Sunday May 25, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, May 25, 1980

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         21  18  2.96   39   8   8   356   311  137  117   13  126  240
Pittsburgh      22  15  3.29   37   6   7   342   321  141  125   22  111  188
San Diego       22  19  3.29   41   3  12   358   352  141  131   26  101  168
Los Angeles     25  15  3.52   40   5  15   358   340  150  140   32  120  182
Montreal        19  17  3.59   36   4  12   321   338  151  128   20   78  175
Philadelphia    20  15  3.64   35   6   7   309   300  145  125   21  119  187
New York        16  21  3.79   37   3   9   337   316  157  142   39  138  231
Chicago         17  19  3.81   36   2  11   317   319  152  134   23  125  184
Cincinnati      22  18  3.87   40   9  10   365   332  172  157   29  140  197
San Francisco   18  23  3.96   41  10   5   368   387  177  162   23  117  223
Atlanta         13  24  4.02   37   5   5   324   311  168  145   29  128  174
St. Louis       14  25  4.04   39   6   5   341   338  184  153   20  126  163

 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
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
Randy Jones (SDN)      4   2  2.31  10  10   3   0   3   70   60   19   18    4    6   28
J.R. Richard (HOU)     4   3  2.32   9   9   1   0   1   62   38   22   16    0   21   64
Craig Swan (NYN)       3   3  2.39   9   9   2   0   1   60   47   21   16    4   12   44
Bob Welch (LAN)        4   1  2.50   8   8   1   0   0   58   45   17   16    6   13   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   6  3.89  10  10   4   0   1   74   65   34   32    6   29   45
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  1.71  19   0   0   1   0   26   17    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
Rick Reuschel          3   4  3.41  11  11   0   0   0   69   79   31   26    0   31   35
Willie Hernandez       1   2  3.48   9   3   0   0   0   21   18    9    8    0   16   15
Bruce Sutter           3   3  3.52  17   0   0  10   0   23   24   10    9    1    2   16
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  2.70  18   0   0   3   0   23   20    7    7    1   10   16
Tom Hume               3   4  2.72  18   0   0   5   0   36   26   14   11    2   16   14
Frank Pastore          5   2  2.77   9   9   4   0   2   65   52   20   20    3   10   39
Paul Moskau            2   0  3.00   8   2   0   2   0   30   19   10   10    1   13   20
Mario Soto             0   0  3.86  13   0   0   0   0   33   20   15   14    4   22   31
Charlie Leibrandt      3   3  3.88   9   9   2   0   1   58   61   26   25    5   22   23
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
Sheldon Burnside       0   0  Inf    1   0   0   0   0    0    2    1    1    1    0    0

 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   3  3.17   9   9   2   0   1   65   68   23   23    5   11   26
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  7.20   5   0   0   0   0    5    7    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   2  2.57  17   0   0   5   0   21   22    9    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  3.96  16   0   0   2   0   25   21   11   11    3   15   15
Burt Hooton            4   3  4.02  10   9   1   1   0   54   47   24   24    8   16   25
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  0.76  14   0   0   1   0   24   16    7    2    0    5    7
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
Steve Rogers           4   4  3.27   9   9   2   0   0   66   60   27   24    4   20   45
Scott Sanderson        4   3  3.49   9   9   0   0   0   49   53   21   19    6   17   27
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             3   3  2.39   9   9   2   0   1   60   47   21   16    4   12   44
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
Dickie Noles           0   1  2.00  13   0   0   3   0   18   14    5    4    0    8   14
Steve Carlton          8   2  2.08  10  10   4   0   2   78   53   19   18    5   26   69
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
Dick Ruthven           5   3  4.34  10  10   1   0   1   58   70   35   28    3   20   22
Scott Munninghoff      0   0  4.50   4   0   0   0   0    6    8    3    3    0    5    2
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  1.76  18   0   0   1   0   31   28    9    6    1    9   18
Rod Scurry             0   1  2.92   4   0   0   0   0   12   10    4    4    1    3    9
John Candelaria        2   3  3.34  10  10   2   0   0   67   67   30   25    2   17   21
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
Andy Hassler           0   0  4.15   4   0   0   0   0    9    8    4    4    1    3    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
John D'Acquisto        0   0  2.21  12   0   0   1   0   20   20    5    5    0    8   14
Randy Jones            4   2  2.31  10  10   3   0   3   70   60   19   18    4    6   28
Rollie Fingers         5   4  2.74  17   0   0   5   0   23   20    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  5.32  14   0   0   2   0   22   16   14   13    3   14   12
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
Vida Blue              7   2  2.99  11  11   5   0   1   81   80   27   27    3   21   42
Gary Lavelle           0   4  3.05  17   0   0   2   0   21   21   10    7    0   11   17
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  2.12  11   3   0   0   0   30   33   15    7    1   14   11
Bob Forsch             2   3  2.69   9   9   1   0   0   60   55   24   18    1   13   28
Pete Vuckovich         5   4  2.76  10  10   3   0   1   72   60   29   22    5   23   47
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
Pedro Borbon           1   0  3.79  10   0   0   1   0   19   17   10    8    3   10    4
Jim Kaat               0   2  5.54  11   0   0   2   0   13   11    8    8    1    4    6
Roy Thomas             1   2  5.59  12   4   0   0   0   29   34   20   18    2    8   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)             7
  J. Bibby (PIT)            5
  R. Fingers (SDN)          5
  K. Forsch (HOU)           5
  J. Niekro (HOU)           5
  F. Pastore (CIN)          5
  J. Reuss (LAN)            5
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          5
  K. Tekulve (PIT)          5

Losses:

  R. Lerch (PHI)            6
  P. Niekro (ATL)           6
  B. Knepper (SFN)          5
  M. Krukow (CHN)           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)             5
  S. Carlton (PHI)          4
  J. Niekro (HOU)           4
  P. Niekro (ATL)           4
  F. Pastore (CIN)          4
  J. Bibby (PIT)            3
  R. Jones (SDN)            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:

  V. Blue (SFN)          81.1
  S. Carlton (PHI)       78.0
  P. Niekro (ATL)        74.0
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)     71.2
  B. Knepper (SFN)       71.0
  R. Jones (SDN)         70.0
  R. Reuschel (CHN)      68.2
  J. Candelaria (PIT)    67.1
  J. Niekro (HOU)        66.1
  E. Whitson (SFN)       66.1

Hits:

  B. Knepper (SFN)         83
  V. Blue (SFN)            80
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        79
  B. Lee (MON)             71
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         70
  E. Whitson (SFN)         69
  K. Forsch (HOU)          68
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      67
  P. Niekro (ATL)          65
  J. Niekro (HOU)          63

Runs:

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

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
  P. Niekro (ATL)           6
  S. Sanderson (MON)        6

Walks:

  N. Ryan (HOU)            38
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        31
  P. Niekro (ATL)          29
  S. Carlton (PHI)         26
  R. Burris (NYN)          24
  S. Martinez (SLN)        24
  M. Krukow (CHN)          23
  J. Niekro (HOU)          23
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)       23
  M. Lacoss (CIN)          22

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         69
  J. Richard (HOU)         64
  N. Ryan (HOU)            51
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        48
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)       47
  P. Niekro (ATL)          45
  S. Rogers (MON)          45
  C. Swan (NYN)            44
  V. Blue (SFN)            42
  B. Knepper (SFN)         42

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