1981 Oakland Athletics
Record: 63-97
Finish: 4th in AL West Division
Runs Scored: 587
Runs Allowed: 863
Exp W-L: 53-107
 
Ballpark: Colosseum
Attendance: 884,091
Manager: Marwan Najdawi

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 79-58, 3rd in the American League
AA: 64-73, 6th in the American League
A: 63-74, 6th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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
LF  Lee Richard 32 155 581 67 160 15 7 3 62 33 37 52 76 .275 .335 .341 .676 59.9 10.5 2.6
CF *Willie Montanez 33 149 558 56 142 16 0 20 74 0 0 59 72 .254 .324 .391 .714 70.2 17.1 2.5
CF *Terry Crowley 34 149 513 55 124 11 0 13 57 0 0 47 90 .242 .302 .339 .641 52.8 8.4 1.6
3B  Art Howe 34 139 462 45 131 14 2 7 59 2 2 48 59 .284 .350 .368 .718 58.4 15.4 2.9
1B *Mike Squires 29 127 437 44 112 14 2 2 32 8 3 26 16 .256 .297 .311 .608 39.3 5.3 0.0
3B  Mickey Hatcher 26 139 409 32 104 15 0 3 34 0 1 18 24 .254 .287 .313 .600 31.0 2.9 4.4
CF #Rick Peters 25 113 360 31 88 11 4 1 44 1 2 37 32 .244 .313 .306 .618 36.2 6.6 1.7
RF  Dan Norman 26 93 311 45 77 11 2 9 36 32 6 22 39 .248 .294 .383 .676 40.2 9.5 0.9
CF *Jim Norris 32 117 267 34 74 10 6 1 23 17 10 42 32 .277 .374 .371 .745 36.4 9.6 0.8
SS  Don Money 34 110 255 20 63 8 0 1 18 0 1 17 38 .247 .296 .290 .586 19.5 1.8 2.1
C *Harry Spilman 26 68 233 22 57 4 0 5 23 0 1 21 34 .245 .306 .326 .632 22.6 3.4 3.8
C  Mike Heath 26 67 229 26 56 4 1 3 25 3 1 11 23 .245 .279 .310 .589 17.6 1.7 3.3
LF #Tim Raines 21 50 204 29 51 7 4 1 15 24 11 15 18 .250 .300 .338 .638 20.3 3.1 0.4
RF  Buddy Bradford 36 60 113 10 29 3 1 2 14 1 0 7 16 .257 .298 .354 .652 11.0 2.0 0.3
C  Mike Sadek 35 42 96 13 19 6 0 0 12 1 1 11 13 .198 .275 .260 .536 7.1 0.0 1.5
2B  Ryne Sandberg 21 25 93 12 27 2 1 3 10 3 0 5 11 .290 .327 .430 .757 11.7 3.1 0.7
LF *Harold Baines 22 24 91 15 21 5 0 2 7 0 0 8 9 .231 .293 .352 .645 8.0 1.2 0.0
2B *Duane Kuiper 31 54 85 12 26 4 1 0 9 4 1 2 9 .306 .315 .376 .691 10.9 3.1 0.6
1B #Roger Metzger 33 53 43 18 9 0 0 2 4 14 7 1 6 .209 .227 .349 .576 3.9 0.0 0.3
SS #Wayne Tolleson 25 15 27 1 5 1 0 0 3 3 1 1 4 .185 .214 .222 .437 0.9 0.0 0.4
  Team Totals 29.1 1749 5367 587 1375 161 31 78 561 146 85 450 621 .256 .312 .341 .654 557.8 104.7 30.8
  Rank among 12 AL teams 12 10 9 12 9 11 10 3 10 10 1 8 10 11 10 10  
* - 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
 Don Stanhouse 30 7 16 .304 33 30 0 202.3 183 83 8 115 98 3.69 12.9
 Bruce Berenyi 26 12 14 .462 32 32 0 185.7 194 97 9 120 88 4.70 9.0
 Mike Parrott 26 10 11 .476 26 26 0 182.7 211 101 20 78 88 4.98 6.8
 Manny Sarmiento 25 8 10 .444 23 23 0 145.7 143 59 12 45 83 3.65 10.6
 Dwight Bernard 29 5 5 .500 66 1 8 143.7 185 119 14 82 45 7.46 0.0
 Doug Bair 31 4 11 .267 71 7 8 128.0 166 90 22 69 79 6.33 0.0
*Dennis Kinney 29 2 4 .333 51 0 7 87.3 111 49 9 48 23 5.05 1.6
 Ray Burris 30 4 4 .500 10 10 0 76.3 78 31 4 18 34 3.66 6.1
 Eric Wilkins 24 1 7 .125 11 11 0 62.3 73 36 10 35 45 5.20 0.8
 Mike Stanton 28 4 4 .500 26 4 10 51.7 59 31 5 33 34 5.40 2.5
 Ernie McAnally 34 2 2 .500 6 6 0 40.7 49 24 2 23 9 5.31 1.3
 Terry Felton 23 1 2 .333 67 4 3 34.3 35 22 3 22 26 5.77 1.3
