1975 Waterloo Royals Statistics
Team Record: 93-35
Finished 1st in the MWL's North Division
Manager: John Sullivan (93-35)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 91,625, Avg. 1,432
Playoffs - Waterloo Royals 2 games, Quad Cities Angels 0
The Waterloo Royals of the Midwest League ended the 1975 season with a record of 93 wins and 35 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.
The Royals scored 681 runs, best in the league. Waterloo conceded 437 runs. Tommy Curran and Karel deLeeuw led the team with 11 home runs apiece. Willie Wilson drove in 73 runs. Charlie Beamon paced all regular hitters by hitting .305. Gary Williams topped the squad with 12 wins, while Edward Sempsrott registered a 1.95 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Dan Quisenberry, Charlie Beamon, Willie Wilson, Mark Souza, Germán Barranca, Joe Gates, Luis Silverio and Roy Branch were all players from the 1975 Waterloo Royals who played in the Majors during their careers.
John Sullivan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Williams | 12 | 2 | .857 | 2.17 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 116.0 | 75 | 40 | 28 | 2 | 47 | 0 | 112 | 2 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Mike Williams | 11 | 6 | .647 | 3.18 | 21 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 130.0 | 132 | 74 | 46 | 7 | 53 | 2 | 84 | 2 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Willie Clark | 10 | 6 | .625 | 2.59 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 146.0 | 120 | 61 | 42 | 6 | 68 | 1 | 78 | 3 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Lynn McKinney | 8 | 2 | .800 | 2.04 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 84.0 | 61 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Edward Sempsrott | 8 | 5 | .615 | 1.95 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 111.0 | 89 | 32 | 24 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 70 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Dale Hrovat | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.51 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 35.0 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mike Larkin | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.09 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 43.0 | 34 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Roy Branch | 6 | 1 | .857 | 1.93 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 70.0 | 56 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Lew Olsen | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.32 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 65.0 | 66 | 28 | 24 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Jerry Peterson | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.71 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 51.0 | 47 | 24 | 21 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| John Bass | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.93 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 39 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Mark Souza | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.66 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 58.0 | 61 | 35 | 30 | 7 | 25 | 5 | 64 | 1 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Dan Quisenberry | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.45 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 44.0 | 40 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Hart | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.00 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 48.0 | 38 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Kevin Lahey | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.50 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Craig Flanders | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.64 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Falcon | 0 | 0 | 7.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 93 | 35 | .727 | 2.61 | 285 | 130 | 0 | 41 | 10 | 29 | 1085.0 | 910 | 437 | 315 | 52 | 405 | 20 | 797 | 24 | 14 | 60 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Wilson | 127 | 532 | 486 | 92 | 132 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 73 | 76 | 12 | 26 | 99 | .272 | .323 | .374 | .698 | 182 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Darrell Parker | 108 | 459 | 411 | 66 | 125 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 59 | 13 | 6 | 36 | 69 | .304 | .363 | .428 | .791 | 176 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Charlie Beamon | 109 | 425 | 370 | 57 | 113 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 63 | 14 | 5 | 44 | 45 | .305 | .385 | .378 | .763 | 140 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| Joe Gates | 123 | 550 | 411 | 115 | 111 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 55 | 14 | 122 | 101 | .270 | .443 | .348 | .791 | 143 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2 |
| Richard Smotherman | 82 | 283 | 253 | 52 | 73 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 51 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 68 | .289 | .343 | .435 | .778 | 110 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Tommy Curran | 93 | 319 | 275 | 44 | 71 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 56 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 46 | .258 | .340 | .429 | .769 | 118 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Hal Thomasson | 86 | 343 | 283 | 39 | 66 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 42 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 71 | .233 | .349 | .322 | .671 | 91 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Bobby Edmondson | 89 | 337 | 300 | 16 | 51 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 67 | .170 | .248 | .297 | .544 | 89 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Karel deLeeuw | 74 | 213 | 171 | 33 | 48 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 48 | .281 | .413 | .520 | .934 | 89 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Germán Barranca | 65 | 231 | 190 | 26 | 43 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 23 | .226 | .351 | .284 | .635 | 54 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Luis Gonzalez | 65 | 215 | 195 | 20 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 25 | .215 | .269 | .246 | .515 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Roy Tanner | 55 | 155 | 139 | 16 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 19 | .252 | .314 | .266 | .580 | 37 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Steven Lacy | 46 | 166 | 138 | 27 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 22 | .174 | .294 | .268 | .563 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Manuel Moreta | 39 | 45 | 40 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | .250 | .302 | .250 | .552 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Edward Sempsrott | 23 | 43 | 38 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .237 | .256 | .237 | .493 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Gary Williams | 21 | 51 | 48 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .188 | .216 | .250 | .466 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Lew Olsen | 9 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .240 | .269 | .360 | .629 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Bass | 10 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .250 | .250 | .562 | .812 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lynn McKinney | 11 | 32 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .160 | .222 | .160 | .382 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Mike Williams | 27 | 50 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 14 | .118 | .318 | .147 | .465 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Laseter | 32 | 42 | 34 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | .118 | .250 | .118 | .368 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Silverio | 12 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .115 | .179 | .231 | .409 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Branch | 10 | 28 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .115 | .148 | .115 | .264 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Peterson | 34 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .286 | .375 | .286 | .661 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dan Quisenberry | 20 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .222 | .364 | .222 | .586 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Souza | 33 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .222 | .300 | .333 | .633 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Hart | 14 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .133 | .188 | .133 | .321 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mike Larkin | 17 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .125 | .176 | .125 | .301 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Clark | 23 | 57 | 48 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 29 | .042 | .132 | .104 | .236 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Dale Hrovat | 25 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .143 | .143 | .286 | .429 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Lahey | 3 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Craig Flanders | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Falcon | 32 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1528 | 4730 | 4053 | 681 | 1003 | 145 | 27 | 67 | 571 | 188 | 59 | 520 | 859 | .247 | .338 | .346 | .684 | 1403 | 60 | 49 | 73 | 35 | 30 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Beamon | 1B | 86 | 775 | 60 | 12 | 48 | .986 | 9.709 | ||||
| Richard Smotherman | 1B | 48 | 423 | 24 | 9 | 28 | .980 | 9.312 | ||||
| Karel deLeeuw | 1B | 3 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.333 | ||||
| Joe Gates | 2B | 122 | 227 | 332 | 17 | 53 | .970 | 4.582 | ||||
| Roy Tanner | 2B | 5 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .957 | 4.400 | ||||
| Luis Gonzalez | 2B | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.750 | ||||
| Hal Thomasson | 3B | 86 | 62 | 182 | 18 | 14 | .931 | 2.837 | ||||
| Luis Gonzalez | 3B | 42 | 31 | 69 | 13 | 7 | .885 | 2.381 | ||||
| Roy Tanner | 3B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bobby Edmondson | C | 88 | 568 | 59 | 7 | 10 | .989 | 7.125 | 26 | |||
| Roy Tanner | C | 25 | 129 | 10 | 5 | 0 | .965 | 5.560 | 7 | |||
| Richard Smotherman | C | 21 | 136 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .958 | 6.524 | 8 | |||
| Willie Wilson | OF | 126 | 249 | 17 | 17 | 5 | .940 | 2.111 | ||||
| Darrell Parker | OF | 106 | 119 | 5 | 9 | 0 | .932 | 1.170 | ||||
| Tommy Curran | OF | 77 | 131 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .978 | 1.753 | ||||
| Karel deLeeuw | OF | 46 | 54 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .921 | 1.261 | ||||
| Charlie Beamon | OF | 24 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.583 | ||||
| Luis Silverio | OF | 11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.364 | ||||
| Thomas Laseter | OF | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Roy Tanner | OF | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .625 | ||||
| Richard Smotherman | OF | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .500 | ||||
| Jerry Peterson | P | 34 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .265 | ||||
| Mark Souza | P | 32 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .750 | .281 | ||||
| Dale Hrovat | P | 25 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .200 | ||||
| Edward Sempsrott | P | 23 | 6 | 28 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 1.478 | ||||
| Willie Clark | P | 23 | 10 | 40 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 2.174 | ||||
| Mike Williams | P | 21 | 9 | 30 | 2 | 0 | .951 | 1.857 | ||||
| Dan Quisenberry | P | 20 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .550 | ||||
| Gary Williams | P | 19 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 3 | .931 | 1.421 | ||||
| Mike Larkin | P | 17 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .947 | 1.059 | ||||
| John Hart | P | 14 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .786 | ||||
| Lynn McKinney | P | 11 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 1 | .882 | 2.727 | ||||
| Craig Flanders | P | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .273 | ||||
| Roy Branch | P | 10 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .964 | 2.700 | ||||
| John Bass | P | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.100 | ||||
| Lew Olsen | P | 9 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 1.444 | ||||
| Kevin Lahey | P | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Bob Falcon | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Germán Barranca | SS | 64 | 74 | 197 | 27 | 28 | .909 | 4.234 | ||||
| Steven Lacy | SS | 45 | 71 | 158 | 25 | 17 | .902 | 5.089 | ||||
| Manuel Moreta | SS | 16 | 17 | 31 | 3 | 5 | .941 | 3.000 | ||||
| Luis Gonzalez | SS | 12 | 14 | 25 | 8 | 3 | .830 | 3.250 | ||||
| Totals | 1366 | 3255 | 1429 | 207 | 235 | .958 | 3.429 | 41 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
