1981 California Angels

51-59 • 0.464 Win% • 5th in AL W

📊 Season Record

51 Wins
59 Losses
0.464 Win %
5th Rank
476 R 453 RA
Diff +23

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⚡ Quick Stats

476 Runs Scored
453 Runs Allowed
+23 Run Diff
1,441K Attendance

📈 vs. 1981 AL Average

Batting Avg .255 equal to the 1981 league average (.256)
OBP .327 2% above the 1981 league average (.319)
SLG .334 5% above the 1981 league average (.318)
Team ERA 3.70 1% worse than the 1981 league average (3.66)
Runs Scored 476 9% above the 1981 league average (437 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumAngel Stadium of Anaheim
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Home Games 54
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Total Attendance 1,441,545
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Avg per Game 26,695

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Rod Carew 0.305 2 Bobby Grich 0.304 3 Rick Burleson 0.293 4 Dan Ford 0.277 5 Daryl Sconiers 0.269

Home Runs

1 Bobby Grich 22 2 Don Baylor 17 3 Dan Ford 15 4 Brian Downing 9 5 Rick Burleson 5

RBI

1 Don Baylor 66 2 Bobby Grich 61 3 Dan Ford 48 4 Brian Downing 41 5 Butch Hobson 36
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Rick Burleson 109 430 53 126 0 0 5 33 42 38 4 0.293
Don Baylor 103 377 52 90 0 0 17 66 42 51 3 0.239
Dan Ford 97 375 53 104 0 0 15 48 23 71 2 0.277
Rod Carew 93 364 57 111 0 0 2 21 45 45 16 0.305
Bobby Grich 100 352 56 107 0 0 22 61 40 71 2 0.304
Brian Downing 93 317 47 79 0 0 9 41 46 35 1 0.249
Butch Hobson 85 268 27 63 0 0 4 36 35 60 1 0.235
Ed Ott 75 258 20 56 0 0 2 22 17 42 2 0.217
Fred Lynn 76 256 28 56 0 0 5 31 38 42 1 0.219
Juan Beniquez 58 166 18 30 0 0 3 13 15 16 2 0.181
Bobby Clark 34 88 12 22 0 0 4 19 7 18 0 0.250
Bert Campaneris 55 82 11 21 0 0 1 10 5 10 5 0.256
Larry Harlow 43 82 13 17 0 0 0 4 16 25 1 0.207
John Harris 36 77 5 19 0 0 3 9 3 11 0 0.247
Daryl Sconiers 15 52 6 14 0 0 1 7 1 10 0 0.269
Freddie Patek 27 47 3 11 0 0 0 5 1 6 1 0.234
Tom Brunansky 11 33 7 5 0 0 3 6 8 10 1 0.152
Joe Ferguson 12 30 5 7 0 0 1 5 9 8 0 0.233
Steve Lubratich 7 21 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0.143
Brian Harper 4 11 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.273
Bob Davis 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Don Aase 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John D'Acquisto 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ken Forsch 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Frost 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Andy Hassler 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jesse Jefferson 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bruce Kison 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mickey Mahler 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Freddie Martinez 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Angel Moreno 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Doug Rau 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Renko 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Luis Sanchez 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Travers 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Witt 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Geoff Zahn 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Don Aase 2.34 2 Angel Moreno 2.87 3 Ken Forsch 2.88 4 Luis Sanchez 2.94 5 Andy Hassler 3.21

Wins

1 Ken Forsch 11 2 Geoff Zahn 10 3 Steve Renko 8 4 Mike Witt 8 5 Don Aase 4

Strikeouts

1 Mike Witt 75 2 Ken Forsch 55 3 Geoff Zahn 52 4 Steve Renko 50 5 Andy Hassler 44
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Geoff Zahn 10 11 4.41 25 25 0 161.1 43 52
Ken Forsch 11 7 2.88 20 20 0 153.0 27 55
Mike Witt 8 9 3.28 22 21 0 129.0 47 75
Steve Renko 8 4 3.44 22 15 1 102.0 42 50
Jesse Jefferson 2 4 3.62 26 5 0 77.0 24 27
Andy Hassler 4 3 3.21 42 0 5 75.2 33 44
Don Aase 4 4 2.34 39 0 11 65.1 24 38
Dave Frost 1 8 5.51 12 9 0 47.1 19 16
Bruce Kison 1 1 3.48 11 4 0 44.0 14 19
Luis Sanchez 0 2 2.94 17 0 2 33.2 11 13
Angel Moreno 1 3 2.87 8 4 0 31.1 14 12
John D'Acquisto 0 0 10.71 6 0 0 19.1 12 8
Doug Rau 1 2 8.71 3 3 0 10.1 4 3
Bill Travers 0 1 8.38 4 4 0 9.2 4 5
Mickey Mahler 0 0 0.00 6 0 0 6.1 2 5
Freddie Martinez 0 0 3.00 2 0 0 6.0 3 4

👥 Roster (37)

Don Aase Don Baylor Juan Beniquez Tom Brunansky Rick Burleson Bert Campaneris Rod Carew Bobby Clark John D'Acquisto Bob Davis Brian Downing Joe Ferguson +25 more

37 players

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