Saturday May 17, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, May 17, 1980

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         18  14  2.91   32   6   7   297   250  111   96    9  105  213
Pittsburgh      19  11  3.20   30   6   6   270   242  109   96   15   89  141
San Diego       17  17  3.27   34   3  10   297   286  118  108   20   85  144
Cincinnati      20  14  3.63   34   8   9   313   279  137  126   19  121  160
Philadelphia    15  13  3.65   28   5   5   247   242  117  100   19  100  154
Montreal        15  15  3.66   30   1  10   268   287  130  109   18   69  142
St. Louis       14  18  3.83   32   6   5   282   281  143  120   13   91  136
Los Angeles     20  13  3.98   33   4  11   296   288  137  131   30  103  159
Chicago         15  15  4.04   30   1  11   265   269  137  119   21  110  151
New York        11  18  4.17   29   2   7   265   253  137  123   32  118  174
San Francisco   13  22  4.20   35   7   4   304   324  155  142   21  103  193
Atlanta         11  18  4.23   29   3   4   255   251  141  120   24  106  137

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rick Matula (ATL)      2   2  1.80   6   6   1   0   1   40   32   13    8    2   14   18
Randy Jones (SDN)      4   2  1.82   8   8   3   0   3   59   44   13   12    2    4   26
Steve Carlton (PHI)    6   2  2.03   8   8   3   0   1   62   39   15   14    4   22   52
Don Sutton (LAN)       4   0  2.06   7   7   1   0   1   48   36   12   11    5   12   31
J.R. Richard (HOU)     4   2  2.45   8   8   1   0   1   55   31   17   15    0   18   62
Pete Vuckovich (SLN)   5   3  2.52   8   8   3   0   1   61   48   20   17    3   18   40
Craig Swan (NYN)       2   2  2.64   7   7   1   0   0   44   38   18   13    2    5   31
Ken Forsch (HOU)       4   2  2.68   7   7   1   0   1   50   50   15   15    2   10   23
Gary Lucas (SDN)       2   1  2.70   6   5   0   0   0   37   33   12   11    1   10   20
Frank Pastore (CIN)    4   1  2.74   7   7   3   0   1   49   40   15   15    3    9   27

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Larry Bradford         1   1  1.26  13   0   0   1   0   14   10    4    2    2    6   10
Rick Matula            2   2  1.80   6   6   1   0   1   40   32   13    8    2   14   18
Rick Camp              0   1  3.05  14   0   0   1   0   21   24    9    7    1    5    6
Preston Hanna          0   0  3.52   6   0   0   0   0    8    3    3    3    1    8    3
Al Hrabosky            2   1  4.40  13   0   0   2   0   14   14    8    7    2    6    6
Phil Niekro            2   5  4.58   8   8   2   0   0   57   51   31   29    5   26   36
Tommy Boggs            0   1  4.76   8   3   0   0   0   28   22   15   15    2    9   16
Doyle Alexander        1   2  5.01   6   6   0   0   0   32   36   22   18    1   20   23
Larry McWilliams       2   3  6.75   6   6   0   0   0   27   39   24   20    7    5   10
Gene Garber            1   2  7.07  13   0   0   0   0   14   20   12   11    1    7    9

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dick Tidrow            1   0  1.57  16   0   0   1   0   23   14    5    4    2    4   24
Bill Caudill           0   1  2.38  18   0   0   0   0   23   15    6    6    3   10   21
Doug Capilla           1   0  2.45   8   0   0   0   0    7    8    2    2    1    7    2
Mike Krukow            3   3  2.78   8   8   1   0   0   55   46   24   17    3   20   23
Bruce Sutter           2   2  3.05  14   0   0  10   0   21   20    8    7    1    2   12
Rick Reuschel          3   3  3.56   9   9   0   0   0   56   61   27   22    0   27   28
Willie Hernandez       1   2  4.15   7   3   0   0   0   17   15    9    8    0   16   13
Dennis Lamp            2   4  7.39   8   8   0   0   0   35   51   32   29    4   16   12
Lynn McGlothen         2   0  7.62   9   2   0   0   0   28   39   24   24    7    8   16

