1981 Charlotte O's Statistics
Team Record: 74-69
Finished 2nd in the SL's East Division
Manager: Mark Wiley (74-69)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Ballpark: Clark Griffith Park
Attendance: 204,546, Avg. 2,861
The Charlotte O's of the Southern League ended the 1981 season with a record of 74 wins and 69 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The O's scored 703 runs and conceded 648 runs. Willie Royster walloped 31 home runs for Charlotte, while Drungo Hazewood and Donald Bowman swatted 15 or more, too. Willie Royster accounted for 88 RBI. Vic Rodríguez paced all regular batters with a .306 average. Storm Davis topped the team with 14 wins, and Don Welchel recorded a 2.91 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1981 Charlotte O's who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Nate Snell, Storm Davis, Bill Swaggerty, Vic Rodríguez, Mike Young, Drungo Hazewood, Francisco Oliveras, Cliff Speck, John Shelby, Ricky Jones, Willie Royster, Don Welchel and Mark Smith.
Mark Wiley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Storm Davis | 14 | 10 | .583 | 3.47 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 187.0 | 215 | 86 | 72 | 14 | 65 | 2 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Don Welchel | 13 | 7 | .650 | 2.91 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 161.0 | 161 | 76 | 52 | 11 | 63 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Bill Swaggerty | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.02 | 35 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 49.0 | 35 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Mark Smith | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4.03 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 163.0 | 165 | 90 | 73 | 16 | 58 | 2 | 113 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
| Tim Maples | 6 | 6 | .500 | 5.23 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 86.0 | 87 | 51 | 50 | 12 | 41 | 3 | 50 | 5 | 2 | 4 | |
| Scott Budner | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.77 | 25 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 132.0 | 159 | 72 | 70 | 10 | 42 | 1 | 82 | 4 | 0 | 11 | |
| Juan Arias | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.92 | 45 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 101.0 | 97 | 52 | 44 | 5 | 38 | 3 | 84 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Tim Norris | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.40 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 65.0 | 85 | 47 | 39 | 12 | 27 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Allen Edwards | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.94 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 56 | 40 | 31 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bobo Gonzalez | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.20 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 45 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Cliff Speck | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.73 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33.0 | 29 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Randy Boyd | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.62 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24.0 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Nate Snell | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.61 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 38.0 | 32 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Hook | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Francisco Oliveras | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.62 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Timothy Graven | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.91 | 26 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22.0 | 28 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 70 | 66 | .515 | 3.95 | 305 | 131 | 100 | 41 | 4 | 26 | 1170.0 | 1238 | 609 | 514 | 102 | 451 | 22 | 753 | 18 | 6 | 53 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Rodríguez | 138 | 601 | 553 | 68 | 169 | 22 | 1 | 9 | 65 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 51 | .306 | .348 | .398 | .746 | 220 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | |
| Willie Royster | 138 | 609 | 562 | 98 | 149 | 22 | 2 | 31 | 88 | 53 | 11 | 35 | 120 | .265 | .313 | .477 | .790 | 268 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
| Ricky Jones | 134 | 516 | 479 | 66 | 125 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 56 | 12 | 4 | 25 | 72 | .261 | .296 | .374 | .669 | 179 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | |
| Donald Bowman | 139 | 564 | 500 | 67 | 119 | 21 | 4 | 20 | 82 | 8 | 3 | 46 | 84 | .238 | .308 | .416 | .724 | 208 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 3 | |
| Mark Naehring | 127 | 503 | 414 | 63 | 106 | 25 | 2 | 11 | 53 | 2 | 3 | 74 | 84 | .256 | .367 | .406 | .773 | 168 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | |
| Edwin Neal | 100 | 398 | 366 | 50 | 103 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 63 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 63 | .281 | .331 | .434 | .765 | 159 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Drungo Hazewood | 105 | 422 | 340 | 63 | 96 | 13 | 2 | 19 | 55 | 17 | 8 | 80 | 97 | .282 | .419 | .500 | .919 | 170 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Mike Young | 75 | 326 | 275 | 58 | 88 | 16 | 3 | 12 | 45 | 23 | 5 | 45 | 67 | .320 | .414 | .531 | .944 | 146 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| John Denman | 105 | 385 | 340 | 48 | 80 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 24 | 11 | 39 | 98 | .235 | .318 | .359 | .676 | 122 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Derryberry | 94 | 337 | 280 | 45 | 69 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 51 | .246 | .371 | .418 | .789 | 117 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Robert Whitfield | 84 | 305 | 270 | 25 | 60 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 44 | .222 | .291 | .263 | .554 | 71 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |
| John Shelby | 62 | 284 | 251 | 40 | 59 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 27 | 38 | .235 | .308 | .335 | .643 | 84 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Thomas Smith | 16 | 66 | 57 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 9 | .193 | .281 | .298 | .579 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Pat Dumouchelle | 5 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .500 | .600 | .750 | 1.350 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kurt Fabrizio | 6 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .105 | .190 | .158 | .348 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lonnie Ivie | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Budner | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1356 | 5360 | 4725 | 703 | 1244 | 205 | 27 | 147 | 643 | 181 | 76 | 519 | 885 | .263 | .338 | .411 | .750 | 1944 | 0 | 38 | 36 | 42 | 27 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Bowman | 1B | 124 | 1078 | 70 | 15 | 119 | .987 | 9.258 | ||||
| Robert Whitfield | 1B | 19 | 142 | 3 | 1 | 8 | .993 | 7.632 | ||||
| Tim Derryberry | 1B | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 3.250 | ||||
| Kurt Fabrizio | 1B | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.333 | ||||
| Vic Rodríguez | 2B | 128 | 337 | 357 | 18 | 90 | .975 | 5.422 | ||||
| Robert Whitfield | 2B | 15 | 36 | 44 | 2 | 9 | .976 | 5.333 | ||||
| Mark Naehring | 3B | 124 | 101 | 266 | 15 | 30 | .961 | 2.960 | ||||
| Robert Whitfield | 3B | 25 | 24 | 41 | 3 | 1 | .956 | 2.600 | ||||
| Thomas Smith | 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Willie Royster | C | 131 | 780 | 100 | 22 | 8 | .976 | 6.718 | 11 | |||
| Tim Derryberry | C | 16 | 75 | 6 | 5 | 2 | .942 | 5.062 | 8 | |||
| Lonnie Ivie | C | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | 0 | |||
| Drungo Hazewood | OF | 97 | 166 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .972 | 1.794 | ||||
| John Denman | OF | 97 | 170 | 11 | 7 | 2 | .963 | 1.866 | ||||
| Edwin Neal | OF | 80 | 155 | 8 | 6 | 2 | .964 | 2.038 | ||||
| Mike Young | OF | 73 | 190 | 5 | 5 | 3 | .975 | 2.671 | ||||
| John Shelby | OF | 57 | 120 | 3 | 10 | 0 | .925 | 2.158 | ||||
| Donald Bowman | OF | 16 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.438 | ||||
| Thomas Smith | OF | 11 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.818 | ||||
| Pat Dumouchelle | OF | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Juan Arias | P | 45 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .311 | ||||
| Bill Swaggerty | P | 35 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Storm Davis | P | 28 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 0 | .929 | .929 | ||||
| Timothy Graven | P | 26 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .308 | ||||
| Mark Smith | P | 25 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 3 | .926 | 1.000 | ||||
| Scott Budner | P | 25 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 4 | .941 | 1.280 | ||||
| Don Welchel | P | 22 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 5 | .931 | 1.227 | ||||
| Tim Maples | P | 16 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .625 | ||||
| Bobo Gonzalez | P | 16 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .500 | ||||
| Tim Norris | P | 15 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 1.067 | ||||
| Randy Boyd | P | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .133 | ||||
| Cliff Speck | P | 12 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .667 | ||||
| Allen Edwards | P | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .583 | ||||
| Nate Snell | P | 8 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.625 | ||||
| Francisco Oliveras | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Eddie Hook | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ricky Jones | SS | 131 | 175 | 402 | 38 | 75 | .938 | 4.405 | ||||
| Robert Whitfield | SS | 14 | 27 | 50 | 6 | 13 | .928 | 5.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1479 | 3712 | 1537 | 171 | 387 | .968 | 3.549 | 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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