1981 St. Louis Cardinals season

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The 1981 St. Louis Cardinals season was the 100th season for the St. Louis Cardinals in St. Louis, Missouri and the 90th season in the National League. 1981 was a season of two significant anomalies: A change in the playoff format, which created the first-ever NLDS with a qualification variant that existed only for that season, and the players' strike, which truncated the regular season. Despite finishing 59-43, good for the best overall record in the National League East, the strike set up the scenario where the Cardinals actually missed the playoffs. The regular season was split into halves to tally teams' records separately in each half of the season, and because the Cardinals finished in second place in each half, they did not qualify for the 1981 playoffs. Major League Baseball reverted to the previous playoff format the following season, and the Cardinals qualified for that postseason.

LeagueNational League
BallparkBusch Memorial Stadium
Record59–43 (.578)
OwnersAugust "Gussie" Busch
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1981 St. Louis Cardinals
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkBusch Memorial Stadium
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record59–43 (.578)
Divisional place2nd
OwnersAugust "Gussie" Busch
General managersWhitey Herzog
ManagersWhitey Herzog
TelevisionKSDK
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph, Dan Kelly)
RadioKMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Dan Kelly)
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First baseman Keith Hernandez won a Gold Glove this year.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

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NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 5943 .578 — 32‍–‍21 27‍–‍22
Montreal Expos 6048 .556 2 38‍–‍18 22‍–‍30
Philadelphia Phillies 5948 .551 2½ 36‍–‍19 23‍–‍29
Pittsburgh Pirates 4656 .451 13 22‍–‍28 24‍–‍28
New York Mets 4162 .398 18½ 24‍–‍27 17‍–‍35
Chicago Cubs 3865 .369 21½ 27‍–‍30 11‍–‍35
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More information NL East First Half Standings, W ...
NL East
First Half Standings		 W L Pct. GB
Philadelphia Phillies3421.618—
St. Louis Cardinals3020.6001+1⁄2
Montreal Expos3025.5454
Pittsburgh Pirates2523.5215+1⁄2
New York Mets1734.33315
Chicago Cubs1537.28817+1⁄2
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More information NL East Second Half Standings, W ...
NL East
Second Half Standings		 W L Pct. GB
Montreal Expos3023.566—
St. Louis Cardinals2923.5581⁄2
Philadelphia Phillies2527.4814+1⁄2
New York Mets2428.4625+1⁄2
Chicago Cubs2328.4516
Pittsburgh Pirates2133.3899+1⁄2
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Record vs. opponents

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1981 National League record

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Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta—3–2–16–54–87–73–73–34–52–39–65–74–3
Chicago2–3–1—1–51–66–44–75–8–12–104–103–35–55–4–1
Cincinnati5–65–1—8–48–85–47–35–24–210–29–50–5
Houston8–46–14–8—4–85–26–34–62–411–39–62–4
Los Angeles7–74–68–88–4—5–25–13–35–16–57–55–5
Montreal7–37–44–52–52–5—9–37–410–34–22–56–9
New York3–38–5–13–73–61–53–9—7–73–6–12–52–46–5
Philadelphia5-410–22–56–43–34–77–7—7–54–24–37–6
Pittsburgh3–210–42–44–21–53–106–3–15–7—6–43–73–8
San Diego6–93–32–103–115–62–45–22–44–6—6–73–7
San Francisco7–55–55–96–95–75–24–23–47–37–6—2–3
St. Louis3–44–5–15–04–25–59–65–66–78–37–33–2—
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Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster

1981 St. Louis Cardinals roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team 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
CDarrell Porter6117439.224631
1BKeith Hernandez103376115.306848
2BTom Herr103411110.268046
SSGarry Templeton8033396.288133
3BKen Oberkfell102376110.293245
LFDane Iorg7521771.327239
CFTony Scott4517640.227217
RFGeorge Hendrick101394112.2841861
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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
Sixto Lezcano7221457.266528
Gene Tenace5812930.233522
Mike Ramsey4712432.25809
Tito Landrum8111931.261010
Gene Roof236018.30003
Orlando Sánchez274914.28606
Steve Braun44469.19602
David Green21345.14702
Glenn Brummer21306.20002
Julio González20227.31813
Neil Fiala330.00000
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Pitching

= Indicates league leader

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
Lary Sorensen23140.1773.2752
Bob Forsch20124.11053.1841
John Martin17102.2853.4236
Silvio Martínez1897.0253.9934
Joaquín Andújar1155.1613.7419
Andy Rincon535.2311.7713
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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
Bob Shirley2879.1644.0836
Dave LaPoint310.2104.224
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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
Bruce Sutter4835252.6257
Jim Kaat416643.408
Mark Littell281324.3922
Jim Otten241005.3020
Bob Sykes222004.5814
Joe Edelen131009.3510
Doug Bair112013.4514
Luis DeLeón100102.358
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Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
More information Level, Team ...
Level Team League Manager
AAA Springfield Redbirds American Association Tommy Thompson
AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League Gaylen Pitts
A St. Petersburg Cardinals Florida State League Nick Leyva
A Gastonia Cardinals South Atlantic League Joe Rigoli
A-Short Season Erie Cardinals New York–Penn League Sonny Ruberto
Rookie Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Johnny Lewis
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