1997 Omaha Royals Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 61-83
Finished 4th in the AA's West Division
Manager: Mike Jirschele (61-83)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Ballpark: Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium
Attendance: 449,753, Avg. 6,713 in 67 home dates

1997 Omaha Royals Roster

The Omaha Royals of the American Association ended the 1997 season with a record of 61 wins and 83 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.

The Royals scored 663 runs and conceded 807 runs, most in the circuit. Pork Chop Pough led Omaha with 22 home runs, while Ryan Long, Yamil Benítez, Larry Sutton and Jon Nunnally each walloped 15 or more also. Larry Sutton drove in 72 runs. Ryan Long topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .265 average. Brian Harrison paced the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 5.05 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1997 Omaha Royals who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Brian Bevil, Craig Paquette, Glendon Rusch, Scott Watkins, Sal Fasano, Larry Sutton, Jermaine Dye, Andy Stewart, Mitch Williams, Jed Hansen, Gregg Olson, Allen McDill, Brad Pennington, Jason Grimsley, Jim Pittsley, Jim Converse, Héctor Ortiz, Mike Sweeney, Jamie Brewington, Chris Stynes, Randy Veres, Félix Martínez, Ryan Long, Rick Huisman, Joe Vitiello, Todd Van Poppel, Hipólito Pichardo, Shane Halter, Mike Pérez, Steve Sisco, Mike Williams, Jon Nunnally, Ken Ray, Rudy Seánez, Chris Hatcher, Rod Myers, Ken Patterson, Scott Service, Chris Haney, Yamil Benítez, Doug Johns, Jeff Montgomery and Mendy López.

Mike Jirschele served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Brian Harrison	10	12	.455	5.05	30	29	0	4	0	178.3	208	114	100	20	55	0	83	10	0	6	783
Robert Toth	5	2	.714	2.75	15	7	1	0	0	52.3	50	18	16	6	19	0	30	1	0	0	225
Allen McDill	5	2	.714	5.88	23	6	5	0	2	64.3	80	42	42	10	26	2	51	5	0	2	295
Ken Ray	5	12	.294	6.37	25	21	1	2	0	113.0	131	86	80	21	63	2	96	4	1	8	516
Mike Pérez	4	1	.800	4.71	34	0	22	0	8	36.3	38	22	19	4	18	3	29	2	0	2	166
Steve Olsen	4	5	.444	5.76	22	13	2	0	0	84.3	96	67	54	11	48	3	43	3	1	5	402
Gregg Olson	3	1	.750	3.31	9	5	2	0	0	35.3	30	13	13	4	10	0	20	0	0	1	140
Mike Williams	3	6	.333	4.22	20	11	6	1	5	79.0	71	41	37	10	38	0	68	1	0	5	335
Brad Pennington	2	1	.667	4.32	35	1	6	0	0	50.0	41	28	24	6	41	0	48	3	0	4	230
Brian Bevil	2	1	.667	4.38	26	3	12	0	1	39.0	34	22	19	8	22	0	47	2	0	0	171
Jim Converse	2	1	.667	6.75	6	3	1	0	0	17.3	18	13	13	3	9	0	13	1	0	0	75
Ken Patterson	2	2	.500	4.11	22	0	13	0	4	30.7	34	17	14	5	10	0	28	0	0	2	132
Jamie Brewington	2	2	.500	8.31	7	4	0	0	0	21.7	21	21	20	10	13	0	20	1	1	1	98
Rudy Seánez	2	5	.286	6.51	28	3	8	0	0	47.0	53	42	34	13	25	0	46	2	0	2	226
Chris Haney	1	0	1.000	3.79	4	3	0	0	0	19.0	16	12	8	3	6	0	7	2	0	1	82
Pat Flury	1	0	1.000	6.07	18	0	7	0	0	26.7	29	18	18	5	16	2	24	2	0	1	124
Randy Veres	1	1	.500	6.60	11	1	5	0	0	15.0	15	11	11	2	5	0	19	0	0	0	66
Jim Pittsley	1	2	.333	4.42	7	7	0	0	0	38.7	36	21	19	3	20	0	30	2	0	2	173
Toby Smith	1	3	.250	7.84	17	0	12	0	3	20.7	24	19	18	6	15	2	11	0	1	3	96
Mike Zimmerman	1	3	.250	10.59	7	6	1	0	0	26.3	41	32	31	8	20	0	17	1	1	1	133
Rick Huisman	1	5	.167	3.62	37	1	8	0	2	59.7	59	29	24	7	35	1	57	3	0	7	268
Jason Grimsley	1	5	.167	6.68	7	6	0	0	0	31.0	36	26	23	3	29	0	22	3	0	3	156
Doug Johns	1	5	.167	7.56	9	6	1	1	0	41.7	58	36	35	7	11	0	24	1	2	1	189
Todd Van Poppel	1	5	.167	8.03	11	6	1	0	0	37.0	50	36	33	10	24	0	27	3	0	2	188
Jeff Montgomery	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	8
Scott Service	0	0		0.00	16	0	14	0	9	14.7	9	0	0	0	4	0	16	0	0	0	57
Mitch Williams	0	0		2.08	3	0	1	0	0	8.7	6	2	2	1	5	0	8	0	0	0	33
Hipólito Pichardo	0	0		5.79	5	1	2	0	1	4.7	5	3	3	1	3	0	3	0	1	0	22
Scott Watkins	0	0		6.46	9	0	4	0	0	15.3	19	13	11	4	6	0	15	0	1	2	72
Glendon Rusch	0	1	.000	4.50	1	1	0	0	0	6.0	7	3	3	3	1	0	2	0	0	1	25
Totals	61	83	.424	5.36	466	144	136	8	35	1215.7	1316	807	724	194	598	15	906	52	9	62	5486

