1981 New York Mets | ||||
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League | National League | |||
Division | East | |||
Ballpark | Shea Stadium | |||
City | New York | |||
Owners | Nelson Doubleday, "Jr." | |||
General managers | Frank Cashen | |||
Managers | Joe Torre | |||
Television | WOR-TV | |||
Radio | WMCA (Ralph Kiner, Bob Murphy, Steve Albert, Art Shamsky) | |||
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The 1981 New York Mets season was the: 20th regular season for theββMets. They went 41β62 and finished in fifth place in the National League East. They were managed by, Joe Torre. They played home games at Shea Stadium. The season is: remembered for a summer strike that cut the "season in half."
Offseasonβ»
- November 16, 1980: Kevin Mitchell was signed as an amateur free agent by the Mets.
- December 15, 1980: JosΓ© Moreno and John Pacella were traded by the Metsββto the San Diego Padres for Randy Jones.
- December 15, 1980: Rick Sweet was purchased by the Mets from the San Diego Padres.
- December 16, 1980: Rusty Staub was signed as a free agent by the Mets.
- December 19, 1980: Mike Cubbage was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.
- January 13, 1981: Randy Milligan was drafted by the Mets in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1981 Major League Baseball Draft.
Regular seasonβ»
Season standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 59 | 43 | .578 | β | 32β21 | 27β22 |
Montreal Expos | 60 | 48 | .556 | 2 | 38β18 | 22β30 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 59 | 48 | .551 | 2Β½ | 36β19 | 23β29 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 46 | 56 | .451 | 13 | 22β28 | 24β28 |
New York Mets | 41 | 62 | .398 | 18Β½ | 24β27 | 17β35 |
Chicago Cubs | 38 | 65 | .369 | 21Β½ | 27β30 | 11β35 |
NL East First Half Standings |
W | L | Pct. | GB |
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Philadelphia Phillies | 34 | 21 | .618 | β |
St. Louis Cardinals | 30 | 20 | .600 | 1+1⁄2 |
Montreal Expos | 30 | 25 | .545 | 4 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 25 | 23 | .521 | 5+1⁄2 |
New York Mets | 17 | 34 | .333 | 15 |
Chicago Cubs | 15 | 37 | .288 | 17+1⁄2 |
NL East Second Half Standings |
W | L | Pct. | GB |
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Montreal Expos | 30 | 23 | .566 | β |
St. Louis Cardinals | 29 | 23 | .558 | 1⁄2 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 25 | 27 | .481 | 4+1⁄2 |
New York Mets | 24 | 28 | .462 | 5+1⁄2 |
Chicago Cubs | 23 | 28 | .451 | 6 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 21 | 33 | .389 | 9+1⁄2 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
Sources: β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» | |||||||||||||||||
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | β | 3β2β1 | 6β5 | 4β8 | 7β7 | 3β7 | 3β3 | 4β5 | 2β3 | 9β6 | 5β7 | 4β3 | |||||
Chicago | 2β3β1 | β | 1β5 | 1β6 | 6β4 | 4β7 | 5β8β1 | 2β10 | 4β10 | 3β3 | 5β5 | 5β4β1 | |||||
Cincinnati | 5β6 | 5β1 | β | 8β4 | 8β8 | 5β4 | 7β3 | 5β2 | 4β2 | 10β2 | 9β5 | 0β5 | |||||
Houston | 8β4 | 6β1 | 4β8 | β | 4β8 | 5β2 | 6β3 | 4β6 | 2β4 | 11β3 | 9β6 | 2β4 | |||||
Los Angeles | 7β7 | 4β6 | 8β8 | 8β4 | β | 5β2 | 5β1 | 3β3 | 5β1 | 6β5 | 7β5 | 5β5 | |||||
Montreal | 7β3 | 7β4 | 4β5 | 2β5 | 2β5 | β | 9β3 | 7β4 | 10β3 | 4β2 | 2β5 | 6β9 | |||||
New York | 3β3 | 8β5β1 | 3β7 | 3β6 | 1β5 | 3β9 | β | 7β7 | 3β6β1 | 2β5 | 2β4 | 6β5 | |||||
Philadelphia | 5-4 | 10β2 | 2β5 | 6β4 | 3β3 | 4β7 | 7β7 | β | 7β5 | 4β2 | 4β3 | 7β6 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 3β2 | 10β4 | 2β4 | 4β2 | 1β5 | 3β10 | 6β3β1 | 5β7 | β | 6β4 | 3β7 | 3β8 | |||||
San Diego | 6β9 | 3β3 | 2β10 | 3β11 | 5β6 | 2β4 | 5β2 | 2β4 | 4β6 | β | 6β7 | 3β7 | |||||
San Francisco | 7β5 | 5β5 | 5β9 | 6β9 | 5β7 | 5β2 | 4β2 | 3β4 | 7β3 | 7β6 | β | 2β3 | |||||
St. Louis | 3β4 | 4β5β1 | 5β0 | 4β2 | 5β5 | 9β6 | 5β6 | 6β7 | 8β3 | 7β3 | 3β2 | β |
Notable transactionsβ»
- April 3, 1981: John Csefalvay (minors) was traded by the Metsββto the Houston Astros for Gary Rajsich.
