Chicago American Giants History - 1981 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1981 Chicago American Giants	65	97	.401	6^th	47	61-101	4	.246	4.53			2,933,852	$24,275,956	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
All-Star	Lenny Dykstra, Enzo Hernandez, Pinch Thomas	3
Rookie of the Month	Randy Tate (Apr)	1

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+
LF	Lenny Dykstra	29	158	586	158	31	3	13	71	86	94	0	3	8	57	16	4	.270	.366	.399	.766	5.8	129
3B	Emil Batch	32	156	614	178	38	6	0	51	70	51	2	5	0	105	7	4	.290	.346	.371	.718	2.9	115
2B	Tom McCreery	22	153	562	137	22	3	11	62	59	53	1	3	5	121	7	5	.244	.308	.352	.660	1.6	97
RF	Jesus Alou	20	147	584	179	33	4	6	50	64	12	2	3	2	46	3	4	.307	.322	.408	.729	1.0	116
1B	Brad Fullmer	26	130	461	113	23	3	13	68	54	29	2	0	6	58	3	2	.245	.289	.393	.682	0.1	101
CF	Billy Burns	28	105	426	113	16	6	0	32	48	9	1	0	1	44	11	13	.265	.281	.331	.612	0.2	82
SS	John Irwin	26	116	308	75	15	6	2	33	40	24	7	5	5	54	5	6	.244	.308	.351	.659	-0.1	96
C	Harry Spilman	29	92	290	68	7	1	8	36	33	28	3	0	3	42	0	0	.234	.306	.348	.654	1.2	95
1B	Bob Watson	34	108	251	70	10	2	12	39	33	28	0	0	4	45	0	0	.279	.346	.478	.824	1.7	143
SS	Bud Connolly	29	86	227	47	10	2	0	19	29	40	1	3	2	59	1	2	.207	.326	.269	.595	0.3	81
C	Eric Wedge	23	73	237	48	9	0	2	25	26	29	1	2	3	61	0	0	.203	.289	.266	.555	0.1	68
LF	Jose Canseco	34	82	225	48	10	0	11	35	25	20	0	0	1	68	1	0	.213	.276	.404	.681	0.2	100
LF	Craig Gentry	26	47	131	27	3	2	1	15	9	6	1	1	0	26	0	2	.206	.246	.282	.529	-0.2	58
P	Scott Elarton	23	37	89	10	0	0	0	7	4	1	0	12	1	37	0	0	.112	.121	.112	.233	-1.1	-30
P	Dan Petry	22	35	77	14	3	0	0	7	3	0	0	15	0	35	0	0	.182	.182	.221	.403	-0.6	20
SS	Zoilo Versalles	29	24	81	19	3	0	1	12	6	7	0	0	1	14	0	0	.235	.292	.309	.601	-0.5	80
P	Bill Burns	33	34	68	9	3	0	0	5	7	6	0	9	0	16	0	0	.132	.203	.176	.379	-0.7	15
C	Pinch Thomas	25	18	52	6	0	0	0	3	1	3	1	1	0	11	0	0	.115	.179	.115	.294	-0.5	-9
LF	Eddie Rosario	22	19	50	7	1	0	0	1	5	4	0	0	0	12	0	1	.140	.204	.160	.364	-0.5	11
SS	Enzo Hernandez	21	13	47	10	1	0	0	7	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	.213	.288	.234	.523	-0.1	59
P	Randy Tate	22	20	39	1	1	0	0	0	2	3	0	8	0	14	0	0	.026	.095	.051	.147	-0.7	-54
P	Dutch Ruether	35	15	33	6	2	0	0	4	3	2	0	5	0	13	0	0	.182	.229	.242	.471	-0.3	41
P	Josh Tomlin	24	12	24	5	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	4	0	9	0	0	.208	.208	.208	.417	-0.2	25
P	A J Griffin	27	9	18	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	8	0	0	.056	.056	.056	.111	-0.3	-67
P	Jerry Kutzler	30	36	10	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	.300	.300	.300	.600	-0.1	80
P	Bob W Miller	23	16	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	-0.1	-40
P	George Keefe	29	32	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	-0.1	-14
P	Paul Quantrill	23	28	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0.0	50
P	Mark C Smith	26	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
29 Players		27.0	1830	5517	1356	241	38	80	588	611	453	23	85	42	965	54	43	.246	.304	.347	.650	9.3	93
NL Rank				6	6	5	4	8	7	7	4	5	4	3	3	4	4	7	7	8	7	8
ABBA Rank				13	12	11	5	16	14	14	10	13	4	6	5	10	10	13	13	15	14	15

