11 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 15 .200 .228 .218 .446 12 0 7 0
7 Charles Day 21 85 338 312 38 97 14 4 1 40 2 2 19 19 .311 .354 .391 .745 122 3 2 2
8 Bobby Floyd 26 62 263 236 36 69 11 1 2 32 0 0 19 35 .292 .340 .373 .713 88 0 4 4
9 Lloyd Gladden 23 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
10 Lee Green* 28 77 188 152 20 37 6 3 1 17 2 1 29 35 .243 .368 .342 .710 52 1 6 0
11 Billy Harris* 26 73 163 149 21 30 7 1 0 7 2 2 13 36 .201 .265 .262 .527 39 0 1 0
12 Chuck Harrison 29 109 457 387 69 108 18 1 21 65 1 0 59 38 .279 .380 .494 .874 191 6 2 3
13 Fran Healy 23 82 308 252 35 74 12 1 5 36 5 3 53 62 .294 .415 .409 .824 103 0 2 1
14 Mike Hedlund 23 28 47 44 2 5 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 24 .114 .133 .227 .361 10 0 2 0
15 Steve Jones* 29 41 12 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .083 .083 .083 .167 1 0 0 0
16 Thomas Joyce 22 38 140 117 18 27 1 5 0 12 1 2 18 26 .231 .338 .325 .663 38 2 1 2
17 Steven McMillan 22 77 266 234 27 63 5 2 1 26 2 2 24 38 .269 .343 .321 .664 75 4 1 3
18 Aurelio Monteagudo 26 14 6 5 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 .400 .400 .400 .800 2 0 1 0
19 Monty Montgomery 23 26 54 45 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 18 .089 .087 .111 .198 5 0 8 1
20 Scott Northey 23 31 113 93 12 21 2 2 2 8 4 4 16 23 .226 .348 .355 .703 33 2 1 1
21 Don O'Riley 25 17 37 34 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 .147 .147 .147 .294 5 0 3 0
22 Dennis Paepke 25 93 340 305 36 80 16 2 6 44 3 0 29 46 .262 .328 .387 .715 118 2 2 2
23 Ted Parks 23 84 294 257 30 67 11 3 4 27 2 1 25 48 .261 .322 .374 .695 96 1 5 6
24 Fred Rico 25 131 516 441 58 117 20 5 9 66 8 3 67 74 .265 .359 .395 .753 174 1 0 7 Stats for 2 teams
25 Juan Rios 27 27 102 99 5 22 3 0 0 11 0 1 1 7 .222 .235 .253 .488 25 1 0 1
26 Les Roos 23 28 69 56 7 9 0 1 0 8 1 0 12 9 .161 .309 .196 .505 11 0 1 0
27 Patrick Skrable# 22 74 219 188 28 54 14 0 4 25 6 6 22 30 .287 .362 .426 .787 80 1 6 2
28 Billy Sorrell* 29 37 154 136 18 49 5 2 2 17 0 2 15 12 .360 .425 .471 .895 64 1 1 1
29 Paul Splittorff* 23 28 57 53 3 10 1 0 0 5 1 0 2 14 .189 .218 .208 .426 11 0 2 0
30 George Spriggs* 33 105 434 386 71 116 26 9 11 43 29 13 46 83 .301 .374 .500 .874 193 0 1 1
31 John Sullivan* 29 64 189 160 10 41 12 0 1 20 0 1 21 18 .256 .332 .350 .682 56 0 2 6
32 Sandy Valdespino* 31 54 248 213 42 64 11 3 2 27 3 4 29 22 .300 .388 .408 .796 87 2 3 1
