1981 New York Mets season

1981 New York Mets
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1962)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Shea Stadium (since 1964)
New York (since 1962)
Other information
Owner(s)	Fred Wilpon and Nelson Doubleday, Jr.
General manager(s)	Frank Cashen
Manager(s)	Joe Torre
Local television	WOR-TV
Local radio	WMCA (Ralph Kiner, Bob Murphy, Steve Albert, Art Shamsky)
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The New York Mets' 1981 season was the 20th regular season for the Mets. They went 41–62 and finished in fifth place in the National League East. They were managed by Joe Torre. They played home games at Shea Stadium. The season is remembered for a summer strike that cut the season in half.

Offseason

November 16, 1980: Kevin Mitchell was signed as an amateur free agent by the Mets.^[1]
December 15, 1980: José Moreno and John Pacella were traded by the Mets to the San Diego Padres for Randy Jones.^[2]
December 15, 1980: Rick Sweet was purchased by the Mets from the San Diego Padres.^[3]
December 16, 1980: Rusty Staub was signed as a free agent by the Mets.^[4]
December 19, 1980: Mike Cubbage was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.^[5]
January 13, 1981: Randy Milligan was drafted by the Mets in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1981 Major League Baseball Draft.^[6]

Regular season

Season standings

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	59	43	0.578	—	32–21	27–22
Montreal Expos	60	48	0.556	2	38–18	22–30
Philadelphia Phillies	59	48	0.551	2½	36–19	23–29
Pittsburgh Pirates	46	56	0.451	13	22–28	24–28
New York Mets	41	62	0.398	18½	24–27	17–35
Chicago Cubs	38	65	0.369	21½	27–30	11–35

Record vs. opponents

1981 National League Records Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	3–2–1	6–5	4–8	7–7	3–7	3–3	4–5	2–3	9–6	5–7	4–3
Chicago	2–3–1	—	1–5	1–6	6–4	4–7	5–8–1	2–10	4–10	3–3	5–5	5–4–1
Cincinnati	5–6	5–1	—	8–4	8–8	5–4	7–3	5–2	4–2	10–2	9–5	0–5
Houston	8–4	6–1	4–8	—	4–8	5–2	6–3	4–6	2–4	11–3	9–6	2–4
Los Angeles	7–7	4–6	8–8	8–4	—	5–2	5–1	3–3	5–1	6–5	7–5	5–5
Montreal	7–3	7–4	4–5	2–5	2–5	—	9–3	7–4	10–3	4–2	2–5	6–9
New York	3–3	8–5–1	3–7	3–6	1–5	3–9	—	7–7	3–6–1	2–5	2–4	6–5
Philadelphia	5-4	10–2	2–5	6–4	3–3	4–7	7–7	—	7–5	4–2	4–3	7–6
Pittsburgh	3–2	10–4	2–4	4–2	1–5	3–10	6–3–1	5–7	—	6–4	3–7	3–8
San Diego	6–9	3–3	2–10	3–11	5–6	2–4	5–2	2–4	4–6	—	6–7	3–7
San Francisco	7–5	5–5	5–9	6–9	5–7	5–2	4–2	3–4	7–3	7–6	—	2–3
St. Louis	3–4	4–5–1	5–0	4–2	5–5	9–6	5–6	6–7	8–3	7–3	3–2	—

Notable Transactions

April 3, 1981: John Csefalvay (minors) was traded by the Mets to the Houston Astros for Gary Rajsich.^[7]
April 5, 1981: Dan Boitano was purchased by the New York Mets from the Milwaukee Brewers.^[8]
April 6, 1981: Butch Benton was sent to the Chicago Cubs by the New York Mets as part of a conditional deal.^[9]
May 29, 1981: Jeff Reardon and Dan Norman were traded by the Mets to the Montreal Expos for Ellis Valentine.^[10]
June 8, 1981: 1981 Major League Baseball Draft
- John Christensen was drafted by the Mets in the 2nd round.^[11]
- Roger Clemens was drafted by the Mets in the 12th round, but did not sign.^[12]
- Lenny Dykstra was drafted by the Mets in the 13th round. Player signed July 3, 1981.^[13]
- Lou Thornton was drafted by the Mets in the 19th round.^[14]
June 15, 1981: Bill Latham was signed as an amateur free agent by the Mets.^[15]
August 19, 1981: Mike Marshall was signed as a free agent by the Mets.^[16]

Roster

1981 New York Mets roster

Roster

Pitchers

13 Neil Allen

36 Dan Boitano

33 Pete Falcone

20 Greg Harris

32 Tom Hausman

25 Randy Jones

43 Terry Leach

38 Tim Leary

59 Ed Lynch

28 Mike Marshall

49 Dyar Miller

47 Jesse Orosco

25 Charlie Puleo

44 Jeff Reardon

34 Dave Roberts

30 Mike Scott

44 Ray Searage

27 Craig Swan

40 Pat Zachry

Catchers

42 Ron Hodges

12 John Stearns

6 Alex Treviño

Infielders

6 Wally Backman

4 Bob Bailor

7 Hubie Brooks

3 Mike Cubbage

23 Doug Flynn

19 Ron Gardenhire

15,17 Brian Giles

22 Mike Jorgensen

26 Dave Kingman

10 Rusty Staub

11 Frank Taveras

Outfielders

15 Mike Howard

16 Lee Mazzilli

17 Ellis Valentine

1 Mookie Wilson

18 Joel Youngblood

Manager

9 Joe Torre

Coaches

53 Chuck Cottier

45 Bob Gibson

51 Deron Johnson

52 Joe Pignatano

54 Rube Walker

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
RF	Ellis Valentine	48	169	35	.207	5	21

Other batters

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
Rusty Staub	70	161	51	.317	5	21
Alex Treviño	56	149	39	.262	0	10

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Randy Jones	13	59.1	1	8	4.85	14

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Mike Marshall	20	3	2	0	2.61	8
Jeff Reardon	18	1	0	2	3.45	28

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tidewater Tides	International League	Jack Aker
AA	Jackson Mets	Texas League	Davey Johnson
A	Lynchburg Mets	Carolina League	Gene Dusan
A	Shelby Mets	South Atlantic League	Dan Monzon
A-Short Season	Little Falls Mets	New York–Penn League	Rich Miller
Rookie	Kingsport Mets	Appalachian League	Al Jackson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Jackson

Notes

References

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.

External links

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 MLB draft 1981 All-Star Game 1981 strike 1981 World Series

New York Mets

Based in Queens, New York

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Al Lang Stadium; First Data Field

Culture and lore

Key personnel

Owner: Fred Wilpon
President: Saul Katz
COO: Jeff Wilpon
General Manager: Sandy Alderson
Manager: Terry Collins
Team Captain: David Wright

Rivalries

World Series
Championships (2)

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National League
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Division titles (6)

Wild Card (3)

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