1981 Baltimore Orioles season

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1981 Baltimore Orioles
Major league affiliations
Location
1981 Information
Owner(s) Edward Bennett Williams
Manager(s) Earl Weaver
Local television WMAR-TV
Local radio WFBR
(Chuck Thompson, Bill O'Donnell, Brooks Robinson, Tom Marr)

The 1981 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing 2nd in the American League East with a record of 59 wins and 46 losses.

Contents

[edit] Regular Season

The season was suspended for 50 days due to the infamous 1981 Major League Baseball strike and the league chose as its playoff teams, the division winners from the first and second halves of the season, respectively.

[edit] Notable Transactions

  • June 8, 1981: Cecil Fielder was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 31st round of the 1981 amateur draft, but did not sign. [1]

[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] Roster

1981 Baltimore Orioles roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

[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] Awards and Honors

  • Dennis Martinez, American League Leader Victories (14)

All-Star Game

[edit] References

  1. ^ Cecil Fielder Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
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