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1981 California Angels season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	California Angels
season	1981
league	American League
division	West
ballpark	Anaheim Stadium
city	Anaheim, California
owners	Gene Autry
general_managers	Buzzie Bavasi
managers	Jim Fregosi, Gene Mauch
television	KTLA
radio	KMPC
(Don Drysdale, Ron Fairly, Bob Starr)

(Don Drysdale, Ron Fairly, Bob Starr) |}}

The 1981 California Angels season was the 21st season of the California Angels franchise in the American League, the 16th in Anaheim, and their 16th season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished with the fifth best overall record in the American League West with 51 wins and 59 losses. The season was suspended for 50 days due to the infamous 1981 players' strike and the league chose as its playoff teams the division winners from the first and second halves of the season.

Offseason

December 2, 1980: Geoff Zahn was signed as a free agent by the Angels.
December 8, 1980: Dan Whitmer was drafted from the Angels by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1980 rule 5 draft.
January 13, 1981: Ron Romanick was drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (secondary phase).
January 23, 1981: Joe Rudi, Frank Tanana and Jim Dorsey were traded by the Angels to the Boston Red Sox for Fred Lynn and Steve Renko.
February 2, 1981: Dave Rader was signed as a free agent by the Angels.
February 2, 1981: Dave Skaggs was released by the Angels.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 20, 1981: Dave Rader was released by the Angels.
June 8, 1981: 1981 Major League Baseball draft
- Dick Schofield was drafted by the Angels in the 1st round (3rd pick).
- Devon White was drafted by the Angels in the 6th round. Player signed June 13, 1981.

Roster

1981 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

	= Indicates league 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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Ed Ott	75	258	56	.217	2	22
1B	Rod Carew	93	364	111	.305	2	21
2B	Bobby Grich	100	352	107	.304	22*	61
SS	Rick Burleson	109	430	126	.293	5	33
3B	Butch Hobson	85	268	63	.235	4	36
LF	Brian Downing	93	317	79	.249	9	41
CF		76	256	56	.219	5	31
RF	Dan Ford	97	375	104	.277	15	48
DH	Don Baylor	103	377	90	.239	17	66

Tied with Tony Armas (Oakland), Dwight Evans (Boston) and Eddie Murray (Baltimore)

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
Juan Beníquez	58	166	30	.181	3	13
Bobby Clark	34	88	22	.250	4	19
Larry Harlow	43	82	17	.207	0	4
Bert Campaneris	55	82	21	.256	1	10
John Harris	36	77	19	.247	3	9
	15	52	14	.269	1	7
Freddie Patek	27	47	11	.234	0	5
Tom Brunansky	11	33	5	.152	3	6
Joe Ferguson	12	30	7	.233	1	5
Steve Lubratich	7	21	3	.143	0	1
Brian Harper	4	11	3	.273	0	1
Bob Davis	1	2	0	.000	0	0

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
	25	161.1	10	11	4.41	52
Ken Forsch	20	153.0	11	7	2.88	55
Mike Witt	22	129.0	8	9	3.28	75
Steve Renko	22	102.0	8	4	3.44	50
Dave Frost	12	47.1	1	8	5.51	16
Doug Rau	3	10.1	1	2	8.71	3
Bill Travers	4	9.2	0	1	8.38	5

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
Jesse Jefferson	26	77.0	2	4	3.62	27
Bruce Kison	11	44.0	1	1	3.48	19
Ángel Moreno	8	31.1	1	3	2.87	12

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
Don Aase	39	4	4	11	2.34	38
Andy Hassler	42	4	3	5	3.21	44
Luis Sánchez	17	0	2	2	2.94	13
John D'Acquisto	6	0	0	0	10.71	8
Mickey Mahler	6	0	0	0	0.00	5
Alfredo Martínez	2	0	0	0	3.00	4

Farm system

Notes

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/z/zahnge01.shtml Geoff Zahn] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/whitmda01.shtml Dan Whitmer] at ''Baseball Reference''
"Ron Romanick Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rudijo01.shtml Joe Rudi] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/raderda01.shtml Dave Rader] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/skaggda01.shtml Dave Skaggs] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/schofdi02.shtml Dick Schofield] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/whitede03.shtml Devon White] at ''Baseball Reference''

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