1981 Boston (A) Red Sox
Record: 67-93
Finish: 3rd in AL East Division
Runs Scored: 669
Runs Allowed: 759
Exp W-L: 71-89
 
Ballpark: Fenway Park
Attendance: 1,628,282
Manager: Brian Rodgers

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 72-65, 6th in the American League
AA: 50-87, 12th in the American League
A: 60-77, 7th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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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
3B *George Brett 28 153 596 73 162 48 7 6 68 7 6 40 23 .272 .318 .406 .724 72.6 12.9 3.8
1B *Willie Aikens 26 144 444 51 119 30 1 8 55 0 0 52 100 .268 .343 .394 .737 56.6 10.4 1.5
RF #Ken Singleton 34 134 391 52 113 14 0 12 64 0 2 54 83 .289 .375 .417 .792 58.3 12.1 1.5
LF *Pete Lacock 29 130 410 46 115 22 3 4 51 2 2 26 32 .280 .323 .378 .701 46.5 8.4 0.7
LF *Thad Bosley 24 119 366 43 103 13 1 1 38 5 5 32 27 .281 .338 .331 .669 37.0 5.2 2.3
C  Gary Carter 27 102 347 41 67 22 0 12 38 0 0 45 84 .193 .285 .360 .646 35.5 3.2 5.4
CF *Bake McBride 32 121 342 51 92 12 3 6 37 10 6 24 37 .269 .318 .374 .692 40.6 6.7 2.5
C *Jay Johnstone 35 133 348 40 94 33 1 5 40 1 1 18 41 .270 .308 .414 .722 39.8 7.3 2.9
CF  Gary Ward 27 109 299 54 70 18 3 7 27 12 1 23 42 .234 .287 .385 .672 33.7 4.8 2.5
SS #Ron Oester 25 91 277 33 72 19 1 3 29 4 1 20 25 .260 .309 .368 .677 29.2 4.5 2.5
RF  Dennis Werth 28 89 262 31 59 6 0 3 18 0 0 38 60 .225 .323 .282 .606 24.1 2.1 1.5
SS  Bucky Dent 29 86 230 24 56 10 1 4 35 1 0 19 10 .243 .302 .348 .649 22.9 2.8 2.2
3B  Toby Harrah 32 79 225 28 54 8 1 4 21 2 2 24 35 .240 .312 .338 .650 23.1 3.0 2.0
3B  Larry Parrish 27 52 196 25 47 14 0 12 40 1 0 16 37 .240 .293 .495 .788 29.0 5.5 1.3
SS  Junior Kennedy 30 72 192 16 36 5 1 2 21 0 1 14 33 .188 .242 .255 .497 10.6 0.0 1.3
C *Marv Foley 27 38 136 20 37 5 0 2 16 0 0 12 10 .272 .331 .353 .684 15.5 2.6 1.3
3B #Steve Ontiveros 29 35 96 16 25 5 1 2 14 0 0 7 10 .260 .324 .396 .720 12.0 2.1 0.8
2B *Jim Mason 30 29 91 5 23 6 1 0 5 1 0 9 20 .253 .320 .341 .661 10.0 1.6 0.9
C  Fred Kendall 32 27 97 3 12 2 1 0 7 0 1 3 17 .124 .150 .165 .315 -2.3 0.0 0.3
LF  Gary Matthews 30 37 77 9 17 2 1 1 13 0 0 12 12 .221 .319 .312 .630 7.6 0.3 0.5
LF *Royle Stillman 30 20 52 8 15 3 0 0 5 1 1 10 3 .288 .403 .346 .749 6.6 1.0 0.2
SS  Dave Concepcion 33 5 9 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .444 .778 1.2 0.2 0.1
  Team Totals 29.3 1805 5483 669 1391 298 27 94 645 47 29 498 743 .254 .315 .369 .685 610.0 96.6 37.8
  Rank among 12 AL teams 9 9 8 1 11 8 9 9 5 6 9 9 9 9 9 9  
* - 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
 Mario Soto 24 11 14 .440 31 31 0 217.3 233 101 24 76 132 4.18 9.8
 Bob Welch 24 10 11 .476 29 21 0 171.0 195 106 16 75 74 5.58 2.9
 Danny Frisella 35 6 10 .375 33 21 4 162.7 146 68 26 54 112 3.76 9.9
*Gary Lavelle 32 8 3 .727 21 21 0 135.0 108 39 14 51 96 2.60 12.6
*Vida Blue 31 4 3 .571 60 0 2 119.0 121 51 16 41 59 3.86 7.2
*Jimmy Freeman 30 3 11 .214 16 16 0 95.7 112 68 14 50 46 6.40 0.0
 Dick Ruthven 30 5 6 .455 11 11 0 90.3 99 32 3 24 37 3.19 5.8
 Steve Renko 36 3 7 .300 26 6 0 76.0 91 39 9 21 26 4.62 2.3
 Rawly Eastwick 30 5 3 .625 48 0 2 73.7 72 32 6 24 26 3.91 4.9
 Al Santorini 33 2 9 .182 12 12 0 73.0 86 46 9 49 17 5.67 0.0
 Nolan Ryan 34 1 6 .143 16 10 0 71.7 63 39 6 47 64 4.90 1.2
 Bruce Sutter 28 6 5 .545 47 0 20 59.7 58 25 3 34 28 3.77 6.7
*Bob Ojeda 23 2 3 .400 5 5 0 39.3 38 13 6 12 14 2.97 3.1
 Eric Raich 29 1 2 .333 6 6 0 35.7 44 22 5 13 8 5.55 0.3
Team Totals 29.9 67 93 .419 361 160 28 1420.0 1466 681 157 571 739 4.32 66.6
