Tuesday June 2, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, June 2, 1981

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         25  24  2.58   49  10  11   454   398  151  130   10  147  291
Los Angeles     34  16  2.60   50  15  11   456   397  142  132   19  138  273
Pittsburgh      21  20  3.11   42   8  10   382   374  149  132   22  125  197
San Francisco   26  26  3.18   52   4  16   478   436  190  169   27  195  269
Montreal        27  20  3.48   47   8  12   422   406  183  163   27  107  213
Atlanta         23  24  3.65   48   6   9   437   426  193  177   32  153  209
San Diego       19  30  3.69   49   4  11   439   438  198  180   38  169  219
Philadelphia    29  19  3.88   48  14   8   427   428  199  184   33  138  247
New York        15  29  3.91   45   4   7   391   413  209  170   36  148  236
St. Louis       24  18  3.94   43   5  13   386   357  185  169   17  130  178
Cincinnati      28  21  4.08   49  10   8   439   407  217  199   32  190  265
Chicago         10  34  4.49   46   2   3   411   432  230  205   19  204  239

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Knepper (HOU)      5   0  1.05  10  10   4   0   4   77   60   10    9    0   15   34
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  1.60  23   0   0   6   0   34   29    7    6    2    4   23
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
Gaylord Perry          5   3  3.16  11  11   3   0   0   77   81   30   27    5    9   31
Larry Bradford         2   0  3.26  19   0   0   1   0   19   20    7    7    0    5   10
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  2.28  16   0   0   0   0   24   23    8    6    0   11   18
Doug Capilla           0   0  2.67  22   0   0   0   0   27   25    9    8    0   17   16
Rick Reuschel          2   7  3.73  11  11   1   0   0   70   70   35   29    4   20   43
Lynn McGlothen         0   2  3.94  16   6   0   0   0   48   56   24   21    1   24   23
Lee Smith              1   3  3.94  18   0   0   0   0   32   29   15   14    1   11   25
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   5  5.26  13   9   0   0   0   53   57   34   31    5   26   33
Mike Krukow            2   6  5.61  10  10   0   0   0   51   62   36   32    4   35   31
Ken Kravec             0   3  7.62  14   3   0   0   0   28   35   26   24    0   23   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  2.59  23   0   0   1   0   31   23    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
Bruce Berenyi          4   2  5.01  10   9   1   0   1   56   46   31   31    2   40   28
Mike Lacoss            2   6  5.86  10  10   1   0   1   51   64   35   33    5   18   16
Doug Bair              1   1  7.36  15   0   0   0   0   22   31   21   18    3   12   14
Geoff Combe            1   0  8.25   8   0   0   0   0   12   20   11   11    1    5    7

