
1981 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics
Team Record: 46-56
Finished 4th in the NL's East Division
Attendance: 541,789, Avg. 11,445
Ballpark: Three Rivers Stadium
Manager: Chuck Tanner (46-56)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1981 Pittsburgh Pirates Results
The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League ended the 1981 season with a record of 46 wins and 56 losses, finishing fourth in the NL's East Division.
The Pirates plated 407 runs and yielded 425 runs. Jason Thompson paced Pittsburgh with 15 home runs Dave Parker drove in 48 runs. Bill Madlock led all regular batters by connecting at a .341 clip. Rick Rhoden topped the team with 9 wins, while Jim Bibby earned a 2.50 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Chuck Tanner 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 Rhoden | 9 | 4 | .692 | 3.89 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 136.3 | 147 | 66 | 59 | 6 | 53 | 2 | 76 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 588 |
Eddie Solomon | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.12 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 127.0 | 133 | 49 | 44 | 10 | 27 | 3 | 38 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 521 |
Jim Bibby | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.50 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 93.7 | 79 | 30 | 26 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 385 |
Kent Tekulve | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.49 | 45 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 65.0 | 61 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 268 |
Odell Jones | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.31 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.3 | 51 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 23 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 232 |
Rod Scurry | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.77 | 27 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 74.0 | 74 | 33 | 31 | 6 | 40 | 2 | 65 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 331 |
John Candelaria | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.54 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.7 | 42 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168 |
Luis Tiant | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.92 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57.3 | 54 | 31 | 25 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 242 |
Pascual Perez | 2 | 7 | .222 | 3.96 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 86.3 | 92 | 50 | 38 | 5 | 34 | 9 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 380 |
Victor Cruz | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.65 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34.0 | 33 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 144 |
Grant Jackson | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.51 | 35 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 32.3 | 30 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 135 |
Bob Long | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.95 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.7 | 23 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
Enrique Romo | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.54 | 33 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 41.7 | 47 | 27 | 21 | 5 | 18 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 186 |
Ernie Camacho | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.98 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.7 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 96 |
Mark Lee | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2.75 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19.7 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 83 |
Don Robinson | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.87 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38.3 | 47 | 27 | 25 | 4 | 23 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 180 |
Totals | 46 | 56 | .451 | 3.56 | 304 | 103 | 92 | 11 | 4 | 29 | 942.0 | 953 | 425 | 373 | 60 | 346 | 51 | 492 | 15 | 11 | 32 | 4029 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Omar Moreno | 103 | 468 | 434 | 62 | 120 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 35 | 39 | 14 | 26 | 76 | .276 | .319 | .362 | .681 | 157 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Mike Easler | 95 | 369 | 339 | 43 | 97 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 42 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 45 | .286 | .328 | .431 | .759 | 146 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
Bill Madlock | 82 | 320 | 279 | 35 | 95 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 45 | 18 | 6 | 34 | 17 | .341 | .413 | .495 | .907 | 138 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
Tim Foli | 86 | 351 | 316 | 32 | 78 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 10 | .247 | .285 | .297 | .582 | 94 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 0 |
Tony Pena | 66 | 223 | 210 | 16 | 63 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 23 | .300 | .326 | .381 | .707 | 80 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Dave Parker | 67 | 254 | 240 | 29 | 62 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 48 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 25 | .258 | .287 | .454 | .742 | 109 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Lee Lacy | 78 | 226 | 213 | 31 | 57 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 3 | 11 | 29 | .268 | .307 | .385 | .692 | 82 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Dale Berra | 81 | 254 | 232 | 21 | 56 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 17 | 34 | .241 | .302 | .319 | .621 | 74 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Jason Thompson | 86 | 285 | 223 | 36 | 54 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 49 | .242 | .396 | .502 | .899 | 112 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Phil Garner | 56 | 207 | 181 | 22 | 46 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 21 | .254 | .327 | .326 | .653 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Steve Nicosia | 54 | 184 | 169 | 21 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | .231 | .286 | .337 | .623 | 57 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Johnny Ray | 31 | 109 | 102 | 10 | 25 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .245 | .284 | .353 | .637 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Bill Robinson | 39 | 94 | 88 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .216 | .258 | .318 | .576 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Willie Stargell | 38 | 66 | 60 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .283 | .333 | .350 | .683 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
John Milner | 34 | 66 | 59 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .237 | .292 | .356 | .648 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Willie Montanez | 29 | 39 | 38 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .263 | .282 | .342 | .624 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gary Alexander | 21 | 51 | 47 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .213 | .255 | .404 | .659 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Rick Rhoden | 21 | 52 | 48 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .188 | .204 | .229 | .433 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Vance Law | 30 | 71 | 67 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | .134 | .157 | .164 | .321 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Kurt Bevacqua | 29 | 34 | 27 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .259 | .333 | .407 | .741 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Eddie Solomon | 25 | 48 | 43 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .163 | .163 | .163 | .326 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Matt Alexander | 15 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .364 | .364 | .364 | .727 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Bibby | 14 | 34 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .143 | .200 | .321 | .521 