
1981 Columbus Clippers Statistics
Team Record: 88-51
Finished 1st in the IL
Manager: Frank Verdi (88-51)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Ballpark: Harold Cooper Stadium
Attendance: 527,124, Avg. 7,585
Playoffs - Columbus Clippers 3 games, Rochester Red Wings 2
Finals - Columbus Clippers 2 games, Richmond Braves 1 - Series called when rains struck.
The Columbus Clippers of the International League ended the 1981 season with a record of 88 wins and 51 losses, finishing first in the IL.
The Clippers paced the circuit with 738 runs, ignited by 174 home runs. Columbus surrendered 604 runs. Steve Balboni walloped 33 home runs for the team, while Mike Patterson, Brad Gulden, Tucker Ashford and Marshall Brant each swatted 15 or more, too. Steve Balboni drove in 98 runs. Tucker Ashford topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .300 clip. John Pacella and Dave Wehrmeister led the squad with 11 wins each, and Dave Wehrmeister registered a 3.11 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1981 Columbus Clippers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Mike Bruhert, Andy McGaffigan, Tucker Ashford, Bobby Brown, Dave Stegman, Juan Espino, Marshall Brant, Dave Coleman, Steve Balboni, John Pacella, Paul Boris, Tom Filer, Bill Castro, Mike Patterson, Mike Griffin, Dennis Werth, Jim Lewis, Paul Mitchell, Andre Robertson, Brad Gulden, Gene Nelson, Pat Tabler, Dave Wehrmeister, Dave Righetti and George Frazier.
Frank Verdi 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dave Wehrmeister | 11 | 3 | .786 | 3.11 | 24 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 136.0 | 117 | 53 | 47 | 10 | 48 | 1 | 83 | 7 | 0 | 4 | |
John Pacella | 11 | 9 | .550 | 4.47 | 27 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 155.0 | 149 | 84 | 77 | 14 | 91 | 4 | 135 | 5 | 1 | 15 | |
Paul Boris | 10 | 6 | .625 | 3.37 | 55 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 131.0 | 127 | 60 | 49 | 12 | 47 | 15 | 102 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
Bill Castro | 8 | 1 | .889 | 4.56 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 73.0 | 92 | 41 | 37 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
Andy McGaffigan | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.23 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 103.0 | 85 | 45 | 37 | 14 | 37 | 4 | 57 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
Brian Ryder | 8 | 7 | .533 | 4.93 | 31 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 157.0 | 160 | 101 | 86 | 20 | 97 | 4 | 113 | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
Jim Lewis | 8 | 7 | .533 | 4.98 | 54 | 7 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 150.0 | 147 | 89 | 83 | 19 | 65 | 11 | 100 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Mike Bruhert | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.00 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 59 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Dave Righetti | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 45.0 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Gene Nelson | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.53 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32.0 | 25 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
George Frazier | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.20 | 27 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 59.0 | 58 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
Mike Griffin | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.44 | 17 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 48.0 | 39 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Greg Cochran | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.00 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
Paul Mitchell | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.20 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 40 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
Garry Smith | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tim Lewis | 0 | 0 | 5.14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Steve Taylor | 0 | 0 | 12.60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Tom Filer | 0 | 1 | .000 | 15.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals | 88 | 51 | .633 | 3.90 | 323 | 139 | 121 | 18 | 5 | 42 | 1219.0 | 1175 | 604 | 528 | 110 | 535 | 48 | 863 | 31 | 10 | 51 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tucker Ashford | 132 | 582 | 504 | 81 | 151 | 32 | 8 | 17 | 86 | 7 | 5 | 65 | 61 | .300 | .380 | .496 | .876 | 250 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | |
Marshall Brant | 127 | 544 | 456 | 80 | 119 | 19 | 1 | 25 | 95 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 117 | .261 | .369 | .471 | .841 | 215 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
Wayne Harer | 111 | 472 | 397 | 68 | 107 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 67 | 41 | .270 | .376 | .348 | .723 | 138 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | |
Steve Balboni | 125 | 498 | 434 | 68 | 107 | 21 | 2 | 33 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 146 | .247 | .337 | .532 | .870 | 231 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
Andre Robertson | 123 | 429 | 402 | 55 | 104 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 49 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 70 | .259 | .282 | .388 | .670 | 156 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | |
Dan Schmitz | 111 | 424 | 356 | 65 | 99 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 54 | 31 | .278 | .373 | .343 | .716 | 122 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 2 | |
Mike Patterson | 94 | 353 | 320 | 53 | 81 | 18 | 4 | 15 | 54 | 10 | 4 | 29 | 77 | .253 | .315 | .475 | .790 | 152 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
Brad Gulden | 73 | 266 | 237 | 37 | 70 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 42 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 41 | .295 | .362 | .599 | .961 | 142 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Dave Stegman | 90 | 271 | 227 | 42 | 66 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 38 | .291 | .392 | .445 | .837 | 101 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
