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1981 Cleveland Indians (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980/1982)
First Half: 26-24, Finished 6th
Second Half: 26-27, Finished 5th
Overall: 52-51, Finished 6th in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 431 runs, Allowed 442 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 50-53
Managed by Dave Garcia

Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 661,395 (12th of 14)
Park Factors
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Batting - 100, Pitching - 100
  (one-year): Batting - 95, Pitching - 95
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1981 Stats / Schedule (1980/1982) / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

Game Results

Season Summary   52-51 , Final Rank: 6, GB:    7.0
Days in First:                  16 (last on May 17, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:           9 (last on May 19)
Most Games under .500:           4 (last on August 24)

Biggest Lead:                  1.5 (last on May 13)
Farthest Behind Leader:        8.5 (last on September 20)

Longest Winning Streak:          5 (April 16 to April 22, August 25 to August 30, and September 26 to October 2)
Longest Losing Streak:           7 (June 7 to August 11)

Most Runs Allowed:              16 (August 24)
Most Runs Scored:               17 (August 30)

Longest Game:                   16 innings (May 13)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       6
Times Opponent Shutout:         10

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        52  51     431     442    .505

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           25  29     210     216    .463
Road           27  22     221     226    .551

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           8   4      40      36    .667
May            15  13     111     100    .536
June            3   7      36      43    .300
August         10  12     106     116    .455
September      15  12     125     124    .556
October         1   3      13      23    .250

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     26  24     187     179    .520
Second Half    26  27     244     263    .491

Extra-Innings
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
ExtraInning     5   5      42      45    .500
Full Games     47  45     388     394    .511
Shortened       0   1       1       3    .000
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        11  13      86      88    .458

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        12  13     138     155    .480

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BAL             2   4      27      42    .333
BOS             6   7      63      64    .462
CAL             5   7      37      53    .417
CHW             5   2      27      22    .714
DET             1   5      30      38    .167
KCR             4   4      26      33    .500
MIL             3   6      32      40    .333
MIN             2   1      14      10    .667
NYY             7   5      54      38    .583
OAK             3   2      21      25    .600
SEA             8   4      72      45    .667
TEX             2   2      15      20    .500
TOR             4   2      13      12    .667

