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First Half of Season
East Division
Team           W   L  WL%  GB
NewYorkY NYY  34  22 .607  --  
Bltmore  BAL  31  23 .574  --  
Milwkee  MIL  31  25 .554  --  
Detroit  DET  31  26 .544  --  
BostonRS BOS  30  26 .536  --  
Clvlnd   CLE  26  24 .520  --  
Toronto  TOR  16  42 .276  --  
West Division
Team           W   L  WL%  GB
Oakland  OAK  37  23 .617  --  
Texas    TEX  33  22 .600  --  
ChicagoW CHW  31  22 .585  --  
Califrna CAL  31  29 .517  --  
KansasCy KCR  20  30 .400  --  
Seattle  SEA  21  36 .368  --  
Minnesta MIN  17  39 .304  --  

Second Half of Season
East Division
Team           W   L  WL%  GB
Milwkee  MIL  31  22 .585  --  
BostonRS BOS  29  23 .558  --  
Detroit  DET  29  23 .558  --  
Bltmore  BAL  28  23 .549  --  
Clvlnd   CLE  26  27 .491  --  
NewYorkY NYY  25  26 .490  --  
Toronto  TOR  21  27 .438  --  
West Division
Team           W   L  WL%  GB
KansasCy KCR  30  23 .566  --  
Oakland  OAK  27  22 .551  --  
Texas    TEX  24  26 .480  --  
Minnesta MIN  24  29 .453  --  
Seattle  SEA  23  29 .442  --  
ChicagoW CHW  23  30 .434  --  
Califrna CAL  20  30 .400  --  

Overall Record
East Division
Team           W   L  WL%  GB
Milwkee  MIL  62  47 .569  --  
Bltmore  BAL  59  46 .562  1.0
NewYorkY NYY  59  48 .551  2.0
Detroit  DET  60  49 .550  2.0
BostonRS BOS  59  49 .546  2.5
Clvlnd   CLE  52  51 .505  7.0
Toronto  TOR  37  69 .349 23.5
West Division
Team           W   L  WL%  GB
Oakland  OAK  64  45 .587  --  
Texas    TEX  57  48 .543  5.0
ChicagoW CHW  54  52 .509  8.5
KansasCy KCR  50  53 .485 11.0
Califrna CAL  51  59 .464 13.5
Seattle  SEA  44  65 .404 20.0
Minnesta MIN  41  68 .376 23.0

Race Charts from BaseballRace.com: AL | East | West
Postseason
World Series (4-2):   Los Angeles Dodgers over New York Yankees
AL Championship Series (3-0):   New York Yankees over Oakland Athletics
AL Division Series (3-2):   New York Yankees over Milwaukee Brewers
AL Division Series (3-0):   Oakland Athletics over Kansas City Royals

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1981 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
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League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 BOS  4.81   519  108  3820  1052  168  17   90  378   520  .275  .341  .399   32   31 107  5.25  4.38
 MIL  4.52   493  109  3743   961  173  20   96  300   461  .257  .312  .391   39   36 107  4.14  4.83
 CHW  4.49   476  106  3615   982  135  27   76  322   518  .272  .331  .387   86   44 110  4.39  4.58
 CAL  4.33   476  110  3688   944  134  16   97  393   571  .256  .328  .380   44   33 105  4.52  4.14
 TEX  4.30   452  105  3581   968  178  15   49  295   396  .270  .326  .369   46   41 106  4.14  4.49
 OAK  4.20   458  109  3677   910  119  26  104  342   647  .247  .312  .379   98   47 103  4.18  4.23
 CLE  4.18   431  103  3507   922  150  21   39  343   379  .263  .329  .351  119   37  96  3.89  4.51
 BAL  4.09   429  105  3516   883  165  11   88  404   454  .251  .328  .379   41   34 104  4.20  3.96
 NYY  3.93   421  107  3529   889  148  22  100  391   434  .252  .327  .391   47   30 108  3.98  3.89
 DET  3.92   427  109  3600   922  148  29   65  404   500  .256  .331  .368   61   37  99  4.38  3.44
 SEA  3.87   426  110  3780   950  148  13   89  329   553  .251  .311  .368  100   50  93  3.96  3.77
 KCR  3.85   397  103  3560   952  169  29   61  301   419  .267  .325  .383  100   53 105  3.47  4.18
 MIN  3.44   378  110  3676   884  147  36   47  275   497  .240  .293  .338   34   27  77  3.49  3.37
 TOR  3.10   329  106  3521   797  137  23   61  284   556  .226  .284  .330   66   57  74  3.25  2.96
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  4.07  6112 1500 50813 13016 2119 305 1062 4761  6905  .256  .321  .373  913  557

