1981 Philadelphia Phillies
Record: 94-66
Finish: 2nd in NL Central Division
Runs Scored: 790
Runs Allowed: 677
Exp W-L: 91-69
 
Ballpark: Sportsmans Park
Attendance: 1,866,051
Manager: Cory Einhorn II

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 67-70, 6th in the National League
AA: 69-68, 6th in the National League
A: 59-78, 9th in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 2-4 to New York (N) Giants
 
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  Rickey Henderson 22 155 581 94 148 19 6 23 74 60 39 102 83 .255 .366 .427 .793 92.6 17.9 4.2
LF  Dale Murphy 25 155 572 112 173 22 4 44 124 15 7 91 77 .302 .397 .586 .983 125.9 33.2 3.5
DH  Joe Charboneau 26 155 586 97 166 24 3 29 105 0 1 54 72 .283 .344 .483 .827 95.0 21.8 0.0
LF  Chet Lemon 26 152 573 70 160 37 4 9 66 0 1 44 76 .279 .336 .405 .741 74.2 14.9 6.2
3B *Denny Walling 27 152 488 76 145 27 7 16 74 33 6 51 34 .297 .364 .480 .843 85.6 20.9 3.5
RF  Bobby Bonds 35 103 381 63 106 14 6 14 61 34 9 58 79 .278 .373 .457 .829 65.2 14.9 1.7
LF  Hal McRae 35 99 385 47 109 23 1 7 45 4 2 21 32 .283 .323 .403 .725 46.0 8.4 2.0
3B #U L Washington 27 124 348 34 90 17 4 2 43 28 9 18 53 .259 .295 .348 .643 34.6 4.6 5.2
C  John Ellis 32 89 325 40 94 17 1 4 40 1 0 14 31 .289 .321 .385 .705 37.3 7.3 2.8
SS  Enzo Hernandez 32 118 282 44 82 8 3 3 22 35 6 30 24 .291 .357 .372 .729 42.3 8.9 4.5
RF *Willie Crawford 34 104 266 31 61 8 1 4 33 4 2 15 36 .229 .274 .312 .586 21.2 0.9 1.7
RF  Jose Ortiz 34 80 244 14 57 13 0 1 29 1 4 12 20 .234 .275 .299 .574 16.8 0.4 1.1
RF *Reggie Jackson 35 50 169 23 42 6 1 3 13 1 0 29 42 .249 .360 .349 .709 22.4 4.1 0.4
C #Tim Blackwell 28 61 149 13 38 9 0 1 14 3 1 17 21 .255 .327 .336 .663 16.4 2.2 1.5
C *Charlie Sands 33 35 101 14 17 2 0 6 19 0 1 22 34 .168 .312 .366 .678 13.1 1.4 1.0
1B *Broderick Perkins 26 59 71 4 16 2 2 0 12 0 0 2 5 .225 .240 .310 .550 6.1 0.1 0.2
LF *Rudy Law 24 40 21 13 3 0 0 0 0 13 7 0 5 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.8 0.0 0.2
LF *Terry Puhl 24 9 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 .182 .250 .182 .432 0.2 0.0 0.1
  Team Totals 29.2 1740 5553 790 1509 248 43 166 774 232 96 581 725 .272 .341 .422 .763 794.0 161.9 39.8
  Rank among 12 NL teams 4 2 3 5 1 1 2 1 12 2 4 3 1 1 1 1  
* - 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
*Willie Hernandez 26 16 7 .696 32 32 0 234.3 209 75 11 61 133 2.88 17.5
*Dave Laroche 33 11 10 .524 32 32 0 224.3 204 80 23 65 179 3.21 13.2
 J.R. Richard 31 18 9 .667 32 32 0 222.0 175 89 6 119 191 3.61 13.1
*Tom Underwood 27 11 7 .611 22 22 0 178.7 157 82 15 64 127 4.13 7.7
*Bob McClure 29 10 12 .455 29 29 0 177.7 182 78 15 86 112 3.95 6.1
 John Butcher 24 7 7 .500 92 0 9 144.3 167 61 11 52 57 3.80 7.1
 Kent Tekulve 34 6 2 .750 63 0 9 78.7 72 32 7 15 31 3.66 6.8
*Charlie Leibrandt 24 4 4 .500 10 10 0 65.7 91 44 8 24 20 6.03 0.0
*Skip Guinn 36 4 7 .364 47 0 26 50.7 44 20 7 34 45 3.55 4.8
 Allen Ripley 28 7 1 .875 27 1 3 37.0 35 20 5 17 18 4.86 2.2
*Les Cain 33 0 0 .000 13 7 1 30.7 20 12 3 25 21 3.52 1.7
Team Totals 29.5 94 66 .588 399 165 48 1444.0 1356 593 111 562 934 3.70 80.2
