1981 New York Yankees season




Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees


































1981 New York Yankees
AL East Champions
American League Champions
Major League affiliations

  • American League (since 1901)


  • East Division (since 1969)

Location

  • Yankee Stadium (since 1976)

  • New York City (since 1903)

Other information
Owner(s) George Steinbrenner
General manager(s) Gene Michael
Manager(s)
Gene Michael, Bob Lemon
Local television
WPIX
SportsChannel NY
(Phil Rizzuto, Frank Messer, Bill White)
Local radio
WABC (AM)
(Frank Messer, Phil Rizzuto, Bill White, Fran Healy)
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The New York Yankees' 1981 season was the 79th season for the Yankees. In the ALCS, the Yankees swept the Oakland Athletics for their only pennant of the 1980s. However, they lost in the World Series in 6 games to the Los Angeles Dodgers. New York was managed by Gene Michael and Bob Lemon. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.




Contents






  • 1 Offseason


  • 2 Regular season


    • 2.1 Notable transactions


      • 2.1.1 Draft picks




    • 2.2 Season standings


    • 2.3 Record vs. opponents


    • 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 Postseason


    • 4.1 ALDS


    • 4.2 ALCS


    • 4.3 World Series




  • 5 Awards and honors


  • 6 Farm system


  • 7 Notes


  • 8 References





Offseason



  • November 18, 1980: Brad Gulden was traded by the New York Yankees with $150,000 to the Seattle Mariners for a player to be named later and Larry Milbourne. The Seattle Mariners sent back Brad Gulden (May 18, 1981) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.[1] In effect, Brad Gulden was traded for himself.

  • December 8, 1980: Brian Doyle was drafted from the Yankees by the Oakland Athletics in the 1980 rule 5 draft.[2]

  • December 15, 1980: Dave Winfield was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[3]

  • February 16, 1981: Rafael Santana was traded by the Yankees to the St. Louis Cardinals for a player to be named later. The Cardinals completed the deal by sending George Frazier to the Yankees on June 7.[4]

  • March 31, 1981: Chris Welsh, Ruppert Jones, Joe Lefebvre, and Tim Lollar were traded by the Yankees to the San Diego Padres for Jerry Mumphrey and John Pacella.[5]



Regular season


The team finished in first place in the American League East for the first half of the season with a 34-22 record, but finished fifth in the second half with a 25-26 record, for an overall record of 59-48. The season was suspended for 50 days due to the infamous 1981 players strike and the league chose as its playoff teams, the division winners from the first and second halves of the season, respectively.



Notable transactions



  • April 6, 1981: Johnny Oates was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.[6]

  • May 20, 1981: Jim Spencer and Tom Underwood were traded by the Yankees to the Oakland Athletics for Dave Revering, Mike Patterson, and Chuck Dougherty (minors).[7]

  • June 12, 1981: Doug Bird, a player to be named later, and $400,000 were traded by the Yankees to the Chicago Cubs for Rick Reuschel. The Yankees completed the deal by sending Mike Griffin to the Cubs on August 5.[8]

  • August 19, 1981: Pat Tabler was traded by the Yankees to the Chicago Cubs for players to be named later. The Cubs completed the deal by sending Bill Caudill to the Yankees on April 1, 1982, and Jay Howell to the Yankees on August 2.[9]



Draft picks


  • June 8, 1981: 1981 Major League Baseball Draft


    • John Elway was drafted by the Yankees in the 2nd round.[10]


    • Phil Lombardi was drafted by the Yankees in the 3rd round.[11]


    • Eric Plunk was drafted by the Yankees in the 4th round. Player signed June 15, 1981.[12]


    • Fred McGriff was drafted by the Yankees in the 9th round. McGriff signed on June 11, 1981.[13]




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

  • v

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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 —




