1981 Los Angeles Dodgers | ||
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World Series Champions National League Champions National League West Co-Champions | ||
League | National League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | Dodger Stadium | |
City | Los Angeles | |
Owners | Peter O'Malley | |
General managers | Al Campanis | |
Managers | Tommy Lasorda | |
Television | KTTV (11) Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter ONTV Geoff Witcher, Al Downing | |
Radio | KABC Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter KTNQ Jaime Jarrín, Rudy Hoyos | |
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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.
NL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cincinnati Reds | 66 | 42 | 0.611 | — | 32–22 | 34–20 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 63 | 47 | 0.573 | 4 | 33–23 | 30–24 |
Houston Astros | 61 | 49 | 0.555 | 6 | 31–20 | 30–29 |
San Francisco Giants | 56 | 55 | 0.505 | 11½ | 29–24 | 27–31 |
Atlanta Braves | 50 | 56 | 0.472 | 15 | 22–27 | 28–29 |
San Diego Padres | 41 | 69 | 0.373 | 26 | 20–35 | 21–34 |
NL West First Half Standings | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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Los Angeles Dodgers | 36 | 21 | .632 | — |
Cincinnati Reds | 35 | 21 | .625 | 1⁄2 |
Houston Astros | 28 | 29 | .491 | 8 |
Atlanta Braves | 25 | 29 | .463 | 9+1⁄2 |
San Francisco Giants | 27 | 32 | .458 | 10 |
San Diego Padres | 23 | 33 | .411 | 12+1⁄2 |
NL West Second Half Standings | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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Houston Astros | 33 | 20 | .623 | — |
Cincinnati Reds | 31 | 21 | .596 | 1+1⁄2 |
San Francisco Giants | 29 | 23 | .558 | 3+1⁄2 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 27 | 26 | .509 | 6 |
Atlanta Braves | 25 | 27 | .481 | 7+1⁄2 |
San Diego Padres | 18 | 36 | .333 | 15+1⁄2 |
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | — | 3–2–1 | 6–5 | 4–8 | 7–7 | 3–7 | 3–3 | 4–5 | 2–3 | 9–6 | 5–7 | 4–3 | |||||
Chicago | 2–3–1 | — | 1–5 | 1–6 | 6–4 | 4–7 | 5–8–1 | 2–10 | 4–10 | 3–3 | 5–5 | 5–4–1 | |||||
Cincinnati | 5–6 | 5–1 | — | 8–4 | 8–8 | 5–4 | 7–3 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 10–2 | 9–5 | 0–5 | |||||
Houston | 8–4 | 6–1 | 4–8 | — | 4–8 | 5–2 | 6–3 | 4–6 | 2–4 | 11–3 | 9–6 | 2–4 | |||||
Los Angeles | 7–7 | 4–6 | 8–8 | 8–4 | — | 5–2 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 6–5 | 7–5 | 5–5 | |||||
Montreal | 7–3 | 7–4 | 4–5 | 2–5 | 2–5 | — | 9–3 | 7–4 | 10–3 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 6–9 | |||||
New York | 3–3 | 8–5–1 | 3–7 | 3–6 | 1–5 | 3–9 | — | 7–7 | 3–6–1 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 6–5 | |||||
Philadelphia | 5-4 | 10–2 | 2–5 | 6–4 | 3–3 | 4–7 | 7–7 | — | 7–5 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 7–6 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 3–2 | 10–4 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 3–10 | 6–3–1 | 5–7 | — | 6–4 | 3–7 | 3–8 | |||||
San Diego | 6–9 | 3–3 | 2–10 | 3–11 | 5–6 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 4–6 | — | 6–7 | 3–7 | |||||
San Francisco | 7–5 | 5–5 | 5–9 | 6–9 | 5–7 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 7–3 | 7–6 | — | 2–3 | |||||
St. Louis | 3–4 | 4–5–1 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 5–5 | 9–6 | 5–6 | 6–7 | 8–3 | 7–3 | 3–2 | — |
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1981 regular season game log: 36–21 (Home: 17–8; Away: 19–13) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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April: 14–5 (Home: 7–3; Away: 7–2)
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May: 19–10 (Home: 9–3; Away: 10–7)
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June: 3–6 (Home: 1–2; Away: 2–4)
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement Bold = Dodgers team member |
1981 regular season game log: 27–26 (Home: 16–15; Away: 11–11) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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August: 12–9 (Home: 6–6; Away: 6–3)
