1981 Utica Blue Sox Statistics
Team Record: 39-31
Finished 2nd in the NYPL's East Division
Manager: Jim Gattis (39-31)
Location: Utica, New York
Ballpark: Donovan Stadium
Attendance: 19,146, Avg. 547
The Utica Blue Sox of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1981 season with a record of 39 wins and 31 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Blue Sox scored 443 runs and yielded 335 runs. Tom Romano led Utica with 17 home runs and drove in 53 runs, while leading hitters with significant playing time by hitting .337. Michael Flinn topped the team with 8 wins, and Jackie Uhey recorded a 2.65 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Tom Romano played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Utica Blue Sox to do so.
Jim Gattis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Flinn | 8 | 2 | .800 | 3.04 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 83.0 | 80 | 31 | 28 | 6 | 36 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Jackie Uhey | 7 | 1 | .875 | 2.65 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 102.0 | 97 | 47 | 30 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| David Thomas | 7 | 1 | .875 | 2.78 | 20 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 55.0 | 37 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 28 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Bob Umdenstock | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.12 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 96.0 | 88 | 55 | 44 | 10 | 64 | 1 | 72 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Steven Klutcharch | 5 | 6 | .455 | 2.82 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 67.0 | 56 | 29 | 21 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kenneth Klacza | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.26 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19.0 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Paul Vaulman | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.69 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 61.0 | 64 | 36 | 25 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| John Christiansen | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.62 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Douglas Delett | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.83 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 31 | 27 | 20 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Rocky Gainer | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gregory Cicotte | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.00 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Daniel Powers | 0 | 3 | .000 | 9.69 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 44 | 34 | 28 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| Totals | 39 | 29 | .574 | 3.86 | 142 | 67 | 43 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 557.0 | 541 | 310 | 239 | 57 | 258 | 3 | 379 | 17 | 8 | 22 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Romano | 66 | 271 | 243 | 49 | 82 | 14 | 4 | 17 | 53 | 20 | 5 | 21 | 25 | .337 | .393 | .638 | 1.030 | 155 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Barry Moss | 68 | 300 | 252 | 50 | 82 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 51 | 6 | 2 | 42 | 30 | .325 | .421 | .536 | .957 | 135 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| Alfonso Gomez | 61 | 239 | 208 | 41 | 66 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 27 | 38 | .317 | .402 | .577 | .979 | 120 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Joseph Lorenz | 70 | 295 | 239 | 54 | 66 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 42 | 14 | 5 | 49 | 45 | .276 | .397 | .402 | .799 | 96 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| Robert Wing | 64 | 248 | 204 | 42 | 55 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 26 | .270 | .390 | .417 | .807 | 85 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Roderick Murphy | 58 | 256 | 204 | 56 | 53 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 29 | 5 | 51 | 42 | .260 | .408 | .382 | .790 | 78 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Gattis | 43 | 148 | 133 | 24 | 52 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 14 | .391 | .446 | .647 | 1.093 | 86 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| William Eiland | 56 | 213 | 180 | 23 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 55 | .244 | .332 | .328 | .660 | 59 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | |
| Ronald Perodin | 48 | 178 | 152 | 27 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 23 | 23 | .237 | .341 | .270 | .611 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gilbert Albright | 50 | 154 | 137 | 21 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 20 | .248 | .297 | .409 | .706 | 56 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| Pedro Rabassa | 39 | 121 | 99 | 17 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 21 | .263 | .392 | .303 | .695 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Henry Albright | 29 | 83 | 73 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 18 | .260 | .349 | .342 | .692 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Steven Erickson | 23 | 58 | 49 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14 | .306 | .397 | .531 | .927 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Steven Miller | 27 | 54 | 47 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | .213 | .288 | .213 | .501 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Picchioni | 20 | 41 | 32 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | .219 | .350 | .250 | .600 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Anthony Gaeta | 8 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .286 | .333 | .286 | .619 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Jurena | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .400 | .500 | .900 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Richard Arche | 11 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .067 | .222 | .133 | .356 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Thomas | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 763 | 2700 | 2286 | 443 | 653 | 112 | 11 | 77 | 372 | 121 | 37 | 354 | 397 | .286 | .382 | .445 | .828 | 1018 | 0 | 15 | 27 | 18 | 13 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Wing | 1B | 53 | 493 | 36 | 7 | 34 | .987 | 9.981 | ||||
| Barry Moss | 1B | 20 | 148 | 13 | 4 | 12 | .976 | 8.050 | ||||
| Anthony Gaeta | 1B | 3 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Joseph Lorenz | 1B | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.500 | ||||
| Pedro Rabassa | 1B | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Alfonso Gomez | 2B | 54 | 86 | 149 | 10 | 19 | .959 | 4.352 | ||||
| Joseph Lorenz | 2B | 12 | 25 | 31 | 1 | 9 | .982 | 4.667 | ||||
| Henry Albright | 2B | 10 | 14 | 21 | 2 | 5 | .946 | 3.500 | ||||
| Richard Arche | 2B | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 2.667 | ||||
| Willie Picchioni | 2B | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jim Gattis | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Joseph Lorenz | 3B | 54 | 38 | 118 | 5 | 5 | .969 | 2.889 | ||||
| Barry Moss | 3B | 10 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 2 | .852 | 2.300 | ||||
| Jim Gattis | 3B | 7 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .842 | 2.286 | ||||
| Henry Albright | 3B | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.333 | ||||
| Gilbert Albright | C | 50 | 243 | 23 | 3 | 1 | .989 | 5.320 | 10 | |||
| Steven Miller | C | 26 | 109 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .992 | 4.731 | 5 | |||
| Steven Erickson | C | 20 | 63 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .932 | 3.400 | 4 | |||
| Tom Romano | OF | 63 | 113 | 5 | 11 | 0 | .915 | 1.873 | ||||
| William Eiland | OF | 51 | 77 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .965 | 1.627 | ||||
| Ronald Perodin | OF | 43 | 62 | 3 | 4 | 4 | .942 | 1.512 | ||||
| Barry Moss | OF | 40 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .984 | 1.525 | ||||
| Pedro Rabassa | OF | 17 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.059 | ||||
| Willie Picchioni | OF | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .727 | ||||
| Mark Jurena | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| David Thomas | P | 20 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .900 | ||||
| Steven Klutcharch | P | 18 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .778 | ||||
| Bob Umdenstock | P | 15 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .893 | 1.667 | ||||
| Michael Flinn | P | 14 | 6 | 27 | 2 | 1 | .943 | 2.357 | ||||
| Jackie Uhey | P | 13 | 9 | 22 | 1 | 1 | .969 | 2.385 | ||||
| Paul Vaulman | P | 12 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.083 | ||||
| John Christiansen | P | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .100 | ||||
| Douglas Delett | P | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .667 | ||||
| Kenneth Klacza | P | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .875 | ||||
| Daniel Powers | P | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .778 | 1.000 | ||||
| Gregory Cicotte | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Roderick Murphy | SS | 58 | 83 | 189 | 22 | 30 | .925 | 4.690 | ||||
| Henry Albright | SS | 11 | 16 | 46 | 6 | 6 | .912 | 5.636 | ||||
| Joseph Lorenz | SS | 7 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .957 | 3.143 | ||||
| Totals | 762 | 1775 | 828 | 110 | 139 | .959 | 3.416 | 19 | 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.
