World Series 1981
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Period: | October 20 - October 28, 1981 | |||||||||
MVP: | Ron Cey , Pedro Guerrero and Steve Yeager (Los Angeles) | |||||||||
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The 1981 World Series was the 78th edition of the finals of Major League Baseball . The American League champions , the New York Yankees , and the National League champions , the Los Angeles Dodgers , faced each other. The Best-Of-Seven series started on October 20 and ended on October 28, 1981. Winner after six games were the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-2, who could win their fifth World Series .
The series' MVP was awarded to three players for the first time in World Series history , namely Ron Cey , Pedro Guerrero and Steve Yeager of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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The 1981 MLB season took place in two halves, so that a division series was introduced for the postseason, in which the two division winners of the half series faced each other. Subsequently, the winners of the Division Series determined the winner of the AL and the NL , which then met in the World Series.
The staging of the season in two halves was neither popular with the teams nor with the fans, as, for example, the Cincinnati Reds, as the best team in the West Division of the NL, could not take part in the postseason.
The way to the World Series
Division Series | League Championship Series | World Series | |||||||||||
East 1 | New York Yankees | 3 | |||||||||||
East 2 | Milwaukee Brewers | 2 | |||||||||||
East | New York Yankees | 3 | |||||||||||
west | Oakland Athletics | 0 | |||||||||||
West 1 | Oakland Athletics | 3 | |||||||||||
West 2 | Kansas City Royals | 0 | |||||||||||
AL | New York Yankees | 2 | |||||||||||
NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 4th | |||||||||||
East 1 | Philadelphia Phillies | 2 | |||||||||||
East 2 | Montreal Expos | 3 | |||||||||||
East | Montreal Expos | 2 | |||||||||||
west | Los Angeles Dodgers | 3 | |||||||||||
West 1 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 3 | |||||||||||
West 2 | Houston Astros | 2 |
Overview of the games
game | date | guest | Score | home | Score | Total status
(LAD-NYY) |
Ball park | spectator |
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1 | 20th October 1981 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 3 | New York Yankees | 5 | 0-1 | Yankee Stadium | 56,470 |
2 | October 21, 1981 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 0 | New York Yankees | 3 | 0-2 | Yankee Stadium | 56.505 |
3 | October 23, 1981 | New York Yankees | 4th | Los Angeles Dodgers | 5 | 1-2 | Dodger Stadium | 56,236 |
4th | October 24, 1981 | New York Yankees | 7th | Los Angeles Dodgers | 8th | 2–2 | Dodger Stadium | 56,242 |
5 | October 25, 1981 | New York Yankees | 1 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 2 | 3–2 | Dodger Stadium | 56,115 |
6th | October 28, 1981 1 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 9 | New York Yankees | 2 | 4-2 | Yankee Stadium | 56,513 |
The games in detail
Game 1
Tuesday October 20, 1981 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx , New York City
team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | R. | H | E. |
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Los Angeles Dodgers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
New York Yankees | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 6th | 0 |
WP : Ron Guidry (1–0) LP : Jerry Reuss (0–1) SV : Goose Gossage (1)
HRs : LAD - Steve Yeager (1) NYY - Bob Watson (1)Game 2
Wednesday October 21, 1981 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York City
team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | R. | H | E. |
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Los Angeles Dodgers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4th | 2 |
New York Yankees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 3 | 6th | 1 |
WP : Tommy John (1–0) LP : Burt Hooton (0–1) SV : Goose Gossage (2)
Game 3
Friday October 23, 1981 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles , California
team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | R. | H | E. |
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New York Yankees | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4th | 9 | 0 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 11 | 1 |
WP : Fernando Valenzuela (1–0) LP : George Frazier (0–1)
HRs : NYY - Bob Watson (2), Rick Cerone (1) LAD - Ron Cey (1)Game 4
Saturday October 24, 1981 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California
team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | R. | H | E. |
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New York Yankees | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7th | 13 | 1 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | X | 8th | 14th | 2 |
WP : Steve Howe (1–0) LP : George Frazier (0–2)
HRs : NYY - Willie Randolph (1), Reggie Jackson (1) LAD - Jay Johnstone (1)Game 5
Sunday October 25, 1981 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California
team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | R. | H | E. |
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New York Yankees | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 2 | 4th | 3 |
Game 6
Wednesday October 28, 1981 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York City
team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | R. | H | E. |
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Los Angeles Dodgers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4th | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 1 |
New York Yankees | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7th | 2 |
WP : Burt Hooton (1–1) LP : George Frazier (0–3) SV : Steve Howe (1)
HRs : LAD - Pedro Guerrero (2) NYY - Willie Randolph (2)