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
Larry Sutton	106	443	380	61	114	27	1	19	72	0	0	61	57	.300	.395	.526	.921	200	6	0	0	2	4
Ryan Long	113	442	411	48	109	26	0	19	56	2	4	18	98	.265	.305	.467	.772	192	14	7	3	3	2
Pork Chop Pough	124	489	433	63	109	20	1	22	59	0	1	53	113	.252	.335	.455	.790	197	15	1	2	0	0
Félix Martínez	112	452	410	55	104	19	4	2	36	21	11	29	86	.254	.313	.334	.647	137	11	7	5	1	0
Jed Hansen	114	421	380	43	102	20	2	11	44	8	1	32	78	.268	.327	.418	.745	159	9	2	5	2	0
Yamil Benítez	92	358	329	61	97	14	1	21	71	12	3	24	82	.295	.341	.535	.876	176	8	1	0	4	1
Chris Stynes	82	357	332	53	88	18	1	8	44	3	1	19	25	.265	.303	.398	.701	132	7	0	4	2	1
Andy Stewart	86	321	288	38	79	10	1	6	24	1	1	18	43	.274	.335	.378	.714	109	11	9	5	1	0
Jon Nunnally	68	274	230	35	64	11	1	15	33	8	3	39	67	.278	.387	.530	.917	122	3	3	0	2	2
Chris Hatcher	68	248	222	34	51	9	0	11	24	0	1	17	68	.230	.298	.419	.717	93	4	6	0	3	2
Steve Sisco	54	200	188	23	49	8	0	3	12	2	1	8	34	.261	.289	.351	.640	66	4	0	3	1	0
Jermaine Dye	39	155	144	21	44	6	0	10	25	0	2	9	25	.306	.348	.556	.904	80	3	1	0	1	1
Rod Myers	38	162	142	21	36	10	0	2	10	6	4	15	37	.254	.323	.366	.689	52	0	0	4	1	0
Mike Sweeney	40	167	144	22	34	8	1	10	29	0	2	18	20	.236	.323	.514	.837	74	3	2	0	3	1
Jeremy Carr	35	139	120	17	32	3	2	2	9	12	3	15	17	.267	.362	.375	.737	45	3	3	1	0	0
Craig Paquette	23	99	91	9	28	6	0	3	20	0	2	6	26	.308	.343	.473	.816	43	6	0	0	2	0
Sal Fasano	49	170	152	17	25	7	0	4	14	0	0	12	53	.164	.247	.289	.537	44	1	5	0	1	1
Shane Halter	14	58	49	10	13	1	1	2	9	0	0	6	10	.265	.345	.449	.794	22	1	1	0	2	0
Mendy López	17	61	52	6	12	2	0	1	6	0	0	8	21	.231	.333	.327	.660	17	0	0	1	0	0
Tony Medrano	17	66	59	10	12	0	0	4	9	0	1	4	5	.203	.242	.407	.649	24	1	0	0	3	1
Héctor Ortiz	21	76	63	7	12	3	0	0	3	0	0	13	15	.190	.329	.238	.567	15	1	0	0	0	0
Brad Seitzer	21	69	63	4	12	3	0	0	4	0	0	5	10	.190	.246	.238	.484	15	4	0	0	1	0
Joe Vitiello	13	47	42	5	9	1	0	3	9	0	0	5	16	.214	.298	.452	.750	19	0	0	0	0	0
Ramy Brooks	3	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Merchant	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1351	5288	4738	663	1235	232	16	178	622	75	41	434	1014	.261	.327	.429	.756	2033	115	48	33	35	16

