Sunday May 18, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, May 18, 1980

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         19  14  2.82   33   7   7   306   254  111   96    9  109  223
Pittsburgh      19  12  3.14   31   6   6   278   250  111   97   16   93  147
San Diego       18  17  3.26   35   3  10   306   293  121  111   20   86  145
Cincinnati      20  14  3.63   34   8   9   313   279  137  126   19  121  160
Philadelphia    15  14  3.64   29   5   5   255   250  120  103   19  103  158
Montreal        15  15  3.66   30   1  10   268   287  130  109   18   69  142
St. Louis       14  19  3.82   33   6   5   290   287  149  123   13   98  139
Los Angeles     21  13  3.87   34   4  12   305   291  137  131   30  104  161
Atlanta         12  19  3.98   31   3   5   273   262  144  121   24  110  146
New York        12  19  4.02   31   2   7   282   269  140  126   33  122  188
Chicago         15  16  4.05   31   1  11   274   281  141  123   21  111  154
San Francisco   14  22  4.22   36   7   5   313   335  160  147   21  106  198

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rick Matula (ATL)      3   2  1.68   7   7   1   0   1   48   38   14    9    2   16   19
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
Ray Burris (NYN)       2   3  2.53   8   8   0   0   0   46   37   16   13    4   22   29
Bob Welch (LAN)        3   1  2.56   7   7   1   0   0   53   38   15   15    6   11   20
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

 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            3   2  1.68   7   7   1   0   1   48   38   14    9    2   16   19
Rick Camp              0   1  2.95  15   0   0   2   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
Doyle Alexander        1   2  4.12   7   7   0   0   0   39   39   22   18    1   20   31
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
Gene Garber            1   3  6.19  14   0   0   0   0   16   22   14   11    1    9    9
Larry McWilliams       2   3  6.75   6   6   0   0   0   27   39   24   20    7    5   10

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dick Tidrow            1   0  1.54  17   0   0   1   0   23   15    5    4    2    4   25
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
Rick Reuschel          3   3  3.56   9   9   0   0   0   56   61   27   22    0   27   28
Willie Hernandez       1   2  3.86   8   3   0   0   0   19   17    9    8    0   16   13
Bruce Sutter           2   3  3.86  15   0   0  10   0   21   23   10    9    1    2   12
Dennis Lamp            2   4  6.70   9   9   0   0   0   42   57   34   31    4   17   14
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
Nolan Ryan             2   3  3.04   8   8   1   0   1   56   45   21   19    3   35   50
Joe Niekro             4   3  3.17   8   8   4   0   0   60   52   30   21    1   20   32
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
Bob Welch              3   1  2.56   7   7   1   0   0   53   38   15   15    6   11   20
Steve Howe             1   1  2.70  15   0   0   5   0   20   19    7    6    0    5    7
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
Ray Burris             2   3  2.53   8   8   0   0   0   46   37   16   13    4   22   29
Craig Swan             2   2  2.64   7   7   1   0   0   44   38   18   13    2    5   31
Pat Zachry             0   2  2.70   3   1   0   0   0   10   10    3    3    1    4    8
Jeff Reardon           2   2  3.32  15   0   0   1   0   19   15    8    7    3   18   21
John Pacella           0   0  3.86   9   1   0   0   0   14   17    7    6    1   12   10
Ed Glynn               1   1  4.09   8   0   0   0   0   11    6    5    5    2    5    7
Tom Hausman            0   1  4.72  11   3   0   0   0   34   31   18   18    3    7   16
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
Neil Allen             1   3  5.40  15   0   0   6   0   28   29   18   17    3   12   19
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  2.70   9   0   0   2   0   13   13    4    4    0    6   10
Kevin Saucier          1   0  3.18   7   0   0   0   0   11   12    4    4    0    6    6
Ron Reed               1   0  3.50  10   0   0   0   0   18   14    7    7    1    9    5
Lerrin LaGrow          0   2  3.55   8   0   0   0   0   13   18    9    5    3    3    8
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   6  5.18   8   8   1   0   0   49   57   34   28    6   18   25

 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  2.63  15   0   0   1   0   14   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
Jim Bibby              5   1  3.20   8   8   3   0   1   56   48   21   20    4   17   32
Bert Blyleven          0   4  3.28   7   7   1   0   0   47   34   19   17    6   15   39
Jim Rooker             2   2  3.50   4   4   0   0   0   18   16    7    7    0   12    8
Kent Tekulve           5   1  3.68  18   0   0   4   0   22   21   10    9    0   13   10
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
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         4   3  2.25  14   0   0   4   0   20   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  4.33   8   8   0   0   0   44   54   21   21    6    5   16
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  1.17  12   0   0   2   0   15   16    3    2    1    4   13
Greg Minton            1   1  2.81  12   0   0   1   0   16   12    6    5    0    9    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  15   0   0   2   0   18   20   10    7    0   10   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            3   5  4.96  10  10   2   0   0   65   74   40   36    4   16   38
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  1.29   7   0   0   1   0   14   10    4    2    0    5    4
Don Hood               1   2  2.28  10   3   0   0   0   28   31   15    7    1   13   11
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
Bob Forsch             2   3  2.89   8   8   1   0   0   53   52   22   17    1   10   23
Silvio Martinez        1   2  3.19   7   5   1   0   0   31   23   16   11    1   19   11
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  6.00  10   0   0   0   0   18   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
  R. Fingers (SDN)          4
  K. Forsch (HOU)           4
  R. Jones (SDN)            4
  J. Niekro (HOU)           4
  F. Pastore (CIN)          4

Losses:

  R. Lerch (PHI)            6
  B. Knepper (SFN)          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
  S. Howe (LAN)             5
  T. Hume (CIN)             5
  R. Fingers (SDN)          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:

  B. Knepper (SFN)       65.1
  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
  P. Niekro (ATL)        57.0
  S. Rogers (MON)        57.0
  J. Bibby (PIT)         56.1
  J. Candelaria (PIT)    56.1

Hits:

  B. Knepper (SFN)         74
  V. Blue (SFN)            67
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        61
  M. Lacoss (CIN)          60
  B. Lee (MON)             60
  D. Lamp (CHN)            57
  R. Lerch (PHI)           57
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      55
  E. Whitson (SFN)         55
  R. Wise (SDN)            54

Runs:

  B. Knepper (SFN)         40
  D. Lamp (CHN)            34
  R. Lerch (PHI)           34
  M. Lacoss (CIN)          32
  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)            35
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        27
  P. Niekro (ATL)          26
  R. Burris (NYN)          22
  S. Carlton (PHI)         22
  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)            50
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)       40
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        39
  S. Rogers (MON)          39
  B. Knepper (SFN)         38
  V. Blue (SFN)            36
  P. Niekro (ATL)          36
  J. Montefusco (SFN)      33

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