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1981 Philadelphia Phillies Lineups and Defense
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980 / 1982)
First Half: 34-21, Finished 1st
Second Half: 25-27, Finished 3rd
Overall: 59-48, Finished 3rd in NL East
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Scored 491 runs, Allowed 472 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 55-52
Manager: Dallas Green (59-48)
Ballpark: Veterans Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,638,752 (2nd of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 104, Pitching - 104;   one-year: Batting - 112, Pitching - 112
Postseason:  Lost NL Division Series (3-2) to Montreal Expos
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Game C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF SP DH
1. Wed,4/8 at CIN L (2-3) Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox McBride Carlton  
2. Sat,4/11 at STL W (5-2) Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox McBride Ruthven  
3. Sun,4/12 at STL L (3-7) Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox McBride Christenson  
4. Mon,4/13 vs PIT W (5-1)# Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox Smith Carlton  
5. Wed,4/15 vs PIT W (4-3) Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox McBride Bystrom  
6. Thu,4/16 vs PIT W (5-3) Boone Rose Aguayo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox McBride Ruthven  
7. Fri,4/17 vs CHC W (6-2)# Boone Rose Trillo Moreland Bowa Matthews Maddox McBride Christenson  
8. Sat,4/18 vs CHC W (4-3) Boone Rose Trillo Moreland Bowa Matthews Maddox McBride Carlton  
9. Sun,4/19 vs CHC W (7-3) Boone Rose Trillo Moreland Bowa Matthews Maddox McBride Espinosa  
10. Mon,4/20 at MON L (8-9) Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox McBride Bystrom  
11. Tue,4/21 at MON L (3-10) Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Smith Maddox McBride Ruthven  
12. Wed,4/22 at MON L (3-4) Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Smith Maddox Gross Christenson  
13. Fri,4/24 at CHC W (6-4) Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Smith Maddox McBride Carlton  
14. Sat,4/25 at CHC W (7-5) Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox McBride Espinosa  
15. Sun,4/26 at CHC W (6-2) Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox McBride Bystrom  
16. Mon,4/27 vs MON W (3-1) Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox Smith Ruthven  
17. Tue,4/28 vs MON L (3-6) Boone Rose Aguayo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox Moreland Christenson  
18. Wed,4/29 vs MON W (6-2) Boone Rose Aguayo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox Moreland Carlton  
19. Sat,5/2 vs SFG L (2-6) Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox Gross Espinosa  
20. Sat,5/2 vs SFG W (3-1) Moreland Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox Gross Bystrom  
21. Sun,5/3 vs SFG W (7-5) Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox Gross Ruthven  
22. Mon,5/4 vs SFG W (6-4) Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox Gross Carlton  
23. Tue,5/5 vs LAD W (8-7) Moreland Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox Gross Christenson  
24. Wed,5/6 vs LAD L (1-2) Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox Gross Espinosa  
25. Thu,5/7 vs LAD L (1-2)# Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox Davis Bystrom  
26. Fri,5/8 vs SDP W (11-7)# Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox Davis Ruthven  
27. Sat,5/9 vs SDP W (9-6)# Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox Davis Carlton  
28. Sun,5/10 vs SDP L (4-8) Moreland Rose Trillo Schmidt Aguayo Matthews Gross McBride Christenson  
29. Tue,5/12 at SFG L (0-4) Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox McBride Espinosa  
30. Wed,5/13 at SFG L (2-5) Moreland Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox McBride Bystrom  
31. Thu,5/14 at SFG W (3-1)# Moreland Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox Smith Ruthven  
32. Fri,5/15 at SDP W (2-1) Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox McBride Carlton  
33. Sat,5/16 at SDP L (1-2)# Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox McBride Christenson  
34. Sun,5/17 at SDP W (6-3) Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Unser Smith Espinosa  
35. Mon,5/18 at LAD W (4-0)# Moreland Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox Smith Bystrom  
