1981 Tulsa Drillers Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 68-65
Finished 1st in the TL's East Division
Manager: Tom Burgess (68-65)
Affiliation: Texas Rangers
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Driller Stadium
Attendance: 155,845, Avg. 2,344

1981 Tulsa Drillers Roster

Playoffs - Jackson Mets 2 games, Tulsa Drillers 1

The Tulsa Drillers of the Texas League ended the 1981 season with a record of 68 wins and 65 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.

The Drillers scored 592 runs and conceded 577 runs. Pete O'Brien led Tulsa with 17 home runs and drove in 78 runs. Tracy Cowger paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .306. Walt Terrell topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 3.1 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Jack Lazorko, Ron Darling, Tony Fossas, Walt Terrell, Tom Henke, George Wright, Donnie Scott, Dave Schmidt and Pete O'Brien were all players from the 1981 Tulsa Drillers who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Tom Burgess 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
Walt Terrell	15	7	.682	3.10	27	26	0	5	3	0	174.0	158	74	60	12	63	3	123	2	1	14
Greg Hughes	8	6	.571	3.51	19	16	0	1	0	0	95.0	99	47	37	5	47	2	61	1	0	10
Steven Nielsen	5	4	.556	3.94	16	14	0	4	0	0	96.0	103	46	42	7	23	1	35	2	0	6
Kevin Richards	5	5	.500	3.22	17	13	2	3	0	1	95.0	80	50	34	13	36	3	69	3	0	10
Tony Fossas	5	6	.455	4.16	38	12	7	1	1	2	106.0	113	65	49	4	44	2	57	3	2	4
Ron Darling	4	2	.667	4.44	13	13	0	2	2	0	71.0	72	43	35	4	33	2	53	2	0	6
Dennis Long	4	3	.571	2.33	35	0	30	0	0	7	54.0	58	14	14	5	19	7	22	1	0	4
David Crutcher	4	3	.571	3.90	21	6	6	1	0	1	67.0	70	34	29	5	40	2	37	1	0	6
Tom Henke	4	3	.571	3.94	15	0	9	0	0	1	32.0	31	16	14	2	14	4	37	2	0	1
Ronald Carney	4	6	.400	4.33	22	12	5	1	0	1	81.0	69	46	39	9	63	1	43	2	0	7
Jack Lazorko	4	8	.333	3.36	47	0	37	0	0	12	67.0	54	31	25	6	23	8	36	5	0	4
Tony Hudson	2	3	.400	4.11	6	6	0	1	0	0	35.0	34	23	16	1	21	0	23	5	0	3
Michael Roberts	2	4	.333	2.94	34	4	13	0	0	2	95.0	97	37	31	4	19	8	56	3	0	1
Charles Lamson	1	0	1.000	4.50	6	0	1	0	0	0	10.0	11	5	5	2	6	1	8	0	0	0
Dave Schmidt	1	1	.500	1.88	3	3	0	2	0	0	24.0	17	5	5	1	6	0	17	0	0	1
Ted Davis					8						0.0
Marty Leach	0	0		5.00	2	1	1	0	0	1	9.0	11	8	5	1	2	0	5	1	0	1
Totals	68	61	.527	3.56	329	126	111	21	6	28	1111.0	1077	544	440	81	459	44	682	33	3	78	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
George Wright	133	542	489	58	127	29	8	11	58	22	11	41	64	.260	.321	.419	.740	205		5	3	4	5
Ron Gooch	128	573	500	68	124	16	4	4	56	5	12	54	82	.248	.319	.320	.639	160		2	8	9	0
Tracy Cowger	114	425	382	53	117	23	3	7	40	13	9	35	60	.306	.366	.437	.803	167		1	7	0	0
Bobby Ball	124	548	469	74	111	10	7	3	36	42	13	61	93	.237	.333	.307	.640	144		9	5	4	2
Pete O'Brien	110	448	382	57	109	19	3	17	78	3	2	56	87	.285	.371	.484	.855	185		0	3	7	6
Phil Klimas	97	394	353	41	107	18	2	9	58	1	1	36	57	.303	.370	.442	.812	156		2	2	1	3
Mike Jirschele	121	419	379	53	95	10	6	4	43	19	2	25	67	.251	.303	.340	.644	129		4	10	1	0
Donnie Scott	114	439	385	44	91	16	2	5	41	4	6	42	78	.236	.314	.327	.641	126		3	6	3	6
Marty Scott	92	337	285	50	77	9	3	9	38	2	6	44	30	.270	.369	.418	.787	119		2	4	2	2
Larry Reynolds	70	252	228	26	65	10	2	0	18	20	6	19	28	.285	.337	.346	.684	79		0	3	2	1
Dave Stockstill	61	251	221	28	61	12	0	10	36	0	1	25	26	.276	.343	.466	.809	103		0	0	5	3
Mel Barrow	33	135	119	20	37	8	1	2	17	7	0	13	17	.311	.373	.445	.819	53		0	1	2	1
Dan Murphy	14	55	51	6	13	1	1	3	13	0	1	2	11	.255	.278	.490	.768	25		0	1	1	1
Lindy Duncan	20	75	54	10	11	1	1	1	3	3	0	17	12	.204	.394	.315	.709	17		0	4	0	0
Brooks Wallace	12	40	38	4	10	2	0	0	6	0	0	1	10	.263	.282	.316	.598	12		0	1	0	0
Joseph Russell	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.667	.000	.667	0		0	0	0	0
Totals	1244	4936	4336	592	1155	184	43	85	541	141	70	473	722	.266	.339	.387	.727	1680	0	28	58	41	30

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Pete O'Brien	1B	103	973	95	11	86	.990	1.369
Phil Klimas	1B	29	261	19	6	19	.979	9.655
Marty Scott	1B	7	52	2	1	2	.982	7.714
Ron Gooch	2B	128	294	399	18	8	.975	5.414
Donnie Scott	2B	3	9	10	0	2	1.000	6.333
Brooks Wallace	2B	2	3	5	0	0	1.000	4.000
Phil Klimas	3B	64	48	120	9	19	.949	2.625
Tracy Cowger	3B	35	19	81	12	4	.893	2.857
Donnie Scott	3B	26	21	43	3	5	.955	2.462
Mike Jirschele	3B	13	6	22	3	3	.903	2.154
Brooks Wallace	3B	1	2	1	0	0	1.000	3.000
Donnie Scott	C	90	470	58	16	6	.971	5.867	27
Tracy Cowger	C	47	259	31	6	2	.980	6.170	5
Joseph Russell	C	1	4	0	0	0	1.000	4.000	0
George Wright	OF	130	286	8	7	2	.977	2.262
Bobby Ball	OF	120	189	19	7	2	.967	1.733
Larry Reynolds	OF	55	85	9	3	1	.969	1.709
Mel Barrow	OF	33	60	5	2	0	.970	1.970
Dave Stockstill	OF	29	45	3	2	0	.960	1.655
Donnie Scott	OF	19	18	2	0	0	1.000	1.053
Tracy Cowger	OF	18	28	3	2	1	.939	1.722
Dan Murphy	OF	4	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.500
Jack Lazorko	P	47	6	22	1	4	.966	.596
Tony Fossas	P	38	5	14	0	0	1.000	.500
Dennis Long	P	35	4	8	1	3	.923	.343
Michael Roberts	P	34	11	14	1	0	.962	.735
Walt Terrell	P	27	16	35	0	1	1.000	1.889
Ronald Carney	P	22	6	13	0	0	1.000	.864
David Crutcher	P	21	10	13	1	1	.958	1.095
Greg Hughes	P	19	8	13	1	1	.955	1.105
Kevin Richards	P	17	8	15	1	0	.958	1.353
Steven Nielsen	P	16	11	19	0	1	1.000	1.875
Tom Henke	P	15	0	2	1	0	.667	.133
Ron Darling	P	13	6	12	1	2	.947	1.385
Ted Davis	P	8						.000
Charles Lamson	P	6	0	2	0	0	1.000	.333
Tony Hudson	P	6	1	7	0	0	1.000	1.333
Dave Schmidt	P	3	4	1	0	1	1.000	1.667
Marty Leach	P	2	0	2	1	0	.667	1.000
Mike Jirschele	SS	106	146	365	31	64	.943	4.821
Lindy Duncan	SS	20	39	49	5	4	.946	4.400
Brooks Wallace	SS	10	10	27	2	2	.949	3.700
Totals		1422	3429	1568	155	246	.970	3.514	32	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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