1981 Philadelphia Phillies season

1981  Philadelphia Phillies
League	National League
Division	Eastern Division
Ballpark	Veterans Stadium
City	Philadelphia
Owners	Bill Giles
General managers	Paul Owens
Managers	Dallas Green
Television	WPHL-TV PRISM
Radio	KYW (Harry Kalas, Richie Ashburn, Andy Musser, Chris Wheeler, Tim McCarver)
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The Philadelphia Phillies' 1981 season was a season in American baseball.

Offseason

• November 25, 1980: Rick Schu was signed as an amateur free agent by the Phillies. ^[1]
• December 8, 1980: George Bell was drafted from the Phillies by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1980 rule 5 draft. ^[2]
• December 22, 1980: Del Unser was signed as a free agent by the Phillies. ^[3]
• March 1, 1981: Randy Lerch was traded by the Phillies to the Milwaukee Brewers for Dick Davis. ^[4]
• March 25, 1981: Bob Walk was traded by the Phillies to the Atlanta Braves for Gary Matthews. ^[5]

Regular season

• April 29, 1981: Phillies pitcher Steve Carlton struck out Tim Wallach of the Montreal Expos for the 3000th strikeout of his career. ^[6]
• August 10, 1981: First baseman Pete Rose records his 3,631st hit of his career, passing Stan Musial to become the all-time hit leader in the National League. ^[7]

Season standings

v t e NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	59	43	0.578	—	32–21	27–22
Montreal Expos	60	48	0.556	2	38–18	22–30
Philadelphia Phillies	59	48	0.551	2½	36–19	23–29
Pittsburgh Pirates	46	56	0.451	13	22–28	24–28
New York Mets	41	62	0.398	18½	24–27	17–35
Chicago Cubs	38	65	0.369	21½	27–30	11–35

NL East First Half Standings	W	L	Pct.	GB
Philadelphia Phillies	34	21	.618	—
St. Louis Cardinals	30	20	.600	1+1⁄2
Montreal Expos	30	25	.545	4
Pittsburgh Pirates	25	23	.521	5+1⁄2
New York Mets	17	34	.333	15
Chicago Cubs	15	37	.288	17+1⁄2

NL East Second Half Standings	W	L	Pct.	GB
Montreal Expos	30	23	.566	—
St. Louis Cardinals	29	23	.558	1⁄2
Philadelphia Phillies	25	27	.481	4+1⁄2
New York Mets	24	28	.462	5+1⁄2
Chicago Cubs	23	28	.451	6
Pittsburgh Pirates	21	33	.389	9+1⁄2

Record vs. opponents

1981 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	3–2–1	6–5	4–8	7–7	3–7	3–3	4–5	2–3	9–6	5–7	4–3
Chicago	2–3–1	—	1–5	1–6	6–4	4–7	5–8–1	2–10	4–10	3–3	5–5	5–4–1
Cincinnati	5–6	5–1	—	8–4	8–8	5–4	7–3	5–2	4–2	10–2	9–5	0–5
Houston	8–4	6–1	4–8	—	4–8	5–2	6–3	4–6	2–4	11–3	9–6	2–4
Los Angeles	7–7	4–6	8–8	8–4	—	5–2	5–1	3–3	5–1	6–5	7–5	5–5
Montreal	7–3	7–4	4–5	2–5	2–5	—	9–3	7–4	10–3	4–2	2–5	6–9
New York	3–3	8–5–1	3–7	3–6	1–5	3–9	—	7–7	3–6–1	2–5	2–4	6–5
Philadelphia	5-4	10–2	2–5	6–4	3–3	4–7	7–7	—	7–5	4–2	4–3	7–6
Pittsburgh	3–2	10–4	2–4	4–2	1–5	3–10	6–3–1	5–7	—	6–4	3–7	3–8
San Diego	6–9	3–3	2–10	3–11	5–6	2–4	5–2	2–4	4–6	—	6–7	3–7
San Francisco	7–5	5–5	5–9	6–9	5–7	5–2	4–2	3–4	7–3	7–6	—	2–3
St. Louis	3–4	4–5–1	5–0	4–2	5–5	9–6	5–6	6–7	8–3	7–3	3–2	—

