1981 Atlanta Braves season

The 1981 Atlanta Braves season was the 16th in Atlanta and the 111th overall.

1981 Atlanta Braves
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record50–56 (.472)
Divisional place5th
Other information
OwnersTed Turner
General managersJohn Mullen
ManagersBobby Cox
Local televisionWTBS/Superstation WTBS
Local radioWSB
(Ernie Johnson, Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Darrel Chaney)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 6642 0.611 — 32–22 34–20
Los Angeles Dodgers 6347 0.573 4 33–23 30–24
Houston Astros 6149 0.555 6 31–20 30–29
San Francisco Giants 5655 0.505 11½ 29–24 27–31
Atlanta Braves 5056 0.472 15 22–27 28–29
San Diego Padres 4169 0.373 26 20–35 21–34
NL West
First Half Standings		 W L Pct. GB
Los Angeles Dodgers3621.632—
Cincinnati Reds3521.6251⁄2
Houston Astros2829.4918
Atlanta Braves2529.4639+1⁄2
San Francisco Giants2732.45810
San Diego Padres2333.41112+1⁄2
NL West
Second Half Standings		 W L Pct. GB
Houston Astros3320.623—
Cincinnati Reds3121.5961+1⁄2
San Francisco Giants2923.5583+1⁄2
Los Angeles Dodgers2726.5096
Atlanta Braves2527.4817+1⁄2
San Diego Padres1836.33315+1⁄2

Record vs. opponents
1981 National League record

Sources:
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 Angeles 7–74–68–88–4—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—

Roster
1981 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CBruce Benedict9029578.264535
1BChris Chambliss107404110.272851
2BGlenn Hubbard9936185.235633
SSRafael Ramírez9530767.218220
3BBob Horner7930083.2771542
LFRufino Linares7825367.265525
CFDale Murphy10436991.2471350
RFClaudell Washington8532093.291537

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
Eddie Miller5013431.23107
Brett Butler4012632.25404
Biff Pocoroba5712222.18008
Jerry Royster649319.20409
Brian Asselstine568622.256210
Terry Harper407319.26028
Luis Gómez35357.20001
Matt Sinatro12329.28104
Paul Runge10277.25902
Larry Owen13160.00000
Bob Porter17144.28604
Bill Nahorodny14133.23102
Mike Lum10111.09100
Brook Jacoby11102.20001
Larry Whisenton951.20000
Ken Smith531.33300
Albert Hall620.00000

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Gaylord Perry23150.2893.9460
Tommy Boggs25142.23134.1081
Phil Niekro22139.1773.1062
Larry McWilliams637.2213.1123

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Rick Mahler34112.1862.8054
John Montefusco2677.1233.4934
Bob Walk1243.1144.5716

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Rick Camp4893171.7847
Gene Garber354622.6134
Larry Bradford252013.7114
Al Hrabosky241111.0713
Preston Hanna202106.3722
Steve Bedrosian151204.449
Rick Matula50006.430
Jose Alvarez10000.002
Luis Gómez100027.000

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Richmond Braves International League Eddie Haas
AA Savannah Braves Southern League Andy Gilbert
A Durham Bulls Carolina League Al Gallagher
A Anderson Braves South Atlantic League Sonny Jackson
Rookie GCL Braves Gulf Coast League Pedro González

Notes
  1. "Claudell Washington Stats".
  2. Doyle Alexander at Baseball Reference
  3. Gaylord Perry at Baseball Reference
  4. at Baseball Reference'

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.
  • 1981 Atlanta Braves season at Baseball Reference


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