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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  Opening Day lineup  




2.4  Notable transactions  




2.5  Roster  






3 Player stats  


3.1  Batting  




3.2  Pitching  






4 Farm system  




5 Notes  




6 References  













1981 Chicago White Sox season






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1981 Chicago White Sox
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkComiskey Park
CityChicago
OwnersJerry Reinsdorf
General managersRoland Hemond
ManagersTony La Russa
TelevisionWGN-TV
(Harry Caray, Jimmy Piersall, Lou Brock)
RadioWBBM (AM)
(Harry Caray, Joe McConnell, Rich King)
← 1980 Seasons 1982 →

The 1981 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 81st season in the major leagues, and their 82nd season overall. They finished with a record of 54-52, good enough for third place in the American League West, 8.5 games behind the first place Oakland Athletics. However, due to a player's strike, the Athletics would play the 50-53 Kansas City Royals, who had finished behind the White Sox.

Owner Bill Veeck attempted to sell the club to Ed DeBartolo, but the offer was turned down by the other owners.[1] Veeck was then forced to sell to a different investment group headed by Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn.[1]

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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  • e
    • AL West
    Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
    Oakland Athletics 64 45 .587 — 35‍–‍21 29‍–‍24
    Texas Rangers 57 48 .543 5 32‍–‍24 25‍–‍24
    Chicago White Sox 54 52 .509 8½ 25‍–‍24 29‍–‍28
    Kansas City Royals 50 53 .485 11 19‍–‍28 31‍–‍25
    California Angels 51 59 .464 13½ 26‍–‍28 25‍–‍31
    Seattle Mariners 44 65 .404 20 20‍–‍37 24‍–‍28
    Minnesota Twins 41 68 .376 23 24‍–‍36 17‍–‍32
    AL West
    First Half Standings     		W L Pct. GB
    Oakland Athletics 37 23 .617 —
    Texas Rangers 33 22 .600 1+1⁄2
    Chicago White Sox 31 22 .585 2+1⁄2
    California Angels 31 29 .517 6
    Kansas City Royals 20 30 .400 12
    Seattle Mariners 21 36 .368 14+1⁄2
    Minnesota Twins 17 39 .304 18
    AL West
    Second Half Standings     		W L Pct. GB
    Kansas City Royals 30 23 .566 —
    Oakland Athletics 27 22 .551 1
    Texas Rangers 24 26 .480 4+1⁄2
    Minnesota Twins 24 29 .453 6
    Seattle Mariners 23 29 .442 6+1⁄2
    Chicago White Sox 23 30 .434 7
    California Angels 20 30 .400 8+1⁄2

    Record vs. opponents

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    1981 American League record
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    • 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 —


    Opening Day lineup

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    Notable transactions

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    Roster

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    1981 Chicago White Sox
    Roster
    Pitchers Catchers

    Infielders

    		Outfielders

    Other batters

    		Manager

    Coaches

    Player stats

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    Batting

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    Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

    Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB
    Bill Almon, SS 103 349 46 105 10 2 4 41 21 60 .301 16
    Harold Baines, RF 82 280 42 80 11 7 10 41 12 41 .286 6
    Tony Bernazard, 2B 106 384 53 106 14 4 6 34 54 66 .276 4
    Jim Essian, C 27 52 6 16 3 0 0 5 4 5 .308 0
    Carlton Fisk, C 96 338 44 89 12 0 7 45 38 37 .263 3
    Jerry Hairston, OF 9 25 5 7 1 0 1 6 2 4 .280 0
    Marc Hill, C 16 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0
    Lamar Johnson, 1B,DH 41 134 10 37 7 0 1 15 5 14 .276 0
    Rusty Kuntz, OF,DH 67 55 15 14 2 0 0 4 6 8 .255 1
    Ron LeFlore, LF,CF 82 337 46 83 10 4 0 24 28 70 .246 36
    Chet Lemon, CF 94 328 50 99 23 6 9 50 33 48 .302 5
    Jay Loviglio, 3B,2B 14 15 5 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 .267 2
    Greg Luzinski, DH 104 378 55 100 15 1 21 62 58 80 .265 0
    Bob Molinaro, OF,DH 47 42 7 11 1 1 1 9 8 1 .262 1
    Jim Morrison, 3B 90 290 27 68 8 1 10 34 10 29 .234 3
    Wayne Nordhagen, OF 65 208 19 64 8 1 6 33 10 25 .308 0
    Greg Pryor, 3B,SS,2B 47 76 4 17 1 0 0 6 6 8 .281 0
    Mike Squires, 1B 92 294 35 78 9 0 0 25 22 17 .265 7
    Leo Sutherland, OF 11 12 6 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 .167 2
    Jerry Turner, RF 10 12 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 .167 0
    Team Totals
    		 106 3615 476 982 135 27 76 438 322 518 .272 86

    Pitching

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    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; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

    Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K
    Juan Agosto 0 0 4.76 2 0 0 5.2 5 3 3 1 0 3
    Francisco Barrios 1 3 3.96 8 7 0 36.1 45 23 16 3 15 12
    Ross Baumgarten 5 9 4.07 19 19 0 101.2 101 56 46 9 43 52
    Britt Burns 10 6 2.64 24 23 0 156.2 139 52 46 14 50 108
    Richard Dotson 9 8 3.77 24 24 0 141.0 145 67 59 13 49 73
    Ed Farmer 3 3 4.61 42 0 10 52.2 53 33 27 5 35 42
    Kevin Hickey 0 2 3.65 41 0 3 44.1 38 22 18 3 23 17
    LaMarr Hoyt 9 3 3.57 43 1 10 90.2 80 40 36 10 29 60
    Jerry Koosman 1 4 3.33 8 3 0 27.0 27 10 10 2 7 21
    Dennis Lamp 7 6 2.41 27 10 0 127.0 103 41 34 4 44 71
    Lynn McGlothen 0 0 4.15 11 0 0 21.2 14 10 10 0 10 12
    Reggie Patterson 0 1 13.50 6 1 0 7.1 14 11 11 1 6 2
    Dewey Robinson 1 0 4.50 4 0 0 4.0 5 2 2 1 4 2
    Steve Trout 8 7 3.47 20 18 0 124.2 122 53 48 7 38 54
    Team Totals
    		 54 52 3.47 106 106 23 940.2 891 423 363 73 353 529

    Farm system

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    See also: Minor League Baseball
    Level Team League Manager
    AAA Edmonton Trappers Pacific Coast League Gordon Lund
    AA Glens Falls White Sox Eastern League Jim Mahoney
    A Appleton Foxes Midwest League Sam Ewing
    Rookie GCL White Sox Gulf Coast League John Boles

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    Notes

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    1. ^ a b "WSI's FLYINGSOCK.COM. Chicago White Sox coverage with totally biased attitude!". Archived from the original on December 22, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  • ^ "Minnie Miñoso Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  • ^ "Ron LeFlore Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  • ^ "Carlton Fisk Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  • ^ "Dennis Lamp Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  • ^ > "Greg Luzinski". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 2, 2016.[permanent dead link]
  • ^ "John Poff Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  • ^ "George Riley Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  • ^ "Jerry Koosman Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  • ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

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