1981 Fort Myers Royals Statistics
Team Record: 72-58
Finished 2nd in the FSL's South Division
Manager: Brian Murphy (72-58)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Fort Myers, Florida
Ballpark: Terry Park
Attendance: 59,150, Avg. 910
Playoffs - Fort Myers Royals 2 games, Fort Lauderdale Yankees 0
Finals - Daytona Beach Astros 3 games, Fort Myers Royals 1
The Fort Myers Royals of the Florida State League ended the 1981 season with a record of 72 wins and 58 losses, finishing second in the league's South Division.
The Royals scored 574 runs and allowed 501 runs. Mike Brewer led Fort Myers with 16 home runs and drove in 84 runs. Butch Davis paced all regular hitters by connecting at a .300 clip. Vinnie Yuhas topped the team with 8 wins, while Doug Potestio recorded a 2.23 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1981 Fort Myers Royals who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Mark Huismann, Derek Botelho, Mike Brewer, Butch Davis, Rondin Johnson and Jim Scranton.
Brian Murphy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinnie Yuhas | 8 | 7 | .533 | 4.15 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 130.0 | 152 | 75 | 60 | 6 | 38 | 3 | 97 | 6 | 1 | 5 | |
| Daniel St. Clair | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.77 | 22 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 35.0 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Theo Shaw | 7 | 1 | .875 | 2.09 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 86.0 | 66 | 29 | 20 | 4 | 49 | 1 | 60 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Walt Vanderbush | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.17 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 71.0 | 60 | 30 | 25 | 3 | 42 | 1 | 75 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |
| Doug Potestio | 6 | 6 | .500 | 2.23 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 113.0 | 102 | 38 | 28 | 4 | 30 | 3 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Nick Harsh | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.79 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 44 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| Larry Williams | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.02 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 58.0 | 53 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Junior Cooper | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.71 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 85.0 | 89 | 40 | 35 | 4 | 33 | 4 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Timothy Timlin | 4 | 9 | .308 | 4.62 | 29 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 78.0 | 78 | 56 | 40 | 2 | 51 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Mark Huismann | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.43 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21.0 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Timothy Cecil | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.87 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47.0 | 38 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mike Morley | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.35 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mark Jackman | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.41 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29.0 | 27 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Derek Botelho | 2 | 3 | .400 | 1.62 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 39.0 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Krauss | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.22 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 25 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Ken Cvejdlik | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.18 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 38 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Steve Raine | 1 | 4 | .200 | 6.43 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Abner Johnson | 1 | 5 | .167 | 6.08 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 45 | 32 | 27 | 1 | 35 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Craig Pippin | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.48 | 21 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 28 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Totals | 68 | 54 | .557 | 3.22 | 264 | 121 | 98 | 30 | 7 | 20 | 1012.0 | 944 | 465 | 362 | 43 | 464 | 38 | 661 | 24 | 17 | 34 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butch Davis | 126 | 527 | 464 | 89 | 139 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 70 | 44 | 3 | 54 | 99 | .300 | .373 | .463 | .836 | 215 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |
| Mike Brewer | 128 | 522 | 459 | 69 | 132 | 16 | 9 | 16 | 84 | 37 | 3 | 53 | 68 | .288 | .358 | .466 | .824 | 214 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | |
| Robert Ferris | 105 | 422 | 346 | 62 | 104 | 21 | 2 | 14 | 66 | 2 | 2 | 68 | 81 | .301 | .411 | .494 | .905 | 171 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | |
| Rondin Johnson | 107 | 463 | 424 | 49 | 92 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 16 | 5 | 28 | 62 | .217 | .265 | .269 | .534 | 114 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | |
| Steve Patterson | 92 | 364 | 309 | 42 | 89 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 47 | 46 | .288 | .378 | .343 | .721 | 106 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
| Robin Townley | 89 | 340 | 290 | 34 | 81 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 40 | 33 | .279 | .370 | .355 | .725 | 103 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| Mickey Palmer | 99 | 374 | 319 | 49 | 80 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 55 | .251 | .342 | .342 | .684 | 109 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | |
| Jim Scranton | 107 | 389 | 355 | 37 | 76 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 24 | 31 | .214 | .264 | .254 | .517 | 90 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | |
| Manuel DeAza | 90 | 328 | 318 | 26 | 74 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 51 | .233 | .251 | .258 | .509 | 82 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Duane Dewey | 87 | 287 | 238 | 29 | 55 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 65 | .231 | .344 | .307 | .651 | 73 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| Leon Doak | 62 | 229 | 184 | 25 | 39 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 50 | .212 | .321 | .332 | .653 | 61 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | |
| Marty Wilkerson | 45 | 174 | 147 | 18 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 10 | .245 | .362 | .333 | .695 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Denny Porter | 30 | 99 | 83 | 14 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | .289 | .384 | .373 | .757 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| David Luethy | 39 | 121 | 98 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 16 | .194 | .333 | .316 | .650 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bill Gaunce | 9 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .125 | .286 | .125 | .411 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jim Gleissner | 3 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .286 | .429 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1218 | 4671 | 4057 | 558 | 1043 | 152 | 42 | 58 | 486 | 142 | 32 | 500 | 686 | .257 | .338 | .358 | .696 | 1453 | 0 | 21 | 43 | 50 | 30 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Ferris | 1B | 103 | 831 | 84 | 11 | 72 | .988 | 8.883 | ||||
| Robin Townley | 1B | 25 | 195 | 10 | 1 | 11 | .995 | 8.200 | ||||
| Denny Porter | 1B | 7 | 51 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .932 | 7.857 | ||||
| David Luethy | 1B | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Rondin Johnson | 2B | 102 | 181 | 337 | 11 | 48 | .979 | 5.078 | ||||
| Steve Patterson | 2B | 23 | 43 | 67 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | 4.783 | ||||
| David Luethy | 2B | 7 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.143 | ||||
| Manuel DeAza | 2B | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Manuel DeAza | 3B | 79 | 55 | 104 | 22 | 5 | .878 | 2.013 | ||||
| Marty Wilkerson | 3B | 36 | 25 | 54 | 5 | 5 | .940 | 2.194 | ||||
| Steve Patterson | 3B | 19 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 1 | .824 | 1.474 | ||||
| David Luethy | 3B | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Robert Ferris | 3B | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Duane Dewey | C | 85 | 439 | 45 | 8 | 7 | .984 | 5.694 | 11 | |||
| Bill Gaunce | C | 9 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .981 | 5.667 | 2 | |||
| Denny Porter | C | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | 0 | |||
| Jim Gleissner | C | 3 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.667 | 0 | |||
| Robin Townley | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | |||
| Mike Brewer | OF | 121 | 209 | 12 | 9 | 5 | .961 | 1.826 | ||||
| Butch Davis | OF | 112 | 239 | 5 | 12 | 3 | .953 | 2.179 | ||||
| Mickey Palmer | OF | 87 | 165 | 6 | 3 | 3 | .983 | 1.966 | ||||
| Robin Townley | OF | 51 | 107 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .966 | 2.235 | ||||
| Leon Doak | OF | 30 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 1.433 | ||||
| Manuel DeAza | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Timothy Timlin | P | 29 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .517 | ||||
| Vinnie Yuhas | P | 24 | 12 | 23 | 3 | 2 | .921 | 1.458 | ||||
| Daniel St. Clair | P | 22 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .227 | ||||
| Craig Pippin | P | 21 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .429 | ||||
| Walt Vanderbush | P | 18 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 3 | .964 | 1.500 | ||||
| Mark Jackman | P | 18 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .444 | ||||
| Timothy Cecil | P | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .647 | ||||
| Junior Cooper | P | 16 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .909 | 1.250 | ||||
| Theo Shaw | P | 14 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .842 | 1.143 | ||||
| Doug Potestio | P | 14 | 10 | 26 | 4 | 0 | .900 | 2.571 | ||||
| Mark Huismann | P | 14 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .571 | ||||
| Abner Johnson | P | 10 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Steve Raine | P | 9 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.000 | ||||
| Larry Williams | P | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Derek Botelho | P | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .875 | ||||
| Ron Krauss | P | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .571 | ||||
| Nick Harsh | P | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .867 | 2.167 | ||||
| Ken Cvejdlik | P | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
| Mike Morley | P | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jim Scranton | SS | 107 | 206 | 346 | 30 | 65 | .948 | 5.159 | ||||
| David Luethy | SS | 30 | 40 | 62 | 11 | 7 | .903 | 3.400 | ||||
| Rondin Johnson | SS | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .571 | 2.000 | ||||
| Manuel DeAza | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1320 | 3014 | 1375 | 166 | 259 | .964 | 3.325 | 13 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
