Wednesday June 3, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, June 3, 1981

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         26  24  2.55   50  11  11   463   405  152  131   10  147  297
Los Angeles     34  17  2.63   51  15  11   465   406  146  136   21  140  279
Pittsburgh      22  20  3.09   43   8  11   391   378  151  134   23  127  203
San Francisco   26  27  3.23   53   4  16   487   447  196  175   27  201  274
Montreal        27  21  3.43   48   8  12   432   416  186  165   28  108  218
Atlanta         24  24  3.61   49   6  10   446   430  195  179   33  155  216
San Diego       19  31  3.74   50   4  11   448   453  204  186   38  172  219
New York        16  29  3.87   46   4   8   400   418  211  172   36  150  241
St. Louis       25  18  3.88   44   5  13   397   364  187  171   17  131  182
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  35  4.46   47   2   3   419   437  233  208   20  206  244

 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
Joe Niekro (HOU)       6   3  2.05  11  11   4   0   1   88   78   26   20    2   20   40
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

 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  2.28  16   0   0   0   0   24   23    8    6    0   11   18
Doug Capilla           0   0  2.60  23   0   0   0   0   28   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   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  5.61  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          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  1.69  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             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  5.09   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   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   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    0    0    0    0    1
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   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  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  1.76  19   0   0   1   0   15   13    4    3    1    4    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              4   3  2.64  10  10   2   0   2   72   61   24   21    1   19   34
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  4.55  21   0   0   7   0   28   34   20   14    3   11   16
Kent Tekulve           1   3  4.74  15   0   0   0   0   19   20   10   10    0   12   13
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  2.81  25   0   0   7   0   42   42   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             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
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
Bruce Sutter           2   3  3.71  18   0   0   9   0   34   26   14   14    2   15   25
Lary Sorensen          4   4  3.80  10  10   2   0   1   66   62   30   28    2   12   36
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
  R. Camp (ATL)             7
  G. Lucas (SDN)            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)        88.0
  S. Rogers (MON)        80.2
  D. Ruthven (PHI)       80.2
  B. Knepper (HOU)       77.1
  G. Perry (ATL)         77.0
  M. Soto (CIN)          76.1
  D. Sutton (HOU)        75.2
  V. Blue (SFN)          75.1

Hits:

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

Runs:

  D. Ruthven (PHI)         43
  S. Rogers (MON)          42
  T. Boggs (ATL)           40
  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
  V. Blue (SFN)            38
  M. Krukow (CHN)          35
  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
  D. Sutton (HOU)          50
  B. Gullickson (MON)      48
  T. Griffin (SFN)         45
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)    43
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        43
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         43

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