1981 Milwaukee Brewers Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

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1981 Milwaukee Brewers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980/1982)
First Half: 31-25, Finished 3rd
Second Half: 31-22, Finished 1st
Overall: 62-47, Finished 1st in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 493 runs, Allowed 459 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 58-51
Managed by Buck Rodgers

Ballpark: County Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 874,292 (9th of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 95, Pitching - 94
  (one-year): Batting - 96, Pitching - 95
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

Postseason: Lost AL Division Series (3-2) to New York Yankees

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1981 Stats / Schedule (1980/1982) / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

Game Results

Season Summary   62-47 , Final Rank: 1, GB: up 1.0
Days in First:                  11 (last on October 4, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          16 (last on October 3)
Most Games under .500:           2 (last on April 18)

Biggest Lead:                  2.0 (last on October 3)
Farthest Behind Leader:        4.5 (last on May 23)

Longest Winning Streak:          6 (May 15 to May 21)
Longest Losing Streak:           4 (April 14 to April 18, May 6 to May 9, and June 7 to June 10)

Most Runs Allowed:              12 (May 6, May 25, June 10, and September 10)
Most Runs Scored:               16 (September 4)

Longest Game:                   14 innings (April 29 and May 24)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       6
Times Opponent Shutout:          4

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        62  47     493     459    .569

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           28  21     203     203    .571
Road           34  26     290     256    .567

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           9   7      74      52    .563
May            18  12     140     136    .600
June            4   6      32      40    .400
August         13   9     101      89    .591
September      16  12     134     136    .571
October         2   1      12       6    .667

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     31  25     246     228    .554
Second Half    31  22     247     231    .585

Extra-Innings
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
ExtraInning     6   4      42      42    .600
Full Games     56  43     451     417    .566

One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        17  13     108     104    .567

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        14  16     161     172    .467

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BAL             4   2      30      22    .667
BOS             7   6      63      76    .538
CAL             3   4      32      36    .429
CHW             1   4      19      35    .200
CLE             6   3      40      32    .667
DET             8   5      56      44    .615
KCR             5   4      40      26    .556
MIN             9   3      70      43    .750
NYY             3   3      16      25    .500
OAK             4   2      33      20    .667
SEA             2   2      15      22    .500
TEX             4   5      39      46    .444
TOR             6   4      40      32    .600

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Sat, Apr 11 box MIL @CLE  W   5-3        1-0     3     0.5  2:48 M Caldwell   B Blyleven    71,067 +
  2 Sun, Apr 12 box MIL @CLE  W   6-1        2-0     1  up 0.5  2:23 J Slaton     J Denny       13,094 ++
  3 Tue, Apr 14 box MIL @CHW  L   3-9        2-1     2     0.5  2:45 R Baumgarten P Vuckovich   51,560 -
  4 Wed, Apr 15 box MIL @CHW  L   4-5        2-2     3     1.5  2:30 L Hoyt       R Fingers     13,212 --
  5 Thu, Apr 16 box MIL  CLE  L   0-1        2-3     5     2.5  1:59 W Garland    M Caldwell    54,296 ---
  6 Sat, Apr 18 box MIL  CLE  L   0-5        2-4     6     4.0  2:11 B Blyleven   J Slaton      18,250 ----
  7 Mon, Apr 20 box MIL @TOR  W   5-4 (12)   3-4     6     2.5  3:39 R Lerch      M Willis      12,298 +
  8 Tue, Apr 21 box MIL @TOR  W   6-2        4-4     5     1.5  2:01 M Haas       D Stieb       11,083 ++
  9 Wed, Apr 22 box MIL @TOR  W   8-1        5-4     5     1.0  2:26 M Caldwell   L Leal        11,792 +++
 10 Fri, Apr 24 box MIL  KCR  W   6-1        6-4     3     1.0  2:35 J Slaton     R Gale        12,397 ++++
 11 Sat, Apr 25 box MIL  KCR  L   2-4        6-5     3     1.0  2:24 L Gura       P Vuckovich   18,858 -
 12 Sun, Apr 26 box MIL  KCR  W  11-1        7-5     2     0.5  2:34 R Lerch      D Leonard     24,398 +
 13 Mon, Apr 27 box MIL  TOR  W   4-3 (12)   8-5     1    Tied  3:52 R Cleveland  J Garvin       6,692 ++
 14 Tue, Apr 28 box MIL  TOR  L   2-6        8-6     3     1.0  2:25 M Bomback    M Caldwell     6,433 -
 15 Wed, Apr 29 box MIL  TOR  L   0-5 (14)   8-7     3     2.0  3:52 L Leal       J Easterly     7,320 --
 16 Thu, Apr 30 box MIL @CAL  W  12-1        9-7     3     1.5  2:35 J Augustine  J Jefferson   23,428 +
 17 Fri, May  1 box MIL @CAL  L   4-8        9-8     3     2.0  2:29 M Witt       R Lerch       26,031 -
 18 Sat, May  2 box MIL @CAL  W   8-5       10-8     3     2.0  3:07 M Haas       K Forsch      32,348 +
 19 Sun, May  3 box MIL @CAL  W   4-3       11-8     3     1.0  2:35 M Caldwell   S Renko       27,114 ++
 20 Mon, May  4 box MIL @SEA  W   9-5       12-8     3     1.0  2:28 J Easterly   B Allard       5,075 +++
 21 Tue, May  5 box MIL @SEA  W   4-1       13-8     1    Tied  2:06 P Vuckovich  J Gleaton      5,044 ++++
 22 Wed, May  6 box MIL @SEA  L   1-12      13-9     3     1.0  2:30 M Parrott    R Lerch        4,828 -
 23 Thu, May  7 box MIL @SEA  L   1-4       13-10    3     1.0  2:03 F Bannister  M Haas         5,855 --
 24 Fri, May  8 box MIL @OAK  L   0-2       13-11    4     1.0  2:44 S McCatty    M Caldwell    28,708 ---

