Saturday May 31, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, May 31, 1980

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         25  19  2.77   44  10   9   400   342  144  123   13  147  272
Pittsburgh      25  18  3.28   43   8   9   395   373  165  144   25  126  215
San Diego       23  24  3.41   47   3  13   409   402  165  155   30  118  189
Los Angeles     28  18  3.52   46   7  15   410   384  171  160   40  138  216
Philadelphia    23  18  3.62   41   6   8   366   353  172  147   26  139  237
Montreal        21  20  3.71   41   6  12   369   388  175  152   24  100  204
Chicago         20  21  3.80   41   3  12   367   375  176  155   28  144  209
San Francisco   19  27  3.81   46  11   5   413   429  195  175   26  130  248
Cincinnati      26  20  3.85   46  10  13   418   385  194  179   32  155  231
New York        19  23  3.87   42   4  10   376   357  181  162   45  150  248
Atlanta         17  26  3.91   43   6   8   379   361  190  165   35  149  209
St. Louis       16  28  4.34   44   7   6   386   391  220  186   24  152  185

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Carlton (PHI)    9   2  1.84  12  12   4   0   2   93   62   21   19    5   30   91
J.R. Richard (HOU)     6   3  1.85  11  11   2   0   2   78   46   23   16    0   28   77
David Palmer (MON)     3   1  1.94  11   6   1   0   0   51   43   15   11    1   14   33
Bob Welch (LAN)        5   1  2.16   9   9   2   0   1   67   46   17   16    6   13   32
Ray Burris (NYN)       3   3  2.39  10  10   0   0   0   60   51   22   16    4   26   40
Craig Swan (NYN)       3   4  2.44  10  10   2   0   1   66   50   23   18    6   14   47
Don Sutton (LAN)       4   2  2.64   9   9   1   0   1   58   41   18   17    8   18   40
Randy Jones (SDN)      4   3  2.65  11  11   3   0   3   78   69   24   23    7    7   32
Rick Matula (ATL)      3   4  2.65   9   9   1   0   1   58   49   23   17    3   20   23
Frank Pastore (CIN)    6   2  2.84  10  10   4   0   2   73   59   23   23    4   11   42

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Larry Bradford         1   1  1.59  20   0   0   2   0   23   16    6    4    2   12   16
Rick Camp              0   2  2.57  20   0   0   2   0   28   32   11    8    1    8   10
Rick Matula            3   4  2.65   9   9   1   0   1   58   49   23   17    3   20   23
Al Hrabosky            3   1  3.72  16   0   0   2   0   19   16    9    8    3    8   11
Tommy Boggs            2   1  3.77  11   5   0   0   0   45   34   19   19    3   14   24
Phil Niekro            3   7  3.84  11  11   5   0   1   82   74   37   35    8   32   51
Doyle Alexander        1   2  4.05   9   9   0   0   0   53   50   28   24    3   24   42
Gene Garber            1   4  5.31  19   0   0   2   0   20   24   15   12    1   11   11
Preston Hanna          0   0  6.14   8   1   0   0   0   15   12   10   10    2   14    6
Larry McWilliams       3   4  7.00   8   8   0   0   0   36   54   32   28    9    6   15

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dick Tidrow            1   0  1.48  22   0   0   2   0   30   20    7    5    3    7   29
Doug Capilla           1   0  2.16   9   0   0   0   0    8    9    2    2    1    8    2
Bill Caudill           0   1  2.45  22   0   0   0   0   29   18    8    8    4   15   28
Mike Krukow            3   5  3.04  11  11   1   0   0   71   63   31   24    4   24   32
Bruce Sutter           3   3  3.60  18   0   0  10   0   25   26   11   10    1    3   16
Rick Reuschel          4   4  3.71  12  12   1   0   0   78   92   38   32    2   33   39
Willie Hernandez       1   4  4.60  11   5   0   0   0   31   33   18   16    1   20   21
Dennis Lamp            5   4  4.90  12  11   1   0   1   61   70   36   33    5   25   23
Lynn McGlothen         2   0  6.82  11   2   0   0   0   33   44   25   25    7    9   19

