1981 Richmond Braves Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 83-56
Finished 2nd in the IL
Manager: Eddie Haas (83-56)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Ballpark: Parker Field
Attendance: 218,208, Avg. 3,140

1981 Richmond Braves Roster

Playoffs - Richmond Braves 3 games, Tidewater Tides 2
Finals - Columbus Clippers 2 games, Richmond Braves 1 - Series called when rains struck.

The Richmond Braves of the International League ended the 1981 season with a record of 83 wins and 56 losses, finishing second in the IL.

The Braves topped the league with just 546 runs allowed. Richmond scored 604 runs. Jerry Keller led the team with 22 home runs Larry Whisenton and Randy Johnson each drove in 72 runs. Brett Butler paced all regular batters by hitting .335. Ken Dayley and Larry McWilliams paced the squad with 13 wins each, while Steve Bedrosian registered a 2.69 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1981 Richmond Braves who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Paul Runge, Matt Sinatro, Dan O'Brien, Carlos Diaz, Bob Porter, Tony Brizzolara, Chico Ruiz, Butch Edge, Ken Smith, Brett Butler, Rick Matula, Terry Harper, Larry McWilliams, Steve Hammond, Steve Bedrosian, Larry Whisenton, Ken Dayley, José Álvarez, Bob Walk, Randy Johnson, Jim Acker and Joe Cowley.

Eddie Haas 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
Ken Dayley	13	8	.619	3.33	31	31	0	4	1	0	200.0	180	82	74	14	117	0	162	3	4	6
Larry McWilliams	13	10	.565	4.35	29	28	1	8	3	0	178.0	174	98	86	13	79	1	157	7	2	9
Tony Brizzolara	10	3	.769	3.57	25	19	3	3	2	0	141.0	138	62	56	13	44	2	59	2	0	3
Steve Bedrosian	10	10	.500	2.69	26	25	1	8	1	0	184.0	143	76	55	5	99	2	144	8	0	2
Jim Acker	8	7	.533	4.19	21	21	0	7	0	0	118.0	112	63	55	6	74	0	72	1	0	5
Butch Edge	7	1	.875	2.95	34	0	25	0	0	7	64.0	40	24	21	6	34	1	53	0	4	7
Rick Matula	7	4	.636	2.97	16	11	4	4	1	1	94.0	100	41	31	4	32	0	37	3	0	3
José Álvarez	7	5	.583	2.15	39	0	25	0	0	8	71.0	51	29	17	5	31	4	61	6	0	4
Joe Cowley	3	2	.600	2.80	18	1	12	1	0	5	45.0	33	15	14	3	16	1	39	2	0	3
Carlos Diaz	3	3	.500	2.81	35	0	25	0	0	11	48.0	32	17	15	5	20	1	29	2	1	2
Bob Walk	2	1	.667	2.45	4	3	0	0	0	0	22.0	18	7	6	2	11	0	13	0	0	2
Dan O'Brien	0	2	.000	6.43	16	0	8	0	0	0	35.0	43	32	25	5	18	0	20	1	0	2
Totals	83	56	.597	3.41	294	139	104	35	8	32	1200.0	1064	546	455	81	575	12	846	35	11	48	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
Brett Butler	125	573	466	93	156	19	4	3	36	44	16	103	63	.335	.456	.412	.868	192		2	1	1	9
Randy Johnson	126	538	470	78	132	20	4	12	72	1	1	52	45	.281	.352	.417	.769	196		1	12	3	1
Ken Smith	129	542	478	64	128	9	6	11	60	22	6	57	114	.268	.347	.381	.728	182		2	3	2	4
Larry Whisenton	129	541	446	71	121	14	9	13	72	21	8	89	98	.271	.391	.430	.821	192		1	1	4	8
Matt Sinatro	121	484	430	43	101	13	2	6	53	18	13	42	58	.235	.308	.316	.624	136		5	3	4	0
Paul Runge	134	489	426	49	98	20	5	9	41	3	6	53	98	.230	.313	.364	.676	155		0	6	4	1
Steve Hammond	87	339	310	31	85	20	1	2	40	2	0	23	37	.274	.328	.365	.693	113		3	1	2	2
Chico Ruiz	88	339	291	34	72	8	4	2	27	4	4	34	32	.247	.324	.323	.647	94		1	9	4	1
Craig Landis	83	319	261	41	62	11	0	7	24	5	3	51	43	.238	.374	.360	.734	94		6	1	0	4
Jerry Keller	98	384	314	37	60	6	0	22	60	0	1	65	91	.191	.332	.420	.752	132		2	1	2	3
Bob Porter	48	196	169	23	44	5	2	4	19	7	5	24	36	.260	.354	.385	.738	65		1	1	1	2
Steve Curry	68	239	206	15	39	7	0	5	19	0	4	25	54	.189	.281	.296	.577	61		2	4	2	0
Terry Harper	10	47	44	3	10	3	0	2	4	0	1	2	9	.227	.277	.432	.708	19		1	0	0	0
Mike Miller	24	47	41	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	10	.146	.222	.146	.369	6		0	2	0	0
Tommy Thompson	6	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	0		0	0	0	0
Totals	1276	5082	4356	584	1114	155	37	98	529	127	68	625	789	.256	.351	.376	.726	1637	0	27	45	29	35

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Ken Smith	1B	127	1060	84	12	94	.990	9.008
Jerry Keller	1B	17	138	4	1	16	.993	8.353
Chico Ruiz	2B	79	179	240	12	52	.972	5.304
Steve Curry	2B	59	106	142	12	20	.954	4.203
Mike Miller	2B	4	6	6	2	1	.857	3.000
Randy Johnson	3B	125	110	225	19	30	.946	2.680
Steve Hammond	3B	12	4	25	0	3	1.000	2.417
Mike Miller	3B	4	0	7	0	0	1.000	1.750
Chico Ruiz	3B	2	3	3	0	2	1.000	3.000
Matt Sinatro	C	120	738	78	12	9	.986	6.800	8
Jerry Keller	C	16	116	4	1	1	.992	7.500	2
Harry Saferight	C	11						.000
Tommy Thompson	C	1	6	0	0	0	1.000	6.000	0
Larry Whisenton	OF	127	205	11	8	1	.964	1.701
Brett Butler	OF	125	286	15	3	3	.990	2.408
Steve Hammond	OF	73	147	6	3	1	.981	2.096
Craig Landis	OF	65	93	2	6	0	.941	1.462
Bob Porter	OF	24	38	1	2	0	.951	1.625
Terry Harper	OF	10	22	0	0	0	1.000	2.200
Ken Smith	OF	3	2	0	0	0	1.000	.667
Chico Ruiz	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
José Álvarez	P	39	2	17	3	1	.864	.487
Carlos Diaz	P	35	3	6	1	0	.900	.257
Butch Edge	P	34	3	12	0	0	1.000	.441
Ken Dayley	P	31	17	21	1	2	.974	1.226
Larry McWilliams	P	29	4	42	3	2	.939	1.586
Steve Bedrosian	P	26	12	22	5	0	.872	1.308
Tony Brizzolara	P	25	16	27	2	1	.956	1.720
Jim Acker	P	21	8	30	1	1	.974	1.810
Joe Cowley	P	18	3	9	1	1	.923	.667
Dan O'Brien	P	16	0	2	2	0	.500	.125
Rick Matula	P	16	7	14	1	1	.955	1.312
Bob Walk	P	4	3	5	0	1	1.000	2.000
Paul Runge	SS	132	191	450	35	67	.948	4.856
Mike Miller	SS	13	16	28	7	6	.863	3.385
Chico Ruiz	SS	3	3	3	1	0	.857	2.000
Totals		1447	3548	1541	156	316	.970	3.517	10	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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