Monday May 26, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Monday, May 26, 1980

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         22  18  2.88   40   8   9   365   317  138  117   13  133  250
San Diego       22  20  3.32   42   3  12   366   361  145  135   26  104  168
Pittsburgh      22  16  3.39   38   6   7   350   334  148  132   23  117  193
Los Angeles     26  16  3.48   42   6  15   375   352  155  145   33  127  192
Montreal        20  17  3.49   37   5  12   330   341  151  128   20   80  182
Philadelphia    21  15  3.71   36   6   7   318   305  151  131   22  124  195
Chicago         17  20  3.79   37   2  11   326   328  156  137   23  130  189
Cincinnati      23  19  3.88   42   9  11   383   350  180  165   30  149  219
New York        16  22  3.91   38   3   9   345   329  165  150   41  139  235
San Francisco   18  24  3.93   42  10   5   376   394  179  164   23  118  226
Atlanta         14  24  3.94   38   5   6   333   318  169  146   29  130  179
St. Louis       15  25  4.07   40   7   5   350   351  189  158   20  126  167

 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
J.R. Richard (HOU)     5   3  2.09  10  10   1   0   1   69   43   23   16    0   26   71
Jerry Reuss (LAN)      6   0  2.13  11   3   1   3   1   42   34   10   10    1    6   19
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
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

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Larry Bradford         1   1  0.93  17   0   0   2   0   19   13    4    2    2    8   14
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
Tommy Boggs            1   1  3.72  10   4   0   0   0   39   28   16   16    2   11   20
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
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  1.65  20   0   0   1   0   27   17    6    5    3    6   27
Bill Caudill           0   1  2.30  21   0   0   0   0   27   17    7    7    3   14   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
Bruce Sutter           3   3  3.52  17   0   0  10   0   23   24   10    9    1    2   16
Willie Hernandez       1   3  3.54  10   4   0   0   0   28   26   13   11    0   18   19
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  2.42  20   0   0   4   0   26   22    7    7    1   10   20
Frank Pastore          5   2  2.77   9   9   4   0   2   65   52   20   20    3   10   39
Tom Hume               3   4  2.87  19   0   0   5   0   38   28   15   12    2   17   14
Paul Moskau            3   0  3.25   9   3   0   2   0   36   26   13   13    1   13   29
Mario Soto             0   0  3.53  14   0   0   0   0   36   21   15   14    4   25   36
Charlie Leibrandt      3   3  3.88   9   9   2   0   1   58   61   26   25    5   22   23
Tom Seaver             2   3  4.47   9   9   1   0   0   54   44   30   27   10   23   30
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           5   3  2.09  10  10   1   0   1   69   43   23   16    0   26   71
Joe Sambito            1   0  2.18  15   0   0   4   0   21   15    6    5    1    5   16
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
Don Sutton             4   1  2.00   8   8   1   0   1   54   38   13   12    5   15   34
Joe Beckwith           3   0  2.08   9   0   0   0   0   13   14    4    3    1    1    8
Jerry Reuss            6   0  2.13  11   3   1   3   1   42   34   10   10    1    6   19
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
Dave Goltz             3   3  3.52   8   8   2   0   2   54   59   23   21    3   21   26
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
Charlie Hough          0   2  6.46  11   0   0   1   0   15   17   12   11    1   16   14
Rick Sutcliffe         0   2  6.82  11   6   0   3   0   33   46   26   25    4   15   18
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           5   4  2.88  10  10   3   0   1   75   63   27   24    4   22   52
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
John Pacella           0   0  3.38  11   1   0   0   0   16   18    7    6    1   12   13
Pat Zachry             0   2  3.60   4   2   0   0   0   15   15    6    6    2    6   11
Ed Glynn               1   1  4.20  10   0   0   0   0   15   11    7    7    2    6   10
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
Pete Falcone           3   3  4.93   8   8   0   0   0   42   37   24   23    8   13   38
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
Kevin Saucier          2   0  2.65  11   0   0   0   0   17   18    5    5    0    7    7
Ron Reed               3   0  3.00  13   0   0   1   0   24   16    8    8    1   10    8
Tug McGraw             0   1  3.10  12   0   0   3   0   20   18    7    7    0    7   14
Lerrin LaGrow          0   2  3.21  10   0   0   0   0   14   18    9    5    3    4    8
Dan Larson             0   0  3.38   1   1   0   0   0    5    3    2    2    1    2    1
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
Bob Walk               0   0 16.88   1   1   0   0   0    3    2    5    5    1    5    4

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Grant Jackson          4   1  1.69  20   0   0   1   0   21   20    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
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
Bert Blyleven          0   4  3.79  10   9   1   0   0   62   54   29   26    7   21   53
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   3  5.40  21   0   0   5   0   23   28   15   14    1   14   10

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Shirley            4   1  1.61  19   0   0   4   0   28   26    7    5    2    8   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   4  3.43   9   9   0   0   0   60   60   23   23    4   23   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
Eric Rasmussen         1   5  5.26   9   8   0   0   0   39   52   26   23    2   14   20
Steve Mura             0   0  5.32  14   0   0   2   0   22   16   14   13    3   14   12

 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
Allen Ripley           0   0  1.29   1   1   0   0   0    7    5    1    1    0    0    3
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   2  3.86  15   0   0   1   0   19   18    9    8    0   11    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
Pete Vuckovich         5   4  2.76  10  10   3   0   1   72   60   29   22    5   23   47
Bob Forsch             3   3  2.99  10  10   2   0   0   69   68   29   23    1   13   32
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. Reuss (LAN)            6
  J. Bibby (PIT)            5
  R. Fingers (SDN)          5
  K. Forsch (HOU)           5
  J. Niekro (HOU)           5
  F. Pastore (CIN)          5
  J. Richard (HOU)          5
  S. Rogers (MON)           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
  J. Curtis (SDN)           4
  R. Fingers (SDN)          4
  G. Garber (ATL)           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
  S. Rogers (MON)           3
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)        3
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       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
  D. Bair (CIN)             4
  F. Lacorte (HOU)          4
  J. Sambito (HOU)          4

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
  S. Rogers (MON)        75.0
  P. Niekro (ATL)        74.0
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)     71.2
  B. Knepper (SFN)       71.0
  R. Jones (SDN)         70.0
  B. Forsch (SLN)        69.1
  J. Richard (HOU)       69.0
  R. Reuschel (CHN)      68.2

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
  B. Forsch (SLN)          68
  K. Forsch (HOU)          68
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      67
  P. Niekro (ATL)          65

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)          10
  P. Falcone (NYN)          8
  B. Hooton (LAN)           8
  L. McWilliams (ATL)       8
  B. Blyleven (PIT)         7
  M. Bomback (NYN)          7
  L. McGlothen (CHN)        7
  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
  J. Richard (HOU)         26
  M. Soto (CIN)            25
  R. Burris (NYN)          24
  S. Martinez (SLN)        24
  J. Curtis (SDN)          23
  M. Krukow (CHN)          23

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)         71
  S. Carlton (PHI)         69
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        53
  S. Rogers (MON)          52
  N. Ryan (HOU)            51
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)       47
  P. Niekro (ATL)          45
  C. Swan (NYN)            44
  V. Blue (SFN)            42
  B. Knepper (SFN)         42

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