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Hume               3   3  2.73  15   0   0   5   0   30   21   11    9    1   13   13
Frank Pastore          4   1  2.74   7   7   3   0   1   49   40   15   15    3    9   27
Charlie Leibrandt      3   2  2.77   7   7   2   0   1   52   48   16   16    2   20   23
Doug Bair              0   2  3.00  15   0   0   2   0   18   15    6    6    0   10   12
Tom Seaver             2   2  3.40   7   7   1   0   0   48   32   20   18    7   14   26
Paul Moskau            1   0  3.60   6   2   0   2   0   25   18   10   10    1   12   15
Mario Soto             0   0  4.71   9   0   0   0   0   21   12   11   11    2   18   17
Mike Lacoss            3   3  4.89   8   8   2   0   1   46   60   32   25    1   18   12
Bill Bonham            1   1  5.79   3   3   0   0   0   14   15    9    9    1    4   10
Dave Tomlin            3   0  6.30  10   0   0   0   0   10   18    7    7    1    3    5

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Frank Lacorte          2   0  0.50  14   0   0   3   0   18    7    1    1    0   10   15
Dave Smith             1   2  1.69  11   0   0   0   0   16   12    3    3    0    5   11
J.R. Richard           4   2  2.45   8   8   1   0   1   55   31   17   15    0   18   62
Joe Sambito            1   0  2.60  12   0   0   3   0   17   14    6    5    1    3   12
Joaquin Andujar        0   1  2.63   6   0   0   1   0   14   19    5    4    1    1   11
Ken Forsch             4   2  2.68   7   7   1   0   1   50   50   15   15    2   10   23
Joe Niekro             4   3  3.17   8   8   4   0   0   60   52   30   21    1   20   32
Nolan Ryan             1   3  3.61   7   7   0   0   0   47   41   21   19    3   31   40
Vern Ruhle             1   1  4.76   5   2   0   0   0   17   18    9    9    1    5    7
Randy Niemann          0   0 13.50   3   0   0   0   0    3    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  1.86   7   0   0   0   0   10   11    2    2    0    0    8
Don Sutton             4   0  2.06   7   7   1   0   1   48   36   12   11    5   12   31
Jerry Reuss            4   0  2.39   9   1   0   3   0   26   20    7    7    1    6   12
Steve Howe             1   1  2.75  14   0   0   4   0   20   19    7    6    0    5    7
Bob Welch              2   1  3.07   6   6   1   0   0   44   35   15   15    6   10   18
Dave Goltz             3   2  3.14   6   6   2   0   2   43   49   17   15    2   15   20
Bobby Castillo         1   1  4.58  12   0   0   1   0   20   16   10   10    3   12   14
Burt Hooton            3   3  5.45   8   7   0   1   0   38   36   23   23    7   12   21
Charlie Hough          0   2  7.43  10   0   0   1   0   13   15   12   11    1   14   11
Rick Sutcliffe         0   2  7.94   8   6   0   1   0   28   42   26   25    4   13   16
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   1  0.59  14   0   0   6   0   15   11    1    1    0    1   11
Stan Bahnsen           3   1  0.89  12   0   0   0   0   20   13    7    2    0    5    6
David Palmer           2   0  1.88   8   3   0   0   0   29   26   10    6    0    9   17
Elias Sosa             2   2  2.16  13   0   0   3   0   17   13    4    4    0    1   14
Steve Rogers           3   4  3.47   8   8   1   0   0   57   52   25   22    4   19   39
Scott Sanderson        3   2  3.60   7   7   0   0   0   35   40   16   14    5   14   15
Ross Grimsley          1   2  5.06   4   4   0   0   0   21   31   13   12    1    3    3
Bill Lee               1   3  5.66   8   8   0   0   0   41   60   29   26    4    5   14
Fred Norman            0   0  5.89  12   0   0   1   0   18   19   14   12    2    8   17
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   1  1.80   2   0   0   0   0    5    6    1    1    0    3    3
Craig Swan             2   2  2.64   7   7   1   0   0   44   38   18   13    2    5   31
Ray Burris             2   3  2.97   7   7   0   0   0   39   30   16   13    4   21   24
Jeff Reardon           2   2  3.44  14   0   0   1   0   18   14    8    7    3   16   20
John Pacella           0   0  3.86   9   1   0   0   0   14   17    7    6    1   12   10
Ed Glynn               1   1  4.22   7   0   0   0   0   11    6    5    5    2    5    7
Mark Bomback           2   0  4.75   8   4   1   0   1   30   35   16   16    6   16   11
Pete Falcone           2   2  4.97   6   6   0   0   0   29   25   17   16    5   10   30
Tom Hausman            0   1  5.01  10   3   0   0   0   32   30   18   18    3    7   14
Neil Allen             0   3  5.47  14   0   0   6   0   26   26   17   16    3   12   18
Kevin Kobel            0   3  6.89  10   1   0   0   0   16   26   14   12    3   11    6

