1981 Los Angeles Dodgers
World Series Champions
National League Champions
National League West Co-Champions
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkDodger Stadium
CityLos Angeles
OwnersPeter O'Malley
General managersAl Campanis
ManagersTommy Lasorda
TelevisionKTTV (11)
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter
ONTV
Geoff Witcher, Al Downing
RadioKABC
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter
KTNQ
Jaime Jarrín, Rudy Hoyos
Seasons

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 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.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 6642 0.611 — 32–22 34–20
Los Angeles Dodgers 6347 0.573 4 33–23 30–24
Houston Astros 6149 0.555 6 31–20 30–29
San Francisco Giants 5655 0.505 11½ 29–24 27–31
Atlanta Braves 5056 0.472 15 22–27 28–29
San Diego Padres 4169 0.373 26 20–35 21–34
NL West
First Half Standings		 W L Pct. GB
Los Angeles Dodgers3621.632—
Cincinnati Reds3521.6251⁄2
Houston Astros2829.4918
Atlanta Braves2529.4639+1⁄2
San Francisco Giants2732.45810
San Diego Padres2333.41112+1⁄2
NL West
Second Half Standings		 W L Pct. GB
Houston Astros3320.623—
Cincinnati Reds3121.5961+1⁄2
San Francisco Giants2923.5583+1⁄2
Los Angeles Dodgers2726.5096
Atlanta Braves2527.4817+1⁄2
San Diego Padres1836.33315+1⁄2

Record vs. opponents

1981 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta—3–2–16–54–87–73–73–34–52–39–65–74–3
Chicago2–3–1—1–51–66–44–75–8–12–104–103–35–55–4–1
Cincinnati5–65–1—8–48–85–47–35–24–210–29–50–5
Houston8–46–14–8—4–85–26–34–62–411–39–62–4
Los Angeles 7–74–68–88–4—5–25–13–35–16–57–55–5
Montreal7–37–44–52–52–5—9–37–410–34–22–56–9
New York3–38–5–13–73–61–53–9—7–73–6–12–52–46–5
Philadelphia5-410–22–56–43–34–77–7—7–54–24–37–6
Pittsburgh3–210–42–44–21–53–106–3–15–7—6–43–73–8
San Diego6–93–32–103–115–62–45–22–44–6—6–73–7
San Francisco7–55–55–96–95–75–24–23–47–37–6—2–3
St. Louis3–44–5–15–04–25–59–65–66–78–37–33–2—

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day starters
NamePosition
Davey LopesSecond baseman
Ken LandreauxCenter fielder
Dusty BakerLeft fielder
Steve GarveyFirst baseman
Ron CeyThird baseman
Pedro GuerreroRight fielder
Mike SciosciaCatcher
Bill RussellShortstop
Fernando ValenzuelaStarting pitcher