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 NYY  3.21   343  107  2.90   948   827   7.7   287  2.7   64   606   16     0    13  30 123  3.02  3.38
 OAK  3.70   403  109  3.30   993   883   8.1   370  3.4   80   505   60    11    11  10 105  3.27  4.15
 TEX  3.70   389  105  3.40   940   891   8.5   322  3.1   67   488   23    10    13  18 101  3.00  4.51
 CHW  3.99   423  106  3.47   940   891   8.4   336  3.2   73   529   20     6     8  23 103  4.04  3.95
 DET  3.71   404  109  3.53   969   840   7.7   373  3.4   83   476   33     6    13  22 107  3.56  3.85
 KCR  3.93   405  103  3.56   922   909   8.8   273  2.7   75   404   24     4     8  24 101  4.19  3.71
 BAL  4.16   437  105  3.70   940   923   8.8   347  3.3   83   489   25     7    10  23  98  3.95  4.40
 CAL  4.12   453  110  3.70   971   958   8.7   323  2.9   81   426   27     5     8  19  98  4.31  3.93
 BOS  4.45   481  108  3.81   987   983   9.1   354  3.3   90   536   19     4     4  24 101  4.66  4.25
 TOR  4.40   466  106  3.82   953   908   8.6   377  3.6   72   451   20     2     4  18 104  5.13  3.66
 CLE  4.29   442  103  3.88   931   989   9.6   311  3.0   67   569   33     9    10  13  94  4.00  4.61
 MIL  4.21   459  109  3.91   986   994   9.1   352  3.2   72   448   11     1     4  35  88  4.14  4.27
 MIN  4.42   486  110  3.98   979  1021   9.3   376  3.4   79   500   13     2     6  22  99  4.79  3.96
 SEA  4.74   521  110  4.23   997  1039   9.4   360  3.3   76   478   10     2     5  23  92  4.75  4.72
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  4.07  6112 1500  3.66 13457 13056   8.7  4761  3.2 1062  6905  334         112 304

League Miscellaneous Stats    Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------
 OAK   81   74  .980   .731  1,304,052  23,287   61-48  35-21 29-24  95  95 27.7 26.5   0   2  13 Martin
 MIL   79  135  .982   .704    874,292  17,843   58-51  28-21 34-26  95  94 28.8 29.1   3   3  34 Rodgers
 DET   65  109  .985   .739  1,149,144  20,894   57-52  32-23 28-26 104 103 27.1 26.2   0   1  10 Anderson
 BAL   68  114  .983   .709  1,024,247  18,623   52-53  33-22 26-24 100  99 30.2 29.1   3   3  21 Weaver
 BOS   91  108  .979   .702  1,060,379  20,007   58-50  30-23 29-26 107 106 29.1 27.9   3   1  23 Houk
 NYY   72  100  .982   .721  1,614,353  31,654   63-44  32-19 27-29  98  97 30.7 30.2   2   6  28 Michael and Lemon
 TEX   69  102  .984   .712    850,076  15,180   60-45  32-24 25-24  94  94 29.8 29.5   1   2  17 Zimmer
 CHW   87  113  .979   .708    946,651  19,319   59-47  25-24 29-28  98  98 28.4 25.4   1   2  20 LaRussa
 CLE   87   91  .978   .678    661,395  12,248   50-53  25-29 27-22 100 100 28.8 28.3   0   2  24 Garcia
 CAL  101  120  .977   .709  1,441,545  26,695   57-53  26-28 25-31 100  99 30.4 30.0   1   4  26 Fregosi and Mauch
 KCR   72   94  .982   .715  1,279,403  27,221   51-52  19-28 31-25  99  98 29.2 28.8   1   2  24 Frey and Howser
 SEA   91  122  .979   .694    636,276  11,163   45-64  20-37 24-28 105 106 28.6 26.8   0   1  19 Wills and Lachemann
 MIN   93  103  .978   .692    469,090   7,690   42-67  24-36 17-32 107 108 26.8 27.1   0   1  22 Goryl and Gardner
 TOR  105  102  .974   .712    755,083  14,247   37-69  17-36 20-33 106 108 25.9 25.8   0   1  20 Mattick
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results
Most Valuable PlayerRollie Fingers
MIL 6-3 (28 sv) 1.04 61 SO
Cy Young AwardRollie Fingers
MIL 6-3 (28 sv) 1.04 61 SO
Rookie of the YearDave Righetti
NYY 8-4  2.05 89 SO
Rolaids ReliefRollie Fingers
MIL 6-3 (28 sv) 1.04 61 SO
ALCS MVPGraig Nettles
NYY .500/.571/.917

Gold Glove Winners
PitcherMike Norris
CatcherJim Sundberg
First BaseMike Squires
Second BaseFrank White
Third BaseBuddy Bell
ShortstopAlan Trammell
OutfieldDwight Evans, Rickey Henderson, and Dwayne Murphy

Silver Slugger Winners
CatcherCarlton Fisk
First BaseCecil Cooper
Second BaseBobby Grich
Third BaseCarney Lansford
ShortstopRick Burleson
OutfieldDwight Evans, Rickey Henderson, and Dave Winfield

League Leaderboards    Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
Click on the Player for career stats and accomplishments.

Batting Average
Lansford-BOS.336
Paciorek-SEA.326
Gibson-DET**.328
Cooper-MIL.320
Henderson-OAK.319

On-base %
Hargrove-CLE.424
Evans-BOS.415
Henderson-OAK.408
Kemp-DET.389
Lansford-BOS.389

Slugging %
Grich-CAL.543
Murray-BAL.534
Evans-BOS.522
Paciorek-SEA.509
Cooper-MIL.495

OPS
Evans-BOS.937
Grich-CAL.921
Murray-BAL.895
Paciorek-SEA.888
Lemon-CHW.874

Games
Armas-OAK109
Burleson-CAL109
Whitaker-DET109
Evans-BOS108
Henderson-OAK108
Rice-BOS108

At Bats
Rice-BOS451
Armas-OAK440
Wilson-KCR439
Burleson-CAL430
Henderson-OAK423

Plate Appearances (approx.)
Evans-BOS504
Rice-BOS495
Henderson-OAK493
Burleson-CAL490
Murphy-OAK477

Runs
Henderson-OAK89
Evans-BOS84
Cooper-MIL70
Harrah-CLE64
Rivers-TEX62

Hits
Henderson-OAK135
Lansford-BOS134
Cooper-MIL133
Wilson-KCR133
Paciorek-SEA132

Total Bases
Evans-BOS215
Armas-OAK211
Cooper-MIL206
Paciorek-SEA206
Murray-BAL202

Doubles
Cooper-MIL35
Oliver-TEX29
Paciorek-SEA28
Brett-KCR27
Dauer-BAL27

Triples
Castino-MIN9
Baines-CHW7
Brett-KCR7
Henderson-OAK7
Wilson-KCR7

Home Runs
Armas-OAK22
Evans-BOS22
Grich-CAL22
Murray-BAL22
Luzinski-CHW21
Thomas-MIL21

RBI
Murray-BAL78
Armas-OAK76
Oglivie-MIL72
Evans-BOS71
Winfield-NYY68

Bases on Balls
Evans-BOS85
Murphy-OAK73
Kemp-DET70
Henderson-OAK64
Aikens-KCR62

Strikeouts
Armas-OAK115
Murphy-OAK91
Moseby-TOR86
Evans-BOS85
Thomas-MIL85

Stolen Bases
Henderson-OAK56
Cruz-SEA43
LeFlore-CHW36
Wilson-KCR34
Dilone-CLE29

Singles
Wilson-KCR115
Henderson-OAK104
Lansford-BOS104
Burleson-CAL103
Remy-BOS100

Adjusted OPS+
Grich-CAL164
Evans-BOS162
Murray-BAL156
Lemon-CHW154
Cooper-MIL151

Runs Created
Evans-BOS95
Henderson-OAK81
Paciorek-SEA76
Grich-CAL73
Cooper-MIL70
Murray-BAL70

