1981 California Crusaders
Record: 99-63
Finish: 1st in JL Pacific Division
Runs Scored: 794
Runs Allowed: 659
Exp W-L: 95-67
 
Ballpark: South Pacific Field
Attendance: 3,713,211
Manager: Dennis Tank

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 71-67, 7th in the Johnson League
AA: 55-83, 11th in the Johnson League
A: 62-76, 9th in the Johnson League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Doubleday Series 2-3 to Washington Bobwhites
 
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
RF *Robert Roten 30 154 598 101 170 27 0 35 115 2 3 55 89 .284 .346 .505 .851 98.5 16.3 4.5
3B  Jon McNecirty 33 155 600 93 198 20 2 35 118 9 4 39 54 .330 .369 .545 .914 113.4 21.3 3.6
2B  Gary Whitehouse 28 147 556 95 183 26 1 11 62 13 3 60 21 .329 .398 .439 .837 92.3 17.0 5.6
C #Sang Lim 25 149 546 91 137 25 1 29 85 2 0 45 99 .251 .328 .460 .788 81.3 11.5 9.9
SS #Lewis Brundage 28 153 547 60 166 28 5 14 81 17 11 47 45 .303 .364 .450 .814 82.3 13.5 7.4
RF  Koert Balke 26 133 489 81 126 11 2 8 45 31 17 87 98 .258 .370 .337 .708 70.2 9.1 5.3
1B *Bo Jordan 36 146 449 61 122 13 1 17 66 2 1 30 128 .272 .334 .419 .753 64.2 8.9 2.0
CF *Nathaniel Xavier 27 116 356 51 102 24 4 2 37 15 8 34 48 .287 .353 .393 .746 46.9 6.3 4.9
2B  Tim Riener 37 112 275 28 91 11 0 4 39 0 0 24 56 .331 .384 .415 .799 41.3 7.2 3.5
RF *Joel Olivares 32 109 189 23 46 8 0 0 12 4 2 25 55 .243 .342 .286 .628 19.9 1.7 1.7
1B  Hank Jefferson 34 82 195 21 46 7 0 9 32 0 0 17 33 .236 .301 .410 .711 22.1 1.7 1.8
C *Sandy Alvarez 34 112 185 20 58 15 0 4 25 1 0 11 35 .314 .350 .459 .810 25.7 4.1 1.7
2B  Manuel Padilla 31 98 107 30 35 4 0 6 19 4 0 18 12 .327 .425 .533 .958 24.3 5.2 1.1
P  Johan Schmatzhagen 38 34 72 6 6 1 0 0 3 0 1 7 28 .083 .165 .097 .262 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P *Sidney Vanfleet 26 34 75 1 11 2 0 0 10 0 0 3 29 .147 .179 .173 .353 0.7 0.0 0.0
SS  Dan Chase 35 45 65 7 15 5 0 0 5 1 0 8 17 .231 .324 .308 .632 6.2 0.2 0.2
P  Kevin Bilford 26 33 57 5 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 19 .088 .119 .140 .259 -0.9 0.0 0.0
P  James Hunter 34 28 44 3 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 8 .068 .068 .068 .136 -2.0 0.0 0.0
P #Raymond Woodruff 26 13 27 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 .185 .267 .222 .489 1.8 0.0 0.0
P  Timothy Tsan 26 20 24 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 10 .083 .214 .125 .339 0.6 0.0 0.0
1B *Tyrone Getoblaster 25 15 18 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 .333 .455 .333 .788 2.9 0.5 0.1
1B *Jaime Bearden 30 14 15 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .267 .333 .267 .600 1.3 0.0 0.0
LF  Gene Howard 39 19 17 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 8 .176 .222 .176 .399 -0.6 0.0 0.2
P  Narciso Jarilla 36 17 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Damon Lombardi 35 73 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Ricky Earl 35 45 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Kareem Aquilar 30 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P #Jethro Wilbury 35 89 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Cleo Mendoza 29 97 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
1B  Kenneth Strand 31 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
LF  David Rutledge 31 8 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Jeffrey Geoghegan 36 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Pedro Freitas 31 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Chuck Robbins 37 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Neil Berkowitz 30 94 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.5 2391 5544 794 1542 232 16 174 760 105 55 525 923 .278 .346 .420 .766 789.4 124.6 53.5
  Rank among 12 JL teams 6 8 2 12 12 3 8 11 2 7 3 2 1 6 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
 Johan Schmatzhagen 38 17 7 .708 34 34 0 222.0 177 79 17 62 195 3.20 19.1
