1972 Omaha Royals Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 71-69
Finished 2nd in the AA's East Division
Manager: Jack McKeon (71-69)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Ballpark: Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium
Attendance: 180,067, Avg. 2,572

1972 Omaha Royals Roster

The Omaha Royals of the American Association ended the 1972 season with a record of 71 wins and 69 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.

The Royals allowed 452 runs, least in the league. Omaha tallied 479 runs, worst in the circuit,. Frank Ortenzio paced the squad with 11 home runs Gary Sanserino accounted for 62 RBI. Jim Wohlford led hitters with significant playing time with a .291 average. Steve Busby topped the squad with 12 wins, while Mike Jackson recorded a 2.41 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1972 Omaha Royals who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Bobby Floyd, Jim Rooker, Carl Taylor, Jim Clark, Tom Murphy, Mike Jackson, Tom Hilgendorf, Frank Ortenzio, Wally Bunker, John Wathan, Ken Wright, Doug Bird, Steve Busby, Buck Martinez, Dennis Paepke, Bill Butler, José Martínez, Chuck Machemehl, Keith Marshall, Jerry Cram, Monty Montgomery, Rich Severson, Sandy Valdespino, Norm Angelini and Jim Wohlford.

Jack McKeon 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
Steve Busby	12	14	.462	3.19	30	30		17	2	0	217.0	197	87	77	12	64	5	221	6	0	13
Mike Jackson	11	8	.579	2.41	24	24		9	5	0	172.0	138	61	46	9	70	4	158	3	0	1
Monty Montgomery	10	6	.625	2.69	22	19		9	7	1	134.0	128	40	40	8	43	2	87	2	0	2
Chuck Murray	7	11	.389	3.87	25	20		7	1	1	135.0	136	69	58	11	57	4	101	3	1	6
Tom Hilgendorf	5	1	.833	2.79	24	0		0	0	0	42.0	35	16	13	2	16	5	36	0	0	2
Bill Butler	5	3	.625	3.47	15	13		3	1	0	83.0	71	33	32	8	33	1	75	0	0	0
Norm Angelini	4	2	.667	1.41	19	3		2	1	6	51.0	27	9	8	2	22	3	66	4	0	2
Ken Wright	4	3	.571	0.96	30	0		0	0	7	47.0	24	5	5	0	25	3	49	3	0	2
Tom Murphy	4	6	.400	2.61	12	12		7	1	0	93.0	80	36	27	6	22	2	80	6	0	4
Jerry Cram	3	4	.429	3.05	26	3		0	0	2	62.0	45	23	21	4	28	0	29	0	0	5
Jim Rooker	3	5	.375	1.74	8	8		5	1	0	62.0	57	18	12	2	12	1	53	1	0	2
Wally Bunker	2	2	.500	2.75	6	6		1	0	0	36.0	35	12	11	0	15	2	15	0	0	0
Doug Bird	1	1	.500	3.00	7	0		0	0	1	9.0	9	4	3	0	5	2	13	0	0	0
Chuck Machemehl					8						0.0
Ed Assaf	0	3	.000	4.69	24	1		0	0	1	48.0	37	29	25	4	27	5	39	4	1	2
Totals	71	69	.507	2.86	280	139	0	60	19	19	1191.0	1019	442	378	68	439	39	1022	32	2	41	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
Jim Wohlford	132	546	475	75	138	13	10	7	47	20	12	62	72	.291	.374	.404	.778	192		3	3	3
Gary Sanserino	126	505	452	45	122	22	1	4	62	2	0	44	53	.270	.333	.350	.682	158		2	0	7
Keith Marshall	127	484	428	61	116	19	3	1	27	9	6	37	60	.271	.333	.336	.670	144		4	13	2
José Martínez	102	379	337	28	85	11	1	4	38	3	1	33	78	.252	.317	.326	.644	110		1	4	4
Sandy Valdespino	107	352	325	25	78	12	3	3	30	5	2	18	47	.240	.283	.323	.606	105		2	6	1
Charles Day	96	331	299	25	68	8	2	1	19	3	4	24	25	.227	.293	.278	.570	83		4	3	1
Frank Ortenzio	69	280	246	30	63	17	2	11	41	1	1	27	59	.256	.333	.476	.809	117		3	1	3
Bobby Floyd	55	217	203	10	61	6	2	1	27	1	0	13	22	.300	.343	.365	.707	74		0	1	0
Rich Severson	71	206	179	15	50	11	1	0	16	1	0	22	17	.279	.361	.352	.713	63		2	1	2
Dennis Paepke	66	231	204	21	48	6	0	3	20	1	0	25	33	.235	.317	.309	.626	63		0	1	1
Jim Clark	43	165	140	16	37	5	1	2	15	0	1	17	22	.264	.348	.357	.705	50		2	4	2
Dan Haynes	56	197	170	19	37	6	0	2	13	1	2	19	38	.218	.316	.288	.605	49		6	1	1
Carl Taylor	31	138	117	18	34	2	0	3	10	12	3	20	17	.291	.399	.385	.783	45		1	0	0
Buck Martinez	67	232	195	23	34	9	0	4	12	0	1	35	34	.174	.299	.282	.581	55		0	1	1
Steve McMillan	48	113	97	11	23	5	0	1	12	0	1	14	17	.237	.327	.320	.647	31		0	0	2
