Sunday May 10, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, May 10, 1981

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     20   9  2.28   29  11   7   264   217   72   67    8   82  151
Houston         13  16  2.76   29   6   5   264   229   86   81    9   74  174
San Francisco   15  17  3.26   32   4   8   287   252  117  104   21  111  167
St. Louis       15   7  3.32   23   4   6   209   174   84   77    7   61  108
Pittsburgh      11  11  3.33   23   2   6   208   214   85   77   12   71  109
Atlanta         15  13  3.35   29   5   6   263   231  106   98   22   99  131
New York         8  16  3.35   25   1   5   220   206  110   82   23   83  138
Chicago          5  19  3.74   26   0   1   238   228  114   99   10  113  144
Cincinnati      14  13  3.81   27   5   4   241   222  115  102   14  105  147
Philadelphia    18  10  3.88   28   9   3   253   255  118  109   18   79  161
Montreal        17  10  3.91   27   4   7   246   251  118  107   18   64  127
San Diego       10  20  4.22   30   1   8   269   280  140  126   28  115  139

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
F. Valenzuela (LAN)    7   0  0.29   7   7   6   0   5   63   40    2    2    0   16   61
Bob Knepper (HOU)      3   0  0.99   5   5   3   0   3   36   27    4    4    0    6   18
Jerry Reuss (LAN)      3   1  1.03   4   4   4   0   1   35   28    4    4    0    4    9
Doyle Alexander (SFN)  4   2  1.55   6   6   0   0   0   41   34    8    7    3   14   24
Andy Rincon (SLN)      3   1  1.77   5   5   1   0   1   36   27    8    7    0    5   13
Scott Sanderson (MON)  4   1  2.04   5   5   2   0   0   35   29   10    8    4    8   19
Tom Seaver (CIN)       3   1  2.06   7   7   2   0   1   52   40   15   12    2   24   31
Gaylord Perry (ATL)    3   2  2.27   6   6   3   0   0   44   38   13   11    3    6   23
Phil Niekro (ATL)      1   1  2.31   5   5   1   0   1   35   29   11    9    1   14   22
Vida Blue (SFN)        3   2  2.35   6   6   1   0   0   46   35   13   12    5   18   26

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Al Hrabosky            0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    2    1    0    0    0    0    2
Rick Camp              3   1  2.18  14   0   0   4   0   21   18    6    5    1    4   15
Gaylord Perry          3   2  2.27   6   6   3   0   0   44   38   13   11    3    6   23
Phil Niekro            1   1  2.31   5   5   1   0   1   35   29   11    9    1   14   22
Larry Bradford         2   0  3.00  10   0   0   1   0    9    6    3    3    0    4    5
Rick Mahler            1   0  3.00  12   0   0   1   0   15   14    5    5    0   11    8
Gene Garber            1   1  3.65   9   0   0   0   0   12   12    5    5    1    5    8
Bob Walk               1   2  3.86   6   5   0   0   0   33   28   16   14    5   17    9
John Montefusco        1   2  4.41   6   6   0   0   0   33   30   16   16    4   14    9
Tommy Boggs            1   4  4.47   7   7   1   0   0   46   43   24   23    7   13   23
Preston Hanna          1   0  4.50   7   0   0   0   0   14   12    7    7    0   11    7

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rawly Eastwick         0   1  2.35  10   0   0   0   0   15   15    5    4    0    5   13
Lee Smith              1   2  2.48  14   0   0   0   0   29   23    8    8    1    9   21
Doug Capilla           0   0  2.77  11   0   0   0   0   13   11    4    4    0   10    6
Lynn McGlothen         0   2  3.09   8   6   0   0   0   35   37   15   12    1   14   18
Dick Tidrow            1   3  3.60  14   0   0   1   0   20   16    9    8    1    5   14
Mike Krukow            1   2  3.71   5   5   0   0   0   27   30   14   11    2   18   16
Rick Reuschel          1   3  3.96   6   6   0   0   0   36   31   19   16    3   11   20
Randy Martz            1   1  4.20   7   2   0   0   0   15   16    8    7    0    9    5
Bill Caudill           0   2  4.45   8   4   0   0   0   28   24   16   14    2   17   22
Ken Kravec             0   3  6.98   7   3   0   0   0   19   25   16   15    0   15    9

