1996 Omaha Royals Statistics
Team Record: 79-65
Finished 1st in the AA's West Division
Manager: Mike Jirschele (79-65)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Ballpark: Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium
Attendance: 422,481, Avg. 6,401 in 66 home dates
Playoffs - Oklahoma City 89ers 3 games, Omaha Royals 1
The Omaha Royals of the American Association ended the 1996 season with a record of 79 wins and 65 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Royals scored 712 runs and conceded 668 runs. Jon Nunnally led Omaha with 25 home runs, while Rod Myers and Darren Burton walloped 15 or more also. Jon Nunnally drove in 77 runs. Rod Myers topped all regular batters with a .292 average. Glendon Rusch paced the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 3.99 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1996 Omaha Royals who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Kevin Young, Sal Fasano, Jed Hansen, Dilson Torres, Andy Stewart, Mike Magnante, Doug Linton, Brian Bevil, Allen McDill, Jeff Granger, Bob Scanlan, Craig Paquette, Ken Robinson, José Rosado, Julio Valera, Chris Stynes, Les Norman, Mike Sweeney, Shane Halter, Glendon Rusch, Rick Huisman, Félix Martínez, Joe Vitiello, Mark Kiefer, Bob Zupcic, Jaime Bluma, Jim Pittsley, José Mota, Rich Rodriguez, Henry Mercedes, Rusty Meacham, Terry Clark, Bob Hamelin, Ken Patterson, Melvin Bunch, Eddie Tucker, Jon Nunnally, Ramón Martínez, Joe Randa, Jeff Grotewold and Rod Myers.
Mike Jirschele 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glendon Rusch | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.98 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7 | 177 | 88 | 75 | 15 | 40 | 3 | 117 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 723 |
| José Rosado | 8 | 3 | .727 | 3.17 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 96.7 | 80 | 38 | 34 | 16 | 38 | 0 | 82 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 399 |
| Melvin Bunch | 8 | 9 | .471 | 6.08 | 33 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146.7 | 181 | 106 | 99 | 32 | 59 | 1 | 94 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 663 |
| Jim Pittsley | 7 | 1 | .875 | 3.97 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70.3 | 74 | 34 | 31 | 8 | 39 | 0 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 312 |
| Steve Olsen | 7 | 4 | .636 | 5.07 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 65.7 | 70 | 39 | 37 | 7 | 23 | 4 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 283 |
| Brian Bevil | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.12 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67.7 | 62 | 36 | 31 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 73 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 289 |
| Jeff Granger | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.34 | 45 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 77.0 | 65 | 24 | 20 | 10 | 29 | 2 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 314 |
| Dilson Torres | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.60 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 86.0 | 102 | 54 | 44 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 36 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 376 |
| Terry Clark | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.56 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45.7 | 42 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 190 |
| Mark Kiefer | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.93 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.7 | 49 | 31 | 25 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 196 |
| Rusty Meacham | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.82 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 52.3 | 56 | 30 | 28 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 233 |
| Robert Toth | 3 | 3 | .500 | 7.04 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 63 | 40 | 36 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 214 |
| Ken Robinson | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.79 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43 |
| Rich Rodriguez | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.99 | 47 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 70.0 | 75 | 40 | 31 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 304 |
| Rick Huisman | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.87 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57.3 | 54 | 32 | 31 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 243 |
| Mike Magnante | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Doug Linton | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.76 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.7 | 26 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 99 |
| Jaime Bluma | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.12 | 52 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 57.7 | 57 | 22 | 20 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 40 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 251 |
| Julio Valera | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.7 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 72 |
| Henry Mercedes | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Bob Scanlan | 0 | 0 | 0.73 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12.3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | |
| Kris Ralston | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Shane Halter | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Ken Patterson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.80 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20.0 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 79 |
