Major League Baseball team season
The 1981 San Diego Padres season was the 13th season in franchise history.
Offseason
December 8, 1980: Rollie Fingers , Bob Shirley , Gene Tenace and a player to be named later were traded by the Padres to the St. Louis Cardinals for Terry Kennedy , Steve Swisher , Mike Phillips , John Littlefield , John Urrea , Kim Seaman , and Al Olmsted . The Padres completed the deal by sending Bob Geren to the Cardinals on December 10.
December 8, 1980: Chuck Baker was traded by the Padres to the Minnesota Twins for Dave Edwards .
December 8, 1980: Mario Ramírez was selected by the Padres from the New York Mets in the rule 5 draft .
December 15, 1980: Randy Jones was traded by the Padres to the New York Mets for John Pacella and José Moreno .
December 15, 1980: Rick Sweet was purchased from the Padres by the Seattle Mariners .
January 13, 1981: Eric Bullock was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (secondary phase), but did not sign.
March 27, 1981: Tony Phillips , Kevin Bell and Eric Mustad (minors) was traded by the Padres to the Oakland Athletics for Bob Lacey and Roy Moretti (minors).
March 27, 1981: Eric Rasmussen was released by the Padres. Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
1981 National League recordSources:
Team
ATL
CHC
CIN
HOU
LAD
MON
NYM
PHI
PIT
SD
SF
STL
Atlanta —
3–2–1
6–5
4–8
7–7
3–7
3–3
4–5
2–3
9–6
5–7
4–3
Chicago 2–3–1
—
1–5
1–6
6–4
4–7
5–8–1
2–10
4–10
3–3
5–5
5–4–1
Cincinnati 5–6
5–1
—
8–4
8–8
5–4
7–3
5–2
4–2
10–2
9–5
0–5
Houston 8–4
6–1
4–8
—
4–8
5–2
6–3
4–6
2–4
11–3
9–6
2–4
Los Angeles
7–7
4–6
8–8
8–4
—
5–2
5–1
3–3
5–1
6–5
7–5
5–5
Montreal 7–3
7–4
4–5
2–5
2–5
—
9–3
7–4
10–3
4–2
2–5
6–9
New York 3–3
8–5–1
3–7
3–6
1–5
3–9
—
7–7
3–6–1
2–5
2–4
6–5
Philadelphia 5-4
10–2
2–5
6–4
3–3
4–7
7–7
—
7–5
4–2
4–3
7–6
Pittsburgh 3–2
10–4
2–4
4–2
1–5
3–10
6–3–1
5–7
—
6–4
3–7
3–8
San Diego 6–9
3–3
2–10
3–11
5–6
2–4
5–2
2–4
4–6
—
6–7
3–7
San Francisco 7–5
5–5
5–9
6–9
5–7
5–2
4–2
3–4
7–3
7–6
—
2–3
St. Louis 3–4
4–5–1
5–0
4–2
5–5
9–6
5–6
6–7
8–3
7–3
3–2
—
Notable transactions
Roster
1981 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers
Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders
Other batters
Manager
Coaches
Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs: RBI = Runs batted in
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Awards and honors
Ozzie Smith , SS, Gold Glove AwardOzzie Smith, National League Leader Games Played (110)
Ozzie Smith, National League Leader At-Bats (450) 1981 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
References
Rollie Fingers at Baseball Reference
Dave Edwards at Baseball Reference
Mario Ramírez at Baseball Reference
José Moreno at Baseball Reference
Rick Sweet at Baseball Reference
"Eric Bullock Stats" .Tony Phillips at Baseball Reference
Eric Rasmussen at Baseball Reference
Kevin McReynolds at Baseball Reference
Tony Gwynn at Baseball Reference
Greg Booker at Baseball Reference
John Kruk at Baseball Reference
The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball , 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
External links
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Division titles (5)
Wild card berths (3)
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