Pittsburgh Pirates History - 1981 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1981 Pittsburgh Pirates	118	44	.728	1^st	-	115-47	3	.277	3.24	X		2,589,403	$4,063,950	$5,492,911

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Cy Young Award	Tony Brizzolara	1
Most Valuable Player	Ken Phelps	1
Gold Glove	Larry McWilliams (P), Rance Mulliniks (3B)	2
All-Star	Tony Brizzolara, Leon Durham, Tom Gorman, Clint Hurdle, Ken Phelps, Ozzie Smith, Gary Ward	7
Pitcher of the Month	Larry McWilliams (Jun), Tony Brizzolara (Jul, Sep)	3
Batter of the Month	Ken Phelps (May), Ozzie Smith (Jul), Rance Mulliniks (Sep)	3
Rookie of the Month	Tom Gorman (Jun)	1
Player of the Week	Gary Ward (Apr 20), Leon Durham (Jun 1), Ozzie Smith (Jul 20)	3

Batting Stats

Pos	Player	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR	OPS+
CF	Leon Durham	23	156	651	183	30	12	20	93	111	72	0	2	9	103	71	26	.281	.348	.456	.805	5.6	123
RF	Gary Ward	27	158	644	192	31	10	29	132	106	49	1	0	7	102	10	3	.298	.345	.512	.858	4.4	136
1B	Ken Phelps	26	161	564	146	17	3	53	118	127	126	1	0	4	135	3	3	.259	.393	.582	.974	6.8	168
LF	Ken Landreaux	26	157	626	186	19	12	18	120	108	44	4	0	9	57	37	8	.297	.343	.452	.795	4.7	120
3B	Rance Mulliniks	25	158	567	162	39	4	15	92	80	90	1	16	8	101	8	3	.286	.380	.448	.828	4.9	131
SS	Ozzie Smith	26	157	559	165	26	7	5	82	95	85	2	16	9	27	63	18	.295	.385	.394	.778	6.9	119
DH	Rusty Kuntz	26	135	505	124	17	1	10	47	103	139	2	0	5	77	18	5	.246	.407	.343	.750	2.5	113
2B	Willie Randolph	26	156	535	136	15	3	2	73	76	85	5	1	9	61	63	30	.254	.356	.305	.661	1.9	88
C	Clint Hurdle	23	135	509	157	48	4	15	88	89	60	3	2	6	84	2	0	.308	.381	.507	.887	6.2	146
1B	Tony Armas	27	32	100	16	2	1	4	12	6	4	0	0	0	33	0	0	.160	.192	.320	.512	-0.8	40
2B	Frank Taveras	31	26	69	23	3	1	0	10	10	4	1	1	1	4	8	1	.333	.373	.406	.779	0.7	118
C	Brian Downing	30	21	59	14	3	0	0	10	3	6	0	0	4	10	1	0	.237	.290	.288	.578	-0.0	63
RF	Dwight Evans	29	24	60	12	1	4	4	10	6	3	0	2	1	17	0	0	.200	.234	.550	.784	-0.3	111
C	Johnny Bench	33	15	42	11	2	0	0	5	1	5	0	0	0	8	0	0	.262	.340	.310	.650	0.0	84
RF	Richie Zisk	32	8	20	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	.050	.048	.100	.148	-0.4	-60
CF	Yutaka Fukumoto	33	5	17	5	3	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	.294	.333	.471	.804	0.2	122
LF	Bobby Valentine	31	16	15	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	.133	.235	.200	.435	-0.2	23
P	Bob Long	26	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	-0.1	-38
2B	Onix Concepcion	23	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
RF	Dave Engle	24	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0.1	306
-	Wayne Krenchicki	26	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0.0	462
21 Players		25.6	1530	5552	1537	259	62	175	896	929	776	20	42	73	828	285	97	.277	.363	.440	.804	43.1	123
FL Rank				8	2	5	1	3	1	1	1	8	7	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
DBL Rank				18	3	9	1	4	1	1	1	16	12	1	9	3	5	2	1	1	1	1

