1981 National League
Positional Leaderboards
 
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(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.
Catchers     C - 1B - 2B - 3B - SS - LF - CF - RF
Batting Average
BlombergMON.302
FaheyLAD.290
HodgesWAS.289
PocorobaPIT.284
Ellis .272
On-Base Pct
HodgesWAS.392
RodriguezBSN.358
DowningNYG.356
BlombergMON.354
FaheyLAD.343
Slugging Pct
BlombergMON.530
DowningNYG.458
PocorobaPIT.409
OttMIA.375
Ellis .369
OPS
BlombergMON.883
DowningNYG.814
HodgesWAS.754
PocorobaPIT.745
FaheyLAD.701
XR
BlombergMON99.8
DowningNYG77.9
PocorobaPIT69.7
HodgesWAS62.3
FaheyLAD57.5
Games
BlombergMON 155
OttMIA 148
PocorobaPIT 144
DowningNYG 138
Ellis  138
SanguillenCOL 138
RodriguezBSN 138
At-Bats
BlombergMON 589
PocorobaPIT 536
Ellis  504
FaheyLAD 500
DowningNYG 491
Runs
DowningNYG 79
PocorobaPIT 78
BlombergMON 72
OttMIA 57
HodgesWAS 56
Hits
BlombergMON 178
PocorobaPIT 152
FaheyLAD 145
Ellis  137
DowningNYG 133
Total Bases
BlombergMON 312
DowningNYG 225
PocorobaPIT 219
Ellis  186
FaheyLAD 179
Singles
FaheyLAD 128
PocorobaPIT 117
BlombergMON 107
HodgesWAS 106
Ellis  104
SanguillenCOL 104
Doubles
BlombergMON 39
DowningNYG 30
Ellis  24
AshbyMON 23
OttMIA 22
Triples
RodriguezBSN 4
HodgesWAS 3
MooreBSN 2
DempseyMIL 2
Ellis  2
HiattSDP 2
HillLAD 2
MartinezSDP 2
Sands  2
SciosciaCLN 2
PocorobaPIT 2
PorterMIA 2
Homeruns
BlombergMON 31
DowningNYG 20
Sands  18
PocorobaPIT 15
PorterMIA 12
OttMIA 12
RBIs
BlombergMON 107
DowningNYG 77
PocorobaPIT 69
OttMIA 58
Ellis  55
Stolen Bases
VarneyMIL 4
PorterMIA 4
BlackwellPHN 3
SwisherPIT 2
SanguillenCOL 1
RodriguezBSN 1
PocorobaPIT 1
OttMIA 1
MooreBSN 1
Ellis  1
DempseyMIL 1
Caught Stealing
PorterMIA 5
RodriguezBSN 4
OttMIA 3
HodgesWAS 2
MooreBSN 2
PruittWAS 2
Sands  2
SciosciaCLN 2
VarneyMIL 2
Walks
Sands  82
RodriguezBSN 75
HodgesWAS 74
HiattSDP 65
DowningNYG 61
Strikeouts
HiattSDP 121
DempseyMIL 110
SudakisCOL 96
Sands  90
PorterMIA 69

Salary
DowningNYG7,500,000
FaheyLAD5,500,000
BlombergMON5,200,000
SudakisCOL4,250,000
HodgesWAS4,200,000

