1981 Columbus Astros Statistics

Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 63-78
Finished 5th in the SL's East Division
Manager: Matt Galante (63-78)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Columbus, Georgia
Ballpark: Synovus Park
Attendance: 109,135, Avg. 1,548

1981 Columbus Astros Roster

The Columbus Astros of the Southern League ended the 1981 season with a record of 63 wins and 78 losses, finishing fifth in the league's East Division.

The Astros scored 661 runs and gave up 729 runs, most in the circuit. Larry Ray led Columbus with 21 home runs and recorded 107 runs batted in. Chris Jones paced all regular batters by hitting .320. Keith Bonine and Zac Paris topped the squad with 11 wins each, while Mark Ross earned a 2.25 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Jeff Heathcock, David Clyde, Bill Doran, Pat Perry, Chris Jones, John Mizerock, Dan O'Brien, Larry Ray and Mark Ross were all players from the 1981 Columbus Astros who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Matt Galante served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Keith Bonine	11	7	.611	3.07	22	20	1	5	2	0	132.0	119	55	45	10	43	3	120	4	1	1
Zac Paris	11	9	.550	4.36	29	29	0	6	0	0	190.0	184	105	92	15	76	1	166	10	3	5
Mark Ross	8	10	.444	2.25	63	0	59	0	0	22	116.0	103	35	29	3	32	12	70	5	0	3
David Clyde	6	0	1.000	0.76	10	7	2	2	2	0	59.0	41	8	5	1	16	2	51	0	0	2
Stan Leland	5	10	.333	5.54	22	21	1	3	0	0	112.0	127	86	69	13	65	2	49	5	1	6
John Hessler	4	4	.500	4.83	16	13	1	3	0	0	82.0	86	52	44	9	63	0	70	5	0	8
Gregory Petersen	4	6	.400	5.52	17	14	1	1	0	0	93.0	112	64	57	12	33	4	60	2	0	5
Jeff Heathcock	4	7	.364	4.63	16	15	0	7	0	0	101.0	104	57	52	6	35	0	59	3	0	2
Pat Perry	3	1	.750	6.35	27	0	17	0	0	1	51.0	54	40	36	7	38	1	35	1	0	4
Greg Wilkes	2	5	.286	3.67	12	8	2	4	0	0	54.0	61	31	22	4	24	3	32	1	0	3
Ricardo Aponte	2	5	.286	3.88	21	3	4	0	0	1	65.0	73	32	28	3	23	1	28	2	1	2
Larry Brown	1	5	.167	8.17	23	5	8	0	0	0	76.0	111	83	69	8	42	2	39	3	0	5
Stan Hough	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Benson	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Dan O'Brien	0	0		10.50	7	0	4	0	0	0	12.0	21	15	14	3	7	1	4	1	0	1
David Johnson	0	1	.000	10.50	4	1	2	0	0	0	6.0	8	8	7	3	2	0	6	0	0	0
Paul Cacciatore	0	4	.000	8.25	5	5	0	0	0	0	24.0	33	29	22	5	20	0	7	1	4	2
Gary Melson	0	4	.000	10.20	4	2	0	1	0	0	15.0	22	20	17	3	9	0	11	1	1	1
Totals	61	78	.439	4.59	300	143	104	32	4	24	1192.0	1261	720	608	105	530	32	807	44	11	50	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
Chris Jones	143	623	535	102	171	25	9	7	65	37	14	78	88	.320	.404	.439	.843	235		1	4	5	8
Francisco Jabalera	134	567	503	64	134	9	6	0	31	48	16	49	63	.266	.337	.308	.645	155		5	9	1	3
Larry Ray	136	563	505	72	128	33	9	21	107	5	4	49	128	.253	.323	.479	.802	242		5	0	4	9
Bill Doran	124	515	427	83	120	17	7	5	56	18	11	74	48	.281	.389	.389	.778	166		4	6	4	4
Mark Strucher	138	560	482	70	115	25	3	13	85	4	5	68	90	.239	.332	.384	.716	185		3	0	7	5
Steve Benson	107	406	350	56	101	18	7	9	52	25	9	48	34	.289	.371	.457	.828	160		0	4	4	1
Cliff Wherry	93	373	328	46	92	14	6	1	35	11	7	34	60	.280	.349	.369	.718	121		1	9	1	1
Ronald Jacobs	94	345	309	30	73	11	0	0	24	2	2	31	42	.236	.305	.272	.577	84		0	4	1	0
Val Medina	73	257	245	27	67	10	2	1	28	2	1	5	55	.273	.290	.343	.633	84		2	2	3	0
Neil Simons	74	296	264	31	65	7	5	5	28	2	3	27	30	.246	.315	.367	.683	97		1	1	3	4
Mark Campbell	65	231	200	29	47	10	2	2	20	3	4	27	28	.235	.323	.335	.658	67		0	2	2	2
Stan Hough	60	201	177	15	38	8	1	3	27	0	2	19	32	.215	.293	.322	.615	57		1	3	1	0
John Csefalvay	36	115	102	12	18	1	1	2	10	3	1	13	26	.176	.270	.265	.534	27		0	0	0	3
Randy Rogers	37	135	106	9	18	2	0	0	9	0	2	21	20	.170	.308	.189	.496	20		1	5	2	1
Julio Beltran	19	68	66	8	13	1	0	0	2	2	3	2	6	.197	.221	.212	.433	14		0	0	0	0
John Mizerock	11	39	35	6	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	4	8	.229	.308	.286	.593	10		0	0	0	0
Totals	1344	5294	4634	660	1208	193	58	69	581	162	84	549	758	.261	.340	.372	.712	1724	0	24	49	38	41

