# 1981 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1981 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 99th season in the history of the franchise, and the 11th season for the Philadelphia Phillies at Veterans Stadium.

## Offseason

* November 25, 1980: Rick Schu was signed as an amateur free agent by the Phillies.
* December 8, 1980: George Bell was drafted from the Phillies by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1980 rule 5 draft.
* December 22, 1980: Del Unser was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.
* March 1, 1981: Randy Lerch was traded by the Phillies to the Milwaukee Brewers for Dick Davis.
* March 25, 1981: Bob Walk was traded by the Phillies to the Atlanta Braves for Gary Matthews.

## Regular season

* April 29, 1981: Phillies pitcher Steve Carlton struck out Tim Wallach of the Montreal Expos for the 3000th strikeout of his career.
* August 10, 1981: First baseman Pete Rose records his 3,631st hit of his career, passing Stan Musial to become the all-time hit leader in the National League.

### Season standings

vteNL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 59 | 43 | .578 | — | 32‍–‍21 | 27‍–‍22 |
| Montreal Expos | 60 | 48 | .556 | 2 | 38‍–‍18 | 22‍–‍30 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 59 | 48 | .551 | 2½ | 36‍–‍19 | 23‍–‍29 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 46 | 56 | .451 | 13 | 22‍–‍28 | 24‍–‍28 |
| New York Mets | 41 | 62 | .398 | 18½ | 24‍–‍27 | 17‍–‍35 |
| Chicago Cubs | 38 | 65 | .369 | 21½ | 27‍–‍30 | 11‍–‍35 |
| NL East First Half Standings | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 34 | 21 | .618 | — |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 30 | 20 | .600 | 1+1⁄2 |
| Montreal Expos | 30 | 25 | .545 | 4 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 25 | 23 | .521 | 5+1⁄2 |
| New York Mets | 17 | 34 | .333 | 15 |
| Chicago Cubs | 15 | 37 | .288 | 17+1⁄2 |
| NL East Second Half Standings | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| Montreal Expos | 30 | 23 | .566 | — |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 29 | 23 | .558 | 1⁄2 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 25 | 27 | .481 | 4+1⁄2 |
| New York Mets | 24 | 28 | .462 | 5+1⁄2 |
| Chicago Cubs | 23 | 28 | .451 | 6 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 21 | 33 | .389 | 9+1⁄2 |

### Record vs. opponents

1981 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL |
| Atlanta | — | 3–2–1 | 6–5 | 4–8 | 7–7 | 3–7 | 3–3 | 4–5 | 2–3 | 9–6 | 5–7 | 4–3 |
| Chicago | 2–3–1 | — | 1–5 | 1–6 | 6–4 | 4–7 | 5–8–1 | 2–10 | 4–10 | 3–3 | 5–5 | 5–4–1 |
| Cincinnati | 5–6 | 5–1 | — | 8–4 | 8–8 | 5–4 | 7–3 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 10–2 | 9–5 | 0–5 |
| Houston | 8–4 | 6–1 | 4–8 | — | 4–8 | 5–2 | 6–3 | 4–6 | 2–4 | 11–3 | 9–6 | 2–4 |
| Los Angeles | 7–7 | 4–6 | 8–8 | 8–4 | — | 5–2 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 6–5 | 7–5 | 5–5 |
| Montreal | 7–3 | 7–4 | 4–5 | 2–5 | 2–5 | — | 9–3 | 7–4 | 10–3 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 6–9 |
| New York | 3–3 | 8–5–1 | 3–7 | 3–6 | 1–5 | 3–9 | — | 7–7 | 3–6–1 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 6–5 |
| Philadelphia | 5-4 | 10–2 | 2–5 | 6–4 | 3–3 | 4–7 | 7–7 | — | 7–5 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 7–6 |
| Pittsburgh | 3–2 | 10–4 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 3–10 | 6–3–1 | 5–7 | — | 6–4 | 3–7 | 3–8 |
| San Diego | 6–9 | 3–3 | 2–10 | 3–11 | 5–6 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 4–6 | — | 6–7 | 3–7 |
| San Francisco | 7–5 | 5–5 | 5–9 | 6–9 | 5–7 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 7–3 | 7–6 | — | 2–3 |
| St. Louis | 3–4 | 4–5–1 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 5–5 | 9–6 | 5–6 | 6–7 | 8–3 | 7–3 | 3–2 | — |

### Notable transactions

* June 8, 1981: Vince Coleman was drafted by the Phillies in the 20th round of the 1981 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.
* July 12, 1981: Mike LaValliere was signed by the Phillies as an amateur free agent.

### 1981 Game Log

Legend :
| | Phillies win |
| | Phillies loss |
| | Postponement |
| Bold | Phillies team member |
1981 Game Log First Half: 34–21; Second Half: 25–27; Overall Record: 59–48 :
April (12–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 8@ Reds2–3Tom Hume (1–0)Sparky Lyle (0–1)None51,7160–1
2April 11@ Cardinals5–2Dick Ruthven (1–0)Bob Forsch (0–1)None38,4731–1
3April 12@ Cardinals3–7Lary Sorensen (1–0)Larry Christenson (0–1)Bruce Sutter (1)21,4621–2
4April 13Pirates5–1Steve Carlton (1–0)John Candelaria (0–1)None60,4042–2
5April 15Pirates4–3 (11)Tug McGraw (1–0)Enrique Romo (0–1)None27,4503–2
6April 16Pirates5–3Dick Ruthven (2–0)Don Robinson (0–1)Tug McGraw (1)26,7804–2
7April 17Cubs6–2Larry Christenson (1–1)Ken Kravec (0–1)None21,9485–2
8April 18Cubs4–3 (10)Steve Carlton (2–0)Lee Smith (0–1)None27,7806–2
9April 19Cubs7–3Nino Espinosa (1–0)Rick Reuschel (0–2)None30,2047–2
10April 20@ Expos8–9Steve Rogers (1–0)Tug McGraw (1–1)Woodie Fryman (2)24,8177–3
11April 21@ Expos3–10Scott Sanderson (2–0)Dick Ruthven (2–1)None10,8877–4
12April 22@ Expos3–4 (11)Elías Sosa (1–0)Tug McGraw (1–2)None14,1767–5
13April 24@ Cubs6–4Steve Carlton (3–0)Rick Reuschel (0–3)Ron Reed (1)6,2748–5
14April 25@ Cubs7–5Sparky Lyle (1–1)Dick Tidrow (1–2)None10,9909–5
15April 26@ Cubs6–2Marty Bystrom (1–0)Bill Caudill (0–1)None10,09310–5
16April 27Expos3–1Dick Ruthven (3–1)Bill Gullickson (1–1)None27,34711–5
17April 28Expos3–6Steve Ratzer (1–0)Larry Christenson (1–2)Elías Sosa (1)26,19211–6
18April 29Expos6–2Steve Carlton (4–0)Steve Rogers (2–1)None30,14212–6 :
May (15–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
–May 1GiantsPostponed (rain); Makeup: May 2 as a traditional double-header
19May 2 (1)Giants2–6Doyle Alexander (4–1)Nino Espinosa (1–1)Greg Minton (4)see 2nd game12–7
20May 2 (2)Giants3–1Marty Bystrom (2–0)Ed Whitson (0–3)None27,37613–7
21May 3Giants7–5Dick Ruthven (4–1)Gary Lavelle (0–2)Tug McGraw (2)41,28314–7
22May 4Giants6–4Steve Carlton (5–0)Allen Ripley (1–3)None25,49215–7
23May 5Dodgers8–7Sparky Lyle (2–1)Bobby Castillo (0–3)None27,24116–7
24May 6Dodgers1–2Burt Hooton (4–0)Nino Espinosa (1–2)None25,85016–8
25May 7Dodgers1–2Jerry Reuss (3–1)Marty Bystrom (2–1)None29,25916–9
26May 8Padres11–7Sparky Lyle (3–1)Gary Lucas (2–3)None30,83017–9
27May 9Padres9–6Steve Carlton (6–0)Tim Lollar (1–3)None30,90718–9
28May 10Padres4–8Steve Mura (1–4)Larry Christenson (1–3)Gary Lucas (5)40,44718–10
29May 12@ Giants0–4Doyle Alexander (5–2)Nino Espinosa (1–3)None10,30718–11
30May 13@ Giants2–5Allen Ripley (3–3)Marty Bystrom (2–2)Greg Minton (6)6,94618–12
31May 14@ Giants3–1Dick Ruthven (5–1)Vida Blue (3–3)Tug McGraw (3)6,56119–12
32May 15@ Padres2–1Steve Carlton (7–0)Steve Mura (1–5)None15,93920–12
33May 16@ Padres1–2John Littlefield (1–2)Tug McGraw (1–3)None40,65620–13
34May 17@ Padres6–3Nino Espinosa (2–3)Juan Eichelberger (3–2)None18,33021–13
35May 18@ Dodgers4–0Marty Bystrom (3–2)Fernando Valenzuela (8–1)None52,43922–13
36May 19@ Dodgers3–2Dick Ruthven (6–1)Bob Welch (2–2)None43,81223–13
37May 20@ Dodgers2–3 (10)Steve Howe (4–1)Tug McGraw (1–4)None50,91723–14
38May 22@ Pirates1–3Pascual Pérez (1–0)Larry Christenson (1–4)None20,69523–15
39May 23@ Pirates6–4Mike Proly (1–0)Kent Tekulve (0–3)Ron Reed (2)20,34024–15
40May 24@ Pirates1–7Jim Bibby (3–2)Marty Bystrom (3–3)Víctor Cruz (1)21,77124–16
41May 25@ Mets3–13Greg A. Harris (1–0)Dick Ruthven (6–2)Jeff Reardon (2)20,46924–17
42May 26@ Mets7–5Ron Reed (1–0)Neil Allen (3–2)Tug McGraw (4)13,97325–17
43May 27@ Mets1–3Pat Zachry (5–5)Larry Christenson (1–5)None10,93025–18
44May 29Cardinals4–11Bob Forsch (5–2)Nino Espinosa (2–4)Mark Littell (1)32,35825–19
45May 30Cardinals10–2Dick Ruthven (7–2)Lary Sorensen (4–4)None35,03426–19
46May 31Cardinals6–1Steve Carlton (8–0)Silvio Martínez (1–4)None54,10327–19 :
June (7–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
47June 1Mets5–4Sparky Lyle (4–1)Neil Allen (3–3)Tug McGraw (5)27,63128–19
48June 2Mets9–7Mike Proly (2–0)Ed Lynch (1–3)Ron Reed (3)25,37529–19
49June 3Mets2–6Greg A. Harris (2–1)Dick Ruthven (7–3)Neil Allen (5)27,58829–20
50June 5@ Braves1–4Rick Mahler (3–1)Steve Carlton (8–1)Rick Camp (8)17,05929–21
51June 6@ Braves3–0Larry Christenson (2–5)Tommy Boggs (1–9)Mike Proly (1)15,29130–21
52June 7@ Braves7–5Sparky Lyle (5–1)Gaylord Perry (5–4)Ron Reed (4)23,48231–21
53June 8Astros4–3Dick Ruthven (8–3)Don Sutton (4–6)Tug McGraw (6)31,66432–21
54June 9Astros10–3Marty Bystrom (4–3)Joe Niekro (6–5)Ron Reed (5)33,97833–21
55June 10Astros5–4Steve Carlton (9–1)Frank LaCorte (3–2)Tug McGraw (7)57,38634–21
–June 12BravesGame cancelled: players' strike
–June 13BravesGame cancelled: players' strike
–June 14BravesGame cancelled: players' strike
–June 15RedsGame cancelled: players' strike
–June 16RedsGame cancelled: players' strike
–June 17@ AstrosGame cancelled: players' strike
–June 18@ AstrosGame cancelled: players' strike
–June 19@ RedsGame cancelled: players' strike
–June 20@ RedsGame cancelled: players' strike
–June 21@ RedsGame cancelled: players' strike
–June 23@ CubsGame cancelled: players' strike
–June 24@ CubsGame cancelled: players' strike
–June 25@ CubsGame cancelled: players' strike
–June 26PiratesGame cancelled: players' strike
–June 27PiratesGame cancelled: players' strike
–June 28PiratesGame cancelled: players' strike
–June 29@ CardinalsGame cancelled: players' strike
–June 30 (1)@ CardinalsGame cancelled: players' strike
–June 30 (2)@ CardinalsGame cancelled: players' strike :
July (0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
–July 1@ CardinalsGame cancelled: players' strike
–July 2@ CardinalsGame cancelled: players' strike
–July 3ExposGame cancelled: players' strike
–July 4ExposGame cancelled: players' strike
–July 5ExposGame cancelled: players' strike
–July 7@ PiratesGame cancelled: players' strike
–July 8@ PiratesGame cancelled: players' strike
–July 9@ PiratesGame cancelled: players' strike
–July 10MetsGame cancelled: players' strike
–July 11 (1)MetsGame cancelled: players' strike
–July 11 (2)MetsGame cancelled: players' strike
–July 12MetsGame cancelled: players' strike
–July 141981 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland Cancelled (players' strike), then postponed to August 9
–July 16GiantsGame cancelled: players' strike
–July 17GiantsGame cancelled: players' strike
–July 18DodgersGame cancelled: players' strike
–July 19DodgersGame cancelled: players' strike
–July 20DodgersGame cancelled: players' strike
–July 21PadresGame cancelled: players' strike
–July 22PadresGame cancelled: players' strike
–July 23PadresGame cancelled: players' strike
–July 24@ GiantsGame cancelled: players' strike
–July 25@ GiantsGame cancelled: players' strike
–July 26@ GiantsGame cancelled: players' strike
–July 27@ PadresGame cancelled: players' strike
–July 28@ PadresGame cancelled: players' strike
–July 29@ PadresGame cancelled: players' strike
–July 31@ DodgersGame cancelled: players' strike :
August (7–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord (Overall Record)
–August 1@ DodgersGame cancelled: players' strike
–August 2@ DodgersGame cancelled: players' strike
–August 4CubsGame cancelled: players' strike
–August 5CubsGame cancelled: players' strike
–August 6CubsGame cancelled: players' strike
–August 7@ ExposGame cancelled: players' strike
–August 8@ ExposGame cancelled: players' strike
–August 9 (1)@ ExposGame cancelled: players' strike
–August 9 (2)@ ExposGame cancelled: players' strike
–August 91981 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland
56August 10Cardinals3–7Bob Forsch (7–2)Larry Christenson (2–6)Bruce Sutter (12)60,5610–1 (34–22)
57August 11Cardinals6–5 (10)Ron Reed (2–0)Jim Kaat (3–2)None24,5491–1 (35–22)
58August 12Cardinals3–11Bob Sykes (1–0)Dick Ruthven (8–4)Mark Littell (2)23,5661–2 (35–23)
59August 13Cardinals2–5John Martin (4–1)Steve Carlton (9–2)Bruce Sutter (13)26,7831–3 (35–24)
60August 14@ Mets8–4Larry Christenson (3–6)Mike Scott (3–5)Mike Proly (2)34,1362–3 (36–24)
61August 15@ Mets1–3Pete Falcone (2–3)Nino Espinosa (2–5)Neil Allen (8)14,3092–4 (36–25)
62August 16@ Mets2–5Pat Zachry (6–7)Dick Ruthven (8–5)Neil Allen (9)21,6352–5 (36–26)
63August 18@ Reds1–3Tom Seaver (8–2)Steve Carlton (9–3)Tom Hume (8)25,3632–6 (36–27)
