1981 American League Team Statistics and Standings

1980 AL / 1982 AL / 1981 NL / 1981 MLB Team Statistics and Standings

Due to an extended player strike in the middle of the 1981 season. The season was divided into two halves with the first and second half champs facing each other in a divisional round prior to the league championship series.

1st Half Standings

East Division

Tm		W	L	W-L%	GB
New York Yankees	NYY	34	22	.607	--
Baltimore Orioles	BAL	31	23	.574	--
Milwaukee Brewers	MIL	31	25	.554	--
Detroit Tigers	DET	31	26	.544	--
Boston Red Sox	BOS	30	26	.536	--
Cleveland Indians	CLE	26	24	.520	--
Toronto Blue Jays	TOR	16	42	.276	--

West Division

Tm		W	L	W-L%	GB
Oakland Athletics	OAK	37	23	.617	--
Texas Rangers	TEX	33	22	.600	--
Chicago White Sox	CHW	31	22	.585	--
California Angels	CAL	31	29	.517	--
Kansas City Royals	KCR	20	30	.400	--
Seattle Mariners	SEA	21	36	.368	--
Minnesota Twins	MIN	17	39	.304	--

2nd Half Standings

East Division

Tm		W	L	W-L%	GB
Milwaukee Brewers	MIL	31	22	.585	--
Boston Red Sox	BOS	29	23	.558	--
Detroit Tigers	DET	29	23	.558	--
Baltimore Orioles	BAL	28	23	.549	--
Cleveland Indians	CLE	26	27	.491	--
New York Yankees	NYY	25	26	.490	--
Toronto Blue Jays	TOR	21	27	.438	--

West Division

Tm		W	L	W-L%	GB
Kansas City Royals	KCR	30	23	.566	--
Oakland Athletics	OAK	27	22	.551	--
Texas Rangers	TEX	24	26	.480	--
Minnesota Twins	MIN	24	29	.453	--
Seattle Mariners	SEA	23	29	.442	--
Chicago White Sox	CHW	23	30	.434	--
California Angels	CAL	20	30	.400	--

Overall Standings

East Division

Tm		W	L	W-L%	GB
Milwaukee Brewers	MIL	62	47	.569	--
Baltimore Orioles	BAL	59	46	.562	1.0
Detroit Tigers	DET	60	49	.550	2.0
New York Yankees	NYY	59	48	.551	2.0
Boston Red Sox	BOS	59	49	.546	2.5
Cleveland Indians	CLE	52	51	.505	7.0
Toronto Blue Jays	TOR	37	69	.349	23.5

West Division

Tm		W	L	W-L%	GB
Oakland Athletics	OAK	64	45	.587	--
Texas Rangers	TEX	57	48	.543	5.0
Chicago White Sox	CHW	54	52	.509	8.5
Kansas City Royals	KCR	50	53	.485	11.0
California Angels	CAL	51	59	.464	13.5
Seattle Mariners	SEA	44	65	.404	20.0
Minnesota Twins	MIN	41	68	.376	23.0

Expanded Standings

Postseason

WorldSeries (4-2):	Los Angeles Dodgers over New York Yankees
ALCS (3-0):	New York Yankees over Oakland Athletics
LDS (3-2):	New York Yankees over Milwaukee Brewers
LDS (3-0):	Oakland Athletics over Kansas City Royals

