1997 Royals Statistics
Gulf Coast League (GCL) - Class: R
Team Record: 36-24
Finished 1st in the GCL's West Division
Manager: Al Pedrique (36-24)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Davenport, Florida
1997 Royals RosterTeam Record: 36-24
Finished 1st in the GCL's West Division
Manager: Al Pedrique (36-24)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Davenport, Florida
Playoffs - Rangers 1 game, Royals 0
The Royals of the Gulf Coast League ended the 1997 season with a record of 36 wins and 24 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Royals scored 293 runs and yielded 225 runs. Jose Taveras drove in 39 runs. Willy Ruiz led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .360. Francisco Vanderhorst topped the team with 8 wins, while Taylor Myers recorded a 2.43 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1997 Royals who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Corey Thurman, Jeremy Affeldt and Juan Brito.
Al Pedrique 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francisco Vanderhorst | 8 | 4 | .667 | 2.72 | 18 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43.0 | 35 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 179 |
| Ryan Douglass | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.05 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 56.0 | 66 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 237 |
| Taylor Myers | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.41 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 59.7 | 48 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 248 |
| Francisco Solano | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.81 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 49.7 | 53 | 25 | 21 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 213 |
| Jeremy Affeldt | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.50 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 34 | 24 | 20 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 171 |
| Edwin Gonzalez | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.93 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18.7 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 75 |
| Corey Thurman | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.38 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 149 |
| Pavel Budský | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 47 |
| Tony Mancha | 2 | 6 | .250 | 3.28 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49.3 | 53 | 28 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 216 |
| Carlos Martinez | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.97 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 32.0 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 128 |
| Rickey Crutchley | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.41 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.7 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 84 |
| Mike Torres | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.53 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35.7 | 32 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 155 |
| Juan Medrano | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.55 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29.7 | 33 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 132 |
| Juan Ramirez | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Javier Gamboa | 0 | 0 | 1.12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | |
| Cory Kyzar | 0 | 0 | 2.45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Steve Walsh | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
| Totals | 36 | 24 | .600 | 3.12 | 158 | 60 | 53 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 493.0 | 461 | 225 | 171 | 11 | 170 | 1 | 385 | 36 | 8 | 45 | 2094 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willy Ruiz | 54 | 216 | 197 | 33 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 19 | .360 | .406 | .381 | .786 | 75 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Taveras | 57 | 237 | 205 | 46 | 67 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 14 | 4 | 24 | 42 | .327 | .403 | .537 | .940 | 110 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Erick Gomez | 50 | 187 | 169 | 18 | 54 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 36 | .320 | .374 | .467 | .842 | 79 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Rafael Torres | 44 | 176 | 160 | 20 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 16 | .306 | .352 | .375 | .727 | 60 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Jose Nunez | 52 | 200 | 174 | 22 | 36 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 53 | .207 | .298 | .351 | .649 | 61 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Henry Calderon | 43 | 155 | 139 | 17 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 31 | .245 | .301 | .345 | .646 | 48 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Melvin Dasher | 49 | 170 | 154 | 20 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 47 | .201 | .265 | .273 | .537 | 42 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Pedro Herrera | 36 | 115 | 101 | 15 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 22 | .297 | .339 | .317 | .656 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Rafael Garcia | 37 | 131 | 115 | 19 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 33 | .252 | .310 | .261 | .571 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Juan Ramirez | 46 | 142 | 133 | 11 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 18 | .203 | .236 | .286 | .521 | 38 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Rashad Tillis | 34 | 116 | 102 | 14 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 28 | .225 | .313 | .314 | .627 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Juan Brito | 25 | 77 | 70 | 14 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .314 | .368 | .500 | .868 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ryan McDonald | 26 | 69 | 57 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8 | .281 | .406 | .386 | .792 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richie Benes | 34 | 42 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | .205 | .262 | .256 | .518 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alen Brito | 11 | 26 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .250 | .269 | .250 | .519 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tarik Graham | 28 | 69 | 42 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 25 | .143 | .455 | .190 | .645 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Sergio Nunez | 5 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .286 | .333 | .429 | .762 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Diaz | 9 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .200 | .333 | .267 | .600 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rich Petru | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Taco Woods | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .286 | .000 | .286 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 643 | 2170 | 1916 | 293 | 516 | 73 | 17 | 25 | 241 | 67 | 28 | 175 | 411 | .269 | .338 | .364 | .703 | 698 | 46 | 34 | 27 | 18 | 4 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juan Ramirez | 1B | 43 | 349 | 29 | 4 | 26 | .990 | 8.791 | ||||
| Erick Gomez | 1B | 13 | 78 | 6 | 4 | 5 | .955 | 6.462 | ||||
| Jose Nunez | 1B | 11 | 78 | 6 | 1 | 11 | .988 | 7.636 | ||||
| Christian Diaz | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Willy Ruiz | 2B | 43 | 85 | 96 | 6 | 20 | .968 | 4.209 | ||||
| Richie Benes | 2B | 15 | 19 | 35 | 3 | 6 | .947 | 3.600 | ||||
| Ryan McDonald | 2B | 7 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 5 | .957 | 3.143 | ||||
| Sergio Nunez | 2B | 4 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 4.000 | ||||
| Rafael Garcia | 2B | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 3.667 | ||||
| Jose Nunez | 3B | 40 | 33 | 84 | 7 | 4 | .944 | 2.925 | ||||
| Henry Calderon | 3B | 21 | 15 | 43 | 3 | 3 | .951 | 2.762 | ||||
| Rafael Garcia | 3B | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Christian Diaz | 3B | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Juan Ramirez | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rich Petru | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Pedro Herrera | C | 36 | 221 | 28 | 9 | 1 | .965 | 6.917 | 9 | 43 | 12 | 21.8 |
| Juan Brito | C | 23 | 128 | 17 | 3 | 2 | .980 | 6.304 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 27.3 |
| Christian Diaz | C | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.750 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 10.0 |
| Alen Brito | C | 3 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.667 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 33.3 |
| Taco Woods | C | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 5.000 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Jose Taveras | CF | 49 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tarik Graham | CF | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rafael Torres | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Melvin Dasher | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Melvin Dasher | LF | 44 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rashad Tillis | LF | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tarik Graham | LF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose Nunez | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose Taveras | OF | 57 | 84 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .978 | 1.544 | ||||
| Melvin Dasher | OF | 47 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.404 | ||||
| Rafael Torres | OF | 43 | 60 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.512 | ||||
| Rashad Tillis | OF | 23 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .925 | 1.609 | ||||
| Tarik Graham | OF | 23 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.696 | ||||
| Jose Nunez | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Francisco Vanderhorst | P | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .056 | ||||
| Mike Torres | P | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Juan Medrano | P | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .667 | .400 | ||||
| Carlos Martinez | P | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .357 | ||||
| Tony Mancha | P | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .882 | 1.154 | ||||
| Francisco Solano | P | 12 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .882 | 1.250 | ||||
| Ryan Douglass | P | 12 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Taylor Myers | P | 11 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.273 | ||||
| Rickey Crutchley | P | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
| Jeremy Affeldt | P | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .833 | .500 | ||||
| Corey Thurman | P | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .625 | ||||
| Pavel Budský | P | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Steve Walsh | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Cory Kyzar | P | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Edwin Gonzalez | P | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .833 | 1.667 | ||||
| Javier Gamboa | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Juan Ramirez | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rafael Torres | RF | 42 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rashad Tillis | RF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose Taveras | RF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Melvin Dasher | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rafael Garcia | SS | 30 | 40 | 88 | 16 | 14 | .889 | 4.267 | ||||
| Henry Calderon | SS | 22 | 28 | 68 | 8 | 10 | .923 | 4.364 | ||||
| Willy Ruiz | SS | 9 | 11 | 28 | 2 | 7 | .951 | 4.333 | ||||
| Alen Brito | SS | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .769 | 3.333 | ||||
| Totals | 885 | 1479 | 659 | 91 | 126 | .959 | 2.416 | 14 | 90 | 26 | 22.4 |
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