1981 Buffalo Bisons (AA)

+ Eastern League

Parent Organization:	Pittsburgh Pirates
Nickname:	Bisons
W-L Record:	56-81 .409
Rank:	4^th in Eastern League Northern
Run Differential:	674-712 -38
Manager(s):	Johnny Lipon
Location:	Buffalo, New York
Ballpark:	War Memorial Stadium
Attendance:	83,464 3/8
Playoffs:	Did not qualify
Years Active:	1979-1984
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Coaching Staff

#1 Draft Picks

Jim Winn (#14), Frank Riccelli (#18)

Organization Affiliates

MLB:	Pittsburgh Pirates (MLB-NL)	46-56
AAA:	Portland Beavers (PCL)	72-65
AA:	Buffalo Bisons (East)	56-81
A+:	Alexandria Dukes (Caro)	62-75
A:	Greenwood Pirates (SAL)	79-65
Rk:	Gulf Coast Pirates (GCL)	32-28

Organizational Player Roster
Pittsburgh Pirates Affiliate History

Eastern League Northern Standings
Team	W	L	WPct	GBL
Glens Falls	83	52	.615	--
Holyoke	68	70	.493	16.5
Lynn	62	76	.449	22.5
Buffalo	56	81	.409	28.0

Full League Standings

Batting Statistics

Batting Statistics

#	Player	Pos	Hi Lvl	Age	Diff	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	secA	Babip	K/BB	AB/HR	TB	PA
25	Doug Frobel	OF-1B	MLB	22	-0.9	135	479	72	120	17	3	28	78	8	5	55	147	5	4	2	1		.251	.333	.474	807	.223	.344	.302	2.67	17.1	227	542
-	Tony Incaviglia	3B-OF	AA	25	2.1	130	437	70	119	28	1	18	64	6	8	80	117	1	3	4	4		.272	.383	.465	848	.192	.371	.330	1.46	24.3	203	526
-	Hedi Vargas	1B	MLB	22	-0.9	125	419	65	115	23	3	25	84	7	3	71	109	3	4	2	4		.274	.380	.523	903	.248	.427	.311	1.54	16.8	219	499
13	John MacAuley	SS-2B	AAA	26	3.1	116	371	58	76	13	5	5	31	9	5	60	59	0	6	7	1		.205	.315	.307	622	.102	.275	.231	0.98	74.2	114	439
-	Carlos Rios	SS	AAA	21	-1.9	106	351	43	100	13	1	5	38	17	12	23	23	3	0	5	4		.285	.331	.370	701	.085	.165	.291	1.00	70.2	130	386
-	Tony Merulla	C-OF	AA	21	-1.9	116	342	50	87	17	1	16	46	2	4	58	58	5	4	1	2		.254	.369	.450	819	.196	.360	.263	1.00	21.4	154	408
-	Bill Waag	2B	AA	23	0.1	96	332	46	85	13	1	6	29	5	2	40	50	1	0	9	2		.256	.336	.355	691	.099	.229	.284	1.25	55.3	118	384
-	John Holland	C	AAA	22	-0.9	98	324	51	81	19	0	19	53	1	3	27	66	6	3	3	3		.250	.317	.485	802	.235	.312	.256	2.44	17.1	157	363
1	Jose Rodriguez	OF	AAA	22	-0.9	67	235	36	65	11	8	13	34	12	8	27	68	1	0	0	1		.277	.352	.557	909	.281	.413	.335	2.52	18.1	131	264
-	Mike Quade	OF	AA	24	1.1	63	215	28	47	6	0	0	21	9	1	32	40	1	0	6	0		.219	.323	.247	570	.028	.214	.269	1.25	--	53	254
2	Bienvenido De La Rosa	OF	AA	23	0.1	68	214	24	51	13	3	0	9	15	5	28	41	0	1	2	1		.238	.325	.327	652	.089	.266	.293	1.46	--	70	245
-	Terry Salazar	OF	AA	23	0.1	66	200	29	53	9	2	5	22	4	3	17	23	1	2	0	2		.265	.323	.405	728	.140	.230	.276	1.35	40.0	81	220
-	Stan Cliburn	C-P	MLB	24	1.1	62	198	18	50	7	1	5	24	0	0	17	23	0	2	2	4		.253	.306	.374	680	.121	.207	.259	1.35	39.6	74	221
-	Bob Miscik	3B	AAA	23	0.1	45	143	13	28	4	1	3	17	3	2	26	28	0	0	4	1		.196	.318	.301	619	.105	.294	.221	1.08	47.7	43	174
16	Gary Hargis	2B	AAA	24	1.1	30	109	13	26	4	0	0	5	1	1	2	10	0	2	0	2		.239	.248	.275	523	.037	.055	.257	5.00	--	30	113
-	Jeromino Blanco	OF	AA	26	3.1	8	15	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.133	.133	.133	266	.000	.067	.133	--	--	2	15
27	Jose DeLeon	P	MLB	20	-2.9	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	0	.000	.000	.000	--	--	0	2
26	Stu Cliburn		AAA	24	1.1	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	0	.000	.000	-	--	--	0	1
17	Robert Rock	P	AA	23	0.1	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	0	.000	.000	.000	--	--	0	1
Batting Totals						1403	4388	616	1105	197	30	148	556	100	62	563	864	27	31	47	32		.252	.335	.412	747	.160	.297	.281	1.53	29.6	1806	5030

