1981 Philadelphia Phillies season Major League Baseball season
Major League Baseball team season
The 1981 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 99th season in the history of the franchise , and the 11th season for the Philadelphia Phillies at Veterans Stadium .
Offseason
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Sources: [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
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
1981 Game Log
Legend
Phillies win
Phillies loss
Postponement
Bold Phillies team member
1981 Game Log[ 10]
#
Date
Opponent
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Record
1
April 8
@ Reds
2–3
Tom Hume (1–0)Sparky Lyle None 51,716
0–1
2
April 11
@ Cardinals
5–2
Dick Ruthven Bob Forsch (0–1)None 38,473
1–1
3
April 12
@ Cardinals
3–7
Lary Sorensen (1–0)Larry Christenson Bruce Sutter (1)21,462
1–2
4
April 13
Pirates 5–1
Steve Carlton John Candelaria (0–1)None 60,404
2–2
5
April 15
Pirates 4–3 (11)
Tug McGraw Enrique Romo (0–1)None 27,450
3–2
6
April 16
Pirates 5–3
Dick Ruthven Don Robinson (0–1)Tug McGraw 26,780
4–2
7
April 17
Cubs 6–2
Larry Christenson Ken Kravec (0–1)None 21,948
5–2
8
April 18
Cubs 4–3 (10)
Steve Carlton Lee Smith (0–1)None 27,780
6–2
9
April 19
Cubs 7–3
Nino Espinosa Rick Reuschel (0–2)None 30,204
7–2
10
April 20
@ Expos
8–9
Steve Rogers (1–0)Tug McGraw Woodie Fryman (2)24,817
7–3
11
April 21
@ Expos
3–10
Scott Sanderson (2–0)Dick Ruthven None 10,887
7–4
12
April 22
@ Expos
3–4 (11)
Elías Sosa (1–0)Tug McGraw None 14,176
7–5
13
April 24
@ Cubs
6–4
Steve Carlton Rick Reuschel (0–3)Ron Reed 6,274
8–5
14
April 25
@ Cubs
7–5
Sparky Lyle Dick Tidrow (1–2)None 10,990
9–5
15
April 26
@ Cubs
6–2
Marty Bystrom Bill Caudill (0–1)None 10,093
10–5
16
April 27
Expos 3–1
Dick Ruthven Bill Gullickson (1–1)None 27,347
11–5
17
April 28
Expos 3–6
Steve Ratzer (1–0)Larry Christenson Elías Sosa (1)26,192
11–6
18
April 29
Expos 6–2
Steve Carlton Steve Rogers (2–1)None 30,142
12–6
#
Date
Opponent
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Record
–
May 1
Giants Postponed (rain);[ 11] Makeup: May 2 as a traditional double-header
19
May 2 (1)
Giants 2–6
Doyle Alexander (4–1)Nino Espinosa Greg Minton (4)see 2nd game 12–7
20
May 2 (2)
Giants 3–1
Marty Bystrom Ed Whitson (0–3)None 27,376
13–7
21
May 3
Giants 7–5
Dick Ruthven Gary Lavelle (0–2)Tug McGraw 41,283
14–7
22
May 4
Giants 6–4
Steve Carlton Allen Ripley (1–3)None 25,492
15–7
23
May 5
Dodgers 8–7
Sparky Lyle Bobby Castillo (0–3)None 27,241
16–7
24
May 6
Dodgers 1–2
Burt Hooton (4–0)Nino Espinosa None 25,850
16–8
25
May 7
Dodgers 1–2
Jerry Reuss (3–1)Marty Bystrom None 29,259
16–9
26
May 8
Padres 11–7
Sparky Lyle Gary Lucas (2–3)None 30,830
17–9
27
May 9
Padres 9–6
Steve Carlton Tim Lollar (1–3)None 30,907
18–9
28
May 10
Padres 4–8
Steve Mura (1–4)Larry Christenson Gary Lucas (5)40,447
18–10
29
May 12
@ Giants
0–4
Doyle Alexander (5–2)Nino Espinosa None 10,307
18–11
30
May 13
@ Giants
2–5
Allen Ripley (3–3)Marty Bystrom Greg Minton (6)6,946
18–12
31
May 14
@ Giants
3–1
Dick Ruthven Vida Blue (3–3)Tug McGraw 6,561
19–12
32
May 15
@ Padres
2–1
Steve Carlton Steve Mura (1–5)None 15,939
20–12
33
May 16
@ Padres
1–2
John Littlefield (1–2)Tug McGraw None 40,656
20–13
34
May 17
@ Padres
6–3
Nino Espinosa Juan Eichelberger (3–2)None 18,330
21–13
35
May 18
@ Dodgers
4–0
Marty Bystrom Fernando Valenzuela (8–1)None 52,439
22–13
36
May 19
@ Dodgers
3–2
Dick Ruthven Bob Welch (2–2)None 43,812
23–13
37
May 20
@ Dodgers
2–3 (10)