Roster

1981 Los Angeles Dodgers

Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

Regular season Game log

First half

1981 regular season game log: 36–21 (Home: 17–8; Away: 19–13)
April: 14–5 (Home: 7–3; Away: 7–2)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBox
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1April 9AstrosW 2–0Valenzuela (1–0)Niekro (0–1)–50,5111–0
2April 11AstrosW 7–4Hooton (1–0)Sutton (0–1)–51,6912–0
3April 12AstrosW 3–2Sutcliffe (1–0)Ruhle (0–1)Howe (1)50,7343–0
4April 13@ GiantsW 4–3Stewart (1–0)Ripley (0–1)Castillo (1)20,6984–0
5April 14@ GiantsW 7–1Valenzuela (2–0)Blue (0–1)–23,7905–0
6April 15@ GiantsW 4–2Hooton (2–0)Whitson (0–1)Castillo (2)20,7756–0
7April 17@ PadresL 2–3 (10)Lollar (1–0)Howe (0–1)–26,1576–1
8April 18@ PadresW 2–0Valenzuela (3–0)Wise (0–2)–19,7767–1
9April 19@ PadresW 6–1Welch (1–0)Curtis (0–2)Castillo (3)11,4988–1
10April 20@ AstrosW 5–2Hooton (3–0)Andújar (0–1)Goltz (1)21,7309–1
11April 21@ AstrosL 0–1Knepper (1–0)Reuss (0–1)–21,9049–2
12April 22@ AstrosW 1–0Valenzuela (4–0)Sutton (0–3)–22,83010–2
13April 23PadresW 3–1Sutcliffe (2–0)Wise (0–3)Howe (2)35,02711–2
14April 24PadresL 5–6Lucas (2–1)Castillo (0–1)Lollar (1)49,25611–3
15April 25PadresW 2–1 (11)Howe (1–1)Littlefield (0–1)–44,98512–3
16April 26PadresW 3–2Reuss (1–1)Lucas (2–2)–50,53313–3
17April 27GiantsW 5–0Valenzuela (5–0)Griffin (1–2)–49,47814–3
18April 28GiantsL 1–6Ripley (1–2)Sutcliffe (2–1)–39,89914–4
19April 29GiantsL 2–3Blue (2–2)Welch (1–1)Minton (3)39,11014–5
May: 19–10 (Home: 9–3; Away: 10–7)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBox
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20May 1@ ExposL 8–9 (13)Lee (1–0)Castillo (0–2)–28,17914–6
21May 2@ ExposW 4–0Reuss (2–1)Sanderson (3–1)–22,82015–6
22May 3@ ExposW 6–1 (10)Valenzuela (6–0)Gullickson (1–2)–46,40516–6
23May 4@ ExposL 3–4Rogers (3–1)Sutcliffe (2–2)Sosa (2)21,52716–7
24May 5@ PhilliesL 7–8Lyle (2–1)Castillo (0–3)–27,24116–8
25May 6@ PhilliesW 2–1Hooton (4–0)Espinosa (1–2)–25,85017–8
26May 7@ PhilliesW 2–1Reuss (3–1)Bystrom (2–1)–29,25918–8
27May 8@ MetsW 1–0Valenzuela (7–0)Scott (1–3)–39,84819–8
28May 9@ MetsL 4–7Allen (2–0)Castillo (1–3)Reardon (1)16,77619–9
29May 10@ MetsW 5–3Welch (2–1)Jones (0–5)Howe (3)12,10220–9
30May 12ExposW 5–0Hooton (5–0)Burris (2–3)Howe (4)34,36721–9
31May 13ExposW 8–6Howe (2–1)Fryman (2–1)–42,71222–9
32May 14ExposW 3–2Valenzuela (8–0)Ratzer (1–1)–53,90623–9
33May 15MetsW 6–5Howe (3–1)Allen (2–1)–49,86024–9
34May 16MetsW 9–0Hooton (6–0)Roberts (0–3)–51,00025–9
35May 17MetsW 6–1Reuss (4–1)Zachry (3–5)–50,74626–9
36May 18PhilliesL 0–4Bystrom (3–2)Valenzuela (8–1)–52,43926–10
37May 19PhilliesL 2–3Ruthven (6–1)Welch (2–2)–43,81226–11
38May 20PhilliesW 3–2 (10)Howe (4–1)McGraw (1–4)–50,91727–11
39May 22@ RedsW 4–2 (12)Stewart (2–0)Bair (1–1)–27,94328–11
40May 23@ RedsW 9–6 (10)Stewart (3–0)Moskau (1–1)Castillo (4)40,92829–11
41May 24@ RedsL 2–3Moskau (2–1)Welch (2–3)Price (1)–29–12
42May 24@ RedsW 10–3Castillo (1–4)Berenyi (4–2)–36,11330–12
43May 25@ BravesW 7–1Hooton (7–0)Walk (1–4)Castillo (5)11,91131–12
44May 27@ BravesL 2–3Camp (5–1)Howe (4–2)–17,58131–13
45May 28@ BravesL 4–9Perry (4–3)Valenzuela (8–2)–26,59731–14
46May 29RedsW 5–2Welch (3–3)LaCoss (2–5)Howe (5)45,74932–14
47May 30RedsL 1–9Pastore (2–2)Hooton (7–1)–43,58232–15
48May 31RedsW 16–4Goltz (1–0)Soto (4–6)–46,41133–15
June: 3–6 (Home: 1–2; Away: 2–4)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBox
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49June 1BravesW 5–2Valenzuela (9–2)Boggs (1–8)–49,13634–15
50June 2BravesL 1–3 (10)Perry (5–3)Stewart (3–1)Camp (6)37,44834–16
51June 3BravesL 2–4Niekro (4–3)Hooton (7–2)Camp (7)42,64934–17
52June 5@ CubsL 3–4Reuschel (3–7)Reuss (4–2)Tidrow (4)7,81534–18
53June 6@ CubsL 5–11McGlothen (1–3)Valenzuela (9–3)30,55634–19
54June 7@ CubsW 7–0Welch (4–3)Martz (2–5)–20,02435–19
55June 9@ CardinalsL 1–6Forsch (6–2)Hooton (7–3)Sutter (10)19,65435–20
56June 10@ CardinalsW 4–1Reuss (5–2)Sorensen (5–5)–17,77936–20
57June 11@ CardinalsL 1–2Martínez (2–4)Valenzuela (9–4)Sutter (11)39,25036–21
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Dodgers team member

