1981 Peninsula Pilots Statistics

Carolina League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 71-65
Finished 1st in the CL's South Division
Manager: Bill Dancy (71-65)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Newport News, Virginia
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 66,261, Avg. 974

1981 Peninsula Pilots Roster

Playoffs - Peninsula Pilots 1 game, Kinston Eagles 0
Finals - Hagerstown Suns 3 games, Peninsula Pilots 0

The Peninsula Pilots of the Carolina League ended the 1981 season with a record of 71 wins and 65 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.

The Pilots conceded 538 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Peninsula tallied 609 runs. Randy Salava paced the team with 13 home runs Jerry Willard drove in 60 runs. Paul Fryer led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .260. Kelly Downs topped the squad with 13 wins, while Denny Thomas recorded a 2.58 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Francisco Meléndez, Jay Baller, Steve Jeltz, Kelly Downs, Marty Decker, Jerry Willard and Ed Hearn were all players from the 1981 Peninsula Pilots who played in the Majors during their careers.

Bill Dancy served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Kelly Downs	13	7	.650	2.98	25	25	0	9	2	0	175.0	176	79	58	16	35	0	124	3	2	8
Steve Dunnegan	10	13	.435	3.53	26	26	0	3	2	0	171.0	158	79	67	11	62	1	114	6	1	4
Jay Baller	9	14	.391	3.92	27	27	0	6	1	0	147.0	119	85	64	14	78	0	166	19	0	15
Denny Thomas	8	2	.800	2.58	31	13	5	2	1	2	129.0	113	51	37	9	43	2	94	1	2	4
John Palmieri	8	8	.500	3.13	28	22	2	3	0	1	138.0	101	62	48	6	91	1	136	5	2	12
Kyle Money	6	7	.462	4.21	24	22	1	2	1	0	126.0	140	66	59	15	38	1	84	6	2	8
Dan Prior	5	5	.500	3.57	28	0	16	0	0	7	53.0	39	27	21	2	29	1	43	5	1	0
David Mitchell	4	0	1.000	4.12	22	1	9	0	0	0	48.0	30	23	22	7	28	0	38	5	0	8
Rafael Cepeda	3	3	.500	2.81	43	0	23	0	0	0	64.0	65	34	20	4	26	4	43	3	0	2
Marty Decker	3	5	.375	2.09	55	0	49	0	0	18	82.0	50	24	19	4	36	8	108	5	0	4
Fred Warner	2	1	.667	3.18	12	0	6	0	0	0	17.0	17	8	6	4	12	0	13	1	0	0
Totals	71	65	.522	3.29	321	136	111	25	7	28	1150.0	1008	538	421	92	478	18	963	59	10	65	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
Paul Fryer	128	472	439	59	114	17	4	11	57	11	4	30	97	.260	.308	.392	.700	172		1	1	1	1
Steve Jeltz	133	586	482	81	112	18	0	2	32	38	15	93	103	.232	.356	.282	.639	136		1	8	2	0
Ed Hearn	101	371	317	61	96	29	2	10	44	8	2	47	71	.303	.397	.502	.899	159		4	1	2	5
Jerry Willard	107	393	334	43	87	17	1	12	60	6	4	49	66	.260	.354	.425	.779	142		2	3	5	5
Jon Lindsey	110	400	360	33	83	13	0	2	34	8	10	26	47	.231	.282	.283	.565	102		2	6	6	0
Randy Salava	94	342	295	50	81	14	2	13	43	12	8	43	80	.275	.366	.468	.834	138		0	3	1	3
Dean Baugh	80	305	279	34	76	14	0	1	19	9	3	17	30	.272	.317	.333	.650	93		2	5	2	1
Steve Harvey	81	330	313	34	67	13	0	2	39	14	5	10	50	.214	.239	.275	.513	86		1	3	3	0
David Enos	86	281	233	29	60	6	2	2	26	7	8	35	48	.258	.347	.326	.673	76		0	7	6	1
Keith Washington	53	227	202	39	56	3	2	0	14	21	2	19	41	.277	.333	.312	.645	63		0	2	4	1
James Crawford	81	252	214	30	54	9	2	5	31	9	6	30	68	.252	.344	.383	.727	82		1	5	2	0
David Harrigan	75	298	273	35	54	13	2	11	40	1	2	20	86	.198	.258	.381	.639	104		3	0	2	1
Jeffrey Ulrich	40	132	114	23	35	5	0	5	24	1	2	9	15	.307	.385	.482	.867	55		6	2	1	0
Willie Darkis	44	153	136	19	33	6	2	7	23	6	3	14	49	.243	.320	.471	.791	64		2	0	1	1
Joe Nemeth	52	185	145	23	32	3	0	3	18	3	0	38	33	.221	.386	.303	.689	44		1	1	0	2
Vin Soreca	23	85	78	7	14	3	0	1	5	0	0	5	27	.179	.229	.256	.485	20		0	2	0	0
Francisco Meléndez	32	88	74	6	10	3	0	0	6	3	1	12	23	.135	.256	.176	.431	13		0	2	0	0
Felix Agapay	12	37	25	2	5	2	0	0	3	2	2	12	7	.200	.459	.280	.739	7		0	0	0	2
John Palmieri	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Totals	1361	4938	4314	608	1069	188	19	87	518	159	77	509	941	.248	.328	.361	.689	1556	0	26	51	38	23

