1981 Indianapolis Hoosiers
Record: 113-47
Finish: 1st in AL East Division
Runs Scored: 842
Runs Allowed: 560
Exp W-L: 109-51
 
Ballpark: Hoosierdome
Attendance: 2,368,540
Manager:

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 86-51, 1st in the American League
AA: 63-74, 9th in the American League
A: 54-83, 10th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost AL League Series 3-4 to Detroit Tigers
Won Divisional Series 4-1 over Baltimore Orioles
 
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
1B *Tony Solaita 34 156 587 98 160 24 2 22 79 0 0 93 126 .273 .374 .433 .806 93.9 19.2 0.0
3B *John Milner 31 156 591 120 166 30 2 37 119 1 0 85 53 .281 .370 .526 .896 104.8 23.2 3.9
2B  Paul Molitor 24 154 600 99 205 42 9 10 97 16 3 42 18 .342 .382 .492 .873 101.5 24.9 7.0
1B  Dave Stapleton 27 150 562 71 178 43 2 7 90 2 3 24 27 .317 .345 .438 .783 72.5 15.2 5.4
C  Duffy Dyer 35 148 524 69 109 21 0 10 54 1 2 55 57 .208 .287 .305 .592 42.7 1.4 7.2
LF *John Lowenstein 34 137 520 68 150 19 6 13 87 0 0 49 77 .288 .348 .423 .771 71.1 14.0 2.8
SS *Ken Oberkfell 25 136 485 88 152 29 1 2 44 9 3 64 20 .313 .394 .390 .784 71.4 16.1 5.2
CF  Leroy Stanton 35 144 448 56 116 22 0 12 59 2 2 29 82 .259 .302 .388 .690 52.8 7.3 5.4
DH #Joe Wallis 29 121 311 51 108 13 2 6 52 3 3 25 31 .347 .393 .460 .853 51.0 12.4 2.0
RF *Jim Spencer 33 90 290 37 100 16 5 13 55 0 3 17 21 .345 .379 .569 .948 53.8 13.3 2.0
2B  Rob Ellis 30 80 268 27 74 4 1 2 21 0 0 33 41 .276 .351 .321 .672 34.2 5.8 3.8
CF  Cito Gaston 37 80 215 30 54 4 1 4 23 2 2 16 41 .251 .305 .335 .640 22.2 2.9 2.4
C  Bo Diaz 28 37 119 7 27 7 1 1 14 0 2 1 9 .227 .233 .328 .561 6.0 0.0 1.5
C  Bruce Bochy 26 25 83 9 15 1 0 1 5 0 0 8 25 .181 .258 .229 .487 5.4 0.0 1.2
2B *Rudy Meoli 30 38 66 7 14 2 0 0 7 1 0 3 6 .212 .246 .242 .489 3.2 0.0 0.6
C  Carlton Fisk 33 17 16 3 6 3 2 0 8 0 0 0 4 .375 .375 .813 1.188 3.5 1.0 0.1
  Team Totals 30.7 1669 5685 840 1634 280 34 140 814 37 23 544 638 .287 .349 .423 .772 789.9 156.6 50.4
  Rank among 12 AL teams 1 1 1 5 7 4 1 11 3 4 2 1 1 1 1 1  
* - 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
 Bill Slayback 33 20 7 .741 36 36 0 294.3 227 72 6 75 206 2.20 30.7
*Jerry Reuss 32 22 8 .733 35 35 0 284.3 257 81 6 78 131 2.56 27.2
 Dennis Lamp 28 15 8 .652 32 32 0 226.0 234 92 8 57 72 3.66 14.4
 Lary Sorensen 25 15 4 .789 26 26 0 214.0 209 71 11 30 59 2.99 17.5
 Jim Beattie 26 8 5 .615 22 22 0 163.3 159 55 7 55 88 3.03 12.3
 Rick Mahler 27 12 7 .632 72 0 16 80.0 79 29 6 18 35 3.26 11.8
*Randy Niemann 25 6 4 .600 20 9 6 74.0 76 32 4 27 32 3.89 5.7
*Randy Jones 31 8 1 .889 68 0 18 64.3 60 25 6 22 30 3.50 10.0
 Craig Swan 30 6 3 .667 31 0 8 38.3 40 24 7 14 16 5.64 2.3
*Rusty Gerhardt 30 1 0 1.000 15 0 2 22.7 32 16 2 11 9 6.35 0.0
Team Totals 28.7 113 47 .706 357 160 50 1461.3 1373 497 63 387 678 3.06 132.0
Rank among 12 AL teams 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 9 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 .988 33.3
D.Dyer 1016.0 112 113 511 53 5 0 .991 31.8
