1981 Baltimore Orioles season

1981 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 59–46 (.562)
Divisional place 2nd
Other information
Owner(s) Edward Bennett Williams
General manager(s) Hank Peters
Manager(s) Earl Weaver
Local television WMAR-TV
Local radio WFBR
(Chuck Thompson, Bill O'Donnell, Brooks Robinson, Tom Marr)
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The 1981 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Orioles finishing 2nd in the American League East with a record of 59 wins and 46 losses. The season was suspended for 50 days due to the 1981 Major League Baseball strike. The Orioles hit five grand slams, the most in MLB in 1981.[1]

Offseason

Regular season

Notable transactions

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Milwaukee Brewers 6247 0.569 — 28–21 34–26
Baltimore Orioles 5946 0.562 1 33–22 26–24
New York Yankees 5948 0.551 2 32–19 27–29
Detroit Tigers 6049 0.550 2 32–23 28–26
Boston Red Sox 5949 0.546 2½ 30–23 29–26
Cleveland Indians 5251 0.505 7 25–29 27–22
Toronto Blue Jays 3769 0.349 23½ 17–36 20–33


AL East
First Half Standings		 W L Pct.
New York Yankees3422.607
Baltimore Orioles3123.574
Milwaukee Brewers3125.554
Detroit Tigers3126.544
Boston Red Sox3026.536
Cleveland Indians2624.520
Toronto Blue Jays1642.276
AL East
Second Half Standings		 W L Pct.
Milwaukee Brewers3122.585
Boston Red Sox2923.558
Detroit Tigers2923.558
Baltimore Orioles2823.549
Cleveland Indians2627.491
New York Yankees2526.490
Toronto Blue Jays2127.438

Record vs. opponents

1981 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —2–26–63–64–26–75–32–46–07–67–54–22–15–2
Boston 2–2—2–45–47–66–13–36–72–53–37–59–33–64–0
California 6–64–2—6–77–53–30–64–33–32–22–86–42–46–6
Chicago 6–34–57–6—2–53–32–04–12–45–77–63–32–47–5
Cleveland 2–46–75–75–2—1–54–43–62–17–53–28–42–24–2
Detroit 7–61–63–33–35–1—3–25–89–33–71–25–19–36–4
Kansas City 3–53–36–00–24–42–3—4–59–42–103–36–73–45–3
Milwaukee 4–27–63–41–46–38–55–4—9–33–34–22–24–56–4
Minnesota 0–65–23–34–21–23–94–93–9—3–32–83–6–15–85–1
New York 6–73–32–27–55–77–310–23–33–3—4–32–35–42–3
Oakland 5–75–78–26–72–32–13–32–48–23–4—6–14–210–2
Seattle 2–43–94–63–34–81–57–62–26–3–13–21–6—5–83–3
Texas 1–26–34–24–22–23–94–35–48–54–52–48–5—6–2
Toronto 2–50–46–65–72–44–63–54–61–53–22–103–32–6—

Roster

1981 Baltimore Orioles roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
CRick Dempsey9225154.215615
1BEddie Murray99378111.2942278
2BRich Dauer9636997.263438
3BDoug DeCinces10034691.2631355
SSMark Belanger6413923.165110
LFJohn Lowenstein8318947.249620
CFAl Bumbry101392107.273127
RFKen Singleton103363101.2781349
DHTerry Crowley6813433.246425

Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
José Morales388621.244214
Wayne Krenchicki335612.21406
Cal Ripken23395.12800
Bobby Bonner10278.29602
Dallas Williams221.50000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dennis Martínez251791453.3288
Mike Flanagan20116964.1972

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Steve Luebber70007.5612
Mike Boddicker20004.762

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Doc Edwards
AA Charlotte O's Southern League Mark Wiley
A Hagerstown Suns Carolina League Grady Little
A Miami Orioles Florida State League Minnie Mendoza
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Lance Nichols

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Hagerstown

Notes

  1. ↑ "Team Batting Event Finder: 1981, All Teams, Home Runs, With Runners on 123". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  2. ↑ Paul Hartzell page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Joe Kerrigan page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ripkeca01.shtml
  5. ↑ Chris Bourjos page at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Jeff Schaefer page at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Cecil Fielder page at Baseball Reference

References

  • 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 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference
  • 1981 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com


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