1981 Elmira Pioneer Red Sox Statistics
Team Record: 25-48
Finished 4th in the NYPL's East Division
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Elmira, New York
Attendance: 49,556, Avg. 1,358
The Elmira Pioneer Red Sox of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1981 season with a record of 25 wins and 48 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.
The Pioneer Red Sox plated 338 runs and gave up 459 runs. Dave Malpeso paced Elmira with 12 home runs and drove in 50 runs, while leading all regular batters with a .292 average, and Rob Woodward recorded a 3.39 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1981 Elmira Pioneer Red Sox who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Todd Benzinger, Rob Woodward, Steve Ellsworth and Danny Sheaffer.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Woodward | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.39 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 77.0 | 77 | 38 | 29 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Chuck Davis | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.39 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 80.0 | 84 | 51 | 39 | 6 | 39 | 4 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Paul Gnacinski | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.61 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 80.0 | 93 | 56 | 41 | 5 | 40 | 2 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Gil Gonzalez | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.58 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 60 | 39 | 31 | 4 | 29 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Bruce Lockhart | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.81 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 52 | 34 | 23 | 7 | 27 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| John Key | 2 | 3 | .400 | 7.36 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 26 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Weston | 2 | 5 | .286 | 6.60 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45.0 | 61 | 42 | 33 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Dave Wareham | 2 | 6 | .250 | 4.50 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68.0 | 77 | 46 | 34 | 1 | 35 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Andy Araujo | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.34 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29.0 | 41 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Sonny Santiago | 1 | 6 | .143 | 5.53 | 21 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 57.0 | 71 | 44 | 35 | 5 | 39 | 9 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| John Sorensen | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Ellsworth | 0 | 1 | .000 | 18.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jesus Silva | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.38 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 25 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Dave Scheller | 0 | 3 | .000 | 9.29 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31.0 | 49 | 39 | 32 | 2 | 30 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Totals | 25 | 48 | .342 | 5.17 | 166 | 73 | 63 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 611.0 | 719 | 459 | 351 | 45 | 346 | 35 | 411 | 13 | 5 | 32 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Malpeso | 67 | 272 | 250 | 53 | 73 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 35 | .292 | .349 | .500 | .849 | 125 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Danny Sheaffer | 62 | 225 | 198 | 39 | 57 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 38 | .288 | .365 | .455 | .819 | 90 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Joe Arfstrom | 51 | 182 | 161 | 22 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 22 | .286 | .359 | .429 | .788 | 69 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Pat Castiglia | 62 | 235 | 180 | 36 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 42 | .244 | .386 | .450 | .836 | 81 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | |
| Bill Carpenter | 61 | 206 | 168 | 16 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 20 | .250 | .365 | .333 | .698 | 56 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | |
| Chris Howard | 56 | 210 | 177 | 26 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 38 | .226 | .322 | .345 | .667 | 61 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| Todd Benzinger | 41 | 163 | 141 | 21 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 32 | .241 | .335 | .369 | .704 | 52 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Craig Walck | 52 | 177 | 145 | 16 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 18 | .221 | .351 | .352 | .702 | 51 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tony Beal | 51 | 147 | 127 | 16 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 16 | 32 | .181 | .276 | .220 | .496 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Steve Seaman | 36 | 99 | 79 | 10 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 11 | .266 | .392 | .291 | .683 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ed Berroa | 30 | 93 | 80 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 29 | .238 | .322 | .338 | .660 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Luis Alomar | 28 | 87 | 76 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 13 | .237 | .298 | .316 | .613 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Charles Fisher | 33 | 112 | 93 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 30 | .194 | .324 | .258 | .582 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Meleski | 40 | 111 | 89 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 15 | .191 | .339 | .303 | .643 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Burrell | 28 | 74 | 72 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 21 | .208 | .219 | .333 | .553 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Jefferson | 24 | 64 | 52 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13 | .269 | .387 | .327 | .714 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Gonzales | 30 | 88 | 72 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 25 | .194 | .341 | .208 | .549 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kevin Johnston | 23 | 59 | 49 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 15 | .184 | .322 | .306 | .628 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Biagini | 22 | 49 | 42 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Walker | 27 | 51 | 42 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .143 | .250 | .167 | .417 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vince Varano | 6 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .222 | .263 | .222 | .485 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Manny Jose | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .200 | .500 | .200 | .700 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jose Matute | 5 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .083 | .077 | .083 | .160 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ramon Severino | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Weppner | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 845 | 2754 | 2335 | 338 | 555 | 107 | 10 | 49 | 294 | 29 | 9 | 342 | 478 | .238 | .338 | .355 | .693 | 829 | 0 | 18 | 47 | 12 | 15 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Castiglia | 1B | 61 | 474 | 47 | 9 | 37 | .983 | 8.541 | ||||
| Todd Benzinger | 1B | 11 | 80 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .988 | 7.636 | ||||
| Vince Varano | 1B | 6 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .949 | 6.167 | ||||
| Dave Malpeso | 1B | 4 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 5.000 | ||||
| Dan Weppner | 1B | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Chris Howard | 2B | 56 | 99 | 125 | 11 | 18 | .953 | 4.000 | ||||
| Steve Walker | 2B | 20 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 4 | .816 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mark Meleski | 2B | 13 | 20 | 28 | 2 | 3 | .960 | 3.692 | ||||
| Manny Jose | 2B | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.667 | ||||
| Craig Walck | 3B | 49 | 47 | 77 | 11 | 5 | .919 | 2.531 | ||||
| Steve Seaman | 3B | 30 | 24 | 51 | 4 | 2 | .949 | 2.500 | ||||
| Jose Matute | 3B | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .800 | 2.400 | ||||
| Danny Sheaffer | C | 40 | 220 | 35 | 5 | 2 | .981 | 6.375 | 5 | |||
| Dave Malpeso | C | 23 | 105 | 16 | 11 | 0 | .917 | 5.261 | 5 | |||
| Kevin Burrell | C | 21 | 86 | 13 | 4 | 1 | .961 | 4.714 | 3 | |||
| Bob Biagini | C | 8 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 2.625 | 1 | |||
| Tony Beal | OF | 50 | 76 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .943 | 1.640 | ||||
| Joe Arfstrom | OF | 48 | 77 | 5 | 6 | 1 | .932 | 1.708 | ||||
| Todd Benzinger | OF | 31 | 51 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .982 | 1.806 | ||||
| Charles Fisher | OF | 29 | 44 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .939 | 1.586 | ||||
| Ed Berroa | OF | 26 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 1.577 | ||||
| Scott Jefferson | OF | 22 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.182 | ||||
| Pete Gonzales | OF | 22 | 28 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .789 | 1.364 | ||||
| Luis Alomar | OF | 22 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.545 | ||||
| Kevin Johnston | OF | 18 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.111 | ||||
| Ramon Severino | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Dave Malpeso | OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Sonny Santiago | P | 21 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .619 | ||||
| Paul Gnacinski | P | 18 | 10 | 24 | 3 | 0 | .919 | 1.889 | ||||
| Willie Weston | P | 16 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Andy Araujo | P | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .062 | ||||
| Dave Scheller | P | 15 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Dave Wareham | P | 14 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .905 | 1.357 | ||||
| Chuck Davis | P | 14 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | ||||
| Bruce Lockhart | P | 13 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .769 | ||||
| Rob Woodward | P | 12 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Gil Gonzalez | P | 11 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 1.273 | ||||
| John Key | P | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Jesus Silva | P | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| John Sorensen | P | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Steve Ellsworth | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bill Carpenter | SS | 60 | 88 | 148 | 18 | 20 | .929 | 3.933 | ||||
| Mark Meleski | SS | 25 | 31 | 54 | 5 | 11 | .944 | 3.400 | ||||
| Steve Seaman | SS | 5 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 2.800 | ||||
| Totals | 879 | 1835 | 771 | 135 | 114 | .951 | 2.965 | 14 | 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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