| Allen McDill | 0 | 1 | .000 | 54.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Totals | 79 | 65 | .549 | 4.24 | 421 | 144 | 139 | 5 | 2 | 42 | 1245.0 | 1299 | 668 | 586 | 164 | 412 | 19 | 912 | 48 | 10 | 54 | 5367 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Burton | 129 | 541 | 463 | 75 | 125 | 28 | 5 | 15 | 67 | 7 | 7 | 59 | 82 | .270 | .357 | .449 | .806 | 208 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 6 |
| Rod Myers | 112 | 481 | 411 | 68 | 120 | 27 | 1 | 16 | 54 | 37 | 8 | 49 | 106 | .292 | .377 | .479 | .856 | 197 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| Chris Stynes | 72 | 309 | 284 | 50 | 101 | 22 | 2 | 10 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 17 | .356 | .398 | .553 | .951 | 157 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Jon Nunnally | 103 | 406 | 345 | 76 | 97 | 21 | 4 | 25 | 77 | 10 | 9 | 47 | 100 | .281 | .374 | .583 | .957 | 201 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| Jeff Grotewold | 98 | 407 | 338 | 63 | 94 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 51 | 1 | 3 | 58 | 84 | .278 | .394 | .426 | .820 | 144 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Félix Martínez | 118 | 454 | 395 | 54 | 93 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 18 | 10 | 44 | 79 | .235 | .320 | .322 | .641 | 127 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Ramón Martínez | 85 | 357 | 320 | 35 | 81 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 34 | .253 | .305 | .366 | .671 | 117 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| Shane Halter | 93 | 341 | 299 | 43 | 77 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 31 | 49 | .258 | .330 | .368 | .698 | 110 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Lino Diaz | 75 | 291 | 266 | 32 | 72 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 29 | .271 | .328 | .368 | .696 | 98 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kevin Young | 50 | 204 | 186 | 29 | 57 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 41 | .306 | .358 | .586 | .944 | 109 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| José Mota | 72 | 248 | 229 | 24 | 56 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 28 | .245 | .296 | .323 | .619 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Henry Mercedes | 72 | 259 | 223 | 28 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 60 | .215 | .300 | .372 | .673 | 83 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Andy Stewart | 50 | 202 | 181 | 23 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 25 | .215 | .292 | .326 | .618 | 59 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Vitiello | 36 | 152 | 132 | 26 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 32 | .280 | .368 | .538 | .906 | 71 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mark Merchant | 38 | 141 | 118 | 18 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 26 | .280 | .393 | .441 | .834 | 52 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Sweeney | 25 | 111 | 101 | 14 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .257 | .318 | .436 | .754 | 44 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sal Fasano | 29 | 112 | 104 | 12 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 21 | .231 | .277 | .385 | .661 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jed Hansen | 29 | 116 | 99 | 14 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 22 | .232 | .330 | .364 | .694 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Craig Paquette | 18 | 72 | 63 | 9 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 14 | .333 | .403 | .571 | .974 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Les Norman | 24 | 85 | 77 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | .260 | .318 | .377 | .694 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Eddie Tucker | 24 | 83 | 74 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .162 | .198 | .230 | .427 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Hamelin | 4 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .312 | .353 | .500 | .853 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Zupcic | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Randa | 3 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .111 | .200 | .333 | .533 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1363 | 5407 | 4740 | 712 | 1263 | 258 | 28 | 148 | 663 | 106 | 57 | 497 | 887 | .266 | .343 | .426 | .769 | 2021 | 107 | 73 | 63 | 34 | 34 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Vitiello | 1B | 36 | 281 | 20 | 3 | 27 | .990 | 8.361 | ||||
| Jeff Grotewold | 1B | 32 | 259 | 14 | 2 | 25 | .993 | 8.531 | ||||
| Kevin Young | 1B | 31 | 269 | 21 | 3 | 23 | .990 | 9.355 | ||||
| Andy Stewart | 1B | 28 | 240 | 20 | 1 | 30 | .996 | 9.286 | ||||
| Mark Merchant | 1B | 8 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 5.375 | ||||
| Bob Hamelin | 1B | 4 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 9.500 | ||||
| Les Norman | 1B | 3 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .923 | 8.000 | ||||
| Craig Paquette | 1B | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 7.500 | ||||
| Sal Fasano | 1B | 2 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 9.500 | ||||
| Eddie Tucker | 1B | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Ramón Martínez | 2B | 85 | 163 | 207 | 12 | 53 | .969 | 4.353 | ||||
| Jed Hansen | 2B | 29 | 66 | 75 | 7 | 21 | .953 | 4.862 | ||||
| José Mota | 2B | 22 | 37 | 43 | 4 | 13 | .952 | 3.636 | ||||
| Chris Stynes | 2B | 7 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 6 | .971 | 4.714 | ||||
| Shane Halter | 2B | 7 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Lino Diaz | 3B | 65 | 42 | 120 | 7 | 6 | .959 | 2.492 | ||||
| Chris Stynes | 3B | 28 | 13 | 58 | 5 | 2 | .934 | 2.536 | ||||
| José Mota | 3B | 26 | 12 | 39 | 2 | 6 | .962 | 1.962 | ||||
