1981 Buffalo Bisons Index Page

1981 Buffalo Bisons

Record: 94-68
Finish: 1st in FL Atlantic Division
Runs Scored: 760
Runs Allowed: 637
Exp W-L: 94-68

Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,538,399
Manager: Alex Lamabe

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 89-49, 2nd in the Frick League
AA: 79-59, 3rd in the Frick League
A: 78-60, 4th in the Frick League

Postseason Results:
Lost FL Cartwright Cup 0-4 to Des Moines Kernels
Won Doubleday Series 3-2 over Seattle Storm

Team Index		Draft History		Park History
Starters:	Positional	Registers:	Batters	Leaders:	Batters
	Pitchers		Pitchers		Pitchers

Team Batting Stats Help
Pos	Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR	OWS	DWS
SS	Sam Tuttle	30	155	550	78	157	25	2	21	75	9	1	44	92	.285	.345	.453	.798	84.0	16.3	4.5
SS	Hector Garcia	31	153	534	82	136	30	9	10	52	63	22	41	99	.255	.331	.401	.731	75.9	12.6	9.4
LF	Larry Hisle	33	150	501	87	144	19	2	27	89	11	6	56	112	.287	.360	.495	.855	83.7	16.6	3.1
1B	Clue Heywood	34	153	510	82	112	26	2	42	113	0	0	46	145	.220	.286	.525	.811	78.1	13.2	1.5
RF	*Walter Wambold	34	146	442	52	82	20	3	23	66	3	2	40	141	.186	.253	.400	.654	47.5	3.8	3.2
2B	Pete Madewald	34	141	406	74	116	35	9	16	62	31	5	40	104	.286	.353	.534	.888	75.0	16.9	2.8
C	*William Wright	30	116	318	50	95	23	3	13	57	9	7	42	22	.299	.374	.513	.887	59.2	12.0	4.3
C	Tony Quinn	31	111	329	32	114	10	3	2	44	2	2	12	67	.347	.367	.413	.781	42.6	8.1	3.9
LF	Jacob Grothe	32	103	280	38	60	19	3	6	24	11	7	41	22	.214	.316	.368	.684	34.4	4.6	1.5
RF	*Jesus Martinez	25	97	257	28	56	9	3	1	25	4	8	25	31	.218	.290	.288	.578	20.6	0.8	1.2
1B	Brandon Pearce	29	127	242	32	48	11	0	13	37	3	1	34	56	.198	.296	.405	.701	30.5	3.4	1.9
LF	Bill Slover	31	53	201	43	73	10	4	6	22	28	8	22	14	.363	.429	.542	.971	45.5	11.5	1.1
2B	Roland Coughlan	31	66	190	19	44	11	0	0	8	0	0	26	28	.232	.327	.289	.617	19.9	2.5	2.1
3B	*Rod Givens	37	45	145	23	45	12	0	4	24	1	0	9	8	.310	.357	.476	.833	21.9	4.5	1.6
CF	Pablo Lazaro	31	36	83	15	20	3	1	0	6	3	2	25	19	.241	.422	.301	.723	13.4	2.5	0.5
P	Steve Nebraska	28	35	98	3	10	4	0	0	4	0	1	3	49	.102	.127	.143	.270	-2.1	0.0	0.0
P	Eric Beckmeyer	25	35	69	6	11	4	0	0	5	0	1	2	24	.159	.183	.217	.400	0.5	0.0	0.0
CF	Dale McCall	35	51	68	7	15	4	0	0	7	8	1	5	15	.221	.270	.279	.550	5.9	0.3	0.5
P	#Chuck Delong	34	44	47	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	17	.021	.060	.043	.103	-2.3	0.0	0.0
P	Mark Catron	35	33	32	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	13	.094	.171	.094	.265	-0.3	0.0	0.0
P	Christopher Pump	25	39	37	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	.027	.027	.027	.054	-3.2	0.0	0.0
P	*Glenn Bowerman	34	17	26	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	13	.077	.143	.154	.297	0.0	0.0	0.0
P	Steven Cuvelier	23	12	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.053	.100	.053	.153	-1.1	0.0	0.0
3B	Willie Bodkin	31	30	21	3	5	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	3	.238	.273	.381	.654	2.3	0.2	0.0
P	Marty McGraw	30	100	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.6	0.0	0.0
P	Matt Ryan	24	18	7	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.286	.571	0.5	0.2	0.0
P	Rudi Stein	37	66	6	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	0.6	0.2	0.0
P	#Roger Wilson	37	67	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	-0.1	0.0	0.0
P	*Geraldo Garcia	29	34	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.4	0.0	0.0
P	*Jay Lombardo	29	84	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0.1	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals	31.0	2317	5437	760	1355	278	44	185	729	186	74	524	1125	.249	.319	.419	.737	732.1	130.1	43.1
	Rank among 12 FL teams			11	7	10	9	8	1	6	6	5	6	9	9	8	1	4	5
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed

Team Pitching Stats Help
Name	Age	W	L	Pct	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	PWS
Steve Nebraska	28	18	6	.750	35	35	0	252.3	161	52	5	41	307	1.85	29.1
Eric Beckmeyer	25	18	7	.720	35	35	0	208.0	193	74	24	19	232	3.20	17.4
Chuck Delong	34	10	11	.476	44	25	13	176.0	183	74	13	46	98	3.78	12.4
Christopher Pump	25	3	6	.333	39	19	1	138.0	142	56	11	33	135	3.65	7.1
Mark Catron	35	8	9	.471	33	17	0	128.3	103	57	8	47	105	4.00	6.5
Marty McGraw	30	8	3	.727	100	0	2	108.7	95	33	9	16	113	2.73	12.5
Glenn Bowerman	34	2	10	.167	17	17	0	85.0	113	59	1	24	73	6.25	0.0
*Jay Lombardo	29	2	4	.333	84	0	5	76.7	87	33	11	24	37	3.87	5.2
Rudi Stein	37	5	4	.556	66	0	11	66.7	70	33	2	30	56	4.46	5.5
Roger Wilson	37	8	3	.727	67	0	3	65.7	67	26	6	29	52	3.56	6.6
Steven Cuvelier	23	5	4	.556	12	12	0	62.3	57	27	1	29	44	3.90	3.5
Geraldo Garcia	29	5	0	1.000	34	0	4	37.7	34	22	7	24	39	5.26	2.3
Matt Ryan	24	2	1	.667	18	2	3	27.3	42	20	3	23	19	6.59	0.0
Tom Greaves	34	0	0	.000	11	0	1	11.3	11	4	2	9	7	3.18	0.8
Team Totals	30.3	94	68	.580	595	162	43	1444.0	1358	570	103	394	1317	3.55	108.9
Rank among 12 FL teams				3	3	8	3	10	2	4	1	2	1	1
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Stats Help

Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.

Catchers	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.985	28.0
W.Wright	739.0	84	91	713	44	7	1	.991	23.8
T.Quinn	702.0	78	91	635	45	10	2	.986	28.1
J.Grothe	3.0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	100.0
Team Total	1444.0	162	183	1349	90	17	3	.988	26.2
First Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.992	10.01
C.Heywood	1149.0	134	140	995	81	7	78	.994	8.43
B.Pearce	198.0	17	46	165	17	3	13	.984	8.27
J.Martinez	48.0	6	12	40	5	1	7	.978	8.44
S.Tuttle	43.0	5	5	47	1	0	5	1.000	10.05
W.Bodkin	5.0	0	4	5	1	0	0	1.000	10.80
D.McCall	1.0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	18.00
Team Total	1444.0	162	208	1253	106	11	103	.992	8.47
Second Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.982	5.08
P.Madewald	853.3	90	119	173	258	13	55	.971	4.55
S.Tuttle	319.0	38	38	47	83	5	14	.963	3.67
R.Coughlan	244.7	31	35	48	72	1	13	.992	4.41
H.Garcia	26.0	3	4	1	13	0	1	1.000	4.85
P.Lazaro	0.9	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1443.9	162	197	269	426	19	83	.973	4.33
Third Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.961	2.55
S.Tuttle	848.0	96	96	75	135	15	12	.933	2.23
R.Givens	313.3	33	40	17	69	6	5	.935	2.47
B.Pearce	291.0	33	38	27	59	5	3	.945	2.66
W.Bodkin	4.0	0	4	1	0	1	0	.500	2.25
Team Total	1456.3	162	178	120	263	27	20	.934	2.37
Shortstops	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.969	4.39
H.Garcia	1199.0	133	145	164	367	12	67	.978	3.99
R.Coughlan	176.0	23	23	22	51	0	9	1.000	3.73
S.Tuttle	69.0	6	15	11	18	1	1	.967	3.78
Team Total	1444.0	162	183	197	436	13	77	.980	3.95
Left Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.980	1.99
J.Grothe	653.0	77	83	132	3	2	0	.985	1.86
B.Slover	425.0	50	51	96	4	2	2	.980	2.12
L.Hisle	149.0	15	23	27	1	1	0	.966	1.69
W.Wambold	100.0	10	16	20	0	0	0	1.000	1.80
P.Lazaro	60.7	6	7	13	0	0	0	1.000	1.93
D.McCall	46.0	4	14	13	1	1	0	.933	2.74
Team Total	1433.7	162	194	301	9	6	2	.981	1.95

