Memphis Red Sox History - 1981 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1981 Memphis Red Sox	64	98	.395	7^th	48	61-101	3	.231	4.27			2,772,593	$41,029,049	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Ozzie Award	Ben Taylor (1B), Pee Wee Reese (2B), Andrelton Simmons (SS)	3
All-Star	Judy Johnson	1
Player of the Week	Judy Johnson (May 18), Kirby Puckett (Jun 1)	2

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	Ben Taylor	33	161	610	158	25	2	26	82	89	53	4	0	8	114	0	2	.259	.319	.434	.753	3.3	115
SS	Andrelton Simmons	29	153	617	164	27	1	7	40	67	36	3	0	1	33	8	5	.266	.309	.347	.656	5.3	89
3B	Judy Johnson	24	156	598	159	23	3	21	73	68	28	1	1	4	71	3	1	.266	.298	.420	.718	3.6	104
CF	Al Bumbry	31	143	538	148	30	9	8	48	65	60	1	0	0	110	17	18	.275	.349	.409	.758	3.2	118
2B	Pee Wee Reese	39	144	494	89	7	2	12	43	38	42	0	7	6	75	0	2	.180	.242	.275	.517	-0.6	49
LF	Melky Cabrera	28	137	494	133	30	0	9	55	43	28	0	0	4	45	0	2	.269	.306	.385	.691	0.8	98
C	Pat Borders	31	136	441	81	17	1	9	35	37	26	0	0	0	76	1	0	.184	.229	.288	.517	-0.5	48
RF	Jeff Burroughs	28	128	387	89	15	2	22	55	59	47	3	0	4	105	0	0	.230	.315	.450	.765	1.6	117
RF	Kirby Puckett	39	100	382	94	17	0	20	55	39	22	1	0	0	64	0	0	.246	.289	.448	.737	1.5	108
CF	Johnny Groth	28	74	183	41	11	1	0	15	15	11	0	0	1	21	0	0	.224	.267	.295	.562	-0.1	62
C	Bo Didier	30	52	126	26	5	2	0	4	9	7	0	1	0	11	0	0	.206	.248	.278	.526	-0.1	52
SS	Mark Lewis	21	58	120	21	6	0	0	9	5	6	0	0	2	29	0	0	.175	.211	.225	.436	-0.5	26
P	Bob Knepper	27	36	81	7	1	0	0	0	4	5	0	10	0	41	0	0	.086	.140	.099	.238	-1.0	-29
P	Esteban Loaiza	30	36	84	9	0	0	0	3	4	1	0	8	0	29	0	0	.107	.118	.107	.225	-1.0	-34
2B	Babe Twombly	40	42	75	16	1	1	2	6	7	4	0	0	1	15	0	0	.213	.250	.333	.583	-0.3	67
P	John Malarkey	30	34	67	11	1	0	1	6	5	6	1	5	1	14	0	0	.164	.240	.224	.464	-0.2	35
P	Ubaldo Jimenez	27	30	68	7	2	0	0	3	2	0	0	10	0	27	0	0	.103	.103	.132	.235	-1.0	-33
2B	Danny Espinosa	25	29	57	10	4	0	1	5	4	3	0	0	0	14	0	0	.175	.217	.298	.515	-0.2	47
P	John Butcher	23	17	39	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	28	0	0	.077	.122	.077	.199	-0.6	-41
P	Willie Mitchell	27	13	19	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	0	.158	.150	.158	.308	-0.2	-11
RF	Elijah Dukes	22	23	19	3	0	0	2	2	3	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	.158	.273	.474	.746	0.1	110
P	Johnny Sain	33	34	16	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	.188	.278	.188	.465	0.0	38
P	David Carpenter	34	49	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	0.1	94
P	Mike Bielecki	27	34	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Roger Nelson	28	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	-100
P	Ed Hendricks	26	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	1.000	0.1	226
26 Players		30.5	1873	5524	1276	222	24	140	543	564	392	16	48	33	935	29	30	.231	.282	.356	.638	13.4	82
NL Rank				5	8	6	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	7	4	7	6	8	8	7	8	6
ABBA Rank				12	15	12	15	12	15	15	16	16	8	12	8	15	13	15	16	14	15	12