| Shane Halter | 3B | 20 | 9 | 24 | 6 | 3 | .846 | 1.650 | ||||
| Kevin Young | 3B | 11 | 11 | 24 | 2 | 3 | .946 | 3.182 | ||||
| Craig Paquette | 3B | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .857 | 3.000 | ||||
| Joe Randa | 3B | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.667 | ||||
| Sal Fasano | 3B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Henry Mercedes | C | 66 | 400 | 49 | 3 | 8 | .993 | 6.803 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 67.6 |
| Sal Fasano | C | 25 | 179 | 18 | 4 | 4 | .980 | 7.880 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 48.0 |
| Eddie Tucker | C | 23 | 122 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .992 | 5.739 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 30.8 |
| Mike Sweeney | C | 23 | 167 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 7.609 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 26.3 |
| Andy Stewart | C | 14 | 83 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.357 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 55.6 |
| Rod Myers | CF | 73 | .000 | |||||||||
| Darren Burton | CF | 51 | .000 | |||||||||
| Les Norman | CF | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Shane Halter | CF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jon Nunnally | CF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Stynes | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| José Mota | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Shane Halter | LF | 44 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rod Myers | LF | 38 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Stynes | LF | 33 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jon Nunnally | LF | 30 | .000 | |||||||||
| José Mota | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Zupcic | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mark Merchant | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Craig Paquette | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Les Norman | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Darren Burton | OF | 121 | 262 | 11 | 4 | 3 | .986 | 2.256 | ||||
| Rod Myers | OF | 112 | 263 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .993 | 2.393 | ||||
| Jon Nunnally | OF | 99 | 182 | 12 | 4 | 5 | .980 | 1.960 | ||||
| Shane Halter | OF | 51 | 81 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .977 | 1.686 | ||||
| Chris Stynes | OF | 35 | 67 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .959 | 2.029 | ||||
| Les Norman | OF | 16 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .943 | 2.062 | ||||
| José Mota | OF | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
| Bob Zupcic | OF | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Mark Merchant | OF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .333 | ||||
| Craig Paquette | OF | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 3.000 | ||||
| Jaime Bluma | P | 52 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .909 | .192 | ||||
| Rich Rodriguez | P | 47 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .149 | ||||
| Jeff Granger | P | 45 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .800 | .267 | ||||
| Melvin Bunch | P | 33 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .727 | ||||
| Glendon Rusch | P | 28 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 2 | .957 | .786 | ||||
| Rick Huisman | P | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .185 | ||||
| Steve Olsen | P | 24 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .417 | ||||
| Rusty Meacham | P | 23 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .652 | ||||
| Dilson Torres | P | 16 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 1.125 | ||||
| Ken Patterson | P | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Terry Clark | P | 16 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .562 | ||||
| José Rosado | P | 15 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Jim Pittsley | P | 13 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .769 | ||||
| Bob Scanlan | P | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .417 | ||||
| Brian Bevil | P | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Robert Toth | P | 11 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .909 | ||||
| Mark Kiefer | P | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 1.125 | ||||
| Julio Valera | P | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Ken Robinson | P | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Doug Linton | P | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Henry Mercedes | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Allen McDill | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Kris Ralston | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Magnante | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Shane Halter | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Darren Burton | RF | 71 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jon Nunnally | RF | 68 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rod Myers | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Stynes | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Zupcic | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Craig Paquette | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mark Merchant | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Shane Halter | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Félix Martínez | SS | 117 | 177 | 374 | 42 | 79 | .929 | 4.709 | ||||
| Shane Halter | SS | 18 | 25 | 33 | 5 | 5 | .921 | 3.222 | ||||
| José Mota | SS | 12 | 18 | 38 | 3 | 14 | .949 | 4.667 | ||||
| Totals | 2074 | 3735 | 1423 | 147 | 384 | .972 | 2.487 | 13 | 52 | 51 | 49.5 |
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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