Tuesday April 29, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, April 29, 1980

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         12   5  2.35   17   4   4   165   130   52   43    5   65  118
Cincinnati      13   5  2.67   18   6   4   158   120   49   47    8   62   79
Los Angeles     12   7  3.14   19   3   4   175   143   64   61   10   65   99
Pittsburgh      10   5  3.56   15   3   4   134   125   55   53   11   50   78
San Francisco    6  13  3.70   19   4   1   163   163   75   67   13   54   89
San Diego        6  11  3.82   17   0   4   146   157   71   62   11   47   67
Chicago          9   5  4.05   14   0   8   124   140   69   56    8   53   69
Atlanta          6  10  4.11   16   1   2   140   130   75   64   15   55   88
Montreal         6   9  4.31   15   1   3   134   165   82   64   13   28   53
Philadelphia     6   8  4.33   14   3   2   125   131   65   60   10   47   69
St. Louis        7  10  4.57   17   5   1   150   159   88   76    8   49   72
New York         5  10  4.87   15   0   5   131   150   79   71   22   52   86

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rick Matula (ATL)      2   0  0.42   3   3   1   0   1   21   15    2    1    0    6    9
Joe Niekro (HOU)       2   1  1.52   4   4   2   0   0   30   21   12    5    0   12   17
Bob Welch (LAN)        0   1  1.64   3   3   0   0   0   22   10    4    4    1    7   10
J.R. Richard (HOU)     3   0  1.78   4   4   1   0   1   30   10    7    6    0   12   40
Ken Forsch (HOU)       3   0  2.12   4   4   1   0   1   30   27    7    7    1    6   13
Steve Carlton (PHI)    3   1  2.16   4   4   2   0   1   33   22    8    8    1    6   21
Frank Pastore (CIN)    3   1  2.17   4   4   3   0   1   29   19    7    7    2    2   17
C. Leibrandt (CIN)     1   2  2.25   4   4   1   0   1   32   24    8    8    2   11   16
Silvio Martinez (SLN)  1   1  2.28   4   4   1   0   0   24   18   11    6    1    8   10
Dave Goltz (LAN)       2   2  2.30   4   4   2   0   2   31   31    8    8    0   13   17

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rick Matula            2   0  0.42   3   3   1   0   1   21   15    2    1    0    6    9
Larry Bradford         1   1  0.90   8   0   0   0   0   10    6    3    1    1    4    9
Preston Hanna          0   0  2.25   3   0   0   0   0    4    1    1    1    0    4    2
Rick Camp              0   0  2.84   8   0   0   0   0   13   13    5    4    0    3    4
Al Hrabosky            1   1  3.24   8   0   0   2   0    8    6    3    3    2    4    4
Tommy Boggs            0   0  4.12   5   2   0   0   0   20   14    9    9    2    5   12
Phil Niekro            0   4  5.29   5   5   0   0   0   32   28   21   19    5   13   26
Doyle Alexander        0   1  5.94   3   3   0   0   0   17   22   14   11    1   10   13
Gene Garber            1   1  7.94   6   0   0   0   0    6   10    5    5    1    3    5
Larry McWilliams       1   2  9.64   3   3   0   0   0    9   15   12   10    3    3    4

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dick Tidrow            1   0  0.00   7   0   0   1   0   10    5    1    0    0    2    9
Mike Krukow            1   1  2.52   4   4   0   0   0   25   19   14    7    2   11   12
Willie Hernandez       1   1  2.84   3   1   0   0   0    6    7    3    2    0    4    4
Bruce Sutter           1   1  3.09   9   0   0   7   0   12   12    4    4    1    1    6
Bill Caudill           0   0  3.38   8   0   0   0   0   11    9    4    4    1    5   10
Doug Capilla           1   0  3.60   4   0   0   0   0    5    5    2    2    1    4    1
Rick Reuschel          2   1  3.99   5   5   0   0   0   29   37   16   13    0   19   14
Dennis Lamp            2   1  7.13   4   4   0   0   0   18   28   15   14    2    4    9
Lynn McGlothen         0   0 10.38   4   0   0   0   0    9   18   10   10    1    3    4