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Bob Knepper	27	36	36	12	17	0	3.77	262.7	238	120	110	33	73	157	0	14	2	1.18	.259	2.6	100
Esteban Loaiza	30	36	36	11	13	0	4.04	260.7	259	126	117	34	57	161	0	11	3	1.21	.282	3.1	93
John Malarkey	30	34	34	8	20	0	4.88	228.7	232	142	124	23	110	115	0	9	3	1.50	.279	0.9	77
Ubaldo Jimenez	27	30	30	10	17	0	4.27	219.3	186	112	104	29	99	138	0	12	1	1.30	.242	0.6	88
John Butcher	23	17	17	3	9	0	3.92	117.0	115	58	51	9	59	73	0	2	1	1.49	.287	1.1	96
Johnny Sain	33	34	0	1	1	0	4.88	79.3	83	46	43	14	21	69	0	0	0	1.31	.299	-0.2	77
David Carpenter	34	49	0	8	7	16	3.74	74.7	71	32	31	8	27	38	4	0	0	1.31	.267	-0.6	101
Willie Mitchell	27	13	9	3	5	1	5.26	65.0	66	42	38	16	20	40	0	4	2	1.32	.255	-0.8	71
Mike Bielecki	27	34	0	3	2	0	6.02	52.3	52	35	35	5	22	30	1	0	0	1.41	.294	-0.1	62
Roger Nelson	28	27	0	2	1	1	3.66	39.3	30	16	16	6	22	24	0	0	0	1.32	.220	-0.7	103
Ed Hendricks	26	27	0	2	6	4	3.86	37.3	37	16	16	2	24	18	1	0	0	1.63	.287	-0.0	97
Cesar Ramos	26	9	0	1	0	0	1.80	10.0	8	2	2	0	4	8	0	0	0	1.20	.286	0.3	209
Juan Nieves	24	3	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.3	1	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	1.29	.200	0.0	0
13 Pitchers	28.4	349	162	64	98	22	4.27	1448.7	1378	747	687	179	540	874	6	52	12	1.32	.270	6.3	90
NL Rank		2	1	7	2	5	6	4	5	6	6	6	8	7	5	8	4	6	3	7
ABBA Rank		4	1	13	4	11	12	9	10	12	12	12	13	11	7	12	5	11	8	14

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Knepper	36	36	12	30	1	43	1	.977	262.7	1.44	3.2
E. Loaiza	36	36	12	30	5	43	1	.977	260.7	1.45	3.1
J. Malarkey	34	34	5	22	0	29	2	.931	228.7	1.06	0.6
U. Jimenez	30	30	6	22	0	28	0	1.000	219.3	1.15	1.3
J. Butcher	17	17	7	8	0	18	3	.833	117.0	1.15	0.0
J. Sain	34	0	2	4	0	7	1	.857	79.3	0.68	0.8
D. Carpenter	49	0	6	8	0	14	0	1.000	74.7	1.69	0.9
W. Mitchell	13	9	6	6	0	13	1	.923	65.0	1.66	0.6
M. Bielecki	33	0	4	5	0	9	0	1.000	52.3	1.55	0.4
R. Nelson	27	0	1	2	0	3	0	1.000	39.3	0.69	0.5
E. Hendricks	27	0	0	6	0	6	0	1.000	37.3	1.45	0.2
C. Ramos	9	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	10.0	0.90	0.1
J. Nieves	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.3	0.00	0.0
Totals	348	162	62	143	6	214	9	.958	1448.7	1.27	11.7

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
P. Borders	130	128	697	82	11	795	16	.980	1133.3	6.19	1.3	6	43.8
B. Didier	48	34	209	23	1	236	4	.983	315.3	6.62	0.3	2	43.5
Totals	178	162	906	105	12	1031	20	.981	1448.7	6.28	1.6	8	43.7

