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1981 Baseball Season Headlines
Though the 1981 baseball time of year was literally displume in two by the player ' strike , there was still plenty to babble about . Here are some of the newspaper headline from the 1981 baseball game season : Nolan Ryan Hurls No - No No . 5A home television audience find the high spot of Nolan Ryan ’s 1981 season – and the governing body of a major conference record – as The Express thrust his 5th career no - hitter on September 26 , at the Astrodome , against the Dodgers . Ryan went 11 - 5 , leading the National League in ERA ( 1.69 ) and fewest hit per secret plan ( 5.98).Gary Gaetti Cracks Open CareerOn September 20 , 1981 , Twins rookie Gary Gaetti homer off Charlie Hough of Texas in his first major conference at - bat to indicate the beginning of an All - wiz calling . Gaetti was 47th player in major conference history to fulfil the feat . Fellow cub teammates Kent Hrbek and Tim Laudner , who were also playing in their first major conference secret plan , homered in the same competition . Dwight Evans Clubs 22 HomersDwight Evans put up impressive numbers during the strike time of year , as he tied for the spark advance in the American League in homers with 22 , batted .296 , drive in 71 runs , and won his fourth Gold Glove . The misunderstood correct fieldsman earn some respectability – and a niggling insurance policy for his futurity with the squad – once his unsavoury output began to match his superb fielding and throwing . Bill Madlock come through 1981 National League Bat TitleBill Madlock pull ahead his third National League batten poll in 1981 , score .341 in 82 game . Mad Dog won four batting titles in his vocation , was an All - Star three times , and spearheaded three teams into postseason action over his 15 - year stretch . In his unornamented time , Madlock was an outstanding pingpong instrumentalist . Rollie Fingers Wins the 1981 American League MVPNo stand-in with the potential exception of Willie Hernandez has ever had a time of year like the one Rollie Fingers had in 1981 . quote by many as being the greatest all - clip comforter , Fingers figured in 55 percent of all the Brewer victories during the time of year ( hurling in 13 of the team ’s final 15 triumphs that year).Fingers ( 6 - 3 , 28 save , 1.04 ERA ) captured both the 1981 American League MVP Award and the Cy Young Award while leading the Brewers to their first - ever postseason appearance . In the divisional playoff , fingerbreadth bring home the bacon one biz and saved another , though his team lose in five to the Yankees . Fernando Valenzuela Is a StarFernando Mania sweep America in 1981 as Fernando Valenzuela , the Mexican greenhorn sensation for the Dodgers , led the National League in frame pitched ( 192 ) , strikeouts ( 180 ) , and complete games ( 11 ) . The first greenhorn to advance the Cy Young Award , Valenzuela compiled a 13 - 7 record in a work stoppage - shortened season and won a World Series biz . Tim Raines Sets Record with 71 SwipesIt took a bully participant like Montreal outfielder Tim Raines to finish second in 1981 National League Rookie of the Year vote to Fernando Valenzuela . The recruit batted .304 while stealing 71 Base ( a major league greenhorn platter ) . Despite his unwavering performance , the Expos lose the waft to the Dodgers . Raines would go on to become one of the most exciting players of the 1980s . He would top the league in batten , runs , doubles , and , of form , steals . Steve Carlton Wins 13 GamesDespite winning an equal number of games and having a better winning percentage than Fernando Valenzuela , Steve Carlton finish third in the voting for the 1981 National League Cy Young Award . His 13 - 4 record led the Phillies to a strike - induced first playoff round against the Expos ; once there , Carlton lost two games as the Phillies fall in five . Bill Buckner Tops in DoublesBill Buckner missed out on a life history yr in 1981 due to the smasher . That is not to say that the first baseman did not have an telling showing . Buckner batted .311 , drive in 75 runs in 106 games , and top the National League in double with 35 . He sleep with out 498 two - baggers over his career , 28th on the all - meter list and just eight fewer than Babe Ruth ’s sum . See the next page for more headlines from the 1981 baseball time of year .
More 1981 Baseball Season Headlines
Below are more headlines from the 1981 baseball game time of year , let in Pete Rose ’s career hits record and the astonishing rookie season of Fernando Valenzuela .
