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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  Notable transactions  




2.4  Opening Day lineup  




2.5  Roster  






3 Player stats  


3.1  Batting  




3.2  Pitching  






4 Statistical leaders  


4.1  Batting  




4.2  Pitching  






5 Awards and honors  




6 Farm system  




7 References  




8 External links  













1981 Boston Red Sox season






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1981 Boston Red Sox
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record
  • 1st half: 30–26 (.536)
  • 2nd half: 29–23 (.558)
  • Overall: 59–49 (.546)
    • Divisional place
    • 1st half: 5th (4GB)
  • 2nd half: 2nd (tied; 1+1⁄2GB)
    • OwnersBuddy LeRoux, Haywood Sullivan, Jean Yawkey
    PresidentJean Yawkey
    General managerHaywood Sullivan
    ManagerRalph Houk
    TelevisionWSBK-TV, Ch. 38
    (Ned Martin, Ken Harrelson)
    RadioWITS-AM 1510
    (Ken Coleman, Jon Miller)
    StatsESPN.com
    BB-reference
    ← 1980 Seasons 1982 →

    The 1981 Boston Red Sox season was the 81st season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. Due to the 1981 Major League Baseball strike, play during the regular season was suspended for 50 days, and the season was split into two halves, with playoff teams determined by records from each half of the season. In the first half of the season, the Red Sox finished fifth in the American League East with a record of 30 wins and 26 losses, four games behind the New York Yankees. In the second half of the season, the Red Sox finished tied for second in the division with a record of 29 wins and 23 losses, 1+1⁄2 games behind the Milwaukee Brewers. The Red Sox' overall record for the season was 59 wins and 49 losses.

    Offseason[edit]

    Regular season[edit]

    Record by month[3]
    Month Record Cumulative AL East Ref.
    Won Lost Won Lost Position GB
    April 7 9 7 9 5th 3+1⁄2 [4]
    May 18 12 25 21 5th 4 [5]
    June 5 5 30 26 5th 4 [6]
      Second half  
    August 11 9 11 9 3rd (tie) 1+1⁄2 [7]
    September 16 13 27 22 3rd 1+1⁄2 [8]
    October 2 1 29 23 2nd (tie) 1+1⁄2 [9]

    Season standings[edit]

  • t
  • e
    • AL East
    Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
    Milwaukee Brewers 62 47 .569 — 28‍–‍21 34‍–‍26
    Baltimore Orioles 59 46 .562 1 33‍–‍22 26‍–‍24
    New York Yankees 59 48 .551 2 32‍–‍19 27‍–‍29
    Detroit Tigers 60 49 .550 2 32‍–‍23 28‍–‍26
    Boston Red Sox 59 49 .546 2½ 30‍–‍23 29‍–‍26
    Cleveland Indians 52 51 .505 7 25‍–‍29 27‍–‍22
    Toronto Blue Jays 37 69 .349 23½ 17‍–‍36 20‍–‍33
    AL East
    First Half Standings     		W L Pct. GB
    New York Yankees 34 22 .607 —
    Baltimore Orioles 31 23 .574 2
    Milwaukee Brewers 31 25 .554 3
    Detroit Tigers 31 26 .544 3+1⁄2
    Boston Red Sox 30 26 .536 4
    Cleveland Indians 26 24 .520 5
    Toronto Blue Jays 16 42 .276 19
    AL East
    Second Half Standings     		W L Pct. GB
    Milwaukee Brewers 31 22 .585 —
    Boston Red Sox 29 23 .558 1+1⁄2
    Detroit Tigers 29 23 .558 1+1⁄2
    Baltimore Orioles 28 23 .549 2
    Cleveland Indians 26 27 .491 5
    New York Yankees 25 26 .490 5
    Toronto Blue Jays 21 27 .438 7+1⁄2

    Record vs. opponents[edit]

