1981 National League Stats

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1981 National League Standings

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

Eastern Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1St. Louis Cardinals59-43 (0.578)-46441759-48 (0.549)61-46 (0.570)1,010,24730.014.97.08.1
2Montreal Expos60-48 (0.556)2.044339459-48 (0.553)58-49 (0.542)1,534,56426.713.51.511.7
3Philadelphia Phillies59-48 (0.551)2.549147255-52 (0.518)54-53 (0.505)1,638,75222.718.02.52.2
4Pittsburgh Pirates46-56 (0.451)13.040742551-56 (0.480)51-56 (0.477)541,78919.28.12.38.8
5New York Mets41-62 (0.398)18.534843243-64 (0.402)44-63 (0.411)704,24412.38.20.53.5
6Chicago Cubs38-65 (0.369)21.537048341-66 (0.380)38-69 (0.355)565,6376.80.22.34.3

Western Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Cincinnati Reds66-42 (0.611)-46444056-51 (0.524)53-54 (0.495)1,093,73021.216.0-0.65.8
2Los Angeles Dodgers63-47 (0.573)4.045035665-42 (0.606)62-45 (0.579)2,381,29230.214.60.615.1
3Houston Astros61-49 (0.555)6.039433162-45 (0.579)67-40 (0.626)1,321,28235.412.83.119.5
4San Francisco Giants56-55 (0.505)11.542741455-52 (0.514)57-50 (0.533)632,27426.013.23.19.7
5Atlanta Braves50-56 (0.472)15.039541651-56 (0.476)53-54 (0.495)535,41821.34.15.012.2
6San Diego Padres41-69 (0.373)26.038245545-62 (0.421)45-62 (0.421)519,16113.69.33.50.8

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 Mike Schmidt PHI 3B 31 7.5 10.1 102 434 112 19 2 31 73 12 4 91.468 0.435 0.644
2 Andre Dawson MON CF 26 5.6 6.6 103 441 119 21 3 24 35 26 4 71.388 0.365 0.553
3 George Foster CIN LF 32 5.0 5.3 108 472 122 23 2 22 51 4 0 73.321 0.373 0.519
4 Tim Raines MON LF 21 4.7 4.8 88 363 95 13 7 5 45 71 11 50.312 0.391 0.438
5 Keith Hernandez SLN 1B 27 4.3 6.5 103 444 115 27 4 8 61 12 5 66.141 0.401 0.463
6 Gary Matthews PHI LF 30 4.2 3.9 101 428 108 21 3 9 59 15 2 61.895 0.398 0.451
7 George Hendrick SLN RF 31 3.7 3.7 101 441 112 19 3 18 41 4 2 61.769 0.356 0.485
8 Bill Madlock PIT 3B 30 3.6 4.0 82 320 95 23 1 6 34 18 6 51.747 0.412 0.495
9 Gene Richards SDN LF 27 3.5 3.4 104 453 113 14 12 3 53 20 8 55.327 0.373 0.407
10 Dusty Baker LAN LF 32 3.2 3.0 103 438 128 17 3 9 29 10 7 56.311 0.363 0.445
11 Jack Clark SFN RF 25 3.2 3.3 99 437 103 19 2 17 45 1 1 55.140 0.341 0.460