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September: 13–15 (Home: 8–7; Away: 5–8)
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October: 2–2 (Home: 2–2; Away: 0–0)
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement Bold = Dodgers team member |
1981 Postseason Game Log: 10–6 (Home: 7–1; Away: 3–5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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NL Division Series: vs. Houston Astros 3–2 (Home: 3–0; Away: 0–2)
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NL Championship Series: vs. Montreal Expos 3–2 (Home: 1–1; Away: 2–1)
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World Series: vs. New York Yankees 4–2 (Home: 3–0; Away: 1–2)
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement Bold = Dodgers team member |
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
Name | G | GS | IP | ERA | W/L | BB | SO | CG |
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Fernando Valenzuela | 25 | 25 | 192.1 | 2.48 | 13-7 | 61 | 180 | 11 |
Burt Hooton | 23 | 23 | 142.1 | 2.28 | 11-6 | 33 | 74 | 5 |
Bob Welch | 23 | 23 | 141.1 | 3.44 | 9-5 | 41 | 88 | 2 |
Jerry Reuss | 22 | 22 | 152.2 | 2.30 | 10-4 | 27 | 51 | 8 |
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
Name | G | GS | IP | ERA | W/L | BB | SO | SV |
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Steve Howe | 41 | 0 | 54.0 | 2.50 | 5-3 | 18 | 32 | 8 |
Bobby Castillo | 34 | 1 | 50.2 | 5.33 | 2-4 | 18 | 32 | 5 |
Dave Stewart | 32 | 0 | 43.1 | 2.49 | 4-3 | 14 | 29 | 6 |
Terry Forster | 21 | 0 | 30.2 | 4.11 | 0-1 | 15 | 17 | 0 |
Dave Goltz | 26 | 8 | 77.0 | 4.09 | 2-7 | 25 | 48 | 1 |
Rick Sutcliffe | 14 | 6 | 47.0 | 4.02 | 2-2 | 20 | 16 | 0 |
Tom Niedenfuer | 17 | 0 | 26.0 | 3.81 | 3-1 | 6 | 12 | 2 |
Alejandro Peña | 14 | 0 | 25.1 | 2.84 | 1-1 | 11 | 14 | 2 |
Ted Power | 5 | 2 | 14.1 | 3.14 | 1-3 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
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
Name | Pos | G | AB | Avg. | R | H | HR | RBI | SB |
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Mike Scioscia | C | 93 | 290 | .276 | 27 | 80 | 2 | 29 | 0 |
Steve Yeager | C | 42 | 86 | .209 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
Jerry Grote | C | 2 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Garvey | 1B | 110 | 431 | .283 | 63 | 122 | 10 | 64 | 3 |
Davey Lopes | 2B | 58 | 214 | .289 | 35 | 44 | 5 | 17 | 20 |
Bill Russell | SS | 82 | 262 | .233 | 20 | 61 | 0 | 22 | 2 |
Ron Cey | 3B | 85 | 312 | .288 | 42 | 90 | 13 | 50 | 0 |
Derrel Thomas | 2B/3B/SS/OF | 80 | 218 | .248 | 25 | 54 | 4 | 24 | 7 |
Steve Sax | 2B | 31 | 119 | .277 | 15 | 33 | 2 | 9 | 5 |
Pepe Frías | SS/2B/3B | 25 | 36 | .250 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Reggie Smith | 1B | 41 | 35 | .200 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
Mike Marshall | 1B/3B/OF | 14 | 25 | .200 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Gary Weiss | SS | 14 | 19 | .105 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Jack Perconte | 2B | 8 | 9 | .222 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Dusty Baker | OF | 103 | 400 | .320 | 48 | 128 | 9 | 49 | 10 |
Pedro Guerrero | OF/3B/1B | 98 | 347 | .300 | 46 | 104 | 12 | 48 | 5 |
Ken Landreaux | OF | 99 | 390 | .251 | 48 | 98 | 7 | 41 | 18 |
Rick Monday | OF | 66 | 130 | .315 | 24 | 41 | 11 | 25 | 1 |
Jay Johnstone | OF/1B | 61 | 83 | .205 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
Ron Roenicke | OF | 22 | 47 | .234 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Joe Ferguson | OF | 17 | 14 | .143 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Candy Maldonado | OF | 11 | 12 | .093 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bobby Mitchell | OF | 10 | 5 | .125 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mark Bradley | OF | 9 | 6 | .167 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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.
