Wednesday May 13, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, May 13, 1981

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     22   9  2.33   31  11   8   282   241   78   73    9   89  155
Houston         15  17  2.56   32   8   5   292   248   89   83    9   79  193
San Francisco   17  17  3.10   34   4   9   305   273  119  105   21  117  170
Pittsburgh      12  13  3.21   26   2   7   239   242   95   85   13   83  127
St. Louis       16   8  3.25   25   4   7   227   187   89   82    9   72  113
Atlanta         17  14  3.26   32   6   6   295   257  115  107   24  110  143
New York         8  18  3.39   27   1   5   236   226  118   89   24   88  150
Cincinnati      16  14  3.73   30   7   4   268   243  124  111   16  116  166
Chicago          5  21  3.82   28   0   1   254   248  124  108   11  121  151
Montreal        17  12  3.87   29   4   7   263   269  131  113   21   66  134
Philadelphia    18  12  3.95   30   9   3   269   274  127  118   19   81  164
San Diego       12  20  3.96   32   3   8   287   294  140  126   28  117  145

 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   6   6   3   0   3   45   33    6    5    0    6   21
Nolan Ryan (HOU)       2   1  1.29   5   5   1   0   1   35   27    6    5    0   14   34
Doyle Alexander (SFN)  5   2  1.32   7   7   0   0   0   48   41    8    7    3   16   26
Jerry Reuss (LAN)      3   1  1.67   5   5   4   0   1   43   40    8    8    1    5   10
Andy Rincon (SLN)      3   1  1.77   5   5   1   0   1   36   27    8    7    0    5   13
Phil Niekro (ATL)      2   1  1.84   6   6   2   0   2   44   31   11    9    1   17   27
Scott Sanderson (MON)  4   1  2.13   6   6   2   0   0   42   38   14   10    4    8   23
Tom Seaver (CIN)       4   1  2.20   8   8   3   0   1   61   45   18   15    3   29   38
Gaylord Perry (ATL)    3   2  2.22   7   7   3   0   0   53   48   15   13    3    7   26

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Al Hrabosky            0   0  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    2    1    0    0    0    0    2
Phil Niekro            2   1  1.84   6   6   2   0   2   44   31   11    9    1   17   27
Gaylord Perry          3   2  2.22   7   7   3   0   0   53   48   15   13    3    7   26
Larry Bradford         2   0  2.38  12   0   0   1   0   11    8    3    3    0    5    7
Rick Camp              3   1  2.38  15   0   0   4   0   23   21    7    6    2    4   15
Rick Mahler            2   0  2.55  14   0   0   1   0   18   15    5    5    0   12    9
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
Preston Hanna          1   0  4.20   8   0   0   0   0   15   13    7    7    0   11    7
Tommy Boggs            1   5  4.75   8   7   1   0   0   47   44   26   25    7   17   23
John Montefusco        1   2  4.82   7   7   0   0   0   37   36   20   20    5   15   10

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rawly Eastwick         0   1  2.12  11   0   0   0   0   17   16    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  2.57  12   0   0   0   0   14   12    4    4    0   10    7
Randy Martz            1   1  3.27   8   3   0   0   0   22   20    9    8    0   12    7
Dick Tidrow            1   4  3.38  15   0   0   1   0   21   17   10    8    1    7   16
Lynn McGlothen         0   2  3.47   9   6   0   0   0   36   41   17   14    1   14   18
Rick Reuschel          1   3  3.96   6   6   0   0   0   36   31   19   16    3   11   20
Bill Caudill           0   2  4.45   8   4   0   0   0   28   24   16   14    2   17   22
Mike Krukow            1   3  5.16   6   6   0   0   0   30   38   20   17    3   21   17
Ken Kravec             0   3  6.64   8   3   0   0   0   20   26   16   15    0   15   10

