1981 Charleston Royals Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 75-67
Finished 2nd in the SAL's South Division
Manager: Rick Mathews (75-67)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Charleston, South Carolina
Ballpark: Hampton Park
Attendance: 83,934, Avg. 1,182

1981 Charleston Royals Roster

The Charleston Royals of the South Atlantic League ended the 1981 season with a record of 75 wins and 67 losses, finishing second in the league's South Division.

The Royals scored 632 runs and allowed 642 runs. Roger Hansen drove in 71 runs. Billy Best led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .275 clip. Glenn Ray topped the squad with 13 wins, while Jeffrey Gladden registered a 2.09 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1981 Charleston Royals who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Mark Huismann, Mike Kingery, Bob Hegman and Cliff Pastornicky.

Rick Mathews 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
Glenn Ray	13	7	.650	2.65	29	16	9	4	1	0	146.0	120	57	43	6	70	0	155	2	0	11
Jeffrey Gladden	10	9	.526	2.09	37	4	21	2	0	7	116.0	88	36	27	5	26	0	112	9	1	3
Dave Wong	9	6	.600	2.52	52	0	41	0	0	8	82.0	66	29	23	3	22	3	65	11	3	5
Abner Johnson	8	4	.667	2.54	13	13	0	3	0	0	85.0	84	37	24	2	37	0	49	0	0	8
Chuck McMichael	7	1	.875	3.43	37	1	21	0	0	3	84.0	80	37	32	2	25	0	62	5	0	9
Reggie Wyatt	5	1	.833	1.86	9	9	0	0	0	0	63.0	49	17	13	1	14	0	53	0	1	6
Bert Johnson	4	4	.500	4.23	17	17	0	0	0	0	83.0	103	55	39	3	38	0	62	3	0	5
Mark Huismann	3	2	.600	1.64	28	0	22	0	0	10	44.0	36	16	8	0	17	3	42	1	0	4
Les Strode	3	2	.600	2.54	8	8	0	0	0	0	46.0	39	14	13	0	32	0	35	1	2	4
Mike Olson	3	6	.333	4.92	19	19	0	0	0	0	106.0	109	67	58	3	62	0	69	6	1	8
Doug Cook	3	7	.300	5.79	17	17	0	1	0	0	87.0	98	65	56	9	64	0	71	3	0	10
Ron Krauss	2	3	.400	6.59	16	10	3	0	0	0	56.0	75	46	41	4	51	0	37	0	0	10
Francis Cutty	2	8	.200	5.38	20	13	1	1	0	0	82.0	99	56	49	6	55	0	49	3	1	8
David Albright	1	0	1.000	3.82	28	0	11	0	0	1	80.0	74	36	34	3	35	0	51	4	0	8
Theo Shaw	1	2	.333	3.90	6	6	0	0	0	0	30.0	27	15	13	2	25	0	24	1	1	2
Randy Meyer	0	2	.000	7.67	6	6	0	0	0	0	27.0	38	29	23	4	19	0	24	2	1	1
Totals	74	64	.536	3.67	342	139	129	11	1	29	1217.0	1185	612	496	53	592	6	960	51	11	102	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
Greg Jonson	130	578	510	56	133	15	1	2	50	3	1	54	56	.261	.337	.306	.643	156		6	5	3	1
Richard Rizzo	133	591	518	95	130	26	5	8	46	31	6	56	61	.251	.333	.367	.700	190		10	2	5	1
Roger Hansen	141	588	516	55	125	28	6	6	71	9	1	62	79	.242	.325	.355	.680	183		4	1	5	4
Billy Best	123	541	447	61	123	20	3	7	47	10	3	74	51	.275	.377	.380	.758	170		3	11	6	2
Hal Hatcher	105	425	391	39	107	18	4	9	59	2	1	25	73	.274	.318	.409	.727	160		3	0	6	1
Willie Neal	121	501	434	64	104	13	8	3	44	34	10	59	107	.240	.339	.327	.667	142		7	0	1	3
Hector Arroyo	93	397	353	39	82	8	2	0	32	12	8	40	54	.232	.312	.266	.578	94		1	3	0	0
Bob Hegman	100	358	311	43	81	8	1	0	22	7	8	41	57	.260	.348	.293	.641	91		2	2	2	1
Benny Cadahia	110	408	346	47	76	16	1	3	32	1	0	54	72	.220	.324	.298	.622	103		0	7	1	0
Cliff Pastornicky	80	318	296	36	64	15	2	5	36	6	4	16	23	.216	.260	.331	.591	98		2	3	1	0
Mike Kingery	69	245	213	33	57	3	4	3	25	12	8	26	45	.268	.351	.362	.713	77		2	3	1	1
Russ Stephans	47	191	163	23	49	2	0	2	19	5	0	21	19	.301	.393	.350	.742	57		5	0	2	2
Christian Bryeans	53	172	149	20	37	5	0	0	15	4	2	14	27	.248	.329	.282	.611	42		5	2	2	1
Tad Venger	30	120	105	15	28	5	1	3	18	2	0	13	40	.267	.350	.419	.769	44		1	0	1	0
Larry Grahek	22	72	66	6	13	2	1	0	7	0	0	6	17	.197	.264	.258	.521	17		0	0	0	1
Totals	1357	5505	4818	632	1209	184	39	51	523	138	52	561	781	.251	.333	.337	.670	1624	0	51	39	36	18

