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1981 Wichita Aeros Statistics
Team Record: 65-70
Finished 4th in the AA's West Division
Manager: Rich Donnelly (65-70)
Affiliation: Texas Rangers
Location: Wichita, Kansas
Ballpark: Lawrence-Dumont Stadium
Attendance: 122,371, Avg. 1,813
The Wichita Aeros of the American Association ended the 1981 season with a record of 65 wins and 70 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.
The Aeros scored 615 runs and conceded 718 runs, most in the circuit. Bob Johnson and Bob Jones paced Wichita with 20 home runs apiece. Bob Jones recorded 72 runs batted in. Jim Norris led hitters with significant playing time with a .267 average. Mark Mercer and Jim Farr topped the squad with 10 wins each, while Jim Farr earned a 5.17 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1981 Wichita Aeros who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Mark Mercer, Bob Johnson, Jim Norris, Dennis Lewallyn, Terry Bogener, Mike Richardt, Dave Schmidt, Jim Farr, John Butcher, Dave Rajsich, Bobby Bonds, Gary Wilson, Ed Figueroa, Nelson Norman, Jack Lazorko, Odie Davis, Len Whitehouse, Don Werner, Jim Kern, Nick Capra, Adrian Devine, Wayne Tolleson, Rick Lisi, Billy Sample, Dan Duran, Roger Holt, Don Kainer, Dan Gonzales, Mike Bruhert and Bob Jones.
Rich Donnelly 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mark Mercer | 10 | 8 | .556 | 5.26 | 46 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 101.0 | 99 | 67 | 59 | 9 | 55 | 9 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
Jim Farr | 10 | 9 | .526 | 5.17 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 141.0 | 171 | 89 | 81 | 13 | 44 | 3 | 76 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
Dennis Lewallyn | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.44 | 52 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 68.0 | 68 | 27 | 26 | 3 | 31 | 7 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
John Butcher | 8 | 10 | .444 | 5.62 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 136.0 | 171 | 100 | 85 | 19 | 60 | 2 | 87 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
Len Whitehouse | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.86 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 105.0 | 106 | 51 | 45 | 12 | 39 | 0 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
Dave Rajsich | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.24 | 36 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 85.0 | 82 | 45 | 40 | 10 | 30 | 2 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |
Don Kainer | 6 | 14 | .300 | 5.67 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 162.0 | 192 | 115 | 102 | 29 | 73 | 7 | 87 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
Gary Wilson | 4 | 4 | .500 | 6.39 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 107.0 | 119 | 81 | 76 | 11 | 87 | 0 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 10 | |
Ed Figueroa | 2 | 1 | .667 | 7.83 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 32 | 23 | 20 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
David Crutcher | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Dave Schmidt | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.86 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 87.0 | 90 | 47 | 47 | 9 | 26 | 2 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Jack Lazorko | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.77 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Kern | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Norris | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Stan Jakubowski | 0 | 0 | 5.14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Steven Nielsen | 0 | 0 | 13.20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 33 | 24 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
Adrian Devine | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.71 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Mike Bruhert | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.00 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals | 65 | 70 | .481 | 5.23 | 321 | 135 | 112 | 23 | 2 | 32 | 1107.0 | 1246 | 718 | 643 | 130 | 526 | 39 | 625 | 23 | 2 | 51 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Richardt | 90 | 390 | 350 | 53 | 124 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 60 | 10 | 3 | 30 | 27 | .354 | .401 | .483 | .884 | 169 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | |
Bob Jones | 117 | 418 | 352 | 53 | 111 | 15 | 3 | 20 | 72 | 9 | 5 | 56 | 75 | .315 | .407 | .545 | .952 | 192 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | |
Roger Holt | 125 | 494 | 420 | 51 | 110 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 49 | 9 | 8 | 49 | 39 | .262 | .342 | .326 | .669 | 137 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 1 | |
Jim Norris | 124 | 495 | 401 | 64 | 107 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 46 | 17 | 7 | 84 | 14 | .267 | .391 | .369 | .760 | 148 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | |
Nick Capra | 123 | 488 | 398 | 74 | 104 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 41 | 15 | 76 | 61 | .261 | .375 | .352 | .727 | 140 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | |
Wayne Tolleson | 107 | 426 | 375 | 58 | 98 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 36 | 8 | 44 | 56 | .261 | .338 | .331 | .669 | 124 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
Bob Johnson | 109 | 401 | 354 | 46 | 93 | 18 | 1 | 20 | 57 | 4 | 4 | 44 | 104 | .263 | .347 | .489 | .835 | 173 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Nelson Norman | 115 | 391 | 349 | 37 | 86 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 40 | .246 | .297 | .266 | .564 | 93 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 0 | |
