1981 California Angels season

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1981 California Angels
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1961) West Division (Since 1969)
Location
Anaheim Stadium (Since 1966) Anaheim, California (Since 1966)
1981 Information
Owner(s)	Gene Autry
Manager(s)	Jim Fregosi and Gene Mauch
Local television	KTLA
Local radio	KMPC (Don Drysdale, Ron Fairly, Bob Starr)

The California Angels 1981 season involved the Angels finishing 5th in the American League west with a record of 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, respectively.

Contents 1 Regular season 1.1 Season standings 1.2 Transactions 2 Player stats 2.1 Batting 2.1.1 Other batters 2.2 Starting pitchers 2.2.1 Other pitchers 2.2.1.1 Relief pitchers 3 References

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

American League West
Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
1st	Oakland Athletics	64	45	.587	--
2nd	Texas Rangers	57	48	.543	5.0
3rd	Chicago White Sox	54	52	.509	8.5
4th	Kansas City Royals	50	53	.485	11.0
5th	California Angels	51	59	.464	13.5
6th	Seattle Mariners	44	65	.404	20.0
7th	Minnesota Twins	41	68	.376	23.0

[edit] Transactions

June 8, 1981: Devon White was drafted by the California Angels in the 6th round of the 1981 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 1981. ^[1]

[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

• 1981 California Angels team page at Baseball Reference
• 1981 California Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

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