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Sat, Apr 11 box CLE  MIL  L   3-5        0-1     5     1.5  2:48 M Caldwell   B Blyleven    71,067 -
  2 Sun, Apr 12 box CLE  MIL  L   1-6        0-2     7     2.0  2:23 J Slaton     J Denny       13,094 --
  3 Tue, Apr 14 box CLE @TEX  W   7-1        1-2     6     1.5  2:23 R Waits      J Matlack     22,761 +
  4 Wed, Apr 15 box CLE @TEX  L   0-8        1-3     7     2.5  2:22 D Medich     L Barker      10,845 -
  5 Thu, Apr 16 box CLE @MIL  W   1-0        2-3     5     2.5  1:59 W Garland    M Caldwell    54,296 +
  6 Sat, Apr 18 box CLE @MIL  W   5-0        3-3     4     3.0  2:11 B Blyleven   J Slaton      18,250 ++
  7 Mon, Apr 20 box CLE @KCR  W   4-2        4-3     3     1.5  2:30 J Denny      P Splittorff  21,658 +++
  8 Tue, Apr 21 box CLE @KCR  W   4-1        5-3     3     0.5  2:33 R Waits      J Berenguer   19,165 ++++
  9 Wed, Apr 22 box CLE @KCR  W   4-0        6-3     1    Tied  2:51 L Barker     D Leonard     19,776 +++++
 10 Sat, Apr 25 box CLE  TEX  L   4-8        6-4     2     0.5  2:07 R Honeycutt  W Garland     10,413 -
 11 Sun, Apr 26 box CLE  TEX  W   4-3        7-4     1  up 0.5  2:57 B Blyleven   J Johnson     13,777 +
 12 Thu, Apr 30 box CLE  CHW  W   3-2        8-4     2     0.5  2:18 R Waits      R Baumgarten   6,639 ++
 13 Fri, May  1 box CLE  CHW  W  10-2        9-4     1  up 0.5  2:36 J Denny      B Burns        9,142 +++
 14 Sat, May  2 box CLE  CHW  W   3-1       10-4     1  up 1.5  2:28 L Barker     F Barrios     11,618 ++++
 15 Sun, May  3 box CLE  CHW  L   0-6       10-5     1    Tied  2:41 R Dotson     W Garland     31,287 -
 16 Wed, May  6 box CLE @TOR  W   4-1       11-5     1    Tied  2:17 B Blyleven   J Todd        11,469 +
 17 Thu, May  7 box CLE @TOR  L   2-6       11-6     1    Tied  2:18 D Stieb      R Waits       11,328 -
 18 Fri, May  8 box CLE @MIN  L   7-8       11-7     1    Tied  3:00 J O'Connor   S Monge        4,664 --
 19 Sat, May  9 box CLE @MIN  W   2-1 (10)  12-7     1    Tied  2:52 S Monge      P Redfern      4,187 +
 20 Sun, May 10 box CLE @MIN  W   5-1       13-7     1  up 1.0  2:14 W Garland    J Koosman      3,609 ++
 21 Mon, May 11 box CLE @CHW  W   3-1       14-7     1  up 1.5  2:58 B Blyleven   R Baumgarten  16,806 +++
 22 Tue, May 12 box CLE @CHW  L   4-7       14-8     1  up 0.5  2:45 S Trout      R Waits       13,263 -
 23 Wed, May 13 box CLE @CHW  W   4-3 (16)  15-8     1  up 1.5  5:31 M Stanton    D Lamp        10,463 +
 24 Fri, May 15 box CLE  TOR  W   3-0       16-8     1  up 1.0  2:09 L Barker     L Leal         7,290 ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Sat, May 16 box CLE  TOR  L   1-4       16-9     1    Tied  2:02 J Todd       W Garland     24,964 -
 26 Sun, May 17 box CLE  TOR  W   1-0       17-9     1  up 0.5  2:03 R Waits      D Stieb            0 +
 27             box CLE  TOR  W   2-1 (10)  18-9     1  up 0.5  2:35 B Blyleven   R Jackson     46,168 ++
 28 Mon, May 18 box CLE  CAL  L   2-7       18-10    2     0.5  2:56 S Renko      J Denny        9,010 -
 29 Tue, May 19 box CLE  CAL  W   7-3       19-10    2     0.5  2:46 D Spillner   G Zahn         6,488 +
 30 Wed, May 20 box CLE  SEA  L   1-3       19-11    2     1.5  2:30 B Allard     L Barker      11,860 -
 31 Thu, May 21 box CLE  SEA  L   3-6       19-12    3     1.5  2:18 G Abbott     W Garland      7,710 --
 32 Fri, May 22 box CLE @NYY  W   7-3       20-12    2     1.5  2:49 B Blyleven   T John        30,182 +
 33 Sat, May 23 box CLE @NYY  L   2-3       20-13    3     2.5  2:33 D Righetti   R Waits       37,179 -
 34 Sun, May 24 box CLE @NYY  W  12-5       21-13    2     1.0  2:45 J Denny      R May         53,874 +
 35 Mon, May 25 box CLE @BOS  L   7-8       21-14    2     2.0  3:02 M Clear      S Monge       20,860 -
 36 Tue, May 26 box CLE @BOS  W   5-2       22-14    2     2.0  2:22 W Garland    D Eckersley   16,986 +
 37 Wed, May 27 box CLE @BOS  L   5-10      22-15    2     3.0  2:49 M Clear      B Blyleven    17,294 -
 38 Fri, May 29 box CLE  NYY  L   2-5       22-16    3     4.0  2:53 D Righetti   R Waits       65,311 --
 39 Sat, May 30 box CLE  NYY  L   0-1       22-17    4     4.0  2:29 G Nelson     D Spillner    24,318 ---
 40 Sun, May 31 box CLE  NYY  W   7-2       23-17    3     3.0  3:04 L Barker     R May         40,045 +
 41 Mon, Jun  1 box CLE  NYY  L   3-5       23-18    4     3.5  2:45 D Bird       W Garland     30,198 -
 42 Tue, Jun  2 box CLE  BOS  L   0-4       23-19    5     3.5  2:04 D Eckersley  B Blyleven     6,315 --
 43 Wed, Jun  3 box CLE  BOS  W   4-1       24-19    4     2.5  2:20 R Waits      J Tudor        9,710 +
 44 Thu, Jun  4 box CLE  BOS  L   5-6       24-20    5     2.5  2:35 M Torrez     D Spillner    11,797 -
 45 Fri, Jun  5 box CLE @SEA  W   8-1       25-20    5     2.5  2:36 L Barker     M Parrott     15,634 +
 46 Sat, Jun  6 box CLE @SEA  W   5-3       26-20    4     2.5  2:40 B Blyleven   S Rawley      26,780 ++
 47 Sun, Jun  7 box CLE @SEA  L   4-5 (11)  26-21    4     3.5  3:02 D Drago      M Stanton     15,004 -
 48 Mon, Jun  8 box CLE @CAL  L   2-10      26-22    4     4.5  2:13 G Zahn       D Spillner    22,703 --
 49 Tue, Jun  9 box CLE @CAL  L   2-4       26-23    5     5.5  2:43 A Hassler    L Barker      22,490 ---

