Phoenix Fireballs History - 1981 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1981 Phoenix Fireballs	92	70	.568	2^nd	5	91-71	1	.268	3.97	X		4,072,929	$116,340,853	$138,600,761

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Platinum Glove Award	Reynaldo González (2B)	1
All-Star	José Crespo	1
Batter of the Month	Juan Valadez (Aug)	1
Player of the Week	Juan Valadez (Jun 15), Billy Cobb (Jul 13), Reynaldo González (Aug 17)	3

Batting Stats

Pos	Player	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR	OPS+
2B	Reynaldo González	28	154	596	168	35	9	24	91	102	80	5	2	2	163	15	11	.282	.370	.492	.862	7.0	139
SS	Alejandro Flores	30	155	583	142	41	9	5	63	73	51	12	2	2	160	21	12	.244	.316	.370	.687	2.7	92
CF	Luis Cuevas	29	153	569	172	38	3	19	80	87	45	4	14	6	99	24	8	.302	.354	.480	.834	4.4	131
LF	Juan Valadez	28	155	579	173	13	4	40	115	92	25	16	0	2	97	0	0	.299	.344	.542	.886	6.0	144
1B	Sergio Sánchez	32	145	549	126	25	3	23	69	59	35	18	11	4	188	0	0	.230	.295	.412	.707	1.4	96
RF	Rodger McFarland	27	148	498	151	30	4	12	61	60	46	2	10	3	105	8	7	.303	.362	.452	.814	1.2	127
3B	Billy Cobb	27	145	440	131	20	3	11	61	66	40	7	5	6	51	35	16	.298	.361	.432	.793	2.6	121
SS	Bryant Lewis	34	127	375	99	21	1	2	31	70	70	25	16	0	100	34	6	.264	.413	.341	.754	4.3	115
C	Juan Meléndez	25	104	353	97	23	1	18	49	44	29	18	4	2	103	1	3	.275	.358	.499	.857	3.9	137
C	Luis Aguilar	31	84	239	73	16	1	5	34	35	30	4	0	1	32	0	0	.305	.391	.444	.834	2.0	134
RF	Francisco Rey	36	122	195	47	6	3	10	32	30	33	1	5	0	87	8	2	.241	.354	.456	.810	1.3	125
CF	Denny Bell	29	43	81	24	5	1	3	11	13	3	0	1	1	18	6	1	.296	.318	.494	.811	0.7	123
P	Ramón Cruz	21	35	80	12	3	0	0	9	7	3	0	2	1	23	0	0	.150	.179	.188	.366	-0.7	3
P	Reginald Lawrence	32	35	69	10	3	1	0	5	5	1	1	13	0	24	0	0	.145	.169	.217	.386	-0.7	7
P	Curt Kelley	27	34	68	11	2	0	1	10	6	0	0	14	0	34	0	0	.162	.162	.235	.397	-0.7	10
P	Ken Moore	24	33	60	6	1	0	1	6	4	2	1	11	1	23	0	0	.100	.141	.167	.307	-0.7	-14
CF	Willie Davis	30	44	61	14	0	1	2	6	11	4	2	0	0	26	0	1	.230	.299	.361	.659	0.4	84
P	Tyler Lawson	24	19	26	8	4	1	1	4	7	2	1	5	0	8	0	0	.308	.379	.654	1.033	0.1	183
1B	Héctor Alvarado	27	23	29	3	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	14	0	0	.103	.133	.207	.340	-0.3	-6
LF	Arthur Henderson	22	15	16	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	-0.1	-30
P	Jorge Rivera	27	15	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.4	-100
1B	John Daughtry	25	3	9	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	.333	.400	.333	.733	0.1	109
P	Pete Gray	25	17	8	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	.375	.444	.500	.944	0.0	165
RF	Tomás Flores	25	10	9	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	-0.0	25
P	José Crespo	23	63	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	-0.1	-30
P	Héctor Rivera	23	27	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	-0.1	88
3B	Manny García	27	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	-0.0	13
P	José Rodríguez	31	43	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Rory Wilson	27	70	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0.2	88
P	William Strickland	28	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0.1	182
P	Santiago Olivas	34	50	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	-100
P	John Clark	34	72	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.2	-100
32 Players		29.1	2151	5535	1482	287	45	178	741	781	503	117	119	31	1383	155	68	.268	.340	.432	.772	34.6	114
PL Rank				2	2	8	12	2	2	2	8	2	3	11	7	11	11	2	3	2	2	2
BSBL Rank				3	2	10	18	3	5	5	16	5	5	21	17	21	22	3	6	4	4	5

