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1981 Milwaukee Brewers season

Field	Value
name	Milwaukee Brewers
season	1981
league	American League
division	East
ballpark	Milwaukee County Stadium
city	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
record	{{ubl
divisional_place	{{ubl
owners	Bud Selig
general_managers	Harry Dalton
managers	Buck Rodgers
television	WVTV
(Kent Derdivanis, Mike Hegan, Steve Shannon)
SelecTV
(Joe Castiglione, Tom Collins)
radio	WISN (AM)
(Lorn Brown, Bob Uecker)

|1st half: 31–25 (.554) |2nd half: 31–22 (.585) |Overall: 62–47 (.569) |1st half: 3rd (3 GB) |2nd half: 1st (Kent Derdivanis, Mike Hegan, Steve Shannon) SelecTV (Joe Castiglione, Tom Collins) (Lorn Brown, Bob Uecker) 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.

Offseason

December 12, 1980: Sixto Lezcano, David Green, Lary Sorensen and Dave LaPoint were traded by the Brewers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ted Simmons, Rollie Fingers and Pete Vuckovich.
January 13, 1981: Ernest Riles was drafted by the Brewers in the 3rd round of the 1981 Major League Baseball draft (Secondary phase).
February 21, 1981: Paul Hartzell was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.
March 20, 1981: Bob Galasso was released by the Brewers.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 1, 1981: John Poff was traded by the Brewers to the Chicago White Sox for Thad Bosley.
April 4, 1981: Bill Lyons was released by the Brewers.
April 5, 1981: Dan Boitano was purchased from the Brewers by the New York Mets from the Milwaukee Brewers.
June 8, 1981: Bryan Clutterbuck was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 7th round of the 1981 amateur draft.
July 8, 1981: Paul Hartzell was released by the Brewers.

Roster

1981 Milwaukee Brewers roster
Roster
Pitchers

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
C		100	380	82	.216	14	61
1B	Cecil Cooper	106	416	133	.320	12	60
2B	Jim Gantner	107	352	94	.267	2	33
SS	Robin Yount	96	377	103	.273	10	49
3B	Don Money	60	185	40	.216	2	14
LF	Ben Oglivie	107	400	97	.243	14	72
CF	Gorman Thomas	103	363	94	.259	21	65
RF	Mark Brouhard	60	186	51	.274	2	20
DH	Larry Hisle	27	87	20	.230	4	11

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
	64	251	67	.267	2	19
Roy Howell	76	244	58	.238	6	33
Charlie Moore	48	156	47	.301	1	9
	42	105	24	.229	0	3
Ed Romero	44	91	18	.198	1	10
Sal Bando	32	65	13	.200	2	9
Marshall Edwards	40	58	14	.241	0	4
Ned Yost	18	27	6	.222	3	3

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 Vuckovich	24	149.2	14	4	3.55	84
	24	144.1	11	9	3.93	41
Moose Haas	24	137.1	11	7	4.46	64
Jim Slaton	24	117.1	5	7	4.37	47
Randy Lerch	23	110.2	7	9	4.31	53

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
	47	6	3	28	1.04	61
Jamie Easterly	44	3	3	4	3.19	31
	35	2	3	1	5.15	18
Jerry Augustine	27	2	2	2	4.26	26
	17	1	0	0	5.09	9
	6	0	0	0	3.60	1
Bob McClure	4	0	0	0	3.52	6
	3	0	0	0	4.15	1
Donnie Moore	3	0	0	0	6.75	2
Frank DiPino	2	0	0	0	0.00	3
Willie Mueller	1	0	0	0	4.50	1

ALDS

Main article: 1981 American League Division Series

New York wins series, 3-2.

	Game		Score		Date
1
2
3
4
5

Awards and honors

Cecil Cooper, Silver Slugger Award
Rollie Fingers, American League Cy Young Award
Rollie Fingers, American League MVP

Farm system

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

Notes

References

1981 Milwaukee Brewers team at Baseball-Reference
1981 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Almanac

References

''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
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/simmote01.shtml Ted Simmons] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rileser01.shtml Ernest Riles] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hartzpa01.shtml Paul Hartzell] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/galasbo01.shtml Bob Galasso] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/poffjo01.shtml John Poff] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lyonsbi01.shtml Bill Lyons] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boitada01.shtml Dan Boitano] at ''Baseball-Reference''
"Bryan Clutterbuck: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference.
"1981 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Sports Reference.
"Pioneer League Champions". Minor League Baseball.

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