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Eastern Division
Team                W   L    %   GB  OFF  PIT  DEF   HOME   ROAD  1-RUN    L45   MANAGER(S)
Detroit       DEA  96  66 .593 ----    8    5   10  45-36  51-30  33-28  28-17   Dennis Van Langen
New York AL   NYA  92  70 .568  4.0    9    6   16  44-37  48-33  31-21  24-21   Robert Rescigno
Baltimore     BAA  88  74 .543  8.0    3   18   11  43-38  45-36  33-19  27-18   Mike Rescigno
Boston        BOA  87  75 .537  9.0    4   15    3  35-46  52-29  28-25  22-23   Mike Tomeo
Toronto       TOA  66  96 .407 30.0   21    9   15  32-49  34-47  25-40  19-26   Alan Boodman
Milwaukee     MLA  65  97 .401 31.0   17   20    8  31-50  34-47  24-26  14-31   Mark Simons

Western Division
Team                W   L    %   GB  OFF  PIT  DEF   HOME   ROAD  1-RUN    L45   MANAGER(S)
Oakland       OAA  98  64 .605 ----    5    3    5  49-32  49-32  18-25  27-18   Drew Kennedy
Seattle       SEA  94  68 .580  4.0    1   12   22  43-38  51-30  23-28  26-19   Jeff Tripodi
Kansas City   KCA  84  78 .519 14.0   11   16    6  40-41  44-37  25-18  25-20   Thomas Toney
Texas         TEA  82  80 .506 16.0   16   11    9  42-39  40-41  29-22  27-18   Jim Sheehan
Chicago AL    CHA  70  92 .432 28.0   12   19   18  35-46  35-46  26-28  22-23   Ben Lea
Minnesota     MNA  50 112 .309 48.0   20   22   19  26-55  24-57  16-31   9-36   Tom Austad

OFF, PIT, DEF - rankings among the 22 teams in Offense, Pitching and Defense.
HOME, ROAD, 1-RUN, L45 - W-L records at Home, on the Road, in one-run games, and over the final 45 games of the season.

Postseason
World Series (4-2):   Oakland A's over Montreal Expos
AL Championship Series (3-0):   Oakland A's over Detroit Tigers

1981 NL | AL League Yearly Summary | Transactions
  Players: Batting - Pitching

League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS   IBB  HP   SH   SF  GIDP
+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
 SEA  5.30   859  5727  1597  269  51  132  557   708  .279  .345  .413  167   60   22   44   27   50  135
 BAA  5.03   815  5657  1491  269  33  162  629   750  .264  .339  .409   68   31   28   38   76   44  130
 BOA  5.01   811  5646  1550  265  28  144  622   726  .275  .348  .408   36   13   38   32  117   39  158
 OAA  4.91   795  5712  1569  231  50  163  539   909  .275  .339  .418   85   16   33   43   24   52  144
 DEA  4.51   730  5484  1424  209  45  119  654   761  .260  .340  .379   90   66   24   36   58   35  143
 NYA  4.49   727  5498  1404  247  38  129  655   704  .255  .335  .385   57   30   27   25  105   49  130
 KCA  4.41   714  5674  1528  225  51  132  495   732  .269  .329  .397  113   59   37   28   36   46  131
 CHA  4.28   693  5610  1431  225  29  139  577   799  .255  .328  .380   62   30   21   53   22   34  160
 TEA  3.90   632  5587  1479  219  33   66  419   658  .265  .319  .351  112   50   26   49   58   39  100
 MLA  3.86   626  5537  1364  256  29  137  401   740  .246  .301  .377   52   45   16   48   23   34  130
 MNA  3.67   594  5531  1402  241  54   78  398   741  .253  .303  .359  164   66   22   16   97   44   94
 TOA  3.52   571  5452  1310  227  37  104  385   728  .240  .293  .353  158   82   33   38   96   38   96
+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
 Tot  4.41  8567 67115 17549 2883 478 1505 6331  8956  .261  .327  .386 1164  548  327  450  739  504 1551

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA   ERA    IP    H    HR    BB    SO   CG SHO  SV  IRSC XTOT XOUT  XPCT
+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+-----+----+----+-----+
 OAA  3.63   588  3.21  1465  1256  122   546   744  54  19  38  .301  802  587  .732
 DEA  3.81   617  3.42  1463  1335  116   516   666  28  13  48  .243  786  558  .710
 NYA  3.91   633  3.51  1473  1376  115   552   888  33  15  35  .285  787  528  .671
 TOA  4.07   660  3.59  1457  1320   92   571   728  33  10  33  .295  849  572  .674
 TEA  4.09   663  3.80  1450  1379  110   539   822  10  10  57  .308  838  597  .712
 SEA  4.35   705  3.79  1472  1520   97   477   758  12  11  53  .300  811  468  .577
 BOA  4.50   729  4.08  1465  1521  160   476   730   7   5  51  .371  817  603  .738
 KCA  4.52   733  3.98  1466  1526  109   483   611  30  10  39  .347  887  648  .731
 BAA  4.85   786  4.35  1478  1498  136   566   725  18   7  52  .374  876  619  .707
 CHA  4.88   791  4.45  1464  1497  140   557   840  25   7  31  .432  856  571  .667
 MLA  4.90   794  4.29  1438  1656  139   504   652  13   5  42  .382  841  601  .715
 MNA  5.36   868  4.89  1438  1665  169   544   792  28   2  23  .381  889  581  .654
+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+-----+----+----+-----+
 Tot  4.41  8567  3.94 17533 17549 1505  6331  8956 291 114 502       **** 6933  .691

League Awards
Click on the Player for career stats and accomplishments.
Pitchers are not eligible for the MVP Award.
All voting is done by HAL. Totals may not match the Recap report, but the order of the players is generally the same.

MVP Award Voting

  1. Dwight Evans  (458)
  2. Tom Paciorek  (434)
  3. Dwayne Murphy  (428)
  4. Eddie Murray  (414)
  5. Rickey Henderson  (410)
  6. Dave Kingman  (403)
  7. Bobby Grich  (399)
  8. Don Baylor  (392)
  9. Dave Winfield  (389)
  10. Carney Lansford  (387)

  11. Gorman Thomas  (386)
  12. Jim Rice  (369)
  13. Steve Kemp  (368)
  14. Amos Otis  (361)
  15. Greg Luzinski  (359)
  16. Lance Parrish  (349)
  17. Tony Armas  (347)
  18. Kirk Gibson  (343)
  19. Tony Bernazard  (340)
  20. Jose Cruz  (337)

Cy Young Award Voting

  1. Steve McCatty  (343)
  2. Don Sutton  (291)
  3. Nolan Ryan  (267)
  4. Rudy May  (248)
  5. Rollie Fingers  (222)
  6. Ken Forsch  (206)
  7. Dan Petry  (203)
  8. Kevin Saucier  (198)
  9. Gene Garber  (185)
  10. Luis Leal  (171)

  11. Doug Corbett  (170)
  12. Dennis Martinez  (168)
  13. Jack Morris  (168)
  14. Dave Smith  (167)
  15. Dave Stieb  (165)
  16. Mike Norris  (152)
  17. Danny Darwin  (149)
  18. Sammy Stewart  (147)
  19. Larry Gura  (143)
  20. Doc Medich  (141)

All Stars
Willie Aikens
Don Baylor
Tony Bernazard
Danny Darwin
Ron Davis
Doug DeCinces
Dwight Evans
Rollie Fingers
Ken Forsch
Kirk Gibson
Bobby Grich
Mike Hargrove
Rickey Henderson
Carney Lansford
Rudy May
Steve McCatty
Doc Medich
Tom Paciorek
Lance Parrish
Nolan Ryan
Dave Stieb
Jim Sundberg
Don Sutton
Gorman Thomas
Dave Winfield
Robin Yount

Gold Gloves
P: Scott McGregor
C: Carlton Fisk
1B: Eddie Murray
2B: Jerry Remy
3B: John Castino
SS: Alan Trammell
OF: Rick Manning
OF: Dwayne Murphy
OF: Gorman Thomas

