1981 Bellingham Mariners Statistics
Team Record: 39-31
Finished 1st in the NWL's North Division
Manager: Jeff Scott (39-31)
Affiliation: Seattle Mariners
Location: Bellingham, Washington
Ballpark: Joe Martin Stadium
Attendance: 21,390, Avg. 611
Playoffs - Medford A's 2 games, Bellingham Mariners 1
The Bellingham Mariners of the Northwest League ended the 1981 season with a record of 39 wins and 31 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.
The Mariners scored 364 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 353 runs. Chip Conklin led Bellingham with 15 home runs and drove in 57 runs. Phil Bradley paced all regular batters by connecting at a .301 clip. Mark Langston topped the team with 7 wins, while Lee Guetterman registered a 2.68 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1981 Bellingham Mariners who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Brick Smith, Phil Bradley, Mark Langston, Ricky Nelson and Lee Guetterman.
Jeff Scott 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Langston | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.39 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 85.0 | 81 | 37 | 32 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 97 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| Lee Guetterman | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.68 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 84.0 | 85 | 36 | 25 | 3 | 42 | 2 | 55 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| David LaBounty | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.30 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67.0 | 75 | 39 | 32 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Eric Parent | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.58 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 45 | 35 | 28 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 12 | |
| Vic Martin | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.95 | 30 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 40.0 | 31 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Kalvin Koenig | 4 | 3 | .571 | 6.43 | 22 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42.0 | 52 | 37 | 30 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Ronn Dixon | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.63 | 22 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 57.0 | 42 | 28 | 23 | 6 | 42 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| Jeffrey Eldridge | 3 | 2 | .600 | 6.55 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33.0 | 30 | 29 | 24 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Terry Hayes | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.20 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45.0 | 51 | 31 | 26 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Don Holland | 1 | 5 | .167 | 3.74 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 65.0 | 65 | 39 | 27 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Anthony Rodriguez | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Curt Towey | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Wayne Kinley | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 39 | 31 | .557 | 4.24 | 181 | 70 | 60 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 596.0 | 589 | 353 | 281 | 28 | 380 | 8 | 508 | 12 | 11 | 45 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chip Conklin | 69 | 288 | 252 | 40 | 72 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 57 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 57 | .286 | .366 | .520 | .886 | 131 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Brick Smith | 60 | 250 | 204 | 48 | 59 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 47 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 34 | .289 | .412 | .500 | .912 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Phil Bradley | 53 | 230 | 193 | 38 | 58 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 33 | 35 | .301 | .413 | .430 | .843 | 83 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ricky Nelson | 56 | 224 | 197 | 35 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 29 | .284 | .357 | .401 | .758 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| Howard Meier | 56 | 225 | 180 | 36 | 49 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 38 | 17 | .272 | .397 | .367 | .764 | 66 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dave Myers | 64 | 240 | 204 | 24 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 34 | .230 | .326 | .309 | .635 | 63 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| Frank Meraz | 49 | 178 | 159 | 29 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 38 | .283 | .360 | .421 | .781 | 67 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bret McAfee | 54 | 217 | 199 | 30 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 43 | .196 | .255 | .211 | .466 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ric Wilson | 48 | 167 | 147 | 14 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 21 | .204 | .293 | .299 | .593 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Donald Pierce | 43 | 147 | 124 | 23 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 28 | .234 | .345 | .306 | .651 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Juan Oppenheimer | 25 | 91 | 76 | 9 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 15 | .263 | .385 | .355 | .740 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Aulenback | 29 | 94 | 82 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 23 | .207 | .301 | .293 | .594 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eduardo Cruz | 33 | 88 | 75 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 19 | .160 | .238 | .173 | .411 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Howie Brodsky | 33 | 103 | 84 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 27 | .119 | .272 | .143 | .415 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Edwin Quinones | 21 | 55 | 47 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | .191 | .296 | .234 | .530 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Edmonds | 7 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .235 | .316 | .353 | .669 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clay Hill | 3 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .333 | .583 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rafael Sanchez | 9 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .067 | .125 | .067 | .192 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Curt Towey | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 719 | 2647 | 2270 | 364 | 560 | 91 | 12 | 46 | 309 | 75 | 33 | 322 | 444 | .247 | .344 | .358 | .702 | 813 | 0 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 5 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brick Smith | 1B | 58 | 510 | 35 | 9 | 38 | .984 | 9.397 | ||||
| Juan Oppenheimer | 1B | 14 | 100 | 6 | 6 | 10 | .946 | 7.571 | ||||
| Bret McAfee | 2B | 47 | 70 | 122 | 16 | 22 | .923 | 4.085 | ||||
| Eduardo Cruz | 2B | 33 | 47 | 48 | 9 | 9 | .913 | 2.879 | ||||
| Curt Towey | 2B | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 8.000 | ||||
| Chip Conklin | 3B | 69 | 48 | 128 | 18 | 7 | .907 | 2.551 | ||||
| Edwin Quinones | 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Ric Wilson | C | 48 | 306 | 53 | 7 | 2 | .981 | 7.479 | 9 | |||
| Jim Aulenback | C | 29 | 185 | 28 | 7 | 1 | .968 | 7.345 | 6 | |||
| Rafael Sanchez | C | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.167 | 2 | |||
| Clay Hill | C | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.000 | 0 | |||
| Phil Bradley | OF | 51 | 94 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .990 | 1.902 | ||||
| Howard Meier | OF | 43 | 66 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .973 | 1.651 | ||||
| Donald Pierce | OF | 40 | 50 | 4 | 11 | 1 | .831 | 1.350 | ||||
| Frank Meraz | OF | 36 | 61 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .957 | 1.833 | ||||
| Ricky Nelson | OF | 35 | 49 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .949 | 1.600 | ||||
| Howie Brodsky | OF | 14 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.143 | ||||
| John Edmonds | OF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Clay Hill | OF | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Vic Martin | P | 30 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Kalvin Koenig | P | 22 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .409 | ||||
| Ronn Dixon | P | 22 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .591 | ||||
| Terry Hayes | P | 15 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .667 | ||||
| Jeffrey Eldridge | P | 14 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .429 | ||||
| Mark Langston | P | 13 | 6 | 23 | 3 | 3 | .906 | 2.231 | ||||
| David LaBounty | P | 13 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.308 | ||||
| Don Holland | P | 13 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .800 | .615 | ||||
| Lee Guetterman | P | 13 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 1 | .852 | 1.769 | ||||
| Eric Parent | P | 12 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .889 | 1.333 | ||||
| Anthony Rodriguez | P | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .375 | ||||
| Curt Towey | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Wayne Kinley | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Dave Myers | SS | 64 | 105 | 180 | 11 | 37 | .963 | 4.453 | ||||
| Bret McAfee | SS | 11 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 3 | .850 | 3.091 | ||||
| Totals | 789 | 1787 | 756 | 128 | 143 | .952 | 3.223 | 17 | 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.
