1981 Buffalo Bisons Statistics
Team Record: 56-81
Finished 4th in the EL's North Division
Manager: Johnny Lipon (56-81)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Buffalo, New York
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 83,464, Avg. 1,218
The Buffalo Bisons of the Eastern League ended the 1981 season with a record of 56 wins and 81 losses, finishing fourth in the league's North Division.
The Bisons plated 616 runs and gave up 709 runs, most in the circuit. Doug Frobel paced Buffalo with 28 home runs, while Tony Merulla, Tony Incaviglia, Bubba Holland and Eddie Vargas each walloped 15 or more, too. Eddie Vargas drove in 84 runs and topped all regular hitters by hitting .274. José DeLeón led the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.11 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1981 Buffalo Bisons who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Gary Hargis, Doug Frobel, Dan Warthen, Frank Riccelli, Cecilio Guante, Rafael Vásquez, Jim Winn, Lee Tunnell, Stew Cliburn, Steve Farr, José DeLeón, Stan Cliburn, Eddie Vargas and Jeff Zaske.
Johnny Lipon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| José DeLeón | 12 | 6 | .667 | 3.11 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 159.0 | 136 | 72 | 55 | 14 | 94 | 0 | 158 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Steve Farr | 8 | 3 | .727 | 3.74 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 106.0 | 102 | 50 | 44 | 8 | 48 | 3 | 82 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Lee Tunnell | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.44 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71.0 | 76 | 38 | 35 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Stew Cliburn | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4.34 | 28 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 85.0 | 77 | 45 | 41 | 10 | 35 | 7 | 53 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ben Wiltbank | 4 | 4 | .500 | 5.51 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67.0 | 75 | 44 | 41 | 8 | 52 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Jose Calderon | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.08 | 49 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 86.0 | 83 | 52 | 39 | 11 | 65 | 4 | 69 | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Rafael Vásquez | 4 | 8 | .333 | 3.98 | 41 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 147.0 | 165 | 79 | 65 | 15 | 42 | 6 | 83 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Angel Barez | 4 | 8 | .333 | 6.08 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 114.0 | 108 | 82 | 77 | 17 | 92 | 0 | 91 | 12 | 3 | 7 | |
| Keith Thibodeaux | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.25 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 44.0 | 40 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Pete Hamner | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6.50 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.0 | 26 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Jim Winn | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.57 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65.0 | 60 | 40 | 33 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |
| Cecilio Guante | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.64 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14.0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Douglas Britt | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4.17 | 34 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41.0 | 42 | 29 | 19 | 7 | 29 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | |
| Robert Rock | 1 | 6 | .143 | 8.50 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36.0 | 37 | 44 | 34 | 5 | 29 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Johnny Taylor | 1 | 7 | .125 | 8.31 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39.0 | 44 | 43 | 36 | 5 | 48 | 0 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 5 | |
| John Macauley | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Riccelli | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Tony Merulla | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Zaske | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.60 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dan Warthen | 0 | 1 | .000 | 11.45 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Crucito Carvajal | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.79 | 24 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38.0 | 37 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals | 56 | 81 | .409 | 4.57 | 376 | 137 | 128 | 9 | 3 | 25 | 1157.0 | 1142 | 709 | 587 | 119 | 689 | 35 | 834 | 54 | 17 | 66 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Frobel | 135 | 542 | 479 | 72 | 120 | 17 | 3 | 28 | 78 | 8 | 5 | 55 | 147 | .251 | .333 | .474 | .807 | 227 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Tony Incaviglia | 130 | 526 | 437 | 70 | 119 | 28 | 1 | 18 | 64 | 6 | 8 | 80 | 117 | .272 | .383 | .465 | .848 | 203 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | |
| Eddie Vargas | 125 | 499 | 419 | 65 | 115 | 23 | 3 | 25 | 84 | 7 | 3 | 71 | 109 | .274 | .380 | .523 | .903 | 219 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
| Carlos Rios | 106 | 386 | 351 | 43 | 100 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 38 | 17 | 12 | 23 | 23 | .285 | .331 | .370 | .701 | 130 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | |
| Tony Merulla | 116 | 408 | 342 | 50 | 87 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 46 | 2 | 4 | 58 | 58 | .254 | .369 | .450 | .819 | 154 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| William Waag | 96 | 384 | 332 | 46 | 85 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 50 | .256 | .336 | .355 | .691 | 118 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | |
| Bubba Holland | 98 | 363 | 324 | 51 | 81 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 53 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 66 | .250 | .317 | .485 | .801 | 157 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| John Macauley | 116 | 439 | 371 | 58 | 76 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 60 | 59 | .205 | .315 | .307 | .622 | 114 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | |
| Jose Rodriguez | 67 | 264 | 235 | 36 | 65 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 27 | 68 | .277 | .352 | .557 | .910 | 131 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Terrell Salazar | 66 | 220 | 200 | 29 | 53 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 23 | .265 | .323 | .405 | .728 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Bienvenido DeLaRosa | 68 | 245 | 214 | 24 | 51 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 28 | 41 | .238 | .325 | .327 | .652 | 70 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Stan Cliburn | 62 | 221 | 198 | 18 | 50 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 23 | .253 | .306 | .374 | .680 | 74 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
| Mike Quade | 63 | 254 | 215 | 28 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 32 | 40 | .219 | .323 | .247 | .569 | 53 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Miscik | 45 | 174 | 143 | 13 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 28 | .196 | .318 | .301 | .618 | 43 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Gary Hargis | 30 | 113 | 109 | 13 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | .239 | .248 | .275 | .523 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Jeronimo Blanco | 8 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robert Rock | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| José DeLeón | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stew Cliburn | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1403 | 5057 | 4388 | 616 | 1105 | 197 | 30 | 148 | 556 | 100 | 62 | 563 | 864 | .252 | .338 | .412 | .750 | 1806 | 0 | 27 | 47 | 32 | 31 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Vargas | 1B | 75 | 648 | 42 | 2 | 59 | .997 | 9.200 | ||||
| Doug Frobel | 1B | 64 | 540 | 55 | 11 | 39 | .982 | 9.297 | ||||
| William Waag | 2B | 93 | 171 | 263 | 10 | 51 | .977 | 4.667 | ||||
| John Macauley | 2B | 29 | 64 | 71 | 12 | 14 | .918 | 4.655 | ||||
| Gary Hargis | 2B | 21 | 49 | 41 | 3 | 12 | .968 | 4.286 | ||||
| Mike Quade | 2B | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Tony Incaviglia | 3B | 71 | 61 | 117 | 19 | 13 | .904 | 2.507 | ||||
| Bobby Miscik | 3B | 45 | 29 | 85 | 17 | 9 | .870 | 2.533 | ||||
| John Macauley | 3B | 22 | 12 | 34 | 7 | 4 | .868 | 2.091 | ||||
| Mike Quade | 3B | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Bubba Holland | C | 82 | 452 | 66 | 12 | 12 | .977 | 6.317 | 7 | |||
| Stan Cliburn | C | 41 | 316 | 23 | 6 | 3 | .983 | 8.268 | 4 | |||
| Tony Merulla | C | 21 | 115 | 9 | 3 | 3 | .976 | 5.905 | 7 | |||
| Doug Frobel | OF | 67 | 84 | 2 | 8 | 1 | .915 | 1.284 | ||||
| Jose Rodriguez | OF | 66 | 140 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .980 | 2.197 | ||||
| Bienvenido DeLaRosa | OF | 64 | 91 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .950 | 1.484 | ||||
| Mike Quade | OF | 60 | 145 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .987 | 2.483 | ||||
| Tony Incaviglia | OF | 60 | 70 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .925 | 1.233 | ||||
| Terrell Salazar | OF | 47 | 68 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .961 | 1.553 | ||||
| Eddie Vargas | OF | 33 | 40 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .933 | 1.273 | ||||
| Tony Merulla | OF | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.077 | ||||
| John Macauley | OF | 11 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .833 | 1.364 | ||||
| Gary Hargis | OF | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 1.444 | ||||
| Jeronimo Blanco | OF | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.714 | ||||
| Carlos Rios | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ben Wiltbank | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jose Calderon | P | 49 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .800 | .245 | ||||
| Rafael Vásquez | P | 41 | 13 | 22 | 4 | 1 | .897 | .854 | ||||
| Douglas Britt | P | 34 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .206 | ||||
| Steve Farr | P | 29 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .960 | .828 | ||||
| Stew Cliburn | P | 28 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.143 | ||||
| José DeLeón | P | 25 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 0 | .903 | 1.120 | ||||
| Crucito Carvajal | P | 24 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .500 | .125 | ||||
| Angel Barez | P | 23 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 2 | .800 | .870 | ||||
| Robert Rock | P | 18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Johnny Taylor | P | 17 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .706 | ||||
| Ben Wiltbank | P | 13 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.077 | ||||
| Jim Winn | P | 12 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 1.083 | ||||
| Lee Tunnell | P | 12 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 1.750 | ||||
| Pete Hamner | P | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .571 | .333 | ||||
| Keith Thibodeaux | P | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
| Dan Warthen | P | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .714 | .500 | ||||
| Cecilio Guante | P | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Jeff Zaske | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Frank Riccelli | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tony Merulla | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| John Macauley | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Carlos Rios | SS | 94 | 164 | 236 | 31 | 47 | .928 | 4.255 | ||||
| John Macauley | SS | 49 | 71 | 141 | 14 | 23 | .938 | 4.327 | ||||
| Mike Quade | SS | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 5.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1530 | 3475 | 1390 | 210 | 310 | .959 | 3.180 | 18 | 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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