1981 Royals Blue Statistics
Gulf Coast League (GCL) - Class: R
Team Record: 35-28
Finished 3rd in the GCL
Manager: Joe Jones (35-28)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Sarasota, Florida
Ballpark: KC Complex
1981 Royals Blue RosterTeam Record: 35-28
Finished 3rd in the GCL
Manager: Joe Jones (35-28)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Sarasota, Florida
Ballpark: KC Complex
The Royals Blue of the Gulf Coast League ended the 1981 season with a record of 35 wins and 28 losses, finishing third in the GCL.
The Royals Blue scored 313 runs and conceded 237 runs. Bill Pecota led all regular hitters with a .317 average. David Cone topped the team with 6 wins, while Spiro Psaltis recorded a 1.87 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1981 Royals Blue who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included David Cone, Luis Silverio, Bill Pecota and John Davis.
Joe Jones 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Cone | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.55 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67.0 | 52 | 24 | 19 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 45 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Ken Swank | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.74 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 69.0 | 62 | 30 | 21 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Nick Harsh | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.90 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20.0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Spiro Psaltis | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.87 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 53.0 | 27 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Doug Cook | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.30 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 28 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Scot Beahan | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.10 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 61.0 | 63 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Mitch Hawley | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.50 | 21 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32.0 | 43 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| John Davis | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 28 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Libardo Villalba | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.55 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22.0 | 40 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Jim Miner | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.55 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 53.0 | 55 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Edward Schiavo | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.67 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27.0 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Mark Chirrick | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.43 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42.0 | 45 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Les Strode | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.24 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 35 | 28 | .556 | 3.09 | 154 | 64 | 59 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 536.0 | 493 | 237 | 184 | 8 | 219 | 15 | 371 | 16 | 3 | 42 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Pecota | 61 | 249 | 208 | 61 | 66 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 39 | 18 | .317 | .427 | .452 | .879 | 94 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Warren Skelton | 58 | 232 | 202 | 22 | 51 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 39 | .252 | .341 | .282 | .623 | 57 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Randy Burger | 49 | 178 | 151 | 16 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 29 | .265 | .356 | .331 | .687 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| David Spalt | 44 | 175 | 162 | 23 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 24 | .247 | .303 | .278 | .581 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Meade Langhorne | 55 | 222 | 178 | 32 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 27 | .225 | .338 | .292 | .630 | 52 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | |
| Don Seeker | 59 | 182 | 145 | 24 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 18 | .234 | .365 | .352 | .716 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| Warren Oliver | 57 | 214 | 186 | 23 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 52 | .183 | .276 | .210 | .486 | 39 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vaughn Hempfield | 39 | 112 | 102 | 13 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 19 | .324 | .373 | .402 | .775 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Luis Silverio | 44 | 165 | 137 | 22 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 18 | 20 | .226 | .325 | .380 | .705 | 52 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| Tom Mohr | 49 | 159 | 129 | 20 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 38 | .186 | .323 | .271 | .594 | 35 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Randy Smith | 34 | 95 | 84 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | .167 | .263 | .238 | .501 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Gleissner | 14 | 40 | 36 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .250 | .325 | .278 | .603 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Allen Peake | 35 | 61 | 52 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 17 | .154 | .267 | .192 | .459 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charles Doolittle | 32 | 44 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 19 | .079 | .186 | .079 | .265 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mitch Hawley | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scot Beahan | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Chirrick | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 680 | 2131 | 1812 | 286 | 427 | 57 | 18 | 13 | 205 | 78 | 32 | 254 | 337 | .236 | .334 | .308 | .643 | 559 | 0 | 21 | 32 | 12 | 4 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Peake | 1B | 28 | 131 | 5 | 4 | 15 | .971 | 4.857 | ||||
| Randy Burger | 1B | 4 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 9.250 | ||||
| David Spalt | 2B | 38 | 94 | 84 | 7 | 16 | .962 | 4.684 | ||||
| Vaughn Hempfield | 2B | 28 | 62 | 75 | 5 | 15 | .965 | 4.893 | ||||
| Warren Skelton | 3B | 51 | 31 | 97 | 13 | 11 | .908 | 2.510 | ||||
| Bill Pecota | 3B | 14 | 10 | 29 | 4 | 1 | .907 | 2.786 | ||||
| Randy Burger | C | 35 | 213 | 25 | 5 | 2 | .979 | 6.800 | 6 | |||
| Bill Pecota | C | 18 | 102 | 16 | 2 | 2 | .983 | 6.556 | 9 | |||
| Jim Gleissner | C | 12 | 58 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .986 | 5.750 | 0 | |||
| Randy Smith | C | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 2.400 | 2 | |||
| Don Seeker | OF | 55 | 69 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .963 | 1.436 | ||||
| Meade Langhorne | OF | 52 | 67 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.365 | ||||
| Tom Mohr | OF | 47 | 86 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .968 | 1.915 | ||||
| Luis Silverio | OF | 40 | 80 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .976 | 2.075 | ||||
| Charles Doolittle | OF | 29 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .931 | .931 | ||||
| Randy Smith | OF | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .900 | ||||
| David Spalt | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jim Gleissner | OF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mitch Hawley | P | 21 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | .800 | .381 | ||||
| Spiro Psaltis | P | 17 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .765 | ||||
| Mark Chirrick | P | 15 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| David Cone | P | 14 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .857 | ||||
| Jim Miner | P | 13 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 2 | .923 | 1.846 | ||||
| Scot Beahan | P | 13 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .870 | 1.538 | ||||
| Ken Swank | P | 12 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.583 | ||||
| Edward Schiavo | P | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| John Davis | P | 10 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Libardo Villalba | P | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .111 | ||||
| Nick Harsh | P | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .857 | ||||
| Doug Cook | P | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Les Strode | P | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Warren Oliver | SS | 57 | 84 | 181 | 22 | 31 | .923 | 4.649 | ||||
| David Spalt | SS | 6 | 6 | 21 | 3 | 0 | .900 | 4.500 | ||||
| Warren Skelton | SS | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .714 | 1.667 | ||||
| Totals | 688 | 1207 | 675 | 90 | 105 | .954 | 2.735 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
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