1987 Omaha Royals Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 64-76
Finished 8th in the AA
Manager: John Wathan (0-0), Frank Funk (0-0)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Ballpark: Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium
Attendance: 251,995, Avg. 3,600

1987 Omaha Royals Roster

The Omaha Royals of the American Association ended the 1987 season with a record of 64 wins and 76 losses, finishing eighth in the AA.

The Royals paced the circuit with just 648 runs allowed. Omaha scored 643 runs. Joe Citari and Scotti Madison led the team with 22 home runs apiece. Scotti Madison accounted for 83 RBI. Luis de los Santos and Gary Thurman topped all regular batters with a .293 average. Bill Swaggerty paced the squad with 10 wins, while Tom Mullen recorded a 4.29 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1987 Omaha Royals who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Israel Sánchez, Dave Owen, Steve Shirley, Don Welchel, Dwight Taylor, Alan Hargesheimer, Luis Aquino, Ross Jones, Bill Swaggerty, John Davis, Jeff Schulz, Rick Anderson, Ron Wotus, Dave Gumpert, Dann Bilardello, Bob Stoddard, Chito Martínez, Luis de los Santos, Derek Botelho, Bill Pecota, Scotti Madison, Matt Winters, Jamie Nelson, Steve Farr, Rondin Johnson, Lonnie Smith, Bobby Ramos, Gary Thurman, Van Snider, Dave Rajsich, Buddy Biancalana, Jerry Don Gleaton and Mike Macfarlane.

John Wathan and Frank Funk 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
Bill Swaggerty	10	12	.455	4.89	27	25	0	5	2	0	163.7	199	95	89	14	50	0	63	2	1	5
Tom Mullen	8	8	.500	4.28	31	22	3	1	0	1	155.7	158	88	74	19	44	3	71	4	0	7
Don Welchel	7	4	.636	4.82	19	19	0	2	0	0	112.0	126	62	60	5	44	1	70	1	0	2
Dave Gumpert	6	5	.545	3.89	35	5	15	0	0	6	74.0	79	40	32	9	36	5	47	1	1	2
Rick Anderson	6	5	.545	4.52	15	14	0	0	0	0	79.7	94	44	40	9	22	2	47	3	4	6
Bob Stoddard	5	1	.833	3.84	12	11	0	1	1	0	63.3	62	28	27	3	27	2	36	0	1	2
Israel Sánchez	5	12	.294	4.62	23	21	0	3	0	0	124.7	162	74	64	6	46	3	74	5	1	8
Steve Shirley	4	2	.667	3.87	44	1	21	0	0	5	79.0	80	36	34	7	25	1	78	1	1	6
John Davis	4	3	.571	2.66	43	0	35	0	0	7	50.7	34	16	15	2	27	5	44	2	1	4
Luis Aquino	3	2	.600	2.31	14	4	5	1	1	1	50.7	42	15	13	2	16	1	29	1	0	0
Derek Botelho	3	9	.250	6.68	18	10	4	0	0	1	66.0	79	51	49	12	29	1	42	2	1	1
Jerry Don Gleaton	2	0	1.000	3.00	6	1	1	0	0	0	15.0	14	6	5	2	6	2	9	0	0	0
Dave Rajsich	1	5	.167	4.26	31	5	12	1	0	1	61.3	75	35	29	4	29	3	40	1	0	3
Craig Pippin					39						0.0
Steve Farr	0	0		1.42	8	0	8	0	0	4	12.7	6	3	2	0	6	1	15	0	0	0
Alan Hargesheimer	0	2	.000	3.50	9	2	5	0	0	2	18.0	20	9	7	1	9	0	10	0	0	0
Totals	64	70	.478	4.31	374	140	109	14	4	28	1126.3	1230	602	540	95	416	30	675	23	11	46	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
Luis de los Santos	135	557	518	53	152	29	6	2	67	2	4	29	80	.293	.330	.384	.714	199		2	3	5	0
Gary Thurman	115	509	450	88	132	14	9	8	39	58	7	48	84	.293	.363	.418	.781	188		3	5	3	0
Rondin Johnson	134	550	503	58	128	14	7	2	53	23	12	39	54	.254	.307	.322	.629	162		0	6	2	3
Scotti Madison	125	522	454	68	123	31	2	22	83	3	2	60	50	.271	.355	.493	.848	224		2	1	5	7
Joe Citari	113	440	381	55	107	24	0	22	58	0	2	49	91	.281	.367	.517	.884	197		5	1	4	1
Jeff Schulz	99	345	316	25	81	12	7	4	36	1	0	24	56	.256	.311	.377	.688	119		2	1	2	1
Mike Macfarlane	87	330	302	53	79	25	1	13	50	0	1	22	50	.262	.324	.480	.804	145		6	0	0	1
Ron Wotus	91	300	262	27	67	12	0	0	16	2	2	34	40	.256	.339	.302	.640	79		0	2	2	2
Ross Jones	52	200	181	25	57	10	1	2	23	3	2	17	31	.315	.375	.414	.789	75		1	0	1	0
Matt Winters	50	204	182	30	51	8	0	9	34	1	0	17	36	.280	.338	.473	.811	86		1	0	4	2
Van Snider	70	260	244	26	50	9	1	9	27	2	1	13	69	.205	.250	.361	.611	88		2	0	1	4
Lonnie Smith	40	172	149	36	49	9	1	7	33	8	6	18	22	.329	.395	.544	.939	81		1	0	4	0
Dwight Taylor	86	233	211	35	45	5	1	1	14	23	11	17	35	.213	.271	.261	.531	55		0	4	1	1
Bill Pecota	35	144	126	31	39	8	1	2	16	7	1	15	15	.310	.392	.437	.828	55		2	1	0	0
Chito Martínez	35	132	121	14	26	10	1	2	14	0	0	11	43	.215	.280	.364	.644	44		0	0	0	0
Dann Bilardello	22	77	71	6	13	5	1	2	7	0	1	4	15	.183	.227	.366	.593	26		0	2	0	0
Bobby Ramos	27	82	77	1	13	1	0	0	4	3	1	5	11	.169	.220	.182	.401	14		0	0	0	0
Jamie Nelson	6	25	18	3	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	7	4	.222	.440	.278	.718	5		0	0	0	0
Jere Longenecker	5	12	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	2		0	0	0	0
Buddy Biancalana	3	11	10	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	3	.100	.182	.100	.282	1		0	0	0	0
Steve Shirley	44	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Jose Anglero	3	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Totals	1377	5113	4596	636	1219	227	39	107	579	137	53	430	791	.265	.329	.401	.731	1845	0	27	26	34	22