*Sidney Vanfleet 26 18 3 .857 34 34 0 207.3 174 63 11 65 156 2.73 21.8
 Kevin Bilford 26 11 7 .611 33 33 0 192.7 208 92 30 49 115 4.30 10.3
 James Hunter 34 6 13 .316 28 23 0 130.0 137 87 12 91 108 6.02 0.0
*Cleo Mendoza 29 10 3 .769 94 0 3 110.0 87 23 3 16 64 1.88 17.9
 Jethro Wilbury 35 9 4 .692 89 0 2 100.0 86 35 7 23 52 3.15 11.7
 Timothy Tsan 26 5 6 .455 20 17 0 89.3 90 58 14 52 66 5.84 0.9
*Raymond Woodruff 26 5 3 .625 13 12 0 85.7 84 33 11 15 48 3.47 7.2
 Neil Berkowitz 30 4 2 .667 94 0 1 82.0 58 34 5 42 65 3.73 8.4
 Damon Lombardi 35 7 9 .438 73 0 40 78.0 79 26 3 25 81 3.00 15.4
 Ricky Earl 35 1 1 .500 45 0 3 44.7 61 27 3 22 12 5.44 0.9
 Narciso Jarilla 36 2 5 .286 17 7 1 43.0 45 28 6 37 28 5.86 0.0
*Chuck Robbins 37 2 0 1.000 22 0 1 25.7 20 6 1 3 18 2.10 4.1
 Kareem Aquilar 30 1 0 1.000 4 2 0 13.0 18 7 0 9 7 4.85 0.4
 Jeffrey Geoghegan 36 1 0 1.000 13 0 0 12.0 17 12 1 17 6 9.00 0.0
 Pedro Freitas 31 0 0 .000 3 0 1 4.3 3 1 0 2 2 2.08 0.8
Team Totals 31.9 99 63 .611 616 162 52 1439.7 1344 611 124 530 1023 3.82 118.8
Rank among 12 JL teams 1 1 1 1 7 2 3 3 7 5 4  
* - 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 .988 31.5
S.Lim 1227.7 138 147 886 88 11 0 .989 41.7
S.Alvarez 212.0 24 26 153 12 2 0 .988 35.7
Team Total 1439.7 162 173 1039 100 13 0 .989 40.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 9.88
B.Jordan 1000.0 116 132 1027 69 11 96 .990 9.86
G.Whitehouse 352.0 45 45 368 25 1 30 .997 10.05
S.Alvarez 44.7 0 22 29 5 0 4 1.000 6.85
T.Getoblaster 16.1 3 3 15 2 0 2 1.000 9.50
J.Bearden 16.0 0 9 9 1 0 1 1.000 5.63
M.Padilla 15.0 1 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 5.40
H.Jefferson 7.0 0 5 6 0 0 1 1.000 7.71
D.Chase 3.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
G.Howard 2.0 0 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1455.8 165 223 1468 103 12 134 .992 9.71
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.08
G.Whitehouse 835.3 100 104 195 289 7 65 .986 5.21
T.Riener 561.7 59 85 120 206 3 39 .991 5.22
M.Padilla 40.7 3 12 10 13 0 4 1.000 5.09
D.Chase 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1439.7 162 202 326 508 10 108 .988 5.21
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.63
J.McNecirty 1317.7 149 152 79 278 17 28 .955 2.44
D.Chase 110.3 13 17 6 17 4 3 .852 1.88
S.Alvarez 9.7 0 6 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.73
G.Whitehouse 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1439.7 162 176 85 299 21 31 .948 2.40
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 4.33
L.Brundage 1276.3 152 153 191 421 16 72 .975 4.32
M.Padilla 112.7 10 23 18 39 0 10 1.000 4.55
T.Riener 39.7 0 16 3 12 1 3 .938 3.40
G.Whitehouse 6.0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 4.50
D.Chase 5.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1439.7 162 198 212 476 17 85 .976 4.30
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.03
R.Roten 1247.3 142 143 282 1 5 1 .983 2.04
H.Jefferson 144.3 17 18 33 0 0 0 1.000 2.06
T.Getoblaster 25.0 6 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Olivares 12.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
N.Xavier 7.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
D.Rutledge 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1438.7 165 175 324 1 5 1 .985 2.03
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.67
N.Xavier 872.0 98 110 270 5 0 1 1.000 2.84
H.Jefferson 329.7 40 45 85 1 4 0 .956 2.35
J.Olivares 218.0 24 36 67 1 0 0 1.000 2.81
G.Howard 10.0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
B.Jordan 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Whitehouse 3.0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
K.Balke 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Chase 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1439.7 162 202 423 7 5 1 .989 2.69
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.18
