1981 Pittsburgh Pirates season

MLB yearly infobox alt
name = Pittsburgh Pirates
season = 1981
misc =

current league = National League
y1 = 1887
division = Eastern Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Three Rivers Stadium
y4 = 1970
city = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
y5 = 1887
owners = John W. Galbreath
general managers = Harding "Pete" Peterson
managers = Chuck Tanner
television = KDKA-TV
Jim Rooker, Lanny Frattare, John Sanders
Action-TV
Bob Prince, Ray Scott
radio = KDKA
Jim Rooker, Lanny Frattare|The 1981 Pirates season was the 100th in franchise history.

Offseason

* December 9, 1980: Bert Blyleven and Manny Sanguillen were traded by the Pirates to the Cleveland Indians for Gary Alexander, Victor Cruz, Rafael Vásquez, and Bob Owchinko. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/blylebe01.shtml Bert Blyleven page at Baseball Reference] ]
* February 23, 1981: Luis Tiant was signed as a free agent by the Pirates. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tiantlu01.shtml Luis Tiant page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular season

Opening Day Starters

Notable transactions

* April 6, 1981: Bob Owchinko was traded by the Pirates to the Oakland Athletics for a player to be named later. The Athletics completed the deal by sending Ernie Camacho to the Pirates on April 10. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/camacer01.shtml Ernie Camacho page at Baseball Reference] ]
* May 4, 1981: Willie Horton was signed as a free agent by the Pirates. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hortowi01.shtml Willie Horton page at Baseball Reference] ]
* June 8, 1981: Lance Johnson was drafted by the Pirates in the 30th round of the 1981 amateur draft, but did not sign. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/j/johnsla03.shtml Lance Johnson page at Baseball Reference] ]
* July 11, 1981: Bobby Bonilla was signed by the Pirates as an amateur free agent. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bonilbo01.shtml Bobby Bonilla page at Baseball Reference] ]

Roster

Pitching

tarting pitchers

Award Winners

1981 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PIT/1981.shtml 1981 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1981&t=PIT 1981 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]