
1981 Atlanta Braves Statistics
Team Record: 50-56
Finished 5th in the NL's West Division
Attendance: 535,418, Avg. 10,900
Ballpark: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Manager: Bobby Cox (50-56)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
1981 Atlanta Braves Results
The Atlanta Braves of the National League ended the 1981 season with a record of 50 wins and 56 losses, finishing fifth in the NL's West Division.
The Braves scored 395 runs and yielded 416 runs. Bob Horner paced Atlanta with 15 home runs Chris Chambliss accounted for 51 RBI. Claudell Washington topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .291. Rick Camp paced the team with 9 wins, while Rick Mahler recorded a 2.80 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Bobby Cox coached the team.
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Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rick Camp | 9 | 3 | .750 | 1.78 | 48 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 76.0 | 68 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 304 |
Rick Mahler | 8 | 6 | .571 | 2.80 | 34 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 112.3 | 109 | 41 | 35 | 5 | 43 | 5 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 478 |
Gaylord Perry | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3.94 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 150.7 | 182 | 70 | 66 | 9 | 24 | 1 | 60 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 644 |
Phil Niekro | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.10 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 139.3 | 120 | 56 | 48 | 6 | 56 | 2 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 578 |
Gene Garber | 4 | 6 | .400 | 2.61 | 35 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 58.7 | 49 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 251 |
Tommy Boggs | 3 | 13 | .188 | 4.10 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 142.7 | 140 | 72 | 65 | 11 | 54 | 4 | 81 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 606 |
Larry Bradford | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.71 | 25 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26.7 | 26 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113 |
Larry McWilliams | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 37.7 | 31 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147 |
Preston Hanna | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6.37 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.3 | 45 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 164 |
John Montefusco | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.49 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 77.3 | 75 | 32 | 30 | 9 | 27 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 323 |
Al Hrabosky | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.07 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33.7 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 131 |
Steve Bedrosian | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.44 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.3 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 106 |
Bob Walk | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.57 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.3 | 41 | 25 | 22 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 189 |
Jose Alvarez | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
Rick Matula | 0 | 0 | 6.43 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |
Luis Gomez | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
Totals | 50 | 56 | .472 | 3.45 | 322 | 107 | 96 | 11 | 4 | 24 | 968.0 | 936 | 416 | 371 | 62 | 330 | 31 | 471 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 4078 |
Batting:
Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chris Chambliss | 107 | 454 | 404 | 44 | 110 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 51 | 4 | 1 | 44 | 41 | .272 | .343 | .403 | .746 | 163 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
Claudell Washington | 85 | 349 | 320 | 37 | 93 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 47 | .291 | .328 | .425 | .753 | 136 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
Dale Murphy | 104 | 416 | 369 | 43 | 91 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 50 | 14 | 5 | 44 | 72 | .247 | .325 | .390 | .716 | 144 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
Glenn Hubbard | 99 | 400 | 361 | 39 | 85 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 59 | .235 | .302 | .349 | .651 | 126 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Bob Horner | 79 | 336 | 300 | 42 | 83 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 42 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 39 | .277 | .345 | .460 | .805 | 138 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Bruce Benedict | 90 | 339 | 295 | 26 | 78 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 21 | .264 | .341 | .363 | .704 | 107 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
Rufino Linares | 78 | 265 | 253 | 27 | 67 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 28 | .265 | .289 | .375 | .664 | 95 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Rafael Ramirez | 95 | 342 | 307 | 30 | 67 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 47 | .218 | .276 | .303 | .579 | 93 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 |
Brett Butler | 40 | 145 | 126 | 17 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 19 | 17 | .254 | .352 | .317 | .669 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Eddie Miller | 50 | 146 | 134 | 29 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 29 | .231 | .285 | .269 | .553 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Brian Asselstine | 56 | 91 | 86 | 8 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .256 | .297 | .384 | .680 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biff Pocoroba | 57 | 140 | 122 | 4 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 15 | .180 | .265 | .213 | .478 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
Terry Harper | 40 | 85 | 73 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 17 | .260 | .353 | .356 | .709 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Jerry Royster | 64 | 105 | 93 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 14 | .204 | .257 | .269 | .526 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Gaylord Perry | 24 | 54 | 48 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .250 | .265 | .354 | .619 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Matt Sinatro | 12 | 37 | 32 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .281 | .378 | .375 | .753 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Paul Runge | 10 | 31 | 27 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .259 | .355 | .296 | .651 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Luis Gomez | 35 | 41 | 35 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | .200 | .317 | .200 | .517 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tommy Boggs | 25 | 47 | 46 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .152 | .152 | .174 | .326 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Porter | 17 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .286 | .375 | .357 | .732 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rick Mahler | 34 | 29 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .148 | .148 | .185 | .333 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Phil Niekro | 22 | 55 | 52 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Nahorodny | 14 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .231 | .286 | .308 | .593 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Brook Jacoby | 11 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Bradford | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ken Smith | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Preston Hanna | 20 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Whisenton | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .200 | .429 | .200 | .629 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Walk | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Larry McWilliams | 6 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Lum | 10 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .091 | .231 | .091 | .322 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
