1970 Waterloo Royals Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 49-73
Finished 10th in the MWL
Manager: Steve Boros (49-73)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 33,541, Avg. 550

1970 Waterloo Royals Roster

The Waterloo Royals of the Midwest League ended the 1970 season with a record of 49 wins and 73 losses, finishing tenth in the MWL.

The Royals tallied 469 runs and gave up 499 runs. Thomas Combs paced Waterloo with 11 home runs Toby Heath drove in 60 runs. Thomas Combs led batters with significant playing time by hitting .290. Doug Bird topped the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 1.84 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Members of the 1970 Waterloo Royals who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Al Autry, Lance Clemons and Doug Bird.

Steve Boros served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Doug Bird	11	9	.550	1.84	22	22		7	1	0	147.0	122	49	30	5	32	6	149	6	0	7
Joe Nunn	10	11	.476	2.28	25	23		12	1	2	170.0	159	58	43	10	49	2	100	2	1	8
Thomas Luck	5	4	.556	5.57	35	0		0	0	1	63.0	57	51	39	3	54	2	71	1	1	8
Wade Kleckley	5	10	.333	3.51	28	12		2	0	2	105.0	84	49	41	6	55	3	96	2	2	6
Michael McGrath	4	10	.286	3.32	22	21		2	1	0	130.0	122	60	48	4	58	5	107	5	1	2
Peter Ciganovich	3	2	.600	3.56	30	0		0	0	3	48.0	34	21	19	1	28	4	46	4	2	3
John Dixon	3	5	.375	2.64	43	1		0	0	4	92.0	71	37	27	4	49	4	99	2	0	5
Mack Payne	2	3	.400	3.93	9	8		2	1	0	55.0	38	31	24	6	48	0	67	3	1	4
Stanley Grout	2	5	.286	4.16	17	8		1	0	0	67.0	61	37	31	5	43	0	43	2	2	7
Al Autry	1	0	1.000	4.91	3	3		0	0	0	11.0	13	8	6	1	10	0	15	0	0	1
Lance Clemons	1	2	.333	2.70	18	0		0	0	3	30.0	18	10	9	2	23	0	43	2	0	4
Whitey Reid	1	2	.333	3.10	9	4		0	0	0	29.0	18	13	10	2	18	1	35	2	1	1
Gary Houston	1	3	.250	4.50	6	5		1	1	0	28.0	32	17	14	2	19	0	16	0	0	2
Donald McKinley	0	0		3.60	3	0		0	0	0	5.0	5	2	2	0	5	0	4	0	0	0
Fred Pounders	0	0		4.50	1	0		0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	0
Rex Hein	0	0		9.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jeffry Tecklenberg	0	1	.000	2.65	3	3		1	0	0	17.0	18	10	5	0	6	0	8	0	1	0
Curtis Isom	0	2	.000	8.00	7	7		0	0	0	18.0	20	25	16	2	33	0	18	1	1	0
Robert Pettis	0	4	.000	8.53	5	5		0	0	0	19.0	24	19	18	3	16	3	13	3	0	1
Totals	49	73	.402	3.33	287	122	0	28	5	15	1037.0	899	499	384	56	552	30	935	35	13	59	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
Thomas Combs	116	497	441	70	128	18	4	11	55	14	12	42	72	.290	.358	.424	.782	187		7	2	5
John Stankey	106	419	350	57	97	19	7	9	49	6	1	58	66	.277	.384	.449	.833	157		4	5	2
Jorge Rivera	95	376	355	40	97	15	4	1	16	3	3	17	44	.273	.312	.346	.658	123		3	1	0
Edward Siracusa	110	419	388	50	94	22	3	7	48	3	0	25	84	.242	.288	.369	.656	143		1	2	3
Toby Heath	118	429	355	41	92	20	5	7	60	2	2	69	57	.259	.381	.403	.784	143		2	1	2
Ronald Opatkiewicz	115	443	393	41	75	8	1	2	24	4	2	43	57	.191	.276	.232	.508	91		4	1	2
Dale Phillips	53	241	210	31	67	8	5	2	29	2	0	24	46	.319	.389	.433	.822	91		2	2	3
John Thompson	76	259	230	31	60	6	3	8	28	6	3	25	81	.261	.337	.417	.755	96		2	1	1
Russell Meyer	65	201	172	20	28	4	0	3	16	0	1	26	35	.163	.284	.238	.522	41		3	0	0
Edward McFarland	47	157	132	17	27	4	2	0	12	0	0	23	27	.205	.321	.265	.586	35		0	1	1
John Shafer	52	163	146	10	27	1	0	1	5	1	2	10	21	.185	.261	.212	.473	31		5	2	0
Larry Agrella	40	133	116	8	25	6	0	0	8	0	0	13	22	.216	.301	.267	.568	31		2	0	2
Calvin Meier	20	91	74	7	19	3	1	0	7	3	0	16	14	.257	.389	.324	.713	24		0	1	0
Steven Lizak	20	79	74	8	18	1	0	1	6	0	1	3	13	.243	.291	.297	.588	22		2	0	0
Doug Bird	24	58	55	2	15	4	1	0	7	0	0	1	19	.273	.286	.382	.668	21		0	2	0
George Nichols	11	46	44	10	13	1	1	1	2	4	0	1	8	.295	.326	.432	.758	19		1	0	0
Alan Wells	12	42	39	3	10	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	6	.256	.310	.282	.592	11		1	0	0
Anthony Zontini	23	62	55	4	9	0	2	1	3	0	0	6	16	.164	.246	.291	.537	16		0	1	0
Joe Nunn	33	69	65	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	13	.138	.152	.138	.290	9		0	3	0
Michael McGrath	22	50	45	2	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	10	.111	.167	.156	.322	7		0	2	0
Donald McKinley	20	62	52	5	5	1	0	0	4	0	0	9	24	.096	.226	.115	.341	6		0	0	1
Peter Ciganovich	30	14	14	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.214	.214	.286	.500	4		0	0	0
