1981 San Diego Padres season explained

San Diego Padres
Season:	1981
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	San Diego Stadium
City:	San Diego, California
Divisional Place:	6th
Owners:	Ray Kroc
General Managers:	Jack McKeon
Managers:	Frank Howard
Television:	KFMB-TV
Radio:	KFMB (AM) (Ed Doucette, Dave Campbell, Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler, Ted Leitner)

The 1981 San Diego Padres season was the 13th season in franchise history.

Offseason

December 8, 1980: Rollie Fingers, Bob Shirley, Gene Tenace and a player to be named later were traded by the Padres to the St. Louis Cardinals for Terry Kennedy, Steve Swisher, Mike Phillips, John Littlefield, John Urrea, Kim Seaman, and Al Olmsted. The Padres completed the deal by sending Bob Geren to the Cardinals on December 10.^[1]
December 8, 1980: Chuck Baker was traded by the Padres to the Minnesota Twins for Dave Edwards.^[2]
December 8, 1980: Mario Ramírez was selected by the Padres from the New York Mets in the rule 5 draft.^[3]
December 15, 1980: Randy Jones was traded by the Padres to the New York Mets for John Pacella and José Moreno.^[4]
December 15, 1980: Rick Sweet was purchased from the Padres by the Seattle Mariners.^[5]
January 13, 1981: Eric Bullock was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (secondary phase), but did not sign.^[6]
March 27, 1981: Tony Phillips, Kevin Bell and Eric Mustad (minors) was traded by the Padres to the Oakland Athletics for Bob Lacey and Roy Moretti (minors).^[7]
March 27, 1981: Eric Rasmussen was released by the Padres.^[8]

June 8, 1981: 1981 Major League Baseball draft
- Kevin McReynolds was drafted by the Padres in the 1st round (6th pick).^[9]
- Tony Gwynn was drafted by the Padres in the 3rd round. Player signed June 16, 1981.^[10]
- Greg Booker was drafted by the Padres in the 10th round.^[11]
- John Kruk was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 3rd round of the Secondary Phase.^[12]

1981 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders Other batters		Manager Coaches

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	101	382	115	.301	2	41
1B	92	254	71	.280	2	40
2B	99	369	107	.290	1	25
SS	110	450	100	.222	0	21
3B	109	400	121	.303	3	38
LF	104	393	113	.288	3	42
CF	105	397	99	.249	4	39
RF	86	246	63	.256	8	31

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
69	176	37	.210	4	20
58	112	24	.214	2	13
54	93	30	.323	0	7
37	67	17	.254	0	6
34	48	11	.229	0	6
33	31	7	.226	2	6
14	29	6	.207	0	0
16	28	4	.143	0	0
16	24	4	.167	0	3
15	14	5	.357	0	0
13	13	1	.077	0	1
9	9	1	.111	0	0

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
25	141.1	8	8	3.50	81
23	138.2	5	14	4.28	70
22	123.2	6	7	3.78	51
18	98.0	4	8	3.77	27
5	29.1	1	0	2.45	16
5	26.1	0	1	2.73	11

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
24	76.2	2	8	6.10	38
28	66.2	2	6	5.13	31

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

G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
57	90.0	7	7	13	2.00	53
42	64.0	2	3	2	3.66	19
38	49.0	2	2	2	2.39	19
37	63.1	1	0	2	2.84	43
15	23.0	1	3	3	3.13	22
10	12.0	0	2	0	6.00	9