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Record | 59–43 (.578) |
Divisional place | 2nd |
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Owner(s) | August "Gussie" Busch |
Manager(s) | Whitey Herzog |
Local television | KSDK (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph, Dan Kelly) |
Local radio | KMOX (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Dan Kelly) |
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The St. Louis Cardinals 1981 season was the team's 100th season 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 Divisional Series 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.
First baseman Keith Hernandez won a Gold Glove this year.
Offseason[edit]
- December 8, 1980: Terry Kennedy, Steve Swisher, Mike Phillips, John Littlefield, John Urrea, Kim Seaman, and Al Olmsted were traded by the Cardinals to the San Diego Padres for Rollie Fingers, Bob Shirley, Gene Tenace and a player to be named later. The Padres completed the deal by sending Bob Geren to the Cardinals on December 10.[1]
- December 9, 1980: Leon Durham, Ken Reitz and a player to be named later were traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Bruce Sutter. The Cardinals completed the trade by sending Tye Waller to the Cubs on December 22.[2]
- December 12, 1980: Ted Simmons, Rollie Fingers and Pete Vuckovich were traded by the Cardinals to the Milwaukee Brewers for Sixto Lezcano, David Green, Lary Sorensen and Dave LaPoint.[3]
- February 16, 1981: The Cardinals traded a player to be named later to the New York Yankees for Rafael Santana. The Cardinals completed the deal by sending George Frazier to the Yankees on June 7.[4]
Regular season[edit]
Season standings[edit]
NL East First Half standings |
Wins | Losses | Win % | GB |
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Philadelphia Phillies | 34 | 21 | .618 | — |
St. Louis Cardinals | 30 | 20 | .600 | 1.5 |
Montreal Expos | 30 | 25 | .545 | 4.0 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 25 | 23 | .521 | 5.5 |
New York Mets | 17 | 34 | .333 | 15.0 |
Chicago Cubs | 15 | 37 | .288 | 17.5 |
NL East Second Half standings |
Wins | Losses | Win % | GB |
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Montreal Expos | 30 | 23 | .566 | — |
St. Louis Cardinals | 29 | 23 | .558 | 0.5 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 25 | 27 | .481 | 4.5 |
New York Mets | 24 | 28 | .462 | 5.5 |
Chicago Cubs | 23 | 28 | .451 | 6.0 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 21 | 33 | .389 | 9.5 |
Record vs. opponents[edit]
1981 National League Records
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] |
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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]
- Bob Forsch
- George Hendrick
- Keith Hernandez
- Tom Herr
- Sixto Lezcano
- Ken Oberkfell
- Darrell Porter
- Tony Scott
- Garry Templeton
Notable transactions[edit]
- April 3, 1981: Julio González was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.[5]
- April 29, 1981: Bill Lyons was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.[6]
- June 7, 1981: Tony Scott was traded by the Cardinals to the Houston Astros for Joaquín Andújar.[7]
- June 8, 1981: 1981 Major League Baseball Draft
- September 10, 1981: Joe Edelen and Neil Fiala were traded by the Cardinals to the Cincinnati Reds for Doug Bair.[10]
Roster[edit]
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Player stats[edit]
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 |
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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 |
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Lezcano, SixtoSixto Lezcano | 72 | 214 | 57 | .266 | 5 | 28 |
Tenace, GeneGene Tenace | 58 | 129 | 30 | .233 | 5 | 22 |
Braun, SteveSteve Braun | 44 | 46 | 9 | .196 | 0 | 2 |
Green, DavidDavid Green | 21 | 34 | 5 | .147 | 0 | 2 |
González, JulioJulio González | 20 | 22 | 7 | .318 | 1 | 3 |
Fiala, NeilNeil Fiala | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
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Sorensen, LaryLary Sorensen | 23 | 140.1 | 7 | 7 | 3.27 | 52 |
Forsch, BobBob Forsch | 20 | 124.1 | 10 | 5 | 3.18 | 41 |
Martínez, SilvioSilvio Martínez | 18 | 97 | 2 | 5 | 3.99 | 34 |
Andújar, JoaquínJoaquín Andújar | 11 | 55.1 | 6 | 1 | 3.74 | 19 |
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 |
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Shirley, BobBob Shirley | 28 | 79.1 | 6 | 4 | 4.08 | 36 |
LaPoint, DaveDave LaPoint | 3 | 10.2 | 1 | 0 | 4.22 | 4 |
Relief pitchers[edit]
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Sutter, BruceBruce Sutter | 48 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 2.62 | 57 |
Kaat, JimJim Kaat | 41 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3.40 | 8 |
Sykes, BobBob Sykes | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.58 | 14 |
Edelen, JoeJoe Edelen | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.35 | 10 |
Bair, DougDoug Bair | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3.45 | 14 |
DeLeón, LuisLuis DeLeón | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.35 | 8 |
Farm system[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Bob Geren page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Bruce Sutter page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Ted Simmons page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Rafael Santana page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Julio González page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Bill Lyons page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Joaquín Andújar page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Tom Nieto page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Danny Cox page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Neil Fiala page at Baseball Reference
External links[edit]
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