1981 Milwaukee Brewers season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Milwaukee Brewers
season = 1981
misc =

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current league = American League
y1 = 1969
division = East Division
y2 = 1972
Uniform
ballpark = Milwaukee County Stadium
y4 = 1970
city = Milwaukee, Wisconsin
y5 = 1970
owners = Bud Selig
managers = Buck Rodgers
television =WVTV
(Kent Derdivanis, Steve Shannon)
SCTV
radio = WISN (AM)
(Lorn Brown, Bob Uecker)|The Milwaukee Brewers' 1981 season involved the Brewers' finishing 1st in the American League East with a record of 62 wins and 47 losses. Rollie Fingers became the first relief pitcher in the history of the American League to win the MVP Award. [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.152, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0]

Offseason

* December 12, 1980: Sixto Lezcano, David Green, Lary Sorensen and Dave LaPoint were traded by the Brewers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ted Simmons, Rollie Fingers and Pete Vuckovich. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/simmote01.shtml Ted Simmons page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular season

eason standings

Notable transactions

* March 20, 1981: Bob Galasso was released by the Brewers. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/galasbo01.shtml Bob Galasso page at Baseball Reference] ]
* April 1, 1981: John Poff was traded by the Brewers to the Chicago White Sox for Thad Bosley. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/poffjo01.shtml John Poff page at Baseball Reference] ]

Roster

Pitching

tarting pitchers

Awards and records

* Cecil Cooper, Silver Slugger Award
* Rollie Fingers, American League Cy Young Award
* Rollie Fingers, American League MVP

References

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