1980 Royals Blue Statistics
Team Record: 40-23
Finished 1st in the GCL
Manager: Joe Jones (40-23)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Sarasota, Florida
Ballpark: KC Complex
The Royals Blue of the Gulf Coast League ended the 1980 season with a record of 40 wins and 23 losses, finishing first in the GCL.
The Royals Blue plated 349 runs, tops in the circuit. The team conceded 247 runs. Tom Romano drove in 37 runs. Butch Davis led batters with significant playing time with a .315 average. Junior Cooper and Bert Johnson topped the team with 8 wins each, while Junior Cooper recorded a 1.73 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Mark Huismann, Frank Wills, Cliff Pastornicky, Rondin Johnson, Keith Creel, Tom Romano and Butch Davis were all players from the 1980 Royals Blue who played in the Majors during their careers.
Joe Jones 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Cooper | 8 | 2 | .800 | 1.73 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 78.0 | 64 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Bert Johnson | 8 | 3 | .727 | 4.42 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 61 | 35 | 28 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Keith Creel | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.17 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 54.0 | 46 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Francis Cutty | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.68 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 60 | 33 | 22 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Rick Odekirk | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.93 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 44 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ken Swank | 4 | 5 | .444 | 6.14 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 44.0 | 55 | 40 | 30 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Frank Wills | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.96 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Dave Wong | 2 | 2 | .500 | 1.90 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 52.0 | 30 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Huismann | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.44 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 59.0 | 50 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Stephen Lettrich | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Les Strode | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.80 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Libardo Villalba | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.20 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 44 | 29 | 24 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 40 | 23 | .635 | 3.11 | 157 | 63 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 538.0 | 487 | 247 | 186 | 14 | 197 | 11 | 339 | 20 | 4 | 32 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butch Davis | 61 | 270 | 235 | 46 | 74 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 31 | 4 | 29 | 36 | .315 | .385 | .447 | .832 | 105 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Rondin Johnson | 63 | 302 | 266 | 43 | 70 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 24 | 10 | 29 | 37 | .263 | .333 | .297 | .630 | 79 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Mark Smith | 59 | 228 | 203 | 24 | 62 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 17 | 3 | 17 | 21 | .305 | .364 | .350 | .714 | 71 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Cliff Pastornicky | 62 | 236 | 206 | 28 | 57 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 12 | .277 | .342 | .359 | .701 | 74 | 0 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Greg Jonson | 58 | 248 | 210 | 36 | 56 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 16 | .267 | .362 | .324 | .686 | 68 | 6 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Billy Best | 46 | 202 | 158 | 35 | 49 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 36 | 10 | .310 | .429 | .361 | .790 | 57 | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Tom Romano | 58 | 218 | 186 | 32 | 48 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 23 | 26 | .258 | .335 | .419 | .754 | 78 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Carl Owen | 51 | 174 | 142 | 29 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 23 | .303 | .422 | .401 | .823 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Roger Hansen | 55 | 207 | 167 | 28 | 38 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 28 | .228 | .367 | .269 | .637 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Benny Cadahia | 52 | 182 | 149 | 21 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 16 | .208 | .306 | .329 | .635 | 49 | 1 | 9 | 2 | ||
| Robert Holder | 19 | 59 | 53 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | .283 | .356 | .434 | .790 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Graham | 26 | 66 | 50 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 12 | .260 | .422 | .340 | .762 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ira Turner | 4 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .579 | .600 | .947 | 1.547 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harold Nataupsky | 8 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .143 | .278 | .214 | .492 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Junior Cooper | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Huismann | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Les Strode | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 675 | 2435 | 2062 | 349 | 569 | 87 | 29 | 10 | 286 | 115 | 34 | 289 | 251 | .276 | .365 | .361 | .726 | 744 | 0 | 18 | 38 | 28 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Owen | 1B | 36 | 258 | 12 | 13 | 22 | .954 | 7.500 | ||||
| Greg Jonson | 1B | 17 | 119 | 11 | 3 | 10 | .977 | 7.647 | ||||
| Robert Holder | 1B | 15 | 122 | 4 | 3 | 4 | .977 | 8.400 | ||||
| Ira Turner | 1B | 4 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 5 | .960 | 12.000 | ||||
| Roger Hansen | 1B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Rondin Johnson | 2B | 63 | 154 | 183 | 12 | 36 | .966 | 5.349 | ||||
| Greg Jonson | 3B | 38 | 30 | 94 | 7 | 12 | .947 | 3.263 | ||||
| Roger Hansen | 3B | 30 | 25 | 55 | 13 | 4 | .860 | 2.667 | ||||
| Carl Owen | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Benny Cadahia | C | 49 | 252 | 35 | 3 | 4 | .990 | 5.857 | 11 | |||
| Daniel Graham | C | 23 | 93 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .982 | 4.696 | 2 | |||
| Harold Nataupsky | C | 5 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.200 | 0 | |||
| Butch Davis | OF | 60 | 117 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .976 | 2.033 | ||||
| Tom Romano | OF | 55 | 104 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .957 | 2.036 | ||||
| Billy Best | OF | 46 | 95 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .980 | 2.130 | ||||
| Mark Smith | OF | 35 | 61 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .970 | 1.857 | ||||
| Robert Holder | OF | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mark Huismann | P | 28 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .393 | ||||
| Dave Wong | P | 24 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .944 | .708 | ||||
| Rick Odekirk | P | 18 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .500 | ||||
| Libardo Villalba | P | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .214 | ||||
| Francis Cutty | P | 14 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .905 | 1.357 | ||||
| Junior Cooper | P | 14 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.143 | ||||
| Bert Johnson | P | 13 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .846 | ||||
| Ken Swank | P | 12 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .583 | ||||
| Keith Creel | P | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .889 | ||||
| Les Strode | P | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .500 | ||||
| Frank Wills | P | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 1.750 | ||||
| Stephen Lettrich | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Cliff Pastornicky | SS | 62 | 83 | 183 | 24 | 24 | .917 | 4.290 | ||||
| Greg Jonson | SS | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.250 | ||||
| Totals | 706 | 1611 | 706 | 102 | 128 | .958 | 3.282 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
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