1981 Waterbury Reds Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 55-83
Finished 4th in the EL's South Division
Manager: George Scherger (55-83)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Waterbury, Connecticut
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 67,609, Avg. 980

1981 Waterbury Reds Roster

The Waterbury Reds of the Eastern League ended the 1981 season with a record of 55 wins and 83 losses, finishing fourth in the league's South Division.

The Reds scored 524 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 690 runs. Gary Redus led Waterbury with 20 home runs and drove in 75 runs. Tom Lawless paced all regular batters by hitting .291. Ken Jones topped the team with 9 wins, while Rich Carlucci recorded a 3.9 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1981 Waterbury Reds who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ben Hayes, Tom Lawless, Les Straker, Brad Lesley, Jeff Jones, Tony Walker, Mark Gilbert, Keefe Cato, Bill Scherrer, Steve Christmas, Skeeter Barnes and Gary Redus.

George Scherger 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 Jones	9	8	.529	3.95	24	24	0	4	1	0	139.0	119	78	61	10	93	5	60	5	3	8
Randy Town	7	12	.368	4.71	28	25	1	3	1	0	151.0	154	92	79	17	55	7	52	4	1	8
Mike Dowless	6	13	.316	5.28	28	27	1	4	1	1	150.0	161	96	88	16	68	2	98	4	1	3
Doug Neuenschwander	5	4	.556	4.96	29	0	24	0	0	3	49.0	41	30	27	7	28	5	40	3	0	3
Rich Carlucci	5	6	.455	3.90	35	15	6	1	0	2	127.0	120	63	55	11	49	4	74	4	0	4
Bill Scherrer	5	9	.357	4.31	50	10	24	1	0	1	119.0	121	70	57	10	62	5	89	2	0	6
Ernest Gause	4	0	1.000	3.35	21	1	9	1	0	0	51.0	36	21	19	4	24	4	32	2	1	2
Brad Lesley	4	1	.800	2.60	26	0	16	0	0	4	45.0	45	17	13	1	15	2	37	2	0	1
Larry Buckle	3	9	.250	6.32	29	15	7	1	0	0	104.0	123	82	73	12	63	5	53	5	0	10
Keefe Cato	2	3	.400	5.29	8	6	1	0	0	0	34.0	34	22	20	4	18	1	25	0	0	4
Ben Hayes	2	5	.286	3.24	30	0	16	0	0	6	50.0	40	21	18	6	20	5	50	2	1	2
Rick O'Keeffe	1	1	.500	4.50	4	3	1	0	0	0	16.0	14	9	8	2	12	1	5	1	1	1
Jimmy Arline	1	3	.250	5.14	20	1	9	0	0	1	42.0	36	28	24	7	29	4	30	3	1	2
Les Straker	1	5	.167	6.40	19	6	6	0	0	2	45.0	50	35	32	3	34	4	33	1	1	5
Mark Gilbert	0	0		5.40	2	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	5	5	3	1	5	0	1	0	0	2
Steve Christmas	0	0		6.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	2	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Sullivan	0	4	.000	4.65	8	6	1	0	0	0	31.0	44	19	16	2	16	1	23	1	0	3
Totals	55	83	.399	4.61	362	139	124	15	3	20	1161.0	1146	690	595	114	593	55	703	39	10	64	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
Tom Lawless	136	597	522	77	152	20	10	8	50	60	16	67	69	.291	.372	.414	.786	216		1	6	1	1
Gary Redus	138	570	477	71	119	26	4	20	75	48	5	82	108	.249	.356	.447	.802	213		1	2	8	8
Steve Christmas	126	459	395	40	104	21	0	7	63	1	1	51	35	.263	.347	.370	.717	146		3	4	6	11
Russ Aldrich	132	478	414	55	102	23	5	10	53	1	0	49	65	.246	.331	.399	.730	165		4	10	1	7
Jeff Kraus	115	433	367	37	95	8	0	4	35	0	4	55	64	.259	.353	.313	.667	115		2	3	6	0
Skeeter Barnes	96	406	363	45	93	17	0	6	49	15	4	33	29	.256	.323	.353	.675	128		4	3	3	6
Mark Gilbert	105	442	360	60	89	15	5	5	31	26	8	71	47	.247	.374	.358	.732	129		3	6	2	5
Tony Walker	76	243	188	32	41	4	1	4	20	8	2	44	44	.218	.388	.314	.702	59		9	1	1	0
Mike Foote	66	232	196	14	40	4	2	0	10	0	0	26	64	.204	.303	.245	.548	48		3	4	3	3
Adolfo Feliz	92	209	185	17	35	6	1	0	13	1	3	14	37	.189	.255	.232	.487	43		3	5	2	2
Eski Viltz	39	139	122	13	32	6	3	0	13	2	0	6	14	.262	.321	.361	.682	44		5	5	1	1
Hector Rincones	49	153	137	8	26	3	1	0	8	0	2	12	21	.190	.265	.226	.491	31		2	2	0	1
Jeff Jones	48	161	127	19	23	5	1	3	16	2	0	25	49	.181	.333	.307	.640	39		5	2	2	3
Rich Carlucci	37	44	40	2	14	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	7	.350	.366	.375	.741	15		0	3	0	0
Peter Duglenski	17	42	35	2	9	1	0	0	4	0	1	6	10	.257	.381	.286	.667	10		1	0	0	1
Ken Jones	31	54	47	5	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	11	.191	.240	.191	.431	9		0	4	0	0
Mike Dowless	30	59	45	3	8	2	0	1	7	0	0	7	20	.178	.288	.289	.577	13		0	7	0	0
Randy Town	32	63	53	7	8	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	17	.151	.193	.189	.382	10		0	6	1	0
Dave Bisceglia	22	44	34	3	4	1	0	0	6	0	0	8	6	.118	.286	.147	.433	5		0	2	0	0
Bill Boddy	20	56	46	4	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	10	12	.087	.250	.109	.359	5		0	0	0	0
Jimmy Arline	34	32	28	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	1	4	8	.107	.219	.179	.397	5		0	0	0	0
Larry Buckle	29	34	32	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	.094	.094	.094	.188	3		0	2	0	0
Ernest Gause	21	14	14	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	2		0	0	0	0
Bill Scherrer	51	24	17	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	4	.118	.286	.118	.403	2		0	3	0	0
Tony Walker	17	28	22	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	3	.091	.286	.091	.377	2		1	0	0	0
Mike Sullivan	9	9	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	1		0	3	0	0
Rick O'Keeffe	5	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1		0	1	0	0
Brad Lesley	26	11	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.100	.182	.100	.282	1		0	0	0	0
Dan Sarrett	4	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Les Straker	21	14	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	.000	.333	.000	.333	0		0	2	0	0
Doug Neuenschwander	30	10	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	2	0	0
Keefe Cato	8	12	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.100	.000	.100	0		0	2	0	0
Ben Hayes	30	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.100	.000	.100	0		0	1	0	0
Totals	1692	5100	4332	524	1022	168	33	68	466	166	47	593	783	.236	.332	.337	.669	1460	0	47	91	37	49

