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1981 San Francisco Giants season

Summary

The 1981 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 99th season in Major League Baseball, their 24th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 22nd at Candlestick Park. Giants manager Frank Robinson became the first black manager in the history of the National League.[1] Robinson was also the first black manager in the history of the American League.

1981 San Francisco Giants
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkCandlestick Park
CitySan Francisco, California
OwnersBob Lurie
General managersSpec Richardson, Tom Haller
ManagersFrank Robinson
TelevisionKTVU
(Lindsey Nelson, Gary Park, Edgard Martinez)
RadioKNBR
(Lindsey Nelson, Hank Greenwald, David Glass)
← 1980 Seasons 1982 →

Offseason edit

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

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NL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 66 42 0.611 — 32–22 34–20
Los Angeles Dodgers 63 47 0.573 4 33–23 30–24
Houston Astros 61 49 0.555 6 31–20 30–29
San Francisco Giants 56 55 0.505 11½ 29–24 27–31
Atlanta Braves 50 56 0.472 15 22–27 28–29
San Diego Padres 41 69 0.373 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 1⁄2
Houston Astros 28 29 .491 8
Atlanta Braves 25 29 .463 9+1⁄2
San Francisco Giants 27 32 .458 10
San Diego Padres 23 33 .411 12+1⁄2
NL West
Second Half Standings 		W L Pct. GB
Houston Astros 33 20 .623 —
Cincinnati Reds 31 21 .596 1+1⁄2
San Francisco Giants 29 23 .558 3+1⁄2
Los Angeles Dodgers 27 26 .509 6
Atlanta Braves 25 27 .481 7+1⁄2
San Diego Padres 18 36 .333 15+1⁄2

Record vs. opponents edit

1981 National League record
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Sources: [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
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 —


Opening Day starters edit

Notable transactions edit

Roster edit

1981 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log edit

Regular season Game log edit

First half edit

1981 regular season game log: 27–32 (Home: 13–15; Away: 14–17)
April: 9–12 (Home: 4–8; Away: 5–4)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak
5 April 13 Dodgers
6 April 14 Dodgers
7 April 15 Dodgers
19 April 27 @ Dodgers
20 April 28 @ Dodgers
21 April 29 @ Dodgers
May: 16–13 (Home: 8–5; Away: 8–8)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak
— May 1 @ Phillies Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: May 2)
22 May 2 (1) @ Phillies
23 May 2 (2) @ Phillies
24 May 3 @ Phillies
25 May 4 @ Phillies
29 May 8 @ Expos
30 May 9 @ Expos
31 May 10 (1) @ Expos
32 May 10 (2) @ Expos
33 May 12 Phillies
34 May 13 Phillies
35 May 14 Phillies
36 May 15 Expos
37 May 16 Expos
38 May 17 Expos
42 May 22 @ Astros
43 May 23 @ Astros
44 May 24 @ Astros
— May 26 @ Reds Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: August 14)
48 May 29 Astros
49 May 30 Astros
50 May 31 Astros
June: 2–7 (Home: 1–2; Away: 1–5)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak
Legend:        = Win        = Loss;   = Postponement
Bold = Giants team member

Games canceled edit

1981 regular season game log
June
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak
July
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak
— July 3 Dodgers Canceled
— July 4 Dodgers Canceled
— July 5 Dodgers Canceled
— July 10 @ Dodgers Canceled
— July 11 @ Dodgers Canceled
— July 12 @ Dodgers Canceled
— July 16 @ Phillies Canceled
— July 17 @ Phillies Canceled
— July 21 @ Expos Canceled
— July 22 @ Expos Canceled
— July 24 Phillies Canceled
— July 25 Phillies Canceled
— July 26 Phillies Canceled
— July 28 Expos Canceled
— July 29 Expos Canceled
— July 30 Expos Canceled
August
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak
— August 3 @ Astros Canceled
— August 4 @ Astros Canceled
— August 5 @ Astros Canceled
Legend:        = Postponement