Steve Howe (4–1)Tug McGraw None 50,917
23–14
38
May 22
@ Pirates
1–3
Pascual Pérez (1–0)Larry Christenson None 20,695
23–15
39
May 23
@ Pirates
6–4
Mike Proly Kent Tekulve (0–3)Ron Reed 20,340
24–15
40
May 24
@ Pirates
1–7
Jim Bibby (3–2)Marty Bystrom Víctor Cruz (1)21,771
24–16
41
May 25
@ Mets
3–13
Greg A. Harris (1–0)Dick Ruthven Jeff Reardon (2)20,469
24–17
42
May 26
@ Mets
7–5
Ron Reed Neil Allen (3–2)Tug McGraw 13,973
25–17
43
May 27
@ Mets
1–3
Pat Zachry (5–5)Larry Christenson None 10,930
25–18
44
May 29
Cardinals 4–11
Bob Forsch (5–2)Nino Espinosa Mark Littell (1)32,358
25–19
45
May 30
Cardinals 10–2
Dick Ruthven Lary Sorensen (4–4)None 35,034
26–19
46
May 31
Cardinals 6–1
Steve Carlton Silvio Martínez (1–4)None 54,103
27–19
#
Date
Opponent
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Record
–
August 1
@ Dodgers
Game cancelled: players' strike
–
August 2
@ Dodgers
Game cancelled: players' strike
–
August 4
Cubs Game cancelled: players' strike
–
August 5
Cubs Game cancelled: players' strike
–
August 6
Cubs Game cancelled: players' strike
–
August 7
@ Expos
Game cancelled: players' strike
–
August 8
@ Expos
Game cancelled: players' strike
–
August 9 (1)
@ Expos
Game cancelled: players' strike
–
August 9 (2)
@ Expos
Game cancelled: players' strike
–
August 9
1981 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland
56
August 10
Cardinals 3–7
Bob Forsch (7–2)Larry Christenson Bruce Sutter (12)60,561
0–1
57
August 11
Cardinals 6–5 (10)
Ron Reed Jim Kaat (3–2)None 24,549
1–1
58
August 12
Cardinals 3–11
Bob Sykes (1–0)Dick Ruthven Mark Littell (2)23,566
1–2
59
August 13
Cardinals 2–5
John Martin (4–1)Steve Carlton Bruce Sutter (13)26,783
1–3
60
August 14
@ Mets
8–4
Larry Christenson Mike Scott (3–5)Mike Proly 34,136
2–3
61
August 15
@ Mets
1–3
Pete Falcone (2–3)Nino Espinosa Neil Allen (8)14,309
2–4
62
August 16
@ Mets
2–5
Pat Zachry (6–7)Dick Ruthven Neil Allen (9)21,635
2–5
63
August 18
@ Reds
1–3
Tom Seaver (8–2)Steve Carlton Tom Hume (8)25,363
2–6
64
August 19
@ Reds
3–6
Tom Hume (6–2)Sparky Lyle None 23,133
2–7
65
August 21
Astros 5–4
Sparky Lyle Vern Ruhle (1–3)Tug McGraw 31,693
3–7
66
August 22
Astros 8–4
Dick Ruthven Joe Niekro (7–7)None 35,199
4–7
67
August 23
Astros 6–0
Steve Carlton Bob Knepper (6–3)None 30,630
5–7
68
August 24
Braves 7–5 (13)
Tug McGraw Al Hrabosky (0–1)None 23,383
6–7
69
August 25
Braves 2–12
Phil Niekro (6–4)Mark Davis None 33,383
6–8
70
August 26
Braves 3–5 (10)
Rick Camp (7–1)Ron Reed None 28,283
6–9
71
August 28
@ Astros
2–3 (10)
Dave Smith (2–3)Sparky Lyle None 29,482
6–10
72
August 29 (1)
@ Astros
1–6
Vern Ruhle (2–3)Mark Davis None see 2nd game 6–11
73
August 29 (2)
@ Astros
1–2
Billy Smith (1–0)Dickie Noles Frank LaCorte (4)33,327
6–12
74
August 30
@ Astros
4–5 (10)
Dave Smith (3–3)Sparky Lyle None 23,102
6–13
75
August 31
@ Braves
11–8
Dick Ruthven Gaylord Perry (6–5)Ron Reed 8,207
7–13
#
Date
Opponent
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Record
76
September 1
@ Braves
3–0
Steve Carlton Rick Mahler (4–5)None 3,374
8–13
77
September 2
@ Braves
2–3
Gene Garber (4–3)Warren Brusstar None 6,232
8–14
78
September 3
Reds 3–9
Bruce Berenyi (7–4)Mark Davis None 26,540
8–15
79
September 4
Reds 7–6
Sparky Lyle Doug Bair (2–2)Tug McGraw 25,020
9–15
80
September 5
Reds 5–4
Ron Reed Mario Soto (8–8)None 41,845
10–15
81
September 6
Reds 4–5
Tom Hume (7–3)Sparky Lyle Joe Price (2)30,366
10–16
82
September 7
Expos 4–5
Woodie Fryman (5–2)Mike Proly Jeff Reardon (5)31,401
10–17
83
September 8
Expos 10–5
Dan Larson Scott Sanderson (7–6)None 11,812
11–17
84
September 9
Expos 11–8
Ron Reed Woodie Fryman (5–3)Sparky Lyle 25,468
12–17
85
September 11
@ Pirates
8–0
Steve Carlton Rick Rhoden (8–3)None 12,799
13–17
86
September 12
@ Pirates
2–6
Eddie Solomon (7–4)Dickie Noles Rod Scurry (5)11,370
13–18
87
September 13
@ Pirates
2–3
Odell Jones (4–2)Ron Reed Kent Tekulve ()16,493
13–19
–
September 15
@ Mets
Postponed (rain);[ 12] Makeup: September 16 as a traditional double-header
88
September 16 (1)
@ Mets
3–1
Dick Ruthven Pat Zachry (7–12)None see 2nd game 14–19
89
September 16 (2)
@ Mets
4–5
Mike Marshall (3–2)Steve Carlton Neil Allen (17)4,353
14–20
90
September 17
@ Mets
3–2
Dickie Noles Mike Scott (4–9)Ron Reed 5,501
15–20
91
September 18
Pirates 6–7
Rod Scurry (4–5)Ron Reed Mark Lee (2)24,537
15–21
92
September 19
Pirates 8–2
Dan Larson Odell Jones (4–3)Larry Christenson 30,446
16–21
93
September 20
Pirates 5–4
Sparky Lyle Eddie Solomon (7–5)None 31,489
17–21
94
September 21
@ Expos
0–1 (17)
Bryn Smith (1–0)Jerry Reed None 24,161
17–22
95
September 22
@ Expos
2–6
Steve Rogers (11–7)Dick Ruthven None 21,797
17–23
96
September 23
@ Cardinals
9–4
Dickie Noles John Martin (6–5)Sparky Lyle 16,845
18–23
97
September 24
@ Cardinals
14–6
Mark Davis Lary Sorensen (7–7)None 11,758
19–23
98
September 25
@ Cubs
9–2
Dan Larson Ken Kravec (1–6)None 4,482
20–23
–
September 26
@ Cubs
Postponed (rain);[ 13] Makeup: September 27 as a traditional double-header
99
September 27 (1)
@ Cubs
5–2
Steve Carlton Doug Bird (9–6)None see 2nd game 21–23
100
September 27 (2)
@ Cubs
0–14
Mike Krukow (9–9)Dick Ruthven None 18,783
21–24
101
September 28
Mets 12–4
Larry Christenson Ed Lynch (4–5)None 20,403
22–24
102
September 29
Mets 0–7
Pete Falcone (4–3)Mark Davis None 20,110
22–25
103
September 30
Cardinals 8–5
Sparky Lyle Luis DeLeón (0–1)Ron Reed 21,382
23–25
Roster
1981 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers
Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders
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; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
1981 National League Division Series
Montreal Expos vs. Philadelphia Phillies
Montreal wins series, 3–2.
Game
Score
Date
1
Montreal 3 , Philadelphia 1October 7
2
Montreal 3 , Philadelphia 1October 8
3
Philadelphia 6 , Montreal 2October 9
4
Philadelphia 6 , Montreal 5 (10 innings)October 10
5
Montreal 3 , Philadelphia 0October 11
1981 Postseason Game Log
Legend
Phillies win
Phillies loss
Postponement
Bold Phillies team member
1981 Postseason Game Log[ 10]
National League Divisional Series (2–3)
Farm system
Notes
^ Rick Schu at Baseball Reference ^ George Bell at Baseball Reference ^ Del Unser at Baseball Reference ^ Dick Davis at Baseball Reference ^ [1] at Baseball Reference ^ Steve Carlton | The Baseball Page ^ "Pete Rose Significant Hits | Baseball Almanac" .^ Vince Coleman at Baseball Reference ^ Mike LaValliere at Baseball Reference ^ a b "1981 Philadelphia Phillies Schedule, Box Scores and Splits" . Baseball-Reference.com .^ "For the Record: National League" . The Milwaukee Sentinel . Milwaukee, Wisconsin. May 2, 1981. p. 6, part 2. Retrieved November 21, 2014 .^ "In The Majors" . The Pittsburgh Press . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 16, 1981. p. D3. Retrieved November 20, 2014 .^ "Scoreboard" . The Montreal Gazette . Montreal, Quebec. September 28, 1981. p. 46. Retrieved November 21, 2014 .
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