1981 Midland Cubs Statistics
Team Record: 62-73
Finished 4th in the TL's West Division
Manager: Roy Hartsfield (0-0), George Enright (0-0)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Midland, Texas
Ballpark: Christensen Stadium
Attendance: 105,294, Avg. 1,560
The Midland Cubs of the Texas League ended the 1981 season with a record of 62 wins and 73 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.
The Cubs scored 755 runs and allowed 771 runs, most in the circuit. Mel Hall paced Midland with 24 home runs, while Jack Upton and Carmelo Martínez walloped 15 or more, too. Mel Hall recorded 95 runs batted in. Jack Upton led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .328 average. Craig Lefferts topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 4.14 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1981 Midland Cubs who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Phil Nastu, Jon Perlman, Mel Hall, Carmelo Martínez, Tom Grant, Craig Lefferts, Mike Diaz, Dave Owen, Jim Tracy, Joe Carter and Fritzie Connally.
Roy Hartsfield and George Enright 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Lefferts | 12 | 12 | .500 | 4.14 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 185.0 | 203 | 95 | 85 | 21 | 36 | 2 | 135 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Bob Blyth | 9 | 5 | .643 | 3.36 | 44 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 75.0 | 70 | 34 | 28 | 6 | 33 | 4 | 78 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
| Randy Clark | 8 | 10 | .444 | 5.07 | 29 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 158.0 | 171 | 118 | 89 | 22 | 76 | 1 | 71 | 4 | 2 | 9 | |
| Norm Churchill | 7 | 11 | .389 | 5.43 | 37 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 121.0 | 145 | 86 | 73 | 17 | 40 | 0 | 68 | 5 | 0 | 9 | |
| Mike Thompson | 6 | 1 | .857 | 3.60 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 112 | 45 | 40 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phil Nastu | 6 | 5 | .545 | 5.36 | 36 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 94.0 | 125 | 65 | 56 | 13 | 51 | 0 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mike King | 4 | 2 | .667 | 7.06 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 65.0 | 76 | 60 | 51 | 11 | 70 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 2 | 10 | |
| Henry Mack | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.24 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 68.0 | 58 | 35 | 32 | 3 | 54 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Joe McClain | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.43 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 69.0 | 72 | 37 | 34 | 7 | 31 | 1 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Tim Millner | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.22 | 26 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49.0 | 57 | 29 | 23 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| Jon Perlman | 1 | 4 | .200 | 7.60 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 58.0 | 90 | 62 | 49 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |
| Mark Nowlin | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Clarke | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Wright | 0 | 0 | 5.00 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 26 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Michael Shepston | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Moore | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carlos Gil | 0 | 5 | .000 | 6.75 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Thomas Spino | 0 | 5 | .000 | 8.10 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 71 | 56 | 45 | 11 | 32 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Totals | 62 | 73 | .459 | 5.06 | 308 | 135 | 104 | 31 | 4 | 22 | 1148.0 | 1319 | 771 | 645 | 133 | 531 | 14 | 731 | 31 | 9 | 76 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mel Hall | 131 | 598 | 533 | 98 | 170 | 34 | 5 | 24 | 95 | 18 | 14 | 50 | 117 | .319 | .377 | .537 | .913 | 286 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | |
| Jack Upton | 127 | 551 | 479 | 95 | 157 | 36 | 3 | 16 | 84 | 3 | 2 | 58 | 67 | .328 | .397 | .516 | .913 | 247 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | |
| Carmelo Martínez | 116 | 462 | 392 | 65 | 116 | 22 | 1 | 21 | 84 | 5 | 2 | 56 | 73 | .296 | .389 | .518 | .907 | 203 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | |
| Randy LaVigne | 119 | 471 | 417 | 78 | 114 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 69 | 9 | 7 | 41 | 91 | .273 | .340 | .422 | .763 | 176 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | |
| Javier Fierro | 94 | 423 | 373 | 58 | 107 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 42 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 39 | .287 | .359 | .397 | .755 | 148 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |
| Fritzie Connally | 94 | 384 | 344 | 61 | 106 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 57 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 48 | .308 | .375 | .474 | .849 | 163 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mike Diaz | 110 | 437 | 390 | 56 | 103 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 64 | .264 | .331 | .400 | .731 | 156 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| Joe Carter | 67 | 261 | 249 | 42 | 67 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 30 | .269 | .296 | .414 | .710 | 103 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tom Grant | 48 | 224 | 189 | 34 | 66 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 39 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 33 | .349 | .442 | .630 | 1.072 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| Dave Owen | 80 | 299 | 247 | 40 | 53 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 48 | 73 | .215 | .342 | .255 | .597 | 63 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Craig Kornfeld | 53 | 229 | 210 | 33 | 52 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 21 | .248 | .296 | .329 | .625 | 69 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| James Mitchell | 65 | 228 | 199 | 23 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 35 | .206 | .294 | .312 | .605 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| David Pagel | 47 | 210 | 179 | 30 | 40 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 38 | .223 | .327 | .307 | .634 | 55 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Michael Shepston | 53 | 175 | 152 | 15 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 25 | .243 | .326 | .289 | .615 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Jim Tracy | 22 | 86 | 73 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 22 | .274 | .384 | .397 | .781 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Tex Morgan | 25 | 78 | 66 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 15 | .212 | .325 | .318 | .643 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Burton | 13 | 42 | 38 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .342 | .390 | .395 | .785 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wayne Simmons | 7 | 28 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .111 | .111 | .148 | .259 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carlos Gil | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 1277 | 5186 | 4557 | 755 | 1279 | 239 | 38 | 123 | 687 | 83 | 52 | 518 | 801 | .281 | .355 | .431 | .786 | 1963 | 0 | 29 | 44 | 38 | 29 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Upton | 1B | 122 | 1088 | 99 | 9 | 73 | .992 | 9.730 | ||||
| Fritzie Connally | 1B | 7 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 8.429 | ||||
| Jim Tracy | 1B | 6 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 8.167 | ||||
| Carmelo Martínez | 1B | 1 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 17.000 | ||||
| Javier Fierro | 2B | 71 | 156 | 212 | 9 | 48 | .976 | 5.183 | ||||
| Craig Kornfeld | 2B | 53 | 132 | 148 | 10 | 26 | .966 | 5.283 | ||||
| Dave Owen | 2B | 8 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 3.125 | ||||
| James Mitchell | 2B | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Carmelo Martínez | 2B | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.333 | ||||
| Wayne Simmons | 2B | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .889 | 4.000 | ||||
| Fritzie Connally | 3B | 87 | 73 | 179 | 11 | 11 | .958 | 2.897 | ||||
| Carmelo Martínez | 3B | 30 | 21 | 71 | 19 | 5 | .829 | 3.067 | ||||
| James Mitchell | 3B | 22 | 19 | 50 | 5 | 3 | .932 | 3.136 | ||||
| Mike Diaz | C | 106 | 593 | 75 | 16 | 4 | .977 | 6.302 | 8 | |||
| Michael Shepston | C | 36 | 171 | 19 | 6 | 0 | .969 | 5.278 | 5 | |||
| James Mitchell | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | |||
| Mel Hall | OF | 128 | 302 | 14 | 8 | 5 | .975 | 2.469 | ||||
| Randy LaVigne | OF | 118 | 185 | 20 | 4 | 1 | .981 | 1.737 | ||||
| Joe Carter | OF | 65 | 100 | 10 | 4 | 1 | .965 | 1.692 | ||||
| Tom Grant | OF | 48 | 77 | 12 | 2 | 3 | .978 | 1.854 | ||||
| Carmelo Martínez | OF | 20 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .846 | 1.100 | ||||
| Jim Tracy | OF | 16 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.625 | ||||
| Jeff Burton | OF | 11 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 1.091 | ||||
| Tex Morgan | OF | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.714 | ||||
| David Pagel | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| James Mitchell | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bob Blyth | P | 44 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .432 | ||||
| Norm Churchill | P | 37 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .903 | .757 | ||||
| Phil Nastu | P | 36 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .913 | .583 | ||||
| Randy Clark | P | 29 | 14 | 31 | 5 | 2 | .900 | 1.552 | ||||
| Tim Millner | P | 26 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .933 | .538 | ||||
| Craig Lefferts | P | 26 | 12 | 38 | 1 | 2 | .980 | 1.923 | ||||
| Henry Mack | P | 20 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Mike Thompson | P | 14 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mike King | P | 14 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .905 | 1.357 | ||||
| Thomas Spino | P | 13 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.538 | ||||
| Mike Wright | P | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Jon Perlman | P | 12 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .909 | 2.500 | ||||
| Joe McClain | P | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .833 | 1.000 | ||||
| Eddie Moore | P | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Carlos Gil | P | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Michael Shepston | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mark Nowlin | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tim Clarke | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Dave Owen | SS | 64 | 98 | 191 | 26 | 28 | .917 | 4.516 | ||||
| David Pagel | SS | 47 | 72 | 124 | 10 | 27 | .951 | 4.170 | ||||
| Javier Fierro | SS | 24 | 41 | 73 | 5 | 15 | .958 | 4.750 | ||||
| Wayne Simmons | SS | 5 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .842 | 3.200 | ||||
| Totals | 1421 | 3447 | 1568 | 175 | 279 | .966 | 3.529 | 13 | 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.
