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1983 Omaha Royals

1983 > Class AAA > 1983 American Association (West)
Overall: 64-72
Scored 588 runs, Allowed 629 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 64-72

Affiliation: Kansas City Royals-AL
Manager: Joe Sparks
Represented: Omaha, NE
Ballpark: Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium (Omaha, NE)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1982 / 1984

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 Buddy Biancalana# 23 113 416 367 41 82 13 3 5 39 17 6 36 70 .223 .291 .316 .607 116 1 7 5 2
2 Mike Brewer 23 120 470 412 63 104 23 3 9 42 28 7 49 77 .252 .337 .388 .725 160 4 4 1 3
3 Jeff Cox 27 53 145 128 14 31 2 0 0 10 0 2 13 18 .242 .313 .258 .570 33 1 1 2 0
4 Butch Davis 25 46 191 171 27 54 10 3 5 21 13 5 18 36 .316 .384 .497 .881 85 1 1 0 0
5 Duane Dewey 24 25 67 63 4 13 1 0 0 3 1 0 2 24 .206 .231 .222 .453 14 0 2 0 0
6 Mark Funderburk 26 17 62 59 4 10 0 0 2 4 0 1 1 7 .169 .210 .271 .481 16 2 0 0 0
7 Steve Hammond* 26 111 435 400 65 127 37 4 8 57 1 1 29 35 .318 .364 .490 .854 196 2 1 3 7
8 Kelly Heath 25 129 529 460 71 110 16 6 13 61 16 8 56 74 .239 .321 .385 .706 177 2 6 5 2
9 Bob Hegman 25 4 7 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .000 .429 .000 .429 0 0 0 0 0
10 Ron Johnson 27 104 409 356 47 113 21 1 10 49 0 1 49 48 .317 .399 .466 .865 166 1 0 3 1
11 Dave Leeper* 23 106 430 405 52 112 20 8 9 58 3 2 14 56 .277 .297 .432 .730 175 1 3 7 2
12 Charlie Leibrandt 26 27 30 29 3 7 1 0 1 4 0 1 1 6 .241 .267 .379 .646 11 0 0 0 0 Stats for 2 teams
13 Cliff Pastornicky 24 108 432 404 51 109 23 2 11 52 6 4 15 45 .270 .298 .418 .716 169 4 2 7 0
14 Brian Poldberg 26 64 212 180 17 35 6 0 6 18 0 0 26 30 .194 .310 .328 .637 59 4 2 0 1
15 Bombo Rivera 30 91 346 300 40 59 12 1 9 40 4 4 42 73 .197 .301 .333 .634 100 3 0 1 1 Stats for 2 teams
16 Mark Ryal* 22 132 490 454 61 118 28 5 9 57 4 4 31 62 .260 .309 .403 .713 183 2 2 1 3
17 Pat Sheridan* 25 20 86 75 16 23 4 5 4 14 2 1 9 12 .307 .388 .653 1.042 49 1 1 0 0
18 Russ Stephans 24 61 209 175 25 42 4 2 3 22 1 2 27 18 .240 .346 .337 .683 59 3 1 3 0
19 Bob Tufts* 27 30 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Stats for 2 teams
19 Players 24.7 136 4859 4350 588 1127 216 43 102 538 94 47 408 668 .259 .324 .399 .723 1735 30 33 38 22
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 Mike Alvarez 25 0 2 .000 10.80 4 1 0 0 0 0 8.1 19 16 10 2 5 1 1 1 0 0 2.880 20.5 2.2 5.4 1.1 0.20
2 Buddy Black* 26 3 1 .750 3.34 5 5 0 3 0 0 35.0 31 13 13 1 13 0 32 0 1 0 1.257 8.0 0.3 3.3 8.2 2.46
3 Derek Botelho 26 10 14 .417 5.42 25 25 0 6 1 0 152.2 155 105 92 18 73 1 101 3 2 1 1.493 9.1 1.1 4.3 6.0 1.38
4 Scott Brown 26 0 0 8.39 14 0 9 0 0 0 24.2 29 23 23 7 13 0 3 1 0 1 1.703 10.6 2.6 4.7 1.1 0.23
5 Keith Creel 24 4 2 .667 3.04 7 7 0 2 1 0 53.1 44 18 18 2 24 0 41 1 1 3 1.275 7.4 0.3 4.0 6.9 1.71
6 Don Hood* 33 0 1 .000 3.86 5 0 3 0 0 3 9.1 7 7 4 2 2 0 5 1 0 0 0.964 6.8 1.9 1.9 4.8 2.50
7 Mark Huismann 25 0 2 .000 1.85 17 0 17 0 0 8 24.1 16 7 5 2 9 2 25 1 0 1 1.027 5.9 0.7 3.3 9.2 2.78
8 Danny Jackson* 21 7 8 .467 3.97 23 22 1 5 2 0 136.0 126 74 60 14 73 2 93 4 0 2 1.463 8.3 0.9 4.8 6.2 1.27
9 Rickey Keeton 26 6 3 .667 4.09 19 10 2 1 0 1 88.0 93 45 40 8 43 4 42 2 2 2 1.545 9.5 0.8 4.4 4.3 0.98
10 Charlie Leibrandt* 26 9 10 .474 4.27 27 27 0 6 1 0 185.1 181 113 88 11 77 2 128 1 3 3 1.392 8.8 0.5 3.7 6.2 1.66 Stats for 2 teams
11 Mike Parrott 28 7 7 .500 3.08 44 7 23 1 1 6 99.1 97 40 34 7 40 5 72 3 3 4 1.379 8.8 0.6 3.6 6.5 1.80
12 Dave Schuler* 29 6 7 .462 3.26 38 9 18 4 1 5 107.2 99 45 39 9 32 5 59 4 0 0 1.217 8.3 0.8 2.7 4.9 1.84
13 Theo Shaw 23 1
14 Daniel St. Clair 26 4 1 .800 3.81 43 0 27 0 0 1 85.0 88 45 36 8 38 2 44 3 3 5 1.482 9.3 0.8 4.0 4.7 1.16
15 Bob Tufts* 27 2 3 .400 5.98 30 0 19 0 0 2 40.2 52 29 27 6 12 1 24 0 0 1 1.574 11.5 1.3 2.7 5.3 2.00 Stats for 2 teams
16 Frank Wills 24 4 11 .267 4.74 16 16 0 4 1 0 95.0 96 56 50 8 45 2 65 1 3 6 1.484 9.1 0.8 4.3 6.2 1.44
17 Vinnie Yuhas 22 7 7 .500 4.65 19 18 0 2 0 0 102.2 112 61 53 11 45 1 65 0 3 2 1.529 9.8 1.0 3.9 5.7 1.44
17 Players 25.7 64 72 .471 4.22 136 136 104 32 8 24 1133.1 1128 629 532 106 499 26 725 25 22 30 1.436 9.0 0.8 4.0 5.8 1.45

