1981 Los Angeles Dodgers | ||||
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World Series Champions National League Champions National League West Co-Champions | ||||
League | National League | |||
Division | West | |||
Ballpark | Dodger Stadium | |||
City | Los Angeles | |||
Owners | Peter O'Malley | |||
General managers | Al Campanis | |||
Managers | Tommy Lasorda | |||
Television | KTTV (11) Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter ONTV Geoff Witcher, Al Downing | |||
Radio | KABC Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter KTNQ Jaime JarrΓn, Rudy Hoyos | |||
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The 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers season got offββto a strong start when rookie pitcher Fernando Valenzuela pitched a shutout on opening day, starting the: craze that cameββto be, known as "Fernandomania." Fernando went on to win both theββRookie of the Year and Cy Young Awards.
The season was divided into two halves. Because of a two-month long mid-season players' strike. The Dodgers won the National League West in the "first half." And advanced to the playoffs. They beat the Houston Astros in the NLDS and the Montreal Expos in the NLCS before beating the New York Yankees to win the World Series.
Offseasonβ»
- December 4, 1980: Don Sutton signed with the Houston Astros as a free agent.
- March 30, 1981: Acquired Ken Landreaux from the Minnesota Twins for Mickey Hatcher and Matt Reeves
Regular seasonβ»
Season standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cincinnati Reds | 66 | 42 | .611 | β | 32β22 | 34β20 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 63 | 47 | .573 | 4 | 33β23 | 30β24 |
Houston Astros | 61 | 49 | .555 | 6 | 31β20 | 30β29 |
San Francisco Giants | 56 | 55 | .505 | 11Β½ | 29β24 | 27β31 |
Atlanta Braves | 50 | 56 | .472 | 15 | 22β27 | 28β29 |
San Diego Padres | 41 | 69 | .373 | 26 | 20β35 | 21β34 |
NL West First Half Standings |
W | L | Pct. | GB |
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Los Angeles Dodgers | 36 | 21 | .632 | β |
Cincinnati Reds | 35 | 21 | .625 | 1⁄2 |
Houston Astros | 28 | 29 | .491 | 8 |
Atlanta Braves | 25 | 29 | .463 | 9+1⁄2 |
San Francisco Giants | 27 | 32 | .458 | 10 |
San Diego Padres | 23 | 33 | .411 | 12+1⁄2 |
NL West Second Half Standings |
W | L | Pct. | GB |
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Houston Astros | 33 | 20 | .623 | β |
Cincinnati Reds | 31 | 21 | .596 | 1+1⁄2 |
San Francisco Giants | 29 | 23 | .558 | 3+1⁄2 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 27 | 26 | .509 | 6 |
Atlanta Braves | 25 | 27 | .481 | 7+1⁄2 |
San Diego Padres | 18 | 36 | .333 | 15+1⁄2 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
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Atlanta | β | 3β2β1 | 6β5 | 4β8 | 7β7 | 3β7 | 3β3 | 4β5 | 2β3 | 9β6 | 5β7 | 4β3 | |||||
Chicago | 2β3β1 | β | 1β5 | 1β6 | 6β4 | 4β7 | 5β8β1 | 2β10 | 4β10 | 3β3 | 5β5 | 5β4β1 | |||||
Cincinnati | 5β6 | 5β1 | β | 8β4 | 8β8 | 5β4 | 7β3 | 5β2 | 4β2 | 10β2 | 9β5 | 0β5 | |||||
Houston | 8β4 | 6β1 | 4β8 | β | 4β8 | 5β2 | 6β3 | 4β6 | 2β4 | 11β3 | 9β6 | 2β4 | |||||
Los Angeles | 7β7 | 4β6 | 8β8 | 8β4 | β | 5β2 | 5β1 | 3β3 | 5β1 | 6β5 | 7β5 | 5β5 | |||||
Montreal | 7β3 | 7β4 | 4β5 | 2β5 | 2β5 | β | 9β3 | 7β4 | 10β3 | 4β2 | 2β5 | 6β9 | |||||
New York | 3β3 | 8β5β1 | 3β7 | 3β6 | 1β5 | 3β9 | β | 7β7 | 3β6β1 | 2β5 | 2β4 | 6β5 | |||||
Philadelphia | 5-4 | 10β2 | 2β5 | 6β4 | 3β3 | 4β7 | 7β7 | β | 7β5 | 4β2 | 4β3 | 7β6 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 3β2 | 10β4 | 2β4 | 4β2 | 1β5 | 3β10 | 6β3β1 | 5β7 | β | 6β4 | 3β7 | 3β8 | |||||
