1979 Royals Gold Statistics
Gulf Coast League (GCL) - Class: R
Team Record: 29-23
Finished 3rd in the GCL
Manager: José Martínez (29-23)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Sarasota, Florida
Ballpark: KC Complex
1979 Royals Gold RosterTeam Record: 29-23
Finished 3rd in the GCL
Manager: José Martínez (29-23)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Sarasota, Florida
Ballpark: KC Complex
The Royals Gold of the Gulf Coast League ended the 1979 season with a record of 29 wins and 23 losses, finishing third in the GCL.
The Royals Gold paced the league with 325 runs, fueled by 23 home runs. The team yielded 255 runs. Mike Brewer drove in 47 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .371 average. Ron Krauss led the team with 6 wins, while Larry Williams registered a 2.17 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1979 Royals Gold who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Atlee Hammaker, Mike Brewer and Jeff Twitty.
José Martínez 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Krauss | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.67 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 68 | 33 | 22 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Vinnie Yuhas | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.89 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 53.0 | 45 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Larry Williams | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.17 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 58.0 | 41 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Vercoe | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.90 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Walt Vanderbush | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.00 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Daniel St. Clair | 2 | 4 | .333 | 1.64 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 33.0 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Fischer | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Ryan | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Atlee Hammaker | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.80 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Skinner | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.60 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15.0 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Michael Biedenkapp | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.36 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33.0 | 38 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| David Albright | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.32 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22.0 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Curtis Voyles | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.40 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43.0 | 52 | 27 | 21 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Jeff Twitty | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Philen Bolden | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.26 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 29 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Kenneth Pour | 0 | 4 | .000 | 10.38 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 52 | 58 | 45 | 2 | 49 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Totals | 29 | 23 | .558 | 3.91 | 135 | 52 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 435.0 | 439 | 255 | 189 | 13 | 229 | 7 | 226 | 20 | 6 | 33 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Brewer | 51 | 223 | 205 | 38 | 76 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 47 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 23 | .371 | .399 | .512 | .911 | 105 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Hector Arroyo | 46 | 207 | 181 | 32 | 60 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 24 | 19 | .331 | .408 | .359 | .767 | 65 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Robin Townley | 48 | 219 | 181 | 43 | 56 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 30 | 21 | .309 | .416 | .376 | .791 | 68 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Mickey Palmer | 50 | 220 | 190 | 35 | 54 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 23 | .284 | .350 | .416 | .766 | 79 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Ronald Snider | 51 | 190 | 164 | 26 | 42 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 14 | .256 | .340 | .360 | .700 | 59 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| David Luethy | 49 | 205 | 170 | 28 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 14 | .224 | .330 | .294 | .624 | 50 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Junior Cooper | 41 | 165 | 146 | 28 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 29 | .233 | .311 | .418 | .729 | 61 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Allan Garray | 42 | 154 | 128 | 22 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 17 | .258 | .377 | .414 | .791 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Johnny Barnette | 36 | 116 | 102 | 23 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 15 | .294 | .379 | .353 | .732 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leon Doak | 31 | 118 | 111 | 21 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 19 | .270 | .308 | .441 | .749 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Larry Grahek | 26 | 78 | 59 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 8 | .390 | .500 | .644 | 1.144 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Denny Porter | 17 | 48 | 39 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | .256 | .383 | .333 | .716 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ron Batter | 2 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .571 | .700 | .857 | 1.557 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Russell Burgin | 9 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .273 | .500 | .273 | .773 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Otis Irvin | 15 | 41 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .061 | .195 | .061 | .256 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Larry Williams | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 524 | 2012 | 1729 | 325 | 495 | 67 | 28 | 23 | 277 | 82 | 31 | 231 | 213 | .286 | .370 | .397 | .767 | 687 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 27 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald Snider | 1B | 51 | 408 | 15 | 4 | 47 | .991 | 8.294 | ||||
| Larry Grahek | 1B | 7 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .970 | 4.571 | ||||
| Hector Arroyo | 2B | 46 | 109 | 102 | 13 | 29 | .942 | 4.587 | ||||
| David Luethy | 2B | 9 | 25 | 21 | 1 | 8 | .979 | 5.111 | ||||
| Robin Townley | 2B | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Junior Cooper | 3B | 39 | 44 | 92 | 15 | 10 | .901 | 3.487 | ||||
| Robin Townley | 3B | 14 | 8 | 34 | 3 | 2 | .933 | 3.000 | ||||
| Allan Garray | C | 41 | 183 | 33 | 9 | 1 | .960 | 5.268 | 11 | |||
| Denny Porter | C | 16 | 52 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .948 | 3.438 | 1 | |||
| Ron Batter | C | 2 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 1.500 | 0 | |||
| Mike Brewer | OF | 46 | 72 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .939 | 1.674 | ||||
| Mickey Palmer | OF | 44 | 116 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .967 | 2.705 | ||||
| Robin Townley | OF | 30 | 57 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .937 | 1.967 | ||||
| Leon Doak | OF | 24 | 53 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .982 | 2.292 | ||||
| Johnny Barnette | OF | 20 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 1.450 | ||||
| Daniel St. Clair | P | 19 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .579 | ||||
| Curtis Voyles | P | 15 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .600 | ||||
| Vinnie Yuhas | P | 12 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 1.083 | ||||
| David Albright | P | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Ron Krauss | P | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .455 | ||||
| Philen Bolden | P | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .273 | ||||
| Michael Biedenkapp | P | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
| Larry Williams | P | 10 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Kenneth Pour | P | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .200 | ||||
| John Vercoe | P | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Walt Vanderbush | P | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jeff Twitty | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| John Skinner | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Frank Ryan | P | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Atlee Hammaker | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Daniel Fischer | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| David Luethy | SS | 42 | 74 | 126 | 18 | 27 | .917 | 4.762 | ||||
| Otis Irvin | SS | 15 | 10 | 31 | 6 | 7 | .872 | 2.733 | ||||
| Totals | 583 | 1305 | 541 | 93 | 147 | .952 | 3.166 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
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