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Roger Hansen	1B	135	1180	74	17	93	.987	9.289
Hal Hatcher	1B	7	67	5	0	3	1.000	1.286
Greg Jonson	1B	1	5	0	0	0	1.000	5.000
Hector Arroyo	2B	91	211	243	23	46	.952	4.989
Christian Bryeans	2B	42	93	109	11	20	.948	4.810
Bob Hegman	2B	14	31	45	4	6	.950	5.429
Cliff Pastornicky	2B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Greg Jonson	2B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Greg Jonson	3B	124	87	261	21	22	.943	2.806
Bob Hegman	3B	15	10	25	4	4	.897	2.333
Roger Hansen	3B	5	17	6	2	2	.920	4.600
Cliff Pastornicky	3B	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.000
Christian Bryeans	3B	1	0	3	0	0	1.000	3.000
Benny Cadahia	C	110	772	101	17	11	.981	7.936	26
Russ Stephans	C	25	173	21	5	1	.975	7.760	2
Hal Hatcher	C	12	85	8	3	2	.969	7.750	5
Richard Rizzo	OF	132	262	18	6	4	.979	2.121
Willie Neal	OF	121	170	11	9	1	.953	1.496
Billy Best	OF	108	170	8	4	2	.978	1.648
Mike Kingery	OF	62	80	7	4	0	.956	1.403
Tad Venger	OF	18	22	1	0	0	1.000	1.278
Larry Grahek	OF	4	6	1	0	0	1.000	1.750
Bob Hegman	OF	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Dave Wong	P	52	8	19	2	3	.931	.519
Chuck McMichael	P	37	5	21	1	1	.963	.703
Jeffrey Gladden	P	37	4	33	4	0	.902	1.000
Glenn Ray	P	29	8	15	4	0	.852	.793
Mark Huismann	P	28	4	11	2	1	.882	.536
David Albright	P	28	2	16	0	2	1.000	.643
Francis Cutty	P	20	5	17	3	0	.880	1.100
Mike Olson	P	19	5	19	3	5	.889	1.263
Bert Johnson	P	17	3	12	1	2	.938	.882
Doug Cook	P	17	5	14	1	1	.950	1.118
Ron Krauss	P	16	4	12	0	0	1.000	1.000
Abner Johnson	P	13	4	16	3	2	.870	1.538
Reggie Wyatt	P	9	4	5	0	1	1.000	1.000
Les Strode	P	8	3	12	0	3	1.000	1.875
Theo Shaw	P	6	2	4	0	0	1.000	1.000
Randy Meyer	P	6	3	2	1	0	.833	.833
Cliff Pastornicky	SS	74	144	231	14	34	.964	5.068
Bob Hegman	SS	67	109	191	22	32	.932	4.478
Christian Bryeans	SS	4	2	8	1	2	.909	2.500
Greg Jonson	SS	3	5	6	0	2	1.000	3.667
Totals		1521	3772	1616	192	308	.966	3.542	33	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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