Second half edit

1981 regular season game log: 28–23 (Home: 15–10; Away: 13–13)
August: 12–8 (Home: 5–2; Away: 7–6)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak
52nd All-Star Game in Cleveland, Ohio
58 August 10 Astros
59 August 11 Astros
60 August 12 Astros
September: 14–13 (Home: 9–6; Away: 5–7)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak
86 September 7 @ Dodgers
87 September 8 @ Dodgers
88 September 9 @ Dodgers
89 September 11 @ Astros
90 September 12 @ Astros
91 September 13 @ Astros
96 September 18 Astros
97 September 19 Astros
98 September 20 Astros
99 September 22 Dodgers
100 September 23 Dodgers
101 September 24 Dodgers
October: 2–2 (Home: 1–2; Away: 1–0)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak
— October 2 Padres Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: October 3)
Legend:        = Win        = Loss;   = Postponement
Bold = Giants team member

Player stats edit

= Indicates team leader

Batting edit

Starters by position edit

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 Milt May 97 316 98 .310 2 33
1B Enos Cabell 96 396 101 .255 2 36
2B Joe Morgan 90 308 74 .240 8 31
3B Darrell Evans 102 357 92 .258 12 48
SS Johnnie LeMaster 104 324 82 .253 0 28
LF Jack Clark 99 385 103 .268 17 53
CF Larry Herndon 96 364 105 .288 5 41
RF Jerry Martin 72 241 58 .241 4 25

Other batters edit

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
Dave Bergman 63 145 37 .255 3 13
Billy North 46 131 29 .221 1 12
Jeffrey Leonard 37 127 39 .307 4 26
Rennie Stennett 38 87 20 .230 1 7
Jim Wohlford 50 68 11 .162 1 7
Billy Smith 36 61 11 .180 1 5
Bob Brenly 19 45 15 .333 1 4
Mike Sadek 19 36 6 .167 0 3
Max Venable 18 32 6 .188 0 1
Joe Pettini 35 29 2 .069 0 2
Guy Sularz 10 20 4 .200 0 2
Mike Ivie 7 17 5 .294 0 3
Chili Davis 8 15 2 .133 0 0
Jeff Ransom 5 15 4 .267 0 0

Pitching edit

Starting pitchers edit

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Doyle Alexander 24 152.1 11 7 2.89 77
Tom Griffin 22 129.1 8 8 3.76 83
Ed Whitson 22 123.0 6 9 4.02 65
Vida Blue 18 124.2 8 6 2.45 63
Allen Ripley 19 90.2 4 4 4.07 47

Other pitchers edit

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Alan Hargesheimer 6 18.2 1 2 4.34 6

Relief pitchers edit

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
Greg Minton 55 84.1 4 5 21 2.88 29
Al Holland 47 100.2 7 5 7 2.41 78
Fred Breining 45 77.2 5 2 1 2.55 37
Gary Lavelle 34 65.2 2 6 4 3.84 45
Mike Rowland 9 15.2 0 1 0 3.45 8
Bob Tufts 11 15.1 0 0 0 3.52 12
Randy Moffitt 10 11.1 0 0 0 7.94 11

Awards and honors edit

All-Star Game

Farm system edit

Level Team League Manager
AAA Phoenix Giants Pacific Coast League Rocky Bridges
AA Shreveport Captains Texas League Jack Mull
A Fresno Giants California League Wayne Cato
A Clinton Giants Midwest League Wendell Kim
Rookie Great Falls Giants Pioneer League Ernie Rodriguez

References edit

  1. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.198, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  2. ^ Chris Bourjos at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ DeWayne Buice at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Doyle Alexander at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ "Giants trade twice on final day". The Ledger. Lakeland, Florida. Associated Press (AP). December 13, 1980. p. 3D. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  6. ^ Joe Strain at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Joe Morgan at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Billy Smith at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Gorman Heimueller at Baseball Reference
  10. ^ "1981 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  11. ^ [1]
  12. ^ Phil Ouellette at Baseball Reference
  13. ^ Mike Sadek at Baseball Reference

External links edit

  • 1981 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Reference
  • 1981 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Almanac

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