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Doug Bair              0   2  2.28  21   0   0   5   0   28   22    7    7    1   11   22
Frank Pastore          6   2  2.84  10  10   4   0   2   73   59   23   23    4   11   42
Tom Hume               3   5  3.40  21   0   0   6   0   40   32   18   15    2   18   14
Mario Soto             0   0  3.53  14   0   0   0   0   36   21   15   14    4   25   36
Paul Moskau            3   0  3.64  10   4   0   2   0   42   35   17   17    1   13   31
Charlie Leibrandt      4   3  3.86  10  10   2   0   1   65   69   29   28    6   24   27
Tom Seaver             2   3  4.47   9   9   1   0   0   54   44   30   27   10   23   30
Mike Lacoss            4   4  5.04  10  10   3   0   1   55   68   38   31    1   23   14
Bill Bonham            1   1  5.79   3   3   0   0   0   14   15    9    9    1    4   10
Dave Tomlin            3   0  6.10  11   0   0   0   0   10   18    7    7    1    3    5
Sheldon Burnside       0   0 13.50   2   0   0   0   0    1    2    1    1    1    0    0

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Frank Lacorte          3   0  0.40  16   0   0   4   0   22    9    1    1    0   12   20
J.R. Richard           6   3  1.85  11  11   2   0   2   78   46   23   16    0   28   77
Dave Smith             1   2  1.86  14   0   0   0   0   19   14    4    4    0    7   12
Joe Sambito            1   0  2.08  16   0   0   4   0   22   15    6    5    1    6   17
Nolan Ryan             3   4  2.87  10  10   2   0   2   69   53   24   22    4   43   58
Ken Forsch             5   4  3.24  10  10   2   0   1   72   78   26   26    5   12   28
Joe Niekro             5   3  3.55  10  10   4   0   0   71   70   38   28    1   26   38
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  5.14   6   0   0   0   0    7   10    4    4    0    3    1

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Welch              5   1  2.16   9   9   2   0   1   67   46   17   16    6   13   32
Joe Beckwith           3   0  2.20  11   0   0   0   0   16   19    6    4    1    3   13
Steve Howe             1   2  2.57  17   0   0   5   0   21   22    9    6    0    5    7
Don Sutton             4   2  2.64   9   9   1   0   1   58   41   18   17    8   18   40
Jerry Reuss            6   1  2.85  12   4   1   3   1   47   46   15   15    2    6   20
Dave Goltz             3   3  3.52   8   8   2   0   2   54   59   23   21    3   21   26
Bobby Castillo         1   1  3.86  17   0   0   2   0   26   21   11   11    3   15   15
Burt Hooton            5   3  4.15  11  10   1   1   0   61   54   28   28   11   20   27
Charlie Hough          0   2  5.12  13   0   0   1   0   19   21   12   11    1   17   16
Rick Sutcliffe         0   2  6.43  12   6   0   3   0   35   46   26   25    4   16   19
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  0.53  17   0   0   7   0   17   11    1    1    0    3   12
Stan Bahnsen           3   1  0.98  15   0   0   1   0   28   18    8    3    0    9   10
David Palmer           3   1  1.94  11   6   1   0   0   51   43   15   11    1   14   33
Elias Sosa             2   2  2.33  16   0   0   3   0   19   15    5    5    0    4   15
Steve Rogers           5   5  3.50  11  11   3   0   1   80   74   34   31    5   25   54
Scott Sanderson        5   3  3.57  10  10   1   0   0   58   62   25   23    7   18   32
Bill Gullickson        0   0  4.50   1   0   0   0   0    2    4    1    1    0    0    3
Ross Grimsley          1   2  5.06   4   4   0   0   0   21   31   13   12    1    3    3
Bill Lee               2   4  5.11  10  10   1   0   0   56   80   36   32    5    5   18
Dale Murray            0   1  8.04  10   0   0   0   0   16   24   15   14    3    8    7
Fred Norman            0   0  8.27  15   0   0   1   0   21   26   22   19    2   11   17

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ray Burris             3   3  2.39  10  10   0   0   0   60   51   22   16    4   26   40
Craig Swan             3   4  2.44  10  10   2   0   1   66   50   23   18    6   14   47
Pat Zachry             1   2  3.15   5   3   1   0   0   20   18    7    7    3    7   14
John Pacella           0   0  3.24  12   1   0   0   0   17   18    7    6    1   13   15
Jeff Reardon           2   2  3.96  18   0   0   1   0   25   22   12   11    3   19   27
Ed Glynn               1   1  4.20  10   0   0   0   0   15   11    7    7    2    6   10
Mark Bomback           3   0  4.62  10   6   1   0   1   39   46   21   20    8   18   13
Neil Allen             2   3  4.68  19   0   0   9   0   33   32   18   17    3   16   20
Tom Hausman            0   1  4.85  14   3   0   0   0   39   40   22   21    3    7   18
Pete Falcone           3   3  4.93   8   8   0   0   0   42   37   24   23    8   13   38
Kevin Kobel            1   4  7.08  12   1   0   0   0   20   32   18   16    4   11    6