Juan Espino | 80 | 277 | 253 | 22 | 59 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 36 | .233 | .292 | .364 | .656 | 92 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Garry Smith | 90 | 254 | 238 | 25 | 57 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 40 | .239 | .275 | .374 | .649 | 89 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
Pat Tabler | 52 | 214 | 179 | 41 | 53 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 43 | .296 | .394 | .592 | .987 | 106 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
Bobby Brown | 40 | 165 | 152 | 28 | 50 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 26 | .329 | .382 | .526 | .908 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
Rick Stenholm | 79 | 215 | 186 | 28 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 29 | .220 | .321 | .419 | .740 | 78 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Dave Coleman | 61 | 184 | 160 | 23 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 39 | .231 | .326 | .356 | .682 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Dennis Werth | 16 | 57 | 41 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 11 | .341 | .526 | .537 | 1.063 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pat Callahan | 21 | 56 | 51 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 15 | .235 | .304 | .294 | .598 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Buck Showalter | 14 | 41 | 37 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .189 | .250 | .297 | .547 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Nate Chapman | 9 | 33 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .207 | .233 | .241 | .475 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
John Pacella | 31 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Totals | 1479 | 5335 | 4659 | 738 | 1240 | 214 | 44 | 174 | 696 | 47 | 42 | 557 | 866 | .266 | .347 | .443 | .790 | 2064 | 0 | 40 | 46 | 33 | 32 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Balboni | 1B | 74 | 631 | 55 | 14 | 50 | .980 | 9.270 | ||||
Marshall Brant | 1B | 69 | 625 | 46 | 2 | 45 | .997 | 9.725 | ||||
Dennis Werth | 1B | 3 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 8.333 | ||||
Wayne Harer | 1B | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 11.000 | ||||
Dan Schmitz | 2B | 69 | 90 | 216 | 6 | 24 | .981 | 4.435 | ||||
Tucker Ashford | 2B | 45 | 60 | 91 | 8 | 18 | .950 | 3.356 | ||||
Pat Tabler | 2B | 44 | 57 | 106 | 11 | 13 | .937 | 3.705 | ||||
Tucker Ashford | 3B | 100 | 73 | 158 | 15 | 14 | .939 | 2.310 | ||||
Dave Coleman | 3B | 29 | 15 | 41 | 5 | 3 | .918 | 1.931 | ||||
Dan Schmitz | 3B | 17 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .963 | 1.529 | ||||
Pat Tabler | 3B | 11 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | .864 | 1.727 | ||||
Marshall Brant | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Juan Espino | C | 78 | 434 | 53 | 8 | 5 | .984 | 6.244 | 6 | |||
Brad Gulden | C | 56 | 362 | 39 | 7 | 5 | .983 | 7.161 | 2 | |||
Pat Callahan | C | 18 | 95 | 18 | 3 | 1 | .974 | 6.278 | 1 | |||
Dennis Werth | C | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 0 | |||
Wayne Harer | OF | 101 | 191 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .995 | 1.960 | ||||
Mike Patterson | OF | 90 | 183 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .984 | 2.111 | ||||
Garry Smith | OF | 85 | 117 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
Dave Stegman | OF | 82 | 128 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .977 | 1.585 | ||||
Bobby Brown | OF | 40 | 78 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .964 | 2.025 | ||||
Rick Stenholm | OF | 32 | 45 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .940 | 1.469 | ||||
Dave Coleman | OF | 26 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 1.654 | ||||
Buck Showalter | OF | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .917 | ||||
Dennis Werth | OF | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 1.000 | ||||
Nate Chapman | OF | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.333 | ||||
Paul Boris | P | 55 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
Jim Lewis | P | 54 | 13 | 31 | 3 | 0 | .936 | .815 | ||||
Brian Ryder | P | 31 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .893 | .806 | ||||
John Pacella | P | 27 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .900 | 1.000 | ||||
George Frazier | P | 27 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
Dave Wehrmeister | P | 24 | 16 | 28 | 1 | 1 | .978 | 1.833 | ||||
Mike Bruhert | P | 21 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .947 | .857 | ||||
Andy McGaffigan | P | 17 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .941 | ||||
Mike Griffin | P | 17 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .765 | ||||
Bill Castro | P | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .941 | ||||
Dave Righetti | P | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 1.286 | ||||
Paul Mitchell | P | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .833 | .714 | ||||
Gene Nelson | P | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.000 | ||||
Tim Lewis | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
Greg Cochran | P | 5 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.600 | ||||
Garry Smith | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Steve Taylor | P | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
Tom Filer | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Andre Robertson | SS | 122 | 210 | 362 | 17 | 66 | .971 | 4.689 | ||||
Dan Schmitz | SS | 33 | 40 | 63 | 4 | 8 | .963 | 3.121 | ||||
Dave Coleman | SS | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
Totals | 1584 | 3664 | 1488 | 140 | 273 | .974 | 3.253 | 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.
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