1981 Atlanta Braves season

1981 Atlanta Braves
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Western Division (since 1969)
Location
Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium (since 1966)
Atlanta (since 1966)
Results
Record	50–56 (.472)
Divisional place	5th
Other information
Owner(s)	Ted Turner
General manager(s)	John Mullen
Manager(s)	Bobby Cox
Local television	WTBS/Superstation WTBS
Local radio	WSB (Ernie Johnson, Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Darrel Chaney)
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Offseason

• November 15, 1980: Claudell Washington was signed as a free agent by the Braves.^[1]
• December 12, 1980: Doyle Alexander was traded by the Braves to the San Francisco Giants for John Montefusco and Craig Landis (minors).^[2]
• January 12, 1981: Gaylord Perry was signed as a free agent by the Braves.^[3]

Regular season

Season standings

NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	66	42	0.611	—	32–22	34–20
Los Angeles Dodgers	63	47	0.573	4	33–23	30–24
Houston Astros	61	49	0.555	6	31–20	30–29
San Francisco Giants	56	55	0.505	11½	29–24	27–31
Atlanta Braves	50	56	0.472	15	22–27	28–29
San Diego Padres	41	69	0.373	26	20–35	21–34

NL West First Half Standings	W	L	Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers	36	21	.632
Cincinnati Reds	35	21	.625
Houston Astros	28	29	.491
Atlanta Braves	25	29	.463
San Francisco Giants	27	32	.458
San Diego Padres	23	33	.411

NL West Second Half Standings	W	L	Pct.
Houston Astros	33	20	.623
Cincinnati Reds	31	21	.596
San Francisco Giants	29	23	.558
Los Angeles Dodgers	27	26	.509
Atlanta Braves	25	27	.481
San Diego Padres	18	36	.333

Record vs. opponents

1981 National League Records Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	3–2–1	6–5	4–8	7–7	3–7	3–3	4–5	2–3	9–6	5–7	4–3
Chicago	2–3–1	—	1–5	1–6	6–4	4–7	5–8–1	2–10	4–10	3–3	5–5	5–4–1
Cincinnati	5–6	5–1	—	8–4	8–8	5–4	7–3	5–2	4–2	10–2	9–5	0–5
Houston	8–4	6–1	4–8	—	4–8	5–2	6–3	4–6	2–4	11–3	9–6	2–4
Los Angeles	7–7	4–6	8–8	8–4	—	5–2	5–1	3–3	5–1	6–5	7–5	5–5
Montreal	7–3	7–4	4–5	2–5	2–5	—	9–3	7–4	10–3	4–2	2–5	6–9
New York	3–3	8–5–1	3–7	3–6	1–5	3–9	—	7–7	3–6–1	2–5	2–4	6–5
Philadelphia	5-4	10–2	2–5	6–4	3–3	4–7	7–7	—	7–5	4–2	4–3	7–6
Pittsburgh	3–2	10–4	2–4	4–2	1–5	3–10	6–3–1	5–7	—	6–4	3–7	3–8
San Diego	6–9	3–3	2–10	3–11	5–6	2–4	5–2	2–4	4–6	—	6–7	3–7
San Francisco	7–5	5–5	5–9	6–9	5–7	5–2	4–2	3–4	7–3	7–6	—	2–3
St. Louis	3–4	4–5–1	5–0	4–2	5–5	9–6	5–6	6–7	8–3	7–3	3–2	—

Roster

1981 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers 50 Jose Alvarez 32 Steve Bedrosian 40 Tommy Boggs 34 Larry Bradford 37 Rick Camp 26 Gene Garber 49 Preston Hanna 39 Al Hrabosky 42 Rick Mahler 29 Rick Matula 27 Larry McWilliams 24 John Montefusco 35 Phil Niekro 36 Gaylord Perry 43 Bob Walk		Catchers 20 Bruce Benedict 15 Bill Nahorodny 12 Larry Owen 14 Matt Sinatro Infielders 10 Chris Chambliss  9 Luis Gómez  5 Bob Horner 17 Glenn Hubbard 47 Brook Jacoby  4 Biff Pocoroba 16 Rafael Ramírez  1 Jerry Royster 15 Paul Runge 11 Ken Smith		Outfielders 30 Brian Asselstine 22 Brett Butler 31 Albert Hall 19 Terry Harper 25 Rufino Linares 28 Mike Lum 45 Eddie Miller  3 Dale Murphy 18 Claudell Washington 28 Larry Whisenton Other batters 22 Bob Porter		Manager  6 Bobby Cox Coaches 23 Tommie Aaron 48 Cloyd Boyer  2 Bobby Dews  8 John Sullivan

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
2B	Hubbard, GlennGlenn Hubbard	99	361	85	.235	6	33
SS	Ramírez, RafaelRafael Ramírez	95	307	67	.218	2	20
LF	Linares, RufinoRufino Linares	78	253	67	.265	5	25

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
Miller, EddieEddie Miller	50	134	31	.231	0	7
Asselstine, BrianBrian Asselstine	56	86	22	.256	2	10
Gómez, LuisLuis Gómez	35	35	7	.200	0	1
Runge, PaulPaul Runge	10	27	7	.259	0	2
Owen, LarryLarry Owen	13	16	0	.000	0	0
Porter, BobBob Porter	17	14	4	.286	0	4

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Boggs, TommyTommy Boggs	25	142.2	3	13	4.10	81
Perry, GaylordGaylord Perry	23	150.2	8	9	3.94	60

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Montefusco, JohnJohn Montefusco	26	77.1	2	3	3.49	34

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Bradford, LarryLarry Bradford	25	2	0	1	3.71	14
Hanna, PrestonPreston Hanna	20	2	1	0	6.37	22
Bedrosian, SteveSteve Bedrosian	15	1	2	0	4.44	9
Alvarez, JoseJose Alvarez	1	0	0	0	0.00	2
Gómez, LuisLuis Gómez	1	0	0	0	27.00	0

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Richmond Braves	International League	Eddie Haas
AA	Savannah Braves	Southern League	Andy Gilbert
A	Durham Bulls	Carolina League	Al Gallagher
A	Anderson Braves	South Atlantic League	Sonny Jackson
Rookie	GCL Braves	Gulf Coast League	Pedro González

Notes

1. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/washicl01.shtml
2. Doyle Alexander at Baseball Reference
3. Gaylord Perry 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.
• 1981 Atlanta Braves season at Baseball Reference