Saturday August 9, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, August 9, 1980

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         60  49  3.14  109  17  27   982   903  404  342   44  333  638
Los Angeles     60  50  3.33  110  19  26   993   913  408  368   78  313  554
San Francisco   53  57  3.42  110  22  20   985   992  421  374   63  324  561
Pittsburgh      61  48  3.45  109  15  31   987   969  422  379   77  305  550
Montreal        62  48  3.56  110  20  27   999  1016  447  395   74  329  535
Philadelphia    55  50  3.67  105  15  27   939   928  431  383   60  347  565
New York        53  56  3.70  109  14  24   977   929  457  402  102  360  617
Chicago         45  63  3.78  108  10  28   977   994  467  410   78  381  625
San Diego       49  62  3.79  112   7  26   987  1000  453  416   71  343  485
St. Louis       48  59  3.84  107  24  17   960   943  463  409   54  336  424
Atlanta         49  60  4.01  109  23  18   964   972  481  430   99  327  477
Cincinnati      59  52  4.18  112  19  26  1001  1006  496  465   79  361  544

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
J.R. Richard (HOU)    10   4  1.90  17  17   4   0   4  114   65   31   24    2   40  119
Don Sutton (LAN)       8   3  2.19  21  21   4   0   2  140  104   37   34   13   27   84
Steve Carlton (PHI)   17   6  2.23  26  26   7   0   2  202  151   54   50    8   66  195
Jerry Reuss (LAN)     13   4  2.25  26  18   5   3   5  152  120   46   38    6   30   74
Pat Zachry (NYN)       6   5  2.50  19  17   6   0   3  119  100   40   33    8   39   63
Scott Sanderson (MON) 12   5  2.69  22  22   6   0   2  141  135   45   42   11   39   80
Ken Forsch (HOU)       9   9  2.89  23  23   3   0   2  165  176   63   53    9   29   67
Jim Bibby (PIT)       13   2  2.97  24  23   4   0   1  170  144   59   56   13   54  110
Ed Whitson (SFN)       8   9  3.03  23  23   5   0   2  155  156   59   52    6   40   68
Vida Blue (SFN)        9   6  3.04  20  20   7   0   1  145  141   53   49    8   39   82

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rick Camp              4   4  2.50  49   0   0   6   0   68   68   22   19    3   18   24
Larry Bradford         2   4  3.18  37   0   0   3   0   40   38   19   14    3   21   24
Doyle Alexander       10   6  3.76  24  24   5   0   1  163  150   75   68   15   55   79
Tommy Boggs            5   8  3.87  22  16   2   0   1  119  116   56   51   10   33   51
Preston Hanna          0   0  3.93  20   1   0   0   0   50   42   22   22    2   34   24
Phil Niekro            8  14  4.09  27  26   9   1   3  189  182   92   86   23   65  121
Al Hrabosky            4   1  4.12  33   0   0   2   0   39   34   21   18    8   20   21
Larry McWilliams       8   8  4.40  21  21   4   0   1  125  144   67   61   18   22   59
Gene Garber            2   5  4.68  43   0   0   6   0   50   56   33   26    6   16   30
Rick Matula            6  10  4.82  22  21   3   0   1  121  142   74   65   11   43   44

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Caudill           1   3  2.22  50   2   0   0   0   89   65   24   22    9   42   81
Dick Tidrow            4   3  2.41  57   0   0   4   0   78   63   29   21    5   36   67
Bruce Sutter           3   7  2.57  42   0   0  24   0   70   62   24   20    4   20   55
Doug Capilla           2   5  2.89  23   7   0   0   0   53   42   20   17    6   28   31
George Riley           0   1  3.48  12   0   0   0   0   21   18   13    8    2    7    9
Rick Reuschel          9   9  3.55  27  27   4   0   0  178  199   78   70    8   60  105
Mike Krukow            7  11  4.07  24  24   3   0   0  146  138   79   66    9   62   92
Dennis Lamp           10   8  4.75  28  26   2   0   1  148  182   83   78   12   53   62
Lynn McGlothen         8   7  4.95  26  15   1   0   1  111  136   67   61   16   36   64
Willie Hernandez       1   9  5.08  34   7   0   0   0   83   89   50   47    7   37   59

