1981 Boston Red Sox season

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1981 Boston Red Sox
Major league affiliations
Location
1981 Information
Owner(s) JRY Trust, Buddy LeRoux, Haywood Sullivan
Manager(s) Ralph Houk
Local television WSBK-TV, Ch. 38
(Ken Harrelson, Ned Martin, Bob Montgomery)
Local radio WITS-AM 1510
(Ken Coleman, Jon Miller)

The 1981 Boston Red Sox season involved the Red Sox finishing 5th in the American League East with a record of 59 wins and 49 losses.

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.

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[edit] Offseason

  • December 10, 1980 – The Red Sox traded shortstop Rick Burleson and third baseman Butch Hobson to the California Angels in exchange for Carney Lansford, former Red Sox player Rick Miller, and Mark Clear. [1] Burleson was unhappy with his contract negotiations with the Red Sox and initiated at leaving via free agency.

[edit] Regular Season

[edit] Season standings

[edit] First Season

Team Wins Losses Win % GB
New York Yankees 34 22 .607 0
Baltimore Orioles 31 23 .574 3.0
Milwaukee Brewers 31 25 .554 3.0
Detroit Tigers 31 26 .544 3.0
Boston Red Sox 30 26 .536 4.0
Cleveland Indians 26 24 .520 8.0
Toronto Blue Jays 16 42 .276 18.0

[edit] Second Season

Team Wins Losses Win % GB
Milwaukee Brewers 31 22 .585 0
Boston Red Sox 29 23 .558 2.0
Detroit Tigers 29 23 .558 2.0
Baltimore Orioles 28 23 .549 3.0
Cleveland Indians 26 27 .491 5.0
New York Yankees 25 26 .490 6.0
Toronto Blue Jays 21 27 .438 10.0

[edit] Composite Standings

Team Wins Losses Win % GB
Milwaukee Brewers 62 47 .569 0
Baltimore Orioles 59 46 .562 1.0
New York Yankees 59 48 .551 2.0
Detroit Tigers 60 49 .550 2.0
Boston Red Sox 59 49 .546 2.5
Cleveland Indians 52 51 .505 7.0
Toronto Blue Jays 37 69 .349 23.5

[edit] Notable Transactions

  • June 8, 1981: Steve Lyons was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft. [2]

[edit] Roster

1981 Boston Red Sox roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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

[edit] Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b The Boston Red Sox, Milton Cole and Jim Kaplan, p.58, World Publications Group, North Dighton, MA, ISBN 1-57215-412-8
  2. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lyonsst01.shtml
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