Friday June 5, 1981
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National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, June 5, 1981

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         27  25  2.59   52  12  11   480   423  159  138   11  153  311
Los Angeles     34  18  2.66   52  15  11   473   417  150  140   21  142  283
Pittsburgh      23  21  3.14   45   8  11   410   396  160  143   25  133  219
San Francisco   27  27  3.23   54   4  17   496   455  199  178   27  204  283
Montreal        27  23  3.49   50   8  12   448   433  196  174   30  115  224
Atlanta         25  24  3.56   50   6  11   455   439  196  180   33  158  218
San Diego       20  32  3.70   52   4  12   469   480  211  193   40  181  225
St. Louis       27  18  3.72   46   6  13   419   379  189  173   17  134  194
Philadelphia    29  21  3.85   50  14   8   444   444  209  190   34  145  258
New York        16  30  3.86   47   4   8   408   423  214  175   36  156  247
Cincinnati      30  21  4.02   51  12   8   457   418  222  204   34  198  283
Chicago         11  36  4.44   49   2   4   438   463  241  216   22  212  251

 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)       5   3  1.39  10  10   2   0   2   71   53   15   11    0   32   68
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
Jerry Reuss (LAN)      4   2  2.01  10  10   5   0   1   72   73   17   16    1   11   20
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
Joe Niekro (HOU)       6   4  2.56  12  12   4   0   1   91   86   32   26    3   23   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  1.40  25   0   0   8   0   39   30    7    6    2    6   25
Rick Mahler            3   1  2.11  22   2   0   2   0   38   38   10    9    0   18   17
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          3   7  3.49  12  12   1   0   0   77   80   36   30    4   21   44
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
Randy Martz            2   4  4.56  13   8   1   0   0   49   50   26   25    2   26   19
Dick Tidrow            2   4  4.58  26   0   0   4   0   39   33   22   20    4   14   26
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             5   6  3.48  12  12   5   0   0   85   67   36   33    6   34   74
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             5   3  1.39  10  10   2   0   2   71   53   15   11    0   32   68
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
Fernando Valenzuela    9   2  1.90  12  12   8   0   5  100   67   22   21    3   29   90
Jerry Reuss            4   2  2.01  10  10   5   0   1   72   73   17   16    1   11   20
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  3.43  10   6   0   0   0   39   34   18   15    4   16   15
Bob Welch              3   3  3.64  11  11   0   0   0   72   66   29   29    3   24   40
Terry Forster          0   0  4.38  10   0   0   0   0   12   21    6    6    0    6    8
Bobby Castillo         1   4  5.53  20   0   0   5   0   28   23   17   17    3   12   17

 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  2.76  14   0   0   3   0   16   13    5    5    2    3    9
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   4  4.84  12  12   2   0   0   87   97   48   47    6   24   40
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  2.70  18   1   0   1   0   37   33   15   11    2   17   37
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   6  4.20  10  10   0   0   0   49   51   39   23    6   33   14
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   1  2.66  12  12   7   0   0   98   87   32   29    4   29   85
Mike Proly             2   0  3.13  18   0   0   0   0   23   23    9    8    1    9    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
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
Sparky Lyle            4   1  4.26  19   0   0   0   0   32   34   15   15    2   16   18
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  2.08  21   0   0   1   0   17   15    5    4    1    4    7
Victor Cruz            1   1  2.16   8   0   0   1   0   17   18    4    4    2    8   14
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
Pascual Perez          2   1  2.75   5   5   2   0   0   36   32   11   11    3    9   19
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  4.18   7   5   0   1   0   32   33   15   15    3   15   31
Kent Tekulve           2   3  4.29  16   0   0   0   0   21   21   10   10    0   12   13
Don Robinson           0   1  4.91   2   1   0   0   0    7   12    5    4    1    1    3
Enrique Romo           0   3  5.14  22   0   0   7   0   28   36   22   16    4   12   17