John Montefusco | 26 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .067 | .067 | .133 | .200 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Bedrosian | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rick Camp | 48 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Gene Garber | 35 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Albert Hall | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Al Hrabosky | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rick Matula | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Owen | 13 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .059 | .000 | .059 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jose Alvarez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 1508 | 4055 | 3642 | 395 | 886 | 148 | 22 | 64 | 366 | 98 | 39 | 321 | 540 | .243 | .306 | .349 | .655 | 1270 | 83 | 18 | 56 | 18 | 38 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chris Chambliss | 1B | 107 | 107 | 949.0 | 1046 | 94 | 4 | 83 | .997 | 1.811 | 1.654 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ken Smith | 1B | 4 | 0 | 10.0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.300 | 1.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dale Murphy | 1B | 3 | 0 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 12.857 | 3.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Nahorodny | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Glenn Hubbard | 2B | 98 | 97 | 872.3 | 188 | 344 | 5 | 50 | .991 | 5.489 | 5.429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jerry Royster | 2B | 13 | 8 | 71.7 | 20 | 28 | 2 | 7 | .960 | 6.028 | 3.692 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Luis Gomez | 2B | 3 | 2 | 24.0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 2.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Horner | 3B | 79 | 79 | 666.3 | 51 | 129 | 12 | 6 | .938 | 2.431 | 2.278 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Biff Pocoroba | 3B | 21 | 20 | 171.0 | 15 | 30 | 3 | 4 | .938 | 2.368 | 2.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jerry Royster | 3B | 24 | 8 | 105.7 | 15 | 23 | 2 | 2 | .950 | 3.237 | 1.583 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Luis Gomez | 3B | 9 | 0 | 17.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.176 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Brook Jacoby | 3B | 3 | 0 | 8.0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.875 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bruce Benedict | C | 90 | 86 | 773.0 | 404 | 73 | 7 | 7 | .986 | 5.554 | 5.300 | 9 | 0 | 83 | 48 | 36.6 |
Matt Sinatro | C | 12 | 10 | 91.0 | 56 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.527 | 5.500 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 60.0 |
Biff Pocoroba | C | 9 | 6 | 52.0 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.538 | 3.556 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 42.9 |
Larry Owen | C | 10 | 5 | 42.0 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .964 | 5.786 | 2.700 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 12.5 |
Bill Nahorodny | C | 3 | 0 | 10.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.400 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dale Murphy | OF | 103 | 99 | 899.0 | 254 | 11 | 5 | 4 | .981 | 2.653 | 2.573 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Claudell Washington | OF | 79 | 79 | 689.3 | 145 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .993 | 1.958 | 1.899 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rufino Linares | OF | 60 | 54 | 482.7 | 124 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .963 | 2.424 | 2.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Brett Butler | OF | 37 | 33 | 292.3 | 76 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .987 | 2.401 | 2.108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Eddie Miller | OF | 36 | 29 | 270.7 | 65 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .985 | 2.228 | 1.861 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Terry Harper | OF | 27 | 13 | 154.0 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .976 | 2.338 | 1.481 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Brian Asselstine | OF | 16 | 13 | 101.0 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .958 | 2.050 | 1.438 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Lum | OF | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.375 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Larry Whisenton | OF | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Albert Hall | OF | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gaylord Perry | P | 23 | 23 | 150.7 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 0 | .909 | 1.792 | 1.304 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tommy Boggs | P | 25 | 24 | 142.7 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 0 | .868 | 2.082 | 1.320 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Phil Niekro | P | 22 | 22 | 139.3 | 10 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.067 | 1.455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rick Mahler | P | 34 | 14 | 112.3 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .943 | 2.644 | .971 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Montefusco | P | 26 | 9 | 77.3 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 2.095 | .692 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rick Camp | P | 48 | 0 | 76.0 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.368 | .417 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gene Garber | P | 35 | 0 | 58.7 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .962 | 3.835 | .714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Walk | P | 12 | 8 | 43.3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.454 | .583 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Larry McWilliams | P | 6 | 5 | 37.7 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.106 | 2.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Preston Hanna | P | 20 | 1 | 35.3 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.821 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Al Hrabosky | P | 24 | 0 | 33.7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .535 | .083 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Larry Bradford | P | 25 | 0 | 26.7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.363 | .280 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Bedrosian | P | 15 | 1 | 24.3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.110 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rick Matula | P | 5 | 0 | 7.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.571 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jose Alvarez | P | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Luis Gomez | P | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rafael Ramirez | SS | 95 | 92 | 818.7 | 181 | 306 | 30 | 55 | .942 | 5.354 | 5.126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Paul Runge | SS | 10 | 9 | 80.0 | 14 | 27 | 4 | 5 | .911 | 4.613 | 4.100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Luis Gomez | SS | 21 | 6 | 69.3 | 15 | 19 | 4 | 2 | .895 | 4.413 | 1.619 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1300 | 963 | 8712.0 | 2904 | 1284 | 102 | 245 | .976 | 4.326 | 3.222 | 10 | 0 | 98 | 58 | 37.2 |
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