Second half

1981 regular season game log: 27–26 (Home: 16–15; Away: 11–11)
August: 12–9 (Home: 6–6; Away: 6–3)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBox
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–August 91981 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland
58August 10RedsW 4–0Reuss (6–2)Pastore (3–3)Howe (6)35,12037–21
59August 11RedsL 6–7Brown (1–0)Forster (0–1)Hume (6)45,81737–22
60August 12RedsW 8–5Stewart (4–1)Seaver (7–2)Howe (7)36,49438–22
61August 13BravesL 1–9Boggs (2–10)Hooton (7–4)Garber (1)27,41838–23
62August 14BravesW 5–0Goltz (2–0)Montefusco (1–3)Peña (1)35,59239–23
63August 15BravesL 4–6Bedrosian (1–0)Reuss (6–3)Hrabosky (1)40,51039–24
64August 16BravesW 6–5Niedenfuer (1–0)Bedrosian (1–1)Stewart (1)50,34040–24
65August 17@ CubsL 1–3Bird (2–0)Welch (4–4)–10,15340–25
66August 18@ CubsW 5–0Hooton (8–4)Griffin (0–1)–15,97341–25
67August 19@ CubsL 3–4Krukow (4–6)Goltz (2–1)Martz (2)26,86041–26
68August 21@ CardinalsW 4–0Reuss (7–3)Andújar (3–4)–33,37542–26
69August 22@ CardinalsW 3–2Valenzuela (10–4)Forsch (7–3)Stewart (2)38,75143–26
70August 23@ CardinalsL 7–11Shirley (5–3)Welch (4–5)Sutter (15)18,18943–27
71August 24@ PiratesW 3–0Hooton (9–4)Jones (1–1)–12,30844–27
72August 25@ PiratesW 9–7 (11)Peña (1–0)Tekulve (4–5)Niedenfuer (1)16,77045–27
73August 26@ PiratesW 16–6Reuss (8–3)Rhoden (7–2)–11,14446–27
74August 27CubsW 6–0Valenzuela (11–4)Martz (4–6)–48,19147–27
75August 28CubsW 6–1Welch (5–5)Krukow (4–7)Stewart (3)42,16048–27
76August 29CubsL 1–3Griffin (1–1)Hooton (9–5)Smith (1)47,42448–28
77August 30CubsL 1–2Bird (3–1)Goltz (2–2)Tidrow (7)34,28448–29
78August 31PiratesL 4–5 (10)Jones (2–1)Stewart (4–2)D. Robinson (1)35,86248–30
September: 13–15 (Home: 8–7; Away: 5–8)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBox
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79September 1PiratesW 3–2 (14)Niedenfuer (2–0)Jones (2–2)–50,13449–30
80September 2PiratesW 6–2Welch (6–5)Long (0–1)Peña (2)32,02750–30
81September 3CardinalsL 3–5Littell (1–1)Howe (4–3)Sutter (19)30,12250–31
82September 4CardinalsL 2–7Martin (5–2)Goltz (2–3)–48,11450–32
83September 5CardinalsW 4–3 (11)Niedenfuer (3–0)Kaat (6–3)–36,05851–32
84September 6CardinalsW 5–0Valenzuela (12–4)Forsch (7–5)–46,78052–32
85September 7GiantsW 5–1Welch (7–5)Whitson (5–7)Niedenfuer (2)49,56153–32
86September 8GiantsW 4–0Hooton (10–5)Alexander (8–6)Stewart (4)31,70254–32
87September 9GiantsL 3–6 (11)Holland (6–4)Niedenfuer (3–1)–31,48254–33
88September 11@ RedsL 2–3 (10)Price (5–1)Peña (1–1)–25,23754–34
89September 12@ RedsL 5–6 (11)LaCoss (4–7)Power (0–1)–34,09054–35
90September 13@ RedsW 4–2Castillo (2–4)Pastore (3–7)Stewart (5)27,85855–35
91September 14@ PadresW 10–5Power (1–1)Show (0–2)–7,24356–35
92September 15@ PadresL 2–8Eichelberger (8–6)Goltz (2–4)–9,92756–36
93September 16BravesW 3–2Reuss (9–3)Perry (7–7)Howe (8)19,90557–36
94September 17BravesW 2–0Valenzuela (13–4)Mahler (5–6)–46,16858–36
95September 18RedsL 4–5Price (6–1)Stewart (4–3)Hume (10)44,25858–37
96September 19RedsL 3–7Edelen (2–0)Hooton (10–6)–48,35258–38
97September 20RedsL 1–5Soto (9–9)Power (1–2)–39,56058–39
98September 22@ GiantsL 2–5Whitson (6–8)Valenzuela (13–5)Minton (17)28,04658–40
99September 23@ GiantsL 4–8Lavelle (1–6)Goltz (2–5)Breining (1)13,05858–41
100September 24@ GiantsW 7–3Welch (8–5)Griffin (8–8)–12,72659–41
101September 25@ AstrosW 3–0Hooton (11–6)Ruhle (4–5)–35,48160–41
102September 26@ AstrosL 0–5Ryan (10–5)Power (1–3)–32,11560–42
103September 27@ AstrosL 1–4Sutton (11–8)Valenzuela (13–6)–41,68660–43
104September 28@ BravesL 1–2Mahler (7–6)Reuss (9–4)Camp (16)2,34860–44
105September 29@ BravesW 5–3Howe (5–3)Garber (4–6)Stewart (6)2,15061–44
106September 30PadresL 0–2Boone (1–0)Goltz (2–6)Lucas (13)19,46761–45
October: 2–2 (Home: 2–2; Away: 0–0)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBox
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107October 1PadresL 0–1Kuhaulua (1–0)Valenzuela (13–7)Show (3)38,26761–46
108October 2AstrosW 6–1Reuss (10–4)Sutton (11–9)–46,10862–46
109October 3AstrosW 7–2Welch (9–5)Niekro (9–9)–42,27263–46
110October 4AstrosL 3–5Smith (5–3)Goltz (2–7)–47,07263–47
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Dodgers team member

