1981 Pawtucket Red Sox Statistics
Team Record: 67-73
Finished 6th in the IL
Manager: Joe Morgan (67-73)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Ballpark: McCoy Stadium
Attendance: 191,859, Avg. 2,741
The Pawtucket Red Sox of the International League ended the 1981 season with a record of 67 wins and 73 losses, finishing sixth in the IL.
The Red Sox scored 544 runs and allowed 551 runs. Sam Bowen led Pawtucket with 27 home runs, while Dave Koza and Chico Walker walloped 15 or more also. Chico Walker drove in 68 runs. Wade Boggs paced all regular hitters by connecting at a .335 clip. Bob Ojeda and Bruce Hurst topped the squad with 12 wins each, and Bob Ojeda earned a 2.13 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1981 Pawtucket Red Sox who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Win Remmerswaal, Luis Aponte, Joel Finch, Bruce Hurst, Ed Jurak, Chuck Rainey, Mike Smithson, Marty Barrett, Sam Bowen, John Lickert, Wade Boggs, Lee Graham, Rich Gedman, Bob Ojeda, Roger LaFrancois, Keith MacWhorter, Dave Schmidt, Brian Denman, Julio Valdez, Jim Dorsey, Chico Walker and Manny Sarmiento.
Joe Morgan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Hurst | 12 | 7 | .632 | 2.87 | 31 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 157.0 | 143 | 68 | 50 | 9 | 71 | 3 | 99 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
| Bob Ojeda | 12 | 9 | .571 | 2.13 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 173.0 | 136 | 52 | 41 | 11 | 73 | 8 | 113 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
| Danny Parks | 9 | 12 | .429 | 3.38 | 29 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 181.0 | 168 | 80 | 68 | 13 | 80 | 8 | 105 | 11 | 2 | 11 | |
| Luis Aponte | 7 | 5 | .583 | 1.94 | 51 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 79.0 | 58 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 31 | 8 | 67 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Manny Sarmiento | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2.34 | 47 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 96.0 | 71 | 27 | 25 | 9 | 27 | 8 | 99 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| Keith MacWhorter | 7 | 10 | .412 | 4.43 | 28 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 132.0 | 124 | 77 | 65 | 10 | 57 | 5 | 96 | 8 | 1 | 8 | |
| Joel Finch | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.74 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 137.0 | 133 | 63 | 57 | 12 | 59 | 5 | 81 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Jim Dorsey | 4 | 10 | .286 | 3.35 | 27 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 137.0 | 116 | 59 | 51 | 12 | 70 | 6 | 97 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Mike Smithson | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.86 | 34 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 91.0 | 74 | 44 | 39 | 12 | 45 | 7 | 82 | 4 | 1 | 10 | |
| Chuck Rainey | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Brian Denman | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Howard | 0 | 1 | .000 | 15.00 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Win Remmerswaal | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.93 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 53 | 31 | 27 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Totals | 67 | 73 | .479 | 3.32 | 329 | 140 | 111 | 29 | 5 | 31 | 1255.0 | 1115 | 551 | 463 | 104 | 549 | 62 | 894 | 43 | 13 | 53 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wade Boggs | 137 | 593 | 498 | 67 | 167 | 41 | 3 | 5 | 60 | 4 | 4 | 89 | 41 | .335 | .437 | .460 | .896 | 229 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | |
| Chico Walker | 138 | 596 | 535 | 50 | 148 | 21 | 5 | 17 | 68 | 24 | 12 | 49 | 110 | .277 | .336 | .430 | .766 | 230 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 8 | |
| Dave Koza | 104 | 436 | 410 | 44 | 110 | 26 | 1 | 18 | 54 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 71 | .268 | .308 | .468 | .776 | 192 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Sam Bowen | 131 | 527 | 445 | 65 | 108 | 14 | 4 | 27 | 64 | 5 | 4 | 74 | 123 | .243 | .353 | .474 | .827 | 211 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | |
| Lee Graham | 133 | 531 | 472 | 50 | 103 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 33 | 13 | 47 | 55 | .218 | .289 | .269 | .558 | 127 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 4 | |
| Julio Valdez | 112 | 418 | 384 | 45 | 99 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 54 | .258 | .306 | .344 | .650 | 132 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| Marty Barrett | 88 | 385 | 343 | 36 | 91 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 17 | .265 | .327 | .321 | .648 | 110 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mike Ongarato | 110 | 358 | 325 | 47 | 78 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 56 | .240 | .292 | .397 | .689 | 129 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | |
| Roger LaFrancois | 95 | 331 | 309 | 26 | 71 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 54 | .230 | .271 | .337 | .608 | 104 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| Russ Laribee | 92 | 377 | 325 | 36 | 69 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 46 | 11 | 7 | 42 | 87 | .212 | .303 | .366 | .669 | 119 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |
| Jim Wilson | 67 | 289 | 271 | 22 | 67 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 38 | .247 | .275 | .306 | .581 | 83 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| Dave Schmidt | 63 | 233 | 191 | 20 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 62 | .194 | .332 | .377 | .709 | 72 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ed Jurak | 23 | 104 | 90 | 13 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 14 | .300 | .394 | .411 | .805 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rich Gedman | 25 | 91 | 81 | 8 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 11 | .296 | .374 | .407 | .781 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Russ Quetti | 18 | 39 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .121 | .237 | .242 | .479 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Lickert | 15 | 40 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .091 | .225 | .212 | .437 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mike Smithson | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1388 | 5349 | 4746 | 535 | 1206 | 212 | 27 | 117 | 499 | 107 | 64 | 489 | 813 | .254 | .326 | .384 | .711 | 1823 | 0 | 33 | 55 | 26 | 41 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Koza | 1B | 100 | 978 | 78 | 12 | 82 | .989 | 1.560 | ||||
| Wade Boggs | 1B | 35 | 279 | 19 | 5 | 23 | .983 | 8.514 | ||||
| Roger LaFrancois | 1B | 10 | 67 | 6 | 1 | 5 | .986 | 7.300 | ||||
| Mike Ongarato | 1B | 7 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.857 | ||||
| Marty Barrett | 2B | 87 | 186 | 254 | 10 | 48 | .978 | 5.057 | ||||
| Chico Walker | 2B | 56 | 97 | 164 | 9 | 32 | .967 | 4.661 | ||||
| Mike Ongarato | 2B | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jim Wilson | 2B | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Wade Boggs | 3B | 101 | 80 | 219 | 21 | 18 | .934 | 2.960 | ||||
| Jim Wilson | 3B | 45 | 36 | 74 | 11 | 5 | .909 | 2.444 | ||||
| Chico Walker | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Roger LaFrancois | C | 78 | 433 | 60 | 6 | 6 | .988 | 6.321 | 3 | |||
| Dave Schmidt | C | 42 | 237 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .992 | 6.071 | 3 | |||
| Rich Gedman | C | 24 | 176 | 20 | 6 | 1 | .970 | 8.167 | 0 | |||
| John Lickert | C | 14 | 75 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.143 | 1 | |||
| Lee Graham | OF | 133 | 255 | 9 | 5 | 3 | .981 | 1.985 | ||||
| Sam Bowen | OF | 118 | 195 | 12 | 7 | 0 | .967 | 1.754 | ||||
| Mike Ongarato | OF | 84 | 123 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.571 | ||||
| Chico Walker | OF | 82 | 112 | 13 | 4 | 1 | .969 | 1.524 | ||||
| Jim Wilson | OF | 15 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Russ Laribee | OF | 15 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.267 | ||||
| Mike Smithson | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Luis Aponte | P | 51 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .412 | ||||
| Manny Sarmiento | P | 47 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .340 | ||||
| Mike Smithson | P | 34 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .382 | ||||
| Bruce Hurst | P | 31 | 12 | 31 | 1 | 1 | .977 | 1.387 | ||||
| Danny Parks | P | 29 | 20 | 51 | 3 | 5 | .959 | 2.448 | ||||
| Keith MacWhorter | P | 28 | 17 | 22 | 3 | 1 | .929 | 1.393 | ||||
| Joel Finch | P | 27 | 12 | 32 | 3 | 2 | .936 | 1.630 | ||||
| Jim Dorsey | P | 27 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | .773 | .630 | ||||
| Bob Ojeda | P | 25 | 8 | 48 | 2 | 4 | .966 | 2.240 | ||||
| Win Remmerswaal | P | 20 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .350 | ||||
| Mike Howard | P | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Chuck Rainey | P | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.500 | ||||
| Brian Denman | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Julio Valdez | SS | 110 | 173 | 327 | 28 | 57 | .947 | 4.545 | ||||
| Ed Jurak | SS | 23 | 39 | 81 | 10 | 16 | .923 | 5.217 | ||||
| Jim Wilson | SS | 13 | 24 | 40 | 2 | 7 | .970 | 4.923 | ||||
| Totals | 1526 | 3760 | 1659 | 161 | 326 | .971 | 3.551 | 7 | 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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