October 6, The Astrodome, Houston, Texas
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Houston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
W: Nolan Ryan (1-0) L: Dave Stewart (0-1) | ||||||||||||
HRs: LA– Steve Garvey (1) HOU– Alan Ashby (1) |
October 7, The Astrodome, Houston, Texas
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E |
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Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
Houston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
W: Joe Sambito (1-0) L: Dave Stewart (0-2) | ||||||||||||||
HRs: LA– none HOU– none |
October 9, Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Houston | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Los Angeles | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 | 10 | 0 |
W: Burt Hooton (1-0) L: Bob Knepper (0-1) | ||||||||||||
HRs: HOU– Art Howe (1) LA– Steve Garvey (2) |
October 10, Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Houston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 | 4 | 0 |
W: Fernando Valenzuela (1-0) L: Vern Ruhle (0-1) | ||||||||||||
HRs: HOU– none LA– Pedro Guerrero (1) |
October 11, Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Houston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 | 7 | 2 |
W: Jerry Reuss (1-0) L: Nolan Ryan (1-1) | ||||||||||||
HRs: HOU– none LA– none |
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.
October 13, Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Montreal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
Los Angeles | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 5 | 8 | 0 |
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 |
October 14, Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Montreal | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
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 |
October 16, Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
Montreal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 7 | 1 |
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 |
October 17, Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 1 |
Montreal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
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 |
October 19, Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
Montreal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
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 |
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.
October 20, Yankee Stadium, New York
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
New York | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 6 | 0 |
W: Ron Guidry (1-0) L: Jerry Reuss (0-1) SV: Goose Gossage (1) | ||||||||||||
HRs: LAD– Steve Yeager (1) NY– Bob Watson (1) | ||||||||||||
October 21, Yankee Stadium, New York
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 3 | 6 | 1 |
W: Tommy John (1-0) L: Burt Hooton (0-1) SV: Goose Gossage (2) | ||||||||||||
HRs: LAD– none NY– none | ||||||||||||
October 23, Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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New York | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
Los Angeles | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 11 | 1 |
W: Fernando Valenzuela (1-0) L: George Frazier (0-1) SV: none) | ||||||||||||
HRs: NY– Rick Cerone (1), Bob Watson (2) LA– Ron Cey (1) | ||||||||||||
October 24, Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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New York | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 1 |
Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | X | 8 | 14 | 2 |
W: Steve Howe (1-0) L: George Frazier (0-2) SV: none) | ||||||||||||
HRs: NY– Willie Randolph (1), Reggie Jackson (1) LA– Jay Johnstone (1) | ||||||||||||
October 25, Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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New York | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 | 4 | 3 |
W: Jerry Reuss (1-1) L: Ron Guidry (1-1) SV: none | ||||||||||||
HRs: NY– none LA– Pedro Guerrero (1), Steve Yeager (2) | ||||||||||||
October 28, Yankee Stadium, New York
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 1 |
New York | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
W: Burt Hooton (1-1) L: George Frazier (0-3) SV: Steve Howe (1) | ||||||||||||
HRs: LAD– Pedro Guerrero (2) NY– Willie Randolph (2) | ||||||||||||
Teams in BOLD won League Championships
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.
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