12 Ron Cey LAN 3B 33 3.2 4.1 85 359 90 15 2 13 40 0 2 50.983 0.371 0.474
13 Bill Buckner CHN 1B 31 3.1 2.3 106 453 131 35 3 10 26 5 2 60.568 0.349 0.480
14 Pete Rose PHI 1B 40 3.0 2.1 107 484 140 18 5 0 46 4 4 60.455 0.391 0.390
15 Jason Thompson PIT 1B 26 2.9 2.6 86 285 54 13 0 15 59 0 0 45.404 0.397 0.502
16 Pedro Guerrero LAN RF 25 2.9 3.5 98 387 104 17 2 12 34 5 9 52.740 0.365 0.464
17 Ken Griffey CIN CF 31 2.9 3.2 101 442 123 21 6 2 39 12 4 53.635 0.370 0.409
18 Dave Kingman NYN 1B 32 2.8 1.8 100 412 78 11 3 22 55 6 0 50.068 0.326 0.456
19 Darrell Evans SFN 3B 34 2.8 3.9 102 419 92 13 4 12 54 2 3 50.465 0.356 0.417
20 Art Howe HOU 3B 34 2.6 3.6 103 406 107 22 4 3 41 1 3 48.360 0.365 0.404
21 Joe Morgan SFN 2B 37 2.6 2.9 90 378 74 16 1 8 66 14 5 44.326 0.371 0.377
22 Warren Cromartie MON 1B 27 2.6 3.5 99 400 109 19 2 6 39 2 3 50.224 0.370 0.419
23 Dave Concepcion CIN SS 33 2.4 2.8 106 468 129 28 0 5 37 4 5 54.523 0.358 0.409
24 Rick Monday LAN RF 35 2.4 2.3 66 156 41 1 2 11 24 1 2 30.812 0.423 0.608
25 Leon Durham CHN RF 23 2.3 2.3 87 355 95 14 6 10 27 25 11 45.436 0.344 0.460
26 Dave Collins CIN RF 28 2.2 2.4 95 412 98 18 6 3 41 26 10 44.913 0.354 0.381
27 Joe Lefebvre SDN RF 25 2.1 2.7 86 286 63 13 4 8 35 6 4 35.727 0.352 0.439
28 Lonnie Smith PHI RF 25 2.1 2.2 62 202 57 14 3 2 18 21 10 30.443 0.402 0.472
29 Milt May SFN C 30 2.1 2.5 97 354 98 17 0 2 34 1 4 41.517 0.376 0.383
30 Jose Cruz HOU LF 33 2.1 2.6 107 451 109 16 5 13 35 5 7 48.399 0.319 0.425
31 Larry Herndon SFN LF 27 2.1 2.5 96 391 105 15 8 5 20 15 6 41.052 0.325 0.415
32 Bob Horner ATL 3B 23 2.0 1.1 79 336 83 10 0 15 32 2 3 43.341 0.345 0.460
33 Hubie Brooks NYN 3B 24 2.0 2.4 98 389 110 21 2 4 23 9 5 43.444 0.345 0.411
34 Chris Chambliss ATL 1B 32 2.0 4.8 107 454 110 25 2 8 44 4 1 50.395 0.343 0.404
35 Luis Salazar SDN 3B 25 2.0 2.9 109 424 121 19 6 3 16 11 8 43.556 0.329 0.403
36 Terry Kennedy SDN C 25 1.9 2.4 101 412 115 24 1 2 22 0 2 42.431 0.341 0.385
37 Steve Garvey LAN 1B 32 1.9 2.2 110 461 122 23 1 10 25 3 5 48.195 0.322 0.411
38 Ken Oberkfell SLN 3B 25 1.9 3.5 102 420 110 12 6 2 37 13 5 43.776 0.352 0.372
39 Rusty Staub NYN 1B 37 1.8 1.3 70 186 51 9 0 5 22 1 0 27.788 0.398 0.466
40 Gary Carter MON C 27 1.8 3.3 100 419 94 20 2 16 35 1 5 46.103 0.312 0.444
