1981 Cleveland (N) Spiders
Record: 92-68
Finish: 3rd in NL Central Division
Runs Scored: 698
Runs Allowed: 574
Exp W-L: 94-66
 
Ballpark: League Park
Attendance: 2,057,872
Manager: Ricky Sanford II

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 84-53, 1st in the National League
AA: 79-58, 3rd in the National League
A: 83-54, 2nd in the National 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
3B  Ron Dunn 31 152 583 71 120 49 2 6 57 1 0 58 133 .206 .277 .328 .604 47.3 3.1 5.0
LF  Richie Zisk 32 154 575 81 181 26 3 24 112 1 1 55 88 .315 .371 .496 .867 98.5 24.7 3.6
CF *Rick Monday 35 151 561 65 117 9 3 15 63 0 0 68 106 .209 .293 .316 .609 53.9 5.0 4.4
1B *Claudell Washington 26 152 586 76 166 53 3 8 79 20 6 34 104 .283 .322 .425 .747 74.6 15.9 2.0
2B *Rance Mulliniks 25 154 520 65 153 33 1 5 62 0 0 63 67 .294 .369 .390 .760 71.8 16.4 8.4
CF #Jerry Hairston 29 125 401 40 92 19 0 2 49 1 1 60 43 .229 .328 .292 .619 39.3 4.7 5.3
2B *Joe Morgan 37 122 373 69 106 17 6 3 42 30 14 66 69 .284 .395 .386 .781 59.7 14.0 0.3
C *Mike Scioscia 22 115 374 49 94 15 2 7 41 0 2 42 16 .251 .327 .358 .685 43.8 7.3 7.5
2B  Pat Rockett 26 91 301 30 83 12 0 1 26 0 0 14 35 .276 .310 .326 .636 29.3 4.2 1.8
C  Bob Brenly 27 63 211 26 44 13 1 4 21 0 0 22 29 .209 .286 .336 .623 20.4 2.6 2.8
2B #Julio Cruz 26 94 194 38 55 5 1 3 15 36 18 19 10 .284 .350 .366 .716 25.2 4.5 1.6
LF *Al Oliver 34 94 188 14 48 8 0 0 15 1 0 9 17 .255 .289 .298 .587 13.2 0.9 1.3
DH  Craig Kusick 32 45 174 22 38 7 1 13 32 0 0 17 30 .218 .294 .494 .788 26.2 5.2 0.0
1B *Ken Phelps 26 68 119 16 27 3 0 6 25 0 1 24 24 .227 .349 .403 .753 17.8 2.8 0.1
LF *Ruppert Jones 26 26 87 12 23 7 1 2 16 0 1 15 9 .264 .365 .437 .802 13.9 3.1 1.0
SS #Johnny Ray 24 29 93 7 23 4 1 0 2 1 0 3 6 .247 .271 .312 .583 7.2 0.6 0.5
2B  Cal Ripken Jr. 20 26 92 12 21 1 0 4 14 0 0 4 8 .228 .260 .370 .630 9.0 1.0 0.6
C  John Wockenfuss 32 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.1
P  Shane Rawley 25 15 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.2 1689 5436 698 1391 281 25 103 671 94 45 573 795 .256 .326 .374 .700 650.9 116.2 46.4
  Rank among 12 NL teams 10 6 7 1 10 9 6 4 9 3 7 7 6 6 6 6  
* - 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
 Mike Garman 31 15 12 .556 35 35 0 234.0 223 73 8 57 127 2.81 18.8
 Rick Reuschel 32 15 9 .625 31 30 0 232.3 223 70 4 57 95 2.71 20.1
 Andy Rincon 22 16 8 .667 31 31 0 231.0 230 85 4 93 75 3.31 16.2
 Dave Wehrmeister 28 15 12 .556 34 34 0 227.3 218 103 14 89 157 4.08 11.5
*Steve Carlton 36 11 8 .579 56 13 3 182.0 171 71 12 48 106 3.51 11.6
 Rich Bordi 22 6 5 .545 37 13 1 129.3 130 51 7 28 64 3.55 7.9
 Dave Smith 26 6 5 .545 64 0 42 72.0 66 25 1 25 35 3.13 12.7
 Alejandro Pena 22 3 5 .375 62 4 3 61.0 57 19 4 24 31 2.80 6.0
*Juan Agosto 23 4 1 .800 40 0 2 57.0 51 12 1 22 19 1.89 7.2
*Shane Rawley 25 0 3 .000 14 0 1 17.0 17 11 3 6 6 5.82 0.0
 Mike Boddicker 23 1 0 1.000 4 0 1 4.0 1 0 0 0 4 0.00 1.4
Team Totals 26.4 92 68 .575 408 160 53 1447.0 1387 520 58 449 719 3.23 113.4
