1973 Omaha Royals Statistics
Team Record: 62-73
Finished 4th in the AA's East Division
Manager: Harry Malmberg (62-73)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Ballpark: Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium
Attendance: 136,439, Avg. 2,021
The Omaha Royals of the American Association ended the 1973 season with a record of 62 wins and 73 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.
The Royals scored 615 runs, worst in the league, and yielded 616 runs. Jim Lyttle paced Omaha with 11 home runs George Brett drove in 64 runs. Jim Clark topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .302 average. Mark Littell led the team with 16 wins and a team-best 2.51 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1973 Omaha Royals who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Barry Raziano, Mark Littell, Frank Ortenzio, Steve Mingori, Tom Murphy, Jim Clark, Al Autry, José Martínez, Al Fitzmorris, Jim Lyttle, Tom Burgmeier, Buck Martinez, Wayne Simpson, Ron Stone, Monty Montgomery, George Brett, Keith Marshall, Tom Poquette, Dennis Paepke, Doug Bird, Frank White, Jim Wohlford, Norm Angelini, Al Santorini and José Arcia.
Harry Malmberg 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Littell | 16 | 6 | .727 | 2.51 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 179.0 | 144 | 58 | 50 | 11 | 81 | 6 | 133 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Al Fitzmorris | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.40 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 151.0 | 132 | 70 | 57 | 15 | 58 | 2 | 100 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Al Autry | 9 | 11 | .450 | 6.12 | 28 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 153.0 | 161 | 114 | 104 | 23 | 104 | 4 | 136 | 5 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Monty Montgomery | 7 | 12 | .368 | 4.96 | 25 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 147.0 | 197 | 104 | 81 | 13 | 45 | 5 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Paul Pelz | 6 | 9 | .400 | 3.28 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 118.0 | 127 | 51 | 43 | 6 | 34 | 2 | 70 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Barry Raziano | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.66 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 64.0 | 56 | 31 | 26 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Wayne Simpson | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.69 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 61.0 | 57 | 29 | 25 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Norm Angelini | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.75 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 55.0 | 63 | 35 | 29 | 3 | 37 | 6 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Tom Burgmeier | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.16 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 61.0 | 75 | 35 | 35 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Greg Chlan | 2 | 6 | .250 | 2.77 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 78.0 | 59 | 30 | 24 | 5 | 35 | 7 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Doug Bird | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Steve Mingori | 8 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tom Murphy | 0 | 0 | 6.30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hal Baird | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Al Santorini | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5.82 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 55 | 38 | 33 | 5 | 26 | 4 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 62 | 71 | .466 | 4.09 | 262 | 136 | 0 | 54 | 8 | 18 | 1138.0 | 1152 | 608 | 517 | 92 | 507 | 48 | 794 | 24 | 3 | 59 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Poquette | 131 | 549 | 478 | 66 | 128 | 22 | 4 | 9 | 50 | 6 | 6 | 54 | 63 | .268 | .350 | .387 | .737 | 185 | 8 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Jim Clark | 115 | 454 | 381 | 62 | 115 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 57 | 2 | 4 | 69 | 75 | .302 | .407 | .425 | .832 | 162 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| George Brett | 117 | 467 | 405 | 66 | 115 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 64 | 3 | 2 | 48 | 45 | .284 | .356 | .402 | .758 | 163 | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||
| José Arcia | 119 | 453 | 403 | 52 | 103 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 66 | .256 | .318 | .342 | .660 | 138 | 8 | 9 | 3 | ||
| Gary Sanserino | 109 | 419 | 372 | 41 | 94 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 41 | .253 | .316 | .320 | .636 | 119 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Frank White | 86 | 400 | 348 | 49 | 92 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 71 | .264 | .341 | .365 | .706 | 127 | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||
| Keith Marshall | 109 | 458 | 387 | 43 | 81 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 43 | 54 | .209 | .295 | .274 | .569 | 106 | 5 | 21 | 2 | ||