    1981 American League record
  • t
  • e

    • Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
    Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
    Baltimore — 2–2 6–6 3–6 4–2 6–7 5–3 2–4 6–0 7–6 7–5 4–2 2–1 5–2
    Boston 2–2 — 2–4 5–4 7–6 6–1 3–3 6–7 2–5 3–3 7–5 9–3 3–6 4–0
    California 6–6 4–2 — 6–7 7–5 3–3 0–6 4–3 3–3 2–2 2–8 6–4 2–4 6–6
    Chicago 6–3 4–5 7–6 — 2–5 3–3 2–0 4–1 2–4 5–7 7–6 3–3 2–4 7–5
    Cleveland 2–4 6–7 5–7 5–2 — 1–5 4–4 3–6 2–1 7–5 3–2 8–4 2–2 4–2
    Detroit 7–6 1–6 3–3 3–3 5–1 — 3–2 5–8 9–3 3–7 1–2 5–1 9–3 6–4
    Kansas City 3–5 3–3 6–0 0–2 4–4 2–3 — 4–5 9–4 2–10 3–3 6–7 3–4 5–3
    Milwaukee 4–2 7–6 3–4 1–4 6–3 8–5 5–4 — 9–3 3–3 4–2 2–2 4–5 6–4
    Minnesota 0–6 5–2 3–3 4–2 1–2 3–9 4–9 3–9 — 3–3 2–8 3–6–1 5–8 5–1
    New York 6–7 3–3 2–2 7–5 5–7 7–3 10–2 3–3 3–3 — 4–3 2–3 5–4 2–3
    Oakland 5–7 5–7 8–2 6–7 2–3 2–1 3–3 2–4 8–2 3–4 — 6–1 4–2 10–2
    Seattle 2–4 3–9 4–6 3–3 4–8 1–5 7–6 2–2 6–3–1 3–2 1–6 — 5–8 3–3
    Texas 1–2 6–3 4–2 4–2 2–2 3–9 4–3 5–4 8–5 4–5 2–4 8–5 — 6–2
    Toronto 2–5 0–4 6–6 5–7 2–4 4–6 3–5 4–6 1–5 3–2 2–10 3–3 2–6 —


    Notable transactions[edit]

    Opening Day lineup[edit]

    24 Dwight Evans RF
    11 Dave Stapleton 2B
    26 Joe Rudi     DH
    14 Jim Rice LF
     5 Tony Pérez 1B
     4 Carney Lansford 3B
    18 Glenn Hoffman SS
    39 Gary Allenson C
     3 Rick Miller CF
    43 Dennis Eckersley     P

    Source:[12]

    The Chicago White Sox defeated the Red Sox on Opening Day, 5–3. It was the first game that Carlton Fisk played for the White Sox, after 11 seasons with the Red Sox; Fisk hit a three-run home run in the eighth inning.[13]

    Roster[edit]

    1981 Boston Red Sox
    Roster
    Pitchers Catchers

    Infielders

    		Outfielders

    Designated hitters

    		Manager

    Coaches

    Player stats[edit]

    Batting[edit]

    Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

    Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB AVG SLG
    Jim Rice 108 451 51 128 18 1 17 62 2 34 .284 .441
    Dwight Evans 108 412 84 122 19 4 22 71 3 85 .296 .522
    Carney Lansford 102 399 61 134 23 3 4 52 15 34 .336 .439
    Jerry Remy 88 358 55 110 9 1 0 31 9 36 .307 .338
    Dave Stapleton 93 355 45 101 17 1 10 42 0 21 .285 .423
    Carl Yastrzemski 91 338 36 83 14 1 7 53 0 49 .246 .355
    Rick Miller 97 316 38 92 17 2 2 33 3 28 .291 .377
    Tony Pérez 84 306 35 77 11 3 9 39 0 27 .252 .395
    Glenn Hoffman 78 242 28 56 10 0 1 20 0 12 .231 .285
    Rich Gedman 62 205 22 59 15 0 5 26 0 9 .288 .434
    Gary Allenson 47 139 23 31 8 0 5 25 0 23 .223 .388
    Joe Rudi 49 122 14 22 3 0 6 24 0 8 .180 .352
    Reid Nichols 39 48 13 9 0 1 0 3 0 2 .188 .229
    Garry Hancock 26 45 4 7 3 0 0 3 0 2 .156 .222
    Dave Schmidt 15 42 6 10 1 0 2 3 0 7 .238 .405
    Julio Valdez 17 23 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 .217 .217
    Chico Walker 6 17 3 6 0 0 0 2 0 1 .353 .353
    Tom Poquette 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
    John Lickert 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .--- .---
    Team Totals 108 3820 519 1052 168 17 90 492 32 378 .275 .399

    Source:[15]

    Pitching[edit]

    Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

    Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB SO
    Dennis Eckersley 9 8 4.27 23 23 0 154.0 160 82 73 35 79
    Frank Tanana 4 10 4.01 24 23 0 141.1 142 70 63 43 78
    Mike Torrez 10 3 3.68 22 22 0 127.1 130 61 52 51 54
    Bob Stanley 10 8 3.83 35 1 0 98.2 110 46 42 38 28
    John Tudor 4 3 4.58 18 11 1 78.2 74 44 40 28 44
    Mark Clear 8 3 4.11 34 0 9 76.2 69 36 35 51 82
    Bob Ojeda 6 2 3.12 10 10 0 66.1 50 25 23 25 28
    Tom Burgmeier 4 5 2.87 32 0 6 59.2 61 23 19 17 35
    Steve Crawford 0 5 4.99 14 11 0 57.2 69 38 32 18 29
    Bill Campbell 1 1 3.17 30 0 7 48.1 45 23 17 20 37
    Chuck Rainey 0 1 2.70 11 2 0 40.0 39 21 12 13 20
    Bruce Hurst 2 0 4.30 5 5 0 23.0 23 11 11 12 11
    Luis Aponte 1 0 0.57 7 0 1 15.2 11 1 1 3 11
    Team Totals 59 49 3.81 108 108 24 987.1 983 481 418 354 536

    Source:[16]

    Statistical leaders[edit]

    Dwight Evans
    Category Player Statistic
    Youngest player Rich Gedman
    John Lickert    		 21
    Oldest player Carl Yastrzemski 41
    Wins Above Replacement Dwight Evans 6.7

    Source:[14]

    Batting[edit]

    Abbr. Category Player Statistic
    G Games played Dwight Evans 108
    Jim Rice
    PA Plate appearances Dwight Evans 504
    AB At bats Jim Rice 451
    R Runs scored Dwight Evans 84
    H Hits Carney Lansford 134
    2B Doubles Carney Lansford 23
    3B Triples Dwight Evans 4
    HR Home runs Dwight Evans 22
    RBI Runs batted in Dwight Evans 71
    SB Stolen bases Carney Lansford 15
    CS Caught stealing Carney Lansford 10
    BB Base on balls Dwight Evans 85
    SO Strikeouts Dwight Evans 85
    BA Batting average Carney Lansford .336
    OBP On-base percentage Dwight Evans .415
    SLG Slugging percentage Dwight Evans .522
    OPS On-base plus slugging Dwight Evans .937
    OPS+ Adjusted OPS Dwight Evans 163
    TB Total bases Dwight Evans 215
    GIDP Grounded into double play Jim Rice 14
    HBP Hit by pitch Jim Rice 3
    SH Sacrifice hits Jerry Remy 13
    SF Sacrifice flies Jim Rice 7
    IBB Intentional base on balls Carl Yastrzemski 4

    Source:[14]

    Pitching[edit]

    Abbr. Category Player Statistic
    W Wins Bob Stanley 10
    Mike Torrez
    L Losses Frank Tanana 10
    W-L % Winning percentage Mike Torrez .769 (10–3)
    ERA Earned run average Mike Torrez 3.68
    G Games pitched Bob Stanley 35
    GS Games started Dennis Eckersley 23
    Frank Tanana
    GF Games finished Bill Campbell 23
    CG Complete games Dennis Eckersley 8
    SHO Shutouts Dennis Eckersley 2
    Frank Tanana
    SV Saves Mark Clear 9
    IP Innings pitched Dennis Eckersley 154
    SO Strikeouts Mark Clear 82
    WHIP Walks plus hits per inning pitched Dennis Eckersley 1.266

    Source:[14]

    Awards and honors[edit]

    All-Star Game

    Farm system[edit]

    See also: Minor League Baseball
    Level Team League Manager
    AAA Pawtucket Red Sox International League Joe Morgan
    AA Bristol Red Sox Eastern League Tony Torchia
    A Winston-Salem Red Sox Carolina League Buddy Hunter
    A Winter Haven Red Sox Florida State League Rac Slider
    A-Short Season Elmira Suns New York–Penn League Dick Berardino

    LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Bristol
    Source:[15][16]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ a b Cole, Milton; Kaplan, Jim (2009). The Boston Red Sox: An Illustrated History. North Dighton, Massachusetts: World Publications Group. p. 58. ISBN 978-1-57215-412-4.
  • ^ Joe Rudi page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ "The 1981 Boston Red Sox". Retrosheet. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  • ^ "Events of Thursday, April 30, 1981".
  • ^ "Events of Sunday, May 31, 1981".
  • ^ "Events of Thursday, June 11, 1981".
  • ^ "Events of Monday, August 31, 1981".
  • ^ "Events of Wednesday, September 30, 1981".
  • ^ "Events of Monday, October 5, 1981".
  • ^ Dick Drago page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ Steve Lyons page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ "Chicago White Sox 5, Boston Red Sox 3". Retrosheet. April 10, 1981. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  • ^ Wancho, Joseph. "April 10, 1981: Carlton Fisk homers in return to Fenway Park". SABR. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  • ^ a b c "1981 Boston Red Sox Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  • ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  • ^ Boston Red Sox Media Guide. 1981. p. 52. Retrieved March 14, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.

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