1981 Boston Red Sox Roster

The 1981 Boston Red Sox team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1981 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1981 Boston Red Sox Opening Day starters list, a 1981 Boston Red Sox salary list, a 1981 Boston Red Sox uniform number breakdown and a 1981 Boston Red Sox primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.
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1981 Boston Red Sox



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Complete Roster  
 

Roster
Schedule
45 Luis Aponte 6-00 185 Right Right 1953-06-14
16 Tom Burgmeier 5-11 185 Left Left 1943-08-02
22 Bill Campbell 6-03 190 Right Right 1948-08-09
25 Mark Clear 6-04 215 Right Right 1956-05-27
28 Steve Crawford 6-05 225 Right Right 1958-04-29
43 Dennis Eckersley 6-02 190 Right Right 1954-10-03
47 Bruce Hurst 6-03 215 Left Left 1958-03-24
19 Bob Ojeda 6-01 190 Left Left 1957-12-17
42 Chuck Rainey 5-11 190 Right Right 1954-07-14
46 Bob Stanley 6-04 215 Right Right 1954-11-10
40 Frank Tanana 6-03 195 Left Left 1953-07-03
21 Mike Torrez 6-05 220 Right Right 1946-08-28
30 John Tudor 6-00 185 Left Left 1954-02-02
39 Gary Allenson 5-11 185 Right Right 1955-02-04
10 Rich Gedman 6-00 215 Right Left 1959-09-26
29 John Lickert 5-11 175 Right Right 1960-04-04
50 Dave Schmidt 6-01 190 Right Right 1956-12-22
18 Glenn Hoffman 6-02 190 Right Right 1958-07-07
4 Carney Lansford 6-02 195 Right Right 1957-02-07
5 Tony Perez 6-02 205 Right Right 1942-05-14
2 Jerry Remy 5-09 165 Right Left 1952-11-08
11 Dave Stapleton 6-01 178 Right Right 1954-01-16
12 Julio Valdez 6-02 160 Right Both 1956-06-03
1 Chico Walker 5-09 179 Right Both 1957-11-25
24 Dwight Evans 6-02 205 Right Right 1951-11-03
37 Garry Hancock 6-00 175 Left Left 1954-01-23
3 Rick Miller 6-00 185 Left Left 1948-04-19
51 Reid Nichols 5-11 165 Right Right 1958-08-05
17 Tom Poquette 5-10 175 Right Left 1951-10-30
14 Jim Rice 6-02 205 Right Right 1953-03-08
26 Joe Rudi 6-02 200 Right Right 1946-09-07
8 Carl Yastrzemski 5-11 182 Right Left 1939-08-22
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The 1981 Boston Red Sox played 108 games during the regular season, won 59 games, lost 49 games, and finished in fifth position. They played their home games at Fenway Park (Park Factors: 106/106) where 1,060,379 fans witnessed their 1981 Red Sox finish the season with a .546 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1981 Boston Red Sox Opening Day starters list, a 1981 Boston Red Sox salary list, a 1981 Boston Red Sox uniform number breakdown and a 1981 Boston Red Sox primary starters list:

1981 Boston Red Sox
Opening Day Starters


No Opening Day Information Available

1981 Boston Red Sox
Most Games by Position

C Rich Gedman (59)
1B Tony Perez (56)
2B Jerry Remy (87)
3B Carney Lansford (86)
SS Glenn Hoffman (78)
LF Jim Rice (108)
CF Rick Miller (95)
RF Dwight Evans (107)
DH Carl Yastrzemski (48)
  
SP Dennis Eckersley
SP Frank Tanana
SP Mike Torrez
  
RP Tom Burgmeier
RP Bill Campbell
RP Bob Stanley
CL Mark Clear


1981 Boston Red Sox
Salaries

No Salary Data Available


1981 Boston Red Sox
Uniform Numbers

#1 Chico Walker
#2 Jerry Remy
#3 Rick Miller
#4 Carney Lansford
#5 Tony Perez
#8 Carl Yastrzemski
#10 Rich Gedman
#11 Dave Stapleton
#12 Julio Valdez
#14 Jim Rice
#16 Tom Burgmeier
#17 Tom Poquette
#18 Glenn Hoffman
#19 Bob Ojeda
#21 Mike Torrez
#22 Bill Campbell
#24 Dwight Evans
#25 Mark Clear
#26 Joe Rudi
#28 Steve Crawford
#29 John Lickert
#30 John Tudor
#37 Garry Hancock
#39 Gary Allenson
#40 Frank Tanana
#42 Chuck Rainey
#43 Dennis Eckersley
#45 Luis Aponte
#46 Bob Stanley
#47 Bruce Hurst
#50 Dave Schmidt
#51 Reid Nichols

Did you know that a 1981 Boston Red Sox Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?
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