1981 Chicago White Sox season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Chicago White Sox
season = 1981
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = American League West
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Comiskey Park
y4 = 1910
city = Chicago, Illinois
y5 = 1900
owners = Jerry Reinsdorf
managers = Tony LaRussa
television = WGN-TV
(Harry Caray, Jimmy Piersall, Lou Brock)
radio =WBBM (AM)
(Harry Caray, Joe McConnell, Rich King) |

The 1981 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 82nd season. They finished with a record 54-52, good enough for 3rd place in the American League West, 8.5 games behind of the 1st place Oakland Athletics. However, due to a player's strike, neither the Athletics would play the 50-53 Kansas City Royals, who had finished behind the White Sox.

Owner Bill Veeck attempted to sell the club to Ed DeBartolo, but the offer was turned down by the other owners. [http://whitesoxinteractive.com/History&Glory/SaveOurSox.htm WSI's FLYINGSOCK.COM. Chicago White Sox coverage with totally biased attitude! ] ] Veeck was then forced to sell to a different investment group headed by Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn.

Offseason

*October 6, 1980: Minnie Miñoso was released by the White Sox. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/minosmi01.shtml Minnie Minoso page at Baseball Reference] ]
*March 18, 1981: Carlton Fisk signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fiskca01.shtml Carlton Fisk Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*March 28, 1981: Dennis Lamp was traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Chicago White Sox for Ken Kravec. [ http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lampde01.shtml]

Regular season

eason standings

Transactions

*April 1, 1981: Thad Bosley was traded by the White Sox to the Milwaukee Brewers for John Poff. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/poffjo01.shtml John Poff page at Baseball Reference] ]
*August 30, 1981: Ivan Mesa (minors), Ronnie Perry (minors), a player to be named later, and cash were traded by the White Sox to the Minnesota Twins for Jerry Koosman. The White Sox completed the deal by sending Randy Johnson to the Twins on September 2. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/koosmje01.shtml Jerry Koosman page at Baseball Reference] ]

Roster

Pitching

tarting pitchers

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/1981.shtml 1981 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference]