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1981 American League Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings     Minor League Standings
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Central Team W L WPct GB Baltimore 85 75 .531 -- Minnesota 81 79 .506 4 Cleveland (A) 66 94 .413 19 Tampa Bay 58 102 .363 27	East Team W L WPct GB Indianapolis 113 47 .706 -- Detroit 93 67 .581 20 Boston (A) 67 93 .419 46 New York (A) 58 102 .363 55	West Team W L WPct GB Kansas City 100 60 .625 -- Seattle 91 69 .569 9 Toronto 78 82 .488 22 Oakland 63 97 .394 37

Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-1)	New York (N) Giants over Detroit Tigers
AL League Series (4-3)	Detroit Tigers over Indianapolis Hoosiers
AL Divisional Series (4-3)	Detroit Tigers over Kansas City Royals
AL Divisional Series (4-1)	Indianapolis Hoosiers over Baltimore Orioles

League Batting Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
IND	5.3	842	160	5685	1634	280	34	140	544	638	.287	.350	.423	.772
SEM	4.9	778	160	5505	1531	213	64	104	576	783	.278	.346	.397	.743
KCR	4.9	778	160	5488	1351	248	25	207	654	1064	.246	.326	.414	.740
BAL	4.8	770	160	5599	1523	240	33	106	539	646	.272	.336	.383	.719
DET	4.8	769	160	5501	1455	294	37	153	557	734	.264	.332	.415	.747
TOR	4.7	747	160	5576	1564	267	46	87	484	667	.280	.338	.392	.730
MIN	4.6	740	160	5620	1506	297	36	149	462	715	.268	.324	.413	.737
CLE	4.6	730	160	5645	1541	285	41	109	459	642	.273	.328	.396	.724
BOS	4.2	669	160	5483	1391	298	27	94	498	743	.254	.316	.369	.685
OAK	3.7	587	160	5367	1375	161	31	78	450	621	.256	.314	.341	.655
NYA	3.6	574	160	5451	1319	223	27	82	363	765	.242	.289	.338	.627
TAM	3.5	562	160	5473	1332	247	35	74	393	737	.243	.294	.342	.636
Totals	4.5	8546	1920	66393	17522	3053	436	1383	5979	8755	.264	.325	.386	.710
Average		712	160	5533	1460	254	36	115	498	730

League Pitching Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
IND	3.5	560	160	3.06	1460.7	1373	8.6	387	2.4	678	4.2	50
KCR	3.7	591	160	3.42	1452.3	1377	8.6	315	2.0	840	5.3	42
SEM	4.0	641	160	3.55	1445.7	1427	8.9	479	3.0	703	4.4	54
DET	4.1	655	160	3.65	1434.7	1362	8.5	466	2.9	823	5.1	41
TOR	4.5	727	160	4.21	1431.0	1433	9.0	538	3.4	832	5.2	37
MIN	4.6	729	160	4.11	1438.0	1467	9.2	514	3.2	716	4.5	34
BAL	4.7	747	160	4.26	1439.7	1434	9.0	524	3.3	851	5.3	47
TAM	4.7	757	160	4.32	1426.7	1562	9.8	467	2.9	645	4.0	38
BOS	4.7	759	160	4.32	1417.7	1466	9.2	571	3.6	739	4.6	28
CLE	4.8	770	160	4.37	1436.0	1470	9.2	546	3.4	824	5.2	36
NYA	5.2	827	160	4.88	1415.0	1558	9.7	590	3.7	657	4.1	39
OAK	5.4	863	160	5.01	1394.7	1560	9.8	722	4.5	677	4.2	38
Totals	4.5	8626	1920	4.09	17192.0	17489	9.1	6119	3.2	8985	4.7	484
Average		719	160		1433	1457		510		749		40

League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance		Manager
IND	109	51	4	7	13	0	4	3	22	0.99	1.09	2,368,540
SEM	94	66	-3	5	13	7	1	4	7	0.97	0.91	2,397,801		Peter Fletcher
CLE	76	84	-10	3	16	0	0	1	4	0.99	0.99	1,685,698		Jason Morton
KCR	100	60	0	3	11	1	3	2	16	1.01	1.19	2,321,467		Ricky Sanford
MIN	81	79	0	3	12	7	0	2	9	0.99	1.04	2,187,406		Gene Mauch
DET	92	68	1	2	17	0	0	0	15	1.01	0.99	1,856,762		Pie Traynor
NYA	54	106	4	1	6	0	0	0	6	1.00	1.15	1,831,651		Jason Spiegel
TAM	59	101	-1	1	5	0	1	1	8	1.00	0.89	1,706,694		Logan Dederich
BAL	82	78	3	0	10	1	0	2	6	0.96	0.82	1,820,595		Matt Ida II
BOS	71	89	-4	0	11	0	0	1	4	1.00	0.99	1,628,282		Brian Rodgers
OAK	53	107	10	0	12	1	0	0	7	0.96	0.80	884,091		Marwan Najdawi
TOR	82	78	-4	0	13	0	0	1	10	1.04	0.92	1,094,991		Chuck Glidden

