1981 Shelby Mets Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 59-83
Finished 5th in the SAL's South Division
Manager: Dan Monzon (59-83)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Shelby, North Carolina
Ballpark: Veterans Stadium
Attendance: 51,324, Avg. 723

1981 Shelby Mets Roster

The Shelby Mets of the South Atlantic League ended the 1981 season with a record of 59 wins and 83 losses, finishing fifth in the league's South Division.

The Mets scored 635 runs and surrendered 763 runs, most in the circuit. Larry Pittman paced Shelby with 19 home runs and drove in 69 runs. La Schelle Tarver topped batters with significant playing time with a .314 average. Jody Johnston led the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 3.66 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1981 Shelby Mets who spent time in the Majors during their careers included John Gibbons, DeWayne Vaughn, Lenny Dykstra, La Schelle Tarver, Randy Milligan and Jay Tibbs.

Dan Monzon served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Jody Johnston	11	8	.579	3.66	23	23	0	6	0	160.0	132	86	65	11	81	0	120	3	1	8
Edward Rech	9	7	.562	3.82	20	20	0	7	0	139.0	114	79	59	11	65	0	113	3	2	6
Kevin Teate	8	10	.444	5.33	25	25	0	4	0	135.0	138	106	80	24	82	3	84	4	0	9
Jeffery Sunderlage	7	2	.778	2.80	33	0	25	0	3	45.0	38	19	14	1	19	2	27	1	1	4
Kevin Spicer	5	9	.357	3.48	15	15	0	4	0	88.0	77	56	34	5	63	1	75	2	0	8
Jay Tibbs	4	8	.333	3.84	13	11	2	4	0	89.0	87	56	38	6	33	0	57	1	1	6
Brian Kolbe	3	2	.600	1.71	20	1	15	0	5	42.0	31	8	8	3	24	1	38	1	0	0
Scott Merlack	3	3	.500	4.11	14	4	3	0	1	46.0	42	26	21	2	28	1	24	0	0	2
Roger Begue	2	0	1.000	1.29	15	0	12	0	4	21.0	19	7	3	0	4	0	18	1	0	0
Elvin Pina	2	6	.250	5.75	45	1	20	0	3	83.0	81	62	53	7	54	2	73	7	1	6
Steve Ray	2	12	.143	4.69	26	22	3	2	0	119.0	112	81	62	13	103	0	95	7	4	20
Rich Webster	1	1	.500	4.50	4	4	0	1	0	26.0	27	13	13	1	11	1	10	2	3	1
DeWayne Vaughn	1	3	.250	3.10	12	2	8	1	1	29.0	27	17	10	3	10	1	18	1	0	2
James Cooperider	1	6	.143	4.10	31	6	9	0	0	90.0	98	66	41	6	50	5	47	5	3	6
Preston Shockley	0	0		1.80	2	0	2	0	0	5.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	1
Leo Fuller	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
Mickey Replogle	0	1	.000	7.00	6	0	2	0	0	9.0	15	7	7	0	6	1	4	0	0	0
Wayne Guinn	0	2	.000	4.91	26	3	11	0	0	44.0	45	41	24	1	39	1	22	12	0	2
Donald Magdziuk	0	3	.000	7.59	8	5	0	0	0	32.0	40	31	27	1	22	0	14	1	0	4
Totals	59	83	.415	4.20	339	142	113	29	17	1203.0	1126	763	561	95	698	19	843	51	16	85	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
Fermin Ubri	133	518	468	63	139	20	4	2	52	11	3	32	52	.297	.341	.370	.711	173		3	8	7	0
La Schelle Tarver	110	481	427	78	134	14	5	0	27	57	12	48	44	.314	.388	.370	.758	158		4	2	0	1
Randy Milligan	130	513	406	90	115	16	6	7	58	49	5	98	85	.283	.429	.404	.833	164		6	2	1	2
Mike Hennessy	125	492	385	62	90	16	4	2	36	17	6	90	76	.234	.380	.312	.691	120		3	10	4	1
Gary Hilton	111	412	363	36	78	8	1	9	46	7	4	44	103	.215	.303	.317	.620	115		3	0	2	1
John Heller	108	376	341	36	76	9	1	1	34	9	4	27	49	.223	.282	.264	.546	90		2	4	2	1
Larry Pittman	89	357	279	42	69	10	2	19	69	2	1	71	79	.247	.403	.502	.905	140		4	0	3	5
John Gibbons	109	420	360	33	68	11	4	8	57	2	3	50	86	.189	.293	.308	.601	111		4	3	3	1
Augie Garcia	109	335	304	30	58	7	3	3	24	7	4	20	89	.191	.245	.263	.508	80		2	8	1	0
J. P. Ricciardi	104	349	292	31	52	4	1	0	21	4	5	49	48	.178	.297	.199	.496	58		1	6	1	0
Lenny Dykstra	48	199	157	34	41	7	2	0	18	15	5	37	31	.261	.400	.331	.731	52		0	4	1	0
Bruce Kastelic	63	213	178	17	37	8	0	1	14	3	1	28	41	.208	.321	.270	.590	48		2	4	1	1
William Chamberlain	31	125	109	11	28	5	0	2	22	1	1	13	24	.257	.344	.358	.702	39		2	0	1	0
Jesse Vann	35	127	96	23	24	6	2	4	11	1	2	30	29	.250	.425	.479	.904	46		0	0	1	0
John Jackson	32	90	82	15	21	0	0	1	6	4	1	7	10	.256	.322	.293	.615	24		1	0	0	1
Frederick Pustorino	27	83	67	5	15	0	0	1	3	1	0	13	14	.224	.354	.269	.622	18		1	1	1	0
Darryl Denby	38	121	100	16	15	2	2	1	6	11	0	20	28	.150	.292	.240	.532	24		0	1	0	0
Leo Fuller	18	41	36	5	9	2	0	0	1	2	1	5	4	.250	.341	.306	.647	11		0	0	0	0
Robert Smith	13	37	32	4	4	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	6	.125	.216	.156	.372	5		0	0	1	1
Steve Ray	30	7	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.286	.429	2		0	0	0	0
Jose Marcano	6	15	13	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	6	.077	.200	.077	.277	1		0	0	0	0
James Cooperider	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Brian Kolbe	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Totals	1520	5313	4504	634	1075	147	37	61	510	204	58	688	907	.239	.342	.328	.671	1479	0	38	53	30	15

