1981 NATIONAL 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 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 59 | 43 | .578 | -- | 464 | 417 | Whitey Herzog | Busch Stadium II | 1,010,247 | $0 | Keith Hernandez (6) | Bob Forsch (18) | |
| Montreal Expos | 60 | 48 | .556 | 3.0 | 443 | 394 | Dick Williams, Jim Fanning | Olympic Stadium | 1,534,564 | $0 | Andre Dawson (2) | Bill Gullickson (7) | Lost NLCS (Dodgers) |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 59 | 48 | .551 | 2.5 | 491 | 472 | Dallas Green | Veterans Stadium | 1,638,752 | $0 | Mike Schmidt (1) | Steve Carlton (2) | Lost in 1st Round (Expos) |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 46 | 56 | .451 | 13.0 | 407 | 425 | Chuck Tanner | Three Rivers Stadium | 541,789 | $0 | Omar Moreno (10) | Rick Rhoden (32) | |
| New York Mets | 41 | 62 | .398 | 18.5 | 348 | 432 | Joe Torre | Shea Stadium | 704,244 | $0 | Dave Kingman (20) | Mike Scott (22) | |
| Chicago Cubs | 38 | 65 | .369 | 21.5 | 370 | 483 | Joey Amalfitano | Wrigley Field | 565,637 | $0 | Bill Buckner (4) | Mike Krukow (13) | |
| West |
| Cincinnati Reds | 66 | 42 | .611 | -- | 464 | 440 | John McNamara | Riverfront Stadium | 1,093,730 | $0 | George Foster (3) | Mario Soto (3) | |
| Los Angeles Dodgers ** | 63 | 47 | .573 | 4.0 | 450 | 356 | Tom Lasorda | Dodger Stadium | 2,381,292 | $0 | Steve Garvey (11) | Fernando Valenzuela (1) | Won World Series (Yankees) |
| Houston Astros | 61 | 49 | .555 | 6.0 | 394 | 331 | Bill Virdon | Astrodome | 1,321,282 | $0 | Jose Cruz (15) | Don Sutton (4) | Lost in 1st Round (Dodgers) |
| San Francisco Giants | 56 | 55 | .505 | 11.5 | 427 | 414 | Frank Robinson | Candlestick Park | 632,274 | $0 | Jack Clark (16) | Doyle Alexander (15) | |
| Atlanta Braves | 50 | 56 | .472 | 15.0 | 395 | 416 | Bobby Cox | Atlanta-Fulton County Sta | 535,418 | $0 | Chris Chambliss (19) | Tommy Boggs (19) | |
| San Diego Padres | 41 | 69 | .373 | 26.0 | 382 | 455 | Frank Howard | Jack Murphy Stadium | 519,161 | $0 | Ozzie Smith (14) | Gary Lucas (28) | |