First Basemen     C - 1B - 2B - 3B - SS - LF - CF - RF
Batting Average
WashingtonCLN.283
DurhamMIA.269
KempNYG.267
HowellCOL.246
ColbertSDP.237
On-Base Pct
KempNYG.346
WashingtonCLN.322
ThomasMIA.317
DurhamMIA.314
ColbertSDP.312
Slugging Pct
KempNYG.475
ThomasMIA.461
DurhamMIA.452
WashingtonCLN.425
ColbertSDP.390
OPS
KempNYG.822
ThomasMIA.777
DurhamMIA.766
WashingtonCLN.747
ColbertSDP.701
XR
KempNYG90.7
ThomasMIA83.5
DurhamMIA78.4
WashingtonCLN74.6
HowellCOL62.4
Games
HowellCOL 158
DurhamMIA 155
ThomasMIA 154
KempNYG 153
WashingtonCLN 152
ColbertSDP 152
At-Bats
WashingtonCLN 586
HowellCOL 569
DurhamMIA 569
KempNYG 566
ThomasMIA 532
Runs
ThomasMIA 85
KempNYG 83
WashingtonCLN 76
DurhamMIA 70
HowellCOL 60
Hits
WashingtonCLN 166
DurhamMIA 153
KempNYG 151
HowellCOL 140
ColbertSDP 118
Total Bases
KempNYG 269
DurhamMIA 257
WashingtonCLN 249
ThomasMIA 245
HowellCOL 215
Singles
WashingtonCLN 102
HowellCOL 96
DurhamMIA 95
KempNYG 93
ColbertSDP 86
PaciorekLAD 86
Doubles
WashingtonCLN 53
DurhamMIA 31
KempNYG 27
HowellCOL 26
WallachMON 24
Triples
DurhamMIA 8
HowellCOL 5
ColbertSDP 4
PiccioloMIA 4
IvieMIA 3
WashingtonCLN 3
Homeruns
ThomasMIA 36
KempNYG 29
ColbertSDP 20
DurhamMIA 19
HowellCOL 13
RBIs
KempNYG 93
ThomasMIA 80
WashingtonCLN 79
ColbertSDP 71
HowellCOL 67
Stolen Bases
WashingtonCLN 20
MolinaroMIL 14
DurhamMIA 13
KempNYG 4
PiccioloMIA 2
ColbertSDP 2
Caught Stealing
WashingtonCLN 6
DurhamMIA 4
TysonMON 2
IvieMIA 2
PiccioloMIA 1
PhelpsCLN 1
MolinaroMIL 1
ConigliaroNYG 1
ColbertSDP 1
BaldwinWAS 1
Walks
ThomasMIA 81
KempNYG 67
ColbertSDP 54
HowellCOL 42
IvieMIA 41
Strikeouts
ColbertSDP 110
ThomasMIA 109
WashingtonCLN 104
PaciorekLAD 102
DurhamMIA 98

Salary
WashingtonCLN3,207,143
ThomasMIA2,850,000
HowellCOL1,892,857
BucknerMIA1,707,143
StaubMIL1,400,000

Second Basemen     C - 1B - 2B - 3B - SS - LF - CF - RF
Batting Average
BoswellPIT.296
MulliniksCLN.294
ManningCOL.288
CarewPIT.267*
GrichBSN.260
On-Base Pct
MulliniksCLN.369
BoswellPIT.361
MorganCLN.347*
ManningCOL.331
GrichBSN.329
Slugging Pct
MulliniksCLN.390
GrichBSN.375
GarciaBSN.362
CarewPIT.361*
BoswellPIT.357
OPS
MulliniksCLN.760
BoswellPIT.718
GrichBSN.703
ManningCOL.683
MorganCLN.680*
XR
MulliniksCLN71.8
BoswellPIT70.8
ManningCOL65.4
GrichBSN63.0
MorganCLN59.7
Games
GrichBSN 154
MulliniksCLN 154
ManningCOL 153
GarciaBSN 152
TerrellSDP 150
At-Bats
ManningCOL 594
GrichBSN 542
BoswellPIT 540
GarciaBSN 539
MulliniksCLN 520
Runs
BoswellPIT 80
MorganCLN 69
GarciaBSN 65
MulliniksCLN 65
GrichBSN 57
Hits
ManningCOL 171
BoswellPIT 160
MulliniksCLN 153
GrichBSN 141
GarciaBSN 130
Total Bases
ManningCOL 209
GrichBSN 203
MulliniksCLN 203
GarciaBSN 195
BoswellPIT 193
Singles
BoswellPIT 142
ManningCOL 142
MulliniksCLN 114
TerrellSDP 107
GrichBSN 105
Doubles
MulliniksCLN 33
GarciaBSN 26
CarewPIT 25
ManningCOL 24
ThomasMON 23
Triples
GarciaWAS 7
MorganCLN 6
GonzalezCOL 5
CarewPIT 5
ThomasMON 3
TerrellSDP 3
SizemoreWAS 3
GarciaBSN 3
YoungbloodPIT 3
Homeruns
GrichBSN 12
GarciaBSN 11
BoswellPIT 7
MulliniksCLN 5
YoungbloodPIT 5
RBIs
BoswellPIT 66
CarewPIT 62
MulliniksCLN 62
GrichBSN 58
GarciaBSN 57
Stolen Bases
CruzCLN 36
PerconteMIL 32
MorganCLN 30
CarewPIT 16
BoswellPIT 15
Caught Stealing
CruzCLN 18
MorganCLN 14
BoswellPIT 12
PerconteMIL 8
ThomasMON 7
CarewPIT 7
Walks
MorganCLN 66
MulliniksCLN 63
GrichBSN 54
BoswellPIT 53
GarciaWAS 42
Strikeouts
GrichBSN 106
ThomasMON 90
GonzalezCOL 71
GarciaWAS 69
MorganCLN 69