Pitching Statistics

Pitching Statistics

#	Player	Hi Lvl	Age	Diff	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	HB	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	K/BB
27	Jose DeLeon	MLB	20	-2.9	12	6	3.11	25	25	2	0	0	0	159.0	136	72	55	14	94	158	7		0	1.45	7.70	0.79	5.32	8.94	1.68
-	Rafael Vasquez	MLB	23	0.1	4	8	3.98	41	15	1	1	13	4	147.0	165	79	65	15	42	83	0		0	1.41	10.10	0.92	2.57	5.08	1.98
-	Angel Barez	AA	20	-2.9	4	8	6.08	23	23	2	1	0	0	114.0	108	82	77	17	92	91	7		0	1.75	8.53	1.34	7.26	7.18	0.99
-	Steve Farr	MLB	24	1.1	8	3	3.74	29	12	0	0	8	3	106.0	102	50	44	8	48	82	3		0	1.42	8.66	0.68	4.08	6.96	1.71
-	Jose Calderon	AAA	25	2.1	4	5	4.08	49	2	0	0	25	7	86.0	83	52	39	11	65	69	7		0	1.72	8.69	1.15	6.80	7.22	1.06
26	Stu Cliburn	AAA	24	1.1	5	8	4.34	28	9	2	0	13	3	85.0	77	45	41	10	35	53	2		0	1.32	8.15	1.06	3.71	5.61	1.51
-	Lee Tunnell	MLB	20	-2.9	5	5	4.44	12	12	0	0	0	0	71.0	76	38	35	6	37	45	2		0	1.59	9.63	0.76	4.69	5.70	1.22
-	Ben Wiltbank	AAA	25	2.1	4	4	5.51	13	13	1	0	0	0	67.0	75	44	41	8	52	44	6		0	1.90	10.07	1.07	6.99	5.91	0.85
-	Jim Winn	MLB	21	-1.9	2	5	4.57	12	12	0	0	0	0	65.0	60	40	33	4	23	44	9		0	1.28	8.31	0.55	3.18	6.09	1.91
-	Keith Thibodeaux	AA	22	-0.9	2	2	2.25	11	5	1	1	1	0	44.0	40	12	11	3	19	29	0		0	1.34	8.18	0.61	3.89	5.93	1.53
22	Doug Britt	AA	23	0.1	1	5	4.17	34	0	0	0	20	1	41.0	42	29	19	7	29	22	2		0	1.73	9.22	1.54	6.37	4.83	0.76
-	Johnny Taylor	AAA	22	-0.9	1	7	8.31	17	7	0	0	2	1	39.0	44	43	36	5	48	31	5		0	2.36	10.15	1.15	11.08	7.15	0.65
-	Crucito Carvajal	AA	24	1.1	0	3	3.79	24	0	0	0	14	1	38.0	37	24	16	1	20	17	1		0	1.50	8.76	0.24	4.74	4.03	0.85
17	Robert Rock	AA	23	0.1	1	6	8.50	18	2	0	0	8	1	36.0	37	44	34	5	29	15	6		0	1.83	9.25	1.25	7.25	3.75	0.52
-	Peter Hamner	AA	25	2.1	2	3	6.50	12	0	0	0	6	1	18.0	26	21	13	4	8	16	1		0	1.89	13.00	2.00	4.00	8.00	2.00
-	Cecilio Guante	MLB	21	-1.9	1	1	0.64	10	0	0	0	10	3	14.0	8	3	1	0	9	17	1		0	1.21	5.14	0.00	5.79	10.93	1.89
8	Dan Warthen	MLB	28	5.1	0	1	11.45	10	0	0	0	6	0	11.0	11	16	14	0	16	12	3		0	2.45	9.00	0.00	13.09	9.82	0.75
-	Jeff Zaske	MLB	20	-2.9	0	1	3.60	4	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	10	6	4	1	8	4	1		0	1.80	9.00	0.90	7.20	3.60	0.50
30	Frank Riccelli	MLB	28	5.1	0	0	9.00	2	0	0	0	1	0	3.0	2	3	3	0	8	2	3		0	3.33	6.00	0.00	24.00	6.00	0.25
13	John MacAuley	AAA	26	3.1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0.50	4.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	--
-	Tony Merulla	AA	21	-1.9	0	0	54.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	6	6	0	7	0	0		0	9.00	18.00	0.00	63.00	0.00	0.00
Batting Totals					56	81	4.57	376	137	9	3	128	25	1157	1142	709	587	119	689	834	66	0	0	1.58	8.88	0.93	5.36	6.49	1.21

