1981 American League Stats

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1981 American League Standings

1981 National League <<1980 American League 1982 American League>>

Eastern Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Milwaukee Brewers62-47 (0.569)-49345957-50 (0.533)56-51 (0.523)874,29224.312.85.65.9
2Baltimore Orioles59-46 (0.562)1.042943753-54 (0.492)56-51 (0.523)1,024,24724.215.31.97.1
3Detroit Tigers60-49 (0.550)2.042740456-51 (0.525)60-47 (0.561)1,149,14428.111.92.713.6
4New York Yankees59-48 (0.551)2.042134363-44 (0.593)68-39 (0.636)1,614,35336.516.9-0.219.9
5Boston Red Sox59-49 (0.546)2.551948157-50 (0.535)56-51 (0.523)1,060,37924.416.00.38.1
6Cleveland Indians52-51 (0.505)7.043144252-55 (0.488)49-58 (0.458)661,39517.510.9-0.46.9
7Toronto Blue Jays37-69 (0.349)23.532946637-70 (0.346)34-73 (0.318)755,0832.3-5.91.17.1

Western Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Oakland Athletics64-45 (0.587)-45840360-47 (0.558)58-49 (0.542)1,304,05227.014.2-0.713.5
2Texas Rangers57-48 (0.543)5.045238961-46 (0.568)60-47 (0.561)850,07628.512.13.812.6
3Chicago White Sox54-52 (0.509)8.547642359-48 (0.554)62-45 (0.579)946,65130.217.12.410.7
4Kansas City Royals50-53 (0.485)11.039740553-54 (0.491)54-53 (0.505)1,279,40322.812.40.110.3
5California Angels51-59 (0.464)13.547645356-51 (0.523)59-48 (0.551)1,441,54527.616.24.07.4
6Seattle Mariners44-65 (0.404)20.042652144-63 (0.409)42-65 (0.393)636,27610.57.60.42.5
7Minnesota Twins41-68 (0.376)23.037848641-66 (0.387)37-70 (0.346)469,0905.9-2.62.36.2

Batting WAR Leaders

Rank Player Name Team Pos Age Batting WAR Shark WAR G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SB CS wRC OBP SLG
1 Dwight Evans BOS RF 29 6.3 7.1 108 504 122 19 4 22 85 3 2 90.547 0.415 0.522
2 Rickey Henderson OAK LF 22 5.7 6.9 108 493 135 18 7 6 64 56 22 76.072 0.408 0.437
3 Bobby Grich CAL 2B 32 4.9 6.7 100 404 107 14 2 22 40 2 4 69.087 0.378 0.543
4 Eddie Murray BAL 1B 25 4.7 4.9 99 422 111 21 2 22 40 2 3 69.085 0.360 0.534
5 Tom Paciorek SEA LF 34 4.4 4.7 104 452 132 28 2 14 35 13 10 73.098 0.379 0.509
6 Cecil Cooper ML4 1B 31 4.4 4.1 106 453 133 35 1 12 28 5 4 68.941 0.363 0.495
7 Dave Winfield NYA LF 29 4.1 3.6 105 440 114 25 1 13 43 11 1 62.470 0.360 0.464
8 Greg Luzinski CHA DH 30 4.1 4.1 104 441 100 15 1 21 58 0 0 66.322 0.365 0.476