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Wed, Jun 10 box CLE @CAL  L   3-4       26-24    6     5.5  2:26 S Renko      B Blyleven    23,744 ----
 51 Mon, Aug 10 box CLE  MIL  L   2-5 (13)  26-25    6     6.0  3:16 R Keeton     M Stanton      4,773 -----
 52 Tue, Aug 11 box CLE  MIL  L   5-6       26-26    6     6.5  2:35 M Caldwell   J Denny            0 ------
 53             box CLE  MIL  L   1-6       26-27    6     6.5  2:21 J Slaton     R Waits        7,776 -------
 54 Wed, Aug 12 box CLE  MIL  W   9-4       27-27    6     6.5  2:31 L Barker     R Lerch        5,819 +
 55 Thu, Aug 13 box CLE  MIL  L   5-8       27-28    6     7.5  2:22 M Haas       W Garland      5,639 -
 56 Fri, Aug 14 box CLE  KCR  L   1-4       27-29    6     7.5  2:44 M Jones      B Blyleven     7,971 --
 57 Sat, Aug 15 box CLE  KCR  L   3-5       27-30    6     7.5  2:32 D Leonard    J Denny        7,582 ---
 58 Sun, Aug 16 box CLE  KCR  L   2-6       27-31    6     7.0  2:34 L Gura       R Waits            0 ----
 59             box CLE  KCR  W   8-6       28-31    6     7.0  2:56 M Stanton    R Martin      12,790 +
 60 Tue, Aug 18 box CLE @SEA  W   5-2       29-31    6     6.5  2:37 B Blyleven   B Clark       10,624 ++
 61 Wed, Aug 19 box CLE @SEA  L   3-4 (10)  29-32    6     6.5  2:55 S Rawley     S Monge        7,800 -
 62 Thu, Aug 20 box CLE @SEA  W   6-5 (14)  30-32    6     6.0  3:47 M Stanton    D Drago        7,630 +
 63 Fri, Aug 21 box CLE @CAL  L   2-12      30-33    6     6.5  2:34 K Forsch     L Barker      31,482 -
 64 Sat, Aug 22 box CLE @CAL  L   2-3 (10)  30-34    6     7.5  2:57 D Aase       S Monge       26,743 --
 65 Sun, Aug 23 box CLE @CAL  W   6-3       31-34    6     7.5  2:51 J Denny      D Frost       21,926 +
 66 Mon, Aug 24 box CLE @OAK  L   4-16      31-35    6     7.5  2:34 M Keough     R Waits       30,139 -
 67 Tue, Aug 25 box CLE @OAK  W   2-0       32-35    6     7.5  2:50 L Barker     S McCatty     14,841 +
 68 Thu, Aug 27 box CLE  SEA  W  12-2       33-35    6     7.0  2:45 B Blyleven   M Parrott      5,759 ++
 69 Fri, Aug 28 box CLE  SEA  W   1-0       34-35    6     6.0  2:11 J Denny      S Rawley       7,785 +++
 70 Sat, Aug 29 box CLE  SEA  W   7-3       35-35    6     6.0  2:40 R Waits      F Bannister    8,556 ++++
 71 Sun, Aug 30 box CLE  SEA  W  17-11      36-35    6     5.5  3:36 S Monge      S Rawley      11,409 +++++
 72 Mon, Aug 31 box CLE  OAK  L   3-5       36-36    6     6.5  2:43 R Langford   B Blyleven     8,442 -
 73 Wed, Sep  2 box CLE  OAK  W   2-0       37-36    6     5.5  2:17 J Denny      M Norris           0 +
 74             box CLE  OAK  W  10-4       38-36    6     5.5  3:24 D Spillner   M Keough       5,198 ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Fri, Sep  4 box CLE  CAL  L   1-3  (6)  38-37    6     6.0  2:01 G Zahn       L Barker      10,972 -
 76 Sat, Sep  5 box CLE  CAL  W   4-2       39-37    6     5.5  2:46 B Blyleven   S Renko            0 +