Calvin Meier	43	141	121	9	21	5	0	1	5	1	0	19	12	.174	.286	.240	.525	29		0	1	0
John Wathan	18	54	51	8	15	1	1	0	2	2	2	2	4	.294	.321	.353	.674	18		0	1	0
Chuck Murray	27	52	48	4	12	4	0	0	2	0	0	1	18	.250	.265	.333	.599	16		0	3	0
Steve Busby	31	81	71	12	12	2	0	1	4	0	0	7	20	.169	.253	.239	.493	17		1	2	0
Monty Montgomery	23	50	46	3	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	24	.174	.208	.196	.404	9		0	2	0
Mike Jackson	26	68	58	6	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	8	18	.103	.209	.103	.312	6		0	1	1
David Grangaard	6	13	11	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	.273	.385	.273	.657	3		1	0	0
Jim Rooker	8	24	21	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.143	.174	.143	.317	3		0	1	1
Wally Bunker	6	13	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.154	.154	.154	.308	2		0	0	0
Jerry Cram	29	15	13	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.154	.214	.154	.368	2		0	1	0
Tom Hilgendorf	25	17	17	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	.118	.118	.118	.235	2		0	0	0
Bill Butler	15	31	27	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	16	.074	.138	.185	.323	5		0	2	0
Tom Murphy	12	33	31	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	13	.065	.094	.065	.158	2		0	1	0
Doug Bird	7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	0	0
Ed Assaf	24	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.091	.167	.091	.258	1		0	0	0
Norm Angelini	19	15	13	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.077	.133	.077	.210	1		0	0	1
Ken Wright	30	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1545	5001	4425	473	1087	165	27	50	414	63	36	457	768	.246	.319	.329	.648	1456	0	32	54	33	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Frank Ortenzio	1B	69	572	36	5	48	.992	8.812
Dan Haynes	1B	51	386	16	4	33	.990	7.882
Gary Sanserino	1B	15	71	11	0	4	1.000	5.467
Dennis Paepke	1B	10	74	3	1	6	.987	7.700
Jim Wohlford	2B	124	244	284	27	62	.951	4.258
Rich Severson	2B	29	32	47	2	10	.975	2.724
José Martínez	2B	5	2	6	1	1	.889	1.600
Steve McMillan	2B	1	1	5	0	0	1.000	6.000
José Martínez	3B	73	73	123	9	11	.956	2.685
Gary Sanserino	3B	61	26	113	5	6	.965	2.279
Jim Wohlford	3B	5	2	8	5	0	.667	2.000
Rich Severson	3B	4	0	8	1	0	.889	2.000
David Grangaard	3B	3	0	3	1	0	.750	1.000
Steve McMillan	3B	2	0	1	1	0	.500	.500
Buck Martinez	C	63	493	47	6	4	.989	8.571	5
Dennis Paepke	C	33	259	18	2	3	.993	8.394	6
John Wathan	C	15	94	5	1	0	.990	6.600	1
Carl Taylor	C	4	32	2	3	0	.919	8.500	0
Keith Marshall	OF	125	271	7	8	0	.972	2.224
Charles Day	OF	91	137	7	5	0	.966	1.582
Sandy Valdespino	OF	90	138	3	2	1	.986	1.567
Gary Sanserino	OF	50	81	2	0	2	1.000	1.660
Jim Clark	OF	42	69	1	2	0	.972	1.667
Carl Taylor	OF	28	33	1	3	1	.919	1.214
Steve McMillan	OF	20	22	0	0	0	1.000	1.100
Dennis Paepke	OF	17	17	2	0	0	1.000	1.118
Jim Wohlford	OF	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Ken Wright	P	30	3	12	1	1	.938	.500
Steve Busby	P	30	12	30	5	4	.894	1.400
Jerry Cram	P	26	2	7	0	0	1.000	.346
Chuck Murray	P	25	9	27	3	1	.923	1.440
Mike Jackson	P	24	2	26	1	2	.966	1.167
Tom Hilgendorf	P	24	1	10	0	0	1.000	.458
Ed Assaf	P	24	2	8	3	0	.769	.417
Monty Montgomery	P	22	10	23	0	3	1.000	1.500
Norm Angelini	P	19	1	10	1	1	.917	.579
Bill Butler	P	15	0	9	0	0	1.000	.600
Tom Murphy	P	12	5	19	0	3	1.000	2.000
Jim Rooker	P	8	5	8	2	1	.867	1.625
Chuck Machemehl	P	8						.000
Doug Bird	P	7	1	2	0	0	1.000	.429
Wally Bunker	P	6	1	8	0	1	1.000	1.500
Bobby Floyd	SS	54	91	151	8	30	.968	4.481
Calvin Meier	SS	43	75	117	10	24	.950	4.465
Rich Severson	SS	29	37	73	9	11	.924	3.793
José Martínez	SS	21	22	53	4	5	.949	3.571
Totals		1459	3409	1352	141	279	.971	3.263	12	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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