Monday May 5, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Monday, May 5, 1980

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         16   7  2.86   23   5   6   217   179   79   69    7   82  156
Pittsburgh      13   7  3.18   20   5   4   181   163   69   64   11   62  100
Cincinnati      15  10  3.37   25   6   6   225   195   91   84   15   87  121
San Diego       11  12  3.44   23   0   8   199   196   85   76   14   61   91
New York         8  14  3.73   22   1   6   195   185   92   81   24   87  127
Los Angeles     14   9  3.75   23   3   6   209   183   93   87   17   78  115
San Francisco    8  17  3.95   25   4   3   214   223  104   94   16   74  129
Philadelphia    10  10  4.00   20   4   3   178   178   89   79   15   73  104
Atlanta          8  14  4.05   22   2   2   191   182  103   86   20   78  109
St. Louis       10  12  4.07   22   5   3   195   196  104   88   10   68   95
Montreal         9  13  4.09   22   1   4   196   224  108   89   18   46   89
Chicago         11   8  4.09   19   1   8   169   179   90   77   12   68   94

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gary Lucas (SDN)       2   0  1.50   4   3   0   0   0   24   20    4    4    1    6   11
Steve Carlton (PHI)    5   1  1.84   6   6   3   0   1   49   33   10   10    2   15   37
Joe Niekro (HOU)       3   1  1.86   5   5   3   0   0   39   27   15    8    0   16   23
Rick Matula (ATL)      2   2  1.97   5   5   1   0   1   32   26   11    7    2   12   14
Bob Welch (LAN)        1   1  2.10   4   4   0   0   0   30   18    7    7    2    9   11
Mike Krukow (CHN)      2   1  2.12   5   5   1   0   0   34   23   15    8    2   14   15
C. Leibrandt (CIN)     2   2  2.13   5   5   1   0   1   38   31    9    9    2   14   20
Ken Forsch (HOU)       4   0  2.23   5   5   1   0   1   36   36    9    9    1    7   14
Frank Pastore (CIN)    3   1  2.25   5   5   3   0   1   36   25    9    9    3    4   23
Pete Vuckovich (SLN)   5   1  2.37   6   6   2   0   1   46   36   15   12    3   13   33

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Larry Bradford         1   1  1.54  11   0   0   0   0   12    9    4    2    2    5   10
Rick Matula            2   2  1.97   5   5   1   0   1   32   26   11    7    2   12   14
Al Hrabosky            2   1  3.27  10   0   0   2   0   11    8    4    4    2    5    4
Rick Camp              0   1  3.86  11   0   0   0   0   16   20    9    7    1    4    5
Phil Niekro            1   4  4.35   6   6   1   0   0   41   35   22   20    5   15   30
Doyle Alexander        0   1  4.37   4   4   0   0   0   23   24   14   11    1   15   16
Preston Hanna          0   0  4.76   5   0   0   0   0    6    2    3    3    1    8    2
Tommy Boggs            0   1  4.91   6   3   0   0   0   22   17   12   12    2    6   13
Larry McWilliams       1   2  5.09   4   4   0   0   0   18   22   13   10    3    3    7
Gene Garber            1   1  8.18  10   0   0   0   0   11   19   11   10    1    5    8

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dick Tidrow            1   0  2.08   9   0   0   1   0   13   10    4    3    2    3   11
Mike Krukow            2   1  2.12   5   5   1   0   0   34   23   15    8    2   14   15
Bruce Sutter           2   1  2.45  10   0   0   7   0   15   12    4    4    1    1    8
Doug Capilla           1   0  2.70   6   0   0   0   0    7    6    2    2    1    6    2
Bill Caudill           0   1  2.76  12   0   0   0   0   16   11    5    5    2    6   17
Willie Hernandez       1   1  3.38   4   2   0   0   0   11   11    5    4    0    5    6
Rick Reuschel          2   2  3.82   6   6   0   0   0   35   43   18   15    0   21   18
Dennis Lamp            2   2  7.67   6   6   0   0   0   27   41   24   23    2    7   10
Lynn McGlothen         0   0 10.03   6   0   0   0   0   12   22   13   13    2    5    7

