1974 Waterloo Royals Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 68-56
Finished 3rd in the MWL's North Division
Manager: John Sullivan (68-56)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 71,229, Avg. 1,149

1974 Waterloo Royals Roster

The Waterloo Royals of the Midwest League ended the 1974 season with a record of 68 wins and 56 losses, finishing third in the league's North Division.

The Royals plated 528 runs and gave up 479 runs. Karel deLeeuw paced Waterloo with 14 home runs and drove in 59 runs. Steve Blomberg topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .288. Jeff Gressick led the team with 14 wins, while Mike Larkin recorded a 0.89 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Members of the 1974 Waterloo Royals who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ruppert Jones, Rodney Scott and Roy Branch.

John Sullivan 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
Jeff Gressick	14	6	.700	2.53	24	23		9	4	0	167.0	153	59	47	3	72	0	138	0	0	8
Willie Clark	11	2	.846	2.71	21	21		8	1	0	136.0	126	54	41	5	56	0	79	1	1	11
Mike Larkin	7	3	.700	0.89	38	4		2	1	10	101.0	61	13	10	3	21	6	89	1	0	2
Mike Howard	7	11	.389	4.01	25	24		5	2	0	148.0	126	81	66	9	81	0	102	8	1	3
Gary Williams	6	6	.500	2.70	25	13		2	0	1	100.0	84	41	30	5	39	1	94	0	0	9
Chris Evers	5	4	.556	2.54	12	11		1	0	0	78.0	62	26	22	2	23	0	46	4	0	3
Dick Balderson	3	1	.750	2.06	18	0		0	0	3	35.0	36	13	8	0	14	5	19	2	0	0
Roy Branch	3	8	.273	3.44	15	15		3	0	0	89.0	95	51	34	5	27	2	68	3	0	13
Dale Hrovat	2	1	.667	2.09	23	0		0	0	3	43.0	29	12	10	2	16	5	46	0	0	3
Chris Bosza	2	1	.667	3.68	17	0		0	0	1	22.0	25	10	9	2	10	4	20	0	0	2
Jerry Gomez	2	3	.400	4.00	19	2		0	0	0	36.0	43	28	16	2	21	2	20	0	0	3
Alex Gorgie	2	5	.286	3.91	31	0		0	0	1	69.0	76	41	30	3	24	3	47	4	0	3
Thane Bothwell	1	0	1.000	0.00	5	0		0	0	0	7.0	6	2	0	0	4	0	6	0	0	0
Brian Slagle	1	0	1.000	4.50	5	5		0	0	0	26.0	17	19	13	4	10	0	40	2	0	2
Bob Falcon	1	1	.500	5.14	5	0		0	0	0	7.0	9	5	4	0	5	1	13	0	0	3
James Hypes	1	4	.200	5.67	7	6		0	0	0	27.0	32	24	17	5	10	1	26	1	0	2
Totals	68	56	.548	2.95	290	124	0	30	8	19	1091.0	980	479	357	50	433	30	853	26	2	67	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
Steve Blomberg	111	506	445	77	128	21	2	8	48	46	13	53	86	.288	.366	.398	.764	177	6	3	3	2	2
Richard Smotherman	117	501	425	60	96	21	2	7	46	10	3	61	119	.226	.331	.334	.665	142	7	8	2	5	4
Hal Thomasson	107	419	365	40	90	14	0	8	55	10	1	40	78	.247	.320	.351	.670	128	8	3	3	8	5
Ruppert Jones	68	288	249	44	88	15	0	13	43	18	6	35	42	.353	.431	.570	1.001	142	1	1	0	3	8
Karel deLeeuw	103	370	321	54	86	19	1	14	59	8	5	41	99	.268	.354	.464	.818	149	5	4	0	4	3
Rodney Scott	58	262	221	43	57	6	1	1	16	39	1	38	31	.258	.368	.308	.676	68	0	1	1	1	0
Rick Rich	86	310	280	22	55	6	0	0	16	11	2	18	77	.196	.247	.218	.465	61	1	1	10	1	1
Tom Buettner	69	258	234	14	54	8	0	4	31	7	0	19	51	.231	.286	.316	.603	74	3	0	3	2	1
Dan Hansen	72	242	227	23	52	12	2	2	23	4	2	12	35	.229	.267	.326	.593	74	1	0	2	1	1
Tommy Curran	36	145	129	16	38	9	1	4	18	3	0	12	22	.295	.361	.473	.834	61	0	2	1	1	0
Robert Tuttle	43	185	161	25	36	4	1	0	14	3	6	20	29	.224	.306	.261	.567	42	1	0	2	2	0
Brian Trifiolis	44	155	142	10	33	3	2	0	11	1	1	12	25	.232	.292	.282	.574	40	3	0	1	0	2
Bob Kellison	46	141	124	13	31	6	1	1	18	6	1	14	22	.250	.321	.339	.660	42	2	0	1	2	0
J. P. Pierson	34	130	112	20	21	1	1	3	9	7	3	15	25	.188	.287	.295	.581	33	2	1	1	1	1
Michael Jones	24	90	72	12	18	3	0	1	3	3	2	18	9	.250	.400	.333	.733	24	1	0	0	0	0
John LiBrandi	18	61	52	7	12	1	0	0	8	1	0	8	9	.231	.333	.250	.583	13	1	0	1	0	1
Jay Freeman	23	71	53	4	12	1	1	0	5	1	1	17	9	.226	.423	.283	.706	15	1	1	0	0	1
Mike Howard	27	58	55	6	12	4	1	2	4	0	0	2	17	.218	.241	.436	.678	24		0	0	1
Jeff Gressick	24	69	55	5	10	3	0	0	2	0	0	13	13	.182	.338	.236	.575	13		0	1	0
Gary Williams	25	35	33	3	8	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	4	.242	.286	.364	.649	12		1	0	0
Ernest Baker	14	43	35	4	8	0	0	1	5	3	0	7	7	.229	.372	.314	.686	11	0	1	0	0	0
Samuel Castro	10	37	29	4	7	0	0	0	4	1	0	7	5	.241	.389	.241	.630	7	1	0	1	0	1
Mike Larkin	38	30	29	1	6	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	6	.207	.207	.310	.517	9		0	1	0	0
Dwayne Taggart	12	29	20	3	5	1	0	0	1	1	1	9	9	.250	.483	.300	.783	6	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Evers	12	32	29	2	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	13	.172	.172	.172	.345	5		0	3	0	0
John Ihlenburg	9	37	32	4	4	0	1	0	2	1	0	4	5	.125	.243	.188	.431	6	1	1	0	0	0
Rondol Moss	12	40	38	4	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	8	.105	.125	.105	.230	4	1	0	0	1	0
Alex Gorgie	31	12	10	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.300	.364	.300	.664	3		0	1	0
Roy Branch	15	32	26	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	13	.115	.233	.115	.349	3		0	2	0
Willie Clark	21	56	44	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	26	.068	.143	.068	.211	3		0	7	1
Jerry Gomez	19	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	1		0	1	0	0
Dick Balderson	18	9	8	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.125	.111	.125	.236	1		0	0	1	0
Brian Slagle	5	11	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	1		0	2	0	0
Chris Bosza	17	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
James Hypes	7	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Dale Hrovat	23	7	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Thane Bothwell	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0
Bob Falcon	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1408	4689	4086	527	988	162	17	70	451	187	48	488	911	.242	.324	.341	.665	1394	46	28	50	37	31

