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1981 AL Division Series (3-2): New York Yankees (59-48) over Milwaukee Brewers (62-47)

WS: LAD-NYY / ALCS: NYY-OAK / NLCS: LAD-MON / Div. Series: NYY-MIL / OAK-KCR / MON-PHI / LAD-HOU
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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 7, 1981 at County Stad (Milwaukee Brewers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    4  0  0    0  0  1     5 13  1
    Milwaukee Brewers            0  1  1    0  1  0    0  0  0     3  8  3

    PITCHERS: NYY - Guidry, Davis (5), Gossage (8)
              MIL - Haas, Bernard (4), McClure (5), Slaton (6), Fingers (8)

               WP - Ron Davis
	       LP - Moose Haas
             SAVE - Rich Gossage

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Gamble
              MIL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 35,064

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 8, 1981 at County Stad (Milwaukee Brewers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  2     3  7  0
    Milwaukee Brewers            0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  7  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Righetti, Davis (7), Gossage (7)
              MIL - Caldwell, Slaton (9)

               WP - Dave Righetti
	       LP - Mike Caldwell
             SAVE - Rich Gossage

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Jackson, Piniella
              MIL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 26,395

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 9, 1981 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Milwaukee Brewers            0  0  0    0  0  0    3  2  0     5  9  0
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    1  0  0    2  0  0     3  8  2

    PITCHERS: MIL - Lerch, Fingers (7)
              NYY - John, May (8)

               WP - Rollie Fingers
	       LP - Tommy John
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: MIL - Molitor, Simmons
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 56,411

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 10, 1981 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Milwaukee Brewers            0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0     2  4  2
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0     1  5  0

    PITCHERS: MIL - Vuckovich, Easterly (6), Slaton (7), McClure (8), Fingers (9)
              NYY - Reuschel, Davis (7)

               WP - Pete Vuckovich
	       LP - Rick Reuschel
             SAVE - Rollie Fingers

   HOME RUNS: MIL - none
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 52,077

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 11, 1981 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Milwaukee Brewers            0  1  1    0  0  0    1  0  0     3  8  0
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    4  0  0    1  2  x     7 13  0

    PITCHERS: MIL - Haas, Caldwell (4), Bernard (4), McClure (6), Slaton (7), Easterly (8), Vuckovich (8)
              NYY - Guidry, Righetti (5), Gossage (8)

               WP - Dave Righetti
	       LP - Moose Haas
             SAVE - Rich Gossage

   HOME RUNS: MIL - Thomas
              NYY - Cerone, Gamble, Jackson

  ATTENDANCE: 47,505

Series Batting Stats

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New York Yankees

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
#Bobby Brown         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  62  14  0  .226  .521   4
 Rick Cerone         5  18  1  6  2  0  1   5  0  2  .333  .333  .611  0 | 234  57  2  .244  .618   0
 Ron Davis           3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Barry Foote         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+147  26  6  .177  .560   0
*Oscar Gamble        4  10  2  6  2  0  2   4  1  2  .600  .636 1.400  0 | 189  45 10  .238  .796   0
 Rich Gossage        3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Ron Guidry          2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Reggie Jackson      5  20  4  6  0  0  2   4  1  5  .300  .333  .600  0 | 334  79 15  .237  .758   0
 Tommy John          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Rudy May            1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
#Larry Milbourne     5  19  4  6  1  0  0   0  0  1  .316  .316  .368  0 | 163  51  1  .313  .750   2
#Jerry Mumphrey      5  21  2  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  .095  .095  .095  1 | 319  98  6  .307  .783  14
*Bobby Murcer        2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  0  .000  .500  .000  0 | 117  31  6  .265  .801   0
*Graig Nettles       5  17  1  1  0  0  0   1  3  1  .059  .190  .059  0 | 349  85 15  .244  .731   0
 Lou Piniella        3   9  1  1  0  0  1   2  0  0  .111  .111  .444  0 | 159  44  5  .277  .759   0
 Willie Randolph     5  20  0  4  0  0  0   1  1  4  .200  .238  .200  0 | 357  83  2  .232  .641  14
 Rick Reuschel       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+ 25   2  0  .080  .195   0
*Dave Revering       2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+206  48  4  .233  .644   0
*Dave Righetti       2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Bob Watson          5  16  2  7  0  0  0   1  1  1  .438  .471  .438  0 | 156  33  6  .212  .702   0
 Dave Winfield       5  20  2  7  2  1  0   0  1  5  .350  .381  .550  0 | 388 114 13  .294  .824  11
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 171 19 46  7  1  6  18  9 22  .269  .304  .427  1 |        100  .252  .718  47

