1981 Milwaukee Brewers
Record: 82-78
Finish: 2nd in NL West Division
Runs Scored: 718
Runs Allowed: 720
Exp W-L: 80-80
 
Ballpark: County Stadium
Attendance: 1,977,866
Manager: Fletch Lives

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 73-64, 4th in the National League
AA: 58-79, 12th in the National League
A: 65-72, 7th in the National 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
CF *Greg Gross 28 155 597 91 199 36 1 12 94 8 4 66 22 .333 .396 .457 .853 104.2 32.7 1.4
CF *Fred Lynn 29 150 585 91 160 35 0 30 102 0 0 62 64 .274 .339 .487 .827 92.6 25.3 3.6
LF  Benny Ayala 30 152 567 62 146 22 0 21 88 0 0 45 73 .257 .311 .407 .719 70.5 15.7 2.4
CF *Gene Richards 27 127 483 80 129 24 8 7 46 56 25 61 55 .267 .350 .393 .743 71.6 18.0 0.0
SS #Garry Templeton 25 157 508 60 118 24 5 5 60 23 8 31 106 .232 .276 .329 .604 47.2 7.2 5.8
C  Rick Dempsey 31 136 480 54 114 16 2 5 48 1 1 46 110 .238 .304 .310 .614 45.1 6.9 2.6
RF *Kirk Gibson 24 135 439 59 101 21 3 14 56 28 12 51 71 .230 .310 .387 .698 52.5 10.0 1.6
SS *Sonny Jackson 36 135 399 34 106 10 2 4 34 32 9 26 25 .266 .312 .331 .643 42.0 8.2 3.1
2B *Jack Perconte 26 126 337 43 78 6 1 3 27 32 8 22 23 .231 .282 .282 .564 30.1 3.4 3.7
1B *Rusty Staub 37 88 226 34 62 12 2 6 33 0 0 17 17 .274 .322 .425 .747 30.5 7.8 0.4
2B  Fernando Gonzalez 31 84 212 21 52 13 0 1 28 1 1 12 25 .245 .283 .321 .604 17.7 2.4 1.8
C  Pete Varney 32 66 189 19 38 4 1 1 14 4 2 13 41 .201 .260 .249 .508 9.5 0.0 0.8
DH  John Castino 26 93 189 24 57 11 0 3 28 1 0 10 22 .302 .340 .407 .747 24.5 6.9 2.1
1B  Gary Gray 28 93 175 25 50 3 0 8 23 0 0 22 27 .286 .365 .440 .805 26.4 7.4 0.3
1B *Bob Molinaro 31 36 66 19 15 1 1 0 4 14 1 5 3 .227 .282 .273 .554 7.5 1.6 0.6
3B  Ron Cash 31 23 17 2 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 .235 .222 .235 .458 0.8 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.5 1756 5469 718 1429 238 26 120 689 200 71 489 685 .261 .321 .380 .702 672.8 153.7 30.4
  Rank among 12 NL teams 8 5 6 7 8 4 5 2 11 7 2 5 8 5 5 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
 Mike Norris 26 13 12 .520 34 34 0 253.0 246 113 28 86 160 4.02 10.3
 Roy Thomas 28 16 15 .516 36 36 0 244.7 232 103 17 83 129 3.79 10.9
*Guy Hoffman 24 11 13 .458 32 32 0 226.7 248 99 20 75 71 3.93 9.0
*David Clyde 26 7 10 .412 38 20 4 155.3 161 68 13 59 103 3.94 6.2
*Fernando Valenzuela 20 6 11 .353 51 15 5 147.0 156 83 13 77 70 5.08 2.1
 Aurelio Lopez 32 8 5 .615 36 13 4 124.7 109 49 13 44 77 3.54 8.0
 Lynn McGlothen 31 8 5 .615 79 1 16 101.7 116 53 8 56 38 4.69 3.7
 Ernie Camacho 26 10 6 .625 70 0 15 98.3 88 46 5 51 46 4.21 7.8
*Dave Geisel 26 3 1 .750 9 9 0 64.0 63 22 2 25 38 3.09 3.8
 Dale Murray 31 0 0 .000 8 0 0 8.3 10 7 1 8 6 7.56 0.0
Team Totals 27.0 82 78 .513 393 160 44 1423.6 1429 643 120 564 738 4.06 61.9
Rank among 12 NL teams 7 7 4 8 11 9 9 9 10 8 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 .990 33.3
R.Dempsey 1070.0 123 124 573 54 7 0 .989 25.0
P.Varney 349.0 37 52 194 13 3 0 .986 27.6
G.Gray 4.7 0 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1423.7 160 177 770 68 10 0 .988 25.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.84
G.Gross 1061.7 119 119 1255 89 30 139 .978 11.39
G.Gray 241.0 26 34 290 21 1 23 .997 11.61
R.Staub 120.0 15 17 166 12 0 16 1.000 13.35
B.Molinaro 1.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1423.7 160 172 1712 123 31 178 .983 11.60
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.93
J.Perconte 896.3 106 112 227 375 16 88 .974 6.04
J.Castino 408.7 45 59 104 165 4 39 .985 5.92
F.Gonzalez 104.3 8 21 25 47 1 12 .986 6.21
S.Jackson 14.3 1 4 3 5 0 1 1.000 5.02
Team Total 1423.7 160 196 359 592 21 140 .978 6.01
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.92
S.Jackson 998.3 117 122 75 244 6 13 .982 2.88
F.Gonzalez 386.3 43 58 21 114 7 9 .951 3.14
R.Cash 21.0 0 17 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.71
J.Castino 14.0 0 8 0 5 1 0 .833 3.21
G.Gray 3.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
R.Dempsey 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1423.7 160 207 97 366 15 22 .969 2.93
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 5.39
G.Templeton 1292.7 157 157 204 600 39 125 .954 5.60
J.Castino 93.3 3 26 15 35 2 11 .962 4.82