| Jim Wohlford | 65 | 275 | 246 | 30 | 76 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 31 | .309 | .380 | .415 | .794 | 102 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Lyttle | 71 | 285 | 247 | 47 | 74 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 54 | .300 | .387 | .498 | .885 | 123 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Buck Martinez | 82 | 294 | 254 | 24 | 69 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 22 | .272 | .345 | .382 | .727 | 97 | 1 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Dennis Paepke | 69 | 256 | 230 | 35 | 67 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 39 | .291 | .354 | .374 | .728 | 86 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Ron Stone | 65 | 256 | 213 | 39 | 58 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 38 | .272 | .385 | .380 | .765 | 81 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| José Martínez | 56 | 217 | 194 | 24 | 55 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 49 | .284 | .347 | .418 | .765 | 81 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Tom Harmon | 49 | 173 | 156 | 23 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 11 | .237 | .290 | .314 | .604 | 49 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Thomas Joyce | 37 | 123 | 116 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 27 | .190 | .230 | .233 | .462 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Frank Ortenzio | 8 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .227 | .346 | .318 | .664 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Pelz | 17 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barry Raziano | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Burgmeier | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Haynes | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1371 | 5112 | 4459 | 615 | 1191 | 192 | 24 | 74 | 537 | 45 | 35 | 510 | 694 | .267 | .344 | .371 | .715 | 1653 | 0 | 30 | 84 | 29 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Sanserino | 1B | 89 | 751 | 39 | 13 | 71 | .984 | 8.876 | ||||
| Ron Stone | 1B | 35 | 246 | 15 | 4 | 13 | .985 | 7.457 | ||||
| Dennis Paepke | 1B | 18 | 134 | 9 | 2 | 14 | .986 | 7.944 | ||||
| Buck Martinez | 1B | 3 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 11.333 | ||||
| Thomas Joyce | 1B | 3 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.667 | ||||
| Jim Clark | 1B | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.500 | ||||
| Dan Haynes | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| José Arcia | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Frank White | 2B | 75 | 154 | 201 | 19 | 36 | .949 | 4.733 | ||||
| José Martínez | 2B | 34 | 79 | 86 | 6 | 25 | .965 | 4.853 | ||||
| Thomas Joyce | 2B | 29 | 58 | 77 | 4 | 19 | .971 | 4.655 | ||||
| George Brett | 3B | 112 | 92 | 219 | 26 | 21 | .923 | 2.777 | ||||
| José Martínez | 3B | 12 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 0 | .939 | 2.583 | ||||
| Gary Sanserino | 3B | 9 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 2.333 | ||||
| Thomas Joyce | 3B | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jim Clark | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| José Arcia | 3B | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Buck Martinez | C | 79 | 493 | 42 | 3 | 3 | .994 | 6.772 | 5 | |||
| Tom Harmon | C | 46 | 252 | 29 | 6 | 3 | .979 | 6.109 | 9 | |||
| Dennis Paepke | C | 19 | 116 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.474 | 2 | |||
| Tom Poquette | OF | 131 | 230 | 17 | 14 | 4 | .946 | 1.885 | ||||
| Keith Marshall | OF | 109 | 226 | 14 | 4 | 2 | .984 | 2.202 | ||||
| Jim Lyttle | OF | 61 | 104 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .982 | 1.803 | ||||
| Jim Clark | OF | 61 | 74 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .975 | 1.295 | ||||
| Jim Wohlford | OF | 57 | 91 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .980 | 1.684 | ||||
| Ron Stone | OF | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .700 | ||||
| Gary Sanserino | OF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Dennis Paepke | OF | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Thomas Joyce | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Barry Raziano | P | 38 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .786 | .289 | ||||
| Al Autry | P | 28 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | .818 | .643 | ||||
| Greg Chlan | P | 26 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .346 | ||||
| Monty Montgomery | P | 25 | 12 | 27 | 1 | 3 | .975 | 1.560 | ||||
| Tom Burgmeier | P | 24 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .952 | .833 | ||||
| Mark Littell | P | 22 | 7 | 28 | 7 | 2 | .833 | 1.591 | ||||
| Norm Angelini | P | 22 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .409 | ||||
| Al Fitzmorris | P | 21 | 14 | 46 | 1 | 3 | .984 | 2.857 | ||||
| Paul Pelz | P | 17 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 3 | .939 | 1.824 | ||||
| Al Santorini | P | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .727 | ||||
| Wayne Simpson | P | 9 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .786 | 1.222 | ||||
| Steve Mingori | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Doug Bird | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Hal Baird | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Murphy | P | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| José Arcia | SS | 117 | 194 | 384 | 27 | 75 | .955 | 4.940 | ||||
| Frank White | SS | 12 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 6 | .935 | 2.417 | ||||
| José Martínez | SS | 10 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 6 | .875 | 2.100 | ||||
| Totals | 1410 | 3464 | 1430 | 166 | 318 | .967 | 3.471 | 16 | 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.