41 Steve Henderson CHN LF 28 1.8 1.9 82 337 84 9 5 5 42 5 7 42.907 0.382 0.411
42 Manny Trillo PHI 2B 30 1.7 2.6 94 387 100 14 3 6 26 10 4 40.568 0.338 0.395
43 Johnny Bench CIN 1B 33 1.7 1.7 52 196 55 8 0 8 17 0 2 28.633 0.369 0.489
44 Joel Youngblood NYN RF 29 1.6 1.7 43 161 50 10 2 4 12 2 5 26.447 0.398 0.531
45 Ron Oester CIN 2B 25 1.6 2.3 105 408 96 16 7 5 42 2 5 43.525 0.342 0.398
46 Claudell Washington ATL RF 26 1.6 1.6 85 349 93 22 3 5 15 12 6 37.859 0.328 0.425
47 Terry Puhl HOU RF 24 1.6 1.8 96 394 88 19 4 3 31 22 4 33.633 0.315 0.354
48 Jeffrey Leonard 2 teams 1B 25 1.5 1.8 44 160 42 12 4 4 12 5 2 22.483 0.344 0.510
49 Gene Tenace SLN C 34 1.5 1.0 58 174 30 7 0 5 38 0 0 24.809 0.416 0.403
50 Joe Nolan CIN C 30 1.5 1.0 81 264 73 18 1 1 24 1 2 32.117 0.371 0.407

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 Carlton PHI 36 5.8 5.1 24 24 190.00 13 4 10 0 59 62 179 47.34 2.42 1.13 8.48
2 Nolan Ryan HOU 34 5.3 5.2 21 21 149.00 11 5 5 0 34 68 140 47.17 1.69 1.12 8.46
3 Fernando Valenzuela LAN 20 4.9 4.7 25 25 192.33 13 7 11 0 55 61 180 48.03 2.48 1.05 8.42
4 Bob Knepper HOU 27 4.3 4.0 22 22 156.67 9 5 6 0 41 38 75 38.99 2.18 1.06 4.31
5 Tom Seaver CIN 36 4.1 4.0 23 23 166.33 14 2 6 0 51 66 87 36.23 2.54 1.12 4.71
6 Don Sutton HOU 36 3.6 3.2 23 23 158.67 11 9 6 0 51 29 104 32.66 2.61 1.01 5.90
7 Jerry Reuss LAN 32 3.6 3.3 22 22 152.67 10 4 8 0 44 27 51 35.93 2.30 1.08 3.01
8 Burt Hooton LAN 31 3.5 3.4 23 23 142.33 11 6 5 0 42 33 74 34.19 2.28 1.10 4.68
9 Rick Camp ATL 28 3.3 3.0 48 0 76.00 9 3 0 17 17 12 47 26.76 1.78 1.05 5.57
10 Bill Gullickson MON 22 3.2 2.8 22 22 157.33 7 9 3 0 54 34 115 30.51 2.80 1.12 6.58
11 Doyle Alexander SFN 30 3.0 2.7 24 24 152.33 11 7 1 0 51 44 77 24.22 2.90 1.31 4.55
12 Vida Blue SFN 31 2.9 2.9 18 18 124.67 8 6 1 0 40 54 63 23.81 2.45 1.21 4.55
13 Mario Soto CIN 24 2.8 1.7 25 25 175.00 12 9 10 0 69 61 151 24.70 3.29 1.16 7.77
14 Joe Niekro HOU 36 2.7 2.4 24 24 166.00 9 9 5 0 60 47 77 23.85 2.82 1.19 4.17
15 Gary Lucas SDN 26 2.6 2.5 57 0 90.00 7 7 0 13 26 36 53 21.40 2.00 1.27 5.30
16 Jim Bibby PIT 36 2.6 2.5 14 14 93.67 6 3 2 0 30 26 48 20.95 2.50 1.12 4.61
17 Bruce Sutter SLN 28 2.5 2.3 48 0 82.33 3 5 0 25 24 24 57 20.03 2.62 1.07 6.23
18 Scott Sanderson MON 24 2.4 2.3 22 22 137.33 9 7 4 0 50 31 77 22.78 2.95 1.11 5.05
