1981 NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
HOUSTON ASTROS DEFEAT PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 3-1
NLCS MVP - CESAR CEDENO (HOU)
        AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB CS SO G2 OBP SLG OPS
Smith, Lonnie .429 3 14 0 6 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 .429 .500 .929
Vuckovich, George .333 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667
Bowa, Larry .286 4 14 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 .333 .429 .762
Matthews, Gary .231 4 13 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 0 .412 .231 .643
Maddox, Garry .214 4 14 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .267 .214 .481
Schmidt, Mike .133 4 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 .188 .133 .321
Rose, Pete .118 4 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 .167 .118 .284
Boone, Bob .083 4 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .214 .083 .298
Trillo, Manny .071 4 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 .133 .071 .205
McBride, Bake .000 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Carlton, Steve .000 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .000 .000 .000
Ruthven, Dick .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000
Christenson, Larry .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Moreland, Keith .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Davis, Dick .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
TOTAL .177 4 130 5 23 1 1 0 5 11 5 0 23 0 .241 .200 .441
        ERA W L S G GS IP R ER BB SO H HR WHIP AVG
Proly, Mike 0.00 0 0 0 1 0 1.00 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.00 .000
Noles, Dickie 0.00 0 0 0 1 0 0.67 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 .000
Ruthven, Dick 1.23 0 1 0 1 1 7.33 2 1 4 1 8 0 1.64 .286
Carlton, Steve 1.93 1 1 0 2 2 14.00 3 3 3 15 10 1 0.93 .196
Christenson, Larry 3.86 0 1 0 1 1 7.00 3 3 1 3 9 0 1.43 .300
Reed, Ron 4.50 0 0 0 2 0 2.00 1 1 0 0 2 1 1.00 .250
McGraw, Tug 6.00 0 0 0 2 0 3.00 2 2 1 3 5 0 2.00 .417
TOTAL 2.57 1 3 0 10 4 35.00 11 10 10 23 34 2 1.26 .256
NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES - GAME 1 NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES - GAME 2 NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES - GAME 3
BEST OF FIVE SERIES PHILLIES LEAD SERIES 1-0 SERIES TIED 1-1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R H E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R H E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R H E
Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 8 1 Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 Houston 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 9 1
Houston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 Houston 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 x 3 9 1 Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
PHILLIES AB R H BI ASTROS AB R H BI PHILLIES AB R H BI ASTROS AB R H BI ASTROS AB R H BI PHILLIES AB R H BI
L. Smith rf 5 0 2 2 Scott cf 4 0 1 0 L. Smith rf 4 0 1 0 Scott cf 4 1 2 0 Scott cf 4 1 1 1 Trillo 2b 3 1 1 0
