1981 San Diego Padres | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | San Diego Stadium | |
City | San Diego, California | |
Record | 41–69 (.373) | |
Divisional place | 6th | |
Owners | Ray Kroc | |
General managers | Jack McKeon | |
Managers | Frank Howard | |
Television | KFMB-TV | |
Radio | KFMB (AM) (Ed Doucette, Dave Campbell, Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler, Ted Leitner) | |
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The 1981 San Diego Padres season was the 13th season in franchise history.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cincinnati Reds | 66 | 42 | .611 | — | 32–22 | 34–20 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 63 | 47 | .573 | 4 | 33–23 | 30–24 |
Houston Astros | 61 | 49 | .555 | 6 | 31–20 | 30–29 |
San Francisco Giants | 56 | 55 | .505 | 11½ | 29–24 | 27–31 |
Atlanta Braves | 50 | 56 | .472 | 15 | 22–27 | 28–29 |
San Diego Padres | 41 | 69 | .373 | 26 | 20–35 | 21–34 |
NL West First Half Standings | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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Los Angeles Dodgers | 36 | 21 | .632 | — |
Cincinnati Reds | 35 | 21 | .625 | 1⁄2 |
Houston Astros | 28 | 29 | .491 | 8 |
Atlanta Braves | 25 | 29 | .463 | 9+1⁄2 |
San Francisco Giants | 27 | 32 | .458 | 10 |
San Diego Padres | 23 | 33 | .411 | 12+1⁄2 |
NL West Second Half Standings | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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Houston Astros | 33 | 20 | .623 | — |
Cincinnati Reds | 31 | 21 | .596 | 1+1⁄2 |
San Francisco Giants | 29 | 23 | .558 | 3+1⁄2 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 27 | 26 | .509 | 6 |
Atlanta Braves | 25 | 27 | .481 | 7+1⁄2 |
San Diego Padres | 18 | 36 | .333 | 15+1⁄2 |
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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 | — |
1981 San Diego Padres | |||||||||
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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 |
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C | Terry Kennedy | 101 | 382 | 115 | .301 | 2 | 41 |
1B | Broderick Perkins | 92 | 254 | 71 | .280 | 2 | 40 |
2B | Juan Bonilla | 99 | 369 | 107 | .290 | 1 | 25 |
SS | Ozzie Smith | 110 | 450 | 100 | .222 | 0 | 21 |
3B | Luis Salazar | 109 | 400 | 121 | .303 | 3 | 38 |
LF | Gene Richards | 104 | 393 | 113 | .288 | 3 | 42 |
CF | Ruppert Jones | 105 | 397 | 99 | .249 | 4 | 39 |
RF | Joe Lefebvre | 86 | 246 | 63 | .256 | 8 | 31 |
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 |
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Randy Bass | 69 | 176 | 37 | .210 | 4 | 20 |
Dave Edwards | 58 | 112 | 24 | .214 | 2 | 13 |
Barry Evans | 54 | 93 | 30 | .323 | 0 | 7 |
Tim Flannery | 37 | 67 | 17 | .254 | 0 | 6 |
José Moreno | 34 | 48 | 11 | .229 | 0 | 6 |
Jerry Turner | 33 | 31 | 7 | .226 | 2 | 6 |
Mike Phillips | 14 | 29 | 6 | .207 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Swisher | 16 | 28 | 4 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Doug Gwosdz | 16 | 24 | 4 | .167 | 0 | 3 |
Alan Wiggins | 15 | 14 | 5 | .357 | 0 | 0 |
Mario Ramírez | 13 | 13 | 1 | .077 | 0 | 1 |
Craig Stimac | 9 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Juan Eichelberger | 25 | 141.1 | 8 | 8 | 3.50 | 81 |
Steve Mura | 23 | 138.2 | 5 | 14 | 4.28 | 70 |
Chris Welsh | 22 | 123.2 | 6 | 7 | 3.78 | 51 |
Rick Wise | 18 | 98.0 | 4 | 8 | 3.77 | 27 |
Fred Kuhaulua | 5 | 29.1 | 1 | 0 | 2.45 | 16 |
Steve Fireovid | 5 | 26.1 | 0 | 1 | 2.73 | 11 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Tim Lollar | 24 | 76.2 | 2 | 8 | 6.10 | 38 |
John Curtis | 28 | 66.2 | 2 | 6 | 5.13 | 31 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Gary Lucas | 57 | 90.0 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 2.00 | 53 |
John Littlefield | 42 | 64.0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3.66 | 19 |
John Urrea | 38 | 49.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.39 | 19 |
Danny Boone | 37 | 63.1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.84 | 43 |
Eric Show | 15 | 23.0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3.13 | 22 |
Mike Armstrong | 10 | 12.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.00 | 9 |
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