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1981 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
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Batting Glossary

 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Eddie Ainsmith      1910-1924 1078  3048  299  707 108  54  22  317  263  315  .232  .296  .324   86  16 Sep 06
 Horace Allen        1919-1919    4     7    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    2  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jul 05
 Ernie Alten         1920-1920   14     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Sep 09
 Fred Archer         1936-1937    7    15    1    4   0   0   0    1    2    3  .267  .353  .267    0   0 Oct 31
 Honey Barnes        1926-1926    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    1    0       1.000          0   0 Jun 18
 Sam Barnes          1921-1921    7    11    2    2   1   0   0    0    2    1  .182  .357  .273    0   0 Feb 19
 Bill Bayne          1919-1930  199   214   24   62   8   2   1   13   10   42  .290  .330  .360    0   2 May 22
 Zinn Beck           1913-1918  290   902   75  204  32  16   3   73   58   95  .226  .279  .307   21  10 Mar 19
 Frank Betcher       1910-1910   35    89    7   18   2   0   0    6    7   14  .202  .276  .225    1   0 Nov 27
 Josh Billings       1913-1923  243   488   44  106  12   5   0   29   23   73  .217  .268  .262    5   0 Dec 30
 John Bischoff       1925-1926  107   271   20   71  20   3   1   35   22   32  .262  .320  .369    2   5 Dec 28
 Al Bool             1928-1931  129   308   35   73  13   4   7   53   34   42  .237  .313  .373    0   0 Sep 27
 Jake Brown          1975-1975   41    43    6    9   3   0   0    4    5   13  .209  .292  .279    0   0 Dec 18
 Myrl Brown          1922-1922    7    11    1    3   0   0   0    3    2    2  .273  .385  .273    0   0 Feb 23
 Earle Brucker       1937-1943  241   707   87  205  53   8  12  105   97   65  .290  .376  .438    2   4 May 08
 Sammy Byrd          1929-1936  745  1700  304  465 101  10  38  220  198  178  .274  .350  .412   17  10 May 11
 Earl Caldwell       1928-1948  200   157   14   28   4   0   1   16    8   43  .178  .218  .223    0   0 Sep 15
 Lou Ciola           1943-1943   12    18    1    3   0   0   0    0    0    2  .167  .167  .167    0   0 Oct 18
 Gowell Claset       1933-1933    8     2    3    1   0   0   0    1    3    1  .500  .800  .500    0   0 Mar 08
 Merl Combs          1947-1952  140   361   45   73   6   1   2   25   57   43  .202  .314  .241    0   1 Jul 08
 Paul Dean           1934-1943  159   256   10   40   5   0   0    7    2   43  .156  .163  .176    0   0 Mar 17
 Emerson Dickman     1936-1941  125   110   12   16   3   0   1    4    8   34  .145  .210  .200    0   1 Apr 27
 John Dowd           1912-1912   10    31    1    6   1   0   0    0    6    0  .194  .342  .226    0   0 Jan 31
 Hugh East           1941-1943   23    24    4    4   1   0   1    3    3    8  .167  .259  .333    0   0 Nov 02
 Lou Fette           1937-1945  110   236   10   44   3   2   0   15    5   29  .186  .203  .216    0   0 Jan 03
 Jim Finigan         1954-1959  512  1600  195  422  74  17  19  168  190  176  .264  .342  .367    8  13 May 16
 Harry Fisher        1951-1952   18    18    0    5   1   0   0    1    0    3  .278  .278  .333    0   0 Sep 20
 Ed Gallagher        1932-1932    9     5    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    3  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Dec 22
 Huck Geary          1942-1943   55   188   20   30   4   0   1   15   20    9  .160  .240  .197    3   0 Jan 27
 Joe Giebel          1913-1913    1     3    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    1  .333  .333  .333    0   0 Mar 17
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Grant Gillis        1927-1929   62   196   26   48  12   2   0   23   12   13  .245  .299  .327    0   2 Feb 04
