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26 teams in AL, NL · 1394 regular-season games · 1981-04-08 to 1981-10-05 · attendance 26,544,376

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World Series champion

Los Angeles Dodgers

MVP

Rollie Fingers AL
Mike Schmidt NL

Cy Young

Rollie Fingers AL
Fernando Valenzuela NL

Rookie of the Year

Dave Righetti AL
Fernando Valenzuela NL

All-Star Game

1981-08-09 at Cleveland Stadium

Hall of Fame class of 1981

Bob Gibson, Johnny Mize, Rube Foster

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
Division Series	Oakland Athletics 3–0 Kansas City Royals	3
Division Series	Los Angeles Dodgers 3–2 Houston Astros	5
Division Series	New York Yankees 3–2 Milwaukee Brewers	5
Division Series	Montreal Expos 3–2 Philadelphia Phillies	5
League Championship	New York Yankees 3–0 Oakland Athletics	3
League Championship	Los Angeles Dodgers 3–2 Montreal Expos	5
World Series	Los Angeles Dodgers 4–2 New York Yankees	6

Standings

AL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Milwaukee Brewers	62	47	.569	—	459	874,292	Buck Rodgers	Division
2	Baltimore Orioles	59	46	.562	1	437	1,024,247	Earl Weaver
3	Detroit Tigers	60	49	.550	2	404	1,149,144	Sparky Anderson
4	New York Yankees	59	48	.551	2	343	1,614,353	Gene Michael, Bob Lemon	Pennant Division
5	Boston Red Sox	59	49	.546	2.5	481	1,060,379	Ralph Houk
6	Cleveland Indians	52	51	.505	7	442	661,395	Dave Garcia
7	Toronto Blue Jays	37	69	.349	23.5	466	755,083	Bobby Mattick

AL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Oakland Athletics	64	45	.587	—	403	1,304,052	Billy Martin	Division
2	Texas Rangers	57	48	.543	5	389	850,076	Don Zimmer
3	Chicago White Sox	54	52	.509	8.5	423	946,651	Tony LaRussa
4	Kansas City Royals	50	53	.485	11	405	1,279,403	Jim Frey, Dick Howser	Division
5	California Angels	51	59	.464	13.5	453	1,441,545	Jim Fregosi, Gene Mauch
6	Seattle Mariners	44	65	.404	20	521	636,276	Maury Wills, Rene Lachemann
7	Minnesota Twins	41	68	.376	23	486	469,090	Johnny Goryl, Billy Gardner

NL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	St. Louis Cardinals	59	43	.578	—	417	1,010,247	Whitey Herzog
2	Montreal Expos	60	48	.556	2	394	1,534,564	Dick Williams, Jim Fanning	Division
3	Philadelphia Phillies	59	48	.551	2.5	472	1,638,752	Dallas Green	Division
4	Pittsburgh Pirates	46	56	.451	13	425	541,789	Chuck Tanner
5	New York Mets	41	62	.398	18.5	432	704,244	Joe Torre
6	Chicago Cubs	38	65	.369	21.5	483	565,637	Joey Amalfitano

NL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Cincinnati Reds	66	42	.611	—	440	1,093,730	John McNamara
2	Los Angeles Dodgers	63	47	.573	4	356	2,381,292	Tom Lasorda	World Series Division
3	Houston Astros	61	49	.555	6	331	1,321,282	Bill Virdon	Division
4	San Francisco Giants	56	55	.505	11.5	414	632,274	Frank Robinson
5	Atlanta Braves	50	56	.472	15	416	535,418	Bobby Cox
6	San Diego Padres	41	69	.373	26	455	519,161	Frank Howard

Leaders

AL

RBI

AVG

ERA

NL

RBI

AVG

ERA

No-hitters

Charlie Lea, Montreal Expos vs. San Francisco Giants, 1981-05-10
Len Barker, Cleveland Indians vs. Toronto Blue Jays, 1981-05-15
Nolan Ryan, Houston Astros vs. Los Angeles Dodgers, 1981-09-26

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