1981 Atlanta Braves season

March 2026 November 2013 Atlanta Braves 1981 National League West Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Atlanta 50–56 (.472) 5th Ted Turner John Mullen Bobby Cox WTBS/Superstation WTBS WSB(Ernie Johnson, Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Darrel Chaney) The 1981 Atlanta Braves season was the 16th in Atlanta and the 111th overall. Offseason November 15, 1980: Claudell Washington was signed as a free agent by the Braves.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/washicl01.shtml Claudell Washington Stats December 12, 1980: Doyle Alexander was traded by the Braves to the San Francisco Giants for John Montefusco and Craig Landis (minors).Doyle Alexander at Baseball Reference January 12, 1981: Gaylord Perry was signed as a free agent by the Braves.Gaylord Perry at Baseball Reference March 25, 1981: Gary Matthews was traded by the Braves to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bob Walk. at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents ATL Roster 1981 Atlanta Braves Roster Pitchers 50 Jose Alvarez 32 Steve Bedrosian 40 Tommy Boggs 34 Larry Bradford 37 Rick Camp 26 Gene Garber 49 Preston Hanna 39 Al Hrabosky 42 Rick Mahler 29 Rick Matula 27 Larry McWilliams 24 John Montefusco 35 Phil Niekro 36 Gaylord Perry 43 Bob Walk Catchers 20 Bruce Benedict 15 Bill Nahorodny 12 Larry Owen 14 Matt Sinatro Infielders 10 Chris Chambliss  9 Luis Gómez  5 Bob Horner 17 Glenn Hubbard 47 Brook Jacoby  4 Biff Pocoroba 16 Rafael Ramírez  1 Jerry Royster 15 Paul Runge 11 Ken Smith Outfielders 30 Brian Asselstine 22 Brett Butler 31 Albert Hall 19 Terry Harper 25 Rufino Linares 28 Mike Lum 45 Eddie Miller  3 Dale Murphy 18 Claudell Washington 28 Larry Whisenton Other batters 22 Bob Porter Manager  6 Bobby Cox Coaches 23 Tommie Aaron 48 Cloyd Boyer  2 Bobby Dews  8 John Sullivan 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 Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Bruce Benedict 90 295 78 .264 5 35 1B Chris Chambliss 107 404 110 .272 8 51 2B Glenn Hubbard Glenn Hubbard (baseball) 99 361 85 .235 6 33 SS Rafael Ramírez Rafael Ramírez (baseball) 95 307 67 .218 2 20 3B Bob Horner 79 300 83 .277 15 42 LF Rufino Linares 78 253 67 .265 5 25 CF Dale Murphy 104 369 91 .247 13 50 RF Claudell Washington 85 320 93 .291 5 37 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 Eddie Miller Eddie Miller (outfielder) 50 134 31 .231 0 7 Brett Butler 40 126 32 .254 0 4 Biff Pocoroba 57 122 22 .180 0 8 Jerry Royster 64 93 19 .204 0 9 Brian Asselstine 56 86 22 .256 2 10 Terry Harper 40 73 19 .260 2 8 Luis Gómez Luis Gómez (baseball) 35 35 7 .200 0 1 Matt Sinatro 12 32 9 .281 0 4 Paul Runge Paul Runge (infielder) 10 27 7 .259 0 2 Larry Owen 13 16 0 .000 0 0 Bob Porter Bob Porter (baseball) 17 14 4 .286 0 4 Bill Nahorodny 14 13 3 .231 0 2 Mike Lum 10 11 1 .091 0 0 Brook Jacoby 11 10 2 .200 0 1 Larry Whisenton 9 5 1 .200 0 0 Ken Smith 5 3 1 .333 0 0 Albert Hall 6 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 Player G IP W L ERA SO Gaylord Perry 23 150.2 8 9 3.94 60 Tommy Boggs 25 142.2 3 13 4.10 81 Phil Niekro 22 139.1 7 7 3.10 62 Larry McWilliams 6 37.2 2 1 3.11 23 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 Rick Mahler 34 112.1 8 6 2.80 54 John Montefusco 26 77.1 2 3 3.49 34 Bob Walk 12 43.1 1 4 4.57 16 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Rick Camp 48 9 3 17 1.78 47 Gene Garber 35 4 6 2 2.61 34 Larry Bradford 25 2 0 1 3.71 14 Al Hrabosky 24 1 1 1 1.07 13 Preston Hanna 20 2 1 0 6.37 22 Steve Bedrosian 15 1 2 0 4.44 9 Rick Matula 5 0 0 0 6.43 0 Jose Alvarez Jose Alvarez (baseball) 1 0 0 0 0.00 2 Luis Gómez Luis Gómez (baseball) 1 0 0 0 27.00 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Richmond Braves International League Eddie Haas AA Savannah Braves Southern League Andy Gilbert A Durham Bulls Carolina League Al Gallagher A Anderson Braves South Atlantic League Sonny Jackson Rookie GCL Braves Gulf Coast League Pedro González Notes 2 References Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 1981 Atlanta Braves season at Baseball Reference Category:Atlanta Braves seasons Atlanta Braves Season, 1981 Atlanta