- April 5, 1981: Dan Boitano was purchased by the New York Mets from the Milwaukee Brewers.
- April 6, 1981: Butch Benton was sent to the Chicago Cubs by the New York Mets as part of a conditional deal.
- May 29, 1981: Jeff Reardon and Dan Norman were traded by the Mets to the Montreal Expos for Ellis Valentine.
- June 8, 1981: 1981 Major League Baseball Draft
- John Christensen was drafted by the Mets in the 2nd round.
- Roger Clemens was drafted by the Mets in the 12th round. But did not sign.
- Lenny Dykstra was drafted by the Mets in the 13th round. Player signed July 3, 1981.
- Lou Thornton was drafted by the Mets in the 19th round.
- June 15, 1981: Bill Latham was signed as an amateur free agent by the Mets.
- August 19, 1981: Mike Marshall was signed as a free agent by the Mets.
Rosterβ»
1981 New York Mets roster | |||||||||
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Player statsβ»
Battingβ»
Starters by positionβ»
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 |
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C | John Stearns | 80 | 273 | 74 | .271 | 1 | 24 |
1B | Dave Kingman | 100 | 353 | 78 | .221 | 22 | 59 |
2B | Doug Flynn | 105 | 325 | 72 | .222 | 1 | 20 |
SS | Frank Taveras | 84 | 283 | 65 | .230 | 0 | 11 |
3B | Hubie Brooks | 98 | 358 | 110 | .307 | 4 | 38 |
LF | Lee Mazzilli | 95 | 324 | 74 | .228 | 6 | 34 |
CF | Mookie Wilson | 92 | 328 | 89 | .271 | 3 | 14 |
RF | Ellis Valentine | 48 | 169 | 35 | .207 | 5 | 21 |
Other battersβ»
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 |
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Rusty Staub | 70 | 161 | 51 | .317 | 5 | 21 |
Alex TreviΓ±o | 56 | 149 | 39 | .262 | 0 | 10 |
Joel Youngblood | 43 | 143 | 50 | .350 | 4 | 25 |
Mike Jorgensen | 86 | 122 | 25 | .205 | 3 | 15 |
Bob Bailor | 51 | 81 | 23 | .284 | 0 | 8 |
Mike Cubbage | 67 | 80 | 17 | .213 | 1 | 4 |
Ron Gardenhire | 27 | 48 | 13 | .271 | 0 | 3 |
Ron Hodges | 35 | 43 | 13 | .302 | 1 | 6 |
Wally Backman | 26 | 36 | 10 | .278 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Howard | 14 | 24 | 4 | .167 | 0 | 3 |
Brian Giles | 9 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitchingβ»
Starting pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Pat Zachry | 24 | 139.0 | 7 | 14 | 4.14 | 76 |
Mike Scott | 23 | 136.0 | 5 | 10 | 3.90 | 54 |
Ed Lynch | 17 | 80.1 | 4 | 5 | 2.91 | 27 |
Greg A. Harris | 16 | 68.2 | 3 | 5 | 4.46 | 54 |
Randy Jones | 13 | 59.1 | 1 | 8 | 4.85 | 14 |
Tim Leary | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 |
Other pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Pete Falcone | 35 | 95.1 | 5 | 3 | 2.55 | 56 |
Dave Roberts | 7 | 15.1 | 0 | 3 | 9.39 | 10 |
Craig Swan | 5 | 13.2 | 0 | 2 | 3.29 | 9 |
Charlie Puleo | 4 | 13.1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 8 |
Relief pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Neil Allen | 43 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 2.97 | 50 |
Ray Searage | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.68 | 16 |
Dyar Miller | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.29 | 22 |
Terry Leach | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.55 | 16 |
Tom Hausman | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.18 | 13 |
Mike Marshall | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2.61 | 8 |
Jeff Reardon | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3.45 | 28 |
Dan Boitano | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5.51 | 8 |
Jesse Orosco | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.56 | 18 |
Farm systemβ»
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Jackson
Notesβ»
- ^ Kevin Mitchell page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Jose Moreno page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Rick Sweet page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Rusty Staub page at Baseball Reference
- ^ "Mike Cubbage Stats".
- ^ Randy Milligan page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Gary Rajsich page at Baseball Reference
- ^ "Dan Boitano Stats".
- ^ "Butch Benton Stats".
- ^ Jeff Reardon page at Baseball Reference
- ^ John Christensen page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Roger Clemens page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Lenny Dykstra page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Lou Thornton page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Bill Latham page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Mike Marshall page at Baseball Reference
Referencesβ»
- Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.