Team & League Standard Batting

Tm	#Bat	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	LOB
BAL	34	30.2	4.09	105	3985	3516	429	883	165	11	88	408	41	34	404	454	.251	.329	.379	.708	104	1334	110	15	26	24	29	760
BOS	32	29.1	4.81	108	4281	3820	519	1052	168	17	90	492	32	31	378	520	.275	.340	.399	.739	108	1524	98	13	37	33	18	814
CAL	37	30.4	4.33	110	4191	3688	476	944	134	16	97	439	44	33	393	571	.256	.330	.380	.710	106	1401	97	29	51	30	23	785
CHW	34	28.4	4.49	106	4064	3615	476	982	135	27	76	438	86	44	322	518	.272	.335	.387	.722	111	1399	90	43	48	36	16	755
CLE	33	28.8	4.18	103	3952	3507	431	922	150	21	39	397	119	37	343	379	.263	.327	.351	.678	97	1231	91	13	46	43	31	742
DET	34	27.1	3.92	109	4109	3600	427	922	148	29	65	403	61	37	404	500	.256	.331	.368	.699	99	1323	98	18	50	37	33	790
KCR	35	29.2	3.85	103	3941	3560	397	952	169	29	61	381	100	53	301	419	.267	.325	.383	.707	106	1362	84	17	28	35	34	757
MIL	33	28.8	4.52	109	4152	3743	493	961	173	20	96	475	39	36	300	461	.257	.313	.391	.704	107	1462	83	29	35	45	35	709
MIN	38	26.8	3.44	110	4026	3676	378	884	147	36	47	359	34	27	275	497	.240	.293	.338	.632	78	1244	95	11	36	27	28	692
NYY	39	30.7	3.93	107	3994	3529	421	889	148	22	100	403	47	30	391	434	.252	.325	.391	.717	108	1381	99	7	40	27	30	738
OAK	41	27.7	4.20	109	4113	3677	458	910	119	26	104	430	98	47	342	647	.247	.312	.379	.691	104	1393	75	16	46	32	26	698
SEA	38	28.6	3.87	110	4201	3780	426	950	148	13	89	406	100	50	329	553	.251	.314	.368	.682	93	1391	70	27	41	24	24	759
TEX	37	29.8	4.30	105	3972	3581	452	968	178	15	49	418	46	41	295	396	.270	.326	.369	.696	106	1323	84	21	36	39	40	720
TOR	35	25.7	3.10	106	3887	3521	329	797	137	23	61	314	66	57	284	556	.226	.286	.330	.617	74	1163	72	20	44	18	23	658
LgAvg	35	28.7	4.07	107	4062	3630	437	930	151	22	76	412	65	40	340	493	.256	.321	.373	.693	100	1352	89	20	40	32	28	741
	490	28.7	4.07	1500	56868	50813	6112	13016	2119	305	1062	5763	913	557	4761	6905	.256	.321	.373	.693	100	18931	1246	279	564	450	390	10377

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Team & League Standard Pitching