9 Ken Singleton BAL RF 34 3.8 4.0 103 428 101 16 1 13 61 0 0 61.684 0.380 0.435
10 Dwayne Murphy OAK CF 26 3.8 4.3 107 477 98 10 3 15 73 10 4 62.489 0.369 0.408
11 Willie Aikens KCA 1B 26 3.7 3.2 101 419 93 16 0 17 62 0 0 62.580 0.377 0.459
12 Chet Lemon CHA CF 26 3.7 3.8 94 383 99 23 6 9 33 5 8 60.321 0.384 0.491
13 Steve Kemp DET LF 26 3.7 3.9 105 447 103 18 4 9 70 9 3 64.067 0.389 0.419
14 Mike Hargrove CLE 1B 31 3.6 3.7 94 398 102 21 0 2 60 5 4 59.519 0.424 0.401
15 Gorman Thomas ML4 CF 30 3.6 3.7 103 420 94 22 0 21 50 4 5 61.725 0.348 0.493
16 George Brett KCA 3B 28 3.4 3.3 89 379 109 27 7 6 27 14 6 56.035 0.361 0.484
17 Richie Zisk SEA DH 32 3.4 3.4 94 388 111 12 1 16 28 0 2 59.466 0.366 0.485
18 Carney Lansford BOS 3B 24 3.3 3.5 102 438 134 23 3 4 34 15 10 64.289 0.389 0.439
19 Toby Harrah CLE 3B 32 3.1 2.1 103 427 105 12 4 5 57 12 1 55.608 0.382 0.388
20 Kirk Gibson DET RF 24 3.1 3.0 83 313 95 11 3 9 18 17 5 47.105 0.369 0.479
21 Tony Armas OAK RF 27 3.0 3.7 109 462 115 24 3 22 19 5 1 57.048 0.294 0.479
22 Buddy Bell TEX 3B 29 2.9 6.5 97 415 106 16 1 10 42 3 3 55.273 0.364 0.428
23 Al Oliver TEX 1B 34 2.8 2.8 102 448 130 29 1 4 24 3 0 55.266 0.348 0.411
24 Rod Carew CAL 1B 35 2.7 3.2 93 421 111 17 1 2 45 16 9 51.887 0.380 0.374
25 Doug DeCinces BAL 3B 30 2.7 2.6 100 391 91 23 2 13 41 0 3 52.196 0.341 0.454
26 John Mayberry TOR 1B 32 2.6 2.1 94 344 72 6 1 17 44 1 1 49.096 0.360 0.452
27 Tony Bernazard CHA 2B 24 2.5 2.5 106 450 106 14 4 6 54 4 4 54.865 0.367 0.380
28 Dan Ford CAL RF 29 2.5 2.3 97 409 104 14 1 15 23 2 2 50.476 0.327 0.440
29 Jim Rice BOS LF 28 2.4 2.4 108 495 128 18 1 17 34 2 2 62.426 0.333 0.441
30 Cliff Johnson OAK 1B 33 2.4 2.2 84 310 71 8 0 17 28 5 3 41.708 0.329 0.476
31 Jerry Mumphrey NYA CF 28 2.4 2.6 80 350 98 11 5 6 24 14 9 44.999 0.354 0.429
32 Rick Burleson CAL SS 30 2.3 5.0 109 490 126 17 1 5 42 4 6 55.813 0.357 0.372
33 Don Baylor CAL 1B 32 2.2 2.3 103 432 90 18 1 17 42 3 3 51.354 0.322 0.427
34 Bo Diaz CLE C 28 2.1 1.8 63 199 57 19 0 7 13 2 2 32.056 0.359 0.533
35 Reggie Jackson NYA RF 35 2.1 1.9 94 382 79 17 1 15 46 0 3 47.213 0.330 0.428
36 Harold Baines CHA RF 22 2.0 1.9 82 296 80 11 7 10 12 6 2 38.921 0.318 0.482
37 Willie Wilson KCA LF 25 2.0 3.4 102 465 133 10 7 1 18 34 8 48.169 0.336 0.364
38 Jim Sundberg TEX C 30 2.0 2.3 102 396 94 17 2 3 50 2 5 47.368 0.369 0.366
39 Brian Downing CAL LF 30 2.0 2.1 93 370 79 14 0 9 46 1 1 43.786 0.351 0.379
40 Graig Nettles NYA 3B 36 1.9 3.2 103 402 85 7 1 15 47 0 2 46.424 0.333 0.398
41 Robin Yount ML4 SS 25 1.8 5.3 96 411 103 15 5 10 22 4 1 44.949 0.312 0.419
42 Amos Otis KCA CF 34 1.8 2.5 99 417 100 22 3 9 31 16 7 46.748 0.321 0.417
43 Carlton Fisk CHA C 33 1.7 2.7 96 394 89 12 0 7 38 3 2 44.813 0.354 0.361
44 Otto Velez TOR 1B 30 1.6 1.6 80 302 51 9 2 11 55 0 3 39.474 0.363 0.404
45 Oscar Gamble NYA RF 31 1.6 1.9 80 227 45 8 0 10 35 0 2 31.130 0.357 0.439
46 Bill Almon CHA SS 28 1.6 2.8 103 377 105 10 2 4 21 16 6 41.294 0.341 0.375
47 Al Bumbry BAL CF 34 1.6 1.6 101 451 107 18 2 1 51 22 15 48.402 0.358 0.337
48 Roy Smalley MIN SS 28 1.6 0.6 56 200 44 7 1 7 31 0 0 28.866 0.375 0.443
49 Jerry Remy BOS 2B 28 1.6 1.2 88 410 110 9 1 0 36 9 2 43.980 0.368 0.338
50 Hal McRae KCA LF 35 1.5 1.5 101 433 106 23 2 7 34 3 4 48.131 0.330 0.396

Pitching WAR Leaders

Rank Player Name Team Age Pitching WAR Shark WAR G GS IP W L CG SV R BB SO Pitch Runs Saved ERA WHIP SOper9
1 Steve McCatty OAK 27 6.3 6.3 22 22 185.67 14 7 16 0 50 61 91 55.16 2.33 1.08 4.41
2 Rollie Fingers ML4 34 5.0 5.0 47 0 78.00 6 3 0 28 9 13 61 39.66 1.04 0.87 7.04
3 Jack Morris DET 26 4.8 4.8 25 25 198.00 14 7 15 0 69 78 97 40.62 3.05 1.17 4.41
4 Britt Burns CHA 22 4.5 4.5 24 23 156.67 10 6 5 0 52 49 108 36.38 2.64 1.20 6.20
5 Bert Blyleven CLE 30 4.4 4.4 20 20 159.33 11 7 9 0 52 40 107 38.37 2.88 1.16 6.04
6 Dennis Leonard KCA 30 4.0 4.0 26 26 201.67 13 11 9 0 79 41 107 39.08 2.99 1.21 4.78
7 Larry Gura KCA 33 4.0 4.0 23 23 172.33 11 8 12 0 61 35 61 38.94 2.72 1.01 3.19
8 Ken Forsch CAL 34 4.0 4.0 20 20 153.00 11 7 10 0 54 27 55 31.84 2.88 1.11 3.24
9 Dave Righetti NYA 22 4.0 4.0 15 15 105.33 8 4 2 0 25 38 89 34.43 2.05 1.07 7.60
10 Milt Wilcox DET 31 3.9 3.9 24 24 166.33 12 9 8 0 61 52 79 32.89 3.03 1.23 4.27
11 Dave Stieb TOR 23 3.8 3.8 25 25 183.67 11 10 11 0 70 61 89 34.10 3.19 1.14 4.36
12 Ron Guidry NYA 30 3.4 3.4 23 21 127.00 11 5 0 0 41 26 104 29.19 2.76 0.99 7.37
13 Tommy John NYA 38 3.3 3.3 20 20 140.33 9 8 7 0 50 39 50 29.09 2.63 1.24 3.21
14 Dennis Lamp CHA 28 3.3 3.3 27 10 127.00 7 6 3 0 41 43 71 26.52 2.41 1.15 5.03
15 Doc Medich TEX 32 3.2 3.2 20 20 143.33 10 6 4 0 51 33 65 25.57 3.08 1.18 4.08
16 Rick Langford OAK 29 3.2 3.2 24 24 195.33 12 10 18 0 81 58 84 27.60 2.99 1.27 3.87
