1973 Waterloo Royals Statistics
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
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.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 Gomez | 14 | 10 | .583 | 3.92 | 26 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 172.0 | 159 | 87 | 75 | 10 | 82 | 3 | 144 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||
Stan Butkus | 12 | 10 | .545 | 2.21 | 28 | 28 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 212.0 | 169 | 64 | 52 | 14 | 56 | 3 | 142 | 7 | 0 | 3 | ||
Bary Woodruff | 8 | 2 | .800 | 1.80 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 80.0 | 50 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 39 | 6 | 80 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
Thomas Linnert | 6 | 1 | .857 | 1.70 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 69.0 | 62 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Jeff Gressick | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.48 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 62.0 | 42 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
George Throop | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.14 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 42.0 | 39 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Barry Stace | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.37 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 38.0 | 31 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
John Gaylord | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 28 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
William Jackson | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.71 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 68.0 | 68 | 45 | 28 | 4 | 29 | 4 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 9 | ||
Mark Gland | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.60 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 53.0 | 64 | 43 | 33 | 5 | 30 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jimmie Martin | 3 | 7 | .300 | 5.95 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 52 | 50 | 41 | 3 | 68 | 2 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
Bob Gipson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.71 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17.0 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Bruce Griggs | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.00 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Willie Clark | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Roman Bailey | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.67 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
Richard Riggs | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Roger Schmuck | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.00 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 31 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
Tommy Dugan | 0 | 1 | .000 | 18.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 64 | 56 | .533 | 3.33 | 266 | 120 | 0 | 45 | 8 | 19 | 997.0 | 869 | 492 | 369 | 57 | 506 | 36 | 800 | 29 | 9 | 46 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mark Williams | 109 | 410 | 374 | 56 | 117 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 67 | 26 | 12 | 30 | 46 | .313 | .369 | .433 | .802 | 162 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
Dennis Smith | 115 | 441 | 410 | 55 | 109 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 32 | 10 | 21 | 94 | .266 | .306 | .359 | .664 | 147 | 3 | 6 | 1 | ||
Sheldon Mallory | 107 | 440 | 351 | 82 | 102 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 40 | 37 | 4 | 75 | 51 | .291 | .420 | .447 | .867 | 157 | 6 | 4 | 4 | ||
Joe Zdeb | 71 | 283 | 262 | 44 | 93 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 55 | 14 | 2 | 17 | 30 | .355 | .392 | .546 | .938 | 143 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
Ron Washington | 85 | 315 | 289 | 35 | 80 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 20 | 45 | .277 | .327 | .419 | .746 | 121 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
Mike Roberts | 84 | 305 | 259 | 31 | 79 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 45 | 7 | 4 | 39 | 26 | .305 | .392 | .405 | .797 | 105 | 0 | 4 | 3 | ||
Roy Tanner | 95 | 327 | 291 | 31 | 74 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 29 | .254 | .315 | .292 | .607 | 85 | 14 | 6 | 3 | ||
Steve Temple | 80 | 258 | 225 | 32 | 53 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 42 | .236 | .322 | .307 | .628 | 69 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
Steve Staggs | 50 | 211 | 177 | 39 | 52 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 29 | 21 | .294 | .400 | .418 | .818 | 74 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
David Campbell | 82 | 279 | 253 | 29 | 51 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 45 | .202 | .260 | .316 | .576 | 80 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
Richard Smotherman | 49 | 180 | 152 | 19 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 46 | .276 | .369 | .349 | .717 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
James Smith | 45 | 124 | 115 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 16 | .183 | .242 | .235 | .477 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ricky Boone | 35 | 128 | 110 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 21 | .145 | .250 | .155 | .405 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
Rex Goodson | 21 | 65 | 58 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | .224 | .281 | .259 | .540 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Jerry Gomez | 26 | 67 | 56 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | .214 | .214 | .250 | .464 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
Winston Cole | 13 | 34 | 31 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .258 | .324 | .290 | .614 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Karl Jacobsen | 15 | 46 | 34 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 14 | .206 | .386 | .294 | .680 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