Tm	#P	PAge	RA/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	tSho	cSho	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	LOB
BAL	12	29.3	4.16	59	46	.562	3.70	105	105	80	25	10	7	23	940.0	923	437	386	83	347	22	489	14	5	29	3970	99	3.86	1.351	8.8	0.8	3.3	4.7	1.41	713
BOS	13	27.9	4.45	59	49	.546	3.81	108	108	89	19	4	4	24	987.1	983	481	418	90	354	28	536	28	1	18	4213	102	3.86	1.354	9.0	0.8	3.2	4.9	1.51	770
CAL	16	30.0	4.12	51	59	.464	3.70	110	110	83	27	8	5	19	971.1	958	453	399	81	323	24	426	21	5	18	4089	99	3.87	1.319	8.9	0.8	3.0	3.9	1.32	722
CHW	14	25.4	3.99	54	52	.509	3.47	106	106	86	20	8	6	23	940.2	891	423	363	73	336	17	529	24	6	24	3964	102	3.63	1.304	8.5	0.7	3.2	5.1	1.57	719
CLE	12	28.3	4.29	52	51	.505	3.88	103	103	70	33	10	9	13	931.0	989	442	401	67	311	15	569	10	2	30	4003	95	3.35	1.396	9.6	0.6	3.0	5.5	1.83	768
DET	14	26.2	3.71	60	49	.550	3.53	109	109	76	33	13	6	22	969.1	840	404	380	83	373	41	476	27	5	24	4030	107	3.97	1.251	7.8	0.8	3.5	4.4	1.28	718
KCR	13	28.8	3.93	50	53	.485	3.56	103	103	79	24	8	4	24	922.1	909	405	365	75	273	36	404	20	4	13	3878	101	3.73	1.282	8.9	0.7	2.7	3.9	1.48	706
MIL	16	29.1	4.21	62	47	.569	3.91	109	109	98	11	4	1	35	986.0	994	459	428	72	352	33	448	11	2	31	4181	89	3.75	1.365	9.1	0.7	3.2	4.1	1.27	764
MIN	14	27.2	4.42	41	68	.376	3.98	110	110	97	13	6	2	22	979.2	1021	486	433	79	376	53	500	17	14	19	4230	100	3.83	1.426	9.4	0.7	3.5	4.6	1.33	805
NYY	16	30.2	3.21	59	48	.551	2.90	107	107	91	16	13	0	30	948.0	827	343	305	64	287	17	606	10	5	25	3872	124	3.14	1.175	7.9	0.6	2.7	5.8	2.11	685
OAK	14	26.5	3.70	64	45	.587	3.30	109	109	49	60	11	11	10	993.0	883	403	364	80	370	17	505	28	11	30	4166	105	3.83	1.262	8.0	0.7	3.4	4.6	1.36	784
SEA	15	26.8	4.74	44	65	.404	4.23	110	110	100	10	5	2	23	997.1	1039	521	469	76	360	26	478	16	7	40	4274	92	3.76	1.403	9.4	0.7	3.2	4.3	1.33	761
TEX	15	29.5	3.70	57	48	.543	3.40	105	105	82	23	13	10	18	940.1	851	389	355	67	322	34	488	17	2	18	3909	102	3.57	1.247	8.1	0.6	3.1	4.7	1.52	699
TOR	14	25.8	4.40	37	69	.349	3.81	106	106	86	20	4	2	18	953.1	908	466	404	72	377	27	451	36	4	41	4089	103	3.94	1.348	8.6	0.7	3.6	4.3	1.20	763
LgAvg	14	27.9	4.07	54	54	.500	3.66	107	107	83	24			22	961	930	437	391	76	340	28	493	20	5	26	4062	101	3.72	1.321	8.7	0.7	3.2	4.6	1.45	741
	194	27.9	4.07	749	749	.500	3.66	1500	1500	1166	334			304	13459.2	13016	6112	5470	1062	4761	390	6905	279	73	360	56868	101	3.72	1.321	8.7	0.7	3.2	4.6	1.45	10377

1981 AL Wins Above Avg By Position.

· unless noted, stats are batting & fielding.

Rk	Total	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF (LF+CF+RF)	DH	PH
1	NYY 11.7	TEX 2.4	MIL 2.4	CAL 4.0	TEX 4.6	MIL 3.0	OAK 5.1	OAK 2.9	BOS 5.1	OAK 10.6	CHW 1.0	NYY -0.1
2	OAK 6.7	CHW 1.2	BAL 2.3	DET 2.5	BOS 1.9	CAL 3.0	KCR 2.2	CHW 2.8	OAK 2.6	BOS 5.0	SEA 0.1	CHW -0.2
3	CHW 6.3	CLE 1.1	CLE 1.7	CHW 2.0	KCR 1.8	DET 2.3	DET 2.1	NYY 2.2	CHW 1.0	CHW 3.5	NYY 0.1	MIL -0.3
4	DET 4.7	DET 0.1	CAL 1.5	NYY 1.3	NYY 1.7	NYY 1.3	SEA 1.7	KCR 1.1	CAL 0.2	KCR 3.2	MIL -0.1	DET -0.3
5	TEX 4.5	BOS 0.0	KCR 0.2	BAL 1.0	OAK 1.2	TEX 0.8	BOS 0.9	TEX 0.6	DET 0.0	NYY 2.8	CAL -0.1	OAK -0.4
6	KCR 3.2	OAK 0.0	TEX -0.5	SEA 0.9	BAL 1.1	CHW 0.8	NYY 0.8	MIL 0.6	BAL -0.1	DET 2.3	TEX -0.1	TEX -0.5
7	BOS 3.1	BAL -0.4	TOR -0.7	BOS 0.6	MIN 0.6	OAK 0.2	TEX 0.6	CLE 0.6	KCR -0.1	TEX 0.9	DET -0.3	CAL -0.6
8	CAL 2.9	MIL -0.4	SEA -0.7	KCR -0.2	CLE 0.5	KCR 0.1	CHW -0.3	DET 0.2	NYY -0.2	SEA -0.8	TOR -0.6	BAL -0.7
9	CLE 0.7	MIN -0.6	DET -0.9	MIL -0.2	DET -0.7	BAL -0.3	CAL -0.3	BAL -0.4	MIL -0.2	MIL -0.8	BAL -0.7	KCR -0.7
10	BAL 0.1	CAL -0.6	BOS -0.9	TEX -0.3	CHW -1.0	BOS -1.5	MIL -1.2	SEA -1.0	TEX -0.3	BAL -1.7	KCR -0.8	BOS -0.7
11	MIL -1.4	TOR -1.0	OAK -1.4	OAK -0.7	MIL -1.0	SEA -1.6	BAL -1.2	BOS -1.0	MIN -1.0	CAL -1.9	BOS -0.8	CLE -0.9
12	SEA -8.3	KCR -1.1	CHW -1.5	MIN -1.1	SEA -2.1	MIN -2.0	TOR -1.6	TOR -1.2	TOR -1.1	CLE -2.8	OAK -1.0	TOR -1.2
13	MIN -11.5	NYY -1.5	NYY -1.6	TOR -2.0	TOR -2.1	CLE -2.1	MIN -1.8	CAL -1.8	CLE -1.5	TOR -3.9	CLE -1.5	SEA -1.5
14	TOR -13.0	SEA -1.9	MIN -2.0	CLE -2.1	CAL -2.2	TOR -3.5	CLE -1.9	MIN -2.2	SEA -1.5	MIN -5.0	MIN -3.0	MIN -2.1
AVG	0.7	-0.2	-0.1	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.8	-0.6	-0.7