Fielding Statistics
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
John Holland	C	82		452	66	12	12	.977	0.00
Stan Cliburn	C	41		316	23	6	3	.983	0.00
Tony Merulla	C	21		115	9	3	3	.976	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Hedi Vargas	1B	75		648	42	2	59	.997	0.00
Doug Frobel	1B	64		540	55	11	39	.982	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bill Waag	2B	93		171	263	10	51	.977	0.00
John MacAuley	2B	29		64	71	12	14	.918	0.00
Gary Hargis	2B	21		49	41	3	12	.968	0.00
Mike Quade	2B	4		7	3	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Tony Incaviglia	3B	71		61	117	19	13	.904	0.00
Bob Miscik	3B	45		29	85	17	9	.870	0.00
John MacAuley	3B	22		12	34	7	4	.868	0.00
Mike Quade	3B	1		1	3	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Carlos Rios	SS	94		164	236	31	47	.928	0.00
John MacAuley	SS	49		71	141	14	23	.938	0.00
Mike Quade	SS	1		5	0	1	0	.833	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Doug Frobel	OF	67		84	2	8	1	.915	0.00
Jose Rodriguez	OF	66		140	5	3	0	.980	0.00
Bienvenido De La Rosa	OF	64		91	4	5	0	.950	0.00
Tony Incaviglia	OF	60		70	4	6	0	.925	0.00
Mike Quade	OF	60		145	4	2	1	.987	0.00
Terry Salazar	OF	47		68	5	3	2	.961	0.00
Hedi Vargas	OF	33		40	2	3	1	.933	0.00
Tony Merulla	OF	13		13	1	1	0	.933	0.00
John MacAuley	OF	11		14	1	3	0	.833	0.00
Gary Hargis	OF	9		12	1	1	1	.929	0.00
Jeromino Blanco	OF	7		10	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Carlos Rios	OF	3		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jose Calderon	P	49		5	7	3	1	.800	0.00
Rafael Vasquez	P	41		13	22	4	1	.897	0.00
Doug Britt	P	34		1	6	1	0	.875	0.00
Steve Farr	P	29		5	19	1	1	.960	0.00
Stan Cliburn	P	28		9	23	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jose DeLeon	P	25		9	19	3	0	.903	0.00
Crucito Carvajal	P	24		1	2	3	1	.500	0.00
Angel Barez	P	23		4	16	5	2	.800	0.00
Robert Rock	P	18		7	5	0	1	1.000	0.00
Johnny Taylor	P	17		3	9	0	1	1.000	0.00
Ben Wiltbank	P	13		9	5	0	2	1.000	0.00
Peter Hamner	P	12		2	2	3	0	.571	0.00
Lee Tunnell	P	12		6	15	1	0	.955	0.00
Jim Winn	P	12		3	10	1	1	.929	0.00
Keith Thibodeaux	P	11		1	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Cecilio Guante	P	10		0	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Dan Warthen	P	10		2	3	2	0	.714	0.00
Jeff Zaske	P	4		0	2	0	0	1.000	0.00