Notable transactions

• June 8, 1981: Vince Coleman was drafted by the Phillies in the 20th round of the 1981 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign. ^[8]
• July 12, 1981: Mike LaValliere was signed by the Phillies as an amateur free agent. ^[9]

1981 Game Log

Legend
	Phillies win
	Phillies loss
	Postponement
Bold	Phillies team member

1981 Game Log [10] First Half: 34–21; Second Half: 25–27; Overall Record: 59–48
April (12–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 8 @ Reds 2–3 Tom Hume (1–0) Sparky Lyle (0–1) None 51,716 0–1 2 April 11 @ Cardinals 5–2 Dick Ruthven (1–0) Bob Forsch (0–1) None 38,473 1–1 3 April 12 @ Cardinals 3–7 Lary Sorensen (1–0) Larry Christenson (0–1) Bruce Sutter (1) 21,462 1–2 4 April 13 Pirates 5–1 Steve Carlton (1–0) John Candelaria (0–1) None 60,404 2–2 5 April 15 Pirates 4–3 (11) Tug McGraw (1–0) Enrique Romo (0–1) None 27,450 3–2 6 April 16 Pirates 5–3 Dick Ruthven (2–0) Don Robinson (0–1) Tug McGraw (1) 26,780 4–2 7 April 17 Cubs 6–2 Larry Christenson (1–1) Ken Kravec (0–1) None 21,948 5–2 8 April 18 Cubs 4–3 (10) Steve Carlton (2–0) Lee Smith (0–1) None 27,780 6–2 9 April 19 Cubs 7–3 Nino Espinosa (1–0) Rick Reuschel (0–2) None 30,204 7–2 10 April 20 @ Expos 8–9 Steve Rogers (1–0) Tug McGraw (1–1) Woodie Fryman (2) 24,817 7–3 11 April 21 @ Expos 3–10 Scott Sanderson (2–0) Dick Ruthven (2–1) None 10,887 7–4 12 April 22 @ Expos 3–4 (11) Elías Sosa (1–0) Tug McGraw (1–2) None 14,176 7–5 13 April 24 @ Cubs 6–4 Steve Carlton (3–0) Rick Reuschel (0–3) Ron Reed (1) 6,274 8–5 14 April 25 @ Cubs 7–5 Sparky Lyle (1–1) Dick Tidrow (1–2) None 10,990 9–5 15 April 26 @ Cubs 6–2 Marty Bystrom (1–0) Bill Caudill (0–1) None 10,093 10–5 16 April 27 Expos 3–1 Dick Ruthven (3–1) Bill Gullickson (1–1) None 27,347 11–5 17 April 28 Expos 3–6 Steve Ratzer (1–0) Larry Christenson (1–2) Elías Sosa (1) 26,192 11–6 18 April 29 Expos 6–2 Steve Carlton (4–0) Steve Rogers (2–1) None 30,142 12–6
May (15–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record – May 1 Giants Postponed (rain); [11] Makeup: May 2 as a traditional double-header 19 May 2 (1) Giants 2–6 Doyle Alexander (4–1) Nino Espinosa (1–1) Greg Minton (4) see 2nd game 12–7 20 May 2 (2) Giants 3–1 Marty Bystrom (2–0) Ed Whitson (0–3) None 27,376 13–7 21 May 3 Giants 7–5 Dick Ruthven (4–1) Gary Lavelle (0–2) Tug McGraw (2) 41,283 14–7 22 May 4 Giants 6–4 Steve Carlton (5–0) Allen Ripley (1–3) None 25,492 15–7 23 May 5 Dodgers 8–7 Sparky Lyle (2–1) Bobby Castillo (0–3) None 27,241 16–7 24 May 6 Dodgers 1–2 Burt Hooton (4–0) Nino Espinosa (1–2) None 25,850 16–8 25 May 7 Dodgers 1–2 Jerry Reuss (3–1) Marty Bystrom (2–1) None 29,259 16–9 26 May 8 Padres 11–7 Sparky Lyle (3–1) Gary Lucas (2–3) None 