1981 Cleveland Indians season

The 1981 Cleveland Indians season was the franchise's 81st season as a member of the American League. Games were suspended for 50 days due to the 1981 Major League Baseball strike, causing a split season. The Indians finished the first half of the season in sixth place in the American League East, and the second half of the season tied for fifth place. Managed by Dave Garcia, the Indians played their home games at Cleveland Stadium and had an overall record of 52 wins and 51 losses.

Offseason

December 8, 1980: Dan Spillner was signed as a free agent by the Indians.
December 9, 1980: Gary Alexander, Víctor Cruz, Rafael Vásquez, and Bob Owchinko were traded by the Indians to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Bert Blyleven and Manny Sanguillén.

Regular season

May 15, 1981: Len Barker pitched a perfect game against the Toronto Blue Jays. It was the 10th perfect game in MLB history, and remains the most recent no-hitter thrown by an Indian. Barker was later selected to the All-Star Game.

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
	21	47	3	10	3	0	0	6	.213	0
	68	232	36	61	11	1	1	17	.263	16
	48	138	14	29	7	1	4	18	.210	1
	63	182	25	57	19	0	7	38	.313	2
	72	269	33	78	5	5	0	19	.290	29
	48	57	10	17	0	0	0	6	.298	7
	22	43	3	10	1	0	0	5	.233	3
	94	322	43	102	21	0	2	49	.317	5
	103	361	64	105	12	4	5	44	.291	12
	61	190	8	44	4	0	1	25	.232	0
	43	109	21	28	8	2	1	17	.257	8
	48	75	8	16	4	0	1	16	.213	2
	72	206	15	53	6	0	0	14	.257	1
	26	23	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
	103	360	47	88	15	3	4	33	.244	25
	88	338	50	92	14	3	5	34	.272	4
	14	15	3	4	0	2	1	4	.267	0
	5	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
	43	84	11	20	4	0	1	7	.238	0
	69	226	22	54	12	0	6	30	.239	3
	75	221	13	54	4	0	0	14	.244	1
Team Totals	103	3507	431	922	150	21	39	397	.263	119

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
	8	7	3.91	22	22	0	154.1	150	72	67	46	127
	11	7	2.88	20	20	0	159.1	145	52	51	40	107
	2	2	3.17	7	6	0	48.1	49	20	17	14	15
	10	6	3.15	19	19	0	145.2	139	62	51	66	94
	3	7	5.79	12	10	0	56.0	89	40	36	14	15
	0	0	1.17	4	0	0	7.2	5	1	1	4	4
	0	0	7.59	14	0	0	21.1	36	20	18	3	11
	0	0	5.40	7	0	0	13.1	16	8	8	2	11
	3	5	4.34	31	0	4	58.0	58	31	28	21	41
	4	4	3.14	32	5	7	97.1	86	41	34	39	59
	3	3	4.36	24	0	2	43.1	43	21	21	18	34
	8	10	4.92	22	21	0	126.1	173	74	69	44	51
Team Totals	52	51	3.88	103	103	13	931.0	989	442	401	311	569

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Len Barker, Reserve
Bo Diaz, Catcher, Reserve