1981 Visalia Oaks Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 87-53
Finished 1st in the CL
Manager: Dick Phillips (87-53)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Visalia, California
Ballpark: Recreation Park
Attendance: 44,576, Avg. 637

1981 Visalia Oaks Roster

Playoffs - Visalia Oaks 2 games, Stockton Ports 1
Finals - Lodi Dodgers 3 games, Visalia Oaks 2

The Visalia Oaks of the California League ended the 1981 season with a record of 87 wins and 53 losses, finishing first in the CL.

The Oaks tallied 889 runs and allowed 672 runs. Kent Hrbek paced Visalia with 27 home runs, while James Christensen and Scotti Madison walloped 15 or more also. Kent Hrbek drove in 111 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .379 average. Paul Voigt led the team with 16 wins and a team-best 3.23 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1981 Visalia Oaks who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jim Weaver, Kent Hrbek, Dave Meier, Jay Pettibone and Scotti Madison.

Dick Phillips served as manager.

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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
Paul Voigt	16	7	.696	3.23	27	27	0	10	0	0	184.0	195	91	66	10	62	3	143	7	1	9
Jay Pettibone	14	8	.636	4.33	27	27	0	10	1	0	187.0	211	105	90	18	61	3	139	2	0	2
Sam Arrington	12	7	.632	3.64	24	23	1	14	4	0	168.0	185	83	68	9	66	3	98	9	0	4
Ken Angulo	11	7	.611	4.00	26	21	2	10	3	2	162.0	169	85	72	13	79	3	135	2	3	9
Larry May	10	11	.476	5.63	27	27	0	6	1	0	179.0	215	129	112	22	69	1	129	3	0	11
Bob Mulligan	6	1	.857	2.35	20	1	18	1	0	4	46.0	37	14	12	1	11	1	27	1	0	0
Barry Belanger	6	2	.750	3.04	34	0	24	0	0	5	80.0	72	35	27	3	33	3	65	3	3	6
Kirby Krueger	5	2	.714	4.20	16	2	11	0	0	1	45.0	52	22	21	3	15	1	35	2	2	2
Don Ruzek	3	4	.429	4.38	7	7	0	0	0	0	37.0	45	29	18	4	5	0	15	0	1	0
Kenneth Francingues	2	0	1.000	3.16	18	0	14	0	0	7	37.0	32	14	13	2	14	1	33	0	0	1
Mathew Reeves	1	3	.250	5.02	12	4	6	1	0	1	43.0	46	31	24	4	24	0	25	1	0	1
Eric Snider					9						0.0
Michael Tirella	0	1	.000	12.27	8	0	4	0	0	0	11.0	20	16	15	0	16	0	8	0	0	1
Totals	86	53	.619	4.11	255	139	80	52	9	20	1179.0	1279	654	538	89	455	19	852	30	10	46	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
Kent Hrbek	121	535	462	119	175	25	5	27	111	12	5	59	59	.379	.446	.630	1.076	291		4	1	9	7
Scotti Madison	133	561	459	109	157	32	3	26	110	19	2	91	53	.342	.450	.595	1.045	273		3	3	5	5
James Christensen	104	475	411	101	152	27	1	23	84	16	5	57	43	.370	.445	.608	1.053	250		1	3	3	1
Lyle Brackenridge	136	571	471	83	136	20	10	2	77	30	17	91	98	.289	.402	.386	.788	182		2	1	6	1
Ron Wilkinson	130	570	505	85	130	17	3	1	48	53	14	44	43	.257	.314	.309	.623	156		1	13	7	1
Rick Austin	109	422	390	45	116	17	1	5	57	8	6	27	45	.297	.344	.385	.729	150		2	1	2	2
Tony Pilla	112	497	398	79	113	10	7	3	54	27	8	86	87	.284	.419	.367	.786	146		8	3	2	2
Kevin Williams	131	522	465	70	111	9	1	6	40	36	8	46	87	.239	.306	.301	.607	140		1	6	4	1
Dave Meier	71	311	273	53	92	12	0	9	50	8	3	34	28	.337	.406	.480	.886	131		0	1	3	0
Jim Weaver	81	340	300	53	85	12	5	7	44	25	13	32	54	.283	.351	.427	.778	128		2	1	5	3
Richard Kyzer	98	343	296	38	70	7	0	1	34	3	3	36	34	.236	.318	.270	.589	80		1	7	3	3
Raymond Stein	81	277	237	37	67	8	1	2	31	5	5	31	20	.283	.367	.350	.717	83		3	2	4	1
Joseph Kubit	22	75	67	11	16	3	3	0	12	1	1	7	16	.239	.320	.373	.693	25		1	0	0	0
Julio Tirado	8	35	32	5	13	3	0	1	8	4	0	3	5	.406	.457	.594	1.051	19		0	0	0	0
Larry May	29	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	0	0	0
Totals	1366	5536	4768	888	1434	202	40	113	760	247	90	644	673	.301	.384	.431	.815	2055	0	29	42	53	27

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Kent Hrbek	1B	120	1034	53	11	84	.990	9.058
Richard Kyzer	1B	13	119	4	0	12	1.000	9.462
Julio Tirado	1B	8	50	4	1	5	.982	6.750
Joseph Kubit	1B	2	10	0	3	0	.769	5.000
Scotti Madison	1B	1	4	0	0	0	1.000	4.000
James Christensen	2B	103	225	261	21	53	.959	4.718
Richard Kyzer	2B	32	74	83	5	19	.969	4.906
Tony Pilla	2B	6	16	12	0	4	1.000	4.667
Ron Wilkinson	2B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Ron Wilkinson	3B	123	75	279	17	21	.954	2.878
Dave Meier	3B	17	8	23	3	1	.912	1.824
Richard Kyzer	3B	3	0	6	1	0	.857	2.000
Rick Austin	3B	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Scotti Madison	C	83	538	66	11	4	.982	7.277	13
Rick Austin	C	68	384	65	9	3	.980	6.603	10
Lyle Brackenridge	OF	135	223	14	10	2	.960	1.756
Kevin Williams	OF	130	301	8	15	1	.954	2.377
Jim Weaver	OF	70	110	7	4	2	.967	1.671
Raymond Stein	OF	56	117	1	5	0	.959	2.107
Richard Kyzer	OF	22	17	2	1	0	.950	.864
Dave Meier	OF	18	30	3	0	0	1.000	1.833
Joseph Kubit	OF	17	24	4	1	0	.966	1.647
Barry Belanger	P	34	1	18	1	0	.950	.559
Paul Voigt	P	27	12	36	7	2	.873	1.778
Jay Pettibone	P	27	9	27	8	1	.818	1.333
Larry May	P	27	7	24	1	1	.969	1.148
Ken Angulo	P	26	3	14	3	0	.850	.654
Sam Arrington	P	24	9	26	3	1	.921	1.458
Bob Mulligan	P	20	0	8	0	0	1.000	.400
Kenneth Francingues	P	18	3	5	0	1	1.000	.444
Kirby Krueger	P	16	3	3	0	0	1.000	.375
Mathew Reeves	P	12	1	2	2	0	.600	.250
Eric Snider	P	9						.000
Michael Tirella	P	8	0	3	0	0	1.000	.375
Don Ruzek	P	7	5	8	0	0	1.000	1.857
Tony Pilla	SS	103	150	311	33	48	.933	4.476
Dave Meier	SS	24	27	59	10	7	.896	3.583
Richard Kyzer	SS	18	25	48	5	4	.936	4.056
Totals		1429	3616	1489	191	276	.964	3.572	23	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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