1981 Walla Walla Padres Statistics
Team Record: 29-41
Finished 3rd in the NWL's North Division
Manager: Bill Bryk (29-41)
Affiliation: San Diego Padres
Location: Walla Walla, Washington
Ballpark: Borleske Stadium
Attendance: 28,909, Avg. 826
The Walla Walla Padres of the Northwest League ended the 1981 season with a record of 29 wins and 41 losses, finishing third in the league's North Division.
The Padres plated 377 runs and conceded 438 runs, most in the league. Mark Gillaspie and Tony Gwynn paced Walla Walla with 12 home runs apiece. Mark Gillaspie accounted for 44 RBI. John Hennell led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .280 clip. Mark Ochal, Paul Grame and Jim Giacomazzi topped the team with 5 wins each, while Marty Kain recorded a 2.75 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1981 Walla Walla Padres who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Tony Gwynn, Greg Booker and John Kruk.
Bill Bryk 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Grame | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.92 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80.0 | 79 | 40 | 26 | 1 | 59 | 0 | 61 | 5 | 2 | 15 | |
| Mark Ochal | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5.03 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 93.0 | 84 | 60 | 52 | 11 | 36 | 0 | 58 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Jim Giacomazzi | 5 | 9 | .357 | 4.97 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 105.0 | 117 | 77 | 58 | 6 | 60 | 0 | 67 | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Joey Balderston | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.86 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 30 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| James Oberbruner | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.63 | 26 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 52.0 | 57 | 30 | 21 | 4 | 27 | 1 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Jim Stein | 2 | 1 | .667 | 7.15 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34.0 | 38 | 32 | 27 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
| Marty Kain | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.75 | 22 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 59.0 | 52 | 31 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 63 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Wes Smith | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.45 | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 44.0 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Greg Booker | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.26 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 55 | 41 | 31 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
| Douglas Slettvet | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frederick Williams | 0 | 1 | .000 | 12.13 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 36 | 33 | 31 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| Lee Purchatzke | 0 | 8 | .000 | 6.60 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45.0 | 57 | 56 | 33 | 3 | 41 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |
| Totals | 29 | 41 | .414 | 4.69 | 171 | 70 | 59 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 624.0 | 630 | 438 | 325 | 38 | 370 | 10 | 500 | 32 | 10 | 61 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Hennell | 67 | 294 | 246 | 34 | 69 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 35 | .280 | .379 | .439 | .818 | 108 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |
| Mark Gillaspie | 49 | 299 | 233 | 51 | 61 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 44 | 2 | 4 | 60 | 72 | .262 | .415 | .502 | .917 | 117 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Tony Gwynn | 42 | 202 | 178 | 46 | 59 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 37 | 17 | 3 | 23 | 21 | .331 | .406 | .612 | 1.018 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Louis Langie | 67 | 250 | 213 | 37 | 46 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 30 | 71 | .216 | .329 | .305 | .634 | 65 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Ronk | 31 | 149 | 119 | 22 | 44 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 14 | .370 | .490 | .479 | .969 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Pride Evans | 40 | 170 | 149 | 28 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 29 | .275 | .355 | .389 | .744 | 58 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Timothy Cannon | 65 | 213 | 178 | 27 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 5 | 29 | 52 | .219 | .335 | .365 | .700 | 65 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| John Kruk | 63 | 216 | 157 | 31 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 56 | 45 | .242 | .444 | .325 | .769 | 51 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Craig Shumock | 54 | 202 | 182 | 19 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 27 | .203 | .282 | .280 | .562 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Larry Kiesling | 55 | 189 | 159 | 28 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 43 | .189 | .312 | .270 | .583 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Steve Patterson | 56 | 197 | 167 | 14 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 65 | .150 | .255 | .198 | .453 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mark Wedel | 47 | 181 | 160 | 16 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 31 | .144 | .229 | .175 | .404 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jeffrey Blood | 32 | 101 | 85 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 30 | .224 | .337 | .318 | .654 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Greg Booker | 31 | 73 | 64 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 18 | .188 | .274 | .375 | .649 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| David Kordeck | 32 | 77 | 68 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 39 | .088 | .195 | .132 | .327 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Oberbruner | 26 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Douglas Slettvet | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frederick Williams | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 773 | 2818 | 2363 | 377 | 549 | 109 | 17 | 51 | 318 | 100 | 37 | 398 | 593 | .232 | .347 | .358 | .704 | 845 | 0 | 26 | 13 | 18 | 13 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Hennell | 1B | 66 | 609 | 38 | 8 | 37 | .988 | 9.803 | ||||
| John Kruk | 1B | 4 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 8.750 | ||||
| Greg Booker | 1B | 3 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Mark Wedel | 2B | 31 | 54 | 88 | 8 | 9 | .947 | 4.581 | ||||
| Pride Evans | 2B | 30 | 69 | 83 | 17 | 18 | .899 | 5.067 | ||||
| Jeff Ronk | 2B | 14 | 32 | 37 | 4 | 9 | .945 | 4.929 | ||||
| Timothy Cannon | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Craig Shumock | 3B | 32 | 18 | 46 | 15 | 1 | .810 | 2.000 | ||||
| Larry Kiesling | 3B | 22 | 19 | 39 | 16 | 2 | .784 | 2.636 | ||||
| Jeff Ronk | 3B | 14 | 15 | 28 | 4 | 5 | .915 | 3.071 | ||||
| Mark Wedel | 3B | 6 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 2 | .958 | 3.833 | ||||
| Pride Evans | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Steve Patterson | C | 56 | 371 | 38 | 13 | 2 | .969 | 7.304 | 17 | |||
| David Kordeck | C | 29 | 150 | 8 | 10 | 0 | .940 | 5.448 | 13 | |||
| John Kruk | OF | 54 | 74 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .975 | 1.444 | ||||
| Timothy Cannon | OF | 54 | 80 | 4 | 8 | 0 | .913 | 1.556 | ||||
| Mark Gillaspie | OF | 48 | 60 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .968 | 1.271 | ||||
| Tony Gwynn | OF | 41 | 76 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .963 | 1.902 | ||||
| Larry Kiesling | OF | 25 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .960 | .960 | ||||
| Jeffrey Blood | OF | 12 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Craig Shumock | OF | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .857 | ||||
| James Oberbruner | P | 26 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .385 | ||||
| Marty Kain | P | 22 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
| Wes Smith | P | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Jim Stein | P | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .294 | ||||
| Jim Giacomazzi | P | 16 | 6 | 22 | 3 | 0 | .903 | 1.750 | ||||
| Mark Ochal | P | 15 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .867 | ||||
| Frederick Williams | P | 13 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .846 | ||||
| Paul Grame | P | 13 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 1.077 | ||||
| Lee Purchatzke | P | 12 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .867 | 1.083 | ||||
| Greg Booker | P | 11 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.455 | ||||
| Joey Balderston | P | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 1.600 | ||||
| Douglas Slettvet | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Louis Langie | SS | 64 | 93 | 213 | 41 | 26 | .882 | 4.781 | ||||
| Jeff Ronk | SS | 9 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .903 | 3.111 | ||||
| Mark Wedel | SS | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Pride Evans | SS | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .714 | 5.000 | ||||
| Totals | 797 | 1872 | 780 | 172 | 122 | .939 | 3.327 | 30 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