Roster














1981 New York Yankees

Roster

Pitchers


  • 43 Doug Bird


  • 35,56 Bill Castro


  • 39 Ron Davis


  • 43 George Frazier


  • 54 Goose Gossage


  • 52 Mike Griffin


  • 49 Ron Guidry


  • 25 Tommy John


  • 34 Dave LaRoche


  • 45 Rudy May


  • 58 Andy McGaffigan


  • 46,55 Gene Nelson


  • 36 Rick Reuschel


  • 19 Dave Righetti


  • 38 Tom Underwood


  • 58 Dave Wehrmeister

Catchers


  • 10 Rick Cerone


  • 23 Barry Foote


  • 26 Johnny Oates


Infielders




  • 57 Tucker Ashford


  • 66 Steve Balboni


  • 20 Bucky Dent


  • 18 Larry Milbourne


  •  9 Graig Nettles


  • 30 Willie Randolph


  • 12 Dave Revering


  • 55 Andre Robertson


  • 27 Aurelio Rodríguez


  • 12 Jim Spencer


  • 28 Bob Watson


  • 24 Dennis Werth

Outfielders


  • 13 Bobby Brown


  • 17 Oscar Gamble


  • 44 Reggie Jackson


  • 22 Jerry Mumphrey


  • 56 Mike Patterson


  • 14 Lou Piniella


  • 31 Dave Winfield


Other batters



  •  2 Bobby Murcer

Manager


  • 21 Bob Lemon


  • 11 Gene Michael


Coaches




  • 48 Joe Altobelli


  •  8 Yogi Berra


  • 33 Mike Ferraro


  •    Clyde King


  • 40 Charley Lau


  • 41 Jeff Torborg


  •    Jerry Walker


  • 42 Stan Williams


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
 R
 H
 Avg.
 HR
 RBI
 SB
C Rick Cerone 71 234 23 57 .244 2 21 0
1B Bob Watson 59 156 15 33 .212 6 12 0
2B Willie Randolph 93 357 59 83 .232 2 24 14
SS Bucky Dent 73 227 20 54 .238 7 27 0
3B Graig Nettles 103 349 46 85 .244 15 46 0
LF Dave Winfield 105 388 52 114 .294 13 68 11
CF Jerry Mumphrey 80 319 44 98 .307 6 32 14
RF Reggie Jackson 94 334 33 79 .237 15 54 0
DH Bobby Murcer 50 117 14 31 .265 6 24 0

[14]



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
Oscar Gamble 80 189 45 .238 10 27
Larry Milbourne 61 163 51 .313 1 12
Lou Piniella 60 159 44 .277 5 18
Barry Foote 40 125 26 .208 6 10
Dave Revering 45 119 28 .235 2 7
Jim Spencer 25 63 9 .143 2 4
Bobby Brown 31 62 14 .226 0 6
Dennis Werth 34 55 6 .109 0 1
Johnny Oates 10 26 5 .192 0 0
Mike Patterson 4 9 2 .222 0 0


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
Dave Righetti 15 105.1 8 4 2.05 89


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
Doug Bird 17 53.1 5 1 2.70 28
Tom Underwood 9 32.2 1 4 4.41 29


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
George Frazier 16 0 1 3 1.63 17
Dave Wehrmeister 5 0 0 0 5.14 7


Postseason



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


ALCS


Main article: 1981 American League Championship Series

New York Yankees win the Series over the Oakland Athletics, 3-0































Game Score Date Location Attendance
1 Oakland – 1, New York – 3 October 13 Yankee Stadium 55,740
2 Oakland – 3, New York – 13 October 14 Yankee Stadium 48,497
3
New York – 4, Oakland – 0		 October 15 Oakland Coliseum 47,302


World Series


Main article: 1981 World Series





























































NL Los Angeles Dodgers (4) vs. AL New York Yankees (2)
Game
 Score
 Date
 Location
 Attendance
 Time of Game
1 Dodgers – 3, Yankees – 5
 October 20
Yankee Stadium (New York)		 56,470 2:32
2 Dodgers – 0, Yankees – 3
 October 21
Yankee Stadium (New York)		 56,505 2:29
3 Yankees – 4, Dodgers – 5
 October 23
Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles)		 56,236 3:04
4 Yankees – 7, Dodgers – 8
 October 24
Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles)		 56,242 3:32
5 Yankees – 1, Dodgers – 2
 October 25
Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles)		 56,115 2:19
6
Dodgers – 9, Yankees – 2		 October 28
Yankee Stadium (New York)		 56,513 3:09


Awards and honors




  • Tommy John, Lou Gehrig Memorial Award


  • Dave Righetti was honored as the AL Rookie of the Year.


  • Graig Nettles, Most Valuable Player in the AL Championship Series.


All-Star Game



  • Willie Randolph

  • Bucky Dent

  • Reggie Jackson

  • Dave Winfield

  • Ron Davis

  • Rich Gossage



Farm system


See also: Minor League Baseball


















































Level
 Team
 League
 Manager

AAA
Columbus Clippers
International League
Frank Verdi

AA
Nashville Sounds
Southern League
Stump Merrill

A
Fort Lauderdale Yankees
Florida State League
Doug Holmquist

A
Greensboro Hornets
South Atlantic League
Bob Schaefer

A-Short Season
Oneonta Yankees
New York–Penn League
Art Mazmanian

Rookie
Paintsville Yankees
Appalachian League
Mike Easom

Rookie
GCL Yankees
Gulf Coast League
Carlos Tosca

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Columbus, Greensboro, Oneonta, Paintsville[15]



Notes





  1. ^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/guldebr01.shtml


  2. ^ Brian Doyle page at Baseball Reference


  3. ^ Dave Winfield page at Baseball Reference


  4. ^ Rafael Santana page at Baseball Reference


  5. ^ Chris Welsh page at Baseball Reference


  6. ^ Johnny Oates page at Baseball Reference


  7. ^ Dave Revering page at Baseball Reference


  8. ^ Rick Reuschel page at Baseball Reference


  9. ^ Pat Tabler page at Baseball Reference


  10. ^ 1981 MLB June Draft Second Round Picks


  11. ^ Phil Lombardi page at Baseball Reference


  12. ^ Eric Plunk page at Baseball Reference


  13. ^ Fred McGriff page at Baseball Reference


  14. ^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1981.shtml


  15. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007




References



  • 1981 New York Yankees

  • 1981 World Series

  • 1981 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com












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