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Gary Hilton	1B	83	627	47	9	46	.987	8.120
Larry Pittman	1B	52	371	21	13	28	.968	7.538
John Heller	1B	20	136	9	5	8	.967	7.250
Mike Hennessy	1B	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
Fermin Ubri	2B	108	200	260	32	45	.935	4.259
J. P. Ricciardi	2B	47	112	103	5	17	.977	4.574
Augie Garcia	2B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
J. P. Ricciardi	3B	49	52	62	16	10	.877	2.327
Jesse Vann	3B	24	22	27	10	2	.831	2.042
Fermin Ubri	3B	21	23	37	4	4	.938	2.857
John Heller	3B	19	13	20	7	2	.825	1.737
Bruce Kastelic	3B	15	12	27	4	2	.907	2.600
William Chamberlain	3B	15	8	27	3	0	.921	2.333
Robert Smith	3B	12	6	17	5	2	.821	1.917
John Gibbons	C	103	629	65	18	5	.975	6.738	16
Frederick Pustorino	C	26	157	20	3	3	.983	6.808	3
John Heller	C	21	116	7	4	0	.969	5.857	3
Mike Hennessy	OF	123	198	9	6	3	.972	1.683
La Schelle Tarver	OF	106	247	9	4	1	.985	2.415
Randy Milligan	OF	104	172	4	14	1	.926	1.692
Lenny Dykstra	OF	44	85	3	4	3	.957	2.000
Darryl Denby	OF	36	64	4	1	2	.986	1.889
John Jackson	OF	19	25	1	2	0	.929	1.368
John Heller	OF	15	19	0	0	0	1.000	1.267
Leo Fuller	OF	13	16	0	0	0	1.000	1.231
Elvin Pina	P	45	3	10	2	0	.867	.289
Jeffery Sunderlage	P	33	2	12	1	1	.933	.424
James Cooperider	P	31	3	12	2	0	.882	.484
Steve Ray	P	26	6	24	2	2	.938	1.154
Wayne Guinn	P	26	3	17	2	1	.909	.769
Kevin Teate	P	25	8	12	2	0	.909	.800
Jody Johnston	P	23	4	17	2	1	.913	.913
Edward Rech	P	20	6	16	3	2	.880	1.100
Brian Kolbe	P	20	3	5	0	1	1.000	.400
Kevin Spicer	P	15	3	29	3	0	.914	2.133
Roger Begue	P	15	1	4	0	0	1.000	.333
Scott Merlack	P	14	5	6	2	0	.846	.786
Jay Tibbs	P	13	3	9	3	1	.800	.923
DeWayne Vaughn	P	12	1	4	1	0	.833	.417
Donald Magdziuk	P	8	2	8	0	0	1.000	1.250
Mickey Replogle	P	6	0	2	0	1	1.000	.333
Rich Webster	P	4	1	5	1	0	.857	1.500
Preston Shockley	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Leo Fuller	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Augie Garcia	SS	105	168	269	53	36	.892	4.162
Bruce Kastelic	SS	38	50	80	17	14	.884	3.421
J. P. Ricciardi	SS	13	9	13	5	3	.815	1.692
Jose Marcano	SS	5	5	12	3	2	.850	3.400
Fermin Ubri	SS	3	4	10	3	2	.824	4.667
Randy Milligan	SS	1	2	1	0	0	1.000	3.000
Lenny Dykstra	SS	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Eric Ayala	SS	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.000
Totals		1583	3607	1360	276	251	.947	3.138	22	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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