Friday May 23, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, May 23, 1980

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         21  16  2.81   37   8   8   340   292  126  106   10  121  236
Pittsburgh      22  13  3.14   35   6   7   318   289  126  111   18  102  175
San Diego       20  19  3.23   39   3  11   340   328  132  122   24   98  157
Montreal        18  16  3.61   34   3  11   304   323  145  122   18   77  165
Los Angeles     24  14  3.68   38   5  14   340   321  146  139   32  113  173
Philadelphia    18  15  3.72   33   6   6   291   286  139  120   20  115  183
St. Louis       14  23  3.85   37   6   5   323   312  165  138   18  113  155
Chicago         16  18  3.89   34   2  11   299   302  147  129   21  117  166
New York        14  21  3.90   35   2   9   318   304  153  138   38  134  217
Cincinnati      21  17  3.92   38   8  10   347   318  165  151   27  136  185
San Francisco   16  23  3.98   39   9   5   344   363  166  152   21  112  215
Atlanta         13  22  4.02   35   4   5   307   293  160  137   27  124  163

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
David Palmer (MON)     3   0  1.72   9   4   0   0   0   37   31   11    7    0   11   23
Rick Matula (ATL)      3   3  1.79   8   8   1   0   1   55   44   16   11    2   18   23
Randy Jones (SDN)      4   2  1.95   9   9   3   0   3   65   52   15   14    2    5   27
Don Sutton (LAN)       4   1  2.00   8   8   1   0   1   54   38   13   12    5   15   34
Steve Carlton (PHI)    8   2  2.08  10  10   4   0   2   78   53   19   18    5   26   69
Ray Burris (NYN)       3   3  2.29   9   9   0   0   0   55   44   17   14    4   24   37
J.R. Richard (HOU)     4   3  2.32   9   9   1   0   1   62   38   22   16    0   21   64
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
Bob Forsch (SLN)       2   3  2.69   9   9   1   0   0   60   55   24   18    1   13   28

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Larry Bradford         1   1  1.04  15   0   0   1   0   17   12    4    2    2    7   13
Rick Matula            3   3  1.79   8   8   1   0   1   55   44   16   11    2   18   23
Rick Camp              0   1  2.70  16   0   0   2   0   23   26    9    7    1    5    8
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
Preston Hanna          0   0  6.14   8   1   0   0   0   15   12   10   10    2   14    6
Gene Garber            1   4  6.61  15   0   0   0   0   16   23   15   12    1   11    9
Larry McWilliams       2   4  7.94   7   7   0   0   0   28   43   29   25    8    6   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
Doug Capilla           1   0  2.45   8   0   0   0   0    7    8    2    2    1    7    2
Bill Caudill           0   1  2.55  19   0   0   0   0   25   16    7    7    3   11   24
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   4  3.65  10  10   0   0   0   62   71   30   25    0   28   29
Bruce Sutter           2   3  3.86  15   0   0  10   0   21   23   10    9    1    2   12
Dennis Lamp            3   4  5.51  10  10   1   0   1   51   61   34   31    4   21   20
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  2.53  17   0   0   3   0   21   17    6    6    0   10   14
Tom Hume               3   4  2.88  17   0   0   5   0   34   26   14   11    2   15   13
Paul Moskau            2   0  3.00   8   2   0   2   0   30   19   10   10    1   13   20
Frank Pastore          4   2  3.21   8   8   3   0   1   56   50   20   20    3    9   31
Charlie Leibrandt      3   2  3.50   8   8   2   0   1   54   54   21   21    5   20   23
Mario Soto             0   0  3.98  12   0   0   0   0   32   20   15   14    4   22   30
Tom Seaver             2   2  4.20   8   8   1   0   0   49   38   26   23    9   18   26
Bill Bonham            1   1  5.79   3   3   0   0   0   14   15    9    9    1    4   10
Mike Lacoss            3   4  5.83   9   9   2   0   1   46   61   37   30    1   22   13
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  0.44  15   0   0   4   0   20    9    1    1    0   11   18
Dave Smith             1   2  1.59  12   0   0   0   0   17   13    3    3    0    5   12
J.R. Richard           4   3  2.32   9   9   1   0   1   62   38   22   16    0   21   64
Joe Sambito            1   0  2.45  13   0   0   3   0   18   14    6    5    1    3   12
Ken Forsch             5   2  2.58   8   8   2   0   1   59   58   17   17    2   10   25
Joaquin Andujar        0   1  2.63   6   0   0   1   0   14   19    5    4    1    1   11
Nolan Ryan             2   4  3.30   9   9   1   0   1   60   51   24   22    4   38   51
Joe Niekro             5   3  3.39   9   9   4   0   0   66   63   35   25    1   23   35
Vern Ruhle             1   1  4.05   6   2   0   0   0   20   21    9    9    1    7    8
Randy Niemann          0   0 12.00   4   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           3   0  1.64   8   0   0   0   0   11   13    3    2    0    0    8
Don Sutton             4   1  2.00   8   8   1   0   1   54   38   13   12    5   15   34
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  3.08   7   7   2   0   2   50   54   19   17    3   17   24
Bobby Castillo         1   1  4.18  15   0   0   2   0   24   19   11   11    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  7.76  10   6   0   2   0   29   44   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           4   4  3.27   9   9   2   0   0   66   60   27   24    4   20   45
Ross Grimsley          1   2  5.06   4   4   0   0   0   21   31   13   12    1    3    3
Bill Lee               2   3  5.19   9   9   1   0   0   50   71   33   29    4    5   17
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             3   3  2.29   9   9   0   0   0   55   44   17   14    4   24   37
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
Ed Glynn               1   1  3.46   9   0   0   0   0   13    7    5    5    2    6    9
John Pacella           0   0  3.60  10   1   0   0   0   15   17    7    6    1   12   12
Pete Falcone           3   2  4.14   7   7   0   0   0   37   29   18   17    6   12   36
Mark Bomback           2   0  4.83   9   5   1   0   1   32   40   17   17    7   16   11
Tom Hausman            0   1  5.09  12   3   0   0   0   35   36   21   20    3    7   17
Neil Allen             1   3  5.16  17   0   0   8   0   30   29   18   17    3   13   20
Kevin Kobel            0   4  7.45  11   1   0   0   0   19   32   18   16    4   11    6

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Carlton          8   2  2.08  10  10   4   0   2   78   53   19   18    5   26   69
Dickie Noles           0   1  2.12  12   0   0   3   0   17   14    5    4    0    8   14
Tug McGraw             0   1  2.35  10   0   0   2   0   15   13    4    4    0    6   10
Ron Reed               2   0  3.13  12   0   0   1   0   23   16    8    8    1   10    8
Kevin Saucier          1   0  3.14   9   0   0   0   0   14   17    5    5    0    7    6
Lerrin LaGrow          0   2  3.55   9   0   0   0   0   13   18    9    5    3    4    8
Scott Munninghoff      0   0  4.50   4   0   0   0   0    6    8    3    3    0    5    2
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
Larry Christenson      3   0  6.31   6   6   0   0   0   26   28   19   18    2   12   21

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Enrique Romo           2   0  1.88  16   0   0   1   0   29   27    9    6    1    9   16
Grant Jackson          4   1  1.93  18   0   0   1   0   19   17    4    4    1    6    6
Rod Scurry             0   0  2.61   3   0   0   0   0   10    9    3    3    1    1    7
John Candelaria        2   2  2.89   9   9   2   0   0   62   60   25   20    1   15   21
Don Robinson           1   0  3.13   4   4   0   0   0   23   21    8    8    2    4   13
Bert Blyleven          0   4  3.27   8   8   1   0   0   52   41   21   19    6   15   47
Jim Bibby              5   1  3.38   9   9   3   0   1   61   53   24   23    4   19   38
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
Pascual Perez          0   0  4.50   1   1   0   0   0    6    7    3    3    0    1    4
Kent Tekulve           5   2  4.63  20   0   0   5   0   23   24   13   12    1   13   10

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Shirley            4   1  1.33  18   0   0   4   0   27   23    6    4    2    7   16
Randy Jones            4   2  1.95   9   9   3   0   3   65   52   15   14    2    5   27
John D'Acquisto        0   0  2.76  10   0   0   0   0   16   16    5    5    0    8   10
Rollie Fingers         4   4  2.78  16   0   0   5   0   23   19    8    7    1    7   12
Gary Lucas             2   1  3.20   7   6   0   0   0   39   37   15   14    3   13   21
John Curtis            3   3  3.31   8   8   0   0   0   54   54   20   20    4   21   19
Rick Wise              2   2  3.73   9   9   0   0   0   51   58   21   21    6    6   20
Eric Rasmussen         1   5  4.84   7   7   0   0   0   35   44   22   19    2   13   16
Steve Mura             0   0  5.23  13   0   0   2   0   21   15   13   12    3   13   11
Dennis Kinney          0   1  5.79   9   0   0   0   0    9   10    7    6    1    5    5