Sabermetric stats like WAR and Wins Above Average are computed at the team/position level by prorating the players' team-season totals by time played at the position, so they may not represent exactly what the player did at that position, but rather it assumes they were equally valued at each position. Fielding Runs is based on actual time at the position.

Also player tooltips will only show PA's/IP for these stats.

You can convert WAR to a team record by taking wins = WAR + .294*G and losses = G-wins. You can convert WAA to a team record by taking wins = WAA + .5*G and losses = G-wins.

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Team & League Standard Fielding

Tm	#Fld	RA/G	DefEff	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr
BAL	34	4.16	.710	105	945	645	8460.0	4100	2820	1212	68	114	.983	-4	-1
BOS	32	4.45	.703	108	972	811	8886.0	4298	2962	1245	91	108	.979	5	1
CAL	37	4.12	.710	110	990	794	8742.0	4301	2914	1286	101	120	.977	-2	-0
CHW	33	3.99	.709	106	954	722	8466.0	4127	2822	1218	87	113	.979	-4	-0
CLE	33	4.29	.679	103	927	702	8379.0	4036	2793	1156	87	91	.978	-56	-8
DET	34	3.71	.740	109	981	745	8724.0	4238	2908	1263	67	109	.984	62	9
KCR	35	3.93	.716	103	927	750	8301.0	3939	2767	1100	72	94	.982	6	1
MIL	32	4.21	.705	109	981	771	8874.0	4395	2958	1358	79	135	.982	2	0
MIN	37	4.42	.693	110	990	775	8817.0	4303	2939	1268	96	103	.978	-19	-3
NYY	38	3.21	.721	107	963	751	8532.0	4073	2844	1157	72	100	.982	21	3
OAK	39	3.70	.732	109	981	810	8937.0	4140	2979	1080	81	74	.980	57	8
SEA	37	4.74	.695	110	990	682	8975.0	4368	2992	1285	91	122	.979	-16	-2
TEX	36	3.70	.725	105	945	753	8463.0	4230	2821	1340	69	102	.984	37	5
TOR	35	4.40	.713	106	954	742	8580.0	4129	2860	1164	105	102	.975	5	1
LgAvg	34	4.07	.711	107	964	747	8653	4191	2884	1224	83	106	.980	7	0
	482	4.07	.711	1500	13500	10453	121136.0	58677	40379	17132	1166	1487	.980	94	1

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