1981 Arkansas Travelers Statistics
Team Record: 52-80
Finished 4th in the TL's East Division
Manager: Gaylen Pitts (52-80)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Ballpark: Ray Winder Field
Attendance: 202,604, Avg. 3,070
The Arkansas Travelers of the Texas League ended the 1981 season with a record of 52 wins and 80 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.
The Travelers scored 504 runs, worst in the league, and yielded 606 runs. Dave Kable led Arkansas with 20 home runs Jeff Doyle drove in 71 runs. Rhadames Mills paced all regular hitters by connecting at a .289 clip. Rafael Pimentel, Kevin Hagen, Jerry Johnson and Ralph Citarella topped the team with 8 wins each, while Jim Gott earned a 3.44 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Jeff Keener, Jeff Doyle, Jim Gott, Tom Nieto, Andy Rincon, Rafael Santana, Kevin Hagen, Jim Adduci and Ralph Citarella were all players from the 1981 Arkansas Travelers who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Gaylen Pitts served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rafael Pimentel | 8 | 5 | .615 | 4.23 | 50 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 66.0 | 53 | 34 | 31 | 3 | 59 | 9 | 85 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Ralph Citarella | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3.82 | 31 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 125.0 | 120 | 57 | 53 | 6 | 37 | 2 | 81 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| Jerry Johnson | 8 | 10 | .444 | 4.67 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 129.0 | 130 | 68 | 67 | 7 | 45 | 1 | 80 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |
| Kevin Hagen | 8 | 11 | .421 | 3.98 | 27 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 165.0 | 179 | 95 | 73 | 10 | 69 | 3 | 66 | 9 | 4 | 9 | |
| Kerry Burchett | 6 | 11 | .353 | 4.57 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 126.0 | 140 | 71 | 64 | 8 | 40 | 3 | 76 | 6 | 0 | 20 | |
| Jim Gott | 5 | 9 | .357 | 3.44 | 28 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 131.0 | 133 | 68 | 50 | 5 | 65 | 1 | 93 | 6 | 0 | 16 | |
| Mark Riggins | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.87 | 51 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 89.0 | 109 | 62 | 58 | 11 | 46 | 5 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| David Jorn | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.00 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72.0 | 60 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Ruben Gotay | 2 | 6 | .250 | 6.13 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 47.0 | 52 | 38 | 32 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| David Johnson | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.02 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 56.0 | 58 | 29 | 25 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Steve Winfield | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.96 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25.0 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Andy Rincon | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.75 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Louis Pratt | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.00 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Jeff Keener | 0 | 3 | .000 | 1.93 | 30 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42.0 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 3 | |
| Totals | 52 | 80 | .394 | 4.22 | 322 | 132 | 108 | 24 | 7 | 16 | 1104.0 | 1122 | 606 | 518 | 71 | 473 | 33 | 716 | 47 | 10 | 81 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhadames Mills | 127 | 540 | 485 | 79 | 140 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 43 | 39 | 21 | 47 | 68 | .289 | .354 | .384 | .738 | 186 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jeff Doyle | 132 | 548 | 479 | 73 | 127 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 71 | 6 | 4 | 57 | 39 | .265 | .344 | .392 | .736 | 188 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | |
| Dave Kable | 124 | 489 | 415 | 57 | 111 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 68 | 4 | 3 | 67 | 130 | .267 | .371 | .472 | .843 | 196 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Freddie Tisdale | 101 | 375 | 333 | 42 | 86 | 21 | 1 | 13 | 57 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 43 | .258 | .332 | .444 | .776 | 148 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Rafael Santana | 110 | 352 | 326 | 34 | 76 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 43 | .233 | .288 | .294 | .582 | 96 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Luis Roman | 78 | 268 | 251 | 22 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 29 | .235 | .275 | .263 | .538 | 66 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dennis Delany | 78 | 267 | 236 | 22 | 54 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 30 | .229 | .304 | .288 | .592 | 68 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Donald Moore | 41 | 172 | 155 | 17 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 33 | .239 | .298 | .368 | .666 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Jim Adduci | 40 | 143 | 131 | 16 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 29 | .275 | .336 | .496 | .832 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tom Nieto | 62 | 207 | 184 | 12 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 33 | .179 | .250 | .223 | .473 | 41 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Felipe Zayas | 37 | 125 | 109 | 14 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 16 | .294 | .368 | .385 | .753 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jim Riggleman | 37 | 153 | 133 | 17 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 29 | .241 | .327 | .331 | .658 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Julian Gutierrez | 46 | 167 | 