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1981 California Angels season

The 1981 California Angels season was the 21st season of the California Angels franchise in the American League, the 16th in Anaheim, and their 16th season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished with the fifth best overall record in the American League West with 51 wins and 59 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.

1981 California Angels
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkAnaheim Stadium
CityAnaheim, California
OwnersGene Autry
General managersBuzzie Bavasi
ManagersJim Fregosi, Gene Mauch
TelevisionKTLA
RadioKMPC
(Don Drysdale, Ron Fairly, Bob Starr)
← 1980
1982 →

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 6445 .587 — 35‍–‍21 29‍–‍24
Texas Rangers 5748 .543 5 32‍–‍24 25‍–‍24
Chicago White Sox 5452 .509 8½ 25‍–‍24 29‍–‍28
Kansas City Royals 5053 .485 11 19‍–‍28 31‍–‍25
California Angels 5159 .464 13½ 26‍–‍28 25‍–‍31
Seattle Mariners 4465 .404 20 20‍–‍37 24‍–‍28
Minnesota Twins 4168 .376 23 24‍–‍36 17‍–‍32
AL West
First Half Standings		 W L Pct. GB
Oakland Athletics3723.617—
Texas Rangers3322.6001+1⁄2
Chicago White Sox3122.5852+1⁄2
California Angels3129.5176
Kansas City Royals2030.40012
Seattle Mariners2136.36814+1⁄2
Minnesota Twins1739.30418
AL West
Second Half Standings		 W L Pct. GB
Kansas City Royals3023.566—
Oakland Athletics2722.5511
Texas Rangers2426.4804+1⁄2
Minnesota Twins2429.4536
Seattle Mariners2329.4426+1⁄2
Chicago White Sox2330.4347
California Angels2030.4008+1⁄2

Record vs. opponents

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1981 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —2–26–63–64–26–75–32–46–07–67–54–22–15–2
Boston 2–2—2–45–47–66–13–36–72–53–37–59–33–64–0
California 6–64–2—6–77–53–30–64–33–32–22–86–42–46–6
Chicago 6–34–57–6—2–53–32–04–12–45–77–63–32–47–5
Cleveland 2–46–75–75–2—1–54–43–62–17–53–28–42–24–2
Detroit 7–61–63–33–35–1—3–25–89–33–71–25–19–36–4
Kansas City 3–53–36–00–24–42–3—4–59–42–103–36–73–45–3
Milwaukee 4–27–63–41–46–38–55–4—9–33–34–22–24–56–4
Minnesota 0–65–23–34–21–23–94–93–9—3–32–83–6–15–85–1
New York 6–73–32–27–55–77–310–23–33–3—4–32–35–42–3
Oakland 5–75–78–26–72–32–13–32–48–23–4—6–14–210–2
Seattle 2–43–94–63–34–81–57–62–26–3–13–21–6—5–83–3
Texas 1–26–34–24–22–23–94–35–48–54–52–48–5—6–2
Toronto 2–50–46–65–72–44–63–54–61–53–22–103–32–6—

Notable transactions

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Roster

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1981 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

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Player stats

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= Indicates team leader
= Indicates league leader

Batting

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Starters by position

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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
CEd Ott7525856.217222
1BRod Carew93364111.305221
2BBobby Grich100352107.30422*61
SSRick Burleson109430126.293533
3BButch Hobson8526863.235436
LFBrian Downing9331779.249941
CFFred Lynn7625656.219531
RFDan Ford97375104.2771548
DHDon Baylor10337790.2391766
  • Tied with Tony Armas (Oakland), Dwight Evans (Boston) and Eddie Murray (Baltimore)

Other batters

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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
Juan Beníquez5816630.181313
Bobby Clark348822.250419
Larry Harlow438217.20704
Bert Campaneris558221.256110
John Harris367719.24739
Daryl Sconiers155214.26917
Freddie Patek274711.23405
Tom Brunansky11335.15236
Joe Ferguson12307.23315
Steve Lubratich7213.14301
Brian Harper4113.27301
Bob Davis120.00000

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Geoff Zahn25161.110114.4152
Ken Forsch20153.01172.8855
Mike Witt22129.0893.2875
Steve Renko22102.0843.4450
Dave Frost1247.1185.5116
Doug Rau310.1128.713
Bill Travers49.2018.385

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jesse Jefferson2677.0243.6227
Bruce Kison1144.0113.4819
Ángel Moreno831.1132.8712

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Don Aase3944112.3438
Andy Hassler424353.2144
Luis Sánchez170222.9413
John D'Acquisto600010.718
Mickey Mahler60000.005
Alfredo Martínez20003.004

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Salt Lake City Gulls Pacific Coast League Moose Stubing
AA Holyoke Millers Eastern League Jim Saul
A Redwood Pioneers California League Chris Cannizzaro
A-Short Season Salem Senators Northwest League Rick Ingalls
Rookie Idaho Falls Angels Pioneer League Joe Maddon

Notes

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  1. ↑ Geoff Zahn at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Dan Whitmer at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ "Ron Romanick Stats".
  4. ↑ Joe Rudi at Baseball Reference
  5. 1 2 Dave Rader at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Dave Skaggs at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Dick Schofield at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Devon White at Baseball Reference

References

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  • 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.
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