30,830 17–9 27 May 9 Padres 9–6 Steve Carlton (6–0) Tim Lollar (1–3) None 30,907 18–9 28 May 10 Padres 4–8 Steve Mura (1–4) Larry Christenson (1–3) Gary Lucas (5) 40,447 18–10 29 May 12 @ Giants 0–4 Doyle Alexander (5–2) Nino Espinosa (1–3) None 10,307 18–11 30 May 13 @ Giants 2–5 Allen Ripley (3–3) Marty Bystrom (2–2) Greg Minton (6) 6,946 18–12 31 May 14 @ Giants 3–1 Dick Ruthven (5–1) Vida Blue (3–3) Tug McGraw (3) 6,561 19–12 32 May 15 @ Padres 2–1 Steve Carlton (7–0) Steve Mura (1–5) None 15,939 20–12 33 May 16 @ Padres 1–2 John Littlefield (1–2) Tug McGraw (1–3) None 40,656 20–13 34 May 17 @ Padres 6–3 Nino Espinosa (2–3) Juan Eichelberger (3–2) None 18,330 21–13 35 May 18 @ Dodgers 4–0 Marty Bystrom (3–2) Fernando Valenzuela (8–1) None 52,439 22–13 36 May 19 @ Dodgers 3–2 Dick Ruthven (6–1) Bob Welch (2–2) None 43,812 23–13 37 May 20 @ Dodgers 2–3 (10) Steve Howe (4–1) Tug McGraw (1–4) None 50,917 23–14 38 May 22 @ Pirates 1–3 Pascual Pérez (1–0) Larry Christenson (1–4) None 20,695 23–15 39 May 23 @ Pirates 6–4 Mike Proly (1–0) Kent Tekulve (0–3) Ron Reed (2) 20,340 24–15 40 May 24 @ Pirates 1–7 Jim Bibby (3–2) Marty Bystrom (3–3) Víctor Cruz (1) 21,771 24–16 41 May 25 @ Mets 3–13 Greg A. Harris (1–0) Dick Ruthven (6–2) Jeff Reardon (2) 20,469 24–17 42 May 26 @ Mets 7–5 Ron Reed (1–0) Neil Allen (3–2) Tug McGraw (4) 13,973 25–17 43 May 27 @ Mets 1–3 Pat Zachry (5–5) Larry Christenson (1–5) None 10,930 25–18 44 May 29 Cardinals 4–11 Bob Forsch (5–2) Nino Espinosa (2–4) Mark Littell (1) 32,358 25–19 45 May 30 Cardinals 10–2 Dick Ruthven (7–2) Lary Sorensen (4–4) None 35,034 26–19 46 May 31 Cardinals 6–1 Steve Carlton (8–0) Silvio Martínez (1–4) None 54,103 27–19
June (7–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 47 June 1 Mets 5–4 Sparky Lyle (4–1) Neil Allen (3–3) Tug McGraw (5) 27,631 28–19 48 June 2 Mets 9–7 Mike Proly (2–0) Ed Lynch (1–3) Ron Reed (3) 25,375 29–19 49 June 3 Mets 2–6 Greg A. Harris (2–1) Dick Ruthven (7–3) Neil Allen (5) 27,588 29–20 50 June 5 @ Braves 1–4 Rick Mahler (3–1) Steve Carlton (8–1) Rick Camp (8) 17,059 29–21 51 June 6 @ Braves 3–0 Larry Christenson (2–5) Tommy Boggs (1–9) Mike Proly (1) 15,291 30–21 52 June 7 @ Braves 7–5 Sparky Lyle (5–1) Gaylord Perry (5–4) Ron Reed (4) 23,482 31–21 53 June 8 Astros 4–3 Dick Ruthven (8–3) Don Sutton (4–6) Tug McGraw (6) 31,664 32–21 54 June 9 Astros 10–3 Marty Bystrom (4–3) Joe Niekro (6–5) Ron Reed (5) 33,978 33–21 55 June 10 Astros 5–4 Steve Carlton (9–1) Frank LaCorte (3–2) Tug McGraw (7) 57,386 34–21 – June 12 Braves Game cancelled: players' strike – June 13 Braves Game cancelled: players' strike – June 14 Braves Game cancelled: players' strike – June 15 Reds Game cancelled: players' strike – June 