1979 Omaha Royals Statistics
Team Record: 65-71
Finished 2nd in the AA's West Division
Manager: Gordon MacKenzie (65-71)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Ballpark: Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium
Attendance: 157,277, Avg. 2,313
The Omaha Royals of the American Association ended the 1979 season with a record of 65 wins and 71 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
The Royals scored 565 runs and allowed 621 runs. Ken Phelps paced Omaha with 20 home runs, while Jim Nettles walloped 15 or more, too. Jim Nettles drove in 86 runs. Ken Phelps led all regular hitters with a .265 average. Craig Eaton topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.33 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1979 Omaha Royals who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Clint Hurdle, Gary Christenson, Bob Detherage, Jim Gaudet, Dan Quisenberry, Renie Martin, Jerry Cram, Dave Cripe, Mark Ballinger, Ken Phelps, Tim Ireland, Germán Barranca, George Enright, Todd Cruz, Craig Eaton, Randy McGilberry, Jim Nettles, Joe Zdeb, Luis Delgado and Bill Paschall.
Gordon MacKenzie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Eaton | 12 | 8 | .600 | 3.33 | 26 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 189.0 | 185 | 85 | 70 | 12 | 48 | 1 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Randy McGilberry | 9 | 7 | .562 | 4.78 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 111.0 | 115 | 62 | 59 | 14 | 46 | 2 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ken Cvejdlik | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.58 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 108.0 | 125 | 57 | 55 | 14 | 34 | 1 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Bill Paschall | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.65 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 118.0 | 144 | 80 | 61 | 17 | 28 | 1 | 53 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Mark Daly | 7 | 13 | .350 | 4.27 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 156.0 | 176 | 88 | 74 | 10 | 85 | 0 | 68 | 6 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Renie Martin | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.14 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 63.0 | 56 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 38 | 8 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Mark Ballinger | 5 | 9 | .357 | 4.61 | 28 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 127.0 | 138 | 77 | 65 | 12 | 62 | 2 | 70 | 6 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Gary Christenson | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.57 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 91.0 | 69 | 33 | 26 | 5 | 43 | 7 | 63 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Mike Morley | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.81 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 58.0 | 63 | 32 | 31 | 8 | 24 | 1 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dan Quisenberry | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.60 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 35.0 | 29 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Cram | 2 | 8 | .200 | 4.34 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 83.0 | 85 | 47 | 40 | 10 | 24 | 3 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Steve Hamrick | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.76 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 34 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 65 | 71 | .478 | 4.12 | 296 | 136 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 25 | 1164.0 | 1219 | 621 | 533 | 111 | 457 | 27 | 536 | 33 | 6 | 38 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Nettles | 133 | 566 | 477 | 65 | 122 | 31 | 4 | 17 | 86 | 14 | 8 | 83 | 78 | .256 | .366 | .444 | .810 | 212 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Germán Barranca | 122 | 549 | 472 | 79 | 120 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 49 | 75 | 17 | 66 | 42 | .254 | .344 | .373 | .717 | 176 | 1 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Dave Cripe | 131 | 555 | 479 | 66 | 119 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 57 | 58 | .248 | .332 | .349 | .681 | 167 | 5 | 10 | 4 | ||
| Ken Phelps | 130 | 538 | 430 | 71 | 114 | 26 | 3 | 20 | 77 | 4 | 4 | 98 | 72 | .265 | .406 | .479 | .885 | 206 | 6 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Tim Ireland | 109 | 449 | 370 | 53 | 97 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 9 | 58 | 42 | .262 | .372 | .351 | .723 | 130 | 7 | 13 | 1 | ||
