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.Rollie Fingers at Baseball Reference December 8, 1980: Chuck Baker was traded by the Padres to the Minnesota Twins for Dave Edwards.Dave Edwards at Baseball Reference December 8, 1980: Mario Ramírez was selected by the Padres from the New York Mets in the rule 5 draft.Mario Ramírez at Baseball Reference December 15, 1980: Randy Jones was traded by the Padres to the New York Mets for John Pacella and José Moreno.José Moreno at Baseball Reference December 15, 1980: Rick Sweet was purchased from the Padres by the Seattle Mariners.Rick Sweet at Baseball Reference 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. 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).Tony Phillips at Baseball Reference March 27, 1981: Eric Rasmussen was released by the Padres.Eric Rasmussen at Baseball Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions June 8, 1981: 1981 Major League Baseball draft Kevin McReynolds was drafted by the Padres in the 1st round (6th pick).Kevin McReynolds at Baseball Reference Tony Gwynn was drafted by the Padres in the 3rd round. Player signed June 16, 1981.Tony Gwynn at Baseball Reference Greg Booker was drafted by the Padres in the 10th round.Greg Booker at Baseball Reference John Kruk was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 3rd round of the Secondary Phase.John Kruk at Baseball Reference
Roster 1981 San Diego Padres Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches
Player stats = Indicates team leader
= Indicates league leader 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 Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Terry Kennedy 101 382 115 .301 2 41 1B Broderick Perkins 92 254 71 .280 2 40 2B Juan Bonilla 99 369 107 .290 1 25 SS Ozzie Smith 110* 450 100 .222 0 21 3B Luis Salazar 109 400 121 .303 3 38 LF Gene Richards 104 393 113 .288 3 42 CF Ruppert Jones 105 397 99 .249 4 39 RF Joe Lefebvre 86 246 63 .256 8 31 Tied with Steve Garvey (LAD)
Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs: RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Randy Bass 69 176 37 .210 4 20 Dave Edwards 58 112 24 .214 2 13 Barry Evans 54 93 30 .323 0 7 Tim Flannery 37 67 17 .254 0 6 José Moreno 34 48 11 .229 0 6 Jerry Turner 33 31 7 .226 2 6 Mike Phillips 14 29 6 .207 0 0 Steve Swisher 16 28 4 .143 0 0 Doug Gwosdz 16 24 4 .167 0 3 Alan Wiggins 15 14 5 .357 0 0 Mario Ramírez 13 13 1 .077 0 1 Craig Stimac 9 9 1 .111 0 0
Pitching
Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Juan Eichelberger 25 141.1 8 8 3.50 81 Steve Mura 23 138.2 5 14* 4.28 70 Chris Welsh 22 123.2 6 7 3.78 51 Rick Wise 18 98.0 4 8 3.77 27 Fred Kuhaulua 5 29.1 1 0 2.45 16 Steve Fireovid 5 26.1 0 1 2.73 11 Tied with Pat Zachry (NYM)
Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Tim Lollar 24 76.2 2 8 6.10 38 John Curtis 28 66.2 2 6 5.13 31
Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L SV ERA SO Gary Lucas 57 90.0 7 7 13 2.00 53 John Littlefield 42 64.0 2 3 2 3.66 19 John Urrea 38 49.0 2 2 2 2.39 19 Danny Boone 37 63.1 1 0 2 2.84 43 Eric Show 15 23.0 1 3 3 3.13 22 Mike Armstrong 10 12.0 0 2 0 6.00 9
Awards and honors Ozzie Smith, SS, Gold Glove Award Ozzie Smith, National League Leader Games Played (110) Ozzie Smith, National League Leader At-Bats (450)
1981 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
Farm system
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
References
External links 1981 San Diego Padres at Baseball Reference 1981 San Diego Padres at Baseball Almanac