1974 Omaha Royals Statistics
Team Record: 54-82
Finished 4th in the AA's East Division
Manager: Harry Malmberg (54-82)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Ballpark: Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium
Attendance: 120,992, Avg. 1,779
The Omaha Royals of the American Association ended the 1974 season with a record of 54 wins and 82 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.
The Royals scored 541 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 684 runs. Jim Hoppe, Jamie Quirk and Frank Ortenzio led Omaha with 10 home runs apiece. Jim Clark recorded 65 runs batted in. Gary Sanserino paced all regular hitters with a .261 average. Dennis Leonard topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.47 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1974 Omaha Royals who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Dennis Paepke, George Brett, Tom Poquette, Tom Bruno, Keith Marshall, José Martínez, Dennis Leonard, José Arcia, Paul Schaal, Buddy Hunter, Mark Williams, Jamie Quirk, Frank Ortenzio, Mark Littell, Jim Clark, Bob McClure, Bobby Floyd, Jim Foor, Al Autry and Steve Mingori.
Harry Malmberg 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Leonard | 12 | 13 | .480 | 3.47 | 29 | 29 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 223.0 | 178 | 96 | 86 | 23 | 91 | 10 | 193 | 10 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Jim Foor | 11 | 4 | .733 | 4.01 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 74.0 | 75 | 38 | 33 | 9 | 45 | 10 | 63 | 5 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Greg Chlan | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5.86 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 106.0 | 123 | 79 | 69 | 12 | 51 | 10 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob McClure | 5 | 8 | .385 | 3.84 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 136.0 | 140 | 71 | 58 | 9 | 65 | 0 | 88 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Paul Pelz | 4 | 9 | .308 | 5.09 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 106.0 | 122 | 72 | 60 | 9 | 53 | 7 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Randy Hammon | 4 | 10 | .286 | 4.75 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 110.0 | 123 | 68 | 58 | 12 | 57 | 4 | 72 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Ed Bernard | 3 | 8 | .273 | 4.05 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 109.0 | 95 | 56 | 49 | 8 | 51 | 7 | 95 | 1 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Mark Littell | 3 | 9 | .250 | 4.75 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 89.0 | 92 | 58 | 47 | 9 | 43 | 6 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Al Autry | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.50 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 52 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Tom Bruno | 2 | 6 | .250 | 4.58 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 55.0 | 61 | 35 | 28 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Steve Mingori | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.0 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pete Duncan | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.09 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55.0 | 58 | 30 | 25 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Hal Baird | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Paul Starkovich | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| José Martínez | 0 | 0 | 22.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 53 | 80 | .398 | 4.42 | 279 | 135 | 0 | 46 | 5 | 12 | 1135.0 | 1155 | 650 | 558 | 116 | 531 | 60 | 775 | 37 | 3 | 68 | 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 Clark | 126 | 520 | 447 | 52 | 111 | 23 | 1 | 9 | 65 | 2 | 3 | 62 | 65 | .248 | .341 | .365 | .706 | 163 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Gary Rahe | 120 | 477 | 414 | 47 | 104 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 49 | 4 | 3 | 53 | 75 | .251 | .339 | .362 | .701 | 150 | 4 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Gary Sanserino | 115 | 437 | 394 | 53 | 103 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 33 | .261 | .325 | .343 | .668 | 135 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Tom Harmon | 102 | 391 | 339 | 36 | 82 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 21 | .242 | .323 | .292 | .615 | 99 | 4 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Frank Ortenzio | 94 | 375 | 325 | 43 | 78 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 85 | .240 | .322 | .382 | .703 | 124 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Buddy Hunter | 124 | 432 | 352 | 40 | 76 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 41 | .216 | .329 | .278 | .608 | 98 | 5 | 13 | 5 | ||
| Tom Poquette | 63 | 267 | 223 | 42 | 68 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 16 | .305 | .409 | .430 | .840 | 96 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Keith Marshall | 75 | 272 | 244 | 29 | 60 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 39 | .246 | .313 | .365 | .678 | 89 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Jamie Quirk | 53 | 223 | 203 | 27 | 57 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 46 | .281 | .333 | .498 | .831 | 101 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Paepke | 71 | 246 | 215 | 19 | 53 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 25 | .247 | .322 | .321 | .643 | 69 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| José Arcia | 62 | 218 | 194 | 20 | 52 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 28 | .268 | .332 | .423 | .754 | 82 | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Rocky Craig | 61 | 258 | 210 | 30 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 38 | .233 | .357 | .276 | .633 | 58 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Mark Williams | 44 | 189 | 177 | 19 | 48 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 25 | .271 | .317 | .384 | .702 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Floyd | 49 | 195 | 173 | 12 | 47 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 34 | .272 | .344 | .347 | .691 | 60 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| José Martínez | 73 | 233 | 207 | 24 | 47 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 44 | .227 | .298 | .343 | .641 | 71 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Paul Schaal | 28 | 107 | 90 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 13 | .200 | .327 | .289 | .616 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Brett | 16 | 70 | 64 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | .266 | .329 | .391 | .719 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Smith | 21 | 68 | 57 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 11 | .281 | .382 | .351 | .733 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dennis Leonard | 29 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob McClure | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Foor | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1406 | 4983 | 4331 | 520 | 1086 | 187 | 24 | 71 | 481 | 34 | 28 | 524 | 642 | .251 | .334 | .354 | .688 | 1534 | 0 | 34 | 60 | 34 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Ortenzio | 1B | 84 | 687 | 41 | 10 | 67 | .986 | 8.667 | ||||
| Gary Sanserino | 1B | 53 | 416 | 31 | 7 | 38 | .985 | 8.434 | ||||
| Gary Rahe | 1B | 5 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 7.200 | ||||
| Dennis Paepke | 1B | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Jim Clark | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Buddy Hunter | 2B | 117 | 249 | 291 | 18 | 77 | .968 | 4.615 | ||||
| Gary Sanserino | 2B | 14 | 25 | 39 | 3 | 7 | .955 | 4.571 | ||||
| José Martínez | 2B | 9 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 4 | .871 | 3.000 | ||||
| Bobby Floyd | 2B | 5 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 3.200 | ||||
| José Arcia | 2B | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .909 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jamie Quirk | 2B | 4 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 3.750 | ||||
| José Martínez | 3B | 35 | 23 | 49 | 8 | 5 | .900 | 2.057 | ||||
| Gary Sanserino | 3B | 30 | 27 | 45 | 8 | 5 | .900 | 2.400 | ||||
| Paul Schaal | 3B | 25 | 15 | 43 | 3 | 6 | .951 | 2.320 | ||||
| Jim Clark | 3B | 17 | 12 | 29 | 11 | 3 | .788 | 2.412 | ||||
| George Brett | 3B | 16 | 8 | 31 | 4 | 1 | .907 | 2.438 | ||||
| Jamie Quirk | 3B | 15 | 6 | 25 | 3 | 3 | .912 | 2.067 | ||||
| Bobby Floyd | 3B | 10 | 11 | 24 | 4 | 1 | .897 | 3.500 | ||||
| Buddy Hunter | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tom Harmon | C | 99 | 601 | 72 | 8 | 9 | .988 | 6.798 | 9 | |||
| Dennis Paepke | C | 50 | 268 | 12 | 6 | 3 | .979 | 5.600 | 2 | |||
| Gary Rahe | OF | 94 | 135 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .947 | 1.521 | ||||
| Keith Marshall | OF | 73 | 130 | 10 | 4 | 2 | .972 | 1.918 | ||||
| Tom Poquette | OF | 63 | 107 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .942 | 1.810 | ||||
| Rocky Craig | OF | 60 | 136 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.383 | ||||
| Jim Clark | OF | 55 | 84 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .955 | 1.527 | ||||
| Mark Williams | OF | 44 | 113 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .983 | 2.659 | ||||
| Dennis Paepke | OF | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Gary Sanserino | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Jim Foor | P | 50 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .917 | .440 | ||||
| Greg Chlan | P | 33 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .909 | .606 | ||||
| Ed Bernard | P | 30 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Dennis Leonard | P | 29 | 15 | 30 | 3 | 1 | .938 | 1.552 | ||||
| Bob McClure | P | 21 | 4 | 33 | 5 | 0 | .881 | 1.762 | ||||
| Pete Duncan | P | 21 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .476 | ||||
| Randy Hammon | P | 18 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.111 | ||||
| Paul Pelz | P | 17 | 10 | 22 | 2 | 0 | .941 | 1.882 | ||||
| Mark Littell | P | 16 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 2 | .833 | 1.250 | ||||
| Tom Bruno | P | 13 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .846 | ||||
| Hal Baird | P | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Al Autry | P | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .800 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steve Mingori | P | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Paul Starkovich | P | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| José Martínez | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| José Arcia | SS | 54 | 81 | 159 | 12 | 35 | .952 | 4.444 | ||||
| Jamie Quirk | SS | 36 | 51 | 108 | 10 | 18 | .941 | 4.417 | ||||
| Bobby Floyd | SS | 30 | 49 | 85 | 7 | 15 | .950 | 4.467 | ||||
| José Martínez | SS | 14 | 22 | 38 | 3 | 1 | .952 | 4.286 | ||||
| Buddy Hunter | SS | 8 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 6 | .909 | 3.750 | ||||
| Paul Schaal | SS | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1418 | 3424 | 1393 | 182 | 323 | .964 | 3.397 | 11 | 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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