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Carlton          9   2  1.84  12  12   4   0   2   93   62   21   19    5   30   91
Dickie Noles           0   2  1.96  16   0   0   3   0   23   17    6    5    0   13   18
Kevin Saucier          2   0  2.41  13   0   0   0   0   19   19    5    5    0    7    9
Tug McGraw             0   1  2.59  14   0   0   3   0   24   20    7    7    0    7   16
Ron Reed               3   0  3.00  15   0   0   2   0   27   20    9    9    1   11   13
Lerrin LaGrow          0   2  3.72  12   0   0   0   0   19   23   12    8    4    5    9
Scott Munninghoff      0   0  4.50   4   0   0   0   0    6    8    3    3    0    5    2
Dick Ruthven           5   4  4.71  11  11   1   0   1   63   81   40   33    3   22   24
Randy Lerch            1   6  4.92   9   9   1   0   0   57   67   37   31    8   18   28
Dan Larson             0   1  5.68   2   2   0   0   0    6    6    8    4    2    4    2
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
Enrique Romo           3   0  1.60  20   0   0   2   0   34   28    9    6    1    9   21
Grant Jackson          4   1  1.69  20   0   0   1   0   21   20    4    4    1    6    8
Rod Scurry             0   1  2.35   5   0   0   0   0   15   11    4    4    1    5   10
Eddie Solomon          2   0  2.37   6   2   0   0   0   19   23   12    5    1    8    7
Jim Bibby              5   1  3.11  10  10   3   0   1   72   60   26   25    5   21   45
Bert Blyleven          1   4  3.31  11  10   2   0   1   71   61   29   26    7   22   59
Jim Rooker             2   2  3.50   4   4   0   0   0   18   16    7    7    0   12    8
John Candelaria        2   4  3.68  11  11   3   0   0   73   74   35   30    2   19   22
Andy Hassler           0   0  3.72   5   0   0   0   0   10    8    5    4    1    4    3
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
Don Robinson           1   1  4.66   6   5   0   0   0   29   35   15   15    5    4   17
Kent Tekulve           5   3  5.18  22   0   0   6   0   24   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            5   1  1.45  22   0   0   4   0   31   26    7    5    2   10   18
John D'Acquisto        0   0  1.69  14   0   0   1   0   27   24    5    5    0    9   16
Randy Jones            4   3  2.65  11  11   3   0   3   78   69   24   23    7    7   32
Rollie Fingers         5   5  3.00  20   0   0   6   0   27   24   10    9    1   10   14
Dennis Kinney          1   1  3.06  11   0   0   0   0   18   14    7    6    1    5    9
Gary Lucas             2   1  3.40   8   7   0   0   0   45   42   18   17    3   14   23
Rick Wise              2   3  3.43  10  10   0   0   0   58   64   22   22    6    8   22
John Curtis            3   4  4.02  10  10   0   0   0   63   66   28   28    5   24   21
Eric Rasmussen         1   5  5.13  10   8   0   0   0   40   53   26   23    2   14   22
Steve Mura             0   1  6.56  15   1   0   2   0   23   20   18   17    3   17   12

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Al Holland             1   1  0.79  15   0   0   2   0   23   22    4    2    1    8   19
Allen Ripley           0   0  1.29   1   1   0   0   0    7    5    1    1    0    0    3
Gary Lavelle           0   5  2.63  19   0   0   2   0   24   23   11    7    0   12   20
Vida Blue              8   2  2.89  12  12   6   0   1   90   85   29   29    5   23   49
Greg Minton            1   2  3.48  16   0   0   1   0   21   18    9    8    0   11    5
Ed Whitson             2   5  3.50  12  12   2   0   2   72   78   33   28    2   22   35
John Montefusco        2   4  4.10   9   7   1   0   0   53   50   28   24    6   16   41
Bob Knepper            3   6  5.16  12  12   2   0   0   75   87   47   43    4   20   43
Ed Halicki             0   0  5.79  10   2   0   0   0   23   29   15   15    5   10   13
Tom Griffin            1   1  5.94   8   0   0   0   0   17   20   11   11    1    7   14
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  2.05  12   3   0   0   0   31   33   15    7    1   14   12
John Fulgham           1   2  2.58   7   6   1   0   0   38   29   12   11    0   15   21
Pete Vuckovich         5   4  2.85  11  10   3   1   1   76   63   31   24    6   25   50
Bob Forsch             4   3  3.27  11  11   2   0   0   74   75   33   27    2   13   34
Pedro Borbon           1   0  3.79  10   0   0   1   0   19   17   10    8    3   10    4
Silvio Martinez        1   3  4.35  10   7   1   0   0   39   35   27   19    1   26   15
Roy Thomas             1   2  5.24  15   4   0   0   0   34   39   22   20    2   13   14
George Frazier         0   1  5.40   3   0   0   0   0    2    4    1    1    0    1    0
Donnie Moore           1   1  6.23  11   0   0   0   0   22   25   15   15    1    5   10
Jim Kaat               0   3  7.27  13   1   0   2   0   17   16   14   14    3    7    8
Mark Littell           0   2  9.28  14   0   0   2   0   11   14   11   11    2    7    7
Bob Sykes              1   4 10.13  10   2   0   0   0   19   34   21   21    2   10    8
Darold Knowles         0   1 10.80   2   0   0   0   0    2    3    2    2    1    0    1
Jim Otten              0   0 23.14   3   0   0   0   0    2    4    6    6    0    6    1

