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1981 Chicago White Sox season

May 07, 2024

The 1981 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 81st season in the major leagues, and their 82nd season overall. They finished with a record of 54-52, good enough for third place in the American League West, 8.5 games behind the first place Oakland Athletics. However, due to a player's strike, the Athletics would play the 50-53 Kansas City Royals, who had finished behind the White Sox.

Owner Bill Veeck attempted to sell the club to Ed DeBartolo, but the offer was turned down by the other owners.[1] Veeck was then forced to sell to a different investment group headed by Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn.[1]

Offseason edit

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 64 45 0.587 — 35–21 29–24
Texas Rangers 57 48 0.543 5 32–24 25–24
Chicago White Sox 54 52 0.509 8½ 25–24 29–28
Kansas City Royals 50 53 0.485 11 19–28 31–25
California Angels 51 59 0.464 13½ 26–28 25–31
Seattle Mariners 44 65 0.404 20 20–37 24–28
Minnesota Twins 41 68 0.376 23 24–36 17–32
AL West
First Half Standings 		W L Pct. GB
Oakland Athletics 37 23 .617 —
Texas Rangers 33 22 .600 1+1⁄2
Chicago White Sox 31 22 .585 2+1⁄2
California Angels 31 29 .517 6
Kansas City Royals 20 30 .400 12
Seattle Mariners 21 36 .368 14+1⁄2
Minnesota Twins 17 39 .304 18
AL West
Second Half Standings 		W L Pct. GB
Kansas City Royals 30 23 .566 —
Oakland Athletics 27 22 .551 1
Texas Rangers 24 26 .480 4+1⁄2
Minnesota Twins 24 29 .453 6
Seattle Mariners 23 29 .442 6+1⁄2
Chicago White Sox 23 30 .434 7
California Angels 20 30 .400 8+1⁄2

Record vs. opponents edit

1981 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore — 2–2 6–6 3–6 4–2 6–7 5–3 2–4 6–0 7–6 7–5 4–2 2–1 5–2
Boston 2–2 — 2–4 5–4 7–6 6–1 3–3 6–7 2–5 3–3 7–5 9–3 3–6 4–0
California 6–6 4–2 — 6–7 7–5 3–3 0–6 4–3 3–3 2–2 2–8 6–4 2–4 6–6
Chicago 6–3 4–5 7–6 — 2–5 3–3 2–0 4–1 2–4 5–7 7–6 3–3 2–4 7–5
Cleveland 2–4 6–7 5–7 5–2 — 1–5 4–4 3–6 2–1 7–5 3–2 8–4 2–2 4–2
Detroit 7–6 1–6 3–3 3–3 5–1 — 3–2 5–8 9–3 3–7 1–2 5–1 9–3 6–4
Kansas City 3–5 3–3 6–0 0–2 4–4 2–3 — 4–5 9–4 2–10 3–3 6–7 3–4 5–3
Milwaukee 4–2 7–6 3–4 1–4 6–3 8–5 5–4 — 9–3 3–3 4–2 2–2 4–5 6–4
Minnesota 0–6 5–2 3–3 4–2 1–2 3–9 4–9 3–9 — 3–3 2–8 3–6–1 5–8 5–1
New York 6–7 3–3 2–2 7–5 5–7 7–3 10–2 3–3 3–3 — 4–3 2–3 5–4 2–3
Oakland 5–7 5–7 8–2 6–7 2–3 2–1 3–3 2–4 8–2 3–4 — 6–1 4–2 10–2
Seattle 2–4 3–9 4–6 3–3 4–8 1–5 7–6 2–2 6–3–1 3–2 1–6 — 5–8 3–3
Texas 1–2 6–3 4–2 4–2 2–2 3–9 4–3 5–4 8–5 4–5 2–4 8–5 — 6–2
Toronto 2–5 0–4 6–6 5–7 2–4 4–6 3–5 4–6 1–5 3–2 2–10 3–3 2–6 —