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Doug Bair              0   2  1.64  11   0   0   2   0   11    8    2    2    0    7    6
Charlie Leibrandt      2   2  2.13   5   5   1   0   1   38   31    9    9    2   14   20
Frank Pastore          3   1  2.25   5   5   3   0   1   36   25    9    9    3    4   23
Tom Hume               2   1  2.38  10   0   0   4   0   23   15    6    6    1    9   10
Mike Lacoss            3   2  3.09   5   5   2   0   1   32   35   16   11    1   12    8
Tom Seaver             1   1  3.58   5   5   0   0   0   33   25   15   13    4   12   19
Paul Moskau            1   0  5.09   3   2   0   0   0   18   15   10   10    1   11    9
Mario Soto             0   0  5.40   6   0   0   0   0   13   11    8    8    1   11   12
Bill Bonham            1   1  5.79   3   3   0   0   0   14   15    9    9    1    4   10
Dave Tomlin            2   0  8.59   8   0   0   0   0    7   15    7    7    1    3    4

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Frank Lacorte          1   0  0.66  10   0   0   3   0   14    5    1    1    0    6   10
Joe Niekro             3   1  1.86   5   5   3   0   0   39   27   15    8    0   16   23
Dave Smith             1   2  2.13   8   0   0   0   0   13   11    3    3    0    4   10
Ken Forsch             4   0  2.23   5   5   1   0   1   36   36    9    9    1    7   14
J.R. Richard           4   1  2.61   6   6   1   0   1   38   18   12   11    0   15   48
Joaquin Andujar        0   1  3.09   5   0   0   1   0   12   16    5    4    1    1   10
Joe Sambito            1   0  3.14   9   0   0   2   0   14   13    6    5    1    2    8
Nolan Ryan             1   1  4.05   5   5   0   0   0   33   31   15   15    3   24   26
Vern Ruhle             1   1  5.06   4   2   0   0   0   16   16    9    9    1    5    7
Randy Niemann          0   0 15.43   2   0   0   0   0    2    6    4    4    0    2    0

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Joe Beckwith           2   0  0.00   4   0   0   0   0    5    3    0    0    0    0    5
Jerry Reuss            3   0  1.08   6   0   0   1   0   17    9    2    2    0    4   10
Bob Welch              1   1  2.10   4   4   0   0   0   30   18    7    7    2    9   11
Don Sutton             2   0  2.67   4   4   1   0   1   27   19    9    8    3    8   20
Dave Goltz             2   2  3.11   5   5   2   0   2   38   40   15   13    2   13   19
Bobby Castillo         1   1  3.18   8   0   0   0   0   11    7    4    4    1    6    6
Charlie Hough          0   1  3.55   8   0   0   1   0   13    9    6    5    0    9   10
Steve Howe             1   0  3.75   9   0   0   3   0   12   10    6    5    0    4    4
Burt Hooton            2   2  6.04   6   5   0   1   0   25   25   17   17    5    8   15
Rick Sutcliffe         0   1  7.01   5   5   0   0   0   26   34   21   20    3   13   14
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           2   1  0.51  10   0   0   0   0   18   12    6    1    0    4    5
Woodie Fryman          0   1  1.69   9   0   0   2   0    5    9    1    1    0    1    1
David Palmer           1   0  1.69   7   2   0   0   0   21   21    8    4    0    5   14
Elias Sosa             2   2  3.00   9   0   0   1   0   12    8    4    4    0    1    9
Ross Grimsley          1   1  3.44   3   3   0   0   0   18   23    8    7    1    3    3
Steve Rogers           2   3  4.17   6   6   1   0   0   41   39   22   19    4   13   25
Scott Sanderson        1   2  5.48   5   5   0   0   0   23   31   16   14    5    9    6
Dale Murray            0   0  5.68   8   0   0   0   0   13   19    9    8    2    4    5
Bill Lee               0   3  5.90   6   6   0   0   0   29   44   22   19    4    2    8
Fred Norman            0   0  6.89  10   0   0   1   0   16   18   12   12    2    4   13

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Pat Zachry             0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    2    0    0    0    0    3
Jeff Reardon           1   1  1.80  11   0   0   1   0   15   10    4    3    2   15   17
Mark Bomback           2   0  2.67   6   3   1   0   1   27   24    8    8    3   14   10
Craig Swan             1   2  2.67   5   5   0   0   0   27   27   13    8    2    4   18
Ray Burris             2   2  2.70   5   5   0   0   0   30   24   10    9    4   10   19
Pete Falcone           1   2  3.00   4   4   0   0   0   21   15    8    7    3    4   22
John Pacella           0   0  3.27   7   1   0   0   0   11   12    4    4    1   10    9
Ed Glynn               1   1  3.86   5   0   0   0   0    7    4    3    3    1    4    2
Tom Hausman            0   1  5.25   6   3   0   0   0   24   25   14   14    2    4   10
Neil Allen             0   3  6.33  12   0   0   5   0   21   23   16   15    3   11   13
Kevin Kobel            0   2  9.00   7   1   0   0   0   10   19   12   10    3   11    4