Rank among 12 NL teams 3 3 3 3 4 3 7 7 9 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 .990 33.3
J.Ellis 745.6 84 86 497 36 3 0 .994 34.5
T.Blackwell 405.3 43 56 260 19 3 1 .989 22.0
C.Sands 267.0 31 34 165 18 1 0 .995 38.7
D.Murphy 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1418.9 158 177 923 73 7 1 .993 31.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.84
H.McRae 817.9 90 98 934 69 12 89 .988 11.04
W.Crawford 550.3 64 67 662 49 9 89 .988 11.63
B.Perkins 78.0 7 17 82 11 0 6 1.000 10.73
D.Walling 4.3 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.16
T.Blackwell 4.0 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
C.Lemon 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
J.Ellis 1.3 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 20.77
Team Total 1457.9 161 188 1689 129 21 185 .989 11.22
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.93
C.Lemon 1304.7 149 152 296 476 14 128 .982 5.33
E.Hernandez 95.0 9 21 28 44 0 11 1.000 6.82
U.Washington 18.7 2 4 5 9 0 2 1.000 6.75
W.Crawford 13.7 0 9 3 4 0 0 1.000 4.61
D.Walling 12.0 0 6 2 3 0 2 1.000 3.75
Team Total 1444.0 160 192 334 536 14 143 .984 5.42
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.92
D.Walling 1191.7 136 139 66 316 17 28 .957 2.89
E.Hernandez 106.0 11 18 4 25 1 2 .967 2.46
R.Jackson 48.0 5 6 5 11 0 0 1.000 3.00
U.Washington 18.0 0 9 3 2 1 1 .833 2.50
R.Law 7.0 0 2 0 2 1 0 .667 2.57
Team Total 1370.7 152 174 78 356 20 31 .956 2.85
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 5.39
U.Washington 869.7 107 110 138 370 20 78 .962 5.26
E.Hernandez 515.7 53 79 81 234 6 51 .981 5.50
W.Crawford 51.7 0 27 13 15 0 4 1.000 4.88
T.Puhl 3.0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 6.00
R.Law 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Charboneau 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1444.0 160 220 232 622 26 134 .970 5.32
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.89
D.Murphy 1293.3 145 145 268 8 0 2 1.000 1.92
J.Ortiz 96.3 11 13 26 1 0 0 1.000 2.52
R.Law 28.0 2 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.21
T.Puhl 24.3 2 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.48
B.Perkins 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
H.McRae 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Bonds 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.6 160 175 307 11 0 2 1.000 1.98
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 2.51
R.Henderson 1320.0 146 151 346 3 7 1 .980 2.38
J.Ortiz 107.0 14 14 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.19
D.Murphy 12.0 0 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Bonds 2.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.33
H.McRae 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Jackson 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.8 160 172 379 3 7 1 .982 2.38
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.96
B.Bonds 744.4 83 85 151 1 4 0 .974 1.84
J.Ortiz 209.0 25 27 32 2 0 0 1.000 1.46
R.Jackson 117.3 14 14 20 0 1 0 .952 1.53