16 Reds Game cancelled: players' strike – June 17 @ Astros Game cancelled: players' strike – June 18 @ Astros Game cancelled: players' strike – June 19 @ Reds Game cancelled: players' strike – June 20 @ Reds Game cancelled: players' strike – June 21 @ Reds Game cancelled: players' strike – June 23 @ Cubs Game cancelled: players' strike – June 24 @ Cubs Game cancelled: players' strike – June 25 @ Cubs Game cancelled: players' strike – June 26 Pirates Game cancelled: players' strike – June 27 Pirates Game cancelled: players' strike – June 28 Pirates Game cancelled: players' strike – June 29 @ Cardinals Game cancelled: players' strike – June 30 (1) @ Cardinals Game cancelled: players' strike – June 30 (2) @ Cardinals Game cancelled: players' strike
July (0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record – July 1 @ Cardinals Game cancelled: players' strike – July 2 @ Cardinals Game cancelled: players' strike – July 3 Expos Game cancelled: players' strike – July 4 Expos Game cancelled: players' strike – July 5 Expos Game cancelled: players' strike – July 7 @ Pirates Game cancelled: players' strike – July 8 @ Pirates Game cancelled: players' strike – July 9 @ Pirates Game cancelled: players' strike – July 10 Mets Game cancelled: players' strike – July 11 (1) Mets Game cancelled: players' strike – July 11 (2) Mets Game cancelled: players' strike – July 12 Mets Game cancelled: players' strike – July 14 1981 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland Cancelled (players' strike), then postponed to August 9 – July 16 Giants Game cancelled: players' strike – July 17 Giants Game cancelled: players' strike – July 18 Dodgers Game cancelled: players' strike – July 19 Dodgers Game cancelled: players' strike – July 20 Dodgers Game cancelled: players' strike – July 21 Padres Game cancelled: players' strike – July 22 Padres Game cancelled: players' strike – July 23 Padres Game cancelled: players' strike – July 24 @ Giants Game cancelled: players' strike – July 25 @ Giants Game cancelled: players' strike – July 26 @ Giants Game cancelled: players' strike – July 27 @ Padres Game cancelled: players' strike – July 28 @ Padres Game cancelled: players' strike – July 29 @ Padres Game cancelled: players' strike – July 31 @ Dodgers Game cancelled: players' strike
August (7–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record (Overall Record) – August 1 @ Dodgers Game cancelled: players' strike – August 2 @ Dodgers Game cancelled: players' strike – August 4 Cubs Game cancelled: players' strike – August 5 Cubs Game cancelled: players' strike – August 6 Cubs Game cancelled: players' strike – August 7 @ Expos Game cancelled: players' strike – August 8 @ Expos Game cancelled: players' strike – August 9 (1) @ Expos Game cancelled: players' strike – August 9 (2) @ Expos Game cancelled: players' strike – August 9 1981 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland 56 August 10 Cardinals 3–7 Bob Forsch (7–2) Larry Christenson (2–6) Bruce Sutter (12) 60,561 0–1 (34–22) 57 August 11 Cardinals 6–5 (10) Ron Reed (2–0) Jim Kaat (3–2) None 24,549 1–1 (35–22) 58 August 12 Cardinals 3–11 Bob Sykes (1–0) Dick Ruthven (8–4) Mark Littell (2) 23,566 1–2 (35–23) 59 August 13 Cardinals 2–5 John Martin (4–1) Steve Carlton (9–2) Bruce Sutter (13) 26,783 1–3 (35–24) 60 August 14 @ Mets 8–4 Larry Christenson (3–6) Mike Scott (3–5) Mike Proly (2) 34,136 2–3 (36–24) 61 August 15 @ Mets 1–3 Pete Falcone (2–3) Nino Espinosa (2–5) Neil Allen (8) 14,309 2–4 (36–25) 62 August 16 @ Mets 2–5 Pat Zachry (6–7) Dick Ruthven (8–5) Neil Allen (9) 21,635 2–5 (36–26) 63 August 18 @ Reds 1–3 Tom Seaver (8–2) Steve Carlton (9–3) Tom Hume (8) 25,363 2–6 (36–27) 64 August 19 @ Reds 3–6 Tom Hume (6–2) Sparky Lyle (5–2) None 23,133 2–7 (36–28) 65 August 21 Astros 5–4 Sparky Lyle (6–2) Vern Ruhle (1–3) Tug McGraw (8) 31,693 3–7 (37–28) 66 August 22 Astros 8–4 Dick Ruthven (9–5) Joe Niekro (7–7) None 35,199 4–7 (38–28) 67 August 23 Astros 6–0 Steve Carlton (10–3) Bob Knepper (6–3) None 30,630 5–7 (39–28) 68 August 24 Braves 7–5 (13) Tug McGraw (2–4) Al Hrabosky (0–1) None 23,383 6–7 (40–28) 69 August 25 Braves 2–12 Phil Niekro (6–4) Mark Davis (0–1) None 33,383 6–8 (40–29) 70 August 26 Braves 3–5 (10) Rick Camp (7–1) Ron Reed (2–1) None 28,283 6–9 (40–30) 71 August 28 @ Astros 2–3 (10) Dave Smith (2–3) Sparky Lyle (6–3) None 29,482 6–10 (40–31) 72 August 29 (1) @ Astros 1–6 Vern Ruhle (2–3) Mark Davis (0–2) None see 2nd game 6–11 (40–32) 73 August 29 (2) @ Astros 1–2 Billy Smith (1–0) Dickie Noles (0–1) Frank LaCorte (4) 33,327 6–12 (40–33) 74 August 30 @ Astros 4–5 (10) Dave Smith (3–3) Sparky Lyle (6–4) None 23,102 6–13 (40–34) 75 August 31 @ Braves 11–8 Dick Ruthven (10–5) Gaylord Perry (6–5) Ron Reed (6) 8,207 7–13 (41–34)
September (16–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record (Overall Record) 76 September 1 @ Braves 3–0 Steve Carlton (11–3) Rick Mahler (4–5) None 3,374 8–13 (42–34) 77 September 2 @ Braves 2–3 Gene Garber (4–3) Warren Brusstar (0–1) None 6,232 8–14 (42–35) 78 September 3 Reds 3–9 Bruce Berenyi (7–4) Mark Davis (0–3) None 26,540 8–15 (42–36) 79 September 4 Reds 7–6 Sparky Lyle (7–4) Doug Bair (2–2) Tug McGraw (9) 25,020 9–15 (43–36) 80 September 5 Reds 5–4 Ron Reed (3–1) Mario Soto (8–8) None 41,845 10–15 (44–36) 81 September 6 Reds 4–5 Tom Hume (7–3) Sparky Lyle (7–5) Joe Price (2) 30,366 10–16 (44–37) 82 September 7 Expos 4–5 Woodie Fryman (5–2) Mike Proly (2–1) Jeff Reardon (5) 31,401 10–17 (44–38) 83 September 8 Expos 10–5 Dan Larson (1–0) Scott Sanderson (7–6) None 11,812 11–17 (45–38) 84 September 9 Expos 11–8 Ron Reed (4–1) Woodie Fryman (5–3) Sparky Lyle (1) 25,468 12–17 (46–38) 85 September 11 @ Pirates 8–0 Steve Carlton (12–3) Rick Rhoden (8–3) None 12,799 13–17 (47–38) 86 September 12 @ Pirates 2–6 Eddie Solomon (7–4) Dickie Noles (0–2) Rod Scurry (5) 11,370 13–18 (47–39) 87 September 13 @ Pirates 2–3 Odell Jones (4–2) Ron Reed (4–2) Kent Tekulve () 16,493 13–19 (47–40) – September 15 @ Mets Postponed (rain); [12] Makeup: September 16 as a traditional double-header 88 September 16 (1) @ Mets 3–1 Dick Ruthven (11–5) Pat Zachry (7–12) None see 2nd game 14–19 (48–40) 89 September 16 (2) @ Mets 4–5 Mike Marshall (3–2) Steve Carlton (12–4) Neil Allen (17) 4,353 14–20 (48–41) 90 September 17 @ Mets 3–2 Dickie Noles (1–2) Mike Scott (4–9) Ron Reed (7) 5,501 15–20 (49–41) 91 September 18 Pirates 6–7 Rod Scurry (4–5) Ron Reed (4–3) Mark Lee (2) 24,537 15–21 (49–42) 92 September 19 Pirates 8–2 Dan Larson (2–0) Odell Jones (4–3) Larry Christenson (1) 30,446 16–21 (50–42) 93 September 20 Pirates 5–4 Sparky Lyle (8–5) Eddie Solomon (7–5) None 31,489 17–21 (51–42) 94 September 21 @ Expos 0–1 (17) Bryn Smith (1–0) Jerry Reed (0–1) None 24,161 17–22 (51–43) 95 September 22 @ Expos 2–6 Steve Rogers (11–7) Dick Ruthven (11–6) None 21,797 17–23 (51–44) 96 September 23 @ Cardinals 9–4 Dickie Noles (2–2) John Martin (6–5) Sparky Lyle (2) 16,845 18–23 (52–44) 97 September 24 @ Cardinals 14–6 Mark Davis (1–3) Lary Sorensen (7–7) None 11,758 19–23 (53–44) 98 September 25 @ Cubs 9–2 Dan Larson (3–0) Ken Kravec (1–6) None 4,482 20–23 (54–44) – September 26 @ Cubs Postponed (rain); [13] Makeup: September 27 as a traditional double-header 99 September 27 (1) @ Cubs 5–2 Steve Carlton (13–4) Doug Bird (9–6) None see 2nd game 21–23 (55–44) 100 September 27 (2) @ Cubs 0–14 Mike Krukow (9–9) Dick Ruthven (11–7) None 18,783 21–24 (55–45) 101 September 28 Mets 12–4 Larry Christenson (4–6) Ed Lynch (4–5) None 20,403 22–24 (56–45) 102 September 29 Mets 0–7 Pete Falcone (4–3) Mark Davis (1–4) None 20,110 22–25 (56–46) 103 September 30 Cardinals 8–5 Sparky Lyle (9–5) Luis DeLeón (0–1) Ron Reed (8) 21,382 23–25 (57–46)
October (2–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record (Overall Record) 104 October 1 Cardinals 2–3 (10) Doug Bair (4–2) Larry Christenson (4–7) None 20,482 23–26 (57–47) 105 October 2 Cubs 9–7 Ron Reed (5–3) Dick Tidrow (3–10) None 20,453 24–26 (58–47) 106 October 3 Cubs 4–8 Jay Howell (2–0) Sparky Lyle (9–6) Randy Martz (6) 35,169 24–27 (58–48) 107 October 4 Cubs 2–1 Dick Ruthven (12–7) Lee Smith (3–6) Tug McGraw (10) 21,912 25–27 (59–48)