K.Balke 1125.0 128 130 300 14 2 5 .994 2.51
J.Olivares 168.0 20 23 36 0 2 0 .947 1.93
R.Roten 77.0 8 9 22 0 1 0 .957 2.57
N.Xavier 36.0 4 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
G.Howard 20.7 2 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.48
D.Rutledge 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Bearden 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
M.Padilla 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
K.Strand 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
G.Whitehouse 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
D.Chase 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1439.7 162 179 380 14 5 5 .987 2.46
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 1.85
J.Schmatzhagen 222.0 34 34 14 38 5 2 .912 2.11
S.Vanfleet 207.3 34 34 13 20 2 2 .943 1.43
K.Bilford 192.7 33 33 16 43 1 7 .983 2.76
J.Hunter 130.0 23 28 3 21 1 5 .960 1.66
C.Mendoza 110.0 0 94 6 17 3 1 .885 1.88
J.Wilbury 100.0 0 89 4 12 1 2 .941 1.44
T.Tsan 89.3 17 20 2 21 4 1 .852 2.32
R.Woodruff 85.7 12 13 6 10 0 0 1.000 1.68
N.Berkowitz 82.0 0 94 1 13 0 1 1.000 1.54
D.Lombardi 78.0 0 73 8 12 0 1 1.000 2.31
R.Earl 44.7 0 45 1 10 0 0 1.000 2.22
N.Jarilla 43.0 7 17 2 8 2 0 .833 2.09
C.Robbins 25.7 0 22 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.05
K.Aquilar 13.0 2 4 1 0 1 0 .500 0.69
J.Geoghegan 12.0 0 13 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.75
P.Freitas 4.3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1439.7 162 616 78 232 20 22 .939 1.94
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average McNecirty .330
On-Base Pct Whitehouse .398
Slugging Pct McNecirty .545
OPS McNecirty .914
XR McNecirty 113.4
Games McNecirty 155
At-Bats McNecirty 600
Runs Roten 101
Hits McNecirty 198
Total Bases McNecirty 327
Singles Whitehouse 145
Doubles Brundage 28
Triples Brundage 5
Homeruns McNecirty, Roten 35
RBIs McNecirty 118
Stolen Bases Balke 31
Caught Stealing Balke 17
Walks Balke 87
Strikeouts Jordan 128
ERA Vanfleet 2.73
Wins Vanfleet 18
Losses Hunter 13
Winning Pct Vanfleet .857
Saves Lombardi 40
Games Pitched Mendoza, Berkowitz 94
Games Started Schmatzhagen, Vanfleet 34
Complete Games Woodruff 2
Shutouts Schmatzhagen 1
Innings Pitched Schmatzhagen 222.0
Hits Allowed Bilford 208
Homeruns Allowed Bilford 30
Strikeouts Schmatzhagen 195
Walks Allowed Hunter 91
Walks per 9IP Bilford 2.3
Hits per 9IP Schmatzhagen 7.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Schmatzhagen 7.9
WHiP Schmatzhagen 1.08
OAVG Schmatzhagen .215
OOBP Schmatzhagen .275
OSLG Vanfleet .323
OOPS Vanfleet .613
Team All-Stars
Lewis Brundage
Damon Lombardi
Jon McNecirty
Cleo Mendoza
Robert Roten
Player Salaries
Johan Schmatzhagen $ 12,500,000
Robert Roten $ 9,500,000
Jon McNecirty $ 7,500,000
Damon Lombardi $ 7,000,000
Chuck Robbins $ 5,111,111
Jethro Wilbury $ 5,000,000
Sandy Alvarez $ 3,250,000
Neil Berkowitz $ 2,560,000
Lewis Brundage $ 2,435,714
Bo Jordan $ 2,250,000
Tim Riener $ 2,000,000
Hank Jefferson $ 1,750,000
Cleo Mendoza $ 1,342,857
Manuel Padilla $ 507,143
Dan Chase $ 500,000
Kareem Aquilar $ 300,000
Koert Balke $ 300,000
Jaime Bearden $ 300,000
Timothy Tsan $ 300,000
Kevin Bilford $ 300,000
Kenneth Strand $ 300,000
Sang Lim $ 300,000
Tyrone Getoblaster $ 300,000
David Rutledge $ 300,000
Gary Whitehouse $ 300,000
Sidney Vanfleet $ 300,000
Raymond Woodruff $ 300,000
Nathaniel Xavier $ 300,000
Joel Olivares $ 300,000
Pedro Freitas $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/7 Signed     Gene Howard
2/7 Signed     Dan Chase
2/21 Signed     Hank Jefferson
2/25 Signed     Tim Riener
2/25 Signed     Jeffrey Geoghegan
5/11 Released Gene Howard    
5/11 Released Jeffrey Geoghegan    
7/21 Released Narciso Jarilla    
7/31 Traded Don Lombardo
Paul Reuschel
Las Vegas Chuck Robbins
Tyrone Getoblaster
7/31 Released Ricky Earl    
10/9 Released James Hunter