1981 Knoxville Blue Jays Statistics

Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 63-80
Finished 5th in the SL's West Division
Manager: Duane Larson (0-0), Larry Hardy (0-0)
Affiliation: Toronto Blue Jays
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Smithson Stadium
Attendance: 70,807, Avg. 990

1981 Knoxville Blue Jays Roster

The Knoxville Blue Jays of the Southern League ended the 1981 season with a record of 63 wins and 80 losses, finishing fifth in the league's West Division.

The Blue Jays scored 600 runs and allowed 702 runs. Jesse Barfield and Pete Dempsey led Knoxville with 16 home runs apiece. Pete Dempsey drove in 77 runs. Mitch Webster paced all regular batters by connecting at a .294 clip. Mark Eichhorn and Steve Senteney topped the squad with 10 wins each, while Mark Eichhorn recorded a 3.98 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1981 Knoxville Blue Jays who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Paul Hodgson, Larry McCall, Tom Brown, Fred Manrique, Steve Senteney, Mitch Webster, Pat Kelly, Mark Eichhorn, Jesse Barfield, Kevin Pasley, Ted Cox, Toby Hernández and Brian Milner.

Duane Larson and Larry Hardy served as manager.

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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
Steve Senteney	10	5	.667	3.14	46	1	26	0	0	7	106.0	87	50	37	6	43	3	93	3	0	9
Mark Eichhorn	10	14	.417	3.98	30	29	0	9	1	0	192.0	202	112	85	23	57	2	99	3	3	10
Mike Cuellar	6	3	.667	4.66	41	0	25	0	0	5	87.0	89	53	45	6	38	5	42	1	1	3
Scot Elam	6	4	.600	3.60	17	13	2	2	0	0	90.0	85	45	36	5	55	2	81	1	1	14
Keith Walker	6	10	.375	4.88	30	25	3	5	0	1	153.0	189	98	83	14	66	5	65	3	3	5
Jim Baker	5	5	.500	3.56	13	13	0	3	1	0	86.0	85	42	34	6	29	1	42	1	0	4
Colin McLaughlin	5	8	.385	4.92	16	16	0	3	0	0	86.0	77	54	47	5	73	1	81	5	2	9
Jay Robertson	3	5	.375	4.64	43	1	34	0	0	4	64.0	66	38	33	7	28	0	43	0	0	15
Rafael Santana	3	6	.333	4.95	16	13	3	0	0	0	80.0	97	50	44	9	46	1	49	0	1	2
Chuck Fore	3	8	.273	3.64	14	14	0	3	0	0	99.0	102	53	40	13	35	1	60	2	0	3
Larry McCall	2	3	.400	4.67	11	4	3	1	0	0	54.0	48	28	28	10	10	0	30	1	1	1
Ken Wright	2	6	.250	5.35	13	13	0	1	0	0	69.0	84	45	41	4	35	2	32	2	1	3
Tom Brown	1	0	1.000	1.12	3	0	1	0	0	0	8.0	7	1	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	1
Jesse Flores	1	0	1.000	6.00	5	2	0	0	0	0	12.0	12	8	8	1	6	0	5	1	0	0
Tom Lukish	0	2	.000	1.73	18	0	17	0	0	6	26.0	18	11	5	3	11	1	28	0	0	1
Totals	63	79	.444	4.21	316	144	114	27	2	23	1212.0	1248	688	567	113	533	24	753	23	13	80	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
Mitch Webster	140	616	554	89	163	26	6	1	42	52	12	45	56	.294	.351	.368	.720	204		5	10	2	3
Jesse Barfield	141	594	524	83	137	24	13	16	70	25	11	59	111	.261	.337	.448	.785	235		4	0	7	2
Fred Manrique	115	505	469	62	131	15	6	5	42	7	7	21	68	.279	.313	.369	.682	173		4	7	4	1
Pete Dempsey	140	558	518	68	128	26	9	16	77	4	4	26	119	.247	.294	.425	.718	220		9	3	2	4
Andre Wood	136	539	474	68	115	19	5	7	40	13	5	50	70	.243	.319	.348	.667	165		5	6	4	2
Vernon Ramie	122	462	374	44	107	18	4	7	60	4	3	81	82	.286	.409	.412	.820	154		0	2	5	8
Paul Hodgson	97	388	336	42	96	11	3	7	40	1	3	43	57	.286	.363	.399	.762	134		0	5	4	1
Brian Milner	112	409	385	31	89	14	3	2	35	3	0	19	96	.231	.267	.299	.565	115		0	4	1	0
Kevin Pasley	86	317	302	31	85	13	1	4	33	2	1	13	22	.281	.309	.371	.680	112		0	0	2	2
Eddie Dennis	89	293	277	24	65	9	1	0	19	7	9	9	32	.235	.266	.274	.541	76		3	4	0	0
Ted Cox	59	224	193	34	59	15	1	11	50	4	2	27	36	.306	.384	.565	.949	109		0	0	4	3
Pat Kelly	30	114	106	7	29	7	0	0	10	1	2	7	31	.274	.325	.340	.664	36		1	0	0	0
William Ereu	41	129	121	10	24	0	2	0	9	1	2	4	16	.198	.224	.231	.455	28		0	4	0	0
Keith Walker	50	73	69	5	16	7	0	1	9	0	0	3	15	.232	.260	.377	.637	26		0	0	1	0
Thomas Norko	4	13	12	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	.250	.250	.250	.500	3		0	1	0	0
Toby Hernández	4	14	11	1	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	1	.182	.308	.364	.671	4		0	1	0	0
Totals	1366	5248	4725	600	1249	204	55	77	541	124	61	409	816	.264	.325	.380	.704	1794	0	31	47	36	26

