1981 Los Angeles Dodgers Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

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1981 Los Angeles Dodgers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980/1982)
First Half: 36-21, Finished 1st
Second Half: 27-26, Finished 4th
Overall: 63-47, Finished 2nd in NL Western Division
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World Series Champs
Scored 450 runs, Allowed 356 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 67-43
Managed by Tommy Lasorda

Ballpark: Dodger Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,381,292 (1st of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 96
  (one-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 97
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

Postseason: Won World Series (4-2) over New York Yankees
Won NL Championship Series (3-2) over Montreal Expos
Won NL Division Series (3-2) over Houston Astros

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Game Results

Season Summary   63-47 , Final Rank: 2, GB:    4.0
Days in First:                  95 (last on September 19, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          22 (last on September 17)
Most Games under .500:       never

Biggest Lead:                  6.5 (last on May 25)
Farthest Behind Leader:        5.0 (last on October 1)

Longest Winning Streak:          7 (May 10 to May 17)
Longest Losing Streak:           5 (September 18 to September 23)

Most Runs Allowed:              11 (June 6 and August 23)
Most Runs Scored:               16 (May 31 and August 26)

Longest Game:                   14 innings (September 1)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       5
Times Opponent Shutout:         19

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        63  47     450     356    .573

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           33  23     221     171    .589
Road           30  24     229     185    .556

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April          14   5      64      38    .737
May            19  10     144      99    .655
June            3   6      29      33    .333
August         12   9     103      76    .571
September      13  15      94     101    .464
October         2   2      16       9    .500

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     36  21     237     170    .632
Second Half    27  26     213     186    .509

Extra-Innings
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
ExtraInning     8   7      65      59    .533
Full Games     55  40     385     297    .579

One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        16  21     112     117    .432

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        20   9     167      97    .690

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
ATL             7   7      48      49    .500
CHC             4   6      38      28    .400
CIN             8   8      84      69    .500
HOU             8   4      38      26    .667
MON             5   2      37      22    .714
NYM             5   1      31      16    .833
PHI             3   3      16      19    .500
PIT             5   1      41      22    .833
SDP             6   5      35      30    .545
SFG             7   5      48      38    .583
STL             5   5      34      37    .500

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Thu, Apr  9 box LAD  HOU  W   2-0        1-0     1    Tied  2:17 F Valenzuela J Niekro      50,511 +
  2 Sat, Apr 11 box LAD  HOU  W   7-4        2-0     1  up 0.5  2:56 B Hooton     D Sutton      51,691 ++
  3 Sun, Apr 12 box LAD  HOU  W   3-2        3-0     1  up 1.0  2:16 R Sutcliffe  V Ruhle       50,734 +++
  4 Mon, Apr 13 box LAD @SFG  W   4-3        4-0     1  up 1.0  2:54 D Stewart    A Ripley      20,698 ++++
  5 Tue, Apr 14 box LAD @SFG  W   7-1        5-0     1  up 1.5  2:27 F Valenzuela V Blue        23,790 +++++
  6 Wed, Apr 15 box LAD @SFG  W   4-2        6-0     1  up 1.5  2:45 B Hooton     E Whitson     20,775 ++++++
  7 Fri, Apr 17 box LAD @SDP  L   2-3 (10)   6-1     1  up 1.5  2:33 T Lollar     S Howe        26,157 -
  8 Sat, Apr 18 box LAD @SDP  W   2-0        7-1     1  up 2.5  2:25 F Valenzuela R Wise        19,776 +
  9 Sun, Apr 19 box LAD @SDP  W   6-1        8-1     1  up 3.0  2:33 B Welch      J Curtis      11,498 ++
 10 Mon, Apr 20 box LAD @HOU  W   5-2        9-1     1  up 3.5  2:34 B Hooton     J Andujar     21,730 +++
 11 Tue, Apr 21 box LAD @HOU  L   0-1        9-2     1  up 3.5  1:48 B Knepper    J Reuss       21,904 -
 12 Wed, Apr 22 box LAD @HOU  W   1-0       10-2     1  up 3.5  2:24 F Valenzuela D Sutton      22,830 +
 13 Thu, Apr 23 box LAD  SDP  W   3-1       11-2     1  up 3.5  2:38 R Sutcliffe  R Wise        35,027 ++
 14 Fri, Apr 24 box LAD  SDP  L   5-6       11-3     1  up 2.5  2:57 G Lucas      B Castillo    49,256 -
 15 Sat, Apr 25 box LAD  SDP  W   2-1 (11)  12-3     1  up 2.5  3:03 S Howe       J Littlefiel  44,985 +
 16 Sun, Apr 26 box LAD  SDP  W   3-2       13-3     1  up 4.0  2:38 J Reuss      G Lucas       50,533 ++
 17 Mon, Apr 27 box LAD  SFG  W   5-0       14-3     1  up 4.5  2:54 F Valenzuela T Griffin     49,478 +++
 18 Tue, Apr 28 box LAD  SFG  L   1-6       14-4     1  up 4.0  2:09 A Ripley     R Sutcliffe   39,899 -
 19 Wed, Apr 29 box LAD  SFG  L   2-3       14-5     1  up 3.0  2:27 V Blue       B Welch       39,110 --
 20 Fri, May  1 box LAD @MON  L   8-9 (13)  14-6     1  up 2.5  4:18 B Lee        B Castillo    28,179 ---
 21 Sat, May  2 box LAD @MON  W   4-0       15-6     1  up 3.5  2:23 J Reuss      S Sanderson   22,820 +
 22 Sun, May  3 box LAD @MON  W   6-1 (10)  16-6     1  up 4.5  2:55 F Valenzuela B Gullickson  46,405 ++
 23 Mon, May  4 box LAD @MON  L   3-4       16-7     1  up 4.0  3:04 S Rogers     R Sutcliffe   21,527 -
 24 Tue, May  5 box LAD @PHI  L   7-8       16-8     1  up 3.5  2:58 S Lyle       B Castillo    27,241 --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Wed, May  6 box LAD @PHI  W   2-1       17-8     1  up 3.5  2:09 B Hooton     N Espinosa    25,850 +
 26 Thu, May  7 box LAD @PHI  W   2-1       18-8     1  up 4.0  2:12 J Reuss      M Bystrom     29,259 ++
 27 Fri, May  8 box LAD @NYM  W   1-0       19-8     1  up 4.0  2:42 F Valenzuela M Scott       39,848 +++
 28 Sat, May  9 box LAD @NYM  L   4-7       19-9     1  up 4.0  2:53 N Allen      B Castillo    16,776 -
 29 Sun, May 10 box LAD @NYM  W   5-3       20-9     1  up 4.5  2:43 B Welch      R Jones       12,102 +
 30 Tue, May 12 box LAD  MON  W   5-0       21-9     1  up 4.0  2:46 B Hooton     R Burris      34,367 ++
 31 Wed, May 13 box LAD  MON  W   8-6       22-9     1  up 5.0  2:52 S Howe       W Fryman      42,712 +++
 32 Thu, May 14 box LAD  MON  W   3-2       23-9     1  up 5.5  2:22 F Valenzuela S Ratzer      53,906 ++++
 33 Fri, May 15 box LAD  NYM  W   6-5       24-9     1  up 5.5  2:35 S Howe       N Allen       49,860 +++++
 34 Sat, May 16 box LAD  NYM  W   9-0       25-9     1  up 5.5  2:21 B Hooton     D Roberts     51,000 ++++++
 35 Sun, May 17 box LAD  NYM  W   6-1       26-9     1  up 5.5  2:17 J Reuss      P Zachry      50,746 +++++++
 36 Mon, May 18 box LAD  PHI  L   0-4       26-10    1  up 5.0  2:16 M Bystrom    F Valenzuela  52,439 -
 37 Tue, May 19 box LAD  PHI  L   2-3       26-11    1  up 4.0  2:30 D Ruthven    B Welch       43,812 --
 38 Wed, May 20 box LAD  PHI  W   3-2 (10)  27-11    1  up 4.0  2:30 S Howe       T McGraw      50,917 +
 39 Fri, May 22 box LAD @CIN  W   4-2 (12)  28-11    1  up 5.5  3:15 D Stewart    D Bair        27,943 ++
 40 Sat, May 23 box LAD @CIN  W   9-6 (10)  29-11    1  up 6.5  3:17 D Stewart    P Moskau      40,928 +++
 41 Sun, May 24 box LAD @CIN  L   2-3       29-12    1  up 6.5  2:33 P Moskau     B Welch            0 -
 42             box LAD @CIN  W  10-3       30-12    1  up 6.5  3:12 B Castillo   B Berenyi     36,113 +
 43 Mon, May 25 box LAD @ATL  W   7-1       31-12    1  up 6.5  3:11 B Hooton     B Walk        11,911 ++
 44 Wed, May 27 box LAD @ATL  L   2-3       31-13    1  up 5.5  2:19 R Camp       S Howe        17,581 -
 45 Thu, May 28 box LAD @ATL  L   4-9       31-14    1  up 4.5  2:37 G Perry      F Valenzuela  26,597 --
 46 Fri, May 29 box LAD  CIN  W   5-2       32-14    1  up 5.5  2:44 B Welch      M LaCoss      45,749 +
 47 Sat, May 30 box LAD  CIN  L   1-9       32-15    1  up 4.5  2:46 F Pastore    B Hooton      43,582 -
 48 Sun, May 31 box LAD  CIN  W  16-4       33-15    1  up 5.5  3:08 D Goltz      M Soto        46,411 +
 49 Mon, Jun  1 box LAD  ATL  W   5-2       34-15    1  up 5.5  2:09 F Valenzuela T Boggs       49,136 ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Tue, Jun  2 box LAD  ATL  L   1-3 (10)  34-16    1  up 5.5  2:54 G Perry      D Stewart     37,448 -