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Mark Strucher	1B	137	1230	103	16	122	.988	9.730
Mark Campbell	1B	6	39	5	4	6	.917	7.333
Stan Hough	1B	1	14	0	0	1	1.000	14.000
Bill Doran	2B	121	263	355	17	102	.973	5.107
Steve Benson	2B	17	25	40	2	5	.970	3.824
Mark Campbell	2B	12	25	35	2	7	.968	5.000
Val Medina	3B	67	48	104	12	12	.927	2.269
Steve Benson	3B	40	27	64	9	9	.910	2.275
Randy Rogers	3B	37	21	90	14	9	.888	3.000
Mark Campbell	3B	7	7	14	2	0	.913	3.000
Ronald Jacobs	C	94	556	82	9	8	.986	6.787	7
Stan Hough	C	41	223	26	9	4	.965	6.073	5
John Mizerock	C	11	80	11	2	1	.978	8.273	1
Mark Campbell	C	3	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.667	0
Chris Jones	OF	126	178	9	2	2	.989	1.484
Francisco Jabalera	OF	123	265	13	16	4	.946	2.260
Larry Ray	OF	95	128	6	8	1	.944	1.411
Neil Simons	OF	58	132	6	4	1	.972	2.379
John Csefalvay	OF	21	22	3	2	1	.926	1.190
Mark Campbell	OF	7	12	0	0	0	1.000	1.714
Steve Benson	OF	5	7	1	1	0	.889	1.600
Mark Ross	P	63	4	23	1	3	.964	.429
Zac Paris	P	29	13	30	4	1	.915	1.483
Pat Perry	P	27	4	12	1	2	.941	.593
Larry Brown	P	23	8	13	1	1	.955	.913
Stan Leland	P	22	6	18	1	0	.960	1.091
Keith Bonine	P	22	9	24	2	2	.943	1.500
Ricardo Aponte	P	21	7	5	0	0	1.000	.571
Gregory Petersen	P	17	10	15	0	1	1.000	1.471
John Hessler	P	16	6	14	2	1	.909	1.250
Jeff Heathcock	P	16	11	16	0	0	1.000	1.688
Greg Wilkes	P	12	6	4	2	0	.833	.833
David Clyde	P	10	6	9	1	0	.938	1.500
Dan O'Brien	P	7	1	2	0	1	1.000	.429
Paul Cacciatore	P	5	1	6	1	1	.875	1.400
Gary Melson	P	4	0	2	0	0	1.000	.500
David Johnson	P	4	0	2	0	0	1.000	.500
Stan Hough	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Steve Benson	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Cliff Wherry	SS	93	165	313	12	73	.976	5.140
Steve Benson	SS	36	46	96	5	15	.966	3.944
Julio Beltran	SS	19	26	48	8	10	.902	3.895
Totals		1477	3636	1619	172	406	.968	3.558	13	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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