| Jim Gaudet | 109 | 406 | 371 | 33 | 97 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 33 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 40 | .261 | .313 | .350 | .664 | 130 | 4 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Gillen | 101 | 365 | 322 | 41 | 79 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 32 | .245 | .320 | .357 | .678 | 115 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Bob Detherage | 97 | 313 | 267 | 30 | 63 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 40 | 70 | .236 | .335 | .360 | .695 | 96 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Rudy Kinard | 114 | 402 | 355 | 26 | 58 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 26 | 44 | .163 | .219 | .203 | .422 | 72 | 0 | 19 | 2 | ||
| Joe Zdeb | 73 | 281 | 241 | 25 | 54 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 36 | .224 | .329 | .299 | .627 | 72 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Clint Hurdle | 68 | 272 | 220 | 30 | 52 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 49 | 42 | .236 | .379 | .377 | .756 | 83 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| George Enright | 35 | 123 | 107 | 10 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 17 | .262 | .331 | .336 | .667 | 36 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Todd Cruz | 23 | 95 | 91 | 14 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | .264 | .287 | .582 | .870 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Darrell Parker | 24 | 91 | 84 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 16 | .226 | .256 | .310 | .565 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Gary Christenson | 51 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Cram | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Ballinger | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1384 | 5011 | 4292 | 557 | 1047 | 196 | 34 | 88 | 513 | 161 | 63 | 589 | 606 | .244 | .338 | .367 | .705 | 1575 | 0 | 33 | 70 | 27 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Phelps | 1B | 128 | 1129 | 80 | 13 | 111 | .989 | 9.445 | ||||
| Jim Nettles | 1B | 9 | 62 | 10 | 1 | 3 | .986 | 8.000 | ||||
| Tim Ireland | 2B | 98 | 225 | 273 | 19 | 68 | .963 | 5.082 | ||||
| Germán Barranca | 2B | 33 | 66 | 86 | 3 | 16 | .981 | 4.606 | ||||
| Rudy Kinard | 2B | 13 | 29 | 35 | 3 | 10 | .955 | 4.923 | ||||
| Dave Cripe | 3B | 131 | 113 | 256 | 19 | 19 | .951 | 2.817 | ||||
| Tim Ireland | 3B | 6 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 3 | .957 | 3.667 | ||||
| Jim Gaudet | C | 105 | 474 | 51 | 14 | 6 | .974 | 5.000 | 6 | |||
| George Enright | C | 35 | 131 | 15 | 3 | 4 | .980 | 4.171 | 3 | |||
| Jim Nettles | OF | 109 | 253 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .977 | 2.376 | ||||
| Bob Detherage | OF | 93 | 248 | 11 | 4 | 1 | .985 | 2.785 | ||||
| Kevin Gillen | OF | 81 | 132 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.716 | ||||
| Joe Zdeb | OF | 69 | 134 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .971 | 1.957 | ||||
| Clint Hurdle | OF | 66 | 124 | 14 | 4 | 4 | .972 | 2.091 | ||||
| Darrell Parker | OF | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Gary Christenson | P | 51 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 1 | .935 | .569 | ||||
| Jerry Cram | P | 34 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .950 | .559 | ||||
| Renie Martin | P | 33 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .889 | .485 | ||||
| Mark Ballinger | P | 28 | 13 | 24 | 2 | 2 | .949 | 1.321 | ||||
| Dan Quisenberry | P | 26 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .929 | .500 | ||||
| Craig Eaton | P | 26 | 11 | 29 | 1 | 1 | .976 | 1.538 | ||||
| Mark Daly | P | 25 | 6 | 30 | 1 | 2 | .973 | 1.440 | ||||
| Randy McGilberry | P | 23 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .903 | 1.217 | ||||
| Bill Paschall | P | 18 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.278 | ||||
| Ken Cvejdlik | P | 17 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.176 | ||||
| Mike Morley | P | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steve Hamrick | P | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.200 | ||||
| Rudy Kinard | SS | 101 | 157 | 266 | 19 | 57 | .957 | 4.188 | ||||
| Todd Cruz | SS | 23 | 47 | 86 | 5 | 19 | .964 | 5.783 | ||||
| Germán Barranca | SS | 14 | 13 | 29 | 2 | 2 | .955 | 3.000 | ||||
| Tim Ireland | SS | 3 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1418 | 3441 | 1445 | 133 | 338 | .974 | 3.446 | 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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