Tuesday May 20, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, May 20, 1980

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         20  14  2.80   34   8   7   315   262  113   98    9  109  225
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
Montreal        16  16  3.68   32   1  11   286   304  139  117   18   76  156
Philadelphia    16  15  3.70   31   5   6   273   270  131  112   20  107  169
Los Angeles     23  13  3.76   36   5  13   323   307  141  135   31  108  166
Cincinnati      21  15  3.77   36   8  10   330   303  149  138   24  121  172
St. Louis       14  21  3.89   35   6   5   306   297  158  132   17  108  144
New York        12  20  3.99   32   2   7   291   276  143  129   35  128  197
Chicago         15  17  3.99   32   1  11   282   287  143  125   21  111  156
Atlanta         13  20  4.09   33   4   5   290   279  155  132   27  115  155
San Francisco   15  22  4.10   37   8   5   322   344  160  147   21  106  201

 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
David Palmer (MON)     3   0  1.72   9   4   0   0   0   37   31   11    7    0   11   23
Randy Jones (SDN)      4   2  1.82   8   8   3   0   3   59   44   13   12    2    4   26
Don Sutton (LAN)       4   0  2.06   7   7   1   0   1   48   36   12   11    5   12   31
Steve Carlton (PHI)    7   2  2.35   9   9   3   0   1   69   49   19   18    5   23   61
J.R. Richard (HOU)     4   2  2.45   8   8   1   0   1   55   31   17   15    0   18   62
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
Ken Forsch (HOU)       5   2  2.58   8   8   2   0   1   59   58   17   17    2   10   25
Gary Lucas (SDN)       2   1  2.70   6   5   0   0   0   37   33   12   11    1   10   20

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Larry Bradford         1   1  1.10  14   0   0   1   0   16   12    4    2    2    6   13
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
Phil Niekro            3   5  3.95   9   9   3   0   1   66   57   31   29    5   27   40
Doyle Alexander        1   2  4.12   7   7   0   0   0   39   39   22   18    1   20   31
Tommy Boggs            0   1  4.40   9   3   0   0   0   31   22   15   15    2    9   16
Al Hrabosky            2   1  4.70  14   0   0   2   0   15   15    9    8    3    7    7
Gene Garber            1   3  6.19  14   0   0   0   0   16   22   14   11    1    9    9
Larry McWilliams       2   4  7.94   7   7   0   0   0   28   43   29   25    8    6   10
Preston Hanna          0   0  8.31   7   0   0   0   0    9    7    8    8    2   10    4

 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   4  2.80   9   9   1   0   0   61   51   26   19    3   20   23
Willie Hernandez       1   2  3.48   9   3   0   0   0   21   18    9    8    0   16   15
Rick Reuschel          3   3  3.56   9   9   0   0   0   56   61   27   22    0   27   28
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
Doug Bair              0   2  2.79  16   0   0   3   0   19   16    6    6    0   10   13
Tom Hume               3   3  2.90  16   0   0   5   0   31   23   12   10    2   13   13
Paul Moskau            2   0  3.21   7   2   0   2   0   28   18   10   10    1   12   18
Frank Pastore          4   2  3.21   8   8   3   0   1   56   50   20   20    3    9   31
Tom Seaver             2   2  3.40   7   7   1   0   0   48   32   20   18    7   14   26
Charlie Leibrandt      3   2  3.50   8   8   2   0   1   54   54   21   21    5   20   23
Mario Soto             0   0  4.56  10   0   0   0   0   24   17   12   12    3   18   21
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
Ken Forsch             5   2  2.58   8   8   2   0   1   59   58   17   17    2   10   25
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
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
Bob Welch              3   1  2.56   7   7   1   0   0   53   38   15   15    6   11   20
Steve Howe             1   1  2.66  16   0   0   5   0   20   20    7    6    0    5    7
Jerry Reuss            5   0  2.70  10   2   0   3   0   33   30   10   10    1    6   14
Dave Goltz             3   2  3.14   6   6   2   0   2   43   49   17   15    2   15   20
Bobby Castillo         1   1  4.29  13   0   0   1   0   21   16   10   10    3   14   15
Burt Hooton            4   3  4.60   9   8   1   1   0   47   41   24   24    8   14   23
Charlie Hough          0   2  7.43  10   0   0   1   0   13   15   12   11    1   14   11
Rick Sutcliffe         0   2  7.85   9   6   0   2   0   29   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  0.57  15   0   0   7   0   16   11    1    1    0    1   11
Stan Bahnsen           3   1  0.87  13   0   0   0   0   21   14    7    2    0    5    6
David Palmer           3   0  1.72   9   4   0   0   0   37   31   11    7    0   11   23
Elias Sosa             2   2  2.04  14   0   0   3   0   18   13    4    4    0    2   14
Scott Sanderson        3   3  3.14   8   8   0   0   0   43   45   17   15    5   17   23
Steve Rogers           3   4  3.47   8   8   1   0   0   57   52   25   22    4   19   39
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
Dale Murray            0   0  6.43   9   0   0   0   0   14   22   11   10    2    4    6
Fred Norman            0   0  8.68  13   0   0   1   0   19   25   21   18    2    9   17

