1977 Omaha Royals Statistics
Team Record: 76-59
Finished 1st in the AA's East Division
Manager: John Sullivan (76-59)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Ballpark: Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium
Attendance: 149,533, Avg. 2,215
Playoffs - Denver Bears 4 games, Omaha Royals 2
The Omaha Royals of the American Association ended the 1977 season with a record of 76 wins and 59 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Royals yielded 555 runs, fewest in the league. Omaha tallied 599 runs. Joe Lahoud paced the team with 19 home runs, and Clint Hurdle walloped 15 or more, too. Joe Lahoud drove in 69 runs. Clint Hurdle led batters with significant playing time with a .328 average. Gary Lance topped the squad with 16 wins, while Greg Shanahan recorded a 2.54 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Rich Gale, Roger Nelson, Randy McGilberry, George Throop, Greg Shanahan, Gary Martz, U. L. Washington, Clint Hurdle, Steve Barr, Charlie Beamon, Dave Cripe, Mark Ballinger, Joe Lahoud, Jerry Cram, Pete Koegel, Willie Wilson and Gary Lance were all players from the 1977 Omaha Royals who played in the Majors during their careers.
John Sullivan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Lance | 16 | 7 | .696 | 3.18 | 29 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 204.0 | 185 | 87 | 72 | 11 | 79 | 2 | 113 | 5 | 2 | 14 | ||
| Greg Shanahan | 11 | 11 | .500 | 2.54 | 28 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 170.0 | 149 | 57 | 48 | 9 | 54 | 0 | 105 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Jerry Cram | 10 | 5 | .667 | 2.01 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 103.0 | 81 | 32 | 23 | 7 | 33 | 3 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Lynn McKinney | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.42 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 158.0 | 150 | 74 | 60 | 12 | 55 | 0 | 112 | 4 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Rich Gale | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.68 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 71.0 | 60 | 31 | 29 | 7 | 31 | 1 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Mark Ballinger | 6 | 2 | .750 | 4.00 | 30 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 99.0 | 80 | 50 | 44 | 11 | 48 | 4 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Roger Nelson | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.39 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 61.0 | 56 | 32 | 23 | 2 | 33 | 4 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Steve Barr | 4 | 8 | .333 | 6.17 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 89.0 | 101 | 70 | 61 | 7 | 49 | 0 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Gary Wright | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.50 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 60.0 | 72 | 38 | 30 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Randy McGilberry | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.50 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18.0 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Dave Hasbach | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6.27 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 32 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Lew Olsen | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.65 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 61 | 28 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| George Throop | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14.0 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Ken Cvejdlik | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Badcock | 0 | 1 | .000 | 12.60 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 76 | 59 | .563 | 3.71 | 355 | 135 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 35 | 1139.0 | 1084 | 555 | 469 | 96 | 463 | 20 | 740 | 20 | 6 | 55 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clint Hurdle | 129 | 539 | 442 | 85 | 145 | 35 | 3 | 16 | 66 | 6 | 0 | 96 | 61 | .328 | .449 | .529 | .978 | 234 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Wilson | 132 | 536 | 495 | 67 | 139 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 47 | 74 | 8 | 24 | 106 | .281 | .323 | .349 | .672 | 173 | 8 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Dave Cripe | 132 | 574 | 486 | 86 | 137 | 32 | 3 | 10 | 62 | 4 | 0 | 73 | 62 | .282 | .381 | .422 | .803 | 205 | 7 | 5 | 3 | ||
| U. L. Washington | 131 | 576 | 514 | 82 | 131 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 37 | 39 | 12 | 58 | 117 | .255 | .329 | .331 | .660 | 170 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Rudy Kinard | 133 | 498 | 450 | 32 | 94 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 53 | .209 | .269 | .262 | .531 | 118 | 0 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Joe Lahoud | 84 | 352 | 284 | 58 | 90 | 15 | 1 | 19 | 69 | 2 | 2 | 65 | 39 | .317 | .440 | .577 | 1.018 | 164 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Gary Martz | 121 | 440 | 369 | 50 | 80 | 16 | 2 | 11 | 54 | 1 | 2 | 58 | 118 | .217 | .330 | .360 | .691 | 133 | 7 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Craig Perkins | 86 | 245 | 208 | 37 | 65 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 32 | .312 | .410 | .548 | .958 | 114 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Steve Patchin | 97 | 324 | 267 | 26 | 56 