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League Leaders

Wins:

  S. Carlton (PHI)          9
  V. Blue (SFN)             8
  F. Pastore (CIN)          6
  J. Reuss (LAN)            6
  J. Richard (HOU)          6
  J. Bibby (PIT)            5
  R. Fingers (SDN)          5
  K. Forsch (HOU)           5
  B. Hooton (LAN)           5
  D. Lamp (CHN)             5

Losses:

  P. Niekro (ATL)           7
  B. Knepper (SFN)          6
  R. Lerch (PHI)            6
  R. Fingers (SDN)          5
  T. Hume (CIN)             5
  M. Krukow (CHN)           5
  G. Lavelle (SFN)          5
  E. Rasmussen (SDN)        5
  S. Rogers (MON)           5
  E. Whitson (SFN)          5

Complete Games:

  V. Blue (SFN)             6
  P. Niekro (ATL)           5
  S. Carlton (PHI)          4
  J. Niekro (HOU)           4
  F. Pastore (CIN)          4
  J. Bibby (PIT)            3
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       3
  R. Jones (SDN)            3
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           3
  S. Rogers (MON)           3

Saves:

  B. Sutter (CHN)          10
  N. Allen (NYN)            9
  W. Fryman (MON)           7
  R. Fingers (SDN)          6
  T. Hume (CIN)             6
  K. Tekulve (PIT)          6
  D. Bair (CIN)             5
  S. Howe (LAN)             5
  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
  J. Richard (HOU)          2
  N. Ryan (HOU)             2
  E. Whitson (SFN)          2
  J. Bibby (PIT)            1
  V. Blue (SFN)             1
  B. Blyleven (PIT)         1

Innings Pitched:

  S. Carlton (PHI)       93.0
  V. Blue (SFN)          90.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)        82.0
  S. Rogers (MON)        79.2
  R. Jones (SDN)         78.0
  J. Richard (HOU)       78.0
  R. Reuschel (CHN)      77.2
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)     75.2
  B. Knepper (SFN)       75.0
  B. Forsch (SLN)        74.1

Hits:

  R. Reuschel (CHN)        92
  B. Knepper (SFN)         87
  V. Blue (SFN)            85
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         81
  B. Lee (MON)             80
  K. Forsch (HOU)          78
  E. Whitson (SFN)         78
  B. Forsch (SLN)          75
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      74
  P. Niekro (ATL)          74

Runs:

  B. Knepper (SFN)         47
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         40
  M. Lacoss (CIN)          38
  J. Niekro (HOU)          38
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        38
  R. Lerch (PHI)           37
  P. Niekro (ATL)          37
  D. Lamp (CHN)            36
  B. Lee (MON)             36
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      35

Home Runs:

  B. Hooton (LAN)          11
  T. Seaver (CIN)          10
  L. McWilliams (ATL)       9
  M. Bomback (NYN)          8
  P. Falcone (NYN)          8
  R. Lerch (PHI)            8
  P. Niekro (ATL)           8
  D. Sutton (LAN)           8
  B. Blyleven (PIT)         7
  R. Jones (SDN)            7

Walks:

  N. Ryan (HOU)            43
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        33
  P. Niekro (ATL)          32
  S. Carlton (PHI)         30
  J. Richard (HOU)         28
  R. Burris (NYN)          26
  S. Martinez (SLN)        26
  J. Niekro (HOU)          26
  D. Lamp (CHN)            25
  S. Rogers (MON)          25

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         91
  J. Richard (HOU)         77
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        59
  N. Ryan (HOU)            58
  S. Rogers (MON)          54
  P. Niekro (ATL)          51
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)       50
  V. Blue (SFN)            49
  C. Swan (NYN)            47
  J. Bibby (PIT)           45

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