 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
Pat Zachry             0   2  2.70   3   1   0   0   0   10   10    3    3    1    4    8
Craig Swan             2   3  2.81   8   8   1   0   0   51   44   21   16    4   11   38
Jeff Reardon           2   2  3.00  16   0   0   1   0   21   16    8    7    3   18   23
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
Dickie Noles           0   1  2.12  12   0   0   3   0   17   14    5    4    0    8   14
Steve Carlton          7   2  2.35   9   9   3   0   1   69   49   19   18    5   23   61
Tug McGraw             0   1  2.35  10   0   0   2   0   15   13    4    4    0    6   10
Ron Reed               1   0  3.15  11   0   0   1   0   20   14    7    7    1    9    6
Kevin Saucier          1   0  3.18   8   0   0   0   0   11   13    4    4    0    6    6
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
Larry Christenson      3   0  4.76   5   5   0   0   0   23   22   13   12    2   10   17
Dick Ruthven           4   3  4.86   9   9   1   0   1   50   62   33   27    3   19   20
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
Ed Whitson             2   5  3.32  10  10   2   0   2   62   64   27   23    1   20   33
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
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  2.12   8   0   0   1   0   17   13    6    4    1    7    4
Don Hood               1   2  2.28  10   3   0   0   0   28   31   15    7    1   13   11
Jim Kaat               0   1  2.53   8   0   0   2   0   11    5    3    3    1    3    3
Pete Vuckovich         5   4  2.84   9   9   3   0   1   67   51   24   21    5   21   44
Bob Forsch             2   3  2.89   8   8   1   0   0   53   52   22   17    1   10   23
Silvio Martinez        1   2  3.09   8   5   1   0   0   32   23   16   11    1   20   11
John Fulgham           1   2  4.24   5   4   1   0   0   23   21   12   11    0    7   15
Roy Thomas             1   1  5.27  10   4   0   0   0   27   32   18   16    2    7    9
Donnie Moore           1   0  6.00  10   0   0   0   0   18   21   12   12    1    4   10
Mark Littell           0   1  6.10  12   0   0   2   0   10   11    7    7    1    6    7
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)          7
  J. Bibby (PIT)            5
  V. Blue (SFN)             5
  K. Forsch (HOU)           5
  J. Reuss (LAN)            5
  K. Tekulve (PIT)          5
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)        5
  R. Fingers (SDN)          4
  B. Hooton (LAN)           4
  R. Jones (SDN)            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
  M. Krukow (CHN)           4
  D. Lamp (CHN)             4
  G. Lavelle (SFN)          4
  L. McWilliams (ATL)       4

Complete Games:

  J. Niekro (HOU)           4
  J. Bibby (PIT)            3
  V. Blue (SFN)             3
  S. Carlton (PHI)          3
  R. Jones (SDN)            3
  P. Niekro (ATL)           3
  F. Pastore (CIN)          3
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)        3
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       2
  K. Forsch (HOU)           2

Saves:

  B. Sutter (CHN)          10
  W. Fryman (MON)           7
  N. Allen (NYN)            6
  S. Howe (LAN)             5
  T. Hume (CIN)             5
  R. Fingers (SDN)          4
  B. Shirley (SDN)          4
  K. Tekulve (PIT)          4
  D. Bair (CIN)             3
  F. Lacorte (HOU)          3

Shutouts:

  R. Jones (SDN)            3
  D. Goltz (LAN)            2
  E. Whitson (SFN)          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

Innings Pitched:

  S. Carlton (PHI)       69.0
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)     66.2
  P. Niekro (ATL)        66.0
  B. Knepper (SFN)       65.1
  V. Blue (SFN)          63.1
  E. Whitson (SFN)       62.1
  M. Krukow (CHN)        61.0
  J. Niekro (HOU)        59.2
  K. Forsch (HOU)        59.1
  R. Jones (SDN)         59.1

Hits:

  B. Knepper (SFN)         74
  V. Blue (SFN)            67
  E. Whitson (SFN)         64
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         62
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        61
  M. Lacoss (CIN)          60
  B. Lee (MON)             60
  K. Forsch (HOU)          58
  D. Lamp (CHN)            57
  R. Lerch (PHI)           57

Runs:

  B. Knepper (SFN)         40
  D. Lamp (CHN)            34
  R. Lerch (PHI)           34
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         33
  M. Lacoss (CIN)          32
  P. Niekro (ATL)          31
  J. Niekro (HOU)          30
  B. Lee (MON)             29
  L. McWilliams (ATL)      29
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        27

Home Runs:

  B. Hooton (LAN)           8
  L. McWilliams (ATL)       8
  L. McGlothen (CHN)        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
  S. Carlton (PHI)          5

Walks:

  N. Ryan (HOU)            35
  P. Niekro (ATL)          27
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        27
  S. Carlton (PHI)         23
  R. Burris (NYN)          22
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)       21
  D. Alexander (ATL)       20
  M. Krukow (CHN)          20
  C. Leibrandt (CIN)       20
  S. Martinez (SLN)        20

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)         62
  S. Carlton (PHI)         61
  N. Ryan (HOU)            50
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)       44
  P. Niekro (ATL)          40
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        39
  S. Rogers (MON)          39
  B. Knepper (SFN)         38
  C. Swan (NYN)            38
  V. Blue (SFN)            36


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