 Tom Glass           1925-1925    2     2    0    0   0   0   0    1    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Dec 15
 Vince Gonzales      1955-1955    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Mar 11
 Gene Green          1957-1963  408  1151  130  307  49   7  46  160   89  185  .267  .318  .441    2   3 May 23
 Bill Hallahan       1925-1938  328   557   43   90  14   1   2   32   36  199  .162  .214  .201    1   0 Jul 08
 Andy High           1922-1934 1314  4400  618 1250 195  65  44  482  425  130  .284  .350  .388   33  25 Feb 22
 Harry Hoch          1908-1915   30    33    5    4   0   0   0    0    3   12  .121  .194  .121    0   0 Oct 26
 Stan Hollmig        1949-1951   94   265   29   67  13   6   2   27   20   46  .253  .310  .370    1   0 Dec 04
 Dick Hoover         1952-1952    2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Apr 12
 Walt Huntzinger     1923-1926   60    36    2    6   0   0   0    2    2   11  .167  .211  .167    0   0 Aug 11
 Bob Joyce           1939-1946   44    54    4    6   2   0   1    2    1    9  .111  .127  .204    0   0 Dec 10
 Al Jurisich         1944-1947  104   122    7   14   2   0   0    4    4   39  .115  .143  .131    0   0 Nov 03
 Owen Kahn           1930-1930    1     0    1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Jan 17
 Cactus Keck         1922-1923   62    61    2    8   1   0   0    2    4   29  .131  .197  .148    0   1 Feb 06
 George Knothe       1932-1932    6    12    2    1   1   0   0    0    0    0  .083  .083  .167    0   0 Jul 03
 Jack Knott          1933-1946  325   482   32   58   3   0   0   23   27  212  .120  .169  .127    0   0 Oct 13
 Joe Kracher         1939-1939    5     5    1    1   0   0   0    0    2    1  .200  .429  .200    0   0 Dec 24
 Ed Lagger           1934-1934    8     6    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    3  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Nov 10
 Clayton Lambert     1946-1947   26    14    0    2   0   0   0    0    0    6  .143  .143  .143    0   0 Apr 03
 Freddy Leach        1923-1932  991  3733  543 1147 196  53  72  509  163  189  .307  .341  .446   32   4 Dec 10
 Wade Lefler         1924-1924    6     9    0    5   3   0   0    4    0    1  .556  .556  .889    0   0 Mar 06
 Elmer Leonard       1911-1911    5     7    3    2   0   0   0    2    0    0  .286  .375  .286    0   0 May 27
 Freddie Lindstrom   1924-1936 1438  5611  895 1747 301  81 103  779  334  276  .311  .351  .449   84  10 Oct 04
 George Lowe         1920-1920    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Sep 02
 George Lyons        1920-1924   33    27    4    6   1   0   0    4    1   11  .222  .250  .259    0   0 Aug 12
 Steve Macko         1979-1980   25    60    4   15   3   0   0    5    4   11  .250  .297  .300    0   0 Nov 15
 Sam McConnell       1915-1915    6    11    1    2   1   0   0    0    1    3  .182  .250  .273    0   0 Jun 27
 Frank McCrea        1925-1925    1     5    1    1   0   0   0    0    0    0  .200  .200  .200    0   0 Feb 25
 Jim McGarr          1912-1912    1     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jul 21
 Jim McLeod          1930-1933   92   266   24   54   7   1   0   16   14   30  .203  .248  .237    2   1 Aug 03
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Tommy Mee           1910-1910    8    19    1    3   2   0   0    1    0    0  .158  .158  .263    0   0 May 16
 Steve Mesner        1938-1945  451  1574  153  397  67   6   2  167  121   69  .252  .308  .306   11   0 Apr 06
 Red Morgan          1906-1906   88   307   20   66   6   3   1   21   16    0  .215  .270  .264    7   0 Mar 25
 Bill Nagel          1939-1945  189   617   62  140  30   8  15   72   43  141  .227  .281  .374    5   2 Oct 08
