1981 Astros Blue Statistics
Gulf Coast League (GCL) - Class: R
Team Record: 22-38
Finished 12th in the GCL
Manager: Eric Swanson (22-38)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Sarasota, Florida
Ballpark: KC Complex
1981 Astros Blue RosterTeam Record: 22-38
Finished 12th in the GCL
Manager: Eric Swanson (22-38)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Sarasota, Florida
Ballpark: KC Complex
The Astros Blue of the Gulf Coast League ended the 1981 season with a record of 22 wins and 38 losses, finishing twelfth in the GCL.
The Astros Blue plated 207 runs, worst in the circuit, and conceded 278 runs. Bobby Falls led hitters with significant playing time with a .243 average. Rex Schimpf topped the team with 5 wins, while Mark Turner recorded a 2.33 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers. Eric Swanson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rex Schimpf | 5 | 2 | .714 | 1.29 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42.0 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Elvido DePaula | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.09 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44.0 | 45 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Roger Godwin | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.41 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 58.0 | 62 | 29 | 22 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Virgilio Perez | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.00 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Chuck Robertson | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.88 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25.0 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mark Turner | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.33 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 28 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Joe Ferrante | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.02 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56.0 | 59 | 29 | 25 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Michael Ross | 2 | 6 | .250 | 5.57 | 22 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42.0 | 55 | 28 | 26 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Rafael Corniel | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.84 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38.0 | 36 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Geoff Meadows | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.50 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 27 | 29 | 19 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| Mitch Coplon | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.67 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46.0 | 47 | 34 | 29 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |
| Benny Snyder | 0 | 7 | .000 | 3.18 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68.0 | 60 | 37 | 24 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 44 | 6 | 1 | 12 | |
| Totals | 22 | 38 | .367 | 3.84 | 164 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 509.0 | 479 | 278 | 217 | 14 | 236 | 12 | 317 | 27 | 7 | 44 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Smith | 38 | 155 | 144 | 18 | 57 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 10 | .396 | .429 | .458 | .887 | 66 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bobby Falls | 55 | 225 | 202 | 23 | 49 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 48 | .243 | .314 | .277 | .591 | 56 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Brent Wittmayer | 46 | 179 | 161 | 18 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 16 | .267 | .330 | .335 | .665 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Larry Simcox | 41 | 170 | 149 | 18 | 40 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 4 | .268 | .325 | .336 | .661 | 50 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
| Curtis Burke | 51 | 193 | 179 | 21 | 39 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 41 | .218 | .269 | .318 | .588 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Julio Benjamin | 50 | 187 | 170 | 13 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 18 | .200 | .247 | .276 | .524 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Ramon Garcia | 39 | 134 | 127 | 8 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 18 | .228 | .256 | .283 | .539 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Elliott Antonetty | 40 | 142 | 133 | 10 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 40 | .188 | .227 | .323 | .550 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Johnny Davis | 32 | 107 | 97 | 11 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 25 | .237 | .308 | .320 | .628 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ira Lane | 35 | 97 | 80 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 16 | .188 | .309 | .200 | .509 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Simonetti | 14 | 59 | 52 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | .250 | .339 | .250 | .589 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Francisco Ramirez | 21 | 72 | 57 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 18 | .088 | .278 | .088 | .365 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Elvido DePaula | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Ferrante | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Robertson | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 502 | 1723 | 1554 | 163 | 373 | 53 | 11 | 9 | 140 | 73 | 37 | 132 | 262 | .240 | .302 | .306 | .607 | 475 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 2 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julio Benjamin | 1B | 41 | 398 | 25 | 4 | 31 | .991 | 1.317 | ||||
| Brent Wittmayer | 1B | 23 | 187 | 20 | 4 | 20 | .981 | 9.000 | ||||
| Bobby Falls | 2B | 35 | 92 | 110 | 4 | 20 | .981 | 5.771 | ||||
| Phil Smith | 2B | 30 | 68 | 80 | 7 | 20 | .955 | 4.933 | ||||
| Russell Blaylock | 2B | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Julio Benjamin | 3B | 5 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 2.800 | ||||
| Bobby Falls | 3B | 4 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Ramon Garcia | C | 37 | 191 | 37 | 5 | 2 | .979 | 6.162 | 9 | |||
| Brent Wittmayer | C | 11 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.091 | 2 | |||
| Curtis Burke | OF | 51 | 89 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .990 | 1.863 | ||||
| Elliott Antonetty | OF | 35 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .951 | 1.114 | ||||
| Ira Lane | OF | 28 | 42 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .938 | 1.607 | ||||
| Johnny Davis | OF | 21 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .875 | 1.000 | ||||
| Francisco Ramirez | OF | 14 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.357 | ||||
| David Simonetti | OF | 13 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .931 | 2.077 | ||||
| Jeff Mallet | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Michael Ross | P | 22 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .500 | ||||
| Roger Godwin | P | 18 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .889 | ||||
| Elvido DePaula | P | 18 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Rafael Corniel | P | 16 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .500 | ||||
| Benny Snyder | P | 14 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 0 | .867 | 1.857 | ||||
| Mitch Coplon | P | 14 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mark Turner | P | 12 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 1.083 | ||||
| Rex Schimpf | P | 12 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Joe Ferrante | P | 12 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .917 | ||||
| Chuck Robertson | P | 10 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .778 | .700 | ||||
| Geoff Meadows | P | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .889 | ||||
| Virgilio Perez | P | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .429 | ||||
| Larry Simcox | SS | 40 | 59 | 142 | 20 | 23 | .910 | 5.025 | ||||
| Bobby Falls | SS | 9 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 5 | .943 | 3.667 | ||||
| Totals | 564 | 1322 | 582 | 70 | 131 | .965 | 3.376 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
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