17 Dan Petry DET 22 3.2 3.2 23 22 141.00 10 9 7 0 53 57 79 26.84 3.00 1.22 5.04
18 Sammy Stewart BAL 26 3.1 3.1 29 3 112.33 4 8 0 4 33 57 57 24.32 2.32 1.30 4.57
19 Scott McGregor BAL 27 3.0 3.0 24 22 160.00 13 5 8 0 63 40 82 23.31 3.26 1.29 4.61
20 Rich Gossage NYA 29 2.9 2.9 32 0 46.67 3 2 0 20 6 14 48 25.07 0.77 0.77 9.26
21 Doug Corbett MIN 28 2.6 2.6 54 0 87.67 2 6 0 17 29 34 60 20.70 2.57 1.30 6.16
22 Rick Honeycutt TEX 27 2.4 2.4 20 20 127.67 11 6 8 0 49 17 40 19.10 3.31 1.07 2.82
23 John Denny CLE 28 2.3 2.3 19 19 145.67 10 6 6 0 62 66 94 20.18 3.15 1.41 5.81
24 Don Aase CAL 26 2.3 2.3 39 0 65.33 4 4 0 11 17 24 38 17.87 2.34 1.22 5.23
25 Dan Quisenberry KCA 28 2.2 2.2 40 0 62.33 1 4 0 18 16 15 20 21.15 1.73 1.19 2.89
26 Kevin Saucier DET 24 2.1 2.1 38 0 49.00 4 2 0 13 11 21 23 17.99 1.65 0.96 4.22
27 Pete Vuckovich ML4 28 2.1 2.1 24 23 149.67 14 4 2 0 61 57 84 16.44 3.55 1.30 5.05
28 Ron Davis NYA 25 1.9 1.9 43 0 73.00 4 5 0 6 22 25 83 16.59 2.71 0.99 10.23
29 Dennis Martinez BAL 27 1.9 1.9 25 24 179.00 14 5 9 0 84 62 88 14.97 3.32 1.31 4.42
30 Steve Comer TEX 27 1.9 1.9 36 1 77.33 8 2 0 6 25 31 22 14.94 2.56 1.31 2.56
31 Matt Keough OAK 25 1.8 1.8 19 19 140.33 10 6 10 0 56 45 60 16.04 3.40 1.21 3.85
32 Steve Trout CHA 23 1.8 1.8 20 18 124.67 8 7 3 0 53 38 54 14.59 3.47 1.28 3.90
33 Rick Reuschel NYA 32 1.7 1.7 12 11 70.67 4 4 3 0 24 10 22 15.07 2.67 1.20 2.80
34 Mike Witt CAL 20 1.6 1.6 22 21 129.00 8 9 7 0 60 47 75 12.62 3.28 1.32 5.23
35 Steve Renko CAL 36 1.6 1.6 22 15 102.00 8 4 0 1 40 42 50 12.29 3.44 1.32 4.41
36 Charlie Hough TEX 33 1.6 1.6 21 5 82.00 4 1 2 1 30 31 69 12.26 2.96 1.12 7.57
37 Jim Beattie SEA 26 1.5 1.5 13 9 66.67 3 2 0 1 24 18 36 12.99 2.97 1.16 4.86
38 Larry Andersen SEA 28 1.4 1.4 41 0 67.67 3 3 0 5 27 18 40 12.41 2.66 1.11 5.32
39 Len Barker CLE 25 1.4 1.4 22 22 154.33 8 7 9 0 72 46 127 12.46 3.91 1.27 7.41
40 John Butcher TEX 24 1.4 1.4 5 3 27.67 1 2 1 0 6 8 19 10.91 1.63 0.94 6.18
41 Luis Leal TOR 24 1.4 1.4 29 19 129.67 7 13 3 1 63 44 71 12.26 3.68 1.32 4.93
42 Dave Rozema DET 24 1.4 1.4 28 9 104.00 5 5 2 3 42 25 46 11.59 3.63 1.19 3.98
43 Dan Spillner CLE 29 1.4 1.4 32 5 97.33 4 4 1 7 41 39 59 11.77 3.14 1.28 5.46
44 Danny Darwin TEX 25 1.4 1.4 22 22 146.00 9 9 6 0 67 57 98 10.70 3.64 1.18 6.04
45 Dave Tobik DET 28 1.3 1.3 27 0 60.33 2 2 0 1 19 33 32 11.39 2.69 1.33 4.77
