1981 Cleveland Indians season
The 1981 Major League Baseball regular season started Saturday, April 11, and ended Monday, October 5. Managed by Dave Garcia, the Indians had 52 wins and 51 losses, giving them a winning percentage of .505. The Indians finished sixth in the American League East. Home games were played at Cleveland Stadium.
Offseason
Regular season
- May 15, 1981: Len Barker pitched a perfect game against the Toronto Blue Jays. It was the tenth perfect game ever pitched, is one of only seventeen in the history of the major leagues, and remains the last no-hitter thrown by an Indian.[3] In that season he also was selected an All-Star.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
1981 American League Records Sources:
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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 Cleveland Indians roster |
Roster |
Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches
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Player stats
Batting
Player |
G |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
AVG |
SB |
Bando, ChrisChris Bando |
21 |
47 |
3 |
10 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
.213 |
0 |
Bannister, AlanAlan Bannister |
68 |
232 |
36 |
61 |
11 |
1 |
1 |
17 |
.263 |
16 |
Charboneau, JoeJoe Charboneau |
48 |
138 |
14 |
29 |
7 |
1 |
4 |
18 |
.210 |
1 |
Díaz, BoBo Díaz |
63 |
182 |
25 |
57 |
19 |
0 |
7 |
38 |
.313 |
2 |
Dilone, MiguelMiguel Dilone |
72 |
269 |
33 |
78 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
19 |
.290 |
29 |
Dybzinski, JerryJerry Dybzinski |
48 |
57 |
10 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
.298 |
7 |
Fischlin, MikeMike Fischlin |
22 |
43 |
3 |
10 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
.233 |
3 |
Hargrove, MikeMike Hargrove |
94 |
322 |
43 |
102 |
21 |
0 |
2 |
49 |
.317 |
5 |
Harrah, TobyToby Harrah |
103 |
361 |
64 |
105 |
12 |
4 |
5 |
44 |
.291 |
12 |
Hassey, RonRon Hassey |
61 |
190 |
8 |
44 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
25 |
.232 |
0 |
Hayes, VonVon Hayes |
43 |
109 |
21 |
28 |
8 |
2 |
1 |
17 |
.257 |
8 |
Kelly, PatPat Kelly |
48 |
75 |
8 |
16 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
16 |
.213 |
2 |
Kuiper, DuaneDuane Kuiper |
72 |
206 |
15 |
53 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
.257 |
1 |
Littleton, LarryLarry Littleton |
26 |
23 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.000 |
0 |
Manning, RickRick Manning |
103 |
360 |
47 |
88 |
15 |
3 |
4 |
33 |
.244 |
25 |
Orta, JorgeJorge Orta |
88 |
338 |
50 |
92 |
14 |
3 |
5 |
34 |
.272 |
4 |
Pagel, KarlKarl Pagel |
14 |
15 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
.267 |
0 |
Pruitt, RonRon Pruitt |
5 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
0 |
Rosello, DaveDave Rosello |
43 |
84 |
11 |
20 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
.238 |
0 |
Thornton, AndreAndre Thornton |
69 |
226 |
22 |
54 |
12 |
0 |
6 |
30 |
.239 |
3 |
Veryzer, TomTom Veryzer |
75 |
221 |
13 |
54 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
.244 |
1 |
Totals |
103 |
3507 |
431 |
922 |
150 |
21 |
39 |
397 |
.263 |
119 |
Pitching
Player |
W |
L |
ERA |
G |
GS |
SV |
IP |
R |
ER |
BB |
K |
Barker, LenLen Barker |
8 |
7 |
3.91 |
22 |
22 |
0 |
154.1 |
72 |
67 |
46 |
127 |
Blyleven, BertBert Blyleven |
11 |
7 |
2.88 |
20 |
20 |
0 |
159.1 |
52 |
51 |
40 |
107 |
Brennan, TomTom Brennan |
2 |
2 |
3.17 |
7 |
6 |
0 |
48.1 |
20 |
17 |
14 |
15 |
Denny, JohnJohn Denny |
10 |
6 |
3.15 |
19 |
19 |
0 |
145.2 |
62 |
51 |
66 |
94 |
Garland, WayneWayne Garland |
3 |
7 |
5.79 |
12 |
10 |
0 |
56.0 |
40 |
36 |
14 |
15 |
Glynn, EdEd Glynn |
0 |
0 |
1.17 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
7.2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
Lacey, BobBob Lacey |
0 |
0 |
7.59 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
21.1 |
20 |
18 |
3 |
11 |
Lewallyn, DennisDennis Lewallyn |
0 |
0 |
5.40 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
13.1 |
8 |
8 |
2 |
11 |
Monge, SidSid Monge |
3 |
5 |
4.34 |
31 |
0 |
4 |
58.0 |
31 |
28 |
21 |
41 |
Spillner, DanDan Spillner |
4 |
4 |
3.14 |
32 |
5 |
7 |
97.1 |
41 |
34 |
39 |
59 |
Stanton, MikeMike Stanton |
3 |
3 |
4.36 |
24 |
0 |
2 |
43.1 |
21 |
21 |
18 |
34 |
Waits, RickRick Waits |
8 |
10 |
4.92 |
22 |
21 |
0 |
126.1 |
74 |
69 |
44 |
51 |
Totals |
52 |
51 |
3.88 |
103 |
103 |
13 |
931.0 |
442 |
401 |
311 |
569 |
Awards and honors
All-Star Game
Farm system
[4]
Notes
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