1981 St. Louis Cardinals season

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1981 St. Louis Cardinals
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1892) Eastern Division (Since 1969)
Location
Busch Memorial Stadium (Since 1966) St. Louis, Missouri (Since 1882)
1981 Information
Owner(s)	August "Gussie" Busch
Manager(s)	Whitey Herzog
Local television	KSDK (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph, Dan Kelly)
Local radio	KMOX (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Dan Kelly)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference

The St. Louis Cardinals 1981 season was the team's 100th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 90th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 59-43 during the season and finished second in the National League East in the first and second halves of the season. They missed the playoffs due to the 1981 player's strike resulting in the season being split in halves, where the first half and second half leaders met up in a "Divisional Playoff". The Cards finished second in both halves of the season, a game and-a-half behind the Philadelphia Phillies in the first half, and one-half game behind the Montreal Expos in the second half.

First baseman Keith Hernandez won a Gold Glove this year.

Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular Season 2.1 Opening Day Roster 2.2 Season standings 3 First Season 4 Second Season 5 Composite Standings 5.1 Roster 6 Player stats 6.1 Batting 6.1.1 Other batters 6.2 Starting pitchers 6.2.1 Other pitchers 6.2.1.1 Relief pitchers 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Offseason

• December 12, 1980: Ted Simmons was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Rollie Fingers and Pete Vuckovich to the Milwaukee Brewers for Sixto Lezcano, David Green, Lary Sorensen, and Dave LaPoint. ^[1]
• February 16, 1981: Rafael Santana was traded by the New York Yankees to the St. Louis Cardinals for a player to be named later. The St. Louis Cardinals sent George Frazier (June 7, 1981) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade. ^[2]

[edit] Regular Season

[edit] Opening Day Roster

• Bob Forsch
• George Hendrick
• Keith Hernandez
• Tom Herr
• Sixto Lezcano
• Ken Oberkfell
• Darrell Porter
• Tony Scott
• Garry Templeton

[edit] Season standings

[edit] First Season

Team	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Philadelphia Phillies	34	21	.618	0
St. Louis Cardinals	30	20	.600	4.0
Montreal Expos	30	25	.545	4.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	25	23	.521	9.0
New York Mets	17	34	.333	17.0
Chicago Cubs	15	37	.288	19.0

[edit] Second Season

Team	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Montreal Expos	30	23	.566	0
St. Louis Cardinals	29	23	.558	1.0
Philadelphia Phillies	25	27	.481	5.0
New York Mets	24	28	.462	6.0
Chicago Cubs	23	28	.451	7.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	21	33	.389	9.0

[edit] Composite Standings

Team	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
St. Louis Cardinals	59	43	.578	0
Montreal Expos	60	48	.556	2.0
Philadelphia Phillies	59	48	.551	2.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	46	56	.451	13.0
New York Mets	41	62	.398	18.5
Chicago Cubs	38	65	.369	21.5

[edit] 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] References

1. ^ Ted Simmons Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
2. ^ Rafael Santana Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

[edit] External links

• 1981 St. Louis Cardinals
• 1981 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

v • d • e 1981 MLB season by team AL East Baltimore • Boston • Cleveland • Detroit • Milwaukee • New York • Toronto AL West California • Chicago • Kansas City • Minnesota • Oakland • Seattle • Texas NL East Chicago • Montréal • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis NL West Atlanta • Cincinnati • Houston • Los Angeles • San Diego • San Francisco 1981 All-Star Game • 1981 World Series

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