33 Charlie Vaughan 22 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
34 Nick Willhite* 29 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0
35 Jim York 22 41 18 14 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .143 .250 .143 .393 2 0 2 0
36 Chris Zachary* 26 33 84 82 10 15 5 0 1 6 0 0 1 25 .183 .193 .280 .473 23 0 1 0 Stats for 2 teams
36 Players 25.9 139 5204 4534 602 1191 199 46 75 537 69 46 522 786 .263 .340 .376 .717 1707 30 78 40 49
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Tom Burgmeier* 26 3 1 .750 1.23 10 0 0 0 2 22.0 10 3 3 0 7 1 9 0 0 1 0.773 4.1 0.0 2.9 3.7 1.29
2 Bill Butler* 23 1 1 .500 2.25 4 4 1 1 0 20.0 15 7 5 4 6 0 10 0 0 0 1.050 6.8 1.8 2.7 4.5 1.67
3 Galen Cisco 34 6 3 .667 2.49 24 4 1 0 2 76.0 63 25 21 6 17 2 49 3 0 0 1.053 7.5 0.7 2.0 5.8 2.88
4 Lance Clemons* 22 1 2 .333 4.67 16 8 0 0 0 52.0 57 32 27 3 36 1 51 1 0 3 1.788 9.9 0.5 6.2 8.8 1.42
5 Jerry Cram 22 7 9 .438 3.21 30 27 8 3 0 171.0 190 80 61 13 57 7 115 2 1 7 1.444 10.0 0.7 3.0 6.1 2.02
6 Lloyd Gladden 23 0 0 2.25 3 0 0 0 1 8.0 8 2 2 0 5 2 3 0 0 0 1.625 9.0 0.0 5.6 3.4 0.60
7 Mike Hedlund 23 9 4 .692 3.37 28 17 5 0 0 131.0 119 59 49 14 31 4 81 3 0 1 1.145 8.2 1.0 2.1 5.6 2.61
8 Jerry Hudgins 28 0 2 .000 7.00 8 0 0 0 0 9.0 14 8 7 1 5 0 7 0 0 1 2.111 14.0 1.0 5.0 7.0 1.40
9 Steve Jones* 29 3 4 .429 2.91 41 0 0 0 8 68.0 62 32 22 6 28 1 67 1 0 0 1.324 8.2 0.8 3.7 8.9 2.39
10 Aurelio Monteagudo 26 3 1 .750 2.57 14 0 0 0 3 28.0 22 9 8 0 8 2 28 0 0 0 1.071 7.1 0.0 2.6 9.0 3.50
11 Monty Montgomery 23 11 6 .647 3.54 25 22 6 0 0 140.0 142 66 55 8 31 0 95 2 2 0 1.236 9.1 0.5 2.0 6.1 3.06
12 Don O'Riley 25 5 8 .385 3.60 17 17 3 1 0 110.0 102 54 44 8 50 1 68 5 0 4 1.382 8.3 0.7 4.1 5.6 1.36
13 Paul Splittorff* 23 8 12 .400 3.83 28 25 6 1 1 162.0 192 87 69 10 55 3 91 3 0 2 1.525 10.7 0.6 3.1 5.1 1.65
14 Charlie Vaughan* 22 0 2 .000 4.91 5 2 0 0 0 11.0 11 11 6 1 6 0 9 4 0 1 1.545 9.0 0.8 4.9 7.4 1.50
15 Nick Willhite* 29 0 0 5.54 6 0 0 0 0 13.0 15 9 8 3 6 0 7 0 0 2 1.615 10.4 2.1 4.2 4.8 1.17
16 Stephen Wright 23 0 0 7.20 7 0 0 0 0 10.0 14 9 8 1 11 0 5 0 0 1 2.500 12.6 0.9 9.9 4.5 0.45
17 Jim York 22 8 5 .615 3.44 41 0 0 0 9 68.0 51 30 26 4 31 8 77 4 1 2 1.206 6.8 0.5 4.1 10.2 2.48
18 Chris Zachary 26 12 13 .480 3.56 27 26 16 2 0 192.0 204 89 76 19 48 5 152 2 2 11 1.312 9.6 0.9 2.2 7.1 3.17 Stats for 2 teams
18 Players 24.7 73 65 .529 3.42 139 139 101 38 7 26 1199.0 1197 567 455 91 417 34 845 29 4 32 1.346 9.0 0.7 3.1 6.3 2.03