*Skip Pitlock 33 3 1 .750 90 0 2 31.3 40 19 5 14 14 5.46 0.4
 Chuck Seelbach 33 0 4 .000 5 5 0 17.0 17 11 0 14 6 5.82 0.0
 Jim Nash 36 0 2 .000 8 1 0 11.3 16 5 2 6 5 3.97 0.1
Team Totals 29.1 63 97 .394 525 160 38 1400.3 1560 777 125 722 677 4.99 53.4
Rank among 12 AL teams 10 10 8 10 12 11 6 12 12 10 12  
* - 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
M.Heath 575.7 66 66 299 28 4 0 .988 30.5
H.Spilman 564.7 65 66 300 38 3 0 .991 44.8
M.Sadek 260.0 29 37 118 16 2 0 .985 31.4
Team Total 1400.3 160 169 717 82 9 0 .989 36.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.74
W.Montanez 1251.3 147 147 1535 139 18 157 .989 12.04
A.Howe 62.0 7 8 81 10 0 14 1.000 13.21
M.Hatcher 32.0 3 6 36 3 0 7 1.000 10.97
R.Metzger 30.0 1 10 30 4 1 2 .971 10.20
T.Crowley 25.0 2 4 34 3 0 6 1.000 13.32
Team Total 1400.3 160 175 1716 159 19 186 .990 12.05
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 6.03
A.Howe 999.7 117 127 238 462 15 93 .979 6.30
R.Sandberg 189.0 24 25 45 93 2 27 .986 6.57
D.Kuiper 181.0 18 34 44 78 2 23 .984 6.07
R.Metzger 14.7 0 5 3 8 0 1 1.000 6.75
W.Tolleson 13.0 1 3 3 6 0 1 1.000 6.23
L.Richard 3.0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1400.3 160 196 333 650 19 145 .981 6.32
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.86
L.Richard 1298.3 150 151 71 305 15 31 .962 2.61
D.Money 62.0 6 12 5 10 1 0 .938 2.18
M.Hatcher 27.0 3 4 0 6 0 3 1.000 2.00
T.Crowley 8.0 1 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 2.25
W.Tolleson 3.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
R.Metzger 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1400.3 160 172 76 325 16 35 .962 2.58
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.38
M.Hatcher 840.3 107 107 162 391 11 84 .980 5.92
D.Money 452.3 47 71 93 195 8 43 .973 5.73
W.Tolleson 50.0 6 6 6 33 1 6 .975 7.02
R.Metzger 24.0 0 12 2 12 0 0 1.000 5.25
D.Kuiper 22.7 0 15 2 9 0 1 1.000 4.37
R.Sandberg 9.0 0 5 2 8 0 3 1.000 10.00
L.Richard 2.0 0 1 0 1 1 0 .500 4.50
Team Total 1400.3 160 217 267 649 21 137 .978 5.89
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.97
T.Raines 412.0 48 48 77 2 1 1 .988 1.73
D.Norman 408.0 50 52 90 1 0 0 1.000 2.01
T.Crowley 236.7 29 31 49 1 1 0 .980 1.90
M.Hatcher 168.0 22 22 26 1 0 1 1.000 1.45
J.Norris 90.0 7 23 17 1 2 0 .900 1.80
B.Bradford 35.7 2 10 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.77
D.Money 23.0 2 8 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.57
R.Metzger 22.0 0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.86
L.Richard 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
M.Sadek 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1400.3 160 203 278 6 4 2 .986 1.83
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.52
R.Peters 919.7 113 113 261 9 3 0 .989 2.64
J.Norris 387.7 41 59 100 0 2 0 .980 2.32
B.Bradford 55.0 4 15 24 0 0 0 1.000 3.93
D.Norman 19.0 0 12 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.84
T.Crowley 19.0 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
Team Total 1400.3 160 202 395 9 5 0 .988 2.60
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.02
T.Crowley 919.7 110 110 210 2 3 0 .986 2.07
