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1981 Japan Central League

1981 > Class Foreign > League History
Overall: 363 games, 6 teams, approx. 121 games in season
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1980 / 1982
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1980 / 1982

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1980 / 1982

League Standings

Tm W L W-L% GB
Yomiuri Giants 73 48 .603 --
Hiroshima Toyo Carp 67 54 .554 6
Hanshin Tigers 67 58 .536 8
Yakult Swallows 56 58 .491 13.5
Chunichi Dragons 58 65 .472 16
Yokohama Taiyo Whales 42 80 .344 31.5
This league's standings, if available, are based on full season team pitching records. Leagues may have have split season and postseason results that are not currently available.

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
Hiroshima Toyo Carp 5.00 121 4863 4360 605 1194 171 12 181 582 54 57 354 647 .274 .331 .443 .774 1932 102 36 82 31
Yakult Swallows 4.56 114 4748 4279 520 1092 170 25 120 492 105 63 304 710 .255 .309 .391 .700 1672 86 45 88 32
Chunichi Dragons 4.43 123 4853 4341 545 1163 170 27 151 522 62 47 340 753 .268 .323 .424 .747 1840 101 30 106 36
Yomiuri Giants 4.27 121 4861 4370 517 1171 174 25 135 492 119 55 338 751 .268 .323 .412 .735 1800 73 32 87 34
Hanshin Tigers 4.18 125 4853 4352 523 1184 174 17 114 503 71 42 349 608 .272 .328 .398 .727 1734 94 30 95 27
Yokohama Taiyo Whales 3.64 122 4816 4308 444 1086 183 19 105 422 70 64 369 766 .252 .313 .377 .690 1622 91 30 77 32
League Totals 4.34 726 28994 26010 3154 6890 1042 125 806 3013 481 328 2054 4235 .265 .321 .408 .729 10600 547 203 535 192

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
Yomiuri Giants 3.45 73 48 .603 2.88 121 121 74 47 14 22 1161.2 983 418 372 125 319 833 23 2 8 4686 1.121 7.6 1.0 2.5 6.5 2.61
Hanshin Tigers 3.84 67 58 .536 3.32 125 125 87 38 6 22 1147.0 1074 480 423 118 314 779 33 4 16 4759 1.210 8.4 0.9 2.5 6.1 2.48
Hiroshima Toyo Carp 4.29 67 54 .554 3.66 121 121 78 43 8 17 1146.0 1161 519 466 135 282 660 32 1 17 4786 1.259 9.1 1.1 2.2 5.2 2.34
Chunichi Dragons 4.37 58 65 .472 3.71 123 123 104 19 2 26 1147.1 1155 537 473 152 386 664 41 2 14 4884 1.343 9.1 1.2 3.0 5.2 1.72
Yokohama Taiyo Whales 4.99 42 80 .344 4.41 122 122 101 21 1 20 1136.0 1303 609 557 131 375 628 28 3 18 4955 1.477 10.3 1.0 3.0 5.0 1.67
Yakult Swallows 5.18 56 58 .491 4.30 114 114 90 24 2 24 1146.0 1214 591 548 145 378 671 46 7 20 4925 1.389 9.5 1.1 3.0 5.3 1.78
League Totals 4.34 363 363 .500 3.71 726 726 534 192 33 131 6884.0 6890 3154 2839 806 2054 4235 203 19 93 28995 1.299 9.0 1.1 2.7 5.5 2.06

League Fielding

Tm Aff G CG PO A E DP Fld% PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Attendance Managers
Hiroshima Toyo Carp 121 84 .000 Takeshi Koba
Chunichi Dragons 123 106 .000 Sadao Kondo
Yakult Swallows 114 75 .000 Shiro Takegami
Yomiuri Giants 121 79 .000 Motoshi Fujita
Hanshin Tigers 125 100 .000 Futoshi Nakanishi and Don Blasingame
Yokohama Taiyo Whales 122 75 .000 Kiyoshi Doi and Toshihide Yamane
League Totals 726 519 .000