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Champions
Major League Baseball
★ World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers over New York Yankees (4-2); Ron Cey, Pedro Guerrero, and Steve Yeager, co-MVPs
'NOTE:' Due to a strike in mid-season, the season was divided into a first half and a second half. The division winner of the first half (denoted East 1, West 1) played the division winner of the second half (denoted East 2, West 2).
★ American League Championship Series MVP: Graig Nettles
★ National League Championship Series MVP: Burt Hooton
★ All-Star Game, August 9 at Cleveland Stadium: National League, 5-4; Gary Carter, MVP
Other champions
★ College World Series: Arizona State
★ Japan Series: Yomiuri Giants over Nippon Ham Fighters (4-2)
★ Little League World Series: Tai-Ping, Taichung, Taiwan
Awards and honors
★ 'Most Valuable Player'
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★ Rollie Fingers, Milwaukee Brewers, P (AL)
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★ Mike Schmidt, Philadelphia Phillies, 3B (NL)
★ 'Cy Young Award'
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★ Rollie Fingers, Milwaukee Brewers (AL)
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★ Fernando Valenzuela, Los Angeles Dodgers (NL)
★ 'Rookie of the Year'
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★ Dave Righetti, New York Yankees, P (AL)
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★ Fernando Valenzuela, Los Angeles Dodgers, P (NL)
MLB statistical leaders
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Major League Baseball final standings
First half of season
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Second half of season
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Overall record
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Events
January-March
★ January 15 - In his first year of eligibility, former St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Bob Gibson is the only person elected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Players falling short of the 301 votes needed for election include Don Drysdale (243), Gil Hodges (241), Harmon Killebrew (239), Hoyt Wilhelm (238) and Juan Marichal (233).
★ January 23 - Fred Lynn traded by the Boston Red Sox with Steve Renko to the California Angels for Frank Tanana, Jim Dorsey, and Joe Rudi.
★ February 12 - Reputedly because the Boston Red Sox mailed out his contract two days late, catcher Carlton Fisk is declared a free agent. He will later sign with the Chicago White Sox.
★ March 11 - Johnny Mize and Rube Foster are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee. Mize hit .312 with 359 home runs in 15 seasons for the Cardinals and New York Giants, while Foster was a star pitcher, manager and pioneer of the Negro Leagues during the first quarter of the 20th century.
April-June
★ April 9 - After pitcher Jerry Reuss pulls a muscle, rookie Fernando Valenzuela is given his first starting assignment. His first Major League start results in a five-hit shutout. It is the beginning of what will be called "Fernandomania" in Southern California.
★ April 10 - Carlton Fisk debuts with the Chicago White Sox, coincidentally in Fenway Park against his former team, the Boston Red Sox. Fisk hits a three-run home run in the eighth to secure a 5-3 win for Chicago.
★ April 18 - Tom Seaver of the Cincinnati Reds records his 3000th career strikeout. Keith Hernandez is the victim.
★ April 27 - Just 18 days after his first start, Fernando Valenzuela has grabbed the attention of the baseball world. In just his fifth start, he pitches his fourth complete game shutout running his record to 5-0 with a microscopic 0.20 ERA. He is also batting over 0.400 to help his own cause.
★ April 29 - Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies records his 3000th career strikeout. April of 1981 is the only month in history to have two pitchers reach this milestone. He is the first left-handed pitcher in Major League history to reach that mark.
★ May 15 - Len Barker of the Cleveland Indians pitches a perfect game against the Toronto Blue Jays, 3-0, at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. He struck out 11, all swinging, after the third inning and never had a 3-ball count on any batter on a misty, rain-soaked night where only 7,290 fans took in the game. Current Indians broadcaster Rick Manning caught the 27th out of the night on a fly ball to center field. Barker's catcher, .
Movies
★ '' (TV)
Births
January- March
★ January 4 - Jailen Peguero
★ January 5 - Andy Cavazos
★ January 8 - Jeff Francis
★ January 13 - José Capellán
★ January 21 - Wilfredo Ledezma
★ January 25 - Andy Machado
★ January 28 - Doug Waechter
★ February 7 - Seth McClung
★ February 12 - Chris Snyder
★ February 14 - Brad Halsey
★ February 16 - Sergio Mitre
★ February 18 - Alex Ríos
★ March 9 - Clay Rapada
★ March 14 - Bobby Jenks
★ March 16 - Curtis Granderson
★ March 19 - José Castillo
April-June
★ April 3 - Ryan Doumit
★ April 5 - Jorge de la Rosa
★ April 21 - Ronny Paulino
★ April 27 - Joey Gathright
★ May 8 - John Maine
★ May 15 - Justin Morneau
★ May 21 - Josh Hamilton
★ June 2 - Jared Burton
★ June 8 - Kevin Mahar
July-September
★ August 5 - Carl Crawford
★ August 15 - Oliver Pérez
★ August 31 - Dennis Dove
★ September 6 - Mark Teahen
★ September 10 - Kameron Loe
★ September 25 - Rocco Baldelli
October-December
★ October 24 - Ben Francisco
★ October 31 - Mike Napoli
★ October 30 - Ian Snell
★ November 22 - Oscar Villarreal
★ November 29 - Guillermo Quiroz
★ November 30 - Rich Harden
★ December 4 - Jerome Williams
★ December 8 - Kory Casto
★ December 10 - Víctor Díaz
★ December 14 - Ángel Guzmán
★ December 15 - Andy González
★ December 25 - Willy Taveras
★ December 26 - Omar Infante
Deaths
★ January 26 - Ray Oyler, 42, shortstop known for excellent glovework with the Detroit Tigers' 1968 champions, afterwards taken in the expansion draft by the Seattle Pilots
★ March 10 - Bob Elson, 76, broadcaster for the Chicago White Sox from 1931 to 1970; also worked with the Cubs and Oakland Athletics
★ March 17 - Paul Dean, 67, pitcher who joined his older brother Dizzy on the St. Louis Cardinals, winning 19 games in each of his first two seasons; the brothers each won two games in the 1934 World Series
★ March 19 - Frank Lane, 85, general manager of the White Sox, Indians, Brewers and Cardinals known for his numerous trades
★ April 16 - Effa Manley, 84, owner of the Negro Leagues' Newark Eagles from 1935 to 1948
★ April 27 - Emerson Dickman, 66, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox between 1936 and 1941, who later became a highly respected coach at Princeton University in the 1950s
★ July 1 - Dan Daniel, 91, sportswriter for ''The Sporting News'' and various New York newspapers for over 50 years; also a member of baseball's Rules Committee
★ July 8 - Merl Combs, 61, shortstop for the Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators and Cleveland Indians between 1947 and 1952
★ August 9 - Sammy T. Hughes, 70, 6-time All-Star second baseman of the Negro Leagues, mainly with the Elite Giants
★ October 4 - Freddie Lindstrom, 75, Hall of Fame third baseman for the New York Giants who batted .311 lifetime, twice collecting 230 hits and batting .333 in the 1924 World Series at age 18; later coach at Northwestern
★ October 17 - Johnny Peacock, 71, catcher for the Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Blue Jays/Phillies and Brooklyn Dodgers, between 1937 and 1945
★ October 25 - Pete Reiser, 62, All-Star center fielder for the Brooklyn Dodgers who led the NL in batting and four other categories in 1941 and in steals twice, but whose fearless defensive style led to numerous injuries
★ December 10 - John F. Kieran, 89, New York sportswriter and radio and television personality who authored books on numerous subjects
★ December 28 - John Bischoff, 87, catcher for the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox in the 1920s, and one of the first foreign ballplayers to play in Cuban baseball
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