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Lerrin LaGrow          0   2  1.80   6   0   0   0   0   10   14    6    2    2    1    6
Steve Carlton          5   1  1.84   6   6   3   0   1   49   33   10   10    2   15   37
Dickie Noles           0   1  2.53   8   0   0   1   0   11   10    4    3    0    6    9
Tug McGraw             0   1  2.89   6   0   0   2   0    9    8    3    3    0    5    8
Scott Munninghoff      0   0  4.50   4   0   0   0   0    6    8    3    3    0    5    2
Randy Lerch            0   3  4.86   5   5   1   0   0   33   38   22   18    6    9   16
Kevin Saucier          1   0  4.91   5   0   0   0   0    7    9    4    4    0    5    4
Ron Reed               1   0  4.97   7   0   0   0   0   13   10    7    7    1    8    3
Larry Christenson      2   0  5.09   4   4   0   0   0   18   15   11   10    2    9   12
Dick Ruthven           1   2  7.89   5   5   0   0   0   22   33   19   19    2   10    7

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Kent Tekulve           2   0  1.64   9   0   0   3   0   11    8    2    2    0    5    8
Don Robinson           0   0  1.80   1   1   0   0   0    5    6    1    1    0    0    2
Enrique Romo           0   0  1.88   9   0   0   0   0   14   13    3    3    1    4    9
Rod Scurry             0   0  2.84   2   0   0   0   0    6    5    2    2    1    1    4
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 Rooker             2   2  3.50   4   4   0   0   0   18   16    7    7    0   12    8
Jim Bibby              4   0  3.68   5   5   3   0   1   37   34   15   15    2    9   19
Andy Hassler           0   0  3.86   2   0   0   0   0    5    4    2    2    1    1    1
Dave Roberts           0   1  3.86   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    1    1    0    1    1
Eddie Solomon          1   0  3.86   4   0   0   0   0    7    8    6    3    0    5    3
Grant Jackson          2   1  4.00   9   0   0   1   0    9   10    4    4    1    4    2

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gary Lucas             2   0  1.50   4   3   0   0   0   24   20    4    4    1    6   11
Bob Shirley            1   1  1.84  10   0   0   4   0   15   16    5    3    1    3   10
Steve Mura             0   0  2.30   9   0   0   2   0   16    7    5    4    2   10    7
Rollie Fingers         2   2  2.89   8   0   0   2   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
John Curtis            2   2  3.67   5   5   0   0   0   34   30   14   14    2   13   11
John D'Acquisto        0   0  4.22   5   0   0   0   0   11   10    5    5    0    7    6
Eric Rasmussen         1   3  4.23   5   5   0   0   0   28   30   16   13    1   10   12
Rick Wise              2   1  4.38   5   5   0   0   0   25   33   12   12    4    4   10
Dennis Kinney          0   1  9.53   6   0   0   0   0    6    9    7    6    1    3    3

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Al Holland             0   0  0.00   7   0   0   1   0    8    6    0    0    0    4    6
Greg Minton            1   1  1.93   9   0   0   1   0   14   12    4    3    0    5    4
Ed Halicki             0   0  3.18   4   1   0   0   0   11   11    4    4    2    5    5
Bob Knepper            2   2  3.74   6   6   2   0   0   43   47   20   18    4    7   22
John Montefusco        2   3  3.98   6   6   1   0   0   41   34   18   18    5   13   33
Ed Whitson             0   4  4.18   6   6   0   0   0   32   34   19   15    1   14   16
Vida Blue              2   2  4.58   6   6   1   0   0   37   44   19   19    3   14   20
Randy Moffitt          1   1  4.91   7   0   0   0   0    7    8    4    4    1    0    6
Gary Lavelle           0   4  5.00   9   0   0   1   0    9   13    8    5    0    7    8
Tom Griffin            0   0  6.75   4   0   0   0   0   11   14    8    8    0    5    9

