1981 Gastonia Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 68-76
Finished 4th in the SAL's North Division
Manager: Joe Rigoli (68-76)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Gastonia, North Carolina
Ballpark: Sims Legion Park
Attendance: 80,869, Avg. 1,123
The Gastonia Cardinals of the South Atlantic League ended the 1981 season with a record of 68 wins and 76 losses, finishing fourth in the league's North Division.
The Cardinals led the circuit with just 557 runs allowed. Gastonia scored 541 runs, worst in the league,. Harry McCulla and Bob Hicks paced the team with 11 home runs apiece. Gary Cicatiello accounted for 56 RBI. Luis Ojeda topped all regular batters by connecting at a .304 clip. Jerry Perry paced the squad with 14 wins, while John Martin recorded a 2.12 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1981 Gastonia Cardinals who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Gibson Alba, Terry Clark, Bob Meacham and Tom Dozier.
Joe Rigoli 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Perry | 14 | 7 | .667 | 3.19 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 178.0 | 143 | 79 | 63 | 15 | 61 | 0 | 118 | 5 | 0 | 9 | |
| Edmund Sanford | 13 | 7 | .650 | 2.73 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 142.0 | 124 | 59 | 43 | 5 | 58 | 1 | 83 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| John Martin | 11 | 13 | .458 | 2.12 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 212.0 | 166 | 71 | 50 | 11 | 56 | 4 | 148 | 8 | 0 | 12 | |
| Mike Rhodes | 6 | 8 | .429 | 1.75 | 48 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 103.0 | 74 | 43 | 20 | 3 | 46 | 3 | 77 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |
| Russ Davis | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.30 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 92.0 | 89 | 51 | 44 | 11 | 46 | 1 | 55 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |
| Walt Pierce | 5 | 14 | .263 | 3.49 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 188.0 | 176 | 90 | 73 | 11 | 65 | 2 | 97 | 4 | 3 | 3 | |
| Terry Clark | 4 | 5 | .444 | 2.16 | 53 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 75.0 | 56 | 23 | 18 | 4 | 25 | 8 | 66 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Tom Epple | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.37 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 68.0 | 53 | 37 | 33 | 8 | 34 | 1 | 54 | 4 | 2 | 10 | |
| Alex Neely | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.66 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29.0 | 25 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Tom Dozier | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.47 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Freddie Silva | 1 | 6 | .143 | 5.64 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 62 | 43 | 37 | 3 | 31 | 2 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 10 | |
| Jose Cazares | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeffrey Warburton | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gibson Alba | 0 | 0 | 3.75 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Brian Brown | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Michael Pittman | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.19 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 17 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 68 | 76 | .472 | 3.11 | 303 | 144 | 107 | 37 | 9 | 23 | 1233.0 | 1039 | 557 | 426 | 79 | 479 | 25 | 817 | 41 | 11 | 68 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Spears | 135 | 589 | 513 | 66 | 130 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 43 | 15 | 3 | 64 | 82 | .253 | .336 | .324 | .660 | 166 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | |
| Gary Cicatiello | 135 | 561 | 523 | 59 | 123 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 56 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 71 | .235 | .277 | .308 | .585 | 161 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | |
| Luis Ojeda | 109 | 449 | 398 | 58 | 121 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 53 | 8 | 1 | 38 | 28 | .304 | .362 | .402 | .764 | 160 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | |
| Jose Cazares | 125 | 476 | 418 | 49 | 106 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 48 | 59 | .254 | .335 | .316 | .651 | 132 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| Harry McCulla | 135 | 552 | 454 | 67 | 100 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 52 | 4 | 1 | 85 | 133 | .220 | .348 | .346 | .694 | 157 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | |
| Bob Hicks | 103 | 399 | 371 | 38 | 71 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 119 | .191 | .241 | .329 | .570 | 122 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Don Jacoby | 93 | 332 | 280 | 39 | 70 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 50 | .250 | .354 | .404 | .757 | 113 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| John DelMonte | 88 | 326 | 280 | 26 | 63 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 40 | 56 | .225 | .327 | .304 | .631 | 85 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bob Meacham | 74 | 323 | 274 | 24 | 50 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 37 | 47 | .182 | .283 | .237 | .520 | 65 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
