1981 Bristol Red Sox Statistics
Team Record: 79-58
Finished 1st in the EL's South Division
Manager: Tony Torchia (79-58)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Bristol, Connecticut
Ballpark: Muzzy Field
Attendance: 77,066, Avg. 1,125
Playoffs - Bristol Red Sox 2 games, Reading Phillies 0
Finals - Bristol Red Sox 3 games, Glens Falls White Sox 2
The Bristol Red Sox of the Eastern League ended the 1981 season with a record of 79 wins and 58 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Red Sox led the league with just 504 runs allowed. Bristol scored 621 runs. Reggie Whittemore paced the squad with 12 home runs Gino Gentile drove in 59 runs. John Lickert topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .270. Brian Denman paced the team with 15 wins and a team-best 2.44 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1981 Bristol Red Sox who spent time in the Majors during their careers included John Lickert, Steve Shields, Ed Jurak, Danny Sheaffer, Brian Denman and Dennis Burtt.
Tony Torchia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Denman | 15 | 3 | .833 | 2.44 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 188.0 | 172 | 65 | 51 | 12 | 51 | 5 | 109 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Jerry King | 12 | 10 | .545 | 2.73 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 175.0 | 126 | 69 | 53 | 9 | 87 | 2 | 168 | 11 | 0 | 6 | |
| Bill Moloney | 10 | 1 | .909 | 1.80 | 42 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80.0 | 61 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dennis Burtt | 10 | 8 | .556 | 2.81 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 170.0 | 134 | 77 | 53 | 9 | 80 | 2 | 108 | 9 | 2 | 9 | |
| Dave Schoppee | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1.76 | 56 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 92.0 | 71 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 42 | 10 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Clint Johnson | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4.38 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 117.0 | 131 | 67 | 57 | 13 | 59 | 5 | 78 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |
| Kevin Kane | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.75 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 47 | 22 | 20 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Steve Shields | 5 | 14 | .263 | 4.64 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 126.0 | 136 | 75 | 65 | 10 | 65 | 10 | 87 | 2 | 1 | 13 | |
| Mike Howard | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.21 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 70.0 | 63 | 33 | 25 | 4 | 30 | 3 | 59 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Jay Fredlund | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.90 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 44 | 31 | 26 | 1 | 43 | 3 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| Bob Birrell | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jim Watkins | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Sandberg | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Tyler | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.35 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 24 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 24 | 3 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |
| Totals | 79 | 58 | .577 | 3.14 | 300 | 137 | 99 | 38 | 9 | 25 | 1164.0 | 1018 | 504 | 406 | 66 | 530 | 53 | 840 | 41 | 7 | 62 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erwin Bryant | 125 | 527 | 433 | 67 | 114 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 73 | 53 | .263 | .372 | .328 | .700 | 142 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 3 | |
| Gino Gentile | 118 | 435 | 367 | 60 | 111 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 59 | 12 | 7 | 62 | 66 | .302 | .404 | .450 | .854 | 165 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Ed Jurak | 87 | 368 | 297 | 63 | 101 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 64 | 36 | .340 | .459 | .434 | .893 | 129 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| John Lickert | 102 | 417 | 371 | 44 | 100 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 57 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 29 | .270 | .337 | .367 | .703 | 136 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | |
| Juan Pautt | 96 | 396 | 341 | 45 | 87 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 61 | .255 | .344 | .346 | .690 | 118 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| Reggie Whittemore | 124 | 450 | 375 | 52 | 85 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 58 | 12 | 2 | 64 | 124 | .227 | .345 | .365 | .711 | 137 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | |
| Juan Bustabad | 79 | 354 | 306 | 46 | 81 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 25 | 11 | 36 | 49 | .265 | .342 | .320 | .662 | 98 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | |
| Jim Watkins | 115 | 378 | 331 | 41 | 78 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 39 | 69 | .236 | .315 | .293 | .608 | 97 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | |
| Kenny Young | 108 | 415 | 346 | 61 | 78 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 47 | 18 | 11 | 57 | 73 | .225 | .337 | .367 | .704 | 127 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | |
| Glenn Eddins | 108 | 385 | 345 | 31 | 63 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 68 | .183 | .250 | .270 | .520 | 93 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | |
| Rick Colbert | 108 | 354 | 286 | 40 | 57 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 42 | 4 | 5 | 62 | 86 | .199 | .342 | .339 | .681 | 97 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| Jim Wilson | 66 | 246 | 217 | 26 | 53 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 23 | .244 | .305 | .318 | .622 | 69 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
| Craig Brooks | 50 | 190 | 143 | 28 | 45 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 37 | .315 | .468 | .559 | 1.028 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| Chuck Sandberg | 47 | 152 | 106 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 36 | .198 | .428 | .255 | .682 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Dave Schoppee | 56 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Tyler | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Moloney | 42 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danny Sheaffer | 8 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1460 | 5083 | 4279 | 621 | 1076 | 193 | 30 | 63 | 538 | 114 | 62 | 666 | 813 | .251 | .354 | .355 | .709 | 1518 | 0 | 39 | 59 | 40 | 43 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reggie Whittemore | 1B | 107 | 834 | 40 | 10 | 54 | .989 | 8.168 | ||||
| Chuck Sandberg | 1B | 32 | 193 | 18 | 2 | 19 | .991 | 6.594 | ||||
| Kenny Young | 1B | 12 | 98 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 8.667 | ||||
| Rick Colbert | 1B | 10 | 69 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 7.300 | ||||
| John Lickert | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Glenn Eddins | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Erwin Bryant | 2B | 125 | 270 | 361 | 24 | 62 | .963 | 5.048 | ||||
| Jim Wilson | 2B | 11 | 15 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 3.455 | ||||
| Ed Jurak | 2B | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Rick Colbert | 2B | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 5.000 | ||||
| Danny Sheaffer | 2B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Glenn Eddins | 3B | 103 | 66 | 169 | 25 | 13 | .904 | 2.282 | ||||
| Ed Jurak | 3B | 30 | 26 | 50 | 10 | 6 | .884 | 2.533 | ||||
| Jim Wilson | 3B | 12 | 14 | 24 | 2 | 5 | .950 | 3.167 | ||||
| Reggie Whittemore | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Rick Colbert | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Lickert | C | 95 | 600 | 83 | 14 | 10 | .980 | 7.189 | 12 | |||
| Rick Colbert | C | 45 | 268 | 33 | 9 | 2 | .971 | 6.689 | 3 | |||
| Danny Sheaffer | C | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.333 | 0 | |||
| Gino Gentile | OF | 117 | 172 | 9 | 11 | 1 | .943 | 1.547 | ||||
| Jim Watkins | OF | 113 | 208 | 23 | 3 | 3 | .987 | 2.044 | ||||
| Juan Pautt | OF | 95 | 155 | 5 | 11 | 0 | .936 | 1.684 | ||||
| Rick Colbert | OF | 47 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.511 | ||||
| Jim Wilson | OF | 45 | 71 | 5 | 1 | 3 | .987 | 1.689 | ||||
| Reggie Whittemore | OF | 28 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 1.321 | ||||
| Craig Brooks | OF | 12 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| John Lickert | OF | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Danny Sheaffer | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Kenny Young | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Dave Schoppee | P | 56 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .944 | .607 | ||||
| Bill Moloney | P | 42 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .619 | ||||
| Clint Johnson | P | 32 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .957 | .688 | ||||
| Steve Shields | P | 29 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .310 | ||||
| Dennis Burtt | P | 27 | 12 | 31 | 7 | 0 | .860 | 1.593 | ||||
| Jerry King | P | 25 | 11 | 24 | 2 | 1 | .946 | 1.400 | ||||
| Brian Denman | P | 25 | 12 | 23 | 2 | 2 | .946 | 1.400 | ||||
| Jay Fredlund | P | 18 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .889 | .889 | ||||
| Dave Tyler | P | 17 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .588 | ||||
| Kevin Kane | P | 13 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .846 | ||||
| Mike Howard | P | 13 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .864 | 1.462 | ||||
| Jim Watkins | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Chuck Sandberg | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Birrell | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Juan Bustabad | SS | 79 | 110 | 229 | 19 | 31 | .947 | 4.291 | ||||
| Ed Jurak | SS | 56 | 85 | 140 | 19 | 22 | .922 | 4.018 | ||||
| Jim Wilson | SS | 3 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.667 | ||||
| Glenn Eddins | SS | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1499 | 3492 | 1449 | 184 | 257 | .964 | 3.296 | 15 | 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.