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Taylor	158	158	1365	98	103	1469	6	.996	1413.7	9.31	4.4
P. Reese	3	2	11	0	1	11	0	1.000	18.0	5.50	0.1
B. Twombly	3	2	14	2	0	16	0	1.000	17.0	8.47	0.1
Totals	164	162	1390	100	104	1496	6	.996	1448.7	9.26	4.5

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
P. Reese	138	137	318	372	85	707	17	.976	1195.0	5.20	6.9
D. Espinosa	18	14	31	28	5	60	1	.983	125.3	4.24	-0.4
B. Twombly	15	10	20	18	4	39	1	.974	96.7	3.54	-1.8
A. Simmons	11	1	13	14	3	27	0	1.000	31.7	7.67	1.1
Totals	182	162	382	432	97	833	19	.977	1448.7	5.06	5.8

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Johnson	154	154	101	339	27	456	16	.965	1365.7	2.90	7.8
A. Simmons	15	8	4	15	3	20	1	.950	80.0	2.14	-0.0
P. Reese	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	3.0	3.00	0.0
Totals	171	162	106	354	30	477	17	.964	1448.7	2.86	7.8

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
A. Simmons	141	141	189	430	60	625	6	.990	1213.7	4.59	19.9
M. Lewis	38	21	34	87	14	123	2	.984	231.7	4.70	0.7
P. Reese	3	0	1	2	0	3	0	1.000	3.3	8.10	-0.0
Totals	182	162	224	519	74	751	8	.989	1448.7	4.62	20.6

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
M. Cabrera	123	121	294	8	1	307	5	.984	1079.0	2.52	-0.7
J. Burroughs	37	36	90	2	0	95	3	.968	319.3	2.59	-1.2
J. Groth	7	5	14	1	0	15	0	1.000	48.7	2.77	-0.5
E. Dukes	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.7	5.40	-0.0
Totals	169	162	399	11	1	418	8	.981	1448.7	2.55	-2.5

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
A. Bumbry	126	125	393	15	5	412	4	.990	1125.3	3.26	-5.9
J. Groth	38	37	117	3	0	120	0	1.000	323.3	3.34	0.1
Totals	164	162	510	18	5	532	4	.992	1448.7	3.28	-5.8

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
K. Puckett	94	94	214	9	1	227	4	.982	846.3	2.37	2.4
J. Burroughs	63	62	136	7	2	147	4	.973	546.0	2.36	-2.7
A. Bumbry	7	5	13	3	0	16	0	1.000	45.3	3.18	1.4
E. Dukes	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	11.0	0.00	-0.3
Totals	166	162	363	19	3	390	8	.979	1448.7	2.37	0.7

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Al Bumbry	.275
On-Base Percentage	Al Bumbry	.349
Slugging Percentage	Ben Taylor	.434
OPS	Al Bumbry	.758
Games	Ben Taylor	161
At-Bats	Andrelton Simmons	617
Runs	Ben Taylor	89
Hits	Andrelton Simmons	164
Doubles	Al Bumbry, Melky Cabrera	30
Triples	Al Bumbry	9
Home Runs	Ben Taylor	26
Runs Batted In	Ben Taylor	82
Stolen Bases	Al Bumbry	17
Caught Stealing	Al Bumbry	18
Walks	Al Bumbry	60
Strikeouts	Ben Taylor	114

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Bob Knepper	12
Losses	John Malarkey	20
Saves	David Carpenter	16
Games	David Carpenter	49
Games Started	Bob Knepper, Esteban Loaiza	36
Complete Games	Bob Knepper	14
Shutouts	Esteban Loaiza, John Malarkey	3
Innings Pitched	Bob Knepper	262.7
Hits Allowed	Esteban Loaiza	259
Home Runs Allowed	Esteban Loaiza	34
Strikeouts	Esteban Loaiza	161
Walks Allowed	John Malarkey	110
Earned Run Average	Bob Knepper	3.77
Walks + Hits per IP	Bob Knepper	1.18
BABIP	Ubaldo Jimenez	.242

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
July 27th	RF Kirby Puckett	to the Houston Eagles for	3B Mike Phillips CF Darren Bragg P Bob Reynolds 3rd Round Draft Pick