1972 Waterloo Royals Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 72-53
Finished 2nd in the MWL's North Division
Manager: Steve Boros (72-53)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 41,628, Avg. 666

1972 Waterloo Royals Roster

The Waterloo Royals of the Midwest League ended the 1972 season with a record of 72 wins and 53 losses, finishing second in the league's North Division.

The Royals scored 595 runs and conceded 478 runs. Charles Smith paced Waterloo with 19 home runs and drove in 60 runs. Dale Phillips led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .275. Pete Duncan topped the squad with 11 wins, while Curtis Isom recorded a 1.97 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1972 Waterloo Royals who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Mark Littell, Al Cowens, Ron Washington, Tom Bruno and Dennis Leonard.

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
Pete Duncan	11	6	.647	2.41	33	13		6	1	5	138.0	110	50	37	11	36	5	120	3	0	1
Mark Littell	10	9	.526	3.47	25	24		10	1	0	153.0	134	78	59	12	79	0	199	4	0	6
Ray Brown	7	3	.700	2.91	23	6		2	1	2	65.0	63	24	21	4	11	1	77	1	0	1
Curtis Isom	7	4	.636	1.97	18	10		7	1	1	105.0	77	34	23	2	50	3	131	1	0	11
Randy Hammon	6	4	.600	3.04	13	12		4	1	0	80.0	68	30	27	5	43	0	92	0	0	6
Jeffry Tecklenberg	5	2	.714	3.69	23	8		2	0	3	61.0	61	30	25	5	30	1	53	1	0	3
David Manes	5	6	.455	2.87	45	0		0	0	4	91.0	84	35	29	6	27	3	74	3	0	1
Dennis Leonard	4	3	.571	3.09	10	10		3	1	0	67.0	58	28	23	5	26	1	63	0	0	0
Tommy Dugan	4	4	.500	4.22	24	7		2	2	1	64.0	57	41	30	9	30	0	58	7	0	3
Tom Bruno	3	1	.750	2.25	6	6		3	1	0	40.0	28	18	10	4	13	1	29	2	1	1
Jerry Turk	3	5	.375	4.63	25	10		2	1	3	70.0	81	45	36	6	21	3	50	2	1	4
Mike Lowen	2	0	1.000	3.46	7	5		0	0	0	26.0	29	10	10	2	4	0	11	1	0	0
William Jackson	2	1	.667	4.67	9	4		1	0	2	27.0	29	21	14	4	7	1	18	1	1	3
Jerry Gomez	2	2	.500	2.25	4	4		2	0	0	28.0	24	12	7	4	6	1	24	0	0	0
Scott McManis	1	2	.333	5.57	8	4		0	0	0	21.0	21	14	13	4	8	0	16	1	0	3
Greg Marshall	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Ricky Boone	0	0		4.50	1	0		0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0
Art Demery	0	1	.000	3.21	5	2		0	0	0	14.0	18	6	5	2	1	0	13	0	0	0
Totals	72	53	.576	3.16	280	125	0	44	10	21	1053.0	946	478	370	86	394	20	1030	27	3	44	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
Dale Phillips	122	479	429	59	118	22	2	10	56	4	1	45	104	.275	.343	.406	.749	174		1	1	3
Charles Smith	100	384	336	68	108	24	2	19	60	36	17	43	79	.321	.399	.574	.974	193		2	1	2
James Smith	87	364	331	47	86	19	0	7	35	27	11	30	49	.260	.324	.381	.705	126		2	0	1
David Landress	102	342	303	35	85	16	1	2	42	1	0	34	42	.281	.355	.360	.715	109		2	1	2
Robert Peters	89	313	271	39	70	12	3	9	39	8	2	34	69	.258	.342	.424	.766	115		2	3	3
Ricky Boone	71	275	241	33	67	8	2	8	37	7	4	26	51	.278	.355	.427	.783	103		4	2	2
Rocky Craig	62	240	203	36	57	12	1	7	33	22	2	27	38	.281	.378	.453	.831	92		6	2	2
Ron Washington	76	267	241	37	55	3	1	1	30	42	4	20	58	.228	.300	.261	.561	63		5	0	1
Greg Marshall	89	247	205	28	47	12	1	4	20	8	6	39	43	.229	.354	.356	.710	73		1	1	1
Sam Beard	75	205	180	31	45	3	0	2	19	3	1	20	40	.250	.325	.300	.625	54		1	2	2
Don Spare	47	174	149	26	42	5	1	2	17	5	0	19	28	.282	.378	.369	.747	55		4	2	0
Rod Boone	48	181	153	32	40	13	0	4	22	1	0	23	43	.261	.356	.425	.780	65		1	1	3
Gary Rahe	42	140	116	22	30	8	1	2	11	8	3	23	23	.259	.379	.397	.775	46		0	0	1
Roger Schmuck	53	171	146	17	30	6	0	1	13	0	0	24	48	.205	.322	.267	.589	39		1	0	0
Orestes Minoso	49	158	129	15	25	3	0	0	7	8	4	22	30	.194	.331	.217	.548	28		5	1	1
Pete Duncan	52	81	71	10	19	2	1	0	13	0	0	3	14	.268	.303	.324	.627	23		1	5	1
Jerry Mifsud	37	105	91	16	18	2	0	0	4	3	1	12	15	.198	.286	.220	.505	20		0	0	2
Craig Perkins	31	93	83	8	15	2	0	1	12	0	0	7	9	.181	.239	.241	.480	20		0	1	2
Mark Littell	25	59	50	2	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	6	24	.160	.246	.160	.406	8		0	2	1
Al Cowens	8	32	31	5	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	.226	.226	.258	.484	8		0	1	0
Curtis Isom	20	39	34	5	7	1	0	0	4	0	0	3	22	.206	.270	.235	.506	8		0	2	0
Dennis Leonard	11	25	25	1	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	13	.240	.240	.360	.600	9		0	0	0
Randy Hammon	13	30	28	1	5	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	4	.179	.179	.250	.429	7		0	2	0
Steve Blomberg	10	27	25	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.160	.222	.160	.382	4		0	0	0
Scott McManis	10	9	9	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.333	.333	.444	.778	4		0	0	0
Tommy Dugan	24	18	12	6	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	6	.250	.333	.250	.583	3		0	3	1
Jerry Gomez	4	10	9	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.222	.300	.333	.633	3		0	0	0
Tom Bruno	6	15	15	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.133	.133	.133	.267	2		0	0	0
Ray Brown	23	18	16	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	10	.125	.176	.125	.301	2		0	1	0
Jerry Turk	26	21	20	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	8	.100	.143	.100	.243	2		0	0	0
Mike Lowen	7	8	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.143	.250	.143	.393	1		0	0	0
Jeffry Tecklenberg	23	19	18	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.056	.105	.056	.161	1		0	0	0
David Manes	45	25	20	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	14	.050	.208	.050	.258	1		0	1	0
William Jackson	9	7	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.000	.429	.000	.429	0		0	0	0
Art Demery	5	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0		0	0	0
Totals	1501	4585	4004	595	1011	176	17	80	495	183	56	477	927	.252	.335	.365	.700	1461	0	38	35	31	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Roger Schmuck	1B	48	319	29	4	26	.989	7.250
David Landress	1B	47	216	11	5	13	.978	4.830
Gary Rahe	1B	41	303	14	8	18	.975	7.732
James Smith	1B	26	166	11	8	13	.957	6.808
Orestes Minoso	1B	3	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.333
Dale Phillips	2B	90	167	226	16	29	.961	4.367
Robert Peters	2B	16	21	34	2	4	.965	3.438
David Landress	2B	15	24	39	4	4	.940	4.200
Don Spare	2B	14	40	38	3	6	.963	5.571
Ricky Boone	2B	3	7	6	1	2	.929	4.333
Ricky Boone	3B	51	23	100	13	7	.904	2.412
David Landress	3B	38	27	42	6	2	.920	1.816
Dale Phillips	3B	26	17	35	3	3	.945	2.000
Al Cowens	3B	8	5	17	2	0	.917	2.750
Ron Washington	3B	7	8	7	2	0	.882	2.143
Rocky Craig	3B	5	6	5	1	0	.917	2.200
Steve Blomberg	3B	5	4	8	1	1	.923	2.400
Robert Peters	3B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Ron Washington	C	59	399	40	5	2	.989	7.441	18
Sam Beard	C	55	395	28	3	1	.993	7.691	10
Craig Perkins	C	28	205	16	3	2	.987	7.893	0
James Smith	C	7	32	4	0	0	1.000	5.143	3
Rod Boone	C	4	25	5	0	0	1.000	7.500	2
Charles Smith	OF	94	81	4	10	0	.895	.904
Greg Marshall	OF	77	90	1	4	0	.958	1.182
James Smith	OF	61	69	7	4	0	.950	1.246
Rocky Craig	OF	55	87	5	8	0	.920	1.673
Orestes Minoso	OF	48	73	2	3	0	.962	1.562
Rod Boone	OF	45	57	5	1	0	.984	1.378
Jerry Mifsud	OF	35	30	2	2	1	.941	.914
Ron Washington	OF	15	17	1	1	0	.947	1.200
David Landress	OF	14	16	0	0	0	1.000	1.143
Steve Blomberg	OF	6	5	0	0	0	1.000	.833
David Manes	P	45	7	20	3	0	.900	.600
Pete Duncan	P	33	8	22	0	2	1.000	.909
Jerry Turk	P	25	4	17	0	0	1.000	.840
Mark Littell	P	25	8	16	3	1	.889	.960
Tommy Dugan	P	24	3	7	0	1	1.000	.417
Jeffry Tecklenberg	P	23	2	14	0	0	1.000	.696
Ray Brown	P	23	2	6	1	0	.889	.348
Curtis Isom	P	18	3	22	0	1	1.000	1.389
Randy Hammon	P	13	11	10	4	1	.840	1.615
Dennis Leonard	P	10	0	17	0	0	1.000	1.700
William Jackson	P	9	2	3	0	1	1.000	.556
Scott McManis	P	8	3	4	1	1	.875	.875
Mike Lowen	P	7	0	5	0	0	1.000	.714
Tom Bruno	P	6	0	11	0	1	1.000	1.833
Art Demery	P	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	.200
Jerry Gomez	P	4	0	3	0	0	1.000	.750
Greg Marshall	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Ricky Boone	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Robert Peters	SS	74	77	202	27	28	.912	3.770
Don Spare	SS	34	48	76	15	14	.892	3.647
Ricky Boone	SS	14	20	38	8	8	.879	4.143
Dale Phillips	SS	12	14	43	5	4	.919	4.750
David Landress	SS	3	4	10	3	2	.824	4.667
Totals		1464	3155	1289	193	199	.958	3.036	33	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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