1981 Columbus Astros Statistics
Team Record: 63-78
Finished 5th in the SL's East Division
Manager: Matt Galante (63-78)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Columbus, Georgia
Ballpark: Golden Park I & II
Attendance: 109,135, Avg. 1,548
The Columbus Astros of the Southern League ended the 1981 season with a record of 63 wins and 78 losses, finishing fifth in the league's East Division.
The Astros scored 661 runs and gave up 729 runs, most in the circuit. Larry Ray led Columbus with 21 home runs and recorded 107 runs batted in. Chris Jones paced all regular batters by hitting .320. Keith Bonine and Zac Paris topped the squad with 11 wins each, while Mark Ross earned a 2.25 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Jeff Heathcock, Chris Jones, Pat Perry, David Clyde, Bill Doran, Mark Ross, Dan O'Brien, Larry Ray and John Mizerock were all players from the 1981 Columbus Astros who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Matt Galante 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Bonine | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.07 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 132.0 | 119 | 55 | 45 | 10 | 43 | 3 | 120 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Zac Paris | 11 | 9 | .550 | 4.36 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 190.0 | 184 | 105 | 92 | 15 | 76 | 1 | 166 | 10 | 3 | 5 | |
| Mark Ross | 8 | 10 | .444 | 2.25 | 63 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 116.0 | 103 | 35 | 29 | 3 | 32 | 12 | 70 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
| David Clyde | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.76 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 59.0 | 41 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Stan Leland | 5 | 10 | .333 | 5.54 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 112.0 | 127 | 86 | 69 | 13 | 65 | 2 | 49 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| John Hessler | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.83 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 82.0 | 86 | 52 | 44 | 9 | 63 | 0 | 70 | 5 | 0 | 8 | |
| Gregory Petersen | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.52 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 93.0 | 112 | 64 | 57 | 12 | 33 | 4 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Jeff Heathcock | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.63 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 101.0 | 104 | 57 | 52 | 6 | 35 | 0 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Pat Perry | 3 | 1 | .750 | 6.35 | 27 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51.0 | 54 | 40 | 36 | 7 | 38 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Greg Wilkes | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.67 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 61 | 31 | 22 | 4 | 24 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Ricardo Aponte | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.88 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 65.0 | 73 | 32 | 28 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Larry Brown | 1 | 5 | .167 | 8.17 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76.0 | 111 | 83 | 69 | 8 | 42 | 2 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Stan Hough | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Benson | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan O'Brien | 0 | 0 | 10.50 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| David Johnson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.50 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Cacciatore | 0 | 4 | .000 | 8.25 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 33 | 29 | 22 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
| Gary Melson | 0 | 4 | .000 | 10.20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals | 61 | 78 | .439 | 4.59 | 300 | 143 | 104 | 32 | 4 | 24 | 1192.0 | 1261 | 720 | 608 | 105 | 530 | 32 | 807 | 44 | 11 | 50 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Jones | 143 | 623 | 535 | 102 | 171 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 65 | 37 | 14 | 78 | 88 | .320 | .404 | .439 | .843 | 235 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | |
| Francisco Jabalera | 134 | 567 | 503 | 64 | 134 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 48 | 16 | 49 | 63 | .266 | .337 | .308 | .645 | 155 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | |
| Larry Ray | 136 | 563 | 505 | 72 | 128 | 33 | 9 | 21 | 107 | 5 | 4 | 49 | 128 | .253 | .323 | .479 | .802 | 242 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 | |
| Bill Doran | 124 | 515 | 427 | 83 | 120 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 56 | 18 | 11 | 74 | 48 | .281 | .389 | .389 | .778 | 166 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | |
| Mark Strucher | 138 | 560 | 482 | 70 | 115 | 25 | 3 | 13 | 85 | 4 | 5 | 68 | 90 | .239 | .332 | .384 | .716 | 185 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | |
| Steve Benson | 107 | 406 | 350 | 56 | 101 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 52 | 25 | 9 | 48 | 34 | .289 | .371 | .457 | .828 | 160 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
