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1979 GCL Royals Gold (Rk)
+ Gulf Coast League
| Parent Organization: | Kansas City Royals |
| Nickname: | |
| W-L Record: | 29-23 .558 |
| Rank: | 3rd in Gulf Coast League |
| Run Differential: | 325-257 + 68 |
| Manager(s): | Jose Martinez |
| Location: | |
| Ballpark: | |
| Playoffs: | |
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Organization Affiliates
MLB: Kansas City Royals (MLB-AL) 85-77AAA: Omaha Royals (Amer) 65-71
AA: Jacksonville Suns (Sou) 69-72
A+: Fort Myers Royals (FSL) 69-69
Rk: GCL Royals Gold (GCL) 29-23
Rk: GCL Royals Blue (GCL) 24-29
Organizational Player Roster
Kansas City Royals Affiliate History
| Gulf Coast League Standings | |||||||||
| Team | W | L | WPct | GBL | |||||
| GCL Astros | 33 | 19 | .635 | -- | |||||
| GCL Rangers | 33 | 21 | .611 | 1.0 | |||||
| GCL Royals | 29 | 23 | .558 | 4.0 | |||||
| GCL Braves | 26 | 28 | .481 | 8.0 | |||||
| GCL Royals | 24 | 29 | .453 | 9.5 | |||||
| GCL Pirates | 20 | 32 | .385 | 13.0 | |||||
| GCL Cubs | 19 | 32 | .373 | 13.5 | |||||
| Batting Statistics |
| # | Player | Pos | Hi Lvl | Age | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | HBP | IBB | SH | SF | GDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | ISO | secA | Babip | K/BB | AB/HR | TB | PA |
| - | Hector Arroyo | 2B | A+ | 19 | 46 | 181 | 32 | 60 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .331 | .408 | .359 | 767 | .028 | .215 | .368 | 0.79 | -- | 65 | 207 | ||
| - | Johnny Barnette | OF | RK | 20 | 36 | 102 | 23 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .294 | .379 | .353 | 732 | .059 | .225 | .337 | 1.07 | 102.0 | 36 | 116 | ||
| - | Ron Batter | C | AA | 21 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .571 | .667 | .857 | 1524 | .286 | .571 | .571 | 0.00 | -- | 6 | 9 | ||
| - | Mike Brewer | OF | MLB | 19 | 51 | 205 | 38 | 76 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 47 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .371 | .396 | .512 | 908 | .141 | .254 | .393 | 1.92 | 51.3 | 105 | 222 | ||
| - | Russell Burgin | RK | - | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .500 | .273 | 773 | .000 | .455 | .333 | 0.40 | -- | 3 | 16 | |||
| - | Junior Cooper | 3B | A+ | 22 | 41 | 146 | 28 | 34 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .233 | .315 | .445 | 760 | .212 | .356 | .270 | 1.61 | 48.7 | 65 | 166 | ||
| - | Leon Doak | OF | A+ | - | 31 | 111 | 21 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .270 | .302 | .441 | 743 | .171 | .225 | .287 | 3.80 | 22.2 | 49 | 117 | ||
| - | Allan Garray | C | A | 20 | 42 | 128 | 22 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .258 | .373 | .414 | 787 | .156 | .359 | .269 | 0.71 | 32.0 | 53 | 153 | ||
| - | Larry Grahek | 1B | A | - | 26 | 59 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .390 | .500 | .644 | 1144 | .254 | .610 | .415 | 0.50 | 59.0 | 38 | 78 | ||
| - | Otis Irvin | SS | A | - | 15 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .061 | .195 | .061 | 256 | .000 | .212 | .069 | 1.00 | -- | 2 | 41 | ||
| - | Dave Luethy | SS | AA | 24 | 49 | 170 | 28 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 2 | .224 | .327 | .294 | 621 | .071 | .241 | .236 | 0.52 | 170.0 | 50 | 204 | ||
| - | Mickey Palmer | OF | A+ | 21 | 50 | 190 | 35 | 54 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 7 | .284 | .341 | .416 | 757 | .132 | .253 | .298 | 1.15 | 63.3 | 79 | 217 | ||
| - | Denny Porter | C | A+ | 21 | 17 | 39 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .256 | .383 | .333 | 716 | .077 | .282 | .270 | 0.25 | -- | 13 | 48 | ||
| - | Ronald Snider | 1B | RK | 23 | 51 | 164 | 26 | 42 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .256 | .340 | .360 | 700 | .104 | .250 | .272 | 0.64 | 164.0 | 59 | 190 | ||
| - | Rob Townley | OF | A+ | - | 48 | 181 | 43 | 56 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 3 | .309 | .402 | .376 | 778 | .066 | .276 | .344 | 0.70 | -- | 68 | 214 | ||
| - | Larry Williams | P | AA | 23 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -- | -- | 0 | 2 | ||
| Batting Totals | 524 | 1729 | 325 | 495 | 67 | 30 | 23 | 277 | 82 | 31 | 233 | 213 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 27 | .286 | .366 | .400 | 766 | .113 | .278 | .311 | 0.91 | 75.2 | 691 | 2000 | |||||
| Pitching Statistics |
| # | Player | Hi Lvl | Age | W | L | ERA | G | GS | CG | SHO | GF | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | WP | BK | HB | WHIP | H9 | HR9 | BB9 | SO9 | K/BB |
| - | Atlee Hammaker | MLB | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1.80 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.80 | 5.40 | 1.80 | 1.80 | 10.80 | 6.00 | ||
| - | Michael Biedenkapp | RK | - | 1 | 1 | 4.36 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 38 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1.61 | 10.36 | 0.00 | 4.09 | 3.55 | 0.87 | ||
| - | Curtis Voyles | AA | - | 1 | 3 | 4.40 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 52 | 27 | 21 | 0 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1.74 | 10.88 | 0.00 | 4.81 | 4.40 | 0.91 | ||
| - | Frank Ryan | A+ | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.63 | 3.38 | 0.00 | 2.25 | 6.75 | 3.00 | ||
| - | John Vercoe | A | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0.90 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1.20 | 4.50 | 0.00 | 6.30 | 7.20 | 1.14 | ||
| - | David Albright | A+ | 23 | 1 | 1 | 5.32 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 26 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1.77 | 10.64 | 1.23 | 5.32 | 3.27 | 0.62 | ||