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Seaver             3   1  2.06   7   7   2   0   1   52   40   15   12    2   24   31
Tom Hume               2   2  2.95  13   0   0   3   0   18   15    7    6    3   11    4
Mario Soto             1   5  3.35   6   6   1   0   0   40   31   17   15    1   16   37
Paul Moskau            1   0  3.52   7   0   0   1   0   15   13    7    6    1    7    7
Joe Price              1   0  3.78  14   0   0   0   0   17   16    7    7    1    6   17
Frank Pastore          1   1  4.20   5   5   1   0   1   30   30   18   14    2    6   20
Bruce Berenyi          3   1  4.50   5   4   1   0   1   32   26   16   16    0   18   14
Geoff Combe            0   0  6.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    4    2    2    1    2    2
Doug Bair              1   0  6.59  10   0   0   0   0   14   17   10   10    2    6    9
Mike Lacoss            1   3  6.63   5   5   0   0   0   19   30   16   14    1    9    6

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Knepper            3   0  0.99   5   5   3   0   3   36   27    4    4    0    6   18
Nolan Ryan             1   1  1.73   4   4   0   0   0   26   20    6    5    0   11   23
Joe Sambito            1   1  2.00  12   0   0   1   0   18   14    6    4    1    5   14
Frank Lacorte          1   1  2.13  13   0   0   2   0   13    8    3    3    0    6   15
Joe Niekro             3   3  2.50   7   7   3   0   0   54   48   15   15    2   11   24
Vern Ruhle             0   1  3.04   4   4   0   0   0   24   19    8    8    2    4   14
Don Sutton             2   4  3.52   6   6   0   0   0   38   35   15   15    1    9   23
Dave Smith             1   3  3.86  14   0   0   2   0   26   22   12   11    1   10   20
Joaquin Andujar        1   2  4.15   6   3   0   0   0   22   26   11   10    1    9   17
Bobby Sprowl           0   0  7.04   5   0   0   0   0    8   10    6    6    1    3    6

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Stewart           1   0  0.00   4   0   0   0   0    6    2    0    0    0    8    1
Fernando Valenzuela    7   0  0.29   7   7   6   0   5   63   40    2    2    0   16   61
Steve Howe             1   1  0.68  11   0   0   3   0   13    9    2    1    0    6    8
Jerry Reuss            3   1  1.03   4   4   4   0   1   35   28    4    4    0    4    9
Dave Goltz             0   0  2.76   8   0   0   1   0   16   16    5    5    2    5   10
Burt Hooton            4   0  2.83   6   6   1   0   0   41   38   14   13    0    6   18
Terry Forster          0   0  3.38   6   0   0   0   0    8   11    3    3    0    4    4
Rick Sutcliffe         2   2  3.48   6   6   0   0   0   31   27   15   12    3   13   11
Bob Welch              2   1  4.29   6   6   0   0   0   36   33   17   17    1   13   18
Bobby Castillo         0   4  6.00  10   0   0   3   0   15   13   10   10    2    7   11

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Elias Sosa             1   0  0.00   8   0   0   2   0   10    7    0    0    0    3    4
Woodie Fryman          2   0  1.00  10   0   0   3   0    9    7    1    1    0    1    5
Scott Sanderson        4   1  2.04   5   5   2   0   0   35   29   10    8    4    8   19
Bill Lee               1   1  2.96   8   2   0   1   0   24   26   11    8    3    2   11
Bill Gullickson        1   3  3.72   5   5   0   0   0   39   35   17   16    1   11   30
Charlie Lea            1   1  4.05   6   3   1   0   1   20   16    9    9    1    8   14
Ray Burris             2   2  4.40   5   5   1   0   0   29   31   16   14    4   10   12
Stan Bahnsen           1   0  5.28   9   0   0   1   0   15   16    9    9    2    3    9
Steve Rogers           3   2  5.62   7   7   0   0   0   50   63   32   31    2   12   20
Steve Ratzer           1   0  6.60   8   0   0   0   0   15   21   13   11    1    6    3

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tim Leary              0   0  0.00   1   1   0   0   0    2    0    0    0    0    1    3
Pete Falcone           1   0  0.82   9   0   0   0   0   22   12    3    2    1   11   26
Neil Allen             2   0  1.04  10   0   0   4   0   17    7    3    2    1    6   14
Dyar Miller            0   0  1.59   9   0   0   0   0   17   18    6    3    1    5   13
Tom Hausman            0   1  1.86  11   0   0   0   0   19   17    4    4    2    5    6
Ed Lynch               1   0  2.19   2   2   0   0   0   12   15    4    3    0    1    2
Pat Zachry             3   3  3.63   6   6   1   0   0   35   33   18   14    3   16   18
Randy Jones            0   5  4.55   6   6   0   0   0   30   28   28   15    5   19    6
Mike Scott             1   3  4.82   5   5   0   0   0   28   31   17   15    4    6   17
Jeff Reardon           0   0  4.91  12   0   0   1   0   18   18   10   10    2   10   19
Craig Swan             0   2  5.06   2   2   0   0   0    5    5    4    3    0    0    4
Dave Roberts           0   2  7.07   5   3   0   0   0   14   22   13   11    4    3   10

