1981 Milwaukee Brewers season




































1981 Milwaukee Brewers
Major League affiliations

  • American League (since 1969)


  • East Division (since 1972)

Location

  • Milwaukee County Stadium (since 1970)

  • Milwaukee, Wisconsin (since 1970)

Other information
Owner(s) Bud Selig
General manager(s) Harry Dalton
Manager(s) Buck Rodgers
Local television
WVTV
(Kent Derdivanis, Mike Hegan, Steve Shannon)
SelecTV
(Joe Castiglione, Tom Collins)
Local radio
WISN (AM)
(Lorn Brown, Bob Uecker)
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The Milwaukee Brewers' 1981 season involved the Brewers' finishing 1st in American League East during the second half of the split schedule with an overall record of 62 wins and 47 losses. They proceeded to lose to the New York Yankees in the ALDS. Rollie Fingers became the first relief pitcher in the history of the American League to win the MVP Award.[1]




Contents






  • 1 Offseason


  • 2 Regular season


    • 2.1 Season standings


    • 2.2 Record vs. opponents


    • 2.3 Notable transactions


    • 2.4 Roster




  • 3 Player stats


    • 3.1 Batting


      • 3.1.1 Starters by position


      • 3.1.2 Other batters




    • 3.2 Pitching


      • 3.2.1 Starting pitchers


      • 3.2.2 Other pitchers


      • 3.2.3 Relief pitchers






  • 4 ALDS


  • 5 Awards and honors


  • 6 Farm system


  • 7 Notes


  • 8 References





Offseason



  • December 12, 1980: Sixto Lezcano, David Green, Lary Sorensen and Dave LaPoint were traded by the Brewers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ted Simmons, Rollie Fingers and Pete Vuckovich.[2]

  • January 13, 1981: Ernest Riles was drafted by the Brewers in the 3rd round of the 1981 Major League Baseball draft (Secondary phase).[3]

  • February 21, 1981: Paul Hartzell was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.[4]

  • March 20, 1981: Bob Galasso was released by the Brewers.[5]



Regular season



Season standings













































































  • v

  • t

  • e


AL East
W
L
Pct.
GB
Home
Road

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.
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.
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




































































































































































































































































1981 American League Records

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
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 1, 1981: John Poff was traded by the Brewers to the Chicago White Sox for Thad Bosley.[6]

  • April 4, 1981: Bill Lyons was released by the Brewers.[7]

  • April 5, 1981: Dan Boitano was purchased from the Brewers by the New York Mets from the Milwaukee Brewers.[8]

  • June 8, 1981: Bryan Clutterbuck was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 7th round of the 1981 amateur draft. [9]

  • July 8, 1981: Paul Hartzell was released by the Brewers.[4]



Roster














1981 Milwaukee Brewers roster

Roster

Pitchers


  • 46 Jerry Augustine


  • 47 Dwight Bernard


  • 48 Mike Caldwell


  • 25 Reggie Cleveland


  • 49 Frank DiPino


  • 28 Jamie Easterly


  • 34 Rollie Fingers


  • 30 Moose Haas


  • 45 Rickey Keeton


  • 35 Randy Lerch


  • 10 Bob McClure


  • 26 Donnie Moore


  • 51 Willie Mueller


  • 43 Chuck Porter


  • 41 Jim Slaton


  • 50 Pete Vuckovich

Catchers


  • 22 Charlie Moore


  • 23 Ted Simmons


  •  5 Ned Yost


Infielders




  •  6 Sal Bando


  • 15 Cecil Cooper


  • 17 Jim Gantner


  • 13 Roy Howell


  •  7 Don Money


  • 11 Ed Romero


  • 19 Robin Yount

Outfielders


  • 27 Thad Bosley


  • 29 Mark Brouhard


  • 16 Marshall Edwards


  •  4 Paul Molitor


  • 24 Ben Oglivie


  • 20 Gorman Thomas


Other batters



  •  9 Larry Hisle

Manager

  • 37 Buck Rodgers

Coaches




  • 12 Larry Haney (Bullpen)


  • 18 Ron Hansen (First Base)


  • 32 Harvey Kuenn (Hitting)


  • 38 Cal McLish (Pitching)


  • 36 Harry Warner (Third Base)


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
C Ted Simmons 100 380 82 .216 14 61


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
Paul Molitor 64 251 67 .267 2 19
Thad Bosley 42 105 24 .229 0 3


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
Mike Caldwell 24 144.1 11 9 3.93 41
Pete Vuckovich 24 149.2 14 4 3.55 84


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
Jerry Augustine 27 61.1 2 2 4.26 26


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
Rollie Fingers 47 6 3 28 1.04 61
Reggie Cleveland 35 2 3 1 5.15 18
Rickey Keeton 17 1 0 0 5.09 9
Dwight Bernard 6 0 0 0 3.60 1
Chuck Porter 3 0 0 0 4.15 1


ALDS


Main article: 1981 American League Division Series

New York wins series, 3-2.

































Game Score Date
1
New York 5, Milwaukee 3		 October 7
2
New York 3, Milwaukee 0		 October 8
3
Milwaukee 5, New York 3		 October 9
4
Milwaukee 2, New York 1		 October 10
5
New York 7, Milwaukee 3		 October 11


Awards and honors




  • Cecil Cooper, Silver Slugger Award


  • Rollie Fingers, American League Cy Young Award

  • Rollie Fingers, American League MVP



Farm system


See also: Minor League Baseball






































Level
 Team
 League
 Manager

AAA
Vancouver Canadians
Pacific Coast League
Lee Sigman

AA
El Paso Diablos
Texas League
Tony Muser

A
Stockton Ports
California League
Duane Espy

A
Burlington Bees
Midwest League
Terry Bevington

Rookie
Butte Copper Kings
Pioneer League
Ken Richardson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Butte



Notes





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  2. ^ Ted Simmons at Baseball-Reference


  3. ^ Ernest Riles at Baseball-Reference


  4. ^ ab Paul Hartzell at Baseball-Reference


  5. ^ Bob Galasso at Baseball-Reference


  6. ^ John Poff at Baseball-Reference


  7. ^ Bill Lyons at Baseball-Reference


  8. ^ Dan Boitano at Baseball-Reference


  9. ^ "Bryan Clutterbuck: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 14 March 2018.




References




  • 1981 Milwaukee Brewers team at Baseball-Reference


  • 1981 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Almanac










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