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1981 National League Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings     Minor League Standings
Click Division Name for Divisional History Chart
Central Team W L WPct GB Washington 95 65 .594 -- Philadelphia 94 66 .588 1 Cleveland (N) 92 68 .575 3 Pittsburgh 86 74 .538 9	East Team W L WPct GB New York (N) 100 60 .625 -- Boston (N) 82 78 .513 18 Miami 77 83 .481 23 Montreal 62 98 .388 38	West Team W L WPct GB San Diego 85 75 .531 -- Milwaukee 82 78 .513 3 Colorado 58 102 .363 27 Los Angeles 54 106 .338 31

Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-1)	New York (N) Giants over Detroit Tigers
NL League Series (4-1)	New York (N) Giants over Washington Nationals
NL Divisional Series (4-2)	New York (N) Giants over Philadelphia Phillies
NL Divisional Series (4-1)	Washington Nationals over San Diego Padres

League Batting Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
NYG	5.0	804	160	5564	1527	272	26	160	559	709	.274	.341	.419	.760
PHN	4.9	790	160	5553	1509	248	43	166	581	725	.272	.341	.422	.762
PIT	4.8	769	160	5633	1590	269	31	142	437	655	.282	.334	.417	.751
WAS	4.6	739	160	5591	1495	269	40	118	531	773	.267	.331	.393	.724
MIL	4.5	718	160	5469	1429	238	26	120	489	685	.261	.322	.380	.702
CLN	4.4	698	160	5436	1391	281	25	103	573	795	.256	.327	.374	.700
SDP	4.1	648	160	5339	1346	157	40	113	635	841	.252	.332	.360	.692
BSN	3.7	597	160	5509	1432	213	33	89	491	785	.260	.321	.359	.680
MIA	3.6	583	160	5384	1252	214	30	125	421	889	.233	.288	.353	.641
MON	3.6	569	160	5454	1307	238	25	118	469	800	.240	.300	.357	.657
COL	3.4	550	160	5491	1334	194	21	71	414	850	.243	.296	.325	.621
LAD	3.4	549	160	5478	1308	207	28	89	399	881	.239	.290	.336	.626
Totals	4.2	8014	1920	65901	16920	2800	368	1414	5999	9388	.257	.319	.375	.694
Average		668	160	5492	1410	233	31	118	500	782

League Pitching Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
CLN	3.6	574	160	3.24	1445.3	1387	8.7	449	2.8	719	4.5	53
MIA	3.8	607	160	3.40	1426.0	1363	8.5	392	2.5	821	5.1	33
BSN	3.8	611	160	3.40	1439.3	1406	8.8	371	2.3	754	4.7	42
SDP	3.8	613	160	3.55	1416.0	1354	8.5	456	2.9	630	3.9	54
PIT	3.8	613	160	3.39	1428.7	1445	9.0	303	1.9	757	4.7	29
NYG	3.8	614	160	3.49	1443.0	1349	8.4	492	3.1	852	5.3	43
WAS	4.1	662	160	3.78	1442.7	1423	8.9	482	3.0	862	5.4	42
PHN	4.2	677	160	3.70	1441.3	1356	8.5	562	3.5	934	5.8	48
MON	4.5	718	160	4.28	1427.3	1401	8.8	593	3.7	824	5.2	30
MIL	4.5	720	160	4.07	1423.0	1429	8.9	564	3.5	738	4.6	44
COL	4.6	741	160	4.30	1422.3	1498	9.4	525	3.3	690	4.3	34
LAD	4.9	784	160	4.40	1420.7	1542	9.6	670	4.2	577	3.6	35
Totals	4.1	7934	1920	3.75	17175.6	16953	8.8	5859	3.1	9158	4.8	487
Average		661	160		1431	1413		488		763		41

League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance		Manager
NYG	99	61	1	5	13	0	3	0	16	1.04	1.16	2,053,627		Matt Ida
BSN	78	82	4	4	10	1	0	1	8	1.09	1.05	2,397,826		Ben Thompson
CLN	94	66	-2	4	16	0	9	3	17	1.07	0.82	2,057,872		Ricky Sanford II
SDP	84	76	1	3	11	0	0	1	21	0.97	1.04	2,312,072		Jamie D'Agostini
WAS	88	72	7	3	19	0	2	1	13	0.95	1.04	2,389,718		Jay Zorn
PHN	91	69	3	2	16	14	2	0	11	1.00	1.02	1,866,051		Cory Einhorn II
PIT	96	64	-10	2	12	0	0	1	13	1.00	0.90	2,167,679		Alex Baxter
MIA	77	83	0	1	11	0	1	0	3	1.09	1.12	1,564,957		Carlos Gonzalez
MIL	80	80	2	1	9	0	0	0	10	0.91	1.07	1,977,866		Fletch Lives
COL	59	101	-1	0	8	0	0	0	3	1.09	0.93	1,563,946		Chris Kelsey
LAD	55	105	-1	0	7	0	0	1	13	0.92	0.95	1,714,490		Ty Kubick
MON	63	97	-1	0	14	7	1	2	6	0.99	1.07	1,916,622		Jason Spiegel II

