1981 Montreal Blazers
Record: 84-78
Finish: 2nd in FL Atlantic Division
Runs Scored: 719
Runs Allowed: 657
Exp W-L: 88-74
 
Ballpark: Thunderdome
Attendance: 4,047,387
Manager: James Patterson

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 52-86, 10th in the Frick League
AA: 78-60, 4th in the Frick League
A: 71-67, 6th in the Frick League
 
 
 
 
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
CF *Ricky Everett 34 155 619 93 186 39 12 14 68 37 18 41 115 .300 .347 .470 .817 96.8 16.5 5.6
3B  Leroy Jeffcoat 34 157 576 95 173 32 5 27 96 28 10 61 42 .300 .370 .514 .884 103.6 18.4 5.7
LF *Luther Overson 34 158 569 87 137 24 11 32 100 9 9 55 141 .241 .306 .490 .796 82.9 11.3 3.7
2B  Lenny Johnson 26 150 472 51 134 33 10 3 56 32 20 30 99 .284 .329 .415 .744 59.8 8.4 6.6
C  Harry Harris 33 137 429 52 104 25 3 12 66 5 9 37 85 .242 .298 .399 .697 49.2 4.4 5.8
1B *Hans Heywood 34 142 408 66 117 24 2 9 55 1 0 40 74 .287 .356 .422 .778 61.8 9.5 2.0
SS  Yogi Zimmer 36 98 352 44 84 28 7 3 46 1 1 49 101 .239 .339 .384 .723 45.7 6.3 5.8
RF *Hugh Hamilton 34 98 295 39 80 12 1 6 30 4 1 39 52 .271 .355 .380 .735 42.3 6.2 2.3
3B  Ramon Villegas 29 127 284 33 67 18 0 16 50 1 4 12 89 .236 .272 .468 .740 35.5 3.8 1.4
C *Tom Rasmussen 28 102 214 37 63 11 1 9 36 1 1 24 29 .294 .373 .481 .854 37.9 6.7 2.8
LF  Drew McGinley 28 81 192 18 46 9 1 4 19 2 3 15 36 .240 .295 .359 .654 18.5 1.3 1.0
LF  Jim Lentine 25 92 175 19 41 9 3 0 12 1 0 22 48 .234 .318 .320 .638 17.5 1.3 1.8
3B #Len Randle 31 84 167 20 43 6 0 0 15 3 3 17 19 .257 .324 .293 .618 15.1 0.7 1.9
LF *Davey Mellor 34 45 120 17 27 5 1 3 17 2 3 14 10 .225 .312 .358 .670 13.2 1.0 1.1
3B #Christopher Dittmer 26 39 106 16 26 7 1 1 8 1 2 15 22 .245 .336 .358 .695 12.6 1.4 1.1
2B  Hugh Thornsberry 34 74 105 15 25 1 2 0 11 6 1 7 16 .238 .298 .286 .584 9.6 0.7 1.7
P *Roy Hobbs, Jr. 36 36 78 3 7 3 1 0 3 0 0 5 39 .090 .145 .154 .298 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Kurt Stallwith 36 37 62 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 35 .048 .078 .048 .127 -3.2 0.0 0.0
P *Zachary Sumner 38 33 60 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 26 .033 .065 .067 .131 -2.9 0.0 0.0
P  Ed Ostrosser 28 31 62 4 11 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 27 .177 .203 .226 .429 2.1 0.0 0.0
P *Christian Spliemal 25 22 44 3 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 19 .068 .089 .136 .225 -1.4 0.0 0.0
SS *Mickey Dominguez 29 8 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .063 .000 .063 -1.4 0.0 0.3
1B  Roy Luken 27 6 9 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .111 .100 .222 .322 0.4 0.0 0.1
P  David Hudson 32 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .125 .000 .125 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Robert Quinton 27 56 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Eric Ezell 34 62 8 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .375 .375 .500 .875 1.2 0.1 0.0
P  Rudy Sparrow 27 70 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .167 .000 .167 -0.1 0.0 0.0
LF  Damon Shiznit 29 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P *Alvin Barela 31 72 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Frank Northern 30 75 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Cortez Arredondo 33 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Floyd Vega 35 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Donald Henderson 31 79 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.2 2346 5454 719 1384 292 63 139 695 136 87 493 1143 .254 .318 .407 .725 694.9 98.3 50.7
