1981 Florence Blue Jays Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 66-72
Finished 3rd in the SAL's South Division
Manager: Dennis Holmberg (66-72)
Affiliation: Toronto Blue Jays
Location: Florence, South Carolina
Ballpark: American Legion Stadium
Attendance: 74,645, Avg. 1,082

1981 Florence Blue Jays Roster

The Florence Blue Jays of the South Atlantic League ended the 1981 season with a record of 66 wins and 72 losses, finishing third in the league's South Division.

The Blue Jays plated 628 runs and conceded 638 runs. Garry Harris paced Florence with 15 home runs Bob McNair drove in 75 runs. Rocket Wheeler topped all regular batters by connecting at a .277 clip. Doug Welenc led the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 3.05 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1981 Florence Blue Jays who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Pat Kelly, Dave Shipanoff, José Escobar and Matt Williams.

Dennis Holmberg served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Doug Welenc	10	3	.769	3.05	24	18	4	4	3	0	118.0	105	50	40	4	34	0	102	3	0	5
Jack McKnight	9	8	.529	3.24	27	27	0	7	2	0	172.0	139	73	62	12	77	0	119	9	1	6
Matt Williams	7	4	.636	2.18	15	15	0	4	0	0	91.0	81	33	22	2	27	1	76	7	0	9
Mark Holton	7	6	.538	3.50	23	17	2	2	0	0	113.0	103	55	44	8	47	0	92	4	0	12
Dave Shipanoff	7	7	.500	2.67	52	0	34	0	0	8	101.0	78	40	30	4	44	7	101	2	2	0
Matt Nawrocki	7	9	.438	4.30	29	16	4	1	0	0	115.0	122	72	55	3	55	2	75	5	2	11
Joey Pursell	7	11	.389	3.53	27	24	1	4	0	0	148.0	167	81	58	8	34	2	78	3	3	9
Donald Pierce	3	5	.375	2.62	34	0	18	0	0	3	48.0	46	20	14	2	22	0	47	0	0	5
Steven Smith	3	6	.333	3.29	38	4	16	1	0	2	93.0	102	51	34	5	39	3	70	4	0	7
Steven Lovins	2	2	.500	4.50	35	0	22	0	0	2	44.0	42	33	22	4	38	2	42	2	0	4
Paul Langfield	2	5	.286	7.96	16	10	1	1	1	0	52.0	64	54	46	3	34	0	44	2	0	11
Ed Schneider	1	0	1.000	4.85	5	1	1	1	1	0	13.0	10	7	7	1	4	0	9	1	0	0
Daniel Rahmer	1	3	.250	14.06	6	4	0	0	0	0	16.0	24	26	25	2	19	0	12	3	0	4
Pat Kelly	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
Edwin Dickerson	0	1	.000	7.36	7	0	3	0	0	0	11.0	18	10	9	2	6	0	6	1	1	2
Robert Tackitt	0	1	.000	7.43	12	0	4	0	0	1	23.0	29	23	19	2	12	1	11	2	0	6
Tommy Blackmon	0	1	.000	11.25	5	2	2	0	0	0	8.0	10	10	10	1	8	0	7	0	0	1
Totals	66	72	.478	3.83	356	138	113	25	7	16	1168.0	1140	638	497	63	501	18	893	48	9	92	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
Rocket Wheeler	133	600	523	89	145	20	9	7	67	11	7	58	57	.277	.356	.390	.746	204		8	7	4	5
Bob McNair	137	581	518	77	138	23	2	13	75	8	1	57	90	.266	.338	.394	.732	204		0	4	2	1
Garry Harris	130	552	495	73	125	20	2	15	64	22	4	48	94	.253	.324	.392	.716	194		5	3	1	2
Edward Santos	135	551	486	73	121	31	2	8	67	7	1	53	90	.249	.326	.370	.696	180		4	5	3	2
Pat Kelly	90	377	324	53	92	14	0	9	38	5	5	51	59	.284	.382	.410	.792	133		1	0	1	0
Jay Schroeder	131	512	417	51	85	17	1	10	47	4	5	81	142	.204	.335	.321	.656	134		4	4	6	0
Luis Guzman	92	319	295	38	72	12	2	5	32	2	0	13	52	.244	.275	.349	.624	103		1	6	4	0
Julio Paula	58	248	222	30	55	12	2	1	27	6	1	21	32	.248	.316	.333	.649	74		2	1	2	1
Thomas Langham	95	337	276	42	54	8	3	0	20	14	4	50	50	.196	.324	.246	.571	68		3	7	1	1
Rafael Rivas	55	190	173	12	41	7	0	0	22	2	4	12	43	.237	.298	.277	.575	48		3	2	0	0
Mike Hurdle	69	241	204	28	40	7	2	2	21	8	1	30	57	.196	.303	.279	.582	57		2	3	2	2
Gerry Hool	36	137	115	12	30	5	0	2	16	1	0	15	11	.261	.351	.357	.707	41		2	3	2	1
José Escobar	35	119	105	12	25	3	0	0	4	0	4	12	19	.238	.316	.267	.583	28		0	2	0	0
Fred Mead	30	107	95	9	21	8	1	1	9	1	1	9	24	.221	.295	.358	.653	34		1	2	0	0
Alex Marte	14	58	51	9	16	0	0	0	0	5	3	6	11	.314	.386	.314	.700	16		0	1	0	0
David Trimble	23	85	80	5	15	4	0	1	3	1	1	4	32	.188	.226	.275	.501	22		0	1	0	1
Ken Kinnard	27	82	78	11	14	0	1	2	5	1	0	4	33	.179	.220	.282	.502	22		0	0	0	0
James Michalek	20	56	48	4	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	8	14	.125	.250	.167	.417	8		0	0	0	0
Totals	1310	5152	4505	628	1095	193	27	76	518	98	42	532	910	.243	.326	.349	.675	1570	0	36	51	28	16