36. Tue,5/19 at LAD W (3-2) Moreland Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox Smith Ruthven  
37. Wed,5/20 at LAD L (2-3) Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox Smith Carlton  
38. Fri,5/22 at PIT L (1-3) Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Unser Maddox Smith Christenson  
39. Sat,5/23 at PIT W (6-4) Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox Smith Espinosa  
40. Sun,5/24 at PIT L (1-7) Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox Smith Bystrom  
41. Mon,5/25 at NYM L (3-13) Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox Smith Ruthven  
42. Tue,5/26 at NYM W (7-5)# Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox Smith Carlton  
43. Wed,5/27 at NYM L (1-3) Moreland Rose Aviles Schmidt Bowa Matthews Unser Smith Christenson  
44. Fri,5/29 vs STL L (4-11) Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox Smith Espinosa  
45. Sat,5/30 vs STL W (10-2) Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox Davis Ruthven  
46. Sun,5/31 vs STL W (6-1) Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox Davis Carlton  
47. Mon,6/1 vs NYM W (5-4) Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox Davis Christenson  
48. Tue,6/2 vs NYM W (9-7) Boone Rose Aguayo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox Davis Espinosa  
49. Wed,6/3 vs NYM L (2-6) Boone Rose Aguayo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox Davis Ruthven  
50. Fri,6/5 at ATL L (1-4) Boone Rose Aguayo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox Davis Carlton  
51. Sat,6/6 at ATL W (3-0) Boone Rose Aguayo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox Davis Christenson  
52. Sun,6/7 at ATL W (7-5) Moreland Rose Aguayo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Smith Davis Espinosa  
53. Mon,6/8 vs HOU W (4-3) Boone Rose Aguayo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox Davis Ruthven  
54. Tue,6/9 vs HOU W (10-3) Boone Rose Aguayo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox Davis Bystrom  
55. Wed,6/10 vs HOU W (5-4) Boone Rose Aguayo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox Davis Carlton  
56. Mon,8/10 vs STL L (3-7) Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox McBride Christenson  
57. Tue,8/11 vs STL W (6-5) Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox McBride Espinosa  
58. Wed,8/12 vs STL L (3-11) Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox McBride Ruthven  
59. Thu,8/13 vs STL L (2-5)# Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox Smith Carlton  
60. Fri,8/14 at NYM W (8-4) Moreland Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox McBride Christenson  
61. Sat,8/15 at NYM L (1-3) Moreland Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Gross Maddox McBride Espinosa  
62. Sun,8/16 at NYM L (2-5) Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox McBride Ruthven  
63. Tue,8/18 at CIN L (1-3) Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox McBride Carlton  
64. Wed,8/19 at CIN L (3-6) Moreland Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox McBride Christenson  
65. Fri,8/21 vs HOU W (5-4) Moreland Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox McBride Espinosa  
66. Sat,8/22 vs HOU W (8-4) Moreland Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox McBride Ruthven  
67. Sun,8/23 vs HOU W (6-0)# Moreland Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox Smith Carlton  
68. Mon,8/24 vs ATL W (7-5) Moreland Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox McBride Christenson  
69. Tue,8/25 vs ATL L (2-12) Moreland Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox McBride Davis  
70. Wed,8/26 vs ATL L (3-5) Moreland Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox McBride Ruthven  
71. Fri,8/28 at HOU L (2-3)# Moreland Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox Smith Carlton  
72. Sat,8/29 at HOU L (1-6) Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox McBride Davis  
73. Sat,8/29 at HOU L (1-2) Moreland Rose Trillo Schmidt Aguayo Smith Maddox Gross Noles  
74. Sun,8/30 at HOU L (4-5) Moreland Rose Trillo Schmidt Aguayo Unser Smith Davis Espinosa  
75. Mon,8/31 at ATL W (11-8) Moreland Rose Trillo Schmidt Aguayo Matthews Smith McBride Ruthven  
76. Tue,9/1 at ATL W (3-0) Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Aguayo Matthews Maddox McBride Carlton  
77. Wed,9/2 at ATL L (2-3) Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Aguayo Matthews Maddox McBride Noles  