Salary
GrichBSN3,750,000
BoswellPIT3,600,000
CarewPIT2,600,000
GarciaBSN2,550,000
SizemoreWAS2,505,000

Third Basemen     C - 1B - 2B - 3B - SS - LF - CF - RF
Batting Average
WallingPHN.297
LansfordBSN.290
BraunSDP.264*
RandolphWAS.258*
DriessenPIT.257
On-Base Pct
WallingPHN.364
BraunSDP.363*
SchmidtSDP.348
RandolphWAS.344*
LansfordBSN.333
Slugging Pct
WallingPHN.480
SchmidtSDP.428
LansfordBSN.426
GrossWAS.401
BraunSDP.397*
OPS
WallingPHN.843
SchmidtSDP.776
BraunSDP.760*
LansfordBSN.760
GrossWAS.722
XR
WallingPHN85.6
LansfordBSN79.4
SchmidtSDP76.0
GrossWAS69.6
BraunSDP66.7
Games
DriessenPIT 156
LachemannLAD 155
LansfordBSN 155
GrossWAS 155
WallingPHN 152
DunnCLN 152
At-Bats
LansfordBSN 603
DunnCLN 583
GrossWAS 553
LachemannLAD 543
DriessenPIT 538
Runs
LansfordBSN 82
WallingPHN 76
SchmidtSDP 73
DunnCLN 71
GrossWAS 70
Hits
LansfordBSN 175
WallingPHN 145
DriessenPIT 138
GrossWAS 134
LachemannLAD 126
Total Bases
LansfordBSN 257
WallingPHN 234
SchmidtSDP 223
GrossWAS 222
DriessenPIT 203
Singles
LansfordBSN 122
DriessenPIT 102
WallingPHN 95
LachemannLAD 89
GrossWAS 89
Doubles
DunnCLN 49
LansfordBSN 34
RandolphWAS 33
WallingPHN 27
SchmidtSDP 24
Triples
LansfordBSN 9
WallingPHN 7
SchmidtSDP 6
BraunSDP 6
WashingtonPHN 4
Homeruns
SchmidtSDP 22
GrossWAS 20
LachemannLAD 19
WallingPHN 16
DriessenPIT 13
RBIs
SchmidtSDP 82
DriessenPIT 79
GrossWAS 78
LansfordBSN 75
WallingPHN 74
Stolen Bases
WallingPHN 33
WashingtonPHN 28
RandolphWAS 17
BailorCOL 8
LansfordBSN 7
Caught Stealing
WashingtonPHN 9
RandolphWAS 7
WallingPHN 6
SchmidtSDP 5
LansfordBSN 2
BevacquaSDP 2
Walks
SchmidtSDP 91
BraunSDP 70
GrossWAS 65
RandolphWAS 58
DunnCLN 58
Strikeouts
DunnCLN 133
LachemannLAD 113
SchmidtSDP 109
GrossWAS 86
LansfordBSN 74

