Saturday May 24, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, May 24, 1980

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         21  17  2.87   38   8   8   348   300  131  111   10  125  239
Pittsburgh      22  14  3.24   36   6   7   333   310  136  120   21  109  186
San Diego       21  19  3.25   40   3  11   349   340  136  126   24   99  165
Montreal        18  17  3.58   35   4  11   312   328  147  124   19   78  170
Los Angeles     25  14  3.61   39   5  15   349   330  148  140   32  117  180
Philadelphia    19  15  3.72   34   6   7   300   292  143  124   21  118  185
Cincinnati      22  17  3.82   39   9  10   356   320  165  151   27  137  193
Chicago         16  19  3.89   35   2  11   308   309  151  133   23  122  177
New York        15  21  3.89   36   2   9   328   313  157  142   39  137  225
St. Louis       14  24  3.96   38   6   5   332   322  173  146   19  120  159
San Francisco   17  23  4.01   40   9   5   359   380  175  160   23  117  221
Atlanta         13  23  4.04   36   4   5   316   303  165  142   28  126  169

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rick Matula (ATL)      3   3  1.79   8   8   1   0   1   55   44   16   11    2   18   23
David Palmer (MON)     3   1  1.81  10   5   1   0   0   45   36   13    9    1   12   28
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)        4   1  2.50   8   8   1   0   0   58   45   17   16    6   13   25
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  0.98  16   0   0   1   0   18   12    4    2    2    8   13
Rick Matula            3   3  1.79   8   8   1   0   1   55   44   16   11    2   18   23
Rick Camp              0   2  2.88  17   0   0   2   0   25   28   10    8    1    6    8
Phil Niekro            3   5  3.95   9   9   3   0   1   66   57   31   29    5   27   40
Doyle Alexander        1   2  4.27   8   8   0   0   0   46   47   26   22    2   20   37
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  1.78  18   0   0   1   0   25   16    6    5    3    4   26
Bill Caudill           0   1  2.36  20   0   0   0   0   27   16    7    7    3   13   26
Doug Capilla           1   0  2.45   8   0   0   0   0    7    8    2    2    1    7    2
Mike Krukow            3   5  3.05  10  10   1   0   0   65   57   29   22    4   23   28
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  3.68  16   0   0  10   0   22   23   10    9    1    2   15
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
Frank Pastore          5   2  2.77   9   9   4   0   2   65   52   20   20    3   10   39
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
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  1.89  13   0   0   0   0   19   14    4    4    0    7   12
J.R. Richard           4   3  2.32   9   9   1   0   1   62   38   22   16    0   21   64
Joe Sambito            1   0  2.41  14   0   0   3   0   19   14    6    5    1    3   13
Ken Forsch             5   2  2.58   8   8   2   0   1   59   58   17   17    2   10   25
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
Joaquin Andujar        0   2  3.72   7   1   0   1   0   19   26    9    8    1    3   13
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              4   1  2.50   8   8   1   0   0   58   45   17   16    6   13   25
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
Rick Sutcliffe         0   2  6.82  11   6   0   3   0   33   46   26   25    4   15   18
Charlie Hough          0   2  7.43  10   0   0   1   0   13   15   12   11    1   14   11
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   1  1.81  10   5   1   0   0   45   36   13    9    1   12   28
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
Craig Swan             2   3  2.81   8   8   1   0   0   51   44   21   16    4   11   38
Jeff Reardon           2   2  3.13  17   0   0   1   0   23   19    9    8    3   18   27
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
Pat Zachry             0   2  3.60   4   2   0   0   0   15   15    6    6    2    6   11
Pete Falcone           3   2  4.14   7   7   0   0   0   37   29   18   17    6   12   36
Tom Hausman            0   1  4.82  13   3   0   0   0   37   37   21   20    3    7   18
Mark Bomback           2   0  4.83   9   5   1   0   1   32   40   17   17    7   16   11
Neil Allen             2   3  4.99  18   0   0   8   0   31   29   18   17    3   14   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  2.95  11   0   0   3   0   18   15    6    6    0    7   11
Kevin Saucier          2   0  3.00  10   0   0   0   0   15   18    5    5    0    7    6
Ron Reed               2   0  3.13  12   0   0   1   0   23   16    8    8    1   10    8
Dan Larson             0   0  3.38   1   1   0   0   0    5    3    2    2    1    2    1
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
Grant Jackson          4   1  1.74  19   0   0   1   0   21   19    4    4    1    6    8
Enrique Romo           2   0  1.82  17   0   0   1   0   30   28    9    6    1    9   17
John Candelaria        2   2  2.89   9   9   2   0   0   62   60   25   20    1   15   21
Rod Scurry             0   1  2.92   4   0   0   0   0   12   10    4    4    1    3    9
Jim Bibby              5   1  3.38   9   9   3   0   1   61   53   24   23    4   19   38
Bert Blyleven          0   4  3.48   9   8   1   0   0   54   46   24   21    6   16   48
Jim Rooker             2   2  3.50   4   4   0   0   0   18   16    7    7    0   12    8
Don Robinson           1   0  3.60   5   4   0   0   0   25   26   10   10    4    4   14
Eddie Solomon          1   0  3.75   5   1   0   0   0   12   15    8    5    1    7    6
Dave Roberts           0   1  3.86   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    1    1    0    1    1
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
Andy Hassler           0   0  6.35   3   0   0   0   0    6    4    4    4    1    3    2

