1981 Waterloo Indians Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 81-55
Finished 2nd in the MWL's North Division
Manager: Gomer Hodge (81-55)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 80,355, Avg. 1,182

1981 Waterloo Indians Roster

Playoffs - Wausau Timbers 2 games, Waterloo Indians 1

The Waterloo Indians of the Midwest League ended the 1981 season with a record of 81 wins and 55 losses, finishing second in the league's North Division.

The Indians scored 695 runs and allowed 600 runs. Shanie Dugas paced Waterloo with 23 home runs, while Ed Saavedra walloped 15 or more, too. Ed Saavedra drove in 85 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .336. Rickey Lintz and Matt Bullinger led the squad with 11 wins each, and Rickey Lintz recorded a 2.56 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Mike Jeffcoat, Kelly Gruber, Dwight Taylor, Jack Fimple, Dave Gallagher, Ramón Romero and Rich Thompson were all players from the 1981 Waterloo Indians who played in the Majors during their careers.

Gomer Hodge 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
Matt Bullinger	11	2	.846	1.17	30	0	22	0	0	7	46.0	29	15	6	2	17	2	45	3	0	4
Rickey Lintz	11	5	.688	2.56	55	1	35	0	0	9	109.0	93	45	31	11	50	13	73	3	0	8
Mike Jeffcoat	10	8	.556	3.86	25	25	0	3	1	0	147.0	151	71	63	9	78	5	109	2	0	9
Tom Owens	8	3	.727	3.41	16	16	0	1	0	0	103.0	80	42	39	7	54	0	84	6	0	9
Steve Roche	8	4	.667	3.73	24	17	6	4	0	1	123.0	137	61	51	6	45	2	55	6	0	3
Michael Schwarber	8	7	.533	3.84	32	18	8	4	1	2	150.0	136	76	64	12	72	3	151	5	0	4
Larry Hrynko	5	1	.833	1.22	17	0	16	0	0	8	37.0	23	8	5	2	12	2	26	0	0	2
Nate Puryear	5	4	.556	3.91	14	13	0	3	1	0	92.0	59	49	40	4	58	0	91	1	1	17
Rich Thompson	5	6	.455	4.13	28	16	6	3	0	1	122.0	112	67	56	9	55	2	109	5	3	14
Michael Dixon	4	6	.400	4.33	17	10	1	2	1	0	79.0	71	44	38	11	48	1	72	3	2	7
Brian Silvas	2	0	1.000	3.48	11	4	5	0	0	0	31.0	32	15	12	1	17	0	12	1	0	7
Ralph Elpin	2	2	.500	1.91	6	4	2	2	1	0	33.0	25	9	7	2	10	1	19	1	0	1
Stephen Cushing	1	0	1.000	5.21	9	3	2	0	0	0	19.0	18	13	11	4	21	0	16	0	0	4
John Hoban	1	1	.500	11.57	8	3	2	0	0	0	14.0	23	19	18	3	11	1	10	0	0	0
John Burden	0	0		4.76	6	2	3	0	0	0	17.0	13	13	9	1	11	0	22	2	0	1
Gregory Pope	0	0		15.00	4	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	12	11	10	1	7	0	5	0	0	0
Tom Burns	0	0		18.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	4	4	0	4	0	2	0	0	0
Mark Bajus	0	1	.000	1.29	2	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	3	3	1	0	6	0	7	0	0	0
Ramón Romero	0	2	.000	5.21	8	2	3	0	0	0	19.0	19	12	11	3	13	0	14	2	0	2
John Asbell	0	3	.000	9.69	7	1	2	0	0	0	13.0	20	23	14	1	18	1	14	0	1	8
Totals	81	55	.596	3.77	321	136	114	22	5	28	1169.0	1058	600	490	89	607	33	936	40	7	100	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
Ed Saavedra	125	532	453	87	152	25	3	19	85	36	7	62	53	.336	.416	.530	.946	240		5	6	6	8
Kelly Gruber	127	500	458	64	133	25	4	14	59	15	7	24	85	.290	.333	.454	.787	208		6	10	2	4
Marlin Methven	130	571	454	88	116	17	2	6	37	31	17	98	83	.256	.387	.341	.729	155		2	13	4	1
Mike Taylor	120	456	397	73	108	15	5	7	41	34	11	49	93	.272	.358	.388	.746	154		4	6	0	4
Jack Fimple	108	439	371	53	107	21	2	10	76	2	5	50	77	.288	.376	.437	.813	162		7	3	8	1
Dave Gallagher	127	492	435	55	102	22	1	3	34	12	10	38	67	.234	.298	.310	.608	135		3	12	4	2
Shanie Dugas	119	474	392	69	101	17	1	23	83	14	2	74	109	.258	.376	.482	.858	189		3	1	4	5
Mike Gertz	88	331	282	37	71	16	1	7	32	12	5	38	102	.252	.343	.390	.733	110		3	4	4	3
Lawrence Dotson	62	257	231	40	67	9	3	2	32	7	6	18	24	.290	.343	.381	.724	88		1	6	1	0
John Malkin	56	221	194	30	47	8	1	12	34	1	4	20	40	.242	.320	.479	.799	93		3	2	2	4
Jerry Nalley	43	141	127	17	34	3	0	7	22	9	3	10	28	.268	.319	.457	.776	58		1	0	3	1
Dwight Taylor	49	184	153	25	33	4	0	0	13	23	4	24	43	.216	.326	.242	.568	37		1	6	0	0
Luis Duarte	44	145	127	15	26	5	1	0	19	1	0	14	20	.205	.283	.260	.543	33		1	0	3	0
Eric Jones	28	104	82	16	19	2	2	2	11	13	2	16	28	.232	.370	.378	.748	31		2	4	0	0
Lawrence Locascio	22	74	65	7	16	2	1	2	8	1	2	5	9	.246	.306	.400	.706	26		1	2	1	0
Winston Ficklin	24	66	56	10	15	1	0	1	7	3	1	8	19	.268	.354	.339	.693	19		0	1	1	0
Juan Pacho	24	63	57	7	12	2	0	0	2	1	1	3	10	.211	.258	.246	.504	14		1	1	1	0
Ricky Elkin	12	17	15	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.200	.250	.200	.450	3		0	1	0	0
Arnold Cochran	10	21	19	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	.053	.143	.053	.195	1		0	0	0	0
Darold Ellison	8	27	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	4	.000	.259	.000	.259	0		1	0	0	0
John Asbell	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Totals	1333	5116	4389	695	1163	194	27	115	598	215	87	560	907	.265	.351	.400	.751	1756	0	45	78	44	33