League Win Shares     Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
IND	339	156.61	131.98	50.37	8.91	3.35	7.56	8.37	6.25	15.95
KCR	300	130.70	118.77	50.49	9.58	2.10	9.54	6.42	8.95	13.91
DET	279	131.47	98.89	48.61	6.20	3.70	10.45	5.38	7.34	15.54
SEM	273	131.17	98.58	43.21	2.68	3.80	7.04	5.19	11.13	13.38
BAL	255	139.86	77.08	38.01	6.88	2.42	6.37	4.42	5.27	12.67
MIN	243	122.50	83.08	37.38	8.65	3.69	5.35	4.36	5.70	9.64
TOR	234	114.66	76.63	42.67	8.58	3.53	6.13	4.79	7.48	12.17
BOS	201	96.56	66.56	37.84	8.43	2.19	4.42	5.05	6.15	11.60
CLE	198	104.56	62.16	31.25	4.04	2.42	6.08	1.10	6.41	11.20
OAK	189	104.74	53.39	30.81	8.58	2.84	3.95	2.75	6.76	5.94
TAM	174	62.16	75.16	36.65	9.32	2.09	4.48	6.89	5.63	8.25
NYA	174	76.76	63.53	33.67	6.42	2.85	4.93	2.81	8.28	8.39

League Award Winners
Silver Slugger:	Jack Clark	MIN	.284, 44 HR, 116 RBI
Platinum Arm:	Bill Slayback	IND	20-7, 2.20, 294.3 IP, 206 K
Bronze Rookie:	Andy McGaffigan	SEM	17-7, 2.96, 231.0 IP, 100 K
Gold Glove Winners
P	Pascual Perez	TAM	.976, 29 PO, 54 A, 2 E
C	Gary Carter	BOS	.991, 490 PO, 56 A, 5 E 47.6% (40-84) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Dave Revering	TAM	.995, 1622 PO, 112 A, 8 E
2B	Lou Whitaker	DET	.984, 261 PO, 612 A, 14 E
3B	Rick Auerbach	TAM	.989, 77 PO, 357 A, 5 E
SS	Dave Hilton	NYA	.990, 221 PO, 640 A, 9 E
LF	Jim Rice	MIN	.975, 308 PO, 3 A, 8 E
CF	Jim Howarth	TAM	1.000, 347 PO, 2 A, 0 E
RF	Tony Conigliaro	TAM	.990, 297 PO, 4 A, 3 E

League Batting Leaderboards     Help

(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.

Batting Average Molitor IND .342 Dilone TOR .327 North SEM .326 Bumbry DET .325 Auerbach TAM .318	On-Base Pct North SEM .408 Wills SEM .395 Oberkfell IND .394 Velez CLE .391 Smith BAL .387	Slugging Pct Clark MIN .580 Parrish   .542 Milner IND .526 Molitor IND .492 Rice MIN .476	OPS Clark MIN .962 Milner IND .896 Parrish   .876 Molitor IND .873 Page TOR .857
XR Clark MIN 117.5 North SEM 106.0 Wills SEM 105.3 Milner IND 104.8 Parrish   103.8	Games Madlock BAL 157 Clark MIN 156 Ferrer KCR 156 Garvey NYA 156 Milner IND 156	At-Bats Mumphrey MIN 649 Bannister BAL 641 Dilone TOR 639 North SEM 620 Cedeno CLE 619	Runs Milner IND 120 Wills SEM 110 Ferguson KCR 102 Clark MIN 101 Molitor IND 99
Hits Dilone TOR 209 Molitor IND 205 North SEM 202 Auerbach TAM 185 Madlock BAL 185	Total Bases Clark MIN 324 Parrish   316 Milner IND 311 Molitor IND 295 Rice MIN 286	Singles North SEM 173 Dilone TOR 168 Auerbach TAM 156 Hilton NYA 153 Molitor IND 144	Doubles Brett BOS 48 Stapleton IND 43 Molitor IND 42 Hurdle SEM 40 Parker DET 40
Triples Cedeno CLE 11 Leflore TOR 10 Smith BAL 10 Wills SEM 10 Maddox SEM 9	Homeruns Clark MIN 44 Parrish   40 Milner IND 37 Luzinski KCR 30 Carbo KCR 27	RBIs Parrish   138 Madlock BAL 123 Milner IND 119 Clark MIN 116 Horner DET 110	Stolen Bases North SEM 103 Dilone TOR 86 Moreno SEM 74 Wills SEM 65 Leflore TOR 58
Caught Stealing North SEM 57 Dilone TOR 49 Leflore TOR 42 Richard OAK 37 Wills SEM 28	Walks Ferguson KCR 100 Velez CLE 98 Tenace BAL 96 Thompson TOR 96 Solaita IND 93	Strikeouts Allen KCR 143 Luzinski KCR 134 Solaita IND 126 Briggs SEM 117 Garvey NYA 116