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Ramón Cruz	21	35	35	14	10	0	3.63	230.3	203	105	93	17	46	257	0	4	1	1.08	.318	6.0	107
Reginald Lawrence	32	35	35	14	13	0	4.46	228.0	217	118	113	33	41	288	0	2	1	1.13	.336	4.2	87
Curt Kelley	27	34	34	16	9	0	4.18	211.0	206	104	98	33	50	226	0	1	1	1.21	.316	1.8	93
Ken Moore	24	33	33	13	9	0	4.42	197.3	183	101	97	30	75	232	0	4	3	1.31	.321	1.7	88
Tyler Lawson	24	19	19	5	7	0	5.35	99.3	106	65	59	13	33	104	0	0	0	1.40	.342	0.9	73
José Crespo	23	63	0	7	4	4	1.83	93.7	56	23	19	3	30	137	17	0	0	.92	.290	2.8	213
John Clark	34	72	0	5	2	6	2.26	87.7	54	22	22	5	46	146	17	0	0	1.14	.340	1.8	172
Rory Wilson	27	70	0	5	5	2	3.69	70.7	50	29	29	10	29	119	22	0	0	1.12	.328	0.6	105
José Rodríguez	31	43	0	1	3	2	4.31	56.3	55	29	27	3	32	74	7	0	0	1.54	.380	0.6	90
Santiago Olivas	34	50	0	7	4	31	2.70	53.3	46	16	16	4	8	53	0	0	0	1.01	.294	0.9	144
Jorge Rivera	27	15	6	1	3	0	6.43	49.0	58	35	35	10	19	38	0	0	0	1.57	.338	-0.8	61
Héctor Rivera	23	27	0	1	1	0	4.78	43.3	50	24	23	3	14	52	0	0	0	1.48	.416	0.6	81
Pete Gray	25	17	0	3	0	1	3.03	32.7	25	13	11	1	10	24	0	0	0	1.07	.253	0.2	128
William Strickland	28	3	0	0	0	1	2.57	7.0	2	2	2	0	3	6	0	0	0	.71	.133	0.1	151
Francisco Ramos	22	5	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	0	.50	.000	0.1	0
15 Pitchers	26.6	521	162	92	70	47	3.97	1461.7	1311	686	644	165	437	1759	66	11	6	1.20	.325	21.5	107
PL Rank		2	1	2	10	3	7	5	6	6	6	9	3	1	1	10	1	2	10	4
BSBL Rank		4	1	7	17	5	13	11	12	12	12	18	5	2	2	16	1	6	20	7

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Cruz	35	35	8	25	0	35	2	.943	230.3	1.29	0.4
R. Lawrence	35	35	6	31	0	39	2	.949	228.0	1.46	1.2
C. Kelley	34	34	14	24	2	40	2	.950	211.0	1.62	1.3
K. Moore	33	33	11	28	1	42	3	.929	197.3	1.78	1.9
T. Lawson	19	19	4	15	2	21	2	.905	99.3	1.72	-1.5
J. Crespo	63	0	6	10	0	16	0	1.000	93.7	1.54	-0.4
J. Clark	72	0	1	9	0	10	0	1.000	87.7	1.03	1.9
R. Wilson	70	0	0	5	0	5	0	1.000	70.7	0.64	1.8
J. Rodríguez	43	0	1	9	0	11	1	.909	56.3	1.60	-0.3
S. Olivas	50	0	1	11	0	12	0	1.000	53.3	2.03	0.7
J. Rivera	15	6	2	11	0	14	1	.929	49.0	2.39	-0.9
H. Rivera	27	0	0	8	0	12	4	.667	43.3	1.66	-0.9
P. Gray	17	0	3	10	2	14	1	.929	32.7	3.58	-0.6
W. Strickland	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	7.0	1.29	0.3
F. Ramos	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50	0.3
Totals	521	162	59	196	7	273	18	.934	1461.7	1.57	5.3

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
J. Meléndez	101	100	1068	114	3	1185	3	.997	895.0	11.89	3.3	5	40.1
L. Aguilar	67	62	695	69	7	770	6	.992	566.7	12.13	-2.4	9	34.5
Totals	168	162	1763	183	10	1955	9	.995	1461.7	11.98	1.0	14	37.6

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
S. Sánchez	143	142	1036	64	66	1106	6	.995	1259.7	7.86	4.3
B. Cobb	7	6	50	1	1	51	0	1.000	56.0	8.20	-0.4
A. Flores	5	5	36	4	5	40	0	1.000	45.0	8.00	0.5
L. Aguilar	5	5	42	0	3	42	0	1.000	44.0	8.59	0.0
H. Alvarado	3	2	10	2	0	12	0	1.000	18.0	6.00	0.1
J. Meléndez	2	0	18	2	1	20	0	1.000	17.0	10.59	0.1
J. Daughtry	2	2	11	2	2	13	0	1.000	17.0	6.88	0.2
R. González	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3.0	0.00	0.0
B. Lewis	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
D. Bell	1	0	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	1.0	27.00	0.0
Totals	173	162	1206	75	78	1287	6	.995	1461.7	7.89	4.8

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. González	152	152	278	352	62	639	9	.986	1360.0	4.17	4.5
A. Flores	10	9	10	19	3	30	1	.967	84.0	3.11	-0.4
B. Cobb	2	1	6	3	1	9	0	1.000	10.0	8.10	0.0
B. Lewis	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	7.7	0.00	0.0
Totals	167	162	294	374	66	678	10	.985	1461.7	4.11	4.1

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Cobb	96	93	34	124	3	167	9	.946	800.0	1.78	-7.3
A. Flores	69	66	27	99	2	128	2	.984	590.0	1.92	-0.1
B. Lewis	14	3	0	15	0	16	1	.938	63.7	2.12	-0.8
D. Bell	3	0	0	1	0	2	1	.500	5.0	1.80	-0.5
R. González	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50	0.0
M. García	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	184	162	61	240	5	314	13	.959	1461.7	1.85	-8.7

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Lewis	97	96	110	204	44	319	5	.984	847.3	3.34	0.8
A. Flores	69	66	103	140	32	246	3	.988	599.3	3.65	1.7
B. Cobb	4	0	3	3	0	6	0	1.000	10.0	5.40	-0.0
J. Valadez	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	4.0	2.25	-0.0
R. González	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	-0.0
Totals	172	162	216	349	76	573	8	.986	1461.7	3.48	2.5

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Valadez	145	143	226	2	0	235	7	.970	1243.3	1.65	4.3
F. Rey	17	9	9	0	0	9	0	1.000	101.0	0.80	0.1
R. McFarland	7	5	6	0	0	6	0	1.000	47.3	1.14	-1.2
D. Bell	4	3	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	29.0	1.24	-0.3
S. Sánchez	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	16.0	0.56	-0.1
B. Cobb	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	11.0	0.00	-0.8
W. Davis	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	9.0	1.00	0.7
A. Henderson	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	5.0	1.80	0.7
Totals	186	162	248	2	0	257	7	.973	1461.7	1.54	3.5

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
L. Cuevas	144	144	271	2	0	279	6	.978	1255.3	1.96	-8.0
D. Bell	22	11	27	0	0	27	0	1.000	116.7	2.08	0.9
W. Davis	11	6	10	0	0	11	1	.909	68.0	1.32	1.8
F. Rey	9	0	2	1	0	3	0	1.000	16.7	1.62	-0.1
A. Henderson	1	1	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	5.0	7.20	-0.2
Totals	187	162	314	3	0	324	7	.978	1461.7	1.95	-5.6

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. McFarland	133	126	159	5	0	168	4	.976	1086.7	1.36	-15.6
F. Rey	41	29	39	0	0	40	1	.975	266.0	1.32	-2.5
L. Cuevas	9	6	14	0	0	15	1	.933	55.0	2.29	-0.1
W. Davis	15	1	6	0	0	6	0	1.000	40.7	1.33	0.4
J. Valadez	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	9.0	0.00	0.0
A. Henderson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0
D. Bell	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.3	0.00	0.0
T. Flores	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	205	162	218	5	0	229	6	.974	1461.7	1.37	-17.9

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Rodger McFarland	.303
On-Base Percentage	Reynaldo González	.370
Slugging Percentage	Juan Valadez	.542
OPS	Juan Valadez	.886
Games	Alejandro Flores, Juan Valadez	155
At-Bats	Reynaldo González	596
Runs	Reynaldo González	102
Hits	Juan Valadez	173
Doubles	Alejandro Flores	41
Triples	Reynaldo González, Alejandro Flores	9
Home Runs	Juan Valadez	40
Runs Batted In	Juan Valadez	115
Stolen Bases	Billy Cobb	35
Caught Stealing	Billy Cobb	16
Walks	Reynaldo González	80
Strikeouts	Sergio Sánchez	188

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Curt Kelley	16
Losses	Reginald Lawrence	13
Saves	Santiago Olivas	31
Games	John Clark	72
Games Started	Ramón Cruz, Reginald Lawrence	35
Complete Games	Ramón Cruz, Ken Moore	4
Shutouts	Ken Moore	3
Innings Pitched	Ramón Cruz	230.3
Hits Allowed	Reginald Lawrence	217
Home Runs Allowed	Reginald Lawrence, Curt Kelley	33
Strikeouts	Reginald Lawrence	288
Walks Allowed	Ken Moore	75
Earned Run Average	Ramón Cruz	3.63
Walks + Hits per IP	Ramón Cruz	1.08
BABIP	Curt Kelley	.316