The 1981 Cleveland Indians season was the franchise's 81st season as a member of the American League. Games were suspended for 50 days due to the 1981 Major League Baseball strike, causing a split season. The Indians finished the first half of the season in sixth place in the American League East, and the second half of the season tied for fifth place. Managed by Dave Garcia, the Indians played their home games at Cleveland Stadium and had an overall record of 52 wins and 51 losses.

Offseason December 8, 1980: Dan Spillner was signed as a free agent by the Indians.Dan Spillner at Baseball Reference December 9, 1980: Gary Alexander, Víctor Cruz, Rafael Vásquez, and Bob Owchinko were traded by the Indians to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Bert Blyleven and Manny Sanguillén.Bert Blyleven at Baseball Reference

Regular season May 15, 1981: Len Barker pitched a perfect game against the Toronto Blue Jays. It was the 10th perfect game in MLB history, and remains the most recent no-hitter thrown by an Indian.Chronological list of no-hitters at Retrosheet Barker was later selected to the All-Star Game.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day Lineup +Opening Day Starters # Name Position27 Miguel Diloné DH20 Rick Manning CF21 Mike Hargrove 1B34 Joe Charboneau LF11 Toby Harrah 3B6 Jorge Orta RF16 Bo Díaz C7 Alan Bannister 2B 15 Tom Veryzer SS28 Bert Blyleven P 1981 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference

Roster 1981 Cleveland Indians roster Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches (Pitching) (Hitting/First Base) (Third Base) (Bullpen)

Player stats

= Indicates team leader Batting Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB 21 47 3 10 3 0 0 6 .213 0 68 232 36 61 11 1 1 17 .263 16 48 138 14 29 7 1 4 18 .210 1 63 182 25 57 19 07 38 .313 2 72 269 33 78 5 5 0 19 .290 29 48 57 10 17 0 0 0 6 .298 7 22 43 3 10 1 0 0 5 .233 3 94 322 43 10221 0 249 .317 5 103 36164 105 12 4 5 44 .291 12 61 190 8 44 4 0 1 25 .232 0 43 109 21 28 8 2 1 17 .257 8 48 75 8 16 4 0 1 16 .213 2 72 206 15 53 6 0 0 14 .257 1 26 23 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 103 360 47 88 15 3 4 33 .244 25 88 338 50 92 14 3 5 34 .272 4 14 15 3 4 0 2 1 4 .267 0 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 43 84 11 20 4 0 1 7 .238 0 69 226 22 54 12 0 6 30 .239 3 75 221 13 54 4 0 0 14 .244 1 Team totals 103 3507 431 922 150 21 39 397 .263 119

Pitching

= Indicates league leader

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K 8 7 3.91 2222 0 154.1 150 72 67 46 127 11 72.88 20 20 0159.1 145 52 51 40 107 2 2 3.17 7 6 0 48.1 49 20 17 14 15 10 6 3.15 19 19 0 145.2 139 62 5166 94 3 7 5.79 12 10 0 56.0 89 40 36 14 15 0 0 1.17 4 0 0 7.2 5 1 1 4 4 0 0 7.59 14 0 0 21.1 36 20 18 3 11 0 0 5.40 7 0 0 13.1 16 8 8 2 11 3 5 4.34 31 0 4 58.0 58 31 28 21 41 4 4 3.14 32 5 7 97.1 86 41 34 39 59 3 3 4.36 24 0 2 43.1 43 21 21 18 34 8 10 4.92 22 21 0 126.1 173 74 69 44 51 Team totals 52 51 3.88 103 103 13 931.0 989 442 401 311 569

Awards and honors

All-Star Game Len Barker, Reserve Bo Diaz, Catcher, Reserve

Farm system

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

Notes

References 1981 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference 1981 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac