1979 Royals Blue Statistics
Gulf Coast League (GCL) - Class: R
Team Record: 24-29
Finished 5th in the GCL
Manager: Brian Murphy (24-29)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Sarasota, Florida
Ballpark: KC Complex
1979 Royals Blue RosterTeam Record: 24-29
Finished 5th in the GCL
Manager: Brian Murphy (24-29)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Sarasota, Florida
Ballpark: KC Complex
The Royals Blue of the Gulf Coast League ended the 1979 season with a record of 24 wins and 29 losses, finishing fifth in the GCL.
The Royals Blue scored 253 runs and surrendered 303 runs. Steven Patterson paced hitters with significant playing time with a .345 average. Brian Woodworth topped the team with 6 wins, while Timothy Timlin registered a 4.14 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1979 Royals Blue who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Brad Wellman, Luis Silverio and Marvell Wynne.
Brian Murphy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Woodworth | 6 | 2 | .750 | 4.15 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 54 | 30 | 24 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Tony Vila | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.13 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38.0 | 33 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Smith | 4 | 2 | .667 | 1.97 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 32.0 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Timothy Timlin | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.14 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 59 | 29 | 23 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lew Olsen | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.38 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 39 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Edmund Sanford | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.63 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 70.0 | 90 | 49 | 36 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Cleveland Porter | 2 | 5 | .286 | 6.94 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 68 | 45 | 37 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Roger Begue | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.71 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dave Hasbach | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| James Lackey | 0 | 1 | .000 | 11.00 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.0 | 16 | 26 | 22 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| James Canfield | 0 | 4 | .000 | 3.82 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33.0 | 49 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Laughton | 0 | 4 | .000 | 5.79 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 49 | 39 | 27 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 24 | 29 | .453 | 4.55 | 139 | 53 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 435.0 | 506 | 303 | 220 | 15 | 230 | 7 | 207 | 14 | 5 | 22 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Patterson | 50 | 210 | 171 | 30 | 59 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 32 | 13 | .345 | .440 | .409 | .850 | 70 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| James Atkinson | 47 | 194 | 165 | 26 | 56 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 9 | .339 | .423 | .455 | .877 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Marvell Wynne | 50 | 211 | 190 | 21 | 54 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 16 | .284 | .338 | .421 | .759 | 80 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Brad Wellman | 48 | 201 | 170 | 24 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 17 | .259 | .358 | .329 | .688 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Ulises Infante | 33 | 130 | 102 | 20 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 25 | 16 | .333 | .462 | .373 | .834 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Angel Rosa | 38 | 131 | 117 | 15 | 31 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 25 | .265 | .333 | .479 | .812 | 56 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mark Mennemeier | 38 | 152 | 128 | 26 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 13 | .242 | .362 | .336 | .698 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Jansen | 32 | 131 | 109 | 16 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 10 | .275 | .382 | .376 | .758 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Julio Rodriguez | 36 | 139 | 117 | 23 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 24 | .248 | .360 | .299 | .659 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Keith Vranesh | 41 | 136 | 118 | 15 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 36 | .220 | .304 | .364 | .668 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Russell Pedersen | 22 | 67 | 61 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | .246 | .303 | .311 | .615 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Duane Dewey | 23 | 74 | 59 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | .237 | .378 | .390 | .768 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jesse Lucious | 19 | 66 | 56 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 19 | .214 | .323 | .232 | .555 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Patrick Jackson | 27 | 70 | 60 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | .200 | .271 | .200 | .471 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Christopher Purdy | 24 | 66 | 54 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | .148 | .303 | .241 | .544 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luis Silverio | 5 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .286 | .375 | .500 | .875 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 533 | 1994 | 1691 | 253 | 459 | 60 | 24 | 19 | 216 | 52 | 21 | 251 | 234 | .271 | .367 | .369 | .736 | 624 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 25 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Mennemeier | 1B | 30 | 244 | 16 | 7 | 26 | .974 | 8.667 | ||||
| James Atkinson | 1B | 23 | 187 | 12 | 2 | 15 | .990 | 8.652 | ||||
| Steven Patterson | 2B | 42 | 105 | 109 | 9 | 26 | .960 | 5.095 | ||||
| Charles Jansen | 2B | 13 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 9 | .938 | 3.462 | ||||
| Ulises Infante | 2B | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Ulises Infante | 3B | 27 | 31 | 60 | 14 | 9 | .867 | 3.370 | ||||
| James Atkinson | 3B | 21 | 23 | 40 | 9 | 5 | .875 | 3.000 | ||||
| Charles Jansen | 3B | 8 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .812 | 1.625 | ||||
| Patrick Jackson | C | 27 | 88 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .970 | 3.630 | 8 | |||
| Duane Dewey | C | 22 | 83 | 13 | 3 | 2 | .970 | 4.364 | 3 | |||
| Christopher Purdy | C | 19 | 59 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .958 | 3.632 | 8 | |||
| Marvell Wynne | OF | 46 | 108 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .967 | 2.543 | ||||
| Keith Vranesh | OF | 39 | 69 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .962 | 1.923 | ||||
| Julio Rodriguez | OF | 34 | 62 | 10 | 4 | 1 | .947 | 2.118 | ||||
| Angel Rosa | OF | 29 | 43 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .920 | 1.586 | ||||
| Russell Pedersen | OF | 22 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .957 | 2.045 | ||||
| Luis Silverio | OF | 5 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 2.600 | ||||
| Jesse Lucious | OF | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Charles Jansen | OF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ronald Smith | P | 19 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .867 | .684 | ||||
| Lew Olsen | P | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .250 | ||||
| Tony Vila | P | 15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .267 | ||||
| James Lackey | P | 14 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .357 | ||||
| James Canfield | P | 14 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .429 | ||||
| Timothy Timlin | P | 12 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.250 | ||||
| Edmund Sanford | P | 12 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .846 | .917 | ||||
| Cleveland Porter | P | 12 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 1.167 | ||||
| James Laughton | P | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .700 | .636 | ||||
| Brian Woodworth | P | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .900 | ||||
| Roger Begue | P | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.333 | ||||
| Dave Hasbach | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Brad Wellman | SS | 46 | 79 | 159 | 20 | 25 | .922 | 5.174 | ||||
| Charles Jansen | SS | 10 | 15 | 29 | 5 | 5 | .898 | 4.400 | ||||
| Totals | 608 | 1311 | 590 | 116 | 131 | .942 | 3.127 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
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