Opening Day lineup edit

Notable transactions edit

Roster edit

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB
Bill Almon, SS 103 349 46 105 10 2 4 41 21 60 .301 16
Harold Baines, RF 82 280 42 80 11 7 10 41 12 41 .286 6
Tony Bernazard, 2B 106 384 53 106 14 4 6 34 54 66 .276 4
Jim Essian, C 27 52 6 16 3 0 0 5 4 5 .308 0
Carlton Fisk, C 96 338 44 89 12 0 7 45 38 37 .263 3
Jerry Hairston, OF 9 25 5 7 1 0 1 6 2 4 .280 0
Marc Hill, C 16 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0
Lamar Johnson, 1B,DH 41 134 10 37 7 0 1 15 5 14 .276 0
Rusty Kuntz, OF,DH 67 55 15 14 2 0 0 4 6 8 .255 1
Ron LeFlore, LF,CF 82 337 46 83 10 4 0 24 28 70 .246 36
Chet Lemon, CF 94 328 50 99 23 6 9 50 33 48 .302 5
Jay Loviglio, 3B,2B 14 15 5 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 .267 2
Greg Luzinski, DH 104 378 55 100 15 1 21 62 58 80 .265 0
Bob Molinaro, OF,DH 47 42 7 11 1 1 1 9 8 1 .262 1
Jim Morrison, 3B 90 290 27 68 8 1 10 34 10 29 .234 3
Wayne Nordhagen, OF 65 208 19 64 8 1 6 33 10 25 .308 0
Greg Pryor, 3B,SS,2B 47 76 4 17 1 0 0 6 6 8 .281 0
Mike Squires, 1B 92 294 35 78 9 0 0 25 22 17 .265 7
Leo Sutherland, OF 11 12 6 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 .167 2
Jerry Turner, RF 10 12 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 .167 0
Team Totals
 106 3615 476 982 135 27 76 438 322 518 .272 86

Pitching edit

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K
Juan Agosto 0 0 4.76 2 0 0 5.2 5 3 3 1 0 3
Francisco Barrios 1 3 3.96 8 7 0 36.1 45 23 16 3 15 12
Ross Baumgarten 5 9 4.07 19 19 0 101.2 101 56 46 9 43 52
Britt Burns 10 6 2.64 24 23 0 156.2 139 52 46 14 50 108
Richard Dotson 9 8 3.77 24 24 0 141.0 145 67 59 13 49 73
Ed Farmer 3 3 4.61 42 0 10 52.2 53 33 27 5 35 42
Kevin Hickey 0 2 3.65 41 0 3 44.1 38 22 18 3 23 17
LaMarr Hoyt 9 3 3.57 43 1 10 90.2 80 40 36 10 29 60
Jerry Koosman 1 4 3.33 8 3 0 27.0 27 10 10 2 7 21
Dennis Lamp 7 6 2.41 27 10 0 127.0 103 41 34 4 44 71
Lynn McGlothen 0 0 4.15 11 0 0 21.2 14 10 10 0 10 12
Reggie Patterson 0 1 13.50 6 1 0 7.1 14 11 11 1 6 2
Dewey Robinson 1 0 4.50 4 0 0 4.0 5 2 2 1 4 2
Steve Trout 8 7 3.47 20 18 0 124.2 122 53 48 7 38 54
Team Totals
 54 52 3.47 106 106 23 940.2 891 423 363 73 353 529

Farm system edit

See also: Minor League Baseball

[10]

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b . Archived from the original on December 22, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  2. ^ "Minnie Miñoso Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  3. ^ "Ron LeFlore Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  4. ^ "Carlton Fisk Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  5. ^ "Dennis Lamp Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  6. ^ > "Greg Luzinski". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 2, 2016.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "John Poff Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  8. ^ "George Riley Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  9. ^ "Jerry Koosman Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  10. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

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The 1981 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox s 81st season in the major leagues and their 82nd season overall They finished with a record of 54 52 good enough for third place in the American League West 8 5 games behind the first place Oakland Athletics However due to a player s strike the Athletics would play the 50 53 Kansas City Royals who had finished behind the White Sox 1981 Chicago White SoxLeagueAmerican LeagueDivisionWestBallparkComiskey ParkCityChicagoOwnersJerry ReinsdorfGeneral managersRoland HemondManagersTony La RussaTelevisionWGN TV Harry Caray Jimmy Piersall Lou Brock RadioWBBM AM Harry Caray Joe McConnell Rich King 1980 Seasons 1982 Owner Bill Veeck attempted to sell the club to Ed DeBartolo but the offer was turned down by the other owners 1 Veeck was then forced to sell to a different investment group headed by Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn 1 Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular season 2 1 Season standings 2 2 Record vs opponents 2 3 Opening Day lineup 2 4 Notable transactions 2 5 Roster 3 Player stats 3 1 Batting 3 2 Pitching 4 Farm system 5 Notes 6 ReferencesOffseason editOctober 6 1980 Minnie Minoso was released by the White Sox 2 November 26 1980 Ron LeFlore was signed as a free agent by the White Sox 3 March 18 1981 Carlton Fisk was signed as a free agent by the White Sox 4 March 28 1981 Ken Kravec was traded by the White Sox to the Chicago Cubs for Dennis Lamp 5 March 30 1981 Greg Luzinski purchased from Philadelphia Phillies 6 Regular season editSeason standings edit vteAL West W L Pct GB Home Road Oakland Athletics 64 45 0 587 35 21 29 24 Texas Rangers 57 48 0 543 5 32 24 25 24 Chicago White Sox 54 52 0 509 8 25 24 29 28 Kansas City Royals 50 53 0 485 11 19 28 31 25 California Angels 51 59 0 464 13 26 28 25 31 Seattle Mariners 44 65 0 404 20 20 37 24 28 Minnesota Twins 41 68 0 376 23 24 36 17 32 AL West First Half Standings W L Pct GB Oakland Athletics 37 23 617 Texas Rangers 33 22 600 1 1 2 Chicago White Sox 31 22 585 2 1 2 California Angels 31 29 517 6 Kansas City Royals 20 30 400 12 Seattle Mariners 21 36 368 14 1 2 Minnesota Twins 17 39 304 18AL West Second Half Standings W L Pct GB Kansas City Royals 30 23 566 Oakland Athletics 27 22 551 1 Texas Rangers 24 26 480 4 1 2 Minnesota Twins 24 29 453 6 Seattle Mariners 23 29 442 6 1 2 Chicago White Sox 23 30 434 7 California Angels 20 30 400 8 1 2 Record vs opponents edit 1981 American League recordvteSources 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR Baltimore 2 2 6 6 3 6 4 2 6 7 5 3 2 4 6 0 7 6 7 5 4 2 2 1 5 2 Boston 2 2 2 4 5 4 7 6 6 1 3 3 6 7 2 5 3 3 7 5 9 3 3 6 4 0 California 6 6 4 2 6 7 7 5 3 3 0 6 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 8 6 4 2 4 6 6 Chicago 6 3 4 5 7 6 2 5 3 3 2 0 4 1 2 4 5 7 7 6 3 3 2 4 7 5 Cleveland 2 4 6 7 5 7 5 2 1 5 4 4 3 6 2 1 7 5 3 2 8 4 2 2 4 2 Detroit 7 6 1 6 3 3 3 3 5 1 3 2 5 8 9 3 3 7 1 2 5 1 9 3 6 4 Kansas City 3 5 3 3 6 0 0 2 4 4 2 3 4 5 9 4 2 10 3 3 6 7 3 4 5 3 Milwaukee 4 2 7 6 3 4 1 4 6 3 8 5 5 4 9 3 3 3 4 2 2 2 4 5 6 4 Minnesota 0 6 5 2 3 3 4 2 1 2 3 9 4 9 3 9 3 3 2 8 3 6 1 5 8 5 1 New York 6 7 3 3 2 2 7 5 5 7 7 3 10 2 3 3 3 3 4 3 2 3 5 4 2 3 Oakland 5 7 5 7 8 2 6 7 2 3 2 1 3 3 2 4 8 2 3 4 6 1 4 2 10 2 Seattle 2 4 3 9 4 6 3 3 4 8 1 5 7 6 2 2 6 3 1 3 2 1 6 5 8 3 3 Texas 1 2 6 3 4 2 4 2 2 2 3 9 4 3 5 4 8 5 4 5 2 4 8 5 6 2 Toronto 2 5 0 4 6 6 5 7 2 4 4 6 3 5 4 6 1 5 3 2 2 10 3 3 2 6 Opening Day lineup edit Ron LeFlore LF Mike Squires 1B Carlton Fisk C Greg Luzinski DH Chet Lemon CF Harold Baines RF Jim Morrison 3B Tony Bernazard 2B Bill Almon SS Britt Burns P Notable transactions edit April 1 1981 Thad Bosley was traded by the White Sox to the Milwaukee Brewers for John Poff 7 July 18 1981 George Riley was signed as a free agent by the White Sox 8 August 30 1981 Ivan Mesa minors Ronnie Perry minors a player to be named later and cash were traded by the White Sox to the Minnesota Twins for Jerry Koosman The White Sox completed the deal by sending Randy Johnson to the Twins on September 2 9 Roster edit 1981 Chicago White Sox Roster Pitchers 