Birmingham Black Barons History - 1981 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1981 Birmingham Black Barons	95	67	.586	3^rd	17	93-69	2	.252	3.43	X		3,142,206	$63,358,167	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Ozzie Award	Buddy Bell (3B)	1
All-Star	Josh Beckett, Buddy Bell, Gary Carter, Howard Johnson	4
Pitcher of the Month	Josh Beckett (Apr)	1
Batter of the Month	Howard Johnson (May), Eric Davis (Jul)	2
Rookie of the Month	Tony Gonzalez (Sep)	1
Player of the Week	Josh Beckett (May 25), Eric Davis (Jul 13), Gary Carter (Sep 21), George Borchers (Sep 28)	4

Batting Stats

Pos	Player	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR	OPS+
1B	Howard Johnson	24	161	594	152	27	2	36	91	103	64	3	1	3	134	7	14	.256	.330	.490	.820	3.7	113
3B	Buddy Bell	29	158	595	162	27	1	30	87	81	50	7	0	5	56	0	0	.272	.333	.472	.806	6.4	110
SS	Tommy Leach	32	154	585	146	30	3	22	72	85	54	0	11	3	95	12	7	.250	.312	.424	.735	3.8	92
LF	Eric Davis	36	154	591	151	20	2	30	76	90	53	4	1	2	143	12	4	.255	.320	.448	.768	3.5	101
CF	Kirk Gibson	26	158	595	162	29	11	19	71	75	40	6	1	3	152	16	6	.272	.323	.454	.777	4.8	103
C	Gary Carter	25	146	530	139	18	2	36	96	69	43	3	0	3	69	1	1	.262	.320	.508	.827	5.9	114
2B	Bill J Barrett	26	124	456	112	28	2	9	58	56	32	0	3	2	96	5	6	.246	.294	.375	.669	0.3	76
RF	Tony Gonzalez	22	100	363	102	24	5	10	36	47	25	6	0	2	83	3	3	.281	.336	.457	.793	2.6	107
RF	Brad Komminsk	27	83	274	70	15	2	13	37	36	22	1	1	2	86	3	7	.255	.311	.467	.778	1.9	102
SS	Jimmy Brown	35	87	274	71	5	0	1	16	28	18	0	0	1	12	0	2	.259	.304	.288	.592	-0.4	58
RF	Brandon Moss	34	78	141	41	7	1	8	21	19	11	0	0	0	37	0	0	.291	.342	.525	.867	1.1	125
C	Chad Kreuter	34	40	113	19	3	0	3	13	10	10	2	0	1	27	0	0	.168	.246	.274	.520	-0.3	38
P	Johnny Podres	24	39	93	10	2	1	0	7	4	2	0	23	0	22	0	0	.108	.126	.151	.277	-1.5	-27
P	George Borchers	21	37	97	18	4	0	0	7	15	3	0	9	0	24	1	0	.186	.210	.227	.437	-0.5	16
P	Josh Beckett	27	38	95	18	3	0	1	10	4	3	0	10	0	36	0	0	.189	.214	.253	.467	-0.5	23
P	Rick Reuschel	33	38	71	10	4	0	0	3	4	4	1	14	0	38	0	0	.141	.197	.197	.395	-0.5	5
RF	Shelley Duncan	30	46	41	11	4	0	2	4	6	9	0	0	0	9	0	0	.268	.400	.512	.912	0.6	139
RF	Terry Whitfield	35	22	26	5	1	0	1	5	2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	.192	.222	.346	.568	-0.2	47
P	Sean Manaea	24	21	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	10	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	-0.3	-52
P	CC Sabathia	34	35	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	.062	.062	.062	.125	-0.2	-67
P	Jim Archer	36	21	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	-0.0	7
-	Dusty Cooke	30	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0.0	166
P	Frank Barrett	31	57	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
23 Players		28.4	1799	5581	1404	251	32	221	710	734	444	33	78	27	1144	60	50	.252	.309	.427	.736	30.2	92
NL Rank				3	4	3	5	1	3	3	6	1	6	8	1	3	3	4	4	1	2	2
ABBA Rank				8	9	8	7	1	7	7	13	6	6	15	1	9	8	8	8	4	6	5

