1969 Omaha Royals Statistics
Team Record: 85-55
Finished 1st in the AA
Manager: Jack McKeon (85-55)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Ballpark: Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium
Attendance: 177,619, Avg. 2,537
The Omaha Royals of the American Association ended the 1969 season with a record of 85 wins and 55 losses, finishing first in the AA.
The Royals paced the league with 805 runs. Omaha allowed 642 runs, least in the league. George Spriggs and Dave Nicholson powered the squad with 15 home runs apiece. Fred Rico recorded 84 runs batted in. George Spriggs topped batters with significant playing time with a .311 average. Don O'Riley and Paul Splittorff led the squad with 12 wins each, while Al Fitzmorris recorded a 3.75 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Jon Warden, Galen Cisco, Billy Harris, Bill Kelso, George Spriggs, Paul Splittorff, Scott Northey, Dave Wickersham, Jim Rooker, Dave Nicholson, Orlando Peña, Fran Healy, Rich Severson, Luis Alcaraz, Chris Zachary, Jim Campanis, Fred Rico, Joe Keough, Paul Schaal, Steve Jones, Bill Faul, Bob Oliver, Billy Sorrell, Al Fitzmorris, Dennis Paepke, Steve Boros, Bobo Osborne, Jerry Cram and Don O'Riley were all players from the 1969 Omaha Royals who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Jack McKeon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don O'Riley | 12 | 5 | .706 | 3.94 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 137.0 | 149 | 69 | 60 | 9 | 46 | 1 | 81 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Paul Splittorff | 12 | 10 | .545 | 4.55 | 28 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 174.0 | 201 | 101 | 88 | 25 | 63 | 3 | 101 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Chris Zachary | 11 | 6 | .647 | 3.83 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 127.0 | 124 | 62 | 54 | 5 | 47 | 5 | 110 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jerry Cram | 10 | 4 | .714 | 4.21 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 126.0 | 144 | 62 | 59 | 13 | 37 | 1 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Al Fitzmorris | 10 | 6 | .625 | 3.75 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 144.0 | 147 | 73 | 60 | 12 | 54 | 1 | 95 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Orlando Peña | 9 | 3 | .750 | 4.34 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 87.0 | 97 | 46 | 42 | 9 | 20 | 4 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jon Warden | 6 | 6 | .500 | 5.28 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 121.0 | 137 | 79 | 71 | 18 | 80 | 1 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Steve Jones | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.82 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 80.0 | 76 | 38 | 34 | 6 | 31 | 1 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bill Faul | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.76 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 67.0 | 66 | 33 | 28 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Galen Cisco | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.00 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 77 | 40 | 35 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jim Rooker | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.50 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Epperson | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.86 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37.0 | 52 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dave Wickersham | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.38 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13.0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Kelso | 11 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Steve Wright | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 85 | 53 | .616 | 4.20 | 256 | 140 | 0 | 67 | 6 | 13 | 1195.0 | 1297 | 635 | 558 | 108 | 432 | 21 | 814 | 24 | 1 | 37 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Spriggs | 117 | 525 | 463 | 103 | 144 | 23 | 3 | 15 | 62 | 46 | 14 | 54 | 77 | .311 | .382 | .471 | .853 | 218 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Luis Alcaraz | 131 | 568 | 478 | 94 | 144 | 31 | 3 | 13 | 79 | 9 | 4 | 73 | 70 | .301 | .391 | .460 | .851 | 220 | 2 | 8 | 7 | ||
| Fred Rico | 126 | 524 | 450 | 80 | 133 | 16 | 20 | 10 | 84 | 16 | 4 | 67 | 83 | .296 | .387 | .487 | .874 | 219 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Rich Severson | 134 | 511 | 441 | 55 | 116 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 59 | 8 | 6 | 51 | 53 | .263 | .337 | .322 | .659 | 142 | 1 | 12 | 6 | ||
| Dennis Paepke | 98 | 417 | 380 | 53 | 112 | 25 | 0 | 9 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 50 | .295 | .344 | .432 | .775 | 164 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Steve Boros | 103 | 371 | 309 | 56 | 84 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 53 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 45 | .272 | .377 | .385 | .762 | 119 | 3 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Paul Schaal | 65 | 269 | 222 | 56 | 83 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 37 | 22 | .374 | .468 | .550 | 1.018 | 122 | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Scott Northey | 69 | 283 | 251 | 43 | 82 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 22 | 42 | .327 | .387 | .446 | .833 | 112 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Jim Campanis | 78 | 323 | 287 | 37 | 70 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 48 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 41 | .244 | .316 | .383 | .699 | 110 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Lee Green | 80 | 274 | 227 | 44 | 67 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 38 | 35 | .295 | .404 | .352 | .756 | 80 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Joe Keough | 52 | 230 | 210 | 35 | 66 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 