Rank among 12 NL teams 4 4 2 4 1 5 1 1 4 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 .990 33.3
M.Scioscia 971.7 109 111 528 51 1 2 .998 36.5
B.Brenly 462.0 51 54 234 13 3 1 .988 31.4
J.Wockenfuss 13.3 0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1447.0 160 175 772 64 4 3 .995 34.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.84
C.Washington 1303.3 148 148 1619 91 20 144 .988 11.81
J.Cruz 108.7 12 16 140 9 0 9 1.000 12.34
J.Morgan 13.7 0 8 13 1 0 1 1.000 9.22
A.Oliver 11.0 0 3 10 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
K.Phelps 10.3 0 5 13 0 0 2 1.000 11.33
Team Total 1447.0 160 180 1795 102 20 156 .990 11.80
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.93
P.Rockett 759.0 91 91 164 302 13 71 .973 5.53
C.Ripken Jr. 221.7 26 26 43 103 3 21 .980 5.93
J.Ray 219.0 27 28 41 96 6 17 .958 5.63
J.Cruz 170.7 14 40 39 63 1 11 .990 5.38
J.Morgan 62.7 1 25 19 27 4 3 .920 6.61
C.Washington 9.0 1 1 3 2 0 1 1.000 5.00
R.Mulliniks 3.0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
R.Dunn 2.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1447.0 160 214 310 597 27 124 .971 5.64
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.92
R.Dunn 1340.0 150 151 86 348 12 27 .973 2.91
J.Cruz 101.0 10 15 7 19 1 1 .963 2.32
R.Mulliniks 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Washington 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Hairston 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.0 160 169 93 368 13 28 .973 2.87
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 5.39
R.Mulliniks 1345.0 150 151 198 614 17 103 .979 5.43
J.Cruz 95.3 10 13 15 48 2 8 .969 5.95
A.Oliver 4.7 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
K.Phelps 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1447.0 160 166 216 663 19 112 .979 5.47
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.89
R.Zisk 1294.3 147 153 271 6 3 1 .989 1.93
A.Oliver 131.7 13 23 32 1 1 0 .971 2.26
J.Cruz 8.7 0 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.12
C.Washington 7.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
J.Wockenfuss 3.7 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.92
J.Hairston 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.0 160 189 309 7 4 1 .988 1.97
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 2.51
J.Hairston 1038.3 124 125 330 15 1 2 .997 2.99
R.Jones 225.7 26 26 58 5 0 2 1.000 2.51
A.Oliver 143.7 8 44 35 1 0 0 1.000 2.26
J.Morgan 18.0 2 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
K.Phelps 10.7 0 2 3 0 1 0 .750 2.53
C.Washington 5.7 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Rawley 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Rockett 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Cruz 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.0 160 205 432 21 2 4 .996 2.82
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.96
R.Monday 1344.0 148 149 313 9 5 3 .985 2.16
A.Oliver 103.0 12 12 22 1 0 1 1.000 2.01
Team Total 1447.0 160 161 335 10 5 4 .986 2.15