46 Tippy Martinez BAL 31 1.3 1.3 37 0 59.00 3 3 0 11 21 32 50 10.30 2.90 1.36 7.63
47 Bob Ojeda BOS 23 1.3 1.3 10 10 66.33 6 2 2 0 25 25 28 12.54 3.12 1.13 3.80
48 Roy Lee Jackson TOR 27 1.3 1.3 39 0 62.00 1 2 0 7 23 25 27 11.59 2.61 1.45 3.92
49 Brad Havens MIN 21 1.3 1.3 14 12 78.00 3 6 1 0 33 24 43 9.91 3.58 1.28 4.96
50 Joey McLaughlin TOR 24 1.2 1.2 40 0 60.00 1 5 0 10 24 21 38 10.93 2.85 1.27 5.70

Fielding WAR Leaders

Player Name Team Age Fielding WAR G Inn PO A E DP Def Runs Saved
POS Rank
C 1 Ernie Whitt TOR 29 2.4 72.0 551.3 297.0 46.0 3.0 5.0 18.815
2 Ron Hassey CLE 28 2.0 56.0 436.0 296.0 38.0 3.0 6.0 17.037
3 Mike Heath OAK 26 1.5 78.0 680.0 391.0 45.0 10.0 6.0 14.338
4 Barry Foote NYA 29 1.3 34.0 284.0 227.0 14.0 1.0 3.0 11.256
5 Carlton Fisk CHA 33 1.0 92.0 767.7 470.0 44.0 5.0 10.0 9.972
6 Sal Butera MIN 28 1.0 59.0 466.0 254.0 41.0 9.0 0.0 9.512
7 Rick Dempsey BAL 31 0.7 90.0 664.3 384.0 35.0 1.0 6.0 7.162
8 Butch Wynegar MIN 25 0.6 37.0 309.3 162.0 24.0 1.0 4.0 5.808
1B 1 Carl Yastrzemski BOS 41 0.7 39.0 336.3 353.0 34.0 3.0 26.0 5.226
2 Rod Carew CAL 35 0.5 90.0 779.0 877.0 60.0 5.0 90.0 4.678
3 Tony Perez BOS 39 0.3 56.0 505.0 519.0 37.0 4.0 63.0 2.426
4 Eddie Murray BAL 25 0.2 99.0 880.0 899.0 91.0 1.0 98.0 2.162
5 Rick Leach DET 24 0.2 32.0 129.7 133.0 14.0 0.0 15.0 2.138
6 Karl Pagel CLE 26 0.1 6.0 32.7 28.0 6.0 0.0 5.0 1.278
7 Ron Hassey CLE 28 0.1 5.0 34.0 31.0 6.0 0.0 1.0 1.231
8 Daryl Sconiers CAL 22 0.1 12.0 87.7 95.0 8.0 0.0 11.0 1.224
2B 1 Jim Gantner ML4 28 1.8 107.0 904.7 251.0 352.0 10.0 95.0 17.324
2 Bobby Grich CAL 32 1.8 100.0 861.3 230.0 349.0 10.0 85.0 17.085
3 Julio Cruz SEA 26 1.3 92.0 776.0 239.0 294.0 10.0 72.0 11.831
4 Lou Whitaker DET 24 0.9 108.0 918.3 227.0 354.0 9.0 77.0 8.966
5 Ed Romero ML4 23 0.6 18.0 81.3 24.0 43.0 1.0 13.0 5.886
6 Bump Wills TEX 28 0.5 101.0 894.3 268.0 326.0 10.0 70.0 4.770
7 Lenny Randle SEA 32 0.3 21.0 169.3 40.0 72.0 2.0 14.0 2.990
8 Garth Iorg TOR 26 0.3 46.0 375.0 82.0 152.0 9.0 29.0 2.271
3B 1 Buddy Bell TEX 29 3.4 96.0 835.7 66.0 281.0 14.0 18.0 33.096
2 John Castino MIN 26 1.5 98.0 859.7 86.0 224.0 8.0 24.0 14.384
3 Graig Nettles NYA 36 1.3 97.0 839.7 63.0 214.0 8.0 14.0 11.212
4 Jim Morrison CHA 28 1.2 87.0 740.3 64.0 199.0 12.0 14.0 11.647
5 Lenny Randle SEA 32 0.8 59.0 395.3 38.0 105.0 2.0 8.0 7.741
6 Steve Lubratich CAL 26 0.2 6.0 51.7 2.0 17.0 0.0 2.0 2.186
