1981 Baltimore Orioles
Record: 85-75
Finish: 1st in AL Central Division
Runs Scored: 770
Runs Allowed: 747
Exp W-L: 82-78
 
Ballpark: Camden Yards
Attendance: 1,820,595
Manager: Matt Ida II

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 80-57, 2nd in the American League
AA: 87-50, 1st in the American League
A: 90-47, 2nd in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 1-4 to Indianapolis Hoosiers
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
SS  Alan Bannister 29 152 641 90 174 38 7 3 53 23 10 55 52 .271 .327 .367 .693 76.6 14.6 4.8
3B  Bill Madlock 30 157 613 94 185 21 3 19 123 10 2 35 24 .302 .341 .439 .780 89.5 20.2 3.9
RF  Lonnie Smith 25 155 578 89 180 31 10 12 82 58 19 68 67 .311 .387 .462 .849 101.8 25.7 3.6
SS  Dave Rosello 31 153 546 62 148 18 0 8 67 1 5 47 71 .271 .325 .348 .672 63.2 10.0 5.1
C  Gene Tenace 34 147 491 67 129 17 3 5 54 3 3 96 64 .263 .387 .340 .727 72.6 15.4 5.3
1B *Jerry Turner 27 141 524 84 157 29 5 12 74 3 1 46 50 .300 .352 .443 .795 77.8 17.3 2.0
RF  Dave Winfield 29 129 465 58 139 18 1 14 74 5 1 45 72 .299 .354 .432 .786 72.0 16.0 3.2
1B *Pat Putnam 27 113 424 57 95 16 1 11 54 1 0 23 30 .224 .264 .344 .609 33.6 1.4 0.0
CF *John Hale 27 127 395 53 101 15 1 8 52 1 0 42 69 .256 .326 .359 .685 47.9 8.0 4.0
1B  Sixto Lezcano 27 107 301 38 69 15 1 4 39 4 2 38 70 .229 .314 .326 .640 33.5 4.7 1.2
SS  Bill Almon 28 67 164 17 33 3 1 1 10 7 4 8 31 .201 .238 .250 .488 9.0 0.0 1.6
SS  Rich Dauer 28 47 107 11 21 4 0 1 10 0 0 5 3 .196 .239 .262 .501 5.9 0.0 1.0
1B #Chili Davis 21 26 96 12 27 4 0 3 11 0 1 12 15 .281 .361 .417 .778 13.5 3.0 0.0
RF  Dick Davis 27 37 100 12 30 3 0 2 17 1 1 2 8 .300 .314 .390 .704 9.9 1.6 0.5
C *Ernie Whitt 29 33 87 13 21 6 0 2 14 0 1 10 12 .241 .316 .379 .696 9.9 1.4 1.1
C  Rick Cerone 27 23 60 12 13 2 0 1 8 0 0 6 5 .217 .288 .300 .588 4.5 0.3 0.5
SS  Jerry Davanon 35 10 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 .143 .333 .143 .476 0.8 0.1 0.2
  Team Totals 28.3 1624 5599 770 1523 240 33 106 742 118 50 539 646 .272 .335 .383 .719 721.9 139.9 38.0
  Rank among 12 AL teams 4 4 5 9 8 6 4 5 8 5 4 5 4 8 8 5  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Bill Caudill 24 14 12 .538 36 36 0 233.0 229 111 16 93 189 4.29 11.5
 Jay Howell 25 11 11 .500 35 35 0 231.7 220 107 11 91 136 4.16 10.9
*Dave Righetti 22 15 13 .536 34 34 0 230.0 200 108 18 114 146 4.23 10.8
 John Fulgham 25 16 10 .615 29 29 0 230.0 213 84 30 48 112 3.29 17.7
 Tom Dixon 26 7 5 .583 44 19 4 153.0 163 79 20 43 78 4.65 6.3
*Frank Dipino 24 12 11 .522 82 0 38 117.3 124 46 6 52 65 3.53 14.2
*Rich Wortham 27 4 3 .571 40 0 0 86.7 86 43 10 40 48 4.47 3.2
*Tom Gorman 23 4 3 .571 35 0 0 69.7 79 36 4 16 39 4.65 2.0
 Tommy Boggs 25 1 5 .167 7 7 0 47.0 55 33 7 16 20 6.32 0.0
*Buddy Schultz 30 1 2 .333 22 0 4 29.7 48 27 7 10 13 8.19 0.0
 Steve Mura 26 0 0 .000 8 0 1 14.0 17 7 1 1 5 4.50 0.5
Team Totals 25.2 85 75 .531 372 160 47 1442.0 1434 681 130 524 851 4.25 77.1
Rank among 12 AL teams 5 5 3 5 4 6 7 7 7 1 7  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 33.3
G.Tenace 1151.3 128 131 697 59 11 4 .986 33.1
E.Whitt 194.3 22 24 135 14 1 0 .993 40.0
R.Cerone 96.3 10 11 62 6 0 0 1.000 40.0
Team Total 1442.0 160 166 894 79 12 4 .988 34.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.74
J.Turner 1065.3 122 131 1292 78 8 128 .994 11.57
D.Rosello 310.3 36 36 368 21 4 36 .990 11.28
G.Tenace 32.3 0 16 33 4 0 1 1.000 10.30
R.Cerone 30.0 2 6 34 1 2 5 .946 10.50
D.Davis 3.0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00
E.Whitt 1.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00
Team Total 1442.0 160 191 1734 104 14 170 .992 11.47
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 6.03
D.Rosello 980.3 111 115 222 429 10 102 .985 5.98
A.Bannister 287.3 33 33 65 112 5 25 .973 5.54
R.Dauer 158.3 16 33 34 68 3 10 .971 5.80
B.Madlock 7.0 0 3 2 5 0 1 1.000 9.00
D.Davis 4.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
S.Lezcano 4.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Davanon 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.0 160 191 325 615 18 138 .981 5.87
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.86
B.Madlock 1315.0 146 150 87 332 26 38 .942 2.87
B.Almon 95.0 11 14 4 30 1 1 .971 3.22
J.Davanon 28.0 3 5 2 10 0 0 1.000 3.86
R.Dauer 4.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1442.0 160 171 93 373 27 39 .945 2.91
