1981 Los Angeles Dodgers season
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The 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers season got off to a strong start when rookie pitcher Fernando Valenzuela pitched a shutout on opening day, starting the craze that came to be known as "Fernandomania." Fernando went on to win both the Rookie of the Year and Cy Young Awards.
The season was divided into two halves because of a players strike in mid-season. The Dodgers won the NL West in the first half and advanced to the playoffs. They beat the Houston Astros in a divisional playoff and the Montreal Expos in the LCS before beating the New York Yankees to win the World Series.
The season was divided into two halves because of a players strike in mid-season. The Dodgers won the NL West in the first half and advanced to the playoffs. They beat the Houston Astros in a divisional playoff and the Montreal Expos in the LCS before beating the New York Yankees to win the World Series.
Season standings
| NL West First Half Standings |
W | L | Pct. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 36 | 21 | .632 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 35 | 21 | .625 |
| Houston Astros | 28 | 29 | .491 |
| Atlanta Braves | 25 | 29 | .463 |
| San Francisco Giants | 27 | 32 | .458 |
| San Diego Padres | 23 | 33 | .411 |
| NL West Second Half Standings |
W | L | Pct. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Astros | 33 | 20 | .623 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 31 | 21 | .596 |
| San Francisco Giants | 29 | 23 | .558 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 27 | 26 | .509 |
| Atlanta Braves | 25 | 27 | .481 |
| San Diego Padres | 18 | 36 | .333 |
1981 Roster
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1981 Playoffs
1981 National League Division Series
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 1
October 6, The Astrodome, Houston, Texas| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 2
October 7, The Astrodome, Houston, Texas| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 3
October 9, Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 4
October 10, Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 5
October 11, Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| W: Jerry Reuss (1-0) L: Nolan Ryan (1-1) | ||||||||||||
| HRs: HOU – none LA – none | ||||||||||||
1981 National League Championship Series
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 1
October 13, Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 2
October 14, Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 3
October 16, Stade Olympique, Montreal, Quebec| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 4
October 17, Stade Olympique, Montreal, Quebec| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 5
October 19, Stade Olympique, Montreal, Quebec| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Series
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 1
October 20, Yankee Stadium, New York, New York| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 2
October 21, Yankee Stadium, New York, New York| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 3
October 23, Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 4
October 24, Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 1 | 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 5
October 25, Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 6
October 28, Yankee Stadium, New York, New York| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Awards
1981 Transactions
- March 30: Acquired Ken Landreaux from the Minnesota Twins for Mickey Hatcher and Matt Reeves
1981 Minor League Teams
- AAA: Albuquerque Dukes (managed by Del Crandall) - Pacific Coast League - LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
- AA: San Antonio Dodgers (managed by Don LeJohn) - Texas League
- A: Lodi Dodgers (managed by Terry Collins) - California League -LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
- A: Vero Beach Dodgers (managed by Stan Wasiak) - Florida State League
- Rookie: Lethbridge Dodgers (managed by Gary LaRocque) - Pioneer League
External links
- Los Angeles Dodgers official web site
- Baseball-Reference season page
- Baseball Almanac season page
- Dodgers history
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