Thursday May 1, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, May 1, 1980

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         14   5  2.31   19   5   4   183   140   56   47    5   71  133
Cincinnati      13   7  2.86   20   6   4   176   142   63   56   12   67   88
Los Angeles     13   7  3.13   20   3   5   184   151   67   64   11   67  100
Pittsburgh      12   5  3.18   17   4   4   153   139   56   54   11   54   85
San Diego        8  11  3.62   19   0   5   164   171   75   66   12   49   75
San Francisco    6  14  3.66   20   4   1   172   172   79   70   13   56   92
Philadelphia     7   9  3.94   16   3   3   142   143   68   62   10   57   77
Atlanta          6  12  3.97   18   1   2   156   142   81   69   15   67   96
Montreal         6  11  4.23   17   1   3   151   183   89   71   16   33   63
Chicago          9   6  4.35   15   0   8   132   151   77   64    9   57   72
St. Louis        8  10  4.37   18   5   1   159   164   90   77    9   50   82
New York         6  11  4.40   17   1   5   149   157   81   73   23   59   97

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rick Matula (ATL)      2   1  0.95   4   4   1   0   1   28   18    4    3    0   11   13
J.R. Richard (HOU)     4   0  1.67   5   5   1   0   1   38   13    8    7    0   14   48
Joe Niekro (HOU)       3   1  1.86   5   5   3   0   0   39   27   15    8    0   16   23
Steve Carlton (PHI)    4   1  2.03   5   5   2   0   1   40   30    9    9    1   10   26
Bob Welch (LAN)        1   1  2.10   4   4   0   0   0   30   18    7    7    2    9   11
Ken Forsch (HOU)       3   0  2.12   4   4   1   0   1   30   27    7    7    1    6   13
Frank Pastore (CIN)    3   1  2.17   4   4   3   0   1   29   19    7    7    2    2   17
Pete Vuckovich (SLN)   4   1  2.17   5   5   2   0   1   37   28   10    9    2    8   28
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

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Larry Bradford         1   1  0.90   9   0   0   0   0   10    7    3    1    1    4    9
Rick Matula            2   1  0.95   4   4   1   0   1   28   18    4    3    0   11   13
Preston Hanna          0   0  2.25   3   0   0   0   0    4    1    1    1    0    4    2
Rick Camp              0   1  2.77   9   0   0   0   0   13   14    6    4    0    3    4
Al Hrabosky            1   1  3.72   9   0   0   2   0   10    7    4    4    2    5    4
Tommy Boggs            0   0  4.12   5   2   0   0   0   20   14    9    9    2    5   12
Doyle Alexander        0   1  4.37   4   4   0   0   0   23   24   14   11    1   15   16
Phil Niekro            0   4  5.29   5   5   0   0   0   32   28   21   19    5   13   26
Gene Garber            1   1  8.59   8   0   0   0   0    7   14    7    7    1    4    6
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
Doug Capilla           1   0  3.00   5   0   0   0   0    6    5    2    2    1    6    1
Bill Caudill           0   0  3.09   9   0   0   0   0   12    9    4    4    1    5   11
Bruce Sutter           1   1  3.09   9   0   0   7   0   12   12    4    4    1    1    6
Rick Reuschel          2   1  3.99   5   5   0   0   0   29   37   16   13    0   19   14
Dennis Lamp            2   2  7.89   5   5   0   0   0   22   37   20   19    2    4    9
Lynn McGlothen         0   0 10.97   5   0   0   0   0   11   20   13   13    2    5    6

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Hume               2   0  0.00   8   0   0   3   0   15    7    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   2  3.09   5   5   2   0   1   32   35   16   11    1   12    8
Tom Seaver             1   1  4.01   4   4   0   0   0   25   19   13   11    4   12   16
Dave Tomlin            2   0  5.40   7   0   0   0   0    7   12    4    4    0    3    4
Mario Soto             0   0  5.68   4   0   0   0   0    6    6    4    4    1    3    7
Paul Moskau            0   0  6.00   2   1   0   0   0    9    5    6    6    1    7    4

 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
J.R. Richard           4   0  1.67   5   5   1   0   1   38   13    8    7    0   14   48
Joe Niekro             3   1  1.86   5   5   3   0   0   39   27   15    8    0   16   23
Ken Forsch             3   0  2.12   4   4   1   0   1   30   27    7    7    1    6   13
Dave Smith             1   2  2.31   7   0   0   0   0   12   11    3    3    0    3    9
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              1   1  2.10   4   4   0   0   0   30   18    7    7    2    9   11
Dave Goltz             2   2  2.30   4   4   2   0   2   31   31    8    8    0   13   17
Steve Howe             1   0  2.38   8   0   0   3   0   11    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
Stan Bahnsen           0   1  0.59   7   0   0   0   0   15   10    6    1    0    4    4
Elias Sosa             2   1  1.13   6   0   0   0   0    8    4    1    1    0    0    6
David Palmer           0   0  1.84   6   1   0   0   0   15   18    7    3    0    4    7
Woodie Fryman          0   1  2.70   6   0   0   2   0    3    6    1    1    0    1    1
Steve Rogers           2   2  4.24   5   5   1   0   0   34   34   18   16    4    9   19
Dale Murray            0   0  4.76   6   0   0   0   0   11   17    7    6    2    3    4
Ross Grimsley          1   1  4.91   2   2   0   0   0   11   17    7    6    1    2    1
Bill Lee               0   3  5.96   5   5   0   0   0   23   35   18   15    3    2    7
Fred Norman            0   0  6.14   8   0   0   1   0   15   16   10   10    2    3   11
Scott Sanderson        1   2  6.75   4   4   0   0   0   16   26   14   12    4    5    3

