Thursday May 14, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, May 14, 1981

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     23   9  2.32   32  12   8   291   244   80   75   11   90  162
Houston         15  18  2.60   33   8   5   301   256   96   87    9   85  198
San Francisco   17  18  3.04   35   4   9   314   280  122  106   21  127  174
Pittsburgh      12  13  3.21   26   2   7   239   242   95   85   13   83  127
Atlanta         17  14  3.26   32   6   6   295   257  115  107   24  110  143
St. Louis       17   8  3.36   26   4   8   236   196   95   88    9   77  121
New York         8  19  3.54   28   1   5   244   240  128   96   24   89  153
Cincinnati      17  14  3.64   31   7   4   277   249  125  112   16  119  170
Chicago          5  22  3.84   29   0   1   262   259  130  112   11  124  155
Philadelphia    19  12  3.85   31   9   4   278   279  128  119   19   85  166
Montreal        17  13  3.86   30   4   7   271   277  134  116   22   66  141
San Diego       13  20  3.99   33   3   8   296   303  146  131   28  120  148

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
F. Valenzuela (LAN)    8   0  0.50   8   8   7   0   5   72   43    4    4    2   17   68
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
Vida Blue (SFN)        3   3  2.00   7   7   1   0   0   54   40   15   12    5   26   29
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

 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  2.51  13   0   0   0   0   14   14    5    4    0   10    7
Randy Martz            1   1  3.27   8   3   0   0   0   22   20    9    8    0   12    7
Lynn McGlothen         0   2  3.47   9   6   0   0   0   36   41   17   14    1   14   18
Rick Reuschel          1   4  3.61   7   7   0   0   0   42   39   21   17    3   12   23
Dick Tidrow            1   4  4.30  16   0   0   1   0   23   18   13   11    1    9   17
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
Tom Hume               2   2  2.79  14   0   0   3   0   19   15    7    6    3   11    4
Mario Soto             2   5  2.92   7   7   2   0   0   49   36   18   16    1   19   47
Paul Moskau            1   0  2.95   8   0   0   1   0   18   15    7    6    1    8    7
Joe Price              1   0  3.71  15   0   0   0   0   17   16    7    7    1    6   17
Bruce Berenyi          4   1  3.86   6   5   1   0   1   40   32   17   17    0   21   18
Frank Pastore          1   1  4.20   5   5   1   0   1   30   30   18   14    2    6   20
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  2.03  14   0   0   2   0   13    9    3    3    0    7   16
Joe Niekro             3   3  2.50   7   7   3   0   0   54   48   15   15    2   11   24
Joe Sambito            1   3  2.79  14   0   0   1   0   19   16   10    6    1    7   16
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
Bobby Sprowl           0   0  3.68   6   1   0   0   0   15   14    7    6    1    5    9
Joaquin Andujar        1   2  4.15   6   3   0   0   0   22   26   11   10    1    9   17
Dave Smith             1   3  4.73  15   0   0   2   0   27   24   15   14    1   12   20

 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    8   0  0.50   8   8   7   0   5   72   43    4    4    2   17   68
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  3.55   6   6   0   0   0   46   42   19   18    1   11   36
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   1  6.23  11   0   0   0   0   17   22   14   12    2    7    4

 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
Neil Allen             2   0  1.04  10   0   0   4   0   17    7    3    2    1    6   14
Pete Falcone           1   1  1.40  11   0   0   0   0   26   18    8    4    1   11   28
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  3.10  13   0   0   0   0   20   21    7    7    2    6    7
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
Craig Swan             0   2  5.06   2   2   0   0   0    5    5    4    3    0    0    4
Mike Scott             1   3  5.29   6   6   0   0   0   34   39   22   20    4    7   19
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  2.84  11   0   0   3   0   13   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
Dick Ruthven           5   1  3.93   7   7   2   0   0   53   47   26   23    2   17   24
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
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  0.45  13   0   0   0   0   20   14    1    1    0    9    6
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
Gary Lucas             3   3  2.61  17   0   0   5   0   31   29   13    9    1   11   19
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  6.30   8   8   0   0   0   40   49   30   28    8   19   17
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   3  2.00   7   7   1   0   0   54   40   15   12    5   26   29
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  3.48  17   0   0   6   0   31   28   13   12    0   17   13
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  2.19  12   0   0   2   0   12    8    3    3    0    2    4
Bruce Sutter           1   1  2.42  11   0   0   6   0   22   13    6    6    1   14   16
Jim Otten              1   0  2.51  11   0   0   0   0   14   14    4    4    1    7   11
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
John Martin            0   0  3.60   1   0   0   0   0    5    2    2    2    0    2    4
Bob Shirley            4   1  3.63   7   5   1   0   0   35   32   14   14    2   16   18
Bob Forsch             2   2  4.03   5   5   0   0   0   29   21   13   13    4    6   12
Joe Edelen             1   0  9.64   8   0   0   0   0    9   14   10   10    0    3    5
Bob Sykes              0   0 10.80   4   1   0   0   0    5   10    7    6    0    2    3

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League Leaders

Wins:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)       8
  S. Carlton (PHI)          6
  D. Alexander (SFN)        5
  B. Hooton (LAN)           5
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          5
  B. Berenyi (CIN)          4
  R. Rhoden (PIT)           4
  S. Sanderson (MON)        4
  T. Seaver (CIN)           4
  B. Shirley (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
  R. Reuschel (CHN)         4
  D. Sutton (HOU)           4
  D. Tidrow (CHN)           4
  E. Whitson (SFN)          4

Complete Games:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)       7
  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
  B. Sutter (SLN)           6
  G. Lucas (SDN)            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)    72.0
  T. Seaver (CIN)        61.1
  S. Carlton (PHI)       60.0
  V. Blue (SFN)          54.0
  J. Niekro (HOU)        54.0
  G. Perry (ATL)         52.2
  D. Ruthven (PHI)       52.2
  S. Rogers (MON)        49.2
  M. Soto (CIN)          49.1
  D. Alexander (SFN)     47.2

Hits:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         63
  S. Rogers (MON)          63
  J. Curtis (SDN)          49
  S. Mura (SDN)            48
  J. Niekro (HOU)          48
  G. Perry (ATL)           48
  B. Hooton (LAN)          47
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         47
  A. Ripley (SFN)          46
  T. Seaver (CIN)          45

Runs:

  S. Rogers (MON)          32
  J. Curtis (SDN)          30
  R. Jones (NYN)           28
  T. Boggs (ATL)           26
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         26
  L. Christenson (PHI)     24
  T. Lollar (SDN)          24
  M. Scott (NYN)           22
  S. Carlton (PHI)         21
  M. Lacoss (CIN)          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
  V. Blue (SFN)            26
  T. Griffin (SFN)         22
  B. Berenyi (CIN)         21
  M. Krukow (CHN)          21
  J. Curtis (SDN)          19
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)    19
  R. Jones (NYN)           19
  M. Soto (CIN)            19
  P. Zachry (NYN)          18

Strikeouts:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      68
  S. Carlton (PHI)         56
  M. Soto (CIN)            47
  T. Seaver (CIN)          38
  B. Gullickson (MON)      36
  N. Ryan (HOU)            34
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)    30
  V. Blue (SFN)            29
  P. Falcone (NYN)         28
  E. Whitson (SFN)         28

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