1981 San Diego Padres season

1981 San Diego Padres
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1969) Western Division (since 1969)
Location
San Diego Stadium (since 1969) San Diego, California (since 1969)
Other information
Owner(s)	Ray Kroc
General manager(s)	Jack McKeon
Manager(s)	Frank Howard
Local television	KFMB-TV
Local radio	KFMB (AM) (Ed Doucette, Dave Campbell, Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler, Ted Leitner)
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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.^[1]
• December 8, 1980: Chuck Baker was traded by the Padres to the Minnesota Twins for Dave Edwards.^[2]
• December 8, 1980: Mario Ramírez was selected by the Padres from the New York Mets in the rule 5 draft.^[3]
• December 15, 1980: Randy Jones was traded by the Padres to the New York Mets for John Pacella and José Moreno.^[4]
• December 15, 1980: Rick Sweet was purchased from the Padres by the Seattle Mariners.^[5]
• 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.^[6]
• 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).^[7]
• March 27, 1981: Eric Rasmussen was released by the Padres.^[8]

Regular season[]

Opening Day Starters[]

Season standings[]

v t NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	66	42	0.611	—	32–22	34–20
Los Angeles Dodgers	63	47	0.573	4	33–23	30–24
Houston Astros	61	49	0.555	6	31–20	30–29
San Francisco Giants	56	55	0.505	11½	29–24	27–31
Atlanta Braves	50	56	0.472	15	22–27	28–29
San Diego Padres	41	69	0.373	26	20–35	21–34

Record vs. opponents[]

1981 National League Records v t Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
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[]

• June 8, 1981: 1981 Major League Baseball draft
  • Kevin McReynolds was drafted by the Padres in the 1st round (6th pick).^[9]
  • Tony Gwynn was drafted by the Padres in the 3rd round. Player signed June 16, 1981.^[10]
  • Greg Booker was drafted by the Padres in the 10th round.^[11]
  • John Kruk was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 3rd round of the Secondary Phase.^[12]

Roster[]

1981 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers 36 Mike Armstrong 30 Danny Boone 51 John Curtis 13 Juan Eichelberger 62 Steve Fireovid 41 Fred Kuhaulua 50 John Littlefield 48 Tim Lollar 25 Gary Lucas 27 Steve Mura 44 Eric Show 38 John Urrea 26 Chris Welsh 40 Rick Wise		Catchers 10 Doug Gwosdz 16 Terry Kennedy  9 Steve Swisher Infielders  5 Randy Bass  3 Juan Bonilla  8 Barry Evans  6 Tim Flannery 15 Broderick Perkins 10 Mike Phillips 14 Mario Ramírez  4 Luis Salazar  1 Ozzie Smith		Outfielders 24 Dave Edwards 22 Ruppert Jones 18 Joe Lefebvre 17 Gene Richards 20 Jerry Turner  2 Alan Wiggins Other batters  7 Craig Stimac		Manager 33 Frank Howard Coaches 37 Ed Brinkman 23 Chuck Estrada 34 Jack Krol 28 Bobby Tolan

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Terry Kennedy	101	382	115	.301	2	41
1B	Broderick Perkins	92	254	71	.280	2	40
2B	Juan Bonilla	99	369	107	.290	1	25
SS	Ozzie Smith	110	450	100	.222	0	21
LF	Gene Richards	104	393	113	.288	3	42

Other batters[]

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Dave Edwards	58	112	24	.214	2	13
Barry Evans	54	93	30	.323	0	7
José Moreno	34	48	11	.229	0	6
Jerry Turner	33	31	7	.226	2	6
Mike Phillips	14	29	6	.207	0	0
Steve Swisher	16	28	4	.143	0	0
Doug Gwosdz	16	24	4	.167	0	3
Mario Ramírez	13	13	1	.077	0	1
Craig Stimac	9	9	1	.111	0	0

Pitching[]

Starting pitchers[]

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Juan Eichelberger	25	141.1	8	8	3.50	81
Fred Kuhaulua	5	29.1	1	0	2.45	16
Steve Fireovid	5	26.1	0	1	2.73	11

Other pitchers[]

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
John Curtis	28	66.2	2	6	5.13	31
Tim Lollar	24	76.2	2	8	6.10	38

Relief pitchers[]

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
John Littlefield	42	64	2	3	2	3.66	19
John Urrea	38	49	2	2	2	2.39	19
Danny Boone	37	63.1	1	0	2	2.84	43
Eric Show	15	23	1	3	3	3.13	22

Awards and honors[]

• Ozzie Smith, SS, Gold Glove Award
• Ozzie Smith, National League Leader Games Played (110)
• Ozzie Smith, National League Leader At-Bats (450)

1981 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system[]

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Hawaii Islanders	Pacific Coast League	Doug Rader
AA	Amarillo Gold Sox	Texas League	Eddie Watt
A	Reno Silver Sox	California League	Jack Maloof
A	Salem Redbirds	Carolina League	Glenn Ezell
A-Short Season	Walla Walla Padres	Northwest League
Rookie		Gulf Coast League

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References[]

External links[]

• 1981 San Diego Padres at Baseball Reference
• 1981 San Diego Padres at Baseball Almanac