Tuesday May 6, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, May 6, 1980

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         17   7  2.87   24   6   6   226   186   83   72    7   84  159
Pittsburgh      14   7  3.08   21   5   4   190   170   70   65   11   64  102
San Diego       12  12  3.29   24   1   8   208   201   85   76   14   61   95
Cincinnati      16  10  3.51   26   6   7   239   214  101   93   16   94  131
Los Angeles     14  10  3.69   24   3   6   217   193   95   89   17   81  116
Philadelphia    11  10  3.86   21   4   4   187   188   94   80   15   78  110
New York         8  15  4.00   23   1   6   209   206  104   93   25   91  138
Chicago         11   9  4.09   20   1   8   178   183   94   81   13   79  101
St. Louis       11  12  4.15   23   5   4   204   207  111   94   11   69   96
San Francisco    8  18  4.21   26   4   3   222   234  114  104   16   80  135
Montreal         9  14  4.26   23   1   4   205   238  116   97   18   49   95
Atlanta          8  15  4.29   23   2   2   199   196  113   95   20   83  114

 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
Rick Matula (ATL)      2   2  1.97   5   5   1   0   1   32   26   11    7    2   12   14
Joe Niekro (HOU)       4   1  2.08   6   6   4   0   0   48   34   19   11    0   18   26
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
Rick Camp              0   1  3.63  12   0   0   0   0   17   21    9    7    1    5    5
Phil Niekro            1   4  4.35   6   6   1   0   0   41   35   22   20    5   15   30
Tommy Boggs            0   1  4.62   7   3   0   0   0   25   18   13   13    2    9   15
Preston Hanna          0   0  4.76   5   0   0   0   0    6    2    3    3    1    8    2
Larry McWilliams       1   2  5.09   4   4   0   0   0   18   22   13   10    3    3    7
Al Hrabosky            2   1  5.25  11   0   0   2   0   12   12    8    7    2    5    5
Doyle Alexander        0   2  5.68   5   5   0   0   0   25   32   19   16    1   16   18
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  1.93  10   0   0   1   0   14   10    4    3    2    3   12
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
Bill Caudill           0   1  2.60  13   0   0   0   0   17   12    5    5    2    8   17
Doug Capilla           1   0  2.70   6   0   0   0   0    7    6    2    2    1    6    2
Rick Reuschel          2   2  3.82   6   6   0   0   0   35   43   18   15    0   21   18
Willie Hernandez       1   2  4.30   5   3   0   0   0   15   13    8    7    0   13   11
Dennis Lamp            2   2  7.67   6   6   0   0   0   27   41   24   23    2    7   10
Lynn McGlothen         0   0  8.59   7   0   0   0   0   15   23   14   14    3    6    8

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Doug Bair              0   2  1.29  12   0   0   2   0   14   10    2    2    0    8   10
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  2.35  11   0   0   4   0   23   16    7    6    1   11   11
Tom Seaver             1   1  3.58   5   5   0   0   0   33   25   15   13    4   12   19
Mike Lacoss            3   2  4.38   6   6   2   0   1   37   47   23   18    1   13   10
Paul Moskau            1   0  4.82   4   2   0   1   0   19   16   10   10    1   11   10
Mario Soto             0   0  5.63   7   0   0   0   0   16   12   10   10    2   14   14
Bill Bonham            1   1  5.79   3   3   0   0   0   14   15    9    9    1    4   10
Dave Tomlin            3   0  6.75   9   0   0   0   0    9   17    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             4   1  2.08   6   6   4   0   0   48   34   19   11    0   18   26
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   5   0   0   0   0    5    4    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  2.38   5   5   1   0   1   34   25   10    9    3   10   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   1  4.15  10   0   0   3   0   13   13    7    6    0    5    5
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  0.96  11   0   0   0   0   19   13    7    2    0    5    6
Woodie Fryman          0   1  1.29  10   0   0   2   0    7   10    1    1    0    1    2
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
Steve Rogers           2   3  4.17   6   6   1   0   0   41   39   22   19    4   13   25
Ross Grimsley          1   2  5.06   4   4   0   0   0   21   31   13   12    1    3    3
Scott Sanderson        1   2  5.48   5   5   0   0   0   23   31   16   14    5    9    6
Bill Lee               0   3  5.90   6   6   0   0   0   29   44   22   19    4    2    8
Fred Norman            0   0  6.11  11   0   0   1   0   18   19   12   12    2    6   16
Dale Murray            0   0  6.43   9   0   0   0   0   14   22   11   10    2    4    6

