1981 Spartanburg Traders Statistics
Team Record: 71-70
Finished 3rd in the SAL's North Division
Manager: Tom Harmon (71-70)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina
Ballpark: Duncan Park
Attendance: 43,404, Avg. 616
The Spartanburg Traders of the South Atlantic League ended the 1981 season with a record of 71 wins and 70 losses, finishing third in the league's North Division.
The Traders scored 641 runs and surrendered 633 runs. Juan Samuel led Spartanburg with 11 home runs and drove in 74 runs. Jeff Stone paced all regular batters by connecting at a .277 clip. Kevin Gross topped the squad with 13 wins, while Tony Ghelfi recorded a 3.07 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1981 Spartanburg Traders who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Kevin Gross, Darren Daulton, Bill Johnson, Tony Ghelfi, Mike LaValliere, Jeff Stone, Ed Wojna, Ken Dowell, Juan Samuel and Francisco Meléndez.
Tom Harmon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Gross | 13 | 12 | .520 | 3.56 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 192.0 | 173 | 94 | 76 | 18 | 62 | 4 | 123 | 6 | 0 | 7 | |
| Ron Richardson | 11 | 11 | .500 | 3.53 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 176.0 | 155 | 93 | 69 | 6 | 95 | 3 | 100 | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| Ed Wojna | 11 | 13 | .458 | 4.15 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 178.0 | 181 | 107 | 82 | 9 | 69 | 2 | 130 | 5 | 1 | 19 | |
| Tony Ghelfi | 10 | 11 | .476 | 3.07 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 164.0 | 165 | 85 | 56 | 7 | 55 | 4 | 108 | 8 | 2 | 4 | |
| Bill Johnson | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2.84 | 52 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 57.0 | 45 | 26 | 18 | 2 | 40 | 2 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 5 | |
| Matt Dorin | 6 | 1 | .857 | 1.61 | 33 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 84.0 | 69 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 30 | 5 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Frankie Griffin | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.48 | 37 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 62.0 | 52 | 29 | 24 | 2 | 46 | 7 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Jimmy Darnell | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.12 | 24 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 78.0 | 85 | 40 | 27 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |
| Steve True | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.65 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 69 | 37 | 30 | 2 | 42 | 2 | 76 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |
| Edward Schiavo | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.54 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 38 | 37 | 24 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| Julio Acevedo | 1 | 6 | .143 | 4.38 | 31 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 72.0 | 80 | 44 | 35 | 5 | 23 | 6 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Johnny Rodriguez | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.56 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25.0 | 34 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 71 | 70 | .504 | 3.57 | 342 | 141 | 117 | 24 | 7 | 20 | 1201.0 | 1146 | 633 | 477 | 68 | 512 | 36 | 776 | 47 | 10 | 80 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Stone | 134 | 592 | 516 | 108 | 143 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 53 | 123 | 13 | 60 | 90 | .277 | .368 | .355 | .723 | 183 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Juan Samuel | 135 | 566 | 512 | 88 | 127 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 74 | 53 | 10 | 36 | 132 | .248 | .306 | .387 | .693 | 198 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | |
| Ken Dowell | 137 | 578 | 451 | 70 | 102 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 51 | 24 | 12 | 114 | 76 | .226 | .387 | .304 | .691 | 137 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
| Harold Warner | 119 | 463 | 428 | 48 | 99 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 49 | 14 | 6 | 31 | 79 | .231 | .283 | .334 | .617 | 143 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| Francisco Meléndez | 85 | 342 | 306 | 44 | 82 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 57 | .268 | .334 | .346 | .681 | 106 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Henry Powell | 103 | 380 | 329 | 46 | 72 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 47 | 67 | .219 | .317 | .371 | .688 | 122 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Al Reynolds | 90 | 334 | 317 | 25 | 68 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 66 | .215 | .248 | .287 | .535 | 91 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darren Daulton | 98 | 336 | 270 | 44 | 62 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 56 | 35 | .230 | .364 | .311 | .675 | 84 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| Willie Darkis | 70 | 255 | 226 | 34 | 53 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 78 | .235 | .310 | .407 | .717 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Will Currier | 63 | 227 | 197 | 30 | 45 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 27 | 59 | .228 | .319 | .365 | .684 | 72 