64August 19@ Reds3–6Tom Hume (6–2)Sparky Lyle (5–2)None23,1332–7 (36–28)
65August 21Astros5–4Sparky Lyle (6–2)Vern Ruhle (1–3)Tug McGraw (8)31,6933–7 (37–28)
66August 22Astros8–4Dick Ruthven (9–5)Joe Niekro (7–7)None35,1994–7 (38–28)
67August 23Astros6–0Steve Carlton (10–3)Bob Knepper (6–3)None30,6305–7 (39–28)
68August 24Braves7–5 (13)Tug McGraw (2–4)Al Hrabosky (0–1)None23,3836–7 (40–28)
69August 25Braves2–12Phil Niekro (6–4)Mark Davis (0–1)None33,3836–8 (40–29)
70August 26Braves3–5 (10)Rick Camp (7–1)Ron Reed (2–1)None28,2836–9 (40–30)
71August 28@ Astros2–3 (10)Dave Smith (2–3)Sparky Lyle (6–3)None29,4826–10 (40–31)
72August 29 (1)@ Astros1–6Vern Ruhle (2–3)Mark Davis (0–2)Nonesee 2nd game6–11 (40–32)
73August 29 (2)@ Astros1–2Billy Smith (1–0)Dickie Noles (0–1)Frank LaCorte (4)33,3276–12 (40–33)
74August 30@ Astros4–5 (10)Dave Smith (3–3)Sparky Lyle (6–4)None23,1026–13 (40–34)
75August 31@ Braves11–8Dick Ruthven (10–5)Gaylord Perry (6–5)Ron Reed (6)8,2077–13 (41–34) :
September (16–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord (Overall Record)
76September 1@ Braves3–0Steve Carlton (11–3)Rick Mahler (4–5)None3,3748–13 (42–34)
77September 2@ Braves2–3Gene Garber (4–3)Warren Brusstar (0–1)None6,2328–14 (42–35)
78September 3Reds3–9Bruce Berenyi (7–4)Mark Davis (0–3)None26,5408–15 (42–36)
79September 4Reds7–6Sparky Lyle (7–4)Doug Bair (2–2)Tug McGraw (9)25,0209–15 (43–36)
80September 5Reds5–4Ron Reed (3–1)Mario Soto (8–8)None41,84510–15 (44–36)
81September 6Reds4–5Tom Hume (7–3)Sparky Lyle (7–5)Joe Price (2)30,36610–16 (44–37)
82September 7Expos4–5Woodie Fryman (5–2)Mike Proly (2–1)Jeff Reardon (5)31,40110–17 (44–38)
83September 8Expos10–5Dan Larson (1–0)Scott Sanderson (7–6)None11,81211–17 (45–38)
84September 9Expos11–8Ron Reed (4–1)Woodie Fryman (5–3)Sparky Lyle (1)25,46812–17 (46–38)
85September 11@ Pirates8–0Steve Carlton (12–3)Rick Rhoden (8–3)None12,79913–17 (47–38)
86September 12@ Pirates2–6Eddie Solomon (7–4)Dickie Noles (0–2)Rod Scurry (5)11,37013–18 (47–39)
87September 13@ Pirates2–3Odell Jones (4–2)Ron Reed (4–2)Kent Tekulve16,49313–19 (47–40)
–September 15@ MetsPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 16 as a traditional double-header
88September 16 (1)@ Mets3–1Dick Ruthven (11–5)Pat Zachry (7–12)Nonesee 2nd game14–19 (48–40)
89September 16 (2)@ Mets4–5Mike Marshall (3–2)Steve Carlton (12–4)Neil Allen (17)4,35314–20 (48–41)
90September 17@ Mets3–2Dickie Noles (1–2)Mike Scott (4–9)Ron Reed (7)5,50115–20 (49–41)
91September 18Pirates6–7Rod Scurry (4–5)Ron Reed (4–3)Mark Lee (2)24,53715–21 (49–42)
92September 19Pirates8–2Dan Larson (2–0)Odell Jones (4–3)Larry Christenson (1)30,44616–21 (50–42)
93September 20Pirates5–4Sparky Lyle (8–5)Eddie Solomon (7–5)None31,48917–21 (51–42)
94September 21@ Expos0–1 (17)Bryn Smith (1–0)Jerry Reed (0–1)None24,16117–22 (51–43)
95September 22@ Expos2–6Steve Rogers (11–7)Dick Ruthven (11–6)None21,79717–23 (51–44)
96September 23@ Cardinals9–4Dickie Noles (2–2)John Martin (6–5)Sparky Lyle (2)16,84518–23 (52–44)
97September 24@ Cardinals14–6Mark Davis (1–3)Lary Sorensen (7–7)None11,75819–23 (53–44)
98September 25@ Cubs9–2Dan Larson (3–0)Ken Kravec (1–6)None4,48220–23 (54–44)
–September 26@ CubsPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 27 as a traditional double-header
99September 27 (1)@ Cubs5–2Steve Carlton (13–4)Doug Bird (9–6)Nonesee 2nd game21–23 (55–44)
100September 27 (2)@ Cubs0–14Mike Krukow (9–9)Dick Ruthven (11–7)None18,78321–24 (55–45)
101September 28Mets12–4Larry Christenson (4–6)Ed Lynch (4–5)None20,40322–24 (56–45)
102September 29Mets0–7Pete Falcone (4–3)Mark Davis (1–4)None20,11022–25 (56–46)
103September 30Cardinals8–5Sparky Lyle (9–5)Luis DeLeón (0–1)Ron Reed (8)21,38223–25 (57–46) :
October (2–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord (Overall Record)
104October 1Cardinals2–3 (10)Doug Bair (4–2)Larry Christenson (4–7)None20,48223–26 (57–47)
105October 2Cubs9–7Ron Reed (5–3)Dick Tidrow (3–10)None20,45324–26 (58–47)
106October 3Cubs4–8Jay Howell (2–0)Sparky Lyle (9–6)Randy Martz (6)35,16924–27 (58–48)
107October 4Cubs2–1Dick Ruthven (12–7)Lee Smith (3–6)Tug McGraw (10)21,91225–27 (59–48) :

### Roster
## 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 | Bob Boone | 76 | 227 | 48 | .211 | 4 | 24 |
| 1B | Pete Rose | 107 | 431 | 140 | .325 | 0 | 33 |
| 2B | Manny Trillo | 94 | 349 | 100 | .287 | 6 | 36 |
| SS | Larry Bowa | 103 | 360 | 102 | .283 | 0 | 31 |
| 3B | Mike Schmidt | 102 | 354 | 112 | .316 | 31 | 91 |
| LF | Gary Matthews | 101 | 359 | 108 | .301 | 9 | 67 |
| CF | Garry Maddox | 94 | 323 | 85 | .263 | 5 | 40 |
| RF | Bake McBride | 58 | 221 | 60 | .271 | 2 | 21 |

#### 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 |
| Keith Moreland | 61 | 196 | 50 | .255 | 6 | 37 |
| Lonnie Smith | 62 | 176 | 57 | .324 | 2 | 11 |
| Greg Gross | 83 | 102 | 23 | .225 | 0 | 7 |
| Dick Davis | 45 | 96 | 32 | .333 | 2 | 19 |
| Luis Aguayo | 45 | 84 | 18 | .214 | 1 | 7 |
| Del Unser | 62 | 59 | 9 | .153 | 0 | 6 |
| Ramón Avilés | 38 | 28 | 6 | .214 | 0 | 3 |
| George Vukovich | 20 | 26 | 10 | .385 | 1 | 4 |
| Len Matuszek | 13 | 11 | 3 | .273 | 0 | 1 |
| Ozzie Virgil Jr. | 6 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryne Sandberg | 13 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Dernier | 10 | 4 | 3 | .750 | 0 | 0 |
| Don McCormack | 3 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| John Vukovich | 11 | 1 | 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 |
| Steve Carlton | 24 | 190.0 | 13 | 4 | 2.42 | 179 |
| Dick Ruthven | 23 | 146.2 | 12 | 7 | 5.15 | 80 |
| Larry Christenson | 20 | 106.2 | 4 | 7 | 3.54 | 70 |
| Nino Espinosa | 14 | 73.2 | 2 | 5 | 6.11 | 22 |
| Marty Bystrom | 9 | 53.2 | 4 | 3 | 3.35 | 24 |
| Mark Davis | 9 | 43.0 | 1 | 4 | 7.74 | 29 |

