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1981 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record: 86-74
Finish: 4th in NL Central Division
Runs Scored: 769
Runs Allowed: 613
Exp W-L: 96-64
 
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Attendance: 2,167,679
Manager: Alex Baxter

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 62-75, 8th in the National League
AA: 63-74, 9th in the National League
A: 67-70, 6th in the National League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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
RF  Ellis Valentine 26 152 594 71 170 31 2 20 96 0 1 34 94 .286 .324 .446 .770 78.5 14.6 2.9
DH  Andre Dawson 26 152 599 82 163 33 3 17 68 14 6 24 60 .272 .303 .422 .725 73.3 12.4 0.1
2B *Ken Boswell 35 148 540 80 160 10 1 7 66 15 12 53 62 .296 .361 .357 .718 70.8 12.9 1.4
3B *Dan Driessen 29 156 538 68 138 20 3 13 79 1 0 50 61 .257 .318 .377 .695 61.6 8.7 5.5
C #Biff Pocoroba 27 144 536 78 152 18 2 15 69 1 0 46 14 .284 .336 .409 .745 69.7 11.9 7.4
DH #Eddie Murray 25 141 508 71 156 36 1 22 78 0 0 57 57 .307 .373 .512 .885 90.4 20.3 2.2
CF  Dan Ford 29 128 468 72 115 24 4 21 66 4 4 53 77 .246 .328 .449 .776 65.4 11.2 2.8
2B *Rod Carew 35 137 425 51 124 25 5 3 62 16 7 33 36 .292 .343 .395 .739 53.5 9.8 4.7
RF  Mike Vail 29 118 340 46 109 15 1 12 48 0 1 26 35 .321 .368 .476 .844 52.9 11.5 1.1
CF #Mookie Wilson 25 119 341 50 91 22 4 5 43 23 11 11 61 .267 .289 .399 .688 38.0 5.9 1.4
2B  Joel Youngblood 29 108 304 42 78 15 3 5 25 3 1 21 58 .257 .319 .375 .694 36.0 5.7 2.4
C  Steve Swisher 29 89 221 21 75 10 0 1 24 2 1 10 22 .339 .366 .398 .765 29.1 6.1 2.1
2B #Tito Fuentes 37 50 91 16 27 2 0 1 12 1 0 7 3 .297 .343 .352 .695 11.7 2.1 0.6
1B *Danny Goodwin 27 44 90 17 23 7 2 0 3 0 0 7 12 .256 .309 .378 .687 8.9 1.3 0.4
SS #Ozzie Smith 26 19 32 4 7 1 0 0 2 3 1 5 2 .219 .324 .250 .574 3.4 0.3 0.1
RF  Gil Flores 28 9 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.6 0.2 0.0
  Team Totals 28.9 1714 5633 769 1590 269 31 142 742 83 45 437 655 .282 .334 .417 .751 743.5 135.0 35.1
  Rank among 12 NL teams 1 3 1 4 5 3 3 5 8 9 1 1 3 3 3 3  
* - 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
 Fernando Arroyo 29 18 15 .545 35 35 0 286.0 297 105 30 29 108 3.30 17.4
 Dennis Eckersley 26 17 17 .500 36 36 0 265.7 262 107 29 24 156 3.62 14.6
 Milt Wilcox 31 14 9 .609 28 28 0 224.0 185 59 9 56 159 2.37 19.8
 Lee Smith 23 16 7 .696 32 32 0 222.3 215 89 7 78 141 3.60 13.4
*Jim Umbarger 28 11 13 .458 29 29 0 217.3 258 89 13 44 80 3.69 10.5
 Pete Vuckovich 28 3 3 .500 30 0 1 51.3 52 25 3 21 20 4.38 2.1
 Joaquin Andujar 28 3 5 .375 41 0 24 43.3 62 22 5 10 19 4.57 1.9
 Roric Harrison 34 1 3 .250 21 0 2 37.7 35 11 3 10 22 2.63 3.2
 Steve Busby 31 0 0 .000 20 0 0 35.3 30 19 7 16 20 4.84 0.6
*Mike Flanagan 29 3 2 .600 45 0 1 33.7 40 9 1 11 18 2.41 2.6
 Bill Greif 31 0 0 .000 8 0 1 14.0 9 3 0 4 14 1.93 1.7
Team Totals 28.9 86 74 .538 325 160 29 1430.6 1445 538 107 303 757 3.38 87.8
Rank among 12 NL teams 5 5 12 5 7 10 4 2 1 6 2  
* - 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 .990 33.3
B.Pocoroba 1127.3 123 135 618 54 5 2 .993 39.6
S.Swisher 303.3 37 39 184 12 1 0 .995 29.4
Team Total 1430.7 160 174 802 66 6 2 .993 36.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.84
E.Murray 1155.3 132 140 1505 108 11 130 .993 12.57
D.Goodwin 213.0 22 33 282 21 0 19 1.000 12.80
R.Carew 60.3 6 9 81 4 2 4 .977 12.68
D.Driessen 2.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1430.7 160 184 1870 133 13 153 .994 12.60
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.93
R.Carew 988.0 111 120 209 463 16 82 .977 6.12
J.Youngblood 416.7 47 55 86 188 10 35 .965 5.92
K.Boswell 15.0 2 2 9 4 1 3 .929 7.80
T.Fuentes 7.9 1 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.56
O.Smith 4.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
S.Swisher 3.0 0 1 2 2 0 1 1.000 12.00
Team Total 1434.6 161 185 309 659 27 121 .973 6.07
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.92
D.Driessen 1300.0 149 151 74 399 31 30 .938 3.27
T.Fuentes 107.3 17 19 6 27 1 2 .971 2.77
J.Youngblood 90.3 9 16 6 24 1 1 .968 2.99
K.Boswell 28.0 2 8 1 11 0 0 1.000 3.86
R.Carew 5.3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1531.0 177 195 87 463 33 33 .943 3.23
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 5.39
K.Boswell 1126.3 129 135 185 497 22 86 .969 5.45
