1981 World Series - Los Angeles Dodgers over New York Yankees (4-2)

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1981 World Series (4-2): Los Angeles Dodgers (63-47) over New York Yankees (59-48)

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

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, October 20, 1981 at Yankee Stadium II (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  0  0    0  1  0    0  2  0     3  5  0
    New York Yankees             3  0  1    1  0  0    0  0  x     5  6  0

    PITCHERS: LAD - Reuss, Castillo (3), Goltz (4), Niedenfuer (5), Stewart (8)
              NYY - Guidry, Davis (8), Gossage (8)

               WP - Ron Guidry
	       LP - Jerry Reuss
             SAVE - Rich Gossage

   HOME RUNS: LAD - Yeager
              NYY - Watson

  ATTENDANCE: 56,470

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 21, 1981 at Yankee Stadium II (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  4  2
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  1  0    0  2  x     3  6  1

    PITCHERS: LAD - Hooton, Forster (7), Howe (8), Stewart (8)
              NYY - John, Gossage (8)

               WP - Tommy John
	       LP - Burt Hooton
             SAVE - Rich Gossage

   HOME RUNS: LAD - none
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 56,505

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Friday, October 23, 1981 at Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  2  2    0  0  0    0  0  0     4  9  0
    Los Angeles Dodgers          3  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  x     5 11  1

    PITCHERS: NYY - Righetti, Frazier (3), May (5), Davis (8)
              LAD - Valenzuela

               WP - Fernando Valenzuela
	       LP - George Frazier
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Cerone, Watson
              LAD - Cey

  ATTENDANCE: 56,236

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 24, 1981 at Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             2  1  1    0  0  2    0  1  0     7 13  1
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  0  2    0  1  3    2  0  x     8 14  2

    PITCHERS: NYY - Reuschel, May (4), Davis (5), Frazier (6), John (7)
              LAD - Welch, Goltz (1), Forster (4), Niedenfuer (5), Howe (7)

               WP - Steve Howe
	       LP - George Frazier
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Jackson, Randolph
              LAD - Johnstone

  ATTENDANCE: 56,242

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 25, 1981 at Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     1  5  0
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  x     2  4  3

    PITCHERS: NYY - Guidry, Gossage (8)
              LAD - Reuss

               WP - Jerry Reuss
	       LP - Ron Guidry
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - none
              LAD - Guerrero, Yeager

  ATTENDANCE: 56,115

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 28, 1981 at Yankee Stadium II (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  0  0    1  3  4    0  1  0     9 13  1
    New York Yankees             0  0  1    0  0  1    0  0  0     2  7  2

    PITCHERS: LAD - Hooton, Howe (6)
              NYY - John, Frazier (5), Davis (6), Reuschel (6), May (7), LaRoche (9)

               WP - Burt Hooton
	       LP - George Frazier
             SAVE - Steve Howe

   HOME RUNS: LAD - Guerrero
              NYY - Randolph

  ATTENDANCE: 56,513

Series MVP - Ron Cey, Pedro Guerrero, Steve Yeager

Series Batting Stats

Los Angeles Dodgers 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
Dusty Baker	6	24	3	4	0	0	0	1	1	6	.167	.192	.167	.359	0	0	103	400	48	128	9	49	10	.320	.808
Bobby Castillo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	34	9	1	4	0	1	0	.444	1.111
Ron Cey	6	20	3	7	0	0	1	6	3	3	.350	.458	.500	.958	0	0	85	312	42	90	13	50	0	.288	.846
Terry Forster	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Steve Garvey	6	24	3	10	1	0	0	0	2	5	.417	.462	.458	.920	0	0	110	431	63	122	10	64	3	.283	.732
Dave Goltz	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	26	17	0	1	0	2	0	.059	.217
Pedro Guerrero	6	21	2	7	1	1	2	7	2	6	.333	.417	.762	1.179	0	0	98	347	46	104	12	48	5	.300	.829
Burt Hooton	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	23	42	3	8	0	3	0	.190	.523
Steve Howe	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	41	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500
Jay Johnstone	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	.667	.667	1.667	2.333	0	0	61	83	8	17	3	6	0	.205	.616
Ken Landreaux	5	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.333	.500	1	0	99	390	48	98	7	41	18	.251	.664
Davey Lopes	6	22	6	5	1	0	0	2	4	3	.227	.346	.273	.619	4	0	58	214	35	44	5	17	20	.206	.574
Rick Monday	5	13	1	3	1	0	0	0	3	6	.231	.375	.308	.683	0	0	66	130	24	41	11	25	1	.315	1.031
Tom Niedenfuer	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Reuss	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	22	51	3	10	0	3	0	.196	.392
Bill Russell	6	25	1	6	0	0	0	2	0	1	.240	.240	.240	.480	1	1	82	262	20	61	0	22	2	.233	.567
Steve Sax	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	31	119	15	33	2	9	5	.277	.662
Mike Scioscia	3	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	0	0	93	290	27	80	2	29	0	.276	.685
Reggie Smith	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	41	35	5	7	1	8	0	.200	.632
Dave Stewart	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	32	5	2	2	0	1	0	.400	1.300
Derrel Thomas	5	7	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	0	80	218	25	54	4	24	7	.248	.644
Fernando Valenzuela	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	25	64	3	16	0	7	0	.250	.543
Bob Welch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	23	45	3	10	0	2	0	.222	.506
Steve Yeager	6	14	2	4	1	0	2	4	0	2	.286	.267	.786	1.052	0	0	42	86	5	18	3	7	0	.209	.598
Totals	85	198	27	51	6	1	6	26	20	44	.258	.329	.389	.718	6	1	110	3751	450	984	82		73	.262	.697