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Fran Healy 81 480 44 15 4 .972 6.47 6
John Sullivan 51 287 31 2 3 .994 6.24 4
Dennis Paepke 22 134 4 0 1 1.000 6.27 0
Fred Rico 3 15 2 0 0 1.000 5.67 0 Stats for 2 teams

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Chuck Harrison 107 846 91 7 82 .993 8.76
Dennis Paepke 17 119 9 3 10 .977 7.53
Billy Harris 13 61 9 1 7 .986 5.38
Billy Sorrell 11 100 2 1 13 .990 9.27

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Luis Alcaraz 61 105 155 4 23 .985 4.26
Steven McMillan 27 69 89 3 23 .981 5.85
Billy Harris 23 39 42 0 8 1.000 3.52
Ted Parks 23 35 45 1 11 .988 3.48
Billy Sorrell 12 33 23 5 7 .918 4.67
Thomas Joyce 4 10 7 1 3 .944 4.25
Fred Rico 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.50 Stats for 2 teams
Juan Rios 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50
Les Roos 2 1 4 0 1 1.000 2.50

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Fred Rico 57 35 98 16 5 .893 2.33 Stats for 2 teams
Ted Parks 48 41 75 14 6 .892 2.42
Steven McMillan 40 39 62 8 6 .927 2.53
Luis Alcaraz 15 9 33 4 4 .913 2.80
Billy Sorrell 9 7 11 2 2 .900 2.00
Billy Harris 2 0 2 2 1 .500 1.00
Les Roos 2 0 1 2 0 .333 0.50

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Bobby Floyd 62 92 160 17 36 .937 4.06
Thomas Joyce 34 58 93 12 17 .926 4.44
Juan Rios 24 28 82 12 11 .902 4.58
Les Roos 19 33 66 3 17 .971 5.21
Ted Parks 5 5 19 2 2 .923 4.80
Fred Rico 1 0 2 0 1 1.000 2.00 Stats for 2 teams
Billy Sorrell 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
George Spriggs 101 195 16 11 1 .950 2.09
Charles Day 84 204 7 4 2 .981 2.51
Fred Rico 80 78 6 4 2 .955 1.05 Stats for 2 teams
Patrick Skrable 58 97 3 1 1 .990 1.72
Sandy Valdespino 54 103 4 0 0 1.000 1.98
Dennis Paepke 48 77 3 3 0 .964 1.67
Lee Green 42 63 0 2 0 .969 1.50
Scott Northey 29 52 1 5 0 .914 1.83
Billy Harris 13 20 0 2 0 .909 1.54
Ted Parks 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
Billy Sorrell 6 7 0 1 0 .875 1.17

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Steve Jones 41 4 13 2 1 .895 0.41
Jim York 41 4 5 1 0 .900 0.22
Jerry Cram 30 21 23 6 1 .880 1.47
Mike Hedlund 28 10 14 3 0 .889 0.86
Paul Splittorff 28 6 15 1 1 .955 0.75
Chris Zachary 27 14 23 1 2 .974 1.37 Stats for 2 teams
Monty Montgomery 25 10 15 1 3 .962 1.00
Galen Cisco 24 11 9 1 0 .952 0.83
Don O'Riley 17 9 16 0 3 1.000 1.47
Lance Clemons 16 1 8 2 1 .818 0.56
Aurelio Monteagudo 14 1 7 1 0 .889 0.57
Tom Burgmeier 10 5 8 1 2 .929 1.30
Jerry Hudgins 8 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.38
Stephen Wright 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.14
Nick Willhite 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.17
Charlie Vaughan 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.60
Bill Butler 4 0 2 2 0 .500 0.50
Lloyd Gladden 3 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.33

