
1970 Omaha Royals Statistics
Team Record: 73-65
Finished 1st in the AA's East Division
Manager: Jack McKeon (73-65)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Ballpark: Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium
Attendance: 196,096, Avg. 2,842
Playoffs - Omaha Royals 4 games, Denver Bears 1
The Omaha Royals of the American Association ended the 1970 season with a record of 73 wins and 65 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Royals scored 602 runs and conceded 567 runs. Chuck Harrison led Omaha with 21 home runs and accounted for 65 RBI. George Spriggs paced hitters with significant playing time with a .301 average. Monty Montgomery topped the squad with 11 wins, while Jerry Cram recorded a 3.21 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Aurelio Monteagudo, Luis Alcaraz, Chris Zachary, Juan Ríos, Sandy Valdespino, Chuck Harrison, Fred Rico, Nick Willhite, Jim York, George Spriggs, Bobby Floyd, Galen Cisco, Billy Harris, Scott Northey, Paul Splittorff, Charlie Vaughan, Fran Healy, Bill Butler, Dennis Paepke, Tom Burgmeier, John Sullivan, Monty Montgomery, Don O'Riley, Jerry Cram, Mike Hedlund, Steve Jones, Lance Clemons and Billy Sorrell were all players from the 1970 Omaha Royals who played in the Majors 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Monty Montgomery | 11 | 6 | .647 | 3.54 | 25 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 140.0 | 142 | 66 | 55 | 8 | 31 | 0 | 95 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
Mike Hedlund | 9 | 4 | .692 | 3.37 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 131.0 | 119 | 59 | 49 | 14 | 31 | 4 | 81 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
Jim York | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.44 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 68.0 | 51 | 30 | 26 | 4 | 31 | 8 | 77 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
Paul Splittorff | 8 | 12 | .400 | 3.83 | 28 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 162.0 | 192 | 87 | 69 | 10 | 55 | 3 | 91 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
Jerry Cram | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.21 | 30 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 171.0 | 190 | 80 | 61 | 13 | 57 | 7 | 115 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
Galen Cisco | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.49 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 76.0 | 63 | 25 | 21 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
Don O'Riley | 5 | 8 | .385 | 3.60 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 110.0 | 102 | 54 | 44 | 8 | 50 | 1 | 68 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
Tom Burgmeier | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.23 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Aurelio Monteagudo | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.57 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28.0 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Steve Jones | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.91 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 68.0 | 62 | 32 | 22 | 6 | 28 | 1 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Butler | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.25 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20.0 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lance Clemons | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.67 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 57 | 32 | 27 | 3 | 36 | 1 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
Chris Zachary | 14 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Lloyd Gladden | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Nick Willhite | 0 | 0 | 5.54 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
Steve Wright | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Charlie Vaughan | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.91 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
Jerry Hudgins | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.00 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Totals | 65 | 60 | .520 | 3.45 | 321 | 126 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 26 | 1099.0 | 1087 | 523 | 421 | 82 | 390 | 32 | 772 | 28 | 4 | 25 | 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 | 105 | 434 | 386 | 71 | 116 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 43 | 29 | 13 | 46 | 83 | .301 | .374 | .500 | .874 | 193 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Chuck Harrison | 109 | 457 | 387 | 69 | 108 | 18 | 1 | 21 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 38 | .279 | .380 | .494 | .874 | 191 | 6 | 2 | 3 | ||
Charles Day | 85 | 338 | 312 | 38 | 97 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 19 | .311 | .354 | .391 | .745 | 122 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
Dennis Paepke | 93 | 340 | 305 | 36 | 80 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 46 | .262 | .328 | .387 | .715 | 118 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
Fran Healy | 82 | 308 | 252 | 35 | 74 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 53 | 62 | .294 | .415 | .409 | .824 | 103 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
Bobby Floyd | 62 | 263 | 236 | 36 | 69 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 35 | .292 | .340 | .373 | .713 | 88 | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||
Ted Parks | 84 | 294 | 257 | 30 | 67 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 48 | .261 | .322 | .374 | .695 | 96 | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||
Luis Alcaraz | 77 | 315 | 263 | 30 | 67 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 41 | .255 | .355 | .388 | .743 | 102 | 3 | 8 | 2 | ||
Sandy Valdespino | 54 | 248 | 213 | 42 | 64 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 22 | .300 | .388 | .408 | .796 | 87 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
Steve McMillan | 77 | 266 | 234 | 27 | 63 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 38 | .269 | .343 | .321 | .664 | 75 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
Pat Skrable | 74 | 219 | 188 | 28 | 54 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 30 | .287 | .362 | .426 | .787 | 80 | 1 | 6 | 2 | ||
Billy Sorrell | 37 | 154 | 136 | 18 | 49 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 12 | .360 | .425 | .471 | .895 | 64 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
John Sullivan | 64 | 189 | 160 | 10 | 41 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 18 | .256 | .332 | .350 | .682 | 56 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
Lee Green | 77 | 188 | 152 | 20 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 35 | .243 | .368 | .342 | .710 | 52 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