78. Thu,9/3 vs CIN L (3-9) Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox McBride Davis  
79. Fri,9/4 vs CIN W (7-6) Moreland Rose Aguayo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Smith Vukovich Ruthven  
80. Sat,9/5 vs CIN W (5-4) Moreland Rose Aguayo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Smith Vukovich Carlton  
81. Sun,9/6 vs CIN L (4-5) Moreland Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox Smith Noles  
82. Mon,9/7 vs MON L (4-5) Moreland Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox McBride Davis  
83. Tue,9/8 vs MON W (10-5) Moreland Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox McBride Larson  
84. Wed,9/9 vs MON W (11-8) Moreland Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox McBride Ruthven  
85. Fri,9/11 at PIT W (8-0) Moreland Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox McBride Carlton  
86. Sat,9/12 at PIT L (2-6) Moreland Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox McBride Noles  
87. Sun,9/13 at PIT L (2-3) Moreland Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox McBride Davis  
88. Wed,9/16 at NYM W (3-1) Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox McBride Ruthven  
89. Wed,9/16 at NYM L (4-5) Moreland Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox McBride Carlton  
90. Thu,9/17 at NYM W (3-2) Moreland Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox McBride Noles  
91. Fri,9/18 vs PIT L (6-7) Moreland Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Maddox McBride Davis  
92. Sat,9/19 vs PIT W (8-2) Moreland Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Smith Davis Larson  
93. Sun,9/20 vs PIT W (5-4) Moreland Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Smith McBride Proly  
94. Mon,9/21 at MON L (0-1) Moreland Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Smith McBride Carlton  
95. Tue,9/22 at MON L (2-6) Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Smith McBride Ruthven  
96. Wed,9/23 at STL W (9-4)# Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Smith Davis Noles  
97. Thu,9/24 at STL W (14-6) Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Smith McBride Davis  
98. Fri,9/25 at CHC W (9-2)# Moreland Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Smith Davis Larson  
99. Sun,9/27 at CHC W (5-2) Moreland Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Smith McBride Carlton  
100. Sun,9/27 at CHC L (0-14) Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Smith McBride Ruthven  
101. Mon,9/28 vs NYM W (12-4) Moreland Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Smith McBride Noles  
102. Tue,9/29 vs NYM L (0-7)# Moreland Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Smith Davis Davis  
103. Wed,9/30 vs STL W (8-5) Moreland Rose Trillo Schmidt Bowa Matthews Smith McBride Larson  
104. Thu,10/1 vs STL L (2-3) Boone Rose Trillo Moreland Bowa Matthews Smith McBride Proly  
105. Fri,10/2 vs CHC W (9-7)# Boone Rose Trillo Moreland Bowa Matthews Maddox Smith Carlton  
106. Sat,10/3 vs CHC L (4-8) Boone Rose Trillo Schmidt Aguayo Matthews Maddox Smith Noles  
107. Sun,10/4 vs CHC W (2-1) McCormack Rose Trillo Matuszek Bowa Gross Smith McBride Davis  
107 games 3 players 1 players 3 players 3 players 2 players 4 players 4 players 6 players 9 players 0 players
Most Common-games Boone-64
Moreland-42
McCormack-1
Rose-107
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Trillo-93
Aguayo-13
Aviles-1
Schmidt-101
Moreland-5
Matuszek-1
Bowa-100
Aguayo-7
-
Matthews-99
Smith-4
Gross-2
Maddox-85
Smith-19
Unser-2
McBride-56
Smith-20
Davis-19
Carlton-24
Ruthven-22
Christenson-15
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Most Common Lineups

18 Games
C. Boone
1B. Rose
2B. Trillo
3B. Schmidt
SS. Bowa
LF. Matthews
CF. Maddox
RF. McBride
P. Pitcher

17 Games
C. Moreland
1B. Rose
2B. Trillo
3B. Schmidt
SS. Bowa
LF. Matthews
CF. Maddox
RF. McBride
P. Pitcher

9 Games
C. Boone
1B. Rose
2B. Trillo
3B. Schmidt
SS. Bowa
LF. Matthews
CF. Maddox
RF. Smith
P. Pitcher

7 Games
C. Boone
1B. Rose
2B. Aguayo
3B. Schmidt
SS. Bowa
LF. Matthews
CF. Maddox
RF. Davis
P. Pitcher

6 Games
C. Moreland
1B. Rose
2B. Trillo
3B. Schmidt
SS. Bowa
LF. Matthews
CF. Maddox
RF. Smith
P. Pitcher

6 Games
C. Boone
1B. Rose
2B. Trillo
3B. Schmidt
SS. Bowa
LF. Matthews
CF. Maddox
RF. Davis
P. Pitcher

32 total lineups (71 when including pitchers)


1980 / 1982 Lineups and Defense