1981 Lynchburg Mets Statistics
Team Record: 71-69
Finished 1st in the CL's North Division
Manager: Gene Dusan (71-69)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Ballpark: City Stadium
Attendance: 51,960, Avg. 742
The Lynchburg Mets of the Carolina League ended the 1981 season with a record of 71 wins and 69 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.
The Mets scored 704 runs and allowed 680 runs. Mike Anicich led Lynchburg with 17 home runs Darryl Strawberry recorded 78 runs batted in. Alex Delano paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .278. Jeff Bittiger topped the squad with 11 wins, while Eric Kuntz recorded a 3.02 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1981 Lynchburg Mets who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were La Schelle Tarver, Darryl Strawberry, José Oquendo, Billy Beane, Lloyd McClendon, Paul Wilmet, Jay Tibbs, Doug Sisk, Dave Smith, Jeff Bettendorf and Jeff Bittiger.
Gene Dusan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Bittiger | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.94 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 137.0 | 121 | 72 | 60 | 12 | 79 | 0 | 168 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Jeff Bettendorf | 10 | 9 | .526 | 6.28 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 109.0 | 129 | 86 | 76 | 15 | 68 | 0 | 68 | 4 | 1 | 11 | |
| Eric Kuntz | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.02 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 149.0 | 143 | 76 | 50 | 9 | 69 | 9 | 97 | 7 | 0 | 9 | |
| John Violette | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.79 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 126.0 | 139 | 70 | 53 | 11 | 36 | 5 | 67 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Stephen Ibarguen | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.82 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 125.0 | 102 | 73 | 53 | 7 | 73 | 3 | 103 | 9 | 1 | 13 | |
| Dave Smith | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.36 | 28 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 61.0 | 59 | 25 | 16 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Kevin Spicer | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.05 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 60.0 | 54 | 32 | 27 | 6 | 41 | 1 | 41 | 4 | 1 | 10 | |
| Roger Begue | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.64 | 42 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 58.0 | 46 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 54 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
| Doug Sisk | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.25 | 36 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 83.0 | 78 | 35 | 30 | 4 | 32 | 3 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Brian Kolbe | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.45 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jay Tibbs | 2 | 7 | .222 | 6.88 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 72.0 | 89 | 65 | 55 | 11 | 34 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| Preston Shockley | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.32 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 29 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Paul Wilmet | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.91 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22.0 | 27 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jose Rodriguez | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.75 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8.0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jody Johnston | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.24 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Clifford Faust | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.55 | 52 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 71.0 | 75 | 33 | 28 | 4 | 40 | 5 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Edward Rech | 1 | 3 | .250 | 8.53 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 29 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| John Skinner | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Jeffery Sunderlage | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.88 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 30 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 71 | 69 | .507 | 4.11 | 364 | 140 | 123 | 17 | 3 | 34 | 1193.0 | 1196 | 680 | 545 | 102 | 574 | 37 | 904 | 43 | 9 | 96 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Frash | 119 | 508 | 440 | 68 | 118 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 41 | 7 | 6 | 55 | 87 | .268 | .357 | .395 | .753 | 174 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |
| Bill Rittweger | 121 | 530 | 480 | 63 | 117 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 63 | .244 | .300 | .310 | .611 | 149 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | |
| Billy Beane | 114 | 456 | 403 | 47 | 108 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 59 | 19 | 8 | 36 | 125 | .268 | .331 | .412 | .743 | 166 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 1 | |