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Russ Aldrich	1B	77	655	18	3	73	.996	8.740
Gary Redus	1B	68	522	29	10	36	.982	8.103
Steve Christmas	1B	4	11	1	0	0	1.000	3.000
Skeeter Barnes	1B	3	7	0	0	0	1.000	2.333
Tom Lawless	2B	134	323	379	15	82	.979	5.239
Adolfo Feliz	2B	9	13	18	3	4	.912	3.444
Skeeter Barnes	2B	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Skeeter Barnes	3B	93	104	183	14	18	.953	3.086
Eski Viltz	3B	21	23	36	6	6	.908	2.810
Russ Aldrich	3B	19	11	25	0	1	1.000	1.895
Adolfo Feliz	3B	11	5	11	4	1	.800	1.455
Steve Christmas	C	118	594	95	13	9	.981	5.839	15
Bill Boddy	C	19	79	14	2	0	.979	4.895	4
Dave Bisceglia	C	18	60	8	3	1	.958	3.778	1
Dan Sarrett	C	2	9	2	1	1	.917	5.500	0
Jeff Kraus	OF	109	175	6	1	1	.995	1.661
Mark Gilbert	OF	101	201	16	6	2	.973	2.149
Gary Redus	OF	76	145	5	4	1	.974	1.974
Tony Walker	OF	71	132	7	0	0	1.000	1.958
Jeff Jones	OF	45	75	3	3	0	.963	1.733
Russ Aldrich	OF	29	26	1	0	0	1.000	.931
Peter Duglenski	OF	14	14	1	0	0	1.000	1.071
Tony Walker	OF	8	9	0	1	0	.900	1.125
Skeeter Barnes	OF	5	4	0	1	0	.800	.800
Ken Jones	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Bill Scherrer	P	50	2	14	2	1	.889	.320
Rich Carlucci	P	35	5	24	0	2	1.000	.829
Ben Hayes	P	30	1	3	0	0	1.000	.133
Doug Neuenschwander	P	29	2	10	0	1	1.000	.414
Larry Buckle	P	29	4	19	1	1	.958	.793
Randy Town	P	28	10	42	0	2	1.000	1.857
Mike Dowless	P	28	2	17	3	1	.864	.679
Brad Lesley	P	26	1	11	0	1	1.000	.462
Ken Jones	P	24	11	27	2	4	.950	1.583
Ernest Gause	P	21	1	1	1	0	.667	.095
Jimmy Arline	P	20	5	3	0	0	1.000	.400
Les Straker	P	19	1	6	0	0	1.000	.368
Mike Sullivan	P	8	0	2	0	0	1.000	.250
Keefe Cato	P	8	5	6	0	0	1.000	1.375
Rick O'Keeffe	P	4	3	7	0	0	1.000	2.500
Mark Gilbert	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Steve Christmas	P	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
Mike Foote	SS	62	89	168	19	42	.931	4.145
Hector Rincones	SS	43	72	107	12	14	.937	4.163
Adolfo Feliz	SS	34	39	77	10	11	.921	3.412
Eski Viltz	SS	14	35	41	4	12	.950	5.429
Totals		1571	3488	1446	144	328	.972	3.141	20	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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