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Delano Freeney | 63 | 221 | 181 | 23 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 34 | .199 | .332 | .370 | .702 | 67 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Whitney Harry | 78 | 239 | 215 | 18 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 79 | .163 | .247 | .223 | .470 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike LaValliere | 39 | 155 | 123 | 15 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 16 | .268 | .413 | .390 | .803 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Kenneth Ellenberg | 54 | 155 | 133 | 18 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 22 | .203 | .294 | .248 | .542 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Mel Williams | 36 | 107 | 86 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 17 | .163 | .308 | .186 | .494 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robinson Gonzales | 26 | 62 | 57 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | .158 | .200 | .175 | .375 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rip Rollins | 21 | 64 | 50 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 28 | .160 | .344 | .260 | .604 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sergio Ysambert | 15 | 33 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .133 | .188 | .133 | .321 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerome Kovar | 9 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .143 | .280 | .143 | .423 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Preston Carroll | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1376 | 5139 | 4450 | 641 | 1022 | 189 | 35 | 63 | 506 | 274 | 78 | 586 | 952 | .230 | .323 | .330 | .654 | 1470 | 0 | 47 | 23 | 33 | 16 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francisco Meléndez | 1B | 76 | 749 | 55 | 12 | 60 | .985 | 1.579 | ||||
| Whitney Harry | 1B | 58 | 472 | 20 | 13 | 35 | .974 | 8.483 | ||||
| Delano Freeney | 1B | 18 | 151 | 14 | 4 | 11 | .976 | 9.167 | ||||
| Rip Rollins | 1B | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 6.000 | ||||
| Juan Samuel | 2B | 133 | 280 | 409 | 50 | 82 | .932 | 5.180 | ||||
| Ken Dowell | 2B | 10 | 20 | 36 | 5 | 2 | .918 | 5.600 | ||||
| Robinson Gonzales | 2B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .500 | 2.000 | ||||
| Will Currier | 2B | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Ken Dowell | 3B | 84 | 52 | 179 | 17 | 12 | .931 | 2.750 | ||||
| Kenneth Ellenberg | 3B | 49 | 25 | 80 | 12 | 4 | .897 | 2.143 | ||||
| Mike LaValliere | 3B | 18 | 13 | 32 | 5 | 2 | .900 | 2.500 | ||||
| Whitney Harry | 3B | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .727 | 2.000 | ||||
| Henry Powell | C | 73 | 440 | 53 | 12 | 3 | .976 | 6.753 | 17 | |||
| Darren Daulton | C | 70 | 371 | 34 | 4 | 2 | .990 | 5.786 | 13 | |||
| Jerome Kovar | C | 5 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.200 | 1 | |||
| Preston Carroll | C | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | |||
| Jeff Stone | OF | 134 | 264 | 11 | 15 | 3 | .948 | 2.052 | ||||
| Harold Warner | OF | 110 | 170 | 19 | 9 | 1 | .955 | 1.718 | ||||
| Willie Darkis | OF | 69 | 96 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .990 | 1.420 | ||||
| Will Currier | OF | 54 | 73 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .949 | 1.370 | ||||
| Mel Williams | OF | 30 | 44 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .902 | 1.533 | ||||
| Rip Rollins | OF | 16 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.188 | ||||
| Francisco Meléndez | OF | 9 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .722 | 1.444 | ||||
| Sergio Ysambert | OF | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.125 | ||||
| Ken Dowell | OF | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Darren Daulton | OF | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Mike LaValliere | OF | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Whitney Harry | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Bill Johnson | P | 52 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .346 | ||||
| Frankie Griffin | P | 37 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .297 | ||||
| Matt Dorin | P | 33 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .857 | .364 | ||||
| Julio Acevedo | P | 31 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ron Richardson | P | 28 | 8 | 25 | 3 | 1 | .917 | 1.179 | ||||
| Kevin Gross | P | 28 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 0 | .923 | 1.286 | ||||
| Ed Wojna | P | 27 | 14 | 28 | 6 | 2 | .875 | 1.556 | ||||
| Tony Ghelfi | P | 27 | 7 | 31 | 6 | 2 | .864 | 1.407 | ||||
| Steve True | P | 24 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .867 | .542 | ||||
| Jimmy Darnell | P | 24 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .938 | .625 | ||||
| Edward Schiavo | P | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .200 | ||||
| Johnny Rodriguez | P | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
| Al Reynolds | SS | 85 | 132 | 308 | 30 | 62 | .936 | 5.176 | ||||
| Ken Dowell | SS | 44 | 64 | 142 | 14 | 19 | .936 | 4.682 | ||||
| Robinson Gonzales | SS | 19 | 18 | 47 | 5 | 4 | .929 | 3.421 | ||||
| Totals | 1534 | 3597 | 1618 | 257 | 314 | .953 | 3.400 | 31 | 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.
