1976 Waterloo Royals Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 78-52
Finished 1st in the MWL's North Division
Manager: John Sullivan (78-52)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 56,390, Avg. 868

1976 Waterloo Royals Roster

Finals - Waterloo Royals 2 games, Quad Cities Angels 0

The Waterloo Royals of the Midwest League ended the 1976 season with a record of 78 wins and 52 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.

The Royals scored 711 runs and yielded 545 runs. Clint Hurdle and Karel deLeeuw led Waterloo with 19 home runs apiece. Clint Hurdle drove in 89 runs. Danny Garcia paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .291. Alan Viebrock and Rich Gale topped the squad with 11 wins each, while Ken Cvejdlik recorded a 3.22 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Clint Hurdle, Luis Silverio, Mark Souza, Ken Phelps, Dan Quisenberry, Craig Eaton, Danny Garcia, Rich Gale and Germán Barranca were all players from the 1976 Waterloo Royals who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

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
Rich Gale	11	6	.647	3.47	23	22		8	3	0	148.0	118	64	57	14	76	3	88	3	1	10
Alan Viebrock	11	8	.579	3.73	22	22		5	2	0	128.0	128	74	53	12	39	0	62	2	0	1
Ken Cvejdlik	9	4	.692	3.22	22	13		7	2	1	120.0	100	53	43	7	59	4	82	4	1	4
Edward Sempsrott	8	5	.615	4.89	21	20		6	2	0	114.0	132	79	62	10	35	0	87	0	3	4
Mike Williams	7	6	.538	3.75	16	16		4	1	0	96.0	84	49	40	6	50	1	61	4	0	5
Mark Souza	6	2	.750	2.84	36	0		0	0	5	57.0	45	22	18	4	31	3	64	2	5	9
Ron Kainer	5	2	.714	3.21	12	11		2	0	1	73.0	59	35	26	8	19	0	53	2	2	4
Bob Barr	5	6	.455	6.24	26	5		1	0	0	62.0	65	51	43	6	38	1	45	5	0	2
Duke Smith	4	7	.364	3.31	21	11		3	0	0	98.0	97	53	36	4	29	0	50	4	0	5
Jerry Peterson	3	1	.750	3.05	27	1		0	0	3	59.0	51	24	20	3	31	3	57	5	1	5
Craig Eaton	3	3	.500	4.85	7	7		2	0	0	39.0	34	23	21	3	16	0	28	1	0	0
Rich Dubee	2	0	1.000	2.25	2	2		0	0	0	12.0	9	6	3	0	9	0	7	0	0	1
Dan Quisenberry	2	1	.667	0.64	34	0		0	0	11	42.0	28	4	3	1	9	4	19	1	0	1
Dale Hrovat	2	1	.667	1.06	12	0		0	0	0	17.0	12	3	2	1	10	2	14	2	0	2
Ricky Passalacqua	0	0		4.50	5	0		0	0	0	8.0	8	5	4	1	6	0	1	1	0	1
Totals	78	52	.600	3.62	286	130	0	38	10	21	1073.0	970	545	431	80	457	21	718	36	13	54	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
Luis Silverio	122	528	463	75	126	20	3	14	82	13	3	57	87	.272	.351	.419	.770	194		2	1	5
Karel deLeeuw	129	557	485	88	126	22	1	19	88	8	3	69	109	.260	.352	.427	.779	207		1	0	2
Danny Garcia	123	514	422	73	123	12	0	2	44	26	5	73	44	.291	.398	.334	.732	141		6	6	7
Steven Lacy	117	461	389	43	111	15	0	0	47	10	3	55	41	.285	.373	.324	.697	126		3	8	6
Clint Hurdle	127	553	429	89	101	22	5	19	89	1	3	118	112	.235	.404	.443	.847	190		4	1	1
Kevin Gillen	99	381	326	57	96	16	6	8	55	5	4	47	50	.294	.385	.454	.839	148		3	2	3
Darrell Parker	75	330	299	55	94	14	4	8	50	7	1	23	45	.314	.366	.468	.834	140		3	2	3
Hal Thomasson	107	415	343	47	90	10	1	6	46	6	2	57	60	.262	.366	.350	.716	120		3	5	7
Germán Barranca	92	395	319	69	89	14	3	0	27	7	3	69	48	.279	.408	.342	.750	109		2	3	2
Manuel Moreta	70	268	238	33	41	2	0	0	17	6	2	19	46	.172	.240	.181	.420	43		3	5	3
Stephen Beene	67	228	185	26	37	4	1	7	22	2	2	39	57	.200	.338	.346	.684	64		0	3	1
Thomas Laseter	19	91	81	22	27	3	2	5	18	1	0	8	10	.333	.389	.605	.994	49		0	1	1
Ken Phelps	24	99	72	12	19	8	0	1	10	0	0	26	9	.264	.459	.417	.876	30		0	1	0
Roy Tanner	21	66	60	13	16	2	0	0	7	1	1	4	9	.267	.333	.300	.633	18		2	0	0
Bryan Jones	11	50	39	8	9	0	0	2	19	2	0	10	8	.231	.380	.385	.765	15		0	0	1
Fernando Llodrat	5	17	16	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.188	.235	.188	.423	3		0	0	0
Rich Gale	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1		0	0	0
Totals	1209	4956	4167	711	1109	164	26	91	622	95	32	677	738	.266	.370	.383	.753	1598	0	32	38	42	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Danny Garcia	1B	99	861	63	21	61	.978	9.333
Ken Phelps	1B	24	205	12	3	21	.986	9.042
Roy Tanner	1B	7	60	2	3	6	.954	8.857
Karel deLeeuw	1B	4	36	1	1	2	.974	9.250
Steven Lacy	2B	114	267	309	18	56	.970	5.053
Bryan Jones	2B	11	25	30	6	6	.902	5.000
Fernando Llodrat	2B	5	10	5	1	2	.938	3.000
Roy Tanner	2B	4	5	6	1	1	.917	2.750
Hal Thomasson	3B	107	78	234	23	19	.931	2.916
Manuel Moreta	3B	25	19	37	9	3	.862	2.240
Kevin Gillen	C	81	447	50	5	3	.990	6.136	11
Stephen Beene	C	57	313	24	10	3	.971	5.912	12
Clint Hurdle	OF	124	179	12	7	4	.965	1.540
Luis Silverio	OF	119	270	9	6	2	.979	2.345
Darrell Parker	OF	73	103	3	6	1	.946	1.452
Karel deLeeuw	OF	26	24	1	1	0	.962	.962
Danny Garcia	OF	24	40	1	2	0	.953	1.708
Thomas Laseter	OF	19	28	4	0	1	1.000	1.684
Roy Tanner	OF	8	3	0	0	0	1.000	.375
Mark Souza	P	36	1	12	0	1	1.000	.361
Dan Quisenberry	P	34	3	23	0	0	1.000	.765
Jerry Peterson	P	27	3	4	0	1	1.000	.259
Bob Barr	P	26	2	7	3	0	.750	.346
Rich Gale	P	23	11	22	4	1	.892	1.435
Alan Viebrock	P	22	12	39	2	2	.962	2.318
Ken Cvejdlik	P	22	9	20	1	1	.967	1.318
Duke Smith	P	21	7	19	0	0	1.000	1.238
Edward Sempsrott	P	21	6	16	4	1	.846	1.048
Mike Williams	P	16	8	30	2	2	.950	2.375
Ron Kainer	P	12	7	20	1	2	.964	2.250
Dale Hrovat	P	12	0	7	0	0	1.000	.583
Craig Eaton	P	7	3	4	0	0	1.000	1.000
Ricky Passalacqua	P	5	0	1	1	0	.500	.200
Rich Dubee	P	2	1	3	0	1	1.000	2.000
Germán Barranca	SS	88	117	265	37	37	.912	4.341
Manuel Moreta	SS	43	62	113	16	22	.916	4.070
Steven Lacy	SS	4	2	4	2	0	.750	1.500
Totals		1352	3227	1412	196	262	.959	3.431	23	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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