1981 California Angels Statistics
Team Record: 51-59
Finished 5th in the AL's West Division
Attendance: 1,441,545, Avg. 26,695
Ballpark: Anaheim Stadium
Manager: Jim Fregosi (22-25)
Manager: Gene Mauch (29-34)
Location: Anaheim, California
1981 California Angels Results
The California Angels of the American League ended the 1981 season with a record of 51 wins and 59 losses, finishing fifth in the AL's West Division.
The Angels plated 476 runs and surrendered 453 runs. Bobby Grich paced California with 22 home runs, while Dan Ford and Don Baylor walloped 20 or more, too. Don Baylor drove in 66 runs. Rod Carew topped all regular hitters by hitting .305. Ken Forsch led the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 2.88 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Jim Fregosi and Gene Mauch 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 |
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Ken Forsch | 11 | 7 | .611 | 2.88 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 153.0 | 143 | 54 | 49 | 7 | 27 | 2 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 616 |
Geoff Zahn | 10 | 11 | .476 | 4.41 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 161.3 | 181 | 93 | 79 | 18 | 43 | 2 | 52 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 689 |
Steve Renko | 8 | 4 | .667 | 3.44 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 102.0 | 93 | 40 | 39 | 7 | 42 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 424 |
Mike Witt | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3.28 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 129.0 | 123 | 60 | 47 | 9 | 47 | 4 | 75 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 555 |
Andy Hassler | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.21 | 42 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 75.7 | 72 | 29 | 27 | 8 | 33 | 8 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 315 |
Don Aase | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.34 | 39 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 65.3 | 56 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 265 |
Jesse Jefferson | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.62 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77.0 | 80 | 39 | 31 | 4 | 24 | 4 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 333 |
Bruce Kison | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.48 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 40 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 180 |
Doug Rau | 1 | 2 | .333 | 8.71 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
Angel Moreno | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.87 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31.3 | 27 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 131 |
Dave Frost | 1 | 8 | .111 | 5.51 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.3 | 44 | 30 | 29 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 200 |
Mickey Mahler | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
Freddie Martinez | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |
John D'Acquisto | 0 | 0 | 10.71 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.3 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 95 | |
Bill Travers | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.38 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
Luis Sanchez | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2.94 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33.7 | 39 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 150 |
Totals | 51 | 59 | .464 | 3.71 | 265 | 110 | 83 | 27 | 5 | 19 | 971.3 | 958 | 453 | 400 | 81 | 323 | 24 | 426 | 21 | 5 | 18 | 4089 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rick Burleson | 109 | 490 | 430 | 53 | 126 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 4 | 6 | 42 | 38 | .293 | .357 | .372 | .729 | 160 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 2 |
Rod Carew | 93 | 421 | 364 | 57 | 111 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 45 | 45 | .305 | .380 | .374 | .753 | 136 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 7 |
Bobby Grich | 100 | 404 | 352 | 56 | 107 | 14 | 2 | 22 | 61 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 71 | .304 | .378 | .543 | .921 | 191 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
Dan Ford | 97 | 409 | 375 | 53 | 104 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 48 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 71 | .277 | .327 | .440 | .767 | 165 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
Don Baylor | 103 | 432 | 377 | 52 | 90 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 66 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 51 | .239 | .322 | .427 | .749 | 161 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
Brian Downing | 93 | 370 | 317 | 47 | 79 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 35 | .249 | .351 | .379 | .730 | 120 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Butch Hobson | 85 | 310 | 268 | 27 | 63 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 60 | .235 | .321 | .336 | .657 | 90 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
Fred Lynn | 76 | 302 | 256 | 28 | 56 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 42 | .219 | .322 | .316 | .639 | 81 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Ed Ott | 75 | 282 | 258 | 20 | 56 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 42 | .217 | .266 | .279 | .545 | 72 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Juan Beniquez | 58 | 187 | 166 | 18 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 16 | .181 | .251 | .265 | .516 | 44 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Bobby Clark | 34 | 95 | 88 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 18 | .250 | .305 | .432 | .737 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bert Campaneris | 55 | 91 | 82 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | .256 | .295 | .341 | .637 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
John Harris | 36 | 80 | 77 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .247 | .275 | .403 | .678 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Harlow | 43 | 100 | 82 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 25 | .207 | .337 | .220 | .556 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Daryl Sconiers | 15 | 53 | 52 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .269 | .283 | .385 | .668 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Freddie Patek | 27 | 48 | 47 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .234 | .250 | .298 | .548 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Ferguson | 12 | 41 | 30 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | .233 | .400 | .367 | .767 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Tom Brunansky | 11 | 41 | 33 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 10 | .152 | .317 | .424 | .741 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brian Harper | 4 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .250 | .273 | .523 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Steve Lubratich | 7 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .190 | .333 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Davis | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Doug Rau | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Steve Renko | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Luis Sanchez | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bill Travers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mike Witt | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Angel Moreno | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Freddie Martinez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
John D'Acquisto | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ken Forsch | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Dave Frost | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Don Aase | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Andy Hassler | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jesse Jefferson | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bruce Kison | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mickey Mahler | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Geoff Zahn | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 1399 | 4191 | 3688 | 476 | 944 | 134 | 16 | 97 | 439 | 44 | 33 | 393 | 571 | .256 | .330 | .380 | .710 | 1401 | 97 | 29 | 51 | 30 | 23 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rod Carew | 1B | 90 | 90 | 779.0 | 877 | 60 | 5 | 90 | .995 | 1.825 | 1.411 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Daryl Sconiers | 1B | 12 | 10 | 87.7 | 95 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 1.000 | 1.574 | 8.583 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Harris | 1B | 11 | 6 | 71.7 | 78 | 5 | 2 | 9 | .976 | 1.423 | 7.545 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Don Baylor | 1B | 4 | 4 | 33.0 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 9.545 | 8.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bobby Grich | 2B | 100 | 100 | 861.3 | 230 | 349 | 10 | 85 | .983 | 6.050 | 5.790 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Freddie Patek | 2B | 16 | 10 | 103.0 | 27 | 31 | 1 | 8 | .983 | 5.068 | 3.625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bert Campaneris | 2B | 2 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.571 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Butch Hobson | 3B | 83 | 83 | 678.7 | 85 | 139 | 17 | 13 | .929 | 2.971 | 2.699 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bert Campaneris | 3B | 45 | 21 | 226.3 | 10 | 44 | 6 | 5 | .900 | 2.147 | 1.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Lubratich | 3B | 6 | 6 | 51.7 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.310 | 3.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Freddie Patek | 3B | 7 | 0 | 14.7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 4.295 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ed Ott | C | 72 | 68 | 603.3 | 287 | 36 | 7 | 1 | .979 | 4.818 | 4.486 | 4 | 0 | 45 | 31 | 40.8 |
Brian Downing | C | 37 | 33 | 291.3 | 140 | 17 | 1 | 2 | .994 | 4.850 | 4.243 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 13 | 38.2 |
Joe Ferguson | C | 8 | 8 | 70.7 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .976 | 5.094 | 5.000 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 |
Bob Davis | C | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 |
Dan Ford | OF | 97 | 94 | 832.0 | 188 | 3 | 8 | 0 | .960 | 2.066 | 1.969 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Fred Lynn | OF | 69 | 67 | 589.0 | 176 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .978 | 2.750 | 2.609 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Brian Downing | OF | 56 | 50 | 430.0 | 97 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .990 | 2.051 | 1.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Juan Beniquez | OF | 55 | 47 | 418.7 | 117 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .959 | 2.515 | 2.127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Larry Harlow | OF | 39 | 23 | 218.0 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .981 | 2.188 | 1.359 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bobby Clark | OF | 34 | 23 | 215.0 | 66 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.972 | 2.088 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Brunansky | OF | 11 | 11 | 98.0 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .938 | 2.755 | 2.727 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Harris | OF | 10 | 9 | 59.3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.062 | .700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Ferguson | OF | 4 | 3 | 29.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.862 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Brian Harper | OF | 2 | 2 | 16.0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 2.813 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Don Baylor | OF | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Geoff Zahn | P | 25 | 25 | 161.3 | 7 | 31 | 3 | 2 | .927 | 2.120 | 1.520 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ken Forsch | P | 20 | 20 | 153.0 | 18 | 24 | 2 | 2 | .955 | 2.471 | 2.100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Witt | P | 22 | 21 | 129.0 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 0 | .885 | 1.605 | 1.045 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Renko | P | 22 | 15 | 102.0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.059 | .545 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jesse Jefferson | P | 26 | 5 | 77.0 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | .850 | 1.987 | .654 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Andy Hassler | P | 42 | 0 | 75.7 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.141 | .429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Don Aase | P | 39 | 0 | 65.3 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 1.653 | .308 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dave Frost | P | 12 | 9 | 47.3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.901 | .833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bruce Kison | P | 11 | 4 | 44.0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.455 | 1.091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Luis Sanchez | P | 17 | 0 | 33.7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 1.871 | .412 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Angel Moreno | P | 8 | 4 | 31.3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.436 | .625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John D'Acquisto | P | 6 | 0 | 19.3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .931 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Doug Rau | P | 3 | 3 | 10.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .871 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Travers | P | 4 | 4 | 9.7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.862 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mickey Mahler | P | 6 | 0 | 6.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.421 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Freddie Martinez | P | 2 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rick Burleson | SS | 109 | 108 | 948.3 | 208 | 394 | 13 | 88 | .979 | 5.713 | 5.523 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bert Campaneris | SS | 3 | 1 | 14.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.929 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Freddie Patek | SS | 3 | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1252 | 990 | 8742.0 | 2914 | 1286 | 101 | 330 | .977 | 4.324 | 3.355 | 6 | 0 | 73 | 49 | 40.2 |
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