1981 Amarillo Gold Sox Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 77-59
Finished 2nd in the TL's West Division
Manager: Eddie Watt (77-59)
Affiliation: San Diego Padres
Location: Amarillo, Texas
Ballpark: Amarillo Dilla Villa
Attendance: 89,476, Avg. 1,316

1981 Amarillo Gold Sox Roster

Playoffs - San Antonio Dodgers 2 games, Amarillo Gold Sox 1

The Amarillo Gold Sox of the Texas League ended the 1981 season with a record of 77 wins and 59 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.

The Gold Sox plated 667 runs and yielded 595 runs. Joe Lansford paced Amarillo with 25 home runs and drove in 86 runs. Ron Tingley led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .288 clip. Dave Dravecky topped the team with 15 wins, while Tim Hamm earned a 2.27 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Joe Lansford, Mark Thurmond, Andy Hawkins, Tony Gwynn, Ron Tingley, James Steels and Dave Dravecky were all players from the 1981 Amarillo Gold Sox who played in the Majors during their careers.

Eddie Watt 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
Dave Dravecky	15	5	.750	2.67	30	19	6	11	4	2	172.0	157	69	51	11	45	3	141	2	0	4
Mark Thurmond	12	5	.706	3.26	27	27	0	10	2	0	193.0	202	86	70	10	56	1	128	1	1	4
Andy Hawkins	11	10	.524	4.18	27	27	0	14	2	0	200.0	209	100	93	15	48	1	144	1	0	4
Tim Hamm	9	6	.600	2.27	17	15	2	11	1	1	123.0	126	51	31	10	17	0	78	0	4	2
Troy Dixon	9	12	.429	3.96	26	25	0	8	2	0	157.0	170	93	69	13	62	1	82	3	1	13
Byron Ballard	7	6	.538	4.39	20	20	0	6	0	0	123.0	131	73	60	16	33	1	67	4	0	4
Mike Barba	4	5	.444	3.07	30	1	16	0	0	5	44.0	42	32	15	3	26	1	23	0	0	5
Sydney Church	3	4	.429	3.71	35	0	21	0	0	7	34.0	37	20	14	2	24	5	34	1	0	2
Randal Miller	2	1	.667	2.25	12	0	6	0	0	1	20.0	14	11	5	2	18	4	19	0	0	0
Courtney Wyrick	1	2	.333	3.81	22	0	14	0	0	5	26.0	25	11	11	3	12	0	23	1	0	2
Mark Daly					12						0.0
Daniel Gausepohl	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Donald Johnson	0	0		10.89	8	1	2	0	0	0	19.0	36	23	23	5	10	0	14	0	0	2
Joseph Majer	0	0		22.50	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	7	5	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	1
Totals	73	56	.566	3.61	269	135	69	60	11	21	1114.0	1156	574	447	90	352	17	756	13	6	43	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
Jeff Pyburn	130	587	512	86	146	20	6	8	53	37	12	62	77	.285	.361	.395	.755	202		1	8	4	0
James Steels	127	522	485	58	138	28	5	3	59	11	9	22	65	.285	.317	.381	.699	185		4	5	6	1
Jerry DeSimone	113	495	424	57	115	21	3	7	44	18	10	62	61	.271	.363	.384	.747	163		0	7	2	6
Joe Lansford	133	560	464	67	110	20	2	25	86	1	1	85	142	.237	.352	.450	.802	209		1	3	7	3
Ron Tingley	116	446	379	72	109	9	10	13	60	8	1	52	98	.288	.376	.467	.843	177		4	7	4	0
Aaron Cain	109	408	347	62	102	14	3	1	39	19	4	52	55	.294	.389	.360	.749	125		3	4	2	1
John Stevenson	111	416	365	48	93	11	3	1	43	13	10	44	61	.255	.338	.310	.648	113		3	2	2	2
Daniel Gausepohl	96	390	320	44	86	13	4	8	33	13	2	60	62	.269	.385	.409	.795	131		2	6	2	1
Daniel Purpura	96	393	323	48	85	9	2	1	36	9	13	58	61	.263	.376	.313	.689	101		1	10	1	2
Jerry Johnson	86	346	281	42	71	23	1	1	29	7	3	50	38	.253	.368	.352	.720	99		3	9	3	1
Frank Castro	59	226	201	27	55	9	1	4	31	0	3	19	41	.274	.345	.388	.733	78		3	3	0	1
Tony Gwynn	23	99	91	22	42	8	2	4	19	5	1	5	7	.462	.490	.725	1.215	66		1	1	1	1
John Alvarez	29	125	106	24	33	5	2	6	24	1	0	17	12	.311	.403	.566	.969	60		0	1	1	0
Douglas Slettvet	25	90	77	9	21	2	0	1	11	0	1	11	28	.273	.356	.338	.693	26		0	0	2	1
Mike Barba	31	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0
Totals	1284	5103	4375	667	1206	192	44	83	567	142	70	599	808	.276	.364	.397	.760	1735	0	26	66	37	20

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Joe Lansford	1B	133	1283	61	13	137	.990	1.105
Ron Tingley	1B	2	22	0	0	4	1.000	11.000
James Steels	1B	2	9	3	1	0	.923	6.000
Jerry DeSimone	2B	99	199	329	13	75	.976	5.333
Jerry Johnson	2B	22	46	74	5	15	.960	5.455
Daniel Purpura	2B	17	29	63	4	14	.958	5.412
Aaron Cain	2B	2	1	6	1	0	.875	3.500
Daniel Purpura	3B	57	39	127	12	18	.933	2.912
Jerry Johnson	3B	43	27	74	13	8	.886	2.349
John Alvarez	3B	29	20	48	3	6	.958	2.345
Daniel Gausepohl	3B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Ron Tingley	C	96	584	47	11	3	.983	6.573	22
Frank Castro	C	28	159	19	9	1	.952	6.357	7
Douglas Slettvet	C	14	72	6	2	0	.975	5.571	4
Jeff Pyburn	OF	118	167	3	5	0	.971	1.441
James Steels	OF	115	197	11	7	2	.967	1.809
Daniel Gausepohl	OF	93	164	17	7	2	.963	1.946
Aaron Cain	OF	65	101	7	2	3	.982	1.662
Tony Gwynn	OF	21	41	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Jerry Johnson	OF	3	4	1	0	0	1.000	1.667
Ron Tingley	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Sydney Church	P	35	6	12	1	1	.947	.514
Dave Dravecky	P	30	14	21	3	3	.921	1.167
Mike Barba	P	30	2	12	3	1	.824	.467
Mark Thurmond	P	27	9	37	2	1	.958	1.704
Andy Hawkins	P	27	12	31	1	5	.977	1.593
Troy Dixon	P	26	10	26	1	3	.973	1.385
Courtney Wyrick	P	22	4	3	0	0	1.000	.318
Byron Ballard	P	20	11	25	2	1	.947	1.800
Tim Hamm	P	17	2	26	4	2	.875	1.647
Randal Miller	P	12	0	7	1	0	.875	.583
Mark Daly	P	12						.000
Donald Johnson	P	8	2	5	0	0	1.000	.875
Joseph Majer	P	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Daniel Gausepohl	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
John Stevenson	SS	111	152	360	53	74	.906	4.613
Daniel Purpura	SS	22	33	53	12	11	.878	3.909
Aaron Cain	SS	11	10	17	2	1	.931	2.455
Jerry DeSimone	SS	9	20	29	3	6	.942	5.444
Totals		1383	3454	1561	196	397	.962	3.626	33	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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