1973 Waterloo Royals Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 64-56
Finished 3rd in the MWL's North Division
Manager: Bill Scripture (64-56)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 42,930, Avg. 716
1973 Waterloo Royals Roster

The Waterloo Royals of the Midwest League ended the 1973 season with a record of 64 wins and 56 losses, finishing third in the league's North Division.

The Royals scored 524 runs and allowed 492 runs. Mark Williams drove in 67 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .313. Jerry Gomez led the team with 14 wins, while Stan Butkus recorded a 2.21 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1973 Waterloo Royals who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Sheldon Mallory, Steve Staggs, George Throop, Ron Washington, Mark Williams and Joe Zdeb.

Bill Scripture served as manager.


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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 Gomez1410.5833.9226261100172.0159877510823144707
Stan Butkus1210.5452.2128281630212.0169645214563142703
Bary Woodruff82.8001.8038311480.0502616539680023
Thomas Linnert61.8571.709950069.0622213225170002
Jeff Gressick42.6673.48101021062.0422824429046022
George Throop32.6002.1420111942.0391310216439000
Barry Stace33.5002.376631038.0311610023125110
John Gaylord33.5004.1410520037.0282517320130413
William Jackson35.3753.7137110468.0684528429460309
Mark Gland35.3755.60111111053.0644333530136200
Jimmie Martin37.3005.9527610062.0525041368254307
Bob Gipson101.0003.7113100217.011117016215101
Bruce Griggs11.5004.008400018.01898118213011
Willie Clark01.0003.00200003.02110212001
Roman Bailey01.0003.675500027.0231411119019003
Richard Riggs01.0004.205210015.017871727010
Roger Schmuck01.0006.009200021.0312514222216114
Tommy Dugan01.00018.00200001.03520512000
Totals6456.5333.33266120045819997.08694923695750636800299460

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
Mark Williams1094103745611721366726123046.313.369.433.802162411
Dennis Smith115441410551098383732102194.266.306.359.664147361
Sheldon Mallory107440351821021669403747551.291.420.447.867157644
Joe Zdeb7128326244932038551421730.355.392.546.938143103
Ron Washington8531528935801356341682045.277.327.419.746121231
Mike Roberts843052593179162245743926.305.392.405.797105043
Roy Tanner953272913174910231021329.254.315.292.607851463
Steve Temple80258225325370324622642.236.322.307.62869331
Steve Staggs5021117739521141211222921.294.400.418.81874311
David Campbell822792532951102530422145.202.260.316.57680023
Richard Smotherman49180152194261115642346.276.369.349.71753113
James Smith451241151621600660916.183.242.235.47727000
Ricky Boone3512811013161005201421.145.250.155.40517202
Rex Goodson21655881320053148.224.281.259.54015111
Jerry Gomez26675631201020206.214.214.250.464140110
Winston Cole1334314810033037.258.324.290.6149000
Karl Jacobsen15463437001610814.206.386.294.68010220
Stan Butkus28776826300300428.088.137.132.2699041
Bary Woodruff3921182510020016.278.316.333.6496020
Ernest Baker1225222500010136.227.320.227.5475000
Thomas Linnert928251511021017.200.231.320.5518020
Lavery Hiegel13342845201120612.179.324.357.68110000
Jimmie Martin2716121301040024.250.333.417.7505011
Richard Riggs5441200001001.500.500.5001.0002000
John Gaylord101090210000002.222.222.333.5563010
William Jackson3715102200000054.200.467.200.6672000
Steve Blomberg5121222010000010.167.167.333.5004000
Bob Gipson13430100000011.333.500.333.8331000
Bruce Griggs8760100010001.167.286.167.4521100
George Throop2012111100010016.091.167.091.2581000
Barry Stace615142100000008.071.071.071.1431010
Mark Gland1118161100010025.062.167.062.2291000
Jeff Gressick10241811000100411.056.227.056.2831020
John Ihlenburg3640000000012.000.200.000.2000010
Roman Bailey5991000000106.000.000.000.0000000
Totals134342503736523972155345143518957383667.260.334.361.694134804359290


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Sheldon Mallory1B5140929930.9808.588
Richard Smotherman1B43350191627.9588.581
David Campbell1B1713510314.9808.529
Winston Cole1B9644071.0007.556
James Smith1B424312.9646.750
Roy Tanner2B721731672433.9344.722
Steve Temple2B294877920.9334.310
Steve Staggs2B12242235.9393.833
David Campbell2B91718071.0003.889
Steve Staggs3B3926891910.8582.949
Ricky Boone3B332364116.8882.636
Steve Temple3B25223244.9312.160
David Campbell3B1863366.8672.167
James Smith3B1172351.8572.727
Mike RobertsC8355842145.9777.22910
Rex GoodsonC171021042.9666.5884
Karl JacobsenC1491870.9347.0716
Lavery HiegelC1059830.9576.7001
James SmithC4162011.0004.5000
Dennis SmithOF1091998101.9541.899
Mark WilliamsOF106159681.9541.557
Joe ZdebOF69114730.9761.754
Sheldon MalloryOF5376531.9641.528
James SmithOF1732231.9192.000
Roy TannerOF10101001.0001.100
Ernest BakerOF720001.000.286
Steve BlombergOF340001.0001.333
Bary WoodruffP3861531.875.553
William JacksonP3722211.960.649
Stan ButkusP28183821.9662.000
Jimmie MartinP275830.812.481
Jerry GomezP26818001.0001.000
George ThroopP2031110.933.700
Bob GipsonP1313011.000.308
Mark GlandP1101440.7781.273
Jeff GressickP10411001.0001.500
John GaylordP1018001.000.900
Roger SchmuckP906001.000.667
Thomas LinnertP911822.9052.111
Bruce GriggsP811001.000.250
Barry StaceP60510.833.833
Richard RiggsP50220.500.400
Roman BaileyP516001.0001.400
Tommy DuganP20010.000.000
Willie ClarkP20000.000
Ron WashingtonSS821301982934.9194.000
David CampbellSS273676127.9034.148
Steve TempleSS142240611.9124.429
Totals126329891189232242.9473.3082100

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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