1976 Omaha Royals Statistics
Team Record: 78-58
Finished 1st in the AA's East Division
Manager: Billy Gardner (78-58)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Ballpark: Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium
Attendance: 120,799, Avg. 1,776
Playoffs - Denver Bears 4 games, Omaha Royals 2
The Omaha Royals of the American Association ended the 1976 season with a record of 78 wins and 58 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Royals led the circuit with just 557 runs allowed. Omaha scored 631 runs. Gary Martz paced the team with 22 home runs, while Ruppert Jones walloped 15 or more, too. Frank Ortenzio accounted for 81 RBI. Joe Zdeb topped batters with significant playing time with a .298 average. Jerry Cram paced the squad with 11 wins, and Bob McClure recorded a 2.98 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Mark Ballinger, Tom Bruno, Jerry Cram, Dave Cripe, Bob Johnson, Ruppert Jones, Gary Lance, Sheldon Mallory, Gary Martz, Bob McClure, Roger Nelson, Frank Ortenzio, Steve Staggs, Bill Sudakis, George Throop, U. L. Washington, John Wathan and Joe Zdeb were all players from the 1976 Omaha Royals who played in the Majors during their careers.
Billy Gardner 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jerry Cram | 11 | 3 | .786 | 3.44 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 102.0 | 100 | 45 | 39 | 10 | 28 | 8 | 58 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||
Gary Lance | 10 | 10 | .500 | 4.36 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 157.0 | 166 | 103 | 76 | 16 | 57 | 9 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
Tom Bruno | 9 | 4 | .692 | 3.79 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 114.0 | 115 | 59 | 48 | 16 | 38 | 4 | 79 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
Lew Olsen | 9 | 7 | .562 | 3.37 | 25 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 155.0 | 159 | 68 | 58 | 7 | 36 | 4 | 59 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
Bob McClure | 9 | 8 | .529 | 2.98 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 133.0 | 133 | 61 | 44 | 9 | 41 | 2 | 91 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
Dave Hasbach | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.47 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 83.0 | 65 | 36 | 32 | 6 | 31 | 2 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Mark Ballinger | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.17 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 88.0 | 62 | 38 | 31 | 5 | 36 | 1 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
Roger Nelson | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.00 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 60.0 | 49 | 27 | 20 | 2 | 31 | 8 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
Hal Baird | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.21 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 57.0 | 46 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 31 | 8 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
Lynn McKinney | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.60 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 59 | 27 | 24 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gary Wright | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.81 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 59.0 | 67 | 29 | 25 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
Ruben Garcia | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
George Throop | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.60 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
Bob Johnson | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.18 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 66.0 | 77 | 42 | 38 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
Totals | 78 | 58 | .574 | 3.59 | 331 | 136 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 33 | 1131.0 | 1105 | 557 | 451 | 83 | 404 | 56 | 693 | 18 | 7 | 55 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Staggs | 136 | 590 | 492 | 92 | 139 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 50 | 27 | 7 | 89 | 55 | .283 | .395 | .411 | .806 | 202 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||
Frank Ortenzio | 129 | 519 | 447 | 61 | 113 | 29 | 4 | 14 | 81 | 1 | 2 | 64 | 88 | .253 | .349 | .430 | .779 | 192 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
Joe Zdeb | 117 | 426 | 372 | 57 | 111 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 47 | 69 | .298 | .376 | .392 | .769 | 146 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
Steve Patchin | 109 | 395 | 353 | 47 | 106 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 34 | .300 | .367 | .459 | .826 | 162 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
Gary Martz | 131 | 498 | 436 | 72 | 106 | 18 | 4 | 22 | 62 | 0 | 3 | 56 | 106 | .243 | .333 | .454 | .787 | 198 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
Ruppert Jones | 102 | 427 | 359 | 65 | 94 | 15 | 9 | 19 | 73 | 16 | 5 | 59 | 90 | .262 | .366 | .513 | .879 | 184 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
Sheldon Mallory | 110 | 417 | 346 | 66 | 91 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 12 | 64 | 44 | .263 | .382 | .410 | .792 | 142 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
Bill Sudakis | 85 | 323 | 275 | 46 | 78 | 19 | 1 | 14 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 46 | .284 | .379 | .513 | .892 | 141 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
Brian Murphy | 105 | 381 | 332 | 27 | 74 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 50 | .223 | .311 | .274 | .585 | 91 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
