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1981 Most Common Pitchers
- Team's starters sorted by GS+CG, closers by SV+GF/3, bullpen by G-GS+GF
- (pitching WAR)
| Starting Pitchers | Bullpen | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Tm | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | Closer | #2 | #3 | #4 |
| 1 | ATL (50-56, 9.93 dWAR) | T.Boggs (0.59) | G.Perry (1.36) | P.Niekro (1.69) | R.Mahler (1.86) | J.Montefusco (0.77) | R.Camp (2.78) | G.Garber (0.44) | L.Bradford (-0.04) | A.Hrabosky (1.19) |
| 2 | BAL (59-46, 8.69 dWAR) | D.Martinez (1.73) | S.McGregor (2.66) | J.Palmer (1.07) | M.Flanagan (0.61) | S.Stone (-0.59) | T.Martinez (1.19) | T.Stoddard (0.41) | S.Stewart (3.32) | J.Schneider (-0.24) |
| 3 | BOS (59-49, 7.88 dWAR) | D.Eckersley (0.77) | F.Tanana (1.12) | M.Torrez (1.42) | J.Tudor (-0.03) | B.Ojeda (1.67) | M.Clear (0.35) | B.Campbell (0.18) | T.Burgmeier (0.95) | B.Stanley (0.51) |
| 4 | CAL (51-59, 8.41 dWAR) | G.Zahn (-0.58) | K.Forsch (3.34) | M.Witt (1.25) | S.Renko (1.71) | D.Frost (-0.49) | D.Aase (2.24) | A.Hassler (1.00) | J.Jefferson (0.08) | L.Sanchez (0.11) |
| 5 | CHC (38-65, 10.42 dWAR) | M.Krukow (2.27) | R.Martz (2.00) | R.Reuschel (1.66) | D.Bird (1.57) | K.Kravec (0.02) | D.Tidrow (-0.76) | D.Capilla (1.02) | L.Smith (0.81) | R.Eastwick (1.00) |
| 6 | CHW (54-52, 7.58 dWAR) | R.Dotson (0.96) | B.Burns (3.91) | R.Baumgarten (0.02) | S.Trout (1.38) | D.Lamp (2.62) | L.Hoyt (0.47) | E.Farmer (-1.27) | K.Hickey (-0.10) | L.McGlothen (0.02) |
| 7 | CIN (66-42, 5.64 dWAR) | M.Soto (2.34) | T.Seaver (3.99) | B.Berenyi (1.00) | F.Pastore (-0.55) | M.LaCoss (-1.60) | T.Hume (0.60) | J.Price (0.91) | D.Bair (-0.95) | P.Moskau (-0.65) |
| 8 | CLE (52-51, 14.82 dWAR) | L.Barker (2.43) | B.Blyleven (5.58) | R.Waits (0.42) | J.Denny (3.28) | W.Garland (-0.41) | D.Spillner (2.02) | S.Monge (0.16) | M.Stanton (0.40) | B.Lacey (-0.56) |
| 9 | DET (60-49, 8.48 dWAR) | J.Morris (3.35) | M.Wilcox (2.25) | D.Petry (2.02) | D.Schatzeder (-1.54) | D.Rozema (0.82) | K.Saucier (1.59) | A.Lopez (0.62) | D.Tobik (1.01) | G.Cappuzzello (0.15) |
| 10 | HOU (61-49, 14.58 dWAR) | J.Niekro (1.82) | D.Sutton (2.76) | B.Knepper (3.52) | N.Ryan (4.67) | V.Ruhle (1.39) | J.Sambito (1.28) | D.Smith (0.65) | F.LaCorte (-0.09) | B.Sprowl (-1.00) |
| 11 | KCR (50-53, 8.77 dWAR) | D.Leonard (3.38) | L.Gura (3.72) | R.Gale (-1.04) | P.Splittorff (0.32) | M.Jones (0.89) | D.Quisenberry (2.08) | R.Martin (0.46) | K.Brett (-0.13) | J.Wright (0.50) |
| 12 | LAD (63-47, 14.98 dWAR) | F.Valenzuela (4.76) | J.Reuss (4.14) | B.Hooton (3.25) | B.Welch (1.58) | D.Goltz (0.12) | S.Howe (1.05) | B.Castillo (-1.07) | D.Stewart (0.88) | T.Forster (0.02) |