#### 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 |
| Dickie Noles | 13 | 58.1 | 2 | 2 | 4.17 | 34 |
| Dan Larson | 5 | 28.0 | 3 | 0 | 4.18 | 15 |

#### 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 |
| Tug McGraw | 34 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2.66 | 26 |
| Sparky Lyle | 48 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 4.44 | 29 |
| Ron Reed | 39 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3.08 | 40 |
| Mike Proly | 35 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3.86 | 19 |
| Warren Brusstar | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.38 | 8 |
| Jerry Reed | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.71 | 5 |

## 1981 National League Division Series
### Montreal Expos vs. Philadelphia Phillies

Montreal wins series, 3–2.
| Game | Score | Date |
| 1 | Montreal 3, Philadelphia 1 | October 7 |
| 2 | Montreal 3, Philadelphia 1 | October 8 |
| 3 | Philadelphia 6, Montreal 2 | October 9 |
| 4 | Philadelphia 6, Montreal 5 (10 innings) | October 10 |
| 5 | Montreal 3, Philadelphia 0 | October 11 |

### 1981 Postseason Game Log

Legend :
| | Phillies win |
| | Phillies loss |
| | Postponement |
| Bold | Phillies team member |
1981 Postseason Game Log Overall Record: 2–3 :
National League Divisional Series (2–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 7@ Expos1–3Steve Rogers (1–0)Steve Carlton (0–1)Jeff Reardon (1)34,2370–1
2October 8@ Expos1–3Bill Gullickson (1–0)Dick Ruthven (0–1)Jeff Reardon (2)45,8960–2
3October 9Expos6–2Larry Christenson (1–0)Ray Burris (0–1)None36,8351–2
4October 10Expos6–5 (10)Tug McGraw (1–0)Jeff Reardon (0–1)None38,8182–2
5October 11Expos0–3Steve Rogers (2–0)Steve Carlton (0–2)None47,3842–3 :

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Oklahoma City 89ers | American Association | Jim Snyder |
| AA | Reading Phillies | Eastern League | Ron Clark |
| A | Peninsula Pilots | Carolina League | Bill Dancy |
| A | Spartanburg Traders | South Atlantic League | Tom Harmon |
| A-Short Season | Bend Phillies | Northwest League | P. J. Carey |
| Rookie | Helena Phillies | Pioneer League | Roly de Armas |