J.Perconte 20.3 0 11 3 8 1 3 .917 4.87
S.Jackson 9.3 0 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.89
G.Gray 3.0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 9.00
F.Gonzalez 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
K.Gibson 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1423.7 160 202 224 648 42 140 .954 5.51
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.89
B.Ayala 1261.7 150 151 271 5 0 1 1.000 1.97
B.Molinaro 52.0 6 7 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.60
G.Gray 50.0 0 29 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.08
F.Gonzalez 33.0 4 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.18
K.Gibson 12.0 0 7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
G.Richards 10.0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
G.Gross 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Cash 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1423.7 160 206 306 5 0 1 1.000 1.97
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 2.51
F.Lynn 1319.7 149 149 372 6 1 0 .997 2.58
B.Molinaro 96.0 10 14 40 0 0 0 1.000 3.75
S.Jackson 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1423.7 160 164 412 6 1 0 .998 2.64
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.96
K.Gibson 979.3 109 116 195 4 5 2 .975 1.83
G.Gross 256.3 29 31 51 1 0 0 1.000 1.83
R.Staub 139.0 16 20 26 2 1 0 .966 1.81
B.Molinaro 23.0 3 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.74
S.Jackson 16.0 2 2 9 0 0 0 1.000 5.06
F.Lynn 8.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
G.Gray 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
B.Ayala 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1423.7 160 175 290 7 6 2 .980 1.88
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.13
M.Norris 253.0 34 34 17 40 5 4 .919 2.03
R.Thomas 244.7 36 36 20 51 0 5 1.000 2.61
G.Hoffman 226.7 32 32 22 37 0 3 1.000 2.34
D.Clyde 155.3 20 38 4 25 5 2 .853 1.68
F.Valenzuela 147.0 15 51 15 25 1 1 .976 2.45
A.Lopez 124.7 13 36 6 20 1 3 .963 1.88
L.McGlothen 101.7 1 79 8 24 0 7 1.000 2.83
E.Camacho 98.3 0 70 3 11 0 0 1.000 1.28
D.Geisel 64.0 9 9 2 8 1 1 .909 1.41
D.Murray 8.3 0 8 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.08
Team Total 1423.6 160 393 98 241 13 26 .963 2.14
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Gross .333
On-Base Pct Gross .396
Slugging Pct Lynn .487
OPS Gross .853
XR Gross 104.2
Games Templeton 157
At-Bats Gross 597
Runs Lynn, Gross 91
Hits Gross 199
Total Bases Lynn 285
Singles Gross 150
Doubles Gross 36
Triples Richards 8
Homeruns Lynn 30
RBIs Lynn 102
Stolen Bases Richards 56
Caught Stealing Richards 25
Walks Gross 66
Strikeouts Dempsey 110
ERA Thomas 3.79
Wins Thomas 16
Losses Thomas 15
Winning Pct Camacho .625
Saves McGlothen 16
Games Pitched McGlothen 79
Games Started Thomas 36
Complete Games Norris 9
Shutouts Norris 2
Innings Pitched Norris 253.0
Hits Allowed Hoffman 248
Homeruns Allowed Norris 28
Strikeouts Norris 160
Walks Allowed Norris 86
Walks per 9IP Hoffman 3.0
Hits per 9IP Thomas 8.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Norris 5.7
WHiP Thomas 1.29
OAVG Thomas .249
OOBP Thomas .312
OSLG Thomas .371
OOPS Thomas .683
Team All-Stars
Greg Gross
Player Salaries
Fred Lynn $ 25,100,000
Greg Gross $ 4,630,000
Benny Ayala $ 4,500,000
Mike Norris $ 3,728,571
Roy Thomas $ 3,628,571
Gene Richards $ 2,750,000
Aurelio Lopez $ 2,000,000
Lynn McGlothen $ 1,670,000
Rusty Staub $ 1,400,000
Ron Cash $ 1,100,000
Rick Dempsey $ 1,070,000
Sonny Jackson $ 1,000,000
Garry Templeton $ 750,000
David Clyde $ 500,000
Dale Murray $ 400,000
Pete Varney $ 350,000
Fernando Gonzalez $ 350,000
Danny Fife $ 320,000
Bob Molinaro $ 300,000
Jack Perconte $ 300,000
Gary Gray $ 300,000
Kirk Gibson $ 300,000
Dave Geisel $ 300,000
John Castino $ 300,000
Fernando Valenzuela $ 300,000
Ernie Camacho $ 300,000
Guy Hoffman $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/5 Signed     Roy White
2/6 Signed     Rusty Staub
2/8 Signed     Sonny Jackson
2/9 Signed     Aurelio Lopez
2/15 Signed     Fred Lynn
3/2 Signed     Ron Cash
6/1 Released Roy White    
10/3 Released Charlie Williams    
10/3 Released Jim Breazeale    
10/3 Released Mike Fischlin    
10/3 Released Randy Stein    
10/3 Released Dave Patterson