  Rank among 12 FL teams 10 8 7 6 1 4 8 12 10 7 10 7 9 5 6 8  
* - 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
*Roy Hobbs, Jr. 36 18 9 .667 36 36 0 245.7 192 75 22 65 239 2.75 22.4
 Kurt Stallwith 36 11 14 .440 37 37 0 228.7 197 69 12 50 174 2.72 18.7
*Zachary Sumner 38 13 10 .565 33 33 0 197.7 170 89 22 76 205 4.05 10.9
 Ed Ostrosser 28 13 11 .542 31 31 0 194.7 179 82 16 41 138 3.79 13.7
*Christian Spliemal 25 8 7 .533 22 22 0 127.0 122 70 17 47 99 4.96 3.5
 Eric Ezell 34 3 0 1.000 62 0 3 78.3 84 46 8 33 30 5.29 2.8
*Alvin Barela 31 3 5 .375 72 0 2 78.0 85 44 6 33 24 5.08 2.3
 Rudy Sparrow 27 4 6 .400 70 0 35 70.0 57 30 8 27 79 3.86 11.3
 Robert Quinton 27 1 6 .143 56 0 2 69.7 66 33 3 39 28 4.26 3.3
 Donald Henderson 31 3 5 .375 79 0 3 66.7 67 24 3 15 24 3.24 6.9
*Frank Northern 30 5 5 .500 75 0 1 64.0 70 32 7 9 31 4.50 4.4
 David Hudson 32 2 0 1.000 3 3 0 18.3 9 2 0 2 16 0.98 2.8
 Cortez Arredondo 33 0 0 .000 9 0 0 7.7 8 6 1 5 2 7.05 0.0
 Floyd Vega 35 0 0 .000 2 0 0 3.0 3 3 0 3 2 8.97 0.0
Team Totals 31.6 84 78 .519 587 162 46 1449.3 1309 605 125 445 1091 3.76 103.0
Rank among 12 FL teams 6 6 5 7 8 1 8 2 4 6 2  
* - 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
H.Harris 974.0 109 117 751 61 12 1 .985 28.8
T.Rasmussen 475.3 53 69 351 29 2 0 .995 33.3
Team Total 1449.3 162 186 1102 90 14 1 .988 30.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 10.01
H.Heywood 935.0 108 125 997 66 5 89 .995 10.23
R.Villegas 489.7 52 84 522 48 4 47 .993 10.48
H.Harris 14.0 1 5 17 4 0 1 1.000 13.50
R.Luken 10.7 1 4 11 0 0 0 1.000 9.29
Team Total 1449.3 162 218 1547 118 9 137 .995 10.34
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.08
L.Johnson 1171.3 145 146 245 412 9 90 .986 5.05
H.Thornsberry 147.3 7 51 34 64 1 16 .990 5.99
L.Randle 109.3 8 30 20 40 1 11 .984 4.94
C.Dittmer 9.8 1 1 2 2 0 0 1.000 3.67
M.Dominguez 9.0 1 2 2 5 0 2 1.000 7.00
Team Total 1446.8 162 230 303 523 11 119 .987 5.14
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 2.55
L.Jeffcoat 875.3 95 103 54 188 10 19 .960 2.49
L.Randle 243.0 31 37 18 58 0 5 1.000 2.81
C.Dittmer 203.3 25 28 10 47 1 2 .983 2.52
R.Villegas 70.0 5 18 1 20 0 1 1.000 2.70
R.Luken 9.0 1 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00
L.Johnson 3.3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .500 2.70
Team Total 1404.0 157 188 83 317 12 27 .971 2.56
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 4.39
Y.Zimmer 909.0 97 98 121 315 10 58 .978 4.32
L.Jeffcoat 438.0 49 54 53 159 7 22 .968 4.36
H.Thornsberry 77.0 9 9 15 25 1 7 .976 4.68
C.Dittmer 50.6 6 8 8 18 2 3 .929 4.62
L.Randle 26.0 3 3 1 8 1 1 .900 3.12
M.Dominguez 20.0 3 3 1 10 0 2 1.000 4.95
Team Total 1520.6 167 175 199 535 21 93 .972 4.34
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.99
H.Hamilton 504.7 55 64 110 3 3 1 .974 2.02
D.McGinley 319.0 39 44 62 0 1 0 .984 1.75
D.Mellor 174.8 20 24 40 2 0 0 1.000 2.16
J.Lentine 108.7 12 22 29 1 0 1 1.000 2.48
L.Randle 7.7 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.17
L.Overson 7.3 0 5 2 0 1 0 .667 2.46
R.Everett 6.0 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
H.Thornsberry 3.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Shiznit 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1132.5 126 169 249 6 5 2 .981 2.03
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.62
R.Everett 1289.3 144 151 356 5 10 2 .973 2.52
J.Lentine 139.0 16 18 47 2 0 0 1.000 3.17
D.Mellor 8.0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