Major League Leaderboard
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Batting Average
Carney Lansford.351
Dusty Baker.341
Hubie Brooks.337
Milt May.335
Pedro Guerrero.334
Al Oliver.329
Tom Paciorek.326
Ken Griffey.320
Mike Hargrove.316
Rickey Henderson.315
George Foster.312
Mike Schmidt.311
On Base Percentage
Mike Hargrove.439
Mike Schmidt.419
Carney Lansford.414
Dwight Evans.405
Rickey Henderson.404
Gary Matthews.403
Keith Hernandez.397
Hubie Brooks.390
Steve Kemp.389
Pedro Guerrero.388
Ken Singleton.385
George Foster.383
Slugging Percentage
Mike Schmidt.627
Andre Dawson.535
George Hendrick.528
Tom Paciorek.528
Don Baylor.525
George Foster.524
Eddie Murray.522
Dave Kingman.507
Pedro Guerrero.504
Bobby Grich.496
Dwight Evans.488
Gorman Thomas.487
On Base + Slugging
Mike Schmidt1.046
George Foster0.908
Tom Paciorek0.906
Carney Lansford0.896
Dwight Evans0.893
Pedro Guerrero0.891
Don Baylor0.888
George Hendrick0.874
Mike Hargrove0.873
Bobby Grich0.865
Hubie Brooks0.864
Andre Dawson0.863
At Bats
Omar Moreno678
Rickey Henderson660
Rick Burleson657
Tony Armas650
Bill Buckner649
Pete Rose647
Bump Wills642
Steve Garvey636
Jim Rice636
Mickey Rivers635
Andre Dawson632
Tom Herr632
Runs Scored
Mike Schmidt130
Rickey Henderson124
Dwight Evans123
Dwayne Murphy120
Tom Paciorek106
Al Bumbry104
George Foster104
Steve Kemp103
Toby Harrah102
Rick Burleson100
Ken Griffey100
Andre Dawson97
Hits
Carney Lansford212
Rickey Henderson208
Tom Paciorek206
Dusty Baker205
Bill Buckner193
George Foster192
Rick Burleson191
Dave Concepcion190
George Hendrick188
Pete Rose188
Jim Rice186
Ken Griffey185
Total Bases
Mike Schmidt351
Andre Dawson338
Tom Paciorek333
George Hendrick332
George Foster323
Bill Buckner315
Eddie Murray304
Dwight Evans303
Carney Lansford291
Dusty Baker285
Rickey Henderson281
Don Baylor280
Doubles
Bill Buckner56
Dave Concepcion51
Keith Hernandez47
Cecil Cooper45
Ken Griffey45
Tom Paciorek43
Steve Garvey42
Carney Lansford42
Amos Otis38
Triples
Craig Reynolds21
Tito Landrum16
Garry Templeton16
Larry Herndon15
Omar Moreno15
Jerry Mumphrey15
Gene Richards14
Mike Easler12
Jeffrey Leonard12
Harold Baines11
Tom Herr11
Mookie Wilson11
Home Runs
Mike Schmidt50
Andre Dawson39
Dave Kingman39
Eddie Murray35
Don Baylor32
Dwayne Murphy32
George Foster31
George Hendrick30
Gorman Thomas29
Graig Nettles28
Lance Parrish28
RBI
Andre Dawson131
Mike Schmidt122
Tom Paciorek112
George Foster111
Dusty Baker110
George Hendrick109
Dwight Evans105
Jim Rice104
Kirk Gibson102
Eddie Murray101
Dave Kingman100
Richie Zisk99
Walks
Dwight Evans112
Gary Matthews108
Steve Kemp105
Mike Schmidt103
Mike Hargrove98
Rickey Henderson95
Ken Singleton90
Greg Luzinski89
Joe Morgan88
Keith Hernandez86
Dwayne Murphy85
Jason Thompson83
Batters Strikeouts
Tony Armas193
Dave Kingman155
Dwayne Murphy153
Gorman Thomas125
Dwight Evans123
Ron Leflore118
George Foster116
Omar Moreno114
Reggie Jackson111
Mike Schmidt111
Dale Murphy109
Mookie Wilson108
Stolen Bases
Tim Raines80
Julio Cruz75
Omar Moreno70
Rickey Henderson68
Miguel Dilone61
Ron Leflore58
Rodney Scott53
Tom Herr52
Tony Scott51
Rod Carew47
Rick Manning47
Billy North45
Caught Stealing
Tom Herr22
Joe Morgan22
Rick Peters21
Omar Moreno17
Tony Scott17
Willie Wilson17
Len Randle16
Julio Cruz15
Alfredo Griffin15
Mike Easler14
Rick Manning14
Paul Molitor14
Hit by Pitch
Chet Lemon30
