1981 Winston-Salem Red Sox Statistics

Carolina League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 72-67
Finished 2nd in the CL's South Division
Manager: Buddy Hunter (72-67)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Ballpark: Ernie Shore Stadium (Field)
Attendance: 72,132, Avg. 1,038

1981 Winston-Salem Red Sox Roster

The Winston-Salem Red Sox of the Carolina League ended the 1981 season with a record of 72 wins and 67 losses, finishing second in the league's South Division.

The Red Sox plated 708 runs and allowed 762 runs. Jeff Hunter paced Winston-Salem with 19 home runs, and Lee Pruitt walloped 15 or more, too. Lee Pruitt drove in 86 runs. Gus Burgess led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .282 average. Mike Brown topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 1.49 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1981 Winston-Salem Red Sox who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Steve Lyons, Mike Brown, Tom McCarthy, Jackie Gutiérrez and Marc Sullivan.

Buddy Hunter 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
Mike Brown	14	4	.778	1.49	21	21	0	12	6	0	145.0	94	32	24	9	39	5	144	3	1	3
George Mecerod	10	6	.625	3.15	23	23	0	8	2	0	157.0	142	79	55	8	64	2	110	5	2	12
Scott Gering	9	6	.600	4.01	34	12	7	3	1	1	139.0	125	71	62	9	82	7	83	7	0	7
Al Bowlin	7	8	.467	4.32	26	26	0	3	1	0	127.0	138	93	61	10	78	5	92	2	3	9
Kevin Grubbs	5	4	.556	4.39	32	0	11	0	0	1	80.0	92	53	39	6	46	12	52	1	2	3
Mark Baum	5	5	.500	6.21	29	17	3	2	0	1	100.0	107	91	69	14	67	0	93	11	0	9
Steve Garrett	4	3	.571	4.00	27	2	13	0	0	3	54.0	69	30	24	2	21	0	27	3	1	6
Chuck Dale	4	6	.400	4.22	40	0	30	0	0	8	81.0	78	41	38	10	34	5	60	3	0	1
Kevin Clinton	4	6	.400	5.16	15	15	0	4	1	0	89.0	72	57	51	5	72	0	90	5	0	22
Dave Tyler	3	4	.429	2.79	20	0	15	0	0	4	42.0	35	15	13	2	18	4	52	0	0	1
Keith Pecka	3	5	.375	5.71	35	1	11	0	0	3	41.0	57	32	26	4	22	1	45	0	0	4
Tom McCarthy	3	7	.300	7.29	28	18	2	0	0	0	105.0	123	99	85	9	99	1	75	6	3	10
Ronnie Hill	1	2	.333	9.18	23	4	10	0	0	0	49.0	86	56	50	9	47	4	29	0	1	7
Jack Sauer	0	0		6.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	6	2	2	2	1	0	2	0	0	0
Al Hulbert	0	1	.000	4.50	11	0	4	0	0	0	14.0	5	11	7	1	20	3	17	1	0	2
Totals	72	67	.518	4.45	365	139	107	32	11	21	1226.0	1229	762	606	100	710	49	971	47	13	96	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
Gus Burgess	135	607	510	102	144	27	7	7	74	68	15	81	92	.282	.380	.404	.784	206		4	4	8	7
Jackie Gutiérrez	137	561	507	56	126	14	5	1	45	9	3	43	80	.249	.314	.302	.616	153		6	4	1	0
Lee Pruitt	132	563	463	77	119	27	0	16	86	2	0	91	105	.257	.377	.419	.796	194		2	1	6	12
Marc Sullivan	120	484	406	67	109	21	1	14	64	4	0	66	98	.268	.379	.429	.807	174		8	1	3	6
Frank Gill	113	464	428	68	106	14	5	1	30	25	11	30	29	.248	.297	.311	.608	133		1	3	2	3
Jeff Hunter	123	488	424	67	101	14	2	19	72	4	2	59	107	.238	.330	.415	.745	176		1	0	4	3
Wolf Ramos	87	362	341	38	88	12	2	6	34	3	2	14	63	.258	.294	.358	.652	122		4	2	1	1
Parker Wilson	104	405	347	43	79	16	3	9	53	2	2	46	99	.228	.324	.369	.693	128		5	4	3	1
Tony Stevens	79	306	266	36	62	14	0	14	61	1	1	38	92	.233	.330	.444	.774	118		1	0	1	2
Steve Lyons	64	302	252	43	61	9	3	6	40	19	6	44	55	.242	.357	.373	.730	94		2	2	2	2
Doc Brummer	71	249	214	30	56	14	1	2	25	3	2	35	36	.262	.365	.364	.730	78		0	0	0	3
Eddie Lee	92	311	254	42	47	8	0	7	24	20	9	45	70	.185	.325	.299	.624	76		8	3	1	2
Jim Teller	40	143	117	18	24	4	0	3	15	5	2	25	40	.205	.350	.316	.666	37		1	0	0	1
Ron Oddo	36	130	106	14	20	1	0	0	7	0	1	22	9	.189	.328	.198	.526	21		0	2	0	0
Jack Sauer	26	46	31	5	7	1	1	0	5	3	1	14	6	.226	.478	.323	.801	10		1	0	0	0
John Ackley	4	11	9	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.222	.364	.333	.697	3		0	0	0	0
Kevin Grubbs	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Dave Tyler	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Totals	1415	5434	4677	708	1151	197	30	105	635	168	57	655	985	.246	.342	.368	.710	1723	0	44	26	32	43

