1981 Jacksonville Suns Statistics
Team Record: 65-77
Finished 4th in the SL's East Division
Manager: Gene Lamont (65-77)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Ballpark: Sam M. Wolfson Park
Attendance: 126,384, Avg. 1,780
The Jacksonville Suns of the Southern League ended the 1981 season with a record of 65 wins and 77 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.
The Suns plated 566 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 652 runs. Frank McCann paced Jacksonville with 15 home runs and drove in 70 runs. Mark Ryal topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .267 clip. Keith Creel led the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.72 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1981 Jacksonville Suns who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Luis Silverio, Brad Wellman, Mark Ryal, Dave Leeper, Jeff Cornell, Derek Botelho, Frank Wills, Don Slaught, Keith Creel and Buddy Biancalana.
Gene Lamont 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 Creel | 12 | 7 | .632 | 2.72 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 149.0 | 106 | 52 | 45 | 13 | 44 | 4 | 105 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Frank Wills | 9 | 14 | .391 | 3.98 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 192.0 | 199 | 104 | 85 | 16 | 91 | 3 | 174 | 9 | 3 | 15 | |
| Rich Dubee | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4.04 | 33 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 107.0 | 134 | 65 | 48 | 10 | 26 | 5 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeff Cornell | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3.58 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 166.0 | 141 | 76 | 66 | 8 | 114 | 6 | 106 | 7 | 0 | 8 | |
| Curtis Voyles | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.66 | 32 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 85.0 | 88 | 54 | 44 | 11 | 47 | 2 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
| Mike Morley | 5 | 10 | .333 | 3.72 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 109.0 | 95 | 57 | 45 | 8 | 59 | 3 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Walt Vanderbush | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.44 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 55.0 | 48 | 29 | 21 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |
| Larry Williams | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.95 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 65.0 | 65 | 45 | 43 | 14 | 33 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Doug Potestio | 3 | 7 | .300 | 5.12 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 72.0 | 89 | 50 | 41 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Daniel Fischer | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeffrey Hanslovan | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.11 | 27 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 44.0 | 53 | 30 | 25 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Derek Botelho | 2 | 2 | .500 | 1.95 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 37.0 | 27 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Daniel St. Clair | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.21 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28.0 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Craig Pippin | 1 | 2 | .333 | 8.74 | 26 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 34.0 | 47 | 40 | 33 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Dave Hogg | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Christopher DiLorenzo | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.45 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33.0 | 38 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 65 | 77 | .458 | 4.05 | 288 | 143 | 97 | 46 | 8 | 20 | 1201.0 | 1171 | 652 | 540 | 111 | 552 | 30 | 784 | 38 | 8 | 63 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Wellman | 135 | 562 | 498 | 72 | 131 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 47 | 14 | 6 | 47 | 68 | .263 | .329 | .357 | .687 | 178 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | |
| Don Slaught | 96 | 419 | 379 | 45 | 127 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 44 | 13 | 11 | 32 | 44 | .335 | .391 | .449 | .840 | 170 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Frank McCann | 134 | 538 | 463 | 75 | 123 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 70 | 20 | 6 | 66 | 80 | .266 | .354 | .434 | .788 | 201 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | |
| Mark Ryal | 123 | 486 | 457 | 50 | 122 | 15 | 2 | 14 | 69 | 14 | 2 | 23 | 78 | .267 | .302 | .400 | .702 | 183 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Ira Turner | 98 | 369 | 336 | 41 | 81 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 25 | 9 | 25 | 99 | .241 | .304 | .381 | .685 | 128 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Buddy Biancalana | 132 | 452 | 385 | 47 | 81 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 25 | 9 | 51 | 78 | .210 | .306 | .255 | .561 | 98 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | |
| James Atkinson | 99 | 368 | 317 | 36 | 71 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 43 | .224 | .322 | .338 | .660 | 107 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Raul Tovar | 97 | 330 | 289 | 22 | 66 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 44 | .228 | .307 | .266 | .573 | 77 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| Daniel Wieser | 105 | 402 | 331 | 52 | 66 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 64 | 64 | .199 | .327 | .314 | .641 | 104 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