 Skinny O'Neal       1925-1927   13     7    0    1   0   0   0    0    1    0  .143  .250  .143    0   0 Jun 02
 Eddie Onslow        1912-1927   64   207   19   48   3   2   1   22    9   10  .232  .271  .280    4   0 May 08
 Ray Oyler           1965-1970  542  1265  110  221  39   6  15   86  135  359  .175  .258  .251    2   6 Jan 26
 Roy Parmelee        1929-1939  213   396   30   82  11   3   5   34   13  113  .207  .232  .288    0   0 Aug 31
 Johnny Peacock      1937-1945  619  1734  175  455  74  16   1  194  183   73  .262  .333  .325   14   6 Oct 17
 Marino Pieretti     1945-1950  220   207   20   45   3   1   0   18    8   27  .217  .250  .242    1   1 Jan 30
 Tony Piet           1931-1938  744  2585  352  717 132  30  23  312  247  274  .277  .350  .378   80  16 Dec 01
 Cotton Pippen       1936-1940   38    54    1    6   1   0   0    2    4    7  .111  .172  .130    0   0 Feb 15
 Don Plarski         1955-1955    8    11    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    2  .091  .091  .091    1   0 Dec 29
 Pete Reiser         1940-1952  861  2662  473  786 155  41  58  368  343  369  .295  .380  .450   87   3 Oct 25
 Don Richmond        1941-1951   56   152   11   32   6   2   2   22    6   17  .211  .241  .316    1   3 May 24
 Gene Robertson      1919-1930  656  2200  311  615 100  23  20  249  205   79  .280  .344  .373   29  22 Oct 21
 Ben Rochefort       1914-1914    1     2    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    1  .500  .500  .500    0   0 Apr 02
 George Scharein     1937-1940  388  1317  126  316  53   6   2  119   65  123  .240  .277  .294   28   0 Dec 23
 Red Shea            1918-1922   23    19    0    1   0   0   0    1    0    7  .053  .053  .053    0   0 Nov 17
 George Smith        1926-1930  134    87   14   23   2   1   2    9    4   20  .264  .297  .379    0   0 May 26
 Mike Smith          1926-1926    4     7    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    2  .143  .143  .143    0   0 May 31
 Jack Snyder         1914-1917    8    11    1    3   0   0   0    1    1    2  .273  .333  .273    0   0 Dec 13
 Irv Stein           1932-1932    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jan 07
 Fred Stiely         1929-1931   10    10    1    5   3   0   0    2    1    2  .500  .545  .800    0   0 Jan 06
 Al Van Camp         1928-1932  140   444   44  116  20   6   0   41   24   42  .261  .301  .333    4   2 Feb 02
 Gee Walker          1931-1945 1784  6771  954 1991 399  76 124  997  330  600  .294  .331  .430  223  70 Mar 20
 Pee-Wee Wanninger   1925-1927  163   556   53  130  15   8   1   31   23   43  .234  .266  .295    5   9 Mar 07
 Bill Windle         1928-1929    3     2    1    1   1   0   0    0    0    1  .500  .500 1.000    0   0 Dec 08
 Jack Wisner         1919-1926   51    31    4    2   0   0   0    0    0    9  .065  .094  .065    0   0 Dec 15
 Taffy Wright        1938-1949 1029  3583  465 1115 175  55  38  553  346  155  .311  .376  .423   32  33 Oct 22
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+

90 Players

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Pitch Glossary

 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Date
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Eddie Ainsmith      1913-1913   0   0       54.00    1   0   0   0   0    0.3    2    2   0    0    0 Sep 06
 Ernie Alten         1920-1920   0   1  .000  9.00   14   1   0   0   0   23.0   40   23   2    9    4 Sep 09
 Fred Archer         1936-1937   2   3  .400  6.35    7   5   2   0   0   39.7   45   28   3   15   11 Oct 31
 Bill Bayne          1919-1930  31  32  .492  4.84  199  55  21   2   8  662.0  711  356  37  297  259 May 22
 Myrl Brown          1922-1922   3   1  .750  5.97    7   5   2   0   0   34.7   42   23   2   13    9 Feb 23
 Earl Caldwell       1928-1948  33  43  .434  4.69  200  49  18   5  25  587.7  656  306  44  259  202 Sep 15