152 | 11 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 28 | .211 | .271 | .250 | .521 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jorge Aranzamendi | 60 | 178 | 155 | 19 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 32 | .200 | .295 | .219 | .515 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Steve Turco | 79 | 210 | 176 | 24 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 32 | 35 | .176 | .303 | .193 | .496 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Luis Ojeda | 28 | 108 | 104 | 16 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | .269 | .296 | .346 | .642 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Daniel Winslow | 39 | 130 | 115 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 15 | .191 | .258 | .261 | .519 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Stanley McCauley | 35 | 122 | 107 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 24 | .159 | .262 | .243 | .505 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ralph Citarella | 31 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Johnson | 21 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Johnson | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Riggins | 51 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Jorn | 17 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Hagen | 27 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .053 | .053 | .053 | .105 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rafael Pimentel | 50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Winfield | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Keener | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kerry Burchett | 20 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Gott | 28 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ruben Gotay | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Louis Pratt | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1574 | 4663 | 4146 | 504 | 992 | 158 | 29 | 65 | 452 | 91 | 70 | 430 | 714 | .239 | .313 | .338 | .652 | 1403 | 0 | 27 | 36 | 24 | 20 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Kable | 1B | 109 | 1064 | 56 | 8 | 106 | .993 | 1.275 | ||||
| Freddie Tisdale | 1B | 25 | 206 | 14 | 2 | 23 | .991 | 8.800 | ||||
| Stanley McCauley | 1B | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Jeff Doyle | 2B | 120 | 246 | 403 | 14 | 88 | .979 | 5.408 | ||||
| Julian Gutierrez | 2B | 13 | 23 | 28 | 4 | 6 | .927 | 3.923 | ||||
| Steve Turco | 2B | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .900 | 4.500 | ||||
| Rafael Santana | 2B | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Donald Moore | 3B | 36 | 29 | 61 | 8 | 5 | .918 | 2.500 | ||||
| Luis Ojeda | 3B | 28 | 22 | 51 | 5 | 3 | .936 | 2.607 | ||||
| Jorge Aranzamendi | 3B | 19 | 11 | 31 | 2 | 0 | .955 | 2.211 | ||||
| Stanley McCauley | 3B | 13 | 9 | 21 | 3 | 2 | .909 | 2.308 | ||||
| Julian Gutierrez | 3B | 13 | 10 | 27 | 2 | 3 | .949 | 2.846 | ||||
| Jeff Doyle | 3B | 13 | 10 | 30 | 1 | 2 | .976 | 3.077 | ||||
| Steve Turco | 3B | 7 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .875 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jim Riggleman | 3B | 6 | 10 | 20 | 3 | 2 | .909 | 5.000 | ||||
| Rafael Santana | 3B | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Dennis Delany | C | 55 | 295 | 40 | 6 | 3 | .982 | 6.091 | 4 | |||
| Tom Nieto | C | 53 | 270 | 37 | 8 | 0 | .975 | 5.792 | 6 | |||
| Daniel Winslow | C | 30 | 171 | 15 | 4 | 4 | .979 | 6.200 | 5 | |||
| Rhadames Mills | OF | 127 | 267 | 13 | 9 | 1 | .969 | 2.205 | ||||
| Luis Roman | OF | 77 | 108 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .974 | 1.481 | ||||
| Freddie Tisdale | OF | 48 | 54 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .953 | 1.271 | ||||
| Jim Adduci | OF | 39 | 55 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .983 | 1.487 | ||||
| Jim Riggleman | OF | 31 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .960 | 1.548 | ||||
| Felipe Zayas | OF | 30 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 1.233 | ||||
| Jorge Aranzamendi | OF | 25 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.160 | ||||
| Steve Turco | OF | 20 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .700 | ||||
| Stanley McCauley | OF | 18 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 1.556 | ||||
| Julian Gutierrez | OF | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.333 | ||||
| Dennis Delany | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mark Riggins | P | 51 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .529 | ||||
| Rafael Pimentel | P | 50 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .120 | ||||
| Ralph Citarella | P | 31 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .871 | ||||
| Jeff Keener | P | 30 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .233 | ||||
| Jim Gott | P | 28 | 8 | 22 | 5 | 3 | .857 | 1.071 | ||||
| Kevin Hagen | P | 27 | 8 | 39 | 4 | 1 | .922 | 1.741 | ||||
| Jerry Johnson | P | 21 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| David Johnson | P | 20 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.100 | ||||
| Kerry Burchett | P | 20 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 1 | .926 | 1.250 | ||||
| David Jorn | P | 17 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .765 | ||||
| Steve Winfield | P | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .500 | .400 | ||||
| Ruben Gotay | P | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .500 | ||||
| Louis Pratt | P | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Andy Rincon | P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rafael Santana | SS | 102 | 151 | 337 | 23 | 79 | .955 | 4.784 | ||||
| Steve Turco | SS | 41 | 69 | 114 | 16 | 20 | .920 | 4.463 | ||||
| Totals | 1439 | 3311 | 1545 | 153 | 369 | .969 | 3.375 | 15 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