 51 Wed, Jun  3 box LAD  ATL  L   2-4       34-17    1  up 4.5  2:17 P Niekro     B Hooton      42,649 --
 52 Fri, Jun  5 box LAD @CHC  L   3-4       34-18    1  up 3.5  2:23 R Reuschel   J Reuss        7,815 ---
 53 Sat, Jun  6 box LAD @CHC  L   5-11      34-19    1  up 2.5  2:58 L McGlothen  F Valenzuela  30,556 ----
 54 Sun, Jun  7 box LAD @CHC  W   7-0       35-19    1  up 2.5  2:35 B Welch      R Martz       20,024 +
 55 Tue, Jun  9 box LAD @STL  L   1-6       35-20    1  up 1.5  2:34 B Forsch     B Hooton      19,654 -
 56 Wed, Jun 10 box LAD @STL  W   4-1       36-20    1  up 1.5  2:05 J Reuss      L Sorensen    17,779 +
 57 Thu, Jun 11 box LAD @STL  L   1-2       36-21    1  up 0.5  2:01 S Martinez   F Valenzuela  39,250 -
 58 Mon, Aug 10 box LAD  CIN  W   4-0       37-21    1  up 1.5  2:08 J Reuss      F Pastore     35,120 +
 59 Tue, Aug 11 box LAD  CIN  L   6-7       37-22    1  up 0.5  2:50 S Brown      T Forster     45,817 -
 60 Wed, Aug 12 box LAD  CIN  W   8-5       38-22    1  up 1.5  2:48 D Stewart    T Seaver      36,494 +
 61 Thu, Aug 13 box LAD  ATL  L   1-9       38-23    1  up 1.0  2:45 T Boggs      B Hooton      27,418 -
 62 Fri, Aug 14 box LAD  ATL  W   5-0       39-23    1  up 1.5  3:02 D Goltz      J Montefusco  35,592 +
 63 Sat, Aug 15 box LAD  ATL  L   4-6       39-24    1  up 1.5  2:42 S Bedrosian  J Reuss       40,510 -
 64 Sun, Aug 16 box LAD  ATL  W   6-5       40-24    1  up 1.5  2:36 T Niedenfuer S Bedrosian   50,340 +
 65 Mon, Aug 17 box LAD @CHC  L   1-3       40-25    1  up 1.0  2:23 D Bird       B Welch       10,153 -
 66 Tue, Aug 18 box LAD @CHC  W   5-0       41-25    1  up 1.0  2:33 B Hooton     M Griffin     15,973 +
 67 Wed, Aug 19 box LAD @CHC  L   3-4       41-26    1    Tied  2:27 M Krukow     D Goltz       26,860 -
 68 Fri, Aug 21 box LAD @STL  W   4-0       42-26    1    Tied  2:05 J Reuss      J Andujar     33,375 +
 69 Sat, Aug 22 box LAD @STL  W   3-2       43-26    1  up 1.0  2:21 F Valenzuela B Forsch      38,751 ++
 70 Sun, Aug 23 box LAD @STL  L   7-11      43-27    1  up 1.0  2:54 B Shirley    B Welch       18,189 -
 71 Mon, Aug 24 box LAD @PIT  W   3-0       44-27    1  up 1.0  2:14 B Hooton     O Jones       12,308 +
 72 Tue, Aug 25 box LAD @PIT  W   9-7 (11)  45-27    1  up 2.0  3:32 A Pena       K Tekulve     16,770 ++
 73 Wed, Aug 26 box LAD @PIT  W  16-6       46-27    1  up 3.0  3:07 J Reuss      R Rhoden      11,144 +++
 74 Thu, Aug 27 box LAD  CHC  W   6-0       47-27    1  up 4.0  2:23 F Valenzuela R Martz       48,191 ++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Fri, Aug 28 box LAD  CHC  W   6-1       48-27    1  up 4.0  2:37 B Welch      M Krukow      42,160 +++++
 76 Sat, Aug 29 box LAD  CHC  L   1-3       48-28    1  up 4.0  2:35 M Griffin    B Hooton      47,424 -
 77 Sun, Aug 30 box LAD  CHC  L   1-2       48-29    1  up 3.0  2:19 D Bird       D Goltz       34,284 --
 78 Mon, Aug 31 box LAD  PIT  L   4-5 (10)  48-30    1  up 2.0  2:58 O Jones      D Stewart     35,862 ---
 79 Tue, Sep  1 box LAD  PIT  W   3-2 (14)  49-30    1  up 3.0  4:01 T Niedenfuer O Jones       50,134 +
 80 Wed, Sep  2 box LAD  PIT  W   6-2       50-30    1  up 3.0  2:47 B Welch      B Long        32,027 ++
 81 Thu, Sep  3 box LAD  STL  L   3-5       50-31    1  up 2.0  2:19 M Littell    S Howe        30,122 -
 82 Fri, Sep  4 box LAD  STL  L   2-7       50-32    1  up 2.0  2:19 J Martin     D Goltz       48,114 --
 83 Sat, Sep  5 box LAD  STL  W   4-3 (11)  51-32    1  up 3.0  3:32 T Niedenfuer J Kaat        36,058 +
 84 Sun, Sep  6 box LAD  STL  W   5-0       52-32    1  up 3.0  2:27 F Valenzuela B Forsch      46,780 ++
 85 Mon, Sep  7 box LAD  SFG  W   5-1       53-32    1  up 3.0  2:35 B Welch      E Whitson     49,561 +++
 86 Tue, Sep  8 box LAD  SFG  W   4-0       54-32    1  up 4.0  2:33 B Hooton     D Alexander   31,702 ++++
 87 Wed, Sep  9 box LAD  SFG  L   3-6 (11)  54-33    1  up 3.0  3:36 A Holland    T Niedenfuer  31,482 -
 88 Fri, Sep 11 box LAD @CIN  L   2-3 (10)  54-34    1  up 2.0  2:42 J Price      A Pena        25,237 --
 89 Sat, Sep 12 box LAD @CIN  L   5-6 (11)  54-35    1  up 1.0  3:32 M LaCoss     T Power       34,090 ---
 90 Sun, Sep 13 box LAD @CIN  W   4-2       55-35    1  up 2.0  3:07 B Castillo   F Pastore     27,858 +
 91 Mon, Sep 14 box LAD @SDP  W  10-5       56-35    1  up 2.0  3:00 T Power      E Show         7,243 ++
 92 Tue, Sep 15 box LAD @SDP  L   2-8       56-36    1  up 1.0  2:30 J Eichelberg D Goltz        9,927 -
 93 Wed, Sep 16 box LAD  ATL  W   3-2       57-36    1  up 2.0  2:32 J Reuss      G Perry       19,905 +
 94 Thu, Sep 17 box LAD  ATL  W   2-0       58-36    1  up 2.0  2:36 F Valenzuela R Mahler      46,168 ++
 95 Fri, Sep 18 box LAD  CIN  L   4-5       58-37    1  up 1.0  2:48 J Price      D Stewart     44,258 -
 96 Sat, Sep 19 box LAD  CIN  L   3-7       58-38    1    Tied  3:22 J Edelen     B Hooton      48,352 --
 97 Sun, Sep 20 box LAD  CIN  L   1-5       58-39    2     1.0  2:45 M Soto       T Power       39,560 ---
 98 Tue, Sep 22 box LAD @SFG  L   2-5       58-40    2     1.5  3:11 E Whitson    F Valenzuela  28,046 ----
 99 Wed, Sep 23 box LAD @SFG  L   4-8       58-41    2     2.5  2:53 G Lavelle    D Goltz       13,058 -----