D.Shiznit 7.0 1 1 3 0 2 0 .600 3.86
L.Randle 6.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1449.3 161 175 412 7 12 2 .972 2.60
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.05
L.Overson 1307.0 145 150 264 5 9 0 .968 1.85
H.Hamilton 193.7 21 25 40 1 1 0 .976 1.91
D.Mellor 103.3 12 14 26 0 1 0 .963 2.27
J.Lentine 95.0 12 16 27 1 0 0 1.000 2.65
D.McGinley 36.0 4 6 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.75
R.Villegas 2.3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
Team Total 1737.3 194 212 369 7 11 0 .972 1.95
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 1.82
R.Hobbs, Jr. 245.7 36 36 14 16 1 2 .968 1.10
K.Stallwith 228.7 37 37 15 40 2 3 .965 2.16
Z.Sumner 197.7 33 33 10 24 2 1 .944 1.55
E.Ostrosser 194.7 31 31 11 37 1 2 .980 2.22
C.Spliemal 127.0 22 22 3 21 2 2 .923 1.70
E.Ezell 78.3 0 62 9 7 0 0 1.000 1.84
A.Barela 78.0 0 72 7 11 0 0 1.000 2.08
R.Sparrow 70.0 0 70 5 4 1 1 .900 1.16
R.Quinton 69.7 0 56 10 13 0 3 1.000 2.97
D.Henderson 66.7 0 79 2 10 1 1 .923 1.62
F.Northern 64.0 0 75 4 10 1 2 .933 1.97
D.Hudson 18.3 3 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.49
C.Arredondo 7.7 0 9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
F.Vega 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.3 162 587 91 193 11 17 .963 1.76
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Everett .300
On-Base Pct Jeffcoat .370
Slugging Pct Jeffcoat .514
OPS Jeffcoat .884
XR Jeffcoat 103.6
Games Overson 158
At-Bats Everett 619
Runs Jeffcoat 95
Hits Everett 186
Total Bases Jeffcoat 296
Singles Everett 121
Doubles Everett 39
Triples Everett 12
Homeruns Overson 32
RBIs Overson 100
Stolen Bases Everett 37
Caught Stealing Johnson 20
Walks Jeffcoat 61
Strikeouts Overson 141
ERA Stallwith 2.72
Wins Hobbs, Jr. 18
Losses Stallwith 14
Winning Pct Hobbs, Jr. .667
Saves Sparrow 35
Games Pitched Henderson 79
Games Started Stallwith 37
Complete Games Ostrosser 4
Shutouts Ostrosser 4
Innings Pitched Hobbs, Jr. 245.7
Hits Allowed Stallwith 197
Homeruns Allowed Hobbs, Jr., Sumner 22
Strikeouts Hobbs, Jr. 239
Walks Allowed Sumner 76
Walks per 9IP Ostrosser 1.9
Hits per 9IP Hobbs, Jr. 7.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Sumner 9.3
WHiP Hobbs, Jr. 1.05
OAVG Hobbs, Jr. .212
OOBP Hobbs, Jr. .265
OSLG Hobbs, Jr. .335
OOPS Hobbs, Jr. .600
Team All-Stars
Ricky Everett
Roy Hobbs, Jr.
Leroy Jeffcoat
Player Salaries
Kurt Stallwith $ 12,000,000
Zachary Sumner $ 11,000,000
Roy Hobbs, Jr. $ 10,000,000
Leroy Jeffcoat $ 8,500,000
Luther Overson $ 8,250,050
Ricky Everett $ 7,500,000
Jim Lentine $ 6,250,000
Davey Mellor $ 5,500,000
Harry Harris $ 4,250,000
David Hudson $ 2,271,429
Len Randle $ 2,000,000
Rudy Sparrow $ 1,835,714
Frank Northern $ 1,542,857
Alvin Barela $ 1,070,000
Robert Quinton $ 622,857
Hugh Thornsberry $ 570,000
Damon Shiznit $ 445,000
Drew McGinley $ 371,429
Ramon Villegas $ 360,000
Floyd Vega $ 345,000
Eric Ezell $ 310,000
Cortez Arredondo $ 300,000
Lenny Johnson $ 300,000
Ed Ostrosser $ 300,000
Hans Heywood $ 300,000
Donald Henderson $ 300,000
Tom Rasmussen $ 300,000
Christian Spliemal $ 300,000
Mickey Dominguez $ 300,000
Christopher Dittmer $ 300,000
Roy Luken $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Signed     Len Randle
2/5 Signed     Jim Lentine
2/11 Signed     Luther Overson
3/1 Signed     Scott Tarbox
4/1 Released Dave Duncan    
7/31 Traded William Cardenas Phoenix Mickey Dominguez
7/31 Traded Yogi Zimmer
Hugh Hamilton
Ben Green
Las Vegas Davey Mellor
Christopher Dittmer
8/21 Signed     Floyd Vega