1981 Milwaukee Brewers season

1981 Milwaukee Brewers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Bud Selig
General manager(s) Harry Dalton
Manager(s) Buck Rodgers
Local television WVTV
(Kent Derdivanis, Mike Hegan, Steve Shannon)
SelecTV
(Joe Castiglione, Tom Collins)
Local radio WISN (AM)
(Lorn Brown, Bob Uecker)
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The Milwaukee Brewers' 1981 season involved the Brewers' finishing 1st in American League East during the second half of the split schedule with an overall record of 62 wins and 47 losses. They proceeded to lose to the New York Yankees in the ALDS. Rollie Fingers became the first relief pitcher in the history of the American League to win the MVP Award.[1]

Offseason

Regular season

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—

Notable transactions

Roster

1981 Milwaukee Brewers 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
CTed Simmons10038082.2161461

Other batters

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
Paul Molitor6425167.267219
Thad Bosley4210524.22903

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mike Caldwell24144.11193.9341
Pete Vuckovich24149.21443.5584

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jerry Augustine2761.1224.2626

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Rollie Fingers4763281.0461
Reggie Cleveland352315.1518
Rickey Keeton171005.099
Dwight Bernard60003.601
Chuck Porter30004.151

ALDS

New York wins series, 3-2.

GameScoreDate
1New York 5, Milwaukee 3October 7
2New York 3, Milwaukee 0October 8
3Milwaukee 5, New York 3October 9
4Milwaukee 2, New York 1October 10
5New York 7, Milwaukee 3October 11

Awards and honors

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Vancouver Canadians Pacific Coast League Lee Sigman
AA El Paso Diablos Texas League Tony Muser
A Stockton Ports California League Duane Espy
A Burlington Bees Midwest League Terry Bevington
Rookie Butte Copper Kings Pioneer League Ken Richardson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Butte

Notes

  1. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 152, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  2. ↑ Ted Simmons at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ Ernest Riles at Baseball-Reference
  4. 1 2 Paul Hartzell at Baseball-Reference
  5. ↑ Bob Galasso at Baseball-Reference
  6. ↑ John Poff at Baseball-Reference
  7. ↑ Bill Lyons at Baseball-Reference
  8. ↑ Dan Boitano at Baseball-Reference
  9. ↑ "Bryan Clutterbuck: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 14 March 2018.

References

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