Thursday June 4, 1981
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National League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, June 4, 1981

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     34  17  2.63   51  15  11   465   406  146  136   21  140  279
Houston         26  25  2.64   51  11  11   471   418  159  138   11  151  301
Pittsburgh      23  20  3.10   44   8  11   401   387  155  138   23  130  207
San Francisco   26  27  3.23   53   4  16   487   447  196  175   27  201  274
Montreal        27  22  3.43   49   8  12   440   425  190  168   28  111  222
Atlanta         24  24  3.61   49   6  10   446   430  195  179   33  155  216
San Diego       20  31  3.76   51   4  12   457   467  209  191   40  174  220
St. Louis       26  18  3.81   45   6  13   406   371  188  172   17  133  186
New York        16  29  3.87   46   4   8   400   418  211  172   36  150  241
Philadelphia    29  20  3.88   49  14   8   436   438  205  188   33  140  254
Cincinnati      29  21  4.04   50  11   8   448   413  219  201   33  192  273
Chicago         10  36  4.47   48   2   3   429   452  238  213   21  210  249

 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
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
Doyle Alexander (SFN)  5   3  2.24  11  11   0   0   0   72   66   19   18    4   26   37
Vida Blue (SFN)        5   4  2.27  10  10   1   0   0   75   58   22   19    6   38   39
Scott Sanderson (MON)  5   2  2.34   9   9   2   0   0   62   55   20   16    5   11   33
Burt Hooton (LAN)      7   2  2.53  12  12   2   0   1   75   78   25   21    3   17   40
Charlie Lea (MON)      4   2  2.54  10   7   2   0   2   50   37   14   14    1   19   27

 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  1.51  24   0   0   7   0   36   29    7    6    2    4   25
Rick Mahler            2   1  2.23  21   1   0   2   0   32   30    9    8    0   17   15
Phil Niekro            4   3  2.78  10  10   2   0   2   71   59   26   22    3   27   41
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  2.19  17   0   0   0   0   25   24    8    6    0   11   19
Doug Capilla           0   0  2.48  24   0   0   0   0   29   28    9    8    0   18   16
Rick Reuschel          2   7  3.73  11  11   1   0   0   70   70   35   29    4   20   43
Lee Smith              1   3  3.94  18   0   0   0   0   32   29   15   14    1   11   25
Lynn McGlothen         0   3  4.10  17   6   0   0   0   48   58   25   22    1   24   23
Dick Tidrow            2   4  4.30  25   0   0   3   0   38   32   20   18    3   13   25
Randy Martz            2   4  4.56  13   8   1   0   0   49   50   26   25    2   26   19
Bill Caudill           1   5  5.26  13   9   0   0   0   53   57   34   31    5   26   33
Mike Krukow            2   6  5.75  11  11   0   0   0   56   69   40   36    5   38   34
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          3   2  3.27  10  10   2   0   1   66   61   29   24    4   12   41
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  1.61  20   0   0   2   0   22   12    4    4    0   14   25
Joe Niekro             6   4  2.56  12  12   4   0   1   91   86   32   26    3   23   40
Vern Ruhle             0   1  2.97   7   5   0   1   0   30   31   10   10    2    6   15
Don Sutton             4   6  3.33  11  11   2   0   1   76   67   28   28    1   17   50
Joaquin Andujar        2   3  4.94   9   3   0   0   0   24   29   17   13    2   12   18
Bobby Sprowl           0   1  5.03  10   1   0   0   0   20   27   12   11    1    7   12
Dave Smith             1   3  5.19  20   0   0   2   0   35   35   21   20    1   14   27

 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   2  2.53  12  12   2   0   1   75   78   25   21    3   17   40
Dave Goltz             1   0  2.80  14   1   0   1   0   35   28   11   11    3    8   29
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
Bobby Castillo         1   4  5.20  19   0   0   5   0   28   21   16   16    3   12   17
Terry Forster          0   0  5.23   9   0   0   0   0   10   19    6    6    0    5    8

