1981 Milwaukee Brewers season

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1981  Milwaukee Brewers
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Milwaukee County Stadium
City Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Record
  • 1st half: 31–25 (.554)
  • 2nd half: 31–22 (.585)
  • Overall: 62–47 (.569)
Divisional place
  • 1st half: 3rd (3 GB)
  • 2nd half: 1st
Owners Bud Selig
General managers Harry Dalton
Managers Buck Rodgers
Television WVTV
(Kent Derdivanis, Mike Hegan, Steve Shannon)
SelecTV
(Joe Castiglione, Tom Collins)
Radio WISN (AM)
(Lorn Brown, Bob Uecker)
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The 1981 Milwaukee Brewers season was the franchise's 13th overall season and 12th season based in Milwaukee. The Brewers finished first in American League East during the second half of the split season (caused by the 1981 Major League Baseball strike) and compiled an overall record of 62 wins and 47 losses. The team advanced to the postseason for the first time in franchise history due to their second-half first-place finish, but lost to the New York Yankees in the ALDS. Rollie Fingers became the first relief pitcher in the history of the American League to win the MVP Award. [1]

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

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—

Notable transactions

Roster

1981 Milwaukee Brewers 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 Ted Simmons 10038082.2161461
1B Cecil Cooper 106416133.3201260
2B Jim Gantner 10735294.267233
SS Robin Yount 96377103.2731049
3B Don Money 6018540.216214
LF Ben Oglivie 10740097.2431472
CF Gorman Thomas 10336394.2592165
RF Mark Brouhard 6018651.274220
DH Larry Hisle 278720.230411

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Paul Molitor 6425167.267219
Roy Howell 7624458.238633
Charlie Moore 4815647.30119
Thad Bosley 4210524.22903
Ed Romero 449118.198110
Sal Bando 326513.20029
Marshall Edwards 405814.24104
Ned Yost 18276.22233

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Pete Vuckovich 24149.21443.5584
Mike Caldwell 24144.11193.9341
Moose Haas 24137.11174.4664
Jim Slaton 24117.1574.3747
Randy Lerch 23110.2794.3153

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Rollie Fingers 4763281.0461
Jamie Easterly 443343.1931
Reggie Cleveland 352315.1518
Jerry Augustine 272224.2626
Rickey Keeton 171005.099
Dwight Bernard 60003.601
Bob McClure 40003.526
Chuck Porter 30004.151
Donnie Moore 30006.752
Frank DiPino 20000.003
Willie Mueller 10004.501

ALDS

New York wins series, 3-2.

GameScoreDate
1New York 5, Milwaukee 3October 7
2New York 3, Milwaukee 0October 8
3Milwaukee 5, New York 3October 9
4Milwaukee 2, New York 1October 10
5New York 7, Milwaukee 3October 11

Awards and honors

Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of five minor league affiliates in 1981. [10] The Butte Copper Kings won the Pioneer League championship. [11]

LevelTeamLeagueManager
Triple-A Vancouver Canadians Pacific Coast League Lee Sigman
Double-A El Paso Diablos Texas League Tony Muser
Class A Stockton Ports California League Duane Espy
Class A Burlington Bees Midwest League Terry Bevington
Rookie Butte Copper Kings Pioneer League Ken Richardson

Notes

  1. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 152, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN   978-0-451-22363-0
  2. ↑ Ted Simmons at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ Ernest Riles at Baseball-Reference
  4. 1 2 Paul Hartzell at Baseball-Reference
  5. ↑ Bob Galasso at Baseball-Reference
  6. ↑ John Poff at Baseball-Reference
  7. ↑ Bill Lyons at Baseball-Reference
  8. ↑ Dan Boitano at Baseball-Reference
  9. ↑ "Bryan Clutterbuck: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  10. ↑ "1981 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Pioneer League Champions". Pioneer League. Minor League Baseball. Archived from the original on September 26, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.

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