1981 Season

26 teams competing across 6 divisions

🏆 Postseason

1981 Bracket
World Series LAN def. NYA (4-2)
AL Championship NYA def. OAK (3-0)
NL Championship LAN def. MON (3-2)
AEDIV NYA def. ML4 (3-2)
AWDIV OAK def. KCA (3-0)
NEDIV MON def. PHI (3-2)
NWDIV LAN def. HOU (3-2)

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⚾ Batting Leaders

1981 Home Run Leaders

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Batting Average

1 Joel Youngblood 0.350 2 Bill Madlock 0.341 3 Carney Lansford 0.336 4 Bill Stein 0.330 5 Kirk Gibson 0.328

Home Runs

1 Mike Schmidt 31 2 Andre Dawson 24 3 Tony Armas 22 4 Dwight Evans 22 5 George Foster 22

RBI

1 Mike Schmidt 91 2 George Foster 90 3 Eddie Murray 78 4 Tony Armas 76 5 Bill Buckner 75

Stolen Bases

1 Tim Raines 71 2 Rickey Henderson 56 3 Julio Cruz 43 4 Omar Moreno 39 5 Ron LeFlore 36

Hits

1 Pete Rose 140 2 Rickey Henderson 135 3 Carney Lansford 134 4 Cecil Cooper 133 5 Willie Wilson 133

Runs

1 Rickey Henderson 89 2 Dwight Evans 84 3 Mike Schmidt 78 4 Pete Rose 73 5 Andre Dawson 71
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🎯 Pitching Leaders

1981 Strikeout Leaders

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ERA

1 Rich Gossage 0.77 2 Rollie Fingers 1.04 3 Al Hrabosky 1.07 4 Jeff Reardon 1.30 5 Kevin Saucier 1.65

Wins

1 Dennis Martinez 14 2 Steve McCatty 14 3 Jack Morris 14 4 Tom Seaver 14 5 Pete Vuckovich 14

Strikeouts

1 Fernando Valenzuela 180 2 Steve Carlton 179 3 Mario Soto 151 4 Nolan Ryan 140 5 Len Barker 127

Saves

1 Rollie Fingers 28 2 Bruce Sutter 25 3 Greg Minton 21 4 Rich Gossage 20 5 Neil Allen 18

WHIP

1 Jeff Reardon 0.72 2 Rich Gossage 0.77 3 Rollie Fingers 0.87 4 Andy Rincon 0.90 5 Kevin Saucier 0.96
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📋 Standings

AL East

Milwaukee Brewers ★ 62-47 Baltimore Orioles 59-46 Detroit Tigers 60-49 New York Yankees 59-48 Boston Red Sox 59-49 Cleveland Indians 52-51 Toronto Blue Jays 37-69

AL West

Oakland Athletics ★ 64-45 Texas Rangers 57-48 Chicago White Sox 54-52 Kansas City Royals 50-53 California Angels 51-59 Seattle Mariners 44-65 Minnesota Twins 41-68

NL East

St. Louis Cardinals ★ 59-43 Montreal Expos 60-48 Philadelphia Phillies 59-48 Pittsburgh Pirates 46-56 New York Mets 41-62 Chicago Cubs 38-65

NL West

Cincinnati Reds ★ 66-42 Los Angeles Dodgers 63-47 Houston Astros 61-49 San Francisco Giants 56-55 Atlanta Braves 50-56 San Diego Padres 41-69
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