R.Law 15.0 1 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Walling 8.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Henderson 7.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Puhl 5.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40
D.Murphy 5.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
B.Perkins 4.3 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1115.0 123 144 212 3 5 0 .977 1.74
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.13
W.Hernandez 234.3 32 32 13 38 1 4 .981 1.96
D.Laroche 224.3 32 32 13 46 1 3 .983 2.37
J.Richard 222.0 32 32 11 35 0 7 1.000 1.86
T.Underwood 178.7 22 22 7 36 0 1 1.000 2.17
B.McClure 177.7 29 29 10 29 0 4 1.000 1.98
J.Butcher 144.3 0 92 14 32 2 3 .958 2.87
K.Tekulve 78.7 0 63 6 15 1 0 .955 2.40
C.Leibrandt 65.7 10 10 6 12 0 1 1.000 2.47
S.Guinn 50.7 0 47 5 6 1 0 .917 1.95
A.Ripley 37.0 1 27 4 3 0 1 1.000 1.70
L.Cain 30.7 7 13 2 5 0 1 1.000 2.05
Team Total 1444.0 165 399 91 257 6 25 .983 2.17
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Murphy .302
On-Base Pct Murphy .397
Slugging Pct Murphy .586
OPS Murphy .983
XR Murphy 125.9
Games Henderson, Murphy, Charboneau 155
At-Bats Charboneau 586
Runs Murphy 112
Hits Murphy 173
Total Bases Murphy 335
Singles Charboneau, Lemon 110
Doubles Lemon 37
Triples Walling 7
Homeruns Murphy 44
RBIs Murphy 124
Stolen Bases Henderson 60
Caught Stealing Henderson 39
Walks Henderson 102
Strikeouts Henderson 83
ERA Hernandez 2.88
Wins Richard 18
Losses McClure 12
Winning Pct Hernandez .696
Saves Guinn 26
Games Pitched Butcher 92
Games Started Hernandez, Laroche, Richard 32
Complete Games Underwood 7
Shutouts Hernandez 3
Innings Pitched Hernandez 234.3
Hits Allowed Hernandez 209
Homeruns Allowed Laroche 23
Strikeouts Richard 191
Walks Allowed Richard 119
Walks per 9IP Hernandez 2.3
Hits per 9IP Richard 7.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Richard 7.7
WHiP Hernandez 1.15
OAVG Richard .216
OOBP Hernandez .287
OSLG Richard .299
OOPS Richard .615
Team All-Stars
Joe Charboneau
J.R. Richard
Player Salaries
Bobby Bonds $ 9,500,000
J.R. Richard $ 7,270,000
Willie Crawford $ 6,500,000
Dave Laroche $ 6,000,111
Hal McRae $ 4,200,000
John Ellis $ 3,500,000
Bob McClure $ 2,807,143
Skip Guinn $ 2,700,000
Denny Walling $ 2,442,857
Tom Underwood $ 1,907,143
Chet Lemon $ 1,371,429
Enzo Hernandez $ 1,250,000
Kent Tekulve $ 1,250,000
Jose Ortiz $ 1,250,000
U L Washington $ 462,857
Tim Blackwell $ 350,000
Jerry Remy $ 350,000
John Butcher $ 300,000
Joe Charboneau $ 300,000
Allen Ripley $ 300,000
Rudy Law $ 300,000
Rickey Henderson $ 300,000
Sam McDowell $ 300,000
Willie Hernandez $ 300,000
Hal Kurtz $ 300,000
Dale Murphy $ 300,000
Broderick Perkins $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Signed     Kent Tekulve
2/4 Signed     Sam Mcdowell
2/9 Signed     Willie Crawford
6/1 Traded Charlie Leibrandt
Lloyd Moseby
Pete Ladd
Gary Serum
Terry Puhl
Montreal Bobby Bonds
6/1 Traded Jerry Narron
Reggie Jackson
Felix Millan
Les Cain
Charlie Sands
Montreal John Ellis
Tom Underwood
Hal Mcrae
10/29 Released Mike Wallace    
10/29 Released Wayne Nordhagen    
10/29 Released Morris Nettles