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1981 San Diego Padres season

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1981 San Diego Padres
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkSan Diego Stadium
CitySan Diego, California
Record41–69 (.373)
Divisional place6th
OwnersRay Kroc
General managersJack McKeon
ManagersFrank Howard
TelevisionKFMB-TV
RadioKFMB (AM)
(Ed Doucette, Dave Campbell, Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler, Ted Leitner)
← 1980 Seasons 1982 →

The 1981 San Diego Padres season was the 13th season in franchise history.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 66 42 .611 32‍–‍22 34‍–‍20
Los Angeles Dodgers 63 47 .573 4 33‍–‍23 30‍–‍24
Houston Astros 61 49 .555 6 31‍–‍20 30‍–‍29
San Francisco Giants 56 55 .505 11½ 29‍–‍24 27‍–‍31
Atlanta Braves 50 56 .472 15 22‍–‍27 28‍–‍29
San Diego Padres 41 69 .373 26 20‍–‍35 21‍–‍34
NL West
First Half Standings
W L Pct. GB
Los Angeles Dodgers 36 21 .632
Cincinnati Reds 35 21 .625 12
Houston Astros 28 29 .491 8
Atlanta Braves 25 29 .463 9+12
San Francisco Giants 27 32 .458 10
San Diego Padres 23 33 .411 12+12
NL West
Second Half Standings
W L Pct. GB
Houston Astros 33 20 .623
Cincinnati Reds 31 21 .596 1+12
San Francisco Giants 29 23 .558 3+12
Los Angeles Dodgers 27 26 .509 6
Atlanta Braves 25 27 .481 7+12
San Diego Padres 18 36 .333 15+12

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
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

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Roster

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1981 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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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
C Terry Kennedy 101 382 115 .301 2 41
1B Broderick Perkins 92 254 71 .280 2 40
2B Juan Bonilla 99 369 107 .290 1 25
SS Ozzie Smith 110 450 100 .222 0 21
3B Luis Salazar 109 400 121 .303 3 38
LF Gene Richards 104 393 113 .288 3 42
CF Ruppert Jones 105 397 99 .249 4 39
RF Joe Lefebvre 86 246 63 .256 8 31

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
Randy Bass 69 176 37 .210 4 20
Dave Edwards 58 112 24 .214 2 13
Barry Evans 54 93 30 .323 0 7
Tim Flannery 37 67 17 .254 0 6
José Moreno 34 48 11 .229 0 6
Jerry Turner 33 31 7 .226 2 6
Mike Phillips 14 29 6 .207 0 0
Steve Swisher 16 28 4 .143 0 0
Doug Gwosdz 16 24 4 .167 0 3
Alan Wiggins 15 14 5 .357 0 0
Mario Ramírez 13 13 1 .077 0 1
Craig Stimac 9 9 1 .111 0 0

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
Juan Eichelberger 25 141.1 8 8 3.50 81
Steve Mura 23 138.2 5 14 4.28 70
Chris Welsh 22 123.2 6 7 3.78 51
Rick Wise 18 98.0 4 8 3.77 27
Fred Kuhaulua 5 29.1 1 0 2.45 16
Steve Fireovid 5 26.1 0 1 2.73 11

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
Tim Lollar 24 76.2 2 8 6.10 38
John Curtis 28 66.2 2 6 5.13 31

Relief pitchers

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

Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Gary Lucas 57 90.0 7 7 13 2.00 53
John Littlefield 42 64.0 2 3 2 3.66 19
John Urrea 38 49.0 2 2 2 2.39 19
Danny Boone 37 63.1 1 0 2 2.84 43
Eric Show 15 23.0 1 3 3 3.13 22
Mike Armstrong 10 12.0 0 2 0 6.00 9

Awards and honors

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  • Ozzie Smith, SS, Gold Glove Award
  • Ozzie Smith, National League Leader Games Played (110)
  • Ozzie Smith, National League Leader At-Bats (450)

1981 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Hawaii Islanders Pacific Coast League Doug Rader
AA Amarillo Gold Sox Texas League Eddie Watt
A Reno Silver Sox California League Jack Maloof
A Salem Redbirds Carolina League Glenn Ezell
A-Short Season Walla Walla Padres Northwest League Bill Bryk
Rookie GCL Padres Gulf Coast League Jim Zerilla

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References

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  1. ^ Rollie Fingers at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Dave Edwards at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Mario Ramírez at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ José Moreno at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Rick Sweet at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ "Eric Bullock Stats".
  7. ^ Tony Phillips at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Eric Rasmussen at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Kevin McReynolds at Baseball Reference
  10. ^ Tony Gwynn at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ Greg Booker at Baseball Reference
  12. ^ John Kruk at Baseball Reference
  13. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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