1982 Butte Copper Kings (Rk)

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Parent Organization:	Kansas City Royals
Nickname:	Copper Kings
W-L Record:	41-29 .586
Rank:	2^nd in Pioneer League Southern
Run Differential:	539-378 + 161
Manager(s):	Thomas Jones
Location:	Butte, Montana
Ballpark:	Alumni Coliseum
Attendance:	33,883 4/8
Playoffs:	Did not qualify
Years Active:	1978-2000
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Coaching Staff

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Organization Affiliates

MLB:	Kansas City Royals (MLB-AL)	90-72
AAA:	Omaha Royals (Amer)	71-66
AA:	Jacksonville Suns (Sou)	83-61
A+:	Fort Myers Royals (FSL)	69-68
A:	Charleston (sc) Royals (SAL)	74-66
Rk:	Butte Copper Kings (Pio)	41-29
Rk:	Gulf Coast Royals (GCL)	28-35

Organizational Player Roster
Kansas City Royals Affiliate History

Pioneer League Southern Standings
Team	W	L	WPct	GBL
Idaho Falls	42	28	.600	--
Butte	41	29	.586	1.0
Billings	31	39	.443	11.0
Helena	29	41	.414	13.0

Full League Standings

Batting Statistics

Batting Statistics

#	Player	Pos	Hi Lvl	Age	Diff	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
-	Cecil Fielder	1B	MLB	18	-2.1	69	273	73	88	28	0	20	68	3	0	37	62	8	7	0	1		.322	.417	.645	1062	.322	.469	.354	1.68	13.7	176	319
-	Jay Phillips	2B	A+	22	1.9	64	268	60	85	10	4	1	26	21	10	31	27	1	1	1	1		.317	.389	.396	785	.078	.235	.349	0.87	268.0	106	302
-	Joe Citari	1B	AAA	18	-2.1	70	254	75	83	16	4	18	64	6	3	66	50	1	6	0	3		.327	.463	.634	1097	.307	.579	.344	0.76	14.1	161	324
-	Jeff Neuzil	SS	AAA	22	1.9	68	253	69	96	6	7	3	41	11	8	36	28	1	0	7	0		.379	.459	.494	953	.115	.269	.419	0.78	84.3	125	297
-	Van Snider	OF	MLB	18	-2.1	67	237	46	71	13	5	9	53	5	4	28	63	1	7	2	1		.300	.375	.511	886	.211	.333	.373	2.25	26.3	121	269
-	Joe Szekely	C	AAA	21	0.9	53	164	35	46	12	1	4	30	4	3	33	43	2	3	4	4		.280	.399	.439	838	.159	.366	.347	1.30	41.0	72	207
-	Matthew Hall	OF	AAA	21	0.9	47	162	36	51	11	2	5	26	2	3	18	21	3	0	2	0		.315	.393	.500	893	.185	.290	.338	1.17	32.4	81	185
-	Ken Patterson	OF	MLB	17	-3.1	49	155	26	40	5	1	0	20	10	7	21	20	7	0	0	3		.258	.366	.303	669	.045	.200	.290	0.95	--	47	186
-	Basil Tennell	3B-OF	Rk	23	2.9	50	147	31	51	8	3	1	33	2	2	25	20	0	1	4	1		.347	.439	.463	902	.116	.286	.394	0.80	147.0	68	177
-	Thomas Wallace	OF	A	20	-0.1	42	115	15	27	3	5	1	17	10	3	23	46	1	0	2	1		.235	.364	.374	738	.139	.400	.377	2.00	115.0	43	142
-	Richard West	3B	Rk	23	2.9	44	103	19	24	3	0	2	14	3	0	19	37	0	0	1	1		.233	.350	.320	670	.087	.301	.338	1.95	51.5	33	124
-	Vaughn Hempfield	2B-SS	A	21	0.9	43	77	16	17	1	2	0	10	5	1	9	20	0	0	2	1		.221	.299	.286	585	.065	.234	.293	2.22	--	22	89
-	Warren Skelton	3B	Rk	20	-0.1	31	74	4	14	2	0	0	4	0	0	7	15	0	0	1	0		.189	.259	.216	475	.027	.122	.237	2.14	--	16	82
-	Kurt Korinek	OF	Rk	22	1.9	22	66	9	16	4	1	0	8	1	0	4	17	0	0	0	0		.242	.286	.333	619	.091	.167	.327	4.25	--	22	70
-	Nicky Richards	C-1B	A	22	1.9	29	65	15	21	3	1	7	27	1	1	14	14	0	0	1	0		.323	.443	.723	1166	.400	.615	.318	1.00	9.3	47	80
-	Stan Oxner	C	Rk	20	-0.1	17	48	6	16	2	0	0	8	3	1	4	5	1	0	0	0		.333	.396	.375	771	.042	.167	.372	1.25	--	18	53
-	Tom Mohr		AA	19	-1.1	14	20	3	5	1	0	0	6	0	0	7	7	1	0	0	0		.250	.464	.300	764	.050	.400	.385	1.00	--	6	28
-	Christopher Smith	C	Rk	22	1.9	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	0	.000	.000	.000	--	--	0	2
Batting Totals						781	2483	539	751	128	36	71	455	87	46	382	495	27	25	27	17		.302	.393	.469	862	.166	.337	.352	1.30	35.0	1164	2909

Pitching Statistics

Pitching Statistics

#	Player	Hi Lvl	Age	Diff	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
-	Duane Ware	A+	22	1.9	5	4	3.74	14	14	3	0	0	0	88.2	99	44	37	7	20	64	4		0	1.34	10.01	0.71	2.02	6.47	3.20
-	John Davis	MLB	19	-1.1	7	1	6.11	14	14	2	0	0	0	80.2	100	62	55	4	37	38	12		0	1.69	11.11	0.44	4.11	4.22	1.03
-	Edward McNamara	Rk	23	2.9	4	6	4.73	15	13	0	0	0	0	80.0	96	59	42	5	30	39	3		0	1.58	10.80	0.56	3.38	4.39	1.30
-	Mark Walberg	AA	22	1.9	8	3	4.86	14	12	1	0	0	0	73.2	84	49	40	7	24	54	1		0	1.46	10.22	0.85	2.92	6.57	2.25
-	Greg Moseley	Rk	20	-0.1	3	0	3.00	20	1	0	0	8	2	48.1	54	28	16	3	31	36	4		0	1.77	10.13	0.56	5.81	6.75	1.16
-	Don Sparks	AAA	16	-4.1	5	1	4.70	8	8	0	0	0	0	46.1	50	29	24	5	17	37	4		0	1.46	9.78	0.98	3.33	7.24	2.18
-	Bill Wilder	AA	22	1.9	3	2	1.93	20	4	0	0	13	2	42.1	38	11	9	0	17	28	3		0	1.31	8.14	0.00	3.64	6.00	1.65
-	Arthur Vanderpohl	A+	22	1.9	3	2	2.92	16	3	0	0	6	1	37.1	29	15	12	0	29	36	4		0	1.57	7.05	0.00	7.05	8.76	1.24
-	Michael Dannewitz	Rk	21	0.9	0	2	5.11	19	0	0	0	10	2	37.0	35	27	21	3	15	35	2		0	1.35	8.51	0.73	3.65	8.51	2.33
-	Joe Stefani	A-	22	1.9	0	2	5.82	19	1	0	0	4	2	33.2	42	28	22	3	28	32	2		0	2.06	11.12	0.79	7.41	8.47	1.14
-	Art Martinez	AAA	21	0.9	3	4	4.09	17	0	0	0	17	0	21.2	18	10	10	0	9	35	1		0	1.23	7.36	0.00	3.68	14.32	3.89
-	David Steinberg	A	22	1.9	0	2	8.25	6	0	0	0	1	0	12.1	20	13	11	1	7	8	2		0	2.25	15.00	0.75	5.25	6.00	1.14
-	Daniel Chelini	Rk	20	-0.1	0	0	3.00	4	0	0	0	4	0	6.0	8	3	2	0	4	3	1		0	2.00	12.00	0.00	6.00	4.50	0.75
Batting Totals					41	29	4.46	186	70	6	0	63	9	608	673	378	301	38	268	445	43	0	0	1.55	9.96	0.56	3.97	6.59	1.66

Fielding Statistics
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Joe Szekely	C	49		298	39	7	4	.980	0.00
Nicky Richards	C	15		110	19	3	1	.977	0.00
Stan Oxner	C	14		66	10	5	0	.938	0.00
Christopher Smith	C	1		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Joe Citari	1B	46		420	38	12	32	.974	0.00
Cecil Fielder	1B	25		247	18	4	22	.985	0.00
Nicky Richards	1B	8		15	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jay Phillips	2B	64		141	202	16	31	.955	0.00
Vaughn Hempfield	2B	22		34	32	4	5	.943	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Richard West	3B	36		11	47	14	5	.806	0.00
Warren Skelton	3B	31		14	30	6	1	.880	0.00
Basil Tennell	3B	27		17	49	5	3	.930	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jeff Neuzil	SS	67		92	218	25	32	.925	0.00
Vaughn Hempfield	SS	12		8	9	5	3	.773	0.00
Richard West	SS	8		1	12	3	1	.812	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Van Snider	OF	66		99	14	9	2	.926	0.00
Ken Patterson	OF	49		74	3	4	0	.951	0.00
Matthew Hall	OF	44		60	6	6	0	.917	0.00
Thomas Wallace	OF	39		35	3	3	0	.927	0.00
Kurt Korinek	OF	22		23	3	1	1	.963	0.00
Basil Tennell	OF	14		19	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Vaughn Hempfield	OF	3		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jay Phillips	OF	2		3	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Greg Moseley	P	20		1	10	0	1	1.000	0.00
Bill Wilder	P	20		3	8	1	1	.917	0.00
Michael Dannewitz	P	19		0	3	1	0	.750	0.00
Joe Stefani	P	19		0	3	2	0	.600	0.00
Art Martinez	P	17		0	4	0	0	1.000	0.00
Arthur Vanderpohl	P	16		0	10	0	0	1.000	0.00
Edward McNamara	P	15		5	15	5	0	.800	0.00
John Davis	P	14		4	9	3	0	.812	0.00
Mark Walberg	P	14		3	13	1	2	.941	0.00
Duane Ware	P	14		11	12	3	0	.885	0.00
Don Sparks	P	8		2	7	2	0	.818	0.00
David Steinberg	P	6		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Daniel Chelini	P	4		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00