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Sheldon Burnside       1   0  2.08   6   0   0   0   0    4    6    1    1    1    0    2
Tom Hume               6   7  2.74  54   0   0  19   0   92   84   31   28    4   28   44
Frank Pastore         10   5  3.19  18  18   7   0   2  130  109   49   46    6   28   77
Paul Moskau            8   3  3.59  25  11   1   2   0  113  104   45   45    8   28   68
Mario Soto             5   5  3.97  37   6   1   0   0  118   88   56   52   10   58  116
Joe Price              2   2  4.17  12   6   0   0   0   54   53   26   25    4   22   18
Charlie Leibrandt      9   7  4.20  24  23   5   0   2  141  156   68   66   11   43   51
Bill Bonham            2   1  4.74   4   4   0   0   0   19   21   10   10    1    5   13
Mike Lacoss            6   9  4.88  24  22   4   0   2  124  158   76   67    7   47   38
Doug Bair              1   5  4.95  47   0   0   5   0   64   70   36   35    7   32   46
Tom Seaver             4   6  5.06  16  16   1   0   0   89   85   55   50   17   36   46
Dave Tomlin            3   0  5.54  27   0   0   0   0   26   38   17   16    2   11    6
Bruce Berenyi          2   2  7.81   6   6   0   0   0   28   34   26   24    1   23   19

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
J.R. Richard          10   4  1.90  17  17   4   0   4  114   65   31   24    2   40  119
Joe Sambito            7   2  2.08  42   0   0  11   0   56   39   17   13    3   14   52
Dave Smith             2   4  2.08  40   0   0   5   0   65   55   17   15    1   18   46
Frank Lacorte          7   3  2.28  37   0   0   9   0   55   33   16   14    3   28   46
Vern Ruhle             6   2  2.72  18  12   1   0   0   86   90   35   26    6   19   34
Ken Forsch             9   9  2.89  23  23   3   0   2  165  176   63   53    9   29   67
Nolan Ryan             6   8  3.44  24  24   2   0   2  160  133   72   61    7   86  128
Joe Niekro            11  10  4.06  24  24   7   0   2  166  180   87   75    7   59   86
Joaquin Andujar        1   4  4.14  24   6   0   2   0   63   76   32   29    2   21   42
Gordie Pladson         0   3  5.19   5   3   0   0   0   17   15   12   10    1    7    7
Randy Niemann          0   0  5.75  14   0   0   0   0   20   29   13   13    1    6    6
Bert Roberge           1   0  5.93   7   0   0   0   0   14   12    9    9    2    6    5

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Terry Forster          0   0  1.29   4   0   0   0   0    7    3    1    1    0    1    1
Steve Howe             5   4  1.76  37   0   0   9   0   51   49   16   10    1   12   23
Joe Beckwith           3   3  1.88  27   0   0   0   0   43   41   13    9    1   15   31
Don Sutton             8   3  2.19  21  21   4   0   2  140  104   37   34   13   27   84
Jerry Reuss           13   4  2.25  26  18   5   3   5  152  120   46   38    6   30   74
Bobby Castillo         3   6  3.21  39   0   0   4   0   62   45   23   22    3   32   36
Bob Welch             10   7  3.30  22  22   3   0   2  153  137   61   56   11   51   92
Burt Hooton           10   4  3.41  23  22   4   1   2  145  134   59   55   18   40   83
Dave Goltz             4   7  5.09  23  17   2   1   2  110  132   66   62   11   38   55
Rick Sutcliffe         3   7  5.34  32   9   1   5   1   88   97   56   52    7   40   48
Charlie Hough          1   3  5.57  19   1   0   1   0   32   37   21   20    4   21   25
Don Stanhouse          0   2  7.36   8   0   0   2   0   11   14    9    9    3    6    2

