1981 Cleveland Indians season
The 1981 Major League Baseball regular season started Saturday, April 11, and ended Monday, October 5. Managed by Dave Garcia, the Indians had 52 wins and 51 losses, giving them a winning percentage of .505. The Indians finished sixth in the American League East. Home games were played at Cleveland Stadium.
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| Owner(s) | Steve O'Neill |
| General manager(s) | Phil Seghi |
| Manager(s) | Dave Garcia |
| Local television | WUAB |
| Local radio | WWWE |
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Offseason
- December 8, 1980: Dan Spillner was signed as a free agent by the Indians.[1]
- December 9, 1980: Gary Alexander, Víctor Cruz, Rafael Vásquez, and Bob Owchinko were traded by the Indians to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Bert Blyleven and Manny Sanguillén.[2]
Regular season
- May 15, 1981: Len Barker pitched a perfect game against the Toronto Blue Jays. It was the tenth perfect game ever pitched, is one of only seventeen in the history of the major leagues, and remains the last no-hitter thrown by an Indian.[3] In that season he also was selected an All-Star.
Season standings
| AL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| Milwaukee Brewers | 62 | 47 | 0.569 | — | 28–21 | 34–26 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 59 | 46 | 0.562 | 1 | 33–22 | 26–24 |
| New York Yankees | 59 | 48 | 0.551 | 2 | 32–19 | 27–29 |
| Detroit Tigers | 60 | 49 | 0.550 | 2 | 32–23 | 28–26 |
| Boston Red Sox | 59 | 49 | 0.546 | 2½ | 30–23 | 29–26 |
| Cleveland Indians | 52 | 51 | 0.505 | 7 | 25–29 | 27–22 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 37 | 69 | 0.349 | 23½ | 17–36 | 20–33 |
| AL East First Half Standings |
W | L | Pct. |
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| New York Yankees | 34 | 22 | .607 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 31 | 23 | .574 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 31 | 25 | .554 |
| Detroit Tigers | 31 | 26 | .544 |
| Boston Red Sox | 30 | 26 | .536 |
| Cleveland Indians | 26 | 24 | .520 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 16 | 42 | .276 |
| AL East Second Half Standings |
W | L | Pct. |
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| Milwaukee Brewers | 31 | 22 | .585 |
| Boston Red Sox | 29 | 23 | .558 |
| Detroit Tigers | 29 | 23 | .558 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 28 | 23 | .549 |
| Cleveland Indians | 26 | 27 | .491 |
| New York Yankees | 25 | 26 | .490 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 21 | 27 | .438 |
Record vs. opponents
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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 | — |
Roster
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Player stats
Batting
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | SB |
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| Bando, ChrisChris Bando | 21 | 47 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .213 | 0 |
| Bannister, AlanAlan Bannister | 68 | 232 | 36 | 61 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 17 | .263 | 16 |
| Charboneau, JoeJoe Charboneau | 48 | 138 | 14 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 18 | .210 | 1 |
| Díaz, BoBo Díaz | 63 | 182 | 25 | 57 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 38 | .313 | 2 |
| Dilone, MiguelMiguel Dilone | 72 | 269 | 33 | 78 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 19 | .290 | 29 |
| Dybzinski, JerryJerry Dybzinski | 48 | 57 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .298 | 7 |
| Fischlin, MikeMike Fischlin | 22 | 43 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .233 | 3 |
| Hargrove, MikeMike Hargrove | 94 | 322 | 43 | 102 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 49 | .317 | 5 |
| Harrah, TobyToby Harrah | 103 | 361 | 64 | 105 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 44 | .291 | 12 |
| Hassey, RonRon Hassey | 61 | 190 | 8 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 25 | .232 | 0 |
| Hayes, VonVon Hayes | 43 | 109 | 21 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 17 | .257 | 8 |
| Kelly, PatPat Kelly | 48 | 75 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .213 | 2 |
| Kuiper, DuaneDuane Kuiper | 72 | 206 | 15 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .257 | 1 |
| Littleton, LarryLarry Littleton | 26 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
| Manning, RickRick Manning | 103 | 360 | 47 | 88 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 33 | .244 | 25 |
| Orta, JorgeJorge Orta | 88 | 338 | 50 | 92 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 34 | .272 | 4 |
| Pagel, KarlKarl Pagel | 14 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .267 | 0 |
| Pruitt, RonRon Pruitt | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Rosello, DaveDave Rosello | 43 | 84 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .238 | 0 |
| Thornton, AndreAndre Thornton | 69 | 226 | 22 | 54 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 30 | .239 | 3 |
| Veryzer, TomTom Veryzer | 75 | 221 | 13 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .244 | 1 |
| Totals | 103 | 3507 | 431 | 922 | 150 | 21 | 39 | 397 | .263 | 119 |
Pitching
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | R | ER | BB | K |
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| Barker, LenLen Barker | 8 | 7 | 3.91 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 154.1 | 72 | 67 | 46 | 127 |
| Blyleven, BertBert Blyleven | 11 | 7 | 2.88 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 159.1 | 52 | 51 | 40 | 107 |
| Brennan, TomTom Brennan | 2 | 2 | 3.17 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 48.1 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 15 |
| Denny, JohnJohn Denny | 10 | 6 | 3.15 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 145.2 | 62 | 51 | 66 | 94 |
| Garland, WayneWayne Garland | 3 | 7 | 5.79 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 56.0 | 40 | 36 | 14 | 15 |
| Glynn, EdEd Glynn | 0 | 0 | 1.17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Lacey, BobBob Lacey | 0 | 0 | 7.59 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21.1 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 11 |
| Lewallyn, DennisDennis Lewallyn | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13.1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 11 |
| Monge, SidSid Monge | 3 | 5 | 4.34 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 58.0 | 31 | 28 | 21 | 41 |
| Spillner, DanDan Spillner | 4 | 4 | 3.14 | 32 | 5 | 7 | 97.1 | 41 | 34 | 39 | 59 |
| Stanton, MikeMike Stanton | 3 | 3 | 4.36 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 43.1 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 34 |
| Waits, RickRick Waits | 8 | 10 | 4.92 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 126.1 | 74 | 69 | 44 | 51 |
| Totals | 52 | 51 | 3.88 | 103 | 103 | 13 | 931.0 | 442 | 401 | 311 | 569 |
Awards and honors
- Len Barker, reserve
Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Notes
- ↑ Dan Spillner at Baseball Reference
- ↑ Bert Blyleven at Baseball Reference
- ↑ Chronological list of no-hitters at Retrosheet
- ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
References
- 1981 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference
- 1981 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac
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