Salary
SchmidtSDP18,500,000
BraunSDP4,600,000
DunnCLN4,250,000
DriessenPIT3,200,000
HeintzelmanLAD2,999,999

Shortstops     C - 1B - 2B - 3B - SS - LF - CF - RF
Batting Average
SpeierLAD.292
Hebner .276
TempletonMIL.232
JacksonMIL.225*
MatchickSDP.190*
On-Base Pct
SpeierLAD.356
Hebner .337
TempletonMIL.276
JacksonMIL.267*
LintzNYG.266*
Slugging Pct
SpeierLAD.382
Hebner .381
TempletonMIL.329
JacksonMIL.280*
MatchickSDP.216*
OPS
SpeierLAD.738
Hebner .717
TempletonMIL.604
JacksonMIL.546*
LintzNYG.475*
XR
Hebner 62.8
SpeierLAD61.1
TempletonMIL47.2
HernandezPHN42.3
JacksonMIL42.0
Games
TempletonMIL 157
MatchickSDP 143
Hebner  142
LintzNYG 139
JacksonMIL 135
At-Bats
Hebner  515
TempletonMIL 508
SpeierLAD 466
MatchickSDP 429
JacksonMIL 399
Runs
Hebner  74
TempletonMIL 60
SpeierLAD 48
LintzNYG 47
HernandezPHN 44
Hits
Hebner  142
SpeierLAD 136
TempletonMIL 118
JacksonMIL 106
MatchickSDP 90
Total Bases
Hebner  196
SpeierLAD 178
TempletonMIL 167
JacksonMIL 132
HernandezPHN 105
Singles
SpeierLAD 110
Hebner  106
JacksonMIL 90
TempletonMIL 84
MatchickSDP 79
Doubles
Hebner  26
TempletonMIL 24
SpeierLAD 18
MatchickSDP 10
JacksonMIL 10
Triples
TempletonMIL 5
HernandezPHN 3
JacksonMIL 2
Hebner  2
RayCLN 1
MatchickSDP 1
LintzNYG 1
GilbreathMIA 1
GarnerNYG 1
GantnerWAS 1
ChalkNYG 1
BaezMON 1
Homeruns
SpeierLAD 8
Hebner  8
TempletonMIL 5
JacksonMIL 4
GilbreathMIA 4
RBIs
TempletonMIL 60
Hebner  51
SpeierLAD 50
JacksonMIL 34
LintzNYG 28
Stolen Bases
LintzNYG 51
HernandezPHN 35
JacksonMIL 32
TempletonMIL 23
Hebner  12
Caught Stealing
LintzNYG 22
JacksonMIL 9
TempletonMIL 8
Hebner  8
HernandezPHN 6
Walks
LintzNYG 50
Hebner  46
SpeierLAD 46
TempletonMIL 31
HernandezPHN 30
Strikeouts
TempletonMIL 106
MatchickSDP 105
Hebner  67
LintzNYG 58
SpeierLAD 36

Salary
HebnerNYG6,860,000
SpeierLAD3,930,000
LintzNYG1,600,000
HeiseBSN1,600,000
HernandezPHN1,250,000

