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Contents

   



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1 Offseason  




2 Regular season  


2.1  Season standings  




2.2  Record vs. opponents  




2.3  Roster  






3 Player stats  


3.1  Batting  


3.1.1  Starters by position  




3.1.2  Other batters  






3.2  Pitching  


3.2.1  Starting pitchers  




3.2.2  Other pitchers  




3.2.3  Relief pitchers  








4 Farm system  




5 Notes  




6 References  













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1981 Atlanta Braves
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkAtlanta–Fulton County Stadium
CityAtlanta
Record50–56 (.472)
Divisional place5th
OwnersTed Turner
General managersJohn Mullen
ManagersBobby Cox
TelevisionWTBS/Superstation WTBS
RadioWSB
(Ernie Johnson, Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Darrel Chaney)
← 1980 Seasons 1982 →

The 1981 Atlanta Braves season was the 16th in Atlanta and the 111th overall.

Offseason[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Season standings[edit]

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    • NL West
    Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
    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
    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
    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

    Record vs. opponents[edit]

    1981 National League record
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    • Sources: [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
    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 —


    Roster[edit]

    1981 Atlanta Braves
    Roster
    Pitchers Catchers

    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

    Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
    C Bruce Benedict 90 295 78 .264 5 35
    1B Chris Chambliss 107 404 110 .272 8 51
    2B Glenn Hubbard 99 361 85 .235 6 33
    SS Rafael Ramírez 95 307 67 .218 2 20
    3B Bob Horner 79 300 83 .277 15 42
    LF Rufino Linares 78 253 67 .265 5 25
    CF Dale Murphy 104 369 91 .247 13 50
    RF Claudell Washington 85 320 93 .291 5 37

    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
    Eddie Miller 50 134 31 .231 0 7
    Brett Butler 40 126 32 .254 0 4
    Biff Pocoroba 57 122 22 .180 0 8
    Jerry Royster 64 93 19 .204 0 9
    Brian Asselstine 56 86 22 .256 2 10
    Terry Harper 40 73 19 .260 2 8
    Luis Gómez 35 35 7 .200 0 1
    Matt Sinatro 12 32 9 .281 0 4
    Paul Runge 10 27 7 .259 0 2
    Larry Owen 13 16 0 .000 0 0
    Bob Porter 17 14 4 .286 0 4
    Bill Nahorodny 14 13 3 .231 0 2
    Mike Lum 10 11 1 .091 0 0
    Brook Jacoby 11 10 2 .200 0 1
    Larry Whisenton 9 5 1 .200 0 0
    Ken Smith 5 3 1 .333 0 0
    Albert Hall 6 2 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
    Gaylord Perry 23 150.2 8 9 3.94 60
    Tommy Boggs 25 142.2 3 13 4.10 81
    Phil Niekro 22 139.1 7 7 3.10 62
    Larry McWilliams 6 37.2 2 1 3.11 23

    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
    Rick Mahler 34 112.1 8 6 2.80 54
    John Montefusco 26 77.1 2 3 3.49 34
    Bob Walk 12 43.1 1 4 4.57 16

    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
    Rick Camp 48 9 3 17 1.78 47
    Gene Garber 35 4 6 2 2.61 34
    Larry Bradford 25 2 0 1 3.71 14
    Al Hrabosky 24 1 1 1 1.07 13
    Preston Hanna 20 2 1 0 6.37 22
    Steve Bedrosian 15 1 2 0 4.44 9
    Rick Matula 5 0 0 0 6.43 0
    Jose Alvarez 1 0 0 0 0.00 2
    Luis Gómez 1 0 0 0 27.00 0

    Farm system[edit]

    See also: Minor League Baseball
    Level Team League Manager
    AAA Richmond Braves International League Eddie Haas
    AA Savannah Braves Southern League Andy Gilbert
    A Durham Bulls Carolina League Al Gallagher
    A Anderson Braves South Atlantic League Sonny Jackson
    Rookie GCL Braves Gulf Coast League Pedro González

    Notes[edit]

    1. ^ "Claudell Washington Stats".
  • ^ Doyle AlexanderatBaseball Reference
  • ^ Gaylord PerryatBaseball Reference
  • ^ [1]atBaseball Reference'

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