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Knepper            5   0  1.05  10  10   4   0   4   77   60   10    9    0   15   34
Nolan Ryan             4   3  1.59   9   9   1   0   1   62   48   15   11    0   30   58
Joe Sambito            1   3  1.60  25   0   0   6   0   34   23   10    6    1   13   22
Frank Lacorte          3   1  1.69  19   0   0   2   0   21   12    4    4    0   14   25
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   1  0.54  11   0   0   0   0   17    8    1    1    0    8   10
Steve Howe             4   2  1.11  19   0   0   5   0   24   19    4    3    1   11   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  3.64  11  11   0   0   0   72   66   29   29    3   24   40
Terry Forster          0   0  5.23   9   0   0   0   0   10   19    6    6    0    5    8
Bobby Castillo         1   4  5.61  18   0   0   5   0   26   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
Ray Burris             3   4  3.38   9   9   2   0   0   56   46   26   21    5   16   21
Bill Gullickson        2   5  3.52   9   9   0   0   0   69   63   28   27    1   17   48
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
Pete Falcone           1   2  2.65  16   1   0   1   0   34   30   14   10    2   16   34
Dyar Miller            0   0  3.14  15   0   0   0   0   29   36   16   10    2   11   17
Neil Allen             3   3  3.21  16   0   0   4   0   28   25   11   10    3   12   24
Jeff Reardon           1   0  3.45  18   0   0   2   0   29   27   11   11    2   12   28
Craig Swan             0   2  3.68   3   2   0   0   0    7    5    4    3    0    1    5
Pat Zachry             5   5  3.75  11  11   3   0   0   70   68   34   29    5   27   41
Ed Lynch               1   3  3.95   7   4   0   0   0   27   39   14   12    3    6    9
Randy Jones            1   5  4.36   9   9   0   0   0   43   47   37   21    6   28   11
Mike Scott             2   4  4.65  10  10   1   0   0   62   68   34   32    5   15   30
Greg Harris            1   1  4.80   3   3   0   0   0   15   15    8    8    1    7   11
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             2   0  3.22  17   0   0   0   0   22   23    9    8    1    8    9
Marty Bystrom          3   3  3.40   8   8   1   0   0   48   47   19   18    3   15   22
Ron Reed               1   0  3.60  14   0   0   3   0   25   19   10   10    3    9   15
Sparky Lyle            4   1  3.86  18   0   0   0   0   30   30   13   13    1   14   16
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
Tug McGraw             1   4  4.26  16   0   0   5   0   19   21    9    9    2   10    9
Nino Espinosa          2   4  5.83   9   9   2   0   0   54   67   37   35   10   13   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          4   3  2.83  11   6   2   1   0   54   53   19   17    4    8   20
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
Mike Armstrong         0   0  Inf    1   0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0    0    1    0
John Urrea             2   0  0.35  18   0   0   0   0   26   16    1    1    0   14    9
Danny Boone            0   0  1.82  14   0   0   1   0   25   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   4  3.16  11   9   2   0   1   63   54   23   22    4   25   23
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  3.41  20   0   0   4   0   37   39   17   14    0   18   18
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
Ed Whitson             2   5  4.38  11  11   0   0   0   62   64   31   30    6   25   38
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
John Martin            2   1  2.22   5   3   1   0   0   28   17    7    7    1   10    9
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  4.00  19   0   0   0   0   27   30   14   12    2   12   17
Mark Littell           0   0  4.15   4   0   0   1   0    9    4    4    4    1    7    6
Bob Shirley            4   2  4.18  10   8   1   0   0   47   46   24   22    4   21   24
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 10.80   7   1   0   0   0   12   15   15   14    1    7    5

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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. Lacoss (CIN)           6
  M. Soto (CIN)             6
  D. Sutton (HOU)           6
  B. Caudill (CHN)          5
  L. Christenson (PHI)      5
  B. Gullickson (MON)       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
  R. Camp (ATL)             6
  E. Romo (PIT)             6
  J. Sambito (HOU)          6
  B. Castillo (LAN)         5
  S. Howe (LAN)             5
  T. Hume (CIN)             5
  B. Lee (MON)              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
  B. Knepper (HOU)       77.1
  G. Perry (ATL)         77.0
  M. Soto (CIN)          76.1
  B. Hooton (LAN)        74.0
  D. Ruthven (PHI)       72.2
  D. Alexander (SFN)     72.1

Hits:

  S. Rogers (MON)          89
  S. Carlton (PHI)         85
  G. Perry (ATL)           81
  S. Mura (SDN)            79
  J. Niekro (HOU)          78
  B. Hooton (LAN)          74
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        70
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         70
  T. Boggs (ATL)           68
  M. Scott (NYN)           68

Runs:

  S. Rogers (MON)          42
  T. Boggs (ATL)           40
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         38
  N. Espinosa (PHI)        37
  R. Jones (NYN)           37
  M. Krukow (CHN)          36
  M. Lacoss (CIN)          35
  S. Mura (SDN)            35
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        35
  B. Caudill (CHN)         34

Home Runs:

  N. Espinosa (PHI)        10
  T. Boggs (ATL)            9
  J. Curtis (SDN)           9
  R. Wise (SDN)             9
  V. Blue (SFN)             6
  R. Jones (NYN)            6
  B. Walk (ATL)             6
  E. Whitson (SFN)          6
  R. Burris (MON)           5
  B. Caudill (CHN)          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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