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Seaver             4   1  2.20   8   8   3   0   1   61   45   18   15    3   29   38
Mario Soto             2   5  2.92   7   7   2   0   0   49   36   18   16    1   19   47
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
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   6   6   3   0   3   45   33    6    5    0    6   21
Nolan Ryan             2   1  1.29   5   5   1   0   1   35   27    6    5    0   14   34
Frank Lacorte          1   1  2.13  13   0   0   2   0   13    8    3    3    0    6   15
Joe Sambito            1   2  2.37  13   0   0   1   0   19   15    7    5    1    6   15
Joe Niekro             3   3  2.50   7   7   3   0   0   54   48   15   15    2   11   24
Don Sutton             3   4  2.85   7   7   1   0   1   47   40   15   15    1   10   27
Vern Ruhle             0   1  3.04   4   4   0   0   0   24   19    8    8    2    4   14
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             2   1  0.56  13   0   0   4   0   16   11    2    1    0    8    9
Jerry Reuss            3   1  1.67   5   5   4   0   1   43   40    8    8    1    5   10
Burt Hooton            5   0  2.45   7   7   1   0   0   48   47   14   13    0    9   20
Dave Goltz             0   0  2.76   8   0   0   1   0   16   16    5    5    2    5   10
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  6.75  12   0   0   3   0   16   14   12   12    2    8   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   1  0.93  11   0   0   3   0   10    9    5    1    1    1    5
Scott Sanderson        4   1  2.13   6   6   2   0   0   42   38   14   10    4    8   23
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
Ray Burris             2   3  4.01   6   6   1   0   0   34   33   18   15    5   10   14
Charlie Lea            1   1  4.05   6   3   1   0   1   20   16    9    9    1    8   14
Steve Rogers           3   2  5.62   7   7   0   0   0   50   63   32   31    2   12   20
Stan Bahnsen           1   0  6.00  10   0   0   1   0   18   21   12   12    3    4   10
Steve Ratzer           1   0  6.06  10   0   0   0   0   16   21   13   11    1    7    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  0.75  10   0   0   0   0   24   13    3    2    1   11   28
Neil Allen             2   0  1.04  10   0   0   4   0   17    7    3    2    1    6   14
Dyar Miller            0   0  1.47  10   0   0   0   0   18   19    6    3    1    5   13
Ed Lynch               1   1  2.12   3   3   0   0   0   17   22    6    4    0    2    5
Tom Hausman            0   1  3.15  12   0   0   0   0   20   20    7    7    2    6    6
Pat Zachry             3   4  3.86   7   7   1   0   0   40   39   21   17    4   18   23
Jeff Reardon           0   0  4.43  14   0   0   1   0   20   20   10   10    2   11   21
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
Craig Swan             0   2  5.06   2   2   0   0   0    5    5    4    3    0    0    4
Dave Roberts           0   2  6.91   6   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  2.40  11   0   0   0   0   15   15    5    4    1    5    8
Tug McGraw             1   2  3.09  10   0   0   2   0   12   12    4    4    1    7    8
Steve Carlton          6   0  3.15   7   7   5   0   0   60   63   21   21    1   17   56
Sparky Lyle            3   1  3.38  11   0   0   0   0   19   19    7    7    0    7    9
Marty Bystrom          2   2  4.08   6   6   1   0   0   35   35   17   16    2   10   17
Ron Reed               0   0  4.38   7   0   0   1   0   12   10    6    6    3    3    9
Dick Ruthven           4   1  4.43   6   6   2   0   0   45   42   25   22    2   13   22
Nino Espinosa          1   3  4.64   5   5   1   0   0   33   35   18   17    5    8   10
Larry Christenson      1   3  4.93   6   6   0   0   0   38   43   24   21    4   11   25

