most innings pitched as an al pitcher in 1981

Dennis Leonard pitched the most innings in the AL in 1981, with 201.2 innings.

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1Dennis Leonard
D. Leonard
201.2
1981
KCR KCR
26
13
11
.542
26
2.99
107
9
2
0
202
67
79
15
41
3
0
5
837
5
4.78
1.83
2.61
0.67
12.8
4.9
1.20
.279
3.53
81
3.16
87
9.01
11
2Jack Morris
J. Morris
198.0
1981
DET DET
25
14
7
.667
25
3.05
97
15
1
0
153
67
69
14
78
2
0
11
798
2
4.41
3.55
1.24
0.64
12.2
9.8
1.17
.229
3.14
83
3.75
98
6.95
2
3Rick Langford
R. Langford
195.1
1981
OAK OAK
24
12
10
.545
24
2.99
84
18
2
0
190
65
81
14
58
3
0
2
823
1
3.87
2.67
1.45
0.65
10.2
7.0
1.27
.265
3.73
86
3.61
99
8.75
0.7
4Steve McCatty
S. McCatty
185.2
1981
OAK OAK
22
14
7
.667
22
2.33
91
16
4
0
140
48
50
12
61
2
0
1
741
0
4.41
2.96
1.49
0.58
12.3
8.2
1.08
.223
2.42
67
3.47
95
6.79
3.4
5Dave Stieb
D. Stieb
183.2
1981
TOR TOR
25
11
10
.524
25
3.19
89
11
2
0
148
65
70
10
61
11
0
2
748
1
4.36
2.99
1.46
0.49
11.9
8.2
1.14
.239
3.43
82
3.51
92
7.25
6.6
6Dennis Martinez
D. Martinez
179.0
1981
BAL BAL
25
14
5
.737
24
3.32
88
9
2
0
173
66
84
10
62
2
0
1
753
6
4.42
3.12
1.42
0.50
11.7
8.2
1.31
.276
4.22
93
3.41
93
8.70
5.3
7Mike Norris
M. Norris
172.2
1981
OAK OAK
23
12
9
.571
23
3.75
78
12
2
0
145
72
77
17
63
10
0
0
721
14
4.07
3.28
1.24
0.89
10.8
8.7
1.20
.231
4.01
108
4.24
116
7.56
-11.8
8Larry Gura
L. Gura
172.1
1981
KCR KCR
23
11
8
.579
23
2.72
61
12
2
0
139
52
61
11
35
4
0
0
680
3
3.19
1.83
1.74
0.57
9.0
5.1
1.01
.225
3.19
74
3.40
93
7.26
4.7
9Milt Wilcox
M. Wilcox
166.1
1981
DET DET
24
12
9
.571
24
3.03
79
8
1
0
152
56
61
10
52
6
0
3
686
4
4.27
2.81
1.52
0.54
11.5
7.6
1.23
.263
3.30
83
3.47
91
8.22
6.6
10Geoff Zahn
G. Zahn
161.1
1981
CAL CAL
25
10
11
.476
25
4.41
52
9
0
0
181
79
93
18
43
0
0
2
689
2
2.90
2.40
1.21
1.00
7.5
6.2
1.39
.283
5.19
123
4.20
112
10.10
-7.8
11Scott McGregor
S. McGregor
160.0
1981
BAL BAL
24
13
5
.722
22
3.26
82
8
3
0
167
58
63
13
40
0
2
5
664
3
4.61
2.25
2.05
0.73
12.3
6.0
1.29
.291
3.54
91
3.38
92
9.39
5.4
12Bert Blyleven
B. Blyleven
159.1
1981
CLE CLE
20
11
7
.611
20
2.88
107
9
1
0
145
51
52
9
40
5
0
1
644
3
6.04
2.26
2.68
0.51
16.6
6.2
1.16
.282
2.94
77
2.84
75
8.19
16.8
13Britt Burns
B. Burns