19 Eddie Solomon PIT 30 2.4 1.9 22 17 127.00 8 6 2 1 49 27 38 19.27 3.12 1.26 2.69
20 Phil Niekro ATL 42 2.4 1.3 22 22 139.33 7 7 3 0 56 56 62 19.10 3.10 1.26 4.00
21 Al Holland SFN 28 2.4 2.2 47 3 100.67 7 5 0 7 31 44 78 19.09 2.41 1.30 6.97
22 Rick Mahler ATL 27 2.2 1.8 34 14 112.33 8 6 1 2 41 43 54 17.97 2.80 1.35 4.33
23 Bob Forsch SLN 31 2.1 1.6 20 20 124.33 10 5 1 0 47 29 41 16.83 3.19 1.09 2.97
24 Steve Rogers MON 31 2.0 1.4 22 22 160.67 12 8 7 0 64 41 87 19.16 3.42 1.18 4.87
25 Jeff Reardon 2 teams 25 1.9 1.8 43 0 70.33 3 0 0 8 17 21 49 18.03 2.18 0.98 6.27
26 Joe Sambito HOU 29 1.9 1.8 49 0 63.67 5 5 0 10 17 22 41 17.16 1.84 1.02 5.80
27 Lary Sorensen SLN 25 1.8 1.0 23 23 140.33 7 7 3 0 59 26 52 14.90 3.27 1.25 3.33
28 Kent Tekulve PIT 34 1.8 1.7 45 0 65.00 5 5 0 3 19 17 34 14.59 2.49 1.20 4.71
29 Ray Burris MON 30 1.7 1.6 22 21 135.67 9 7 4 0 56 41 52 16.03 3.05 1.16 3.45
30 Pete Falcone NYN 27 1.7 1.6 35 9 95.33 5 3 3 1 32 36 56 15.68 2.55 1.26 5.29
31 Vern Ruhle HOU 30 1.6 1.8 20 15 102.00 4 6 1 1 36 20 39 14.27 2.91 1.15 3.44
32 Mike Krukow CHN 29 1.5 1.1 25 25 144.33 9 9 2 0 68 55 101 12.54 3.68 1.39 6.30
33 Greg Minton SFN 29 1.5 1.2 55 0 84.33 4 5 0 21 28 36 29 12.43 2.88 1.42 3.09
34 Andy Rincon SLN 22 1.5 1.5 5 5 35.67 3 1 1 0 8 5 13 11.90 1.77 0.90 3.28
35 Al Hrabosky ATL 31 1.5 1.4 24 0 33.67 1 1 0 1 5 9 13 11.79 1.07 0.98 3.48
36 Bob Welch LAN 24 1.4 1.2 23 23 141.33 9 5 2 0 56 41 88 13.36 3.44 1.29 5.60
37 Bill Lee MON 34 1.3 1.6 31 7 88.67 5 6 0 6 33 14 34 12.67 2.94 1.17 3.45
38 Gaylord Perry ATL 42 1.3 1.3 23 23 150.67 8 9 3 0 70 24 60 10.40 3.94 1.37 3.58
39 John Martin SLN 25 1.3 1.3 17 15 102.67 8 5 4 0 43 26 36 10.27 3.42 1.08 3.16
40 Tug McGraw PHI 36 1.3 1.2 34 0 44.00 2 4 0 10 13 14 26 10.17 2.66 1.11 5.32
41 Dave Smith HOU 26 1.3 1.2 42 0 75.00 5 3 0 8 26 23 52 11.25 2.76 1.03 6.24
42 Gene Garber ATL 33 1.2 1.1 35 0 58.67 4 6 0 2 23 20 34 10.02 2.61 1.18 5.22
43 Fred Breining SFN 25 1.2 1.0 45 1 77.67 5 2 0 1 28 38 37 9.98 2.55 1.34 4.29
44 Rick Reuschel CHN 32 1.2 0.8 13 13 85.67 4 7 1 0 40 23 53 9.50 3.47 1.28 5.57
45 Larry Christenson PHI 27 1.1 0.6 20 15 106.67 4 7 0 1 48 30 70 9.09 3.54 1.29 5.91
46 Joe Price CIN 24 1.1 1.0 41 0 53.67 6 1 0 4 19 18 41 9.98 2.52 1.12 6.88
47 Ed Lynch NYN 25 1.1 1.0 17 13 80.33 4 5 0 0 32 21 27 10.29 2.91 1.24 3.02