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.38
A.Bannister 1029.0 115 116 154 444 35 87 .945 5.23
B.Almon 312.0 35 36 50 127 5 21 .973 5.11
R.Dauer 92.0 10 12 13 42 3 6 .948 5.38
D.Rosello 4.0 0 2 1 4 0 1 1.000 11.25
B.Madlock 4.0 0 2 1 3 0 1 1.000 9.00
J.Davanon 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.0 160 169 219 620 43 116 .951 5.24
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.97
D.Winfield 1136.0 128 129 248 17 14 6 .950 2.10
S.Lezcano 143.3 15 18 27 0 0 0 1.000 1.70
L.Smith 90.7 10 12 16 2 0 0 1.000 1.79
J.Turner 45.0 4 8 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
D.Davis 16.0 2 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
A.Bannister 9.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
B.Almon 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1442.0 160 172 308 20 14 6 .959 2.05
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.52
J.Hale 1073.3 124 127 296 5 0 1 1.000 2.52
L.Smith 144.3 16 18 38 1 0 0 1.000 2.43
D.Davis 123.7 13 18 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.67
S.Lezcano 75.7 6 24 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.78
D.Rosello 11.7 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.54
P.Putnam 7.3 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.23
B.Almon 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Davis 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.0 160 198 375 6 0 1 1.000 2.38
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.02
L.Smith 1102.0 121 123 216 8 0 3 1.000 1.83
S.Lezcano 254.0 30 31 55 1 2 0 .966 1.98
D.Davis 75.3 9 9 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.67
J.Turner 5.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
D.Winfield 3.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
P.Putnam 1.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42
J.Hale 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.0 160 171 289 9 2 3 .993 1.86
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.01
B.Caudill 233.0 36 36 17 43 2 4 .968 2.32
J.Howell 231.7 35 35 15 40 1 2 .982 2.14
D.Righetti 230.0 34 34 10 44 0 3 1.000 2.11
J.Fulgham 230.0 29 29 9 34 1 4 .977 1.68
T.Dixon 153.0 19 44 10 14 0 0 1.000 1.41
F.Dipino 117.3 0 82 3 23 0 2 1.000 1.99
R.Wortham 86.7 0 40 9 19 1 3 .966 2.91
T.Gorman 69.7 0 35 2 8 1 1 .909 1.29
T.Boggs 47.0 7 7 3 7 2 0 .833 1.91
B.Schultz 29.7 0 22 2 3 0 1 1.000 1.52
S.Mura 14.0 0 8 3 2 0 0 1.000 3.21
Team Total 1442.0 160 372 83 237 8 20 .976 2.00
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Smith .311
On-Base Pct Smith .387
Slugging Pct Smith .462
OPS Smith .849
XR Smith 101.8
Games Madlock 157
At-Bats Bannister 641
Runs Madlock 94
Hits Madlock 185
Total Bases Madlock 269
Singles Madlock 142
Doubles Bannister 38
Triples Smith 10
Homeruns Madlock 19
RBIs Madlock 123
Stolen Bases Smith 58
Caught Stealing Smith 19
Walks Tenace 96
Strikeouts Winfield 72
ERA Fulgham 3.29
Wins Fulgham 16
Losses Righetti 13
Winning Pct Fulgham .615
Saves Dipino 38
Games Pitched Dipino 82
Games Started Caudill 36
Complete Games Fulgham 8
Shutouts Fulgham, Righetti 2
Innings Pitched Caudill 233.0
Hits Allowed Caudill 229
Homeruns Allowed Fulgham 30
Strikeouts Caudill 189
Walks Allowed Righetti 114
Walks per 9IP Fulgham 1.9
Hits per 9IP Righetti 7.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Caudill 7.3
WHiP Fulgham 1.13
OAVG Righetti .233
OOBP Fulgham .284
OSLG Righetti .355
OOPS Righetti .678
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Gene Tenace $ 6,006,068
Bill Madlock $ 3,500,000
Dave Winfield $ 3,000,000
Jerry Turner $ 2,910,000
Dave Rosello $ 2,835,714
Ernie Whitt $ 2,257,143
Alan Bannister $ 1,710,000
Buddy Schultz $ 880,000
Sixto Lezcano $ 750,000
Tommy Boggs $ 300,000
Dick Davis $ 300,000
Chili Davis $ 300,000
Jerry Davanon $ 300,000
Rich Dauer $ 300,000
Frank Dipino $ 300,000
Bill Caudill $ 300,000
Jay Howell $ 300,000
Rick Cerone $ 300,000
Tom Dixon $ 300,000
John Fulgham $ 300,000
Bill Almon $ 300,000
John Hale $ 300,000
Rich Wortham $ 300,000
Steve Mura $ 300,000
Pat Putnam $ 300,000
Dave Righetti $ 300,000
Lonnie Smith $ 300,000
Tom Gorman $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Traded Neil Allen
Marty Bystrom
Rob Gardner
Los Angeles Bill Madlock
Jerry Turner
10/22 Released Ted Simmons