Postseason Game log

1981 Postseason Game Log: 10–6 (Home: 7–1; Away: 3–5)
NL Division Series: vs. Houston Astros 3–2 (Home: 3–0; Away: 0–2)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceSeriesBox
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1October 6@ AstrosL 1–3Ryan (1–0)Stewart (0–1)–44,8360–1
2October 7@ AstrosL 0–1 (11)Sambito (1–0)Stewart (0–2)–42,3980–2
3October 9AstrosW 6–1Hooton (1–0)Knepper (0–1)–46,8201–2
4October 10AstrosW 2–1Valenzuela (1–0)Ruhle (0–1–55,9832–2
5October 11AstrosW 4–0Reuss (1–0)Ryan (1–1)–55,9793–2
NL Championship Series: vs. Montreal Expos 3–2 (Home: 1–1; Away: 2–1)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceSeriesBox
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1October 13ExposW 5–1Hooton (1–0)Gullickson (0–1)–51,2731–0
2October 14ExposL 0–3Burris (1–0)Valenzuela (0–1)–53,4631–1
3October 16@ ExposL 1–4Rogers (1–0)Reuss (0–1)–54,3721–2
4October 17@ ExposW 7–1Hooton (2–0)Gullickson (0–2)–54,4992–2
–October 18@ ExposPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: October 19)
5October 19@ ExposW 2–1Valenzuela (1–1)Rogers (1–1)Welch (1)36,4913–2
World Series: vs. New York Yankees 4–2 (Home: 3–0; Away: 1–2)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceSeriesBox
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1October 20@ YankeesL 3–5Guidry (1–0)Reuss (0–1)Gossage (1)56,4700–1
2October 21@ YankeesL 0–3John (1–0)Hooton (0–1)Gossage (2)56,5050–2
3October 23YankeesW 5–4Valenzuela (1–0)Frazier (0–1)–56,2361–2
4October 24YankeesW 8–7Howe (1–0)Frazier (0–2)–56,2422–2
5October 25YankeesW 2–1Reuss (1–1)Ron Guidry (1–1)–56,1153–2
–October 27@ YankeesPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: October 28)
6October 28@ YankeesW 9–2Hooton (1–1)Frazier (0–3)Howe (1)56,5134–2
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Dodgers team member