156.2
1981
CWS CWS
24
10
6
.625
23
2.64
108
5
1
0
139
46
52
14
49
6
0
1
651
1
6.20
2.81
2.20
0.80
16.6
7.5
1.20
.264
2.99
72
3.43
93
7.99
4.3
14Len Barker
L. Barker
154.1
1981
CLE CLE
22
8
7
.533
22
3.91
127
9
3
0
150
67
72
7
46
1
0
0
660
5
7.41
2.68
2.76
0.41
19.2
7.0
1.27
.299
4.20
105
2.45
65
8.75
22.7
15Dennis Eckersley
D. Eckersley
154.0
1981
BOS BOS
23
9
8
.529
23
4.27
79
8
2
0
160
73
82
9
35
3
0
2
649
0
4.62
2.05
2.26
0.53
12.2
5.4
1.27
.289
4.79
111
3.07
82
9.35
11.7
16Ken Forsch
K. Forsch
153.0
1981
CAL CAL
20
11
7
.611
20
2.88
55
10
4
0
143
49
54
7
27
4
0
2
616
0
3.24
1.59
2.04
0.41
8.9
4.4
1.11
.260
3.18
80
3.08
82
8.41
11.5
17Albert Williams
A. Williams
150.0
1981
MIN MIN
23
6
10
.375
22
4.08
76
4
0
0
160
68
72
11
52
1
1
4
640
2
4.56
3.12
1.46
0.66
11.9
8.1
1.41
.298
4.32
108
3.60
97
9.60
2.1
18Pete Vuckovich
P. Vuckovich
149.2
1981
MIL MIL
24
14
4
.778
23
3.55
84
2
1
0
137
59
61
9
57
4
0
1
620
1
5.05
3.43
1.47
0.54
13.5
9.2
1.30
.275
3.67
102
3.48
97
8.24
1.3
19Rudy May
R. May
147.2
1981
NYY NYY
27
6
11
.353
22
4.14
79
4
0
1
137
68
71
10
41
2
1
0
610
6
4.81
2.50
1.93
0.61
13.0
6.7
1.21
.266
4.33
117
3.28
90
8.35
6
20Danny Darwin
D. Darwin
146.0
1981
TEX TEX
22
9
9
.500
22
3.64
98
6
2
0
115
59
67
12
57
6
0
5
601
1
6.04
3.51
1.72
0.74
16.3
9.5
1.18
.241
4.13
103
3.62
100
7.09
-0.4
21John Denny
J. Denny
145.2
1981
CLE CLE
19
10
6
.625
19
3.15
94
6
3
0
139
51
62
9
66
3
0
3
623
10
5.81
4.08
1.42
0.56
15.1
10.6
1.41
.288
3.83
84
3.53
93
8.59
4.3
22Mike Caldwell
M. Caldwell
144.1
1981
MIL MIL
24
11
9
.550
23
3.93
41
3
0
0
151
63
70
18
38
1
0
4
609
3
2.56
2.37
1.08
1.12
6.7
6.2
1.31
.260
4.36
113
4.46
125
9.42
-15.1
23Doc Medich
D. Medich
143.1
1981
TEX TEX
20
10
6
.625
20
3.08
65
4
4
0
136
49
51
8
33
2
0
5
585
1
4.08
2.07
1.97
0.50
11.1
5.6
1.18
.268
3.20
87
3.15
87
8.54
7.4
24Pete Redfern
P. Redfern
141.2
1981
MIN MIN
24
9
8
.529
23
4.07
77
3
0
0
140
64
70
12
52
2
0
1
601
2
4.89
3.30
1.48
0.76
12.8
8.7
1.36
.279
4.45
108
3.75
101
8.89
-0.5
25Frank Tanana
F. Tanana
141.1
1981
BOS BOS
24
4
10
.286
23
4.01
78
5
2
0
142
63
70
17
43
4
0
4
596
2
4.97
2.74
1.81
1.08
13.1
7.2
1.31
.275
4.46
104
4.05
108
9.04
-4.6
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