1981 California Angels season

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1981  California Angels
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Anaheim Stadium
City Anaheim, California
Owners Gene Autry
General managers Buzzie Bavasi
Managers Jim Fregosi, Gene Mauch
Television KTLA
Radio KMPC
(Don Drysdale, Ron Fairly, Bob Starr)
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The 1981 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing with the fifth best overall record in the American League West with 51 wins and 59 losses. The season was suspended for 50 days due to the infamous 1981 players' strike and the league chose as its playoff teams the division winners from the first and second halves of the season.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 64450.587—35–2129–24
Texas Rangers 57480.543532–2425–24
Chicago White Sox 54520.5098½25–2429–28
Kansas City Royals 50530.4851119–2831–25
California Angels 51590.46413½26–2825–31
Seattle Mariners 44650.4042020–3724–28
Minnesota Twins 41680.3762324–3617–32
AL West
First Half Standings		WLPct.GB
Oakland Athletics 3723.617—
Texas Rangers 3322.6001+1⁄2
Chicago White Sox 3122.5852+1⁄2
California Angels 3129.5176
Kansas City Royals 2030.40012
Seattle Mariners 2136.36814+1⁄2
Minnesota Twins 1739.30418
AL West
Second Half Standings		WLPct.GB
Kansas City Royals 3023.566—
Oakland Athletics 2722.5511
Texas Rangers 2426.4804+1⁄2
Minnesota Twins 2429.4536
Seattle Mariners 2329.4426+1⁄2
Chicago White Sox 2330.4347
California Angels 2030.4008+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—

Notable transactions

Roster

1981 California Angels
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 Ed Ott 7525856.217222
1B Rod Carew 93364111.305221
2B Bobby Grich 100352107.3042261
SS Rick Burleson 109430126.293533
3B Butch Hobson 8526863.235436
LF Brian Downing 9331779.249941
CF Fred Lynn 7625656.219531
RF Dan Ford 97375104.2771548
DH Don Baylor 10337790.2391766

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Juan Beníquez 5816630.181313
Bobby Clark 348822.250419
Larry Harlow 438217.20704
Bert Campaneris 558221.256110
John Harris 367719.24739
Daryl Sconiers 155214.26917
Freddie Patek 274711.23405
Tom Brunansky 11335.15236
Joe Ferguson 12307.23315
Steve Lubratich 7213.14301
Brian Harper 4113.27301
Bob Davis 120.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Geoff Zahn 25161.110114.4152
Ken Forsch 20153.01172.8855
Mike Witt 22129.0893.2875
Steve Renko 22102.0843.4450
Dave Frost 1247.1185.5116
Doug Rau 310.1128.713
Bill Travers 49.2018.385

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jesse Jefferson 2677.0243.6227
Bruce Kison 1144.0113.4819
Ángel Moreno 831.1132.8712

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Don Aase 3944112.3438
Andy Hassler 424353.2144
Luis Sánchez 170222.9413
John D'Acquisto 600010.718
Mickey Mahler 60000.005
Alfredo Martínez 20003.004

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Salt Lake City Gulls Pacific Coast League Moose Stubing
AA Holyoke Millers Eastern League Jim Saul
A Redwood Pioneers California League Chris Cannizzaro
A-Short Season Salem Senators Northwest League Rick Ingalls
Rookie Idaho Falls Angels Pioneer League Joe Maddon

Notes

  1. ↑ Geoff Zahn at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Dan Whitmer at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ "Ron Romanick Stats".
  4. ↑ Joe Rudi at Baseball Reference
  5. 1 2 Dave Rader at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Dave Skaggs at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Dick Schofield at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Devon White at Baseball Reference

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