1981 Chicago White Sox season

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1981 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Comiskey Park (since 1910)
  • Chicago (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)Jerry Reinsdorf
General manager(s)Roland Hemond
Manager(s)Tony La Russa
Local televisionWGN-TV
(Harry Caray, Jimmy Piersall, Lou Brock)
Local radioWBBM (AM)
(Harry Caray, Joe McConnell, Rich King)
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The 1981 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 81st season in the major leagues, and their 82nd season overall. They finished with a record 54-52, good enough for 3rd place in the American League West, 8.5 games behind the 1st place Oakland Athletics. However, due to a player's strike, the Athletics would play the 50-53 Kansas City Royals, who had finished behind the White Sox.

Owner Bill Veeck attempted to sell the club to Ed DeBartolo, but the offer was turned down by the other owners.[1] Veeck was then forced to sell to a different investment group headed by Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn.[1]

Offseason[]

  • October 6, 1980: Minnie Miñoso was released by the White Sox.[2]
  • November 26, 1980: Ron LeFlore was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.[3]
  • March 18, 1981: Carlton Fisk was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.[4]
  • March 28, 1981: Ken Kravec was traded by the White Sox to the Chicago Cubs for Dennis Lamp.[5]
  • March 30, 1981: Greg Luzinski purchased from Philadelphia Phillies[6]

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

  • v
  • t
AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 64 45 0.587 — 35–21 29–24
Texas Rangers 57 48 0.543 5 32–24 25–24
Chicago White Sox 54 52 0.509 8½ 25–24 29–28
Kansas City Royals 50 53 0.485 11 19–28 31–25
California Angels 51 59 0.464 13½ 26–28 25–31
Seattle Mariners 44 65 0.404 20 20–37 24–28
Minnesota Twins 41 68 0.376 23 24–36 17–32
AL West
First Half Standings 		W L Pct. GB
Oakland Athletics 37 23 .617 —
Texas Rangers 33 22 .600 1+1⁄2
Chicago White Sox 31 22 .585 2+1⁄2
California Angels 31 29 .517 6
Kansas City Royals 20 30 .400 12
Seattle Mariners 21 36 .368 14+1⁄2
Minnesota Twins 17 39 .304 18
AL West
Second Half Standings 		W L Pct. GB
Kansas City Royals 30 23 .566 —
Oakland Athletics 27 22 .551 1
Texas Rangers 24 26 .480 4+1⁄2
Minnesota Twins 24 29 .453 6
Seattle Mariners 23 29 .442 6+1⁄2
Chicago White Sox 23 30 .434 7
California Angels 20 30 .400 8+1⁄2

Record vs. opponents[]

1981 American League Records
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore — 2–2 6–6 3–6 4–2 6–7 5–3 2–4 6–0 7–6 7–5 4–2 2–1 5–2
Boston 2–2 — 2–4 5–4 7–6 6–1 3–3 6–7 2–5 3–3 7–5 9–3 3–6 4–0
California 6–6 4–2 — 6–7 7–5 3–3 0–6 4–3 3–3 2–2 2–8 6–4 2–4 6–6
Chicago 6–3 4–5 7–6 — 2–5 3–3 2–0 4–1 2–4 5–7 7–6 3–3 2–4 7–5
Cleveland 2–4 6–7 5–7 5–2 — 1–5 4–4 3–6 2–1 7–5 3–2 8–4 2–2 4–2
Detroit 7–6 1–6 3–3 3–3 5–1 — 3–2 5–8 9–3 3–7 1–2 5–1 9–3 6–4
Kansas City 3–5 3–3 6–0 0–2 4–4 2–3 — 4–5 9–4 2–10 3–3 6–7 3–4 5–3
Milwaukee 4–2 7–6 3–4 1–4 6–3 8–5 5–4 — 9–3 3–3 4–2 2–2 4–5 6–4
Minnesota 0–6 5–2 3–3 4–2 1–2 3–9 4–9 3–9 — 3–3 2–8 3–6–1 5–8 5–1
New York 6–7 3–3 2–2 7–5 5–7 7–3 10–2 3–3 3–3 — 4–3 2–3 5–4 2–3
Oakland 5–7 5–7 8–2 6–7 2–3 2–1 3–3 2–4 8–2 3–4 — 6–1 4–2 10–2
Seattle 2–4 3–9 4–6 3–3 4–8 1–5 7–6 2–2 6–3–1 3–2 1–6 — 5–8 3–3
Texas 1–2 6–3 4–2 4–2 2–2 3–9 4–3 5–4 8–5 4–5 2–4 8–5 — 6–2
Toronto 2–5 0–4 6–6 5–7 2–4 4–6 3–5 4–6 1–5 3–2 2–10 3–3 2–6 —


