1981 Braves Statistics
Gulf Coast League (GCL) - Class: R
Team Record: 28-34
Finished 8th in the GCL
Manager: Pedro González (28-34)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Bradenton, Florida
Ballpark: McKechnie Field
1981 Braves RosterTeam Record: 28-34
Finished 8th in the GCL
Manager: Pedro González (28-34)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Bradenton, Florida
Ballpark: McKechnie Field
The Braves of the Gulf Coast League ended the 1981 season with a record of 28 wins and 34 losses, finishing eighth in the GCL.
The Braves plated 227 runs and allowed 262 runs. Kyle Sanford drove in 34 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .317. Ramon Vargas led the team with 7 wins and a team-best 1.56 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Tom Waddell played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Braves to do so.
Pedro González served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramon Vargas | 7 | 3 | .700 | 1.56 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 75.0 | 61 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Charles Hatcher | 4 | 2 | .667 | 0.79 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 34.0 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Sears | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.40 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45.0 | 46 | 29 | 17 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Dave Clay | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.60 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 42 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Matt West | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.66 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 32 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Carmine Sperto | 2 | 4 | .333 | 2.33 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 58.0 | 56 | 25 | 15 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Jimmy Tompkins | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Esteban Napoleon | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.79 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14.0 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Mark Smith | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 26 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Lance | 1 | 3 | .250 | 1.32 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34.0 | 29 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Rudy Torres | 1 | 4 | .200 | 2.25 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 35 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Brad Edlefsen | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16.0 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Julio Sierra | 0 | 0 | 5.29 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 25 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Mike Hamer | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tom Waddell | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.90 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joseph Perdue | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Len Klaus | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.80 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kevin McBride | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.45 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33.0 | 40 | 29 | 20 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 12 | |
| Totals | 28 | 33 | .459 | 2.73 | 146 | 61 | 57 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 521.0 | 478 | 258 | 158 | 12 | 221 | 5 | 359 | 15 | 7 | 46 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Sanford | 58 | 230 | 186 | 34 | 59 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 15 | .317 | .426 | .425 | .851 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| Larry Moser | 57 | 212 | 190 | 26 | 53 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 24 | .279 | .330 | .337 | .667 | 64 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| Robyn Lynch | 54 | 188 | 169 | 19 | 48 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 35 | .284 | .351 | .456 | .807 | 77 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Paul Llewellyn | 40 | 122 | 118 | 6 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 40 | .237 | .262 | .314 | .576 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keith Street | 46 | 146 | 125 | 23 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 27 | .224 | .329 | .272 | .601 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Terry Cormack | 22 | 80 | 75 | 12 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | .360 | .388 | .573 | .961 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ralph Giansanti | 40 | 148 | 127 | 12 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 10 | .197 | .287 | .236 | .523 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kenny Clark | 41 | 137 | 122 | 12 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 26 | .197 | .285 | .238 | .522 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Daniel Church | 46 | 147 | 131 | 12 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 29 | .176 | .265 | .237 | .502 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bill Lucas | 41 | 122 | 103 | 10 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 21 | .214 | .314 | .262 | .576 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Jay Roberts | 42 | 147 | 122 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 42 | .172 | .313 | .221 | .534 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ramon Ozoria | 15 | 51 | 46 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | .261 | .306 | .391 | .697 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lary Aaron | 28 | 73 | 63 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .190 | .239 | .206 | .445 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eduardo Diaz | 17 | 45 | 43 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .256 | .273 | .349 | .622 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Hodge | 41 | 120 | 92 