1981 Amarillo Gold Sox

1981 > Class AA > 1981 Texas League (West)
Overall: 77-59
Scored 667 runs, Allowed 595 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-61

Affiliation: San Diego Padres-NL
Manager: Eddie Watt
Represented: Amarillo, TX
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1980 / 1982

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	John Alvarez	25	29	125	106	24	33	5	2	6	24	1	0	17	12	.311	.403	.566	.969	60	0	1	1	0
2	Aaron Cain	25	109	408	347	62	102	14	3	1	39	19	4	52	55	.294	.389	.360	.749	125	3	4	2	1
3	Frank Castro	20	59	226	201	27	55	9	1	4	31	0	3	19	41	.274	.345	.388	.733	78	3	3	0	1
4	Mark Daly	26	32	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	Stats for 2 teams
5	Gerald DeSimone#	24	113	495	424	57	115	21	3	7	44	18	10	62	61	.271	.363	.384	.747	163	0	7	2	6
6	Daniel Gausepohl	24	96	390	320	44	86	13	4	8	33	13	2	60	62	.269	.385	.409	.795	131	2	6	2	1
7	Tony Gwynn*	21	23	99	91	22	42	8	2	4	19	5	1	5	7	.462	.490	.725	1.215	66	1	1	1	1
8	Jerry Johnson	23	86	346	281	42	71	23	1	1	29	7	3	50	38	.253	.368	.352	.720	99	3	9	3	1
9	Joe Lansford	20	133	560	464	67	110	20	2	25	86	1	1	85	142	.237	.352	.450	.802	209	1	3	7	3
10	Daniel Purpura	24	96	393	323	48	85	9	2	1	36	9	13	58	61	.263	.376	.313	.689	101	1	10	1	2
11	Jeff Pyburn	23	130	587	512	86	146	20	6	8	53	37	12	62	77	.285	.361	.395	.755	202	1	8	4	0
12	Douglas Slettvet	26	25	90	77	9	21	2	0	1	11	0	1	11	28	.273	.356	.338	.693	26	0	0	2	1
13	Jim Steels*	20	127	522	485	58	138	28	5	3	59	11	9	22	65	.285	.317	.381	.699	185	4	5	6	1
14	John Stevenson	21	111	416	365	48	93	11	3	1	43	13	10	44	61	.255	.338	.310	.648	113	3	2	2	2
15	Ron Tingley	22	116	446	379	72	109	9	10	13	60	8	1	52	98	.288	.376	.467	.843	177	4	7	4	0
	15 Players	22.5	136	5103	4375	667	1206	192	44	83	567	142	70	599	808	.276	.364	.397	.760	1735	26	66	37	20

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Byron Ballard	22	7	6	.538	4.39	20	20	0	6	0	0	123.0	131	73	60	16	33	1	67	4	0	4	1.333	9.6	1.2	2.4	4.9	2.03
2	Michael Barba	24	4	5	.444	3.07	30	1	16	0	0	5	44.0	42	32	15	3	26	1	23	0	0	5	1.545	8.6	0.6	5.3	4.7	0.88
3	Sydney Church*	25	3	4	.429	3.71	35	0	21	0	0	7	34.0	37	20	14	2	24	5	34	1	0	2	1.794	9.8	0.5	6.4	9.0	1.42
4	Mark Daly*	26	5	6	.455	3.35	32	2	17	1	1	3	78.0	82	40	29	6	43	6	58	0	0	8	1.603	9.5	0.7	5.0	6.7	1.35	Stats for 2 teams
5	Troy Dixon	22	9	12	.429	3.96	26	25	0	8	2	0	157.0	170	93	69	13	62	1	82	3	1	13	1.478	9.7	0.7	3.6	4.7	1.32
6	Dave Dravecky*	25	15	5	.750	2.67	30	19	6	11	4	2	172.0	157	69	51	11	45	3	141	2	0	4	1.174	8.2	0.6	2.4	7.4	3.13
7	Daniel Gausepohl	24	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
8	Tim Hamm	20	9	6	.600	2.27	17	15	2	11	1	1	123.0	126	51	31	10	17	0	78	0	4	2	1.163	9.2	0.7	1.2	5.7	4.59
9	Andy Hawkins	21	11	10	.524	4.18	27	27	0	14	2	0	200.0	209	100	93	15	48	1	144	1	0	4	1.285	9.4	0.7	2.2	6.5	3.00
10	Donald Johnson*	22	0	0		10.89	8	1	2	0	0	0	19.0	36	23	23	5	10	0	14	0	0	2	2.421	17.1	2.4	4.7	6.6	1.40
11	Joseph Majer	23	0	0		22.50	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	7	5	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	4.000	31.5	0.0	4.5	9.0	2.00
12	Randal Miller	27	2	1	.667	2.25	12	0	6	0	0	1	20.0	14	11	5	2	18	4	19	0	0	0	1.600	6.3	0.9	8.1	8.6	1.06
13	Mark Thurmond*	24	12	5	.706	3.26	27	27	0	10	2	0	193.0	202	86	70	10	56	1	128	1	1	4	1.337	9.4	0.5	2.6	6.0	2.29
14	Courtney Wyrick	25	1	2	.333	3.81	22	0	14	0	0	5	26.0	25	11	11	3	12	0	23	1	0	2	1.423	8.7	1.0	4.2	8.0	1.92
	14 Players	23.4	77	59	.566	3.63	136	136	75	61	12	22	1151.1	1196	595	464	94	376	20	779	13	8	49	1.365	9.3	0.7	2.9	6.1	2.07

