1969 Omaha Royals Statistics
Team Record: 85-55
Finished 1st in the AA
Manager: Jack McKeon (85-55)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Ballpark: Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium
Attendance: 177,619, Avg. 2,537
The Omaha Royals of the American Association ended the 1969 season with a record of 85 wins and 55 losses, finishing first in the AA.
The Royals paced the league with 805 runs. Omaha allowed 642 runs, least in the league. Dave Nicholson and George Spriggs powered the squad with 15 home runs apiece. Fred Rico recorded 84 runs batted in. George Spriggs topped batters with significant playing time with a .311 average. Don O'Riley and Paul Splittorff led the squad with 12 wins each, while Al Fitzmorris recorded a 3.75 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Dave Wickersham, George Spriggs, Bill Kelso, Scott Northey, Paul Splittorff, Billy Harris, Galen Cisco, Jon Warden, Dave Nicholson, Jim Rooker, Fran Healy, Orlando Peña, Luis Alcaraz, Jim Campanis, Chris Zachary, Rich Severson, Joe Keough, Fred Rico, Paul Schaal, Don O'Riley, Jerry Cram, Steve Boros, Dennis Paepke, Bill Faul, Bob Oliver, Steve Jones, Bobo Osborne, Billy Sorrell and Al Fitzmorris were all players from the 1969 Omaha Royals who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Jack McKeon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don O'Riley | 12 | 5 | .706 | 3.94 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 137.0 | 149 | 69 | 60 | 9 | 46 | 1 | 81 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Paul Splittorff | 12 | 10 | .545 | 4.55 | 28 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 174.0 | 201 | 101 | 88 | 25 | 63 | 3 | 101 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Chris Zachary | 11 | 6 | .647 | 3.83 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 127.0 | 124 | 62 | 54 | 5 | 47 | 5 | 110 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jerry Cram | 10 | 4 | .714 | 4.21 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 126.0 | 144 | 62 | 59 | 13 | 37 | 1 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Al Fitzmorris | 10 | 6 | .625 | 3.75 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 144.0 | 147 | 73 | 60 | 12 | 54 | 1 | 95 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Orlando Peña | 9 | 3 | .750 | 4.34 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 87.0 | 97 | 46 | 42 | 9 | 20 | 4 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jon Warden | 6 | 6 | .500 | 5.28 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 121.0 | 137 | 79 | 71 | 18 | 80 | 1 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Steve Jones | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.82 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 80.0 | 76 | 38 | 34 | 6 | 31 | 1 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bill Faul | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.76 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 67.0 | 66 | 33 | 28 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Galen Cisco | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.00 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 77 | 40 | 35 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jim Rooker | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.50 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Epperson | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.86 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37.0 | 52 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dave Wickersham | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.38 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13.0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Kelso | 11 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Steve Wright | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 85 | 53 | .616 | 4.20 | 256 | 140 | 0 | 67 | 6 | 13 | 1195.0 | 1297 | 635 | 558 | 108 | 432 | 21 | 814 | 24 | 1 | 37 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Spriggs | 117 | 525 | 463 | 103 | 144 | 23 | 3 | 15 | 62 | 46 | 14 | 54 | 77 | .311 | .382 | .471 | .853 | 218 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Luis Alcaraz | 131 | 568 | 478 | 94 | 144 | 31 | 3 | 13 | 79 | 9 | 4 | 73 | 70 | .301 | .391 | .460 | .851 | 220 | 2 | 8 | 7 | ||
| Fred Rico | 126 | 524 | 450 | 80 | 133 | 16 | 20 | 10 | 84 | 16 | 4 | 67 | 83 | .296 | .387 | .487 | .874 | 219 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Rich Severson | 134 | 511 | 441 | 55 | 116 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 59 | 8 | 6 | 51 | 53 | .263 | .337 | .322 | .659 | 142 | 1 | 12 | 6 | ||
| Dennis Paepke | 98 | 417 | 380 | 53 | 112 | 25 | 0 | 9 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 50 | .295 | .344 | .432 | .775 | 164 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Steve Boros | 103 | 371 | 309 | 56 | 84 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 53 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 45 | .272 | .377 | .385 | .762 | 119 | 3 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Paul Schaal | 65 | 269 | 222 | 56 | 83 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 37 | 22 | .374 | .468 | .550 | 1.018 | 122 | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Scott Northey | 69 | 283 | 251 | 43 | 82 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 22 | 42 | .327 | .387 | .446 | .833 | 112 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Jim Campanis | 78 | 323 | 287 | 37 | 70 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 48 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 41 | .244 | .316 | .383 | .699 | 110 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Lee Green | 80 | 274 | 227 | 44 | 67 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 38 | 35 | .295 | .404 | .352 | .756 | 80 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Joe Keough | 52 | 230 | 210 | 35 | 66 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 