Carlton Fisk20
John Mayberry13
Mike Hargrove12
Ben Oglivie12
Claudell Washington12
Buddy Bell11
Billy Sample11
Fred Lynn9
GIDP
Pedro Guerrero27
Tom Paciorek24
Lance Parrish24
Don Baylor23
Ron Cey23
Ray Knight22
Jim Rice22
Dusty Baker21
Jack Clark21
Cecil Cooper21
George Hendrick21
Chris Speier21
Errors
Alfredo Griffin43
Ivan Dejesus34
Dave Concepcion28
Terry Kennedy28
Mike Schmidt28
Chris Speier27
Dale Berra26
Bill Buckner26
Doug Decinces26
Len Randle26
Frank Taveras26
Larry Parrish24
Earned Run Average
Steve McCatty2.21
Fernando Valenzuela2.31
Nolan Ryan2.53
Steve Rogers2.53
Don Sutton2.60
Phil Niekro2.71
Rudy May2.72
Lary Sorensen2.72
Dave Stieb2.73
Bob Forsch2.78
Tom Seaver2.83
Ken Forsch2.88
Wins
Steve McCatty27
Don Sutton26
Dennis Martinez21
Rudy May20
Fernando Valenzuela20
Tom Seaver19
Ken Forsch18
Steve Rogers18
Mario Soto18
Losses
Mike Krukow27
Mike Caldwell21
Rick Waits21
Jack Morris18
Dick Ruthven18
Mike Witt18
Geoff Zahn18
Len Barker17
Moose Haas17
Rick Langford17
Joe Niekro17
Rick Rhoden17
Winning Percentage
Rudy May.833
Don Sutton.813
Steve McCatty.794
Tom Seaver.792
Ken Forsch.750
Burt Hooton.739
Dennis Lamp.733
Frank Tanana.722
Mario Soto.720
Bruce Berenyi.700
Steve Rogers.692
Scott Sanderson.682
Games Pitched
Steve Comer71
Jamie Easterly71
Gary Lucas71
Jeff Reardon71
Al Holland69
Bob Stanley69
Kent Tekulve69
Rick Camp67
Tom Hume67
Lee Smith67
Games Started
Dennis Martinez41
Jack Morris41
Steve Carlton40
Rick Langford39
Bob Knepper38
Mike Caldwell37
Steve McCatty37
Don Sutton37
Dennis Leonard36
Scott McGregor36
Mike Norris36
Lary Sorensen36
Complete Games
Rick Langford18
Fernando Valenzuela18
Jack Morris17
Steve McCatty14
Larry Gura13
Tom Seaver13
Dave Stieb13
Bert Blyleven12
Dennis Leonard11
Mike Norris11
Mario Soto11
Matt Keough10
Games Finished
Jeff Reardon67
Rick Camp58
Ron Davis55
Bruce Sutter55
Rollie Fingers54
Greg Minton49
Kevin Saucier49
Kent Tekulve48
Neil Allen46
Dave Smith46
Doug Corbett45
Saves
Rollie Fingers39
Rick Camp37
Bruce Sutter37
Jeff Reardon35
Kevin Saucier34
Greg Minton33
Rich Gossage30
Doug Corbett25
Kent Tekulve24
Mark Clear23
Gene Garber23
Shutouts
Rick Langford6
Bill Gullickson5
Steve McCatty4
Frank Pastore4
Tom Seaver4
Eddie Solomon4
Mario Soto4
Larry Gura3
Steve Rogers3
Dave Stieb3
Don Sutton3
Innings Pitched
Jack Morris306.3
Rick Langford301.7
Fernando Valenzuela292.3
Steve Carlton291.3
Steve McCatty289.0
Dennis Leonard272.3
Dennis Martinez271.7
Mike Norris265.3
Larry Gura261.0
Tom Seaver254.3
Mario Soto253.3
Dave Stieb250.7
Hits Allowed
Dennis Martinez290
Rick Langford286
Geoff Zahn278
Dennis Eckersley277
Dick Ruthven272
Dennis Leonard271
Scott McGregor267
Mike Caldwell265
Mike Krukow263
Pete Vuckovich260
Jack Morris255
Tommy John247
Home Runs Allowed
Geoff Zahn38
Mike Caldwell36
Jack Morris33
Rick Langford32
Britt Burns25
Larry Gura25
Jerry Koosman25
Mike Norris25
Walks Allowed
Jack Morris131
Nolan Ryan121
Steve McCatty118
John Denny104
Dave Righetti104
Bruce Berenyi101
Dennis Martinez100
Mike Norris100
Dave Stieb99
Juan Eichelberger97
Jim Clancy96
Tom Seaver95
Pitchers Strikeouts
Steve Carlton293
Fernando Valenzuela287
Nolan Ryan228
Mario Soto221
Don Sutton174
Danny Darwin172
Bill Gullickson169
Len Barker167
John Denny157
Bruce Berenyi153
Bert Blyleven153
Jack Morris147
  
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