Adjusted Batting Runs
Evans-BOS37
Henderson-OAK30
Grich-CAL29
Cooper-MIL27
Paciorek-SEA27

Batting Wins
Evans-BOS3.8
Henderson-OAK3.1
Grich-CAL2.9
Cooper-MIL2.8
Paciorek-SEA2.8

Extra-Base Hits
Armas-OAK49
Cooper-MIL48
Evans-BOS45
Murray-BAL45
Paciorek-SEA44

Times on Base
Evans-BOS208
Henderson-OAK201
Kemp-DET174
Murphy-OAK173
Burleson-CAL171
Paciorek-SEA171

Offensive Win%
Evans-BOS.786
Grich-CAL.751
Henderson-OAK.716
Paciorek-SEA.716
Murray-BAL.708

Hit By Pitch
Lemon-CHW13
Fisk-CHW12
Mayberry-TOR8
Baylor-CAL7
Sample-TEX7

Sac. Hits
Trammell-DET16
Mendoza-TEX14
Remy-BOS13
Squires-CHW13
Burleson-CAL11

Sac. Flies
Bell-TEX10
Otis-KCR9
Harrah-CLE8
Oglivie-MIL8
Hargrove-CLE7
Paciorek-SEA7
Rice-BOS7
Winfield-NYY7

Intentional Walks
Aikens-KCR12
Bell-TEX10
Murray-BAL10
Oglivie-MIL10
Oliver-TEX10

Grounded into Double Plays
Singleton-BAL21
Oliver-TEX17
Cooper-MIL16
Ford-CAL16
Parrish-DET16

Caught Stealing
Henderson-OAK22
Bumbry-BAL15
Griffin-TOR12
LeFlore-CHW11
Dilone-CLE10
Lansford-BOS10
Paciorek-SEA10
Washington-KCR10

Power/Speed Number
Paciorek-SEA13.5
Murphy-OAK12.0
Winfield-NYY11.9
Gibson-DET11.8
Otis-KCR11.5

At Bats per Strikeout
Dauer-BAL20.5
Hargrove-CLE20.1
Squires-CHW17.3
Stapleton-BOS16.1
Brett-KCR15.1

At Bats per Home Run
Grich-CAL16.0
Johnson-OAK**16.1
Mayberry-TOR17.1
Murray-BAL17.2
Thomas-MIL17.3

Outs
Rice-BOS346
Wills-TEX335
Armas-OAK333
Burleson-CAL333
Griffin-TOR333

ERA
Righetti-NYY2.05
Stewart-BAL2.32
McCatty-OAK2.33
Lamp-CHW2.41
John-NYY2.63

Wins
Martinez-BAL14
McCatty-OAK14
Morris-DET14
Vuckovich-MIL14
Leonard-KCR13
McGregor-BAL13

Won-Loss %
Comer-TEX.800
Vuckovich-MIL.778
Torrez-BOS.769
Hoyt-CHW.750
Martinez-BAL.737

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
Guidry-NYY0.992
Gura-KCR1.010
Righetti-NYY1.073
Honeycutt-TEX1.073
McCatty-OAK1.083

Hits Allowed/9IP
Righetti-NYY6.41
McCatty-OAK6.79
Morris-DET6.95
Guidry-NYY7.09
Darwin-TEX7.09

Bases on Balls/9IP
Honeycutt-TEX1.20
Forsch-CAL1.59
Gura-KCR1.83
Leonard-KCR1.83
Guidry-NYY1.84

Strikeouts/9IP
Righetti-NYY7.60
Barker-CLE7.41
Guidry-NYY7.37
Bannister-SEA6.30
Burns-CHW6.20

Games
Corbett-MIN54
Fingers-MIL47
Rawley-SEA46
Easterly-MIL44
Davis-NYY43
Hoyt-CHW43

Saves
Fingers-MIL28
Gossage-NYY20
Quisenberry-KCR18
Corbett-MIN17
Saucier-DET13

Innings
Leonard-KCR201.7
Morris-DET198.0
Langford-OAK195.3
McCatty-OAK185.7
Stieb-TOR183.7

