1981 Baltimore Orioles season

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The 1981 Baltimore Orioles season was the franchise's 28th season based in Baltimore and 81st overall season as a member of the American League. Games were suspended for 50 days due to the 1981 Major League Baseball strike, causing a split season. The Orioles competed as members of the American League East, finishing second in the first half of the season and fourth in the second half of the season; their overall record was 59 wins and 46 losses. The Orioles hit five grand slams, the most in MLB in 1981.[1]

LeagueAmerican League
BallparkMemorial Stadium
Record
  • 1st half: 31–23 (.574)
  • 2nd half: 28–23 (.549)
  • Overall: 59–46 (.562)
OwnersEdward Bennett Williams
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1981 Baltimore Orioles
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkMemorial Stadium
CityBaltimore, Maryland
Record
  • 1st half: 31–23 (.574)
  • 2nd half: 28–23 (.549)
  • Overall: 59–46 (.562)
Divisional place
  • 1st half: 2nd (2 GB)
  • 2nd half: 4th (2 GB)
OwnersEdward Bennett Williams
General managersHank Peters
ManagersEarl Weaver
TelevisionWMAR-TV
RadioWFBR
(Chuck Thompson, Bill O'Donnell, Tom Marr)
← 1980
1982 →
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Offseason

Regular season

Notable transactions

Season standings

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AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Milwaukee Brewers 6247 .569 — 28‍–‍21 34‍–‍26
Baltimore Orioles 5946 .562 1 33‍–‍22 26‍–‍24
New York Yankees 5948 .551 2 32‍–‍19 27‍–‍29
Detroit Tigers 6049 .550 2 32‍–‍23 28‍–‍26
Boston Red Sox 5949 .546 2½ 30‍–‍23 29‍–‍26
Cleveland Indians 5251 .505 7 25‍–‍29 27‍–‍22
Toronto Blue Jays 3769 .349 23½ 17‍–‍36 20‍–‍33
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More information AL East First Half Standings, W ...
AL East
First Half Standings		 W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees3422.607—
Baltimore Orioles3123.5742
Milwaukee Brewers3125.5543
Detroit Tigers3126.5443+1⁄2
Boston Red Sox3026.5364
Cleveland Indians2624.5205
Toronto Blue Jays1642.27619
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More information AL East Second Half Standings, W ...
AL East
Second Half Standings		 W L Pct. GB
Milwaukee Brewers3122.585—
Boston Red Sox2923.5581+1⁄2
Detroit Tigers2923.5581+1⁄2
Baltimore Orioles2823.5492
Cleveland Indians2627.4915
New York Yankees2526.4905
Toronto Blue Jays2127.4387+1⁄2
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Record vs. opponents

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1981 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —2–26–63–64–26–75–32–46–07–67–54–22–15–2
Boston 2–2—2–45–47–66–13–36–72–53–37–59–33–64–0
California 6–64–2—6–77–53–30–64–33–32–22–86–42–46–6
Chicago 6–34–57–6—2–53–32–04–12–45–77–63–32–47–5
Cleveland 2–46–75–75–2—1–54–43–62–17–53–28–42–24–2
Detroit 7–61–63–33–35–1—3–25–89–33–71–25–19–36–4
Kansas City 3–53–36–00–24–42–3—4–59–42–103–36–73–45–3
Milwaukee 4–27–63–41–46–38–55–4—9–33–34–22–24–56–4
Minnesota 0–65–23–34–21–23–94–93–9—3–32–83–6–15–85–1
New York 6–73–32–27–55–77–310–23–33–3—4–32–35–42–3
Oakland 5–75–78–26–72–32–13–32–48–23–4—6–14–210–2
Seattle 2–43–94–63–34–81–57–62–26–3–13–21–6—5–83–3
Texas 1–26–34–24–22–23–94–35–48–54–52–48–5—6–2
Toronto 2–50–46–65–72–44–63–54–61–53–22–103–32–6—
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Roster

1981 Baltimore Orioles roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader
= Indicates league leader

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

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Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CRick Dempsey9225154.215615
1BEddie Murray99378111.29422*78
2BRich Dauer9636997.263438
3BDoug DeCinces10034691.2631355
SSMark Belanger6413923.165110
LFJohn Lowenstein8318947.249620
CFAl Bumbry101392107.273127
RFKen Singleton103363101.2781349
DHTerry Crowley6813433.246425
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  • Tied with Tony Armas (Oakland), Dwight Evans (Boston) and Bobby Grich (California) for league lead.

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Gary Roenicke8521959.269320
Lenn Sakata6115034.227515
Dan Graham5514225.176211
Jim Dwyer6813430.224310
Benny Ayala448624.279313
José Morales388621.244214
Wayne Krenchicki335612.21406
Cal Ripken Jr.23395.12800
Bobby Bonner10278.29602
Mark Corey1080.00000
Willie Royster440.00000
Dallas Williams221.50000
John Shelby720.00000
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Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

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Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dennis Martínez25179.014*53.3288
Scott McGregor24160.01353.2682
Jim Palmer22127.1783.7535
Mike Flanagan20116.0964.1972
Steve Stone1562.2474.6030
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Other pitchers

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

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Player G IP W L ERA SO
Sammy Stewart29112.1482.3257
Dave Ford1540.0126.5312
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Relief pitchers

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

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Player G W L SV ERA SO
Tippy Martinez3733112.9050
Tim Stoddard314273.8632
Jeff Schneider110014.8817
Steve Luebber70007.5612
Mike Boddicker20004.762
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Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
More information Level, Team ...
Level Team League Manager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Doc Edwards
AA Charlotte O's Southern League Mark Wiley
A Hagerstown Suns Carolina League Grady Little
A Miami Orioles Florida State League Minnie Mendoza
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Lance Nichols
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LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Hagerstown

Notes

References

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