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Los Angeles Dodgers 4, New York Yankees 2 · 1981-10-20 to 1981-10-28 · 6 games · attendance 338,081 · season overview
Champion · 5th title
Runner-up
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Ballparks
Games
| # | Date | Away at Home | Series | Park | Attendance | Win | Loss | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1981-10-20 |  Los Angeles Dodgers 3 at  New York Yankees 5 | 0–1 | Yankee Stadium I | 56,470 | Ron Guidry | Jerry Reuss | Rich Gossage |
| 2 | 1981-10-21 | Los Angeles Dodgers 0 at New York Yankees 3 | 0–2 | Yankee Stadium I | 56,505 | Tommy John | Burt Hooton | Rich Gossage |
| 3 | 1981-10-23 | New York Yankees 4 at Los Angeles Dodgers 5 | 1–2 | Dodger Stadium | 56,236 | Fernando Valenzuela | George Frazier | |
| 4 | 1981-10-24 | New York Yankees 7 at Los Angeles Dodgers 8 | 2–2 | Dodger Stadium | 56,242 | Steve Howe | George Frazier | |
| 5 | 1981-10-25 | New York Yankees 1 at Los Angeles Dodgers 2 | 3–2 | Dodger Stadium | 56,115 | Jerry Reuss | Ron Guidry | |
| 6 | 1981-10-28 | Los Angeles Dodgers 9 at New York Yankees 2 | 4–2 | Yankee Stadium I | 56,513 | Burt Hooton | George Frazier | Steve Howe |
The players
Los Angeles Dodgers
| Batting | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Russell | 6 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .240 |
| Steve Garvey | 6 | 24 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .417 |
| Dusty Baker | 6 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .167 |
| Davey Lopes | 6 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | .227 |
| Pedro Guerrero | 6 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .333 |
| Ron Cey | 6 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .350 |
| Steve Yeager | 6 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .286 |
| Rick Monday | 5 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .231 |
| Derrel Thomas | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| Ken Landreaux | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .167 |
| Mike Scioscia | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Burt Hooton | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 |
| Jay Johnstone | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 |
| Jerry Reuss | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| Fernando Valenzuela | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Reggie Smith | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
| Steve Howe | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| Steve Sax | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Pitching | G | GS | W–L | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Reuss | 2 | 2 | 1–1 | 0 | 11.2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3.86 |
| Burt Hooton | 2 | 2 | 1–1 | 0 | 11.1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1.59 |
| Fernando Valenzuela | 1 | 1 | 1–0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4.00 |
| Steve Howe | 3 | 0 | 1–0 | 1 | 7.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3.86 |
| Tom Niedenfuer | 2 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Dave Goltz | 2 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 3.1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5.40 |
| Terry Forster | 2 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Dave Stewart | 2 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bobby Castillo | 1 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 |
New York Yankees
| Batting | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Watson | 6 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .318 |
| Dave Winfield | 6 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .045 |
| Rick Cerone | 6 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .190 |
| Larry Milbourne | 6 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Willie Randolph | 6 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | .222 |
| Lou Piniella | 6 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .438 |
| Jerry Mumphrey | 4 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .200 |
| Aurelio Rodriguez | 4 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .417 |
| Reggie Jackson | 3 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .333 |
| Graig Nettles | 3 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .400 |
| Oscar Gamble | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Ron Guidry | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 |
| Bobby Murcer | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| George Frazier | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Tommy John | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Rick Reuschel | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Bobby Brown | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Barry Foote | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Rich Gossage | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Rudy May | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Dave Righetti | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Pitching | G | GS | W–L | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Guidry | 2 | 2 | 1–1 | 0 | 14.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 1.93 |
| Tommy John | 3 | 2 | 1–0 | 0 | 13.0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0.69 |
| Rudy May | 3 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 6.1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2.84 |
| Rich Gossage | 3 | 0 | 0–0 | 2 | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Rick Reuschel | 2 | 1 | 0–0 | 0 | 3.2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4.91 |
| George Frazier | 3 | 0 | 0–3 | 0 | 3.2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17.18 |
| Ron Davis | 3 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 2.1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15.43 |
| Dave Righetti | 1 | 1 | 0–0 | 0 | 2.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13.50 |
| Dave LaRoche | 1 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |