1981 National League Championship Series

1981 National League Championship Series
Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season
Los Angeles Dodgers (3) Tommy Lasorda 36–21, .632, GA: ½ (1st half)
27–26, .509, GB: 6 (2nd half)
Montreal Expos (2) Jim Fanning 30–25, .545, GB: 4 (1st half)
30–23, .566, GA: ½ (2nd half)
DatesOctober 13–19
MVPBurt Hooton (Los Angeles)
UmpiresPaul Pryor
Eric Gregg
Paul Runge
Dutch Rennert
Harry Wendelstedt (crew chief)
Joe West
Broadcast
TelevisionNBC
CBC
SRC (French-language broadcast)
KTTV (Dodgers' broadcast)
TV announcersNBC: Dick Enberg and Tom Seaver
CBC: Dave Van Horne and Duke Snider
SRC: Jean-Pierre Roy and Guy Ferron
KTTV: Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett and Ross Porter
RadioCBS
Radio announcersJack Buck and Jerry Coleman
NLDS
← 1980 NLCS 1982 →

The 1981 National League Championship Series was a best-of-five series to end the 1981 National League season. It was the 13th NLCS in all. The series featured the first-half West Division champion Los Angeles Dodgers and the second-half East Division champion Montreal Expos. The Dodgers won the series three games to two over the Expos, thanks to a ninth-inning home run in Game 5 by Rick Monday in what has ever since been referred to as "Blue Monday" by Expos fans.

The Dodgers would go on to defeat the New York Yankees in the World Series.


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