Nathaniel Riggin	7	17	16	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	.188	.235	.250	.485	4		0	0	0
Gary Houston	6	13	8	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.250	.400	.375	.775	3		0	3	0
Lance Clemons	22	14	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.167	.231	.167	.397	2		0	1	0
Robert Burrows	4	17	14	1	2	0	0	1	5	0	0	2	6	.143	.235	.357	.592	5		0	0	1
Stanley Grout	17	21	18	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	.111	.158	.111	.269	2		0	2	0
Hugh Waln	18	21	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	.105	.190	.105	.296	2		0	0	0
Wade Kleckley	28	35	30	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	13	.067	.125	.067	.192	2		0	3	0
Robert Pettis	5	6	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.250	.500	.250	.750	1		1	0	0
Whitey Reid	9	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.125	.125	.125	.250	1		0	1	0
Thomas Luck	35	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.091	.091	.091	.182	1		0	1	0
Mack Payne	9	20	17	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.059	.111	.059	.170	1		1	2	0
Steven Brown	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
John Dixon	43	21	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.000	.056	.000	.056	0		0	3	0
Al Autry	3	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Curtis Isom	7	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Jeffry Tecklenberg	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1427	4531	3992	468	942	147	39	55	393	50	27	430	829	.236	.315	.334	.649	1332	0	41	45	23	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Toby Heath	1B	114	863	70	14	78	.985	8.184
Edward Siracusa	1B	24	129	7	2	11	.986	5.667
Dale Phillips	2B	52	129	142	11	43	.961	5.212
John Shafer	2B	38	65	75	2	14	.986	3.684
Edward McFarland	2B	11	21	28	1	4	.980	4.455
Steven Lizak	2B	11	20	20	1	3	.976	3.636
Anthony Zontini	2B	6	13	18	1	4	.969	5.167
Larry Agrella	2B	6	14	15	1	3	.967	4.833
Nathaniel Riggin	2B	5	4	8	1	1	.923	2.400
Ronald Opatkiewicz	2B	1	1	1	0	1	1.000	2.000
Larry Agrella	3B	31	16	47	9	5	.875	2.032
Edward McFarland	3B	30	25	42	6	4	.918	2.233
Jorge Rivera	3B	26	12	35	11	4	.810	1.808
Thomas Combs	3B	15	8	24	6	4	.842	2.133
Calvin Meier	3B	9	6	17	5	3	.821	2.556
Anthony Zontini	3B	7	2	7	4	1	.692	1.286
John Shafer	3B	6	3	10	4	0	.765	2.167
Steven Lizak	3B	6	4	12	1	1	.941	2.667
Edward Siracusa	3B	2	0	2	2	0	.500	1.000
Dale Phillips	3B	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Jorge Rivera	C	62	438	45	6	5	.988	7.790	21
Russell Meyer	C	51	400	37	3	0	.993	8.569	12
Donald McKinley	C	14	91	6	2	0	.980	6.929	3
Robert Burrows	C	4	34	1	0	0	1.000	8.750	1
John Shafer	C	1	5	0	0	0	1.000	5.000	0
John Stankey	OF	102	146	10	10	2	.940	1.529
Thomas Combs	OF	101	185	4	10	1	.950	1.871
Edward Siracusa	OF	90	126	6	3	1	.978	1.467
John Thompson	OF	66	78	5	1	0	.988	1.258
George Nichols	OF	10	16	0	2	0	.889	1.600
Alan Wells	OF	9	13	4	0	1	1.000	1.889
Hugh Waln	OF	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Anthony Zontini	OF	4	5	0	2	0	.714	1.250
Jorge Rivera	OF	3	3	0	1	0	.750	1.000
Donald McKinley	OF	3	5	0	2	0	.714	1.667
John Dixon	P	43	8	10	1	0	.947	.419
Thomas Luck	P	35	3	6	0	1	1.000	.257
Peter Ciganovich	P	30	2	4	0	0	1.000	.200
Wade Kleckley	P	28	4	14	4	1	.818	.643
Joe Nunn	P	25	11	37	4	2	.923	1.920
Michael McGrath	P	22	4	21	3	2	.893	1.136
Doug Bird	P	22	8	19	2	2	.931	1.227
Lance Clemons	P	18	0	8	2	0	.800	.444
Stanley Grout	P	17	1	13	2	0	.875	.824
Whitey Reid	P	9	0	2	0	0	1.000	.222
Mack Payne	P	9	5	5	3	0	.769	1.111
Curtis Isom	P	7	0	1	1	0	.500	.143
Gary Houston	P	6	0	3	1	0	.750	.500
Robert Pettis	P	5	0	3	0	0	1.000	.600
Jeffry Tecklenberg	P	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.000
Donald McKinley	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000
Al Autry	P	3	1	1	0	0	1.000	.667
Fred Pounders	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Rex Hein	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Ronald Opatkiewicz	SS	109	171	320	24	61	.953	4.505
Calvin Meier	SS	12	6	34	3	4	.930	3.333
John Shafer	SS	4	4	6	1	2	.909	2.500
Steven Lizak	SS	3	1	1	0	0	1.000	.667
Edward McFarland	SS	1	2	1	0	0	1.000	3.000
Totals		1343	3118	1211	175	269	.961	3.223	37	0	0

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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