1981 Baltimore Orioles
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Memorial Stadium
City	Baltimore, Maryland
Record	1st half: 31–23 (.574) 2nd half: 28–23 (.549) Overall: 59–46 (.562)
Divisional place	1st half: 2nd (2 GB) 2nd half: 4th (2 GB)
Owners	Edward Bennett Williams
General managers	Hank Peters
Managers	Earl Weaver
Television	WMAR-TV
Radio	WFBR (Chuck Thompson, Bill O'Donnell, Tom Marr)
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The 1981 Baltimore Orioles season was the franchise's 28th season based in Baltimore and 81st overall season as a member of the American League. Games were suspended for 50 days due to the 1981 Major League Baseball strike, causing a split season. The Orioles competed as members of the American League East, finishing second in the first half of the season and fourth in the second half of the season; their overall record was 59 wins and 46 losses. The Orioles hit five grand slams, the most in MLB in 1981.^[1]

Offseason

• December 15, 1980: Paul Hartzell was released by the Orioles.^[2]
• January 22, 1981: Joe Kerrigan and John Buffamoyer (minors) were traded by the Orioles to the Cincinnati Reds for Mike Grace and John Hale.^[3]

Regular season

• August 10, 1981: Cal Ripken Jr. made his major league debut in a game against the Kansas City Royals.^[4]

Notable transactions

• April 1, 1981: Kiko Garcia was traded by the Orioles to the Houston Astros for Chris Bourjos and cash.^[5]
• June 8, 1981: 1981 Major League Baseball Draft
  • Jeff Schaefer was drafted by the Orioles in the 12th round.^[6]
  • Cecil Fielder was drafted by the Orioles in the 31st round, but did not sign.^[7]

Season standings

v t e AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Milwaukee Brewers	62	47	0.569	—	28–21	34–26
Baltimore Orioles	59	46	0.562	1	33–22	26–24
New York Yankees	59	48	0.551	2	32–19	27–29
Detroit Tigers	60	49	0.550	2	32–23	28–26
Boston Red Sox	59	49	0.546	2½	30–23	29–26
Cleveland Indians	52	51	0.505	7	25–29	27–22
Toronto Blue Jays	37	69	0.349	23½	17–36	20–33

Record vs. opponents

1981 American League record v t e Sources:
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	—

Roster

1981 Baltimore Orioles roster
Roster
Pitchers 52 Mike Boddicker 46 Mike Flanagan 21 Dave Ford 36 Steve Luebber 30 Dennis Martínez 23 Tippy Martinez 16 Scott McGregor 22 Jim Palmer 57 Jeff Schneider 53 Sammy Stewart 49 Tim Stoddard 32 Steve Stone		Catchers 24 Rick Dempsey 37,41 Dan Graham 59 Willie Royster Infielders  7 Mark Belanger  2 Bobby Bonner 25 Rich Dauer 11 Doug DeCinces  6 Wayne Krenchicki 33 Eddie Murray  8 Cal Ripken Jr. 12 Lenn Sakata		Outfielders  1 Al Bumbry 15 Mark Corey 28 Jim Dwyer 38 John Lowenstein 35 Gary Roenicke 37 John Shelby 29 Ken Singleton 39 Dallas Williams Other batters 27 Benny Ayala 10 Terry Crowley 34 José Morales		Manager  4 Earl Weaver Coaches 44 Elrod Hendricks 31 Ray Miller 47 Cal Ripken, Sr. 54 Ralph Rowe 40 Jimmy Williams

Player stats

Batting

Starters by positionedit

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI