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First Half of Season
East Division
Team           W   L  WL%  GB
Phildlpa PHI  34  21 .618  --  
St.Louis STL  30  20 .600  --  
Montreal MON  30  25 .545  --  
Pittsbgh PIT  25  23 .521  --  
NewYorkM NYM  17  34 .333  --  
ChicagoC CHC  15  37 .288  --  
West Division
Team           W   L  WL%  GB
LosAngls LAD  36  21 .632  --  
Cincnnti CIN  35  21 .625  --  
Houston  HOU  28  29 .491  --  
Atlanta  ATL  25  29 .463  --  
SanFranc SFG  27  32 .458  --  
SanDiego SDP  23  33 .411  --  

Second Half of Season
East Division
Team           W   L  WL%  GB
Montreal MON  30  23 .566  --  
St.Louis STL  29  23 .558  --  
Phildlpa PHI  25  27 .481  --  
NewYorkM NYM  24  28 .462  --  
ChicagoC CHC  23  28 .451  --  
Pittsbgh PIT  21  33 .389  --  
West Division
Team           W   L  WL%  GB
Houston  HOU  33  20 .623  --  
Cincnnti CIN  31  21 .596  --  
SanFranc SFG  29  23 .558  --  
LosAngls LAD  27  26 .509  --  
Atlanta  ATL  25  27 .481  --  
SanDiego SDP  18  36 .333  --  

Overall Record
East Division
Team           W   L  WL%  GB
St.Louis STL  59  43 .578  --  
Montreal MON  60  48 .556  2.0
Phildlpa PHI  59  48 .551  2.5
Pittsbgh PIT  46  56 .451 13.0
NewYorkM NYM  41  62 .398 18.5
ChicagoC CHC  38  65 .369 21.5
West Division
Team           W   L  WL%  GB
Cincnnti CIN  66  42 .611  --  
LosAngls LAD  63  47 .573  4.0
Houston  HOU  61  49 .555  6.0
SanFranc SFG  56  55 .505 11.5
Atlanta  ATL  50  56 .472 15.0
SanDiego SDP  41  69 .373 26.0

Race Charts from BaseballRace.com: NL | East | West
Postseason
World Series (4-2):   Los Angeles Dodgers over New York Yankees
NL Championship Series (3-2):   Los Angeles Dodgers over Montreal Expos
NL Division Series (3-2):   Montreal Expos over Philadelphia Phillies
NL Division Series (3-2):   Los Angeles Dodgers over Houston Astros

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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
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 PHI  4.59   491  107  3665  1002  165  25   69  372   432  .273  .340  .389  103   46 111  5.36  3.77
 STL  4.50   464  103  3537   936  158  45   50  379   495  .265  .336  .377   88   45 108  4.60  4.40
 CIN  4.30   464  108  3637   972  190  24   64  375   553  .267  .336  .385   58   37 111  4.19  4.41
 MON  4.10   443  108  3591   883  146  28   81  368   498  .246  .316  .370  138   40  99  4.55  3.62
 LAD  4.09   450  110  3751   984  133  20   82  331   550  .262  .322  .374   73   46 105  3.95  4.24
 PIT  3.95   407  103  3576   920  176  30   55  278   494  .257  .311  .369  122   52  95  3.71  4.19
 SFG  3.85   427  111  3766   941  161  26   63  386   543  .250  .320  .357   89   50 100  4.11  3.60
 ATL  3.69   395  107  3642   886  148  22   64  321   540  .243  .305  .349   98   39  91  3.64  3.74
 HOU  3.58   394  110  3693   948  160  35   45  340   488  .257  .319  .356   81   43 100  3.25  3.86
 CHC  3.49   370  106  3546   838  138  29   57  342   611  .236  .303  .340   72   41  86  4.12  2.73
 SDP  3.47   382  110  3757   963  170  35   32  311   525  .256  .313  .346   83   62 100  3.05  3.89
 NYM  3.31   348  105  3493   868  136  35   57  304   603  .248  .309  .356  103   42  95  3.58  3.06
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  3.91  5035 1288 43654 11141 1881 354  719 4107  6332  .255  .319  .364 1108  543