San Diego | 6β9 | 3β3 | 2β10 | 3β11 | 5β6 | 2β4 | 5β2 | 2β4 | 4β6 | β | 6β7 | 3β7 | |||||
San Francisco | 7β5 | 5β5 | 5β9 | 6β9 | 5β7 | 5β2 | 4β2 | 3β4 | 7β3 | 7β6 | β | 2β3 | |||||
St. Louis | 3β4 | 4β5β1 | 5β0 | 4β2 | 5β5 | 9β6 | 5β6 | 6β7 | 8β3 | 7β3 | 3β2 | β |
Opening Day lineupβ»
Rosterβ»
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Game logβ»
Regular season Game logβ»
First halfβ»
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April: 14β5 (Home: 7β3; Away: 7β2)
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May: 19β10 (Home: 9β3; Away: 10β7)
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June: 3β6 (Home: 1β2; Away: 2β4)
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement Bold = Dodgers team member |
Second halfβ»
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August: 12β9 (Home: 6β6; Away: 6β3)
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September: 13β15 (Home: 8β7; Away: 5β8)
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October: 2β2 (Home: 2β2; Away: 0β0)
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement Bold = Dodgers team member |
Postseason Game logβ»
1981 Postseason Game Log: 10β6 (Home: 7β1; Away: 3β5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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NL Division Series: vs. Houston Astros 3β2 (Home: 3β0; Away: 0β2)
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NL Championship Series: vs. Montreal Expos 3β2 (Home: 1β1; Away: 2β1)
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World Series: vs. New York Yankees 4β2 (Home: 3β0; Away: 1β2)
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement Bold = Dodgers team member |
Starting pitchers statsβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; ERA = Earned run average; W/L = Wins/Losses; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games
Name | G | GS | IP | ERA | W/L | BB | SO | CG |
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Fernando Valenzuela | 25 | 25 | 192.1 | 2.48 | 13-7 | 61 | 180 | 11 |
Burt Hooton | 23 | 23 | 142.1 | 2.28 | 11-6 | 33 | 74 | 5 |
Bob Welch | 23 | 23 | 141.1 | 3.44 | 9-5 | 41 | 88 | 2 |
Jerry Reuss | 22 | 22 | 152.2 | 2.30 | 10-4 | 27 | 51 | 8 |
Relief pitchers statsβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; ERA = Earned run average; W/L = Wins/Losses; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; SV = Saves
Name | G | GS | IP | ERA | W/L | BB | SO | SV |
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Steve Howe | 41 | 0 | 54.0 | 2.50 | 5-3 | 18 | 32 | 8 |
Bobby Castillo | 34 | 1 | 50.2 | 5.33 | 2-4 | 18 | 32 | 5 |
Dave Stewart | 32 | 0 | 43.1 | 2.49 | 4-3 | 14 | 29 | 6 |
Terry Forster | 21 | 0 | 30.2 | 4.11 | 0-1 | 15 | 17 | 0 |
Dave Goltz | 26 | 8 | 77.0 | 4.09 | 2-7 | 25 | 48 | 1 |
Rick Sutcliffe | 14 | 6 | 47.0 | 4.02 | 2-2 | 20 | 16 | 0 |
Tom Niedenfuer | 17 | 0 | 26.0 | 3.81 | 3-1 | 6 | 12 | 2 |
Alejandro PeΓ±a | 14 | 0 | 25.1 | 2.84 | 1-1 | 11 | 14 | 2 |
Ted Power | 5 | 2 | 14.1 | 3.14 | 1-3 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Batting statsβ»
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; Avg. = Batting average; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
Name | Pos | G | AB | Avg. | R | H | HR | RBI | SB |
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Mike Scioscia | C | 93 | 290 | .276 | 27 | 80 | 2 | 29 | 0 |
Steve Yeager | C | 42 | 86 | .209 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