Starting pitchers stats

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

NameGGSIPERAW/LBBSOCG
Fernando Valenzuela 2525192.12.4813-76118011
Burt Hooton 2323142.12.2811-633745
Bob Welch2323141.13.449-541882
Jerry Reuss 2222152.22.3010-427518

Relief pitchers stats

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

NameGGSIPERAW/LBBSOSV
Steve Howe41054.02.505-318328
Bobby Castillo34150.25.332-418325
Dave Stewart32043.12.494-314296
Terry Forster21030.24.110-115170
Dave Goltz26877.04.092-725481
Rick Sutcliffe14647.04.022-220160
Tom Niedenfuer17026.03.813-16122
Alejandro Peña14025.12.841-111142
Ted Power5214.13.141-3770

Batting stats

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

NamePosGABAvg.RHHRRBISB
Mike Scioscia C93290.27627802290
Steve YeagerC4286.209518370
Jerry GroteC22.00000000
Steve Garvey1B110431.2836312210643
Davey Lopes2B58214.289354451720
Bill RussellSS82262.23320610222
Ron Cey3B85312.288429013500
Derrel Thomas2B/3B/SS/OF80218.24825544247
Steve Sax2B31119.2771533295
Pepe FríasSS/2B/3B2536.25069030
Reggie Smith1B4135.20057180
Mike Marshall1B/3B/OF1425.20025010
Gary WeissSS1419.10522010
Jack Perconte2B89.22222011
Dusty BakerOF103400.3204812894910
Pedro GuerreroOF/3B/1B98347.3004610412485
Ken LandreauxOF99390.251489874118
Rick MondayOF66130.315244111251
Jay JohnstoneOF/1B6183.205817360
Ron RoenickeOF2247.234611001
Joe FergusonOF1714.14322010
Candy MaldonadoOF1112.09301000
Bobby MitchellOF105.12501000
Mark BradleyOF96.16721000

Postseason

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 000 010 000 120
Houston 000 100 002 380
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 000 000 000 00 091
Houston 000 000 000 01 190
W: Joe Sambito (1-0)  L: Dave Stewart (0-2)  
HRs: LA – none   HOU – none

Game 3

October 9, Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Houston 001 000 000 132
Los Angeles 300 003 00X 6100
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

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Houston 000 000 001 140
Los Angeles 000 010 10X 240
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

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Houston 000 000 000 053
Los Angeles 000 003 10X 472
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

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Montreal 000 000 001 190
Los Angeles 020 000 03X 580
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

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Montreal 020 001 000 3101
Los Angeles 000 000 000 051
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, Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles 000 100 000 170
Montreal 000 004 00X 471
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, Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles 001 000 024 7121
Montreal 000 100 000 151
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, Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles 000 010 001 260
Montreal 100 000 000 131
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

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles 000 010 020 350
New York 301 100 00X 560
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

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles 000 000 000 042
New York 000 010 02X 361
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

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 022 000 000 490
Los Angeles 300 020 00X 5111
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

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 211 002 010 7131
Los Angeles 002 013 20X 8142
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

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 010 000 000 150
Los Angeles 000 002 00X 243
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

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles 000 134 010 9131
New York 001 001 000 272
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

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Albuquerque Dukes Pacific Coast League Del Crandall
AA San Antonio Dodgers Texas League Don LeJohn
High A Lodi Dodgers California League Terry Collins
High A Vero Beach Dodgers Florida State League Stan Wasiak
Rookie Lethbridge Dodgers Pioneer League Gary LaRocque

Teams in BOLD won League Championships

Major League Baseball Draft

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.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Ken Landreaux Stats".
  2. ↑ Matt Reeves
  3. ↑ 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Regular Phase
  4. ↑ 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase
  5. ↑ 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
  6. ↑ 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase

References

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