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Hume               2   0  0.00   7   0   0   3   0   14    6    0    0    0    7    6
Doug Bair              0   1  1.17   8   0   0   1   0    8    5    1    1    0    7    1
Frank Pastore          3   1  2.17   4   4   3   0   1   29   19    7    7    2    2   17
Charlie Leibrandt      1   2  2.25   4   4   1   0   1   32   24    8    8    2   11   16
Bill Bonham            1   0  2.63   2   2   0   0   0   14   10    4    4    1    3    9
Mike Lacoss            3   1  2.70   4   4   2   0   1   27   25    8    8    0   10    6
Tom Seaver             1   0  3.38   3   3   0   0   0   19   14    9    7    1   11   13
Dave Tomlin            2   0  5.40   6   0   0   0   0    5    9    3    3    0    3    4
Paul Moskau            0   0  6.00   2   1   0   0   0    9    5    6    6    1    7    4
Mario Soto             0   0 11.57   2   0   0   0   0    2    3    3    3    1    1    3

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Randy Niemann          0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    0    1    0    0    0    0    0
Joe Sambito            1   0  0.73   6   0   0   1   0   12    9    2    1    0    1    6
Frank Lacorte          1   0  0.79   8   0   0   2   0   11    5    1    1    0    6    5
Joe Niekro             2   1  1.52   4   4   2   0   0   30   21   12    5    0   12   17
J.R. Richard           3   0  1.78   4   4   1   0   1   30   10    7    6    0   12   40
Ken Forsch             3   0  2.12   4   4   1   0   1   30   27    7    7    1    6   13
Dave Smith             1   2  2.70   6   0   0   0   0   10   10    3    3    0    3    8
Nolan Ryan             1   0  3.33   4   4   0   0   0   27   25   10   10    3   20   20
Joaquin Andujar        0   1  3.86   4   0   0   1   0    7   10    3    3    1    1    6
Vern Ruhle             0   1  8.59   3   1   0   0   0    7   12    7    7    0    4    3

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Joe Beckwith           1   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    1    0    0    0    0    1
Jerry Reuss            3   0  0.66   4   0   0   0   0   14    6    1    1    0    4    9
Charlie Hough          0   0  0.84   6   0   0   1   0   11    8    2    1    0    3    7
Bob Welch              0   1  1.64   3   3   0   0   0   22   10    4    4    1    7   10
Dave Goltz             2   2  2.30   4   4   2   0   2   31   31    8    8    0   13   17
Steve Howe             1   0  2.61   7   0   0   2   0   10    8    4    3    0    3    4
Don Sutton             2   0  2.67   4   4   1   0   1   27   19    9    8    3    8   20
Bobby Castillo         1   1  3.52   6   0   0   0   0    8    4    3    3    1    5    5
Burt Hooton            2   1  4.13   5   4   0   1   0   24   19   11   11    3    7   15
Rick Sutcliffe         0   1  6.97   4   4   0   0   0   21   28   16   16    1   11   10
Don Stanhouse          0   1  9.00   3   0   0   0   0    6    9    6    6    1    4    1

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Woodie Fryman          0   0  0.00   5   0   0   2   0    3    4    0    0    0    1    1
Stan Bahnsen           0   1  0.68   6   0   0   0   0   13   10    6    1    0    3    4
Elias Sosa             2   1  1.50   5   0   0   0   0    6    3    1    1    0    0    4
David Palmer           0   0  1.86   5   0   0   0   0   10   11    6    2    0    2    4
Steve Rogers           2   2  4.24   5   5   1   0   0   34   34   18   16    4    9   19
Ross Grimsley          1   1  4.91   2   2   0   0   0   11   17    7    6    1    2    1
Bill Lee               0   2  5.23   4   4   0   0   0   21   31   15   12    2    2    5
Dale Murray            0   0  5.40   5   0   0   0   0    8   15    6    5    1    1    4
Scott Sanderson        1   2  6.75   4   4   0   0   0   16   26   14   12    4    5    3
Fred Norman            0   0  6.94   6   0   0   1   0   12   14    9    9    1    3    8

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jeff Reardon           0   0  2.70   8   0   0   1   0   10    7    3    3    2   11   10
Craig Swan             1   1  3.00   4   4   0   0   0   21   22   11    7    2    2   15
Pete Falcone           1   1  3.21   3   3   0   0   0   14   12    6    5    2    3   14
John Pacella           0   0  3.52   6   0   0   0   0    8    7    3    3    1    5    8
Ray Burris             2   1  3.68   4   4   0   0   0   22   22    9    9    4    8   15
Mark Bomback           1   0  4.26   4   1   0   0   0   13   18    6    6    3    2    6
Tom Hausman            0   1  7.27   4   3   0   0   0   17   25   14   14    2    3    4
Ed Glynn               0   1  7.36   3   0   0   0   0    4    3    3    3    1    2    1
Neil Allen             0   3  8.22   9   0   0   4   0   15   20   15   14    3    8   10
Kevin Kobel            0   2  8.22   6   0   0   0   0    8   14    9    7    2    8    3