 77             box CLE  CAL  W   4-2       40-37    6     5.5  2:33 T Brennan    D Frost        8,543 ++
 78 Sun, Sep  6 box CLE  CAL  W   2-0       41-37    6     5.5  1:53 J Denny      K Forsch       9,027 +++
 79 Mon, Sep  7 box CLE @BAL  L   2-9       41-38    6     6.5  2:46 J Palmer     R Waits       21,377 -
 80 Tue, Sep  8 box CLE @BAL  L   5-14      41-39    6     7.0  3:07 S McGregor   L Barker       8,193 --
 81 Wed, Sep  9 box CLE @BAL  W   8-5       42-39    6     6.5  3:01 B Blyleven   S Stone       10,637 +
 82 Thu, Sep 10 box CLE @BAL  W   4-1       43-39    6     6.0  2:46 J Denny      S Stewart     10,616 ++
 83 Fri, Sep 11 box CLE @DET  L   3-6       43-40    6     7.0  2:31 D Schatzeder R Waits       29,541 -
 84 Sat, Sep 12 box CLE @DET  L   9-11(12)  43-41    6     7.0  4:16 D Rozema     S Monge       23,464 --
 85 Sun, Sep 13 box CLE @DET  L   6-8       43-42    6     8.0  2:53 M Wilcox     D Spillner    24,916 ---
 86 Tue, Sep 15 box CLE  BAL  L   6-7       43-43    6     8.5  2:57 D Martinez   M Stanton      5,397 ----
 87 Thu, Sep 17 box CLE  BAL  L   2-6       43-44    6     8.5  2:53 S McGregor   L Barker       3,272 -----
 88 Fri, Sep 18 box CLE  DET  W   8-4       44-44    6     8.5  2:51 J Denny      D Schatzeder   6,492 +
 89 Sat, Sep 19 box CLE  DET  L   3-4       44-45    6     8.5  2:47 D Petry      B Blyleven     7,052 -
 90 Sun, Sep 20 box CLE  DET  L   1-5       44-46    6     8.5  2:50 J Morris     T Brennan      9,930 --
 91 Mon, Sep 21 box CLE @NYY  W   5-0       45-46    6     7.5  2:27 R Waits      R May         20,102 +
 92 Tue, Sep 22 box CLE @NYY  W   6-4       46-46    6     7.5  3:22 L Barker     D Righetti    15,098 ++
 93 Wed, Sep 23 box CLE @NYY  L   1-6       46-47    6     7.5  2:21 R Reuschel   J Denny       21,596 -
 94 Thu, Sep 24 box CLE @BOS  W   5-2       47-47    6     7.0  2:54 D Spillner   M Torrez      14,720 +
 95 Fri, Sep 25 box CLE @BOS  L   4-5       47-48    6     7.0  2:21 B Stanley    W Garland     26,136 -
 96 Sat, Sep 26 box CLE @BOS  W   7-5       48-48    6     7.0  2:37 R Waits      D Eckersley   24,034 +
 97 Sun, Sep 27 box CLE @BOS  W   8-7 (11)  49-48    6     6.5  3:22 S Monge      M Clear       31,727 ++
 98 Mon, Sep 28 box CLE  NYY  W   6-2       50-48    6     6.0  2:38 T Brennan    R Reuschel     6,168 +++
 99 Tue, Sep 29 box CLE  NYY  W   3-2       51-48    6     5.0  1:59 J Denny      R Guidry       7,003 ++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Fri, Oct  2 box CLE  BOS  W  11-4       52-48    6     5.5  2:53 D Spillner   D Eckersley    4,047 +++++
101 Sat, Oct  3 box CLE  BOS  L   0-4       52-49    6     6.5  2:20 F Tanana     T Brennan      7,114 -
102 Sun, Oct  4 box CLE  BOS  L   2-6       52-50    6     6.5  2:13 M Torrez     J Denny        6,674 --
103 Mon, Oct  5 box CLE  KCR  L   0-9       52-51    6     7.0  2:05 P Splittorff R Waits        3,006 ---

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.


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