Rank among 12 AL teams 8 8 12 8 10 7 12 8 10 6 9  
* - 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.Carter 868.7 99 100 490 56 5 0 .991 47.6
M.Foley 315.0 36 37 144 17 7 1 .958 26.7
J.Johnstone 220.7 24 29 138 11 1 1 .993 26.9
F.Kendall 15.7 1 4 18 3 0 1 1.000 50.0
Team Total 1420.0 160 170 790 87 13 3 .985 38.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.74
W.Aikens 912.0 102 115 1071 76 12 112 .990 11.32
P.Lacock 196.3 22 29 234 17 3 20 .988 11.51
D.Werth 133.0 16 21 162 11 1 13 .994 11.71
J.Johnstone 113.0 14 17 151 9 0 16 1.000 12.74
K.Singleton 58.0 6 9 70 7 0 4 1.000 11.95
G.Brett 5.0 0 2 8 0 0 0 1.000 14.40
T.Harrah 2.7 0 2 6 0 0 1 1.000 20.30
Team Total 1420.0 160 195 1702 120 16 166 .991 11.55
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 6.03
R.Oester 550.7 66 72 119 226 6 58 .983 5.64
J.Kennedy 406.7 47 51 96 170 7 39 .974 5.89
S.Ontiveros 207.0 26 26 67 87 2 17 .987 6.70
J.Johnstone 137.7 11 32 32 53 2 12 .977 5.56
T.Harrah 93.3 8 21 19 44 1 12 .984 6.08
K.Singleton 9.0 1 1 1 4 0 1 1.000 5.00
B.McBride 8.0 1 1 4 2 0 1 1.000 6.75
G.Brett 5.0 0 1 4 3 1 1 .875 12.60
D.Concepcion 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1417.5 160 205 342 589 19 141 .980 5.91
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.86
G.Brett 1285.0 144 149 107 315 24 26 .946 2.96
L.Parrish 294.8 33 33 18 76 5 6 .949 2.87
J.Johnstone 73.0 9 9 3 13 0 0 1.000 1.97
K.Singleton 45.0 5 7 4 13 1 0 .944 3.40
T.Harrah 9.0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00
D.Concepcion 0.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1707.7 192 199 132 419 30 32 .948 2.90
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.38
B.Dent 596.0 67 78 93 235 10 60 .970 4.95
T.Harrah 336.7 42 46 55 169 5 33 .978 5.99
J.Mason 241.7 29 29 46 97 6 20 .960 5.33
R.Oester 133.0 15 18 34 68 2 11 .981 6.90
J.Johnstone 90.7 7 25 10 38 1 3 .980 4.77
D.Concepcion 18.9 3 4 3 8 0 2 1.000 5.24
J.Kennedy 11.3 0 6 3 8 0 3 1.000 8.74
B.McBride 3.7 0 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 7.38
G.Ward 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
S.Ontiveros 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Matthews 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Lacock 1.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00
T.Bosley 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1436.9 163 212 246 627 24 134 .973 5.47
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.97
D.Werth 509.7 66 66 105 3 1 1 .991 1.91
K.Singleton 297.7 32 42 63 4 4 0 .944 2.03
L.Parrish 142.8 17 18 30 1 0 0 1.000 1.95
W.Aikens 49.0 1 20 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.02
P.Lacock 49.0 6 8 12 1 0 1 1.000 2.39
T.Bosley 28.0 3 8 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
J.Johnstone 23.0 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.96
G.Ward 20.0 0 10 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.35
G.Matthews 5.7 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
R.Stillman 5.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1129.8 128 181 234 9 5 2 .980 1.94
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.52
G.Ward 657.0 80 85 183 5 0 1 1.000 2.58
B.McBride 575.7 62 81 158 3 1 0 .994 2.52
S.Ontiveros 64.0 8 8 9 1 2 0 .833 1.41
J.Johnstone 55.0 7 8 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
K.Singleton 37.0 2 11 14 0 0 0 1.000 3.41
T.Bosley 16.0 1 8 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.69
G.Matthews 14.3 0 8 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.88
