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1981 Chicago White Sox season

Field	Value
name	Chicago White Sox
season	1981
league	American League
division	West
ballpark	Comiskey Park
city	Chicago
owners	Jerry Reinsdorf
general_managers	Roland Hemond
managers	Tony La Russa
television	WGN-TV
(Harry Caray, Jimmy Piersall, Lou Brock)
radio	WBBM (AM)
(Harry Caray, Joe McConnell, Rich King)

(Harry Caray, Jimmy Piersall, Lou Brock) (Harry Caray, Joe McConnell, Rich King) |}}

The 1981 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 81st season in the major leagues, and their 82nd season overall. They finished with a record of 54–52, good enough for third place in the American League West, 8.5 games behind the first place Oakland Athletics. However, due to a player's strike, the Athletics would play the 50-53 Kansas City Royals, who had finished behind the White Sox.

Owner Bill Veeck attempted to sell the club to Ed DeBartolo, but the offer was turned down by the other owners. Veeck was then forced to sell to a different investment group headed by Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn.

Offseason

October 6, 1980: Minnie Miñoso was released by the White Sox.
November 26, 1980: Ron LeFlore was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.
March 18, 1981: Carlton Fisk was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.
March 28, 1981: Ken Kravec was traded by the White Sox to the Chicago Cubs for Dennis Lamp.
March 30, 1981: Greg Luzinski purchased from Philadelphia Phillies.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Ron LeFlore, LF
Mike Squires, 1B
Carlton Fisk, C
Greg Luzinski, DH
Chet Lemon, CF
Harold Baines, RF
Jim Morrison, 3B
Tony Bernazard, 2B
Bill Almon, SS
Britt Burns, P

Notable transactions

April 1, 1981: Thad Bosley was traded by the White Sox to the Milwaukee Brewers for John Poff.
July 18, 1981: George Riley was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.
August 30, 1981: Ivan Mesa (minors), Ronnie Perry (minors), a player to be named later, and cash were traded by the White Sox to the Minnesota Twins for Jerry Koosman. The White Sox completed the deal by sending Randy Johnson to the Twins on September 2.

Roster

1981 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Bill Almon, SS	103	349	46	105	10	2	4	41	21	60	.301	16
Harold Baines, RF	82	280	42	80	11	7	10	41	12	41	.286	6
Tony Bernazard, 2B	106	384	53	106	14	4	6	34	54	66	.276	4
Jim Essian, C	27	52	6	16	3	0	0	5	4	5	.308	0
Carlton Fisk, C	96	338	44	89	12	0	7	45	38	37	.263	3
Jerry Hairston, OF	9	25	5	7	1	0	1	6	2	4	.280	0
Marc Hill, C	16	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Lamar Johnson, 1B, DH	41	134	10	37	7	0	1	15	5	14	.276	0
Rusty Kuntz, OF, DH	67	55	15	14	2	0	0	4	6	8	.255	1
Ron LeFlore, LF, CF	82	337	46	83	10	4	0	24	28	70	.246	36
Chet Lemon, CF	94	328	50	99	23	6	9	50	33	48	.302	5
Jay Loviglio, 3B, 2B	14	15	5	4	0	0	0	2	1	1	.267	2
Greg Luzinski, DH	104	378	55	100	15	1	21	62	58	80	.265	0
Bob Molinaro, OF, DH	47	42	7	11	1	1	1	9	8	1	.262	1
Jim Morrison, 3B	90	290	27	68	8	1	10	34	10	29	.234	3
Wayne Nordhagen, OF	65	208	19	64	8	1	6	33	10	25	.308	0
Greg Pryor, 3B, SS, 2B	47	76	4	17	1	0	0	6	6	8	.281	0
Mike Squires, 1B	92	294	35	78	9	0	0	25	22	17	.265	7
Leo Sutherland, OF	11	12	6	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	.167	2
Jerry Turner, RF	10	12	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	2	.167	0
	106	3615	476	982	135	27	76	438	322	518	.272	86

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Juan Agosto	0	0	4.76	2	0	0	5.2	5	3	3	1	0	3
Francisco Barrios	1	3	3.96	8	7	0	36.1	45	23	16	3	15	12
Ross Baumgarten	5	9	4.07	19	19	0	101.2	101	56	46	9	43	52
Britt Burns	10	6	2.64	24	23	0	156.2	139	52	46	14	50	108
Richard Dotson	9	8	3.77	24	24	0	141.0	145	67	59	13	49	73
Ed Farmer	3	3	4.61	42	0	10	52.2	53	33	27	5	35	42
Kevin Hickey	0	2	3.65	41	0	3	44.1	38	22	18	3	23	17
LaMarr Hoyt	9	3	3.57	43	1	10	90.2	80	40	36	10	29	60
Jerry Koosman	1	4	3.33	8	3	0	27.0	27	10	10	2	7	21
Dennis Lamp	7	6	2.41	27	10	0	127.0	103	41	34	4	44	71
Lynn McGlothen	0	0	4.15	11	0	0	21.2	14	10	10	0	10	12
Reggie Patterson	0	1	13.50	6	1	0	7.1	14	11	11	1	6	2
Dewey Robinson	1	0	4.50	4	0	0	4.0	5	2	2	1	4	2
Steve Trout	8	7	3.47	20	18	0	124.2	122	53	48	7	38	54
	54	52	3.47	106	106	23	940.2	891	423	363	73	353	529

Farm system

Notes

References

1981 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

References

Bova, George. "WSI's FLYINGSOCK.COM. Chicago White Sox coverage with totally biased attitude!".
"Minnie Miñoso Statistics and History".
"Ron LeFlore Statistics and History".
"Carlton Fisk Statistics and History".
"Dennis Lamp Statistics and History".
"Greg Luzinski Statistics and History".
"John Poff Statistics and History".
"George Riley Statistics and History".
"Jerry Koosman Statistics and History".
Johnson, Lloyd. (1997). "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". [[Baseball America]].

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