B.Diaz 220.3 24 27 115 6 1 1 .992 18.8
B.Bochy 204.3 23 24 91 11 1 0 .990 33.3
C.Fisk 12.7 1 8 6 1 0 0 1.000 100.0
P.Molitor 8.0 0 1 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1461.3 160 173 730 71 7 1 .991 31.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.74
J.Lowenstein 966.7 108 113 1177 102 9 112 .993 11.91
J.Wallis 398.7 44 51 518 30 5 35 .991 12.37
R.Meoli 35.0 4 6 33 6 1 5 .975 10.03
D.Dyer 30.0 3 5 39 3 1 2 .977 12.60
J.Spencer 11.0 0 6 18 1 0 2 1.000 15.55
C.Gaston 10.0 1 2 14 0 0 0 1.000 12.60
T.Solaita 7.0 0 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
D.Stapleton 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1461.3 160 188 1808 142 16 156 .992 12.01
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 6.03
P.Molitor 1325.3 146 148 309 554 11 120 .987 5.86
R.Ellis 78.0 9 10 24 25 0 5 1.000 5.65
K.Oberkfell 28.0 3 4 4 6 0 2 1.000 3.21
R.Meoli 19.0 1 5 9 10 1 2 .950 9.00
J.Spencer 9.0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1.000 3.00
L.Stanton 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.3 160 169 348 596 12 130 .987 5.81
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.86
K.Oberkfell 948.7 103 115 67 270 17 19 .952 3.20
R.Ellis 357.3 41 42 29 117 2 9 .986 3.68
D.Dyer 94.3 10 13 5 26 1 3 .969 2.96
R.Meoli 47.0 6 7 2 10 0 1 1.000 2.30
C.Gaston 8.0 0 3 3 1 0 1 1.000 4.50
J.Milner 5.0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 5.40
P.Molitor 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1461.3 160 184 106 428 20 34 .964 3.29
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.38
D.Stapleton 1251.7 141 149 186 532 28 85 .962 5.16
R.Ellis 109.0 12 17 16 48 2 8 .970 5.28
K.Oberkfell 55.3 3 15 8 24 2 6 .941 5.21
R.Meoli 41.3 4 9 5 13 2 1 .900 3.92
B.Diaz 3.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00
P.Molitor 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1461.3 160 192 215 620 34 100 .961 5.14
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.97
J.Milner 921.7 102 102 192 5 2 2 .990 1.92
C.Gaston 364.0 43 45 99 2 0 1 1.000 2.50
B.Diaz 55.3 6 8 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.28
R.Ellis 40.0 4 9 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.70
J.Lowenstein 30.0 3 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Dyer 26.0 2 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.73
J.Wallis 23.0 0 10 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.96
J.Spencer 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.3 160 184 335 9 2 3 .994 2.12
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.52
L.Stanton 1212.7 143 144 337 11 1 2 .997 2.58
C.Gaston 125.7 12 26 45 0 2 0 .957 3.22
J.Wallis 52.3 2 22 12 4 0 2 1.000 2.75
J.Lowenstein 31.0 2 7 9 1 0 0 1.000 2.90
J.Spencer 26.7 1 9 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
P.Molitor 12.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
D.Stapleton 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.3 160 212 410 16 3 4 .993 2.62
