1981 Asheville Tourists Statistics
Team Record: 74-68
Finished 2nd in the SAL's North Division
Manager: Tom Robson (74-68)
Affiliation: Texas Rangers
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Ballpark: Old McCormick Field
Attendance: 70,957, Avg. 999
The Asheville Tourists of the South Atlantic League ended the 1981 season with a record of 74 wins and 68 losses, finishing second in the league's North Division.
The Tourists scored 773 runs and yielded 666 runs. Dan Murphy led Asheville with 18 home runs, while Tom Dunbar and George Gomez walloped 15 or more also. Dan Murphy drove in 88 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .369 clip. Dar Smith paced the team with 16 wins and a team-best 2.76 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Dar Smith, Billy Taylor, Dwayne Henry, Greg Tabor, Tom Dunbar, Curt Wilkerson, Mike Mason and Tom Henke were all players from the 1981 Asheville Tourists who played in the Majors during their careers.
Tom Robson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dar Smith | 16 | 5 | .762 | 2.76 | 29 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 160.0 | 136 | 65 | 49 | 7 | 57 | 0 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 9 | |
| Mike Mason | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2.12 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 85.0 | 58 | 28 | 20 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 11 | |
| Brad Mengwasser | 8 | 5 | .615 | 4.50 | 41 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 94.0 | 80 | 61 | 47 | 7 | 48 | 1 | 74 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Tom Henke | 8 | 6 | .571 | 2.93 | 28 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 92.0 | 77 | 36 | 30 | 5 | 35 | 4 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Dwayne Henry | 8 | 7 | .533 | 4.43 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 134.0 | 120 | 81 | 66 | 21 | 58 | 0 | 86 | 4 | 0 | 8 | |
| Al Hartman | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.11 | 36 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 105.0 | 110 | 67 | 48 | 9 | 52 | 4 | 54 | 7 | 1 | 7 | |
| Mark Gammage | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.21 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 92.0 | 91 | 53 | 43 | 12 | 53 | 1 | 53 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
| Marty Leach | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.88 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 48.0 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Henry | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.36 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 64.0 | 55 | 39 | 31 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 9 | |
| Tim Maki | 3 | 7 | .300 | 5.23 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 81 | 49 | 43 | 5 | 47 | 0 | 40 | 6 | 2 | 3 | |
| Tony Hudson | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.58 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 60 | 41 | 31 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Dennis Long | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.72 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25.0 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Schmid | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.06 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mitch Zwolensky | 1 | 4 | .200 | 6.67 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27.0 | 42 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Taylor | 1 | 7 | .125 | 4.64 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64.0 | 76 | 43 | 33 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 11 | |
| Amos Lewis | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Moharter | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.75 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matthew Courtney | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.48 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31.0 | 30 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Totals | 73 | 68 | .518 | 3.86 | 309 | 142 | 108 | 23 | 2 | 20 | 1167.0 | 1095 | 635 | 500 | 84 | 554 | 14 | 688 | 51 | 4 | 85 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Dunbar | 138 | 609 | 530 | 101 | 157 | 33 | 7 | 15 | 76 | 26 | 12 | 74 | 77 | .296 | .382 | .470 | .851 | 249 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Dan Murphy | 116 | 491 | 409 | 93 | 151 | 28 | 4 | 18 | 88 | 20 | 3 | 69 | 54 | .369 | .457 | .589 | 1.046 | 241 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | |
| George Gomez | 106 | 412 | 356 | 58 | 103 | 22 | 3 | 15 | 68 | 2 | 1 | 51 | 63 | .289 | .383 | .494 | .877 | 176 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| James Maxwell | 110 | 456 | 402 | 56 | 102 | 23 | 1 | 12 | 53 | 7 | 2 | 42 | 88 | .254 | .330 | .405 | .736 | 163 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |
| Richard Wilkinson | 111 | 426 | 364 | 57 | 97 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 67 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 61 | .266 | .360 | .409 | .770 | 149 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | |
| Carmelo Aguayo | 86 | 358 | 308 | 59 | 91 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 48 | 2 | 2 | 48 | 30 | .295 | .394 | .458 | .852 | 141 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Oscar Mejia | 57 | 263 | 236 | 42 | 75 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 13 | .318 | .364 | .483 | .847 | 114 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | |
| Curt Wilkerson | 106 | 377 | 333 | 45 | 68 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 26 | 53 | .204 | .269 | .243 | .512 | 81 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | |
| Brett Benza | 85 | 328 | 280 | 48 | 65 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 32 | 37 | .232 | .319 | .289 | .608 | 81 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | |
| Amos Lewis | 78 | 303 | 249 | 45 | 62 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 48 | 1 | 3 | 51 | 87 | .249 | .374 | .426 | .800 | 106 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Jerry Neufang | 76 | 268 | 222 | 34 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 27 | .252 | .372 | .279 | .651 | 62 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Gary Venner | 84 | 292 | 264 | 24 | 53 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 34 | .201 | .271 | .345 | .616 | 91 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Chuckie Canady | 35 | 140 | 120 | 20 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 18 | .300 | .393 | .400 | .793 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Larry Reynolds | 23 | 93 | 84 | 20 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 4 | .345 | .402 | .381 | .783 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Brooks Wallace | 55 | 188 | 169 | 16 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 34 | .154 | .222 | .172 | .393 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Greg Tabor | 39 | 148 | 136 | 13 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 23 | .169 | .214 | .206 | .420 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Lorenzo Bundy | 24 | 82 | 69 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | .290 | .378 | .507 | .885 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| James Tjader | 26 | 81 | 75 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 24 | .240 | .288 | .427 | .714 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| David Hibner | 23 | 93 | 76 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 26 | .237 | .370 | .408 | .777 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Samuel Crafort | 16 | 50 | 42 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 19 | .143 | .280 | .167 | .447 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1394 | 5458 | 4724 | 774 | 1256 | 223 | 36 | 115 | 676 | 112 | 45 | 600 | 780 | .266 | .352 | .401 | .754 | 1896 | 0 | 49 | 52 | 33 | 32 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Wilkinson | 1B | 91 | 908 | 61 | 16 | 74 | .984 | 1.648 | ||||
| Amos Lewis | 1B | 25 | 194 | 7 | 7 | 18 | .966 | 8.040 | ||||
| James Maxwell | 1B | 20 | 180 | 12 | 3 | 15 | .985 | 9.600 | ||||
| Lorenzo Bundy | 1B | 11 | 104 | 5 | 2 | 11 | .982 | 9.909 | ||||
| James Tjader | 1B | 4 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 12.750 | ||||
| Brett Benza | 1B | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Curt Wilkerson | 2B | 44 | 100 | 163 | 16 | 27 | .943 | 5.977 | ||||
| Carmelo Aguayo | 2B | 36 | 79 | 121 | 8 | 25 | .962 | 5.556 | ||||
| George Gomez | 2B | 30 | 67 | 105 | 12 | 25 | .935 | 5.733 | ||||
| James Tjader | 2B | 19 | 38 | 50 | 2 | 8 | .978 | 4.632 | ||||
| Greg Tabor | 2B | 10 | 31 | 18 | 2 | 10 | .961 | 4.900 | ||||
| Brooks Wallace | 2B | 9 | 12 | 35 | 4 | 4 | .922 | 5.222 | ||||
| Oscar Mejia | 2B | 7 | 20 | 25 | 2 | 2 | .957 | 6.429 | ||||
| James Maxwell | 3B | 89 | 71 | 153 | 15 | 15 | .937 | 2.517 | ||||
| George Gomez | 3B | 29 | 24 | 42 | 14 | 7 | .825 | 2.276 | ||||
| Oscar Mejia | 3B | 24 | 26 | 55 | 11 | 3 | .880 | 3.375 | ||||
| Brooks Wallace | 3B | 9 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 1 | .733 | 2.444 | ||||
| Jerry Neufang | C | 75 | 401 | 62 | 10 | 5 | .979 | 6.173 | 6 | |||
| Gary Venner | C | 72 | 319 | 34 | 9 | 4 | .975 | 4.903 | 8 | |||
| Carmelo Aguayo | C | 7 | 49 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .965 | 7.857 | 1 | |||
| Tom Dunbar | OF | 134 | 184 | 15 | 13 | 1 | .939 | 1.485 | ||||
| Dan Murphy | OF | 111 | 133 | 4 | 7 | 0 | .951 | 1.234 | ||||
| Brett Benza | OF | 77 | 127 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .965 | 1.766 | ||||
| Chuckie Canady | OF | 32 | 39 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .956 | 1.344 | ||||
| Amos Lewis | OF | 21 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .920 | 1.095 | ||||
| David Hibner | OF | 20 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .973 | 1.800 | ||||
| Larry Reynolds | OF | 19 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .935 | 1.526 | ||||
| Samuel Crafort | OF | 14 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.071 | ||||
| George Gomez | OF | 12 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 2.417 | ||||
| Brad Mengwasser | P | 41 | 8 | 24 | 3 | 2 | .914 | .780 | ||||
| Al Hartman | P | 36 | 8 | 28 | 1 | 1 | .973 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dar Smith | P | 29 | 18 | 32 | 2 | 2 | .962 | 1.724 | ||||
| Tom Henke | P | 28 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 4 | .889 | .857 | ||||
| Dwayne Henry | P | 25 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 1.200 | ||||
| Tim Henry | P | 18 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .389 | ||||
| Mark Gammage | P | 18 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .706 | .667 | ||||
| Tony Hudson | P | 16 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tim Maki | P | 15 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Matthew Courtney | P | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Billy Taylor | P | 14 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .882 | 1.071 | ||||
| Mike Mason | P | 12 | 7 | 27 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 2.833 | ||||
| Dennis Long | P | 12 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Mike Schmid | P | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mitch Zwolensky | P | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .556 | ||||
| Marty Leach | P | 9 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .950 | 2.111 | ||||
| Dave Moharter | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Amos Lewis | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Wilkinson | SS | 59 | 88 | 209 | 12 | 30 | .961 | 5.034 | ||||
| Brooks Wallace | SS | 40 | 62 | 122 | 17 | 25 | .915 | 4.600 | ||||
| Greg Tabor | SS | 30 | 59 | 113 | 21 | 17 | .891 | 5.733 | ||||
| Oscar Mejia | SS | 24 | 54 | 93 | 9 | 16 | .942 | 6.125 | ||||
| Totals | 1514 | 3635 | 1774 | 257 | 366 | .955 | 3.573 | 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.