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Pedro Borbon           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    3    2    0    0    0    1    1
Jim Kaat               0   0  0.00   3   0   0   2   0    5    0    0    0    0    0    3
Don Hood               1   1  2.19   7   0   0   0   0   12   15    7    3    0    9    6
Pete Vuckovich         5   1  2.37   6   6   2   0   1   46   36   15   12    3   13   33
Silvio Martinez        1   2  2.96   5   5   1   0   0   27   22   14    9    1   13   10
Bob Forsch             1   1  3.82   5   5   1   0   0   31   33   14   13    1    6    7
Donnie Moore           0   0  4.15   6   0   0   0   0   13   14    6    6    1    4    7
John Fulgham           1   2  5.12   4   3   1   0   0   19   18   12   11    0    7   10
Roy Thomas             0   0  6.17   7   1   0   0   0   12   15   10    8    1    2    5
Mark Littell           0   1  7.88   8   0   0   1   0    8    9    7    7    1    5    6
Bob Sykes              1   3  8.83   8   2   0   0   0   17   29   17   17    1    8    6
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)          5
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)        5
  J. Bibby (PIT)            4
  K. Forsch (HOU)           4
  J. Richard (HOU)          4
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           3
  J. Niekro (HOU)           3
  F. Pastore (CIN)          3
  J. Reuss (LAN)            3
  S. Bahnsen (MON)          2

Losses:

  G. Lavelle (SFN)          4
  P. Niekro (ATL)           4
  E. Whitson (SFN)          4
  N. Allen (NYN)            3
  B. Lee (MON)              3
  R. Lerch (PHI)            3
  J. Montefusco (SFN)       3
  E. Rasmussen (SDN)        3
  S. Rogers (MON)           3
  B. Sykes (SLN)            3

Complete Games:

  J. Bibby (PIT)            3
  S. Carlton (PHI)          3
  J. Niekro (HOU)           3
  F. Pastore (CIN)          3
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       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)            5
  T. Hume (CIN)             4
  B. Shirley (SDN)          4
  S. Howe (LAN)             3
  F. Lacorte (HOU)          3
  K. Tekulve (PIT)          3
  D. Bair (CIN)             2
  R. Fingers (SDN)          2
  W. Fryman (MON)           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)       49.0
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)     45.2
  B. Knepper (SFN)       43.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)        41.1
  S. Rogers (MON)        41.0
  J. Montefusco (SFN)    40.2
  J. Niekro (HOU)        38.2
  C. Leibrandt (CIN)     38.0
  J. Richard (HOU)       38.0
  D. Goltz (LAN)         37.2

Hits:

  B. Knepper (SFN)         47
  V. Blue (SFN)            44
  B. Lee (MON)             44
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        43
  D. Lamp (CHN)            41
  D. Goltz (LAN)           40
  S. Rogers (MON)          39
  R. Lerch (PHI)           38
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      37
  K. Forsch (HOU)          36

Runs:

  D. Lamp (CHN)            24
  B. Lee (MON)             22
  R. Lerch (PHI)           22
  P. Niekro (ATL)          22
  S. Rogers (MON)          22
  R. Sutcliffe (LAN)       21
  B. Knepper (SFN)         20
  V. Blue (SFN)            19
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         19
  E. Whitson (SFN)         19

Home Runs:

  R. Lerch (PHI)            6
  B. Blyleven (PIT)         5
  B. Hooton (LAN)           5
  J. Montefusco (SFN)       5
  P. Niekro (ATL)           5
  S. Sanderson (MON)        5
  R. Burris (NYN)           4
  B. Knepper (SFN)          4
  B. Lee (MON)              4
  S. Rogers (MON)           4

Walks:

  N. Ryan (HOU)            24
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        21
  J. Niekro (HOU)          16
  D. Alexander (ATL)       15
  S. Carlton (PHI)         15
  P. Niekro (ATL)          15
  J. Reardon (NYN)         15
  J. Richard (HOU)         15
  V. Blue (SFN)            14
  M. Bomback (NYN)         14

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)         48
  S. Carlton (PHI)         37
  J. Montefusco (SFN)      33
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)       33
  P. Niekro (ATL)          30
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        28
  N. Ryan (HOU)            26
  S. Rogers (MON)          25
  J. Niekro (HOU)          23
  F. Pastore (CIN)         23

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