1981 Springfield Redbirds Statistics
Team Record: 66-70
Finished 2nd in the AA's East Division
Manager: (66-70)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Springfield, Illinois
Ballpark: Robin Roberts Stadium at Lanphier Park
Attendance: 120,537, Avg. 1,773
Playoffs - Omaha Royals 3 games, Springfield Redbirds 2
The Springfield Redbirds of the American Association ended the 1981 season with a record of 66 wins and 70 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Redbirds plated 658 runs and allowed 602 runs. George Bjorkman paced Springfield with 28 home runs, and Mike Calise walloped 15 or more, too. Mike Calise drove in 87 runs. Neil Fiala led batters with significant playing time with a .323 average. Dave LaPoint topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.19 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1981 Springfield Redbirds who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jeff Little, George Bjorkman, Joe Edelen, Andy Rincon, Rafael Santana, John Stuper, Gene Roof, Keith Smith, John Martin, Donnie Moore, Kelly Paris, George Frazier, Glenn Brummer, David Green, Dave LaPoint, Ralph Citarella, Mark Corey, Mark Littell, Neil Fiala, Joe DeSa and Luis DeLeón.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave LaPoint | 13 | 9 | .591 | 3.19 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 172.0 | 160 | 83 | 61 | 15 | 66 | 0 | 129 | 1 | 0 | 10 | |
| Joe Edelen | 9 | 1 | .900 | 3.56 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 96.0 | 90 | 42 | 38 | 8 | 35 | 1 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Donnie Moore | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.42 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 108.0 | 115 | 49 | 41 | 12 | 31 | 1 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Luis DeLeón | 8 | 7 | .533 | 2.55 | 52 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 99.0 | 73 | 34 | 28 | 8 | 35 | 5 | 96 | 6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeff Little | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.87 | 47 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 114.0 | 98 | 57 | 49 | 6 | 65 | 4 | 99 | 2 | 0 | 9 | |
| John Stuper | 6 | 14 | .300 | 4.92 | 28 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 161.0 | 175 | 101 | 88 | 18 | 85 | 4 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Tom Chamberlain | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.43 | 26 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 126.0 | 150 | 79 | 62 | 19 | 52 | 2 | 54 | 10 | 0 | 8 | |
| Chris Davis | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.16 | 28 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80.0 | 92 | 43 | 37 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| John Martin | 2 | 2 | .500 | 1.46 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 37.0 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Jorn | 2 | 3 | .400 | 7.24 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 41.0 | 52 | 34 | 33 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| George Frazier | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.19 | 21 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 31.0 | 35 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mark Littell | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.79 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| William Thomas | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.81 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 30 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Andy Rincon | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.55 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 32 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gene Dotson | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Citarella | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Len Strelitz | 0 | 2 | .000 | 14.14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 66 | 70 | .485 | 3.94 | 299 | 136 | 102 | 34 | 6 | 24 | 1148.0 | 1171 | 602 | 503 | 121 | 463 | 23 | 678 | 32 | 0 | 57 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Fiala | 143 | 539 | 461 | 71 | 149 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 16 | 7 | 61 | 46 | .323 | .405 | .401 | .806 | 185 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 4 | |
| Joe DeSa | 132 | 576 | 497 | 60 | 145 | 30 | 2 | 12 | 73 | 4 | 3 | 67 | 66 | .292 | .380 | .433 | .813 | 215 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 9 | |
| David Green | 106 | 460 | 430 | 66 | 116 | 26 | 3 | 10 | 67 | 23 | 9 | 24 | 83 | .270 | .309 | .414 | .723 | 178 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Gene Roof | 96 | 387 | 322 | 65 | 112 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 44 | 17 | 6 | 54 | 50 | .348 | .451 | .528 | .978 | 170 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Gene Dotson | 112 | 438 | 400 | 61 | 112 | 29 | 2 | 14 | 57 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 89 | .280 | .338 | .468 | .805 | 187 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Mike Calise | 115 | 484 | 444 | 55 | 104 | 14 | 1 | 26 | 87 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 132 | .234 | .283 | .446 | .729 | 198 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | |
| George Bjorkman | 107 | 399 | 323 | 69 | 82 | 14 | 1 | 28 | 66 | 2 | 4 | 72 | 86 | .254 | .392 | .563 | .955 | 182 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Randy Thomas | 110 | 385 | 341 | 42 | 82 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 43 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 35 | .240 | .317 | .326 | .642 | 111 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kelly Paris | 90 | 323 | 292 | 38 | 78 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 48 | .267 | .328 | .370 | .698 | 108 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Dave Bialas | 99 | 369 | 317 | 53 | 74 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 57 | .233 | .328 | .338 | .665 | 107 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| Mark Corey | 52 | 208 | 184 | 22 | 56 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 38 | .304 | .369 | .500 | .869 | 92 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Dave Penniall | 62 | 227 | 205 | 27 | 52 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 35 | .254 | .314 | .420 | .734 | 86 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Glenn Brummer | 26 | 84 | 77 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 16 | .234 | .298 | .325 | .622 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keith Smith | 22 | 86 | 81 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | .210 | .256 | .247 | .503 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jorge Aranzamendi | 22 | 45 | 43 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .256 | .267 | .372 | .639 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Rafael Santana | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freddie Tisdale | 5 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .308 | .308 | .385 | .692 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Kennedy | 9 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .130 | .231 | .174 | .405 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Daniel Winslow | 7 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .133 | .235 | .133 | .369 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1317 | 5074 | 4476 | 659 | 1221 | 209 | 23 | 141 | 604 | 96 | 52 | 496 | 807 | .273 | .349 | .424 | .773 | 1899 | 0 | 40 | 33 | 29 | 33 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe DeSa | 1B | 132 | 1182 | 104 | 11 | 124 | .992 | 9.742 | ||||
| Dave Bialas | 1B | 4 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .970 | 8.000 | ||||
| Freddie Tisdale | 1B | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 11.000 | ||||
| Jorge Aranzamendi | 1B | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 14.000 | ||||
| Neil Fiala | 2B | 129 | 294 | 386 | 11 | 97 | .984 | 5.271 | ||||
| Randy Thomas | 2B | 15 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Dave Bialas | 3B | 66 | 47 | 92 | 16 | 8 | .897 | 2.106 | ||||
| Randy Thomas | 3B | 31 | 16 | 59 | 9 | 2 | .893 | 2.419 | ||||
| Kelly Paris | 3B | 22 | 14 | 39 | 10 | 7 | .841 | 2.409 | ||||
| Mike Calise | 3B | 19 | 10 | 24 | 5 | 4 | .872 | 1.789 | ||||
| Jorge Aranzamendi | 3B | 17 | 3 | 23 | 5 | 2 | .839 | 1.529 | ||||
| Rafael Santana | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mark Corey | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| George Bjorkman | C | 104 | 537 | 61 | 14 | 3 | .977 | 5.750 | 9 | |||
| Glenn Brummer | C | 26 | 153 | 13 | 4 | 1 | .976 | 6.385 | 1 | |||
| Kevin Kennedy | C | 9 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.333 | 1 | |||
| Daniel Winslow | C | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | |||
| David Green | OF | 106 | 251 | 12 | 4 | 1 | .985 | 2.481 | ||||
| Gene Dotson | OF | 103 | 169 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .978 | 1.709 | ||||
| Gene Roof | OF | 81 | 126 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .970 | 1.593 | ||||
| Dave Penniall | OF | 57 | 102 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.860 | ||||
| Mark Corey | OF | 46 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.326 | ||||
| Dave Bialas | OF | 21 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .973 | 1.714 | ||||
| Keith Smith | OF | 9 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.889 | ||||
| Freddie Tisdale | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Joe DeSa | OF | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| George Bjorkman | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Luis DeLeón | P | 52 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .308 | ||||
| Jeff Little | P | 47 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .955 | .447 | ||||
| John Stuper | P | 28 | 9 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.464 | ||||
| Chris Davis | P | 28 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .500 | ||||
| Tom Chamberlain | P | 26 | 12 | 34 | 1 | 4 | .979 | 1.769 | ||||
| Dave LaPoint | P | 25 | 7 | 22 | 4 | 1 | .879 | 1.160 | ||||
| Donnie Moore | P | 21 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.286 | ||||
| George Frazier | P | 21 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Joe Edelen | P | 16 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 4 | .964 | 1.688 | ||||
| David Jorn | P | 9 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.111 | ||||
| Andy Rincon | P | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| William Thomas | P | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| John Martin | P | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mark Littell | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Len Strelitz | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Gene Dotson | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ralph Citarella | P | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Randy Thomas | SS | 69 | 124 | 202 | 13 | 52 | .962 | 4.725 | ||||
| Kelly Paris | SS | 69 | 105 | 198 | 26 | 42 | .921 | 4.391 | ||||
| Jorge Aranzamendi | SS | 5 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .952 | 4.000 | ||||
| Rafael Santana | SS | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1452 | 3447 | 1463 | 152 | 380 | .970 | 3.382 | 11 | 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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