League Win Shares     Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
NYG	300	157.00	98.40	44.56	6.53	2.96	8.12	5.27	9.14	12.56
WAS	285	158.28	86.96	39.72	8.63	2.14	6.48	4.96	8.86	8.65
PHN	282	161.88	80.24	39.83	5.26	3.65	7.19	3.92	8.86	10.96
CLN	276	116.16	113.35	46.44	10.41	2.23	3.63	5.30	9.12	15.77
PIT	258	135.04	87.82	35.10	9.39	2.78	6.56	6.56	1.13	8.70
SDP	255	117.83	93.86	43.27	4.61	2.65	8.68	3.97	9.17	14.20
MIL	246	153.72	61.88	30.36	3.32	1.39	5.81	4.30	6.35	9.20
BSN	246	86.77	110.59	48.61	10.45	3.22	8.12	5.14	6.84	14.84
MIA	231	79.30	101.86	49.81	4.39	6.63	3.59	7.49	11.01	16.72
MON	186	83.73	64.36	37.86	9.95	2.90	4.25	2.54	7.75	10.47
COL	174	67.99	67.94	38.04	7.58	2.79	6.65	4.03	4.48	12.51
LAD	162	88.47	46.83	26.67	6.34	1.52	6.34	2.76	4.02	5.69

League Award Winners
Silver Slugger:	Dale Murphy	PHN	.302, 44 HR, 124 RBI
Platinum Arm:	John Denny	WAS	24-10, 2.76, 297.0 IP, 202 K
Bronze Rookie:	Terry Leach	MON	11-17, 3.48, 227.7 IP, 76 K
Gold Glove Winners
P	Bob Moose	SDP	.947, 17 PO, 54 A, 4 E
C	John Ellis	PHN	.995, 775 PO, 56 A, 4 E 35.3% (30-85) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Mike Hargrove	SDP	.990, 1661 PO, 135 A, 19 E
2B	Jerry Terrell	SDP	.990, 305 PO, 547 A, 9 E
3B	Dan Driessen	PIT	.938, 74 PO, 399 A, 31 E
SS	Richie Hebner	NYG	.989, 191 PO, 535 A, 8 E
LF	Dale Murphy	PHN	1.000, 268 PO, 8 A, 0 E
CF	Jerry Hairston	CLN	.997, 330 PO, 15 A, 1 E
RF	Randy Elliott	WAS	1.000, 274 PO, 4 A, 0 E

League Batting Leaderboards     Help

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

Batting Average Gross MIL .333 Hargrove SDP .333 Zisk CLN .315 Bochte NYG .309 Murray PIT .307	On-Base Pct Adams SDP .416 Hargrove SDP .409 Murphy PHN .397 Gross MIL .396 Hodges WAS .392	Slugging Pct Murphy PHN .586 Blomberg MON .530 Easler NYG .518 Murray PIT .512 Zisk CLN .496	OPS Murphy PHN .983 Murray PIT .885 Blomberg MON .883 Easler NYG .869 Zisk CLN .867
XR Murphy PHN 125.9 Gross MIL 104.2 Adams SDP 100.7 Blomberg MON 99.8 Bonds   99.0	Games Howell COL 158 Hendrick WAS 157 Templeton MIL 157 Driessen PIT 156 Otis LAD 156	At-Bats Sample MON 611 Lansford BSN 603 Bochte NYG 602 Dawson PIT 599 Burroughs NYG 597	Runs Murphy PHN 112 Bonds   98 Charboneau PHN 97 Henderson PHN 94 White NYG 94
Hits Gross MIL 199 Bochte NYG 186 Hargrove SDP 182 Zisk CLN 181 Blomberg MON 178	Total Bases Murphy PHN 335 Blomberg MON 312 Easler NYG 296 Evans BSN 285 Lynn MIL 285	Singles Hargrove SDP 156 Gross MIL 150 Boswell PIT 142 Manning COL 142 Bochte NYG 139	Doubles Washington CLN 53 Dunn CLN 49 Blomberg MON 39 Easler NYG 38 Lemon PHN 37
Triples Griffey Sr. SDP 11 Lansford BSN 9 Durham MIA 8 Richards MIL 8 Garcia WAS 7	Homeruns Murphy PHN 44 Thomas MIA 36 Blomberg MON 31 Evans BSN 30 Lynn MIL 30	RBIs Murphy PHN 124 Easler NYG 112 Zisk CLN 112 Blomberg MON 107 Charboneau PHN 105	Stolen Bases Henderson PHN 60 Richards MIL 56 Bonds   52 Lintz NYG 51 Wilson LAD 51
Caught Stealing Henderson PHN 39 Richards MIL 25 Lintz NYG 22 White NYG 19 Cruz CLN 18	Walks Adams SDP 135 Henderson PHN 102 Murphy PHN 91 Schmidt SDP 91 Bonds   83	Strikeouts Dunn CLN 133 Foster LAD 128 Rosario COL 128 Hiatt SDP 121 Powell COL 121

