1981 Milwaukee Brewers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkMilwaukee County Stadium
CityMilwaukee, Wisconsin
Record
  • 1st half: 31–25 (.554)
  • 2nd half: 31–22 (.585)
  • Overall: 62–47 (.569)
Divisional place
  • 1st half: 3rd (3 GB)
  • 2nd half: 1st
OwnersBud Selig
General managersHarry Dalton
ManagersBuck Rodgers
TelevisionWVTV
(Kent Derdivanis, Mike Hegan, Steve Shannon)
SelecTV
(Joe Castiglione, Tom Collins)
RadioWISN (AM)
(Lorn Brown, Bob Uecker)
Seasons

The 1981 Milwaukee Brewers season was the franchise's 13th overall season and 12th season based in Milwaukee. The Brewers finished first in American League East during the second half of the split season (caused by the 1981 Major League Baseball strike) and compiled an overall record of 62 wins and 47 losses. The team advanced to the postseason for the first time in franchise history due to their second-half first-place finish, but lost to the New York Yankees in the ALDS. Rollie Fingers became the first relief pitcher in the history of the American League to win the MVP Award.[1]

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Milwaukee Brewers 6247 0.569 — 28–21 34–26
Baltimore Orioles 5946 0.562 1 33–22 26–24
New York Yankees 5948 0.551 2 32–19 27–29
Detroit Tigers 6049 0.550 2 32–23 28–26
Boston Red Sox 5949 0.546 2½ 30–23 29–26
Cleveland Indians 5251 0.505 7 25–29 27–22
Toronto Blue Jays 3769 0.349 23½ 17–36 20–33
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
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

Record vs. opponents

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—

Notable transactions

Roster

1981 Milwaukee Brewers roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CTed Simmons10038082.2161461
1BCecil Cooper106416133.3201260
2BJim Gantner10735294.267233
SSRobin Yount96377103.2731049
3BDon Money6018540.216214
LFBen Oglivie10740097.2431472
CFGorman Thomas10336394.2592165
RFMark Brouhard6018651.274220
DHLarry Hisle278720.230411

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
Paul Molitor6425167.267219
Roy Howell7624458.238633
Charlie Moore4815647.30119
Thad Bosley4210524.22903
Ed Romero449118.198110
Sal Bando326513.20029
Marshall Edwards405814.24104
Ned Yost18276.22233

Pitching

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
Pete Vuckovich24149.21443.5584
Mike Caldwell24144.11193.9341
Moose Haas24137.11174.4664
Jim Slaton24117.1574.3747
Randy Lerch23110.2794.3153

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
Rollie Fingers4763281.0461
Jamie Easterly443343.1931
Reggie Cleveland352315.1518
Jerry Augustine272224.2626
Rickey Keeton171005.099
Dwight Bernard60003.601
Bob McClure40003.526
Chuck Porter30004.151
Donnie Moore30006.752
Frank DiPino20000.003
Willie Mueller10004.501

ALDS

New York wins series, 3-2.

GameScoreDate
1New York 5, Milwaukee 3October 7
2New York 3, Milwaukee 0October 8
3Milwaukee 5, New York 3October 9
4Milwaukee 2, New York 1October 10
5New York 7, Milwaukee 3October 11

Awards and honors

Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of five minor league affiliates in 1981.[10] The Butte Copper Kings won the Pioneer League championship.[11]

Level Team League Manager
Triple-A Vancouver Canadians Pacific Coast League Lee Sigman
Double-A El Paso Diablos Texas League Tony Muser
Class A Stockton Ports California League Duane Espy
Class A Burlington Bees Midwest League Terry Bevington
Rookie Butte Copper Kings Pioneer League Ken Richardson

Notes

  1. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 152, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  2. ↑ Ted Simmons at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ Ernest Riles at Baseball-Reference
  4. 1 2 Paul Hartzell at Baseball-Reference
  5. ↑ Bob Galasso at Baseball-Reference
  6. ↑ John Poff at Baseball-Reference
  7. ↑ Bill Lyons at Baseball-Reference
  8. ↑ Dan Boitano at Baseball-Reference
  9. ↑ "Bryan Clutterbuck: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  10. ↑ "1981 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Pioneer League Champions". Pioneer League. Minor League Baseball. Archived from the original on September 26, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.

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