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
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 HOU  3.01   331  110  2.66   990   842   7.7   300  2.7   40   610   23    13    19  25 123  2.08  3.81
 LAD  3.24   356  110  3.01   997   904   8.2   302  2.7   54   603   26    15    19  24 112  3.05  3.43
 SFG  3.73   414  111  3.28  1009   970   8.7   393  3.5   57   561    8     3     9  33 104  3.85  3.62
 MON  3.65   394  108  3.30   975   902   8.4   268  2.5   58   520   20     8    12  23 106  3.04  4.31
 ATL  3.89   416  107  3.45   968   936   8.7   330  3.1   62   471   11     4     4  24 104  3.90  3.88
 NYM  4.11   432  105  3.55   926   906   8.6   336  3.2   74   490    7     1     3  24  97  3.98  4.25
 PIT  4.13   425  103  3.56   942   953   9.3   346  3.4   60   492   11     4     5  29 102  4.06  4.19
 STL  4.05   417  103  3.63   943   902   8.8   290  2.8   52   388   11     2     5  33  98  4.11  3.98
 SDP  4.14   455  110  3.72  1002  1013   9.2   414  3.8   64   492    9     3     6  23  88  4.05  4.22
 CIN  4.07   440  108  3.73   965   863   8.0   393  3.6   67   593   25    10    14  20  96  4.26  3.89
 CHC  4.56   483  106  4.01   956   983   9.3   388  3.7   59   532    6     2     2  20  92  4.38  4.77
 PHI  4.41   472  107  4.05   960   967   9.0   347  3.2   72   580   19     1     5  23  90  4.75  4.06
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  3.91  5035 1288  3.49 11634 11141   8.6  4107  3.2  719  6332  176          95 301

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 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------
 CIN   80   99  .981   .716  1,093,730  20,254   57-51  32-22 34-20 102 102 29.3 26.8   2   3  13 McNamara
 LAD   87  101  .980   .710  2,381,292  42,523   67-43  33-23 30-24  97  96 29.3 26.2   0   6  32 Lasorda
 HOU   87   81  .980   .720  1,321,282  25,907   64-46  31-20 30-29  95  94 28.8 31.1   2   2  23 Virdon
 MON   81   88  .980   .714  1,534,564  27,403   60-48  38-18 22-30 101 100 26.9 28.9   1   3  24 Williams and Fanning
 PHI   86   90  .980   .690  1,638,752  29,795   55-52  36-19 23-29 104 104 31.3 30.3   3   5  22 Green
 STL   82  108  .981   .714  1,010,247  19,061   56-46  32-21 27-22 103 102 27.5 27.9   1   1  15 Herzog
 SFG   99  102  .978   .700    632,274  11,930   57-54  29-24 27-31  98  98 29.6 29.1   1   1  24 Robinson
 ATL  102   93  .976   .706    535,418  10,708   50-56  22-27 28-29 102 103 26.5 31.5   2   1  23 Cox
 PIT   86  106  .979   .694    541,789  10,623   49-53  22-28 24-28 104 104 29.1 29.9   1   4  22 Tanner
 NYM  130   89  .968   .697    704,244  13,543   41-62  24-27 17-35  98  99 28.2 27.5   0   1  27 Torre
 SDP  102  117  .977   .693    519,161   9,439   46-64  20-35 21-34  93  94 25.9 27.6   1   2   6 Howard
 CHC  113  103  .974   .685    565,637   9,752   39-64  27-30 11-35 104 106 28.2 28.1   0   1  21 Amalfitano
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------

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 PlayerMike Schmidt
PHI .316/.435/.644
Cy Young AwardFernando Valenzuela
LAD 13-7  2.48 180 SO
Rookie of the YearFernando Valenzuela
LAD 13-7  2.48 180 SO
Rolaids ReliefBruce Sutter
STL 3-5 (25 sv) 2.62 57 SO
NLCS MVPBurt Hooton
LAD 2-0  0.00

