1981 Cincinnati Reds season
1981 Cincinnati Reds | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | Riverfront Stadium | |
City | Cincinnati | |
Record | 66–42 (.611) | |
Divisional place | 1st | |
Owners | William & James Williams | |
General managers | Dick Wagner | |
Managers | John McNamara | |
Television | WLWT (Ray Lane, Bill Brown, Dick Carlson) | |
Radio | WLW (Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall) | |
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The 1981 Riverfront Stadium.
Offseason
- January 22, 1981: Mike Grace and John Hale were traded by the Reds to the Baltimore Orioles for Joe Kerrigan and John Buffamoyer (minors).[1]
Regular season
Season standings
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Cincinnati Reds | 66 | 42 | 0.611 | — | 32–22 | 34–20 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 63 | 47 | 0.573 | 4 | 33–23 | 30–24 |
Houston Astros | 61 | 49 | 0.555 | 6 | 31–20 | 30–29 |
San Francisco Giants | 56 | 55 | 0.505 | 11½ | 29–24 | 27–31 |
Atlanta Braves | 50 | 56 | 0.472 | 15 | 22–27 | 28–29 |
San Diego Padres | 41 | 69 | 0.373 | 26 | 20–35 | 21–34 |
NL West First Half Standings |
W | L | Pct. | GB |
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Los Angeles Dodgers | 36 | 21 | .632 | — |
Cincinnati Reds | 35 | 21 | .625 | 1⁄2 |
Houston Astros | 28 | 29 | .491 | 8 |
Atlanta Braves | 25 | 29 | .463 | 9+1⁄2 |
San Francisco Giants | 27 | 32 | .458 | 10 |
San Diego Padres | 23 | 33 | .411 | 12+1⁄2 |
NL West Second Half Standings |
W | L | Pct. | GB |
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Houston Astros | 33 | 20 | .623 | — |
Cincinnati Reds | 31 | 21 | .596 | 1+1⁄2 |
San Francisco Giants | 29 | 23 | .558 | 3+1⁄2 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 27 | 26 | .509 | 6 |
Atlanta Braves | 25 | 27 | .481 | 7+1⁄2 |
San Diego Padres | 18 | 36 | .333 | 15+1⁄2 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | — | 3–2–1 | 6–5 | 4–8 | 7–7 | 3–7 | 3–3 | 4–5 | 2–3 | 9–6 | 5–7 | 4–3 | |||||
Chicago | 2–3–1 | — | 1–5 | 1–6 | 6–4 | 4–7 | 5–8–1 | 2–10 | 4–10 | 3–3 | 5–5 | 5–4–1 | |||||
Cincinnati | 5–6 | 5–1 | — | 8–4 | 8–8 | 5–4 | 7–3 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 10–2 | 9–5 | 0–5 | |||||
Houston | 8–4 | 6–1 | 4–8 | — | 4–8 | 5–2 | 6–3 | 4–6 | 2–4 | 11–3 | 9–6 | 2–4 | |||||
Los Angeles | 7–7 | 4–6 | 8–8 | 8–4 | — | 5–2 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 6–5 | 7–5 | 5–5 | |||||
Montreal | 7–3 | 7–4 | 4–5 | 2–5 | 2–5 | — | 9–3 | 7–4 | 10–3 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 6–9 | |||||
New York | 3–3 | 8–5–1 | 3–7 | 3–6 | 1–5 | 3–9 | — | 7–7 | 3–6–1 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 6–5 | |||||
Philadelphia | 5-4 | 10–2 | 2–5 | 6–4 | 3–3 | 4–7 | 7–7 | — | 7–5 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 7–6 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 3–2 | 10–4 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 3–10 | 6–3–1 | 5–7 | — | 6–4 | 3–7 | 3–8 | |||||
San Diego | 6–9 | 3–3 | 2–10 | 3–11 | 5–6 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 4–6 | — | 6–7 | 3–7 | |||||
San Francisco | 7–5 | 5–5 | 5–9 | 6–9 | 5–7 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 7–3 | 7–6 | — | 2–3 | |||||
St. Louis | 3–4 | 4–5–1 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 5–5 | 9–6 | 5–6 | 6–7 | 8–3 | 7–3 | 3–2 | — |
Notable transactions
- June 8, 1981: Terry McGriff was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 8th round of the 1981 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1981.[2]
- June 8, 1981: Paul O'Neill was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 4th round of the 1981 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1981.[3]
- September 10, 1981: Doug Bair was traded by the Reds to the St. Louis Cardinals for Joe Edelen and Neil Fiala.[4]
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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Game log
First half