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	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	31	62	5	14	0	6	4	.226	.521
Rick Cerone	6	21	2	4	1	0	1	3	4	2	.190	.320	.381	.701	0	0	71	234	23	57	2	21	0	.244	.618
Ron Davis	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	43	0	0	0	0	0	0
Barry Foote	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	*49	147	12	26	6	11	0	.177	.559
George Frazier	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oscar Gamble	3	6	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	.333	.429	.333	.762	0	0	80	189	24	45	10	27	0	.238	.796
Rich Gossage	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Guidry	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0
Reggie Jackson	3	12	3	4	1	0	1	1	2	3	.333	.429	.667	1.095	0	0	94	334	33	79	15	54	0	.237	.758
Tommy John	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave LaRoche	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rudy May	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Milbourne	6	20	2	5	2	0	0	3	4	0	.250	.375	.350	.725	0	0	61	163	24	51	1	12	2	.313	.749
Jerry Mumphrey	5	15	2	3	0	0	0	0	3	2	.200	.333	.200	.533	1	0	80	319	44	98	6	32	14	.307	.783
Bobby Murcer	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	50	117	14	31	6	24	0	.265	.801
Graig Nettles	3	10	1	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	.400	.455	.500	.955	0	0	103	349	46	85	15	46	0	.244	.731
Lou Piniella	6	16	2	7	1	0	0	3	0	1	.438	.438	.500	.938	1	0	60	159	16	44	5	18	0	.277	.759
Willie Randolph	6	18	5	4	1	1	2	3	9	0	.222	.464	.722	1.187	1	1	93	357	59	83	2	24	14	.232	.641
Rick Reuschel	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	*28	25	1	2	0	1	0	.080	.195
Dave Righetti	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andre Robertson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	10	19	1	5	0	0	1	.263	.579
Aurelio Rodriguez	4	12	1	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	.417	.462	.417	.878	0	0	27	52	4	18	2	8	0	.346	.870
Bob Watson	6	22	2	7	1	0	2	7	3	0	.318	.385	.636	1.021	0	0	59	156	15	33	6	12	0	.212	.701
Dave Winfield	6	22	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	4	.045	.222	.045	.268	1	0	105	388	52	114	13	68	11	.294	.824
Totals	86	193	22	46	8	1	6	22	33	24	.238	.346	.383	.730	4	1	107	3529	421	889	100		47	.252	.717

Los Angeles Dodgers 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
Bobby Castillo	1	0	9.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	1	5	0	5.000	34	1	5.33	2	4	5	50.2	50	24	35	1.461
Terry Forster	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	3	0	2.000	21	0	4.11	0	1	0	30.2	37	15	17	1.696
Dave Goltz	2	0	5.40	0	0	0	0	3.1	4	2	1	2	1.500	26	8	4.09	2	7	1	77.0	83	25	48	1.403
Burt Hooton	2	2	1.59	1	1	0	0	11.1	8	2	9	3	1.500	23	23	2.28	11	6	0	142.1	124	33	74	1.103
Steve Howe	3	0	3.86	1	0	1	0	7.0	7	3	1	4	1.143	41	0	2.50	5	3	8	54.0	51	18	32	1.278
Tom Niedenfuer	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	5.0	3	0	1	0	0.800	17	0	3.81	3	1	2	26.0	25	6	12	1.192
Jerry Reuss	2	2	3.86	1	1	0	1	11.2	10	5	3	8	1.114	22	22	2.30	10	4	0	152.2	138	27	51	1.081
Dave Stewart	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.2	1	0	2	1	1.800	32	0	2.49	4	3	6	43.1	40	14	29	1.246
Fernando Valenzuela	1	1	4.00	1	0	0	1	9.0	9	4	7	6	1.778	25	25	2.48	13	7	0	192.1	140	61	180	1.045
Bob Welch	1	1	inf	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	2	1	0		23	23	3.44	9	5	0	141.1	141	41	88	1.288
Totals	18	6	3.29	4	2	1	2	52.0	46	19	33	24	1.519	110	110	3.006	63	47		997.0	904	302	603	1.210

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	4	0	23.14	0	0	0	0	2.1	4	6	5	4	3.857	43	0	2.71	4	5	6	73.0	47	25	83	0.986
George Frazier	3	0	17.18	0	3	0	0	3.2	9	7	3	2	3.273	16	0	1.63	0	1	3	27.2	26	11	17	1.337
Rich Gossage	3	0	0.00	0	0	2	0	5.0	2	0	2	5	0.800	32	0	0.77	3	2	20	46.2	22	14	48	0.771
Ron Guidry	2	2	1.93	1	1	0	0	14.0	8	3	4	15	0.857	23	21	2.76	11	5	0	127.0	100	26	104	0.992
Tommy John	3	2	0.69	1	0	0	0	13.0	11	1	0	8	0.846	20	20	2.63	9	8	0	140.1	135	39	50	1.240
Dave LaRoche	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	2	0.000	26	1	2.49	4	1	0	47.0	38	16	24	1.149
Rudy May	3	0	2.84	0	0	0	0	6.1	5	2	1	5	0.947	27	22	4.14	6	11	1	147.2	137	41	79	1.205
Rick Reuschel	2	1	4.91	0	0	0	0	3.2	7	2	3	2	2.727	*25	24	3.11	8	11	0	156.1	162	33	75	1.247
Dave Righetti	1	1	13.50	0	0	0	0	2.0	5	3	2	1	3.500	15	15	2.05	8	4	0	105.1	75	38	89	1.073
Totals	22	6	4.24	2	4	2	0	51.0	51	24	20	44	1.392	107	107	2.896	59	48		948.0	827	287	606	1.175

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

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