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Johnny Podres	24	39	39	18	12	0	3.21	308.7	272	123	110	43	66	233	0	17	2	1.10	.255	4.8	128
Josh Beckett	27	38	38	19	11	0	3.37	285.7	248	117	107	35	62	221	0	11	4	1.09	.259	5.2	122
George Borchers	21	37	37	22	7	0	2.89	283.0	241	107	91	20	110	208	0	11	3	1.24	.262	5.4	142
Rick Reuschel	33	38	38	12	16	0	3.85	250.0	249	125	107	31	49	118	0	13	2	1.19	.262	2.6	106
Frank Barrett	31	57	0	10	8	18	4.26	80.3	84	40	38	4	43	54	3	0	0	1.58	.308	0.9	96
CC Sabathia	34	35	0	2	1	1	3.32	78.7	64	30	29	9	26	49	1	0	0	1.14	.234	0.1	124
Sean Manaea	24	21	9	2	6	1	4.78	75.3	80	47	40	7	32	47	0	3	0	1.49	.302	0.7	86
Jim Archer	36	21	1	1	1	1	4.08	39.7	37	20	18	4	15	21	1	0	0	1.31	.262	-0.0	100
Craig Stammen	29	30	0	5	4	2	1.11	32.3	26	6	4	0	15	15	0	0	0	1.27	.252	0.7	368
Chuck McElroy	22	15	0	3	1	2	3.24	16.7	15	6	6	2	7	14	1	0	0	1.32	.289	0.1	127
Scott Medvin	25	4	0	1	0	0	9.00	5.0	10	5	5	2	3	2	0	0	0	2.60	.421	-0.3	46
Steve Rachunok	39	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.3	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1.71	.375	0.1	0
12 Pitchers	26.9	336	162	95	67	25	3.43	1457.7	1329	626	555	157	429	984	6	55	11	1.21	.264	20.4	126
NL Rank		4	1	3	6	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	6	6	3	2	4
ABBA Rank		7	1	4	13	9	5	7	5	6	5	7	5	7	7	10	7	4	5	8

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Podres	39	39	15	26	0	42	1	.976	308.7	1.20	1.4
J. Beckett	38	38	13	36	1	52	3	.942	285.7	1.54	2.3
G. Borchers	37	37	14	17	0	32	1	.969	283.0	0.99	1.9
R. Reuschel	38	38	10	26	1	39	3	.923	250.0	1.30	2.4
F. Barrett	55	0	4	6	0	11	1	.909	80.3	1.12	-0.4
C. Sabathia	35	0	3	9	2	12	0	1.000	78.7	1.37	0.6
S. Manaea	21	9	10	2	1	12	0	1.000	75.3	1.43	0.8
J. Archer	21	1	3	7	0	10	0	1.000	39.7	2.27	0.3
C. Stammen	30	0	3	2	0	5	0	1.000	32.3	1.39	0.3
C. McElroy	15	0	1	2	0	3	0	1.000	16.7	1.62	0.1
S. Medvin	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	5.0	0.00	0.0
S. Rachunok	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.3	0.00	0.0
Totals	334	162	76	133	5	218	9	.959	1457.7	1.29	9.7

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
G. Carter	129	128	791	86	7	884	7	.992	1162.7	6.79	4.0	3	51.1
C. Kreuter	35	34	206	20	1	234	8	.966	294.0	6.92	-1.7	2	34.8
B. Komminsk	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	1.0	18.00	0.0	0	0.0
Totals	165	162	999	106	8	1120	15	.987	1457.7	6.82	2.2	5	45.6

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
H. Johnson	159	159	1249	91	94	1353	13	.990	1410.3	8.55	2.9
B. Moss	7	2	21	0	1	21	0	1.000	24.0	7.88	0.4
S. Duncan	5	1	9	0	0	9	0	1.000	13.0	6.23	0.0
T. Whitfield	3	0	7	0	0	7	0	1.000	6.0	10.50	0.1
B. Barrett	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	4.3	2.08	0.0
Totals	177	162	1286	92	95	1391	13	.991	1457.7	8.51	3.4

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Barrett	110	109	225	252	48	493	16	.968	972.3	4.42	-9.1
T. Leach	53	50	117	141	39	269	11	.959	453.7	5.12	2.7
J. Brown	3	3	8	8	1	17	1	.941	26.0	5.54	0.1
B. Bell	4	0	2	3	0	5	0	1.000	5.7	7.94	0.0
Totals	170	162	352	404	88	784	28	.964	1457.7	4.67	-6.1

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Bell	151	150	98	276	21	382	8	.979	1330.7	2.53	12.5
J. Brown	14	8	7	16	4	25	2	.920	83.7	2.47	-0.4
B. Barrett	4	4	2	8	1	10	0	1.000	36.0	2.50	0.3
H. Johnson	5	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	5.3	1.69	0.0
T. Leach	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50	-0.2
Totals	175	162	107	302	26	419	10	.976	1457.7	2.53	12.1

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
T. Leach	103	98	139	282	38	447	26	.942	878.0	4.32	-3.8
J. Brown	68	63	78	169	35	255	8	.969	563.3	3.95	-5.0
B. Barrett	1	1	0	3	1	3	0	1.000	9.0	3.00	-0.4
B. Bell	6	0	2	1	0	3	0	1.000	7.3	3.68	-0.2
Totals	178	162	219	455	74	708	34	.952	1457.7	4.16	-9.3

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
E. Davis	144	142	329	4	0	337	4	.988	1274.3	2.35	-0.1
B. Moss	12	12	21	0	0	23	2	.913	100.7	1.88	0.4
B. Komminsk	8	8	15	0	0	15	0	1.000	71.0	1.90	1.3
T. Whitfield	7	0	3	0	0	4	1	.750	11.7	2.31	-0.8
Totals	171	162	368	4	0	379	7	.982	1457.7	2.30	0.8

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
K. Gibson	154	154	572	14	4	593	7	.988	1371.7	3.84	1.7
B. Komminsk	12	8	26	2	1	30	2	.933	77.3	3.26	-0.3
T. Gonzalez	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	5.0	0.00	0.0
E. Davis	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	3.7	2.45	-0.5
Totals	172	162	599	16	5	624	9	.986	1457.7	3.80	0.9

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
T. Gonzalez	93	92	204	6	1	213	3	.986	799.0	2.37	4.9
B. Komminsk	58	57	128	6	1	137	3	.978	499.0	2.42	5.7
B. Moss	14	13	24	0	0	24	0	1.000	122.7	1.76	-0.9
T. Whitfield	9	0	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	18.0	2.50	0.3
S. Duncan	8	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	17.0	0.53	0.2
E. Davis	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	184	162	362	12	2	380	6	.984	1457.7	2.31	10.3

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Buddy Bell, Kirk Gibson	.272
On-Base Percentage	Buddy Bell	.333
Slugging Percentage	Gary Carter	.508
OPS	Gary Carter	.827
Games	Howard Johnson	161
At-Bats	Buddy Bell, Kirk Gibson	595
Runs	Howard Johnson	103
Hits	Buddy Bell, Kirk Gibson	162
Doubles	Tommy Leach	30
Triples	Kirk Gibson	11
Home Runs	Howard Johnson, Gary Carter	36
Runs Batted In	Gary Carter	96
Stolen Bases	Kirk Gibson	16
Caught Stealing	Howard Johnson	14
Walks	Howard Johnson	64
Strikeouts	Kirk Gibson	152

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	George Borchers	22
Losses	Rick Reuschel	16
Saves	Frank Barrett	18
Games	Frank Barrett	57
Games Started	Johnny Podres	39
Complete Games	Johnny Podres	17
Shutouts	Josh Beckett	4
Innings Pitched	Johnny Podres	308.7
Hits Allowed	Johnny Podres	272
Home Runs Allowed	Johnny Podres	43
Strikeouts	Johnny Podres	233
Walks Allowed	George Borchers	110
Earned Run Average	George Borchers	2.89
Walks + Hits per IP	Josh Beckett	1.09
BABIP	Johnny Podres	.255

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
March 2nd	C Ellie Rodriguez	to the Boston Americans for	P Steve Rachunok RF Brandon Moss 2nd Round Draft Pick