1981 Bluefield Orioles Statistics
Team Record: 36-34
Finished 4th in the AL
Manager: Lance Nichols (36-34)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 21,525, Avg. 615
The Bluefield Orioles of the Appalachian League ended the 1981 season with a record of 36 wins and 34 losses, finishing fourth in the AL.
The Orioles scored 384 runs and yielded 365 runs. Dave Falcone led Bluefield with 13 home runs and drove in 55 runs, while leading all regular batters by connecting at a .346 clip. John Mitcheltree topped the team with 7 wins, and James Rooney recorded a 2.08 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1981 Bluefield Orioles who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jeff Schaefer, Ken Dixon and Tony Arnold.
Lance Nichols 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Mitcheltree | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.54 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 71.0 | 57 | 27 | 20 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 65 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| James Rooney | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.08 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 78.0 | 65 | 27 | 18 | 5 | 32 | 1 | 76 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tommy Alexander | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.14 | 25 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50.0 | 41 | 28 | 23 | 2 | 37 | 1 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
| Brian McDonough | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.50 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 72.0 | 69 | 31 | 28 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Charles Guinn | 3 | 5 | .375 | 6.65 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46.0 | 48 | 35 | 34 | 11 | 28 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Ken Dixon | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6.00 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 23 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tony Arnold | 2 | 1 | .667 | 8.22 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 32 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Cratch | 2 | 3 | .400 | 8.70 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 41 | 32 | 29 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mark Butler | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.89 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 88 | 41 | 32 | 8 | 29 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Jeff Lackie | 2 | 5 | .286 | 6.46 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 56 | 41 | 33 | 5 | 45 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Steven Gessell | 1 | 1 | .500 | 12.00 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Tandy Charley | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.43 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21.0 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| David Gray | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hubert Crumley | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21.0 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Michael Hebert | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tony Wadley | 0 | 4 | .000 | 6.11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28.0 | 40 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 36 | 34 | .514 | 4.70 | 176 | 70 | 61 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 597.0 | 627 | 365 | 312 | 52 | 316 | 7 | 404 | 16 | 5 | 37 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Falcone | 62 | 267 | 214 | 56 | 74 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 55 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 33 | .346 | .468 | .593 | 1.062 | 127 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| Jeff Schaefer | 62 | 292 | 250 | 45 | 67 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 17 | 9 | 35 | 26 | .268 | .353 | .324 | .677 | 81 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| Rocky Cusack | 68 | 285 | 238 | 53 | 65 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 44 | 8 | 1 | 41 | 46 | .273 | .378 | .433 | .811 | 103 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| Ron Cardieri | 47 | 173 | 154 | 22 | 51 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 18 | .331 | .395 | .396 | .791 | 61 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Duane Johnson | 64 | 260 | 230 | 24 | 45 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 46 | .196 | .269 | .257 | .525 | 59 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Charles Bertucio | 65 | 235 | 210 | 20 | 44 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 49 | .210 | .291 | .262 | .553 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Randle Granger | 32 | 151 | 128 | 34 | 41 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 20 | 15 | .320 | .413 | .438 | .851 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ron Kelly | 45 | 173 | 144 | 20 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 15 | .278 | .386 | .396 | .782 | 57 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Rick Rembielak | 59 | 224 | 187 | 24 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 28 | 26 | .209 | .312 | .289 | .601 | 54 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| Johnny Tutt | 20 | 86 | 76 | 22 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | .408 | .465 | .487 | .952 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| David Miller | 23 | 96 | 80 | 13 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 8 | .312 | .427 | .438 | .865 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tim Riche | 32 | 131 | 106 | 20 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 16 | .236 | .374 | .302 | .676 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Oliver Maull | 36 | 106 | 94 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 19 | .202 | .267 | .234 | .501 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| George Dummar | 26 | 99 | 81 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 9 | .198 | .343 | .309 | .652 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dave Griggs | 15 | 49 | 44 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .227 | .306 | .227 | .533 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mario Labastidas | 14 | 50 | 41 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .171 | .292 | .171 | .462 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Richard Sadey | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .444 | .444 | .444 | .889 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Guy Duhon | 4 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .300 | .364 | .300 | .664 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Rooney | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charles Guinn | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tandy Charley | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Butler | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Alexander | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 758 | 2704 | 2303 | 384 | 606 | 89 | 14 | 35 | 338 | 74 | 27 | 339 | 350 | .263 | .360 | .360 | .719 | 828 | 0 | 19 | 23 | 20 | 17 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Falcone | 1B | 50 | 434 | 32 | 7 | 42 | .985 | 9.320 | ||||
| Ron Kelly | 1B | 13 | 93 | 5 | 1 | 17 | .990 | 7.538 | ||||
| George Dummar | 1B | 12 | 88 | 10 | 3 | 14 | .970 | 8.167 | ||||
| Jeff Schaefer | 2B | 62 | 170 | 189 | 6 | 56 | .984 | 5.790 | ||||
| Duane Johnson | 2B | 5 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 4 | .903 | 5.600 | ||||
| Rick Rembielak | 2B | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Rocky Cusack | 2B | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 5.500 | ||||
| Mario Labastidas | 2B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Rocky Cusack | 3B | 65 | 39 | 108 | 22 | 7 | .870 | 2.262 | ||||
| Dave Falcone | 3B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .556 | 1.000 | ||||
| Richard Sadey | 3B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Duane Johnson | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ron Cardieri | C | 42 | 257 | 25 | 2 | 2 | .993 | 6.714 | 5 | |||
| Oliver Maull | C | 17 | 90 | 12 | 5 | 1 | .953 | 6.000 | 2 | |||
| Dave Griggs | C | 15 | 64 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .987 | 4.933 | 2 | |||
| Charles Bertucio | OF | 63 | 98 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .982 | 1.698 | ||||
| Duane Johnson | OF | 52 | 110 | 10 | 4 | 1 | .968 | 2.308 | ||||
| Randle Granger | OF | 32 | 56 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .924 | 1.906 | ||||
| Tim Riche | OF | 30 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 1.333 | ||||
| David Miller | OF | 17 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.471 | ||||
| Johnny Tutt | OF | 13 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.462 | ||||
| Dave Falcone | OF | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 1.833 | ||||
| Guy Duhon | OF | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Oliver Maull | OF | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Tommy Alexander | P | 25 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .480 | ||||
| John Mitcheltree | P | 17 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.118 | ||||
| Brian McDonough | P | 16 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.375 | ||||
| Tandy Charley | P | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .062 | ||||
| Charles Guinn | P | 15 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jeff Lackie | P | 13 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 1.308 | ||||
| Mark Butler | P | 13 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 4 | .960 | 1.846 | ||||
| James Rooney | P | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Hubert Crumley | P | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Tony Wadley | P | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Rick Cratch | P | 9 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.222 | ||||
| Steven Gessell | P | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Tony Arnold | P | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .600 | .600 | ||||
| David Gray | P | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Ken Dixon | P | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Michael Hebert | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rick Rembielak | SS | 58 | 86 | 195 | 22 | 46 | .927 | 4.845 | ||||
| Mario Labastidas | SS | 12 | 21 | 40 | 3 | 8 | .953 | 5.083 | ||||
| Duane Johnson | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Rocky Cusack | SS | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 5.000 | ||||
| Totals | 763 | 1789 | 786 | 102 | 213 | .962 | 3.375 | 9 | 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.
