1981 Los Angeles Dodgers Roster, Stats, and Awards

Record: 63–47 (.573), 2nd place (4 games behind) in National League West
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Regular Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1981 Alejandro Pena 14 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1981 Bill Russell 82 267 20 61 9 2 0 22 19 20 2 1 .228 .279 .277 .556
1981 Bob Welch 23 52 3 10 0 1 0 2 1 16 0 0 .192 .208 .231 .438
1981 Bobby Castillo 34 9 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .444 .444 .667 1.111
1981 Bobby Mitchell 10 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 .125 .222 .125 .347
1981 Burt Hooton 23 49 3 8 3 0 0 3 4 13 0 0 .163 .226 .224 .451
1981 Candy Maldonado 11 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 .083 .083 .083 .167
1981 Dave Stewart 32 5 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .400 .500 .800 1.300
1981 Dave Goltz 26 19 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 9 0 0 .053 .143 .053 .195
1981 Davey Lopes 58 218 35 44 2 0 5 17 22 35 20 2 .202 .284 .280 .564
1981 Derrel Thomas 80 225 25 54 4 0 4 24 25 23 7 2 .240 .313 .311 .625
1981 Dusty Baker 103 403 48 128 17 3 9 49 29 43 10 7 .318 .361 .442 .802
1981 Fernando Valenzuela 25 70 3 16 0 1 0 7 1 9 0 0 .229 .239 .257 .497
1981 Gary Weiss 14 19 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 .105 .143 .105 .248
1981 Jack Perconte 8 9 2 2 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 .222 .364 .444 .808
1981 Jay Johnstone 61 83 8 17 3 0 3 6 7 13 0 1 .205 .267 .349 .616
1981 Jerry Grote 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1981 Jerry Reuss 22 58 3 10 0 0 0 3 0 18 0 0 .172 .172 .172 .345
1981 Joe Ferguson 17 14 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 .143 .250 .214 .464
1981 Ken Landreaux 99 393 48 98 16 4 7 41 25 42 18 4 .249 .295 .364 .659
1981 Mark Bradley 9 6 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .167 .167 .333 .500
1981 Mike Marshall 14 25 2 5 3 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 .200 .259 .320 .579
1981 Mike Scioscia 93 294 27 80 10 0 2 29 36 18 0 2 .272 .349 .327 .676
1981 Pedro Guerrero 98 350 46 104 17 2 12 48 34 57 5 9 .297 .362 .460 .822
1981 Pepe Frias 25 36 6 9 1 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 .250 .282 .278 .560
1981 Reggie Smith 41 35 5 7 1 0 1 8 7 8 0 0 .200 .318 .314 .632
1981 Rick Sutcliffe 14 11 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 .182 .308 .182 .490
1981 Rick Monday 66 130 24 41 1 2 11 25 24 42 1 2 .315 .423 .608 1.031
1981 Ron Roenicke 22 48 6 11 0 0 0 0 6 8 1 1 .229 .315 .229 .544
1981 Ron Cey 85 313 42 90 15 2 13 50 40 55 0 2 .288 .370 .473 .843
1981 Steve Howe 41 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
1981 Steve Sax 31 120 15 33 2 0 2 9 7 14 5 7 .275 .315 .342 .657
1981 Steve Yeager 42 86 5 18 2 0 3 7 6 14 0 0 .209 .261 .337 .598
1981 Steve Garvey 110 432 63 122 23 1 10 64 25 49 3 5 .282 .321 .410 .731
1981 Ted Power 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1981 Terry Forster 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
– – 110 3,813 450 984 133 20 82 427 331 550 73 46 .258 .318 .368 .686