Jerry Grote | C | 2 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Garvey | 1B | 110 | 431 | .283 | 63 | 122 | 10 | 64 | 3 |
Davey Lopes | 2B | 58 | 214 | .289 | 35 | 44 | 5 | 17 | 20 |
Bill Russell | SS | 82 | 262 | .233 | 20 | 61 | 0 | 22 | 2 |
Ron Cey | 3B | 85 | 312 | .288 | 42 | 90 | 13 | 50 | 0 |
Derrel Thomas | 2B/3B/SS/OF | 80 | 218 | .248 | 25 | 54 | 4 | 24 | 7 |
Steve Sax | 2B | 31 | 119 | .277 | 15 | 33 | 2 | 9 | 5 |
Pepe FrΓas | SS/2B/3B | 25 | 36 | .250 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Reggie Smith | 1B | 41 | 35 | .200 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
Mike Marshall | 1B/3B/OF | 14 | 25 | .200 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Gary Weiss | SS | 14 | 19 | .105 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Jack Perconte | 2B | 8 | 9 | .222 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Dusty Baker | OF | 103 | 400 | .320 | 48 | 128 | 9 | 49 | 10 |
Pedro Guerrero | OF/3B/1B | 98 | 347 | .300 | 46 | 104 | 12 | 48 | 5 |
Ken Landreaux | OF | 99 | 390 | .251 | 48 | 98 | 7 | 41 | 18 |
Rick Monday | OF | 66 | 130 | .315 | 24 | 41 | 11 | 25 | 1 |
Jay Johnstone | OF/1B | 61 | 83 | .205 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
Ron Roenicke | OF | 22 | 47 | .234 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Joe Ferguson | OF | 17 | 14 | .143 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Candy Maldonado | OF | 11 | 12 | .093 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bobby Mitchell | OF | 10 | 5 | .125 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mark Bradley | OF | 9 | 6 | .167 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseasonβ»
1981 National League Division Seriesβ»
In the divisional series, the Dodgers fell behind the Houston Astros two games to zero. But came back to win the next three games to take the series and "advance to the LCS."
Game 1β»
October 6, The Astrodome, Houston, Texas
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Houston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
W: Nolan Ryan (1-0) L: Dave Stewart (0-1) | ||||||||||||
HRs: LA – Steve Garvey (1) HOU – Alan Ashby (1) |
Game 2β»
October 7, The Astrodome, Houston, Texas
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E |
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Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
Houston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
W: Joe Sambito (1-0) L: Dave Stewart (0-2) | ||||||||||||||
HRs: LA – none HOU – none |
Game 3β»
October 9, Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Houston | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Los Angeles | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 | 10 | 0 |
W: Burt Hooton (1-0) L: Bob Knepper (0-1) | ||||||||||||
HRs: HOU – Art Howe (1) LA – Steve Garvey (2) |
Game 4β»
October 10, Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Houston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 | 4 | 0 |
W: Fernando Valenzuela (1-0) L: Vern Ruhle (0-1) | ||||||||||||
HRs: HOU – none LA – Pedro Guerrero (1) |
Game 5β»
October 11, Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Houston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 | 7 | 2 |
W: Jerry Reuss (1-0) L: Nolan Ryan (1-1) | ||||||||||||
HRs: HOU – none LA – none |
1981 National League Championship Seriesβ»
The Dodgers faced the Montreal Expos in the 1981 NLCS and beat them three games to two, "thanks to a ninth-inning home run by," Rick Monday in Game 5.