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Mike Gertz	1B	86	763	38	10	57	.988	9.314
John Malkin	1B	27	209	15	1	19	.996	8.296
Luis Duarte	1B	20	136	13	2	12	.987	7.450
Darold Ellison	1B	8	52	5	2	6	.966	7.125
Jerry Nalley	1B	5	24	1	2	1	.926	5.000
Jack Fimple	1B	2	12	2	0	0	1.000	7.000
Marlin Methven	2B	129	292	350	29	62	.957	4.977
Juan Pacho	2B	8	12	15	1	2	.964	3.375
Winston Ficklin	2B	4	3	3	1	1	.857	1.500
Shanie Dugas	2B	3	7	11	3	2	.857	6.000
Shanie Dugas	3B	110	65	218	22	15	.928	2.573
Luis Duarte	3B	13	6	23	4	1	.879	2.231
Winston Ficklin	3B	9	0	12	3	0	.800	1.333
Arnold Cochran	3B	6	3	4	1	0	.875	1.167
John Malkin	3B	5	2	8	3	0	.769	2.000
Jerry Nalley	3B	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Dave Gallagher	3B	1	0	3	1	0	.750	3.000
Jack Fimple	C	97	664	90	10	6	.987	7.773	36
Lawrence Locascio	C	19	135	7	3	2	.979	7.474	5
John Malkin	C	14	107	13	2	1	.984	8.571	3
Ricky Elkin	C	12	51	1	4	0	.929	4.333	2
Luis Duarte	C	4	20	2	1	0	.957	5.500	3
Dave Gallagher	OF	124	224	19	6	7	.976	1.960
Ed Saavedra	OF	112	178	11	7	2	.964	1.688
Mike Taylor	OF	87	127	5	4	1	.971	1.517
Dwight Taylor	OF	42	51	6	2	1	.966	1.357
Eric Jones	OF	26	41	2	4	0	.915	1.654
Lawrence Dotson	OF	18	31	1	0	0	1.000	1.778
Jerry Nalley	OF	11	6	0	0	0	1.000	.545
Winston Ficklin	OF	5	4	0	0	0	1.000	.800
Rickey Lintz	P	55	8	33	5	2	.891	.745
Michael Schwarber	P	32	9	23	4	1	.889	1.000
Matt Bullinger	P	30	0	7	2	0	.778	.233
Rich Thompson	P	28	11	23	4	2	.895	1.214
Mike Jeffcoat	P	25	10	23	1	0	.971	1.320
Steve Roche	P	24	12	24	2	1	.947	1.500
Larry Hrynko	P	17	4	15	1	1	.950	1.118
Michael Dixon	P	17	3	12	1	1	.938	.882
Tom Owens	P	16	5	17	2	0	.917	1.375
Nate Puryear	P	14	7	16	1	2	.958	1.643
Brian Silvas	P	11	2	3	1	0	.833	.455
Stephen Cushing	P	9	0	3	0	0	1.000	.333
Ramón Romero	P	8	2	6	2	1	.800	1.000
John Hoban	P	8	2	4	2	0	.750	.750
John Asbell	P	7	0	7	0	3	1.000	1.000
Ralph Elpin	P	6	3	6	0	1	1.000	1.500
John Burden	P	6	3	2	0	0	1.000	.833
Gregory Pope	P	4	1	0	0	0	1.000	.250
Tom Burns	P	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.000
Mark Bajus	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Kelly Gruber	SS	125	180	389	56	62	.910	4.552
Juan Pacho	SS	12	12	23	4	5	.897	2.917
Shanie Dugas	SS	8	6	18	2	2	.923	3.000
Totals		1474	3505	1537	218	282	.959	3.421	49	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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