Rick Lisi | 103 | 378 | 326 | 49 | 84 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 47 | 9 | 5 | 45 | 37 | .258 | .354 | .393 | .747 | 128 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
Terry Bogener | 89 | 276 | 243 | 49 | 75 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 26 | .309 | .376 | .514 | .891 | 125 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
Don Werner | 83 | 276 | 246 | 23 | 67 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 43 | .272 | .338 | .382 | .720 | 94 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
Dan Gonzales | 42 | 164 | 152 | 24 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | .303 | .354 | .467 | .821 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Bobby Bonds | 35 | 152 | 127 | 18 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 26 | .244 | .342 | .425 | .767 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
Mel Barrow | 32 | 85 | 76 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | .303 | .354 | .303 | .656 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Odie Davis | 20 | 62 | 55 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | .164 | .258 | .182 | .440 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dan Duran | 10 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .241 | .241 | .379 | .621 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Billy Sample | 3 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .357 | .471 | .429 | .899 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Len Whitehouse | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 4.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dave Schmidt | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1363 | 4946 | 4271 | 615 | 1181 | 169 | 27 | 99 | 567 | 152 | 65 | 544 | 588 | .277 | .359 | .398 | .757 | 1701 | 0 | 30 | 57 | 44 | 19 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Norris | 1B | 96 | 818 | 60 | 7 | 81 | .992 | 9.146 | ||||
Bob Jones | 1B | 25 | 214 | 11 | 1 | 25 | .996 | 9.000 | ||||
Bob Johnson | 1B | 17 | 125 | 7 | 3 | 11 | .978 | 7.765 | ||||
Dan Duran | 1B | 7 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 7.143 | ||||
Don Werner | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
Roger Holt | 2B | 101 | 232 | 335 | 11 | 83 | .981 | 5.614 | ||||
Mike Richardt | 2B | 36 | 72 | 97 | 2 | 16 | .988 | 4.694 | ||||
Wayne Tolleson | 2B | 5 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 5.600 | ||||
Wayne Tolleson | 3B | 71 | 49 | 139 | 5 | 13 | .974 | 2.648 | ||||
Roger Holt | 3B | 27 | 10 | 42 | 6 | 4 | .897 | 1.926 | ||||
Mike Richardt | 3B | 25 | 13 | 54 | 6 | 3 | .918 | 2.680 | ||||
Odie Davis | 3B | 19 | 19 | 34 | 2 | 9 | .964 | 2.789 | ||||
Nelson Norman | 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .500 | ||||
Don Werner | C | 74 | 333 | 29 | 4 | 4 | .989 | 4.892 | 5 | |||
Bob Johnson | C | 71 | 333 | 47 | 8 | 2 | .979 | 5.352 | 6 | |||
Nick Capra | OF | 121 | 226 | 6 | 7 | 1 | .971 | 1.917 | ||||
Rick Lisi | OF | 96 | 203 | 6 | 7 | 2 | .968 | 2.177 | ||||
Bob Jones | OF | 71 | 118 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .992 | 1.775 | ||||
Terry Bogener | OF | 43 | 68 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.767 | ||||
Dan Gonzales | OF | 34 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.324 | ||||
Jim Norris | OF | 27 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .956 | 1.593 | ||||
Mel Barrow | OF | 22 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .963 | 1.182 | ||||
Bobby Bonds | OF | 21 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 1.381 | ||||
Wayne Tolleson | OF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
Billy Sample | OF | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
Mike Richardt | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Dan Duran | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
Dennis Lewallyn | P | 52 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .365 | ||||
Mark Mercer | P | 46 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .917 | .478 | ||||
Dave Rajsich | P | 36 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .889 | .444 | ||||
Gary Wilson | P | 31 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .909 | .645 | ||||
Don Kainer | P | 25 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 3 | .964 | 1.080 | ||||
Jim Farr | P | 24 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 3 | .966 | 1.167 | ||||
John Butcher | P | 24 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .923 | 1.000 | ||||
Len Whitehouse | P | 20 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .962 | 1.250 | ||||
Dave Schmidt | P | 12 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.583 | ||||
Adrian Devine | P | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .182 | ||||
David Crutcher | P | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .545 | ||||
Jack Lazorko | P | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
Steven Nielsen | P | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
Ed Figueroa | P | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
Mike Bruhert | P | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
Jim Kern | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Stan Jakubowski | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Jim Norris | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Nelson Norman | SS | 109 | 182 | 306 | 29 | 75 | .944 | 4.477 | ||||
Wayne Tolleson | SS | 36 | 30 | 107 | 10 | 14 | .932 | 3.806 | ||||
Totals | 1488 | 3323 | 1477 | 127 | 374 | .974 | 3.226 | 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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