Gold Glove Winners
PitcherSteve Carlton
CatcherGary Carter
First BaseKeith Hernandez
Second BaseManny Trillo
Third BaseMike Schmidt
ShortstopOzzie Smith
OutfieldDusty Baker, Andre Dawson, and Garry Maddox

Silver Slugger Winners
PitcherFernando Valenzuela
CatcherGary Carter
First BasePete Rose
Second BaseManny Trillo
Third BaseMike Schmidt
ShortstopDave Concepcion
OutfieldDusty Baker, Andre Dawson, and George Foster

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

Batting Average
Madlock-PIT.341
Rose-PHI.325
Baker-LAD.320
Schmidt-PHI.316
Buckner-CHC.311

On-base %
Schmidt-PHI.435
Madlock-PIT.412
Hernandez-STL.401
Matthews-PHI.398
Rose-PHI.391

Slugging %
Schmidt-PHI.644
Dawson-MON.553
Foster-CIN.519
Madlock-PIT.495
Hendrick-STL.485

OPS
Schmidt-PHI1.080
Dawson-MON.918
Madlock-PIT.907
Foster-CIN.892
Hernandez-STL.864

Games
Garvey-LAD110
Smith-SDP110
Salazar-SDP109
Foster-CIN108
Chambliss-ATL107
Cruz-HOU107
Rose-PHI107

At Bats
Smith-SDP450
Moreno-PIT434
Garvey-LAD431
Rose-PHI431
Buckner-CHC421
Concepcion-CIN421

Plate Appearances (approx.)
Smith-SDP507
Rose-PHI484
Foster-CIN472
Concepcion-CIN468
Moreno-PIT468

Runs
Schmidt-PHI78
Rose-PHI73
Dawson-MON71
Hendrick-STL67
Griffey-CIN65
Hernandez-STL65

Hits
Rose-PHI140
Buckner-CHC131
Concepcion-CIN129
Baker-LAD128
Griffey-CIN123

Total Bases
Schmidt-PHI228
Dawson-MON218
Foster-CIN215
Buckner-CHC202
Hendrick-STL191

Doubles
Buckner-CHC35
Jones-SDP34
Concepcion-CIN28
Hernandez-STL27
Chambliss-ATL25

Triples
Reynolds-HOU12
Richards-SDP12
Herr-STL9
Herndon-SFG8
Moreno-PIT8
Templeton-STL8
Wilson-NYM8

Home Runs
Schmidt-PHI31
Dawson-MON24
Foster-CIN22
Kingman-NYM22
Hendrick-STL18

RBI
Schmidt-PHI91
Foster-CIN90
Buckner-CHC75
Carter-MON68
Concepcion-CIN67
Matthews-PHI67

Bases on Balls
Schmidt-PHI73
Morgan-SFG66
Hernandez-STL61
Matthews-PHI59
Thompson-PIT59

Strikeouts
Kingman-NYM105
Moreno-PIT76
Foster-CIN75
Parrish-MON73
Murphy-ATL72
Salazar-SDP72

Stolen Bases
Raines-MON71
Moreno-PIT39
Scott-MON30
Collins-CIN26
Dawson-MON26
North-SFG26

Singles
Rose-PHI117
Baker-LAD99
Concepcion-CIN96
Griffey-CIN94
Moreno-PIT93
Salazar-SDP93

Adjusted OPS+
Schmidt-PHI199
Dawson-MON157
Madlock-PIT153
Foster-CIN150
Cey-LAD143

Runs Created
Schmidt-PHI102
Dawson-MON83
Foster-CIN81
Hernandez-STL73
Matthews-PHI71

Adjusted Batting Runs
Schmidt-PHI49
Dawson-MON29
Foster-CIN27
Hernandez-STL24
Madlock-PIT22

Batting Wins
Schmidt-PHI5.0
Dawson-MON3.0
Foster-CIN2.8
Hernandez-STL2.5
Madlock-PIT2.2
Matthews-PHI2.2

Extra-Base Hits
Schmidt-PHI52
Buckner-CHC48
Dawson-MON48
Foster-CIN47
Hendrick-STL40