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Richard Smotherman	1B	114	1146	53	26	83	.979	1.518
Karel deLeeuw	1B	9	67	3	4	2	.946	7.778
Mike Howard	1B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Dan Hansen	1B	1	6	0	0	0	1.000	6.000
Robert Tuttle	2B	37	89	111	11	27	.948	5.405
Dan Hansen	2B	37	81	109	8	20	.960	5.135
J. P. Pierson	2B	27	63	67	6	10	.956	4.815
Rodney Scott	2B	14	24	39	3	7	.955	4.500
Michael Jones	2B	13	17	29	4	4	.920	3.538
Hal Thomasson	3B	105	86	252	31	19	.916	3.219
John Ihlenburg	3B	9	6	22	2	0	.933	3.111
Dan Hansen	3B	9	5	19	4	5	.857	2.667
Michael Jones	3B	3	5	7	2	1	.857	4.000
Tom Buettner	3B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Tom Buettner	C	60	467	47	14	11	.973	8.567	16
Brian Trifiolis	C	39	233	22	6	3	.977	6.538	10
Jay Freeman	C	18	125	10	0	0	1.000	7.500	7
Samuel Castro	C	10	68	5	1	1	.986	7.300	6
Steve Blomberg	OF	110	215	14	14	1	.942	2.082
Karel deLeeuw	OF	82	92	12	6	0	.945	1.268
Ruppert Jones	OF	67	94	7	3	1	.971	1.507
Tommy Curran	OF	33	44	9	2	2	.964	1.606
Bob Kellison	OF	31	42	3	1	0	.978	1.452
John LiBrandi	OF	16	25	3	1	0	.966	1.750
Rondol Moss	OF	11	13	1	1	0	.933	1.273
Ernest Baker	OF	9	11	0	1	0	.917	1.222
Dwayne Taggart	OF	8	10	0	0	0	1.000	1.250
Michael Jones	OF	6	8	0	0	0	1.000	1.333
Tom Buettner	OF	4	3	0	1	0	.750	.750
Richard Smotherman	OF	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Rodney Scott	OF	2	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.500
Jay Freeman	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Mike Larkin	P	38	5	20	2	1	.926	.658
Alex Gorgie	P	31	1	10	2	2	.846	.355
Gary Williams	P	25	1	21	2	2	.917	.880
Mike Howard	P	25	9	30	3	2	.929	1.560
Jeff Gressick	P	24	4	34	0	1	1.000	1.583
Dale Hrovat	P	23	0	5	0	1	1.000	.217
Willie Clark	P	21	0	30	4	0	.882	1.429
Jerry Gomez	P	19	2	7	1	0	.900	.474
Dick Balderson	P	18	1	8	0	0	1.000	.500
Chris Bosza	P	17	1	6	1	1	.875	.412
Roy Branch	P	15	6	22	2	3	.933	1.867
Chris Evers	P	12	5	13	0	0	1.000	1.500
James Hypes	P	7	1	4	0	0	1.000	.714
Brian Slagle	P	5	1	1	0	0	1.000	.400
Bob Falcon	P	5	0	0	0	0		.000
Thane Bothwell	P	5	0	2	1	0	.667	.400
Rick Rich	SS	76	108	216	26	35	.926	4.263
Rodney Scott	SS	41	59	130	19	22	.909	4.610
Dan Hansen	SS	10	9	30	2	6	.951	3.900
Robert Tuttle	SS	2	4	3	0	0	1.000	3.500
Totals		1309	3272	1436	217	273	.956	3.597	39	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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