Billy Harris | 73 | 163 | 149 | 21 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 36 | .201 | .265 | .262 | .527 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Thomas Joyce | 38 | 140 | 117 | 18 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 26 | .231 | .338 | .325 | .663 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
Juan Ríos | 27 | 102 | 99 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | .222 | .235 | .253 | .488 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Scott Northey | 31 | 113 | 93 | 12 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 23 | .226 | .348 | .355 | .703 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
Jerry Cram | 35 | 64 | 55 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .200 | .228 | .218 | .446 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
Paul Splittorff | 28 | 57 | 53 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .189 | .218 | .208 | .426 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Les Roos | 28 | 69 | 56 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 9 | .161 | .309 | .196 | .505 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Don O'Riley | 17 | 37 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .147 | .147 | .147 | .294 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Mike Hedlund | 28 | 47 | 44 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | .114 | .133 | .227 | .361 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Monty Montgomery | 26 | 54 | 45 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .089 | .087 | .111 | .198 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||
Lance Clemons | 16 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Galen Cisco | 24 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .150 | .150 | .200 | .350 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Aurelio Monteagudo | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Tom Burgmeier | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim York | 41 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Nick Willhite | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Steve Jones | 41 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lloyd Gladden | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Butler | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .375 | .000 | .375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Charlie Vaughan | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1575 | 4959 | 4312 | 570 | 1144 | 189 | 44 | 70 | 513 | 66 | 45 | 501 | 741 | .265 | .343 | .378 | .721 | 1631 | 0 | 29 | 78 | 39 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chuck Harrison | 1B | 107 | 846 | 91 | 7 | 82 | .993 | 8.757 | ||||
Dennis Paepke | 1B | 17 | 119 | 9 | 3 | 10 | .977 | 7.529 | ||||
Billy Harris | 1B | 13 | 61 | 9 | 1 | 7 | .986 | 5.385 | ||||
Billy Sorrell | 1B | 11 | 100 | 2 | 1 | 13 | .990 | 9.273 | ||||
Luis Alcaraz | 2B | 61 | 105 | 155 | 4 | 23 | .985 | 4.262 | ||||
Steve McMillan | 2B | 27 | 69 | 89 | 3 | 23 | .981 | 5.852 | ||||
Ted Parks | 2B | 23 | 35 | 45 | 1 | 11 | .988 | 3.478 | ||||
Billy Harris | 2B | 23 | 39 | 42 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 3.522 | ||||
Billy Sorrell | 2B | 12 | 33 | 23 | 5 | 7 | .918 | 4.667 | ||||
Thomas Joyce | 2B | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | .944 | 4.250 | ||||
Juan Ríos | 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Les Roos | 2B | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
Fred Rico | 2B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
Ted Parks | 3B | 48 | 41 | 75 | 14 | 6 | .892 | 2.417 | ||||
Steve McMillan | 3B | 40 | 39 | 62 | 8 | 6 | .927 | 2.525 | ||||
Luis Alcaraz | 3B | 15 | 9 | 33 | 4 | 4 | .913 | 2.800 | ||||
Billy Sorrell | 3B | 9 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .900 | 2.000 | ||||
Les Roos | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .500 | ||||
Billy Harris | 3B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
Fran Healy | C | 81 | 480 | 44 | 15 | 4 | .972 | 6.469 | 6 | |||
John Sullivan | C | 51 | 287 | 31 | 2 | 3 | .994 | 6.235 | 4 | |||
Dennis Paepke | C | 22 | 134 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.273 | 0 | |||
George Spriggs | OF | 101 | 195 | 16 | 11 | 1 | .950 | 2.089 | ||||
Charles Day | OF | 84 | 204 | 7 | 4 | 2 | .981 | 2.512 | ||||
Pat Skrable | OF | 58 | 97 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .990 | 1.724 | ||||
Sandy Valdespino | OF | 54 | 103 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.981 | ||||
Dennis Paepke | OF | 48 | 77 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .964 | 1.667 | ||||
Lee Green | OF | 42 | 63 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .969 | 1.500 | ||||
Scott Northey | OF | 29 | 52 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .914 | 1.828 | ||||
Billy Harris | OF | 13 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 1.538 | ||||
Ted Parks | OF | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | ||||
Billy Sorrell | OF | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.167 | ||||
Jim York | P | 41 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .220 | ||||
Steve Jones | P | 41 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .895 | .415 | ||||
Jerry Cram | P | 30 | 21 | 23 | 6 | 1 | .880 | 1.467 | ||||
Paul Splittorff | P | 28 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .955 | .750 | ||||
Mike Hedlund | P | 28 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .889 | .857 | ||||
Monty Montgomery | P | 25 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 3 | .962 | 1.000 | ||||
Galen Cisco | P | 24 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .952 | .833 | ||||
Don O'Riley | P | 17 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.471 | ||||
Lance Clemons | P | 16 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .818 | .562 | ||||
Chris Zachary | P | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
Aurelio Monteagudo | P | 14 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .571 | ||||
Tom Burgmeier | P | 10 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .929 | 1.300 | ||||
Jerry Hudgins | P | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
Steve Wright | P | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
Nick Willhite | P | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
Charlie Vaughan | P | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
Bill Butler | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
Lloyd Gladden | P | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
Bobby Floyd | SS | 62 | 92 | 160 | 17 | 36 | .937 | 4.065 | ||||
Thomas Joyce | SS | 34 | 58 | 93 | 12 | 17 | .926 | 4.441 | ||||
Juan Ríos | SS | 24 | 28 | 82 | 12 | 11 | .902 | 4.583 | ||||
Les Roos | SS | 19 | 33 | 66 | 3 | 17 | .971 | 5.211 | ||||
Ted Parks | SS | 5 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 2 | .923 | 4.800 | ||||
Billy Sorrell | SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Totals | 1482 | 3544 | 1339 | 172 | 314 | .966 | 3.295 | 10 | 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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