25 | .314 | .365 | .452 | .818 | 95 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bobo Osborne | 72 | 254 | 214 | 41 | 60 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 56 | .280 | .391 | .463 | .854 | 99 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dave Nicholson | 75 | 299 | 250 | 42 | 60 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 89 | .240 | .337 | .472 | .809 | 118 | 0 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Fran Healy | 64 | 236 | 206 | 26 | 58 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 48 | .282 | .373 | .388 | .761 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Harris | 30 | 121 | 110 | 17 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 21 | .282 | .333 | .291 | .624 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Tommy Smith | 29 | 88 | 79 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 15 | .228 | .307 | .266 | .573 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Sinnerud | 14 | 49 | 43 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | .279 | .312 | .419 | .731 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Billy Sorrell | 11 | 40 | 34 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .324 | .410 | .412 | .822 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Oliver | 9 | 32 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .111 | .219 | .111 | .330 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 1357 | 5414 | 4681 | 805 | 1354 | 201 | 61 | 103 | 733 | 139 | 64 | 602 | 790 | .289 | .371 | .424 | .795 | 1986 | 0 | 33 | 48 | 50 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Paepke | 1B | 81 | 661 | 39 | 14 | 67 | .980 | 8.642 | ||||
| Bobo Osborne | 1B | 41 | 424 | 23 | 3 | 40 | .993 | 1.902 | ||||
| Billy Harris | 1B | 11 | 101 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 9.545 | ||||
| Steve Boros | 1B | 10 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 7 | .981 | 5.300 | ||||
| Joe Keough | 1B | 9 | 73 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 8.778 | ||||
| Bob Oliver | 1B | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 11.000 | ||||
| Luis Alcaraz | 2B | 110 | 264 | 341 | 7 | 89 | .989 | 5.500 | ||||
| Rich Severson | 2B | 19 | 50 | 58 | 4 | 14 | .964 | 5.684 | ||||
| Steve Boros | 2B | 9 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 4 | .980 | 5.333 | ||||
| Billy Harris | 2B | 7 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 5 | .968 | 4.286 | ||||
| Steve Boros | 3B | 56 | 35 | 83 | 4 | 9 | .967 | 2.107 | ||||
| Paul Schaal | 3B | 45 | 22 | 99 | 14 | 9 | .896 | 2.689 | ||||
| Luis Alcaraz | 3B | 21 | 19 | 40 | 2 | 7 | .967 | 2.810 | ||||
| Fred Rico | 3B | 12 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 3 | .903 | 2.333 | ||||
| Billy Sorrell | 3B | 8 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 2.125 | ||||
| Mike Sinnerud | 3B | 6 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 3.167 | ||||
| Bob Oliver | 3B | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bobo Osborne | 3B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .250 | .500 | ||||
| Fran Healy | C | 63 | 376 | 43 | 7 | 2 | .984 | 6.651 | 11 | |||
| Jim Campanis | C | 45 | 252 | 20 | 5 | 3 | .982 | 6.044 | 6 | |||
| Tommy Smith | C | 24 | 120 | 14 | 2 | 4 | .985 | 5.583 | 3 | |||
| Dennis Paepke | C | 19 | 105 | 7 | 5 | 0 | .957 | 5.895 | 3 | |||
| George Spriggs | OF | 115 | 179 | 11 | 9 | 2 | .955 | 1.652 | ||||
| Fred Rico | OF | 115 | 196 | 9 | 6 | 0 | .972 | 1.783 | ||||
| Scott Northey | OF | 68 | 177 | 10 | 8 | 1 | .959 | 2.750 | ||||
| Lee Green | OF | 60 | 101 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .972 | 1.733 | ||||
| Joe Keough | OF | 43 | 104 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .973 | 2.512 | ||||
| Dave Nicholson | OF | 26 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .935 | 1.115 | ||||
| Billy Harris | OF | 10 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 1.700 | ||||
| Steve Boros | OF | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bob Oliver | OF | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jim Campanis | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Orlando Peña | P | 34 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .944 | .500 | ||||
| Al Fitzmorris | P | 29 | 11 | 33 | 1 | 1 | .978 | 1.517 | ||||
| Paul Splittorff | P | 28 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 2 | .966 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bill Faul | P | 23 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .478 | ||||
| Jon Warden | P | 21 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Chris Zachary | P | 20 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.100 | ||||
| Don O'Riley | P | 20 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 2 | .958 | 1.150 | ||||
| Jerry Cram | P | 20 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steve Jones | P | 14 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .786 | .786 | ||||
| Paul Epperson | P | 13 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .692 | ||||
| Bill Kelso | P | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dave Wickersham | P | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Galen Cisco | P | 10 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .889 | 1.600 | ||||
| Jim Rooker | P | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Steve Wright | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rich Severson | SS | 115 | 185 | 356 | 24 | 70 | .958 | 4.704 | ||||
| Paul Schaal | SS | 19 | 18 | 60 | 14 | 9 | .848 | 4.105 | ||||
| Mike Sinnerud | SS | 8 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 2 | .913 | 2.625 | ||||
| Billy Harris | SS | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | .889 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1447 | 3723 | 1491 | 164 | 382 | .970 | 3.603 | 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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