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Bob McNair	1B	137	1314	107	18	91	.987	1.372
Pat Kelly	1B	1	6	0	0	1	1.000	6.000
Garry Harris	2B	111	194	340	22	50	.960	4.811
Luis Guzman	2B	19	25	49	0	9	1.000	3.895
Rocket Wheeler	2B	12	12	37	1	4	.980	4.083
Ken Kinnard	2B	1	2	1	0	0	1.000	3.000
Jay Schroeder	3B	69	34	95	21	6	.860	1.870
Julio Paula	3B	57	37	127	20	7	.891	2.877
Luis Guzman	3B	10	4	15	3	0	.864	1.900
Rocket Wheeler	3B	3	4	6	1	0	.909	3.333
José Escobar	3B	2	0	5	1	0	.833	2.500
Pat Kelly	C	77	501	59	13	2	.977	7.273	11
Rafael Rivas	C	47	297	31	9	1	.973	6.979	18
James Michalek	C	15	97	4	4	0	.962	6.733	4
Gerry Hool	C	10	37	6	1	2	.977	4.300	0
Edward Santos	OF	133	178	9	13	1	.935	1.406
Thomas Langham	OF	90	133	8	9	0	.940	1.567
Mike Hurdle	OF	66	130	6	4	0	.971	2.061
Jay Schroeder	OF	61	78	6	7	1	.923	1.377
David Trimble	OF	22	30	2	1	0	.970	1.455
Fred Mead	OF	17	20	2	1	0	.957	1.294
Alex Marte	OF	13	18	0	2	0	.900	1.385
Ken Kinnard	OF	13	17	0	1	0	.944	1.308
Rocket Wheeler	OF	12	28	2	1	1	.968	2.500
Gerry Hool	OF	4	2	0	0	0	1.000	.500
James Michalek	OF	2	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.500
Pat Kelly	OF	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Garry Harris	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Dave Shipanoff	P	52	8	20	1	0	.966	.538
Steven Smith	P	38	4	27	2	5	.939	.816
Steven Lovins	P	35	1	6	1	0	.875	.200
Donald Pierce	P	34	3	12	3	1	.833	.441
Matt Nawrocki	P	29	10	19	2	1	.935	1.000
Joey Pursell	P	27	11	33	2	7	.957	1.630
Jack McKnight	P	27	12	33	3	4	.938	1.667
Doug Welenc	P	24	7	14	0	1	1.000	.875
Mark Holton	P	23	11	17	2	1	.933	1.217
Paul Langfield	P	16	6	9	0	0	1.000	.938
Matt Williams	P	15	11	23	2	2	.944	2.267
Robert Tackitt	P	12	0	3	1	0	.750	.250
Edwin Dickerson	P	7	0	2	0	0	1.000	.286
Daniel Rahmer	P	6	1	4	1	0	.833	.833
Ed Schneider	P	5	1	3	0	0	1.000	.800
Tommy Blackmon	P	5	1	4	0	0	1.000	1.000
Pat Kelly	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Rocket Wheeler	SS	100	167	297	28	52	.943	4.640
José Escobar	SS	26	31	67	11	13	.899	3.769
Garry Harris	SS	14	17	28	8	6	.849	3.214
Julio Paula	SS	1	1	2	0	1	1.000	3.000
Luis Guzman	SS	1	1	3	1	1	.800	4.000
Totals		1505	3508	1544	221	271	.958	3.357	33	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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