1981 Butte Copper Kings Statistics
Team Record: 39-31
Finished 1st in the PL's South Division
Manager: Ken Richardson (39-31)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Brewers
Location: Butte, Montana
Ballpark: Alumni Stadium
Attendance: 30,519, Avg. 872
Playoffs - Butte Copper Kings 3 games, Calgary Expos 2
The Butte Copper Kings of the Pioneer League ended the 1981 season with a record of 39 wins and 31 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Copper Kings topped the circuit with 459 runs, spearheaded by 38 home runs. Butte yielded 405 runs. Eric Peyton drove in 65 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .403 clip. Gary Evans led the team with 7 wins, while Scott Roberts recorded a 1.85 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1981 Butte Copper Kings who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Bill Wegman, Bryan Clutterbuck, Hipólito Peña and Ernie Riles.
Ken Richardson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Evans | 7 | 5 | .583 | 5.11 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81.0 | 83 | 70 | 46 | 4 | 63 | 1 | 72 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Scott Roberts | 6 | 1 | .857 | 1.85 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 78.0 | 51 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 74 | 12 | 0 | 4 | |
| Fritz Fedor | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.37 | 27 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 57.0 | 37 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 35 | 3 | 76 | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| Bill Wegman | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.17 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 82.0 | 94 | 51 | 38 | 5 | 44 | 1 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| John Wood | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.67 | 26 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 54.0 | 28 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Rich Embser | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.93 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 45 | 39 | 29 | 5 | 42 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Hipólito Peña | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.73 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| Dave Hoff | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.50 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bryan Clutterbuck | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.31 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bruce Williams | 1 | 1 | .500 | 12.00 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 30 | 48 | 36 | 2 | 51 | 1 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 12 | |
| Mike Myerchin | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.68 | 25 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 37.0 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Charles Dinkins | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.36 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Michael Orlich | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.50 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 54 | 33 | 23 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Clyde Rice | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 36 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Craig Herberholz | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.50 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
| Totals | 39 | 31 | .557 | 4.11 | 202 | 70 | 63 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 616.0 | 569 | 405 | 281 | 27 | 406 | 14 | 514 | 46 | 5 | 59 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Peyton | 67 | 306 | 273 | 64 | 110 | 24 | 8 | 8 | 65 | 22 | 4 | 23 | 41 | .403 | .442 | .637 | 1.080 | 174 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | |
| Ernie Riles | 67 | 296 | 256 | 63 | 89 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 43 | 9 | 4 | 31 | 34 | .348 | .413 | .453 | .866 | 116 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
| Butch Kirby | 64 | 278 | 254 | 50 | 78 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 26 | 7 | 18 | 62 | .307 | .350 | .386 | .736 | 98 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Kenneth Clayton | 55 | 235 | 214 | 30 | 75 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 24 | .350 | .391 | .472 | .863 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Dewey James | 60 | 239 | 210 | 32 | 56 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 56 | .267 | .347 | .395 | .743 | 83 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Joe Morales | 61 | 221 | 186 | 37 | 55 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 15 | 2 | 29 | 23 | .296 | .389 | .430 | .819 | 80 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Jones | 51 | 212 | 189 | 38 | 54 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 23 | 34 | .286 | .363 | .344 | .707 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Collin Tanabe | 54 | 215 | 189 | 30 | 51 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 32 | .270 | .358 | .365 | .723 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Max | 42 | 186 | 152 | 34 | 50 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 47 | 7 | 0 | 26 | 36 | .329 | .416 | .579 | .995 | 88 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |
| Angel Morris | 33 | 87 | 85 | 15 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13 | .282 | .299 | .388 | .687 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Randy McFarlen | 24 | 104 | 96 | 13 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 27 | .240 | .282 | .375 | .657 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ryan Job | 36 | 87 | 82 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | .268 | .302 | .402 | .705 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dionisio DeJesus | 29 | 67 | 61 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .295 | .348 | .426 | .775 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joel Parker | 35 | 89 | 77 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 36 | .195 | .284 | .208 | .492 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dave Hoff | 38 | 80 | 65 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 27 | .169 | .325 | .292 | .617 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bradley DeKraai | 7 | 30 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | .286 | .483 | .381 | .864 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Garrett Nago | 7 | 26 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .261 | .346 | .435 | .781 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rene Reina | 20 | 35 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .129 | .206 | .226 | .432 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Wood | 32 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .273 | .200 | .473 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rich Embser | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Higgins | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Samuel | 3 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .125 | .364 | .125 | .489 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Henry Contreras | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 803 | 2826 | 2491 | 460 | 752 | 127 | 37 | 38 | 396 | 109 | 40 | 265 | 504 | .302 | .370 | .428 | .798 | 1067 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 30 | 6 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Clayton | 1B | 48 | 410 | 31 | 7 | 48 | .984 | 9.188 | ||||
| Joel Parker | 1B | 20 | 114 | 4 | 4 | 17 | .967 | 5.900 | ||||
| Dave Hoff | 1B | 18 | 94 | 4 | 5 | 11 | .951 | 5.444 | ||||
| Rich Embser | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Joe Morales | 2B | 40 | 75 | 119 | 13 | 29 | .937 | 4.850 | ||||
| Ryan Job | 2B | 31 | 51 | 57 | 6 | 16 | .947 | 3.484 | ||||
| Butch Kirby | 2B | 18 | 33 | 53 | 8 | 14 | .915 | 4.778 | ||||
| Ernie Riles | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 2.000 | ||||
| Billy Max | 3B | 42 | 44 | 57 | 12 | 11 | .894 | 2.405 | ||||
| Joe Morales | 3B | 14 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 5 | .854 | 2.500 | ||||
| Butch Kirby | 3B | 9 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 2 | .889 | 1.778 | ||||
| Bradley DeKraai | 3B | 7 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .533 | 1.143 | ||||
| Randy McFarlen | 3B | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .857 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ernie Riles | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Garrett Nago | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Kenneth Clayton | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Collin Tanabe | C | 51 | 343 | 43 | 12 | 5 | .970 | 7.569 | 16 | |||
| Angel Morris | C | 30 | 141 | 20 | 3 | 3 | .982 | 5.367 | 10 | |||
| Garrett Nago | C | 6 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 8.333 | 3 | |||
| Eric Peyton | OF | 67 | 102 | 19 | 8 | 1 | .938 | 1.806 | ||||
| Dewey James | OF | 56 | 80 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .917 | 1.571 | ||||
| Ronnie Jones | OF | 51 | 75 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .942 | 1.588 | ||||
| Dionisio DeJesus | OF | 21 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .897 | 1.238 | ||||
| Rene Reina | OF | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .562 | ||||
| Joel Parker | OF | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .824 | 1.000 | ||||
| Randy McFarlen | OF | 10 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.800 | ||||
| Angel Morris | OF | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 3.000 | ||||
| Fritz Fedor | P | 27 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .519 | ||||
| John Wood | P | 26 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .346 | ||||
| Mike Myerchin | P | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .120 | ||||
| Clyde Rice | P | 18 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .444 | ||||
| Michael Orlich | P | 15 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .778 | .467 | ||||
| Bill Wegman | P | 14 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .882 | 1.071 | ||||
| Gary Evans | P | 14 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .929 | ||||
| Bruce Williams | P | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .308 | ||||
| Scott Roberts | P | 12 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 1.750 | ||||
| Rich Embser | P | 12 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .700 | .583 | ||||
| Hipólito Peña | P | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .571 | ||||
| Charles Dinkins | P | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .333 | ||||
| Bryan Clutterbuck | P | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Craig Herberholz | P | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Dave Hoff | P | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Ernie Riles | SS | 63 | 96 | 215 | 25 | 45 | .926 | 4.937 | ||||
| Joe Morales | SS | 9 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 4 | .931 | 3.000 | ||||
| Mike Samuel | SS | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 5.333 | ||||
| Totals | 860 | 1848 | 808 | 169 | 219 | .940 | 3.088 | 29 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