League Pitching Leaderboards     Help

ERA Slayback IND 2.20 Nolan KCR 2.53 Reuss IND 2.56 Sanderson DET 2.64 Ruthven   2.77	Wins Reuss IND 22 Nolan KCR 21 Halicki KCR 20 Slayback IND 20 Moore TOR 19	Losses Moskau TAM 22 Perez TAM 22 McCatty NYA 21 Maccormack CLE 19 Hoyt TAM 16	Winning Pct Sorensen IND .789 Halicki KCR .741 Slayback IND .741 Reuss IND .733 Nolan KCR .724
Saves Dipino BAL 38 Orosco DET 35 Sanchez TAM 35 Camp TOR 30 Reardon KCR 30	Games Pitched Pitlock OAK 90 Glynn SEM 89 Reardon KCR 89 Orosco DET 85 Dipino BAL 82	Games Started Maccormack CLE 38 Holdsworth CLE 37 Torrez SEM 37 Caudill BAL 36 Drago MIN 36	Complete Games Ruthven   14 Slayback IND 12 Reuss IND 11 Espinosa KCR 10 Sorensen IND 10
Shutouts Slayback IND 5 Espinosa KCR 3 Holdsworth CLE 3 Moore TOR 3 Reuss IND 3	Innings Pitched Slayback IND 294.3 Nolan KCR 288.0 Moore TOR 284.3 Reuss IND 284.3 Espinosa KCR 266.7	Hits Allowed Maccormack CLE 303 Perez TAM 295 Hoyt TAM 272 Rhoden TOR 268 Espinosa KCR 263	Homeruns Allowed Borbon DET 30 Fulgham BAL 30 Nolan KCR 30 Espinosa KCR 27 Holdsworth CLE 27
Strikeouts Moore TOR 255 Nolan KCR 226 Slayback IND 206 Caudill BAL 189 Littell TOR 181	Walks Allowed Littell TOR 124 Berenyi OAK 120 Stanhouse OAK 115 Righetti BAL 114 Reynolds NYA 108	Walks per 9IP Nolan KCR 1.0 Sorensen IND 1.3 Corbin KCR 1.3 Maccormack CLE 1.4 Dressler SEM 1.4	Hits per 9IP Moore TOR 6.6 Slayback IND 6.9 Sanderson DET 7.2 Nolan KCR 7.4 Martinez DET 7.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Moore TOR 8.1 Littell TOR 8.0 Martinez DET 7.7 Caudill BAL 7.3 McQueen CLE 7.2	WHiP Nolan KCR 0.93 Slayback IND 1.03 Sanderson DET 1.09 Moore TOR 1.10 Sorensen IND 1.12	OAVG Moore TOR .202 Slayback IND .211 Sanderson DET .216 Nolan KCR .219 Martinez DET .225	OOBP Nolan KCR .242 Slayback IND .265 Moore TOR .274 Sanderson DET .276 Sorensen IND .281
OSLG Slayback IND .282 Reuss IND .304 Stanhouse OAK .310 Johnson SEM .323 Moore TOR .337	OOPS Slayback IND .547 Nolan KCR .593 Reuss IND .599 Moore TOR .612 Sanderson DET .620

League All-Stars
Johnny Bench	Cesar Cedeno	Jack Clark
Cecil Cooper	Keith Hernandez	Dave Hilton
Tom Johnson	Randy Jones	Dennis Lamp
Garry Maddox	Milt May	John Milner
Paul Molitor	Gary Nolan	Jorge Orta
Larry Parrish	Jeff Reardon	Jerry Reuss
Jim Rice	Luis Sanchez	Scott Sanderson
Bill Slayback	Jim Spencer	Bump Wills
Jim York

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Billy North	SEM	$ 15,000,000
	Gary Nolan	KCR	$ 15,000,000
3.	Danny Frisella	BOS	$ 12,815,000
4.	Cesar Cedeno	CLE	$ 11,000,000
	Otto Velez	CLE	$ 11,000,000
6.	Garry Maddox	SEM	$ 10,000,000
7.	Bill Slayback	IND	$ 9,840,000
8.	Dave Parker	DET	$ 9,500,000
9.	Don Stanhouse	OAK	$ 9,200,000
10.	John Milner	IND	$ 9,000,000
11.	Dick Drago	MIN	$ 8,090,000
12.	Ken Singleton	BOS	$ 8,015,000
13.	Milt May	SEM	$ 7,500,000
14.	Jerry Reuss	IND	$ 7,200,000
15.	Lee Richard	OAK	$ 7,100,000
16.	Bernie Carbo	KCR	$ 7,070,707
17.	Jim York	MIN	$ 7,000,000
18.	Rollie Fingers	TAM	$ 6,700,000
19.	Tippy Martinez	DET	$ 6,500,000
20.	Johnny Bench	KCR	$ 6,400,000
21.	Gene Tenace	BAL	$ 6,006,068
22.	Tim Hosley	NYA	$ 6,000,000
23.	Joe Ferguson	KCR	$ 5,790,000
24.	Bob Watson	CLE	$ 5,500,000
	Jim Spencer	IND	$ 5,500,000

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