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1981 AL Championship Series (3-0): New York Yankees (59-48) over Oakland Athletics (64-45)

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WS: LAD-NYY / ALCS: NYY-OAK / NLCS: LAD-MON / Div. Series: NYY-MIL / OAK-KCR / MON-PHI / LAD-HOU
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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 13, 1981 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Oakland Athletics            0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0     1  6  1
    New York Yankees             3  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  x     3  7  1

    PITCHERS: OAK - Norris, Underwood (8)
              NYY - John, Davis (7), Gossage (8)

               WP - Tommy John
	       LP - Mike Norris
             SAVE - Rich Gossage

   HOME RUNS: OAK - none
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 55,740

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 14, 1981 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Oakland Athletics            0  0  1    2  0  0    0  0  0     3 11  1
    New York Yankees             1  0  0    7  0  1    4  0  x    13 19  0

    PITCHERS: OAK - McCatty, Beard (4), Jones (5), Kingman (7), Owchinko (7)
              NYY - May, Frazier (4)

               WP - George Frazier
	       LP - Steve McCatty
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: OAK - none
              NYY - Nettles, Piniella

  ATTENDANCE: 48,497

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 15, 1981 at NetworkAssoc (Oakland Athletics)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  3     4 10  0
    Oakland Athletics            0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  5  2

    PITCHERS: NYY - Righetti, Davis (7), Gossage (9)
              OAK - Keough, Underwood (9)

               WP - Dave Righetti
	       LP - Matt Keough
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Randolph
              OAK - none

  ATTENDANCE: 47,302

Series MVP - Graig Nettles

Series Batting Stats

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New York Yankees

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
#Bobby Brown         3   1  2  1  0  0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000  0 |  62  14  0  .226  .521   4
 Rick Cerone         3  10  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .100  .182  .100  0 | 234  57  2  .244  .618   0
 Ron Davis           2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Barry Foote         2   1  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000  0 |+147  26  6  .177  .560   0
 George Frazier      1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Oscar Gamble        3   6  2  1  0  0  0   1  5  3  .167  .500  .167  0 | 189  45 10  .238  .796   0
 Rich Gossage        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Reggie Jackson      2   4  1  0  0  0  0   1  1  0  .000  .200  .000  1 | 334  79 15  .237  .758   0
 Tommy John          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Rudy May            1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
#Larry Milbourne     3  13  4  6  0  0  0   1  0  0  .462  .462  .462  0 | 163  51  1  .313  .750   2
#Jerry Mumphrey      3  12  2  6  1  0  0   0  3  2  .500  .600  .583  0 | 319  98  6  .307  .783  14
*Bobby Murcer        1   3  0  1  0  0  0   0  1  1  .333  .500  .333  0 | 117  31  6  .265  .801   0
*Graig Nettles       3  12  2  6  2  0  1   9  1  0  .500  .571  .917  0 | 349  85 15  .244  .731   0
 Lou Piniella        3   5  2  3  0  0  1   3  0  0  .600  .600 1.200  0 | 159  44  5  .277  .759   0
 Willie Randolph     3  12  2  4  0  0  1   2  0  1  .333  .333  .583  0 | 357  83  2  .232  .641  14
*Dave Revering       2   2  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .500  .500  .500  0 |+206  48  4  .233  .644   0
*Dave Righetti       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Andre Robertson     1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  19   5  0  .263  .579   1
 Aurelio Rodriguez   1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  52  18  2  .346  .870   0
 Bob Watson          3  12  0  3  0  0  0   1  0  1  .250  .250  .250  0 | 156  33  6  .212  .702   0
 Dave Winfield       3  13  2  2  1  0  0   2  2  2  .154  .267  .231  1 | 388 114 13  .294  .824  11
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               3 107 20 36  4  0  3  20 13 10  .336  .415  .458  2 |        100  .252  .718  47

