Friday May 15, 1981
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National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, May 15, 1981

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     24   9  2.40   33  12   8   300   254   85   80   13   92  169
Houston         16  18  2.53   34   9   5   310   260   96   87    9   87  200
San Francisco   18  18  3.01   36   4  10   323   287  124  108   21  129  181
Pittsburgh      12  14  3.13   27   2   7   248   249   99   86   13   87  133
Atlanta         18  14  3.26   33   6   7   304   268  118  110   24  114  150
Cincinnati      18  14  3.56   32   7   5   286   254  126  113   16  121  178
New York         8  20  3.57   29   1   5   252   253  134  100   26   91  158
St. Louis       17   9  3.58   27   4   8   244   207  106   97   10   81  123
Philadelphia    20  12  3.76   32  10   4   287   284  129  120   19   89  175
Montreal        17  14  3.88   31   4   7   279   283  138  120   23   68  147
Chicago          5  23  3.90   30   0   1   270   268  135  117   11  129  161
San Diego       13  21  3.90   34   3   8   305   314  148  132   28  122  152

 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
Joe Niekro (HOU)       4   3  2.14   8   8   4   0   1   63   52   15   15    2   13   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
Rick Mahler            2   0  2.18  15   0   0   2   0   21   19    5    5    0   13    9
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
Preston Hanna          2   0  3.38   9   0   0   0   0   19   15    7    7    0   12   10
Gene Garber            1   1  3.65   9   0   0   0   0   12   12    5    5    1    5    8
Bob Walk               1   2  4.37   7   6   0   0   0   35   33   19   17    5   19   13
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  3.32  10   6   0   0   0   38   41   17   14    1   16   19
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   3  4.59   9   5   0   0   0   33   30   19   17    2   18   26
Mike Krukow            1   3  5.16   6   6   0   0   0   30   38   20   17    3   21   17
Ken Kravec             0   3  7.06   9   3   0   0   0   22   29   18   17    0   17   11

 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  2.66  15   0   0   4   0   20   15    7    6    3   12    5
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
Frank Pastore          1   1  3.58   6   6   1   0   1   38   35   19   15    2    7   26
Joe Price              2   0  3.63  16   0   0   0   0   17   16    7    7    1    6   18
Bruce Berenyi          4   1  3.86   6   5   1   0   1   40   32   17   17    0   21   18
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             4   3  2.14   8   8   4   0   1   63   52   15   15    2   13   26
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             3   1  0.53  14   0   0   4   0   17   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
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
Dave Goltz             0   0  3.57   9   0   0   1   0   18   18    7    7    3    5   13
Bob Welch              2   1  4.25   7   7   0   0   0   42   41   20   20    2   15   22
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  2.73   9   2   0   1   0   26   27   11    8    3    2   12
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   3  5.66   8   8   0   0   0   56   68   36   35    3   14   25
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
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
Neil Allen             2   1  1.83  11   0   0   4   0   20   10    5    4    2    8   15
Ed Lynch               1   1  2.12   3   3   0   0   0   17   22    6    4    0    2    5
Tom Hausman            0   1  2.55  14   0   0   0   0   25   24    7    7    2    6    9
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  4.88   7   7   0   0   0   31   35   32   17    6   19    8
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          7   0  2.87   8   8   6   0   0   69   68   22   22    1   21   65
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
Pascual Perez          0   0  1.13   1   1   0   0   0    8    5    1    1    0    2    6
Grant Jackson          1   2  1.29  16   0   0   1   0   14    9    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   2  5.21  14   0   0   4   0   19   28   16   11    3    8   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
Gary Lucas             3   3  2.53  18   0   0   5   0   32   30   13    9    1   11   19
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
Steve Mura             1   5  3.29   8   8   0   0   0   55   58   23   20    1   15   30
Rick Wise              1   3  3.42   5   5   0   0   0   26   32   12   10    6    6    9
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  2.29  11   0   0   3   0   20   12    7    5    1    4   14
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
Ed Whitson             1   4  3.66   8   8   0   0   0   47   46   20   19    5   14   32
Tom Griffin            3   2  3.77   7   7   2   0   0   43   34   20   18    3   22   25
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
Bruce Sutter           1   1  2.42  11   0   0   6   0   22   13    6    6    1   14   16
Jim Kaat               1   0  2.84  13   0   0   2   0   13    9    4    4    0    2    4
Lary Sorensen          4   2  3.02   7   7   2   0   1   48   35   18   16    1    7   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
Jim Otten              1   0  4.20  12   0   0   0   0   15   17    7    7    2    8   11
Joe Edelen             1   0  8.71   9   0   0   0   0   10   16   10   10    0    3    6
Bob Sykes              0   0 12.00   5   1   0   0   0    6   11    9    8    0    4    4

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League Leaders

Wins:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)       8
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  D. Alexander (SFN)        5
  B. Hooton (LAN)           5
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          5
  B. Berenyi (CIN)          4
  J. Niekro (HOU)           4
  R. Rhoden (PIT)           4
  S. Sanderson (MON)        4
  T. Seaver (CIN)           4

Losses:

  T. Boggs (ATL)            5
  R. Jones (NYN)            5
  S. Mura (SDN)             5
  M. Soto (CIN)             5
  B. Castillo (LAN)         4
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           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)          6
  J. Niekro (HOU)           4
  J. Reuss (LAN)            4
  B. Knepper (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
  T. Hume (CIN)             4
  E. Romo (PIT)             4
  B. Castillo (LAN)         3
  W. Fryman (MON)           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
  J. Niekro (HOU)           1
  F. Pastore (CIN)          1
  J. Reuss (LAN)            1

Innings Pitched:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)    72.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)       69.0
  J. Niekro (HOU)        63.0
  T. Seaver (CIN)        61.1
  S. Rogers (MON)        55.2
  S. Mura (SDN)          54.2
  V. Blue (SFN)          54.0
  G. Perry (ATL)         52.2
  D. Ruthven (PHI)       52.2
  M. Soto (CIN)          49.1

Hits:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         68
  S. Rogers (MON)          68
  S. Mura (SDN)            58
  J. Niekro (HOU)          52
  J. Curtis (SDN)          49
  G. Perry (ATL)           48
  B. Hooton (LAN)          47
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         47
  A. Ripley (SFN)          46
  E. Whitson (SFN)         46

Runs:

  S. Rogers (MON)          36
  R. Jones (NYN)           32
  J. Curtis (SDN)          30
  T. Boggs (ATL)           26
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         26
  L. Christenson (PHI)     24
  T. Lollar (SDN)          24
  S. Mura (SDN)            23
  S. Carlton (PHI)         22
  M. Scott (NYN)           22

Home Runs:

  J. Curtis (SDN)           8
  T. Boggs (ATL)            7
  R. Jones (NYN)            6
  R. Wise (SDN)             6
  V. Blue (SFN)             5
  R. Burris (MON)           5
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         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
  S. Carlton (PHI)         21
  M. Krukow (CHN)          21
  J. Curtis (SDN)          19
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)    19
  R. Jones (NYN)           19
  M. Soto (CIN)            19

Strikeouts:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      68
  S. Carlton (PHI)         65
  M. Soto (CIN)            47
  T. Seaver (CIN)          38
  B. Gullickson (MON)      36
  N. Ryan (HOU)            34
  E. Whitson (SFN)         32
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)    30
  S. Mura (SDN)            30
  V. Blue (SFN)            29

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