1981 American League Cy Young Award

Award Voting[edit]

Player	Team	Points	Points Share (Max Points)	First Votes	W - L	SV	G	GS	CG	SHO	RA	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	ER	ERA	WHIP	K/IP
Rollie Fingers	Milwaukee Brewers	126	0.900 (140)	22	6 - 3	28	47	0	0	0	47	78.0	55	3	13	61	9	1.04	0.872	0.78
Steve McCatty	Oakland Athletics	84.5	0.604 (140)	6	14 - 7	0	22	22	16	4	0	185.2	140	12	61	91	48	2.33	1.083	0.49
Jack Morris	Detroit Tigers	21	0.150 (140)	0	14 - 7	0	25	25	15	1	0	198.0	153	14	78	97	67	3.05	1.167	0.49
Pete Vuckovich	Milwaukee Brewers	8.5	0.061 (140)	0	14 - 4	0	24	23	2	1	1	149.2	137	9	57	84	59	3.55	1.296	0.56
Dennis Martinez	Baltimore Orioles	3.5	0.025 (140)	0	14 - 5	0	25	24	9	2	1	179.0	173	10	62	88	66	3.32	1.313	0.49
Rich Gossage	New York Yankees	3	0.021 (140)	0	3 - 2	20	32	0	0	0	32	46.2	22	2	14	48	4	0.77	0.771	1.03
Ron Guidry	New York Yankees	2.5	0.018 (140)	0	11 - 5	0	23	21	0	0	2	127.0	100	12	26	104	39	2.76	0.992	0.82
Britt Burns	Chicago White Sox	2	0.014 (140)	0	10 - 6	0	24	23	5	1	1	156.2	139	14	49	108	46	2.64	1.200	0.69
Larry Gura	Kansas City Royals	1	0.007 (140)	0	11 - 8	0	23	23	12	2	0	172.1	139	11	35	61	52	2.72	1.010	0.35

Preceded by
1980

Cy Young Award
National
1981

Succeeded by
1982