Times on Base
Rose-PHI189
Schmidt-PHI189
Hernandez-STL178
Foster-CIN176
Matthews-PHI170

Offensive Win%
Schmidt-PHI.852
Madlock-PIT.772
Dawson-MON.761
Raines-MON.738
Matthews-PHI.734

Hit By Pitch
Dawson-MON7
Collins-CIN6
Smith-PHI5
Smith-SDP5
Hendrick-STL4
Knight-CIN4
Puhl-HOU4
Schmidt-PHI4
Tenace-STL4
Wallach-MON4
Washington-ATL4

Sac. Hits
Reynolds-HOU18
Foli-PIT14
Scott-MON13
Niekro-HOU11
DeJesus-CHC10
Smith-SDP10

Sac. Flies
Maddox-PHI8
Concepcion-CIN7
Cruz-HOU7
Jones-SDP7
Oester-CIN7

Intentional Walks
Schmidt-PHI18
Dawson-MON14
Cromartie-MON12
Chambliss-ATL10
May-SFG10
Speier-MON10

Grounded into Double Plays
Knight-CIN18
Buckner-CHC17
Concepcion-CIN13
Russell-LAD13
Clark-SFG12
Flynn-NYM12
Foster-CIN12
Guerrero-LAD12
Herndon-SFG12
Lefebvre-SDP12
Linares-ATL12

Caught Stealing
Moreno-PIT14
Smith-SDP12
Templeton-STL12
Wilson-NYM12
Durham-CHC11
Raines-MON11

Power/Speed Number
Dawson-MON25.0
Schmidt-PHI17.3
Durham-CHC14.3
Murphy-ATL13.5
Matthews-PHI11.2

At Bats per Strikeout
Foli-PIT31.6
Buckner-CHC26.3
Bowa-PHI21.2
Flynn-NYM17.1
Rose-PHI16.6

At Bats per Home Run
Schmidt-PHI11.4
Kingman-NYM16.0
Dawson-MON16.4
Thompson-PIT**14.9
Foster-CIN18.8

Outs
Smith-SDP381
DeJesus-CHC347
Moreno-PIT334
Herr-STL328
Garvey-LAD326

ERA
Ryan-HOU1.69
Knepper-HOU2.18
Hooton-LAD2.28
Reuss-LAD2.30
Carlton-PHI2.42

Wins
Seaver-CIN14
Carlton-PHI13
Valenzuela-LAD13
Rogers-MON12
Ruthven-PHI12
Soto-CIN12

Won-Loss %
Seaver-CIN.875
Carlton-PHI.765
Camp-ATL.750
Reuss-LAD.714
Hume-CIN.692
Rhoden-PIT.692

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
Sutton-HOU1.015
Valenzuela-LAD1.045
Knepper-HOU1.060
Reuss-LAD1.081
Forsch-STL1.086

Hits Allowed/9IP
Ryan-HOU5.98
Seaver-CIN6.49
Valenzuela-LAD6.55
Berenyi-CIN6.93
Blue-SFG7.00

Bases on Balls/9IP
Perry-ATL1.43
Reuss-LAD1.59
Sutton-HOU1.64
Sorensen-STL1.67
Solomon-PIT1.91

Strikeouts/9IP
Carlton-PHI8.48
Ryan-HOU8.46
Valenzuela-LAD8.42
Soto-CIN7.77
Berenyi-CIN7.57

Games
Lucas-SDP57
Minton-SFG55
Hume-CIN51
Tidrow-CHC51
Sambito-HOU49

Saves
Sutter-STL25
Minton-SFG21
Allen-NYM18
Camp-ATL17
Hume-CIN13
Lucas-SDP13

Innings
Valenzuela-LAD192.3
Carlton-PHI190.0
Soto-CIN175.0
Seaver-CIN166.3
Niekro-HOU166.0

Strikeouts
Valenzuela-LAD180
Carlton-PHI179
Soto-CIN151
Ryan-HOU140
Gullickson-MON115

Games Started
Krukow-CHC25
Soto-CIN25
Valenzuela-LAD25
Alexander-SFG24
Boggs-ATL24
Carlton-PHI24
Eichelberger-SDP24
Niekro-HOU24
Zachry-NYM24

Comp. Games
Valenzuela-LAD11
Carlton-PHI10
Soto-CIN10
Reuss-LAD8
Rogers-MON7

Shutouts
Valenzuela-LAD8
Knepper-HOU5
Hooton-LAD4
Berenyi-CIN3
Niekro-ATL3
Rogers-MON3
Ryan-HOU3
Soto-CIN3
Sutton-HOU3

Home Runs Allow.
Soto-CIN13
Zachry-NYM13
Alexander-SFG11
Boggs-ATL11
Curtis-SDP11
Espinosa-PHI11
Krukow-CHC11
Pastore-CIN11
Scott-NYM11
Valenzuela-LAD11
Welch-LAD11

Bases On Balls Allow.
Berenyi-CIN77
Eichelberger-SDP74
Ryan-HOU68
Seaver-CIN66
Carlton-PHI62

Hits Allowed
Perry-ATL182
Ruthven-PHI162
Alexander-SFG156
Mura-SDP156
Carlton-PHI152

SO to Walk
Sutton-HOU3.59
Gullickson-MON3.38
Valenzuela-LAD2.95
Carlton-PHI2.89
Perry-ATL2.50

Losses
Mura-SDP14
Zachry-NYM14
Boggs-ATL13
Scott-NYM10
Tidrow-CHC10

Earned Runs Allow.
Ruthven-PHI84
Mura-SDP66
Perry-ATL66
Boggs-ATL65
Soto-CIN64
Zachry-NYM64

Wild Pitches
Ryan-HOU16
Carlton-PHI9
Krukow-CHC8
Berenyi-CIN7
Blue-SFG7
Lollar-SDP7
Niekro-HOU7
Smith-CHC7

Hit Batsmen
Griffin-SFG7
Forsch-STL4
Gullickson-MON4
Knepper-HOU4
Kravec-CHC4
Perry-ATL4
Reuschel-CHC4
Reuss-LAD4
Zachry-NYM4

Batters Faced
Carlton-PHI763
Valenzuela-LAD758
Soto-CIN717
Niekro-HOU676
Seaver-CIN671

Games Finished
Minton-SFG44
Hume-CIN40
Lucas-SDP40
Sutter-STL36
Allen-NYM35

Adjusted ERA+
Ryan-HOU194
Knepper-HOU150
Carlton-PHI150
Hooton-LAD147
Reuss-LAD146

Oldest Player
Perry-ATL1938-09-15 (42)
Kaat-STL1938-11-07 (42)
Niekro-ATL1939-04-01 (42)
Stargell-PIT1940-03-06 (41)
Fryman-MON1940-04-15 (41)

Youngest Player
Green-STL1960-12-04 (20)
Ransom-SFG1960-11-11 (20)
Valenzuela-LAD1960-11-01 (20)
Davis-PHI1960-10-19 (20)
Hall-CHC1960-09-16 (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. Fernando Valenzuela (LAD)
C. Gary Carter (MON)
1B. Pete Rose (PHI)
2B. Davey Lopes (LAD)
3B. Mike Schmidt (PHI)
SS. Dave Concepcion (CIN)
LF. George Foster (CIN)
CF. Andre Dawson (MON)
RF. Dave Parker (PIT)

     
Dusty Baker* (LAD)
Bruce Benedict* (ATL)
Vida Blue* (SFG)
Bill Buckner* (CHC)
Steve Carlton (PHI)
Mike Easler* (PIT)
Phil Garner* (PIT)
Steve Garvey* (LAD)
Pedro Guerrero* (LAD)
     
Burt Hooton* (LAD)
Terry Kennedy* (SDP)
Bob Knepper* (HOU)
Bill Madlock* (PIT)
Tim Raines* (MON)
Dick Ruthven* (PHI)
Nolan Ryan* (HOU)
Tom Seaver* (CIN)
Ozzie Smith* (SDP)
     
Bruce Sutter* (STL)
Manny Trillo* (PHI)
Joel Youngblood* (NYM)

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