1981 Knoxville Blue Jays Statistics
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
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 Tom Brown, Brian Milner, Fred Manrique, Steve Senteney, Mitch Webster, Paul Hodgson, Larry McCall, Pat Kelly, Toby Hernández, Kevin Pasley, Mark Eichhorn, Jesse Barfield and Ted Cox.
Duane Larson and Larry Hardy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