Left Fielders     C - 1B - 2B - 3B - SS - LF - CF - RF
Batting Average
HargroveSDP.333
ZiskCLN.315
BochteNYG.309
MurphyPHN.302
McRae .292
On-Base Pct
HargroveSDP.409
MurphyPHN.397
ZiskCLN.371
BochteNYG.362
ThomasWAS.340
Slugging Pct
MurphyPHN.586
ZiskCLN.496
ThomasWAS.446
BochteNYG.435
McRae .432
OPS
MurphyPHN.983
ZiskCLN.867
HargroveSDP.815
BochteNYG.797
ThomasWAS.786
XR
MurphyPHN125.9
ZiskCLN98.5
HargroveSDP85.3
BochteNYG84.5
ThomasWAS82.6
Games
HendrickWAS 157
MurphyPHN 155
HargroveSDP 154
ZiskCLN 154
ThomasWAS 153
BochteNYG 153
AdamsCOL 153
At-Bats
BochteNYG 602
ThomasWAS 597
McRae  586
ElliottWAS 584
ZiskCLN 575
Runs
MurphyPHN 112
BochteNYG 91
ThomasWAS 82
ZiskCLN 81
HargroveSDP 75
Hits
BochteNYG 186
HargroveSDP 182
ZiskCLN 181
MurphyPHN 173
McRae  171
Total Bases
MurphyPHN 335
ZiskCLN 285
ThomasWAS 266
BochteNYG 262
McRae  253
Singles
HargroveSDP 156
BochteNYG 139
HahnBSN 133
ElliottWAS 131
ZiskCLN 128
Doubles
LemonPHN 37
McRae  36
HendrickWAS 35
BochteNYG 31
ThomasWAS 31
Triples
ThomasWAS 7
WilsonLAD 4
PowellCOL 4
MurphyPHN 4
LemonPHN 4
Homeruns
MurphyPHN 44
ZiskCLN 24
AyalaMIL 21
HendrickWAS 19
ThomasWAS 17
RBIs
MurphyPHN 124
ZiskCLN 112
AyalaMIL 88
HendrickWAS 87
ElliottWAS 77
Stolen Bases
WilsonLAD 51
MurphyPHN 15
LawPHN 13
McRae  6
LeonardMIA 5
ThomasWAS 5
Caught Stealing
WilsonLAD 15
MurphyPHN 7
LawPHN 7
ElliottWAS 4
HahnBSN 4
Walks
MurphyPHN 91
HargroveSDP 73
ZiskCLN 55
BochteNYG 52
HendrickWAS 51
Strikeouts
PowellCOL 121
ZiskCLN 88
MayLAD 86
ThomasWAS 85
AdamsCOL 84
LeonardMIA 84

Salary
ZiskCLN14,150,000
HargroveSDP10,750,000
OliverCLN5,432,100
AyalaMIL4,500,000
McRaePHN4,200,000

Center Fielders     C - 1B - 2B - 3B - SS - LF - CF - RF
Batting Average
GrossMIL.333
BriggsBSN.303
WhiteNYG.302
EaslerNYG.301
Griffey Sr.SDP.274
On-Base Pct
AdamsSDP.416
GrossMIL.396
WhiteNYG.383
HendersonPHN.366
EaslerNYG.351
Slugging Pct
EaslerNYG.518
LynnMIL.487
GrossMIL.457
FordPIT.449
HendersonPHN.427
OPS
EaslerNYG.869
GrossMIL.853
AdamsSDP.838
LynnMIL.827
WhiteNYG.798
XR
GrossMIL104.2
AdamsSDP100.7
EaslerNYG94.5
WhiteNYG94.0
HendersonPHN92.6
Games
OtisLAD 156
HendersonPHN 155
Griffey Sr.SDP 155
GrossMIL 155
RosarioCOL 155
SampleMON 155
At-Bats
SampleMON 611
GrossMIL 597
WhiteNYG 590
LynnMIL 585
Griffey Sr.SDP 584
Runs
HendersonPHN 94
WhiteNYG 94
AdamsSDP 91
GrossMIL 91
LynnMIL 91
Hits
GrossMIL 199
WhiteNYG 178
EaslerNYG 172
BriggsBSN 165
SampleMON 160
Griffey Sr.SDP 160
LynnMIL 160
Total Bases
EaslerNYG 296
LynnMIL 285
GrossMIL 273
HendersonPHN 248
WhiteNYG 245
Singles
GrossMIL 150
BriggsBSN 137
WhiteNYG 135
RosarioCOL 128
SampleMON 126
Doubles
EaslerNYG 38
GrossMIL 36
LynnMIL 35
OtisLAD 29
WhiteNYG 28
Triples
Griffey Sr.SDP 11
RichardsMIL 8
WhiteNYG 6
HendersonPHN 6
SampleMON 5
OtisLAD 5
BriggsBSN 5
Homeruns
LynnMIL 30
EaslerNYG 26
HendersonPHN 23
AdamsSDP 23
FordPIT 21
RBIs
EaslerNYG 112
LynnMIL 102
GrossMIL 94
WhiteNYG 75
HendersonPHN 74
Stolen Bases
HendersonPHN 60
RichardsMIL 56
WhiteNYG 25
WilsonPIT 23
Griffey Sr.SDP 9
SampleMON 9
RosarioCOL 9
Caught Stealing
HendersonPHN 39
RichardsMIL 25
WhiteNYG 19
WilsonPIT 11
Griffey Sr.SDP 8
Walks
AdamsSDP 135
HendersonPHN 102
WhiteNYG 80
BrooksMON 75
MondayCLN 68
Strikeouts
RosarioCOL 128
BrooksMON 120
MondayCLN 106
AdamsSDP 104
OtisLAD 104