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.13
M.Garman 234.0 35 35 12 40 0 1 1.000 2.00
R.Reuschel 232.3 30 31 10 24 0 1 1.000 1.32
A.Rincon 231.0 31 31 12 42 1 5 .982 2.10
D.Wehrmeister 227.3 34 34 9 35 3 3 .936 1.74
S.Carlton 182.0 13 56 10 36 0 2 1.000 2.27
R.Bordi 129.3 13 37 7 20 1 2 .964 1.88
D.Smith 72.0 0 64 5 8 0 1 1.000 1.63
A.Pena 61.0 4 62 5 10 0 1 1.000 2.21
J.Agosto 57.0 0 40 2 11 0 1 1.000 2.05
S.Rawley 17.0 0 14 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.12
M.Boddicker 4.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.0 160 408 73 229 5 17 .984 1.88
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Zisk .315
On-Base Pct Zisk .371
Slugging Pct Zisk .496
OPS Zisk .867
XR Zisk 98.5
Games Zisk, Mulliniks 154
At-Bats Washington 586
Runs Zisk 81
Hits Zisk 181
Total Bases Zisk 285
Singles Zisk 128
Doubles Washington 53
Triples Morgan 6
Homeruns Zisk 24
RBIs Zisk 112
Stolen Bases Cruz 36
Caught Stealing Cruz 18
Walks Monday 68
Strikeouts Dunn 133
ERA Reuschel 2.71
Wins Rincon 16
Losses Garman, Wehrmeister 12
Winning Pct Rincon .667
Saves Smith 42
Games Pitched Smith 64
Games Started Garman 35
Complete Games Reuschel 7
Shutouts Reuschel 2
Innings Pitched Garman 234.0
Hits Allowed Rincon 230
Homeruns Allowed Wehrmeister 14
Strikeouts Wehrmeister 157
Walks Allowed Rincon 93
Walks per 9IP Garman 2.2
Hits per 9IP Carlton 8.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Wehrmeister 6.2
WHiP Garman 1.20
OAVG Carlton .246
OOBP Carlton .293
OSLG Reuschel .325
OOPS Reuschel .621
Team All-Stars
Juan Agosto
Rance Mulliniks
Dave Smith
Richie Zisk
Player Salaries
Rick Reuschel $ 17,777,780
Richie Zisk $ 14,150,000
Rick Monday $ 7,111,111
Mike Garman $ 6,500,000
Al Oliver $ 5,432,100
Steve Carlton $ 5,111,111
Ron Dunn $ 4,250,000
Claudell Washington $ 3,207,143
Joe Morgan $ 1,111,111
Mike Jorgensen $ 1,100,000
Jerry Hairston $ 550,000
Masanori Murakami $ 500,000
Craig Kusick $ 450,000
Pat Rockett $ 300,000
Mike Boddicker $ 300,000
Rich Bordi $ 300,000
Bob Brenly $ 300,000
John Wockenfuss $ 300,000
Julio Cruz $ 300,000
Dave Wehrmeister $ 300,000
Dave Smith $ 300,000
Rance Mulliniks $ 300,000
Ruppert Jones $ 300,000
Ken Phelps $ 300,000
Cal Ripken Jr. $ 300,000
Andy Rincon $ 300,000
Juan Agosto $ 300,000
Johnny Ray $ 300,000
Shane Rawley $ 300,000
Alejandro Pena $ 300,000
Mike Scioscia $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Signed     Mike Jorgensen
2/6 Signed     Steve Carlton
2/6 Signed     Joe Morgan
2/6 Signed     Ron Dunn
2/14 Traded Larry Bowa
Bob Didier
Mike Jones
Bill Russell
Colorado Frank Taveras
2/14 Traded Jim Lyttle
Glenn Adams
Manny Sanguillen
Mike Caldwell
Colorado Glenn Burke
$8,000,000
2/15 Signed     Al Oliver
2/17 Signed     Roy Foster
2/18 Signed     Tom Heintzelman
3/4 Traded Tom Brunansky
Roy Foster
Tom Heintzelman
Butch Metzger
Paul Blair
Los Angeles Mike Garman
4/3 Traded Ron Bryant New York (N) Jerry Hairston
Jerry Reed
4/3 Traded Richard Dotson
Tom Niedenfuer
Toby Harrah
Boston (A) Richie Zisk
$5,000,000
10/29 Released Jack Brohamer