1981 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

Standings Totals Player Register Batting Leaders Pitching Leaders Award Winners Debuts Deaths Calendar

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A high-level summary of the 1981 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1981

World Series Champions

Los Angeles Dodgers

Runner Up

New York Yankees

Most Valuable Players

AL: Rollie Fingers NL: Mike Schmidt

Cy Young Winners

AL: Rollie Fingers NL: Fernando Valenzuela

Rookies of the Year

AL: Dave Righetti NL: Fernando Valenzuela

Managers of the Year

AL: NL:

#1 Draft Pick

Mike Moore (Seattle Mariners)

All-Star Game

Cleveland,Ohio

Teams

Players

899

Attendance

26,544,376

Payroll

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1981 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
0	3	6	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R - L	105	59	46	.562	--	429	437	-8	dnq	1,024,247	12	Hank Peters	Earl Weaver	Memorial Stadium
0	6	12	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R - L	108	59	49	.546	--	519	481	38	dnq	1,060,379	11	Haywood Sullivan	Ralph Houk	Fenway Park
0	9	15	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R - L	103	52	51	.505	--	431	442	-11	dnq	661,395	19	Phil Seghi	Dave Garcia	Cleveland Stadium
0	5	11	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R - L	109	60	49	.550	--	427	404	23	dnq	1,149,144	9	Jim Campbell	Sparky Anderson	Tiger Stadium
0	2	5	Milwaukee Brewers	T - S - R - L	109	62	47	.569	--	493	459	34	Lost ALCS (Yankees)	874,292	15	Harry Dalton	Buck Rodgers	County Stadium
0	4	9	New York Yankees	T - S - R - L	107	59	48	.551	--	421	343	78	Lost World Series (Dodgers)	1,614,353	3	Gene Michael	Gene Michael, Bob Lemon	Yankee Stadium I
0	14	26	Toronto Blue Jays	T - S - R - L	106	37	69	.349	--	329	466	-137	dnq	755,083	17	Pat Gillick	Bobby Mattick	Exhibition Stadium
American League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
0	8	14	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R - L	106	54	52	.509	--	476	423	53	dnq	946,651	14	Roland Hemond	Tony La Russa	Comiskey Park
0	10	17	Kansas City Royals	T - S - R - L	103	50	53	.485	--	397	405	-8	Lost in 1st Round (Athletics)	1,279,403	8	Joe Burke	Jim Frey, Dick Howser	Royals Stadium
0	13	23	Minnesota Twins	T - S - R - L	109	41	68	.376	--	378	486	-108	dnq	469,090	26	Calvin Griffith	Billy Gardner, Johnny Goryl	Metropolitan Stadium
0	1	2	Oakland Athletics	T - S - R - L	109	64	45	.587	--	458	403	55	Lost ALCS (Yankees)	1,304,052	7	Billy Martin	Billy Martin	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
0	12	21	Seattle Mariners	T - S - R - L	109	44	65	.404	--	426	521	-95	dnq	636,276	20	Dan O'Brien	Rene Lachemann, Maury Wills	The Kingdome
0	7	13	Texas Rangers	T - S - R - L	105	57	48	.543	--	452	389	63	dnq	850,076	16	Eddie Robinson	Don Zimmer	Arlington Stadium
0	11	19	California Angels	T - S - R - L	110	51	59	.464	--	476	453	23	dnq	1,441,545	5	Buzzie Bavasi	Gene Mauch, Jim Fregosi	Anaheim Stadium
National League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
0	12	25	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R - L	103	38	65	.369	--	370	483	-113	dnq	565,637	22	Bob Kennedy	Joey Amalfitano	Wrigley Field
0	4	7	Montreal Expos	T - S - R - L	108	60	48	.556	--	443	394	49	Lost NLCS (Dodgers)	1,534,564	4	John McHale	Dick Williams, Jim Fanning	Olympic Stadium
0	10	22	New York Mets	T - S - R - L	103	41	62	.398	--	348	432	-84	dnq	704,244	18	Frank Cashen	Joe Torre	Shea Stadium
0	6	10	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R - L	107	59	48	.551	--	491	472	19	Lost in 1st Round (Expos)	1,638,752	2	Paul Owens	Dallas Green	Veterans Stadium
0	9	20	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R - L	102	46	56	.451	--	407	425	-18	dnq	541,789	23	Hardy Peterson	Chuck Tanner	Three Rivers Stadium
0	2	3	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R - L	102	59	43	.578	--	464	417	47	dnq	1,010,247	13	Whitey Herzog	Whitey Herzog	Busch Stadium II
National League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
0	8	18	Atlanta Braves	T - S - R - L	106	50	56	.472	--	395	416	-21	dnq	535,418	24	John Mullen	Bobby Cox	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
0	1	1	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R - L	108	66	42	.611	--	464	440	24	dnq	1,093,730	10	Dick Wagner	John McNamara	Riverfront Stadium
0	5	8	Houston Astros	T - S - R - L	110	61	49	.555	--	394	331	63	Lost in 1st Round (Dodgers)	1,321,282	6	Al Rosen	Bill Virdon	Astrodome
0	3	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	T - S - R - L	110	63	47	.573	--	450	356	94	Won World Series (Yankees)	2,381,292	1	Al Campanis	Tom Lasorda	Dodger Stadium
0	11	24	San Diego Padres	T - S - R - L	110	41	69	.373	--	382	455	-73	dnq	519,161	25	Jack McKeon	Frank Howard	Jack Murphy Stadium
0	7	16	San Francisco Giants	T - S - R - L	111	56	55	.505	--	427	414	13	dnq	632,274	21	Spec Richardson	Frank Robinson	Candlestick Park
26 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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