7 Carney Lansford BOS 24 0.2 86.0 770.0 70.0 180.0 13.0 17.0 1.760
8 Tom Brookens DET 27 0.2 71.0 587.7 58.0 139.0 10.0 13.0 2.113
SS 1 Robin Yount ML4 25 3.5 93.0 816.0 161.0 370.0 8.0 83.0 33.413
2 Rick Burleson CAL 30 2.7 109.0 948.3 208.0 394.0 13.0 88.0 25.944
3 Bill Almon CHA 28 1.2 103.0 894.0 190.0 340.0 17.0 78.0 11.977
4 Alan Trammell DET 23 1.2 105.0 906.3 181.0 347.0 9.0 65.0 11.129
5 Glenn Hoffman BOS 22 0.6 78.0 628.0 131.0 233.0 15.0 52.0 4.583
6 Rick Auerbach SEA 31 0.5 38.0 254.7 44.0 99.0 3.0 26.0 4.932
7 Mario Mendoza TEX 30 0.5 88.0 687.7 114.0 270.0 12.0 47.0 5.046
8 Jim Anderson SEA 24 0.4 68.0 477.7 88.0 181.0 15.0 44.0 3.608
LF 1 Rickey Henderson OAK 22 1.2 107.0 952.0 323.0 7.0 7.0 0.0 11.760
2 Willie Wilson KCA 25 1.2 84.0 736.3 244.0 11.0 4.0 2.0 9.179
3 Gary Roenicke BAL 26 0.3 47.0 278.0 88.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 2.780
4 Steve Kemp DET 26 0.2 92.0 806.3 210.0 6.0 3.0 0.0 2.046
5 Al Woods TOR 27 0.2 77.0 663.3 180.0 6.0 5.0 0.0 1.464
6 Tom Paciorek SEA 34 0.2 85.0 719.3 189.0 9.0 5.0 1.0 1.461
7 Miguel Dilone CLE 26 0.1 56.0 473.0 125.0 7.0 4.0 1.0 1.216
8 George Bell TOR 21 0.1 27.0 199.0 62.0 1.0 3.0 1.0 1.085
CF 1 Rick Manning CLE 26 0.8 103.0 881.3 306.0 6.0 4.0 3.0 7.258
2 Amos Otis KCA 34 0.6 86.0 758.3 257.0 4.0 0.0 1.0 4.763
3 Dwayne Murphy OAK 26 0.5 106.0 954.0 329.0 6.0 5.0 0.0 5.099
4 Joe Simpson SEA 29 0.3 86.0 653.7 219.0 5.0 5.0 1.0 2.852
5 Bobby Brown NYA 27 0.3 11.0 81.0 39.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.550
6 Rick Peters DET 25 0.3 33.0 264.3 96.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 2.749
7 Lloyd Moseby TOR 21 0.3 80.0 687.0 224.0 4.0 3.0 0.0 2.148
8 Willie Wilson KCA 25 0.2 18.0 148.0 55.0 3.0 0.0 1.0 1.861
RF 1 Dwight Evans BOS 29 0.9 108.0 978.3 255.0 9.0 2.0 1.0 6.814
2 Tony Armas OAK 27 0.7 108.0 972.0 258.0 9.0 2.0 2.0 6.453
3 Jesse Barfield TOR 21 0.4 25.0 220.7 69.0 2.0 0.0 1.0 3.340
4 Cesar Geronimo KCA 33 0.4 50.0 271.7 84.0 1.0 2.0 0.0 3.019
5 Clint Hurdle KCA 23 0.3 28.0 200.0 59.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 2.337
6 Darryl Motley KCA 21 0.3 39.0 306.3 88.0 3.0 3.0 1.0 2.237
7 Gary Roenicke BAL 26 0.2 56.0 222.3 64.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 2.397
8 Dave Engle MIN 24 0.2 77.0 575.3 144.0 4.0 3.0 0.0 2.394