1981 National League

1981 > Class Major League > League History
Overall: 644 games, 12 teams, approx. 107 games in season
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Other Years: 1980 / 1982
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League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1980 / 1982

League Standings

Regular Season

162 games

East Division

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB
St. Louis Cardinals	59	43	.578	--
Montreal Expos	60	48	.556	2
Philadelphia Phillies	59	48	.551	2.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	46	56	.451	13
New York Mets	41	62	.398	18.5
Chicago Cubs	38	65	.369	21.5

West Division

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB
Cincinnati Reds	66	42	.611	--
Los Angeles Dodgers	63	47	.573	4
Houston Astros	61	49	.555	6
San Francisco Giants	56	55	.505	11.5
Atlanta Braves	50	56	.472	15
San Diego Padres	41	69	.373	26

League Batting

Tm	Aff	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Philadelphia Phillies	PHI	31.3	4.59	107	4141	3665	491	1002	165	25	69	453	103	46	372	432	.273	.341	.389	.730	1424	79	23	44	37	42
St. Louis Cardinals	STL	27.5	4.50	103	4013	3537	464	936	158	45	50	431	88	45	379	495	.265	.336	.377	.713	1334	82	16	46	35	41
Cincinnati Reds	CIN	29.3	4.30	108	4123	3637	464	972	190	24	64	429	58	37	375	553	.267	.335	.385	.721	1402	98	18	53	40	38
Montreal Expos	MON	26.9	4.10	108	4068	3591	443	883	146	28	81	407	138	40	368	498	.246	.316	.370	.686	1328	74	16	63	30	55
Los Angeles Dodgers	LAD	29.3	4.09	110	4188	3751	450	984	133	20	82	427	73	46	331	550	.262	.323	.374	.697	1403	83	17	62	27	38
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	29.1	3.95	103	3959	3576	407	920	176	30	55	384	122	52	278	494	.257	.311	.369	.680	1321	60	15	54	36	37
San Francisco Giants	SFG	29.6	3.85	111	4258	3766	427	941	161	26	63	399	89	50	386	543	.250	.320	.357	.676	1343	91	14	65	27	49
Atlanta Braves	ATL	26.5	3.69	107	4055	3642	395	886	148	22	64	366	98	39	321	540	.243	.306	.349	.655	1270	83	18	56	18	38
Houston Astros	HOU	28.8	3.58	110	4155	3693	394	948	160	35	45	369	81	43	340	488	.257	.318	.356	.673	1313	69	8	79	35	49
Chicago Cubs	CHC	28.2	3.49	106	3984	3546	370	838	138	29	57	348	72	41	342	611	.236	.303	.340	.643	1205	78	13	53	30	44
San Diego Padres	SDP	25.8	3.47	110	4184	3757	382	963	170	35	32	350	83	62	311	525	.256	.313	.346	.659	1299	87	14	72	30	39
New York Mets	NYM	28.2	3.31	105	3885	3493	348	868	136	35	57	325	103	42	304	603	.248	.308	.356	.665	1245	78	13	41	34	35
League Totals		28.4	3.91	1288	49013	43654	5035	11141	1881	354	719	4688	1108	543	4107	6332	.255	.319	.364	.683	15887	962	185	688	379	505

