1981 Phoenix Giants Statistics
Team Record: 69-63
Finished 2nd in the PCL's South Division
Manager: Rocky Bridges (69-63)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Ballpark: Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 240,832, Avg. 3,649
The Phoenix Giants of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1981 season with a record of 69 wins and 63 losses, finishing second in the league's South Division.
The Giants plated 686 runs and allowed 710 runs. Chili Davis and Jose Barrios paced Phoenix with 19 home runs apiece. Jose Barrios drove in 96 runs. Rich Murray led all regular hitters by hitting .326. Mike Rowland topped the team with 15 wins, while Alan Hargesheimer earned a 3.66 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Dave Roberts, Joe Pettini, Mike Rowland, Bob Brenly, Tom Runnells, Dennis Littlejohn, Max Venable, Rich Murray, Jeff Ransom, Guy Sularz, Mark Calvert, Jeff Stember, Alan Hargesheimer, Bob Tufts, Jesús Figueroa, Chili Davis, Jose Barrios, Jeffrey Leonard and Gene Pentz were all players from the 1981 Phoenix Giants who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Rocky Bridges 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Rowland | 15 | 7 | .682 | 3.99 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 176.0 | 189 | 90 | 78 | 21 | 42 | 1 | 84 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Bob Tufts | 9 | 2 | .818 | 1.70 | 30 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 69.0 | 59 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Mike Williams | 8 | 12 | .400 | 7.28 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 157.0 | 210 | 145 | 127 | 16 | 96 | 1 | 67 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
| Mark Calvert | 7 | 4 | .636 | 4.46 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 101.0 | 100 | 59 | 50 | 4 | 53 | 4 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 13 | |
| Jeff Stember | 7 | 9 | .438 | 6.44 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 116.0 | 131 | 94 | 83 | 12 | 90 | 13 | 63 | 9 | 0 | 10 | |
| Mike Tucker | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.68 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 110.0 | 118 | 48 | 45 | 9 | 30 | 2 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Alan Hargesheimer | 6 | 8 | .429 | 3.66 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 118.0 | 127 | 58 | 48 | 9 | 41 | 0 | 64 | 8 | 1 | 7 | |
| Phillip Hinrichs | 5 | 4 | .556 | 5.10 | 38 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 83.0 | 104 | 55 | 47 | 4 | 31 | 6 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Gene Pentz | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.38 | 41 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 74.0 | 82 | 38 | 36 | 11 | 42 | 2 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Doug Schaefer | 3 | 5 | .375 | 6.61 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 94.0 | 109 | 87 | 69 | 14 | 69 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 12 | |
| Dave Roberts | 0 | 0 | 2.40 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ronald Pisel | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.0 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 69 | 63 | .523 | 4.85 | 280 | 132 | 108 | 24 | 4 | 34 | 1131.0 | 1261 | 710 | 609 | 102 | 541 | 33 | 518 | 34 | 4 | 67 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guy Sularz | 132 | 580 | 515 | 86 | 167 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 56 | 24 | 8 | 46 | 37 | .324 | .384 | .400 | .784 | 206 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | |
| Mike Rex | 132 | 561 | 489 | 69 | 158 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 54 | 10 | 1 | 52 | 33 | .323 | .393 | .425 | .819 | 208 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | |
| Jose Barrios | 129 | 562 | 491 | 92 | 154 | 23 | 10 | 19 | 96 | 5 | 2 | 58 | 102 | .314 | .378 | .517 | .895 | 254 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | |
| Tom Runnells | 131 | 519 | 467 | 40 | 128 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 13 | 6 | 33 | 30 | .274 | .322 | .306 | .628 | 143 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 1 | |
| Max Venable | 104 | 477 | 428 | 81 | 122 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 48 | 33 | 8 | 41 | 51 | .285 | .352 | .444 | .796 | 190 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Chili Davis | 88 | 385 | 334 | 76 | 117 | 16 | 6 | 19 | 75 | 40 | 12 | 46 | 54 | .350 | .431 | .605 | 1.036 | 202 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| Rich Murray | 94 | 392 | 359 | 52 | 117 | 15 | 4 | 12 | 69 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 70 | .326 | .375 | .490 | .865 | 176 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| Jeff Ransom | 108 | 403 | 358 | 45 | 83 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 72 | .232 | .306 | .313 | .619 | 112 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Jeffrey Leonard | 47 | 204 | 187 | 38 | 75 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 45 | 18 | 1 | 14 | 20 | .401 | .451 | .636 | 1.087 | 119 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bob Brenly | 76 | 289 | 257 | 42 | 75 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 37 | .292 | .363 | .440 | .803 | 113 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| David Wiggins | 39 | 138 | 108 | 13 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 17 | .306 | .453 | .417 | .869 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dennis Littlejohn | 31 | 118 | 100 | 8 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 18 | .270 | .373 | .300 | .673 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tommy Jones | 17 | 70 | 69 | 7 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .304 | .314 | .420 | .735 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Pettini | 21 | 89 | 86 | 13 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .244 | .270 | .302 | .572 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jesús Figueroa | 20 | 42 | 38 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .421 | .452 | .526 | .979 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mike Turgeon | 15 | 65 | 58 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 16 | .276 | .354 | .362 | .716 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kelly Smith | 24 | 83 | 71 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | .225 | .329 | .254 | .583 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Roberts | 17 | 38 | 35 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .143 | .211 | .229 | .439 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Williams | 28 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .429 | .333 | .762 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Stember | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Schaefer | 27 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gene Pentz | 41 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alan Hargesheimer | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Calvert | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Rowland | 25 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1409 | 5044 | 4475 | 686 | 1355 | 198 | 58 | 85 | 634 | 165 | 53 | 461 | 610 | .303 | .369 | .430 | .799 | 1924 | 0 | 36 | 26 | 46 | 17 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Murray | 1B | 87 | 821 | 52 | 12 | 86 | .986 | 1.034 | ||||
| Jose Barrios | 1B | 47 | 401 | 35 | 7 | 45 | .984 | 9.277 | ||||
| Guy Sularz | 1B | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Dennis Littlejohn | 1B | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 12.000 | ||||
| Mike Rex | 2B | 131 | 281 | 371 | 17 | 105 | .975 | 4.977 | ||||
| Tom Runnells | 2B | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 3.000 | ||||
| Guy Sularz | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Guy Sularz | 3B | 132 | 105 | 313 | 15 | 32 | .965 | 3.167 | ||||
| Bob Brenly | 3B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jeff Ransom | C | 90 | 388 | 73 | 12 | 7 | .975 | 5.122 | 12 | |||
| Bob Brenly | C | 38 | 139 | 36 | 6 | 1 | .967 | 4.605 | 8 | |||
| Dennis Littlejohn | C | 10 | 41 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .978 | 4.500 | 0 | |||
| Max Venable | OF | 104 | 263 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .989 | 2.587 | ||||
| Chili Davis | OF | 86 | 175 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .968 | 2.116 | ||||
| Jeffrey Leonard | OF | 43 | 90 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .979 | 2.140 | ||||
| David Wiggins | OF | 39 | 65 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .919 | 1.744 | ||||
| Jose Barrios | OF | 38 | 61 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .955 | 1.684 | ||||
| Kelly Smith | OF | 24 | 57 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .952 | 2.500 | ||||
| Bob Brenly | OF | 24 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .951 | 1.625 | ||||
| Tommy Jones | OF | 17 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .944 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mike Turgeon | OF | 15 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.600 | ||||
| Tom Runnells | OF | 14 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jesús Figueroa | OF | 14 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .714 | ||||
| Jeff Ransom | OF | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Doug Schaefer | OF | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| Gene Pentz | P | 41 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .195 | ||||
| Phillip Hinrichs | P | 38 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .947 | .474 | ||||
| Bob Tufts | P | 30 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .767 | ||||
| Mike Williams | P | 26 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 1 | .882 | 1.154 | ||||
| Jeff Stember | P | 25 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .920 | .920 | ||||
| Doug Schaefer | P | 25 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .889 | .960 | ||||
| Mike Rowland | P | 25 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.480 | ||||
| Mike Tucker | P | 21 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .962 | 1.190 | ||||
| Alan Hargesheimer | P | 20 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.100 | ||||
| Mark Calvert | P | 18 | 14 | 22 | 1 | 1 | .973 | 2.000 | ||||
| Dave Roberts | P | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Ronald Pisel | P | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Tom Runnells | SS | 115 | 213 | 389 | 26 | 82 | .959 | 5.235 | ||||
| Joe Pettini | SS | 17 | 28 | 70 | 3 | 15 | .970 | 5.765 | ||||
| Jeff Ransom | SS | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1383 | 3391 | 1566 | 145 | 388 | .972 | 3.584 | 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.