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 27 | .120 | .325 | .185 | .510 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Juan DeSoto | 18 | 50 | 45 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .222 | .300 | .244 | .544 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andre Lowe | 30 | 70 | 56 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 16 | .161 | .304 | .214 | .519 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Felix Nivar | 26 | 32 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .286 | .355 | .357 | .712 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Wagner | 22 | 52 | 38 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 12 | .105 | .346 | .105 | .451 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Ragsdale | 21 | 49 | 44 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | .091 | .184 | .091 | .275 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Simmons | 13 | 28 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .130 | .222 | .130 | .353 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bruce Heiser | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .667 | .750 | .667 | 1.417 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pedro Rosario | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bryan Neal | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Tumpane | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Chmil | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Sears | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Lance | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Julio Sierra | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 760 | 2272 | 1968 | 227 | 448 | 72 | 13 | 15 | 200 | 49 | 30 | 249 | 389 | .228 | .318 | .300 | .618 | 591 | 0 | 19 | 21 | 15 | 9 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Sanford | 1B | 46 | 402 | 17 | 3 | 32 | .993 | 9.109 | ||||
| Robyn Lynch | 1B | 27 | 183 | 10 | 3 | 14 | .985 | 7.148 | ||||
| Bob Tumpane | 1B | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Ralph Giansanti | 2B | 37 | 81 | 92 | 15 | 16 | .920 | 4.676 | ||||
| Bill Lucas | 2B | 13 | 36 | 32 | 8 | 8 | .895 | 5.231 | ||||
| Andre Lowe | 2B | 13 | 25 | 32 | 4 | 9 | .934 | 4.385 | ||||
| Ramon Ozoria | 2B | 5 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .917 | 4.400 | ||||
| Bruce Heiser | 2B | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Daniel Church | 3B | 42 | 28 | 73 | 13 | 5 | .886 | 2.405 | ||||
| Pat Hodge | 3B | 25 | 18 | 35 | 6 | 5 | .898 | 2.120 | ||||
| Ramon Ozoria | 3B | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .765 | 2.600 | ||||
| Bill Lucas | 3B | 4 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .875 | 3.500 | ||||
| Jerry Ragsdale | C | 18 | 92 | 23 | 1 | 1 | .991 | 6.389 | 7 | |||
| Juan DeSoto | C | 18 | 64 | 13 | 4 | 1 | .951 | 4.278 | 8 | |||
| Eduardo Diaz | C | 17 | 83 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .968 | 5.294 | 2 | |||
| Terry Cormack | C | 14 | 67 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .949 | 5.357 | 11 | |||
| John Simmons | C | 13 | 63 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .971 | 5.077 | 0 | |||
| Larry Moser | OF | 54 | 98 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .981 | 1.870 | ||||
| Keith Street | OF | 39 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .981 | 1.333 | ||||
| Jay Roberts | OF | 38 | 49 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .963 | 1.368 | ||||
| Paul Llewellyn | OF | 37 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .981 | 1.432 | ||||
| Lary Aaron | OF | 19 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.263 | ||||
| Jeff Wagner | OF | 17 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .706 | ||||
| Felix Nivar | OF | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| Pat Hodge | OF | 14 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 1.714 | ||||
| Kyle Sanford | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bryan Neal | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Daniel Church | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Al Sears | P | 13 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .846 | ||||
| Kevin McBride | P | 13 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .462 | ||||
| Mark Lance | P | 13 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .833 | .769 | ||||
| Ramon Vargas | P | 12 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .963 | 2.167 | ||||
| Carmine Sperto | P | 12 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 1.083 | ||||
| Charles Hatcher | P | 12 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Matt West | P | 9 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.556 | ||||
| Rudy Torres | P | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .667 | ||||
| Julio Sierra | P | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Esteban Napoleon | P | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .556 | ||||
| Brad Edlefsen | P | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Mark Smith | P | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .875 | ||||
| Dave Clay | P | 8 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.750 | ||||
| Tom Waddell | P | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jimmy Tompkins | P | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Joseph Perdue | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Len Klaus | P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Hamer | P | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Kenny Clark | SS | 41 | 31 | 125 | 27 | 21 | .852 | 3.805 | ||||
| Bill Lucas | SS | 19 | 16 | 43 | 5 | 9 | .922 | 3.105 | ||||
| Andre Lowe | SS | 12 | 11 | 26 | 4 | 1 | .902 | 3.083 | ||||
| Pedro Rosario | SS | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .667 | ||||
| Ramon Ozoria | SS | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Steve Chmil | SS | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Totals | 758 | 1579 | 706 | 134 | 129 | .945 | 3.015 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
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