1981 Birmingham Barons Statistics
Team Record: 71-70
Finished 3rd in the SL's West Division
Manager: Roy Majtyka (71-70)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 220,219, Avg. 3,124
The Birmingham Barons of the Southern League ended the 1981 season with a record of 71 wins and 70 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.
The Barons scored 691 runs and yielded 716 runs. Mike Laga walloped 31 home runs for Birmingham, while Jeff Kenaga, Howard Johnson and Glenn Wilson each swatted 15 or more also. Mike Laga recorded 86 runs batted in. Glenn Wilson led all regular batters by connecting at a .306 clip. Mark Dacko topped the squad with 13 wins, and Augie Ruiz recorded a 3.15 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1981 Birmingham Barons who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Mike Chris, Howard Johnson, Darrell Woodard, Dick Pole, Manny Seoane, Ron Mathis, Dwight Lowry, Bruce Robbins, Glenn Wilson, Dave Gumpert, Darrell Brown, Mike Laga, Don Collins and Bárbaro Garbey.
Roy Majtyka 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Dacko | 13 | 7 | .650 | 4.45 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 168.0 | 177 | 96 | 83 | 19 | 56 | 0 | 115 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Ron Mathis | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.57 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 134.0 | 129 | 79 | 68 | 11 | 53 | 0 | 125 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
| Dave Gumpert | 6 | 3 | .667 | 4.14 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 74.0 | 78 | 39 | 34 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Smith | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.43 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 132.0 | 152 | 73 | 65 | 11 | 38 | 2 | 90 | 7 | 2 | 7 | |
| Augie Ruiz | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.15 | 58 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 123.0 | 112 | 54 | 43 | 7 | 62 | 3 | 106 | 3 | 0 | 9 | |
| Mike Chris | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.15 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 89.0 | 82 | 46 | 41 | 11 | 69 | 0 | 77 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| John Lackey | 5 | 7 | .417 | 6.98 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80.0 | 86 | 67 | 62 | 12 | 32 | 0 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Paul Josephson | 3 | 1 | .750 | 5.03 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34.0 | 39 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bruce Robbins | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.79 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 57.0 | 51 | 29 | 24 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Michael Beecroft | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.48 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 69.0 | 73 | 52 | 42 | 8 | 58 | 1 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 8 | |
| Dick Pole | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18.0 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Williams | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.60 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dave Steffen | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kevin Richards | 0 | 0 | 30.00 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Garcia | 0 | 1 | .000 | 11.00 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Nicholas O'Connor | 0 | 3 | .000 | 14.40 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 18 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Manny Seoane | 0 | 4 | .000 | 7.71 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21.0 | 43 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Totals | 59 | 62 | .488 | 4.75 | 264 | 135 | 74 | 27 | 6 | 12 | 1052.0 | 1109 | 648 | 555 | 104 | 482 | 13 | 772 | 37 | 7 | 62 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stan Younger | 139 | 634 | 588 | 82 | 169 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 51 | 47 | 15 | 37 | 74 | .287 | .327 | .357 | .684 | 210 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | |
| Mike Laga | 142 | 610 | 547 | 89 | 158 | 28 | 7 | 31 | 86 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 113 | .289 | .348 | .536 | .884 | 293 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 5 | |
| Glenn Wilson | 124 | 525 | 496 | 77 | 152 | 24 | 6 | 18 | 82 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 56 | .306 | .338 | .488 | .826 | 242 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| Howard Johnson | 138 | 576 | 488 | 84 | 130 | 28 | 7 | 22 | 83 | 19 | 10 | 75 | 93 | .266 | .360 | .488 | .847 | 238 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 6 | |
| Jeff Kenaga | 99 | 412 | 376 | 57 | 113 | 20 | 3 | 16 | 64 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 47 | .301 | .350 | .497 | .847 | 187 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| Bárbaro Garbey | 107 | 435 | 391 | 56 | 112 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 55 | 8 | 10 | 37 | 41 | .286 | .346 | .396 | .742 | 155 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| Vern Followell | 92 | 370 | 334 | 45 | 93 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 38 | .278 | .345 | .353 | .698 | 118 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Walter Poole | 100 | 336 | 316 | 42 | 80 | 19 | 1 | 12 | 49 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 69 | .253 | .293 | .434 | .727 | 137 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darrell Woodard | 103 | 344 | 301 | 38 | 75 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 25 | 4 | 29 | 26 | .249 | .318 | .296 | .614 | 89 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bob Nandin | 87 | 317 | 262 | 37 | 73 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 9 | 41 | 29 | .279 | .373 | .336 | .709 | 88 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | |
| Kenny Baker | 60 | 189 | 171 | 22 | 53 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 14 | .310 | .370 | .433 | .803 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Frank Hunsaker | 42 | 155 | 137 | 18 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 19 | .263 | .333 | .372 | .706 | 51 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Emilio Carrasquel | 30 | 104 | 86 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 15 | .233 | .353 | .256 | .609 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darrell Brown | 19 | 68 | 66 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 | .212 | .235 | .242 | .478 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Bozich | 19 | 73 | 63 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 10 | .190 | .301 | .270 | .571 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| William Hardy | 15 | 54 | 46 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | .239 | .308 | .261 | .569 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dwight Lowry | 19 | 59 | 52 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | .154 | .254 | .192 | .447 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bruce Chaney | 21 | 55 | 49 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .102 | .154 | .122 | .276 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Hinson | 7 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .176 | .222 | .353 | .575 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1363 | 5335 | 4786 | 691 | 1317 | 205 | 43 | 121 | 625 | 139 | 65 | 438 | 686 | .275 | .336 | .412 | .748 | 1971 | 0 | 22 | 50 | 39 | 22 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Laga | 1B | 142 | 1193 | 105 | 23 | 91 | .983 | 9.141 | ||||
| Frank Hunsaker | 1B | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Darrell Woodard | 2B | 99 | 176 | 275 | 5 | 54 | .989 | 4.556 | ||||
| Bob Nandin | 2B | 45 | 78 | 108 | 7 | 20 | .964 | 4.133 | ||||
| Ray Bozich | 2B | 9 | 20 | 30 | 1 | 3 | .980 | 5.556 | ||||
| Howard Johnson | 3B | 138 | 103 | 218 | 26 | 16 | .925 | 2.326 | ||||
| Bob Nandin | 3B | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Gary Hinson | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bruce Chaney | 3B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Walter Poole | C | 85 | 509 | 54 | 16 | 8 | .972 | 6.624 | 16 | |||
| Emilio Carrasquel | C | 30 | 216 | 18 | 4 | 1 | .983 | 7.800 | 2 | |||
| Frank Hunsaker | C | 26 | 145 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .994 | 6.077 | 2 | |||
| Dwight Lowry | C | 17 | 108 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .975 | 7.000 | 2 | |||
| Stan Younger | OF | 134 | 193 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .957 | 1.507 | ||||
| Glenn Wilson | OF | 123 | 292 | 18 | 5 | 4 | .984 | 2.520 | ||||
| Bárbaro Garbey | OF | 72 | 106 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .956 | 1.514 | ||||
| Kenny Baker | OF | 52 | 93 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.885 | ||||
| Jeff Kenaga | OF | 33 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .978 | 1.333 | ||||
| Darrell Brown | OF | 18 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.611 | ||||
| William Hardy | OF | 9 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.444 | ||||
| Walter Poole | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Darrell Woodard | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Augie Ruiz | P | 58 | 12 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .655 | ||||
| Jack Smith | P | 31 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .962 | .806 | ||||
| Mark Dacko | P | 27 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .943 | 1.222 | ||||
| Ron Mathis | P | 23 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .909 | .870 | ||||
| Paul Josephson | P | 16 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .438 | ||||
| Manny Seoane | P | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .133 | ||||
| John Lackey | P | 15 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .947 | 1.200 | ||||
| Michael Beecroft | P | 15 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .867 | ||||
| Mike Chris | P | 14 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.143 | ||||
| Dave Gumpert | P | 11 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.182 | ||||
| Bruce Robbins | P | 10 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .900 | ||||
| Dick Pole | P | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| David Garcia | P | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
| Nicholas O'Connor | P | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Mark Williams | P | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Kevin Richards | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Dave Steffen | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Vern Followell | SS | 91 | 156 | 293 | 17 | 52 | .964 | 4.934 | ||||
| Bob Nandin | SS | 34 | 49 | 94 | 10 | 12 | .935 | 4.206 | ||||
| Bruce Chaney | SS | 19 | 30 | 52 | 2 | 14 | .976 | 4.316 | ||||
| Ray Bozich | SS | 9 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 4 | .833 | 2.778 | ||||
| Totals | 1459 | 3645 | 1488 | 154 | 283 | .971 | 3.518 | 22 | 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.