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
Brian Poldberg 64 337 28 5 4 .986 5.70 3
Russ Stephans 60 327 42 7 9 .981 6.15 3
Duane Dewey 24 104 7 1 1 .991 4.63 1

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ron Johnson 87 716 49 8 64 .990 8.79
Steve Hammond 36 300 18 5 25 .985 8.83
Mark Funderburk 17 172 3 6 14 .967 10.29
Mark Ryal 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Kelly Heath 106 223 296 8 65 .985 4.90
Jeff Cox 35 81 75 6 20 .963 4.46

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Cliff Pastornicky 106 62 198 27 13 .906 2.45
Steve Hammond 27 15 49 6 4 .914 2.37
Jeff Cox 5 5 5 1 0 .909 2.00
Bob Hegman 4 1 2 1 0 .750 0.75

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Buddy Biancalana 113 184 341 23 65 .958 4.65
Kelly Heath 26 40 75 5 14 .958 4.42

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Mark Ryal 128 202 11 8 2 .964 1.66
Mike Brewer 117 233 10 11 3 .957 2.08
Dave Leeper 102 199 0 8 0 .961 1.95
Steve Hammond 40 62 3 1 1 .985 1.63
Pat Sheridan 20 53 2 0 0 1.000 2.75
Bombo Rivera 17 25 3 2 1 .933 1.65 Stats for 2 teams
Butch Davis 9 10 0 1 0 .909 1.11

