1981 Hagerstown Suns Statistics
Team Record: 70-68
Finished 1st in the CL's North Division
Manager: Grady Little (70-68)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Hagerstown, Maryland
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 145,335, Avg. 2,106
Playoffs - Hagerstown Suns 1 game, Salem Redbirds 0
Finals - Hagerstown Suns 3 games, Peninsula Pilots 0
The Hagerstown Suns of the Carolina League ended the 1981 season with a record of 70 wins and 68 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.
The Suns scored 752 runs, best in the league. Hagerstown yielded 716 runs. Matt Tyner walloped 31 home runs for the team, while Kurt Fabrizio, Paul Croft and John Stefero each swatted 15 or more, too. John Stefero drove in 82 runs. Matt Tyner led batters with significant playing time by hitting .301. Eddie Hook topped the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 2.9 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Allan Ramirez, Mark Brown, Ramón Romero, Dave Huppert, Ron Wotus, Ken Dixon, Al Pardo, Carl Nichols and John Stefero were all players from the 1981 Hagerstown Suns who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Grady Little 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Hook | 10 | 6 | .625 | 2.90 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 146.0 | 139 | 70 | 47 | 9 | 75 | 3 | 92 | 8 | 4 | 7 | |
| Tim Norris | 7 | 1 | .875 | 3.05 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 54 | 28 | 21 | 6 | 28 | 1 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Keith Thibodeaux | 7 | 4 | .636 | 5.54 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 91.0 | 80 | 59 | 56 | 11 | 60 | 3 | 90 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |
| Dane Anthony | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.19 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 88.0 | 99 | 55 | 41 | 10 | 32 | 1 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Bobo Gonzalez | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.86 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 77.0 | 63 | 38 | 33 | 7 | 50 | 0 | 94 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Paul Vaulman | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.17 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29.0 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Eddie Moore | 4 | 2 | .667 | 1.98 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 41.0 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Allen Edwards | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.46 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 91.0 | 97 | 56 | 35 | 7 | 48 | 3 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mike Wright | 3 | 3 | .500 | 6.23 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39.0 | 36 | 31 | 27 | 5 | 34 | 5 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
| Ken Dixon | 3 | 5 | .375 | 2.91 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 65.0 | 44 | 25 | 21 | 5 | 30 | 1 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Ron Leach | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.12 | 25 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 96.0 | 73 | 55 | 44 | 15 | 60 | 0 | 76 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Donald Minnick | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.88 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 56 | 48 | 34 | 8 | 37 | 3 | 65 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
| Allan Ramirez | 2 | 1 | .667 | 7.36 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 26 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| John Huey | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.71 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 69 | 48 | 33 | 9 | 37 | 2 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Randy Boyd | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Brown | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.14 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ramón Romero | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.48 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 29.0 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Robert Rock | 11 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alec McCullock | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dave Rivera | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Thompson | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16.0 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anderson Marston | 0 | 0 | 21.60 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leon Hoke | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.29 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freddie Smith | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.50 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Todd Richard | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.04 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 22 | 29 | 18 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| Neal Herrick | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Carcella | 0 | 1 | .000 | 11.57 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Leonard Jones | 0 | 1 | .000 | 11.57 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.0 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Dom Chiti | 0 | 2 | .000 | 15.75 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 66 | 64 | .508 | 4.18 | 319 | 134 | 94 | 32 | 3 | 31 | 1112.0 | 1046 | 669 | 516 | 107 | 652 | 39 | 916 | 40 | 15 | 60 | 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 Rivera | 130 | 548 | 479 | 88 | 138 | 27 | 5 | 13 | 67 | 20 | 8 | 65 | 91 | .288 | .374 | .447 | .821 | 214 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Paul Croft | 117 | 500 | 439 | 95 | 124 | 18 | 6 | 20 | 60 | 42 | 14 | 49 | 133 | .282 | .363 | .487 | .850 | 214 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| Matt Tyner | 108 | 444 | 386 | 70 | 116 | 18 | 2 | 31 | 77 | 4 | 1 | 52 | 78 | .301 | .384 | .598 | .982 | 231 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| John Pavlik | 128 | 495 | 435 | 67 | 98 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 59 | 23 | 11 | 51 | 140 | .225 | .307 | .407 | .714 | 177 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| John Stefero | 111 | 421 | 338 | 69 | 97 | 16 | 2 | 25 | 82 | 4 | 0 | 78 | 88 | .287 | .418 | .568 | .986 | 192 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| William Butler | 91 | 378 | 329 | 59 | 95 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 48 | 9 | 6 | 34 | 36 | .289 | .360 | .459 | .819 | 151 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | |
| Kurt Fabrizio | 85 | 341 | 295 | 48 | 82 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 59 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 49 | .278 | .359 | .492 | .850 | 145 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | |
| Dave Corman | 99 | 351 | 293 | 40 | 78 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 11 | 12 | 49 | 49 | .266 | .379 | .341 | .721 | 100 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Neal Herrick | 57 | 214 | 194 | 25 | 60 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 35 | .309 | .371 | .438 | .809 | 85 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Andy Timko | 47 | 207 | 194 | 17 | 51 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | .263 | .298 | .330 | .627 | 64 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Grant Headford | 47 | 175 | 157 | 24 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 36 | .268 | .343 | .344 | .687 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robert Palmer | 45 | 150 | 127 | 18 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 37 | .228 | .333 | .331 | .664 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Gregory Dees | 23 | 84 | 75 | 14 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 15 | .347 | .410 | .627 | 1.036 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Pardo | 21 | 89 | 76 | 11 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 9 | .316 | .382 | .421 | .803 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| Carl Nichols | 38 | 94 | 81 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 19 | .272 | .366 | .358 | .724 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Michael Frierson | 34 | 108 | 100 | 15 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 18 | .210 | .262 | .270 | .532 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Huppert | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Thompson | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Vaulman | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1206 | 4603 | 4002 | 668 | 1104 | 186 | 37 | 147 | 596 | 130 | 71 | 518 | 845 | .276 | .360 | .451 | .812 | 1805 | 0 | 29 | 23 | 31 | 35 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurt Fabrizio | 1B | 82 | 604 | 42 | 11 | 50 | .983 | 7.878 | ||||
| John Pavlik | 1B | 57 | 453 | 33 | 8 | 34 | .984 | 8.526 | ||||
| Robert Palmer | 1B | 8 | 60 | 4 | 1 | 4 | .985 | 8.000 | ||||
| Dave Corman | 2B | 91 | 202 | 231 | 22 | 54 | .952 | 4.758 | ||||
| William Butler | 2B | 27 | 54 | 65 | 12 | 13 | .908 | 4.407 | ||||
| Michael Frierson | 2B | 22 | 42 | 47 | 8 | 6 | .918 | 4.045 | ||||
| Scott Kuvinka | 2B | 4 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Carl Nichols | 2B | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Matt Tyner | 3B | 51 | 44 | 73 | 20 | 3 | .854 | 2.294 | ||||
| William Butler | 3B | 31 | 19 | 52 | 18 | 3 | .798 | 2.290 | ||||
| Gregory Dees | 3B | 19 | 18 | 40 | 5 | 6 | .921 | 3.053 | ||||
| Dave Rivera | 3B | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 1.857 | ||||
| John Stefero | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Stefero | C | 93 | 628 | 71 | 16 | 10 | .978 | 7.516 | 13 | |||
| Robert Palmer | C | 29 | 188 | 18 | 2 | 3 | .990 | 7.103 | 2 | |||
| Carl Nichols | C | 24 | 113 | 18 | 1 | 2 | .992 | 5.458 | 7 | |||
| Al Pardo | C | 10 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .957 | 4.400 | 2 | |||
| Dave Huppert | C | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 0 | |||
| Dave Rivera | OF | 106 | 166 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .961 | 1.632 | ||||
| Paul Croft | OF | 104 | 165 | 6 | 11 | 3 | .940 | 1.644 | ||||
| John Pavlik | OF | 70 | 152 | 9 | 6 | 0 | .964 | 2.300 | ||||
| Neal Herrick | OF | 54 | 94 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .990 | 1.833 | ||||
| Grant Headford | OF | 34 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .955 | 1.235 | ||||
| Matt Tyner | OF | 23 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .946 | 1.522 | ||||
| Carl Nichols | OF | 8 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 1.375 | ||||
| Michael Frierson | OF | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Robert Palmer | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| John Stefero | OF | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Ron Leach | P | 25 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 0 | .765 | .520 | ||||
| Eddie Hook | P | 22 | 5 | 24 | 6 | 0 | .829 | 1.318 | ||||
| Mike Wright | P | 21 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .429 | ||||
| Eddie Moore | P | 19 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .947 | ||||
| Keith Thibodeaux | P | 17 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .824 | ||||
| Ramón Romero | P | 17 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .235 | ||||
| Allen Edwards | P | 17 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .923 | 1.412 | ||||
| Paul Vaulman | P | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| John Huey | P | 14 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .650 | .929 | ||||
| Dane Anthony | P | 14 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 3 | .968 | 2.143 | ||||
| Donald Minnick | P | 13 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .923 | ||||
| Alec McCullock | P | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bobo Gonzalez | P | 12 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Robert Rock | P | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
| Todd Richard | P | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .800 | .364 | ||||
| Mike Thompson | P | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .300 | ||||
| Tim Norris | P | 10 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.300 | ||||
| Mark Brown | P | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .833 | .500 | ||||
| Ken Dixon | P | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .556 | ||||
| Leonard Jones | P | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
| Allan Ramirez | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .200 | ||||
| Anderson Marston | P | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Dom Chiti | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Freddie Smith | P | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Randy Boyd | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Leon Hoke | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .667 | ||||
| Neal Herrick | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Kevin Carcella | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .333 | ||||
| Dave Rivera | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Andy Timko | SS | 46 | 68 | 126 | 12 | 22 | .942 | 4.217 | ||||
| William Butler | SS | 27 | 44 | 72 | 16 | 12 | .879 | 4.296 | ||||
| Carl Nichols | SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| Scott Kuvinka | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1362 | 3327 | 1122 | 218 | 241 | .953 | 3.267 | 24 | 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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