Strikeouts
Barker-CLE127
Burns-CHW108
Blyleven-CLE107
Leonard-KCR107
Guidry-NYY104

Games Started
Leonard-KCR26
Morris-DET25
Stieb-TOR25
Zahn-CAL25
Dotson-CHW24
Langford-OAK24
Martinez-BAL24
Wilcox-DET24

Comp. Games
Langford-OAK18
McCatty-OAK16
Morris-DET15
Gura-KCR12
Norris-OAK12

Shutouts
Dotson-CHW4
Forsch-CAL4
McCatty-OAK4
Medich-TEX4
Barker-CLE3
Denny-CLE3
McGregor-BAL3

Home Runs Allow.
Caldwell-MIL18
Zahn-CAL18
Norris-OAK17
Tanana-BOS17
Leonard-KCR15

Bases On Balls Allow.
Morris-DET78
Denny-CLE66
Clancy-TOR64
Norris-OAK63
Martinez-BAL62

Hits Allowed
Leonard-KCR202
Langford-OAK190
Zahn-CAL181
Martinez-BAL173
Waits-CLE173

SO to Walk
Guidry-NYY4.00
Barker-CLE2.76
Blyleven-CLE2.68
Leonard-KCR2.61
Honeycutt-TEX2.35

Losses
Berenguer-TOT13
Koosman-TOT13
Leal-TOR13
Clancy-TOR12
Leonard-KCR11
May-NYY11
Zahn-CAL11

Earned Runs Allow.
Zahn-CAL79
Eckersley-BOS73
Norris-OAK72
Waits-CLE69
Clancy-TOR68
Haas-MIL68
May-NYY68
Williams-MIN68

Wild Pitches
Norris-OAK14
Clancy-TOR12
Denny-CLE10
Leal-TOR8
Rawley-SEA8

Hit Batsmen
Stieb-TOR11
Witt-CAL11
Norris-OAK10
Burns-CHW6
Darwin-TEX6
Stanley-BOS6
Wilcox-DET6

Batters Faced
Leonard-KCR837
Langford-OAK823
Morris-DET798
Martinez-BAL753
Stieb-TOR748

Games Finished
Corbett-MIN45
Fingers-MIL41
Quisenberry-KCR35
Aase-CAL31
Gossage-NYY30
Hoyt-CHW30

Adjusted ERA+
Righetti-NYY173
Stewart-BAL156
McCatty-OAK150
Lamp-CHW149
Burns-CHW136

Salary
Jackson-NYY$588,000
Stieb-TOR$85,000

Oldest Player
Yastrzemski-BOS1939-08-22 (41)
Campaneris-CAL1942-03-09 (39)
Perez-BOS1942-05-14 (39)
Grote-KCR1942-10-06 (38)
Jenkins-TEX1942-12-13 (38)

Youngest Player
Manrique-TOR1961-11-05 (19)
Nelson-NYY1960-12-03 (20)
Ripken-BAL1960-08-24 (20)
Brunansky-CAL1960-08-20 (20)
Witt-CAL1960-07-20 (20)

 
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

All Stars (* - indicates they played)
Click on the Player for career stats and accomplishments.

Box Score and Play-by-Play

Starters
P. Jack Morris (DET)
C. Carlton Fisk (CHW)
1B. Rod Carew (CAL)
2B. Willie Randolph (NYY)
3B. George Brett (KCR)
SS. Bucky Dent (NYY)
LF. Ken Singleton (BAL)
CF. Dave Winfield (NYY)
RF. Reggie Jackson (NYY)

     
Tony Armas* (OAK)
Len Barker* (CLE)
Buddy Bell* (TEX)
Rick Burleson* (CAL)
Britt Burns (CHW)
Doug Corbett (MIN)
Ron Davis* (NYY)
Bo Diaz* (CLE)
Dwight Evans* (BOS)
     
Rollie Fingers* (MIL)
Ken Forsch* (CAL)
Rich Gossage (NYY)
Fred Lynn* (CAL)
Scott McGregor (BAL)
Eddie Murray* (BAL)
Mike Norris* (OAK)
Al Oliver* (TEX)
Tom Paciorek* (SEA)
     
Ted Simmons* (MIL)
Dave Stieb* (TOR)
Gorman Thomas* (MIL)
Frank White* (KCR)

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