| - | Vin Yuhas | AAA | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2.89 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 45 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 26 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 1.34 | 7.64 | 0.17 | 4.42 | 5.60 | 1.27 | ||
| - | Larry Williams | AA | 23 | 5 | 2 | 2.17 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 41 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 24 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1.12 | 6.36 | 0.31 | 3.72 | 5.12 | 1.38 | ||
| - | Walt Vanderbush | AAA | 20 | 2 | 2 | 3.00 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1.30 | 7.67 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 4.67 | 1.17 | ||
| - | Daniel St. Clair | AAA | 22 | 2 | 4 | 1.64 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1.09 | 7.36 | 0.27 | 2.45 | 5.18 | 2.11 | ||
| - | John Skinner | AA | 21 | 1 | 1 | 3.60 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1.73 | 9.00 | 0.00 | 6.60 | 6.60 | 1.00 | ||
| - | Kenneth Pour | RK | 18 | 0 | 4 | 10.38 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 52 | 58 | 45 | 2 | 49 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 2.59 | 12.00 | 0.46 | 11.31 | 3.23 | 0.29 | ||
| - | Ron Krauss | A+ | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3.67 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 68 | 33 | 22 | 1 | 17 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1.57 | 11.33 | 0.17 | 2.83 | 4.00 | 1.41 | ||
| - | Daniel Fischer | AAA | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.67 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 | -- | ||
| - | Jeff Twitty | MLB | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 12.00 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 6.00 | 4.00 | ||
| - | Philen Bolden | RK | - | 0 | 1 | 6.26 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 29 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2.09 | 11.35 | 0.78 | 7.43 | 3.13 | 0.42 | ||
| Pitching Totals | 29 | 23 | 3.91 | 135 | 52 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 435 | 439 | 257 | 189 | 13 | 229 | 226 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1.54 | 9.08 | 0.27 | 4.74 | 4.68 | 0.99 | |||
| Fielding Statistics | |||||||||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | G | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | Fpct | RF | ||||||||||
| Allan Garray | C | 41 | 183 | 33 | 9 | 1 | .960 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Denny Porter | C | 16 | 52 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .948 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Ron Batter | C | 2 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Player | Pos | G | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | Fpct | RF | ||||||||||
| Ronald Snider | 1B | 51 | 408 | 15 | 4 | 47 | .991 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Larry Grahek | 1B | 7 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 4 | .974 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Player | Pos | G | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | Fpct | RF | ||||||||||
| Hector Arroyo | 2B | 46 | 109 | 102 | 13 | 29 | .942 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Dave Luethy | 2B | 9 | 25 | 21 | 1 | 8 | .979 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Rob Townley | 2B | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Player | Pos | G | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | Fpct | RF | ||||||||||
| Junior Cooper | 3B | 39 | 44 | 92 | 15 | 10 | .901 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Rob Townley | 3B | 14 | 8 | 34 | 3 | 2 | .933 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Player | Pos | G | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | Fpct | RF | ||||||||||
| Dave Luethy | SS | 42 | 74 | 126 | 18 | 27 | .917 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Otis Irvin | SS | 15 | 10 | 31 | 6 | 7 | .872 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Player | Pos | G | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | Fpct | RF | ||||||||||
| Mike Brewer | OF | 46 | 72 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .939 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Mickey Palmer | OF | 44 | 116 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .967 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Rob Townley | OF | 30 | 57 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .937 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Leon Doak | OF | 24 | 53 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .982 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Johnny Barnette | OF | 20 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Player | Pos | G | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | Fpct | RF | ||||||||||
| Daniel St. Clair | P | 19 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Curtis Voyles | P | 15 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| David Albright | P | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Michael Biedenkapp | P | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Philen Bolden | P | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Ron Krauss | P | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Pour | P | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Larry Williams | P | 10 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Walt Vanderbush | P | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| John Vercoe | P | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Frank Ryan | P | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| John Skinner | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Vin Yuhas | P | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
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