| 13 | MIL (62-47, 5.15 dWAR) | M.Haas (0.27) | M.Caldwell (0.29) | P.Vuckovich (1.96) | J.Slaton (0.13) | R.Lerch (-0.76) | R.Fingers (4.21) | J.Easterly (0.80) | R.Cleveland (-1.51) | J.Augustine (-0.01) |
| 14 | MIN (41-68, 12.41 dWAR) | P.Redfern (2.15) | A.Williams (2.31) | F.Arroyo (1.48) | R.Erickson (1.12) | J.Koosman (0.83) | D.Corbett (2.84) | J.Verhoeven (0.34) | J.O'Connor (-0.98) | D.Cooper (0.15) |
| 15 | MON (60-48, 7.93 dWAR) | S.Rogers (1.35) | S.Sanderson (1.65) | B.Gullickson (2.60) | R.Burris (1.13) | C.Lea (-0.19) | J.Reardon (1.66) | W.Fryman (0.28) | E.Sosa (0.16) | B.Lee (0.72) |
| 16 | NYM (41-62, 7.51 dWAR) | P.Zachry (-0.01) | M.Scott (1.05) | G.Harris (0.18) | E.Lynch (1.45) | R.Jones (-1.48) | N.Allen (0.96) | R.Searage (0.28) | J.Reardon (0.33) | P.Falcone (2.06) |
| 17 | NYY (59-48, 16.27 dWAR) | T.John (2.54) | R.May (0.41) | R.Guidry (3.05) | D.Righetti (3.45) | R.Reuschel (1.54) | R.Gossage (2.27) | R.Davis (1.60) | D.LaRoche (0.70) | G.Frazier (0.72) |
| 18 | OAK (64-45, 5.51 dWAR) | R.Langford (1.13) | S.McCatty (4.49) | M.Norris (0.28) | M.Keough (0.85) | B.Kingman (-0.02) | T.Underwood (-0.13) | J.Jones (-0.50) | B.Owchinko (0.15) | D.Beard (-0.06) |
| 19 | PHI (59-48, 6.78 dWAR) | S.Carlton (5.54) | D.Ruthven (-1.10) | N.Espinosa (-1.17) | L.Christenson (1.14) | M.Bystrom (1.10) | T.McGraw (1.25) | S.Lyle (-0.26) | R.Reed (0.55) | M.Proly (0.45) |
| 20 | PIT (46-56, 10.93 dWAR) | R.Rhoden (0.90) | E.Solomon (2.78) | J.Bibby (2.67) | P.Perez (-0.08) | L.Tiant (0.01) | E.Romo (-0.80) | K.Tekulve (2.11) | G.Jackson (0.91) | R.Scurry (0.73) |
| 21 | SDP (41-69, 4.96 dWAR) | J.Eichelberger (1.30) | S.Mura (-0.22) | C.Welsh (0.92) | R.Wise (0.52) | T.Lollar (-1.68) | G.Lucas (2.13) | J.Littlefield (0.13) | J.Urrea (1.15) | D.Boone (0.77) |
| 22 | SEA (44-65, 7.50 dWAR) | F.Bannister (1.21) | G.Abbott (1.35) | K.Clay (-0.25) | J.Gleaton (0.18) | M.Parrott (0.16) | S.Rawley (0.59) | L.Andersen (1.43) | D.Drago (-0.70) | B.Clark (-0.02) |
| 23 | SFG (56-55, 11.49 dWAR) | D.Alexander (3.29) | T.Griffin (0.55) | E.Whitson (0.53) | V.Blue (2.86) | A.Ripley (0.35) | G.Minton (1.65) | A.Holland (2.18) | F.Breining (0.99) | G.Lavelle (-0.54) |
| 24 | STL (59-43, 3.19 dWAR) | L.Sorensen (1.00) | B.Forsch (1.54) | J.Martin (0.79) | S.Martinez (-0.11) | B.Shirley (-0.52) | B.Sutter (1.62) | J.Kaat (-0.67) | J.Otten (-0.68) | M.Littell (-0.31) |
| 25 | TEX (57-48, 5.27 dWAR) | D.Darwin (0.31) | R.Honeycutt (1.08) | D.Medich (1.66) | F.Jenkins (-0.71) | J.Matlack (-0.78) | S.Comer (0.92) | J.Johnson (0.43) | J.Kern (0.47) | C.Hough (0.83) |
| 26 | TOR (37-69, 9.68 dWAR) | D.Stieb (4.41) | J.Clancy (-0.31) | L.Leal (1.22) | J.Todd (0.77) | J.Berenguer (0.06) | J.McLaughlin (1.07) | R.Jackson (1.40) | J.Garvin (1.15) | M.Willis (-0.81) |
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