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Luis Alcaraz 29 R R 5' 9.0" 165 Jun 20, 1941 Humacao, PR
Tom Burgmeier 26 L L 5' 11.0" 185 Aug 2, 1943 St. Paul, MN, US
Bill Butler 23 L L 6' 2.0" 210 Mar 12, 1947 Hyattsville, MD, US
Galen Cisco 34 R R 6' 0.0" 200 Mar 7, 1936 St. Marys, OH, US
Lance Clemons 22 L L 6' 2.0" 205 Jul 6, 1947 Philadelphia, PA, US
Jerry Cram 22 R R 6' 0.0" 180 Dec 9, 1947 Los Angeles, CA, US
Charles Day 21 R R 6' 3.0" 180 Aug 5, 1948 San Antonio, TX, US
Bobby Floyd 26 R R 6' 1.0" 180 Oct 20, 1943 Hawthorne, CA, US
Lloyd Gladden 23 R R 6' 0.0" 180 Dec 10, 1946 Portland, OR, US
Lee Green 28 L L 6' 1.0" 190 Sep 12, 1941
Billy Harris 26 L R 6' 0.0" 175 Nov 24, 1943 Hamlet, NC, US
Chuck Harrison 29 R R 5' 10.0" 185 Apr 25, 1941 Abilene, TX, US
Fran Healy 23 R R 6' 5.0" 220 Sep 6, 1946 Holyoke, MA, US
Mike Hedlund 23 R R 6' 1.0" 182 Aug 11, 1946 Dallas, TX, US
Jerry Hudgins 28 R R 6' 6.0" 200 Feb 1, 1942 Caruthersville, MO, US
Steve Jones 29 L L 5' 10.0" 175 Apr 22, 1941 Huntington Park, CA, US
Thomas Joyce 22 R R 6' 0.0" 170 Feb 10, 1948
Steven McMillan 22 R R 5' 10.0" 165 May 22, 1948
Aurelio Monteagudo 26 R R 5' 11.0" 180 Nov 19, 1943 Caibarien, CU
Monty Montgomery 23 R R 6' 3.0" 200 Sep 1, 1946 Albemarle, NC, US
Scott Northey 23 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Oct 15, 1946 Philadelphia, PA, US
Don O'Riley 25 R R 6' 3.0" 205 Mar 12, 1945 Topeka, KS, US
Dennis Paepke 25 R R 6' 0.0" 202 Apr 17, 1945 Long Beach, CA, US
Ted Parks 23 R R 6' 0.0" 180 Oct 25, 1946
Fred Rico 25 R R 5' 10.0" 180 Jul 4, 1944 Jerome, AZ, US
Juan Rios 27 R R 6' 3.0" 185 Jul 14, 1942 Mayaguez, PR
Les Roos 23 R R 5' 8.0" 170 Aug 14, 1946
Patrick Skrable 22 S R 6' 0.0" 185 Jan 18, 1948
Billy Sorrell 29 L R 6' 0.0" 190 Oct 14, 1940 Morehead, KY, US
Paul Splittorff 23 L L 6' 3.0" 205 Oct 8, 1946 Evansville, IN, US
George Spriggs 33 L R 5' 11.0" 175 May 22, 1937 Jewell, MD, US
John Sullivan 29 L R 6' 0.0" 195 Jan 3, 1941 Somerville, NJ, US
Sandy Valdespino 31 L L 5' 8.0" 170 Jan 24, 1939 San Jose de las Lajas, Mayabeque, CU
Charlie Vaughan 22 R L 6' 1.0" 185 Oct 6, 1947 Mercedes, TX, US
Nick Willhite 29 L L 6' 2.0" 190 Jan 27, 1941 Tulsa, OK, US
Stephen Wright 23 R R 6' 1.0" 190 Jun 27, 1947
Jim York 22 R R 6' 3.0" 200 Aug 27, 1947 Maywood, CA, US
Chris Zachary 26 L R 6' 2.0" 200 Feb 19, 1944 Knoxville, TN, US

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