48 Neil Allen NYN 23 1.1 1.2 43 0 66.67 7 6 0 18 26 26 50 10.20 2.97 1.35 6.75
49 Steve Howe LAN 23 1.1 1.1 41 0 54.00 5 3 0 8 17 18 32 10.90 2.50 1.28 5.33
50 Bruce Berenyi CIN 26 1.1 0.8 21 20 126.00 9 6 5 0 55 77 106 9.41 3.50 1.38 7.57

Fielding WAR Leaders

Player Name Team Age Fielding WAR G Inn PO A E DP Def Runs Saved
POS Rank
C 1 Bruce Benedict ATL 25 1.8 90.0 773.0 404.0 73.0 7.0 7.0 18.136
2 Gary Carter MON 27 1.6 100.0 861.0 509.0 58.0 4.0 11.0 12.607
3 Alan Ashby HOU 29 1.3 81.0 672.0 434.0 58.0 9.0 6.0 11.313
4 Tony Peña PIT 24 1.0 64.0 505.7 286.0 41.0 5.0 10.0 10.267
5 Mike Sadek SFN 35 0.8 19.0 123.0 79.0 15.0 2.0 2.0 7.805
6 Jody Davis CHN 24 0.7 56.0 474.3 274.0 44.0 9.0 4.0 7.052
7 Matt Sinatro ATL 21 0.6 12.0 91.0 56.0 10.0 0.0 1.0 6.148
8 Alex Trevino NYN 23 0.5 45.0 333.0 211.0 22.0 9.0 1.0 4.304
1B 1 Chris Chambliss ATL 32 2.8 107.0 949.0 1046.0 94.0 4.0 83.0 27.379
2 Keith Hernandez SLN 27 2.2 98.0 873.7 1054.0 86.0 3.0 99.0 21.577
3 Cesar Cedeno HOU 30 1.1 46.0 384.0 428.0 27.0 4.0 27.0 9.214
4 Enos Cabell SFN 31 0.8 69.0 602.0 620.0 63.0 9.0 56.0 7.465
5 Warren Cromartie MON 27 0.7 62.0 514.0 488.0 32.0 4.0 38.0 5.499
6 Mike Ivie 2 teams 28 0.6 15.0 114.3 113.0 15.0 1.0 7.0 4.774
7 Dave Bergman 2 teams 28 0.4 34.0 227.3 235.0 25.0 2.0 21.0 3.783
8 Danny Heep HOU 23 0.3 22.0 185.7 198.0 9.0 2.0 12.0 2.811
2B 1 Tom Herr SLN 25 1.3 103.0 925.0 211.0 374.0 5.0 74.0 12.945
2 Doug Flynn NYN 30 1.1 100.0 798.0 220.0 301.0 7.0 58.0 8.698
3 Manny Trillo PHI 30 0.9 94.0 788.7 245.0 286.0 7.0 61.0 8.869
4 Joe Strain CHN 27 0.6 20.0 154.3 38.0 81.0 3.0 10.0 5.801
5 Steve Dillard CHN 30 0.6 32.0 221.3 54.0 96.0 4.0 21.0 5.572
6 Ron Oester CIN 25 0.6 103.0 874.7 202.0 328.0 11.0 61.0 5.521
7 Johnny Ray PIT 24 0.5 31.0 237.0 52.0 96.0 2.0 22.0 5.028
8 Glenn Hubbard ATL 23 0.4 98.0 872.3 188.0 344.0 5.0 50.0 4.274
3B 1 Mike Schmidt PHI 31 2.6 101.0 849.3 74.0 249.0 15.0 20.0 25.436
2 Ken Oberkfell SLN 25 1.7 102.0 906.3 77.0 246.0 15.0 23.0 16.545
3 Art Howe HOU 34 1.0 98.0 840.7 52.0 206.0 9.0 16.0 8.840
4 Ron Cey LAN 33 0.9 84.0 754.0 71.0 184.0 16.0 15.0 7.376
5 Darrell Evans SFN 34 0.9 87.0 758.3 74.0 187.0 13.0 10.0 8.444
6 Luis Salazar SDN 25 0.8 94.0 766.0 63.0 189.0 12.0 16.0 8.272
7 Ken Reitz CHN 30 0.6 81.0 667.3 57.0 157.0 5.0 11.0 5.814
