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1981 Philadelphia Phillies

Roster (40-man)

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980 / 1982

First Half: 34-21, Finished 1st
Second Half: 25-27, Finished 3rd
Overall: 59-48, Finished 3rd in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Dallas Green (59-48)
Scored 491 runs, Allowed 472 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 55-52

Ballparks: Veterans Stadium · Attendance: 1,638,752 (2nd of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 105, Pitching - 104 · one-year: Batting - 112, Pitching - 112

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1980 / 1982 Roster (40-man)

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Luis Aguayo 22 R R 5' 9" 173 Mar 13, 1959 2 45 20 45 41 0 0 0 21 3 21 0 0 0 0 3 4 -0.3
Ramon Aviles 29 R R 5' 9" 155 Jan 22, 1952 4 38 1 38 32 0 0 0 20 13 5 0 0 0 0 6 3 -0.1
Bob Boone 33 R R 6' 2" 195 Nov 19, 1947 10 76 64 76 75 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -1.2
Larry Bowa 35 B R 5' 10" 155 Dec 6, 1945 12 103 100 103 102 0 0 0 0 0 102 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.9
Warren Brusstar 29 R R 6' 3" 200 Feb 2, 1952 5 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Marty Bystrom 22 R R 6' 5" 200 Jul 26, 1958 2 9 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Steve Carlton HOF 36 L L 6' 4" 210 Dec 22, 1944 17 24 24 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.5 $725,000 All-Star
Larry Christenson 27 R R 6' 4" 215 Nov 10, 1953 9 20 15 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $250,000
Dick Davis 27 R R 6' 3" 190 Sep 25, 1953 5 45 19 45 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 31 32 20 0 0.7
Mark Davis 20 L L 6' 3" 180 Oct 19, 1960 2 9 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2
Bob Dernier 24 R R 6' 0" 160 Jan 5, 1957 2 10 0 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 5 0.2
Nino Espinosa 27 R R 6' 1" 192 Aug 15, 1953 8 14 14 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3
Greg Gross 28 L L 5' 10" 160 Aug 1, 1952 9 83 11 83 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 4 38 56 44 2 0.2 $200,000
Dan Larson 26 R R 6' 0" 175 Jul 4, 1954 6 5 4 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Sparky Lyle 36 L L 6' 1" 182 Jul 22, 1944 15 48 0 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Garry Maddox 31 R R 6' 3" 175 Sep 1, 1949 10 94 85 94 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 93 0 93 1 0 1.6
Gary Matthews 30 R R 6' 2" 185 Jul 5, 1950 10 101 99 101 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 0 0 99 2 0 2.5 $240,000
Len Matuszek 26 L R 6' 2" 190 Sep 27, 1954 1st 13 1 13 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0.1
Bake McBride 32 L R 6' 2" 190 Feb 3, 1949 9 58 56 58 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 56 2 0 -0.3
Don McCormack 25 R R 6' 3" 205 Sep 18, 1955 2 3 1 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Tug McGraw 36 R L 6' 0" 170 Aug 30, 1944 16 34 0 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $375,000
Keith Moreland 27 R R 6' 0" 190 May 2, 1954 4 61 49 61 58 0 50 2 0 8 0 0 0 2 2 5 0 0.0
Dickie Noles 24 R R 6' 2" 160 Nov 19, 1956 3 13 8 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.0
Mike Proly 30 R R 6' 0" 185 Dec 15, 1950 5 35 2 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Jerry Reed 25 R R 6' 1" 190 Oct 8, 1955 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Ron Reed 38 R R 6' 6" 215 Nov 2, 1942 16 39 0 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7
Pete Rose 40 B R 5' 11" 192 Apr 14, 1941 19 107 107 107 107 0 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $705,000 All-Star
Dick Ruthven 30 R R 6' 3" 190 Mar 27, 1951 9 23 22 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 All-Star
Ryne Sandberg HOF 21 R R 6' 1" 175 Sep 18, 1959 1st 13 0 13 6 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 7 -0.1
Mike Schmidt HOF 31 R R 6' 2" 195 Sep 27, 1949 10 102 101 102 101 0 0 0 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7.7 $560,000 All-Star
Lonnie Smith 25 R R 5' 9" 170 Dec 22, 1955 4 62 43 62 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 23 24 55 5 10 2.1 $125,000
Manny Trillo 30 R R 6' 1" 150 Dec 25, 1950 9 94 93 94 94 0 0 0 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $375,000 All-Star
Del Unser 36 L L 6' 1" 180 Dec 9, 1944 14 62 4 62 31 0 0 18 0 0 0 7 6 4 17 38 1 -0.2
Ozzie Virgil 24 R R 6' 1" 180 Dec 7, 1956 2 6 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.2
George Vukovich 25 L R 6' 0" 198 Jun 24, 1956 2 20 2 20 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 5 9 12 0 0.2
John Vukovich 33 R R 6' 1" 187 Jul 31, 1947 10 11 0 11 11 0 0 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.2
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

1980 / 1982 Roster (40-man)