1981 Kinston Eagles Statistics
Team Record: 72-68
Finished 3rd in the CL's South Division
Manager: John McLaren (72-68)
Affiliation: Toronto Blue Jays
Location: Kinston, North Carolina
Ballpark: Grainger Stadium
Attendance: 40,183, Avg. 574
Playoffs - Peninsula Pilots 1 game, Kinston Eagles 0
The Kinston Eagles of the Carolina League ended the 1981 season with a record of 72 wins and 68 losses, finishing third in the league's South Division.
The Eagles tallied 589 runs, worst in the circuit, and yielded 635 runs. Ron Shepherd paced Kinston with 16 home runs Tim Thompson drove in 74 runs. Benjamin Perez topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .281. Randy Ford led the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.13 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Players from the 1981 Kinston Eagles who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Ron Shepherd, José Escobar, Toby Hernández and Tony Fernández.
John McLaren 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Ford | 12 | 10 | .545 | 3.13 | 29 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 187.0 | 162 | 73 | 65 | 14 | 79 | 3 | 154 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Jim Baker | 11 | 1 | .917 | 2.46 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 95.0 | 72 | 31 | 26 | 3 | 36 | 1 | 87 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Tom Lukish | 10 | 2 | .833 | 1.87 | 32 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 53.0 | 46 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Brian Stemberger | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.99 | 59 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 88.0 | 94 | 48 | 39 | 6 | 36 | 7 | 64 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |
| Carlos Leal | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.63 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 105.0 | 105 | 66 | 54 | 12 | 62 | 3 | 67 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Roy Carter | 7 | 15 | .318 | 4.59 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 155.0 | 169 | 108 | 79 | 19 | 83 | 1 | 119 | 6 | 1 | 16 | |
| Ken Wright | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.95 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 73.0 | 72 | 35 | 32 | 3 | 46 | 3 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Dennis Howard | 4 | 9 | .308 | 3.50 | 26 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 139.0 | 122 | 68 | 54 | 6 | 72 | 6 | 107 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| Jesse Flores | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.29 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 63.0 | 66 | 45 | 37 | 11 | 33 | 1 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Junior Phillips | 3 | 8 | .273 | 3.86 | 41 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 126.0 | 138 | 70 | 54 | 9 | 36 | 1 | 70 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| John Gill | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.84 | 31 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 80.0 | 81 | 52 | 43 | 10 | 47 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Bernie Beckman | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.20 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20.0 | 32 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Totals | 72 | 68 | .514 | 3.88 | 341 | 140 | 107 | 33 | 11 | 29 | 1184.0 | 1159 | 635 | 510 | 98 | 560 | 31 | 869 | 36 | 5 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Perez | 137 | 588 | 526 | 75 | 148 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 53 | 16 | 8 | 46 | 40 | .281 | .339 | .321 | .660 | 169 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | |
| Tim Thompson | 130 | 522 | 451 | 57 | 125 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 74 | 6 | 3 | 62 | 90 | .277 | .363 | .397 | .760 | 179 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Ron Shepherd | 135 | 545 | 486 | 71 | 114 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 66 | 16 | 7 | 47 | 147 | .235 | .307 | .377 | .684 | 183 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | |
| Rico Sutton | 126 | 496 | 430 | 61 | 109 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 64 | 11 | 7 | 60 | 100 | .253 | .347 | .386 | .733 | 166 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| Robert Silverman | 99 | 404 | 369 | 49 | 103 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 52 | 14 | 2 | 27 | 37 | .279 | .329 | .369 | .698 | 136 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | |