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Scott Elarton	23	37	37	16	15	0	3.91	276.0	277	129	120	36	82	162	0	13	6	1.30	.276	2.2	93
Dan Petry	22	35	35	13	15	0	4.39	246.0	245	136	120	38	91	140	0	15	2	1.37	.265	0.1	83
Bill Burns	33	34	34	8	18	0	5.33	219.7	288	148	130	27	67	77	0	9	2	1.62	.323	0.5	68
Randy Tate	22	20	20	4	12	0	4.01	139.0	127	68	62	15	59	58	0	9	2	1.34	.248	0.4	90
Dutch Ruether	35	15	15	5	8	0	4.53	101.3	119	61	51	10	36	51	0	4	0	1.53	.309	0.9	80
Josh Tomlin	24	12	12	2	6	0	5.82	72.7	101	52	47	10	17	24	0	3	1	1.62	.330	0.2	62
Jerry Kutzler	30	36	0	2	3	2	4.95	63.7	75	36	35	4	35	27	1	0	0	1.73	.313	-0.3	73
A J Griffin	27	9	9	2	7	0	5.21	57.0	49	35	33	14	30	29	0	1	0	1.39	.201	-1.0	70
Paul Quantrill	23	28	0	1	2	0	4.94	51.0	65	31	28	7	17	23	0	0	0	1.61	.319	-0.5	74
George Keefe	29	32	0	2	0	1	2.84	50.7	46	23	16	3	22	27	0	0	0	1.34	.264	0.2	128
Mark C Smith	26	29	0	2	5	6	5.35	38.7	45	26	23	0	23	25	2	0	0	1.76	.333	0.5	68
Bob W Miller	23	16	0	3	0	0	3.72	38.7	40	17	16	3	17	14	0	0	0	1.47	.276	-0.2	98
Earl Johnson	26	25	0	3	1	0	4.40	30.7	36	15	15	4	12	19	3	0	0	1.57	.311	-0.1	83
Brett Myers	26	23	0	2	3	7	5.81	26.3	26	17	17	8	5	15	0	0	0	1.18	.228	-1.1	63
Chris Ray	29	5	0	0	0	0	2.61	10.3	9	3	3	0	4	2	1	0	0	1.26	.257	0.1	139
Severino Gonzalez	33	6	0	0	2	0	6.35	5.7	7	4	4	2	0	4	0	0	0	1.24	.278	-0.2	57
Ben Flowers	32	3	0	0	0	0	1.59	5.7	4	1	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	.71	.176	-0.0	229
17 Pitchers	26.2	365	162	65	97	16	4.53	1433.0	1559	802	721	182	517	700	8	54	13	1.45	.286	1.7	83
NL Rank		1	1	6	3	7	8	8	8	7	8	7	7	8	3	7	3	8	7	8
ABBA Rank		2	1	12	5	15	14	15	16	14	14	14	12	15	5	11	4	15	14	17

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
S. Elarton	37	37	19	22	2	42	1	.976	276.0	1.34	2.6
D. Petry	35	35	6	22	0	30	2	.933	246.0	1.02	2.3
B. Burns	34	34	15	26	1	44	3	.932	219.7	1.68	1.2
R. Tate	20	20	1	12	3	14	1	.929	139.0	0.84	0.9
D. Ruether	15	15	5	9	0	14	0	1.000	101.3	1.24	0.7
J. Tomlin	12	12	2	5	0	7	0	1.000	72.7	0.87	0.4
J. Kutzler	36	0	2	6	0	10	2	.800	63.7	1.13	-0.3
A. Griffin	9	9	3	7	0	10	0	1.000	57.0	1.58	1.0
P. Quantrill	28	0	1	2	0	3	0	1.000	51.0	0.53	0.3
G. Keefe	32	0	4	4	0	8	0	1.000	50.7	1.42	0.1
B. Miller	16	0	5	5	0	10	0	1.000	38.7	2.33	0.4
M. Smith	29	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	38.7	0.47	-0.1
E. Johnson	25	0	2	2	1	4	0	1.000	30.7	1.17	0.2
B. Myers	23	0	0	2	1	2	0	1.000	26.3	0.68	0.1
C. Ray	5	0	2	1	1	3	0	1.000	10.3	2.61	0.5
B. Flowers	3	0	0	1	0	2	1	.500	5.7	1.59	-0.3
S. Gonzalez	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	5.7	0.00	0.0
Totals	364	162	69	126	9	205	10	.951	1433.0	1.22	9.9

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
H. Spilman	87	84	371	49	10	428	8	.981	727.7	5.19	-1.5	10	35.4
E. Wedge	69	65	306	39	3	351	6	.983	576.7	5.38	-2.3	5	40.5
P. Thomas	16	13	60	13	3	73	0	1.000	128.7	5.11	0.9	0	62.5
Totals	172	162	737	101	16	852	14	.984	1433.0	5.26	-2.8	15	39.8