 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
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
Ed Glynn               1   1  2.70   6   0   0   0   0   10    5    3    3    1    4    7
Jeff Reardon           1   2  2.81  12   0   0   1   0   16   13    6    5    2   15   20
John Pacella           0   0  3.46   8   1   0   0   0   13   15    5    5    1   11    9
Pete Falcone           1   2  5.09   5   5   0   0   0   23   21   14   13    4    6   23
Tom Hausman            0   1  5.54   7   3   0   0   0   26   28   16   16    2    4   10
Neil Allen             0   3  6.17  13   0   0   5   0   23   26   17   16    3   12   14
Kevin Kobel            0   2  7.50   8   1   0   0   0   12   21   12   10    3   11    5

 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  2.03   9   0   0   2   0   13   13    4    3    0    6   12
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
Ron Reed               1   0  4.85   8   0   0   0   0   13   12    7    7    1    8    3
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
Larry Christenson      2   0  5.09   4   4   0   0   0   18   15   11   10    2    9   12
Dick Ruthven           2   2  6.51   6   6   0   0   0   28   38   24   20    2   15   10

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Kent Tekulve           3   0  1.50  10   0   0   3   0   12    9    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
John Candelaria        2   1  2.93   6   6   2   0   0   43   43   16   14    0   11   17
Bert Blyleven          0   2  3.13   5   5   0   0   0   32   20   11   11    5   11   28
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
Randy Jones            2   2  2.61   6   6   1   0   1   41   35   13   12    2    4   18
Rollie Fingers         2   2  2.89   8   0   0   2   0    9   11    4    3    0    1    7
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   8   0   0   1   0   10    7    0    0    0    4    7
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
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
Bob Knepper            2   3  4.69   7   7   2   0   0   48   53   27   25    4   11   25
Gary Lavelle           0   4  4.91  10   0   0   1   0   11   15    9    6    0    8   10
Tom Griffin            0   0  6.75   4   0   0   0   0   11   14    8    8    0    5    9
Randy Moffitt          1   1  7.36   8   0   0   0   0    7   10    6    6    1    1    6

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Pedro Borbon           0   0  0.00   2   0   0   1   0    6    4    0    0    0    1    1
Jim Kaat               0   0  0.00   3   0   0   2   0    5    0    0    0    0    0    3
Pete Vuckovich         5   1  2.37   6   6   2   0   1   46   36   15   12    3   13   33
Don Hood               1   1  2.65   8   1   0   0   0   17   19   10    5    1   10    7
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
John Fulgham           1   2  5.12   4   3   1   0   0   19   18   12   11    0    7   10
Donnie Moore           1   0  6.14   7   0   0   0   0   15   19   10   10    1    4    7
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. Niekro (HOU)           4
  J. Richard (HOU)          4
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           3
  F. Pastore (CIN)          3
  J. Reuss (LAN)            3
  K. Tekulve (PIT)          3

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  J. Niekro (HOU)           4
  J. Bibby (PIT)            3
  S. Carlton (PHI)          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
  R. Jones (SDN)            1
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           1
  C. Leibrandt (CIN)        1
  R. Matula (ATL)           1
  F. Pastore (CIN)          1

Innings Pitched:

  S. Carlton (PHI)       49.0
  B. Knepper (SFN)       48.0
  J. Niekro (HOU)        47.2
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)     45.2
  J. Candelaria (PIT)    43.0
  R. Jones (SDN)         41.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)        41.1
  S. Rogers (MON)        41.0
  J. Montefusco (SFN)    40.2
  C. Leibrandt (CIN)     38.0

Hits:

  B. Knepper (SFN)         53
  M. Lacoss (CIN)          47
  V. Blue (SFN)            44
  B. Lee (MON)             44
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      43
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        43
  D. Lamp (CHN)            41
  D. Goltz (LAN)           40
  S. Rogers (MON)          39
  R. Lerch (PHI)           38

Runs:

  B. Knepper (SFN)         27
  D. Lamp (CHN)            24
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         24
  M. Lacoss (CIN)          23
  B. Lee (MON)             22
  R. Lerch (PHI)           22
  P. Niekro (ATL)          22
  S. Rogers (MON)          22
  R. Sutcliffe (LAN)       21
  D. Alexander (ATL)       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
  P. Falcone (NYN)          4
  B. Knepper (SFN)          4
  B. Lee (MON)              4

Walks:

  N. Ryan (HOU)            24
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        21
  J. Niekro (HOU)          18
  D. Alexander (ATL)       16
  S. Carlton (PHI)         15
  P. Niekro (ATL)          15
  J. Reardon (NYN)         15
  J. Richard (HOU)         15
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         15
  V. Blue (SFN)            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
  J. Niekro (HOU)          26
  N. Ryan (HOU)            26
  B. Knepper (SFN)         25
  S. Rogers (MON)          25

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