Rose 1b 5 0 1 0 Puhl rf 3 0 0 0 Rose 1b 4 0 0 0 Puhl rf 3 0 1 0 Puhl rf 5 2 3 0 Bowa ss 4 1 0 0
Matthews lf 4 0 1 0 Cruz lf 4 0 0 0 Matthews lf 3 0 0 0 Cruz lf 4 0 1 0 Cruz lf 4 0 1 1 Rose 1b 5 2 2 1
Schmidt 3b 3 0 1 0 Cedeno 1b 4 0 0 0 Schmidt 3b 4 0 0 0 Cedeno 1b 4 1 1 2 Cedeno 1b 3 0 1 0 Schmidt 3b 5 0 2 2
Trillo 2b 3 1 0 0 Howe 3b 4 0 2 0 Trillo 2b 4 0 1 0 Howe 3b 4 0 1 0 Howe 3b 4 0 2 1 Matthews lf 5 0 2 0
Maddox cf 4 1 1 0 Ashby c 4 0 0 0 Maddox cf 3 0 0 0 Ashby c 3 1 1 1 Ashby c 3 0 0 0 McBride rf 5 1 2 1
Boone c 4 0 0 0 Reynolds ss 3 0 2 0 Boone c 3 0 0 0 Reynolds ss 4 0 1 0 Reynolds ss 3 0 0 0 Maddox cf 5 0 1 0
Bowa ss 3 1 1 0 Pittman 2b 3 0 1 0 Bowa ss 3 0 1 0 Pittman 2b 3 0 1 0 Pittman 2b 4 0 0 0 Boone c 5 0 1 1
Carlton p 3 0 0 0 Ryan p 3 0 0 0 Christenson p 2 0 0 0 Knepper p 3 0 0 0 Sutton p 4 0 1 0 Ruthven p 3 1 1 1
-Vuckovich ph 1 1 1 2 -D. Smith rp 0 0 0 0 -Moreland ph 1 0 0 0 -D. Smith rp 0 0 0 0 -Noles rp 0 0 0 0
-McGraw rp 0 0 0 0 -Proly rp 0 0 0 0 -Vuckovich ph 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 35 4 8 4 TOTAL 32 0 6 0 TOTAL 31 0 3 0 TOTAL 32 3 9 3 -Reed rp 1 0 0 0
TOTAL 34 3 9 3 TOTAL 41 6 12 6
2B L. Smith PHI 2B Reynolds HOU, Puhl HOU
3B Bowa PHI HR Cedeno HOU, Ashby HOU 2B Cruz HOU
SB Trillo PHI SB Bowa PHI, Puhl HOU HR Scott HOU
E Matthews PHI CS Ashby HOU SB Cedeno HOU
E Christenson PHI, Reynolds HOU E Bowa PHI, Cedeno HOU
PHILLIES IP R ER BB K H HR
Carlton (W) 8.0 0 0 1 6 5 0 PHILLIES IP R ER BB K H HR ASTROS IP R ER BB K H HR
McGraw 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Chrstnsn (L) 7.0 3 3 1 3 9 2 Sutton (W) 8.0 0 0 1 4 5 0
Proly 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 D. Smith (S) 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 0
ASTROS IP R ER BB K H HR
Ryan (L) 8.2 4 4 3 9 8 0 ASTROS IP R ER BB K H HR PHILLIES IP R ER BB K H HR
D. Smith 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knepper (W) 9.0 0 0 1 3 3 0 Ruthven (L) 7.1 2 1 4 1 8 0
Noles 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0
Reed 1.0 1 1 0 0 1 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES - GAME 4
ASTROS LEAD SERIES 2-1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R H E
Houston 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 5 10 1
Philadelphia 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 1
ASTROS AB R H BI PHILLIES AB R H BI
Scott cf 5 0 2 1 L. Smith rf 5 0 3 0
Puhl rf 5 1 2 0 Rose 1b 4 0 0 0
Cruz lf 2 1 0 0 Matthews lf 4 1 1 0
Cedeno 1b 4 1 2 3 Schmidt 3b 4 0 0 0
Howe 3b 3 0 1 0 Trillo 2b 3 0 0 0
Ashby c 4 0 0 0 Maddox cf 3 0 1 0
Reynolds ss 4 0 0 0 Boone c 2 0 1 1
Pittman 2b 4 1 2 0 Bowa ss 4 0 1 0
Ryan p 3 0 0 0 Carlton p 1 0 0 0
-Woods ph 1 1 1 1 -Vuckovich ph 1 0 0 0
-Sambito p  0 0 0 0 -Reed rp 0 0 0 0
-McGraw rp 0 0 0 0
-D. Davis ph 1 0 0 0
TOTAL 35 5 10 5 TOTAL 32 1 7 1
2B Scott HOU, Puhl HOU
HR Cedeno HOU
SB HOU-Puhl, Cruz, Howe, Pittman
PHI - L. Smith 2, Matthews
E Reynolds HOU, Schmidt PHI
ASTROS IP R ER BB K H HR
Ryan (W) 8.0 1 1 4 6 7 0
Sambito 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 0
PHILLIES IP R ER BB K H HR
Carlton (L) 6.0 3 3 2 9 5 1
Reed 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0
McGraw 2.0 2 2 1 3 4 0