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1981 Alejandro Pena 14 25.1 1 1 2 0 0 18 8 8 11 0 14 0 0 0 0 2.84 1.14
1981 Bob Welch 23 141.1 9 5 0 0 0 141 56 54 41 3 88 23 0 2 1 3.44 1.29
1981 Bobby Castillo 34 50.2 2 4 5 0 0 50 31 30 24 0 35 1 0 0 0 5.33 1.46
1981 Burt Hooton 23 142.1 11 6 0 0 0 124 42 36 33 2 74 23 0 5 4 2.28 1.10
1981 Dave Stewart 32 43.1 4 3 6 0 0 40 13 12 14 0 29 0 0 0 0 2.49 1.25
1981 Dave Goltz 26 77.0 2 7 1 0 0 83 35 35 25 0 48 8 0 0 0 4.09 1.40
1981 Fernando Valenzuela 25 192.1 13 7 0 0 0 140 55 53 61 1 180 25 0 11 8 2.48 1.05
1981 Jerry Reuss 22 152.2 10 4 0 0 0 138 44 39 27 4 51 22 0 8 2 2.30 1.08
1981 Rick Sutcliffe 14 47.0 2 2 0 0 0 41 24 21 20 2 16 6 0 0 0 4.02 1.30
1981 Steve Howe 41 54.0 5 3 8 0 0 51 17 15 18 0 32 0 0 0 0 2.50 1.28
1981 Ted Power 5 14.1 1 3 0 0 0 16 6 5 7 1 7 2 0 0 0 3.14 1.60
1981 Terry Forster 21 30.2 0 1 0 0 0 37 14 14 15 0 17 0 0 0 0 4.11 1.70
1981 Tom Niedenfuer 17 26.0 3 1 2 0 0 25 11 11 6 1 12 0 0 0 0 3.81 1.19
– – 110 997.0 63 47 24 0 0 904 356 333 302 14 603 110 0 26 15 3.01 1.21

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1981 Alejandro Pena P 14 1 5 1 7 0 .857 0.43
1981 Bob Welch P 23 4 18 0 22 1 1.000 0.96
1981 Bobby Castillo P 34 3 4 0 7 1 1.000 0.21
1981 Burt Hooton P 23 4 18 0 22 2 1.000 0.96
1981 Dave Stewart P 32 4 7 0 11 0 1.000 0.34
1981 Dave Goltz P 26 6 14 0 20 1 1.000 0.77
1981 Fernando Valenzuela P 25 12 33 3 48 2 .937 1.80
1981 Jerry Reuss P 22 10 38 1 49 4 .980 2.18
1981 Rick Sutcliffe P 14 6 8 0 14 0 1.000 1.00
1981 Steve Howe P 41 1 5 0 6 0 1.000 0.15
1981 Ted Power P 5 1 0 1 2 0 .500 0.20
1981 Terry Forster P 21 0 11 0 11 0 1.000 0.52
1981 Tom Niedenfuer P 17 4 2 0 6 0 1.000 0.35
1981 Jerry Grote C 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0% 1.000 2.00
1981 Mike Scioscia C 91 493 48 7 548 4 65 36 35.6% .987 5.95
1981 Steve Yeager C 40 142 13 1 156 1 15 9 37.5% .994 3.87
1981 Jay Johnstone 1B 2 14 1 0 15 2 1.000 7.50
1981 Mike Marshall 1B 3 9 0 0 9 2 1.000 3.00
1981 Pedro Guerrero 1B 1 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 6.00
1981 Reggie Smith 1B 2 15 1 0 16 1 1.000 8.00
1981 Steve Garvey 1B 110 1,019 55 1 1,075 84 .999 9.76
1981 Davey Lopes 2B 55 129 161 2 292 30 .993 5.27
1981 Derrel Thomas 2B 30 73 71 2 146 16 .986 4.80
1981 Jack Perconte 2B 2 4 13 0 17 3 1.000 8.50
1981 Pepe Frias 2B 6 4 3 1 8 1 .875 1.17
1981 Steve Sax 2B 29 64 93 4 161 22 .975 5.41
1981 Derrel Thomas 3B 10 3 9 1 13 0 .923 1.20
1981 Mike Marshall 3B 3 2 2 0 4 0 1.000 1.33
1981 Pedro Guerrero 3B 21 14 51 7 72 5 .903 3.10
1981 Pepe Frias 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1981 Ron Cey 3B 84 71 184 16 271 15 .941 3.04
1981 Bill Russell SS 80 128 261 14 403 49 .965 4.86
1981 Derrel Thomas SS 26 42 63 9 114 13 .921 4.04
1981 Gary Weiss SS 13 12 11 2 25 8 .920 1.77
1981 Pepe Frias SS 15 11 18 3 32 2 .906 1.93
1981 Bobby Mitchell LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1981 Candy Maldonado LF 4 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.25
1981 Derrel Thomas LF 3 1 0 1 2 0 .500 0.33
1981 Dusty Baker LF 101 175 8 2 185 1 .989 1.81
1981 Jay Johnstone LF 8 10 2 0 12 0 1.000 1.50
1981 Mark Bradley LF 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1981 Mike Marshall LF 2 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 1.00
1981 Rick Monday LF 6 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 0.83
1981 Ron Roenicke LF 5 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 1.20
1981 Bobby Mitchell CF 6 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 0.67
1981 Derrel Thomas CF 10 9 1 0 10 1 1.000 1.00
1981 Ken Landreaux CF 95 214 5 0 219 0 1.000 2.31
1981 Pedro Guerrero CF 8 11 1 1 13 0 .923 1.50
1981 Ron Roenicke CF 6 18 0 0 18 0 1.000 3.00
1981 Bobby Mitchell RF 2 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 1.00
1981 Candy Maldonado RF 5 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 1.40
1981 Derrel Thomas RF 6 4 0 1 5 0 .800 0.67
1981 Jay Johnstone RF 8 9 0 1 10 0 .900 1.12
1981 Joe Ferguson RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1981 Mark Bradley RF 5 3 1 0 4 0 1.000 0.80
1981 Mike Marshall RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1981 Pedro Guerrero RF 70 136 3 3 142 0 .979 1.99
1981 Rick Monday RF 37 47 1 2 50 0 .960 1.30
1981 Ron Roenicke RF 10 15 1 0 16 1 1.000 1.60
– – 110 2,993 1,244 87 4,324 272 80 45 36.0% .980 38.52