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Thu, Sep 24 box LAD @SFG  W   7-3       59-41    2     2.0  3:05 B Welch      T Griffin     12,726 +
101 Fri, Sep 25 box LAD @HOU  W   3-0       60-41    2     2.0  2:18 B Hooton     V Ruhle       35,481 ++
102 Sat, Sep 26 box LAD @HOU  L   0-5       60-42    2     3.0  2:46 N Ryan       T Power       32,115 -
103 Sun, Sep 27 box LAD @HOU  L   1-4       60-43    2     4.0  2:23 D Sutton     F Valenzuela  41,686 --
104 Mon, Sep 28 box LAD @ATL  L   1-2       60-44    2     4.0  1:50 R Mahler     J Reuss        2,348 ---
105 Tue, Sep 29 box LAD @ATL  W   5-3       61-44    2     4.0  2:39 S Howe       G Garber       2,150 +
106 Wed, Sep 30 box LAD  SDP  L   0-2       61-45    2     5.0  2:47 D Boone      D Goltz       19,467 -
107 Thu, Oct  1 box LAD  SDP  L   0-1       61-46    2     5.0  2:08 F Kuhaulua   F Valenzuela  38,267 --
108 Fri, Oct  2 box LAD  HOU  W   6-1       62-46    2     4.0  2:30 J Reuss      D Sutton      46,108 +
109 Sat, Oct  3 box LAD  HOU  W   7-2       63-46    2     3.0  2:43 B Welch      J Niekro      42,272 ++
110 Sun, Oct  4 box LAD  HOU  L   3-5       63-47    2     4.0  3:17 D Smith      D Goltz       47,072 -

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