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Andy Rincon	22	32	32	20	7	0	3.40	248.7	226	96	94	15	51	117	0	8	1	1.11	.257	6.0	124
Tony Brizzolara	24	32	32	23	7	0	3.12	242.7	213	87	84	14	66	138	0	10	3	1.15	.257	6.0	135
Larry McWilliams	27	32	32	17	7	0	3.81	238.3	208	102	101	26	75	143	0	8	2	1.19	.251	3.5	111
Dennis Martinez	26	32	32	20	6	0	3.56	210.0	198	93	83	14	51	143	0	1	1	1.19	.287	5.7	119
Dave Rozema	24	18	18	13	4	0	2.24	144.7	119	43	36	11	10	55	0	9	1	.89	.227	3.5	188
Jim Clancy	25	12	12	5	5	0	4.57	86.7	83	44	44	13	30	47	0	5	2	1.30	.260	0.6	92
Tom Gorman	23	57	0	3	2	42	1.69	64.0	45	13	12	3	15	48	2	0	0	.94	.235	2.0	250
Bob Stanley	26	32	0	3	0	2	3.90	62.3	71	32	27	6	12	20	1	0	0	1.33	.289	0.2	108
Gary Ross	33	29	0	5	5	7	1.42	50.7	31	13	8	1	20	26	3	0	0	1.01	.208	1.2	297
Dewey Robinson	26	19	0	6	0	1	1.89	38.0	32	9	8	3	10	34	5	0	0	1.11	.293	0.9	223
Bob Long	26	5	3	1	2	0	5.95	19.7	23	14	13	2	10	8	0	0	0	1.68	.288	0.1	71
Kent Tekulve	34	9	0	0	1	1	4.73	13.3	19	8	7	0	2	4	0	0	0	1.58	.380	0.4	89
Rick Honeycutt	27	2	2	1	0	0	6.23	13.0	20	12	9	2	4	3	0	0	0	1.85	.360	-0.0	68
Christopher Davis	26	8	0	0	0	0	3.86	11.7	10	6	5	0	4	15	0	0	0	1.20	.323	0.5	109
Larry Andersen	28	5	0	0	0	0	2.79	9.7	10	3	3	0	2	8	1	0	0	1.24	.357	0.3	151
Dennis Lewallyn	27	4	0	0	0	0	3.00	9.0	4	3	3	0	5	7	0	0	0	1.00	.174	0.2	141
Bruce Berenyi	26	1	1	1	0	0	0.00	9.0	6	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	1	.78	.222	0.4	0
Ross Grimsley	31	1	1	1	0	0	2.25	8.0	6	2	2	0	4	2	0	0	0	1.25	.222	0.1	187
18 Pitchers	25.1	330	165	119	46	53	3.28	1479.3	1324	580	539	110	372	822	12	42	11	1.15	.260	31.5	139
FL Rank		10	1	1	10	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	5	1	1	1	1	1
DBL Rank		18	1	1	20	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	10	9	3	1	1	1	1

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
A. Rincon	32	32	13	27	0	43	3	.930	248.7	1.45	-2.4
T. Brizzolara	32	32	9	43	0	52	0	1.000	242.7	1.93	-0.5
L. McWilliams	32	32	17	38	1	55	0	1.000	238.3	2.08	0.7
D. Martinez	32	32	13	22	0	36	1	.972	210.0	1.50	-1.3
D. Rozema	18	18	4	17	0	22	1	.955	144.7	1.31	0.1
J. Clancy	12	12	0	10	0	10	0	1.000	86.7	1.04	-0.3
T. Gorman	57	0	1	9	0	10	0	1.000	64.0	1.41	-0.0
B. Stanley	32	0	2	10	2	13	1	.923	62.3	1.73	-0.7
G. Ross	29	0	5	11	1	17	1	.941	50.7	2.84	-0.1
D. Robinson	19	0	0	8	0	8	0	1.000	38.0	1.89	0.1
B. Long	5	3	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	19.7	0.92	-0.1
K. Tekulve	8	0	0	4	0	4	0	1.000	13.3	2.70	0.1
R. Honeycutt	2	2	0	2	0	3	1	.667	13.0	1.38	-0.5
C. Davis	8	0	0	1	0	2	1	.500	11.7	0.77	-0.5
L. Andersen	5	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	9.7	0.93	-0.0
D. Lewallyn	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	9.0	0.00	-0.0
B. Berenyi	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	9.0	0.00	-0.0
R. Grimsley	1	1	0	3	0	3	0	1.000	8.0	3.38	0.1
Totals	329	165	65	207	4	281	9	.968	1479.3	1.65	-5.4

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
C. Hurdle	132	130	666	94	7	771	11	.986	1173.7	5.83	0.6	9	29.0
B. Downing	20	19	115	9	1	124	0	1.000	171.0	6.53	0.5	0	27.8
J. Bench	15	13	65	5	1	70	0	1.000	113.0	5.58	-0.3	0	15.8
F. Taveras	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0	0	0.0
D. Engle	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0	0	0.0
Totals	169	162	846	108	9	965	11	.989	1459.7	5.88	0.8	9	27.7

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
K. Phelps	161	161	1559	74	106	1647	14	.991	1433.7	10.25	0.7
T. Armas	4	1	13	2	0	16	1	.938	15.0	9.00	-0.4
B. Valentine	6	0	9	0	0	9	0	1.000	9.0	9.00	-0.1
C. Hurdle	1	0	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	2.0	18.00	0.0
Totals	172	162	1585	76	106	1676	15	.991	1459.7	10.24	0.2

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
W. Randolph	156	156	316	478	99	818	24	.971	1394.7	5.12	0.1
F. Taveras	11	6	10	21	2	31	0	1.000	60.0	4.65	0.8
O. Concepcion	2	0	2	2	0	4	0	1.000	5.0	7.20	0.0
Totals	169	162	328	501	101	853	24	.972	1459.7	5.11	0.9