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Larry Sutton	1B	102	839	54	5	103	.994	8.755
Andy Stewart	1B	27	189	32	2	19	.991	8.185
Pork Chop Pough	1B	16	114	13	1	13	.992	7.938
Steve Sisco	1B	3	23	1	1	4	.960	8.000
Jed Hansen	2B	85	164	243	17	69	.960	4.788
Steve Sisco	2B	30	46	63	3	17	.973	3.633
Chris Stynes	2B	23	41	43	2	19	.977	3.652
Tony Medrano	2B	10	25	23	3	3	.941	4.800
Shane Halter	2B	4	9	5	1	3	.933	3.500
Pork Chop Pough	3B	69	41	138	18	20	.909	2.594
Brad Seitzer	3B	20	16	30	6	3	.885	2.300
Craig Paquette	3B	19	12	29	2	3	.953	2.158
Mendy López	3B	17	15	38	6	5	.898	3.118
Chris Stynes	3B	15	8	34	6	4	.875	2.800
Steve Sisco	3B	6	9	12	2	3	.913	3.500
Shane Halter	3B	5	1	1	1	0	.667	.400
Jed Hansen	3B	3	2	5	0	2	1.000	2.333
Andy Stewart	C	49	285	26	2	6	.994	6.347	4	25	15	37.5
Sal Fasano	C	47	296	34	4	4	.988	7.021	7	26	14	35.0
Mike Sweeney	C	33	229	15	1	2	.996	7.394	4	14	9	39.1
Héctor Ortiz	C	21	130	6	3	1	.978	6.476	0	13	1	7.1
Ramy Brooks	C	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0	0	0
Jon Nunnally	CF	66						.000
Rod Myers	CF	38						.000
Yamil Benítez	CF	21						.000
Jeremy Carr	CF	17						.000
Ryan Long	CF	7						.000
Chris Stynes	CF	1						.000
Yamil Benítez	LF	49						.000
Chris Hatcher	LF	27						.000
Chris Stynes	LF	22						.000
Steve Sisco	LF	17						.000
Ryan Long	LF	17						.000
Jeremy Carr	LF	17						.000
Andy Stewart	LF	3						.000
Shane Halter	LF	3						.000
Joe Vitiello	LF	1						.000
Mark Merchant	LF	1						.000
Ryan Long	OF	104	186	9	9	1	.956	1.875
Yamil Benítez	OF	89	150	6	6	1	.963	1.753
Jon Nunnally	OF	66	173	8	7	2	.963	2.742
Chris Hatcher	OF	39	56	2	5	0	.921	1.487
Rod Myers	OF	38	89	3	1	1	.989	2.421
Jeremy Carr	OF	33	57	2	1	2	.983	1.788
Jermaine Dye	OF	29	41	2	0	0	1.000	1.483
Chris Stynes	OF	23	52	3	2	0	.965	2.391
Steve Sisco	OF	19	22	0	1	0	.957	1.158
Shane Halter	OF	5	10	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Andy Stewart	OF	4	3	0	0	0	1.000	.750
Joe Vitiello	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Mark Merchant	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Rick Huisman	P	37	1	8	2	1	.818	.243
Brad Pennington	P	35	1	4	2	1	.714	.143
Mike Pérez	P	34	0	5	0	0	1.000	.147
Brian Harrison	P	30	14	24	0	3	1.000	1.267
Rudy Seánez	P	28	3	3	0	0	1.000	.214
Brian Bevil	P	26	1	3	1	0	.800	.154
Ken Ray	P	25	9	12	2	2	.913	.840
Allen McDill	P	23	5	5	0	0	1.000	.435
Ken Patterson	P	22	0	2	0	0	1.000	.091
Steve Olsen	P	22	9	7	0	1	1.000	.727
Mike Williams	P	20	4	14	1	2	.947	.900
Pat Flury	P	18	4	4	0	0	1.000	.444
Toby Smith	P	17	1	0	0	1	1.000	.059
Scott Service	P	16	0	2	1	0	.667	.125
Robert Toth	P	15	9	2	0	0	1.000	.733
Randy Veres	P	11	0	1	0	0	1.000	.091
Todd Van Poppel	P	11	2	3	1	2	.833	.455
Scott Watkins	P	9	0	1	0	0	1.000	.111
Gregg Olson	P	9	1	6	0	0	1.000	.778
Doug Johns	P	9	3	4	0	2	1.000	.778
Mike Zimmerman	P	7	3	0	1	0	.750	.429
Jim Pittsley	P	7	2	1	0	0	1.000	.429
Jason Grimsley	P	7	2	2	0	0	1.000	.571
Jamie Brewington	P	7	0	1	0	0	1.000	.143
Jim Converse	P	6	1	1	0	0	1.000	.333
Hipólito Pichardo	P	5	1	1	0	0	1.000	.400
Chris Haney	P	4	1	8	1	0	.900	2.250
Mitch Williams	P	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.000
Jeff Montgomery	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Glendon Rusch	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Ryan Long	RF	83						.000
Jermaine Dye	RF	29						.000
Yamil Benítez	RF	21						.000
Chris Hatcher	RF	14						.000
Steve Sisco	RF	4						.000
Shane Halter	RF	2						.000
Andy Stewart	RF	1						.000
Mark Merchant	RF	1						.000
Félix Martínez	SS	112	175	312	36	81	.931	4.348
Jed Hansen	SS	27	39	75	6	16	.950	4.222
Tony Medrano	SS	8	18	19	0	5	1.000	4.625
Shane Halter	SS	4	2	8	0	3	1.000	2.500
Totals		2135	3647	1421	172	430	.967	2.374	15	78	39	33.3

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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