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1981 NL Championship Series (3-2): Los Angeles Dodgers (63-47) over Montreal Expos (60-48)

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

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 13, 1981 at Dodger Stad (Los Angeles Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Montreal Expos               0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1     1  9  0
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  2  0    0  0  0    0  3  x     5  8  0

    PITCHERS: MON - Gullickson, Reardon (8)
              LAD - Hooton, Welch (8), Howe (9)

               WP - Burt Hooton
	       LP - Bill Gullickson
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: MON - none
              LAD - Guerrero, Scioscia

  ATTENDANCE: 51,273

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 14, 1981 at Dodger Stad (Los Angeles Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Montreal Expos               0  2  0    0  0  1    0  0  0     3 10  1
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  5  1

    PITCHERS: MON - Burris
              LAD - Valenzuela, Niedenfuer (7), Forster (7), Pena (7), Castillo (9)

               WP - Ray Burris
	       LP - Fernando Valenzuela
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: MON - none
              LAD - none

  ATTENDANCE: 53,463

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 16, 1981 at Stade Olymp. (Montreal Expos)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0     1  7  0
    Montreal Expos               0  0  0    0  0  4    0  0  x     4  7  1

    PITCHERS: LAD - Reuss, Pena (8)
              MON - Rogers

               WP - Steve Rogers
	       LP - Jerry Reuss
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: LAD - none
              MON - White

  ATTENDANCE: 54,372

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 17, 1981 at Stade Olymp. (Montreal Expos)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  0  1    0  0  0    0  2  4     7 12  1
    Montreal Expos               0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0     1  5  1

    PITCHERS: LAD - Hooton, Welch (8), Howe (9)
              MON - Gullickson, Fryman (8), Sosa (9), Lee (9)

               WP - Burt Hooton
	       LP - Bill Gullickson
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: LAD - Garvey
              MON - none

  ATTENDANCE: 54,499

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 19, 1981 at Stade Olymp. (Montreal Expos)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  1     2  6  0
    Montreal Expos               1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     1  3  1

    PITCHERS: LAD - Valenzuela, Welch (9)
              MON - Burris, Rogers (9)

               WP - Fernando Valenzuela
	       LP - Steve Rogers
             SAVE - Bob Welch

   HOME RUNS: LAD - Monday
              MON - none

  ATTENDANCE: 36,491

Series MVP - Burt Hooton

Series Batting Stats

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Los Angeles Dodgers

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Dusty Baker         5  19  3  6  1  0  0   3  1  0  .316  .381  .368  0 | 400 128  9  .320  .808  10
 Bobby Castillo      1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   9   4  0  .444 1.111   0
 Ron Cey             5  18  1  5  1  0  0   3  3  2  .278  .381  .333  0 | 312  90 13  .288  .846   0
*Terry Forster       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   2   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Steve Garvey        5  21  2  6  0  0  1   2  0  4  .286  .286  .429  0 | 431 122 10  .283  .733   3
 Pedro Guerrero      5  19  1  2  0  0  1   2  1  4  .105  .150  .263  0 | 347 104 12  .300  .829   5
 Burt Hooton         2   5  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  42   8  0  .190  .523   0
*Steve Howe          2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   1   0  0  .000  .500   0
*Jay Johnstone       2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  83  17  3  .205  .616   0
*Ken Landreaux       5  10  0  1  1  0  0   0  3  2  .100  .308  .200  0 | 390  98  7  .251  .664  18
 Davey Lopes         5  18  0  5  0  0  0   0  1  3  .278  .316  .278  5 | 214  44  5  .206  .574  20
*Rick Monday         3   9  2  3  0  0  1   1  0  4  .333  .333  .667  0 | 130  41 11  .315 1.031   1
 Tom Niedenfuer      1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Alejandro Pena      2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   6   0  0  .000  .000   0
*Jerry Reuss         1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  51  10  0  .196  .392   0
 Bill Russell        5  16  2  5  0  1  0   1  1  1  .313  .353  .438  0 | 262  61  0  .233  .566   2
 Steve Sax           1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 | 119  33  2  .277  .662   5
*Mike Scioscia       5  15  1  2  0  0  1   1  2  1  .133  .235  .333  0 | 290  80  2  .276  .684   0
#Reggie Smith        1   1  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000  0 |  35   7  1  .200  .632   0
#Derrel Thomas       2   1  2  1  0  0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000  0 | 218  54  4  .248  .643   7
*Fernando Valenzuela 2   5  0  0  0  0  0   1  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  64  16  0  .250  .543   0
 Bob Welch           3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  45  10  0  .222  .506   0
 Steve Yeager        1   2  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .500  .500  .500  0 |  86  18  3  .209  .598   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 163 15 38  3  1  4  15 12 23  .233  .290  .337  5 |         82  .262  .696  73