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Ed Hearn	1B	73	538	25	12	48	.979	7.712
Joe Nemeth	1B	40	348	18	4	34	.989	9.150
Francisco Meléndez	1B	23	146	13	6	14	.964	6.913
David Enos	1B	8	63	6	2	3	.972	8.625
Steve Jeltz	2B	132	293	369	25	84	.964	5.015
David Enos	2B	5	9	12	0	0	1.000	4.200
Paul Fryer	3B	127	103	223	36	26	.901	2.567
David Enos	3B	16	9	23	2	2	.941	2.000
Jerry Willard	C	50	319	28	3	3	.991	6.940	8
David Harrigan	C	50	369	24	7	3	.982	7.860	3
Jeffrey Ulrich	C	23	135	15	3	2	.980	6.522	5
Vin Soreca	C	22	164	24	1	4	.995	8.545	4
Randy Salava	OF	88	115	10	6	3	.954	1.420
Steve Harvey	OF	81	156	9	5	4	.971	2.037
Dean Baugh	OF	79	142	7	7	0	.955	1.886
James Crawford	OF	57	74	3	6	1	.928	1.351
Keith Washington	OF	53	112	2	4	0	.966	2.151
Willie Darkis	OF	42	61	4	2	0	.970	1.548
David Enos	OF	20	18	3	2	0	.913	1.050
Felix Agapay	OF	9	19	0	4	0	.826	2.111
Francisco Meléndez	OF	5	8	0	0	0	1.000	1.600
Marty Decker	P	55	4	6	1	2	.909	.182
Rafael Cepeda	P	43	2	10	1	0	.923	.279
Denny Thomas	P	31	8	16	1	0	.960	.774
Dan Prior	P	28	0	11	0	0	1.000	.393
John Palmieri	P	28	10	23	3	3	.917	1.179
Jay Baller	P	27	8	10	2	0	.900	.667
Steve Dunnegan	P	26	15	29	2	2	.957	1.692
Kelly Downs	P	25	11	13	3	1	.889	.960
Kyle Money	P	24	4	22	2	1	.929	1.083
David Mitchell	P	22	3	5	0	1	1.000	.364
Fred Warner	P	12	0	3	0	0	1.000	.250
Jon Lindsey	SS	108	145	294	51	55	.896	4.065
David Enos	SS	35	40	78	10	10	.922	3.371
Totals		1467	3451	1338	213	306	.957	3.264	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.

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