| Darryl Strawberry | 123 | 513 | 420 | 84 | 107 | 22 | 6 | 13 | 78 | 31 | 8 | 82 | 105 | .255 | .381 | .429 | .809 | 180 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Alex Delano | 116 | 441 | 381 | 54 | 106 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 50 | 7 | 6 | 53 | 90 | .278 | .371 | .399 | .770 | 152 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| James Woodward | 102 | 421 | 386 | 55 | 102 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 16 | 1 | 27 | 62 | .264 | .311 | .316 | .627 | 122 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| Duane Evans | 103 | 395 | 336 | 56 | 99 | 19 | 1 | 11 | 61 | 3 | 1 | 46 | 90 | .295 | .388 | .455 | .844 | 153 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| José Oquendo | 124 | 472 | 393 | 59 | 98 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 38 | 38 | 14 | 71 | 61 | .249 | .366 | .300 | .666 | 118 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | |
| Lloyd McClendon | 103 | 438 | 363 | 55 | 91 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 60 | 68 | .251 | .363 | .375 | .738 | 136 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | |
| Mike Anicich | 63 | 273 | 239 | 60 | 74 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 44 | .310 | .392 | .586 | .978 | 140 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| David Duff | 66 | 240 | 205 | 28 | 55 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 22 | .268 | .361 | .371 | .732 | 76 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| William Chamberlain | 57 | 209 | 190 | 21 | 51 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 40 | .268 | .325 | .347 | .673 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Chuck Schnoor | 74 | 237 | 197 | 21 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 53 | .213 | .322 | .269 | .591 | 53 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mark Elliott | 56 | 145 | 118 | 21 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 17 | .195 | .322 | .271 | .593 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| La Schelle Tarver | 5 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .455 | .500 | .545 | 1.045 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frederick Pustorino | 21 | 54 | 37 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 8 | .162 | .426 | .189 | .615 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1367 | 5357 | 4610 | 704 | 1207 | 203 | 43 | 80 | 609 | 146 | 60 | 611 | 936 | .262 | .352 | .377 | .729 | 1736 | 0 | 56 | 38 | 42 | 28 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duane Evans | 1B | 58 | 502 | 28 | 6 | 43 | .989 | 9.138 | ||||
| Mike Anicich | 1B | 55 | 458 | 21 | 7 | 39 | .986 | 8.709 | ||||
| Roger Frash | 1B | 20 | 162 | 17 | 3 | 17 | .984 | 8.950 | ||||
| William Chamberlain | 1B | 15 | 118 | 4 | 6 | 8 | .953 | 8.133 | ||||
| Mark Elliott | 1B | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 4.500 | ||||
| Bill Rittweger | 2B | 120 | 273 | 334 | 22 | 82 | .965 | 5.058 | ||||
| Chuck Schnoor | 2B | 19 | 37 | 48 | 1 | 2 | .988 | 4.474 | ||||
| James Woodward | 2B | 9 | 19 | 32 | 4 | 4 | .927 | 5.667 | ||||
| James Woodward | 3B | 91 | 57 | 178 | 34 | 19 | .874 | 2.582 | ||||
| Chuck Schnoor | 3B | 33 | 18 | 52 | 4 | 5 | .946 | 2.121 | ||||
| William Chamberlain | 3B | 24 | 14 | 32 | 8 | 1 | .852 | 1.917 | ||||
| Lloyd McClendon | 3B | 8 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .870 | 2.500 | ||||
| Mark Elliott | 3B | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mike Anicich | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Lloyd McClendon | C | 71 | 433 | 58 | 14 | 2 | .972 | 6.915 | 17 | |||
| David Duff | C | 61 | 387 | 51 | 5 | 2 | .989 | 7.180 | 6 | |||
| Frederick Pustorino | C | 21 | 107 | 13 | 1 | 3 | .992 | 5.714 | 7 | |||
| Darryl Strawberry | OF | 120 | 173 | 8 | 13 | 2 | .933 | 1.508 | ||||
| Billy Beane | OF | 112 | 233 | 8 | 11 | 1 | .956 | 2.152 | ||||
| Roger Frash | OF | 94 | 130 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .972 | 1.468 | ||||
| Alex Delano | OF | 77 | 99 | 4 | 8 | 0 | .928 | 1.338 | ||||
| Mark Elliott | OF | 45 | 57 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .952 | 1.311 | ||||
| La Schelle Tarver | OF | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Clifford Faust | P | 52 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .346 | ||||
| Roger Begue | P | 42 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .238 | ||||
| Doug Sisk | P | 36 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 2 | .905 | .528 | ||||
| Stephen Ibarguen | P | 33 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .923 | .727 | ||||
| John Violette | P | 28 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .464 | ||||
| Dave Smith | P | 28 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | .850 | .607 | ||||
| Eric Kuntz | P | 25 | 10 | 33 | 2 | 1 | .956 | 1.720 | ||||
| Jeff Bittiger | P | 24 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .958 | ||||
| Jeff Bettendorf | P | 24 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.083 | ||||
| Jay Tibbs | P | 15 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .905 | 1.267 | ||||
| Kevin Spicer | P | 12 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Jeffery Sunderlage | P | 10 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .700 | ||||
| Paul Wilmet | P | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Brian Kolbe | P | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Preston Shockley | P | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Jose Rodriguez | P | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Edward Rech | P | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Jody Johnston | P | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 2.500 | ||||
| John Skinner | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| José Oquendo | SS | 124 | 169 | 390 | 23 | 61 | .960 | 4.508 | ||||
| Chuck Schnoor | SS | 23 | 36 | 60 | 8 | 16 | .923 | 4.174 | ||||
| Totals | 1575 | 3580 | 1553 | 206 | 320 | .961 | 3.259 | 30 | 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.