25 | .314 | .365 | .452 | .818 | 95 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bobo Osborne | 72 | 254 | 214 | 41 | 60 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 56 | .280 | .391 | .463 | .854 | 99 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dave Nicholson | 75 | 299 | 250 | 42 | 60 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 89 | .240 | .337 | .472 | .809 | 118 | 0 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Fran Healy | 64 | 236 | 206 | 26 | 58 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 48 | .282 | .373 | .388 | .761 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Harris | 30 | 121 | 110 | 17 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 21 | .282 | .333 | .291 | .624 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Tommy Smith | 29 | 88 | 79 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 15 | .228 | .307 | .266 | .573 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Sinnerud | 14 | 49 | 43 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | .279 | .312 | .419 | .731 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Billy Sorrell | 11 | 40 | 34 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .324 | .410 | .412 | .822 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Oliver | 9 | 32 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .111 | .219 | .111 | .330 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 1357 | 5414 | 4681 | 805 | 1354 | 201 | 61 | 103 | 733 | 139 | 64 | 602 | 790 | .289 | .371 | .424 | .795 | 1986 | 0 | 33 | 48 | 50 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Paepke | 1B | 81 | 661 | 39 | 14 | 67 | .980 | 8.642 | ||||
| Bobo Osborne | 1B | 41 | 424 | 23 | 3 | 40 | .993 | 1.902 | ||||
| Billy Harris | 1B | 11 | 101 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 9.545 | ||||
| Steve Boros | 1B | 10 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 7 | .981 | 5.300 | ||||
| Joe Keough | 1B | 9 | 73 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 8.778 | ||||
| Bob Oliver | 1B | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 11.000 | ||||
| Luis Alcaraz | 2B | 110 | 264 | 341 | 7 | 89 | .989 | 5.500 | ||||
| Rich Severson | 2B | 19 | 50 | 58 | 4 | 14 | .964 | 5.684 | ||||
| Steve Boros | 2B | 9 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 4 | .980 | 5.333 | ||||
| Billy Harris | 2B | 7 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 5 | .968 | 4.286 | ||||
| Steve Boros | 3B | 56 | 35 | 83 | 4 | 9 | .967 | 2.107 | ||||
| Paul Schaal | 3B | 45 | 22 | 99 | 14 | 9 | .896 | 2.689 | ||||
| Luis Alcaraz | 3B | 21 | 19 | 40 | 2 | 7 | .967 | 2.810 | ||||
| Fred Rico | 3B | 12 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 3 | .903 | 2.333 | ||||
| Billy Sorrell | 3B | 8 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 2.125 | ||||
| Mike Sinnerud | 3B | 6 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 3.167 | ||||
| Bob Oliver | 3B | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bobo Osborne | 3B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .250 | .500 | ||||
| Fran Healy | C | 63 | 376 | 43 | 7 | 2 | .984 | 6.651 | 11 | |||
| Jim Campanis | C | 45 | 252 | 20 | 5 | 3 | .982 | 6.044 | 6 | |||
| Tommy Smith | C | 24 | 120 | 14 | 2 | 4 | .985 | 5.583 | 3 | |||
| Dennis Paepke | C | 19 | 105 | 7 | 5 | 0 | .957 | 5.895 | 3 | |||
| George Spriggs | OF | 115 | 179 | 11 | 9 | 2 | .955 | 1.652 | ||||
| Fred Rico | OF | 115 | 196 | 9 | 6 | 0 | .972 | 1.783 | ||||
| Scott Northey | OF | 68 | 177 | 10 | 8 | 1 | .959 | 2.750 | ||||
| Lee Green | OF | 60 | 101 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .972 | 1.733 | ||||
| Joe Keough | OF | 43 | 104 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .973 | 2.512 | ||||
| Dave Nicholson | OF | 26 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .935 | 1.115 | ||||
| Billy Harris | OF | 10 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 1.700 | ||||
| Steve Boros | OF | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bob Oliver | OF | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jim Campanis | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Orlando Peña | P | 34 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .944 | .500 | ||||
| Al Fitzmorris | P | 29 | 11 | 33 | 1 | 1 | .978 | 1.517 | ||||
| Paul Splittorff | P | 28 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 2 | .966 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bill Faul | P | 23 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .478 | ||||
| Jon Warden | P | 21 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Chris Zachary | P | 20 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.100 | ||||
| Don O'Riley | P | 20 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 2 | .958 | 1.150 | ||||
| Jerry Cram | P | 20 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steve Jones | P | 14 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .786 | .786 | ||||
| Paul Epperson | P | 13 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .692 | ||||
| Bill Kelso | P | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dave Wickersham | P | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Galen Cisco | P | 10 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .889 | 1.600 | ||||
| Jim Rooker | P | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Steve Wright | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rich Severson | SS | 115 | 185 | 356 | 24 | 70 | .958 | 4.704 | ||||
| Paul Schaal | SS | 19 | 18 | 60 | 14 | 9 | .848 | 4.105 | ||||
| Mike Sinnerud | SS | 8 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 2 | .913 | 2.625 | ||||
| Billy Harris | SS | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | .889 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1447 | 3723 | 1491 | 164 | 382 | .970 | 3.603 | 23 | 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.
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