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Woodie Fryman          5   4  1.98  42   0   0  12   0   59   43   15   13    1   22   41
Scott Sanderson       12   5  2.69  22  22   6   0   2  141  135   45   42   11   39   80
David Palmer           6   3  2.83  19  14   1   0   0  102   94   41   32    6   25   56
Charlie Lea            4   5  2.94  12  11   0   0   0   67   64   29   22    4   33   37
Stan Bahnsen           7   4  3.05  41   0   0   2   0   62   51   28   21    5   24   29
Steve Rogers          11   7  3.07  26  26   8   0   2  197  180   74   67   13   64  113
Elias Sosa             7   4  3.21  50   0   0   9   0   70   73   25   25    4   15   45
Fred Norman            2   2  4.21  40   3   1   4   0   66   62   36   31    6   29   36
Bill Gullickson        3   3  4.23  14   9   2   0   0   66   70   33   31    4   32   46
Bill Lee               3   6  5.53  17  17   2   0   0   98  140   66   60   12   21   27
Hal Dues               0   0  6.23   1   1   0   0   0    4    6    3    3    0    1    1
Ross Grimsley          2   4  6.31  11   7   0   0   0   41   61   31   29    5   12   11
Dale Murray            0   1  6.49  15   0   0   0   0   26   37   21   19    3   12   13

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dyar Miller            0   0  0.54  10   0   0   0   0   17   11    1    1    0    4   11
Pat Zachry             6   5  2.50  19  17   6   0   3  119  100   40   33    8   39   63
Jeff Reardon           7   6  2.86  41   0   0   3   0   66   52   22   21    7   33   61
Ray Burris             5   6  3.22  18  18   1   0   0  103   98   46   37   10   38   60
Craig Swan             5   8  3.23  19  19   4   0   1  123  106   52   44   18   30   77
Tom Hausman            4   3  3.42  39   4   0   1   0   97   91   43   37    6   19   46
Neil Allen             5   7  3.74  42   0   0  19   0   75   67   34   31    6   29   59
Mark Bomback           8   3  4.07  25  14   2   0   1  102  109   48   46   16   36   43
Ed Glynn               3   3  4.17  34   0   0   1   0   50   46   25   23    4   21   30
Roy Lee Jackson        1   2  4.39   7   4   1   0   0   27   24   15   13    2   11   27
John Pacella           3   2  4.67  26  13   0   0   0   69   73   39   36    5   48   54
Pete Falcone           5   7  5.20  23  19   0   0   0  106  116   71   61   15   41   78
Kevin Kobel            1   4  7.03  14   1   0   0   0   24   36   21   19    5   11    8

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Carlton         17   6  2.23  26  26   7   0   2  202  151   54   50    8   66  195
Tug McGraw             0   4  2.25  33   0   0  11   0   52   38   13   13    2   18   41
Dan Larson             0   4  3.49  10   6   0   0   0   39   42   22   15    4   20   17
Kevin Saucier          5   3  3.60  31   0   0   0   0   35   38   16   14    1   16   18
Ron Reed               6   4  3.71  38   0   0   7   0   68   62   28   28    2   19   38
Dick Ruthven          10   7  3.83  22  22   4   0   1  146  167   73   62    7   42   54
Nino Espinosa          2   3  3.88   7   7   0   0   0   46   41   20   20    6   15    5
Dickie Noles           1   3  3.90  33   3   0   6   0   58   60   30   25    5   30   41
Lerrin LaGrow          0   2  4.15  25   0   0   3   0   39   42   22   18    5   17   21
Warren Brusstar        0   0  4.22   7   0   0   0   0   11   10    5    5    0    4    3
Bob Walk               8   2  4.38  15  15   2   0   0   90   96   46   44    5   42   60
Scott Munninghoff      0   0  4.50   4   0   0   0   0    6    8    3    3    0    5    2
Randy Lerch            3  12  5.03  20  20   2   0   0  122  145   80   68   13   41   49
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          8   3  2.19  46   0   0   6   0   53   49   13   13    1   16   22
Rod Scurry             0   2  2.43  17   0   0   0   0   33   21   12    9    2   15   24
Kent Tekulve           8   5  2.81  51   0   0  16   0   58   57   21   18    2   28   25
Eddie Solomon          6   3  2.90  17  11   1   0   0   81   80   38   26    8   30   27
Jim Bibby             13   2  2.97  24  23   4   0   1  170  144   59   56   13   54  110
Jim Rooker             2   2  3.50   4   4   0   0   0   18   16    7    7    0   12    8
Enrique Romo           5   4  3.52  52   0   0   8   0   84   85   40   33    9   17   54
John Candelaria        8  11  3.58  25  25   6   0   0  173  184   76   69   10   40   67
Bert Blyleven          6   8  3.86  25  23   3   0   1  156  157   72   67   17   44  123
Andy Hassler           0   0  3.86   6   0   0   0   0   12    9    6    5    2    4    4
Dave Roberts           0   1  3.86   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    1    1    0    1    1
Don Robinson           3   5  4.24  18  13   1   1   0   85   95   40   40    7   22   53
Pascual Perez          0   0  4.50   1   1   0   0   0    6    7    3    3    0    1    4
Rick Rhoden            2   2  5.17  10   9   0   0   0   56   63   34   32    6   21   28