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Oakland Athletics

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Tony Armas          3  12  0  2  0  0  0   0  0  5  .167  .167  .167  0 | 440 115 22  .261  .774   5
*Dave Beard          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Rick Bosetti        2   4  1  1  1  0  0   0  0  1  .250  .250  .500  0 |+ 66  13  0  .197  .481   0
*Mike Davis          1   1  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000  0 |  20   1  0  .050  .236   0
*Keith Drumright     3   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  0  .000  .200  .000  0 |  86  25  0  .291  .645   0
*Wayne Gross         3   5  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 243  50 10  .206  .670   2
 Mike Heath          3   6  1  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  .333  .333  .333  0 | 301  71  8  .236  .615   3
 Rickey Henderson    3  11  0  4  2  1  0   1  1  2  .364  .417  .727  2 | 423 135  6  .319  .845  56
 Cliff Johnson       2   6  0  0  0  0  0   0  2  2  .000  .250  .000  0 | 273  71 17  .260  .805   5
 Jeff Jones          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Matt Keough         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Brian Kingman       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Mickey Klutts       3   7  1  3  0  0  0   0  0  1  .429  .429  .429  0 |  46  17  5  .370 1.092   0
 Steve McCatty       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
#Dave McKay          3  11  0  3  0  0  0   1  0  2  .273  .273  .273  0 | 224  59  4  .263  .688   4
 Kelvin Moore        3   8  0  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  .250  .250  .250  0 |  47  12  1  .255  .689   1
*Dwayne Murphy       3   8  0  2  1  0  0   1  2  3  .250  .400  .375  0 | 390  98 15  .251  .777  10
 Jeff Newman         2   5  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 | 216  50  3  .231  .589   0
 Mike Norris         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Bob Owchinko        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Rob Picciolo        2   5  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  2  .200  .200  .200  0 | 179  48  4  .268  .687   0
*Jim Spencer         2   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |+234  44  4  .188  .521   1
 Fred Stanley        2   3  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  1  .333  .333  .333  0 | 145  28  0  .193  .490   2
 Tom Underwood       2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+  0   0  0               0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               3  99  4 22  4  1  0   4  6 23  .222  .267  .283  2 |        104  .247  .690  98

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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New York Yankees

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Tommy John          1   1.50 1-0  0  0  6.0  6  1  1  3 |  9-8  140  2.63  1.24  50   
*Dave Righetti       1   0.00 1-0  0  0  6.0  4  0  2  4 |  8-4  105  2.05  1.07  89   
 George Frazier      1   0.00 1-0  0  0  5.7  5  0  1  5 |  0-1   28  1.63  1.34  17  3
*Rudy May            1   8.10 0-0  0  0  3.3  6  3  0  5 |  6-11 148  4.14  1.21  79  1
 Ron Davis           2   0.00 0-0  0  0  3.3  0  0  2  4 |  4-5   73  2.71  0.99  83  6
 Rich Gossage        2   0.00 0-0  1  0  2.7  1  0  0  2 |  3-2   47  0.77  0.77  48 20
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   1.33 3-0  1  0 27.0 22  4  6 23 |            2.90 1.180   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Oakland Athletics

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Matt Keough         1   1.08 0-1  0  0  8.3  7  1  6  4 | 10-6  140  3.40  1.21  60   
 Mike Norris         1   3.68 0-1  0  0  7.3  6  3  2  4 | 12-9  173  3.75  1.20  78   
 Steve McCatty       1  13.50 0-1  0  0  3.3  6  5  2  2 | 14-7  186  2.33  1.08  91   
 Jeff Jones          1   4.50 0-0  0  0  2.0  2  1  1  0 |  4-1   61  3.39  1.49  43  3
*Bob Owchinko        1   5.40 0-0  0  0  1.7  3  1  0  0 |  4-3   39  3.20  1.35  26  2
*Tom Underwood       2  13.50 0-0  0  0  1.3  4  2  2  0 |+ 4-6   84  3.66  1.28  75  1
 Dave Beard          1  40.50 0-0  0  0  0.7  5  3  0  0 |  1-1   13  2.77  1.00  15  3
 Brian Kingman       1  81.00 0-0  0  0  0.3  3  3  0  0 |  3-6  100  3.95  1.44  52   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   6.84 0-3  0  0 25.0 36 19 13 10 |            3.30 1.260   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

WS: LAD-NYY / ALCS: NYY-OAK / NLCS: LAD-MON / Div. Series: NYY-MIL / OAK-KCR / MON-PHI / LAD-HOU

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