The Philadelphia Phillies' 1981 season was a season in American baseball.
1981 Philadelphia Phillies | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Veterans Stadium | |
City | Philadelphia | |
Owners | Bill Giles | |
General managers | Paul Owens | |
Managers | Dallas Green | |
Television | WPHL-TV PRISM | |
Radio | KYW (Harry Kalas, Richie Ashburn, Andy Musser, Chris Wheeler, Tim McCarver) | |
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Offseason edit
- November 25, 1980: Rick Schu was signed as an amateur free agent by the Phillies.[1]
- December 8, 1980: George Bell was drafted from the Phillies by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1980 rule 5 draft.[2]
- December 22, 1980: Del Unser was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.[3]
- March 1, 1981: Randy Lerch was traded by the Phillies to the Milwaukee Brewers for Dick Davis.[4]
- March 25, 1981: Bob Walk was traded by the Phillies to the Atlanta Braves for Gary Matthews.[5]
Regular season edit
- April 29, 1981: Phillies pitcher Steve Carlton struck out Tim Wallach of the Montreal Expos for the 3000th strikeout of his career.[6]
- August 10, 1981: First baseman Pete Rose records his 3,631st hit of his career, passing Stan Musial to become the all-time hit leader in the National League.[7]
Season standings edit
NL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 59 | 43 | 0.578 | — | 32–21 | 27–22 |
Montreal Expos | 60 | 48 | 0.556 | 2 | 38–18 | 22–30 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 59 | 48 | 0.551 | 2½ | 36–19 | 23–29 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 46 | 56 | 0.451 | 13 | 22–28 | 24–28 |
New York Mets | 41 | 62 | 0.398 | 18½ | 24–27 | 17–35 |
Chicago Cubs | 38 | 65 | 0.369 | 21½ | 27–30 | 11–35 |
NL East First Half Standings | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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Philadelphia Phillies | 34 | 21 | .618 | — |
St. Louis Cardinals | 30 | 20 | .600 | 1+1⁄2 |
Montreal Expos | 30 | 25 | .545 | 4 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 25 | 23 | .521 | 5+1⁄2 |
New York Mets | 17 | 34 | .333 | 15 |
Chicago Cubs | 15 | 37 | .288 | 17+1⁄2 |
NL East Second Half Standings | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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Montreal Expos | 30 | 23 | .566 | — |
St. Louis Cardinals | 29 | 23 | .558 | 1⁄2 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 25 | 27 | .481 | 4+1⁄2 |
New York Mets | 24 | 28 | .462 | 5+1⁄2 |
Chicago Cubs | 23 | 28 | .451 | 6 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 21 | 33 | .389 | 9+1⁄2 |
Record vs. opponents edit
Sources: [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] | |||||||||||||||||
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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 | — |
Notable transactions edit
- June 8, 1981: Vince Coleman was drafted by the Phillies in the 20th round of the 1981 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.[8]
- July 12, 1981: Mike LaValliere was signed by the Phillies as an amateur free agent.[9]
1981 Game Log edit
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Phillies loss | |
Postponement | |
Bold | Phillies team member |
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May (15–13)
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August (7–13)
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September (16–12)
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October (2–2)
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Roster edit
1981 Philadelphia Phillies | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers
| Catchers Infielders
| Outfielders
| Manager
Coaches
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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
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Bob Boone | 76 | 227 | 48 | .211 | 4 | 24 |
1B | Pete Rose | 107 | 431 | 140 | .325 | 0 | 33 |
2B | Manny Trillo | 94 | 349 | 100 | .287 | 6 | 36 |
SS | Larry Bowa | 103 | 360 | 102 | .283 | 0 | 31 |
3B | Mike Schmidt | 102 | 354 | 112 | .316 | 31 | 91 |
LF | Gary Matthews | 101 | 359 | 108 | .301 | 9 | 67 |