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Proly             0   0  1.88  10   0   0   0   0   14   12    4    3    1    5    8
Marty Bystrom          2   1  3.06   5   5   1   0   0   32   28   12   11    1   10   16
Steve Carlton          6   0  3.15   7   7   5   0   0   60   63   21   21    1   17   56
Tug McGraw             1   2  3.38   9   0   0   2   0   11   12    4    4    1    7    8
Sparky Lyle            3   1  4.11   9   0   0   0   0   15   19    7    7    0    6    9
Dick Ruthven           4   1  4.43   6   6   2   0   0   45   42   25   22    2   13   22
Nino Espinosa          1   2  4.67   4   4   1   0   0   27   27   15   14    5    7    9
Larry Christenson      1   3  4.93   6   6   0   0   0   38   43   24   21    4   11   25
Ron Reed               0   0  5.23   6   0   0   1   0   10    9    6    6    3    3    8

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ernie Camacho          0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    3    0    0    0    0    3    1
Eddie Solomon          2   1  1.13   6   1   0   1   0   16   16    4    2    0    1    5
Grant Jackson          1   2  1.64  12   0   0   1   0   11    6    3    2    0    3    4
Rick Rhoden            4   0  2.36   6   6   1   0   1   42   37   11   11    2   16   27
Jim Bibby              1   2  3.25   5   5   1   0   1   36   35   14   13    0   13   16
John Candelaria        2   2  3.54   6   6   0   0   0   41   42   17   16    3   11   14
Rod Scurry             1   1  3.91   4   4   0   0   0   25   27   11   11    3   11   23
Don Robinson           0   1  4.91   2   1   0   0   0    7   12    5    4    1    1    3
Enrique Romo           0   1  5.40  12   0   0   4   0   18   27   13   11    3    6   11
Kent Tekulve           0   1  7.56   8   0   0   0   0    8   12    7    7    0    6    5

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Urrea             2   0  0.00  12   0   0   0   0   19   13    0    0    0    8    6
Gary Lucas             2   3  2.54  16   0   0   5   0   28   28   12    8    1   11   18
Danny Boone            0   0  2.57   7   0   0   0   0   14   14    6    4    0    6    9
Juan Eichelberger      2   1  3.16   6   6   0   0   0   37   32   13   13    3   19   25
Rick Wise              1   3  3.42   5   5   0   0   0   26   32   12   10    6    6    9
Steve Mura             1   4  3.66   7   7   0   0   0   47   48   21   19    1   13   26
Chris Welsh            1   2  4.15   6   4   1   0   0   26   25   13   12    3   13   14
John Littlefield       0   2  6.05  14   0   0   2   0   19   23   13   13    3    8    9
John Curtis            0   2  6.49   7   7   0   0   0   35   42   26   25    8   17   15
Tim Lollar             1   3 11.42  10   1   0   1   0   17   23   24   22    3   14    8

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Doyle Alexander        4   2  1.55   6   6   0   0   0   41   34    8    7    3   14   24
Vida Blue              3   2  2.35   6   6   1   0   0   46   35   13   12    5   18   26
Gary Lavelle           0   2  2.65  10   0   0   2   0   17   12    7    5    1    4   11
Allen Ripley           2   3  2.93   6   6   1   0   0   40   35   15   13    2   11   20
Fred Breining          1   0  3.00  12   0   0   0   0   15   12    6    5    1    6    7
Greg Minton            1   1  3.76  14   0   0   5   0   26   23   12   11    0   13   12
Tom Griffin            3   2  3.77   7   7   2   0   0   43   34   20   18    3   22   25
Ed Whitson             0   4  3.79   7   7   0   0   0   40   39   18   17    5   12   28
Al Holland             1   1  6.59  11   0   0   1   0   14   21   12   10    0   10    7
Randy Moffitt          0   0 10.13   5   0   0   0   0    5    7    6    6    1    1    7