Dave Cripe | 74 | 225 | 195 | 27 | 53 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 23 | .272 | .369 | .431 | .800 | 84 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Craig Perkins | 50 | 122 | 113 | 12 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .283 | .314 | .469 | .783 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
U. L. Washington | 30 | 136 | 120 | 20 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 31 | .250 | .338 | .408 | .747 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Wathan | 24 | 89 | 84 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .155 | .202 | .214 | .417 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob McClure | 21 | 52 | 43 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .256 | .347 | .256 | .603 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
Jerry Cram | 51 | 35 | 31 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .258 | .324 | .387 | .711 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Gary Lance | 26 | 61 | 51 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21 | .137 | .214 | .137 | .352 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
Mark Ballinger | 17 | 34 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .194 | .219 | .226 | .445 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
Dave Hasbach | 13 | 36 | 32 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .188 | .206 | .188 | .393 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
Lew Olsen | 25 | 59 | 51 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22 | .098 | .179 | .098 | .277 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Mike Denevi | 15 | 38 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .118 | .211 | .118 | .328 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tom Bruno | 20 | 49 | 43 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | .093 | .130 | .116 | .247 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
Bob Johnson | 23 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .158 | .238 | .211 | .449 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gary Wright | 19 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Lynn McKinney | 9 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
George Throop | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Roger Nelson | 52 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Ruben Garcia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Hal Baird | 50 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1550 | 4993 | 4312 | 631 | 1100 | 179 | 54 | 114 | 574 | 86 | 37 | 585 | 831 | .255 | .346 | .401 | .747 | 1729 | 0 | 28 | 40 | 28 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frank Ortenzio | 1B | 123 | 1044 | 81 | 10 | 88 | .991 | 9.146 | ||||
Gary Martz | 1B | 9 | 60 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 7.333 | ||||
Steve Patchin | 1B | 7 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 7.857 | ||||
Steve Staggs | 2B | 136 | 273 | 389 | 30 | 82 | .957 | 4.868 | ||||
Mike Denevi | 2B | 3 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
Bill Sudakis | 3B | 77 | 66 | 119 | 15 | 7 | .925 | 2.403 | ||||
Dave Cripe | 3B | 58 | 41 | 108 | 11 | 9 | .931 | 2.569 | ||||
Mike Denevi | 3B | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .600 | ||||
Brian Murphy | 3B | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.500 | ||||
Steve Patchin | C | 87 | 467 | 31 | 15 | 3 | .971 | 5.724 | 4 | |||
Craig Perkins | C | 28 | 129 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .993 | 4.750 | 2 | |||
John Wathan | C | 21 | 127 | 14 | 3 | 3 | .979 | 6.714 | 3 | |||
Bill Sudakis | C | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.500 | 0 | |||
Gary Martz | OF | 120 | 196 | 11 | 9 | 1 | .958 | 1.725 | ||||
Joe Zdeb | OF | 109 | 209 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .969 | 1.982 | ||||
Ruppert Jones | OF | 99 | 243 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .968 | 2.475 | ||||
Sheldon Mallory | OF | 98 | 155 | 8 | 3 | 4 | .982 | 1.663 | ||||
John Wathan | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
Roger Nelson | P | 52 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .308 | ||||
Jerry Cram | P | 51 | 8 | 26 | 3 | 0 | .919 | .667 | ||||
Hal Baird | P | 50 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .240 | ||||
Lew Olsen | P | 25 | 14 | 22 | 1 | 3 | .973 | 1.440 | ||||
Gary Lance | P | 25 | 20 | 29 | 2 | 1 | .961 | 1.960 | ||||
Bob Johnson | P | 22 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .591 | ||||
Bob McClure | P | 21 | 5 | 26 | 5 | 2 | .861 | 1.476 | ||||
Tom Bruno | P | 20 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 3 | .958 | 1.150 | ||||
Gary Wright | P | 19 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.053 | ||||
Mark Ballinger | P | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .882 | .882 | ||||
Dave Hasbach | P | 13 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.231 | ||||
Lynn McKinney | P | 9 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.556 | ||||
Ruben Garcia | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
George Throop | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Brian Murphy | SS | 100 | 153 | 305 | 25 | 43 | .948 | 4.580 | ||||
U. L. Washington | SS | 30 | 48 | 102 | 15 | 22 | .909 | 5.000 | ||||
Mike Denevi | SS | 6 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 3.000 | ||||
Bill Sudakis | SS | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
Totals | 1453 | 3380 | 1429 | 175 | 293 | .965 | 3.310 | 9 | 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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