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Juan Eichelberger      3   0  2.50   6   5   0   0   0   36   26   12   10    3   18   20
Bob Shirley            9   7  2.85  49   4   1   7   0   85   82   31   27    6   33   46
Rollie Fingers         9   7  3.01  47   0   0  15   0   72   73   26   24    3   25   49
Rick Wise              3   5  3.49  18  18   0   0   0   98  104   41   38    7   25   34
Randy Jones            5  10  3.73  21  21   4   0   3  135  141   60   56   12   23   48
John D'Acquisto        2   3  3.76  39   0   0   1   0   67   67   29   28    2   36   44
Gary Lucas             4   7  3.81  21  18   0   0   0  113  115   53   48    6   30   56
Dennis Kinney          4   4  3.97  38   0   0   0   0   59   52   32   26    3   23   33
Steve Mura             4   3  3.98  27  13   1   2   0  102   87   46   45    8   47   64
John Curtis            4   7  4.23  21  20   1   0   0  121  130   62   57    9   54   39
Eric Rasmussen         2   8  5.02  29  12   0   1   0   84  105   51   47    9   26   41
Dennis Blair           0   1  6.43   5   1   0   0   0   14   18   10   10    3    3   11

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Al Holland             4   2  1.09  40   0   0   4   0   58   51   12    7    2   24   52
Mike Rowland           0   0  2.08   4   0   0   0   0    9    6    2    2    0    3    2
Greg Minton            3   4  2.88  49   0   0  11   0   59   58   21   19    0   24   25
Jeff Stember           0   0  3.00   1   1   0   0   0    3    2    3    1    1    2    0
Ed Whitson             8   9  3.03  23  23   5   0   2  155  156   59   52    6   40   68
Vida Blue              9   6  3.04  20  20   7   0   1  145  141   53   49    8   39   82
Gary Lavelle           5   5  3.13  39   0   0   5   0   63   66   26   22    3   22   37
Allen Ripley           5   5  3.36  14  11   1   0   0   70   66   28   26    5   23   40
Tom Griffin            3   1  3.40  25   0   0   0   0   48   39   18   18    4   19   41
John Montefusco        3   6  3.99  17  15   1   0   0  104  102   52   46   14   36   80
Bob Knepper            8  14  4.05  27  27   8   0   1  182  202   92   82   10   52   94
Alan Hargesheimer      2   1  4.08   5   5   0   0   0   29   29   15   13    0   13   11
Bill Bordley           2   3  5.00   6   6   0   0   0   27   33   18   15    3   16    9
Ed Halicki             0   0  5.40  11   2   0   0   0   25   29   15   15    5   10   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
John Littlefield       4   3  2.13  30   0   0   7   0   42   32   13   10    0   11   14
Don Hood               2   4  2.75  24   4   0   0   0   52   56   24   16    1   25   22
John Fulgham           3   4  2.76  11  10   3   0   1   65   48   21   20    3   25   39
Pete Vuckovich         9   8  3.19  25  23   6   1   2  172  151   71   61   13   51  100
Jim Kaat               4   5  3.38  29  11   5   3   1   99   94   42   37    5   27   24
Bob Forsch             7   7  3.52  23  23   5   0   0  158  162   70   62    6   25   68
John Urrea             4   1  3.75  12   1   0   0   0   24   22   12   10    0   16   12
Pedro Borbon           1   0  3.79  10   0   0   1   0   19   17   10    8    3   10    4
Silvio Martinez        4   4  4.03  17  12   2   0   0   76   74   44   34    2   37   26
Kim Seaman             2   1  4.50  17   0   0   2   0   16   12    8    8    2   11    6
Bob Sykes              5   8  4.58  22  14   3   0   2  106  115   56   54   10   39   41
Roy Thomas             2   3  4.75  24   5   0   0   0   55   59   32   29    3   25   22
George Frazier         0   3  5.40  13   0   0   1   0   12   18    7    7    1    5    4
Donnie Moore           1   1  6.23  11   0   0   0   0   22   25   15   15    1    5   10
Jim Otten              0   4  7.76  16   4   0   0   0   29   41   25   25    1   17   24
Mark Littell           0   2  9.28  14   0   0   2   0   11   14   11   11    2    7    7
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)         17
  J. Bibby (PIT)           13
  J. Reuss (LAN)           13
  S. Sanderson (MON)       12
  J. Niekro (HOU)          11
  S. Rogers (MON)          11
  D. Alexander (ATL)       10
  B. Hooton (LAN)          10
  D. Lamp (CHN)            10
  F. Pastore (CIN)         10

