1984 Charleston Royals Statistics
Team Record: 78-64
Finished 3rd in the SAL's South Division
Manager: Duane Gustavson (78-64)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Charleston, South Carolina
Ballpark: Hampton Park
Attendance: 117,185, Avg. 1,650
Playoffs - Charleston Royals 2 games, Savannah Cardinals 1
Finals - Asheville Tourists 3 games, Charleston Royals 0
The Charleston Royals of the South Atlantic League ended the 1984 season with a record of 78 wins and 64 losses, finishing third in the league's South Division.
The Royals topped the league with 746 runs. Charleston allowed 672 runs. Jere Longenecker accounted for 84 RBI. Kevin Seitzer led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .297 clip. Jeffrey Hull paced the team with 16 wins and a team-best 2.85 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1984 Charleston Royals who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Gary Thurman, Kevin Seitzer, Jeff Schulz, José Núñez and Melido Perez.
Duane Gustavson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey Hull | 16 | 5 | .762 | 2.84 | 27 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 164.7 | 147 | 73 | 52 | 13 | 57 | 0 | 105 | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
| José Núñez | 14 | 8 | .636 | 3.28 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 170.0 | 167 | 91 | 62 | 8 | 54 | 1 | 106 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |
| Jose Velazquez | 11 | 12 | .478 | 4.42 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 163.0 | 152 | 98 | 80 | 8 | 69 | 0 | 85 | 13 | 1 | 4 | |
| Phil George | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.07 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 159.3 | 162 | 91 | 72 | 15 | 41 | 0 | 84 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
| Bradley Davis | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.31 | 34 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 66.3 | 56 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Craig Walter | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.92 | 38 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 71.0 | 70 | 31 | 23 | 8 | 26 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Melido Perez | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.35 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89.0 | 99 | 52 | 43 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 55 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Thomas Shook | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.67 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41.7 | 43 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dave Snell | 3 | 8 | .273 | 3.80 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 83.0 | 89 | 53 | 35 | 4 | 29 | 2 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Ronald McCormack | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.30 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Edwin Morales | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.69 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10.7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Klein | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.98 | 21 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 40.7 | 52 | 28 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tom Mohr | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.23 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 32.3 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dave Rooker | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.80 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.7 | 27 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Richard Burke | 0 | 0 | 3.12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17.3 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Valerio Perez | 0 | 0 | 5.68 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Yowler | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.66 | 23 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55.7 | 65 | 43 | 35 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| Totals | 78 | 64 | .549 | 3.64 | 320 | 143 | 117 | 26 | 7 | 28 | 1224.7 | 1199 | 672 | 495 | 77 | 413 | 9 | 709 | 39 | 7 | 57 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Seitzer | 141 | 617 | 489 | 96 | 145 | 26 | 5 | 8 | 79 | 23 | 5 | 118 | 70 | .297 | .432 | .419 | .851 | 205 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |
| Jere Longenecker | 134 | 575 | 497 | 90 | 133 | 28 | 2 | 9 | 84 | 29 | 4 | 60 | 57 | .268 | .343 | .386 | .730 | 192 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 4 | |
| Todd Mabe | 123 | 549 | 447 | 86 | 128 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 43 | 32 | 17 | 92 | 69 | .286 | .408 | .351 | .759 | 157 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | |
| Gary Thurman | 129 | 571 | 478 | 71 | 109 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 51 | 44 | 17 | 81 | 127 | .228 | .347 | .312 | .659 | 149 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Thomas Wallace | 134 | 572 | 466 | 79 | 98 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 63 | 31 | 11 | 94 | 134 | .210 | .347 | .339 | .686 | 158 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| Geoff Petersen | 141 | 598 | 481 | 76 | 98 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 64 | 10 | 7 | 109 | 95 | .204 | .353 | .285 | .638 | 137 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Jeff Schulz | 69 | 302 | 265 | 52 | 89 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 54 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 20 | .336 | .411 | .468 | .879 | 124 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Mark Van Blaricom | 115 | 441 | 362 | 61 | 84 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 59 | 8 | 1 | 71 | 83 | .232 | .355 | .395 | .750 | 143 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| Thomas Niemann | 87 | 317 | 259 | 37 | 70 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 45 | 25 | .270 | .386 | .317 | .702 | 82 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |
| Derek Vanacore | 57 | 238 | 194 | 36 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 42 | 40 | .216 | .357 | .273 | .630 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Dave Landrith | 49 | 183 | 171 | 13 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 38 | .211 | .257 | .228 | .485 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Willis Whitehurst | 56 | 188 | 164 | 18 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 50 | .183 | .277 | .201 | .478 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Dave Rooker | 61 | 200 | 180 | 17 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 55 | .167 | .240 | .267 | .507 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Rob Davis | 39 | 125 | 110 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 20 | .173 | .242 | .200 | .442 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Kurt Kunz | 22 | 59 | 49 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 18 | .143 | .288 | .163 | .451 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cristobal Perdomo | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1359 | 5543 | 4618 | 746 | 1120 | 171 | 45 | 57 | 628 | 227 | 72 | 816 | 904 | .243 | .357 | .336 | .694 | 1552 | 0 | 38 | 21 | 50 | 16 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff Petersen | 1B | 138 | 1270 | 67 | 21 | 90 | .985 | 9.688 | ||||
| Jere Longenecker | 1B | 5 | 45 | 3 | 3 | 6 | .941 | 9.600 | ||||
| Dave Rooker | 1B | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.333 | ||||
| Todd Mabe | 2B | 120 | 256 | 323 | 40 | 64 | .935 | 4.825 | ||||
| Willis Whitehurst | 2B | 25 | 49 | 61 | 3 | 15 | .973 | 4.400 | ||||
| Kevin Seitzer | 3B | 127 | 80 | 279 | 50 | 22 | .878 | 2.827 | ||||
| Kurt Kunz | 3B | 16 | 5 | 24 | 5 | 1 | .853 | 1.812 | ||||
| Jere Longenecker | 3B | 10 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 2 | .846 | 2.200 | ||||
| Thomas Niemann | C | 84 | 409 | 62 | 11 | 5 | .977 | 5.607 | 8 | |||
| Dave Landrith | C | 41 | 224 | 19 | 12 | 3 | .953 | 5.927 | 6 | |||
| Rob Davis | C | 33 | 126 | 16 | 5 | 0 | .966 | 4.303 | 9 | |||
| Gary Thurman | OF | 124 | 311 | 5 | 13 | 3 | .960 | 2.548 | ||||
| Thomas Wallace | OF | 115 | 224 | 6 | 13 | 0 | .947 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jeff Schulz | OF | 67 | 115 | 12 | 4 | 1 | .969 | 1.896 | ||||
| Derek Vanacore | OF | 51 | 131 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .986 | 2.686 | ||||
| Dave Rooker | OF | 42 | 84 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .967 | 2.119 | ||||
| Jere Longenecker | OF | 32 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.531 | ||||
| Cristobal Perdomo | OF | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Craig Walter | P | 38 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .316 | ||||
| Bradley Davis | P | 34 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .441 | ||||
| Jose Velazquez | P | 27 | 8 | 28 | 1 | 0 | .973 | 1.333 | ||||
| Jeffrey Hull | P | 27 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 2 | .906 | 1.074 | ||||
| José Núñez | P | 25 | 8 | 33 | 5 | 1 | .891 | 1.640 | ||||
| Phil George | P | 25 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.320 | ||||
| John Yowler | P | 23 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .565 | ||||
| Gary Klein | P | 21 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .524 | ||||
| Dave Snell | P | 19 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .947 | .947 | ||||
| Melido Perez | P | 16 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .692 | .562 | ||||
| Thomas Shook | P | 15 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .600 | ||||
| Tom Mohr | P | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Richard Burke | P | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .545 | ||||
| Ronald McCormack | P | 10 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 1.300 | ||||
| Dave Rooker | P | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Valerio Perez | P | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Edwin Morales | P | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Mark Van Blaricom | SS | 115 | 148 | 373 | 44 | 44 | .922 | 4.530 | ||||
| Willis Whitehurst | SS | 24 | 38 | 57 | 17 | 16 | .848 | 3.958 | ||||
| Jere Longenecker | SS | 10 | 17 | 23 | 4 | 2 | .909 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1503 | 3674 | 1553 | 274 | 285 | .950 | 3.478 | 23 | 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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