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Ron Tingley	96	584	47	11	3	.983	6.57	22
Frank Castro	28	159	19	9	1	.952	6.36	7
Douglas Slettvet	14	72	6	2	0	.975	5.57	4

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Joe Lansford	133	1283	61	13	137	.990	10.11
Jim Steels	2	9	3	1	0	.923	6.00
Ron Tingley	2	22	0	0	4	1.000	11.00

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Gerald DeSimone	99	199	329	13	75	.976	5.33
Jerry Johnson	22	46	74	5	15	.960	5.45
Daniel Purpura	17	29	63	4	14	.958	5.41
Aaron Cain	2	1	6	1	0	.875	3.50

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Daniel Purpura	57	39	127	12	18	.933	2.91
Jerry Johnson	43	27	74	13	8	.886	2.35
John Alvarez	29	20	48	3	6	.958	2.34
Daniel Gausepohl	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
John Stevenson	111	152	360	53	74	.906	4.61
Daniel Purpura	22	33	53	12	11	.878	3.91
Aaron Cain	11	10	17	2	1	.931	2.45
Gerald DeSimone	9	20	29	3	6	.942	5.44

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jeff Pyburn	118	167	3	5	0	.971	1.44
Jim Steels	115	197	11	7	2	.967	1.81
Daniel Gausepohl	93	164	17	7	2	.963	1.95
Aaron Cain	65	101	7	2	3	.982	1.66
Tony Gwynn	21	41	1	0	0	1.000	2.00
Jerry Johnson	3	4	1	0	0	1.000	1.67
Ron Tingley	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Sydney Church	35	6	12	1	1	.947	0.51
Mark Daly	32	3	12	2	1	.882	0.47	Stats for 2 teams
Michael Barba	30	2	12	3	1	.824	0.47
Dave Dravecky	30	14	21	3	3	.921	1.17
Andy Hawkins	27	12	31	1	5	.977	1.59
Mark Thurmond	27	9	37	2	1	.958	1.70
Troy Dixon	26	10	26	1	3	.973	1.38
Courtney Wyrick	22	4	3	0	0	1.000	0.32
Byron Ballard	20	11	25	2	1	.947	1.80
Tim Hamm	17	2	26	4	2	.875	1.65
Randal Miller	12	0	7	1	0	.875	0.58
Donald Johnson	8	2	5	0	0	1.000	0.88
Joseph Majer	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.50
Daniel Gausepohl	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
John Alvarez	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	158	1956
Byron Ballard	22	S	R	6' 4.0"	205	Jul 27, 1958	White Plains, NY, US
Michael Barba	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	195	May 3, 1957	Summit, NJ, US
Aaron Cain	25	R	R	5' 8.0"	170	1956
Frank Castro	20	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	Jul 10, 1960	La Habana, La Habana, CU
Sydney Church	25	L	L	6' 0.0"	175	1956
Mark Daly	26	R	L	6' 1.0"	197	Sep 11, 1954	West Palm Beach, FL, US
Gerald DeSimone	24	S	R	6' 0.0"	175	1957
Troy Dixon	22	R	R	6' 3.0"	177	1959
Dave Dravecky	25	R	L	6' 1.0"	195	Feb 14, 1956	Youngstown, OH, US
Daniel Gausepohl	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	175	1957
Tony Gwynn	21	L	L	5' 11.0"	185	May 9, 1960	Los Angeles, CA, US
Tim Hamm	20	R	R	6' 4.0"	200	Aug 8, 1960	Santa Cruz, CA, US
Andy Hawkins	21	R	R	6' 4.0"	200	Jan 21, 1960	Waco, TX, US
Donald Johnson	22	L	L	5' 11.0"	175	1959
Jerry Johnson	23	R	R	5' 8.0"	180	1958
Joe Lansford	20	R	R	6' 5.0"	225	Jan 15, 1961	Santa Clara, CA, US
Joseph Majer	23		R	6' 0.0"	185	1958
Randal Miller	27	R	R	6' 1.0"	200	1954
Daniel Purpura	24	R	R	5' 10.0"	160	1957
Jeff Pyburn	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	205	Dec 16, 1957	Birmingham, AL, US
Douglas Slettvet	26	R	R	6' 2.0"	210	1955
Jim Steels	20	L	L	5' 10.0"	185	May 30, 1961	Jackson, MS, US
John Stevenson	21	R	R	5' 10.0"	155	Sep 4, 1959
Mark Thurmond	24	L	L	6' 0.0"	180	Sep 12, 1956	Houston, TX, US
Ron Tingley	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	160	May 27, 1959	Presque Isle, ME, US
Courtney Wyrick	25		R	5' 10.0"	180	1956

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