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jeff Reardon           0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    2    0    0    0    1    2
Woodie Fryman          3   1  1.56  17   0   0   3   0   17   21    8    3    1    4    8
Scott Sanderson        5   2  2.34   9   9   2   0   0   62   55   20   16    5   11   33
Charlie Lea            4   2  2.54  10   7   2   0   2   50   37   14   14    1   19   27
Bill Lee               1   2  2.75  17   2   0   5   0   39   39   15   12    4    5   17
Elias Sosa             1   1  3.00  13   0   0   3   0   15   13    5    5    2    3    8
Ray Burris             3   4  3.38   9   9   2   0   0   56   46   26   21    5   16   21
Bill Gullickson        2   6  3.60  10  10   0   0   0   75   71   32   30    1   19   51
Steve Rogers           6   3  4.57  11  11   2   0   0   81   89   42   41    4   20   39
Stan Bahnsen           1   0  4.97  13   1   0   1   0   25   29   14   14    3    6   12
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  2.60  17   1   0   1   0   35   32   14   10    2   16   34
Neil Allen             3   3  3.07  17   0   0   5   0   29   26   11   10    3   12   24
Dyar Miller            0   0  3.14  15   0   0   0   0   29   36   16   10    2   11   17
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
Greg Harris            2   1  4.09   4   4   0   0   0   22   17   10   10    1    9   16
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
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   3  4.02  11  11   4   0   0   81   78   43   36    4   24   43
Larry Christenson      1   5  4.10  10  10   0   0   0   64   66   34   29    5   20   40
Tug McGraw             1   4  4.50  17   0   0   5   0   20   23   10   10    2   10   10
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  2.16  20   0   0   1   0   17   15    5    4    1    4    7
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
Ernie Camacho          0   0  2.57   3   2   0   0   0   14   10    5    4    0    8    5
Jim Bibby              4   3  2.64  10  10   2   0   2   72   61   24   21    1   19   34
Rick Rhoden            6   0  2.67  10  10   2   0   1   71   63   23   21    3   26   42
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
Kent Tekulve           2   3  4.29  16   0   0   0   0   21   21   10   10    0   12   13
Rod Scurry             1   2  4.31   6   5   0   1   0   31   33   15   15    3   14   29
Enrique Romo           0   2  4.55  21   0   0   7   0   28   34   20   14    3   11   16
Don Robinson           0   1  4.91   2   1   0   0   0    7   12    5    4    1    1    3

 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  2.42  15   0   0   1   0   26   23    9    7    1    9   23
Gary Lucas             3   5  2.74  26   0   0   8   0   43   43   17   13    1   16   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   5  3.44   9   9   0   0   0   52   60   22   20    9    9   13
Steve Mura             3   7  4.02  12  12   1   0   0   78   90   39   35    5   25   39
John Littlefield       1   2  5.22  21   0   0   2   0   29   33   18   17    4    9   12
John Curtis            1   2  6.14  12   8   0   0   0   44   52   32   30    9   21   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
Doyle Alexander        5   3  2.24  11  11   0   0   0   72   66   19   18    4   26   37
Vida Blue              5   4  2.27  10  10   1   0   0   75   58   22   19    6   38   39
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  3.78  18   0   0   3   0   33   28   17   14    1   10   25
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  7.27   8   0   0   0   0    9   11    7    7    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
Bob Forsch             5   2  3.40   9   9   0   0   0   53   41   20   20    4   12   18
Lary Sorensen          5   4  3.46  11  11   3   0   1   75   69   31   29    2   14   40
Bruce Sutter           2   3  3.71  18   0   0   9   0   34   26   14   14    2   15   25
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
  B. Gullickson (MON)       6
  M. Krukow (CHN)           6
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           6
  M. Soto (CIN)             6
  D. Sutton (HOU)           6
  B. Caudill (CHN)          5
  L. Christenson (PHI)      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
  L. Sorensen (SLN)         3

Saves:

  G. Minton (SFN)           9
  B. Sutter (SLN)           9
  G. Lucas (SDN)            8
  R. Camp (ATL)             7
  E. Romo (PIT)             7
  J. Sambito (HOU)          6
  N. Allen (NYN)            5
  B. Castillo (LAN)         5
  S. Howe (LAN)             5
  T. Hume (CIN)             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)        91.1
  S. Rogers (MON)        80.2
  D. Ruthven (PHI)       80.2
  S. Mura (SDN)          78.1
  B. Knepper (HOU)       77.1
  G. Perry (ATL)         77.0
  M. Soto (CIN)          76.1
  D. Sutton (HOU)        75.2

Hits:

  S. Mura (SDN)            90
  S. Rogers (MON)          89
  J. Niekro (HOU)          86
  S. Carlton (PHI)         85
  G. Perry (ATL)           81
  B. Hooton (LAN)          78
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         78
  B. Gullickson (MON)      71
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        70
  M. Krukow (CHN)          69

Runs:

  D. Ruthven (PHI)         43
  S. Rogers (MON)          42
  T. Boggs (ATL)           40
  M. Krukow (CHN)          40
  S. Mura (SDN)            39
  N. Espinosa (PHI)        37
  R. Jones (NYN)           37
  M. Lacoss (CIN)          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
  V. Blue (SFN)            38
  M. Krukow (CHN)          38
  T. Seaver (CIN)          34
  N. Ryan (HOU)            30
  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      29
  R. Jones (NYN)           28
  M. Soto (CIN)            28
  S. Carlton (PHI)         27
  P. Niekro (ATL)          27

Strikeouts:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      90
  S. Carlton (PHI)         83
  M. Soto (CIN)            64
  N. Ryan (HOU)            58
  B. Gullickson (MON)      51
  D. Sutton (HOU)          50
  T. Griffin (SFN)         45
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)    43
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        43
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         43

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