 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  2.45  11   0   0   0   0   18   18    5    5    0    8   13
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
Dennis Kinney          1   1  4.05  10   0   0   0   0   13   12    7    6    1    5    6
Steve Mura             0   0  5.23  13   0   0   2   0   21   15   13   12    3   13   11
Eric Rasmussen         1   5  5.40   8   8   0   0   0   38   52   26   23    2   14   20

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Al Holland             1   1  0.89  14   0   0   2   0   20   20    4    2    1    6   17
Gary Lavelle           0   4  3.05  17   0   0   2   0   21   21   10    7    0   11   17
Vida Blue              6   2  3.11  10  10   4   0   1   72   73   25   25    3   21   40
Ed Whitson             2   5  3.53  11  11   2   0   2   66   69   31   26    2   22   33
Greg Minton            1   1  3.57  14   0   0   1   0   18   16    8    7    0   10    5
John Montefusco        2   3  4.03   7   6   1   0   0   45   39   20   20    5   14   35
Bob Knepper            3   5  5.07  11  11   2   0   0   71   83   44   40    4   16   42
Tom Griffin            1   1  6.32   7   0   0   0   0   16   20   11   11    1    6   13
Ed Halicki             0   0  6.33   9   2   0   0   0   21   27   15   15    5   10   13
Randy Moffitt          1   1  7.00   9   0   0   0   0    9   12    7    7    2    1    6

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
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
Pedro Borbon           1   0  2.89   9   0   0   1   0   19   16    8    6    2    9    4
John Fulgham           1   2  3.16   6   5   1   0   0   31   27   12   11    0    9   19
Silvio Martinez        1   2  3.63   9   6   1   0   0   35   26   19   14    1   24   14
Jim Kaat               0   2  4.50  10   0   0   2   0   12    9    6    6    1    3    5
Roy Thomas             1   1  5.08  11   4   0   0   0   28   32   18   16    2    7   10
Donnie Moore           1   1  6.23  11   0   0   0   0   22   25   15   15    1    5   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
  F. Pastore (CIN)          5
  J. Reuss (LAN)            5
  K. Tekulve (PIT)          5
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)        5
  R. Fingers (SDN)          4

Losses:

  R. Lerch (PHI)            6
  B. Knepper (SFN)          5
  M. Krukow (CHN)           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

Complete Games:

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

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
  E. Whitson (SFN)       66.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)        66.0
  S. Rogers (MON)        66.0
  M. Krukow (CHN)        65.0
  F. Pastore (CIN)       65.0

Hits:

  B. Knepper (SFN)         83
  V. Blue (SFN)            73
  B. Lee (MON)             71
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        71
  E. Whitson (SFN)         69
  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
  E. Whitson (SFN)         31
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        30

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
  S. Martinez (SLN)        24
  M. Krukow (CHN)          23
  J. Niekro (HOU)          23
  M. Lacoss (CIN)          22
  M. Soto (CIN)            22

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         69
  J. Richard (HOU)         64
  N. Ryan (HOU)            51
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        48
  S. Rogers (MON)          45
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)       44
  B. Knepper (SFN)         42
  V. Blue (SFN)            40
  P. Niekro (ATL)          40
  F. Pastore (CIN)         39


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