1981 Macon Peaches Statistics
South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 62-79
Finished 4th in the SAL's South Division
Manager: Tom Kotchman (62-79)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Macon, Georgia
Ballpark: Luther Williams Park
Attendance: 72,557, Avg. 1,029
1981 Macon Peaches RosterTeam Record: 62-79
Finished 4th in the SAL's South Division
Manager: Tom Kotchman (62-79)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Macon, Georgia
Ballpark: Luther Williams Park
Attendance: 72,557, Avg. 1,029
The Macon Peaches of the South Atlantic League ended the 1981 season with a record of 62 wins and 79 losses, finishing fourth in the league's South Division.
The Peaches plated 647 runs and allowed 670 runs. Roberto Casasnovas paced Macon with 20 home runs Roberto Casasnovas and Bob Melvin each drove in 64 runs. Virgilio Silverio topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .274 average. Roger Mason led the squad with 10 wins, while Harley Woody recorded a 3.3 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1981 Macon Peaches who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Bob Melvin, Chuck Cary, Roger Mason, Bryan Kelly and Dwight Lowry.
Tom Kotchman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Mason | 10 | 10 | .500 | 3.89 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 148.0 | 153 | 77 | 64 | 10 | 50 | 0 | 105 | 7 | 0 | 4 | |
| Harley Woody | 8 | 10 | .444 | 3.30 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 139.0 | 127 | 62 | 51 | 8 | 55 | 2 | 81 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Nicholas O'Connor | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.95 | 25 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 98.0 | 110 | 51 | 43 | 6 | 35 | 1 | 52 | 5 | 3 | 0 | |
| Charlie Nail | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.70 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 90.0 | 68 | 38 | 27 | 3 | 34 | 1 | 73 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| James Ross | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.32 | 37 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 76.0 | 67 | 37 | 28 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Chuck Cary | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.59 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 87.0 | 77 | 32 | 25 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Bryan Kelly | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.58 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 50 | 30 | 27 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Miguel Valdez | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.93 | 33 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 71.0 | 61 | 33 | 31 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Don O'Connor | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.80 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 | 74 | 44 | 40 | 7 | 28 | 1 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| Tex Pankratz | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.88 | 33 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 83.0 | 85 | 55 | 45 | 6 | 38 | 4 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| John Vercoe | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.06 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31.0 | 34 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Bill Davis | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.03 | 34 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 96.0 | 104 | 62 | 43 | 3 | 52 | 0 | 63 | 8 | 0 | 4 | |
| John Lackey | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.91 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 47 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Donald Hayford | 1 | 4 | .200 | 6.55 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 26 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Michael Untisz | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.47 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 57 | 37 | 31 | 4 | 29 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Thomas Gonzalski | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.0 | 19 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Laurence Berthelson | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mark Jacob | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Luis Sanchez | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13.00 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 62 | 79 | .440 | 4.08 | 321 | 141 | 121 | 20 | 5 | 18 | 1196.0 | 1187 | 670 | 542 | 68 | 545 | 17 | 810 | 52 | 8 | 45 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virgilio Silverio | 110 | 462 | 409 | 66 | 112 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 45 | 22 | 3 | 37 | 65 | .274 | .338 | .357 | .695 | 146 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | |
| Bob Melvin | 114 | 455 | 412 | 56 | 112 | 19 | 1 | 14 | 64 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 71 | .272 | .330 | .425 | .754 | 175 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| Mark Smith | 125 | 496 | 454 | 48 | 110 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 48 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 64 | .242 | .289 | .352 | .641 | 160 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | |
| Bob Laurie | 123 | 511 | 445 | 59 | 106 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 18 | 6 | 49 | 81 | .238 | .317 | .306 | .623 | 136 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | |
| Pedro Chavez | 99 | 340 | 324 | 42 | 80 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 47 | .247 | .266 | .309 | .574 | 100 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| Roberto Casasnovas | 113 | 435 | 349 | 60 | 79 | 12 | 3 | 20 | 64 | 11 | 3 | 73 | 107 | .226 | .369 | .450 | .819 | 157 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | |
| Joseph Maloney | 109 | 403 | 323 | 55 | 77 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 61 | 4 | 3 | 68 | 74 | .238 | .372 | .387 | .759 | 125 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | |
| Chris Baker | 89 | 294 | 259 | 31 | 76 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 41 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 31 | .293 | .363 | .378 | .741 | 98 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| Frank Vazquez | 92 | 320 | 284 | 39 | 66 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 72 | .232 | .313 | .320 | .634 | 91 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Reggie Thomas | 67 | 255 | 216 | 35 | 60 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 34 | 12 | 1 | 36 | 44 | .278 | .382 | .449 | .831 | 97 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dwight Lowry | 67 | 259 | 231 | 30 | 58 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 39 | .251 | .320 | .303 | .623 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Tom Ginther | 51 | 208 | 181 | 27 | 46 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 20 | .254 | .348 | .331 | .679 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jon Zureich | 47 | 160 | 142 | 17 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 29 | .268 | .344 | .366 | .710 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Lawrence Gilmore | 44 | 172 | 148 | 21 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 27 | .223 | .326 | .331 | .657 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Greg Norman | 44 | 143 | 119 | 18 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 17 | .261 | .373 | .328 | .701 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Claude Douglas | 30 | 102 | 91 | 17 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 15 | .308 | .373 | .374 | .746 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| James Good | 36 | 116 | 106 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 25 | .189 | .250 | .245 | .495 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Steve Mastro | 23 | 82 | 61 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 12 | .262 | .425 | .279 | .704 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Michael Reeder | 12 | 38 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | .222 | .447 | .222 | .670 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robert Campbell | 11 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .182 | .217 | .182 | .399 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1406 | 5274 | 4603 | 647 | 1158 | 161 | 28 | 89 | 577 | 112 | 41 | 547 | 853 | .252 | .334 | .357 | .690 | 1642 | 0 | 39 | 48 | 37 | 16 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Zureich | 1B | 45 | 362 | 32 | 5 | 36 | .987 | 8.756 | ||||
| Lawrence Gilmore | 1B | 40 | 360 | 10 | 18 | 29 | .954 | 9.250 | ||||
| Greg Norman | 1B | 35 | 272 | 14 | 3 | 28 | .990 | 8.171 | ||||
| Mark Smith | 1B | 25 | 218 | 8 | 1 | 21 | .996 | 9.040 | ||||
| Bob Laurie | 1B | 7 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| James Good | 1B | 2 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 1.500 | ||||
| Joseph Maloney | 1B | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Bob Laurie | 2B | 108 | 241 | 325 | 33 | 69 | .945 | 5.241 | ||||
| Frank Vazquez | 2B | 25 | 44 | 70 | 8 | 12 | .934 | 4.560 | ||||
| Joseph Maloney | 2B | 14 | 31 | 35 | 4 | 9 | .943 | 4.714 | ||||
| Greg Norman | 2B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Tom Ginther | 2B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Joseph Maloney | 3B | 73 | 62 | 145 | 18 | 15 | .920 | 2.836 | ||||
| Tom Ginther | 3B | 43 | 34 | 70 | 9 | 3 | .920 | 2.419 | ||||
| Frank Vazquez | 3B | 20 | 19 | 35 | 3 | 3 | .947 | 2.700 | ||||
| Michael Reeder | 3B | 7 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 1 | .840 | 3.000 | ||||
| Roberto Casasnovas | 3B | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 2.500 | ||||
| Bob Laurie | 3B | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .909 | 3.333 | ||||
| Bob Melvin | C | 78 | 456 | 67 | 2 | 4 | .996 | 6.705 | 12 | |||
| Dwight Lowry | C | 39 | 225 | 22 | 5 | 5 | .980 | 6.333 | 6 | |||
| James Good | C | 26 | 146 | 22 | 5 | 0 | .971 | 6.462 | 10 | |||
| Robert Campbell | C | 5 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 4.600 | 0 | |||
| Virgilio Silverio | OF | 101 | 190 | 8 | 10 | 3 | .952 | 1.960 | ||||
| Roberto Casasnovas | OF | 101 | 145 | 5 | 8 | 1 | .949 | 1.485 | ||||
| Mark Smith | OF | 93 | 143 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .980 | 1.570 | ||||
| Reggie Thomas | OF | 64 | 80 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .944 | 1.312 | ||||
| Chris Baker | OF | 52 | 71 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .986 | 1.404 | ||||
| Claude Douglas | OF | 24 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.625 | ||||
| Steve Mastro | OF | 17 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.588 | ||||
| James Ross | P | 37 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .459 | ||||
| Bill Davis | P | 34 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .867 | .382 | ||||
| Miguel Valdez | P | 33 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .485 | ||||
| Tex Pankratz | P | 33 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .424 | ||||
| Roger Mason | P | 26 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .909 | .769 | ||||
| Nicholas O'Connor | P | 25 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .947 | .720 | ||||
| Harley Woody | P | 22 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .500 | ||||
| Michael Untisz | P | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .176 | ||||
| Don O'Connor | P | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .812 | 1.000 | ||||
| Charlie Nail | P | 13 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 2.154 | ||||
| Chuck Cary | P | 13 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .923 | 1.846 | ||||
| John Vercoe | P | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
| Bryan Kelly | P | 11 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .818 | ||||
| Thomas Gonzalski | P | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .125 | ||||
| Laurence Berthelson | P | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| John Lackey | P | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Luis Sanchez | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Hayford | P | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Mark Jacob | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Pedro Chavez | SS | 96 | 147 | 303 | 36 | 44 | .926 | 4.688 | ||||
| Frank Vazquez | SS | 47 | 86 | 104 | 17 | 27 | .918 | 4.043 | ||||
| Bob Laurie | SS | 3 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Michael Reeder | SS | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1522 | 3589 | 1470 | 218 | 329 | .959 | 3.324 | 28 | 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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