1981 Cincinnati Reds Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 66-42
Finished 1st in the NL's West Division
Attendance: 1,093,730, Avg. 21,786
Ballpark: Riverfront Stadium
Manager: John McNamara (66-42)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
1981 Cincinnati Reds RosterTeam Record: 66-42
Finished 1st in the NL's West Division
Attendance: 1,093,730, Avg. 21,786
Ballpark: Riverfront Stadium
Manager: John McNamara (66-42)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
1981 Cincinnati Reds Results
The Cincinnati Reds of the National League ended the 1981 season with a record of 66 wins and 42 losses, finishing first in the NL's West Division.
The Reds scored 464 runs and allowed 440 runs. George Foster led Cincinnati with 22 home runs and drove in 90 runs. Ken Griffey paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .311. Tom Seaver topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 2.54 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
John McNamara 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Seaver | 14 | 2 | .875 | 2.54 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 166.3 | 120 | 51 | 47 | 10 | 66 | 8 | 87 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 671 |
| Mario Soto | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.29 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 175.0 | 142 | 69 | 64 | 13 | 61 | 3 | 151 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 717 |
| Tom Hume | 9 | 4 | .692 | 3.46 | 51 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 67.7 | 63 | 27 | 26 | 7 | 31 | 9 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 281 |
| Bruce Berenyi | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.50 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 126.0 | 97 | 55 | 49 | 3 | 77 | 0 | 106 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 544 |
| Joe Price | 6 | 1 | .857 | 2.52 | 41 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 53.7 | 42 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 216 |
| Mike LaCoss | 4 | 7 | .364 | 6.12 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 78.0 | 102 | 55 | 53 | 7 | 30 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 354 |
| Frank Pastore | 4 | 9 | .308 | 4.02 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 132.0 | 125 | 73 | 59 | 11 | 35 | 1 | 81 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 556 |
| Paul Moskau | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.94 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 54.7 | 54 | 31 | 30 | 4 | 32 | 5 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 246 |
| Doug Bair | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.77 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 42 | 28 | 25 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 174 |
| Joe Edelen | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.71 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Scott Brown | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.77 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| Geoff Combe | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.64 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.7 | 27 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 |
| Charlie Leibrandt | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.60 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30.0 | 28 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 128 |
| Totals | 66 | 42 | .611 | 3.73 | 290 | 108 | 83 | 25 | 10 | 20 | 965.7 | 863 | 440 | 400 | 67 | 393 | 40 | 593 | 12 | 7 | 27 | 4065 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Concepcion | 106 | 468 | 421 | 57 | 129 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 67 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 61 | .306 | .358 | .409 | .767 | 172 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| Ken Griffey | 101 | 442 | 396 | 65 | 123 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 39 | 42 | .311 | .370 | .409 | .780 | 162 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| George Foster | 108 | 472 | 414 | 64 | 122 | 23 | 2 | 22 | 90 | 4 | 0 | 51 | 75 | .295 | .373 | .519 | .892 | 215 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Ray Knight | 106 | 429 | 386 | 43 | 100 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 34 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 51 | .259 | .322 | .370 | .692 | 143 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Dave Collins | 95 | 412 | 360 | 63 | 98 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 41 | 41 | .272 | .355 | .381 | .735 | 137 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Ron Oester | 105 | 408 | 354 | 45 | 96 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 42 | 2 | 5 | 42 | 49 | .271 | .342 | .398 | .741 | 141 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
| Joe Nolan | 81 | 264 | 236 | 25 | 73 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 19 | .309 | .371 | .407 | .778 | 96 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Johnny Bench | 52 | 196 | 178 | 14 | 55 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 21 | .309 | .369 | .489 | .858 | 87 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Dan Driessen | 82 | 280 | 233 | 35 | 55 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 33 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 31 | .236 | .349 | .386 | .735 | 90 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Mike O'Berry | 55 | 128 | 111 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 19 | .180 | .272 | .252 | .524 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Householder | 23 | 79 | 69 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 16 | .275 | .367 | .420 | .787 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Mejias | 66 | 56 | 49 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .286 | .302 | .327 | .628 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Larry Biittner | 42 | 66 | 61 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .213 | .258 | .279 | .536 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Junior Kennedy | 27 | 47 | 44 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .250 | .255 | .273 | .528 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tom Seaver | 23 | 68 | 55 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16 | .200 | .297 | .273 | .570 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Bruce Berenyi | 21 | 48 | 42 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .190 | .222 | .262 | .484 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Vail | 31 | 31 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .161 | .161 | .161 | .323 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Pastore | 22 | 51 | 44 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .114 | .133 | .136 | .270 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Spilman | 23 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .167 | .259 | .208 | .468 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mario Soto | 25 | 66 | 59 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | .068 | .083 | .068 | .151 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| German Barranca | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rafael Landestoy | 12 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .432 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Neil Fiala | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Bair | 24 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | 1.333 | 1.667 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Milner | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .333 | .400 | .733 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Price | 41 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Brown | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Hume | 51 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Edelen | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Moskau | 27 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Leibrandt | 7 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike LaCoss | 20 | 26 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Geoff Combe | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1424 | 4123 | 3637 | 464 | 972 | 190 | 24 | 64 | 429 | 58 | 37 | 375 | 553 | .267 | .335 | .385 | .721 | 1402 | 98 | 18 | 53 | 40 | 38 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Driessen | 1B | 74 | 66 | 585.7 | 558 | 30 | 3 | 54 | .995 | 9.036 | 7.946 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Bench | 1B | 38 | 37 | 322.0 | 334 | 23 | 6 | 35 | .983 | 9.978 | 9.395 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Biittner | 1B | 8 | 4 | 47.0 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.723 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Spilman | 1B | 2 | 1 | 11.0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.636 | 6.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Oester | 2B | 103 | 100 | 874.7 | 202 | 328 | 11 | 61 | .980 | 5.454 | 5.146 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Junior Kennedy | 2B | 16 | 8 | 82.0 | 21 | 27 | 1 | 8 | .980 | 5.268 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rafael Landestoy | 2B | 3 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Knight | 3B | 105 | 104 | 923.0 | 69 | 176 | 11 | 18 | .957 | 2.389 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Junior Kennedy | 3B | 5 | 3 | 26.3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.051 | 1.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Spilman | 3B | 3 | 1 | 16.3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.306 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Nolan | C | 81 | 62 | 562.0 | 393 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .995 | 6.582 | 5.074 | 2 | 0 | 68 | 12 | 15.0 |
| Mike O'Berry | C | 55 | 39 | 343.7 | 208 | 22 | 4 | 2 | .983 | 6.023 | 4.182 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 19 | 38.8 |
| Johnny Bench | C | 7 | 7 | 60.0 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .979 | 6.900 | 6.571 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 30.8 |
| George Foster | OF | 108 | 108 | 962.7 | 224 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .991 | 2.169 | 2.148 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Griffey | OF | 99 | 99 | 849.7 | 268 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .989 | 2.923 | 2.788 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Collins | OF | 94 | 94 | 729.7 | 167 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .977 | 2.109 | 1.819 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Mejias | OF | 58 | 6 | 164.0 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .972 | 1.921 | .603 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Householder | OF | 19 | 14 | 147.0 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.020 | 1.737 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Biittner | OF | 3 | 3 | 24.0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Vail | OF | 3 | 0 | 11.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.455 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Milner | OF | 4 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mario Soto | P | 25 | 25 | 175.0 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .935 | 1.491 | 1.160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Seaver | P | 23 | 23 | 166.3 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 1 | .968 | 1.623 | 1.304 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Pastore | P | 22 | 22 | 132.0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.227 | .818 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Berenyi | P | 21 | 20 | 126.0 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.357 | .905 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike LaCoss | P | 20 | 13 | 78.0 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 2.308 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Hume | P | 51 | 0 | 67.7 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.862 | .275 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Moskau | P | 27 | 1 | 54.7 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 2.634 | .593 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Price | P | 41 | 0 | 53.7 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 2.348 | .341 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Bair | P | 24 | 0 | 39.0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.385 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Leibrandt | P | 7 | 4 | 30.0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.100 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Geoff Combe | P | 14 | 0 | 17.7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.019 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Brown | P | 10 | 0 | 13.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.385 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Edelen | P | 5 | 0 | 12.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Concepcion | SS | 106 | 106 | 930.0 | 208 | 322 | 22 | 71 | .960 | 5.129 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Oester | SS | 9 | 2 | 35.7 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 6.056 | 2.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1293 | 972 | 8691.0 | 2897 | 1132 | 80 | 265 | .981 | 4.172 | 3.116 | 3 | 0 | 107 | 35 | 24.6 |
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