1981 National League Division Series

1981 National League Division Series
Teams
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Los Angeles Dodgers (3) Tommy Lasorda 36–21, .632, GA: ½ (1st half)
27–26, .509, GB: 6 (2nd half)
Houston Astros (2) Bill Virdon 28–29, .491, GB: 8 (1st half)
33–20, .623, GA: 1½ (2nd half)
DatesOctober 6 – 11
TelevisionNBC
KTTV (Dodgers' broadcast)
KRIV-TV (Astros' broadcast)
TV announcersNBC: Joe Garagiola and Tony Kubek
KTTV: Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, and Ross Porter
KRIV-TV: Gene Elston, Dewayne Staats, and Larry Dierker
RadioCBS
KABC-AM (Dodgers' broadcast)
KENR (Astros' broadcast)
Radio announcersCBS: Jerry Coleman and Sparky Anderson
KABC: Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, and Ross Porter
KENR: Gene Elston, Dewayne Staats, and Larry Dierker
UmpiresJerry Dale
Jim Quick
Satch Davidson
John McSherry
Lee Weyer
Ed Montague
Teams
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Montreal Expos (3) Jim Fanning 30–25, .545, GB: 4 (1st half)
30–23, .566, GA: ½ (2nd half)
Philadelphia Phillies (2) Dallas Green 34–21, .618, GA: 1½ (1st half)
25–27, .481, GB: 4½ (2nd half)
DatesOctober 7 – 11
TelevisionNBC
CBC
SRC (French-language broadcast)
WPHL-TV (Phillies' broadcast)
TV announcersNBC Dick Enberg and Tom Seaver
CBC: Dave Van Horne and Duke Snider
SRC: Jean-Pierre Roy and Guy Ferron
WPHL-TV: Harry Kalas, Andy Musser, Richie Ashburn and Tim McCarver
RadioCBS
Radio announcersJack Buck and Joe Torre
UmpiresTerry Tata
Frank Pulli
Bruce Froemming
Billy Williams
John Kibler
Jerry Crawford
NLDS

The 1981 National League Division Series (NLDS), the opening round of the 1981 National League playoffs which began on Tuesday, October 6, and ended on Sunday, October 11. The Division Series was created on August 6 in response to the 1981 Major League Baseball strike, which caused the cancellation of roughly one-third of the regular season between June 12 and August 9; by the time play was resumed, it was decided that the best approach was to have the first-half leaders automatically qualify for postseason play, and allow all the teams to begin the second half with a clean slate. The series were best-of-five games.

The Montreal Expos defeated the Philadelphia Phillies while the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Houston Astros to advance to the National League Championship Series.


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