1981 Erie Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 44-30
Finished 2nd in the NYPL's West Division
Manager: Sonny Ruberto (44-30)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Erie, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Ainsworth Field
Attendance: 76,063, Avg. 2,056
The Erie Cardinals of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1981 season with a record of 44 wins and 30 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
The Cardinals led the circuit with 467 runs. Erie surrendered 363 runs. Greg Guin paced the team with 10 home runs Bill Lyons drove in 65 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .327. John Adams and Greg Dunn paced the squad with 7 wins each, while John Adams recorded a 2.97 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1981 Erie Cardinals who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Randy Hunt, Bill Lyons, Orlando Sánchez and Gibson Alba.
Sonny Ruberto 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Dunn | 7 | 1 | .875 | 4.08 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 75.0 | 50 | 42 | 34 | 8 | 54 | 0 | 84 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| John Adams | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.97 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 97.0 | 68 | 38 | 32 | 6 | 35 | 6 | 107 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Brent Milligan | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.81 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 101.0 | 105 | 66 | 54 | 14 | 45 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Ovidio Maldonado | 5 | 2 | .714 | 4.50 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 66 | 40 | 31 | 14 | 24 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jay North | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 62 | 32 | 28 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Walter Parmenter | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.50 | 25 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 36.0 | 33 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Kish | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.60 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 43 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Scott Young | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.07 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 73.0 | 69 | 41 | 33 | 14 | 21 | 1 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Bill LaRosa | 2 | 1 | .667 | 9.00 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Michael Pittman | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.73 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33.0 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| William Finnegan | 1 | 1 | .500 | 13.50 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Gibson Alba | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.73 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44.0 | 42 | 31 | 28 | 6 | 34 | 1 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Luis Taveras | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 44 | 30 | .595 | 4.15 | 168 | 74 | 54 | 20 | 4 | 11 | 652.0 | 592 | 363 | 301 | 80 | 297 | 17 | 471 | 18 | 8 | 38 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Lyons | 73 | 333 | 269 | 63 | 88 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 65 | 16 | 2 | 54 | 24 | .327 | .441 | .480 | .921 | 129 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |
| Greg Guin | 71 | 328 | 259 | 67 | 84 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 35 | .324 | .450 | .525 | .975 | 136 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |
| Francisco Batista | 74 | 324 | 287 | 41 | 84 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 54 | 15 | 4 | 25 | 53 | .293 | .351 | .408 | .759 | 117 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | |
| Dan Stryffeler | 67 | 302 | 258 | 46 | 76 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 34 | .295 | .388 | .391 | .779 | 101 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Sonny James | 68 | 298 | 262 | 46 | 72 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 31 | 32 | .275 | .351 | .393 | .744 | 103 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Mike Harris | 67 | 310 | 291 | 44 | 70 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 38 | .241 | .279 | .299 | .578 | 87 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Randy Hunt | 60 | 238 | 195 | 43 | 58 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 21 | .297 | .422 | .472 | .894 | 92 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mitchell Southern | 62 | 249 | 214 | 35 | 46 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 45 | .215 | .316 | .322 | .638 | 69 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Chuck Menzhuber | 23 | 118 | 109 | 27 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 21 | .376 | .410 | .550 | .961 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Rick Weems | 36 | 131 | 118 | 17 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 28 | .271 | .336 | .373 | .709 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Deron Thomas | 44 | 177 | 157 | 16 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 29 | .191 | .260 | .261 | .521 | 41 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Richard Federici | 21 | 87 | 81 | 13 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .309 | .349 | .358 | .707 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steven Roath | 22 | 59 | 47 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 11 | .170 | .316 | .277 | .592 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Orlando Sánchez | 6 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .357 | .526 | .357 | .883 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roger Martin | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .400 | .750 | 1.150 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jose Mesa | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .250 | .571 | .250 | .821 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 701 | 2986 | 2569 | 467 | 722 | 110 | 12 | 58 | 399 | 77 | 26 | 347 | 385 | .281 | .368 | .401 | .769 | 1030 | 0 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Guin | 1B | 70 | 688 | 41 | 1 | 60 | .999 | 1.414 | ||||
| Richard Federici | 1B | 4 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .947 | 9.000 | ||||
| Deron Thomas | 2B | 42 | 86 | 118 | 13 | 24 | .940 | 4.857 | ||||
| Bill Lyons | 2B | 29 | 65 | 90 | 3 | 23 | .981 | 5.345 | ||||
| Chuck Menzhuber | 2B | 4 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .952 | 5.000 | ||||
| Bill Lyons | 3B | 36 | 23 | 95 | 4 | 7 | .967 | 3.278 | ||||
| Sonny James | 3B | 36 | 27 | 56 | 15 | 8 | .847 | 2.306 | ||||
| Chuck Menzhuber | 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Randy Hunt | C | 55 | 345 | 46 | 9 | 6 | .978 | 7.109 | 13 | |||
| Rick Weems | C | 21 | 126 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 6.905 | 0 | |||
| Jose Mesa | C | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 1 | |||
| Francisco Batista | OF | 74 | 161 | 9 | 4 | 4 | .977 | 2.297 | ||||
| Dan Stryffeler | OF | 65 | 84 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .957 | 1.354 | ||||
| Mitchell Southern | OF | 54 | 68 | 6 | 7 | 1 | .914 | 1.370 | ||||
| Steven Roath | OF | 20 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Chuck Menzhuber | OF | 10 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 1.600 | ||||
| Rick Weems | OF | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 1.600 | ||||
| Richard Federici | OF | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Orlando Sánchez | OF | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Greg Guin | OF | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Walter Parmenter | P | 25 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .909 | .400 | ||||
| Michael Pittman | P | 17 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .647 | ||||
| Scott Young | P | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .857 | .750 | ||||
| Gibson Alba | P | 16 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .250 | ||||
| John Adams | P | 16 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .909 | 1.875 | ||||
| Brent Milligan | P | 15 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 4 | .962 | 1.667 | ||||
| Ovidio Maldonado | P | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .800 | ||||
| Greg Dunn | P | 13 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 1.231 | ||||
| Jay North | P | 12 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .875 | 1.167 | ||||
| Bill LaRosa | P | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .111 | ||||
| Bob Kish | P | 8 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .769 | 1.250 | ||||
| William Finnegan | P | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Luis Taveras | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Harris | SS | 67 | 106 | 222 | 28 | 43 | .921 | 4.896 | ||||
| Bill Lyons | SS | 8 | 13 | 28 | 5 | 9 | .891 | 5.125 | ||||
| Sonny James | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 780 | 1956 | 851 | 117 | 204 | .960 | 3.599 | 14 | 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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