1981 AMERICAN LEAGUE REVIEW
Level: MLB
An organized section of a full season review with standings, team totals, leaderboards, player registers and much more.
YEAR IN REVIEW
| East | ||||||||||||||
| Rk | Team | W | L | Pct | Gbl | RF | RA | Manager | Stadium | Attendance | Payroll | Top Batter | Top Pitcher | Playoffs |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 62 | 47 | .569 | -- | 493 | 459 | Buck Rodgers | County Stadium | 874,292 | $0 | Cecil Cooper (4) | Pete Vuckovich (19) | Lost ALCS (Yankees) | |
| Baltimore Orioles | 59 | 46 | .562 | 2.0 | 429 | 437 | Earl Weaver | Memorial Stadium | 1,024,247 | $0 | Eddie Murray (7) | Dennis Martinez (12) | ||
| New York Yankees ** | 59 | 48 | .551 | 2.0 | 421 | 343 | Gene Michael, Bob Lemon | Yankee Stadium | 1,614,353 | $0 | Dave Winfield (16) | Ron Guidry (4) | Lost World Series (Dodgers) | |
| Detroit Tigers | 60 | 49 | .550 | 2.0 | 427 | 404 | Sparky Anderson | Tiger Stadium | 1,149,144 | $0 | Steve Kemp (26) | Jack Morris (3) | ||
| Boston Red Sox | 59 | 49 | .546 | 2.5 | 519 | 481 | Ralph Houk | Fenway Park | 1,060,379 | $0 | Dwight Evans (1) | Dennis Eckersley (20) | ||
| Cleveland Indians | 52 | 51 | .505 | 7.0 | 431 | 442 | Dave Garcia | Cleveland Stadium | 661,395 | $0 | Mike Hargrove (11) | Bert Blyleven (5) | ||
| Toronto Blue Jays | 37 | 69 | .349 | 23.5 | 329 | 466 | Bobby Mattick | Exhibition Stadium | 755,083 | $0 | John Mayberry (37) | Dave Stieb (8) | ||
| West | ||||||||||||||
| Rk | Team | W | L | Pct | Gbl | RF | RA | Manager | Stadium | Attendance | Payroll | Top Batter | Top Pitcher | Playoffs |
| Oakland Athletics | 64 | 45 | .587 | -- | 458 | 403 | Billy Martin | Oakland-Alameda County Co | 1,304,052 | $0 | Rickey Henderson (2) | Steve McCatty (2) | Lost ALCS (Yankees) | |
| Texas Rangers | 57 | 48 | .543 | 5.0 | 452 | 389 | Don Zimmer | Arlington Stadium | 850,076 | $0 | Al Oliver (21) | Rick Honeycutt (15) | ||
| Chicago White Sox | 54 | 52 | .509 | 8.5 | 476 | 423 | Tony LaRussa | Comiskey Park | 946,651 | $0 | Greg Luzinski (15) | Britt Burns (9) | ||
| Kansas City Royals | 50 | 53 | .485 | 11.0 | 397 | 405 | Jim Frey, Dick Howser | Royals Stadium | 1,279,403 | $0 | Willie Wilson (13) | Dennis Leonard (1) | Lost in 1st Round (Athletics) | |
| California Angels | 51 | 59 | .464 | 13.5 | 476 | 453 | Gene Mauch, Jim Fregosi | Anaheim Stadium | 1,441,545 | $0 | Bobby Grich (6) | Ken Forsch (7) | ||
| Seattle Mariners | 44 | 65 | .404 | 20.0 | 426 | 521 | Rene Lachemann, Maury Wills | The Kingdome | 636,276 | $0 | Tom Paciorek (3) | Floyd Bannister (25) | ||
| Minnesota Twins | 41 | 68 | .376 | 23.0 | 378 | 486 | Billy Gardner, Johnny Goryl | Metropolitan Stadium | 469,090 | $0 | John Castino (36) | Doug Corbett (26) | ||
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