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Don Robinson | 17 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .250 | .308 | .250 | .558 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John Candelaria | 6 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .231 | .214 | .231 | .445 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Luis Tiant | 9 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .188 | .235 | .313 | .548 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Rod Scurry | 27 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .158 | .238 | .158 | .396 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pascual Perez | 18 | 24 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .136 | .136 | .227 | .364 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Odell Jones | 13 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Mark Lee | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kent Tekulve | 45 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Grant Jackson | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Doe Boyland | 11 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Enrique Romo | 33 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Victor Cruz | 22 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ernie Camacho | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Long | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 1440 | 3959 | 3576 | 407 | 920 | 176 | 30 | 55 | 384 | 122 | 52 | 278 | 494 | .257 | .311 | .369 | .680 | 1321 | 60 | 15 | 54 | 36 | 37 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jason Thompson | 1B | 78 | 65 | 596.0 | 590 | 46 | 7 | 65 | .989 | 9.604 | 8.154 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Robinson | 1B | 23 | 15 | 122.7 | 131 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | 1.345 | 6.130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Willie Stargell | 1B | 9 | 9 | 74.0 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1.000 | 8.514 | 7.778 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Willie Montanez | 1B | 11 | 4 | 52.3 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 9.803 | 5.182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gary Alexander | 1B | 9 | 6 | 49.0 | 52 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .964 | 9.918 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Milner | 1B | 8 | 4 | 48.0 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .980 | 9.187 | 6.125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Phil Garner | 2B | 50 | 50 | 447.7 | 121 | 148 | 9 | 31 | .968 | 5.408 | 5.380 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Johnny Ray | 2B | 31 | 25 | 237.0 | 52 | 96 | 2 | 22 | .987 | 5.620 | 4.774 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Vance Law | 2B | 19 | 13 | 123.3 | 40 | 45 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | 6.203 | 4.474 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dale Berra | 2B | 18 | 14 | 115.0 | 26 | 43 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | 5.400 | 3.833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kurt Bevacqua | 2B | 4 | 1 | 19.0 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | .941 | 7.579 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Madlock | 3B | 78 | 77 | 648.3 | 50 | 147 | 9 | 17 | .956 | 2.735 | 2.526 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dale Berra | 3B | 42 | 26 | 278.3 | 21 | 62 | 2 | 6 | .976 | 2.684 | 1.976 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kurt Bevacqua | 3B | 2 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Vance Law | 3B | 2 | 0 | 5.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.375 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Robinson | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 4.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lee Lacy | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tony Pena | C | 64 | 54 | 505.7 | 286 | 41 | 5 | 10 | .985 | 5.820 | 5.109 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 20 | 42.6 |
Steve Nicosia | C | 52 | 49 | 436.3 | 257 | 23 | 5 | 2 | .982 | 5.775 | 5.385 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 14 | 26.9 |
Omar Moreno | OF | 103 | 103 | 922.0 | 302 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .997 | 3.007 | 2.990 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Easler | OF | 90 | 82 | 776.0 | 188 | 13 | 4 | 2 | .980 | 2.331 | 2.233 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dave Parker | OF | 60 | 59 | 492.0 | 110 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .941 | 2.030 | 1.850 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lee Lacy | OF | 63 | 46 | 455.0 | 121 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .977 | 2.532 | 2.032 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Milner | OF | 8 | 7 | 58.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.862 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Robinson | OF | 7 | 5 | 51.0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 2.824 | 2.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gary Alexander | OF | 8 | 7 | 50.0 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 2.880 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Matt Alexander | OF | 6 | 0 | 22.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.273 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rick Rhoden | P | 21 | 21 | 136.3 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 2.178 | 1.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Eddie Solomon | P | 22 | 17 | 127.0 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .962 | 1.772 | 1.136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Bibby | P | 14 | 14 | 93.7 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 3 | .929 | 1.249 | .929 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pascual Perez | P | 17 | 13 | 86.3 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 2.085 | 1.176 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rod Scurry | P | 27 | 7 | 74.0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .973 | .296 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kent Tekulve | P | 45 | 0 | 65.0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.769 | .444 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Luis Tiant | P | 9 | 9 | 57.3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.256 | .889 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Odell Jones | P | 13 | 8 | 54.3 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.153 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Enrique Romo | P | 33 | 0 | 41.7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.728 | .242 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Candelaria | P | 6 | 6 | 40.7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.770 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Don Robinson | P | 16 | 2 | 38.3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.522 | .938 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Victor Cruz | P | 22 | 0 | 34.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.588 | .273 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Grant Jackson | P | 35 | 0 | 32.3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.113 | .114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ernie Camacho | P | 7 | 3 | 21.7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.246 | .429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Long | P | 5 | 3 | 19.7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .915 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mark Lee | P | 12 | 0 | 19.7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 5.949 | 1.083 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tim Foli | SS | 81 | 78 | 700.0 | 140 | 247 | 14 | 52 | .965 | 4.976 | 4.778 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dale Berra | SS | 30 | 21 | 196.0 | 42 | 62 | 6 | 12 | .945 | 4.776 | 3.467 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Vance Law | SS | 7 | 4 | 46.0 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.109 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1269 | 927 | 8478.0 | 2826 | 1171 | 86 | 288 | .979 | 4.243 | 3.150 | 7 | 0 | 65 | 34 | 34.3 |
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