1978 Omaha Royals Statistics
Team Record: 66-69
Finished 1st in the AA's West Division
Manager: John Sullivan (66-69)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Ballpark: Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium
Attendance: 139,447, Avg. 2,066
Playoffs - Omaha Royals 4 games, Indianapolis Indians 1
The Omaha Royals of the American Association ended the 1978 season with a record of 66 wins and 69 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Royals scored 601 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 652 runs. Randy Bass led Omaha with 22 home runs, while Luis Silverio and Jim Nettles walloped 15 or more as well. Randy Bass drove in 78 runs. Dave Cripe paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .300 average. Bill Paschall topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 3.63 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1978 Omaha Royals who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Luis Silverio, Bill Paschall, Jim Nettles, Joe Zdeb, Art Kusnyer, Randy Bass, Randy McGilberry, Craig Eaton, Rich Gale, Tim Ireland, Germán Barranca, Jim Fuller, George Throop, Jerry Cram, Jim Gaudet, Jim Sadowski, Renie Martin, Dave Cripe, Gary Lance, Steve Busby, Mark Ballinger, Bob Detherage and Gary Christenson.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Paschall | 14 | 9 | .609 | 3.63 | 26 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 186.0 | 194 | 77 | 75 | 22 | 32 | 1 | 80 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Throop | 12 | 10 | .545 | 5.47 | 25 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 153.0 | 170 | 97 | 93 | 18 | 64 | 0 | 77 | 9 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Gary Christenson | 8 | 5 | .615 | 4.25 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 110.0 | 109 | 63 | 52 | 12 | 37 | 0 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Jerry Cram | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.45 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 99.0 | 97 | 42 | 38 | 10 | 36 | 6 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Craig Eaton | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.80 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 90.0 | 99 | 49 | 48 | 12 | 33 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Mark Ballinger | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.76 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 115.0 | 98 | 51 | 48 | 12 | 64 | 3 | 81 | 7 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Steve Hamrick | 4 | 6 | .400 | 6.12 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 75.0 | 83 | 58 | 51 | 7 | 47 | 0 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Steve Busby | 3 | 7 | .300 | 5.45 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | 78 | 47 | 40 | 7 | 32 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Renie Martin | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.32 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19.0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Lance | 2 | 6 | .250 | 6.23 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 91.0 | 101 | 71 | 63 | 9 | 50 | 1 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 14 | ||
| Rich Gale | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.29 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Sadowski | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.86 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 25 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Randy McGilberry | 1 | 4 | .200 | 2.84 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 38.0 | 32 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Mark Daly | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4.37 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 43 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Mike Denevi | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Craig Perkins | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gary Wright | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.60 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Mitch Bobinger | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.40 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 66 | 69 | .489 | 4.61 | 286 | 135 | 0 | 39 | 4 | 17 | 1136.0 | 1187 | 652 | 582 | 122 | 475 | 18 | 608 | 40 | 6 | 66 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Cripe | 133 | 560 | 473 | 84 | 142 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 70 | 43 | .300 | .395 | .416 | .811 | 197 | 8 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Darrell Parker | 124 | 517 | 496 | 58 | 134 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 48 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 56 | .270 | .289 | .369 | .658 | 183 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Randy Bass | 127 | 528 | 423 | 78 | 118 | 26 | 0 | 22 | 78 | 1 | 3 | 100 | 99 | .279 | .417 | .496 | .913 | 210 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jim Nettles | 125 | 513 | 444 | 60 | 116 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 70 | 10 | 4 | 62 | 67 | .261 | .350 | .444 | .794 | 197 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Luis Silverio | 125 | 525 | 461 | 78 | 106 | 22 | 4 | 19 | 57 | 38 | 14 | 51 | 120 | .230 | .308 | .419 | .727 | 193 | 4 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Rudy Kinard | 110 | 400 | 363 | 44 | 95 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 50 | .262 | .315 | .314 | .629 | 114 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Jim Gaudet | 107 | 415 | 374 | 44 | 83 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 69 | .222 | .286 | .302 | .588 | 113 | 4 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Bob Detherage | 82 | 322 | 291 | 39 | 77 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 47 | 15 | 3 | 28 | 65 | .265 | .328 | .385 | .713 | 112 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Germán Barranca | 61 | 263 | 229 | 23 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 29 | 31 | .236 | .321 | .258 | .578 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Tim Ireland | 62 | 237 | 193 | 29 | 52 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 20 | .269 | .391 | .378 | .769 | 73 | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Art Kusnyer | 61 | 239 | 214 | 26 | 50 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 43 | .234 | .295 | .346 | .641 | 74 | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Joe Zdeb | 19 | 81 | 69 | 12 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | .304 | .400 | .478 | .878 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Denevi | 43 | 137 | 120 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 25 | .167 | .244 | .217 | .461 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Jim Fuller | 19 | 67 | 61 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21 | .197 | .269 | .311 | .580 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Foster | 21 | 74 | 56 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 20 | .196 | .392 | .375 | .767 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Murphy | 5 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Nakamoto | 5 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .077 | .143 | .077 | .220 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Ballinger | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1263 | 4901 | 4289 | 600 | 1095 | 160 | 35 | 101 | 532 | 96 | 44 | 508 | 745 | .255 | .336 | .380 | .716 | 1628 | 0 | 35 | 30 | 39 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Bass | 1B | 126 | 1142 | 92 | 10 | 125 | .992 | 9.794 | ||||
| Jim Nettles | 1B | 8 | 50 | 10 | 1 | 4 | .984 | 7.500 | ||||
| Art Kusnyer | 1B | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Jim Fuller | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tim Ireland | 2B | 62 | 156 | 207 | 11 | 50 | .971 | 5.855 | ||||
| Germán Barranca | 2B | 61 | 126 | 167 | 13 | 50 | .958 | 4.803 | ||||
| Rudy Kinard | 2B | 15 | 21 | 45 | 1 | 7 | .985 | 4.400 | ||||
| Dave Cripe | 3B | 133 | 99 | 275 | 25 | 25 | .937 | 2.812 | ||||
| Mike Denevi | 3B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rudy Kinard | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jim Gaudet | C | 97 | 489 | 53 | 19 | 6 | .966 | 5.588 | 7 | |||
| Art Kusnyer | C | 33 | 158 | 23 | 4 | 2 | .978 | 5.485 | 0 | |||
| Brian Nakamoto | C | 5 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.800 | 0 | |||
| Luis Silverio | OF | 122 | 312 | 12 | 8 | 3 | .976 | 2.656 | ||||
| Jim Nettles | OF | 107 | 182 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .984 | 1.748 | ||||
| Bob Detherage | OF | 77 | 153 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .981 | 2.026 | ||||
| Darrell Parker | OF | 63 | 123 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .992 | 1.984 | ||||
| Joe Zdeb | OF | 18 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Jim Fuller | OF | 12 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Larry Foster | OF | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rudy Kinard | OF | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Jerry Cram | P | 42 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .947 | .429 | ||||
| Mark Ballinger | P | 33 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 2 | .767 | .697 | ||||
| Bill Paschall | P | 26 | 20 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.577 | ||||
| George Throop | P | 25 | 19 | 25 | 1 | 0 | .978 | 1.760 | ||||
| Randy McGilberry | P | 25 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .520 | ||||
| Gary Lance | P | 23 | 10 | 24 | 2 | 2 | .944 | 1.478 | ||||
| Steve Hamrick | P | 20 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | .550 | ||||
| Gary Christenson | P | 18 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .880 | 1.222 | ||||
| Craig Eaton | P | 14 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 1.357 | ||||
| Renie Martin | P | 13 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .538 | ||||
| Steve Busby | P | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .583 | ||||
| Gary Wright | P | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .222 | ||||
| Mark Daly | P | 8 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 1.625 | ||||
| Jim Sadowski | P | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Mitch Bobinger | P | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rich Gale | P | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.667 | ||||
| Craig Perkins | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Denevi | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rudy Kinard | SS | 95 | 151 | 276 | 9 | 60 | .979 | 4.495 | ||||
| Mike Denevi | SS | 39 | 60 | 114 | 12 | 27 | .935 | 4.462 | ||||
| Brian Murphy | SS | 5 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 2.400 | ||||
| Totals | 1380 | 3408 | 1468 | 146 | 375 | .971 | 3.533 | 7 | 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.