 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
Grant Jackson          1   2  1.35  15   0   0   1   0   13    8    3    2    0    3    5
Victor Cruz            1   0  1.50   2   0   0   0   0    6    6    1    1    1    4    7
Eddie Solomon          2   2  1.57   7   2   0   1   0   23   20    6    4    0    3    8
Rick Rhoden            4   0  2.36   6   6   1   0   1   42   37   11   11    2   16   27
Jim Bibby              1   2  3.24   6   6   1   0   1   42   43   18   15    0   13   19
John Candelaria        2   2  3.54   6   6   0   0   0   41   42   17   16    3   11   14
Rod Scurry             1   1  3.76   5   4   0   1   0   26   27   11   11    3   11   24
Don Robinson           0   1  4.91   2   1   0   0   0    7   12    5    4    1    1    3
Enrique Romo           0   1  5.30  13   0   0   4   0   19   27   13   11    3    6   11
Kent Tekulve           0   2  6.94  10   0   0   0   0   12   15    9    9    0    8    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
Juan Eichelberger      3   1  2.54   7   7   1   0   1   46   39   13   13    3   19   30
Danny Boone            0   0  2.57   7   0   0   0   0   14   14    6    4    0    6    9
Chris Welsh            2   2  3.09   7   5   2   0   1   35   32   13   12    3   15   15
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
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        5   2  1.32   7   7   0   0   0   48   41    8    7    3   16   26
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           3   3  2.66   7   7   1   0   0   47   46   17   14    2   13   21
Fred Breining          1   0  3.00  12   0   0   0   0   15   12    6    5    1    6    7
Greg Minton            1   1  3.30  16   0   0   6   0   30   26   12   11    0   15   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
Jim Kaat               1   0  2.53  11   0   0   2   0   11    7    3    3    0    2    4
Bruce Sutter           1   1  2.53  10   0   0   5   0   21   13    6    6    1   12   15
Jim Otten              0   0  2.70  10   0   0   0   0   13   13    4    4    1    7    8
Lary Sorensen          4   1  2.74   6   6   2   0   1   43   31   13   13    1    6   24
Silvio Martinez        0   2  3.51   4   4   0   0   0   26   24   15   10    0   14   11
Bob Shirley            4   1  3.63   7   5   1   0   0   35   32   14   14    2   16   18
Bob Sykes              0   0  3.86   3   0   0   0   0    5    6    3    2    0    1    3
Bob Forsch             2   2  4.03   5   5   0   0   0   29   21   13   13    4    6   12
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)        5
  B. Hooton (LAN)           5
  R. Rhoden (PIT)           4
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          4
  S. Sanderson (MON)        4
  T. Seaver (CIN)           4
  B. Shirley (SLN)          4
  L. Sorensen (SLN)         4

Losses:

  T. Boggs (ATL)            5
  R. Jones (NYN)            5
  M. Soto (CIN)             5
  B. Castillo (LAN)         4
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           4
  S. Mura (SDN)             4
  D. Sutton (HOU)           4
  D. Tidrow (CHN)           4
  E. Whitson (SFN)          4
  P. Zachry (NYN)           4

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. Seaver (CIN)           3
  T. Griffin (SFN)          2
  P. Niekro (ATL)           2
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          2

Saves:

  G. Minton (SFN)           6
  G. Lucas (SDN)            5
  B. Sutter (SLN)           5
  N. Allen (NYN)            4
  R. Camp (ATL)             4
  S. Howe (LAN)             4
  E. Romo (PIT)             4
  B. Castillo (LAN)         3
  W. Fryman (MON)           3
  T. Hume (CIN)             3

Shutouts:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)       5
  B. Knepper (HOU)          3
  P. Niekro (ATL)           2
  B. Berenyi (CIN)          1
  J. Bibby (PIT)            1
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)     1
  C. Lea (MON)              1
  F. Pastore (CIN)          1
  J. Reuss (LAN)            1
  R. Rhoden (PIT)           1

Innings Pitched:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)    63.0
  T. Seaver (CIN)        61.1
  S. Carlton (PHI)       60.0
  J. Niekro (HOU)        54.0
  G. Perry (ATL)         52.2
  S. Rogers (MON)        49.2
  M. Soto (CIN)          49.1
  D. Alexander (SFN)     47.2
  B. Hooton (LAN)        47.2
  T. Boggs (ATL)         47.1

Hits:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         63
  S. Rogers (MON)          63
  S. Mura (SDN)            48
  J. Niekro (HOU)          48
  G. Perry (ATL)           48
  B. Hooton (LAN)          47
  A. Ripley (SFN)          46
  T. Seaver (CIN)          45
  T. Boggs (ATL)           44
  J. Bibby (PIT)           43

Runs:

  S. Rogers (MON)          32
  R. Jones (NYN)           28
  T. Boggs (ATL)           26
  J. Curtis (SDN)          26
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         25
  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
  R. Burris (MON)           5
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         5
  R. Jones (NYN)            5
  J. Montefusco (ATL)       5
  B. Walk (ATL)             5
  E. Whitson (SFN)          5

Walks:

  T. Seaver (CIN)          29
  T. Griffin (SFN)         22
  M. Krukow (CHN)          21
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)    19
  R. Jones (NYN)           19
  M. Soto (CIN)            19
  B. Berenyi (CIN)         18
  V. Blue (SFN)            18
  P. Zachry (NYN)          18
  T. Boggs (ATL)           17

Strikeouts:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      61
  S. Carlton (PHI)         56
  M. Soto (CIN)            47
  T. Seaver (CIN)          38
  N. Ryan (HOU)            34
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)    30
  B. Gullickson (MON)      30
  P. Falcone (NYN)         28
  E. Whitson (SFN)         28
  P. Niekro (ATL)          27

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