League Pitching

Tm	Aff	PitchAge	R/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
Houston Astros	HOU	31.1	3.01	61	49	.555	2.66	110	110	87	23	19	25	990.0	842	331	293	40	300	24	610	11	4	36	4034	1.154	7.7	0.4	2.7	5.5	2.03
Los Angeles Dodgers	LAD	26.2	3.24	63	47	.573	3.01	110	110	84	26	19	24	997.0	904	356	333	54	302	38	603	14	1	19	4099	1.210	8.2	0.5	2.7	5.4	2.00
Montreal Expos	MON	28.9	3.65	60	48	.556	3.30	108	108	88	20	12	23	975.0	902	394	357	58	268	21	520	18	2	28	4008	1.200	8.3	0.5	2.5	4.8	1.94
San Francisco Giants	SFG	29.1	3.73	56	55	.505	3.28	111	111	103	8	9	33	1009.1	970	414	368	57	393	56	561	24	13	36	4302	1.350	8.6	0.5	3.5	5.0	1.43
Atlanta Braves	ATL	31.5	3.89	50	56	.472	3.45	107	107	96	11	4	24	968.0	936	416	371	62	330	31	471	11	6	25	4078	1.308	8.7	0.6	3.1	4.4	1.43
St. Louis Cardinals	STL	27.9	4.05	59	43	.578	3.63	103	103	92	11	5	33	943.0	902	417	380	52	290	45	388	15	11	22	3910	1.264	8.6	0.5	2.8	3.7	1.34
Cincinnati Reds	CIN	26.8	4.07	66	42	.611	3.73	108	108	83	25	14	20	965.2	863	440	400	67	393	40	593	12	7	27	4065	1.301	8.0	0.6	3.7	5.5	1.51
New York Mets	NYM	27.5	4.11	41	62	.398	3.55	105	105	98	7	3	24	926.1	906	432	365	74	336	35	490	13	10	26	3951	1.341	8.8	0.7	3.3	4.8	1.46
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	29.9	4.13	46	56	.451	3.56	103	103	92	11	5	29	942.0	953	425	373	60	346	51	492	15	11	32	4029	1.379	9.1	0.6	3.3	4.7	1.42
San Diego Padres	SDP	27.6	4.14	41	69	.373	3.72	110	110	101	9	6	23	1002.0	1013	455	414	64	414	59	492	17	19	30	4297	1.424	9.1	0.6	3.7	4.4	1.19
Philadelphia Phillies	PHI	30.3	4.41	59	48	.551	4.05	107	107	88	19	5	23	960.1	967	472	432	72	347	45	580	14	16	32	4086	1.368	9.1	0.7	3.3	5.4	1.67
Chicago Cubs	CHC	28.1	4.56	38	65	.369	4.01	106	106	100	6	2	20	956.2	983	483	426	59	388	60	532	21	8	42	4165	1.433	9.2	0.6	3.7	5.0	1.37
League Totals		28.7	3.91	640	640	.500	3.49	1288	1288	1112	176	103	301	11635.1	11141	5035	4512	719	4107	505	6332	185	108	355	49024	1.310	8.6	0.6	3.2	4.9	1.54

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	SB	CS	CS%	Managers
Cincinnati Reds	CIN	108	2897	1132	80	99	.981	3	107	35	25%	John McNamara
St. Louis Cardinals	STL	103	2829	1347	82	108	.981	5	94	40	30%	Whitey Herzog
Philadelphia Phillies	PHI	107	2881	1285	86	90	.980	2	124	41	25%	Dallas Green
Montreal Expos	MON	108	2925	1123	81	88	.980	5	65	48	42%	Dick Williams and Jim Fanning
Los Angeles Dodgers	LAD	110	2991	1244	87	101	.980	13	80	45	36%	Tom Lasorda
Houston Astros	HOU	110	2970	1206	87	81	.980	8	86	52	38%	Bill Virdon
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	103	2826	1171	86	106	.979	7	65	34	34%	Chuck Tanner
San Diego Padres	SDP	110	3006	1375	102	117	.977	5	95	53	36%	Frank Howard
San Francisco Giants	SFG	111	3028	1313	102	102	.977	7	117	43	27%	Frank Robinson
Atlanta Braves	ATL	107	2904	1284	102	93	.976	10	98	58	37%	Bobby Cox
Chicago Cubs	CHC	106	2870	1284	113	103	.974	6	109	55	34%	Joey Amalfitano
New York Mets	NYM	105	2779	1195	130	89	.968	5	68	39	36%	Joe Torre
League Totals		1288	34906	14959	1138	1177	.978	76	1108	543	33%

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