| Cliff Wherry | 93 | 373 | 328 | 46 | 92 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 11 | 7 | 34 | 60 | .280 | .349 | .369 | .718 | 121 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ronald Jacobs | 94 | 345 | 309 | 30 | 73 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 42 | .236 | .305 | .272 | .577 | 84 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Val Medina | 73 | 257 | 245 | 27 | 67 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 55 | .273 | .290 | .343 | .633 | 84 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Neil Simons | 74 | 296 | 264 | 31 | 65 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 30 | .246 | .315 | .367 | .683 | 97 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Mark Campbell | 65 | 231 | 200 | 29 | 47 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 28 | .235 | .323 | .335 | .658 | 67 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Stan Hough | 60 | 201 | 177 | 15 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 32 | .215 | .293 | .322 | .615 | 57 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| John Csefalvay | 36 | 115 | 102 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 26 | .176 | .270 | .265 | .534 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Randy Rogers | 37 | 135 | 106 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 20 | .170 | .308 | .189 | .496 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |
| Julio Beltran | 19 | 68 | 66 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | .197 | .221 | .212 | .433 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Mizerock | 11 | 39 | 35 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .229 | .308 | .286 | .593 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1344 | 5294 | 4634 | 660 | 1208 | 193 | 58 | 69 | 581 | 162 | 84 | 549 | 758 | .261 | .340 | .372 | .712 | 1724 | 0 | 24 | 49 | 38 | 41 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Strucher | 1B | 137 | 1230 | 103 | 16 | 122 | .988 | 9.730 | ||||
| Mark Campbell | 1B | 6 | 39 | 5 | 4 | 6 | .917 | 7.333 | ||||
| Stan Hough | 1B | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 14.000 | ||||
| Bill Doran | 2B | 121 | 263 | 355 | 17 | 102 | .973 | 5.107 | ||||
| Steve Benson | 2B | 17 | 25 | 40 | 2 | 5 | .970 | 3.824 | ||||
| Mark Campbell | 2B | 12 | 25 | 35 | 2 | 7 | .968 | 5.000 | ||||
| Val Medina | 3B | 67 | 48 | 104 | 12 | 12 | .927 | 2.269 | ||||
| Steve Benson | 3B | 40 | 27 | 64 | 9 | 9 | .910 | 2.275 | ||||
| Randy Rogers | 3B | 37 | 21 | 90 | 14 | 9 | .888 | 3.000 | ||||
| Mark Campbell | 3B | 7 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .913 | 3.000 | ||||
| Ronald Jacobs | C | 94 | 556 | 82 | 9 | 8 | .986 | 6.787 | 7 | |||
| Stan Hough | C | 41 | 223 | 26 | 9 | 4 | .965 | 6.073 | 5 | |||
| John Mizerock | C | 11 | 80 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .978 | 8.273 | 1 | |||
| Mark Campbell | C | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | 0 | |||
| Chris Jones | OF | 126 | 178 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .989 | 1.484 | ||||
| Francisco Jabalera | OF | 123 | 265 | 13 | 16 | 4 | .946 | 2.260 | ||||
| Larry Ray | OF | 95 | 128 | 6 | 8 | 1 | .944 | 1.411 | ||||
| Neil Simons | OF | 58 | 132 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .972 | 2.379 | ||||
| John Csefalvay | OF | 21 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .926 | 1.190 | ||||
| Mark Campbell | OF | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.714 | ||||
| Steve Benson | OF | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.600 | ||||
| Mark Ross | P | 63 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 3 | .964 | .429 | ||||
| Zac Paris | P | 29 | 13 | 30 | 4 | 1 | .915 | 1.483 | ||||
| Pat Perry | P | 27 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .941 | .593 | ||||
| Larry Brown | P | 23 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .955 | .913 | ||||
| Stan Leland | P | 22 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 1.091 | ||||
| Keith Bonine | P | 22 | 9 | 24 | 2 | 2 | .943 | 1.500 | ||||
| Ricardo Aponte | P | 21 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Gregory Petersen | P | 17 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.471 | ||||
| John Hessler | P | 16 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .909 | 1.250 | ||||
| Jeff Heathcock | P | 16 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.688 | ||||
| Greg Wilkes | P | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .833 | ||||
| David Clyde | P | 10 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.500 | ||||
| Dan O'Brien | P | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Paul Cacciatore | P | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .875 | 1.400 | ||||
| Gary Melson | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| David Johnson | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Stan Hough | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Steve Benson | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Cliff Wherry | SS | 93 | 165 | 313 | 12 | 73 | .976 | 5.140 | ||||
| Steve Benson | SS | 36 | 46 | 96 | 5 | 15 | .966 | 3.944 | ||||
| Julio Beltran | SS | 19 | 26 | 48 | 8 | 10 | .902 | 3.895 | ||||
| Totals | 1477 | 3636 | 1619 | 172 | 406 | .968 | 3.558 | 13 | 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.
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