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Carlton          6   2  2.03   8   8   3   0   1   62   39   15   14    4   22   52
Dickie Noles           0   1  2.20  11   0   0   3   0   16   14    5    4    0    8   14
Tug McGraw             0   1  2.92   8   0   0   2   0   12   11    4    4    0    6   10
Kevin Saucier          1   0  3.18   7   0   0   0   0   11   12    4    4    0    6    6
Lerrin LaGrow          0   2  3.55   8   0   0   0   0   13   18    9    5    3    3    8
Ron Reed               1   0  4.20   9   0   0   0   0   15   13    7    7    1    8    4
Scott Munninghoff      0   0  4.50   4   0   0   0   0    6    8    3    3    0    5    2
Dick Ruthven           4   2  4.53   8   8   1   0   1   44   53   26   22    3   16   19
Larry Christenson      3   0  4.76   5   5   0   0   0   23   22   13   12    2   10   17
Randy Lerch            0   5  5.04   7   7   1   0   0   45   52   31   25    6   16   22

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Enrique Romo           1   0  2.08  13   0   0   1   0   22   21    8    5    1    9   14
Grant Jackson          2   1  2.70  14   0   0   1   0   13   13    4    4    1    5    4
Rod Scurry             0   0  2.84   2   0   0   0   0    6    5    2    2    1    1    4
John Candelaria        2   2  2.88   8   8   2   0   0   56   55   22   18    1   12   20
Don Robinson           1   0  3.18   3   3   0   0   0   17   16    6    6    1    1    7
Bert Blyleven          0   4  3.28   7   7   1   0   0   47   34   19   17    6   15   39
Jim Bibby              5   0  3.44   7   7   3   0   1   50   43   20   19    3   13   27
Jim Rooker             2   2  3.50   4   4   0   0   0   18   16    7    7    0   12    8
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
Kent Tekulve           5   1  3.86  17   0   0   4   0   21   18    9    9    0   13    9
Pascual Perez          0   0  4.50   1   1   0   0   0    6    7    3    3    0    1    4

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Shirley            2   1  1.64  15   0   0   4   0   22   23    6    4    2    4   14
Randy Jones            4   2  1.82   8   8   3   0   3   59   44   13   12    2    4   26
Rollie Fingers         3   3  2.50  13   0   0   4   0   18   15    6    5    0    6   11
Gary Lucas             2   1  2.70   6   5   0   0   0   37   33   12   11    1   10   20
John D'Acquisto        0   0  3.14   8   0   0   0   0   14   13    5    5    0    8   10
John Curtis            3   2  3.23   7   7   0   0   0   47   44   17   17    3   19   17
Rick Wise              2   2  4.42   7   7   0   0   0   37   47   18   18    6    4   15
Eric Rasmussen         1   5  4.84   7   7   0   0   0   35   44   22   19    2   13   16
Steve Mura             0   0  5.12  12   0   0   2   0   19   14   12   11    3   13   11
Dennis Kinney          0   1  6.75   8   0   0   0   0    8    9    7    6    1    4    4

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Al Holland             1   0  1.23  11   0   0   1   0   15   16    3    2    1    4   12
Greg Minton            1   1  1.80  11   0   0   1   0   15   12    4    3    0    7    5
Vida Blue              5   2  3.41   9   9   3   0   1   63   67   24   24    3   19   36
Gary Lavelle           0   4  3.57  14   0   0   2   0   18   19   10    7    0    9   14
Ed Whitson             1   5  3.88   9   9   1   0   1   53   55   27   23    1   20   30
John Montefusco        2   3  3.98   6   6   1   0   0   41   34   18   18    5   13   33
Bob Knepper            2   5  5.12   9   9   2   0   0   58   64   37   33    4   16   34
Ed Halicki             0   0  6.63   7   2   0   0   0   19   26   14   14    4    8   12
Randy Moffitt          1   1  7.00   9   0   0   0   0    9   12    7    7    2    1    6
Tom Griffin            0   1  7.24   6   0   0   0   0   14   19   11   11    1    6   11