1981 First half game log: 35–21 (Home: 17–11; Away: 18–10) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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April: 11–7 (Home: 4–4; Away: 7–3)
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May: 16–13 (Home: 10–7; Away: 6–6)
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June: 8–1 (Home: 3–0; Away: 5–1)
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Second half
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August: 10–10 (Home: 7–4; Away: 3–6)
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September: 20–8 (Home: 7–4; Away: 13–4)
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October: 1–3 (Home: 1–3; Away: 0–0)
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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 | Joe Nolan | 81 | 236 | 73 | .309 | 1 | 26 |
1B | Dan Driessen | 82 | 233 | 55 | .236 | 7 | 33 |
2B | Ron Oester | 105 | 354 | 96 | .271 | 5 | 42 |
SS | Dave Concepción | 106 | 421 | 129 | .306 | 5 | 67 |
3B | Ray Knight | 106 | 386 | 100 | .259 | 6 | 34 |
LF | George Foster | 108 | 414 | 122 | .295 | 22 | 90 |
CF | Ken Griffey |
101 | 396 | 123 | .311 | 2 | 34 |
RF | Dave Collins | 95 | 360 | 98 | .272 | 3 | 23 |
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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Johnny Bench | 52 | 178 | 55 | .309 | 8 | 25 |
Mike O'Berry | 55 | 111 | 20 | .180 | 1 | 5 |
Paul Householder | 23 | 69 | 19 | .275 | 2 | 9 |
Larry Biittner | 42 | 61 | 13 | .213 | 0 | 8 |
Sam Mejías | 66 | 49 | 14 | .286 | 0 | 7 |
Junior Kennedy | 27 | 44 | 11 | .250 | 0 | 5 |
Mike Vail | 31 | 31 | 5 | .161 | 0 | 3 |
Harry Spilman | 23 | 24 | 4 | .167 | 0 | 3 |
Rafael Landestoy | 12 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 1 |
Germán Barranca | 9 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
Eddie Milner | 8 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
Neil Fiala | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 1 |
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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Mario Soto | 25 | 175.0 | 12 | 9 | 3.29 | 151 |
Tom Seaver | 23 | 166.1 | 14 | 2 | 2.54 | 87 |
Frank Pastore | 22 | 132.0 | 4 | 9 | 4.02 | 81 |
Bruce Berenyi | 21 | 126.0 | 9 | 6 | 3.50 | 106 |
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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Mike LaCoss | 20 | 78.0 | 4 | 7 | 6.12 | 22 |
Charlie Liebrandt |
7 | 30.0 | 1 | 1 | 3.60 | 9 |
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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Tom Hume | 51 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 3.46 | 27 |
Joe Price | 41 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2.52 | 41 |
Paul Moskau | 27 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .494 | 32 |
Doug Bair | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5.77 | 16 |
Geoff Combe | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.64 | 9 |
Scott Brown | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.77 | 7 |
Joe Edelen | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.71 | 5 |
Awards and honors
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Indianapolis Indians | American Association
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Jim Beauchamp |
AA | Waterbury Reds
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Eastern League
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George Scherger |
A
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Tampa Tarpons | Florida State League | Jim Lett |
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Cedar Rapids Reds
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Midwest League | Randy Davidson
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A-Short Season
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Eugene Emeralds | Northwest League | Greg Riddoch |
Rookie
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Billings Mustangs | Pioneer League | Jim Hoff |
Notes
References
- 1981 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference
- 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.