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Sat, May  9 box MIL @OAK  L   5-6 (12)  13-12    4     2.0  4:10 B Owchinko   R Lerch       27,308 ----
 26 Sun, May 10 box MIL @OAK  W  13-5       14-12    4     2.0  3:01 P Vuckovich  M Norris      28,581 +
 27 Tue, May 12 box MIL  CAL  L   0-4       14-13    4     2.5  2:29 K Forsch     M Haas         8,420 -
 28 Wed, May 13 box MIL  CAL  L   3-6       14-14    4     3.5  2:41 S Renko      M Caldwell     8,851 --
 29 Thu, May 14 box MIL  CAL  L   1-9       14-15    5     4.0  2:37 G Zahn       J Slaton      10,969 ---
 30 Fri, May 15 box MIL  OAK  W   3-0       15-15    5     4.0  3:00 P Vuckovich  S McCatty     29,667 +
 31 Sat, May 16 box MIL  OAK  W   6-5       16-15    4     3.0  3:16 R Cleveland  B Owchinko    33,937 ++
 32 Sun, May 17 box MIL  OAK  W   6-2       17-15    4     3.5  2:16 M Haas       R Langford    33,142 +++
 33 Tue, May 19 box MIL  MIN  W   4-3       18-15    4     3.5  2:21 M Caldwell   F Arroyo       8,979 ++++
 34 Wed, May 20 box MIL  MIN  W   6-1       19-15    4     3.5  2:34 J Slaton     A Williams    10,463 +++++
 35 Thu, May 21 box MIL  MIN  W   8-2       20-15    4     2.5  2:19 P Vuckovich  P Redfern     16,120 ++++++
 36 Fri, May 22 box MIL  BOS  L   3-7       20-16    5     3.5  2:37 J Tudor      M Haas        23,007 -
 37 Sat, May 23 box MIL  BOS  L   1-8       20-17    5     4.5  2:34 M Torrez     R Lerch       35,254 --
 38 Sun, May 24 box MIL  BOS  W   2-1 (14)  21-17    4     2.5  3:56 J Easterly   B Stanley          0 +
 39             box MIL  BOS  W  10-7       22-17    4     2.5  2:38 M Haas       B Stanley     34,992 ++
 40 Mon, May 25 box MIL  DET  L   3-12      22-18    5     3.5  2:34 J Morris     J Augustine   25,072 -
 41 Tue, May 26 box MIL  DET  W   7-3       23-18    3     3.5  2:25 P Vuckovich  M Wilcox       9,518 +
 42 Wed, May 27 box MIL  DET  W   5-1       24-18    3     3.5  2:25 R Lerch      H Bailey      13,237 ++
 43 Thu, May 28 box MIL  DET  W   7-1       25-18    2     3.0  2:18 M Caldwell   D Petry       15,943 +++
 44 Fri, May 29 box MIL @BOS  W   5-4       26-18    2     3.0  2:37 R Fingers    T Burgmeier   22,794 ++++
 45 Sat, May 30 box MIL @BOS  L   6-7 (10)  26-19    2     3.0  2:57 M Clear      R Fingers     23,718 -
 46 Sun, May 31 box MIL @BOS  W   5-2       27-19    2     2.0  2:21 P Vuckovich  S Crawford    23,781 +
 47 Mon, Jun  1 box MIL @DET  L   3-4 (12)  27-20    2     2.5  3:17 D Rozema     R Cleveland   14,495 -
 48 Tue, Jun  2 box MIL @DET  W   5-2       28-20    2     1.5  2:23 M Caldwell   D Petry       14,079 +
 49 Wed, Jun  3 box MIL @DET  L   1-4       28-21    3     1.5  2:15 D Schatzeder J Slaton      13,392 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Fri, Jun  5 box MIL @KCR  W   6-2       29-21    3     1.0  2:20 M Haas       L Gura        31,300 +
 51 Sat, Jun  6 box MIL @KCR  W   4-2       30-21    2     1.0  2:25 P Vuckovich  D Leonard     37,468 ++
 52 Sun, Jun  7 box MIL @KCR  L   1-7       30-22    3     2.0  2:37 P Splittorff R Lerch       32,429 -
