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1981 AL Division Series (3-0): Oakland Athletics (64-45) over Kansas City Royals (50-53)

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 6, 1981 at KauffmanStad (Kansas City Royals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Oakland Athletics            0  0  0    3  0  0    0  1  0     4  8  2
    Kansas City Royals           0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  4  1

    PITCHERS: OAK - Norris
              KCR - Leonard, Martin (9)

               WP - Mike Norris
	       LP - Dennis Leonard
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: OAK - Gross, Murphy
              KCR - none

  ATTENDANCE: 40,592

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 7, 1981 at KauffmanStad (Kansas City Royals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Oakland Athletics            1  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0     2 10  1
    Kansas City Royals           0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0     1  6  0

    PITCHERS: OAK - McCatty
              KCR - Jones, Quisenberry (9)

               WP - Steve McCatty
	       LP - Mike Jones
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: OAK - none
              KCR - none

  ATTENDANCE: 40,274

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 9, 1981 at NetworkAssoc (Oakland Athletics)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Kansas City Royals           0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0     1 10  3
    Oakland Athletics            1  0  1    2  0  0    0  0  x     4  7  0

    PITCHERS: KCR - Gura, Martin (4)
              OAK - Langford, Underwood (8), Beard (8)

               WP - Rick Langford
	       LP - Larry Gura
             SAVE - Dave Beard

   HOME RUNS: KCR - none
              OAK - McKay

  ATTENDANCE: 40,002

Series Batting Stats

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Oakland Athletics

                                          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
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Tony Armas          3  11  1  6  2  0  0   3  1  1  .545  .583  .727  0 | 440 115 22  .261  .774   5
*Dave Beard          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Rick Bosetti        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+ 66  13  0  .197  .481   0
*Keith Drumright     1   4  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .250  .250  .250  0 |  86  25  0  .291  .645   0
*Wayne Gross         2   5  1  2  0  0  1   3  0  0  .400  .400 1.000  0 | 243  50 10  .206  .670   2
 Mike Heath          2   8  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 301  71  8  .236  .615   3
 Rickey Henderson    3  11  3  2  0  0  0   0  2  0  .182  .308  .182  2 | 423 135  6  .319  .845  56
 Cliff Johnson       2   7  0  2  1  0  0   0  0  1  .286  .286  .429  0 | 273  71 17  .260  .805   5
 Mickey Klutts       2   7  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .143  .143  .143  0 |  46  17  5  .370 1.092   0
 Rick Langford       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Steve McCatty       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
#Dave McKay          3  11  1  3  0  0  1   1  1  1  .273  .333  .545  0 | 224  59  4  .263  .688   4
 Kelvin Moore        2   8  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  47  12  1  .255  .689   1
*Dwayne Murphy       3  11  4  6  1  0  1   2  1  1  .545  .583  .909  0 | 390  98 15  .251  .777  10
 Jeff Newman         1   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 216  50  3  .231  .589   0
 Mike Norris         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Rob Picciolo        1   3  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .333  .333  .333  0 | 179  48  4  .268  .687   0
*Jim Spencer         1   4  0  1  1  0  0   0  0  0  .250  .250  .500  0 |+234  44  4  .188  .521   1
 Fred Stanley        3   6  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  1  .000  .143  .000  0 | 145  28  0  .193  .490   2
 Tom Underwood       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+  0   0  0               0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               3  99 10 25  5  0  3   9  6 10  .253  .295  .394  2 |        104  .247  .690  98

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

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

Kansas City Royals

                                          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
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
*Willie Aikens       3   9  0  3  0  0  0   0  3  2  .333  .500  .333  0 | 349  93 17  .266  .835   0
*George Brett        3  12  0  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  .167  .167  .167  0 | 347 109  6  .314  .845  14
*Cesar Geronimo      1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 | 118  29  2  .246  .636   6
#Larry Gura          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Clint Hurdle        3  11  0  3  0  0  0   0  1  1  .273  .333  .273  0 |  76  25  4  .329  .980   0
*Mike Jones          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Dennis Leonard      1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Renie Martin        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Lee May             1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  55  16  0  .291  .673   0
 Hal McRae           3  11  0  1  1  0  0   0  1  1  .091  .167  .182  0 | 389 106  7  .272  .726   3
 Amos Otis           3  12  0  0  0  0  0   1  0  4  .000  .000  .000  0 | 372 100  9  .269  .738  16
 Dan Quisenberry     1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
#U L Washington      3   9  0  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  .222  .222  .222  0 | 339  77  2  .227  .617  10
 John Wathan         3  10  1  3  0  0  0   0  1  1  .300  .364  .300  0 | 301  76  1  .252  .610  11
 Frank White         3  11  1  2  0  0  0   0  1  1  .182  .250  .182  0 | 364  91  9  .250  .661   4
#Willie Wilson       3  13  0  4  0  0  0   1  0  0  .308  .308  .308  0 | 439 133  1  .303  .699  34
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               3  98  2 20  1  0  0   2  7 11  .204  .257  .214  0 |         61  .267  .707 100

    * - 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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Oakland Athletics

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Steve McCatty       1   1.00 1-0  0  1  9.0  6  1  4  3 | 14-7  186  2.33  1.08  91   
 Mike Norris         1   0.00 1-0  0  1  9.0  4  0  3  2 | 12-9  173  3.75  1.20  78   
 Rick Langford       1   1.29 1-0  0  0  7.0 10  1  0  3 | 12-10 195  2.99  1.27  84   
 Dave Beard          1   0.00 0-0  1  0  3.7  0  0  0  2 |  1-1   13  2.77  1.00  15  3
*Tom Underwood       1   0.00 0-0  0  0  0.3  0  0  0  1 |+ 4-6   84  3.66  1.28  75  1
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   0.62 3-0  1  2 29.0 20  2  7 11 |            3.30 1.260   

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

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

Kansas City Royals

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Dennis Leonard      1   1.12 0-1  0  0  8.0  7  1  1  3 | 13-11 202  2.99  1.20 107   
*Mike Jones          1   2.45 0-1  0  0  7.3  9  2  0  2 |  6-3   76  3.21  1.35  29   
 Renie Martin        2   0.00 0-0  0  0  5.0  1  0  2  2 |  4-5   62  2.77  1.36  25  4
*Larry Gura          1  20.25 0-1  0  0  1.3  7  3  3  3 | 11-8  172  2.72  1.01  61   
 Dan Quisenberry     1   0.00 0-0  0  0  0.3  1  0  0  0 |  1-4   62  1.73  1.19  20 18
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   2.45 0-3  0  0 22.0 25  6  6 10 |            3.56 1.280   

    * - 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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