1981 Athletics roster

Manager: Billy Martin

33 players appeared for the Athletics in the 1981 MLB season.

1981 Athletics roster: batting

1981 Athletics batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Tony ArmasRF271094405111522765.261.294.774
Rickey HendersonLF221084238913563556.319.408.845
Dwayne MurphyLF261073905898156010.251.369.777
Mike HeathC268430126718303.236.269.615
Cliff JohnsonDH3384273407117595.260.329.805
Wayne Gross3B2982243295010312.206.304.670
Dave McKay2B317922425594214.263.313.688
Jeff NewmanC326821617503150.231.260.589
Rob Picciolo3B288217923484130.268.290.687
Shooty Babitt2B225415610400145.256.314.615
Fred StanleySS33661451528072.193.269.489
Mitchell PageDH2934929134132.141.200.483
Keith Drumright2B2631868250110.291.319.644
Kelvin Moore1B231447512131.255.327.689
Mickey Klutts3B2615469175110.370.3961.091
Brian Doyle2B26174025030.125.146.271
Mark BudaskaDH2893235020.156.250.438
Tim HosleyDH34182122150.095.174.412
Mike DavisRF22172001000.050.136.236
Jimmy SextonSS267330002.000.000.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1981 Athletics roster: pitching

1981 Athletics pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Rick LangfordSP29242412102.99195.1841.270
Steve McCattyRP2722221472.33185.2911.080
Mike NorrisRP2623231293.75172.2781.200
Matt KeoughRP2519191063.40140.1601.210
Brian KingmanRP261815363.95100.1521.440
Jeff JonesRP24330413.3961.0431.493
Bob OwchinkoSP26290433.2039.1261.352
Dave BeardSP2180112.7713.0151.003
Bo McLaughlinP271100011.5711.232.231
Ed FigueroaSP3221005.408.111.680
Craig MinettoRP2780002.706.241.650
Dave HeaverloRP3060101.595.221.760
Rich BordiSP2220000.002.001.000

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.