Center Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.984	2.62
L.Hisle	997.0	112	116	272	6	9	1	.969	2.51
W.Wambold	309.0	35	35	99	2	0	0	1.000	2.94
P.Lazaro	66.9	7	9	16	1	0	0	1.000	2.29
D.McCall	64.0	7	11	15	0	0	0	1.000	2.11
J.Grothe	3.0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1.000	3.00
B.Pearce	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
B.Slover	0.8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1441.7	161	175	403	9	9	1	.979	2.57
Right Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.974	2.05
W.Wambold	629.3	67	86	169	5	4	2	.978	2.49
J.Martinez	521.3	63	65	111	2	0	0	1.000	1.95
J.Grothe	84.0	11	13	16	2	2	0	.900	1.93
P.Lazaro	81.8	9	9	17	2	1	0	.950	2.09
D.McCall	80.3	9	16	20	1	0	0	1.000	2.35
L.Hisle	25.0	0	9	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.08
B.Slover	4.5	0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	4.00
Team Total	1426.3	159	200	338	12	7	2	.980	2.21
Pitchers	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.958	1.82
S.Nebraska	252.3	35	35	15	22	2	2	.949	1.32
E.Beckmeyer	208.0	35	35	9	15	1	1	.960	1.04
C.Delong	176.0	25	44	13	25	0	3	1.000	1.94
C.Pump	138.0	19	39	7	17	2	3	.923	1.57
M.Catron	128.3	17	33	9	17	1	2	.963	1.82
M.McGraw	108.7	0	100	8	9	1	0	.944	1.41
G.Bowerman	85.0	17	17	2	14	0	0	1.000	1.69
J.Lombardo	76.7	0	84	4	8	0	3	1.000	1.41
R.Stein	66.7	0	66	3	6	0	1	1.000	1.22
R.Wilson	65.7	0	67	1	10	1	0	.917	1.51
S.Cuvelier	62.3	12	12	4	3	0	0	1.000	1.01
G.Garcia	37.7	0	34	3	4	0	0	1.000	1.67
M.Ryan	27.3	2	18	1	2	2	2	.600	0.99
T.Greaves	11.3	0	11	0	3	0	0	1.000	2.38
Team Total	1444.0	162	595	79	155	10	17	.959	1.46

Team Batting Leaders

Team Pitching Leaders

Batting Average	Hisle	.287
On-Base Pct	Hisle	.360
Slugging Pct	Heywood	.525
OPS	Hisle	.855
XR	Tuttle	84.0
Games	Tuttle	155
At-Bats	Tuttle	550
Runs	Hisle	87
Hits	Tuttle	157
Total Bases	Heywood	268
Singles	Tuttle	109
Doubles	Madewald	35
Triples	Garcia, Madewald	9
Homeruns	Heywood	42
RBIs	Heywood	113
Stolen Bases	Garcia	63
Caught Stealing	Garcia	22
Walks	Hisle	56
Strikeouts	Heywood	145

ERA	Nebraska	1.85
Wins	Beckmeyer, Nebraska	18
Losses	Delong	11
Winning Pct	Nebraska	.750
Saves	Delong	13
Games Pitched	McGraw	100
Games Started	Beckmeyer, Nebraska	35
Complete Games	Nebraska	4
Shutouts	Delong, Nebraska	2
Innings Pitched	Nebraska	252.3
Hits Allowed	Beckmeyer	193
Homeruns Allowed	Beckmeyer	24
Strikeouts	Nebraska	307
Walks Allowed	Catron	47
Walks per 9IP	Beckmeyer	0.8
Hits per 9IP	Nebraska	5.7
Strikeouts per 9IP	Nebraska	10.9
WHiP	Nebraska	0.80
OAVG	Nebraska	.178
OOBP	Nebraska	.241
OSLG	Nebraska	.236
OOPS	Nebraska	.477

Team All-Stars

Eric Beckmeyer

Marty McGraw

Steve Nebraska

Player Salaries
Steve Nebraska	$ 21,500,000
Chuck Delong	$ 9,720,000
Larry Hisle	$ 7,500,000
Rudi Stein	$ 7,220,000
Walter Wambold	$ 5,500,000
Hector Garcia	$ 4,200,000
Clue Heywood	$ 3,760,000
Bill Slover	$ 3,478,571
Mark Catron	$ 3,250,000
Marty McGraw	$ 3,050,000
Sam Tuttle	$ 2,964,286
Christopher Pump	$ 2,800,000
Pete Madewald	$ 2,750,000
William Wright	$ 2,400,000
Brandon Pearce	$ 2,078,571
Jay Lombardo	$ 1,600,000
Jacob Grothe	$ 828,571
Tony Quinn	$ 650,000
Rod Givens	$ 600,000
Roland Coughlan	$ 585,714
Geraldo Garcia	$ 500,000
Roger Wilson	$ 500,000
Eric Beckmeyer	$ 300,000
Jesus Martinez	$ 300,000
Carlos Herrera	$ 300,000
Matt Ryan	$ 300,000
Steven Cuvelier	$ 300,000
Willie Bodkin	$ 300,000
Pablo Lazaro	$ 300,000

Player Transactions
Date	Action	Losing	To	Getting
2/7	Signed			Roger Wilson
3/1	Signed			Ebby Calvin Laloosh
3/1	Signed			Scott Malitz
3/1	Signed			Bob Hine
4/11	Signed			Bernie Carbo
7/21	Traded	Juan Alvarez Oscar Canales Dale Mccall $500,000	Louisville	Carlos Herrera Pablo Lazaro
7/31	Traded	Tom Greaves Edward Osborne	Austin	Rod Givens
7/31	Traded	Glenn Bowerman Charlie Leonard	Salt Lake City	Bill Slover
7/31	Released	Bill Fournier
7/31	Released	Scott Malitz
7/31	Released	Eloy Brown
7/31	Released	Dino Houston