 53 Mon, Jun  8 box MIL @MIN  L   0-1       30-23    3     3.0  2:19 R Erickson   M Caldwell    11,978 --
 54 Tue, Jun  9 box MIL @MIN  L   1-3       30-24    3     4.0  2:04 F Arroyo     J Slaton       9,731 ---
 55 Wed, Jun 10 box MIL  TEX  L   5-12      30-25    3     4.0  2:37 D Medich     M Haas        19,189 ----
 56 Thu, Jun 11 box MIL  TEX  W   6-3       31-25    3     3.0  2:18 P Vuckovich  F Jenkins     15,259 +
 57 Mon, Aug 10 box MIL @CLE  W   5-2 (13)  32-25    3     3.0  3:16 R Keeton     M Stanton      4,773 ++
 58 Tue, Aug 11 box MIL @CLE  W   6-5       33-25    2     1.5  2:35 M Caldwell   J Denny            0 +++
 59             box MIL @CLE  W   6-1       34-25    2     1.5  2:21 J Slaton     R Waits        7,776 ++++
 60 Wed, Aug 12 box MIL @CLE  L   4-9       34-26    3     2.5  2:31 L Barker     R Lerch        5,819 -
 61 Thu, Aug 13 box MIL @CLE  W   8-5       35-26    3     2.5  2:22 M Haas       W Garland      5,639 +
 62 Fri, Aug 14 box MIL @TOR  L   4-5       35-27    3     2.5  2:42 J Garvin     J Easterly    15,114 -
 63 Sat, Aug 15 box MIL @TOR  L   3-4       35-28    3     2.5  2:29 M Bomback    R Cleveland   12,467 --
 64 Sun, Aug 16 box MIL @TOR  W   6-2       36-28    2     1.0  2:27 M Caldwell   D Stieb            0 +
 65             box MIL @TOR  W   2-0       37-28    2     1.0  2:08 R Lerch      J Todd        24,472 ++
 66 Tue, Aug 18 box MIL @TEX  W   3-1       38-28    3     1.0  2:25 M Haas       J Matlack          0 +++
 67             box MIL @TEX  L   6-8       38-29    3     1.0  2:33 S Comer      P Vuckovich   37,310 -
 68 Wed, Aug 19 box MIL @TEX  L   1-4       38-30    4     1.0  2:04 D Medich     J Slaton      13,908 --
 69 Fri, Aug 21 box MIL  MIN  L   6-7       38-31    4     1.5  2:26 A Williams   M Caldwell    30,123 ---
 70 Sat, Aug 22 box MIL  MIN  W   4-3 (10)  39-31    3     1.5  3:05 R Fingers    D Cooper      15,292 +
 71 Sun, Aug 23 box MIL  MIN  W   8-5       40-31    3     1.5  2:53 J Augustine  F Arroyo      18,724 ++
 72 Mon, Aug 24 box MIL  CHW  W   5-4       41-31    2     0.5  2:41 P Vuckovich  R Dotson      16,809 +++
 73 Tue, Aug 25 box MIL  CHW  L   1-5       41-32    3     1.5  2:29 D Lamp       J Slaton      16,331 -
 74 Thu, Aug 27 box MIL  TEX  L   1-5       41-33    4     2.0  2:07 D Darwin     M Caldwell     8,908 --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Fri, Aug 28 box MIL  TEX  W   6-3       42-33    3     1.0  2:47 M Haas       R Honeycutt   17,072 +
 76 Sat, Aug 29 box MIL  TEX  L   5-8       42-34    3     2.0  2:58 J Matlack    R Lerch       15,536 -
 77 Sun, Aug 30 box MIL  TEX  W   6-2       43-34    3     1.5  2:34 P Vuckovich  D Medich      14,722 +
 78 Mon, Aug 31 box MIL @KCR  W   5-1       44-34    2     1.5  2:39 M Caldwell   D Leonard     27,974 ++
 79 Tue, Sep  1 box MIL @KCR  L   1-3       44-35    4     2.5  2:21 L Gura       M Haas        22,202 -
 80 Wed, Sep  2 box MIL @KCR  L   4-5       44-36    4     2.5  2:23 D Quisenberr R Fingers     19,658 --
 81 Thu, Sep  3 box MIL @MIN  W   4-3       45-36    4     2.0  2:19 P Vuckovich  B Havens       5,257 +
