1981 League Championship Series - New York Yankees over Oakland Athletics (3-0)

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

WS: LAD-NYY / ALCS: NYY-OAK / NLCS: LAD-MON / Div. Series: NYY-MIL / OAK-KCR / MON-PHI / LAD-HOU
1980 ALCS / 1982 ALCS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, October 13, 1981 at Yankee Stadium II (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

  Wednesday, October 14, 1981 at Yankee Stadium II (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

  Thursday, October 15, 1981 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (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

New York Yankees Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Bobby Brown	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	31	62	5	14	0	6	4	.226	.521
Rick Cerone	3	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.182	.100	.282	0	0	71	234	23	57	2	21	0	.244	.618
Ron Davis	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	43	0	0	0	0	0	0
Barry Foote	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	*49	147	12	26	6	11	0	.177	.559
George Frazier	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oscar Gamble	3	6	2	1	0	0	0	1	5	3	.167	.500	.167	.667	0	0	80	189	24	45	10	27	0	.238	.796
Rich Gossage	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0
Reggie Jackson	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	1	0	94	334	33	79	15	54	0	.237	.758
Tommy John	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rudy May	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Milbourne	3	13	4	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.462	.462	.462	.923	0	0	61	163	24	51	1	12	2	.313	.749
Jerry Mumphrey	3	12	2	6	1	0	0	0	3	2	.500	.600	.583	1.183	0	1	80	319	44	98	6	32	14	.307	.783
Bobby Murcer	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	0	0	50	117	14	31	6	24	0	.265	.801
Graig Nettles	3	12	2	6	2	0	1	9	1	0	.500	.571	.917	1.488	0	0	103	349	46	85	15	46	0	.244	.731
Lou Piniella	3	5	2	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	.600	.600	1.200	1.800	0	0	60	159	16	44	5	18	0	.277	.759
Willie Randolph	3	12	2	4	0	0	1	2	0	1	.333	.333	.583	.917	0	0	93	357	59	83	2	24	14	.232	.641
Dave Revering	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	*76	206	20	48	4	17	0	.233	.644
Dave Righetti	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andre Robertson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	10	19	1	5	0	0	1	.263	.579
Aurelio Rodriguez	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	27	52	4	18	2	8	0	.346	.870
Bob Watson	3	12	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	59	156	15	33	6	12	0	.212	.701
Dave Winfield	3	13	2	2	1	0	0	2	2	2	.154	.267	.231	.497	1	0	105	388	52	114	13	68	11	.294	.824
Totals	47	107	20	36	4	0	3	20	13	10	.336	.415	.458	.873	2	1	107	3529	421	889	100		47	.252	.717

Oakland Athletics Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Tony Armas	3	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	0	109	440	51	115	22	76	5	.261	.774
Dave Beard	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Bosetti	2	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	0	0	*34	66	9	13	0	5	0	.197	.481
Mike Davis	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	17	20	0	1	0	0	0	.050	.236
Keith Drumright	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	31	86	8	25	0	11	0	.291	.644
Wayne Gross	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	82	243	29	50	10	31	2	.206	.670
Mike Heath	3	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	84	301	26	71	8	30	3	.236	.615
Rickey Henderson	3	11	0	4	2	1	0	1	1	2	.364	.417	.727	1.144	2	0	108	423	89	135	6	35	56	.319	.845
Cliff Johnson	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	84	273	40	71	17	59	5	.260	.805
Jeff Jones	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Keough	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Kingman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mickey Klutts	3	7	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.429	.429	.429	.857	0	0	15	46	9	17	5	11	0	.370	1.091
Steve McCatty	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave McKay	3	11	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	.273	.273	.273	.545	0	0	79	224	25	59	4	21	4	.263	.688
Kelvin Moore	3	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	14	47	5	12	1	3	1	.255	.689
Dwayne Murphy	3	8	0	2	1	0	0	1	2	3	.250	.400	.375	.775	0	0	107	390	58	98	15	60	10	.251	.777
Jeff Newman	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	68	216	17	50	3	15	0	.231	.589
Mike Norris	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Owchinko	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rob Picciolo	2	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	82	179	23	48	4	13	0	.268	.687
Jim Spencer	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	*79	234	20	44	4	13	1	.188	.521
Fred Stanley	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	66	145	15	28	0	7	2	.193	.489
Tom Underwood	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*25	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	49	99	4	22	4	1	0	4	6	23	.222	.267	.283	.549	2	0	109	3677	458	910	104		98	.247	.691

New York Yankees Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Ron Davis	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	3.1	0	0	2	4	0.600	43	0	2.71	4	5	6	73.0	47	25	83	0.986
George Frazier	1	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	5.2	5	0	1	5	1.059	16	0	1.63	0	1	3	27.2	26	11	17	1.337
Rich Gossage	2	0	0.00	0	0	1	0	2.2	1	0	0	2	0.375	32	0	0.77	3	2	20	46.2	22	14	48	0.771
Tommy John	1	1	1.50	1	0	0	0	6.0	6	1	1	3	1.167	20	20	2.63	9	8	0	140.1	135	39	50	1.240
Rudy May	1	1	8.10	0	0	0	0	3.1	6	3	0	5	1.800	27	22	4.14	6	11	1	147.2	137	41	79	1.205
Dave Righetti	1	1	0.00	1	0	0	0	6.0	4	0	2	4	1.000	15	15	2.05	8	4	0	105.1	75	38	89	1.073
Totals	8	3	1.33	3	0	1	0	27.0	22	4	6	23	1.037	107	107	2.896	59	48		948.0	827	287	606	1.175

Oakland Athletics Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Dave Beard	1	0	40.50	0	0	0	0	0.2	5	3	0	0	7.500	8	0	2.77	1	1	3	13.0	9	4	15	1.000
Jeff Jones	1	0	4.50	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	1.500	33	0	3.39	4	1	3	61.0	51	40	43	1.492
Matt Keough	1	1	1.08	0	1	0	0	8.1	7	1	6	4	1.560	19	19	3.40	10	6	0	140.1	125	45	60	1.211
Brian Kingman	1	0	81.00	0	0	0	0	0.1	3	3	0	0	9.000	18	15	3.95	3	6	0	100.1	112	32	52	1.435
Steve McCatty	1	1	13.50	0	1	0	0	3.1	6	5	2	2	2.400	22	22	2.33	14	7	0	185.2	140	61	91	1.083
Mike Norris	1	1	3.68	0	1	0	0	7.1	6	3	2	4	1.091	23	23	3.75	12	9	0	172.2	145	63	78	1.205
Bob Owchinko	1	0	5.40	0	0	0	0	1.2	3	1	0	0	1.800	29	0	3.20	4	3	2	39.1	34	19	26	1.347
Tom Underwood	2	0	13.50	0	0	0	0	1.1	4	2	2	0	4.500	*25	11	3.66	4	6	1	83.2	69	38	75	1.279
Totals	9	3	6.84	0	3	0	0	25.0	36	19	13	10	1.960	109	109	3.299	64	45		993.0	883	370	505	1.262

WS: LAD-NYY / ALCS: NYY-OAK / NLCS: LAD-MON / Div. Series: NYY-MIL / OAK-KCR / MON-PHI / LAD-HOU
1980 ALCS / 1982 ALCS

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