Post-Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1981 Alejandro Pena 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1981 Bill Russell 16 60 4 15 1 1 0 6 4 3 1 1 .250 .297 .300 .597
1981 Bob Welch 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1981 Bobby Castillo 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1981 Burt Hooton 5 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 .000 .071 .000 .071
1981 Dave Stewart 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1981 Dave Goltz 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1981 Davey Lopes 16 62 7 14 2 0 0 2 8 13 10 0 .226 .314 .258 .572
1981 Derrel Thomas 11 10 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 .100 .182 .100 .282
1981 Dusty Baker 16 61 8 13 2 0 0 5 4 6 0 0 .213 .269 .246 .515
1981 Fernando Valenzuela 5 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 .000 .071 .000 .071
1981 Jay Johnstone 6 6 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .833 1.167
1981 Jerry Reuss 5 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 0 .000 .071 .000 .071
1981 Ken Landreaux 15 38 2 6 3 0 0 1 3 5 1 0 .158 .220 .237 .456
1981 Mike Marshall 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1981 Mike Scioscia 12 33 2 5 0 0 1 2 4 3 0 0 .152 .243 .242 .486
1981 Pedro Guerrero 16 57 4 12 2 1 4 10 5 14 1 0 .211 .286 .491 .777
1981 Reggie Smith 5 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 .500 .400 .500 .900
1981 Rick Monday 13 37 4 9 1 0 1 2 5 14 0 0 .243 .333 .351 .685
1981 Ron Cey 11 38 4 12 1 0 1 9 6 5 0 0 .316 .422 .421 .843
1981 Steve Howe 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1981 Steve Sax 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1981 Steve Yeager 9 21 4 7 2 0 2 4 0 3 0 0 .333 .318 .714 1.032
1981 Steve Garvey 16 64 9 23 1 1 3 6 2 11 0 0 .359 .379 .547 .926
1981 Terry Forster 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1981 Tom Niedenfuer 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
– – 11 535 55 121 15 3 13 54 45 101 13 1 .226 .288 .338 .627

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1981 Alejandro Pena 2 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.43
1981 Bob Welch 5 2.2 0 0 1 0 0 5 3 3 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 10.12 2.63
1981 Bobby Castillo 2 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 4.50 2.50
1981 Burt Hooton 5 33.0 4 1 0 0 0 22 5 3 18 0 12 5 0 0 0 0.82 1.21
1981 Dave Stewart 4 2.1 0 2 0 0 0 5 3 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 11.57 3.00
1981 Dave Goltz 2 3.1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 5.40 1.50
1981 Fernando Valenzuela 5 40.2 3 1 0 0 0 29 10 10 15 0 26 5 0 2 0 2.21 1.08
1981 Jerry Reuss 5 36.2 2 2 0 0 0 27 9 9 9 0 17 5 0 2 1 2.21 0.98
1981 Steve Howe 7 11.0 1 0 1 0 0 9 3 3 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 2.45 0.91
1981 Terry Forster 4 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.50
1981 Tom Niedenfuer 4 5.2 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.41
– – 14 142.1 10 6 2 0 0 109 38 34 58 0 73 16 0 4 1 2.15 1.17

