1981 California Angels season
Anaheim Stadium | ||
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City | Anaheim, California | |
Owners | Gene Autry | |
General managers | Buzzie Bavasi | |
Managers | Jim Fregosi, Gene Mauch | |
Television | KTLA | |
Radio | KMPC (Don Drysdale, Ron Fairly, Bob Starr) | |
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The 1981
Offseason
- December 2, 1980: Geoff Zahn was signed as a free agent by the Angels.[1]
- December 8, 1980: Dan Whitmer was drafted from the Angels by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1980 rule 5 draft.[2]
- January 13, 1981: Ron Romanick was drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (secondary phase).[3]
- January 23, 1981:
- February 2, 1981: Dave Rader was signed as a free agent by the Angels.[5]
- February 2, 1981: Dave Skaggs was released by the Angels.[6]
Regular season
Season standings
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L
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Pct. | GB | Home | Road | |
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Oakland Athletics | 64 | 45 | 0.587 | — | 35–21 | 29–24 |
Texas Rangers | 57 | 48 | 0.543 | 5 | 32–24 | 25–24 |
Chicago White Sox | 54 | 52 | 0.509 | 8½ | 25–24 | 29–28 |
Kansas City Royals | 50 | 53 | 0.485 | 11 | 19–28 | 31–25 |
California Angels | 51 | 59 | 0.464 | 13½ | 26–28 | 25–31 |
Seattle Mariners | 44 | 65 | 0.404 | 20 | 20–37 | 24–28 |
Minnesota Twins | 41 | 68 | 0.376 | 23 | 24–36 | 17–32 |
AL West First Half Standings |
W | L | Pct. | GB |
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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 |
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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
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] | ||||||||||||||
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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
- April 20, 1981: Dave Rader was released by the Angels.[5]
- June 8, 1981: 1981 Major League Baseball draft
- Dick Schofield was drafted by the Angels in the 1st round (3rd pick).[7]
- Devon White was drafted by the Angels in the 6th round. Player signed June 13, 1981.[8]
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches
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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 |
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C | Ed Ott | 75 | 258 | 56 | .217 | 2 | 22 |
1B | Rod Carew | 93 | 364 | 111 | .305 | 2 | 21 |
2B | Bobby Grich | 100 | 352 | 107 | .304 | 22 | 61 |
SS | Rick Burleson | 109 | 430 | 126 | .293 | 5 | 33 |
3B | Butch Hobson | 85 | 268 | 63 | .235 | 4 | 36 |
LF | Brian Downing | 93 | 317 | 79 | .249 | 9 | 41 |
CF | Fred Lynn | 76 | 256 | 56 | .219 | 5 | 31 |
RF | Dan Ford | 97 | 375 | 104 | .277 | 15 | 48 |
DH | Don Baylor | 103 | 377 | 90 | .239 | 17 | 66 |
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 |
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Juan Beníquez | 58 | 166 | 30 | .181 | 3 | 13 |
Bobby Clark | 34 | 88 | 22 | .250 | 4 | 19 |
Larry Harlow | 43 | 82 | 17 | .207 | 0 | 4 |
Bert Campaneris | 55 | 82 | 21 | .256 | 1 | 10 |
John Harris | 36 | 77 | 19 | .247 | 3 | 9 |
Daryl Sconiers | 15 | 52 | 14 | .269 | 1 | 7 |
Freddie Patek | 27 | 47 | 11 | .234 | 0 | 5 |
Tom Brunansky | 11 | 33 | 5 | .152 | 3 | 6 |
Joe Ferguson | 12 | 30 | 7 | .233 | 1 | 5 |
Steve Lubratich | 7 | 21 | 3 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
Brian Harper | 4 | 11 | 3 | .273 | 0 | 1 |
Bob Davis | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
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Geoff Zahn | 25 | 161.1 | 10 | 11 | 4.41 | 52 |
Ken Forsch | 20 | 153.0 | 11 | 7 | 2.88 | 55 |
Mike Witt | 22 | 129.0 | 8 | 9 | 3.28 | 75 |
Steve Renko | 22 | 102.0 | 8 | 4 | 3.44 | 50 |
Dave Frost | 12 | 47.1 | 1 | 8 | 5.51 | 16 |
Doug Rau | 3 | 10.1 | 1 | 2 | 8.71 | 3 |
Bill Travers | 4 | 9.2 | 0 | 1 | 8.38 | 5 |
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 |
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Jesse Jefferson | 26 | 77.0 | 2 | 4 | 3.62 | 27 |
Bruce Kison | 11 | 44.0 | 1 | 1 | 3.48 | 19 |
Ángel Moreno | 8 | 31.1 | 1 | 3 | 2.87 | 12 |
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 |
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Don Aase | 39 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 2.34 | 38 |
Andy Hassler | 42 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3.21 | 44 |
Luis Sánchez | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.94 | 13 |
John D'Acquisto | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.71 | 8 |
Mickey Mahler | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 |
Alfredo Martínez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 4 |
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Salt Lake City Gulls
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Pacific Coast League | Moose Stubing |
AA | Holyoke Millers | Eastern League
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Jim Saul |
A
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Redwood Pioneers | California League | Chris Cannizzaro |
A-Short Season
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Salem Senators | Northwest League | Rick Ingalls |
Rookie
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Idaho Falls Angels
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Pioneer League | Joe Maddon |
Notes
- ^ Geoff Zahn at Baseball Reference
- ^ Dan Whitmer at Baseball Reference
- ^ "Ron Romanick Stats".
- ^ Joe Rudi at Baseball Reference
- ^ a b Dave Rader at Baseball Reference
- ^ Dave Skaggs at Baseball Reference
- ^ Dick Schofield at Baseball Reference
- ^ Devon White 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.
External links
- 1981 California Angels at Baseball Reference
- 1981 California Angels at Baseball Almanac