T.Fuentes 111.7 16 23 17 44 4 11 .938 4.91
O.Smith 69.0 6 13 8 27 0 1 1.000 4.57
R.Carew 5.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1312.0 151 174 210 568 26 98 .968 5.34
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.89
M.Wilson 888.0 111 111 168 3 11 1 .940 1.73
M.Vail 470.7 44 83 74 1 5 1 .938 1.43
J.Youngblood 57.0 5 12 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.37
T.Fuentes 9.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
G.Flores 6.7 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.35
D.Goodwin 2.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
K.Boswell 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1435.7 161 214 261 4 16 2 .943 1.66
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 2.51
D.Ford 1085.0 123 124 273 10 7 2 .976 2.35
M.Vail 252.7 29 30 53 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
A.Dawson 68.0 7 9 11 1 0 0 1.000 1.59
M.Wilson 11.0 1 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.09
K.Boswell 7.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Fuentes 6.3 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.86
S.Swisher 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1432.0 161 170 344 11 7 2 .981 2.23
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.96
E.Valentine 1293.3 145 149 275 14 4 2 .986 2.01
J.Youngblood 85.0 10 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.16
K.Boswell 35.0 4 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
M.Vail 7.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
A.Dawson 3.7 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46
D.Ford 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
S.Swisher 1.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42
D.Goodwin 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Fuentes 0.8 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1429.5 160 171 299 14 4 2 .987 1.97
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.13
F.Arroyo 286.0 35 35 14 52 3 3 .957 2.08
D.Eckersley 265.7 36 36 27 39 4 5 .943 2.24
M.Wilcox 224.0 28 28 7 28 1 3 .972 1.41
L.Smith 222.3 32 32 24 43 0 3 1.000 2.71
J.Umbarger 217.3 29 29 15 44 2 4 .967 2.44
P.Vuckovich 51.3 0 30 4 8 0 1 1.000 2.10
J.Andujar 43.3 0 41 4 8 3 0 .800 2.49
R.Harrison 37.7 0 21 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.67
S.Busby 35.3 0 20 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.27
M.Flanagan 33.7 0 45 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.87
B.Greif 14.0 0 8 2 1 0 1 1.000 1.93
Team Total 1430.6 160 325 101 238 13 20 .963 2.13
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Murray .307
On-Base Pct Murray .373
Slugging Pct Murray .512
OPS Murray .885
XR Murray 90.4
Games Driessen 156
At-Bats Dawson 599
Runs Dawson 82
Hits Valentine 170
Total Bases Valentine 265
Singles Boswell 142
Doubles Murray 36
Triples Carew 5
Homeruns Murray 22
RBIs Valentine 96
Stolen Bases Wilson 23
Caught Stealing Boswell 12
Walks Murray 57
Strikeouts Valentine 94
ERA Wilcox 2.37
Wins Arroyo 18
Losses Eckersley 17
Winning Pct Smith .696
Saves Andujar 24
Games Pitched Flanagan 45
Games Started Eckersley 36
Complete Games Arroyo 20
Shutouts Arroyo 3
Innings Pitched Arroyo 286.0
Hits Allowed Arroyo 297
Homeruns Allowed Arroyo 30
Strikeouts Wilcox 159
Walks Allowed Smith 78
Walks per 9IP Eckersley 0.8
Hits per 9IP Wilcox 7.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Wilcox 6.4
WHiP Wilcox 1.08
OAVG Wilcox .223
OOBP Eckersley .269
OSLG Wilcox .308
OOPS Wilcox .578
Team All-Stars
Ken Boswell
Biff Pocoroba
Player Salaries
Milt Wilcox $ 17,500,000
Dennis Eckersley $ 6,185,714
Fernando Arroyo $ 4,614,286
Dan Ford $ 4,400,000
Eddie Murray $ 4,150,000
Ken Boswell $ 3,600,000
Dan Driessen $ 3,200,000
Biff Pocoroba $ 3,178,571
Ellis Valentine $ 2,928,571
Pete Vuckovich $ 2,821,429
Rod Carew $ 2,600,000
Joel Youngblood $ 2,417,143
Andre Dawson $ 1,957,143
Roric Harrison $ 914,286
Mike Vail $ 803,571
Mike Flanagan $ 350,000
Tito Fuentes $ 350,000
Doug Bird $ 350,000
Tony Muser $ 350,000
Steve Busby $ 300,000
Gil Flores $ 300,000
Joaquin Andujar $ 300,000
Bill Greif $ 300,000
Lee Smith $ 300,000
Ozzie Smith $ 300,000
Steve Swisher $ 300,000
Jim Umbarger $ 300,000
Mookie Wilson $ 300,000
Danny Goodwin $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/10 Signed     Rod Carew
6/1 Traded Andres Mora Montreal Tito Fuentes
 
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