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Mulliniks	158	158	76	325	25	407	6	.985	1424.7	2.53	7.0
F. Taveras	4	4	2	6	1	9	1	.889	35.0	2.06	-0.3
Totals	162	162	78	331	26	416	7	.983	1459.7	2.52	6.7

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
O. Smith	157	157	213	541	73	769	15	.980	1402.7	4.84	19.0
F. Taveras	7	5	4	22	3	27	1	.963	49.0	4.78	-0.0
B. Valentine	3	0	2	1	1	3	0	1.000	8.0	3.38	-0.1
Totals	167	162	219	564	77	799	16	.980	1459.7	4.83	18.8

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
K. Landreaux	157	157	351	2	1	356	3	.992	1395.7	2.28	5.2
D. Evans	5	5	6	0	0	6	0	1.000	41.0	1.32	-2.6
B. Valentine	6	0	5	0	0	6	1	.833	11.0	4.09	-0.4
G. Ward	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	5.0	1.80	0.0
Y. Fukumoto	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	4.0	4.50	0.1
C. Hurdle	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50	0.0
R. Zisk	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	174	162	366	2	1	372	4	.989	1459.7	2.27	2.4

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
L. Durham	155	155	486	18	6	514	10	.981	1395.7	3.25	5.3
D. Evans	4	4	11	1	0	12	0	1.000	35.0	3.09	-2.1
Y. Fukumoto	3	3	12	0	0	12	0	1.000	27.0	4.00	0.6
T. Armas	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50	0.3
Totals	163	162	510	19	6	539	10	.981	1459.7	3.26	4.1

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
G. Ward	156	156	358	7	0	373	8	.979	1380.7	2.38	-2.3
D. Evans	14	6	21	1	1	22	0	1.000	63.0	3.14	0.2
L. Durham	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	5.0	1.80	0.0
B. Valentine	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3.0	0.00	0.0
T. Armas	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	3.0	3.00	0.0
R. Zisk	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	3.0	3.00	0.0
D. Engle	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50	0.2
Totals	178	162	383	8	1	399	8	.980	1459.7	2.41	-1.7

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Clint Hurdle	.308
On-Base Percentage	Rusty Kuntz	.407
Slugging Percentage	Ken Phelps	.582
OPS	Ken Phelps	.974
Games	Ken Phelps	161
At-Bats	Leon Durham	651
Runs	Ken Phelps	127
Hits	Gary Ward	192
Doubles	Clint Hurdle	48
Triples	Leon Durham, Ken Landreaux	12
Home Runs	Ken Phelps	53
Runs Batted In	Gary Ward	132
Stolen Bases	Leon Durham	71
Caught Stealing	Willie Randolph	30
Walks	Rusty Kuntz	139
Strikeouts	Ken Phelps	135

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Tony Brizzolara	23
Losses	Andy Rincon, Tony Brizzolara, Larry McWilliams	7
Saves	Tom Gorman	42
Games	Tom Gorman	57
Games Started	4 Players Tied	32
Complete Games	Tony Brizzolara	10
Shutouts	Tony Brizzolara	3
Innings Pitched	Andy Rincon	248.7
Hits Allowed	Andy Rincon	226
Home Runs Allowed	Larry McWilliams	26
Strikeouts	Larry McWilliams, Dennis Martinez	143
Walks Allowed	Larry McWilliams	75
Earned Run Average	Tony Brizzolara	3.12
Walks + Hits per IP	Andy Rincon	1.11
BABIP	Larry McWilliams	.251

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
March 22nd	RF Jeff Burroughs	to the San Francisco Giants for	P Ray Searage
May 31st	P Allen Ripley	to the Baltimore Orioles for	P Juan Eichelberger
June 5th	P Reggie Cleveland	to the San Francisco Giants for	2B Rich Dauer
June 10th	P Tim Stoddard	to the Houston Astros for
June 10th	LF Randy Johnson	to the Montreal Expos for	P Gary Ross RF Richie Zisk
June 15th	P Jim Clancy	to the Texas Rangers for
June 20th	C Johnny Bench	to the Oakland Athletics for	C Brian Downing
July 16th	RF Richie Zisk	to the Houston Astros for	LF Scot Thompson
July 31st		to the Toronto Blue Jays for	CF Yutaka Fukumoto
November 11th		to the Cincinnati Reds for	3B Danny Ainge
November 11th	1B Tony Armas	to the Atlanta Braves for	CF Omar Moreno
November 11th	CF Yutaka Fukumoto	to the Texas Rangers for
November 13th	RF James Peters P Dave Rozema	to the San Francisco Giants for	P John Candelaria 1B Mike Ivie
December 1st	LF Ken Landreaux	to the Texas Rangers for	CF Bobby Mitchell
December 15th	C Rick Sweet	to the Detroit Tigers for
December 15th	P Jeff Jones	to the Texas Rangers for
December 15th	- Wayne Krenchicki	to the Montreal Expos for