1973 Kingsport Royals Statistics
Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
Team Record: 53-17
Finished 1st in the AL
Manager: John Sullivan (53-17)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Kingsport, Tennessee
Ballpark: J. Fred Johnson Stadium
Attendance: 36,249, Avg. 1,036
1973 Kingsport Royals RosterTeam Record: 53-17
Finished 1st in the AL
Manager: John Sullivan (53-17)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Kingsport, Tennessee
Ballpark: J. Fred Johnson Stadium
Attendance: 36,249, Avg. 1,036
The Kingsport Royals of the Appalachian League ended the 1973 season with a record of 53 wins and 17 losses, finishing first in the AL.
The Royals paced the league with 435 runs, ignited by 44 home runs. Kingsport yielded 265 runs, fewest in the league. U. L. Washington accounted for 51 RBI and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .283. Willie Clark led the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 2.02 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
U. L. Washington played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Kingsport Royals to do so.
John Sullivan served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Clark | 10 | 2 | .833 | 2.02 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 98.0 | 55 | 32 | 22 | 3 | 42 | 0 | 82 | 6 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Steve Griffith | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.47 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 83.0 | 59 | 34 | 32 | 5 | 44 | 0 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Joe Kuhl | 6 | 1 | .857 | 3.83 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 94.0 | 88 | 47 | 40 | 9 | 33 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Donald Oxidine | 6 | 3 | .667 | 5.25 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 72.0 | 97 | 53 | 42 | 10 | 27 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ed Bernard | 5 | 1 | .833 | 0.72 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25.0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Valadez | 5 | 2 | .714 | 4.70 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 44.0 | 47 | 24 | 23 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mark Gland | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.67 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27.0 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Roman Bailey | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.00 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 51.0 | 39 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ruben Garcia | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Gressick | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.25 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Barry Stace | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.43 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 26 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| John LiBrandi | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| David Bewley | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.50 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24.0 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ronnie Ford | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jimmy Garland | 0 | 1 | .000 | 22.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 53 | 17 | .757 | 3.31 | 150 | 71 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 25 | 595.0 | 487 | 265 | 219 | 43 | 252 | 5 | 536 | 21 | 3 | 39 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U. L. Washington | 68 | 287 | 244 | 47 | 69 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 51 | 20 | 6 | 35 | 58 | .283 | .362 | .434 | .797 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Steve Blomberg | 70 | 306 | 268 | 61 | 67 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 36 | 53 | 8 | 29 | 53 | .250 | .322 | .396 | .718 | 106 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Winston Cole | 63 | 268 | 229 | 52 | 56 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 19 | 2 | 37 | 23 | .245 | .347 | .341 | .688 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| John LiBrandi | 54 | 222 | 176 | 45 | 52 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 38 | 12 | 2 | 44 | 22 | .295 | .434 | .506 | .940 | 89 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Karl Jacobsen | 57 | 247 | 213 | 34 | 52 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 47 | .244 | .348 | .357 | .705 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Ihlenburg | 52 | 214 | 159 | 38 | 44 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 50 | 22 | .277 | .448 | .327 | .775 | 52 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Daniel Conway | 52 | 213 | 154 | 40 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 53 | 10 | .253 | .451 | .305 | .756 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Michael Aldridge | 49 | 152 | 132 | 21 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 23 | .250 | .349 | .409 | .758 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronnie Ford | 35 | 128 | 115 | 18 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 27 | .261 | .307 | .348 | .655 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Charlie Dorsey | 34 | 113 | 95 | 19 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 32 | .284 | .398 | .379 | .777 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Rockwell | 44 | 159 | 111 | 27 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 36 | .207 | .428 | .306 | .734 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dan Hansen | 7 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .333 | .455 | .556 | 1.010 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Valadez | 14 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .333 | .400 | .556 | .956 