D.Norman 238.0 29 31 54 0 1 0 .982 2.04
B.Bradford 134.0 14 22 24 1 1 0 .962 1.68
J.Norris 97.7 7 22 22 2 0 0 1.000 2.21
M.Hatcher 8.0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
L.Richard 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1400.3 160 190 314 5 5 0 .985 2.05
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.01
D.Stanhouse 202.3 30 33 9 25 0 2 1.000 1.51
B.Berenyi 185.7 32 32 14 35 2 6 .961 2.38
M.Parrott 182.7 26 26 12 31 0 2 1.000 2.12
M.Sarmiento 145.7 23 23 15 15 2 0 .938 1.85
D.Bernard 143.7 1 66 14 27 0 4 1.000 2.57
D.Bair 128.0 7 71 12 19 1 2 .969 2.18
D.Kinney 87.3 0 51 5 17 0 0 1.000 2.27
R.Burris 76.3 10 10 4 8 0 1 1.000 1.41
E.Wilkins 62.3 11 11 8 14 1 2 .957 3.18
M.Stanton 51.7 4 26 1 11 0 0 1.000 2.09
E.McAnally 40.7 6 6 4 11 0 2 1.000 3.32
T.Felton 34.3 4 67 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.57
S.Pitlock 31.3 0 90 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.15
C.Seelbach 17.0 5 5 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.59
J.Nash 11.3 1 8 1 1 1 0 .667 1.59
Team Total 1400.3 160 525 103 223 7 21 .979 2.10
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Howe .284
On-Base Pct Howe .350
Slugging Pct Montanez .391
OPS Howe .718
XR Montanez 70.2
Games Richard 155
At-Bats Richard 581
Runs Richard 67
Hits Richard 160
Total Bases Montanez 218
Singles Richard 135
Doubles Montanez 16
Triples Richard 7
Homeruns Montanez 20
RBIs Montanez 74
Stolen Bases Richard 33
Caught Stealing Richard 37
Walks Montanez 59
Strikeouts Crowley 90
ERA Stanhouse 3.69
Wins Berenyi 12
Losses Stanhouse 16
Winning Pct Parrott .476
Saves Stanton 10
Games Pitched Pitlock 90
Games Started Berenyi 32
Complete Games Burris, Stanhouse 3
Shutouts Stanhouse 1
Innings Pitched Stanhouse 202.3
Hits Allowed Parrott 211
Homeruns Allowed Bair 22
Strikeouts Stanhouse 98
Walks Allowed Berenyi 120
Walks per 9IP Parrott 3.8
Hits per 9IP Stanhouse 8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Stanhouse 4.4
WHiP Stanhouse 1.47
OAVG Stanhouse .241
OOBP Stanhouse .339
OSLG Stanhouse .310
OOPS Stanhouse .649
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Don Stanhouse $ 9,200,000
Lee Richard $ 7,100,000
Willie Montanez $ 5,330,000
Don Money $ 4,200,000
Terry Crowley $ 2,020,000
Jim Norris $ 1,450,000
Art Howe $ 1,355,000
Mike Stanton $ 1,017,143
Jim Nash $ 680,000
Buddy Bradford $ 610,000
Ray Burris $ 400,000
Roger Metzger $ 350,000
Don Rose $ 350,000
Doug Bair $ 350,000
Mike Squires $ 350,000
Mike Sadek $ 350,000
Bruce Berenyi $ 300,000
Dwight Bernard $ 300,000
Wayne Tolleson $ 300,000
Terry Felton $ 300,000
Mickey Hatcher $ 300,000
Mike Heath $ 300,000
Dennis Kinney $ 300,000
Dan Norman $ 300,000
Ernie McAnally $ 300,000
Harry Spilman $ 300,000
Harold Baines $ 300,000
Chuck Seelbach $ 300,000
Eric Wilkins $ 300,000
Manny Sarmiento $ 300,000
Mike Parrott $ 300,000
Rick Peters $ 300,000
Skip Pitlock $ 300,000
Tim Raines $ 300,000
Ryne Sandberg $ 300,000
Duane Kuiper $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/5 Signed     Don Stanhouse
2/23 Signed     Art Howe
3/3 Signed     Jerry Morales
3/3 Signed     Don Newhauser
4/3 Signed     Bill Laxton