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Paul Hodgson	1B	97	832	54	11	72	.988	9.134
Kevin Pasley	1B	26	250	17	4	21	.985	1.269
Ted Cox	1B	18	174	10	1	13	.995	1.222
Vernon Ramie	1B	5	44	2	1	4	.979	9.200
Keith Walker	1B	2	10	1	1	0	.917	5.500
Brian Milner	1B	1	3	1	1	0	.800	4.000
Andre Wood	2B	135	310	441	23	77	.970	5.563
Eddie Dennis	2B	6	9	20	2	5	.935	4.833
William Ereu	2B	4	5	14	1	1	.950	4.750
Pete Dempsey	3B	132	119	246	31	25	.922	2.765
Ted Cox	3B	11	10	12	2	4	.917	2.000
William Ereu	3B	4	2	6	2	0	.800	2.000
Eddie Dennis	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Brian Milner	C	102	539	72	5	8	.992	5.990	14
Kevin Pasley	C	38	194	38	8	4	.967	6.105	4
Pat Kelly	C	9	52	5	4	0	.934	6.333	2
Jesse Barfield	OF	141	270	23	6	3	.980	2.078
Mitch Webster	OF	140	317	7	10	1	.970	2.314
Vernon Ramie	OF	88	129	5	5	0	.964	1.523
Eddie Dennis	OF	40	55	8	1	1	.984	1.575
William Ereu	OF	16	16	1	1	0	.944	1.062
Ted Cox	OF	16	25	2	1	1	.964	1.688
Thomas Norko	OF	4	1	0	0	0	1.000	.250
Brian Milner	OF	4	3	0	2	0	.600	.750
Kevin Pasley	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Toby Hernández	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Steve Senteney	P	46	10	16	6	1	.812	.565
Jay Robertson	P	43	8	8	3	0	.842	.372
Mike Cuellar	P	41	10	14	2	2	.923	.585
Keith Walker	P	30	8	27	2	1	.946	1.167
Mark Eichhorn	P	30	13	35	5	2	.906	1.600
Tom Lukish	P	18	1	2	0	0	1.000	.167
Scot Elam	P	17	4	7	4	0	.733	.647
Rafael Santana	P	16	5	13	2	1	.900	1.125
Colin McLaughlin	P	16	9	16	3	1	.893	1.562
Chuck Fore	P	14	11	14	0	3	1.000	1.786
Ken Wright	P	13	2	18	3	1	.870	1.538
Jim Baker	P	13	5	12	0	1	1.000	1.308
Larry McCall	P	11	4	4	1	0	.889	.727
Jesse Flores	P	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	.200
Tom Brown	P	3	1	1	0	0	1.000	.667
Fred Manrique	SS	115	161	330	45	62	.916	4.270
Eddie Dennis	SS	25	35	69	4	8	.963	4.160
Pete Dempsey	SS	8	13	24	0	7	1.000	4.625
Totals		1506	3672	1596	203	330	.963	3.498	20	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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