Monday May 11, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Monday, May 11, 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         14  16  2.67   30   7   5   273   236   86   81    9   77  185
San Francisco   15  17  3.26   32   4   8   287   252  117  104   21  111  167
Atlanta         16  13  3.30   30   5   6   273   242  108  100   22  102  136
Pittsburgh      11  12  3.31   24   2   6   218   224   88   80   13   77  117
St. Louis       15   7  3.32   23   4   6   209   174   84   77    7   61  108
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  14  3.86   28   5   4   250   233  120  107   15  108  149
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
Nolan Ryan (HOU)       2   1  1.29   5   5   1   0   1   35   27    6    5    0   14   34
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  2.22   7   7   3   0   0   53   48   15   13    3    7   26
Phil Niekro (ATL)      1   1  2.31   5   5   1   0   1   35   29   11    9    1   14   22

 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  2.22   7   7   3   0   0   53   48   15   13    3    7   26
Phil Niekro            1   1  2.31   5   5   1   0   1   35   29   11    9    1   14   22
Rick Mahler            2   0  2.87  13   0   0   1   0   16   14    5    5    0   12    9
Larry Bradford         2   0  2.89  11   0   0   1   0    9    7    3    3    0    5    6
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
Paul Moskau            1   0  2.95   8   0   0   1   0   18   15    7    6    1    8    7
Mario Soto             1   5  3.35   6   6   1   0   0   40   31   17   15    1   16   37
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   4  6.84   6   6   0   0   0   25   39   21   19    2   11    8

 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             2   1  1.29   5   5   1   0   1   35   27    6    5    0   14   34
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  1.13   2   1   0   0   0    8    5    1    1    0    7    3
Eddie Solomon          2   1  1.13   6   1   0   1   0   16   16    4    2    0    1    5
Grant Jackson          1   2  1.50  13   0   0   1   0   12    6    3    2    0    3    5
Rick Rhoden            4   0  2.36   6   6   1   0   1   42   37   11   11    2   16   27
Victor Cruz            0   0  3.00   1   0   0   0   0    3    3    1    1    1    1    4
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   2  8.00   9   0   0   0   0    9   14    8    8    0    7    6

 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
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           4
  S. Mura (SDN)             4
  D. Sutton (HOU)           4
  E. Whitson (SFN)          4
  L. Christenson (PHI)      3
  B. Gullickson (MON)       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
  G. Perry (ATL)         52.2
  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

Hits:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         63
  S. Rogers (MON)          63
  S. Mura (SDN)            48
  J. Niekro (HOU)          48
  G. Perry (ATL)           48
  T. Boggs (ATL)           43
  L. Christenson (PHI)     43
  J. Candelaria (CHN)      42
  J. Curtis (SDN)          42
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         42

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
  M. Lacoss (CIN)          21
  S. Mura (SDN)            21

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
  N. Ryan (HOU)            34
  T. Seaver (CIN)          31
  B. Gullickson (MON)      30
  E. Whitson (SFN)         28
  R. Rhoden (PIT)          27
  V. Blue (SFN)            26
  P. Falcone (NYN)         26

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