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dickie Noles           0   0  0.00   5   0   0   1   0    9    5    0    0    0    2    9
Lerrin LaGrow          0   2  1.17   5   0   0   0   0    8   10    5    1    2    1    3
Steve Carlton          3   1  2.16   4   4   2   0   1   33   22    8    8    1    6   21
Scott Munninghoff      0   0  3.00   3   0   0   0   0    6    7    2    2    0    3    2
Ron Reed               0   0  4.15   5   0   0   0   0    9    6    4    4    0    7    2
Tug McGraw             0   1  4.50   4   0   0   1   0    6    8    3    3    0    4    5
Randy Lerch            0   2  5.48   3   3   1   0   0   21   25   13   13    4    4   11
Kevin Saucier          1   0  5.68   4   0   0   0   0    6    9    4    4    0    5    3
Larry Christenson      1   0  6.55   3   3   0   0   0   11   11    9    8    2    6    8
Dick Ruthven           1   2  9.77   4   4   0   0   0   16   28   17   17    1    9    5

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Kent Tekulve           1   0  1.86   7   0   0   3   0   10    6    2    2    0    5    7
Enrique Romo           0   0  2.38   8   0   0   0   0   11   13    3    3    1    4    7
Grant Jackson          2   0  2.45   7   0   0   1   0    7    6    2    2    1    3    2
Jim Rooker             2   1  2.55   3   3   0   0   0   18   16    5    5    0   10    7
Bert Blyleven          0   2  3.13   5   5   0   0   0   32   20   11   11    5   11   28
Dave Roberts           0   1  3.86   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    1    1    0    1    1
John Candelaria        2   1  4.15   4   4   2   0   0   26   32   14   12    0    7   11
Rod Scurry             0   0  4.50   1   0   0   0   0    2    3    1    1    1    0    1
Jim Bibby              2   0  5.30   3   3   1   0   0   19   20   11   11    2    4   11
Eddie Solomon          1   0  5.79   3   0   0   0   0    5    4    3    3    0    4    2
Andy Hassler           0   0  6.75   1   0   0   0   0    3    3    2    2    1    1    1

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gary Lucas             1   0  1.72   3   2   0   0   0   16   16    3    3    0    4    7
Bob Shirley            0   1  2.19   7   0   0   2   0   12   14    5    3    1    3    8
Steve Mura             0   0  2.31   6   0   0   1   0   12    3    4    3    1    8    5
Randy Jones            1   2  3.12   4   4   0   0   0   26   24   10    9    2    4   11
Rollie Fingers         2   2  3.38   6   0   0   1   0    8   10    4    3    0    1    7
John Curtis            1   2  3.86   4   4   0   0   0   26   25   11   11    2   11    7
Eric Rasmussen         0   2  4.80   3   3   0   0   0   15   19   11    8    0    5    7
John D'Acquisto        0   0  5.00   3   0   0   0   0    9   10    5    5    0    6    5
Rick Wise              1   1  5.89   4   4   0   0   0   18   28   12   12    4    3    7
Dennis Kinney          0   1 10.38   5   0   0   0   0    4    8    6    5    1    2    3

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Al Holland             0   0  0.00   5   0   0   0   0    6    5    0    0    0    2    5
Greg Minton            1   0  0.00   6   0   0   0   0   10    4    0    0    0    3    2
Ed Halicki             0   0  1.69   3   0   0   0   0    5    6    1    1    1    2    2
Vida Blue              2   1  3.41   4   4   1   0   0   29   29   11   11    3   11   16
Bob Knepper            2   2  3.75   5   5   2   0   0   36   37   17   15    2    7   19
John Montefusco        1   3  4.24   5   5   1   0   0   34   30   16   16    5   10   22
Ed Whitson             0   4  4.50   5   5   0   0   0   26   29   17   13    1   13   12
Randy Moffitt          0   0  5.40   4   0   0   0   0    3    5    2    2    1    0    2
Gary Lavelle           0   3  6.00   5   0   0   1   0    6    9    6    4    0    4    5
Tom Griffin            0   0  6.43   3   0   0   0   0    7    9    5    5    0    2    4

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Silvio Martinez        1   1  2.28   4   4   1   0   0   24   18   11    6    1    8   10
Pete Vuckovich         3   1  2.40   4   4   2   0   1   30   23    8    8    1    7   19
Don Hood               0   1  2.70   6   0   0   0   0    7    9    6    2    0    6    5
Bob Forsch             1   1  3.94   4   4   1   0   0   30   32   14   13    1    5    7
Donnie Moore           0   0  4.22   5   0   0   0   0   11   12    5    5    1    3    7
John Fulgham           1   2  5.12   4   3   1   0   0   19   18   12   11    0    7   10
Roy Thomas             0   0  8.31   6   1   0   0   0    9   13    9    8    1    2    3
Bob Sykes              1   2  9.45   7   1   0   0   0   13   22   14   14    1    7    5
Mark Littell           0   1 10.50   7   0   0   1   0    6    9    7    7    1    4    5
Darold Knowles         0   1 10.80   2   0   0   0   0    2    3    2    2    1    0    1

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League Leaders

Wins:

  S. Carlton (PHI)          3
  K. Forsch (HOU)           3
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           3
  F. Pastore (CIN)          3
  J. Reuss (LAN)            3
  J. Richard (HOU)          3
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)        3
  J. Bibby (PIT)            2
  V. Blue (SFN)             2
  R. Burris (NYN)           2

Losses:

  P. Niekro (ATL)           4
  E. Whitson (SFN)          4
  N. Allen (NYN)            3
  G. Lavelle (SFN)          3
  J. Montefusco (SFN)       3
  B. Blyleven (PIT)         2
  J. Curtis (SDN)           2
  R. Fingers (SDN)          2
  J. Fulgham (SLN)          2
  D. Goltz (LAN)            2

Complete Games:

  F. Pastore (CIN)          3
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       2
  S. Carlton (PHI)          2
  D. Goltz (LAN)            2
  B. Knepper (SFN)          2
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           2
  J. Niekro (HOU)           2
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)        2
  J. Bibby (PIT)            1
  V. Blue (SFN)             1

Saves:

  B. Sutter (CHN)           7
  N. Allen (NYN)            4
  T. Hume (CIN)             3
  K. Tekulve (PIT)          3
  W. Fryman (MON)           2
  S. Howe (LAN)             2
  A. Hrabosky (ATL)         2
  F. Lacorte (HOU)          2
  B. Shirley (SDN)          2
  J. Andujar (HOU)          1

Shutouts:

  D. Goltz (LAN)            2
  S. Carlton (PHI)          1
  K. Forsch (HOU)           1
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           1
  C. Leibrandt (CIN)        1
  R. Matula (ATL)           1
  F. Pastore (CIN)          1
  J. Richard (HOU)          1
  D. Sutton (LAN)           1
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)        1

Innings Pitched:

  B. Knepper (SFN)       36.0
  J. Montefusco (SFN)    34.0
  S. Rogers (MON)        34.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)       33.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)        32.1
  C. Leibrandt (CIN)     32.0
  B. Blyleven (PIT)      31.2
  D. Goltz (LAN)         31.1
  J. Richard (HOU)       30.1
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)     30.0

Hits:

  B. Knepper (SFN)         37
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        37
  S. Rogers (MON)          34
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      32
  B. Forsch (SLN)          32
  D. Goltz (LAN)           31
  B. Lee (MON)             31
  J. Montefusco (SFN)      30
  V. Blue (SFN)            29
  E. Whitson (SFN)         29

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          21
  S. Rogers (MON)          18
  B. Knepper (SFN)         17
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         17
  E. Whitson (SFN)         17
  J. Montefusco (SFN)      16
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        16
  R. Sutcliffe (LAN)       16
  N. Allen (NYN)           15
  D. Lamp (CHN)            15

Home Runs:

  B. Blyleven (PIT)         5
  J. Montefusco (SFN)       5
  P. Niekro (ATL)           5
  R. Burris (NYN)           4
  R. Lerch (PHI)            4
  S. Rogers (MON)           4
  S. Sanderson (MON)        4
  R. Wise (SDN)             4
  N. Allen (NYN)            3
  V. Blue (SFN)             3

Walks:

  N. Ryan (HOU)            20
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        19
  D. Goltz (LAN)           13
  P. Niekro (ATL)          13
  E. Whitson (SFN)         13
  J. Niekro (HOU)          12
  J. Richard (HOU)         12
  V. Blue (SFN)            11
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        11
  J. Curtis (SDN)          11

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)         40
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        28
  P. Niekro (ATL)          26
  J. Montefusco (SFN)      22
  S. Carlton (PHI)         21
  N. Ryan (HOU)            20
  D. Sutton (LAN)          20
  B. Knepper (SFN)         19
  S. Rogers (MON)          19
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)       19

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