1981 Baltimore Orioles season

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1981  Baltimore Orioles
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Memorial Stadium
City Baltimore, Maryland
Record
  • 1st half: 31–23 (.574)
  • 2nd half: 28–23 (.549)
  • Overall: 59–46 (.562)
Divisional place
  • 1st half: 2nd (2 GB)
  • 2nd half: 4th (2 GB)
Owners Edward Bennett Williams
General managers Hank Peters
Managers Earl Weaver
Television WMAR-TV
Radio WFBR
(Chuck Thompson, Bill O'Donnell, Tom Marr)
←  1980 Seasons 1982  →

The 1981 Baltimore Orioles season was the franchise's 28th season based in Baltimore and 81st overall season as a member of the American League. Games were suspended for 50 days due to the 1981 Major League Baseball strike, causing a split season. The Orioles competed as members of the American League East, finishing second in the first half of the season and fourth in the second half of the season; their overall record was 59 wins and 46 losses. The Orioles hit five grand slams, the most in MLB in 1981. [1]

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Notable transactions

Season standings

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Milwaukee Brewers 62470.569—28–2134–26
Baltimore Orioles 59460.562133–2226–24
New York Yankees 59480.551232–1927–29
Detroit Tigers 60490.550232–2328–26
Boston Red Sox 59490.5462½30–2329–26
Cleveland Indians 52510.505725–2927–22
Toronto Blue Jays 37690.34923½17–3620–33
AL East
First Half Standings		WLPct.GB
New York Yankees 3422.607—
Baltimore Orioles 3123.5742
Milwaukee Brewers 3125.5543
Detroit Tigers 3126.5443+1⁄2
Boston Red Sox 3026.5364
Cleveland Indians 2624.5205
Toronto Blue Jays 1642.27619
AL East
Second Half Standings		WLPct.GB
Milwaukee Brewers 3122.585—
Boston Red Sox 2923.5581+1⁄2
Detroit Tigers 2923.5581+1⁄2
Baltimore Orioles 2823.5492
Cleveland Indians 2627.4915
New York Yankees 2526.4905
Toronto Blue Jays 2127.4387+1⁄2

Record vs. opponents

1981 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —2–26–63–64–26–75–32–46–07–67–54–22–15–2
Boston 2–2—2–45–47–66–13–36–72–53–37–59–33–64–0
California 6–64–2—6–77–53–30–64–33–32–22–86–42–46–6
Chicago 6–34–57–6—2–53–32–04–12–45–77–63–32–47–5
Cleveland 2–46–75–75–2—1–54–43–62–17–53–28–42–24–2
Detroit 7–61–63–33–35–1—3–25–89–33–71–25–19–36–4
Kansas City 3–53–36–00–24–42–3—4–59–42–103–36–73–45–3
Milwaukee 4–27–63–41–46–38–55–4—9–33–34–22–24–56–4
Minnesota 0–65–23–34–21–23–94–93–9—3–32–83–6–15–85–1
New York 6–73–32–27–55–77–310–23–33–3—4–32–35–42–3
Oakland 5–75–78–26–72–32–13–32–48–23–4—6–14–210–2
Seattle 2–43–94–63–34–81–57–62–26–3–13–21–6—5–83–3
Texas 1–26–34–24–22–23–94–35–48–54–52–48–5—6–2
Toronto 2–50–46–65–72–44–63–54–61–53–22–103–32–6—

Roster

1981 Baltimore Orioles roster
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Rick Dempsey 9225154.215615
1B Eddie Murray 99378111.2942278
2B Rich Dauer 9636997.263438
3B Doug DeCinces 10034691.2631355
SS Mark Belanger 6413923.165110
LF John Lowenstein 8318947.249620
CF Al Bumbry 101392107.273127
RF Ken Singleton 103363101.2781349
DH Terry Crowley 6813433.246425

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Gary Roenicke 8521959.269320
Lenn Sakata 6115034.227515
Dan Graham 5514225.176211
Jim Dwyer 6813430.224310
Benny Ayala 448624.279313
José Morales 388621.244214
Wayne Krenchicki 335612.21406
Cal Ripken Jr. 23395.12800
Bobby Bonner 10278.29602
Mark Corey 1080.00000
Willie Royster 440.00000
Dallas Williams 221.50000
John Shelby 720.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Dennis Martínez 25179.01453.3288
Scott McGregor 24160.01353.2682
Jim Palmer 22127.1783.7535
Mike Flanagan 20116.0964.1972
Steve Stone 1562.2474.6030

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Sammy Stewart 29112.1482.3257
Dave Ford 1540.0126.5312

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Tippy Martinez 3733112.9050
Tim Stoddard 314273.8632
Jeff Schneider 110014.8817
Steve Luebber 70007.5612
Mike Boddicker 20004.762

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Doc Edwards
AA Charlotte O's Southern League Mark Wiley
A Hagerstown Suns Carolina League Grady Little
A Miami Orioles Florida State League Minnie Mendoza
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Lance Nichols

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Hagerstown

Notes

  1. ↑ "Team Batting Event Finder: 1981, All Teams, Home Runs, With Runners on 123". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  2. ↑ Paul Hartzell page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Joe Kerrigan page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ "Cal Ripken Jr. Stats".
  5. ↑ Chris Bourjos page at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Jeff Schaefer page at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Cecil Fielder page at Baseball Reference

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