Salary
LynnMIL25,100,000
OtisLAD12,000,000
BrooksMON7,900,000
MondayCLN7,111,111
AdamsSDP6,500,000

Right Fielders     C - 1B - 2B - 3B - SS - LF - CF - RF
Batting Average
BakerNYG.297
ValentinePIT.286
Bonds .285
BurroughsNYG.275
EvansBSN.264
On-Base Pct
Bonds .375
EvansBSN.351
BurroughsNYG.349
BakerNYG.346
ValentinePIT.324
Slugging Pct
EvansBSN.479
BakerNYG.477
BurroughsNYG.461
Bonds .460
ValentinePIT.446
OPS
Bonds .835
EvansBSN.830
BakerNYG.823
BurroughsNYG.809
ValentinePIT.770
XR
Bonds 99.0
EvansBSN93.6
BurroughsNYG92.0
BakerNYG83.2
ValentinePIT78.5
Games
BakerNYG 155
EvansBSN 154
BurroughsNYG 154
Bonds  153
ValentinePIT 152
At-Bats
BurroughsNYG 597
EvansBSN 595
ValentinePIT 594
Bonds  578
BakerNYG 562
Runs
Bonds  98
BurroughsNYG 92
EvansBSN 87
ValentinePIT 71
BakerNYG 71
Hits
ValentinePIT 170
BakerNYG 167
Bonds  165
BurroughsNYG 164
EvansBSN 157
Total Bases
EvansBSN 285
BurroughsNYG 275
BakerNYG 268
Bonds  266
ValentinePIT 265
Singles
ValentinePIT 117
Bonds  116
BakerNYG 116
BurroughsNYG 104
EvansBSN 93
Doubles
BurroughsNYG 34
ValentinePIT 31
EvansBSN 30
BakerNYG 25
GibsonMIL 21
Triples
Bonds  6
Jackson  4
EvansBSN 4
WhitfieldWAS 3
HendersonLAD 3
GibsonMIL 3
Homeruns
EvansBSN 30
BurroughsNYG 25
BakerNYG 24
Bonds  23
ValentinePIT 20
RBIs
BurroughsNYG 98
ValentinePIT 96
Bonds  91
BakerNYG 89
EvansBSN 84
Stolen Bases
Bonds  52
GibsonMIL 28
CrawfordPHN 4
EvansBSN 3
BakerNYG 3
Caught Stealing
Bonds  14
GibsonMIL 12
OrtizPHN 4
CrawfordPHN 2
ValentinePIT 1
VailPIT 1
LezcanoMON 1
EvansBSN 1
BakerNYG 1
Walks
Bonds  83
EvansBSN 79
BurroughsNYG 71
Jackson  59
GibsonMIL 51
Strikeouts
Bonds  117
Jackson  108
ValentinePIT 94
EvansBSN 94
BurroughsNYG 83

Salary
EvansBSN14,000,000
BondsPHN9,500,000
CrawfordPHN6,500,000
JacksonMON6,250,000
HendersonLAD6,069,069