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Andy Rincon            3   1  1.77   5   5   1   0   1   36   27    8    7    0    5   13
Lary Sorensen          4   1  2.74   6   6   2   0   1   43   31   13   13    1    6   24
Jim Kaat               1   0  2.79  10   0   0   1   0   10    7    3    3    0    2    4
Bruce Sutter           0   1  2.79   9   0   0   5   0   19   11    6    6    1   11   14
Jim Otten              0   0  2.92   9   0   0   0   0   12   12    4    4    1    6    7
Silvio Martinez        0   2  3.51   4   4   0   0   0   26   24   15   10    0   14   11
Bob Shirley            4   0  3.58   6   4   1   0   0   28   27   11   11    1    9   16
Bob Sykes              0   0  3.86   3   0   0   0   0    5    6    3    2    0    1    3
Bob Forsch             2   2  4.50   4   4   0   0   0   22   16   11   11    3    4   11
Joe Edelen             1   0  9.64   7   0   0   0   0    9   13   10   10    0    3    5

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League Leaders

Wins:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)       7
  S. Carlton (PHI)          6
  D. Alexander (SFN)        4
  B. Hooton (LAN)           4
  R. Rhoden (PIT)           4
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          4
  S. Sanderson (MON)        4
  B. Shirley (SLN)          4
  L. Sorensen (SLN)         4
  B. Berenyi (CIN)          3

Losses:

  R. Jones (NYN)            5
  M. Soto (CIN)             5
  T. Boggs (ATL)            4
  B. Castillo (LAN)         4
  S. Mura (SDN)             4
  D. Sutton (HOU)           4
  E. Whitson (SFN)          4
  L. Christenson (PHI)      3
  B. Gullickson (MON)       3
  K. Kravec (CHN)           3

Complete Games:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)       6
  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  J. Reuss (LAN)            4
  B. Knepper (HOU)          3
  J. Niekro (HOU)           3
  G. Perry (ATL)            3
  T. Griffin (SFN)          2
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          2
  S. Sanderson (MON)        2
  T. Seaver (CIN)           2

Saves:

  G. Lucas (SDN)            5
  G. Minton (SFN)           5
  B. Sutter (SLN)           5
  N. Allen (NYN)            4
  R. Camp (ATL)             4
  E. Romo (PIT)             4
  B. Castillo (LAN)         3
  W. Fryman (MON)           3
  S. Howe (LAN)             3
  T. Hume (CIN)             3

Shutouts:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)       5
  B. Knepper (HOU)          3
  B. Berenyi (CIN)          1
  J. Bibby (PIT)            1
  C. Lea (MON)              1
  P. Niekro (ATL)           1
  F. Pastore (CIN)          1
  J. Reuss (LAN)            1
  R. Rhoden (PIT)           1
  A. Rincon (SFN)           1

Innings Pitched:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)    63.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)       60.0
  J. Niekro (HOU)        54.0
  T. Seaver (CIN)        52.1
  S. Rogers (MON)        49.2
  S. Mura (SDN)          46.2
  T. Boggs (ATL)         46.1
  V. Blue (SFN)          46.0
  D. Ruthven (PHI)       44.2
  G. Perry (ATL)         43.2

Hits:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         63
  S. Rogers (MON)          63
  S. Mura (SDN)            48
  J. Niekro (HOU)          48
  T. Boggs (ATL)           43
  L. Christenson (PHI)     43
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      42
  J. Curtis (SDN)          42
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         42
  T. Seaver (CIN)          40

Runs:

  S. Rogers (MON)          32
  R. Jones (NYN)           28
  J. Curtis (SDN)          26
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         25
  T. Boggs (ATL)           24
  L. Christenson (PHI)     24
  T. Lollar (SDN)          24
  S. Carlton (PHI)         21
  S. Mura (SDN)            21
  T. Griffin (SFN)         20

Home Runs:

  J. Curtis (SDN)           8
  T. Boggs (ATL)            7
  R. Wise (SDN)             6
  V. Blue (SFN)             5
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         5
  R. Jones (NYN)            5
  B. Walk (ATL)             5
  E. Whitson (SFN)          5
  R. Burris (MON)           4
  L. Christenson (PHI)      4

Walks:

  T. Seaver (CIN)          24
  T. Griffin (SFN)         22
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)    19
  R. Jones (NYN)           19
  B. Berenyi (CIN)         18
  V. Blue (SFN)            18
  M. Krukow (CHN)          18
  S. Carlton (PHI)         17
  B. Caudill (CHN)         17
  J. Curtis (SDN)          17

Strikeouts:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      61
  S. Carlton (PHI)         56
  M. Soto (CIN)            37
  T. Seaver (CIN)          31
  B. Gullickson (MON)      30
  E. Whitson (SFN)         28
  R. Rhoden (PIT)          27
  V. Blue (SFN)            26
  P. Falcone (NYN)         26
  S. Mura (SDN)            26

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