1981 Greenwood Pirates Statistics
Team Record: 79-65
Finished 1st in the SAL's South Division
Manager: Joe Frisina (79-65)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Greenwood, South Carolina
Ballpark: Legion Stadium
Attendance: 20,740, Avg. 288
Playoffs - Greensboro Hornets 3 games, Greenwood Pirates 2
The Greenwood Pirates of the South Atlantic League ended the 1981 season with a record of 79 wins and 65 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Pirates scored 681 runs and yielded 705 runs. Joel Skinner led Greenwood with 11 home runs Jesus Tiamo drove in 75 runs. Joe Orsulak paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .315 clip. Chris Green topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 3.08 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1981 Greenwood Pirates who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Joel Skinner, Joe Orsulak, Mike Bielecki, Rich Renteria, Trench Davis and Chris Green.
Joe Frisina 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Green | 15 | 7 | .682 | 3.08 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 184.0 | 148 | 87 | 63 | 13 | 86 | 0 | 128 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tim Wheeler | 14 | 13 | .519 | 3.60 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 195.0 | 185 | 98 | 78 | 21 | 47 | 0 | 166 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |
| Mike Bielecki | 12 | 11 | .522 | 3.42 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 192.0 | 172 | 95 | 73 | 11 | 82 | 2 | 163 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| Fernando Gonzalez | 10 | 11 | .476 | 3.52 | 27 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 161.0 | 170 | 92 | 63 | 16 | 52 | 2 | 128 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Wilfrido Cordoba | 7 | 6 | .538 | 1.78 | 39 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 81.0 | 44 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 51 | 3 | 106 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Lee Marcheskie | 6 | 4 | .600 | 5.22 | 26 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 81.0 | 93 | 68 | 47 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 11 | |
| Jeff Horne | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.56 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 86.0 | 104 | 63 | 34 | 4 | 39 | 4 | 58 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
| Christopher Edwards | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.88 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 68 | 34 | 25 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Brian Reams | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.91 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33.0 | 27 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bradley Palmer | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.34 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 25 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Glenn Padgett | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.05 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Timothy Muench | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.18 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 38 | 29 | 19 | 2 | 37 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Lance Dodd | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.39 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31.0 | 38 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Scott Fiepke | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.59 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 29 | 27 | 18 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Larry Acker | 0 | 0 | 6.23 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Spin Williams | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Meredith Tingler | 0 | 0 | 10.29 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 79 | 65 | .549 | 3.70 | 285 | 144 | 100 | 44 | 4 | 17 | 1237.0 | 1197 | 705 | 509 | 83 | 540 | 15 | 962 | 29 | 10 | 75 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trench Davis | 141 | 578 | 530 | 70 | 158 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 73 | 31 | 6 | 41 | 81 | .298 | .349 | .400 | .749 | 212 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Rich Renteria | 127 | 559 | 510 | 90 | 146 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 53 | .286 | .329 | .367 | .696 | 187 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | |
| Joe Orsulak | 118 | 499 | 460 | 80 | 145 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 70 | 18 | 7 | 29 | 32 | .315 | .352 | .428 | .780 | 197 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | |
| Marvin Clack | 122 | 542 | 468 | 87 | 142 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 30 | 15 | 63 | 89 | .303 | .390 | .350 | .741 | 164 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |
| Jesus Tiamo | 131 | 510 | 449 | 63 | 120 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 75 | 13 | 5 | 41 | 38 | .267 | .328 | .381 | .709 | 171 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 2 | |
| Joel Skinner | 117 | 467 | 428 | 48 | 114 | 25 | 2 | 11 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 99 | .266 | .313 | .411 | .724 | 176 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |
| Nellie DeLaRosa | 131 | 490 | 449 | 52 | 112 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 51 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 80 | .249 | .299 | .383 | .682 | 172 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | |
| Sam Haro | 83 | 333 | 303 | 37 | 75 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 20 | 56 | .248 | .299 | .257 | .557 | 78 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |
| Nick Castaneda | 57 | 207 | 186 | 25 | 56 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 29 | .301 | .364 | .392 | .757 | 73 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Rob O'Leath | 58 | 210 | 188 | 23 | 50 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 57 | .266 | .338 | .399 | .737 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Boris Villa | 77 | 224 | 212 | 20 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 36 | .184 | .206 | .198 | .405 | 42 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Garnett | 52 | 168 | 146 | 17 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 58 | .205 | .299 | .370 | .669 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Pete Rice | 43 | 147 | 127 | 22 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 42 | .228 | .327 | .315 | .641 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ken Ford | 21 | 80 | 74 | 12 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .311 | .362 | .419 | .781 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tomas Martinez | 44 | 116 | 105 | 12 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 16 | .210 | .276 | .238 | .514 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Juan Arias | 36 | 120 | 112 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 50 | .170 | .218 | .241 | .460 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Burley | 16 | 48 | 36 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | .250 | .400 | .306 | .706 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Richard Scott | 14 | 40 | 33 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .212 | .275 | .242 | .517 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Dan Smith | 5 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .294 | .333 | .294 | .627 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wilfrido Cordoba | 39 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1432 | 5358 | 4835 | 681 | 1301 | 184 | 49 | 55 | 565 | 151 | 56 | 395 | 855 | .269 | .326 | .362 | .688 | 1748 | 0 | 39 | 38 | 51 | 29 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trench Davis | 1B | 104 | 838 | 28 | 26 | 62 | .971 | 8.327 | ||||
| Nick Castaneda | 1B | 39 | 315 | 28 | 4 | 27 | .988 | 8.795 | ||||
| Rob O'Leath | 1B | 7 | 41 | 5 | 2 | 4 | .958 | 6.571 | ||||
| Jesus Tiamo | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Brad Garnett | 1B | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 9.000 | ||||
| Sam Haro | 2B | 76 | 165 | 213 | 25 | 41 | .938 | 4.974 | ||||
| Boris Villa | 2B | 55 | 89 | 111 | 14 | 24 | .935 | 3.636 | ||||
| Tony Burley | 2B | 15 | 20 | 38 | 1 | 9 | .983 | 3.867 | ||||
| Richard Scott | 2B | 14 | 22 | 29 | 4 | 7 | .927 | 3.643 | ||||
| Rich Renteria | 3B | 122 | 81 | 225 | 39 | 12 | .887 | 2.508 | ||||
| Tomas Martinez | 3B | 20 | 13 | 29 | 7 | 4 | .857 | 2.100 | ||||
| Sam Haro | 3B | 7 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 2.571 | ||||
| Joel Skinner | C | 112 | 766 | 42 | 22 | 5 | .973 | 7.214 | 11 | |||
| Jesus Tiamo | C | 36 | 258 | 27 | 6 | 1 | .979 | 7.917 | 8 | |||
| Tomas Martinez | C | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.750 | 3 | |||
| Nellie DeLaRosa | OF | 130 | 224 | 10 | 14 | 0 | .944 | 1.800 | ||||
| Joe Orsulak | OF | 113 | 249 | 16 | 4 | 4 | .985 | 2.345 | ||||
| Jesus Tiamo | OF | 66 | 93 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .990 | 1.500 | ||||
| Pete Rice | OF | 40 | 54 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .922 | 1.475 | ||||
| Trench Davis | OF | 38 | 79 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .943 | 2.158 | ||||
| Juan Arias | OF | 34 | 53 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .917 | 1.618 | ||||
| Ken Ford | OF | 21 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 1.905 | ||||
| Brad Garnett | OF | 14 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .778 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tomas Martinez | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Wilfrido Cordoba | P | 39 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .900 | .462 | ||||
| Mike Bielecki | P | 28 | 7 | 25 | 2 | 0 | .941 | 1.143 | ||||
| Tim Wheeler | P | 27 | 13 | 27 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 1.481 | ||||
| Chris Green | P | 27 | 3 | 28 | 4 | 0 | .886 | 1.148 | ||||
| Fernando Gonzalez | P | 27 | 12 | 21 | 3 | 0 | .917 | 1.222 | ||||
| Lee Marcheskie | P | 26 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | .818 | .692 | ||||
| Jeff Horne | P | 23 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .913 | .913 | ||||
| Bradley Palmer | P | 14 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | .214 | ||||
| Christopher Edwards | P | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .357 | ||||
| Timothy Muench | P | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .308 | ||||
| Brian Reams | P | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .583 | ||||
| Lance Dodd | P | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .556 | ||||
| Scott Fiepke | P | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Larry Acker | P | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .125 | ||||
| Glenn Padgett | P | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Spin Williams | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Meredith Tingler | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Marvin Clack | SS | 121 | 167 | 349 | 74 | 61 | .875 | 4.264 | ||||
| Boris Villa | SS | 22 | 27 | 44 | 8 | 11 | .899 | 3.227 | ||||
| Dan Smith | SS | 5 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 2 | .923 | 4.800 | ||||
| Rich Renteria | SS | 4 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.250 | ||||
| Totals | 1508 | 3707 | 1416 | 298 | 279 | .945 | 3.397 | 22 | 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.