Stan Butkus | 28 | 77 | 68 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 28 | .088 | .137 | .132 | .269 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
Bary Woodruff | 39 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .278 | .316 | .333 | .649 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Ernest Baker | 12 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | .227 | .320 | .227 | .547 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Thomas Linnert | 9 | 28 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .200 | .231 | .320 | .551 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Lavery Hiegel | 13 | 34 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .179 | .324 | .357 | .681 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jimmie Martin | 27 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .250 | .333 | .417 | .750 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Richard Riggs | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Gaylord | 10 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .222 | .222 | .333 | .556 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
William Jackson | 37 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .200 | .467 | .200 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Steve Blomberg | 5 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .500 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Gipson | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bruce Griggs | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
George Throop | 20 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .258 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Barry Stace | 6 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Mark Gland | 11 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .062 | .167 | .062 | .229 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jeff Gressick | 10 | 24 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .056 | .227 | .056 | .283 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
John Ihlenburg | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Roman Bailey | 5 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1343 | 4250 | 3736 | 523 | 972 | 155 | 34 | 51 | 435 | 189 | 57 | 383 | 667 | .260 | .334 | .361 | .694 | 1348 | 0 | 43 | 59 | 29 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sheldon Mallory | 1B | 51 | 409 | 29 | 9 | 30 | .980 | 8.588 | ||||
Richard Smotherman | 1B | 43 | 350 | 19 | 16 | 27 | .958 | 8.581 | ||||
David Campbell | 1B | 17 | 135 | 10 | 3 | 14 | .980 | 8.529 | ||||
Winston Cole | 1B | 9 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 7.556 | ||||
James Smith | 1B | 4 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .964 | 6.750 | ||||
Roy Tanner | 2B | 72 | 173 | 167 | 24 | 33 | .934 | 4.722 | ||||
Steve Temple | 2B | 29 | 48 | 77 | 9 | 20 | .933 | 4.310 | ||||
Steve Staggs | 2B | 12 | 24 | 22 | 3 | 5 | .939 | 3.833 | ||||
David Campbell | 2B | 9 | 17 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 3.889 | ||||
Steve Staggs | 3B | 39 | 26 | 89 | 19 | 10 | .858 | 2.949 | ||||
Ricky Boone | 3B | 33 | 23 | 64 | 11 | 6 | .888 | 2.636 | ||||
Steve Temple | 3B | 25 | 22 | 32 | 4 | 4 | .931 | 2.160 | ||||
David Campbell | 3B | 18 | 6 | 33 | 6 | 6 | .867 | 2.167 | ||||
James Smith | 3B | 11 | 7 | 23 | 5 | 1 | .857 | 2.727 | ||||
Mike Roberts | C | 83 | 558 | 42 | 14 | 5 | .977 | 7.229 | 10 | |||
Rex Goodson | C | 17 | 102 | 10 | 4 | 2 | .966 | 6.588 | 4 | |||
Karl Jacobsen | C | 14 | 91 | 8 | 7 | 0 | .934 | 7.071 | 6 | |||
Lavery Hiegel | C | 10 | 59 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .957 | 6.700 | 1 | |||
James Smith | C | 4 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 0 | |||
Dennis Smith | OF | 109 | 199 | 8 | 10 | 1 | .954 | 1.899 | ||||
Mark Williams | OF | 106 | 159 | 6 | 8 | 1 | .954 | 1.557 | ||||
Joe Zdeb | OF | 69 | 114 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .976 | 1.754 | ||||
Sheldon Mallory | OF | 53 | 76 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .964 | 1.528 | ||||
James Smith | OF | 17 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .919 | 2.000 | ||||
Roy Tanner | OF | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.100 | ||||
Ernest Baker | OF | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
Steve Blomberg | OF | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
Bary Woodruff | P | 38 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .875 | .553 | ||||
William Jackson | P | 37 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 1 | .960 | .649 | ||||
Stan Butkus | P | 28 | 18 | 38 | 2 | 1 | .966 | 2.000 | ||||
Jimmie Martin | P | 27 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .812 | .481 | ||||
Jerry Gomez | P | 26 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
George Throop | P | 20 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .700 | ||||
Bob Gipson | P | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .308 | ||||
Mark Gland | P | 11 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 0 | .778 | 1.273 | ||||
Jeff Gressick | P | 10 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
John Gaylord | P | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .900 | ||||
Roger Schmuck | P | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
Thomas Linnert | P | 9 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .905 | 2.111 | ||||
Bruce Griggs | P | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
Barry Stace | P | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .833 | ||||
Richard Riggs | P | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .400 | ||||
Roman Bailey | P | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
Tommy Dugan | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
Willie Clark | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Ron Washington | SS | 82 | 130 | 198 | 29 | 34 | .919 | 4.000 | ||||
David Campbell | SS | 27 | 36 | 76 | 12 | 7 | .903 | 4.148 | ||||
Steve Temple | SS | 14 | 22 | 40 | 6 | 11 | .912 | 4.429 | ||||
Totals | 1263 | 2989 | 1189 | 232 | 242 | .947 | 3.308 | 21 | 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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