Monday June 1, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Monday, June 1, 1981

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     34  15  2.60   49  15  11   446   388  139  129   19  136  271
Houston         24  24  2.61   48  10  10   445   392  150  129   10  143  286
Pittsburgh      20  20  3.12   41   7  10   373   368  146  129   22  122  192
San Francisco   25  26  3.13   51   4  15   469   427  183  163   26  192  264
Montreal        26  20  3.53   46   7  12   413   402  182  162   27  106  210
Atlanta         22  24  3.71   47   6   8   427   420  192  176   32  152  207
San Diego       19  29  3.73   48   4  11   430   434  196  178   38  167  218
New York        15  28  3.78   44   4   7   383   401  200  161   36  140  230
Philadelphia    28  19  3.81   47  14   7   418   419  192  177   32  131  243
St. Louis       24  17  3.84   42   5  13   377   346  177  161   16  126  175
Cincinnati      28  20  3.85   48  10   8   431   392  202  184   30  184  263
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
F. Valenzuela (LAN)    9   2  1.90  12  12   8   0   5  100   67   22   21    3   29   90
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
Doyle Alexander (SFN)  5   3  2.24  11  11   0   0   0   72   66   19   18    4   26   37
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  3.99  14   7   0   0   0   50   48   22   22    5   19   18
Preston Hanna          2   1  4.85  15   1   0   0   0   30   34   18   16    2   20   16
Tommy Boggs            1   8  5.05  12  11   1   0   0   68   68   40   38    9   23   35
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               3   2  3.66  24   0   0   5   0   32   29   14   13    5   17   12
Paul Moskau            2   1  4.73  13   0   0   2   0   32   29   18   17    3   17   19
Mike Lacoss            2   5  4.79   9   9   1   0   1   47   58   27   25    4   15   16
Bruce Berenyi          4   2  5.01  10   9   1   0   1   56   46   31   31    2   40   28
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    9   2  1.90  12  12   8   0   5  100   67   22   21    3   29   90
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  1.88  16   0   0   3   0   14   19    7    3    1    3    6
Scott Sanderson        5   2  2.34   9   9   2   0   0   62   55   20   16    5   11   33
Elias Sosa             1   0  2.45  12   0   0   3   0   15   11    4    4    2    3    7
Charlie Lea            4   2  2.54  10   7   2   0   2   50   37   14   14    1   19   27
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   3  3.33  15   0   0   4   0   27   25   11   10    3   11   21
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  3.75  11  11   3   0   0   70   68   34   29    5   27   41
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
Larry Christenson      1   5  4.10  10  10   0   0   0   64   66   34   29    5   20   40
Sparky Lyle            4   1  4.13  17   0   0   0   0   28   29   13   13    1   13   15
Tug McGraw             1   4  4.26  16   0   0   5   0   19   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  2.24  11  11   0   0   0   72   66   19   18    4   26   37
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
Ed Whitson             1   5  3.97  10  10   0   0   0   57   58   26   25    5   24   36
Gary Lavelle           0   3  4.02  17   0   0   3   0   31   28   17   14    1   10   23
Greg Minton            2   3  4.07  26   0   0   9   0   42   43   20   19    0   24   15
Randy Moffitt          0   0  7.04   7   0   0   0   0    8    9    6    6    1    1    8

 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            2   1  2.22   5   3   1   0   0   28   17    7    7    1   10    9
Bob Shirley            4   1  3.43   9   7   1   0   0   45   41   19   17    3   18   24
Bruce Sutter           1   3  3.77  17   0   0   9   0   31   24   13   13    2   15   25
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:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)       9
  S. Carlton (PHI)          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)            8
  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:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)       8
  S. Carlton (PHI)          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)           9
  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
  T. McGraw (PHI)           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:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)    99.2
  S. Carlton (PHI)       92.0
  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
  D. Alexander (SFN)     72.1
  S. Mura (SDN)          71.2
  B. Knepper (HOU)       70.1

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
  T. Boggs (ATL)           68
  P. Zachry (NYN)          68

Runs:

  S. Rogers (MON)          42
  T. Boggs (ATL)           40
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         38
  R. Jones (NYN)           37
  M. Krukow (CHN)          36
  S. Mura (SDN)            35
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        35
  L. Christenson (PHI)     34
  P. Zachry (NYN)          34
  M. Soto (CIN)            33

Home Runs:

  T. Boggs (ATL)            9
  J. Curtis (SDN)           9
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         9
  R. Wise (SDN)             9
  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)         40
  M. Krukow (CHN)          35
  T. Seaver (CIN)          34
  V. Blue (SFN)            32
  N. Ryan (HOU)            30
  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      29
  R. Jones (NYN)           28
  M. Soto (CIN)            28
  S. Carlton (PHI)         27
  P. Zachry (NYN)          27

Strikeouts:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      90
  S. Carlton (PHI)         83
  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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