W.Aikens 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1420.0 160 210 382 10 3 1 .992 2.48
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.02
T.Bosley 753.3 87 96 167 7 0 2 1.000 2.08
G.Matthews 187.3 23 24 42 0 1 0 .977 2.02
R.Stillman 133.0 18 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.22
K.Singleton 128.7 14 17 22 0 1 0 .957 1.54
B.McBride 95.0 9 20 25 2 0 1 1.000 2.56
P.Lacock 63.7 4 21 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.98
J.Johnstone 44.0 5 5 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.66
D.Werth 7.0 0 7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Carter 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
L.Parrish 2.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1418.3 160 211 302 9 2 3 .994 1.97
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.01
M.Soto 217.3 31 31 10 27 0 2 1.000 1.53
B.Welch 171.0 21 29 11 34 3 4 .938 2.37
D.Frisella 162.7 21 33 7 22 0 2 1.000 1.60
G.Lavelle 135.0 21 21 6 26 0 2 1.000 2.13
V.Blue 119.0 0 60 8 23 0 0 1.000 2.34
J.Freeman 95.7 16 16 1 11 1 2 .923 1.13
D.Ruthven 90.3 11 11 5 12 0 0 1.000 1.69
S.Renko 76.0 6 26 5 15 0 3 1.000 2.37
R.Eastwick 73.7 0 48 7 15 2 3 .917 2.69
A.Santorini 73.0 12 12 8 11 1 4 .950 2.34
N.Ryan 71.7 10 16 1 6 0 0 1.000 0.88
B.Sutter 59.7 0 47 6 10 0 0 1.000 2.41
B.Ojeda 39.3 5 5 1 8 0 0 1.000 2.06
E.Raich 35.7 6 6 6 9 0 0 1.000 3.79
Team Total 1420.0 160 361 82 229 7 22 .978 1.97
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Brett .272
On-Base Pct Aikens .342
Slugging Pct Brett .406
OPS Aikens .735
XR Brett 72.6
Games Brett 153
At-Bats Brett 596
Runs Brett 73
Hits Brett 162
Total Bases Brett 242
Singles Brett 101
Doubles Brett 48
Triples Brett 7
Homeruns Carter, Parrish, Singleton 12
RBIs Brett 68
Stolen Bases Ward 12
Caught Stealing Brett, McBride 6
Walks Singleton 54
Strikeouts Aikens 100
ERA Frisella 3.76
Wins Soto 11
Losses Soto 14
Winning Pct Welch .476
Saves Sutter 20
Games Pitched Blue 60
Games Started Soto 31
Complete Games Welch 8
Shutouts Welch 2
Innings Pitched Soto 217.3
Hits Allowed Soto 233
Homeruns Allowed Frisella 26
Strikeouts Soto 132
Walks Allowed Soto 76
Walks per 9IP Frisella 3.0
Hits per 9IP Frisella 8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Frisella 6.2
WHiP Frisella 1.23
OAVG Frisella .241
OOBP Frisella .304
OSLG Soto .430
OOPS Frisella .734
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Danny Frisella $ 12,815,000
Ken Singleton $ 8,015,000
Gary Lavelle $ 4,000,000
Dave Concepcion $ 3,000,000
George Brett $ 2,835,714
Bake McBride $ 2,800,000
Gary Carter $ 1,492,857
Pete Lacock $ 1,292,857
Toby Harrah $ 1,212,121
Junior Kennedy $ 1,157,143
Bruce Sutter $ 920,000
Steve Renko $ 870,000
Gary Matthews $ 750,000
Rawly Eastwick $ 700,000
Nolan Ryan $ 680,000
Jay Johnstone $ 650,000
Bucky Dent $ 646,429
Vida Blue $ 558,000
Fred Kendall $ 350,000
Jimmy Freeman $ 300,000
Thad Bosley $ 300,000
Bob Welch $ 300,000
Gary Ward $ 300,000
Eric Raich $ 300,000
Marv Foley $ 300,000
Dennis Werth $ 300,000
Royle Stillman $ 300,000
Jim Mason $ 300,000
Bob Ojeda $ 300,000
Ron Oester $ 300,000
Al Santorini $ 300,000
Willie Aikens $ 300,000
Mario Soto $ 300,000
Steve Ontiveros $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/16 Signed     Rawly Eastwick
2/19 Signed     Vida Blue
2/28 Signed     Jay Johnstone
4/3 Traded Richie Zisk
$5,000,000
Cleveland (N) Richard Dotson
Tom Niedenfuer
Toby Harrah
6/1 Traded Larry Parrish Seattle Dave Concepcion
6/1 Traded Dick Ruthven Detroit Barry Bonnell