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1981 American League Team Statistics and Standings

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Due to an extended player strike in the middle of the 1981 season. The season was divided into two halves with the first and second half champs facing each other in a divisional round prior to the league championship series.

1st Half Standings

East Division

Tm W L W-L% GB
New York Yankees NYY 34 22 .607 --
Baltimore Orioles BAL 31 23 .574 --
Milwaukee Brewers MIL 31 25 .554 --
Detroit Tigers DET 31 26 .544 --
Boston Red Sox BOS 30 26 .536 --
Cleveland Indians CLE 26 24 .520 --
Toronto Blue Jays TOR 16 42 .276 --

West Division

Tm W L W-L% GB
Oakland Athletics OAK 37 23 .617 --
Texas Rangers TEX 33 22 .600 --
Chicago White Sox CHW 31 22 .585 --
California Angels CAL 31 29 .517 --
Kansas City Royals KCR 20 30 .400 --
Seattle Mariners SEA 21 36 .368 --
Minnesota Twins MIN 17 39 .304 --

2nd Half Standings

East Division

Tm W L W-L% GB
Milwaukee Brewers MIL 31 22 .585 --
Boston Red Sox BOS 29 23 .558 --
Detroit Tigers DET 29 23 .558 --
Baltimore Orioles BAL 28 23 .549 --
Cleveland Indians CLE 26 27 .491 --
New York Yankees NYY 25 26 .490 --
Toronto Blue Jays TOR 21 27 .438 --

West Division

Tm W L W-L% GB
Kansas City Royals KCR 30 23 .566 --
Oakland Athletics OAK 27 22 .551 --
Texas Rangers TEX 24 26 .480 --
Minnesota Twins MIN 24 29 .453 --
Seattle Mariners SEA 23 29 .442 --
Chicago White Sox CHW 23 30 .434 --
California Angels CAL 20 30 .400 --

Overall Standings

East Division

Tm W L W-L% GB
Milwaukee Brewers MIL 62 47 .569 --
Baltimore Orioles BAL 59 46 .562 1.0
Detroit Tigers DET 60 49 .550 2.0
New York Yankees NYY 59 48 .551 2.0
Boston Red Sox BOS 59 49 .546 2.5
Cleveland Indians CLE 52 51 .505 7.0
Toronto Blue Jays TOR 37 69 .349 23.5

West Division

Tm W L W-L% GB
Oakland Athletics OAK 64 45 .587 --
Texas Rangers TEX 57 48 .543 5.0
Chicago White Sox CHW 54 52 .509 8.5
Kansas City Royals KCR 50 53 .485 11.0
California Angels CAL 51 59 .464 13.5
Seattle Mariners SEA 44 65 .404 20.0
Minnesota Twins MIN 41 68 .376 23.0
Expanded Standings

Postseason

WorldSeries (4-2):   Los Angeles Dodgers over New York Yankees
LgChampSeries (3-0):   New York Yankees over Oakland Athletics
LgDivSeries (3-2):   New York Yankees over Milwaukee Brewers
LgDivSeries (3-0):   Oakland Athletics over Kansas City Royals

Team & League Standard Batting

Tm #Bat BatAge R/G G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
BAL 34 30.2 4.09 105 3985 3516 429 883 165 11 88 408 41 34 404 454 .251 .329 .379 .708 104 1334 110 15 26 24 29
BOS 32 29.1 4.81 108 4281 3820 519 1052 168 17 90 492 32 31 378 520 .275 .340 .399 .739 108 1524 98 13 37 33 18
CAL 37 30.4 4.33 110 4191 3688 476 944 134 16 97 439 44 33 393 571 .256 .330 .380 .710 106 1401 97 29 51 30 23
CHW 34 28.4 4.49 106 4064 3615 476 982 135 27 76 438 86 44 322 518 .272 .335 .387 .722 111 1399 90 43 48 36 16
CLE 33 28.8 4.18 103 3952 3507 431 922 150 21 39 397 119 37 343 379 .263 .327 .351 .678 97 1231 91 13 46 43 31
DET 34 27.1 3.92 109 4109 3600 427 922 148 29 65 403 61 37 404 500 .256 .331 .368 .699 99 1323 98 18 50 37 33
KCR 35 29.2 3.85 103 3941 3560 397 952 169 29 61 381 100 53 301 419 .267 .325 .383 .707 106 1362 84 17 28 35 34
MIL 33 28.8 4.52 109 4152 3743 493 961 173 20 96 475 39 36 300 461 .257 .313 .391 .704 107 1462 83 29 35 45 35
MIN 38 26.8 3.44 110 4026 3676 378 884 147 36 47 359 34 27 275 497 .240 .293 .338 .632 78 1244 95 11 36 27 28
NYY 39 30.7 3.93 107 3994 3529 421 889 148 22 100 403 47 30 391 434 .252 .325 .391 .717 108 1381 99 7 40 27 30
OAK 41 27.7 4.20 109 4113 3677 458 910 119 26 104 430 98 47 342 647 .247 .312 .379 .691 104 1393 75 16 46 32 26
SEA 38 28.6 3.87 110 4201 3780 426 950 148 13 89 406 100 50 329 553 .251 .314 .368 .682 93 1391 70 27 41 24 24
TEX 37 29.8 4.30 105 3972 3581 452 968 178 15 49 418 46 41 295 396 .270 .326 .369 .696 106 1323 84 21 36 39 40
TOR 35 25.7 3.10 106 3887 3521 329 797 137 23 61 314 66 57 284 556 .226 .286 .330 .617 74 1163 72 20 44 18 23
LgAvg 35 28.7 4.07 107 4062 3630 437 930 151 22 76 412 65 40 340 493 .256 .321 .373 .693 100 1352 89 20 40 32 28
490 28.7 4.07 1500 56868 50813 6112 13016 2119 305 1062 5763 913 557 4761 6905 .256 .321 .373 .693 100 18931 1246 279 564 450 390

