1981 Cleveland Indians season

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1981  Cleveland Indians
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Cleveland Municipal Stadium
City Cleveland, Ohio
Record
  • 1st half: 26–24 (.520)
  • 2nd half: 26–27 (.491)
  • Overall: 52–51 (.505)
Divisional place
  • 1st half: 6th (5 GB)
  • 2nd half: 5nd (tied; 5 GB)
Owners Steve O'Neill
General managers Phil Seghi
Managers Dave Garcia
Television WUAB
Radio WWWE
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The 1981 Cleveland Indians season was the franchise's 81st 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 Indians finished the first half of the season in sixth place in the American League East, and the second half of the season tied for fifth place. Managed by Dave Garcia, the Indians played their home games at Cleveland Stadium and had an overall record of 52 wins and 51 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Milwaukee Brewers 6247.569—28‍–‍2134‍–‍26
Baltimore Orioles 5946.562133‍–‍2226‍–‍24
New York Yankees 5948.551232‍–‍1927‍–‍29
Detroit Tigers 6049.550232‍–‍2328‍–‍26
Boston Red Sox 5949.5462½30‍–‍2329‍–‍26
Cleveland Indians 5251.505725‍–‍2927‍–‍22
Toronto Blue Jays 3769.34923½17‍–‍3620‍–‍33
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—

Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Starters
#NamePosition
27 Miguel Diloné DH
20 Rick Manning CF
21 Mike Hargrove 1B
34 Joe Charboneau LF
11 Toby Harrah 3B
6 Jorge Orta RF
16 Bo Díaz C
7 Alan Bannister 2B
15 Tom Veryzer SS
28 Bert Blyleven P

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Roster

1981 Cleveland Indians roster
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIAVGSB
Chris Bando 21473103006.2130
Alan Bannister 682323661111117.26316
Joe Charboneau 48138142971418.2101
Bo Díaz 631822557190738.3132
Miguel Dilone 72269337855019.29029
Jerry Dybzinski 485710170006.2987
Mike Fischlin 22433101005.2333
Mike Hargrove 9432243102210249.3175
Toby Harrah 10336164105124544.29112
Ron Hassey 6119084440125.2320
Von Hayes 43109212882117.2578
Pat Kelly 487581640116.2132
Duane Kuiper 72206155360014.2571
Larry Littleton 2623200001.0000
Rick Manning 1033604788153433.24425
Jorge Orta 883385092143534.2724
Karl Pagel 1415340214.2670
Ron Pruitt 59000000.0000
Dave Rosello 438411204017.2380
Andre Thornton 692262254120630.2393
Tom Veryzer 75221135440014.2441
Team Totals10335074319221502139397.263119

Pitching

= Indicates league leader

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBK
Len Barker 873.9122220154.1150726746127
Bert Blyleven 1172.8820200159.1145525140107
Tom Brennan 223.1776048.14920171415
John Denny 1063.1519190145.213962516694
Wayne Garland 375.791210056.08940361415
Ed Glynn 001.174007.251144
Bob Lacey 007.59140021.1362018311
Dennis Lewallyn 005.4070013.11688211
Sid Monge 354.34310458.05831282141
Dan Spillner 443.14325797.18641343959
Mike Stanton 334.36240243.14321211834
Rick Waits 8104.9222210126.117374694451
Team Totals52513.8810310313931.0989442401311569

Awards and honors


All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Charleston Charlies International League Cal Emery and Frank Lucchesi
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern League Woody Smith
A Waterloo Indians Midwest League Gomer Hodge
A-Short Season Batavia Trojans New York–Penn League Dave Oliver

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Notes

  1. ↑ Dan Spillner at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Bert Blyleven at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Chronological list of no-hitters at Retrosheet
  4. ↑ 1981 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
  5. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

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