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1981 Detroit Tigers season

The 1981 Detroit Tigers season was the team'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 Tigers finished the first half of the season in fourth place in the American League East, and the second half of the season tied for second place. Their overall record was 60 wins and 49 losses, and they outscored their opponents 427 to 404. The Tigers drew 1,149,144 fans to their home games at Tiger Stadium, ranking fifth of the 14 teams in the American League.

1981 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkTiger Stadium
CityDetroit, Michigan
Record
  • 1st half: 31–26 (.544)
  • 2nd half: 29–23 (.558)
  • Overall: 60–49 (.550)
Divisional place
  • 1st half: 4th (3+1⁄2 GB)
  • 2nd half: 2nd (tied; 1+1⁄2 GB)
OwnersJohn Fetzer
General managersJim Campbell
ManagersSparky Anderson
TelevisionWDIV-TV
(George Kell, Al Kaline)
ONTV
(Larry Adderley, Hank Aguirre, Norm Cash)
RadioWJR
(Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey)
← 1980Seasons1982 →

Offseason edit

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

AL East		WLPct.GBHomeRoad
Milwaukee Brewers62470.569—28–2134–26
Baltimore Orioles59460.562133–2226–24
New York Yankees59480.551232–1927–29
Detroit Tigers60490.550232–2328–26
Boston Red Sox59490.5462½30–2329–26
Cleveland Indians52510.505725–2927–22
Toronto Blue Jays37690.34923½17–3620–33
AL East
First Half Standings		WLPct.GB
New York Yankees3422.607—
Baltimore Orioles3123.5742
Milwaukee Brewers3125.5543
Detroit Tigers3126.5443+1⁄2
Boston Red Sox3026.5364
Cleveland Indians2624.5205
Toronto Blue Jays1642.27619
AL East
Second Half Standings		WLPct.GB
Milwaukee Brewers3122.585—
Boston Red Sox2923.5581+1⁄2
Detroit Tigers2923.5581+1⁄2
Baltimore Orioles2823.5492
Cleveland Indians2627.4915
New York Yankees2526.4905
Toronto Blue Jays2127.4387+1⁄2

Record vs. opponents edit

1981 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore—2–26–63–64–26–75–32–46–07–67–54–22–15–2
Boston2–2—2–45–47–66–13–36–72–53–37–59–33–64–0
California6–64–2—6–77–53–30–64–33–32–22–86–42–46–6
Chicago6–34–57–6—2–53–32–04–12–45–77–63–32–47–5
Cleveland2–46–75–75–2—1–54–43–62–17–53–28–42–24–2
Detroit7–61–63–33–35–1—3–25–89–33–71–25–19–36–4
Kansas City3–53–36–00–24–42–3—4–59–42–103–36–73–45–3
Milwaukee4–27–63–41–46–38–55–4—9–33–34–22–24–56–4
Minnesota0–65–23–34–21–23–94–93–9—3–32–83–6–15–85–1
New York6–73–32–27–55–77–310–23–33–3—4–32–35–42–3
Oakland5–75–78–26–72–32–13–32–48–23–4—6–14–210–2
Seattle2–43–94–63–34–81–57–62–26–3–13–21–6—5–83–3
Texas1–26–34–24–22–23–94–35–48–54–52–48–5—6–2
Toronto2–50–46–65–72–44–63–54–61–53–22–103–32–6—


Notable transactions edit

Roster edit

1981 Detroit Tigers roster
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Starters by position edit

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
CLance Parrish9634885.2441046
1BRichie Hebner7822651.226528
2BLou Whitaker10933588.263536
3BTom Brookens7123958.243425
SSAlan Trammell105392101.258231
LFSteve Kemp105372103.277949
CFAl Cowens8525366.261118
RFKirk Gibson8329095.328940
DHJohn Wockenfuss7017237.215925

Other batters edit

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Kirk Gibson8329095.328940
Rick Peters6320753.256015
Lynn Jones7117445.259219
Champ Summers6416542.255321
Ron Jackson319527.284112
Stan Papi409319.204312
Rick Leach548316.193111
Mick Kelleher617717.22106
Bill Fahey276717.25419
Darrell Brown1641.25000
Duffy Dyer200----00

Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included

Pitching edit

Starting pitchers edit

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jack Morris25198.01473.0597
Milt Wilcox24166.11293.0379
Dan Petry23141.01093.0079
Dan Schatzeder1771.1686.0620
Jerry Ujdur414.0006.435

Other pitchers edit

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Dave Rozema28104.0553.6346
Howard Bailey936.2147.3617
George Cappuzzello1833.2113.4819

Relief pitchers edit

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

PlayerGWLSVGFERASO
Kevin Saucier384213231.6523
Aurelio López29523193.6453
Dave Tobik2722192.6932
Dennis Kinney600009.823
Larry Rothschild500121.591
Dave Rucker200026.752

Awards and honors edit

1981 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

League top ten finishers edit

Kirk Gibson

  • #3 in AL in batting average (.328)
  • #4 in AL in Power/Speed Number (11.8)

Steve Kemp

  • #4 in AL in on-base percentage (.389)
  • #3 in AL in bases on balls (70)
  • #3 in AL in times on base (174)

Jack Morris

  • MLB leader in wins (14) (tied with four others)
  • MLB leader in bases on balls allowed (78)
  • #2 in MLB in innings pitched (198)
  • #2 in MLB in games started (25)
  • #3 in AL in hits allowed per 9 innings pitched (6.95)
  • #3 in MLB in complete games (15)
  • #3 in MLB in batters faced (798)
  • #6 in AL in home runs allowed (14)
  • #9 in AL in earned runs allowed (67)

Lance Parrish

  • #3 in AL in times grounded into double plays (16)

Kevin Saucier

  • #5 in AL in saves (13)

Alan Trammell

  • AL leader in sacrifice hits (16)

Lou Whitaker

  • AL leader in games played (109)
  • AL leader in games at second base (108)
  • AL leader in innings at second base (918-1/3)
  • AL leader in assists by a second baseman (354)

Milt Wilcox

  • #5 in AL in games started (24)
  • #5 in AL in hit batsmen (6)

Players ranking among top 100 all time at position edit

The following members of the 1981 Detroit Tigers are among the Top 100 of all time at their position, as ranked by The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract:

Farm system edit

See also: Minor League Baseball
LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAAEvansville TripletsAmerican AssociationJim Leyland
AABirmingham BaronsSouthern LeagueRoy Majtyka
ALakeland TigersFlorida State LeagueTed Brazell
AMacon PeachesSouth Atlantic LeagueTom Kotchman
RookieBristol TigersAppalachian LeagueJoe Lewis

Notes edit

  1. ^ Dennis Kinney at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Mike Sharperson at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Jim Lentine at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Chris Codiroli at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Chuck Hensley at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Ron Jackson at Baseball Reference

References edit

  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
  • 1981 Detroit Tigers Regular Season Statistics at Baseball Reference
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