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 39 | .210 | .325 | .318 | .643 | 85 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Charlie Beamon | 52 | 192 | 175 | 21 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 22 | .246 | .295 | .360 | .655 | 63 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Pete Koegel | 46 | 105 | 92 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 22 | .174 | .276 | .370 | .646 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Shanahan | 33 | 64 | 59 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | .169 | .197 | .169 | .366 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Melvin | 28 | 55 | 48 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 19 | .188 | .259 | .188 | .447 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Steve Barr | 18 | 37 | 36 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .222 | .243 | .278 | .521 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Murphy | 28 | 53 | 46 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .174 | .269 | .239 | .508 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lynn McKinney | 30 | 64 | 56 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | .107 | .138 | .161 | .299 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Mark Ballinger | 30 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .200 | .259 | .480 | .739 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Gary Lance | 33 | 80 | 64 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | .078 | .130 | .078 | .209 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Cram | 49 | 23 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .211 | .250 | .211 | .461 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Rich Gale | 12 | 30 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .154 | .214 | .154 | .368 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dave Hasbach | 7 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ken Cvejdlik | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Throop | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy McGilberry | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lew Olsen | 8 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .000 | .154 | .000 | .154 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Roger Nelson | 58 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gary Wright | 55 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1557 | 4857 | 4194 | 584 | 1056 | 185 | 33 | 87 | 531 | 133 | 29 | 540 | 815 | .252 | .339 | .374 | .713 | 1568 | 0 | 31 | 63 | 29 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Martz | 1B | 76 | 658 | 68 | 15 | 69 | .980 | 9.553 | ||||
| Charlie Beamon | 1B | 45 | 398 | 39 | 7 | 41 | .984 | 9.711 | ||||
| Pete Koegel | 1B | 17 | 147 | 14 | 2 | 15 | .988 | 9.471 | ||||
| Steve Patchin | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rudy Kinard | 2B | 133 | 268 | 447 | 19 | 97 | .974 | 5.376 | ||||
| Brian Murphy | 2B | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.600 | ||||
| U. L. Washington | 2B | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Dave Cripe | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Dave Cripe | 3B | 131 | 100 | 219 | 19 | 29 | .944 | 2.435 | ||||
| Brian Murphy | 3B | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 1.600 | ||||
| Steve Patchin | C | 80 | 470 | 49 | 10 | 6 | .981 | 6.488 | 9 | |||
| Craig Perkins | C | 55 | 302 | 23 | 4 | 3 | .988 | 5.909 | 2 | |||
| Pete Koegel | C | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.400 | 0 | |||
| Willie Wilson | OF | 132 | 278 | 7 | 11 | 1 | .963 | 2.159 | ||||
| Clint Hurdle | OF | 128 | 198 | 17 | 6 | 4 | .973 | 1.680 | ||||
| Joe Lahoud | OF | 82 | 109 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .983 | 1.402 | ||||
| Gary Martz | OF | 32 | 43 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .936 | 1.375 | ||||
| Kenneth Melvin | OF | 15 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 1.867 | ||||
| Roger Nelson | P | 58 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .155 | ||||
| Gary Wright | P | 55 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .875 | .255 | ||||
| Jerry Cram | P | 49 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .963 | .531 | ||||
| Mark Ballinger | P | 30 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .733 | ||||
| Gary Lance | P | 29 | 33 | 42 | 3 | 3 | .962 | 2.586 | ||||
| Greg Shanahan | P | 28 | 24 | 25 | 1 | 2 | .980 | 1.750 | ||||
| Lynn McKinney | P | 28 | 22 | 29 | 2 | 1 | .962 | 1.821 | ||||
| Steve Barr | P | 17 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 1 | .862 | 1.471 | ||||
| Randy McGilberry | P | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .312 | ||||
| Rich Gale | P | 12 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Tom Badcock | P | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .222 | ||||
| George Throop | P | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Lew Olsen | P | 8 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.625 | ||||
| Dave Hasbach | P | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Ken Cvejdlik | P | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| U. L. Washington | SS | 130 | 218 | 385 | 48 | 86 | .926 | 4.638 | ||||
| Brian Murphy | SS | 6 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 7 | .963 | 4.333 | ||||
| Totals | 1435 | 3382 | 1504 | 164 | 370 | .968 | 3.405 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