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Joe Citari	1B	77	671	43	4	65	.994	9.273
Luis de los Santos	1B	42	356	20	9	35	.977	8.952
Scotti Madison	1B	28	216	27	1	27	.996	8.679
Jeff Schulz	1B	6	36	1	1	3	.974	6.167
Ron Wotus	1B	1	2	2	0	1	1.000	4.000
Rondin Johnson	2B	124	266	393	16	93	.976	5.315
Ron Wotus	2B	14	24	49	2	10	.973	5.214
Scotti Madison	2B	3	1	0	0	0	1.000	.333
Bill Pecota	2B	2	3	4	0	0	1.000	3.500
Jere Longenecker	2B	2	3	2	0	1	1.000	2.500
Buddy Biancalana	2B	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.000
Luis de los Santos	3B	57	45	96	18	11	.887	2.474
Scotti Madison	3B	47	26	108	11	13	.924	2.851
Bill Pecota	3B	26	19	56	4	6	.949	2.885
Ron Wotus	3B	25	14	54	4	6	.944	2.720
Dave Owen	3B	1						.000
Ross Jones	3B	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Mike Macfarlane	C	76	408	37	6	3	.987	5.855	9
Bobby Ramos	C	26	114	24	1	1	.993	5.308	3
Scotti Madison	C	21	108	14	2	4	.984	5.810	1
Dann Bilardello	C	20	96	13	1	3	.991	5.450	0
Jamie Nelson	C	6	34	3	1	0	.974	6.167	0
Gary Thurman	OF	114	283	11	8	6	.974	2.579
Dwight Taylor	OF	75	141	7	2	1	.987	1.973
Jeff Schulz	OF	72	127	7	1	1	.993	1.861
Van Snider	OF	65	105	7	3	1	.974	1.723
Matt Winters	OF	47	90	7	3	1	.970	2.064
Chito Martínez	OF	34	43	3	1	0	.979	1.353
Lonnie Smith	OF	27	51	1	3	0	.945	1.926
Scotti Madison	OF	21	24	0	0	0	1.000	1.143
Ross Jones	OF	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Steve Shirley	P	44	4	9	1	0	.929	.295
John Davis	P	43	2	6	2	0	.800	.186
Craig Pippin	P	39						.000
Dave Gumpert	P	35	3	9	2	2	.857	.343
Dave Rajsich	P	31	1	11	1	1	.923	.387
Tom Mullen	P	31	14	20	3	2	.919	1.097
Bill Swaggerty	P	27	12	30	2	2	.955	1.556
Israel Sánchez	P	23	9	24	4	1	.892	1.435
Don Welchel	P	19	7	12	2	1	.905	1.000
Derek Botelho	P	18	1	11	0	0	1.000	.667
Rick Anderson	P	15	4	14	0	1	1.000	1.200
Luis Aquino	P	14	3	5	0	0	1.000	.571
Bob Stoddard	P	12	4	10	1	0	.933	1.167
Alan Hargesheimer	P	9	1	0	0	0	1.000	.111
Steve Farr	P	8	0	1	0	0	1.000	.125
Jerry Don Gleaton	P	6	0	3	0	0	1.000	.500
Ron Wotus	SS	52	75	152	6	39	.974	4.365
Ross Jones	SS	50	74	136	9	18	.959	4.200
Dave Owen	SS	20						.000
Rondin Johnson	SS	12	15	30	4	7	.918	3.750
Bill Pecota	SS	10	16	18	4	2	.895	3.400
Buddy Biancalana	SS	3	7	6	0	3	1.000	4.333
Jose Anglero	SS	3	3	5	0	1	1.000	2.667
Totals		1587	3564	1505	143	372	.973	3.194	13	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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