League Pitching Leaderboards     Help

ERA Lacey MON 2.25 Wilcox PIT 2.37 Morris MIA 2.44 Sutton BSN 2.60 Reuschel CLN 2.71	Wins Denny WAS 24 Johnson WAS 21 Foster SDP 19 Arroyo PIT 18 Morris MIA 18	Losses Hughes LAD 20 Butler MON 18 Rozema MIA 18 Eckersley PIT 17 Leach MON 17	Winning Pct Honeycutt NYG .727 Johnson WAS .724 Denny WAS .706 Hernandez PHN .696 Smith PIT .696
Saves Smith CLN 42 Boswell BSN 39 Beckwith WAS 32 Honeycutt NYG 28 Guinn PHN 26	Games Pitched Quisenberry SDP 95 Butcher PHN 92 Allen LAD 90 Beckwith WAS 81 McGlothen MIL 79	Games Started Denny WAS 37 Rautzhan NYG 37 Rodriguez NYG 37 Butler MON 36 Eckersley PIT 36	Complete Games Arroyo PIT 20 Demola MIA 14 Rozema MIA 14 Johnson WAS 12 Rodriguez NYG 11
Shutouts Demola MIA 4 Arroyo PIT 3 Hernandez PHN 3 Lacey MON 3 Denny WAS 2	Innings Pitched Denny WAS 297.0 Rodriguez NYG 292.0 Arroyo PIT 286.0 Morris MIA 284.0 Johnson WAS 275.7	Hits Allowed Arroyo PIT 297 Lee BSN 279 Waits LAD 266 Denny WAS 265 Eckersley PIT 262	Homeruns Allowed Matlack MIA 36 Tanana MON 31 Arroyo PIT 30 Eckersley PIT 29 Demola MIA 28
Strikeouts Johnson WAS 256 Morris MIA 213 Denny WAS 202 Richard PHN 191 Underwood   190	Walks Allowed Rodriguez NYG 131 Kern SDP 123 Richard PHN 119 Metzger LAD 117 Riccelli MON 109	Walks per 9IP Demola MIA 0.7 Eckersley PIT 0.8 Arroyo PIT 0.9 Rozema MIA 1.0 Baney BSN 1.1	Hits per 9IP Lacey MON 6.8 Sutton BSN 6.9 Morris MIA 6.9 Richard PHN 7.1 Johnson WAS 7.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Johnson WAS 8.4 Richard PHN 7.7 Laroche PHN 7.2 Sutton BSN 7.2 Kern SDP 6.9	WHiP Demola MIA 0.90 Lacey MON 0.98 Morris MIA 1.06 Wilcox PIT 1.08 Eckersley PIT 1.08	OAVG Sutton BSN .206 Morris MIA .210 Lacey MON .211 Richard PHN .216 Johnson WAS .217	OOBP Demola MIA .240 Lacey MON .259 Eckersley PIT .269 Morris MIA .270 Wilcox PIT .271
OSLG Minton SDP .287 Richard PHN .299 Wilcox PIT .308 Lacey MON .308 Rautzhan NYG .310	OOPS Lacey MON .567 Wilcox PIT .578 Morris MIA .580 Sutton BSN .590 Rautzhan NYG .593

League All-Stars
Juan Agosto	Dave Boswell	Ken Boswell
Jeff Burroughs	Joe Charboneau	John Denny
Brian Downing	Mike Easler	Alan Foster
Greg Gross	Wayne Gross	Mike Hargrove
Steve Kemp	Carney Lansford	Bill Lee
Bob Moose	Jack Morris	Rance Mulliniks
Biff Pocoroba	J.R. Richard	Don Robinson
Dave Smith	Dan Thomas	Jerry White
Richie Zisk

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Fred Lynn	MIL	$ 25,100,000
2.	Mike Schmidt	SDP	$ 18,500,000
3.	Rick Reuschel	CLN	$ 17,777,780
4.	Milt Wilcox	PIT	$ 17,500,000
5.	Richie Zisk	CLN	$ 14,150,000
6.	Dwight Evans	BSN	$ 14,000,000
7.	Joe Moeller	COL	$ 13,777,780
8.	Amos Otis	LAD	$ 12,000,000
9.	Mike Hargrove	SDP	$ 10,750,000
10.	Eduardo Rodriguez	NYG	$ 10,500,000
11.	Bill Butler	MON	$ 10,000,000
	Frank Tanana	MON	$ 10,000,000
13.	Bobby Bonds	PHN	$ 9,500,000
14.	John Denny	WAS	$ 8,500,000
15.	Bobby Brooks	MON	$ 7,900,000
16.	Brian Downing	NYG	$ 7,500,000
17.	J.R. Richard	PHN	$ 7,270,000
18.	Rick Monday	CLN	$ 7,111,111
19.	Richie Hebner	NYG	$ 6,860,000
20.	Alan Foster	SDP	$ 6,740,000
21.	Mike Adams	SDP	$ 6,500,000
	Willie Crawford	PHN	$ 6,500,000
	Mike Garman	CLN	$ 6,500,000
24.	George Lauzerique	LAD	$ 6,300,000
25.	Don Demola	MIA	$ 6,264,286

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