Opening Day lineup[]

Notable transactions[]

  • April 1, 1981: Thad Bosley was traded by the White Sox to the Milwaukee Brewers for John Poff.[7]
  • July 18, 1981: George Riley was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.[8]
  • August 30, 1981: Ivan Mesa (minors), Ronnie Perry (minors), a player to be named later, and cash were traded by the White Sox to the Minnesota Twins for Jerry Koosman. The White Sox completed the deal by sending Randy Johnson to the Twins on September 2.[9]

Roster[]

1981 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

  • 19 Greg Luzinski
 Manager
  • 10 Tony La Russa

Coaches

Player stats[]

Batting[]

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB
Bill Almon, SS 103 349 46 105 10 2 4 41 21 60 .301 16
Harold Baines, RF 82 280 42 80 11 7 10 41 12 41 .286 6
Tony Bernazard, 2B 106 384 53 106 14 4 6 34 54 66 .276 4
Jim Essian, C 27 52 6 16 3 0 0 5 4 5 .308 0
Carlton Fisk, C 96 338 44 89 12 0 7 45 38 37 .263 3
Jerry Hairston, OF 9 25 5 7 1 0 1 6 2 4 .280 0
Marc Hill, C 16 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0
Lamar Johnson, 1B,DH 41 134 10 37 7 0 1 15 5 14 .276 0
Rusty Kuntz, OF,DH 67 55 15 14 2 0 0 4 6 8 .255 1
Ron LeFlore, LF,CF 82 337 46 83 10 4 0 24 28 70 .246 36
Chet Lemon, CF 94 328 50 99 23 6 9 50 33 48 .302 5
Jay Loviglio, 3B,2B 14 15 5 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 .267 2
Greg Luzinski, DH 104 378 55 100 15 1 21 62 58 80 .265 0
Bob Molinaro, OF,DH 47 42 7 11 1 1 1 9 8 1 .262 1
Jim Morrison, 3B 90 290 27 68 8 1 10 34 10 29 .234 3
Wayne Nordhagen, OF 65 208 19 64 8 1 6 33 10 25 .308 0
Greg Pryor, 3B,SS,2B 47 76 4 17 1 0 0 6 6 8 .281 0
Mike Squires, 1B 92 294 35 78 9 0 0 25 22 17 .265 7
Leo Sutherland, OF 11 12 6 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 .167 2
Jerry Turner, RF 10 12 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 .167 0
Team totals
 106 3615 476 982 135 27 76 438 322 518 .272 86

Pitching[]

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K
Juan Agosto 0 0 4.76 2 0 0 5.2 5 3 3 1 0 3
Francisco Barrios 1 3 3.96 8 7 0 36.1 45 23 16 3 15 12
Ross Baumgarten 5 9 4.07 19 19 0 101.2 101 56 46 9 43 52
Britt Burns 10 6 2.64 24 23 0 156.2 139 52 46 14 50 108
Richard Dotson 9 8 3.77 24 24 0 141.0 145 67 59 13 49 73
Ed Farmer 3 3 4.61 42 0 10 52.2 53 33 27 5 35 42
Kevin Hickey 0 2 3.65 41 0 3 44.1 38 22 18 3 23 17
LaMarr Hoyt 9 3 3.57 43 1 10 90.2 80 40 36 10 29 60
Jerry Koosman 1 4 3.33 8 3 0 27.0 27 10 10 2 7 21
Dennis Lamp 7 6 2.41 27 10 0 127.0 103 41 34 4 44 71
Lynn McGlothen 0 0 4.15 11 0 0 21.2 14 10 10 0 10 12
Reggie Patterson 0 1 13.50 6 1 0 7.1 14 11 11 1 6 2
Dewey Robinson 1 0 4.50 4 0 0 4.0 5 2 2 1 4 2
Steve Trout 8 7 3.47 20 18 0 124.2 122 53 48 7 38 54
Team totals
 54 52 3.47 106 106 23 940.2 891 423 363 73 353 529

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Edmonton Trappers Pacific Coast League Gordon Lund
AA Glens Falls White Sox Eastern League Jim Mahoney
A Appleton Foxes Midwest League Sam Ewing
Rookie GCL White Sox Gulf Coast League John Boles

[10]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b "WSI's FLYINGSOCK.COM. Chicago White Sox coverage with totally biased attitude!". Archived from the original on December 22, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  2. ^ "Minnie Miñoso Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  3. ^ "Ron LeFlore Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  4. ^ "Carlton Fisk Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  5. ^ "Dennis Lamp Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  6. ^ > "Greg Luzinski". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 2, 2016.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "John Poff Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  8. ^ "George Riley Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  9. ^ "Jerry Koosman Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  10. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References[]

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