 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  0.33  19   0   0   0   0   27   17    1    1    0   15    9
Danny Boone            0   0  2.17  16   0   0   1   0   29   25    9    7    1    9   24
Gary Lucas             3   5  2.64  27   0   0   8   0   44   44   17   13    1   16   25
Juan Eichelberger      5   3  2.84  12  12   1   0   1   73   71   23   23    4   30   46
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   3  6.29  13   8   0   0   0   44   53   33   31    9   23   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
Fred Breining          2   1  2.25  19   1   0   0   0   28   22    9    7    1   14   16
Vida Blue              5   4  2.27  10  10   1   0   0   75   58   22   19    6   38   39
Al Holland             3   2  3.12  21   0   0   4   0   40   41   17   14    0   19   23
Tom Griffin            4   3  3.34  10  10   2   0   0   65   50   28   24    4   26   45
Allen Ripley           4   3  3.39  11  11   1   0   0   69   71   29   26    4   20   36
Gary Lavelle           0   3  3.67  19   0   0   4   0   34   28   17   14    1   10   26
Greg Minton            2   3  4.07  27   0   0   9   0   42   44   20   19    0   25   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               3   1  1.80  21   0   0   3   0   25   22    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  3.41  19   0   0   9   0   37   27   14   14    2   15   28
Lary Sorensen          5   4  3.46  11  11   3   0   1   75   69   31   29    2   14   40
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  4.21   9   9   0   0   0   58   61   32   27    0   22   23
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
  R. Jones (NYN)            6
  M. Krukow (CHN)           6
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           6
  M. Soto (CIN)             6
  D. Sutton (HOU)           6
  B. Caudill (CHN)          5

Complete Games:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)       8
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  J. Reuss (LAN)            5
  M. Soto (CIN)             5
  B. Knepper (HOU)          4
  J. Niekro (HOU)           4
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          4
  G. Perry (ATL)            3
  T. Seaver (CIN)           3
  L. Sorensen (SLN)         3

Saves:

  G. Minton (SFN)           9
  B. Sutter (SLN)           9
  R. Camp (ATL)             8
  G. Lucas (SDN)            8
  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
  N. Ryan (HOU)             2
  B. Berenyi (CIN)          1
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)     1
  B. Hooton (LAN)           1
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           1

Innings Pitched:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)    99.2
  S. Carlton (PHI)       98.0
  J. Niekro (HOU)        91.1
  S. Rogers (MON)        87.1
  M. Soto (CIN)          85.1
  D. Ruthven (PHI)       80.2
  S. Mura (SDN)          78.1
  B. Knepper (HOU)       77.1
  R. Reuschel (CHN)      77.1
  G. Perry (ATL)         77.0

Hits:

  S. Rogers (MON)          97
  S. Mura (SDN)            90
  S. Carlton (PHI)         87
  J. Niekro (HOU)          86
  G. Perry (ATL)           81
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        80
  B. Hooton (LAN)          78
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         78
  J. Reuss (LAN)           73
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)    71

Runs:

  S. Rogers (MON)          48
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         43
  T. Boggs (ATL)           40
  M. Krukow (CHN)          40
  R. Jones (NYN)           39
  S. Mura (SDN)            39
  N. Espinosa (PHI)        37
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        36
  M. Soto (CIN)            36
  M. Lacoss (CIN)          35

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
  S. Rogers (MON)           6
  M. Soto (CIN)             6
  B. Walk (ATL)             6
  E. Whitson (SFN)          6

Walks:

  B. Berenyi (CIN)         40
  V. Blue (SFN)            38
  M. Krukow (CHN)          38
  T. Seaver (CIN)          34
  M. Soto (CIN)            34
  R. Jones (NYN)           33
  N. Ryan (HOU)            32
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)    30
  S. Carlton (PHI)         29
  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      29

Strikeouts:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      90
  S. Carlton (PHI)         85
  M. Soto (CIN)            74
  N. Ryan (HOU)            68
  B. Gullickson (MON)      51
  D. Sutton (HOU)          50
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)    46
  T. Griffin (SFN)         45
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        44
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         43

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