50 Juan Agosto 46 Francisco Barrios 30 Ross Baumgarten 40 Britt Burns 49 Richard Dotson 22 Ed Farmer 45 Kevin Hickey 31 LaMarr Hoyt 36 Jerry Koosman 53 Dennis Lamp 27 Lynn McGlothen 51 Reggie Patterson 35 Dewey Robinson 33 Steve Trout Catchers 16 Jim Essian 72 Carlton Fisk 7 Marc Hill Infielders 34 Bill Almon 14 Tony Bernazard 23 Lamar Johnson 32 Jay Loviglio 12 Jim Morrison 11 Greg Pryor 25 Mike Squires Outfielders 3 Harold Baines 17 Jerry Hairston 47 Rusty Kuntz 8 Ron LeFlore 44 Chet Lemon 5 Bob Molinaro 20 Wayne Nordhagen 48 Leo Sutherland 24 Jerry Turner Other batters 19 Greg Luzinski Manager 10 Tony La Russa Coaches 42 Loren Babe 15 Art Kusnyer 9 Minnie Minoso Dave Nelson 28 Vada Pinson 37 Ron Schueler 1 Bobby WinklesPlayer stats editBatting edit Note G Games played AB At bats R Runs scored H Hits 2B Doubles 3B Triples HR Home runs RBI Runs batted in BB Base on balls SO Strikeouts AVG Batting average SB Stolen bases Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB Bill Almon SS 103 349 46 105 10 2 4 41 21 60 301 16 Harold Baines RF 82 280 42 80 11 7 10 41 12 41 286 6 Tony Bernazard 2B 106 384 53 106 14 4 6 34 54 66 276 4 Jim Essian C 27 52 6 16 3 0 0 5 4 5 308 0 Carlton Fisk C 96 338 44 89 12 0 7 45 38 37 263 3 Jerry Hairston OF 9 25 5 7 1 0 1 6 2 4 280 0 Marc Hill C 16 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 000 0 Lamar Johnson 1B DH 41 134 10 37 7 0 1 15 5 14 276 0 Rusty Kuntz OF DH 67 55 15 14 2 0 0 4 6 8 255 1 Ron LeFlore LF CF 82 337 46 83 10 4 0 24 28 70 246 36 Chet Lemon CF 94 328 50 99 23 6 9 50 33 48 302 5 Jay Loviglio 3B 2B 14 15 5 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 267 2 Greg Luzinski DH 104 378 55 100 15 1 21 62 58 80 265 0 Bob Molinaro OF DH 47 42 7 11 1 1 1 9 8 1 262 1 Jim Morrison 3B 90 290 27 68 8 1 10 34 10 29 234 3 Wayne Nordhagen OF 65 208 19 64 8 1 6 33 10 25 308 0 Greg Pryor 3B SS 2B 47 76 4 17 1 0 0 6 6 8 281 0 Mike Squires 1B 92 294 35 78 9 0 0 25 22 17 265 7 Leo Sutherland OF 11 12 6 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 167 2 Jerry Turner RF 10 12 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 167 0 Team Totals 106 3615 476 982 135 27 76 438 322 518 272 86 Pitching edit Note W Wins L Losses ERA Earned run average G Games pitched GS Games started SV Saves IP Innings pitched H Hits allowed R Runs allowed ER Earned runs allowed HR Home runs allowed BB Walks allowed K Strikeouts Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K Juan Agosto 0 0 4 76 2 0 0 5 2 5 3 3 1 0 3 Francisco Barrios 1 3 3 96 8 7 0 36 1 45 23 16 3 15 12 Ross Baumgarten 5 9 4 07 19 19 0 101 2 101 56 46 9 43 52 Britt Burns 10 6 2 64 24 23 0 156 2 139 52 46 14 50 108 Richard Dotson 9 8 3 77 24 24 0 141 0 145 67 59 13 49 73 Ed Farmer 3 3 4 61 42 0 10 52 2 53 33 27 5 35 42 Kevin Hickey 0 2 3 65 41 0 3 44 1 38 22 18 3 23 17 LaMarr Hoyt 9 3 3 57 43 1 10 90 2 80 40 36 10 29 60 Jerry Koosman 1 4 3 33 8 3 0 27 0 27 10 10 2 7 21 Dennis Lamp 7 6 2 41 27 10 0 127 0 103 41 34 4 44 71 Lynn McGlothen 0 0 4 15 11 0 0 21 2 14 10 10 0 10 12 Reggie Patterson 0 1 13 50 6 1 0 7 1 14 11 11 1 6 2 Dewey Robinson 1 0 4 50 4 0 0 4 0 5 2 2 1 4 2 Steve Trout 8 7 3 47 20 18 0 124 2 122 53 48 7 38 54 Team Totals 54 52 3 47 106 106 23 940 2 891 423 363 73 353 529Farm system editSee also Minor League Baseball Level Team League Manager AAA Edmonton Trappers Pacific Coast League Gordon Lund AA Glens Falls White Sox Eastern League Jim Mahoney A Appleton Foxes Midwest League Sam Ewing Rookie GCL White Sox Gulf Coast League John Boles 10 Notes edit a b WSI s FLYINGSOCK COM Chicago White Sox coverage with totally biased attitude Archived from the original on December 22 2018 Retrieved January 2 2016 Minnie Minoso Statistics and History Baseball Reference com Baseball Reference com Retrieved January 2 2016 Ron LeFlore Statistics and History Baseball Reference com Baseball Reference com Retrieved January 2 2016 Carlton Fisk Statistics and History Baseball Reference com Baseball Reference com Retrieved January 2 2016 Dennis Lamp Statistics and History Baseball Reference com Baseball Reference com Retrieved January 2 2016 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