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.02
J.Spencer 624.0 71 71 134 1 0 0 1.000 1.95
J.Milner 391.3 42 44 87 0 2 0 .978 2.00
J.Wallis 235.3 24 35 48 1 1 0 .980 1.87
J.Lowenstein 80.0 9 10 18 1 0 0 1.000 2.14
D.Dyer 53.3 6 8 13 0 1 0 .929 2.19
C.Gaston 38.0 4 7 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.61
R.Ellis 35.0 4 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.31
L.Stanton 3.3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
K.Oberkfell 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.3 160 183 321 3 4 0 .988 2.00
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.01
B.Slayback 294.3 36 36 22 41 1 3 .984 1.93
J.Reuss 284.3 35 35 24 53 2 5 .975 2.44
D.Lamp 226.0 32 32 18 34 4 1 .929 2.07
L.Sorensen 214.0 26 26 19 43 1 5 .984 2.61
J.Beattie 163.3 22 22 9 24 2 2 .943 1.82
R.Mahler 80.0 0 72 7 14 0 1 1.000 2.36
R.Niemann 74.0 9 20 3 10 0 1 1.000 1.58
R.Jones 64.3 0 68 2 12 1 0 .933 1.96
C.Swan 38.3 0 31 0 8 0 1 1.000 1.88
R.Gerhardt 22.7 0 15 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.59
Team Total 1461.3 160 357 105 242 11 19 .969 2.14
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Molitor .342
On-Base Pct Oberkfell .394
Slugging Pct Milner .526
OPS Milner .896
XR Milner 104.8
Games Solaita, Milner 156
At-Bats Molitor 600
Runs Milner 120
Hits Molitor 205
Total Bases Milner 311
Singles Molitor 144
Doubles Stapleton 43
Triples Molitor 9
Homeruns Milner 37
RBIs Milner 119
Stolen Bases Molitor 16
Caught Stealing Molitor, Oberkfell, Spencer, Stapleton, Wallis 3
Walks Solaita 93
Strikeouts Solaita 126
ERA Slayback 2.20
Wins Reuss 22
Losses Lamp, Reuss 8
Winning Pct Sorensen .789
Saves Jones 18
Games Pitched Mahler 72
Games Started Slayback 36
Complete Games Slayback 12
Shutouts Slayback 5
Innings Pitched Slayback 294.3
Hits Allowed Reuss 257
Homeruns Allowed Sorensen 11
Strikeouts Slayback 206
Walks Allowed Reuss 78
Walks per 9IP Sorensen 1.3
Hits per 9IP Slayback 6.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Slayback 6.3
WHiP Slayback 1.03
OAVG Slayback .211
OOBP Slayback .265
OSLG Slayback .282
OOPS Slayback .547
Team All-Stars
Randy Jones
Dennis Lamp
John Milner
Paul Molitor
Jerry Reuss
Bill Slayback
Jim Spencer
Player Salaries
Bill Slayback $ 9,840,000
John Milner $ 9,000,000
Jerry Reuss $ 7,200,000
Jim Spencer $ 5,500,000
John Lowenstein $ 5,000,001
Tony Solaita $ 4,000,000
Dennis Lamp $ 3,221,429
Lary Sorensen $ 2,442,857
Ken Oberkfell $ 2,307,143
Craig Swan $ 2,000,000
Al Gallagher $ 1,750,000
Carlton Fisk $ 1,699,000
Rob Ellis $ 1,542,857
Duffy Dyer $ 1,400,000
Leroy Stanton $ 999,000
Rusty Gerhardt $ 950,000
Randy Jones $ 750,000
Rusty Torres $ 670,000
Cito Gaston $ 400,000
Bruce Bochy $ 300,000
Bo Diaz $ 300,000
Jim Beattie $ 300,000
Rudy Meoli $ 300,000
Joe Wallis $ 300,000
Paul Molitor $ 300,000
Randy Niemann $ 300,000
Dave Stapleton $ 300,000
Rick Mahler $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/4 Traded Steve Comer
Ken Henderson
Los Angeles Rob Ellis
Dennis Lamp
Tony Solaita