Team & League Standard Pitching

Tm #Pitch PitchAge R/G W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG tmSHO cgSHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
BAL 12 29.3 4.16 59 46 .562 3.70 105 105 80 25 10 7 23 940.0 923 437 386 83 347 22 489 14 5 29 3970 99 1.351 8.8 0.8 3.3 4.7 1.41
BOS 13 27.9 4.45 59 49 .546 3.81 108 108 89 19 4 4 24 987.1 983 481 418 90 354 28 536 28 1 18 4213 102 1.354 9.0 0.8 3.2 4.9 1.51
CAL 16 30.0 4.12 51 59 .464 3.70 110 110 83 27 8 5 19 971.1 958 453 399 81 323 24 426 21 5 18 4089 99 1.319 8.9 0.8 3.0 3.9 1.32
CHW 14 25.4 3.99 54 52 .509 3.47 106 106 86 20 8 6 23 940.2 891 423 363 73 336 17 529 24 6 24 3964 102 1.304 8.5 0.7 3.2 5.1 1.57
CLE 12 28.3 4.29 52 51 .505 3.88 103 103 70 33 10 9 13 931.0 989 442 401 67 311 15 569 10 2 30 4003 95 1.396 9.6 0.6 3.0 5.5 1.83
DET 14 26.2 3.71 60 49 .550 3.53 109 109 76 33 13 6 22 969.1 840 404 380 83 373 41 476 27 5 24 4030 107 1.251 7.8 0.8 3.5 4.4 1.28
KCR 13 28.8 3.93 50 53 .485 3.56 103 103 79 24 8 4 24 922.1 909 405 365 75 273 36 404 20 4 13 3878 101 1.282 8.9 0.7 2.7 3.9 1.48
MIL 16 29.1 4.21 62 47 .569 3.91 109 109 98 11 4 1 35 986.0 994 459 428 72 352 33 448 11 2 31 4181 89 1.365 9.1 0.7 3.2 4.1 1.27
MIN 14 27.2 4.42 41 68 .376 3.98 110 110 97 13 6 2 22 979.2 1021 486 433 79 376 53 500 17 14 19 4230 100 1.426 9.4 0.7 3.5 4.6 1.33
NYY 16 30.2 3.21 59 48 .551 2.90 107 107 91 16 13 0 30 948.0 827 343 305 64 287 17 606 10 5 25 3872 124 1.175 7.9 0.6 2.7 5.8 2.11
OAK 14 26.5 3.70 64 45 .587 3.30 109 109 49 60 11 11 10 993.0 883 403 364 80 370 17 505 28 11 30 4166 105 1.262 8.0 0.7 3.4 4.6 1.36
SEA 15 26.8 4.74 44 65 .404 4.23 110 110 100 10 5 2 23 997.1 1039 521 469 76 360 26 478 16 7 40 4274 92 1.403 9.4 0.7 3.2 4.3 1.33
TEX 15 29.5 3.70 57 48 .543 3.40 105 105 82 23 13 10 18 940.1 851 389 355 67 322 34 488 17 2 18 3909 102 1.247 8.1 0.6 3.1 4.7 1.52
TOR 14 25.8 4.40 37 69 .349 3.81 106 106 86 20 4 2 18 953.1 908 466 404 72 377 27 451 36 4 41 4089 103 1.348 8.6 0.7 3.6 4.3 1.20
LgAvg 14 27.9 4.07 54 54 .500 3.66 107 107 83 24 22 961 930 437 391 76 340 28 493 20 5 26 4062 101 1.321 8.7 0.7 3.2 4.6 1.45
194 27.9 4.07 749 749 .500 3.66 1500 1500 1166 334 304 13459.2 13016 6112 5470 1062 4761 390 6905 279 73 360 56868 101 1.321 8.7 0.7 3.2 4.6 1.45

Team & League Standard Fielding

Tm #Fld R/G DefEff G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr
BAL 34 4.16 .710 105 945 645 8460.0 4100 2820 1212 68 114 .983 -4 -1
BOS 32 4.45 .703 108 972 811 8886.0 4298 2962 1245 91 108 .979 5 1
CAL 37 4.12 .710 110 990 794 8742.0 4301 2914 1286 101 120 .977 -2 -0
CHW 33 3.99 .709 106 954 722 8466.0 4127 2822 1218 87 113 .979 -4 -0
CLE 33 4.29 .679 103 927 702 8379.0 4036 2793 1156 87 91 .978 -56 -8
DET 34 3.71 .740 109 981 745 8724.0 4238 2908 1263 67 109 .984 62 9
KCR 35 3.93 .716 103 927 750 8301.0 3939 2767 1100 72 94 .982 6 1
MIL 32 4.21 .705 109 981 771 8874.0 4395 2958 1358 79 135 .982 2 0
MIN 37 4.42 .693 110 990 775 8817.0 4303 2939 1268 96 103 .978 -19 -3
NYY 38 3.21 .721 107 963 751 8532.0 4073 2844 1157 72 100 .982 21 3
OAK 39 3.70 .732 109 981 810 8937.0 4140 2979 1080 81 74 .980 57 8
SEA 37 4.74 .695 110 990 682 8975.0 4368 2992 1285 91 122 .979 -16 -2
TEX 36 3.70 .725 105 945 753 8463.0 4230 2821 1340 69 102 .984 37 5
TOR 35 4.40 .713 106 954 742 8580.0 4129 2860 1164 105 102 .975 5 1
LgAvg 34 4.07 .711 107 964 747 8653 4191 2884 1224 83 106 .980 7 0
482 4.07 .711 1500 13500 10453 121136.0 58677 40379 17132 1166 1487 .980 94 1
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