| Mike Harris | 62 | 233 | 220 | 17 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 35 | .209 | .218 | .273 | .491 | 60 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jose Sanchez | 53 | 179 | 165 | 17 | 43 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 21 | .261 | .301 | .315 | .616 | 52 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Chuck Menzhuber | 42 | 176 | 168 | 18 | 39 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 29 | .232 | .267 | .310 | .577 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danny Liggins | 46 | 160 | 153 | 13 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 35 | .203 | .238 | .268 | .505 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Zunino | 31 | 102 | 94 | 13 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 20 | .245 | .294 | .330 | .624 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Barry Sayler | 41 | 155 | 121 | 15 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 21 | .182 | .342 | .190 | .532 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Rick Weems | 32 | 112 | 102 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 23 | .176 | .225 | .225 | .451 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Dan Stryffeler | 17 | 51 | 44 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | .227 | .333 | .250 | .583 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Wirkus | 7 | 29 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .167 | .310 | .250 | .560 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Tinkler | 22 | 45 | 41 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .098 | .178 | .098 | .275 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walt Pierce | 34 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .214 | .312 | .286 | .598 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Perry | 28 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1412 | 5267 | 4658 | 541 | 1078 | 182 | 34 | 47 | 454 | 79 | 20 | 486 | 857 | .231 | .307 | .315 | .623 | 1469 | 0 | 41 | 45 | 37 | 24 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Cicatiello | 1B | 134 | 1233 | 82 | 29 | 80 | .978 | 9.813 | ||||
| Paul Wirkus | 1B | 7 | 58 | 4 | 1 | 12 | .984 | 8.857 | ||||
| Kenneth Spears | 1B | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 3.333 | ||||
| Barry Sayler | 1B | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .929 | 6.500 | ||||
| Gary Zunino | 1B | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 11.000 | ||||
| Jose Cazares | 2B | 84 | 156 | 245 | 19 | 36 | .955 | 4.774 | ||||
| Don Jacoby | 2B | 59 | 117 | 165 | 13 | 28 | .956 | 4.780 | ||||
| Jack Tinkler | 2B | 9 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 3 | .931 | 3.000 | ||||
| Chuck Menzhuber | 2B | 5 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.800 | ||||
| Luis Ojeda | 2B | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Luis Ojeda | 3B | 102 | 88 | 195 | 26 | 14 | .916 | 2.775 | ||||
| Jose Cazares | 3B | 42 | 36 | 74 | 12 | 8 | .902 | 2.619 | ||||
| Don Jacoby | 3B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .800 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mike Harris | 3B | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Harry McCulla | C | 75 | 461 | 48 | 15 | 5 | .971 | 6.787 | 16 | |||
| Barry Sayler | C | 30 | 197 | 28 | 6 | 2 | .974 | 7.500 | 5 | |||
| Gary Zunino | C | 21 | 130 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .979 | 6.667 | 5 | |||
| Rick Weems | C | 17 | 107 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .991 | 6.765 | 3 | |||
| Bob Hicks | C | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | 0 | |||
| Kenneth Spears | OF | 130 | 198 | 15 | 17 | 2 | .926 | 1.638 | ||||
| Bob Hicks | OF | 100 | 178 | 15 | 11 | 4 | .946 | 1.930 | ||||
| John DelMonte | OF | 87 | 204 | 13 | 7 | 4 | .969 | 2.494 | ||||
| Danny Liggins | OF | 44 | 62 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .971 | 1.523 | ||||
| Jose Sanchez | OF | 36 | 67 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .972 | 1.944 | ||||
| Chuck Menzhuber | OF | 33 | 48 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .982 | 1.636 | ||||
| Dan Stryffeler | OF | 17 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .880 | 1.294 | ||||
| Terry Clark | P | 53 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .377 | ||||
| Mike Rhodes | P | 48 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 0 | .889 | .500 | ||||
| Jerry Perry | P | 28 | 10 | 23 | 2 | 1 | .943 | 1.179 | ||||
| John Martin | P | 28 | 15 | 22 | 1 | 2 | .974 | 1.321 | ||||
| Walt Pierce | P | 27 | 10 | 24 | 3 | 1 | .919 | 1.259 | ||||
| Edmund Sanford | P | 22 | 9 | 23 | 2 | 2 | .941 | 1.455 | ||||
| Tom Epple | P | 18 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .778 | ||||
| Russ Davis | P | 16 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 1.125 | ||||
| Alex Neely | P | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .067 | ||||
| Freddie Silva | P | 11 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.818 | ||||
| Tom Dozier | P | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .636 | ||||
| Michael Pittman | P | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .400 | ||||
| Jeffrey Warburton | P | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Gibson Alba | P | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .200 | ||||
| Brian Brown | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jose Cazares | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Meacham | SS | 73 | 107 | 235 | 25 | 30 | .932 | 4.685 | ||||
| Mike Harris | SS | 60 | 74 | 149 | 32 | 22 | .875 | 3.717 | ||||
| Jack Tinkler | SS | 13 | 14 | 24 | 4 | 5 | .905 | 2.923 | ||||
| Don Jacoby | SS | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Luis Ojeda | SS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Walt Pierce | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1499 | 3694 | 1551 | 251 | 278 | .954 | 3.499 | 29 | 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.