| Dave Hogg | 95 | 352 | 284 | 44 | 63 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 61 | 61 | .222 | .366 | .363 | .728 | 103 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Dave Leeper | 67 | 246 | 227 | 19 | 61 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 35 | .269 | .311 | .326 | .637 | 74 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Jim Buckner | 45 | 171 | 148 | 29 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 11 | .264 | .345 | .405 | .750 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| Joseph Hicks | 43 | 156 | 146 | 14 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 18 | .212 | .256 | .260 | .517 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Phil Westendorf | 28 | 95 | 92 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | .196 | .211 | .250 | .461 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Luis Silverio | 19 | 65 | 53 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 14 | .245 | .385 | .358 | .743 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steven Patterson | 18 | 62 | 56 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | .125 | .210 | .214 | .424 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Gleissner | 13 | 34 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .194 | .265 | .290 | .555 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Luethy | 8 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .222 | .300 | .333 | .633 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Russ Stephans | 4 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .231 | .167 | .397 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Morley | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Cornell | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derek Botelho | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Williams | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1428 | 5146 | 4528 | 566 | 1113 | 170 | 35 | 80 | 514 | 169 | 70 | 507 | 793 | .246 | .324 | .352 | .676 | 1593 | 0 | 34 | 46 | 31 | 20 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Atkinson | 1B | 55 | 459 | 27 | 7 | 39 | .986 | 8.836 | ||||
| Ira Turner | 1B | 39 | 310 | 15 | 10 | 24 | .970 | 8.333 | ||||
| Phil Westendorf | 1B | 27 | 202 | 13 | 1 | 26 | .995 | 7.963 | ||||
| Frank McCann | 1B | 21 | 150 | 10 | 5 | 11 | .970 | 7.619 | ||||
| Dave Hogg | 1B | 5 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 7.400 | ||||
| Don Slaught | 1B | 4 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Brad Wellman | 2B | 130 | 279 | 357 | 23 | 77 | .965 | 4.892 | ||||
| Daniel Wieser | 2B | 11 | 18 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Frank McCann | 2B | 4 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .941 | 4.000 | ||||
| David Luethy | 2B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Frank McCann | 3B | 79 | 85 | 139 | 7 | 18 | .970 | 2.835 | ||||
| Daniel Wieser | 3B | 38 | 30 | 58 | 10 | 2 | .898 | 2.316 | ||||
| James Atkinson | 3B | 18 | 14 | 38 | 5 | 4 | .912 | 2.889 | ||||
| Steven Patterson | 3B | 9 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .900 | 2.000 | ||||
| David Luethy | 3B | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.200 | ||||
| Don Slaught | C | 74 | 450 | 61 | 9 | 4 | .983 | 6.905 | 4 | |||
| Dave Hogg | C | 59 | 316 | 34 | 6 | 3 | .983 | 5.932 | 5 | |||
| Jim Gleissner | C | 10 | 54 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .951 | 5.800 | 0 | |||
| Russ Stephans | C | 4 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.500 | 0 | |||
| Mark Ryal | OF | 119 | 237 | 8 | 11 | 1 | .957 | 2.059 | ||||
| Raul Tovar | OF | 91 | 187 | 12 | 5 | 1 | .975 | 2.187 | ||||
| Dave Leeper | OF | 63 | 117 | 6 | 7 | 2 | .946 | 1.952 | ||||
| Ira Turner | OF | 51 | 72 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .926 | 1.471 | ||||
| Daniel Wieser | OF | 43 | 61 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .931 | 1.558 | ||||
| Joseph Hicks | OF | 42 | 76 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .940 | 1.857 | ||||
| Jim Buckner | OF | 29 | 44 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .939 | 1.586 | ||||
| Luis Silverio | OF | 15 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.400 | ||||
| Rich Dubee | P | 33 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .957 | .667 | ||||
| Curtis Voyles | P | 32 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .867 | .406 | ||||
| Frank Wills | P | 27 | 10 | 28 | 3 | 1 | .927 | 1.407 | ||||
| Jeffrey Hanslovan | P | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .037 | ||||
| Craig Pippin | P | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .115 | ||||
| Jeff Cornell | P | 26 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .926 | .962 | ||||
| Daniel St. Clair | P | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .100 | ||||
| Keith Creel | P | 20 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .897 | 1.300 | ||||
| Mike Morley | P | 17 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.471 | ||||
| Larry Williams | P | 16 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .438 | ||||
| Walt Vanderbush | P | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .667 | ||||
| Doug Potestio | P | 11 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .875 | 1.273 | ||||
| Christopher DiLorenzo | P | 10 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | .400 | ||||
| Derek Botelho | P | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Daniel Fischer | P | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Dave Hogg | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Buddy Biancalana | SS | 132 | 208 | 374 | 48 | 60 | .924 | 4.409 | ||||
| Daniel Wieser | SS | 13 | 14 | 23 | 2 | 4 | .949 | 2.846 | ||||
| Brad Wellman | SS | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .900 | 4.500 | ||||
| David Luethy | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1484 | 3597 | 1410 | 204 | 300 | .961 | 3.374 | 9 | 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.
