| Compiled by Stew Thornley | ||||||||||||
| Statistics from the annual Official Baseball Guides published by The Sporting News | ||||||||||||
| Home runs do not include inside-the-park home runs (inside-the-park home run information from David Vincent) | ||||||||||||
| Games | At-Bats | Sacrifices | Sac. Flies | AB-S-SF | Home Runs | Strike Outs | HR-K | Balls in Play | Errors | E/G | E/BIP | |
| 1980 AL | 1132 | 77888 | 916 | 719 | 79523 | 1826 | 10363 | 12189 | 67334 | 1920 | 1.696113074 | 0.028514569 |
| 1980 NL | 973 | 66272 | 967 | 577 | 67816 | 1235 | 9848 | 11083 | 56733 | 1689 | 1.735868448 | 0.029771033 |
| 1981 AL | 750 | 50813 | 564 | 450 | 51827 | 1058 | 6905 | 7963 | 43864 | 1166 | 1.554666667 | 0.026582163 |
| 1981 NL | 644 | 43654 | 688 | 379 | 44721 | 714 | 6332 | 7046 | 37675 | 1138 | 1.767080745 | 0.030205707 |
| 1982 AL | 1135 | 77886 | 762 | 641 | 79289 | 2065 | 10921 | 12986 | 66303 | 1768 | 1.557709251 | 0.02666546 |
| 1982 NL | 972 | 66263 | 978 | 580 | 67821 | 1287 | 10749 | 12036 | 55785 | 1684 | 1.732510288 | 0.030187326 |
| 1983 AL | 1135 | 77821 | 640 | 708 | 79169 | 1882 | 10967 | 12849 | 66320 | 1831 | 1.613215859 | 0.027608565 |
| 1983 NL | 974 | 65717 | 921 | 548 | 67186 | 1391 | 10749 | 12140 | 55046 | 1667 | 1.711498973 | 0.030283763 |
| 1984 AL | 1134 | 77910 | 626 | 716 | 79252 | 1967 | 11575 | 13542 | 65710 | 1853 | 1.634038801 | 0.028199665 |
| 1984 NL | 971 | 65919 | 809 | 570 | 67298 | 1268 | 10929 | 12197 | 55101 | 1674 | 1.723995881 | 0.030380574 |
| 1985 AL | 1132 | 77257 | 648 | 658 | 78563 | 2169 | 11777 | 13946 | 64617 | 1803 | 1.592756184 | 0.027902874 |
| 1985 NL | 971 | 65818 | 901 | 486 | 67205 | 1414 | 10674 | 12088 | 55117 | 1621 | 1.669412976 | 0.029410164 |
| 1986 AL | 1134 | 77376 | 646 | 656 | 78678 | 2278 | 13058 | 15336 | 63342 | 1780 | 1.569664903 | 0.028101418 |
| 1986 NL | 969 | 65730 | 869 | 519 | 67118 | 1517 | 11648 | 13165 | 53953 | 1670 | 1.723426213 | 0.030952866 |
| 1987 AL | 1134 | 77819 | 632 | 629 | 79080 | 2623 | 13442 | 16065 | 63015 | 1731 | 1.526455026 | 0.02746965 |
| 1987 NL | 971 | 66276 | 823 | 481 | 67580 | 1814 | 11657 | 13471 | 54109 | 1567 | 1.613800206 | 0.028960062 |
| 1988 AL | 1131 | 77005 | 692 | 676 | 78373 | 1888 | 12323 | 14211 | 64162 | 1665 | 1.472148541 | 0.025949939 |
| 1988 NL | 969 | 65563 | 938 | 589 | 67090 | 1277 | 11032 | 12309 | 54781 | 1578 | 1.628482972 | 0.028805608 |
| 1989 AL | 1133 | 77004 | 727 | 704 | 78435 | 1711 | 12996 | 14707 | 63728 | 1742 | 1.537511033 | 0.027334923 |
| 1989 NL | 973 | 65817 | 899 | 536 | 67252 | 1358 | 11354 | 12712 | 54540 | 1610 | 1.654676259 | 0.029519619 |
| 1980s | 20337 | 1385808 | 15646 | 11822 | 1413276 | 32742 | 219299 | 252041 | 1161235 | 33157 | 1.630378129 | 0.028553221 |