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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

1990 Omaha Royals player profiles, AAA Kansas City Royals

Jay Baller 1990 Omaha Royals card

Features on each member of the 1990 Omaha Royals, AAA affiliate of the Kansas City Royals. Players are as included in that year's team set. Click on the player names to learn more.


Interviews (4)
1 - Bobby Meacham's 1st majors call came unexpectedly (3 parts)
2 - Russ Morman had big ML debut, just played game (2 parts)
3 - Sal Rende played well, then got 4 decades in game (2 parts)
4 - Gary Thurman heeded Mom's advice, got long career (2 parts)

1990 Omaha Royals (29)
Russ Morman autographed 1990 Omaha Royals card1 - Jay Baller returned from coma to make bigs, saw 6 ML seasons
2 - Kevin Burrell turned pro, relaxed, saw 11 seasons, made AAA
3 - Ray Chadwick started seven Angels games, missed out on win
4 - Dera Clark proved exception in college, saw decade in pros
5 - Luis de los Santos thought about bigs daily, made 3 seasons
6 - Rich Dubee coached in minors, later Phillies, others in bigs
7 - Luis Encarnacion played 8 seasons, made Royals for 4 games
8 - Tony Ferreira played decade, saw 2 majors games, helped Cone
9 - Pete Filson liked to play, saw majors over seven seasons
10 - Bob Hamelin saw 6 ML seasons, won Rookie of Year with Royals
11 - Jim LeMasters started, relieved over 6 pro seasons, made AAA
12 - Mike Loggins handled wall in college, saw 7 pro seasons, AAA
13 - Mike Magnante saw injury, 12 ML seasons, then turned teacher
14 - Chito Martinez tried to keep good focus, saw 3 ML seasons
15 - Andy McGaffigan could start or relive, saw 11 majors seasons
16 - Bobby Meacham worked on consistency over six majors seasons
17 - Russ Morman broke out of slump in ML debut, saw 9 ML seasons
18 - Bill Pecota became utility man over 9 major league seasons
19 - Tom Poquette played in bigs, then coached, managed in minors
20 - Harvey Pulliam hit eight ML home runs, two came in one game
21 - Thad Reece had good game for Omaha, saw 9 seasons, made AAA
22 - Sal Rende worked to get players to bigs, for 'us guys' who didn't
23 - Jeff Schulz saw 40 ML games, later turned high school coach
24 - Tim Spehr wasn't home run hitter, but made bigs in 8 seasons
25 - Mel Stottlemyre waited for majors call, made 13 majors games
26 - Gary Thurman made majors over nine seasons, later coached
27 - Mike Tresemer gave team chance at Eugene, saw five seasons
28 - Bill Wilkinson got relief win in 1988 game, saw 3 ML seasons

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