Tom Seaver Racks Up 14 WinsTom Seaver had a brilliant time of year in 1981 , hush up critic who enounce the righty was draw shut the goal of the road . Seaver finished secondly to Fernando Valenzuela in balloting for the 1981 Cy Young Award , as he led the National League with 14 wins against two defeats and posted a 2.55 ERA.Dave Winfield : 13 HRs , 68 RBIDave Winfield ’s 1981 performance justify his expensive free agentive role contract – a minimum of $ 23 million for ten years . The Yankee outfielder batted .294 with 13 homer and 68 RBI in 105 secret plan in 1981 . For most of the 1980s , Winfield was one of the top ten players in the game . He could run , athletic field , flip , and bump off for both norm and big businessman . Pete Rose Breaks Hit RecordPete Rose topped the National League in striking with 140 in 1981 . Tied with Stan Musial for the loop ’s all - time mark with 3,630 hit when the players ' strike began in June , Rose finally broke the record on August 10 , the night after the strike ended . At geezerhood 40 , Charlie Hustle had his last .300 time of year , batting .325.Bobby Grich Slugs Way to TopBobby Grich made the most of the strike - reduce 1981 time of year , thrash a life history - mellow .304 and topping the American League in slugging norm at .543 . He also set himself in a four - way of life tie for the lead in the American League in homer ( 22 ) . Also a Gold Glover at 2nd base , Grich was ranked as one of the 40 greatest players ever byTotal Baseball . Billy Martin succeed with Billy BallBilly Martin journey to his 5th major league managerial stoppage in 1980 when he took over the A ’s . In 1981 , his mission take the West Division Championship only to shine to Martin ’s old employers , the Yankees , in three flat in the American League Championship Series . The A ’s won with a style known as " Billy Ball , " which include bunting , thieving , and hit - and - run . Fernando Valenzuela Is a SensationFernando Valenzuela ’s game - three victory in the 1981 World Series gave the Dodgers their first winnings in the six - game involvement . The pitching virtuosity and incredible farm - to - baseball game - arena story of the Dodger greenhorn offend the interest of a nation . Valenzuela was the 1981Sporting NewsPlayer of the Year . Jack Morris come through 14 GamesWith a bag of tricks that included a fastball , slider , and rip - finger fastball , Jack Morris became the winningest pitcher of the 1980s . In 1981 , Morris tied for the American League - lead in victories with 14 , pitch two shutout innings in the 1981 All - Star Game , and was namedSporting NewsPitcher of the Year in the next-to-last tour . Pedro Guerrero Ties for 1981 World Series MVP HonorsPlaying in his first full time of year for the Dodgers , Pedro Guerrero bat an even .300 ( and hit 12 homing pigeon ) in 1981 . An owing contributor in that fall ’s World Series , he batted .333 , smack two home run and leading the ballclub with seven run batted in . Giving the execution of his life in the final competition of that six - secret plan 1981 World Series , he bat in five runs . For his feat , Guerrero was named co - MVP of the Series along with Steve Yeager and Ron Cey . Dave Winfield Ends with a DiveAlthough Dave Winfield had much to do with helping the Yankees make it to the 1981 World Series , the outfielder suffered through a terrible slump once he get there . Batting just .045 in the decline classic , Winfield post one smash and one RBI over the six - biz tournament . His Series performance left New Yorkers expecting more . Bob Welch Bombs in 1981 World SeriesBob Welch amass a disk of 9 - 5 during the 1981 season , tallying a 3.45 ERA . In that yr ’s postseason play , the righty digest a fateful start in biz four of the World Series , where he surrender a threefold , a double , a walk , and a single to the first four Yankee slugger he face before being pulled from activeness . Find more highlight from the 1981 baseball time of year on the next varlet .
1981 Baseball Season Highlights
Eight workweek of the 1981 baseball time of year were canceled due to players ' strikes . Once baseball resume , it was under an unpopular " split - time of year " format ; because of this system , the two teams with the serious records – the Cincinnati Reds and the St. Louis Cardinals – did n’t even make the playoffs .
Besides all of the turmoil , the season was also love for great performances by player like Fernando Valenzuela , Nolan Ryan and Don Sutton . Below , you will find the highlights from the 1981 baseball time of year :
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