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1981 Pittsburgh Pirates (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980/1982)
First Half: 25-23, Finished 4th
Second Half: 21-33, Finished 6th
Overall: 46-56, Finished 4th in NL Eastern Division
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Scored 407 runs, Allowed 425 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 49-53
Managed by Chuck Tanner

Ballpark: Three Rivers Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 541,789 (10th of 12)
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Batting - 104, Pitching - 104
  (one-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 99
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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

Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

December 9, 1980

Traded Bert Blyleven and Manny Sanguillen to the Cleveland Indians. Received Gary Alexander, Victor Cruz, Rafael Vasquez, and Bob Owchinko.

January 13, 1981

Drafted John Kruk in the 3rd round of the 1981 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

January 19, 1981

Signed Larvell Blanks as a free agent.

January 20, 1981

Signed Rusty Torres as a free agent.

January 23, 1981

Signed John Milner as a free agent.

February 23, 1981

Signed Luis Tiant as a free agent.

April 1, 1981 (Standings)

Traded Ed Ott and Mickey Mahler to the California Angels. Received Jason Thompson.

April 5, 1981 (Standings)

Traded Dave Dravecky to the San Diego Padres. Received Bobby D. Mitchell (minors).

Purchased Jim Smith from the Baltimore Orioles.

April 6, 1981 (Standings)

Traded Bob Owchinko to the Oakland Athletics. Received a player to be named later and cash. The Oakland Athletics sent Ernie Camacho (April 10, 1981) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

May 4, 1981 (Standings)

Signed Willie Horton as a free agent.

June 8, 1981 (Standings)

Drafted Ray Krawczyk in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

Drafted Jim Winn in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft.

Drafted Lee Tunnell in the 2nd round of the 1981 amateur draft.

Drafted Bip Roberts in the 5th round of the 1981 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

Drafted Scott Bankhead in the 17th round of the 1981 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

Drafted Chris Bosio in the 29th round of the 1981 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

Drafted Lance Johnson in the 30th round of the 1981 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

June 25, 1981 (Standings)

Signed Denny Gonzalez as an amateur free agent.

July 11, 1981 (Standings)

Signed Bobby Bonilla as an amateur free agent.

August 20, 1981 (Standings)

Traded John Milner to the Montreal Expos. Received Willie Montanez.

August 31, 1981 (Standings)

Traded Phil Garner to the Houston Astros. Received players to be named later and Johnny Ray. The Houston Astros sent Randy Niemann (September 9, 1981) and Kevin Houston (minors) (September 9, 1981) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

September 1, 1981 (Standings)

Sold Grant Jackson to the Montreal Expos for $50,000.

October 5, 1981 (Standings)

Released Luis Tiant.

October 23, 1981

Purchased Manny Sarmiento from the Boston Red Sox.

October 26, 1981

Released Kurt Bevacqua.

November 6, 1981

Signed Ruben Rodriguez as an amateur free agent.

December 11, 1981

Traded Doe Boyland to the San Francisco Giants. Received Tom Griffin.

Traded Tim Foli to the California Angels. Received Brian Harper.

Signed Dorn Taylor as an amateur free agent.

December 17, 1981

Sold Craig Cacek to the California Angels.

January 12, 1982

Drafted Benny Distefano in the 2nd round of the 1982 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

February 2, 1982

the Chicago White Sox chose Joel Skinner as a free agent compensation pick.

March 10, 1982

Sold Mark Lee to the Detroit Tigers.

March 21, 1982

Traded Vance Law and Ernie Camacho to the Chicago White Sox. Received Ross Baumgarten and Butch Edge.

March 29, 1982

Sold Matt Alexander to the Mexico City Tigers (Mexican).

April 1, 1982

Traded Victor Cruz to the Texas Rangers. Received Nelson Norman.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

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