1981 Boston Red Sox season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Boston Red Sox
season = 1981
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = Eastern Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Fenway Park
y4 = 1912
city = Boston, Massachusetts
y5 = 1901
owners = JRY Trust, Buddy LeRoux, Haywood Sullivan
managers = Ralph Houk
television = WSBK-TV, Ch. 38
(Ken Harrelson, Ned Martin, Bob Montgomery)
radio = WITS-AM 1510
(Ken Coleman, Jon Miller)|The by|1981 Boston Red Sox season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Red Sox finishing 5th in the American League East with a record of 59 wins and 49 losses.

The season was suspended for 50 days due to the infamous 1981 players strike and the league chose as its playoff teams, the division winners from the first and second halves of the season, respectively.

Offseason

* On October 27, 1980, the Red Sox lured Ralph Houk out of retirement to become the 35th Manager in Red Sox history. The Boston Red Sox, Milton Cole and Jim Kaplan, p.58, World Publications Group, North Dighton, MA, ISBN 1-57215-412-8 ]

* December 10, 1980 – The Red Sox traded shortstop Rick Burleson and third baseman Butch Hobson to the California Angels in exchange for Carney Lansford, former Red Sox player Rick Miller, and Mark Clear. Burleson was unhappy with his contract negotiations with the Red Sox and initiated at leaving via free agency.

*January 23, 1981: Joe Rudi was traded by the California Angels with Jim Dorsey and Frank Tanana to the Boston Red Sox for Fred Lynn and Steve Renko. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rudijo01.shtml Joe Rudi Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Regular Season

Notable Transactions

*April 8, 1981: Dick Drago was traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Seattle Mariners for Manny Sarmiento. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dragodi01.shtml Dick Drago Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*June 8, 1981: Steve Lyons was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lyonsst01.shtml Steve Lyons Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

eason standings

Opening Day Line Up

Starting pitchers

Relief pitchers

Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball," 2nd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007]

* Class AAA: Pawtucket Red Sox (International League; Joe Morgan, manager)
* Class AA: Bristol Red Sox (Eastern League; Tony Torchia, manager) — LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class A: Winston-Salem Red Sox (Carolina League; Buddy Hunter, manager)
* Class A: Winter Haven Red Sox (Florida State League; Rac Slider, manager)
* Class SS-A: Elmira Suns (New York-Penn League; Dick Berardino, manager)

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1981.shtml 1981 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1981&t=BOS 1981 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com]