1981 Savannah Braves Statistics
Team Record: 70-70
Finished 3rd in the SL's East Division
Manager: Andy Gilbert (70-70)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Savannah, Georgia
Ballpark: Grayson Stadium
Attendance: 104,254, Avg. 1,489
Playoffs - Orlando Twins 3 games, Savannah Braves 1
The Savannah Braves of the Southern League ended the 1981 season with a record of 70 wins and 70 losses, finishing third in the league's East Division.
The Braves plated 617 runs and allowed 622 runs. Leo Vargas walloped 32 home runs for Savannah, while Gerald Perry, Brook Jacoby and Ronald Grout each swatted 15 or more, too. Ronald Grout drove in 90 runs. Albert Hall led all regular batters by hitting .308. Craig McMurtry topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 2.76 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.
Members of the 1981 Savannah Braves who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Craig McMurtry, Larry Owen, Brook Jacoby, Dan Morogiello, Albert Hall, Mike Grace, Paul Zuvella, Gerald Perry, Milt Thompson, Joe Cowley and Jim Acker.
Andy Gilbert 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 McMurtry | 15 | 11 | .577 | 2.76 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 202.0 | 168 | 87 | 62 | 13 | 95 | 3 | 111 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |
| Greg Field | 11 | 10 | .524 | 4.19 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 172.0 | 198 | 98 | 80 | 18 | 64 | 4 | 101 | 8 | 1 | 8 | |
| Tim Cole | 8 | 15 | .348 | 4.63 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 169.0 | 166 | 107 | 87 | 21 | 101 | 2 | 95 | 11 | 0 | 7 | |
| Joe Cowley | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.74 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 69.0 | 47 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Craig Jones | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.15 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 141.0 | 133 | 79 | 65 | 10 | 75 | 1 | 94 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| Dan Morogiello | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.23 | 43 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 66.0 | 78 | 39 | 31 | 8 | 35 | 6 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jim Acker | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.69 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 77.0 | 57 | 34 | 23 | 9 | 34 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Scott Patterson | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4.40 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 94.0 | 94 | 56 | 46 | 15 | 36 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Shields | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.01 | 27 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 79.0 | 74 | 52 | 44 | 12 | 45 | 5 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Ike Pettaway | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.37 | 42 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 62.0 | 64 | 40 | 37 | 6 | 26 | 3 | 57 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |
| Mike Smith | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.62 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charles Hatcher | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Hamer | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 70 | 70 | .500 | 3.95 | 258 | 140 | 88 | 52 | 8 | 17 | 1144.0 | 1096 | 622 | 502 | 120 | 534 | 25 | 694 | 38 | 4 | 47 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Hall | 133 | 566 | 487 | 83 | 150 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 27 | 60 | 17 | 64 | 44 | .308 | .393 | .437 | .830 | 213 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | |
| Brook Jacoby | 140 | 553 | 507 | 59 | 148 | 28 | 3 | 24 | 82 | 0 | 4 | 37 | 105 | .292 | .344 | .501 | .845 | 254 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| Paul Zuvella | 138 | 545 | 485 | 61 | 145 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 68 | 10 | 8 | 31 | 42 | .299 | .350 | .410 | .761 | 199 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 2 | |
| Milt Thompson | 140 | 596 | 493 | 92 | 135 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 46 | 11 | 89 | 112 | .274 | .385 | .343 | .727 | 169 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 2 | |
| Gerald Perry | 137 | 554 | 476 | 71 | 132 | 18 | 3 | 19 | 84 | 22 | 12 | 69 | 95 | .277 | .364 | .447 | .812 | 213 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 | |
| Leo Vargas | 140 | 549 | 499 | 73 | 132 | 20 | 2 | 32 | 76 | 14 | 9 | 37 | 88 | .265 | .319 | .505 | .824 | 252 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | |
| Ronald Grout | 135 | 546 | 482 | 57 | 117 | 27 | 0 | 22 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 96 | .243 | .323 | .436 | .759 | 210 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| Randy Ingle | 119 | 416 | 383 | 44 | 79 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 79 | .206 | .258 | .295 | .553 | 113 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Larry Owen | 90 | 308 | 279 | 30 | 64 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 42 | .229 | .291 | .333 | .624 | 93 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Mike Reynolds | 48 | 108 | 88 | 18 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 15 | .261 | .393 | .386 | .779 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Steven Stieb | 28 | 90 | 84 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20 | .214 | .267 | .405 | .671 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Thompson | 18 | 60 | 52 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | .250 | .350 | .423 | .773 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Grace | 26 | 67 | 59 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .153 | .242 | .237 | .480 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Miller | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1294 | 4959 | 4375 | 616 | 1165 | 183 | 29 | 138 | 542 | 158 | 64 | 472 | 751 | .266 | .340 | .416 | .756 | 1820 | 0 | 34 | 44 | 34 | 30 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Perry | 1B | 137 | 1221 | 86 | 18 | 94 | .986 | 9.540 | ||||
| Ronald Grout | 1B | 3 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Randy Ingle | 2B | 119 | 254 | 366 | 24 | 65 | .963 | 5.210 | ||||
| Mike Reynolds | 2B | 17 | 25 | 43 | 3 | 3 | .958 | 4.000 | ||||
| Mike Grace | 2B | 9 | 13 | 24 | 2 | 4 | .949 | 4.111 | ||||
| Brook Jacoby | 3B | 137 | 99 | 232 | 30 | 18 | .917 | 2.416 | ||||
| Mike Grace | 3B | 6 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 2 | .810 | 2.833 | ||||
| Larry Owen | C | 86 | 456 | 78 | 23 | 6 | .959 | 6.209 | 11 | |||
| Steven Stieb | C | 28 | 153 | 20 | 3 | 0 | .983 | 6.179 | 1 | |||
| Tommy Thompson | C | 17 | 77 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .944 | 4.941 | 1 | |||
| Leo Vargas | OF | 140 | 222 | 22 | 13 | 4 | .949 | 1.743 | ||||
| Milt Thompson | OF | 140 | 226 | 17 | 8 | 3 | .968 | 1.736 | ||||
| Albert Hall | OF | 132 | 263 | 16 | 10 | 7 | .965 | 2.114 | ||||
| Mike Reynolds | OF | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Brook Jacoby | OF | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.333 | ||||
| Dan Morogiello | P | 43 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .933 | .326 | ||||
| Ike Pettaway | P | 42 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .262 | ||||
| Craig McMurtry | P | 28 | 16 | 46 | 6 | 5 | .912 | 2.214 | ||||
| Mike Shields | P | 27 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .519 | ||||
| Greg Field | P | 27 | 12 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.481 | ||||
| Tim Cole | P | 27 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 1 | .964 | 1.000 | ||||
| Craig Jones | P | 24 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .964 | 1.125 | ||||
| Scott Patterson | P | 13 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.462 | ||||
| Joe Cowley | P | 11 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 1.727 | ||||
| Jim Acker | P | 10 | 11 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.600 | ||||
| Mike Smith | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Hatcher | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Mike Hamer | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Zuvella | SS | 138 | 220 | 406 | 35 | 61 | .947 | 4.536 | ||||
| Mike Grace | SS | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 6.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1381 | 3365 | 1526 | 191 | 286 | .962 | 3.542 | 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.