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1981 Alejandro Pena P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1981 Bob Welch P 5 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.20
1981 Bobby Castillo P 2 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 1.00
1981 Burt Hooton P 5 2 1 0 3 0 1.000 0.60
1981 Dave Stewart P 4 0 0 1 1 0 .000 0.00
1981 Dave Goltz P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1981 Fernando Valenzuela P 5 0 8 0 8 0 1.000 1.60
1981 Jerry Reuss P 5 3 4 0 7 0 1.000 1.40
1981 Steve Howe P 7 0 2 1 3 0 .667 0.29
1981 Terry Forster P 4 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.25
1981 Tom Niedenfuer P 4 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.25
1981 Mike Scioscia C 12 55 6 0 61 0 0 0 0.0% 1.000 5.08
1981 Steve Yeager C 9 28 0 0 28 0 0 0 0.0% 1.000 3.11
1981 Steve Garvey 1B 16 142 11 0 153 12 1.000 9.56
1981 Davey Lopes 2B 16 45 39 6 90 10 .933 5.25
1981 Steve Sax 2B 3 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.33
1981 Derrel Thomas 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1981 Pedro Guerrero 3B 5 3 15 1 19 1 .947 3.60
1981 Ron Cey 3B 11 9 27 1 37 2 .973 3.27
1981 Bill Russell SS 16 24 56 3 83 7 .964 5.00
1981 Derrel Thomas SS 1 1 1 0 2 1 1.000 2.00
1981 Dusty Baker LF 16 35 0 1 36 0 .972 2.19
1981 Derrel Thomas CF 3 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 1.00
1981 Ken Landreaux CF 12 26 0 0 26 0 1.000 2.17
1981 Pedro Guerrero CF 6 12 1 0 13 0 1.000 2.17
1981 Derrel Thomas RF 5 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.20
1981 Ken Landreaux RF 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1981 Pedro Guerrero RF 9 13 2 0 15 1 1.000 1.67
1981 Rick Monday RF 11 23 0 0 23 0 1.000 2.09
– – 11 427 178 14 619 34 0 0 .977 55.00

Awards

Player Award Stats
Fernando Valenzuela Cy Young Award (P) 13–7, 180 SO, 2.48 ERA
Fernando Valenzuela Rookie of the Year (P) 13–7, 180 SO, 2.48 ERA
Fernando Valenzuela All-Star (P) 13–7, 180 SO, 2.48 ERA
Burt Hooton All-Star (P) 11–6, 74 SO, 2.28 ERA
Steve Garvey All-Star (1B) .282–10–64, 3 SB
Pedro Guerrero All-Star (1B) .297–12–48, 5 SB
Davey Lopes All-Star (2B) .202–5–17, 20 SB
Dusty Baker All-Star (CF) .318–9–49, 10 SB
Dusty Baker Gold Glove (CF) FPct, RF
Fernando Valenzuela Silver Slugger (P) 13–7, 180 SO, 2.48 ERA
Dusty Baker Silver Slugger (CF) .318–9–49, 10 SB

Frequently asked questions about the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers

Who had the most hits on the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers?

Dusty Baker led the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers with 128 hits in 103 games.

Who had the highest batting average on the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers?

Dusty Baker led the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers with a .318 batting average in 103 games.

Who had the most home runs on the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers?

Ron Cey led the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers with 13 home runs in 85 games.

Who had the highest on-base percentage (OBP) on the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers?

Ron Cey led the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers with a .370 on-base percentage (OBP) in 85 games.

Who had the highest slugging percentage on the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers?

Ron Cey led the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers with a .473 slugging percentage in 85 games.

Who had the most stolen bases on the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers?

Davey Lopes led the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers with 20 stolen bases in 58 games.

Who had the lowest earned run average (ERA) on the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers?

Burt Hooton had a 2.28 earned-run average (ERA) in 23 games, the lowest on the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers.

Who had the lowest WHIP (Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched) on the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers?

Fernando Valenzuela had a 1.05 WHIP in 25 games, the lowest on the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers.

Who struck out the most batters on the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers?

Fernando Valenzuela led the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers with 180 strikeouts in 25 games.

Who had the most wins on the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers?

Fernando Valenzuela led the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers with 13 wins in 25 games.

Who had the most saves on the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers?

Steve Howe led the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers with 8 saves in 41 games.