1991 Bluefield Orioles Statistics
Team Record: 36-31
Finished 2nd in the AL's North Division
Manager: Gus Gil (36-31)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 55,373, Avg. 1,653
The Bluefield Orioles of the Appalachian League ended the 1991 season with a record of 36 wins and 31 losses, finishing second in the league's North Division.
The Orioles tallied 329 runs and allowed 272 runs. Clayton Byrne led all regular hitters by connecting at a .321 clip. Rick Krivda topped Bluefield with 7 wins and a team-best 1.88 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1991 Bluefield Orioles who spent time in the Majors during their careers included B. J. Waszgis, Vaughn Eshelman, Bobby Chouinard, Rick Krivda and Scott McClain.
Gus Gil 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Krivda | 7 | 1 | .875 | 1.88 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 67.0 | 48 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 79 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 265 |
| Bobby Chouinard | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.48 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.7 | 44 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 150 |
| Kevin Ryan | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.59 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 76.3 | 71 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 71 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 315 |
| Allen Plaster | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.44 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 51.7 | 39 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 53 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 213 |
| Brett Benge | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.18 | 23 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 39.7 | 38 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 172 |
| Frank Gould | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.14 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67.3 | 71 | 37 | 31 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 283 |
| Steve Firsich | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.7 | 28 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 135 |
| Juan Mercedes | 2 | 6 | .250 | 3.98 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52.0 | 45 | 28 | 23 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 229 |
| Vaughn Eshelman | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.64 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 59 |
| Mat Sanders | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.21 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56.0 | 42 | 27 | 20 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 52 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 235 |
| Terry Farrar | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 57 |
| Shawn O'Connell | 1 | 5 | .167 | 3.73 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41.0 | 47 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 184 |
| Chris Lemp | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.06 | 25 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 39.3 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 161 |
| Totals | 36 | 31 | .537 | 3.12 | 174 | 67 | 65 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 580.7 | 516 | 272 | 201 | 24 | 247 | 2 | 587 | 23 | 28 | 43 | 2458 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton Byrne | 54 | 244 | 221 | 39 | 71 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 8 | 17 | 18 | 38 | .321 | .376 | .439 | .815 | 97 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Stewart Ruiz | 47 | 187 | 175 | 29 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 28 | .257 | .292 | .280 | .572 | 49 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Eric Alexander | 51 | 202 | 153 | 30 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 5 | 8 | 41 | 37 | .275 | .446 | .373 | .818 | 57 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Keith Schmidt | 52 | 192 | 172 | 26 | 40 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 50 | .233 | .312 | .378 | .690 | 65 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Coss | 59 | 238 | 209 | 24 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 41 | .191 | .275 | .230 | .504 | 48 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Scott McClain | 41 | 167 | 148 | 16 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 39 | .264 | .341 | .297 | .639 | 44 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bryan Grejtak | 46 | 181 | 148 | 26 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 44 | .257 | .381 | .459 | .841 | 68 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Doug McConathy | 27 | 110 | 92 | 17 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | .402 | .482 | .620 | 1.101 | 57 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Derek Adams | 34 | 122 | 115 | 13 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 21 | .287 | .314 | .330 | .644 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Thomas | 41 | 166 | 147 | 20 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 35 | .224 | .291 | .361 | .651 | 53 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Don Gilbert | 34 | 143 | 114 | 21 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 29 | .272 | .413 | .404 | .816 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Glenn Coleman | 48 | 175 | 150 | 25 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 55 | .200 | .309 | .287 | .595 | 43 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kris Gresham | 34 | 130 | 117 | 16 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | .239 | .287 | .316 | .603 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Bo Ortiz | 12 | 56 | 53 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .302 | .321 | .434 | .755 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gordie Graham | 38 | 111 | 104 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 41 | .144 | .198 | .288 | .487 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Seitzer | 12 | 50 | 45 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | .289 | .360 | .533 | .893 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. J. Waszgis | 12 | 41 | 35 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .229 | .341 | .514 | .856 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 642 | 2515 | 2198 | 329 | 559 | 99 | 14 | 37 | 266 | 78 | 68 | 240 | 518 | .254 | .338 | .363 | .701 | 797 | 37 | 47 | 12 | 18 | 5 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordie Graham | 1B | 24 | 185 | 12 | 6 | 16 | .970 | 8.208 | ||||
| Don Gilbert | 1B | 24 | 196 | 15 | 4 | 17 | .981 | 8.792 | ||||
| Doug McConathy | 1B | 22 | 188 | 14 | 1 | 27 | .995 | 9.182 | ||||
| Kris Gresham | 1B | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 9.500 | ||||
| Bryan Grejtak | 1B | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Coss | 2B | 52 | 108 | 144 | 7 | 30 | .973 | 4.846 | ||||
| Stewart Ruiz | 2B | 13 | 28 | 45 | 2 | 15 | .973 | 5.615 | ||||
| Scott McClain | 2B | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Scott McClain | 3B | 37 | 29 | 66 | 15 | 6 | .864 | 2.568 | ||||
| Brad Seitzer | 3B | 12 | 7 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .935 | 2.417 | ||||
| Don Gilbert | 3B | 6 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 2 | .895 | 2.833 | ||||
| Derek Adams | 3B | 6 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .867 | 2.167 | ||||
| Kris Gresham | 3B | 5 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 3.400 | ||||
| Mike Coss | 3B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bryan Grejtak | C | 38 | 320 | 44 | 2 | 4 | .995 | 9.579 | 12 | |||
| Kris Gresham | C | 24 | 190 | 24 | 2 | 0 | .991 | 8.917 | 5 | |||
| B. J. Waszgis | C | 9 | 71 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .988 | 9.111 | 1 | |||
| Clayton Byrne | OF | 54 | 90 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .979 | 1.759 | ||||
| Keith Schmidt | OF | 50 | 50 | 4 | 11 | 0 | .831 | 1.080 | ||||
| Glenn Coleman | OF | 48 | 51 | 4 | 6 | 1 | .902 | 1.146 | ||||
| Mike Thomas | OF | 40 | 31 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .886 | .975 | ||||
| Bo Ortiz | OF | 12 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.917 | ||||
| Eric Alexander | OF | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Stewart Ruiz | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Chris Lemp | P | 25 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .240 | ||||
| Brett Benge | P | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .130 | ||||
| Shawn O'Connell | P | 19 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .857 | .632 | ||||
| Mat Sanders | P | 17 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 4 | .950 | 1.118 | ||||
| Juan Mercedes | P | 16 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .812 | ||||
| Rick Krivda | P | 15 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .667 | ||||
| Kevin Ryan | P | 14 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .920 | 1.643 | ||||
| Frank Gould | P | 12 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.333 | ||||
| Steve Firsich | P | 11 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .857 | .545 | ||||
| Allen Plaster | P | 10 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.100 | ||||
| Bobby Chouinard | P | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Terry Farrar | P | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Vaughn Eshelman | P | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Stewart Ruiz | SS | 33 | 51 | 82 | 16 | 23 | .893 | 4.030 | ||||
| Derek Adams | SS | 25 | 26 | 71 | 14 | 16 | .874 | 3.880 | ||||
| Mike Coss | SS | 6 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 4 | .939 | 5.167 | ||||
| Don Gilbert | SS | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.667 | ||||
| Scott McClain | SS | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 731 | 1742 | 734 | 115 | 179 | .956 | 3.387 | 18 | 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.