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Fullmer	110	110	874	58	85	950	18	.981	958.7	8.75	-4.6
B. Watson	55	52	458	30	49	495	7	.986	471.3	9.32	-2.1
B. Burns	2	0	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	3.0	12.00	0.0
Totals	167	162	1336	88	134	1449	25	.983	1433.0	8.94	-6.7

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
T. McCreery	145	144	390	424	117	832	18	.978	1273.0	5.75	-7.5
E. Batch	16	15	39	29	4	71	3	.958	132.0	4.64	-1.4
B. Fullmer	3	3	8	4	2	14	2	.857	28.0	3.86	-1.8
Totals	164	162	437	457	123	917	23	.975	1433.0	5.61	-10.7

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
E. Batch	136	135	73	267	28	361	21	.942	1191.0	2.57	-9.8
J. Irwin	31	27	18	61	5	83	4	.952	242.0	2.94	0.0
Totals	167	162	91	328	33	444	25	.944	1433.0	2.63	-9.8

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Connolly	86	74	87	239	36	336	10	.970	661.7	4.43	-3.8
J. Irwin	57	51	71	149	35	235	15	.936	430.3	4.60	-11.7
Z. Versalles	24	24	43	103	21	158	12	.924	216.0	6.08	-6.0
E. Hernandez	13	13	20	48	6	72	4	.944	115.0	5.32	-0.7
E. Batch	4	0	2	3	1	5	0	1.000	5.0	9.00	0.2
T. McCreery	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	5.0	1.80	-0.2
Totals	188	162	224	542	99	807	41	.949	1433.0	4.81	-22.3

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
L. Dykstra	93	93	240	8	3	253	5	.980	796.0	2.80	7.5
J. Canseco	33	30	72	2	0	74	0	1.000	273.0	2.44	-1.6
C. Gentry	30	24	64	3	2	67	0	1.000	234.0	2.58	2.2
E. Rosario	15	12	17	0	0	17	0	1.000	100.3	1.52	-0.2
B. Burns	3	3	7	1	1	8	0	1.000	24.0	3.00	-0.0
B. Watson	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	4.7	3.86	-0.0
J. Alou	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	177	162	402	14	6	421	5	.988	1433.0	2.61	7.8

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Burns	96	96	353	10	4	366	3	.992	837.3	3.90	-2.3
L. Dykstra	60	58	236	8	2	251	7	.972	525.7	4.18	3.7
C. Gentry	4	4	18	1	0	19	0	1.000	36.0	4.75	0.1
J. Canseco	4	4	12	1	0	13	0	1.000	34.0	3.44	-3.3
Totals	164	162	619	20	6	649	10	.985	1433.0	4.01	-1.8

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Alou	145	144	334	11	3	359	14	.961	1252.7	2.48	-9.2
J. Canseco	20	17	41	3	0	47	3	.936	160.0	2.48	-0.4
L. Dykstra	4	0	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	10.3	3.48	0.0
C. Gentry	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	9.0	1.00	-0.0
E. Rosario	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	171	162	380	14	3	411	17	.959	1433.0	2.47	-9.6

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Jesus Alou	.307
On-Base Percentage	Lenny Dykstra	.366
Slugging Percentage	Jesus Alou	.408
OPS	Lenny Dykstra	.766
Games	Lenny Dykstra	158
At-Bats	Emil Batch	614
Runs	Lenny Dykstra	86
Hits	Jesus Alou	179
Doubles	Emil Batch	38
Triples	Emil Batch, Billy Burns, John Irwin	6
Home Runs	Lenny Dykstra, Brad Fullmer	13
Runs Batted In	Lenny Dykstra	71
Stolen Bases	Lenny Dykstra	16
Caught Stealing	Billy Burns	13
Walks	Lenny Dykstra	94
Strikeouts	Tom McCreery	121

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Scott Elarton	16
Losses	Bill Burns	18
Saves	Brett Myers	7
Games	Scott Elarton	37
Games Started	Scott Elarton	37
Complete Games	Dan Petry	15
Shutouts	Scott Elarton	6
Innings Pitched	Scott Elarton	276.0
Hits Allowed	Bill Burns	288
Home Runs Allowed	Dan Petry	38
Strikeouts	Scott Elarton	162
Walks Allowed	Dan Petry	91
Earned Run Average	Scott Elarton	3.91
Walks + Hits per IP	Scott Elarton	1.30
BABIP	Dan Petry	.265

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
June 8th	C John Wathan	to the Kansas City Packers for