8 Pedro Guerrero LAN 25 0.6 21.0 167.7 14.0 51.0 7.0 5.0 4.649
SS 1 Ozzie Smith SDN 26 2.8 110.0 986.3 220.0 422.0 16.0 72.0 27.791
2 Garry Templeton SLN 25 1.4 76.0 657.7 160.0 272.0 18.0 54.0 13.752
3 Bill Russell LAN 32 1.1 80.0 669.7 128.0 261.0 14.0 49.0 8.918
4 Ivan de Jesus CHN 28 0.8 106.0 947.0 221.0 343.0 24.0 81.0 7.816
5 Mike Ramsey SLN 27 0.6 35.0 271.3 52.0 118.0 6.0 20.0 6.208
6 Dave Concepcion CIN 33 0.4 106.0 930.0 208.0 322.0 22.0 71.0 3.498
7 Tim Foli PIT 30 0.3 81.0 700.0 140.0 247.0 14.0 52.0 2.498
8 Doug Flynn NYN 30 0.2 5.0 39.0 9.0 18.0 0.0 3.0 1.811
LF 1 Jose Cruz HOU 33 0.5 104.0 929.0 233.0 5.0 4.0 2.0 4.601
2 Larry Herndon SFN 27 0.4 83.0 709.3 182.0 7.0 5.0 0.0 4.201
3 Mike Easler PIT 30 0.3 73.0 610.0 151.0 12.0 3.0 2.0 3.336
4 George Foster CIN 32 0.3 108.0 962.7 223.0 8.0 2.0 1.0 2.826
5 Rufino Linares ATL 30 0.2 61.0 482.7 124.0 6.0 5.0 1.0 2.201
6 Lee Lacy PIT 33 0.2 33.0 213.0 63.0 3.0 3.0 0.0 2.110
7 Brett Butler ATL 24 0.2 26.0 187.3 51.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 1.871
8 Terry Harper ATL 25 0.1 9.0 55.0 20.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.378
CF 1 Andre Dawson MON 26 1.0 103.0 898.0 324.0 10.0 7.0 2.0 8.396
2 Mookie Wilson NYN 25 0.8 68.0 588.0 211.0 3.0 3.0 2.0 6.536
3 Omar Moreno PIT 28 0.7 103.0 922.0 306.0 7.0 1.0 2.0 7.164
4 Garry Maddox PHI 31 0.6 93.0 750.0 252.0 8.0 6.0 4.0 6.359
5 Ruppert Jones SDN 26 0.6 104.0 927.0 294.0 9.0 3.0 3.0 5.608
6 Ken Griffey CIN 31 0.3 98.0 839.7 260.0 5.0 2.0 1.0 3.160
7 Jeffrey Leonard SFN 25 0.2 20.0 160.0 56.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.837
8 Tito Landrum SLN 26 0.2 6.0 40.7 21.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.585
RF 1 Joe Lefebvre SDN 25 0.5 83.0 641.7 162.0 5.0 1.0 2.0 5.071
2 Terry Puhl HOU 24 0.3 71.0 613.0 143.0 5.0 0.0 1.0 2.700
3 Warren Cromartie MON 27 0.3 38.0 325.0 83.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 2.174
4 Dave Edwards SDN 27 0.2 40.0 205.3 54.0 6.0 1.0 2.0 2.119
5 Dave Collins CIN 28 0.2 92.0 719.7 168.0 6.0 5.0 2.0 1.762
6 Pedro Guerrero LAN 25 0.2 70.0 595.0 136.0 3.0 3.0 0.0 1.333
7 Greg Gross PHI 28 0.1 38.0 144.3 36.0 7.0 1.0 2.0 1.383
8 Mike Jorgensen NYN 32 0.1 15.0 109.7 29.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.081