1981 San Diego Padres season

The 1981 San Diego Padres season was the 13th season in franchise history.

1981 San Diego Padres
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record41–69 (.373)
Divisional place6th
Other information
OwnersRay Kroc
General managersJack McKeon
ManagersFrank Howard
Local televisionKFMB-TV
Local radioKFMB (AM)
(Ed Doucette, Dave Campbell, Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler, Ted Leitner)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 6642 0.611 — 32–22 34–20
Los Angeles Dodgers 6347 0.573 4 33–23 30–24
Houston Astros 6149 0.555 6 31–20 30–29
San Francisco Giants 5655 0.505 11½ 29–24 27–31
Atlanta Braves 5056 0.472 15 22–27 28–29
San Diego Padres 4169 0.373 26 20–35 21–34
NL West
First Half Standings		 W L Pct. GB
Los Angeles Dodgers3621.632—
Cincinnati Reds3521.6251⁄2
Houston Astros2829.4918
Atlanta Braves2529.4639+1⁄2
San Francisco Giants2732.45810
San Diego Padres2333.41112+1⁄2
NL West
Second Half Standings		 W L Pct. GB
Houston Astros3320.623—
Cincinnati Reds3121.5961+1⁄2
San Francisco Giants2923.5583+1⁄2
Los Angeles Dodgers2726.5096
Atlanta Braves2527.4817+1⁄2
San Diego Padres1836.33315+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 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 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
CTerry Kennedy101382115.301241
1BBroderick Perkins9225471.280240
2BJuan Bonilla99369107.290125
SSOzzie Smith110450100.222021
3BLuis Salazar109400121.303338
LFGene Richards104393113.288342
CFRuppert Jones10539799.249439
RFJoe Lefebvre8624663.256831

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
Randy Bass6917637.210420
Dave Edwards5811224.214213
Barry Evans549330.32307
Tim Flannery376717.25406
José Moreno344811.22906
Jerry Turner33317.22626
Mike Phillips14296.20700
Steve Swisher16284.14300
Doug Gwosdz16244.16703
Alan Wiggins15145.35700
Mario Ramírez13131.07701
Craig Stimac991.11100

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
Juan Eichelberger25141.1883.5081
Steve Mura23138.25144.2870
Chris Welsh22123.2673.7851
Rick Wise1898.0483.7727
Fred Kuhaulua529.1102.4516
Steve Fireovid526.1012.7311

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
Tim Lollar2476.2286.1038
John Curtis2866.2265.1331

Relief pitchers

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

Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Gary Lucas5790.077132.0053
John Littlefield4264.02323.6619
John Urrea3849.02222.3919
Danny Boone3763.11022.8443
Eric Show1523.01333.1322
Mike Armstrong1012.00206.009

Awards and honors
  • Ozzie Smith, SS, Gold Glove Award
  • Ozzie Smith, National League Leader Games Played (110)
  • Ozzie Smith, National League Leader At-Bats (450)

1981 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Hawaii Islanders Pacific Coast League Doug Rader
AA Amarillo Gold Sox Texas League Eddie Watt
A Reno Silver Sox California League Jack Maloof
A Salem Redbirds Carolina League Glenn Ezell
A-Short Season Walla Walla Padres Northwest League Bill Bryk
Rookie GCL Padres Gulf Coast League Jim Zerilla

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References
  1. Rollie Fingers at Baseball Reference
  2. Dave Edwards at Baseball Reference
  3. Mario Ramírez at Baseball Reference
  4. José Moreno at Baseball Reference
  5. Rick Sweet at Baseball Reference
  6. "Eric Bullock Stats".
  7. Tony Phillips at Baseball Reference
  8. Eric Rasmussen at Baseball Reference
  9. Kevin McReynolds at Baseball Reference
  10. Tony Gwynn at Baseball Reference
  11. Greg Booker at Baseball Reference
  12. John Kruk at Baseball Reference
  13. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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