1982 Omaha Royals Statistics
Team Record: 71-66
Finished 1st in the AA's West Division
Manager: Joe Sparks (71-66)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Ballpark: Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium
Attendance: 178,235, Avg. 2,602
Playoffs - Omaha Royals 1 game, 0 - One-game playoff for Western division title.
Finals - Indianapolis Indians 4 games, Omaha Royals 2
The Omaha Royals of the American Association ended the 1982 season with a record of 71 wins and 66 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Royals topped the league with just 603 runs allowed. Omaha scored 651 runs. Bombo Rivera led the team with 27 home runs, and Mark Ryal walloped 15 or more as well. Bombo Rivera drove in 91 runs. Ron Johnson paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .336 average. Bob Tufts paced the squad with 10 wins, while Daniel Fischer registered a 3.85 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1982 Omaha Royals who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jeff Cox, Buddy Biancalana, Greg Keatley, Ralph Botting, Dave Schuler, Keith Creel, Jim Wright, Mike Brewer, Phil Huffman, Bombo Rivera, Dave Edler, Dennis Werth, Don Hood, Tim Ireland, Darryl Motley, Steve Hammond, Buddy Black, Frank Wills, Derek Botelho, Ron Johnson, Mark Ryal, Don Slaught, Kelly Heath, Dave Frost, Pat Sheridan, Mike Armstrong, Brad Wellman, Luis Silverio, Dennis Leonard, Mike Parrott and Bob Tufts.
Joe Sparks 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Tufts | 10 | 6 | .625 | 1.60 | 59 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 95.3 | 74 | 28 | 17 | 3 | 30 | 7 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Derek Botelho | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.19 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 105.3 | 86 | 51 | 49 | 15 | 37 | 0 | 74 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Frank Wills | 7 | 10 | .412 | 5.20 | 41 | 12 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 107.3 | 110 | 71 | 62 | 8 | 81 | 2 | 77 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |
| Dave Schuler | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.10 | 32 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 107.3 | 123 | 39 | 37 | 7 | 23 | 5 | 87 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Keith Creel | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.40 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 114.7 | 120 | 69 | 56 | 12 | 67 | 1 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bill Kelly | 6 | 12 | .333 | 4.98 | 29 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 132.0 | 145 | 79 | 73 | 16 | 40 | 5 | 60 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jim Wright | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.41 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 63.3 | 60 | 28 | 24 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| Mike Armstrong | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.21 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28.0 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Vinnie Yuhas | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.48 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68.3 | 75 | 38 | 34 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Buddy Black | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.48 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 29.0 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Parrott | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.75 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 72.0 | 68 | 28 | 22 | 4 | 25 | 3 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Daniel Fischer | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.85 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 110.0 | 119 | 57 | 47 | 12 | 43 | 6 | 44 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Phil Huffman | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.63 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 38.3 | 42 | 31 | 24 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Don Hood | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.34 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 37.3 | 34 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Dave Frost | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.76 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.7 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dennis Leonard | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.40 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20.7 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Dennis Miscik | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.7 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ralph Botting | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 71 | 66 | .518 | 4.03 | 317 | 137 | 113 | 24 | 7 | 24 | 1172.3 | 1162 | 603 | 525 | 109 | 489 | 33 | 703 | 27 | 11 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Johnson | 137 | 553 | 494 | 65 | 166 | 27 | 3 | 11 | 73 | 1 | 2 | 55 | 46 | .336 | .405 | .470 | .875 | 232 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Bombo Rivera | 126 | 529 | 468 | 92 | 149 | 23 | 5 | 27 | 91 | 33 | 6 | 57 | 101 | .318 | .391 | .562 | .953 | 263 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| Mark Ryal | 129 | 527 | 473 | 69 | 135 | 27 | 2 | 20 | 77 | 4 | 11 | 42 | 76 | .285 | .342 | .478 | .820 | 226 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | |
| Darryl Motley | 114 | 445 | 409 | 51 | 104 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 52 | 16 | 4 | 25 | 55 | .254 | .302 | .372 | .674 | 152 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |
| Buddy Biancalana | 130 | 469 | 415 | 56 | 104 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 36 | 18 | 7 | 44 | 77 | .251 | .322 | .347 | .669 | 144 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | |
| Kelly Heath | 106 | 407 | 361 | 48 | 86 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 41 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 58 | .238 | .303 | .380 | .683 | 137 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | |
| Luis Silverio | 93 | 355 | 312 | 49 | 81 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 35 | 29 | 9 | 38 | 55 | .260 | .339 | .388 | .727 | 121 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Dave Edler | 71 | 304 | 262 | 40 | 80 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 51 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 53 | .305 | .382 | .496 | .878 | 130 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| Tim Ireland | 86 | 363 | 315 | 45 | 78 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 54 | .248 | .328 | .337 | .664 | 106 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
| Don Slaught | 53 | 219 | 206 | 29 | 55 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 21 | .267 | .292 | .383 | .675 | 79 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Greg Keatley | 83 | 304 | 268 | 23 | 53 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 55 | .198 | .273 | .287 | .561 | 77 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| Steve Hammond | 36 | 146 | 132 | 24 | 50 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 17 | .379 | .431 | .568 | .999 | 75 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Pat Sheridan | 41 | 153 | 135 | 8 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 33 | .252 | .327 | .326 | .653 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Daniel Wieser | 28 | 99 | 81 | 12 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 14 | .284 | .398 | .457 | .855 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mike Brewer | 18 | 60 | 56 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .286 | .333 | .429 | .762 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Duane Dewey | 20 | 56 | 50 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .220 | .278 | .480 | .758 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Wellman | 6 | 28 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .292 | .393 | .542 | .935 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dennis Werth | 23 | 30 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .207 | .233 | .310 | .544 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Manuel Colletti | 7 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .211 | .375 | .211 | .586 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mitch Ashmore | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1308 | 5072 | 4510 | 642 | 1242 | 213 | 44 | 118 | 594 | 136 | 67 | 456 | 758 | .275 | .343 | .421 | .763 | 1897 | 0 | 28 | 36 | 42 | 32 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Johnson | 1B | 128 | 1044 | 74 | 23 | 100 | .980 | 8.734 | ||||
| Dennis Werth | 1B | 20 | 59 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 3.200 | ||||
| Tim Ireland | 1B | 11 | 40 | 4 | 3 | 4 | .936 | 4.000 | ||||
| Mark Ryal | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Kelly Heath | 2B | 104 | 229 | 283 | 17 | 61 | .968 | 4.923 | ||||
| Daniel Wieser | 2B | 11 | 28 | 31 | 4 | 5 | .937 | 5.364 | ||||
| Tim Ireland | 2B | 11 | 25 | 27 | 3 | 7 | .945 | 4.727 | ||||
| Jeff Cox | 2B | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brad Wellman | 2B | 6 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.167 | ||||
| Manuel Colletti | 2B | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 3.667 | ||||
| Dave Edler | 3B | 70 | 53 | 113 | 17 | 7 | .907 | 2.371 | ||||
| Tim Ireland | 3B | 56 | 35 | 104 | 6 | 5 | .959 | 2.482 | ||||
| Daniel Wieser | 3B | 10 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 1 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jeff Cox | 3B | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Greg Keatley | C | 82 | 457 | 47 | 13 | 4 | .975 | 6.146 | 4 | |||
| Don Slaught | C | 40 | 216 | 25 | 5 | 5 | .980 | 6.025 | 3 | |||
| Duane Dewey | C | 18 | 78 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .955 | 4.667 | 1 | |||
| Dennis Werth | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | ||||
| Mark Ryal | OF | 125 | 240 | 18 | 6 | 1 | .977 | 2.064 | ||||
| Darryl Motley | OF | 102 | 216 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .987 | 2.157 | ||||
| Luis Silverio | OF | 89 | 180 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .995 | 2.045 | ||||
| Bombo Rivera | OF | 41 | 79 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .976 | 2.000 | ||||
| Pat Sheridan | OF | 32 | 92 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.969 | ||||
| Steve Hammond | OF | 26 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .978 | 1.692 | ||||
| Mike Brewer | OF | 16 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .976 | 2.500 | ||||
| Daniel Wieser | OF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Tim Ireland | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Bob Tufts | P | 59 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .941 | .271 | ||||
| Frank Wills | P | 41 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .909 | .488 | ||||
| Dave Schuler | P | 32 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .719 | ||||
| Bill Kelly | P | 29 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.103 | ||||
| Daniel Fischer | P | 26 | 9 | 23 | 1 | 1 | .970 | 1.231 | ||||
| Mike Parrott | P | 22 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .818 | ||||
| Keith Creel | P | 18 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 2 | .857 | 1.000 | ||||
| Derek Botelho | P | 15 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.267 | ||||
| Mike Armstrong | P | 15 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .857 | .400 | ||||
| Vinnie Yuhas | P | 13 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jim Wright | P | 12 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .882 | 1.250 | ||||
| Phil Huffman | P | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .889 | ||||
| Don Hood | P | 8 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.875 | ||||
| Dennis Miscik | P | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Dave Frost | P | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Buddy Black | P | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Dennis Leonard | P | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Ralph Botting | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Buddy Biancalana | SS | 129 | 204 | 357 | 18 | 79 | .969 | 4.349 | ||||
| Tim Ireland | SS | 13 | 30 | 37 | 3 | 9 | .957 | 5.154 | ||||
| Kelly Heath | SS | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1483 | 3494 | 1371 | 148 | 317 | .970 | 3.281 | 9 | 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.