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Montreal Expos

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Ray Burris          2   6  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  4  .000  .000  .000  0 |  37   7  0  .189  .451   0
 Gary Carter         5  16  3  7  1  0  0   0  4  2  .438  .550  .500  0 | 374  94 16  .251  .757   1
*Warren Cromartie    5  18  0  3  1  0  0   2  0  2  .167  .167  .222  0 | 358 109  6  .304  .789   2
 Andre Dawson        5  20  2  3  0  0  0   0  0  4  .150  .150  .150  0 | 394 119 24  .302  .918  26
*Terry Francona      2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  95  26  1  .274  .643   1
 Woodie Fryman       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   3   2  0  .667 1.334   0
 Bill Gullickson     2   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  2  .000  .250  .000  0 |  46   7  0  .152  .378   0
*Bill Lee            1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  22   8  1  .364  .864   0
#Jerry Manuel        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  55  11  3  .200  .725   0
*John Milner         1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |+135  32  5  .237  .713   0
 Larry Parrish       5  19  2  5  2  0  0   2  1  1  .263  .300  .368  0 | 349  85  8  .244  .681   0
#Tim Raines          5  21  1  5  2  0  0   1  0  3  .238  .238  .333  0 | 313  95  5  .304  .829  71
 Jeff Reardon        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+  5   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Steve Rogers        2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  55   8  0  .145  .339   0
#Rodney Scott        5  18  0  3  0  0  0   0  1  3  .167  .211  .167  1 | 336  69  0  .205  .558  30
 Elias Sosa          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   2   2  0 1.000 2.000   0
 Chris Speier        5  16  0  3  0  0  0   0  2  0  .188  .278  .188  0 | 307  69  2  .225  .600   1
 Tim Wallach         1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 212  50  4  .236  .643   0
#Jerry White         5  16  2  5  1  0  1   3  3  1  .313  .421  .563  1 | 119  26  3  .218  .646   5
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 158 10 34  7  0  1   8 12 25  .215  .271  .278  2 |         81  .246  .686 138

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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Los Angeles Dodgers

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Burt Hooton         2   0.00 2-0  0  0 14.7 11  0  6  7 | 11-6  142  2.28  1.10  74   
*Fernando Valenzuela 2   2.45 1-1  0  0 14.7 10  4  5 10 | 13-7  192  2.48  1.05 180   
*Jerry Reuss         1   5.14 0-1  0  0  7.0  7  4  1  2 | 10-4  153  2.30  1.08  51   
 Alejandro Pena      2   0.00 0-0  0  0  2.3  1  0  0  0 |  1-1   25  2.84  1.14  14  2
*Steve Howe          2   0.00 0-0  0  0  2.0  1  0  0  2 |  5-3   54  2.50  1.28  32  8
 Bob Welch           3   5.40 0-0  1  0  1.7  2  1  0  2 |  9-5  141  3.44  1.29  88   
 Bobby Castillo      1   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  0  0  0  1 |  2-4   51  5.33  1.46  35  5
*Terry Forster       1   0.00 0-0  0  0  0.3  0  0  0  1 |  0-1   31  4.11  1.70  17   
 Tom Niedenfuer      1   0.00 0-0  0  0  0.3  2  0  0  0 |  3-1   26  3.81  1.19  12  2
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   1.84 3-2  1  0 44.0 34  9 12 25 |            3.01 1.210   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Montreal Expos

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Ray Burris          2   0.53 1-0  0  1 17.0 10  1  3  4 |  9-7  136  3.05  1.16  52   
 Bill Gullickson     2   2.51 0-2  0  0 14.3 12  4  6 12 |  7-9  157  2.80  1.12 115   
 Steve Rogers        2   1.80 1-1  0  1 10.0  8  2  1  6 | 12-8  161  3.42  1.18  87   
*Woodie Fryman       1  36.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  3  4  1  1 |  5-3   43  1.88  1.21  25  7
 Jeff Reardon        1  27.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  3  3  0  0 |+ 3-0   70  2.18  0.98  49  8
*Bill Lee            1   0.00 0-0  0  0  0.3  1  0  0  0 |  5-6   89  2.94  1.17  34  6
 Elias Sosa          1   0.00 0-0  0  0  0.3  1  0  1  0 |  1-2   39  3.66  1.37  18  3
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   2.86 2-3  0  2 44.0 38 14 12 23 |            3.30 1.200   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

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

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