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Mike Parrott 44 10 19 0 1 1.000 0.66
Daniel St. Clair 43 4 10 2 0 .875 0.33
Dave Schuler 38 7 13 1 0 .952 0.53
Bob Tufts 30 1 2 4 1 .429 0.10 Stats for 2 teams
Charlie Leibrandt 27 10 45 2 3 .965 2.04 Stats for 2 teams
Derek Botelho 25 7 23 3 1 .909 1.20
Danny Jackson 23 8 16 1 1 .960 1.04
Rickey Keeton 19 8 21 1 0 .967 1.53
Vinnie Yuhas 19 11 17 2 1 .933 1.47
Mark Huismann 17 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.35
Frank Wills 16 2 19 1 1 .955 1.31
Scott Brown 14 3 1 1 0 .800 0.29
Keith Creel 7 0 10 0 1 1.000 1.43
Buddy Black 5 2 9 0 2 1.000 2.20
Don Hood 5 0 6 0 0 1.000 1.20
Mike Alvarez 4 1 5 1 1 .857 1.50
Theo Shaw 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Mike Alvarez 25 R R 5' 11.0" 175 May 8, 1958
Buddy Biancalana 23 S R 5' 11.0" 160 Feb 2, 1960 Greenbrae, CA, US
Buddy Black 26 L L 6' 2.0" 180 Jun 30, 1957 San Mateo, CA, US
Derek Botelho 26 R R 6' 2.0" 180 Aug 2, 1956 Long Beach, CA, US
Mike Brewer 23 R R 6' 5.0" 190 Oct 24, 1959 Shreveport, LA, US
Scott Brown 26 R R 6' 2.0" 220 Aug 30, 1956 DeQuincy, LA, US
Jeff Cox 27 R R 5' 11.0" 170 Nov 9, 1955 Los Angeles, CA, US
Keith Creel 24 R R 6' 2.0" 180 Feb 4, 1959 Dallas, TX, US
Butch Davis 25 R R 6' 0.0" 185 Jun 19, 1958 Williamston, NC, US
Duane Dewey 24 R R 6' 0.0" 190 Aug 28, 1958
Mark Funderburk 26 R R 6' 4.0" 226 May 16, 1957 Charlotte, NC, US
Steve Hammond 26 L R 6' 2.0" 190 May 9, 1957 Atlanta, GA, US
Kelly Heath 25 R R 5' 7.0" 155 Sep 4, 1957 Plattsburg, NY, US
Bob Hegman 25 R R 6' 1.0" 180 Feb 26, 1958 Springfield, MN, US
Don Hood 33 L L 6' 2.0" 180 Oct 16, 1949 Florence, SC, US
Mark Huismann 25 R R 6' 3.0" 195 May 11, 1958 Lincoln, NE, US
Danny Jackson 21 R L 6' 0.0" 205 Jan 5, 1962 San Antonio, TX, US
Ron Johnson 27 R R 6' 3.0" 215 Mar 23, 1956 Long Beach, CA, US
Rickey Keeton 26 R R 6' 2.0" 190 Mar 18, 1957 Cincinnati, OH, US
Dave Leeper 23 L L 5' 11.0" 170 Oct 30, 1959 Santa Ana, CA, US
Charlie Leibrandt 26 R L 6' 3.0" 195 Oct 4, 1956 Chicago, IL, US
Mike Parrott 28 R R 6' 4.0" 210 Dec 6, 1954 Oxnard, CA, US
Cliff Pastornicky 24 R R 5' 10.0" 170 Nov 18, 1958 Seattle, WA, US
Brian Poldberg 26 R R 6' 4.0" 190 May 16, 1957
Bombo Rivera 30 R R 5' 10.0" 187 Aug 2, 1952 Ponce, PR
Mark Ryal 22 L L 6' 1.0" 185 Aug 28, 1960 Henryetta, OK, US
Dave Schuler 29 R L 6' 4.0" 210 Oct 4, 1953 Framingham, MA, US
Theo Shaw 23 R R 6' 0.0" 200 May 30, 1960 Cook County, FL, US
Pat Sheridan 25 L R 6' 3.0" 175 Dec 4, 1957 Ann Arbor, MI, US
Daniel St. Clair 26 R R 6' 1.0" 195 1957
Russ Stephans 24 R R 6' 0.0" 185 May 20, 1959
Bob Tufts 27 L L 6' 5.0" 215 Nov 2, 1955 Medford, MA, US
Frank Wills 24 R R 6' 2.0" 200 Oct 26, 1958 New Orleans, LA, US
Vinnie Yuhas 22 R R 6' 1.0" 170 May 23, 1961

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