1981 Royals Gold Statistics
Gulf Coast League (GCL) - Class: R
Team Record: 44-20
Finished 1st in the GCL
Manager: Roy Tanner (44-20)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Sarasota, Florida
Ballpark: KC Complex
1981 Royals Gold RosterTeam Record: 44-20
Finished 1st in the GCL
Manager: Roy Tanner (44-20)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Sarasota, Florida
Ballpark: KC Complex
The Royals Gold of the Gulf Coast League ended the 1981 season with a record of 44 wins and 20 losses, finishing first in the GCL.
The Royals Gold led the circuit with 317 runs. The team surrendered 224 runs, fewest in the league. Roland Oruna drove in 35 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .296 average. Mark Gubicza paced the team with 8 wins and a team-best 2.25 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Tony Ferreira and Mark Gubicza both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Roy Tanner 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Gubicza | 8 | 1 | .889 | 2.25 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 39 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Timothy Ballard | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.09 | 22 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 64.0 | 69 | 31 | 22 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Tony Ferreira | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.25 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 40 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Olice King | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.40 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 40 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Robert Shaw | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Francis Cutty | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.38 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 26.0 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Elliott Sturm | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.88 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 43.0 | 31 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mike Olson | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.25 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 40.0 | 37 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Reggie Wyatt | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.29 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Tod Lewis | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.66 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32.0 | 30 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Perry Swanson | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.12 | 21 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 51.0 | 36 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Mark Bloomfield | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.54 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 39.0 | 27 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| John Bryant | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 55.0 | 47 | 31 | 19 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |
| Jeffrey Barnard | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.00 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 44 | 20 | .688 | 2.55 | 157 | 65 | 57 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 543.0 | 439 | 224 | 154 | 9 | 240 | 4 | 366 | 23 | 9 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reggie West | 65 | 285 | 250 | 52 | 67 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 31 | 24 | .268 | .350 | .328 | .678 | 82 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Rick Plautz | 62 | 257 | 227 | 42 | 66 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 33 | 27 | 4 | 27 | 15 | .291 | .363 | .445 | .808 | 101 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Roland Oruna | 64 | 256 | 199 | 43 | 59 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 48 | 32 | .296 | .445 | .382 | .827 | 76 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Mark Newman | 55 | 210 | 194 | 27 | 53 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 31 | .273 | .321 | .340 | .661 | 66 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Richard Vitato | 55 | 235 | 205 | 29 | 52 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 30 | .254 | .335 | .332 | .666 | 68 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Thomas McHugh | 63 | 234 | 179 | 23 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 47 | 29 | .223 | .391 | .274 | .664 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Joe Citari | 40 | 122 | 103 | 19 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 24 | .233 | .352 | .379 | .731 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Orlando Amaris | 38 | 125 | 114 | 14 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | .202 | .266 | .246 | .512 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aubrey Johnson | 30 | 95 | 90 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | .189 | .213 | .200 | .413 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Donald Johnson | 24 | 68 | 58 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 19 | .241 | .353 | .241 | .594 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Gaunce | 17 | 39 | 35 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .343 | .410 | .486 | .896 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Antonelli | 20 | 53 | 49 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .204 | .235 | .265 | .501 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Brittman | 13 | 32 | 27 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | .333 | .375 | .407 | .782 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Stan Palmore | 22 | 69 | 61 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | .148 | .224 | .180 | .404 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tracy Hall | 28 | 60 | 53 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | .132 | .207 | .151 | .358 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Christopher Gompper | 7 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .158 | .238 | .158 | .396 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 603 | 2161 | 1863 | 297 | 465 | 59 | 28 | 8 | 217 | 101 | 42 | 247 | 279 | .250 | .342 | .324 | .666 | 604 | 0 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 9 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas McHugh | 1B | 45 | 418 | 14 | 7 | 33 | .984 | 9.600 | ||||
| Joe Citari | 1B | 20 | 155 | 5 | 3 | 13 | .982 | 8.000 | ||||
| James Brittman | 1B | 7 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .980 | 7.143 | ||||
| Richard Vitato | 2B | 53 | 104 | 178 | 8 | 35 | .972 | 5.321 | ||||
| Mark Newman | 2B | 7 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 4 | .931 | 3.857 | ||||
| Christopher Gompper | 2B | 7 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 3 | .964 | 3.857 | ||||
| Orlando Amaris | 2B | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 3.000 | ||||
| Mark Newman | 3B | 39 | 33 | 85 | 8 | 7 | .937 | 3.026 | ||||
| Aubrey Johnson | 3B | 30 | 23 | 58 | 10 | 5 | .890 | 2.700 | ||||
| Richard Vitato | 3B | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 5.000 | ||||
| Thomas McHugh | 3B | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 14.000 | ||||
| John Antonelli | C | 18 | 80 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .989 | 5.000 | 2 | |||
| Bill Gaunce | C | 16 | 82 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.500 | 6 | |||
| Thomas McHugh | C | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | 0 | |||
| Reggie West | OF | 65 | 105 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .983 | 1.754 | ||||
| Roland Oruna | OF | 63 | 117 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .976 | 1.937 | ||||
| Rick Plautz | OF | 35 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .960 | 1.371 | ||||
| Stan Palmore | OF | 18 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Tracy Hall | OF | 17 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .889 | .941 | ||||
| Timothy Ballard | P | 22 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
| Perry Swanson | P | 21 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .810 | ||||
| Mark Bloomfield | P | 17 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .235 | ||||
| Elliott Sturm | P | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .462 | ||||
| Tony Ferreira | P | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Bryant | P | 12 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.583 | ||||
| Tod Lewis | P | 11 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .727 | ||||
| Mark Gubicza | P | 11 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 1 | .964 | 2.455 | ||||
| Olice King | P | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .500 | ||||
| Jeffrey Barnard | P | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Mike Olson | P | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.143 | ||||
| Robert Shaw | P | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Reggie Wyatt | P | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Francis Cutty | P | 4 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 3.250 | ||||
| Orlando Amaris | SS | 36 | 48 | 104 | 15 | 22 | .910 | 4.222 | ||||
| Donald Johnson | SS | 23 | 17 | 55 | 8 | 8 | .900 | 3.130 | ||||
| Mark Newman | SS | 12 | 14 | 36 | 5 | 3 | .909 | 4.167 | ||||
| Richard Vitato | SS | 4 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.750 | ||||
| Totals | 678 | 1402 | 726 | 91 | 147 | .959 | 3.139 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
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