CF | Garry Maddox | 94 | 323 | 85 | .263 | 5 | 40 |
RF | Bake McBride | 58 | 221 | 60 | .271 | 2 | 21 |
Other batters edit
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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Keith Moreland | 61 | 196 | 50 | .255 | 6 | 37 |
Lonnie Smith | 62 | 176 | 57 | .324 | 2 | 11 |
Greg Gross | 83 | 102 | 23 | .225 | 0 | 7 |
Dick Davis | 45 | 96 | 32 | .333 | 2 | 19 |
Luis Aguayo | 45 | 84 | 18 | .214 | 1 | 7 |
Del Unser | 62 | 59 | 9 | .153 | 0 | 6 |
Ramón Avilés | 38 | 28 | 6 | .214 | 0 | 3 |
George Vukovich | 20 | 26 | 10 | .385 | 1 | 4 |
Len Matuszek | 13 | 11 | 3 | .273 | 0 | 1 |
Ozzie Virgil Jr. | 6 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Ryne Sandberg | 13 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Dernier | 10 | 4 | 3 | .750 | 0 | 0 |
Don McCormack | 3 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
John Vukovich | 11 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching edit
Starting pitchers edit
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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Steve Carlton | 24 | 190.0 | 13 | 4 | 2.42 | 179 |
Dick Ruthven | 23 | 146.2 | 12 | 7 | 5.15 | 80 |
Larry Christenson | 20 | 106.2 | 4 | 7 | 3.54 | 70 |
Nino Espinosa | 14 | 73.2 | 2 | 5 | 6.11 | 22 |
Marty Bystrom | 9 | 53.2 | 4 | 3 | 3.35 | 24 |
Mark Davis | 9 | 43.0 | 1 | 4 | 7.74 | 29 |
Other pitchers edit
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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Dickie Noles | 13 | 58.1 | 2 | 2 | 4.17 | 34 |
Dan Larson | 5 | 28.0 | 3 | 0 | 4.18 | 15 |
Relief pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Tug McGraw | 34 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2.66 | 26 |
Sparky Lyle | 48 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 4.44 | 29 |
Ron Reed | 39 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3.08 | 40 |
Mike Proly | 35 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3.86 | 19 |
Warren Brusstar | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.38 | 8 |
Jerry Reed | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.71 | 5 |
1981 National League Division Series edit
Montreal Expos vs. Philadelphia Phillies edit
Montreal wins series, 3–2.
Game | Score | Date |
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1 | Montreal 3, Philadelphia 1 | October 7 |
2 | Montreal 3, Philadelphia 1 | October 8 |
3 | Philadelphia 6, Montreal 2 | October 9 |
4 | Philadelphia 6, Montreal 5 (10 innings) | October 10 |
5 | Montreal 3, Philadelphia 0 | October 11 |
1981 Postseason Game Log edit
Legend | |
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Phillies win | |
Phillies loss | |
Postponement | |
Bold | Phillies team member |
1981 Postseason Game Log[10] Overall Record: 2–3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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National League Divisional Series (2–3)
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Farm system edit
Notes edit
- ^ Rick Schu at Baseball Reference
- ^ George Bell at Baseball Reference
- ^ Del Unser at Baseball Reference
- ^ Dick Davis at Baseball Reference
- ^ [1] at Baseball Reference
- ^ Steve Carlton | The Baseball Page
- ^ "Pete Rose Significant Hits | Baseball Almanac".
- ^ Vince Coleman at Baseball Reference
- ^ Mike LaValliere at Baseball Reference
- ^ a b "1981 Philadelphia Phillies Schedule, Box Scores and Splits". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ "For the Record: National League". The Milwaukee Sentinel. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. May 2, 1981. p. 6, part 2. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
- ^ "In The Majors". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 16, 1981. p. D3. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
- ^ "Scoreboard". The Montreal Gazette. Montreal, Quebec. September 28, 1981. p. 46. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
References edit
- 1981 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference
- 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.
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