1981 California Angels season

MLB yearly infobox
name = California Angels
season = 1981
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1961
division = West Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform logo =
ballpark = Anaheim Stadium
y4 = 1966
city = Anaheim, California
y5 = 1966
owners = Gene Autry
managers = Jim Fregosi and Gene Mauch
television =KTLA
radio = KMPC
(Don Drysdale, Ron Fairly, Bob Starr)|

The California Angels 1981 season involved the Angels finishing 5th in the American League west with a record of 51 wins and 59 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

*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

eason standings

Transactions

*June 8, 1981: Dick Schofield was drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1981 amateur draft. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/schofdi02.shtml Dick Schofield Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*June 8, 1981: Devon White was drafted by the California Angels in the 6th round of the 1981 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 1981. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/whitede03.shtml Devon White Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Player stats

Batting

"Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In"

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997]

* Class AAA: Salt Lake City Gulls (Pacific Coast League; Moose Stubing, manager)
* Class AA: Holyoke Millers (Eastern League; Jim Saul, manager)
* Class A: Redwood Pioneers (California League; Chris Cannizzaro, manager)
* Class SS-A: Salem Senators (Northwest League; Rick Ingalls, manager)
* Rookie: Idaho Falls Angels (Pioneer League; Joe Maddon, manager)

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CAL/1981.shtml 1981 California Angels team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1981&t=CAL 1981 California Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]