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jeff Hunter	1B	99	858	73	9	69	.990	9.404
Tony Stevens	1B	42	320	23	5	34	.986	8.167
Jack Sauer	1B	9	30	3	0	1	1.000	3.667
Lee Pruitt	1B	5	24	2	0	2	1.000	5.200
Marc Sullivan	1B	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
Frank Gill	2B	60	136	178	16	34	.952	5.233
Wolf Ramos	2B	56	110	139	20	33	.926	4.446
Ron Oddo	2B	33	65	67	16	10	.892	4.000
Parker Wilson	3B	99	77	185	31	10	.894	2.646
Wolf Ramos	3B	30	16	41	8	3	.877	1.900
Jeff Hunter	3B	14	13	31	7	6	.863	3.143
Jackie Gutiérrez	3B	3	2	5	2	0	.778	2.333
Marc Sullivan	C	113	788	114	15	6	.984	7.982	15
Doc Brummer	C	23	117	11	1	0	.992	5.565	4
Lee Pruitt	C	10	58	5	2	2	.969	6.300	2
John Ackley	C	3	21	2	1	0	.958	7.667	0
Gus Burgess	OF	135	250	8	22	3	.921	1.911
Eddie Lee	OF	81	135	5	7	1	.952	1.728
Lee Pruitt	OF	80	103	2	5	1	.955	1.312
Steve Lyons	OF	59	128	6	6	1	.957	2.271
Frank Gill	OF	46	75	5	1	0	.988	1.739
Jim Teller	OF	38	45	1	2	1	.958	1.211
Jack Sauer	OF	6	1	0	0	0	1.000	.167
Marc Sullivan	OF	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Tony Stevens	OF	1	7	1	0	0	1.000	8.000
Chuck Dale	P	40	2	11	0	1	1.000	.325
Keith Pecka	P	35	2	11	1	0	.929	.371
Scott Gering	P	34	10	15	0	1	1.000	.735
Kevin Grubbs	P	32	4	16	1	0	.952	.625
Mark Baum	P	29	6	7	3	1	.812	.448
Tom McCarthy	P	28	8	17	2	0	.926	.893
Steve Garrett	P	27	3	11	1	0	.933	.519
Al Bowlin	P	26	5	22	1	1	.964	1.038
George Mecerod	P	23	14	33	2	0	.959	2.043
Ronnie Hill	P	23	1	7	1	0	.889	.348
Mike Brown	P	21	11	25	0	1	1.000	1.714
Dave Tyler	P	20	3	4	0	1	1.000	.350
Kevin Clinton	P	15	7	9	1	1	.941	1.067
Al Hulbert	P	11	1	1	1	0	.667	.182
Jack Sauer	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Jackie Gutiérrez	SS	134	205	423	53	74	.922	4.687
Steve Lyons	SS	5	9	17	2	5	.929	5.200
Ron Oddo	SS	1	2	5	0	0	1.000	7.000
Totals		1553	3676	1541	245	303	.955	3.359	21	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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