1981 Fort Lauderdale Yankees Statistics
Team Record: 81-53
Finished 1st in the FSL's South Division
Manager: Doug Holmquist (81-53)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Ballpark: Fort Lauderdale Stadium
Attendance: 56,507, Avg. 843
Playoffs - Fort Myers Royals 2 games, Fort Lauderdale Yankees 0
The Fort Lauderdale Yankees of the Florida State League ended the 1981 season with a record of 81 wins and 53 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Yankees allowed 421 runs, least in the league. Fort Lauderdale tallied 579 runs. Randy Craig drove in 52 runs. Huey Gayden led all regular batters with a .300 average. Ben Callahan topped the team with 17 wins, while Clay Christiansen added 15 or more victories also Chris Lein recorded a 2.25 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1981 Fort Lauderdale Yankees who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ben Callahan, Ray Fontenot, Tom Dodd, Clay Christiansen, Bruce Robinson, Gene Nelson, Pete Filson, Stefan Wever, Gil Patterson and Rex Hudler.
Doug Holmquist 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Callahan | 17 | 8 | .680 | 2.50 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 180.0 | 144 | 69 | 50 | 4 | 66 | 4 | 121 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Clay Christiansen | 16 | 7 | .696 | 2.28 | 26 | 25 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 178.0 | 158 | 59 | 45 | 7 | 46 | 4 | 98 | 5 | 3 | 10 | |
| Chris Lein | 11 | 11 | .500 | 2.25 | 30 | 21 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 172.0 | 163 | 60 | 43 | 10 | 29 | 2 | 80 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Pete Filson | 7 | 1 | .875 | 1.99 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 68.0 | 56 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Stefan Wever | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.00 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 81.0 | 55 | 25 | 18 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 80 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| Chuck Dougherty | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.16 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 | 78 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Ken Smith | 6 | 2 | .750 | 1.89 | 38 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 57.0 | 47 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| John Nurthen | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.62 | 28 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 102.0 | 92 | 45 | 41 | 4 | 32 | 4 | 66 | 5 | 6 | 5 | |
| Mark Silva | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Browning | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.46 | 17 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26.0 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Herb Fauland | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.25 | 37 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 64.0 | 55 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Gil Patterson | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.20 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 31 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ray Fontenot | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.60 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 50 | 34 | 28 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
| Joseph Collins | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Nelson | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jeff Rudolph | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Guerra | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 81 | 53 | .604 | 2.63 | 264 | 134 | 86 | 48 | 9 | 16 | 1114.0 | 971 | 421 | 325 | 37 | 378 | 29 | 731 | 22 | 21 | 49 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huey Gayden | 121 | 486 | 414 | 61 | 124 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 12 | 8 | 55 | 25 | .300 | .385 | .324 | .709 | 134 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | |
| Randy Craig | 114 | 414 | 349 | 45 | 101 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 52 | 6 | 1 | 50 | 61 | .289 | .383 | .393 | .775 | 137 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 2 | |
| Dave Banes | 112 | 406 | 365 | 50 | 98 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 49 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 70 | .268 | .324 | .389 | .713 | 142 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |
| Bill Hench | 94 | 358 | 318 | 45 | 89 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 31 | .280 | .335 | .371 | .706 | 118 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 2 | |
| Rex Hudler | 79 | 279 | 259 | 35 | 77 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 31 | .297 | .337 | .371 | .708 | 96 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Rob Teegarden | 88 | 345 | 277 | 42 | 76 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 49 | 5 | 3 | 58 | 51 | .274 | .414 | .448 | .862 | 124 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |
| Brian Butterfield | 94 | 299 | 259 | 31 | 74 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 28 | .286 | .354 | .328 | .682 | 85 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | |
| Randy Guerra | 82 | 310 | 255 | 29 | 68 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 32 | .267 | .375 | .392 | .768 | 100 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | |
| Tim Knight | 82 | 279 | 241 | 35 | 65 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 42 | .270 | .350 | .394 | .744 | 95 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
| Bob Mariano | 63 | 239 | 200 | 29 | 60 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 21 | .300 | .398 | .395 | .793 | 79 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Brad Bennett | 97 | 323 | 281 | 45 | 60 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 39 | 36 | .214 | .311 | .260 | .570 | 73 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Matthew Vejar | 83 | 264 | 227 | 24 | 52 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 24 | .229 | .313 | .300 | .613 | 68 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | |
| Dave Buffamoyer | 62 | 197 | 160 | 14 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 23 | .244 | .358 | .306 | .664 | 49 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| Wes Robbins | 32 | 112 | 97 | 18 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 11 | .361 | .427 | .557 | .984 | 54 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jeff Rudolph | 66 | 148 | 122 | 23 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 37 | .238 | .363 | .385 | .748 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Shannon | 66 | 188 | 159 | 13 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 20 | .182 | .296 | .201 | .497 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dan Hanggie | 28 | 97 | 80 | 10 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 10 | .262 | .385 | .388 | .773 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Tim Jordan | 20 | 71 | 62 | 11 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 8 | .323 | .394 | .452 | .846 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bruce Robinson | 5 | 23 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .333 | .391 | .476 | .867 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Dodd | 12 | 35 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | .240 | .457 | .360 | .817 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim D'Aloia | 18 | 24 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .143 | .217 | .143 | .360 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Randy Filkins | 6 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .200 | .467 | .300 | .767 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Howser | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1433 | 4918 | 4208 | 579 | 1136 | 160 | 42 | 46 | 519 | 80 | 45 | 553 | 581 | .270 | .359 | .361 | .719 | 1518 | 0 | 53 | 60 | 44 | 41 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Guerra | 1B | 75 | 709 | 56 | 4 | 48 | .995 | 1.200 | ||||
| Randy Craig | 1B | 64 | 537 | 21 | 7 | 48 | .988 | 8.719 | ||||
| Jeff Rudolph | 1B | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.333 | ||||
| Wes Robbins | 1B | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Tim Jordan | 1B | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 11.000 | ||||
| Dan Hanggie | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Brian Butterfield | 2B | 83 | 152 | 211 | 14 | 39 | .963 | 4.373 | ||||
| Rex Hudler | 2B | 52 | 82 | 151 | 9 | 32 | .963 | 4.481 | ||||
| Bill Hench | 2B | 10 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.600 | ||||
| Wes Robbins | 2B | 7 | 14 | 22 | 2 | 2 | .947 | 5.143 | ||||
| Tom Howser | 2B | 5 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
| Jim D'Aloia | 2B | 5 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 2 | .862 | 5.000 | ||||
| Dan Hanggie | 2B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Bill Hench | 3B | 82 | 45 | 148 | 17 | 14 | .919 | 2.354 | ||||
| Bob Mariano | 3B | 61 | 25 | 124 | 12 | 4 | .925 | 2.443 | ||||
| Rex Hudler | 3B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Brian Butterfield | 3B | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
| Kevin Shannon | C | 66 | 310 | 35 | 3 | 4 | .991 | 5.227 | 3 | |||
| Jeff Rudolph | C | 62 | 282 | 23 | 4 | 2 | .987 | 4.919 | 4 | |||
| Dave Buffamoyer | C | 40 | 182 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .985 | 4.825 | 5 | |||
| Bruce Robinson | C | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | 0 | |||
| Huey Gayden | OF | 119 | 215 | 6 | 8 | 1 | .965 | 1.857 | ||||
| Rob Teegarden | OF | 85 | 99 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .982 | 1.271 | ||||
| Tim Knight | OF | 80 | 140 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .980 | 1.825 | ||||
| Brad Bennett | OF | 77 | 104 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .991 | 1.377 | ||||
| Matthew Vejar | OF | 57 | 68 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .947 | 1.263 | ||||
| Wes Robbins | OF | 19 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.316 | ||||
| Tom Dodd | OF | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .833 | ||||
| Randy Filkins | OF | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Rex Hudler | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ken Smith | P | 38 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .857 | .158 | ||||
| Herb Fauland | P | 37 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .703 | ||||
| Chris Lein | P | 30 | 17 | 36 | 3 | 2 | .946 | 1.767 | ||||
| John Nurthen | P | 28 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .929 | ||||
| Clay Christiansen | P | 26 | 11 | 28 | 1 | 3 | .975 | 1.500 | ||||
| Ben Callahan | P | 25 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.440 | ||||
| Mike Browning | P | 17 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .471 | ||||
| Chuck Dougherty | P | 15 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .733 | ||||
| Stefan Wever | P | 12 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.167 | ||||
| Pete Filson | P | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ray Fontenot | P | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .875 | ||||
| Gil Patterson | P | 7 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .889 | 2.286 | ||||
| Jeff Rudolph | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Randy Guerra | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Gene Nelson | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mark Silva | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Joseph Collins | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Dave Banes | SS | 105 | 172 | 322 | 45 | 63 | .917 | 4.705 | ||||
| Rex Hudler | SS | 28 | 21 | 85 | 10 | 11 | .914 | 3.786 | ||||
| Jim D'Aloia | SS | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.143 | ||||
| Brian Butterfield | SS | 6 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 1 | .769 | 3.333 | ||||
| Bob Mariano | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Matt Gallegos | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1493 | 3344 | 1502 | 170 | 292 | .966 | 3.246 | 12 | 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.
