1981 California Angels season explained

California Angels
Season:	1981
League:	American League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Anaheim Stadium
City:	Anaheim, California
Owners:	Gene Autry
General Managers:	Buzzie Bavasi
Managers:	Jim Fregosi, Gene Mauch
Television:	KTLA
Radio:	KMPC (Don Drysdale, Ron Fairly, Bob Starr)

The 1981 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing with the fifth best overall record in the American League West with 51 wins and 59 losses. The season was suspended for 50 days due to the infamous 1981 players' strike and the league chose as its playoff teams the division winners from the first and second halves of the season.

Offseason

December 2, 1980: Geoff Zahn was signed as a free agent by the Angels.^[1]
December 8, 1980: Dan Whitmer was drafted from the Angels by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1980 rule 5 draft.^[2]
January 13, 1981: Ron Romanick was drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (secondary phase).^[3]
January 23, 1981: Joe Rudi, Frank Tanana and Jim Dorsey were traded by the Angels to the Boston Red Sox for Fred Lynn and Steve Renko.^[4]
February 2, 1981: Dave Rader was signed as a free agent by the Angels.^[5]
February 2, 1981: Dave Skaggs was released by the Angels.^[6]

Regular season

Notable transactions

April 20, 1981: Dave Rader was released by the Angels.^[5]
June 8, 1981: 1981 Major League Baseball draft
- Dick Schofield was drafted by the Angels in the 1st round (3rd pick).^[7]
- Devon White was drafted by the Angels in the 6th round. Player signed June 13, 1981.^[8]

Roster

1981 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders Other batters		Manager Coaches

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	75	258	56	.217	2	22
1B	93	364	111	.305	2	21
2B	100	352	107	.304	22	61
SS	109	430	126	.293	5	33
3B	85	268	63	.235	4	36
LF	93	317	79	.249	9	41
CF	76	256	56	.219	5	31
RF	97	375	104	.277	15	48
DH	103	377	90	.239	17	66

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
58	166	30	.181	3	13
34	88	22	.250	4	19
43	82	17	.207	0	4
55	82	21	.256	1	10
36	77	19	.247	3	9
15	52	14	.269	1	7
27	47	11	.234	0	5
11	33	5	.152	3	6
12	30	7	.233	1	5
7	21	3	.143	0	1
4	11	3	.273	0	1
1	2	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
25	161.1	10	11	4.41	52
20	153.0	11	7	2.88	55
22	129.0	8	9	3.28	75
22	102.0	8	4	3.44	50
12	47.1	1	8	5.51	16
3	10.1	1	2	8.71	3
4	9.2	0	1	8.38	5

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
26	77.0	2	4	3.62	27
11	44.0	1	1	3.48	19
8	31.1	1	3	2.87	12

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
39	4	4	11	2.34	38
42	4	3	5	3.21	44
17	0	2	2	2.94	13
6	0	0	0	10.71	8
6	0	0	0	0.00	5
2	0	0	0	3.00	4

Farm system

References

Book: Johnson. Lloyd. Wolff. Miles. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. 2nd. Durham, North Carolina. Baseball America. 1997. 978-0-9637189-8-3.

External links

1981 California Angels at Baseball Reference
1981 California Angels at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

https://www.baseball-reference.com/z/zahnge01.shtml Geoff Zahn
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/whitmda01.shtml Dan Whitmer
Web site: Ron Romanick Stats.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rudijo01.shtml Joe Rudi
https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/raderda01.shtml Dave Rader
https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/skaggda01.shtml Dave Skaggs
https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/schofdi02.shtml Dick Schofield
https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/whitede03.shtml Devon White