League standings - 1981 American League
Regular season

Divisional
YearTeamWLPctGBL10StrkRecentRFRAMgnMgc
A.L East             
1981Louisiana Lightning10656 .654- 8-2L1lwwwwwwwwl7335292040
1981East Kenosha Legends10458 .6422 3-7W1wlllllllww693566127 
1981Edmonton Magpies10062 .6176 5-5W1wlwlwlwwll656555101 
1981Oyster Creek Nukes7884 .48128 4-6L2llwlwwlllw624641-17 
1981Cedar Rapids Hired Guns7290 .44434 5-5W2wwlwlllwwl566664-98 
1981Wright Patt Plainsmen6696 .40740 5-5L1lwlwlwwllw611759-148 
              
A.L. West             
1981Lafayette Snow Bears10260 .630- 6-4L2llwwwwllww6114731380
1981Moose Jaw Corsairs9072 .55612 5-5W1wllwwlwwll58550085 
1981Shelby Stars7884 .48124 5-5W1wllwwwlllw530567-37 
1981Baroda Serranos7785 .47525 4-6W2wwllllwlwl620680-60 
1981New York Knights7488 .45728 6-4L1lwwllwwwwl549593-44 
1981Dorsey Lemmings7191 .43831 4-6L1lwwllllwlw533579-46 

Wildcard
YearTeamWLPctGBL10StrkRecentMgc
1981Louisiana Lightning10656 .654na 8-2L1lwwwwwwwwl 
1981Lafayette Snow Bears10260 .630na 6-4L2llwwwwllww 
1981East Kenosha Legends10458 .642- 3-7W1wlllllllww0
1981Edmonton Magpies10062 .6174 5-5W1wlwlwlwwll 
1981Moose Jaw Corsairs9072 .55614 5-5W1wllwwlwwll 
1981Oyster Creek Nukes7884 .48126 4-6L2llwlwwlllw 
1981Shelby Stars7884 .48126 5-5W1wllwwwlllw 
1981Baroda Serranos7785 .47527 4-6W2wwllllwlwl 
1981New York Knights7488 .45730 6-4L1lwwllwwwwl 
1981Cedar Rapids Hired Guns7290 .44432 5-5W2wwlwlllwwl 
1981Dorsey Lemmings7191 .43833 4-6L1lwwllllwlw 
1981Wright Patt Plainsmen6696 .40738 5-5L1lwlwlwwllw 

Expanded1
YearTeamHomeRoadGrassTurfvsLHPvsRHPDivInterLg
1981Louisiana Lightning58-2348-3330-1876-3829-1577-4142-1833-15
1981Lafayette Snow Bears49-3253-2835-2167-3924-1978-4139-2131-17
1981East Kenosha Legends51-3053-2837-1867-4031-1573-4333-2732-16
1981Edmonton Magpies53-2847-3483-4717-1522-1978-4334-2633-15
1981Moose Jaw Corsairs46-3544-3724-2466-4814-1976-5329-3133-15
1981Oyster Creek Nukes48-3330-5164-5914-2521-1857-6626-3428-20
1981Shelby Stars41-4037-4458-6420-2022-1456-7033-2719-29
1981Baroda Serranos39-4238-4365-6512-2018-2559-6026-3422-26
1981New York Knights32-4942-3931-2443-6422-1752-7128-3228-20
1981Cedar Rapids Hired Guns39-4233-4861-7011-2016-3156-5919-4126-22
1981Dorsey Lemmings35-4636-4553-7018-2118-1753-7425-3525-23
1981Wright Patt Plainsmen38-4328-5320-2746-6917-2549-7126-3424-24

Expanded2
YearTeamLead7Tied7Trail71-runExtra
1981Louisiana Lightning77-717-612-4333-2315-10
1981Lafayette Snow Bears83-711-88-4545-216-12
1981East Kenosha Legends79-315-910-4634-1816-6
1981Edmonton Magpies73-1011-816-4435-2414-9
1981Moose Jaw Corsairs68-513-119-5626-268-13
1981Oyster Creek Nukes61-109-58-6928-297-6
1981Shelby Stars60-312-126-6926-1813-5
1981Baroda Serranos63-57-107-7025-277-8
1981New York Knights55-915-114-6832-358-9
1981Cedar Rapids Hired Guns53-109-1310-6732-298-11
1981Dorsey Lemmings57-87-177-6623-3310-10
1981Wright Patt Plainsmen51-118-117-7427-323-14