Sunday May 31, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, May 31, 1981

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         24  24  2.61   48  10  10   445   392  150  129   10  143  286
Los Angeles     33  15  2.61   48  14  11   437   381  137  127   19  134  260
San Francisco   25  25  3.03   50   4  15   460   412  175  155   25  186  261
Pittsburgh      20  20  3.12   41   7  10   373   368  146  129   22  122  192
Montreal        26  19  3.51   45   7  12   405   393  178  158   27  105  208
Atlanta         22  23  3.67   46   6   8   419   412  187  171   31  152  201
San Diego       19  29  3.73   48   4  11   430   434  196  178   38  167  218
New York        15  27  3.76   43   4   7   375   386  195  157   35  138  226
Cincinnati      27  20  3.82   47  10   8   422   381  197  179   29  177  259
Philadelphia    27  19  3.85   46  14   6   409   410  188  175   31  127  239
St. Louis       23  17  3.89   41   5  12   368   341  175  159   15  123  170
Chicago         10  33  4.22   45   2   3   403   413  214  189   19  195  234

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Knepper (HOU)      5   0  1.02   9   9   4   0   4   70   54    9    8    0   12   31
Nolan Ryan (HOU)       4   3  1.59   9   9   1   0   1   62   48   15   11    0   30   58
Jerry Reuss (LAN)      4   1  1.76   9   9   5   0   1   67   67   14   13    1   11   17
Vida Blue (SFN)        5   3  1.82   9   9   1   0   0   69   49   17   14    6   32   36
Doyle Alexander (SFN)  5   3  1.84  10  10   0   0   0   68   59   15   14    3   24   36
F. Valenzuela (LAN)    8   2  1.89  11  11   7   0   5   91   60   20   19    3   27   79
Tom Seaver (CIN)       5   1  1.95  10  10   3   0   1   69   48   18   15    3   34   43
Joe Niekro (HOU)       6   3  2.05  11  11   4   0   1   88   78   26   20    2   20   40
Burt Hooton (LAN)      7   1  2.19  11  11   2   0   1   74   74   22   18    1   16   40
Scott Sanderson (MON)  5   2  2.34   9   9   2   0   0   62   55   20   16    5   11   33

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Al Hrabosky            0   0  0.90   8   0   0   0   0   10    6    1    1    0    1    4
Rick Camp              5   1  1.65  22   0   0   5   0   33   28    7    6    2    4   22
Rick Mahler            2   1  2.23  21   1   0   2   0   32   30    9    8    0   17   15
Phil Niekro            3   3  2.80   9   9   2   0   2   64   55   24   20    2   25   36
Larry Bradford         2   0  3.26  19   0   0   1   0   19   20    7    7    0    5   10
Gaylord Perry          4   3  3.44  10  10   3   0   0   68   76   29   26    5    8   30
Gene Garber            1   1  3.65   9   0   0   0   0   12   12    5    5    1    5    8
John Montefusco        1   2  3.78  13   7   0   0   0   48   44   20   20    5   19   18
Preston Hanna          2   1  4.85  15   1   0   0   0   30   34   18   16    2   20   16
Tommy Boggs            1   7  5.11  11  10   1   0   0   62   64   37   35    8   23   29
Bob Walk               1   4  5.35   9   8   0   0   0   37   37   25   22    6   22   13
Rick Matula            0   0  6.00   1   0   0   0   0    3    3    2    2    0    1    0
Luis Gomez             0   0 27.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    3    3    3    0    2    0

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rawly Eastwick         0   1  2.35  15   0   0   0   0   23   22    8    6    0   10   17
Doug Capilla           0   0  2.52  21   0   0   0   0   25   22    8    7    0   16   15
Lee Smith              1   3  3.16  17   0   0   0   0   31   28   12   11    1   10   23
Lynn McGlothen         0   2  3.28  15   6   0   0   0   47   51   20   17    1   22   22
Rick Reuschel          2   7  3.73  11  11   1   0   0   70   70   35   29    4   20   43
Dick Tidrow            2   4  4.50  24   0   0   3   0   36   30   20   18    3   13   24
Randy Martz            2   3  4.71  12   7   1   0   0   42   45   23   22    1   24   14
Bill Caudill           1   4  4.76  12   8   0   0   0   51   51   30   27    5   25   33
Mike Krukow            2   6  5.61  10  10   0   0   0   51   62   36   32    4   35   31
Ken Kravec             0   3  6.67  13   3   0   0   0   27   32   22   20    0   20   12

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Seaver             5   1  1.95  10  10   3   0   1   69   48   18   15    3   34   43
Joe Price              4   0  2.67  22   0   0   1   0   30   22    9    9    2    9   29
Frank Pastore          2   2  3.47   9   9   1   0   1   57   55   27   22    3   10   33
Mario Soto             4   6  3.54  11  11   4   0   0   76   62   33   30    5   28   64
Tom Hume               2   2  3.90  23   0   0   5   0   30   29   14   13    5   16   10
Paul Moskau            2   1  4.70  12   0   0   2   0   31   27   17   16    3   15   19
Mike Lacoss            2   5  4.79   9   9   1   0   1   47   58   27   25    4   15   16
Bruce Berenyi          4   2  4.83   9   8   1   0   1   50   37   27   27    1   36   26
Geoff Combe            1   0  6.30   7   0   0   0   0   10   15    7    7    1    4    6
Doug Bair              1   1  6.53  14   0   0   0   0   21   28   18   15    2   10   13

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Knepper            5   0  1.02   9   9   4   0   4   70   54    9    8    0   12   31
Nolan Ryan             4   3  1.59   9   9   1   0   1   62   48   15   11    0   30   58
Joe Sambito            1   3  1.65  24   0   0   5   0   33   23   10    6    1   12   22
Frank Lacorte          2   1  1.77  18   0   0   2   0   20   12    4    4    0   14   23
Joe Niekro             6   3  2.05  11  11   4   0   1   88   78   26   20    2   20   40
Vern Ruhle             0   1  2.97   7   5   0   1   0   30   31   10   10    2    6   15
Don Sutton             3   6  3.65  10  10   1   0   1   67   60   27   27    1   17   44
Joaquin Andujar        2   3  4.94   9   3   0   0   0   24   29   17   13    2   12   18
Bobby Sprowl           0   1  5.09   9   1   0   0   0   18   22   11   10    1    6   10
Dave Smith             1   3  5.45  19   0   0   2   0   33   35   21   20    1   14   25

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Stewart           3   0  0.00  10   0   0   0   0   15    7    0    0    0    8   10
Steve Howe             4   2  0.74  18   0   0   5   0   24   17    3    2    1   10   14
Jerry Reuss            4   1  1.76   9   9   5   0   1   67   67   14   13    1   11   17
Fernando Valenzuela    8   2  1.89  11  11   7   0   5   91   60   20   19    3   27   79
Burt Hooton            7   1  2.19  11  11   2   0   1   74   74   22   18    1   16   40
Dave Goltz             1   0  3.10  13   1   0   1   0   29   24   10   10    3    7   25
Rick Sutcliffe         2   2  3.52   9   6   0   0   0   38   33   18   15    4   15   14
Bob Welch              3   3  3.96  10  10   0   0   0   64   60   28   28    3   23   38
Terry Forster          0   0  5.23   9   0   0   0   0   10   19    6    6    0    5    8
Bobby Castillo         1   4  5.76  17   0   0   5   0   25   20   16   16    3   12   15

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jeff Reardon           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    0    0    0    0    1
Woodie Fryman          3   1  1.93  15   0   0   3   0   14   19    7    3    1    3    6
Charlie Lea            4   1  2.09   9   6   2   0   2   43   28   10   10    1   18   26
Scott Sanderson        5   2  2.34   9   9   2   0   0   62   55   20   16    5   11   33
Elias Sosa             1   0  2.63  11   0   0   3   0   14   11    4    4    2    3    6
Bill Lee               1   2  2.65  16   2   0   5   0   37   38   14   11    3    5   17
Bill Gullickson        2   5  3.52   9   9   0   0   0   69   63   28   27    1   17   48
Ray Burris             2   4  3.83   8   8   1   0   0   47   42   25   20    5   15   18
Steve Rogers           6   3  4.57  11  11   2   0   0   81   89   42   41    4   20   39
Stan Bahnsen           1   0  6.20  12   0   0   1   0   20   24   14   14    3    6   10
Steve Ratzer           1   1  6.23  12   0   0   0   0   17   23   14   12    2    7    4

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tim Leary              0   0  0.00   1   1   0   0   0    2    0    0    0    0    1    3
Tom Hausman            0   1  2.40  18   0   0   0   0   30   27    8    8    2    7   13
Dyar Miller            0   0  2.60  14   0   0   0   0   28   34   14    8    2   10   16
Pete Falcone           1   2  2.65  16   1   0   1   0   34   30   14   10    2   16   34
Neil Allen             3   2  2.77  14   0   0   4   0   26   21    9    8    2   11   20
Jeff Reardon           1   0  3.45  18   0   0   2   0   29   27   11   11    2   12   28
Ed Lynch               1   2  3.71   6   4   0   0   0   27   36   13   11    3    4    9
Pat Zachry             5   5  3.88  10  10   3   0   0   63   57   31   27    5   25   38
Mike Scott             2   4  3.99   9   9   1   0   0   59   61   28   26    5   12   29
Randy Jones            1   5  4.36   9   9   0   0   0   43   47   37   21    6   28   11
Greg Harris            1   1  4.80   3   3   0   0   0   15   15    8    8    1    7   11
Craig Swan             0   2  5.06   2   2   0   0   0    5    5    4    3    0    0    4
Dave Roberts           0   3  9.39   7   4   0   0   0   15   26   18   16    5    5   10

