1981 Atlanta Braves season

The 1981 Atlanta Braves season was the 16th in Atlanta and the 111th overall.

Offseason

November 15, 1980: Claudell Washington was signed as a free agent by the Braves.
December 12, 1980: Doyle Alexander was traded by the Braves to the San Francisco Giants for John Montefusco and Craig Landis.
January 12, 1981: Gaylord Perry was signed as a free agent by the Braves.
March 25, 1981: Gary Matthews was traded by the Braves to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bob Walk.

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Bruce Benedict	90	295	78	.264	5	35
1B	Chris Chambliss	107	404	110	.272	8	51
2B		99	361	85	.235	6	33
SS		95	307	67	.218	2	20
3B	Bob Horner	79	300	83	.277	15	42
LF		78	253	67	.265	5	25
CF	Dale Murphy	104	369	91	.247	13	50
RF	Claudell Washington	85	320	93	.291	5	37

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
	50	134	31	.231	0	7
Brett Butler	40	126	32	.254	0	4
Biff Pocoroba	57	122	22	.180	0	8
Jerry Royster	64	93	19	.204	0	9
Brian Asselstine	56	86	22	.256	2	10
Terry Harper	40	73	19	.260	2	8
	35	35	7	.200	0	1
Matt Sinatro	12	32	9	.281	0	4
	10	27	7	.259	0	2
	13	16	0	.000	0	0
	17	14	4	.286	0	4
Bill Nahorodny	14	13	3	.231	0	2
Mike Lum	10	11	1	.091	0	0
Brook Jacoby	11	10	2	.200	0	1
Larry Whisenton	9	5	1	.200	0	0
Ken Smith	5	3	1	.333	0	0
Albert Hall	6	2	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Gaylord Perry	23	150.2	8	9	3.94	60
	25	142.2	3	13	4.10	81
Phil Niekro	22	139.1	7	7	3.10	62
Larry McWilliams	6	37.2	2	1	3.11	23

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Rick Mahler	34	112.1	8	6	2.80	54
	26	77.1	2	3	3.49	34
Bob Walk	12	43.1	1	4	4.57	16

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Rick Camp	48	9	3	17	1.78	47
Gene Garber	35	4	6	2	2.61	34
	25	2	0	1	3.71	14
Al Hrabosky	24	1	1	1	1.07	13
	20	2	1	0	6.37	22
	15	1	2	0	4.44	9
Rick Matula	5	0	0	0	6.43	0
	1	0	0	0	0.00	2
	1	0	0	0	27.00	0