1981 Clinton Giants Statistics
Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 52-80
Finished 4th in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Wendell Kim (52-80)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Clinton, Iowa
Ballpark: Alliant Energy Field
Attendance: 67,940, Avg. 1,029
1981 Clinton Giants RosterTeam Record: 52-80
Finished 4th in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Wendell Kim (52-80)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Clinton, Iowa
Ballpark: Alliant Energy Field
Attendance: 67,940, Avg. 1,029
The Clinton Giants of the Midwest League ended the 1981 season with a record of 52 wins and 80 losses, finishing fourth in the league's South Division.
The Giants plated 537 runs and conceded 617 runs. Sean Toerner drove in 73 runs. James Johnson led batters with significant playing time by hitting .268. Dave Wilhelmi topped the squad with 10 wins, while Denny Schafer recorded a 3.15 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Kelvin Torve played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Clinton Giants to do so.
Wendell Kim 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 Wilhelmi | 10 | 13 | .435 | 4.74 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 167.0 | 180 | 106 | 88 | 9 | 81 | 1 | 56 | 14 | 2 | 12 | |
| Bruce Oliver | 7 | 4 | .636 | 4.19 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 101.0 | 89 | 62 | 47 | 8 | 53 | 1 | 74 | 7 | 3 | 6 | |
| Greg Bangert | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.18 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 99.0 | 86 | 51 | 35 | 7 | 47 | 1 | 86 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| Thomas McLaughlin | 7 | 10 | .412 | 4.33 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 108.0 | 99 | 68 | 52 | 7 | 70 | 0 | 67 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |
| Mike Brecht | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.62 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 72.0 | 60 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| Denny Schafer | 5 | 8 | .385 | 3.15 | 31 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 137.0 | 130 | 62 | 48 | 9 | 45 | 4 | 71 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Kevin Smay | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4.27 | 31 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 97.0 | 88 | 63 | 46 | 10 | 57 | 1 | 67 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |
| Ben Gallo | 3 | 3 | .500 | 1.85 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 39.0 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Gregory McSparran | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.79 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 57.0 | 56 | 26 | 24 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Louie D'Amore | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4.12 | 24 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 72.0 | 62 | 50 | 33 | 1 | 63 | 0 | 74 | 0 | 1 | 20 | |
| Jose Chue | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4.66 | 24 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 56.0 | 49 | 32 | 29 | 4 | 32 | 4 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Ramon Bautista | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerald Felt | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.85 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Young | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2.37 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19.0 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Artie Gomez | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.66 | 24 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29.0 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Joe Banach | 0 | 4 | .000 | 8.67 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 37 | 34 | 26 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Totals | 52 | 80 | .394 | 3.97 | 286 | 132 | 107 | 25 | 4 | 20 | 1096.0 | 1020 | 617 | 484 | 70 | 573 | 20 | 723 | 40 | 18 | 88 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Johnson | 118 | 504 | 448 | 70 | 120 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 42 | 13 | 47 | 84 | .268 | .339 | .333 | .671 | 149 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |
| Sean Toerner | 123 | 502 | 438 | 63 | 113 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 73 | 10 | 9 | 55 | 66 | .258 | .339 | .372 | .711 | 163 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |
| David Wilson | 115 | 457 | 404 | 47 | 102 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 45 | 80 | .252 | .327 | .339 | .666 | 137 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
| Lance Junker | 67 | 282 | 235 | 33 | 63 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 39 | 36 | .268 | .375 | .328 | .703 | 77 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| Jerry Littmann | 69 | 252 | 207 | 28 | 61 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 43 | 44 | .295 | .421 | .372 | .793 | 77 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Matthew Young | 89 | 309 | 253 | 41 | 60 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 47 | 37 | .237 | .364 | .261 | .625 | 66 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Kelvin Torve | 57 | 234 | 211 | 27 | 55 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 26 | .261 | .325 | .322 | .647 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Eric Erickson | 76 | 283 | 264 | 24 | 55 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 64 | .208 | .252 | .295 | .547 | 78 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Richard Figueroa | 77 | 274 | 241 | 30 | 54 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 30 | 31 | .224 | .311 | .282 | .594 | 68 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Rollo Adams | 58 | 239 | 202 | 22 | 51 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 39 | .252 | .368 | .327 | .695 | 66 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Mike Lenti | 81 | 248 | 201 | 34 | 43 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 44 | 33 | .214 | .363 | .308 | .671 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bryan Snyder | 42 | 164 | 143 | 15 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 39 | .273 | .356 | .322 | .678 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Todd Zacher | 59 | 239 | 207 | 31 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 33 | .188 | .284 | .213 | .496 | 44 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Kirk Ortega | 48 | 175 | 154 | 14 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 31 | .240 | .328 | .318 | .646 | 49 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Joe Henderson | 55 | 218 | 195 | 21 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 63 | .174 | .258 | .241 | .499 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Spurlin | 50 | 168 | 135 | 13 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 18 | .200 | .296 | .244 | .541 | 33 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | |
| Ken Frazier | 35 | 101 | 88 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 | .193 | .273 | .250 | .523 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| John Taylor | 32 | 116 | 83 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 22 | .169 | .395 | .241 | .636 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Anthony Liska | 4 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .235 | .235 | .353 | .588 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark O'Connell | 11 | 35 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | .120 | .353 | .120 | .473 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Artie Gomez | 26 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1292 | 4821 | 4155 | 537 | 991 | 154 | 23 | 30 | 467 | 135 | 68 | 566 | 772 | .239 | .333 | .308 | .641 | 1281 | 0 | 37 | 32 | 31 | 17 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Johnson | 1B | 64 | 550 | 35 | 10 | 48 | .983 | 9.141 | ||||
| Kelvin Torve | 1B | 57 | 538 | 41 | 4 | 40 | .993 | 1.158 | ||||
| Rollo Adams | 1B | 14 | 128 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | 9.857 | ||||
| Sean Toerner | 2B | 119 | 255 | 326 | 29 | 61 | .952 | 4.882 | ||||
| Mike Lenti | 2B | 11 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 4 | .950 | 3.455 | ||||
| Todd Zacher | 2B | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.333 | ||||
| Jerry Littmann | 2B | 3 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .947 | 6.000 | ||||
| Todd Zacher | 3B | 56 | 39 | 127 | 10 | 11 | .943 | 2.964 | ||||
| Joe Henderson | 3B | 55 | 52 | 127 | 21 | 14 | .895 | 3.255 | ||||
| Mike Lenti | 3B | 20 | 16 | 30 | 9 | 2 | .836 | 2.300 | ||||
| Jerry Littmann | 3B | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.667 | ||||
| Bob Spurlin | C | 50 | 227 | 36 | 13 | 2 | .953 | 5.260 | 2 | |||
| Kirk Ortega | C | 45 | 251 | 49 | 11 | 2 | .965 | 6.667 | 6 | |||
| John Taylor | C | 27 | 147 | 28 | 10 | 3 | .946 | 6.481 | 5 | |||
| Ken Frazier | C | 19 | 101 | 13 | 9 | 3 | .927 | 6.000 | 6 | |||
| Anthony Liska | C | 3 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 7.667 | 0 | |||
| Matthew Young | OF | 84 | 123 | 10 | 5 | 2 | .964 | 1.583 | ||||
| Lance Junker | OF | 67 | 132 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .965 | 2.030 | ||||
| Richard Figueroa | OF | 57 | 72 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .962 | 1.333 | ||||
| James Johnson | OF | 53 | 103 | 2 | 6 | 2 | .946 | 1.981 | ||||
| Bryan Snyder | OF | 39 | 65 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .972 | 1.795 | ||||
| Eric Erickson | OF | 39 | 67 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .971 | 1.744 | ||||
| Mike Lenti | OF | 35 | 44 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .957 | 1.257 | ||||
| Rollo Adams | OF | 19 | 39 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .911 | 2.158 | ||||
| Jerry Littmann | OF | 17 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.294 | ||||
| Mark O'Connell | OF | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ken Frazier | OF | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Kevin Smay | P | 31 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.032 | ||||
| Denny Schafer | P | 31 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 0 | .935 | .935 | ||||
| Dave Wilhelmi | P | 27 | 12 | 38 | 8 | 0 | .862 | 1.852 | ||||
| Bruce Oliver | P | 25 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 3 | .875 | 1.120 | ||||
| Artie Gomez | P | 24 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Louie D'Amore | P | 24 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .542 | ||||
| Jose Chue | P | 24 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 2 | .960 | 1.000 | ||||
| Thomas McLaughlin | P | 20 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .895 | .850 | ||||
| Ben Gallo | P | 16 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .875 | ||||
| Greg Bangert | P | 15 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 4 | .955 | 1.400 | ||||
| Gregory McSparran | P | 13 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .615 | ||||
| Mike Brecht | P | 11 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.545 | ||||
| Gary Young | P | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .300 | ||||
| Joe Banach | P | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .857 | ||||
| Jerald Felt | P | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Ramon Bautista | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| David Wilson | SS | 114 | 155 | 313 | 39 | 55 | .923 | 4.105 | ||||
| Jerry Littmann | SS | 20 | 21 | 48 | 1 | 6 | .986 | 3.450 | ||||
| Totals | 1392 | 3287 | 1464 | 221 | 286 | .956 | 3.413 | 19 | 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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