| Tony Fernández | 75 | 338 | 280 | 57 | 89 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 49 | 20 | .318 | .423 | .407 | .830 | 114 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Phil Lansford | 103 | 378 | 341 | 38 | 89 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 66 | .261 | .326 | .346 | .672 | 118 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Toby Hernández | 82 | 260 | 236 | 27 | 63 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 37 | .267 | .312 | .326 | .639 | 77 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| Julio Paula | 69 | 263 | 222 | 24 | 59 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 32 | .266 | .363 | .320 | .682 | 71 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| Mike Lebo | 78 | 275 | 250 | 22 | 58 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 61 | .232 | .298 | .404 | .702 | 101 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| José Escobar | 56 | 213 | 192 | 22 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 19 | .250 | .311 | .292 | .603 | 56 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Thomas Norko | 67 | 235 | 204 | 25 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 58 | .196 | .291 | .309 | .599 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Juan Castillo | 84 | 237 | 215 | 25 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 71 | .172 | .238 | .214 | .452 | 46 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Martin Pulley | 58 | 164 | 141 | 11 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 24 | .227 | .325 | .298 | .623 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| William Ereu | 28 | 116 | 107 | 9 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 14 | .262 | .292 | .280 | .572 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Terry Raley | 27 | 95 | 84 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 16 | .155 | .245 | .262 | .507 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Samuel Crafort | 11 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .143 | .294 | .143 | .437 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1365 | 5146 | 4548 | 588 | 1157 | 153 | 41 | 61 | 508 | 116 | 53 | 484 | 837 | .254 | .329 | .346 | .675 | 1575 | 0 | 39 | 38 | 37 | 29 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Lansford | 1B | 85 | 684 | 50 | 9 | 56 | .988 | 8.635 | ||||
| Tim Thompson | 1B | 52 | 449 | 20 | 8 | 28 | .983 | 9.019 | ||||
| Mike Lebo | 1B | 10 | 62 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .985 | 6.500 | ||||
| Juan Castillo | 1B | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Julio Paula | 2B | 65 | 142 | 167 | 17 | 29 | .948 | 4.754 | ||||
| Benjamin Perez | 2B | 58 | 104 | 158 | 9 | 23 | .967 | 4.517 | ||||
| Terry Raley | 2B | 13 | 30 | 35 | 5 | 8 | .929 | 5.000 | ||||
| José Escobar | 2B | 10 | 10 | 25 | 2 | 4 | .946 | 3.500 | ||||
| William Ereu | 2B | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 3.000 | ||||
| Benjamin Perez | 3B | 77 | 51 | 152 | 19 | 15 | .914 | 2.636 | ||||
| Thomas Norko | 3B | 54 | 30 | 83 | 8 | 11 | .934 | 2.093 | ||||
| Terry Raley | 3B | 6 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 2.167 | ||||
| William Ereu | 3B | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Juan Castillo | 3B | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .833 | 1.250 | ||||
| Phil Lansford | 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Brian Stemberger | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Toby Hernández | C | 65 | 373 | 69 | 10 | 9 | .978 | 6.800 | 8 | |||
| Mike Lebo | C | 53 | 279 | 44 | 11 | 2 | .967 | 6.094 | 11 | |||
| Martin Pulley | C | 44 | 248 | 38 | 3 | 3 | .990 | 6.500 | 9 | |||
| Ron Shepherd | OF | 134 | 280 | 9 | 12 | 3 | .960 | 2.157 | ||||
| Rico Sutton | OF | 118 | 207 | 7 | 9 | 2 | .960 | 1.814 | ||||
| Robert Silverman | OF | 71 | 106 | 9 | 11 | 1 | .913 | 1.620 | ||||
| Juan Castillo | OF | 69 | 88 | 10 | 3 | 2 | .970 | 1.420 | ||||
| Phil Lansford | OF | 20 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .923 | 1.200 | ||||
| Thomas Norko | OF | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .667 | ||||
| Toby Hernández | OF | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .500 | ||||
| Samuel Crafort | OF | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Lebo | OF | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.143 | ||||
| William Ereu | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Brian Stemberger | P | 59 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .909 | .339 | ||||
| Junior Phillips | P | 41 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .880 | .537 | ||||
| Carlos Leal | P | 33 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .929 | .788 | ||||
| Tom Lukish | P | 32 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .375 | ||||
| John Gill | P | 31 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .484 | ||||
| Randy Ford | P | 29 | 13 | 30 | 1 | 1 | .977 | 1.483 | ||||
| Roy Carter | P | 27 | 10 | 28 | 4 | 2 | .905 | 1.407 | ||||
| Dennis Howard | P | 26 | 4 | 25 | 3 | 1 | .906 | 1.115 | ||||
| Bernie Beckman | P | 19 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .211 | ||||
| Jesse Flores | P | 16 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .562 | ||||
| Jim Baker | P | 15 | 7 | 24 | 3 | 1 | .912 | 2.067 | ||||
| Ken Wright | P | 13 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 3 | .952 | 1.538 | ||||
| Tony Fernández | SS | 74 | 121 | 227 | 19 | 30 | .948 | 4.703 | ||||
| José Escobar | SS | 45 | 65 | 129 | 14 | 23 | .933 | 4.311 | ||||
| William Ereu | SS | 18 | 38 | 46 | 4 | 10 | .955 | 4.667 | ||||
| Benjamin Perez | SS | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 2.200 | ||||
| Toby Hernández | SS | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1545 | 3552 | 1512 | 207 | 280 | .961 | 3.278 | 28 | 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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