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Al Holland             1   1  0.92  13   0   0   2   0   20   19    4    2    1    6   17
Greg Minton            1   1  2.76  13   0   0   1   0   16   12    6    5    0    9    5
Vida Blue              6   2  3.11  10  10   4   0   1   72   73   25   25    3   21   40
Gary Lavelle           0   4  3.20  16   0   0   2   0   20   21   10    7    0   11   16
Ed Whitson             2   5  3.32  10  10   2   0   2   62   64   27   23    1   20   33
John Montefusco        2   3  3.98   6   6   1   0   0   41   34   18   18    5   13   33
Bob Knepper            3   5  5.07  11  11   2   0   0   71   83   44   40    4   16   42
Ed Halicki             0   0  6.52   8   2   0   0   0   19   26   14   14    4    9   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
Bob Forsch             2   3  2.69   9   9   1   0   0   60   55   24   18    1   13   28
Pete Vuckovich         5   4  2.84   9   9   3   0   1   67   51   24   21    5   21   44
Silvio Martinez        1   2  3.09   8   5   1   0   0   32   23   16   11    1   20   11
John Fulgham           1   2  3.16   6   5   1   0   0   31   27   12   11    0    9   19
Jim Kaat               0   2  4.50  10   0   0   2   0   12    9    6    6    1    3    5
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   2  7.59  13   0   0   2   0   11   13    9    9    2    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)          8
  V. Blue (SFN)             6
  J. Bibby (PIT)            5
  K. Forsch (HOU)           5
  J. Niekro (HOU)           5
  J. Reuss (LAN)            5
  K. Tekulve (PIT)          5
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)        5
  R. Fingers (SDN)          4
  B. Hooton (LAN)           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
  R. Fingers (SDN)          4
  G. Garber (ATL)           4
  T. Hume (CIN)             4
  K. Kobel (NYN)            4

Complete Games:

  V. Blue (SFN)             4
  S. Carlton (PHI)          4
  J. Niekro (HOU)           4
  J. Bibby (PIT)            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
  N. Allen (NYN)            8
  W. Fryman (MON)           7
  R. Fingers (SDN)          5
  S. Howe (LAN)             5
  T. Hume (CIN)             5
  K. Tekulve (PIT)          5
  F. Lacorte (HOU)          4
  B. Shirley (SDN)          4
  D. Bair (CIN)             3

Shutouts:

  R. Jones (SDN)            3
  S. Carlton (PHI)          2
  D. Goltz (LAN)            2
  E. Whitson (SFN)          2
  J. Bibby (PIT)            1
  V. Blue (SFN)             1
  M. Bomback (NYN)          1
  K. Forsch (HOU)           1
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           1
  D. Lamp (CHN)             1

Innings Pitched:

  S. Carlton (PHI)       78.0
  V. Blue (SFN)          72.1
  B. Knepper (SFN)       71.0
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)     66.2
  J. Niekro (HOU)        66.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)        66.0
  S. Rogers (MON)        66.0
  R. Jones (SDN)         64.2
  J. Candelaria (PIT)    62.1
  E. Whitson (SFN)       62.1

Hits:

  B. Knepper (SFN)         83
  V. Blue (SFN)            73
  B. Lee (MON)             71
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        71
  E. Whitson (SFN)         64
  J. Niekro (HOU)          63
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         62
  M. Lacoss (CIN)          61
  D. Lamp (CHN)            61
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      60

Runs:

  B. Knepper (SFN)         44
  M. Lacoss (CIN)          37
  J. Niekro (HOU)          35
  D. Lamp (CHN)            34
  R. Lerch (PHI)           34
  B. Lee (MON)             33
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         33
  P. Niekro (ATL)          31
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        30
  L. McWilliams (ATL)      29

Home Runs:

  T. Seaver (CIN)           9
  B. Hooton (LAN)           8
  L. McWilliams (ATL)       8
  M. Bomback (NYN)          7
  L. McGlothen (CHN)        7
  B. Blyleven (PIT)         6
  P. Falcone (NYN)          6
  R. Lerch (PHI)            6
  B. Welch (LAN)            6
  R. Wise (SDN)             6

Walks:

  N. Ryan (HOU)            38
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        28
  P. Niekro (ATL)          27
  S. Carlton (PHI)         26
  R. Burris (NYN)          24
  J. Niekro (HOU)          23
  M. Lacoss (CIN)          22
  M. Soto (CIN)            22
  V. Blue (SFN)            21
  J. Curtis (SDN)          21

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         69
  J. Richard (HOU)         64
  N. Ryan (HOU)            51
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        47
  S. Rogers (MON)          45
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)       44
  B. Knepper (SFN)         42
  V. Blue (SFN)            40
  P. Niekro (ATL)          40
  J. Bibby (PIT)           38

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