 Lou Ciola           1943-1943   1   3  .250  5.56   12   3   2   0   0   43.7   48   27   2   22    7 Oct 18
 Gowell Claset       1933-1933   2   0 1.000  9.53    8   1   0   0   0   11.3   23   12   1   11    1 Mar 08
 Paul Dean           1934-1943  50  34  .595  3.72  159  87  44   8   8  787.3  825  325  53  179  387 Mar 17
 Emerson Dickman     1936-1941  22  15  .595  5.33  125  24   6   1   8  349.7  403  207  38  153  126 Apr 27
 Hugh East           1941-1943   2   6  .250  5.40   19   8   1   0   0   63.3   85   38   5   41   27 Nov 02
 Lou Fette           1937-1945  41  40  .506  3.15  109  97  51  14   1  691.0  658  242  24  248  194 Jan 03
 Harry Fisher        1952-1952   1   2  .333  6.87    8   3   0   0   0   18.3   17   14   4   13    5 Sep 20
 Ed Gallagher        1932-1932   0   3  .000 12.55    9   3   0   0   0   23.7   30   33   3   28    6 Dec 22
 Tom Glass           1925-1925   1   0 1.000  5.40    2   0   0   0   0    5.0    9    3   0    0    2 Dec 15
 Vince Gonzales      1955-1955   0   0       27.00    1   0   0   0   0    2.0    6    6   0    3    1 Mar 11
 Bill Hallahan       1925-1938 102  94  .520  4.03  324 224  90  14   8 1740.3 1838  779  71  779  856 Jul 08
 Harry Hoch          1908-1915   2   7  .222  4.35   30   8   4   0   0  120.0  127   58   3   66   26 Oct 26
 Dick Hoover         1952-1952   0   0        7.71    2   0   0   0   0    4.7    8    4   1    3    0 Apr 12
 Walt Huntzinger     1923-1926   7   8  .467  3.60   60   8   2   0   3  167.3  179   67  10   49   40 Aug 11
 Bob Joyce           1939-1946   6   9  .400  6.20   44  13   3   0   0  168.3  235  116  16   57   49 Dec 10
 Al Jurisich         1944-1947  15  22  .405  4.24  104  42  13   3   5  388.3  344  183  38  189  177 Nov 03
 Cactus Keck         1922-1923  10  12  .455  3.51   62  21   6   1   3  218.0  222   85   9   61   43 Feb 06
 Jack Knott          1933-1946  82 103  .443  4.97  325 192  62   4  19 1557.0 1787  860 140  642  484 Oct 13
 Ed Lagger           1934-1934   0   0       11.00    8   0   0   0   0   18.0   27   22   1   14    2 Nov 10
 Clayton Lambert     1946-1947   2   2  .500  5.40   26   4   2   0   1   58.3   60   35   6   26   21 Apr 03
 Elmer Leonard       1911-1911   2   2  .500  2.84    5   1   1   0   0   19.0   26    6   0   10   10 May 27
 George Lowe         1920-1920   0   0        0.00    1   0   0   0   0    2.0    1    0   0    1    0 Sep 02
 George Lyons        1920-1924   5   3  .625  4.72   33   8   3   0   0  101.0  118   53   4   54   30 Aug 12
 Bill Nagel          1939-1939   0   0       12.00    1   0   0   0   0    3.0    7    4   1    1    0 Oct 08
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Date
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Skinny O'Neal       1925-1927   0   0        9.24   13   1   0   0   0   25.3   44   26   2   14    8 Jun 02
 Roy Parmelee        1929-1939  59  55  .518  4.27  206 144  55   5   3 1120.3 1075  532  68  531  514 Aug 31
 Marino Pieretti     1945-1950  30  38  .441  4.53  194  68  21   4   8  673.7  713  339  34  321  188 Jan 30
 Cotton Pippen       1936-1940   5  16  .238  6.38   38  25   5   0   1  175.0  253  124  22   64   55 Feb 15
 Red Shea            1918-1922   5   5  .500  3.80   23   4   1   0   0   64.0   64   27   4   15   17 Nov 17
 George Smith        1926-1930  10   8  .556  5.28  132   7   1   0   3  330.7  354  194  17  218  135 May 26
 Irv Stein           1932-1932   0   0       12.00    1   0   0   0   0    3.0    7    4   2    1    0 Jan 07
 Fred Stiely         1929-1931   1   1  .500  5.97    9   3   2   0   0   34.7   45   23   4   14    9 Jan 06
 Jack Wisner         1919-1926   4   5  .444  3.21   51   6   4   0   0  131.7  112   47   9   41   35 Dec 15
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+

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