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Pedro Borbon           1   0  1.38   6   0   0   1   0   13   10    4    2    0    4    3
Don Hood               1   1  2.28   9   2   0   0   0   24   26   11    6    1   11   10
Pete Vuckovich         5   3  2.52   8   8   3   0   1   61   48   20   17    3   18   40
Jim Kaat               0   1  2.79   7   0   0   2   0   10    5    3    3    1    3    3
Silvio Martinez        1   2  2.79   6   5   1   0   0   29   22   14    9    1   15   10
Bob Forsch             2   3  2.89   8   8   1   0   0   53   52   22   17    1   10   23
John Fulgham           1   2  4.24   5   4   1   0   0   23   21   12   11    0    7   15
Roy Thomas             1   0  5.01   9   3   0   0   0   23   28   15   13    1    4    9
Donnie Moore           1   0  6.35   9   0   0   0   0   17   21   12   12    1    4   10
Mark Littell           0   1  6.75  11   0   0   2   0    9   11    7    7    1    5    6
Bob Sykes              1   4 10.50   9   2   0   0   0   18   34   21   21    2   10    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)          6
  J. Bibby (PIT)            5
  V. Blue (SFN)             5
  K. Tekulve (PIT)          5
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)        5
  K. Forsch (HOU)           4
  R. Jones (SDN)            4
  J. Niekro (HOU)           4
  F. Pastore (CIN)          4
  J. Reuss (LAN)            4

Losses:

  B. Knepper (SFN)          5
  R. Lerch (PHI)            5
  P. Niekro (ATL)           5
  E. Rasmussen (SDN)        5
  E. Whitson (SFN)          5
  B. Blyleven (PIT)         4
  D. Lamp (CHN)             4
  G. Lavelle (SFN)          4
  S. Rogers (MON)           4
  B. Sykes (SLN)            4

Complete Games:

  J. Niekro (HOU)           4
  J. Bibby (PIT)            3
  V. Blue (SFN)             3
  S. Carlton (PHI)          3
  R. Jones (SDN)            3
  F. Pastore (CIN)          3
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)        3
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       2
  D. Goltz (LAN)            2
  B. Knepper (SFN)          2

Saves:

  B. Sutter (CHN)          10
  N. Allen (NYN)            6
  W. Fryman (MON)           6
  T. Hume (CIN)             5
  R. Fingers (SDN)          4
  S. Howe (LAN)             4
  B. Shirley (SDN)          4
  K. Tekulve (PIT)          4
  F. Lacorte (HOU)          3
  D. Noles (PHI)            3

Shutouts:

  R. Jones (SDN)            3
  D. Goltz (LAN)            2
  J. Bibby (PIT)            1
  V. Blue (SFN)             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

Innings Pitched:

  V. Blue (SFN)          63.1
  S. Carlton (PHI)       62.0
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)     60.2
  J. Niekro (HOU)        59.2
  R. Jones (SDN)         59.1
  B. Knepper (SFN)       58.0
  P. Niekro (ATL)        57.0
  S. Rogers (MON)        57.0
  J. Candelaria (PIT)    56.1
  R. Reuschel (CHN)      55.2

Hits:

  V. Blue (SFN)            67
  B. Knepper (SFN)         64
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        61
  M. Lacoss (CIN)          60
  B. Lee (MON)             60
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      55
  E. Whitson (SFN)         55
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         53
  B. Forsch (SLN)          52
  R. Lerch (PHI)           52

Runs:

  B. Knepper (SFN)         37
  M. Lacoss (CIN)          32
  D. Lamp (CHN)            32
  R. Lerch (PHI)           31
  P. Niekro (ATL)          31
  J. Niekro (HOU)          30
  B. Lee (MON)             29
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        27
  E. Whitson (SFN)         27
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         26

Home Runs:

  B. Hooton (LAN)           7
  L. McGlothen (CHN)        7
  L. McWilliams (ATL)       7
  T. Seaver (CIN)           7
  B. Blyleven (PIT)         6
  M. Bomback (NYN)          6
  R. Lerch (PHI)            6
  B. Welch (LAN)            6
  R. Wise (SDN)             6
  P. Falcone (NYN)          5

Walks:

  N. Ryan (HOU)            31
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        27
  P. Niekro (ATL)          26
  S. Carlton (PHI)         22
  R. Burris (NYN)          21
  D. Alexander (ATL)       20
  M. Krukow (CHN)          20
  C. Leibrandt (CIN)       20
  J. Niekro (HOU)          20
  E. Whitson (SFN)         20

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)         62
  S. Carlton (PHI)         52
  N. Ryan (HOU)            40
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)       40
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        39
  S. Rogers (MON)          39
  V. Blue (SFN)            36
  P. Niekro (ATL)          36
  B. Knepper (SFN)         34
  J. Montefusco (SFN)      33

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