 82 Fri, Sep  4 box MIL @MIN  W  16-5       46-36    3     1.5  2:40 M Caldwell   F Arroyo       7,976 ++
 83 Sat, Sep  5 box MIL @MIN  W   5-3       47-36    3     1.5  2:00 J Slaton     A Williams     9,952 +++
 84 Sun, Sep  6 box MIL @MIN  W   8-7 (10)  48-36    3     1.5  3:06 R Fingers    D Corbett      9,764 ++++
 85 Mon, Sep  7 box MIL @NYY  L   2-4       48-37    4     2.5  2:19 R Guidry     R Lerch       55,083 -
 86 Wed, Sep  9 box MIL @NYY  L   2-5       48-38    4     2.5  2:02 T John       P Vuckovich        0 --
 87             box MIL @NYY  W   5-3       49-38    4     2.5  2:50 M Caldwell   R May         27,337 +
 88 Thu, Sep 10 box MIL  CHW  L   6-12      49-39    4     3.0  3:12 L Hoyt       R Cleveland    9,268 -
 89 Fri, Sep 11 box MIL  BAL  L   1-2       49-40    4     4.0  2:45 D Martinez   M Haas        20,987 --
 90 Sat, Sep 12 box MIL  BAL  W   6-3       50-40    4     3.0  2:19 R Lerch      J Palmer      25,398 +
 91 Sun, Sep 13 box MIL  BAL  W   5-0       51-40    3     3.0  2:34 P Vuckovich  S Stone       19,599 ++
 92 Mon, Sep 14 box MIL  NYY  L   2-10      51-41    4     4.0  2:29 T John       M Caldwell    17,545 -
 93 Tue, Sep 15 box MIL  NYY  W   2-1       52-41    4     3.0  2:15 M Haas       R May         15,402 +
 94 Wed, Sep 16 box MIL  NYY  W   3-2       53-41    3     2.0  2:10 R Lerch      D Righetti    13,510 ++
 95 Fri, Sep 18 box MIL @BAL  W   5-1       54-41    2     2.0  2:40 P Vuckovich  M Flanagan    17,190 +++
 96 Sat, Sep 19 box MIL @BAL  W  11-8       55-41    2     1.0  3:32 R Fingers    T Martinez    18,380 ++++
 97 Sun, Sep 20 box MIL @BAL  L   2-8       55-42    2     1.0  2:16 J Palmer     M Caldwell    17,457 -
 98 Mon, Sep 21 box MIL @BOS  L   3-9       55-43    3     1.0  2:30 D Eckersley  M Haas        14,575 --
 99 Tue, Sep 22 box MIL @BOS  W  10-8       56-43    2     1.0  2:37 R Fingers    M Clear       18,363 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Wed, Sep 23 box MIL @BOS  L   5-11      56-44    3     1.0  3:19 L Aponte     J Easterly    15,627 -
101 Fri, Sep 25 box MIL @DET  W   8-6       57-44    1    Tied  2:56 J Easterly   J Morris      35,003 +
102 Sat, Sep 26 box MIL @DET  W   4-3       58-44    1  up 0.5  2:16 M Haas       M Wilcox      29,759 ++
103 Sun, Sep 27 box MIL @DET  L   1-2       58-45    2     0.5  2:10 D Petry      R Lerch       32,185 -
104 Mon, Sep 28 box MIL  BOS  W   1-0       59-45    1  up 0.5  2:17 P Vuckovich  F Tanana      11,334 +
105 Tue, Sep 29 box MIL  BOS  L   2-7       59-46    1    Tied  2:31 M Torrez     J Slaton      12,654 -
106 Wed, Sep 30 box MIL  BOS  W  10-5       60-46    1  up 0.5  2:39 R Lerch      B Stanley     11,472 +
107 Fri, Oct  2 box MIL  DET  W   8-2       61-46    1  up 1.0  2:32 M Haas       D Petry       23,540 ++
108 Sat, Oct  3 box MIL  DET  W   2-1       62-46    1  up 2.0  2:30 R Fingers    J Morris      28,330 +++
109 Sun, Oct  4 box MIL  DET  L   2-3       62-47    1  up 1.0  2:19 M Wilcox     J Augustine   15,263 -

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