1981 New York Mets season

The 1981 New York Mets season was the 20th regular season for the Mets. They went 41–62 and finished in fifth place in the National League East. They were managed by Joe Torre. They played home games at Shea Stadium. The season is remembered for a summer strike that cut the season in half.

1981 New York Mets
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersNelson Doubleday, Jr.
General managersFrank Cashen
ManagersJoe Torre
Local televisionWOR-TV
Local radioWMCA
(Ralph Kiner, Bob Murphy, Steve Albert, Art Shamsky)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 5943 0.578 — 32–21 27–22
Montreal Expos 6048 0.556 2 38–18 22–30
Philadelphia Phillies 5948 0.551 2½ 36–19 23–29
Pittsburgh Pirates 4656 0.451 13 22–28 24–28
New York Mets 4162 0.398 18½ 24–27 17–35
Chicago Cubs 3865 0.369 21½ 27–30 11–35
NL East
First Half Standings		 W L Pct. GB
Philadelphia Phillies3421.618—
St. Louis Cardinals3020.6001+1⁄2
Montreal Expos3025.5454
Pittsburgh Pirates2523.5215+1⁄2
New York Mets1734.33315
Chicago Cubs1537.28817+1⁄2
NL East
Second Half Standings		 W L Pct. GB
Montreal Expos3023.566—
St. Louis Cardinals2923.5581⁄2
Philadelphia Phillies2527.4814+1⁄2
New York Mets2428.4625+1⁄2
Chicago Cubs2328.4516
Pittsburgh Pirates2133.3899+1⁄2

Record vs. opponents
1981 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta—3–2–16–54–87–73–73–34–52–39–65–74–3
Chicago2–3–1—1–51–66–44–75–8–12–104–103–35–55–4–1
Cincinnati5–65–1—8–48–85–47–35–24–210–29–50–5
Houston8–46–14–8—4–85–26–34–62–411–39–62–4
Los Angeles 7–74–68–88–4—5–25–13–35–16–57–55–5
Montreal7–37–44–52–52–5—9–37–410–34–22–56–9
New York3–38–5–13–73–61–53–9—7–73–6–12–52–46–5
Philadelphia5-410–22–56–43–34–77–7—7–54–24–37–6
Pittsburgh3–210–42–44–21–53–106–3–15–7—6–43–73–8
San Diego6–93–32–103–115–62–45–22–44–6—6–73–7
San Francisco7–55–55–96–95–75–24–23–47–37–6—2–3
St. Louis3–44–5–15–04–25–59–65–66–78–37–33–2—

Notable transactions

Roster
1981 New York Mets roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CJohn Stearns8027374.271124
1BDave Kingman10035378.2212259
2BDoug Flynn10532572.222120
SSFrank Taveras8428365.230011
3BHubie Brooks98358110.307438
LFLee Mazzilli9532474.228634
CFMookie Wilson9232889.271314
RFEllis Valentine4816935.207521

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
Rusty Staub7016151.317521
Alex Treviño5614939.262010
Joel Youngblood4314350.350425
Mike Jorgensen8612225.205315
Bob Bailor518123.28408
Mike Cubbage678017.21314
Ron Gardenhire274813.27103
Ron Hodges354313.30216
Wally Backman263610.27800
Mike Howard14244.16703
Brian Giles970.00000

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
Pat Zachry24139.07144.1476
Mike Scott23136.05103.9054
Ed Lynch1780.1452.9127
Greg A. Harris1668.2354.4654
Randy Jones1359.1184.8514
Tim Leary12.0000.003

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
Pete Falcone3595.1532.5556
Dave Roberts715.1039.3910
Craig Swan513.2023.299
Charlie Puleo413.1000.008

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
Neil Allen4376182.9750
Ray Searage261013.6816
Dyar Miller231003.2922
Terry Leach211102.5516
Tom Hausman200102.1813
Mike Marshall203202.618
Jeff Reardon181023.4528
Dan Boitano152105.518
Jesse Orosco80111.5618

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tidewater Tides International League Jack Aker
AA Jackson Mets Texas League Davey Johnson
A Lynchburg Mets Carolina League Gene Dusan
A Shelby Mets South Atlantic League Dan Monzon
A-Short Season Little Falls Mets New York–Penn League Rich Miller
Rookie Kingsport Mets Appalachian League Al Jackson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Jackson

Notes
  1. Kevin Mitchell page at Baseball Reference
  2. Jose Moreno page at Baseball Reference
  3. Rick Sweet page at Baseball Reference
  4. Rusty Staub page at Baseball Reference
  5. "Mike Cubbage Stats".
  6. Randy Milligan page at Baseball Reference
  7. Gary Rajsich page at Baseball Reference
  8. "Dan Boitano Stats".
  9. "Butch Benton Stats".
  10. Jeff Reardon page at Baseball Reference
  11. John Christensen page at Baseball Reference
  12. Roger Clemens page at Baseball Reference
  13. Lenny Dykstra page at Baseball Reference
  14. Lou Thornton page at Baseball Reference
  15. Bill Latham page at Baseball Reference
  16. Mike Marshall 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.
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