1981 League Division Series - OAK vs. KCR

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1981 League Division Series (3-0): Oakland Athletics (64-45) over Kansas City Royals (50-53)

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WS: LAD-NYY / ALCS: NYY-OAK / NLCS: LAD-MON / Div. Series: NYY-MIL / OAK-KCR / MON-PHI / LAD-HOU

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, October 6, 1981 at KauffmanStad (Kansas City Royals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Oakland Athletics            0  0  0    3  0  0    0  1  0     4  8  2
    Kansas City Royals           0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  4  1

    PITCHERS: OAK - Norris
              KCR - Leonard, Martin (9)

               WP - Mike Norris
	       LP - Dennis Leonard
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: OAK - Gross, Murphy
              KCR - none

  ATTENDANCE: 40,592

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 7, 1981 at KauffmanStad (Kansas City Royals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Oakland Athletics            1  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0     2 10  1
    Kansas City Royals           0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0     1  6  0

    PITCHERS: OAK - McCatty
              KCR - Jones, Quisenberry (9)

               WP - Steve McCatty
	       LP - Mike Jones
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: OAK - none
              KCR - none

  ATTENDANCE: 40,274

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Friday, October 9, 1981 at NetworkAssoc (Oakland Athletics)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Kansas City Royals           0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0     1 10  3
    Oakland Athletics            1  0  1    2  0  0    0  0  x     4  7  0

    PITCHERS: KCR - Gura, Martin (4)
              OAK - Langford, Underwood (8), Beard (8)

               WP - Rick Langford
	       LP - Larry Gura
             SAVE - Dave Beard

   HOME RUNS: KCR - none
              OAK - McKay

  ATTENDANCE: 40,002

Series Batting Stats

Oakland Athletics Batting

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	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Tony Armas	3	11	1	6	2	0	0	3	1	1	.545	.583	.727	1.311	0	0	109	440	51	115	22	76	5	.261	.774
Dave Beard	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0			0
Rick Bosetti	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*34	66	9	13	0	5	0	.197	.481
Keith Drumright	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	31	86	8	25	0	11	0	.291	.644
Wayne Gross	2	5	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	.400	.400	1.000	1.400	0	0	82	243	29	50	10	31	2	.206	.670
Mike Heath	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	84	301	26	71	8	30	3	.236	.615
Rickey Henderson	3	11	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	.182	.308	.182	.490	2	1	108	423	89	135	6	35	56	.319	.845
Cliff Johnson	2	7	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.429	.714	0	0	84	273	40	71	17	59	5	.260	.805
Mickey Klutts	2	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	0	0	15	46	9	17	5	11	0	.370	1.091
Rick Langford	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0			0
Steve McCatty	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0			0
Dave McKay	3	11	1	3	0	0	1	1	1	1	.273	.333	.545	.879	0	0	79	224	25	59	4	21	4	.263	.688
Kelvin Moore	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	14	47	5	12	1	3	1	.255	.689
Dwayne Murphy	3	11	4	6	1	0	1	2	1	1	.545	.583	.909	1.492	0	1	107	390	58	98	15	60	10	.251	.777
Jeff Newman	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	68	216	17	50	3	15	0	.231	.589
Mike Norris	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0			0
Rob Picciolo	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	82	179	23	48	4	13	0	.268	.687
Jim Spencer	1	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	0	0	*79	234	20	44	4	13	1	.188	.521
Fred Stanley	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0	66	145	15	28	0	7	2	.193	.489
Tom Underwood	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*0	0			0
Totals	35	99	10	25	5	0	3	9	6	10	.253	.295	.394	.689	2	2	109	3677	458	910	104		98	.247	.690

Kansas City Royals Batting

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	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Willie Aikens	3	9	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	2	.333	.500	.333	.833	0	0	101	349	45	93	17	53	0	.266	.836
George Brett	3	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	0	89	347	42	109	6	43	14	.314	.846
Cesar Geronimo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	59	118	14	29	2	13	6	.246	.636
Larry Gura	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0			0
Clint Hurdle	3	11	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.273	.333	.273	.606	0	0	28	76	12	25	4	15	0	.329	.980
Mike Jones	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0			0
Dennis Leonard	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0			0
Renie Martin	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0			0
Lee May	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	26	55	3	16	0	8	0	.291	.673
Hal McRae	3	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	.091	.167	.182	.348	0	0	101	389	38	106	7	36	3	.272	.726
Amos Otis	3	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	99	372	49	100	9	57	16	.269	.738
Dan Quisenberry	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0			0
U L Washington	3	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.222	.222	.222	.444	0	0	98	339	40	77	2	29	10	.227	.616
John Wathan	3	10	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.300	.364	.300	.664	0	0	89	301	24	76	1	19	11	.252	.611
Frank White	3	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.182	.250	.182	.432	0	0	94	364	35	91	9	38	4	.250	.661
Willie Wilson	3	13	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.308	.308	.308	.615	0	0	102	439	54	133	1	32	34	.303	.700
Totals	35	98	2	20	1	0	0	2	7	11	.204	.257	.214	.471	0	0	103	3560	397	952	61		100	.267	.707

Oakland Athletics Pitching

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			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Dave Beard	1	0	0.00	0	0	1	0	3.2	0	0	0	2	0.000	8	0	2.77	1	1	3	13.0	9	4	15	1.000
Rick Langford	1	1	1.29	1	0	0	0	7.0	10	1	0	3	1.429	24	24	2.99	12	10	0	195.1	190	58	84	1.270
Steve McCatty	1	1	1.00	1	0	0	1	9.0	6	1	4	3	1.111	22	22	2.33	14	7	0	185.2	140	61	91	1.083
Mike Norris	1	1	0.00	1	0	0	1	9.0	4	0	3	2	0.778	23	23	3.75	12	9	0	172.2	145	63	78	1.205
Tom Underwood	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	1	0.000	*25	11	3.66	4	6	1	83.2	69	38	75	1.279
Totals	5	3	0.62	3	0	1	2	29.0	20	2	7	11	0.931	109	109	3.299	64	45		993.0	883	370	505	1.262

Kansas City Royals Pitching

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			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Larry Gura	1	1	20.25	0	1	0	0	1.1	7	3	3	3	7.500	23	23	2.72	11	8	0	172.1	139	35	61	1.010
Mike Jones	1	1	2.45	0	1	0	0	7.1	9	2	0	2	1.227	12	11	3.21	6	3	0	75.2	74	28	29	1.348
Dennis Leonard	1	1	1.12	0	1	0	0	8.0	7	1	1	3	1.000	26	26	2.99	13	11	0	201.2	202	41	107	1.205
Renie Martin	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	5.0	1	0	2	2	0.600	29	0	2.77	4	5	4	61.2	55	29	25	1.362
Dan Quisenberry	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	3.000	40	0	1.73	1	4	18	62.1	59	15	20	1.187
Totals	6	3	2.45	0	3	0	0	22.0	25	6	6	10	1.409	103	103	3.562	50	53		922.1	909	273	404	1.282

WS: LAD-NYY / ALCS: NYY-OAK / NLCS: LAD-MON / Div. Series: NYY-MIL / OAK-KCR / MON-PHI / LAD-HOU

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