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Kuhl | 14 | 38 | 31 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .194 | .286 | .226 | .512 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Brian Trifiolis | 12 | 44 | 39 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .154 | .250 | .333 | .583 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Garland | 17 | 27 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .208 | .296 | .208 | .505 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Clark | 14 | 41 | 31 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21 | .161 | .297 | .161 | .459 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| David Bewley | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .375 | .444 | .500 | .944 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Griffith | 15 | 33 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .111 | .167 | .111 | .278 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Ruben Garcia | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .333 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Gland | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .286 | .500 | .286 | .786 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barry Stace | 6 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .182 | .357 | .273 | .630 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Jenkins | 12 | 25 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .095 | .240 | .238 | .478 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Oxidine | 19 | 26 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .080 | .080 | .120 | .200 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Clyde Athman | 4 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .100 | .308 | .100 | .408 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Gressick | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dwayne Taggart | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Bernard | 16 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roman Bailey | 26 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .000 | .222 | .000 | .222 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Gary Williams | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 782 | 2679 | 2202 | 435 | 543 | 83 | 17 | 44 | 338 | 156 | 39 | 408 | 469 | .247 | .365 | .360 | .725 | 792 | 0 | 20 | 21 | 28 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winston Cole | 1B | 63 | 503 | 20 | 8 | 40 | .985 | 8.302 | ||||
| Charlie Dorsey | 1B | 11 | 84 | 8 | 6 | 4 | .939 | 8.364 | ||||
| John LiBrandi | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| John Rockwell | 2B | 34 | 71 | 89 | 7 | 10 | .958 | 4.706 | ||||
| Daniel Conway | 2B | 29 | 58 | 78 | 5 | 23 | .965 | 4.690 | ||||
| Jimmy Garland | 2B | 10 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 4 | .935 | 2.900 | ||||
| Dan Hansen | 2B | 5 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.800 | ||||
| John Ihlenburg | 3B | 52 | 36 | 78 | 17 | 10 | .870 | 2.192 | ||||
| Daniel Conway | 3B | 16 | 8 | 30 | 1 | 3 | .974 | 2.375 | ||||
| John Rockwell | 3B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dan Hansen | 3B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Karl Jacobsen | C | 56 | 421 | 30 | 13 | 2 | .972 | 8.054 | 24 | |||
| Brian Trifiolis | C | 12 | 82 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .978 | 7.417 | 2 | |||
| Clyde Athman | C | 4 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.750 | 0 | |||
| Charlie Dorsey | C | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 8.000 | 0 | |||
| Steve Blomberg | OF | 70 | 139 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .980 | 2.100 | ||||
| John LiBrandi | OF | 53 | 77 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .988 | 1.491 | ||||
| Michael Aldridge | OF | 41 | 47 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .962 | 1.244 | ||||
| Ronnie Ford | OF | 32 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 1.531 | ||||
| Charlie Dorsey | OF | 18 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.278 | ||||
| Terry Jenkins | OF | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .889 | ||||
| Dwayne Taggart | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Gary Williams | OF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Karl Jacobsen | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Roman Bailey | P | 26 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .154 | ||||
| Donald Oxidine | P | 19 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .474 | ||||
| Ed Bernard | P | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .188 | ||||
| Steve Griffith | P | 15 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steve Valadez | P | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .429 | ||||
| Joe Kuhl | P | 14 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 2 | .955 | 1.500 | ||||
| Willie Clark | P | 14 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .800 | .857 | ||||
| David Bewley | P | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .222 | ||||
| Mark Gland | P | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Barry Stace | P | 6 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 2.167 | ||||
| Ruben Garcia | P | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Jeff Gressick | P | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
| Ronnie Ford | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| John LiBrandi | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jimmy Garland | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| U. L. Washington | SS | 68 | 89 | 176 | 36 | 29 | .880 | 3.897 | ||||
| Daniel Conway | SS | 3 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 7.333 | ||||
| Totals | 748 | 1781 | 659 | 115 | 134 | .955 | 3.262 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