Losses:

  B. Knepper (SFN)         14
  P. Niekro (ATL)          14
  R. Lerch (PHI)           12
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      11
  M. Krukow (CHN)          11
  R. Jones (SDN)           10
  R. Matula (ATL)          10
  J. Niekro (HOU)          10
  K. Forsch (HOU)           9
  W. Hernandez (CHN)        9

Complete Games:

  P. Niekro (ATL)           9
  B. Knepper (SFN)          8
  S. Rogers (MON)           8
  V. Blue (SFN)             7
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  J. Niekro (HOU)           7
  F. Pastore (CIN)          7
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       6
  S. Sanderson (MON)        6
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)        6

Saves:

  B. Sutter (CHN)          24
  N. Allen (NYN)           19
  T. Hume (CIN)            19
  K. Tekulve (PIT)         16
  R. Fingers (SDN)         15
  W. Fryman (MON)          12
  T. McGraw (PHI)          11
  G. Minton (SFN)          11
  J. Sambito (HOU)         11
  S. Howe (LAN)             9

Shutouts:

  J. Reuss (LAN)            5
  J. Richard (CHN)          4
  R. Jones (SDN)            3
  P. Niekro (ATL)           3
  P. Zachry (NYN)           3
  S. Carlton (PHI)          2
  K. Forsch (HOU)           2
  D. Goltz (LAN)            2
  B. Hooton (LAN)           2
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           2

Innings Pitched:

  S. Carlton (PHI)      202.0
  S. Rogers (MON)       196.2
  P. Niekro (ATL)       189.1
  B. Knepper (SFN)      182.0
  R. Reuschel (CHN)     177.2
  J. Candelaria (PIT)   173.1
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)    172.0
  J. Bibby (PIT)        169.2
  J. Niekro (HOU)       166.1
  K. Forsch (HOU)       165.0

Hits:

  B. Knepper (SFN)        202
  R. Reuschel (CHN)       199
  J. Candelaria (PIT)     184
  D. Lamp (CHN)           182
  P. Niekro (ATL)         182
  J. Niekro (HOU)         180
  S. Rogers (MON)         180
  K. Forsch (HOU)         176
  D. Ruthven (PHI)        167
  B. Forsch (SLN)         162

Runs:

  B. Knepper (SFN)         92
  P. Niekro (ATL)          92
  J. Niekro (HOU)          87
  D. Lamp (CHN)            83
  R. Lerch (PHI)           80
  M. Krukow (CHN)          79
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        78
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      76
  M. Lacoss (CIN)          76
  D. Alexander (ATL)       75

Home Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          23
  B. Hooton (LAN)          18
  L. McWilliams (ATL)      18
  C. Swan (NYN)            18
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        17
  T. Seaver (CIN)          17
  M. Bomback (NYN)         16
  L. McGlothen (CHN)       16
  D. Alexander (ATL)       15
  P. Falcone (NYN)         15

Walks:

  N. Ryan (HOU)            86
  S. Carlton (PHI)         66
  P. Niekro (ATL)          65
  S. Rogers (MON)          64
  M. Krukow (CHN)          62
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        60
  J. Niekro (HOU)          59
  M. Soto (CIN)            58
  D. Alexander (ATL)       55
  J. Bibby (PIT)           54

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)        195
  N. Ryan (HOU)           128
  B. Blyleven (PIT)       123
  P. Niekro (ATL)         121
  J. Richard (CHN)        119
  M. Soto (CIN)           116
  S. Rogers (MON)         113
  J. Bibby (PIT)          110
  R. Reuschel (CHN)       105
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)      100

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