1981 Boston Red Sox roster

Manager: Ralph Houk

30 players appeared for the Boston Red Sox in the 1981 MLB season.

1981 Red Sox roster: batting

1981 Boston Red Sox 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.
Jim RiceDH281084515112817622.284.333.775
Dwight EvansRF291084128412222713.296.415.937
Carney Lansford3B241023996113445215.336.389.828
Jerry Remy2B2888358551100319.307.368.706
Dave Stapleton1B27933554510110420.285.325.747
Carl YastrzemskiDH419133836837530.246.338.693
Rick MillerDH339731638922333.291.349.725
Tony Perez1B398430635779390.252.310.705
Glenn HoffmanSS227824228561200.231.271.556
Rich GedmanC216220522595260.288.317.751
Gary AllensonC264713923315250.223.335.724
Joe Rudi1B344912214226240.180.239.591
Reid Nichols3B223948139030.188.216.445
Gary HancockRF27264547030.156.191.414
Dave SchmidtC241542610230.238.347.752
Julio Valdez2B25172315030.217.208.426
Chico Walker2B2261736020.353.389.742

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

1981 Red Sox roster: pitching

1981 Boston Red Sox 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.
Dennis EckersleyRP262323984.27154.0791.270
Frank TananaSP2724234104.02141.0781.310
Mike TorrezSP3422221033.68127.1541.420
Bob StanleyRP263511083.8398.2281.500
John TudorSP271811434.5878.2441.301
Mark ClearRP25340834.1176.2821.579
Bob OjedaSP231010623.1466.0281.140
Tom BurgmeierRP37320452.8759.2351.316
Steve CrawfordRP231411054.9957.2291.510
Bill CampbellRP32300113.1748.1371.347
Chuck RaineyRP26112012.7040.0201.300
Bruce HurstSP2355204.3023.0111.520
Luis AponteRP2870100.5715.2110.891

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.