1981 New York Yankees season New York Yankees' 1981 season ALCS , the Yankees swept the Oakland Athletics for their only pennant of the 1980s. However, they lost in the World Series in 6 games to the Los Angeles Dodgers . New York was managed by Gene Michael and Bob Lemon . The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium .Offseason November 18, 1980: Brad Gulden was traded by the New York Yankees with $150,000 to the Seattle Mariners for a player to be named later and Larry Milbourne . The Seattle Mariners sent back Brad Gulden to the New York Yankees to complete the trade . In effect, Brad Gulden was traded for himself. December 8, 1980: Brian Doyle was drafted from the Yankees by the Oakland Athletics in the 1980 rule 5 draft . December 15, 1980: Dave Winfield was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees. February 16, 1981: Rafael Santana was traded by the Yankees to the St. Louis Cardinals for a player to be named later. The Cardinals completed the deal by sending George Frazier to the Yankees on June 7. March 31, 1981: Chris Welsh , Ruppert Jones , Joe Lefebvre , and Tim Lollar were traded by the Yankees to the San Diego Padres for Jerry Mumphrey and John Pacella .Regular season American League East for the first half of the season with a 34-22 record, but finished fifth in the second half with a 25-26 record, for an overall record of 59-48. 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.Notable transactions April 6, 1981: Johnny Oates was signed as a free agent by the Yankees. May 20, 1981: Jim Spencer and Tom Underwood were traded by the Yankees to the Oakland Athletics for Dave Revering , Mike Patterson , and Chuck Dougherty. June 12 , 1981: Doug Bird , a player to be named later, and $400,000 were traded by the Yankees to the Chicago Cubs for Rick Reuschel . The Yankees completed the deal by sending Mike Griffin to the Cubs on August 5. August 19, 1981: Pat Tabler was traded by the Yankees to the Chicago Cubs for players to be named later . The Cubs completed the deal by sending Bill Caudill to the Yankees on April 1, 1982, and Jay Howell to the Yankees on August 2 .Draft picks June 8, 1981: 1981 Major League Baseball Draft *John Elway was drafted by the Yankees in the 2nd round. *Phil Lombardi was drafted by the Yankees in the 3rd round. *Eric Plunk was drafted by the Yankees in the 4th round. Player signed June 15, 1981. *Fred McGriff was drafted by the Yankees in the 9th round. McGriff signed on June 11, 1981.Season standings Record vs. opponents Roster Player stats Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played ; AB = At bats ; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB C 71 234 23 57 .244 2 21 0 1B 59 156 15 33 .212 6 12 0 2B 93 357 59 83 .232 2 24 14 SS 73 227 20 54 .238 7 27 0 3B 103 349 46 85 .244 15 46 0 LF 105 388 52 114 .294 13 68 11 CF 80 319 44 98 .307 6 32 14 RF 94 334 33 79 .237 15 54 0 DH 50 117 14 31 .265 6 24 0
Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI 80 189 45 .238 10 27 61 163 51 .313 1 12 60 159 44 .277 5 18 40 125 26 .208 6 10 45 119 28 .235 2 7 25 63 9 .143 2 4 31 62 14 .226 0 6 34 55 6 .109 0 1 10 26 5 .192 0 0 4 9 2 .222 0 0
Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average ; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 15 105.1 8 4 2.05 89
Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average ; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 17 53.1 5 1 2.70 28 9 32.2 1 4 4.41 29
Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO 16 0 1 3 1.63 17 5 0 0 0 5.14 7
Postseason ALDS New York wins series, 3-2.ALCS New York Yankees win the Series over the Oakland Athletics, 3-0Game Score Date Location Attendance Time of Game 1 Dodgers – 3, Yankees – 5 October 20 Yankee Stadium 56,470 2:32 2 Dodgers – 0, Yankees – 3 October 21 Yankee Stadium 56,505 2:29 3 Yankees – 4, Dodgers – 5 October 23 Dodger Stadium 56,236 3:04 4 Yankees – 7, Dodgers – 8 October 24 Dodger Stadium 56,242 3:32 5 Yankees – 1, Dodgers – 2 October 25 Dodger Stadium 56,115 2:19 6 Dodgers – 9 , Yankees – 2October 28 Yankee Stadium 56,513 3:09
Awards and honors All-Star Game
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