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mark Bomback           2   0  2.49   5   2   1   0   1   22   20    6    6    3    8    8
Jeff Reardon           0   0  2.70   8   0   0   1   0   10    7    3    3    2   11   10
Pete Falcone           1   2  3.00   4   4   0   0   0   21   15    8    7    3    4   22
Craig Swan             1   1  3.00   4   4   0   0   0   21   22   11    7    2    2   15
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
Neil Allen             0   3  7.27  10   0   0   4   0   17   22   15   14    3    8   11
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
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   6   0   0   1   0   10    5    1    0    0    3    9
Lerrin LaGrow          0   2  1.17   5   0   0   0   0    8   10    5    1    2    1    3
Steve Carlton          4   1  2.03   5   5   2   0   1   40   30    9    9    1   10   26
Scott Munninghoff      0   0  3.00   3   0   0   0   0    6    7    2    2    0    3    2
Tug McGraw             0   1  3.24   5   0   0   2   0    8    8    3    3    0    4    6
Ron Reed               0   0  4.15   5   0   0   0   0    9    6    4    4    0    7    2
Randy Lerch            0   3  4.45   4   4   1   0   0   28   29   14   14    4    9   13
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           2   0  1.80   8   0   0   3   0   10    7    2    2    0    5    7
Grant Jackson          2   0  2.25   8   0   0   1   0    8    8    2    2    1    3    2
Enrique Romo           0   0  2.38   8   0   0   0   0   11   13    3    3    1    4    7
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
John Candelaria        2   1  3.34   5   5   2   0   0   35   37   15   13    0    9   15
Jim Bibby              3   0  3.58   4   4   2   0   1   28   26   11   11    2    6   14
Dave Roberts           0   1  3.86   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    1    1    0    1    1
Rod Scurry             0   0  4.50   1   0   0   0   0    2    3    1    1    1    0    1
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            1   1  1.88   9   0   0   3   0   14   16    5    3    1    3   10
Steve Mura             0   0  2.13   7   0   0   1   0   13    4    4    3    1    8    5
Rollie Fingers         2   2  3.12   7   0   0   1   0    9   11    4    3    0    1    7
Randy Jones            1   2  3.34   5   5   0   0   0   32   30   13   12    2    4   14
Eric Rasmussen         1   2  3.52   4   4   0   0   0   23   23   12    9    1    7   10
John Curtis            1   2  3.86   4   4   0   0   0   26   25   11   11    2   11    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   1  0.82   7   0   0   0   0   11    6    2    1    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  3.25   5   5   1   0   0   36   36   13   13    3   13   19
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
Gary Lavelle           0   3  5.14   6   0   0   1   0    7    9    6    4    0    4    5
Randy Moffitt          0   0  5.40   4   0   0   0   0    3    5    2    2    1    0    2
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
Jim Kaat               0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    0    0    0    0    0    1
Pete Vuckovich         4   1  2.17   5   5   2   0   1   37   28   10    9    2    8   28
Silvio Martinez        1   1  2.28   4   4   1   0   0   24   18   11    6    1    8   10
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)          4
  J. Richard (HOU)          4
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)        4
  J. Bibby (PIT)            3
  K. Forsch (HOU)           3
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           3
  J. Niekro (HOU)           3
  F. Pastore (CIN)          3
  J. Reuss (LAN)            3
  V. Blue (SFN)             2

Losses:

  P. Niekro (ATL)           4
  E. Whitson (SFN)          4
  N. Allen (NYN)            3
  G. Lavelle (SFN)          3
  B. Lee (MON)              3
  R. Lerch (PHI)            3
  J. Montefusco (SFN)       3
  B. Blyleven (PIT)         2
  J. Curtis (SDN)           2
  P. Falcone (NYN)          2

Complete Games:

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

Saves:

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

Shutouts:

  D. Goltz (LAN)            2
  J. Bibby (PIT)            1
  M. Bomback (NYN)          1
  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

Innings Pitched:

  S. Carlton (PHI)       40.0
  J. Niekro (HOU)        38.2
  J. Richard (HOU)       37.2
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)     37.1
  V. Blue (SFN)          36.0
  B. Knepper (SFN)       36.0
  J. Candelaria (PIT)    35.0
  J. Montefusco (SFN)    34.0
  S. Rogers (MON)        34.0
  R. Jones (SDN)         32.1

Hits:

  J. Candelaria (PIT)      37
  B. Knepper (SFN)         37
  D. Lamp (CHN)            37
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        37
  V. Blue (SFN)            36
  M. Lacoss (CIN)          35
  B. Lee (MON)             35
  S. Rogers (MON)          34
  B. Forsch (SLN)          32
  D. Goltz (LAN)           31

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          21
  D. Lamp (CHN)            20
  B. Lee (MON)             18
  S. Rogers (MON)          18
  B. Knepper (SFN)         17
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         17
  E. Whitson (SFN)         17
  M. Lacoss (CIN)          16
  J. Montefusco (SFN)      16
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        16

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
  T. Seaver (CIN)           4
  R. Wise (SDN)             4
  N. Allen (NYN)            3

Walks:

  N. Ryan (HOU)            20
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        19
  J. Niekro (HOU)          16
  D. Alexander (ATL)       15
  J. Richard (HOU)         14
  V. Blue (SFN)            13
  D. Goltz (LAN)           13
  P. Niekro (ATL)          13
  E. Whitson (SFN)         13
  M. Lacoss (CIN)          12

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)         48
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        28
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)       28
  S. Carlton (PHI)         26
  P. Niekro (ATL)          26
  J. Niekro (HOU)          23
  P. Falcone (NYN)         22
  J. Montefusco (SFN)      22
  N. Ryan (HOU)            20
  D. Sutton (LAN)          20

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