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Milwaukee Brewers

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Sal Bando           5  17  1  5  3  0  0   1  2  3  .294  .368  .471  0 |  65  13  2  .200  .622   1
 Dwight Bernard      2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Thad Bosley         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 | 105  24  0  .229  .518   2
 Mike Caldwell       2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Cecil Cooper        5  18  1  4  0  0  0   3  1  3  .222  .238  .222  0 | 416 133 12  .320  .858   5
*Jamie Easterly      2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Marshall Edwards    2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  58  14  0  .241  .534   6
 Rollie Fingers      3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Jim Gantner         4  14  1  2  1  0  0   0  0  2  .143  .143  .214  0 | 352  94  2  .267  .655   3
 Moose Haas          2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Roy Howell          4   5  0  2  0  0  0   0  2  2  .400  .571  .400  0 | 244  58  6  .238  .679   0
*Randy Lerch         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Bob McClure         3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Paul Molitor        5  20  2  5  0  0  1   1  2  5  .250  .318  .400  0 | 251  67  2  .267  .676  10
 Don Money           2   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 185  40  2  .216  .574   0
 Charlie Moore       4   9  0  2  0  0  0   1  1  2  .222  .300  .222  0 | 156  47  1  .301  .761   1
*Ben Oglivie         5  18  0  3  1  0  0   1  0  7  .167  .167  .222  0 | 400  97 14  .243  .705   2
 Ed Romero           1   2  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .500  .500  .500  0 |  91  18  1  .198  .491   0
#Ted Simmons         5  18  1  4  1  0  1   4  2  2  .222  .300  .444  0 | 380  82 14  .216  .638   0
 Jim Slaton          4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Gorman Thomas       5  18  2  2  0  0  1   1  1  9  .111  .158  .278  0 | 363  94 21  .259  .841   4
 Pete Vuckovich      2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Robin Yount         5  19  4  6  0  1  0   1  2  2  .316  .364  .421  1 | 377 103 10  .273  .731   4
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 162 13 36  6  1  3  13 13 39  .222  .275  .327  1 |         96  .257  .702  39

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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New York Yankees

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Dave Righetti       2   1.00 2-0  0  0  9.0  8  1  3 13 |  8-4  105  2.05  1.07  89   
*Ron Guidry          2   5.40 0-0  0  0  8.3 11  5  3  8 | 11-5  127  2.76  0.99 104   
*Tommy John          1   6.43 0-1  0  0  7.0  8  5  2  0 |  9-8  140  2.63  1.24  50   
 Rich Gossage        3   0.00 0-0  3  0  6.7  3  0  2  8 |  3-2   47  0.77  0.77  48 20
 Rick Reuschel       1   3.00 0-1  0  0  6.0  4  2  1  3 |+ 8-11 156  3.11  1.25  75   
 Ron Davis           3   0.00 1-0  0  0  6.0  1  0  2  6 |  4-5   73  2.71  0.99  83  6
*Rudy May            1   0.00 0-0  0  0  2.0  1  0  0  1 |  6-11 148  4.14  1.21  79  1
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   2.60 3-2  3  0 45.0 36 13 13 39 |            2.90 1.180   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Milwaukee Brewers

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Mike Caldwell       2   4.32 0-1  0  0  8.3  9  4  0  4 | 11-9  144  3.93  1.31  41   
 Moose Haas          2   9.45 0-2  0  0  6.7 13  7  1  1 | 11-7  137  4.46  1.35  64   
*Randy Lerch         1   1.50 1-0  0  0  6.0  3  1  4  3 |  7-9  111  4.31  1.60  53   
 Jim Slaton          4   3.00 0-0  0  0  6.0  6  2  0  2 |  5-7  117  4.37  1.45  47   
 Pete Vuckovich      2   0.00 1-0  0  0  5.3  2  0  3  4 | 14-4  150  3.55  1.30  84   
 Rollie Fingers      3   3.86 0-0  2  0  4.7  7  2  1  5 |  6-3   78  1.04  0.87  61 28
*Bob McClure         3   0.00 0-0  0  0  3.3  4  0  0  2 |  0-0    8  3.52  1.43   6   
 Dwight Bernard      2   0.00 0-0  0  0  2.3  0  0  0  0 |  0-0    5  3.60  2.20   1   
*Jamie Easterly      2   6.75 0-0  0  0  1.3  2  1  0  1 |  3-3   62  3.19  1.29  31  4
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   3.48 2-3  2  0 44.0 46 17  9 22 |            3.91 1.370   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

WS: LAD-NYY / ALCS: NYY-OAK / NLCS: LAD-MON / Div. Series: NYY-MIL / OAK-KCR / MON-PHI / LAD-HOU

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