1981 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1981 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.

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Batting Leaders

Minimum 200 at-bats required

Complete Statistics

Player Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG
Bill Madlock PIT 82 279 35 95 23 1 6 45 18 34 17 0.341 0.412 0.495
Carney Lansford BOS 102 399 61 134 23 3 4 52 15 34 28 0.336 0.389 0.439
Kirk Gibson DET 83 290 41 95 11 3 9 40 17 18 64 0.328 0.369 0.479
Dane Iorg STL 75 217 23 71 11 2 2 39 2 7 9 0.327 0.344 0.424
Tom Paciorek SEA 104 405 50 132 28 2 14 66 13 35 50 0.326 0.379 0.509
Pete Rose PHI 107 431 73 140 18 5 0 33 4 46 26 0.325 0.391 0.390
Dusty Baker LAD 103 400 48 128 17 3 9 49 10 29 43 0.320 0.363 0.445
Cecil Cooper ATL 106 416 70 133 35 1 12 60 5 28 30 0.320 0.363 0.495
Rickey Henderson OAK 108 423 89 135 18 7 6 35 56 64 68 0.319 0.408 0.437
Mike Hargrove CLE 94 322 43 102 21 0 2 49 5 60 16 0.317 0.424 0.401
Mike Schmidt PHI 102 354 78 112 19 2 31 91 12 73 71 0.316 0.435 0.644
George Brett KCR 89 347 42 109 27 7 6 43 14 27 23 0.314 0.361 0.484
Bill Buckner CHC 106 421 45 131 35 3 10 75 5 26 16 0.311 0.349 0.480
Richie Zisk SEA 94 357 42 111 12 1 16 43 0 28 63 0.311 0.366 0.485
Ken Griffey CIN 101 396 65 123 21 6 2 34 12 39 42 0.311 0.370 0.409
Milt May SFG 97 316 20 98 17 0 2 33 1 34 29 0.310 0.376 0.383
Joe Nolan CIN 81 236 25 73 18 1 1 26 1 24 19 0.309 0.371 0.407
Al Oliver TEX 102 421 53 130 29 1 4 55 3 24 28 0.309 0.348 0.411
Wayne Nordhagen CHW 65 208 19 64 8 1 6 33 0 10 25 0.308 0.338 0.442
Hubie Brooks NYN 98 358 34 110 21 2 4 38 9 23 65 0.307 0.345 0.411
Jerry Remy BOS 88 358 55 110 9 1 0 31 9 36 30 0.307 0.368 0.338
Jerry Mumphrey NYY 80 319 44 98 11 5 6 32 14 24 27 0.307 0.354 0.429
Dave Concepcion CIN 106 421 57 129 28 0 5 67 4 37 61 0.306 0.358 0.409
Keith Hernandez STL 103 376 65 115 27 4 8 48 12 61 45 0.306 0.401 0.463
Rod Carew LAA 93 364 57 111 17 1 2 21 16 45 45 0.305 0.380 0.374
Warren Cromartie WSN 99 358 41 109 19 2 6 42 2 39 27 0.304 0.370 0.419
Bobby Grich LAA 100 352 56 107 14 2 22 61 2 40 71 0.304 0.378 0.543
Tim Raines WSN 88 313 61 95 13 7 5 37 71 45 31 0.304 0.391 0.438
Willie Wilson KCR 102 439 54 133 10 7 1 32 34 18 42 0.303 0.335 0.364
Luis Salazar SDP 109 400 37 121 19 6 3 38 11 16 72 0.302 0.329 0.403
Andre Dawson WSN 103 394 71 119 21 3 24 64 26 35 50 0.302 0.365 0.553
Chet Lemon CHW 94 328 50 99 23 6 9 50 5 33 48 0.302 0.384 0.491
Terry Kennedy SDP 101 382 32 115 24 1 2 41 0 22 53 0.301 0.341 0.385
Bill Almon CHW 103 349 46 105 10 2 4 41 16 21 60 0.301 0.341 0.375
Gary Matthews PHI 101 359 62 108 21 3 9 67 15 59 42 0.301 0.398 0.451
Tony Peña PIT 66 210 16 63 9 1 2 17 1 8 23 0.300 0.326 0.381
Pedro Guerrero LAD 98 347 46 104 17 2 12 48 5 34 57 0.300 0.365 0.464
Art Howe HOU 103 361 43 107 22 4 3 36 1 41 23 0.296 0.365 0.404
Dwight Evans BOS 108 412 84 122 19 4 22 71 3 85 85 0.296 0.415 0.522
George Foster CIN 108 414 64 122 23 2 22 90 4 51 75 0.295 0.373 0.519
Buddy Bell TEX 97 360 44 106 16 1 10 64 3 42 30 0.294 0.364 0.428
Dave Winfield NYY 105 388 52 114 25 1 13 68 11 43 41 0.294 0.360 0.464
Eddie Murray BAL 99 378 57 111 21 2 22 78 2 40 43 0.294 0.360 0.534
Tony Scott HOU 55 225 28 66 13 2 2 22 8 15 32 0.293 0.338 0.396
Rick Burleson LAA 109 430 53 126 17 1 5 33 4 42 38 0.293 0.357 0.372
Steve Henderson CHC 82 287 32 84 9 5 5 35 5 42 61 0.293 0.382 0.411
Ken Oberkfell STL 102 376 43 110 12 6 2 45 13 37 28 0.293 0.353 0.372
Rick Miller BOS 97 316 38 92 17 2 2 33 3 28 36 0.291 0.349 0.377
Toby Harrah CLE 103 361 64 105 12 4 5 44 12 57 44 0.291 0.382 0.388
Claudell Washington ATL 85 320 37 93 22 3 5 37 12 15 47 0.291 0.328 0.425
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Pitching Leaders

Minimum 50 innings pitched required

Complete Statistics

Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
Rollie Fingers ATL 6 3 47 0 0 0 28 78.0 55 9 13 61 1.04 0.87
Nolan Ryan HOU 11 5 21 21 5 3 0 149.0 99 28 68 140 1.69 1.12
Dan Quisenberry KCR 1 4 40 0 0 0 18 62.3 59 12 15 20 1.73 1.19
Rick Camp ATL 9 3 48 0 0 0 17 76.0 68 15 12 47 1.78 1.05
Joe Sambito HOU 5 5 49 0 0 0 10 63.6 43 13 22 41 1.84 1.02
Gary Lucas SDP 7 7 57 0 0 0 13 90.0 78 20 36 53 2.00 1.27
Dave Righetti NYY 8 4 15 15 2 0 0 105.3 75 24 38 89 2.05 1.07
Bob Knepper HOU 9 5 22 22 6 5 0 156.6 128 38 38 75 2.18 1.06
Burt Hooton LAD 11 6 23 23 5 4 0 142.3 124 36 33 74 2.28 1.10
Jerry Reuss LAD 10 4 22 22 8 2 0 152.6 138 39 27 51 2.30 1.08
Sammy Stewart BAL 4 8 29 3 0 0 4 112.3 89 29 57 57 2.32 1.30
Steve McCatty OAK 14 7 22 22 16 4 0 185.6 140 48 61 91 2.33 1.08
Don Aase LAA 4 4 39 0 0 0 11 65.3 56 17 24 38 2.34 1.22
Dennis Lamp CHW 7 6 27 10 3 0 0 127.0 103 34 43 71 2.41 1.15
Al Holland SFG 7 5 47 3 0 0 7 100.6 87 27 44 78 2.41 1.30
Steve Carlton PHI 13 4 24 24 10 1 0 190.0 152 51 62 179 2.42 1.13
Vida Blue SFG 8 6 18 18 1 0 0 124.6 97 34 54 63 2.45 1.21
Fernando Valenzuela LAD 13 7 25 25 11 8 0 192.3 140 53 61 180 2.48 1.05
Kent Tekulve PIT 5 5 45 0 0 0 3 65.0 61 18 17 34 2.49 1.20
Jim Bibby PIT 6 3 14 14 2 2 0 93.6 79 26 26 48 2.50 1.12
Steve Howe LAD 5 3 41 0 0 0 8 54.0 51 15 18 32 2.50 1.28
Joe Price CIN 6 1 41 0 0 0 4 53.6 42 15 18 41 2.52 1.12
Tom Seaver CIN 14 2 23 23 6 1 0 166.3 120 47 66 87 2.54 1.12
Pete Falcone NYN 5 3 35 9 3 1 1 95.3 84 27 36 56 2.55 1.26
Fred Breining SFG 5 2 45 1 0 0 1 77.6 66 22 38 37 2.55 1.34
Steve Comer TEX 8 2 36 1 0 0 6 77.3 70 22 31 22 2.56 1.31
Doug Corbett MIN 2 6 54 0 0 0 17 87.6 80 25 34 60 2.57 1.30
Gene Garber ATL 4 6 35 0 0 0 2 58.6 49 17 20 34 2.61 1.18
Don Sutton HOU 11 9 23 23 6 3 0 158.6 132 46 29 104 2.61 1.01
Roy Lee Jackson TOR 1 2 39 0 0 0 7 62.0 65 18 25 27 2.61 1.45
Bruce Sutter STL 3 5 48 0 0 0 25 82.3 64 24 24 57 2.62 1.07
Tommy John NYY 9 8 20 20 7 0 0 140.3 135 41 39 50 2.63 1.24
Britt Burns CHW 10 6 24 23 5 1 0 156.6 139 46 49 108 2.64 1.20
Larry Andersen SEA 3 3 41 0 0 0 5 67.6 57 20 18 40 2.66 1.11
Rick Reuschel NYY 4 4 12 11 3 0 0 70.6 75 21 10 22 2.67 1.20
Dave Tobik DET 2 2 27 0 0 0 1 60.3 47 18 33 32 2.69 1.33
Doug Bird NYY 5 1 17 4 0 0 0 53.3 58 16 16 28 2.70 1.39
Ron Davis NYY 4 5 43 0 0 0 6 73.0 47 22 25 83 2.71 0.99
Larry Gura KCR 11 8 23 23 12 2 0 172.3 139 52 35 61 2.72 1.01
Dave Smith HOU 5 3 42 0 0 0 8 75.0 54 23 23 52 2.76 1.03
Ron Guidry NYY 11 5 23 21 0 0 0 127.0 100 39 26 104 2.76 0.99
Renie Martin KCR 4 5 29 0 0 0 4 61.6 55 19 29 25 2.77 1.36
Bill Gullickson WSN 7 9 22 22 3 2 0 157.3 142 49 34 115 2.80 1.12
Rick Mahler ATL 8 6 34 14 1 0 2 112.3 109 35 43 54 2.80 1.35
Joe Niekro HOU 9 9 24 24 5 2 0 166.0 150 52 47 77 2.82 1.19
Danny Boone SDP 1 0 37 0 0 0 2 63.3 63 20 21 43 2.84 1.33
Joey McLaughlin TOR 1 5 40 0 0 0 10 60.0 55 19 21 38 2.85 1.27
Tom Burgmeier BOS 4 5 32 0 0 0 6 59.6 61 19 17 35 2.87 1.31
Bert Blyleven CLE 11 7 20 20 9 1 0 159.3 145 51 40 107 2.88 1.16
Greg Minton SFG 4 5 55 0 0 0 21 84.3 84 27 36 29 2.88 1.42
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