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Carlton          8   0  2.84  11  11   7   0   0   92   85   30   29    4   27   83
Mike Proly             1   0  3.32  16   0   0   0   0   22   23    9    8    1    7    9
Marty Bystrom          3   3  3.40   8   8   1   0   0   48   47   19   18    3   15   22
Ron Reed               1   0  3.52  13   0   0   2   0   23   18    9    9    3    7   12
Dick Ruthven           7   2  4.09  10  10   4   0   0   73   70   38   33    4   22   37
Sparky Lyle            3   1  4.10  16   0   0   0   0   26   26   12   12    0   12   15
Larry Christenson      1   5  4.37   9   9   0   0   0   58   60   31   28    5   17   36
Tug McGraw             1   4  4.50  15   0   0   4   0   18   21    9    9    2   10    9
Nino Espinosa          2   4  5.26   8   8   2   0   0   50   60   31   29    9   10   16

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Grant Jackson          1   2  1.76  18   0   0   1   0   15   13    4    3    1    3    6
Pascual Perez          2   1  2.32   4   4   2   0   0   31   26    8    8    2    8   14
Victor Cruz            1   1  2.45   7   0   0   1   0   15   17    4    4    2    8   10
Rick Rhoden            6   0  2.53   9   9   2   0   1   64   57   20   18    3   23   39
Ernie Camacho          0   0  2.57   3   2   0   0   0   14   10    5    4    0    8    5
Jim Bibby              3   3  2.69   9   9   2   0   2   64   57   22   19    0   18   28
Eddie Solomon          3   3  2.80  10   5   1   1   0   45   47   16   14    4    5   15
John Candelaria        2   2  3.54   6   6   0   0   0   41   42   17   16    3   11   14
Rod Scurry             1   2  4.31   6   5   0   1   0   31   33   15   15    3   14   29
Enrique Romo           0   2  4.61  20   0   0   6   0   27   34   20   14    3   11   16
Don Robinson           0   1  4.91   2   1   0   0   0    7   12    5    4    1    1    3
Kent Tekulve           1   3  4.91  14   0   0   0   0   18   20   10   10    0   12   13

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Urrea             2   0  0.35  18   0   0   0   0   26   16    1    1    0   14    9
Danny Boone            0   0  1.85  13   0   0   1   0   24   19    7    5    1    8   23
Gary Lucas             3   5  2.43  24   0   0   7   0   41   40   15   11    1   14   24
Juan Eichelberger      5   3  2.96  11  11   1   0   1   67   63   22   22    4   26   43
Chris Welsh            2   3  3.33  10   8   2   0   1   54   50   21   20    4   24   22
Rick Wise              2   4  3.55   8   8   0   0   0   46   51   20   18    9    9   13
Steve Mura             2   7  3.89  11  11   1   0   0   72   79   35   31    3   24   38
John Littlefield       1   2  5.22  21   0   0   2   0   29   33   18   17    4    9   12
John Curtis            1   2  6.12  11   8   0   0   0   43   50   31   29    9   20   21
Tim Lollar             1   3  7.45  13   2   0   1   0   29   33   26   24    3   19   13

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Vida Blue              5   3  1.82   9   9   1   0   0   69   49   17   14    6   32   36
Doyle Alexander        5   3  1.84  10  10   0   0   0   68   59   15   14    3   24   36
Fred Breining          1   1  2.30  18   1   0   0   0   27   22    9    7    1   14   16
Allen Ripley           4   3  3.18  10  10   1   0   0   65   66   26   23    4   19   33
Tom Griffin            4   3  3.34  10  10   2   0   0   65   50   28   24    4   26   45
Al Holland             3   2  3.55  19   0   0   3   0   33   36   15   13    0   16   15
Greg Minton            2   2  3.60  25   0   0   9   0   40   39   17   16    0   20   15
Gary Lavelle           0   3  3.86  16   0   0   3   0   30   26   16   13    1   10   22
Ed Whitson             1   5  3.97  10  10   0   0   0   57   58   26   25    5   24   36
Randy Moffitt          0   0  9.53   6   0   0   0   0    6    7    6    6    1    1    7

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Andy Rincon            3   1  1.77   5   5   1   0   1   36   27    8    7    0    5   13
Jim Kaat               2   1  1.96  20   0   0   3   0   23   21    8    5    0    6    4
Mark Littell           0   0  2.16   3   0   0   1   0    8    2    2    2    1    6    6
John Martin            1   1  2.61   4   2   1   0   0   21   13    6    6    1    7    6
Bob Shirley            4   1  3.43   9   7   1   0   0   45   41   19   17    3   18   24
Bruce Sutter           1   3  3.64  16   0   0   8   0   30   23   12   12    1   15   23
Lary Sorensen          4   4  3.80  10  10   2   0   1   66   62   30   28    2   12   36
Bob Forsch             5   2  3.80   8   8   0   0   0   45   36   19   19    4   11   14
Jim Otten              1   0  4.13  18   0   0   0   0   24   27   13   11    2   12   15
Silvio Martinez        1   4  4.71   8   8   0   0   0   50   55   31   26    0   21   18
Joe Edelen             1   0  8.76  11   0   0   0   0   12   20   12   12    0    3    7
Bob Sykes              0   0 14.54   6   1   0   0   0    9   14   15   14    1    7    4

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League Leaders

Wins:

  S. Carlton (PHI)          8
  F. Valenzuela (LAN)       8
  B. Hooton (LAN)           7
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          7
  J. Niekro (HOU)           6
  R. Rhoden (PIT)           6
  S. Rogers (MON)           6
  D. Alexander (SFN)        5
  V. Blue (SFN)             5
  R. Camp (ATL)             5

Losses:

  T. Boggs (ATL)            7
  S. Mura (SDN)             7
  R. Reuschel (CHN)         7
  M. Krukow (CHN)           6
  M. Soto (CIN)             6
  D. Sutton (HOU)           6
  L. Christenson (PHI)      5
  B. Gullickson (MON)       5
  R. Jones (NYN)            5
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           5

Complete Games:

  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  F. Valenzuela (LAN)       7
  J. Reuss (LAN)            5
  B. Knepper (HOU)          4
  J. Niekro (HOU)           4
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          4
  M. Soto (CIN)             4
  G. Perry (ATL)            3
  T. Seaver (CIN)           3
  P. Zachry (NYN)           3

Saves:

  G. Minton (SFN)           9
  B. Sutter (SLN)           8
  G. Lucas (SDN)            7
  E. Romo (PIT)             6
  R. Camp (ATL)             5
  B. Castillo (LAN)         5
  S. Howe (LAN)             5
  T. Hume (CIN)             5
  B. Lee (MON)              5
  J. Sambito (HOU)          5

Shutouts:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)       5
  B. Knepper (HOU)          4
  J. Bibby (PIT)            2
  C. Lea (MON)              2
  P. Niekro (ATL)           2
  B. Berenyi (CIN)          1
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)     1
  B. Hooton (LAN)           1
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           1
  J. Niekro (HOU)           1

Innings Pitched:

  S. Carlton (PHI)       92.0
  F. Valenzuela (LAN)    90.2
  J. Niekro (HOU)        88.0
  S. Rogers (MON)        80.2
  M. Soto (CIN)          76.1
  B. Hooton (LAN)        74.0
  D. Ruthven (PHI)       72.2
  S. Mura (SDN)          71.2
  B. Knepper (HOU)       70.1
  R. Reuschel (CHN)      70.0

Hits:

  S. Rogers (MON)          89
  S. Carlton (PHI)         85
  S. Mura (SDN)            79
  J. Niekro (HOU)          78
  G. Perry (ATL)           76
  B. Hooton (LAN)          74
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        70
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         70
  J. Reuss (LAN)           67
  A. Ripley (SFN)          66

Runs:

  S. Rogers (MON)          42
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         38
  T. Boggs (ATL)           37
  R. Jones (NYN)           37
  M. Krukow (CHN)          36
  S. Mura (SDN)            35
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        35
  M. Soto (CIN)            33
  L. Christenson (PHI)     31
  J. Curtis (SDN)          31

Home Runs:

  J. Curtis (SDN)           9
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         9
  R. Wise (SDN)             9
  T. Boggs (ATL)            8
  V. Blue (SFN)             6
  R. Jones (NYN)            6
  B. Walk (ATL)             6
  R. Burris (MON)           5
  B. Caudill (CHN)          5
  L. Christenson (PHI)      5

Walks:

  B. Berenyi (CIN)         36
  M. Krukow (CHN)          35
  T. Seaver (CIN)          34
  V. Blue (SFN)            32
  N. Ryan (HOU)            30
  R. Jones (NYN)           28
  M. Soto (CIN)            28
  S. Carlton (PHI)         27
  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      27
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)    26

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         83
  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      79
  M. Soto (CIN)            64
  N. Ryan (HOU)            58
  B. Gullickson (MON)      48
  T. Griffin (SFN)         45
  D. Sutton (HOU)          44
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)    43
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        43
  T. Seaver (CIN)          43


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