Roster

1981 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers 40 Warren Brusstar 50 Marty Bystrom 32 Steve Carlton 38 Larry Christenson 43 Mark Davis 35 Nino Espinosa 49 Dan Larson 28 Sparky Lyle 45 Tug McGraw 48 Dickie Noles 30 Mike Proly 35 Jerry Reed 42 Ron Reed 44 Dick Ruthven		Catchers  8 Bob Boone 17 Don McCormack  6 Keith Moreland 11 Ozzie Virgil Infielders 16 Luis Aguayo 15 Ramón Avilés 10 Larry Bowa 24 Len Matuszek 14 Pete Rose 37 Ryne Sandberg 20 Mike Schmidt  9 Manny Trillo 25 Del Unser 18 John Vukovich		Outfielders 26 Dick Davis 22 Bob Dernier 23 Greg Gross 31 Garry Maddox 34 Gary Matthews 21 Bake McBride 27 Lonnie Smith 29 George Vukovich		Manager 46 Dallas Green Coaches 12 Rubén Amaro  2 Billy DeMars  3 Lee Elia  5 Mike Ryan  4 Herm Starrette  7 Bobby Wine

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Bob Boone	76	227	48	.211	4	24
1B	Pete Rose	107	431	140	.325	0	33
2B	Manny Trillo	94	349	100	.287	6	36
SS	Larry Bowa	103	360	102	.283	0	31
3B	Mike Schmidt	102	354	112	.316	31	91
LF	Gary Matthews	101	359	108	.301	9	67
CF	Garry Maddox	94	323	85	.263	5	40
RF	Bake McBride	58	221	60	.271	2	21

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Keith Moreland	61	196	50	.255	6	37
Lonnie Smith	62	176	57	.324	2	11
Greg Gross	83	102	23	.225	0	7
Dick Davis	45	96	32	.333	2	19
Luis Aguayo	45	84	18	.214	1	7
Del Unser	62	59	9	.153	0	6
Ramón Avilés	38	28	6	.214	0	3
George Vukovich	20	26	10	.385	1	4
Len Matuszek	13	11	3	.273	0	1
Ozzie Virgil Jr.	6	6	0	.000	0	0
Ryne Sandberg	13	6	1	.167	0	0
Bob Dernier	10	4	3	.750	0	0
Don McCormack	3	4	1	.250	0	0
John Vukovich	11	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Steve Carlton	24	190.0	13	4	2.42	179
Dick Ruthven	23	146.2	12	7	5.15	80
Larry Christenson	20	106.2	4	7	3.54	70
Nino Espinosa	14	73.2	2	5	6.11	22
Marty Bystrom	9	53.2	4	3	3.35	24
Mark Davis	9	43.0	1	4	7.74	29

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Dickie Noles	13	58.1	2	2	4.17	34
Dan Larson	5	28.0	3	0	4.18	15

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Tug McGraw	34	2	4	10	2.66	26
Sparky Lyle	48	9	6	2	4.44	29
Ron Reed	39	5	3	8	3.08	40
Mike Proly	35	2	1	2	3.86	19
Warren Brusstar	14	0	1	0	4.38	8
Jerry Reed	4	0	1	0	7.71	5

1981 National League Division Series

Main article: 1981 National League Division Series

Montreal Expos vs. Philadelphia Phillies

Montreal wins series, 3–2.

Game	Score	Date
1	Montreal 3, Philadelphia 1	October 7
2	Montreal 3, Philadelphia 1	October 8
3	Philadelphia 6, Montreal 2	October 9
4	Philadelphia 6, Montreal 5 (10 innings)	October 10
5	Montreal 3, Philadelphia 0	October 11

1981 Postseason Game Log

Legend
	Phillies win
	Phillies loss
	Postponement
Bold	Phillies team member

1981 Postseason Game Log [10] Overall Record: 2–3
National League Divisional Series (2–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 October 7 @ Expos 1–3 Steve Rogers (1–0) Steve Carlton (0–1) Jeff Reardon (1) 34,237 0–1 2 October 8 @ Expos 1–3 Bill Gullickson (1–0) Dick Ruthven (0–1) Jeff Reardon (2) 45,896 0–2 3 October 9 Expos 6–2 Larry Christenson (1–0) Ray Burris (0–1) None 36,835 1–2 4 October 10 Expos 6–5 (10) Tug McGraw (1–0) Jeff Reardon (0–1) None 38,818 2–2 5 October 11 Expos 0–3 Steve Rogers (2–0) Steve Carlton (0–2) None 47,384 2–3

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Oklahoma City 89ers	American Association	Jim Snyder
AA	Reading Phillies	Eastern League	Ron Clark
A	Peninsula Pilots	Carolina League	Bill Dancy
A	Spartanburg Traders	South Atlantic League	Tom Harmon
A-Short Season	Bend Phillies	Northwest League	P. J. Carey
Rookie	Helena Phillies	Pioneer League	Roly de Armas

Notes

1. Rick Schu at Baseball Reference
2. George Bell at Baseball Reference
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References

• 1981 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN   978-0-9637189-8-3.