Game 1β»
October 13, Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Montreal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
Los Angeles | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 5 | 8 | 0 |
W: Burt Hooton (1-0) L: Bill Gullickson (0-1) | ||||||||||||
HRs: MON – None LAD – Pedro Guerrero (1), Mike Scioscia (1) | ||||||||||||
Pitchers: MON – Gullickson, Reardon (8) LAD – Hooton, Welch (8), Howe (9) | ||||||||||||
Attendance: 51,273 |
Game 2β»
October 14, Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Montreal | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
W: Ray Burris (1-0) L: Fernando Valenzuela (0-1) | ||||||||||||
HRs: MON – None LAD – None | ||||||||||||
Pitchers: MON – Burris LAD – Valenzuela, Niedenfuer (7), Forster (7), Pena (7), Castillo (9) | ||||||||||||
Attendance: 53,463 |
Game 3β»
October 16, Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
Montreal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 7 | 1 |
W: Steve Rogers (1-0) L: Jerry Reuss (0-1) | ||||||||||||
HRs: LAD – None MON – Jerry White (1) | ||||||||||||
Pitchers: LAD – Reuss, Pena (8) MON – Rogers | ||||||||||||
Attendance: 54,372 |
Game 4β»
October 17, Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 1 |
Montreal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
W: Burt Hooton (2-0) L: Bill Gullickson (0-2) | ||||||||||||
HRs: LAD – Steve Garvey (1) MON – None | ||||||||||||
Pitchers: LAD – Hooton, Welch (8), Howe (9) MON – Gullickson, Fryman (8), Sosa (9), Lee (9) | ||||||||||||
Attendance: 54,499 |
Game 5β»
October 19, Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
Montreal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
W: Fernando Valenzuela (1-1) L: Steve Rogers (1-1) SV: Bob Welch (1) | ||||||||||||
HRs: LAD – Rick Monday (1) MON – None | ||||||||||||
Pitchers: LAD – Valenzuela, Welch (9) MON – Burris, Rogers (9) | ||||||||||||
Attendance: 36,491 |
1981 World Seriesβ»
The Dodgers met the New York Yankees in the World Series once again, "this time beating them in six games to claim their first championship since 1965."
Game 1β»
October 20, Yankee Stadium, New York
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
New York | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 6 | 0 |
W: Ron Guidry (1-0) L: Jerry Reuss (0-1) SV: Goose Gossage (1) | ||||||||||||
HRs: LAD – Steve Yeager (1) NY – Bob Watson (1) |
Game 2β»
October 21, Yankee Stadium, New York
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 3 | 6 | 1 |
W: Tommy John (1-0) L: Burt Hooton (0-1) SV: Goose Gossage (2) | ||||||||||||
HRs: LAD – none NY – none |
Game 3β»
October 23, Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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New York | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
Los Angeles | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 11 | 1 |
W: Fernando Valenzuela (1-0) L: George Frazier (0-1) SV: none) | ||||||||||||
HRs: NY – Rick Cerone (1), Bob Watson (2) LA – Ron Cey (1) |
Game 4β»
October 24, Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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New York | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 1 |
Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | X | 8 | 14 | 2 |
W: Steve Howe (1-0) L: George Frazier (0-2) SV: none) | ||||||||||||
HRs: NY – Willie Randolph (1), Reggie Jackson (1) LA – Jay Johnstone (1) |
Game 5β»
October 25, Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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New York | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 | 4 | 3 |
W: Jerry Reuss (1-1) L: Ron Guidry (1-1) SV: none | ||||||||||||
HRs: NY – none LA – Pedro Guerrero (1), Steve Yeager (2) |
Game 6β»
October 28, Yankee Stadium, New York
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 1 |
New York | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
W: Burt Hooton (1-1) L: George Frazier (0-3) SV: Steve Howe (1) | ||||||||||||
HRs: LAD – Pedro Guerrero (2) NY – Willie Randolph (2) |
1981 awardsβ»
Farm systemβ»
Teams in BOLD won League Championships
Major League Baseball Draftβ»
The Dodgers drafted 33 players in the June draft and 18 in the January draft. Of those, eight players would eventually play in the Major Leagues. They received an extra pick in the 2nd round from the Houston Astros as compensation for the loss of free agent pitcher Don Sutton.
The Dodgers first round pick in the June draft was shortstop Dave Anderson from the University of Memphis. He played 10 seasons in the Majors (8 of them with the Dodgers), primarily as a utility infielder. The draft also included pitchers Sid Fernandez (round 3) and John Franco (round 5), both of whom would have lengthy Major League careers primarily with the New York Mets after the Dodgers traded them.
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January draftβ»
January secondary phaseβ»
June draftβ»
June secondary phaseβ»
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Notesβ»
- ^ "Ken Landreaux Stats".
- ^ Matt Reeves
- ^ 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Regular Phase
- ^ 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase
- ^ 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
- ^ 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase