1981 Boston Red Sox

59-49 • 0.546 Win% • 5th in AL E

📊 Season Record

59 Wins
49 Losses
0.546 Win %
5th Rank
519 R 481 RA
Diff +38

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519 Runs Scored
481 Runs Allowed
+38 Run Diff
1,060K Attendance

📈 vs. 1981 AL Average

Batting Avg .275 8% above the 1981 league average (.256)
OBP .340 6% above the 1981 league average (.319)
SLG .346 9% above the 1981 league average (.318)
Team ERA 3.81 4% worse than the 1981 league average (3.66)
Runs Scored 519 19% above the 1981 league average (437 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumFenway Park II
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Home Games 53
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Total Attendance 1,060,659
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Avg per Game 20,012

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Carney Lansford 0.336 2 Jerry Remy 0.307 3 Dwight Evans 0.296 4 Rick Miller 0.291 5 Rich Gedman 0.288

Home Runs

1 Dwight Evans 22 2 Jim Rice 17 3 Dave Stapleton 10 4 Tony Perez 9 5 Carl Yastrzemski 7

RBI

1 Dwight Evans 71 2 Jim Rice 62 3 Carl Yastrzemski 53 4 Carney Lansford 52 5 Dave Stapleton 42
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Jim Rice 108 451 51 128 0 0 17 62 34 76 2 0.284
Dwight Evans 108 412 84 122 0 0 22 71 85 85 3 0.296
Carney Lansford 102 399 61 134 0 0 4 52 34 28 15 0.336
Jerry Remy 88 358 55 110 0 0 0 31 36 30 9 0.307
Dave Stapleton 93 355 45 101 0 0 10 42 21 22 0 0.285
Carl Yastrzemski 91 338 36 83 0 0 7 53 49 28 0 0.246
Rick Miller 97 316 38 92 0 0 2 33 28 36 3 0.291
Tony Perez 84 306 35 77 0 0 9 39 27 66 0 0.252
Glenn Hoffman 78 242 28 56 0 0 1 20 12 25 0 0.231
Rich Gedman 62 205 22 59 0 0 5 26 9 31 0 0.288
Gary Allenson 47 139 23 31 0 0 5 25 23 33 0 0.223
Joe Rudi 49 122 14 22 0 0 6 24 8 29 0 0.180
Reid Nichols 39 48 13 9 0 0 0 3 2 6 0 0.188
Garry Hancock 26 45 4 7 0 0 0 3 2 4 0 0.156
Dave Schmidt 15 42 6 10 0 0 2 3 7 17 0 0.238
Julio Valdez 17 23 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0.217
Chico Walker 6 17 3 6 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0.353
Tom Poquette 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Luis Aponte 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tom Burgmeier 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Campbell 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mark Clear 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Crawford 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dennis Eckersley 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bruce Hurst 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Lickert 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Ojeda 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chuck Rainey 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Stanley 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Frank Tanana 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Torrez 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Tudor 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Chuck Rainey 2.70 2 Tom Burgmeier 2.87 3 Bob Ojeda 3.12 4 Bill Campbell 3.17 5 Mike Torrez 3.68

Wins

1 Bob Stanley 10 2 Mike Torrez 10 3 Dennis Eckersley 9 4 Mark Clear 8 5 Bob Ojeda 6

Strikeouts

1 Mark Clear 82 2 Dennis Eckersley 79 3 Frank Tanana 78 4 Mike Torrez 54 5 John Tudor 44
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Dennis Eckersley 9 8 4.27 23 23 0 154.0 35 79
Frank Tanana 4 10 4.01 24 23 0 141.1 43 78
Mike Torrez 10 3 3.68 22 22 0 127.1 51 54
Bob Stanley 10 8 3.83 35 1 0 98.2 38 28
John Tudor 4 3 4.58 18 11 1 78.2 28 44
Mark Clear 8 3 4.11 34 0 9 76.2 51 82
Bob Ojeda 6 2 3.12 10 10 0 66.1 25 28
Tom Burgmeier 4 5 2.87 32 0 6 59.2 17 35
Steve Crawford 0 5 4.99 14 11 0 57.2 18 29
Bill Campbell 1 1 3.17 30 0 7 48.1 20 37
Chuck Rainey 0 1 2.70 11 2 0 40.0 13 20
Bruce Hurst 2 0 4.30 5 5 0 23.0 12 11
Luis Aponte 1 0 0.57 7 0 1 15.2 3 11

👥 Roster (32)

Gary Allenson Luis Aponte Tom Burgmeier Bill Campbell Mark Clear Steve Crawford Dennis Eckersley Dwight Evans Rich Gedman Garry Hancock Glenn Hoffman Bruce Hurst +20 more

32 players

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