Saturday May 16, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, May 16, 1981

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     25   9  2.33   34  13   8   309   260   85   80   13   93  174
Houston         17  18  2.45   35   9   6   319   266   97   87    9   92  208
San Francisco   18  19  3.01   37   4  10   332   294  129  111   21  131  190
Pittsburgh      12  15  3.16   28   2   7   257   258  103   90   13   94  142
Atlanta         18  15  3.31   34   6   7   313   279  124  115   25  114  151
Cincinnati      19  14  3.45   33   8   5   295   259  126  113   16  121  180
St. Louis       18   9  3.52   28   4   9   253   217  108   99   10   81  127
New York         8  21  3.66   30   1   5   260   266  143  106   28   94  162
Philadelphia    20  13  3.71   33  10   4   296   296  131  122   19   93  183
Montreal        18  14  3.75   32   5   7   288   287  138  120   23   70  153
San Diego       14  21  3.82   35   3   8   314   322  149  133   28  125  153
Chicago          5  24  3.98   31   0   1   278   278  141  123   11  135  163

 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)       3   1  1.07   6   6   1   0   1   42   33    7    5    0   17   42
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
Burt Hooton (LAN)      6   0  2.06   8   8   2   0   1   57   53   14   13    0   10   25
Scott Sanderson (MON)  4   1  2.13   6   6   2   0   0   42   38   14   10    4    8   23

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Al Hrabosky            0   0  1.80   4   0   0   0   0    5    4    1    1    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
John Montefusco        1   2  4.70   8   7   0   0   0   38   36   20   20    5   15   10
Tommy Boggs            1   6  4.99   9   8   1   0   0   52   52   31   29    8   17   24

 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
Doug Capilla           0   0  2.25  14   0   0   0   0   16   14    5    4    0   12    8
Lee Smith              1   2  2.97  15   0   0   0   0   30   26   10   10    1   10   21
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
Randy Martz            1   2  3.76   9   4   0   0   0   26   26   12   11    0   14    8
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  7.25  10   3   0   0   0   22   30   19   18    0   18   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
Mike Lacoss            2   4  5.03   7   7   1   0   1   34   44   21   19    2   11   10
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

 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             3   1  1.07   6   6   1   0   1   42   33    7    5    0   17   42
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  2.53  15   0   0   2   0   21   16   10    6    1    9   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            6   0  2.06   8   8   2   0   1   57   53   14   13    0   10   25
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
Charlie Lea            2   1  2.79   7   4   2   0   2   29   20    9    9    1   10   20
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
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
Dyar Miller            0   0  1.21  11   0   0   0   0   22   24    9    3    2    6   15
Pete Falcone           1   1  1.63  12   0   0   0   0   28   21    9    5    1   11   29
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  4.22  15   0   0   1   0   21   21   10   10    2   11   22
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   3  9.39   7   4   0   0   0   15   26   18   16    5    5   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
Steve Carlton          7   0  2.87   8   8   6   0   0   69   68   22   22    1   21   65
Sparky Lyle            3   1  3.15  12   0   0   0   0   20   20    7    7    0    8   10
Tug McGraw             1   3  3.21  12   0   0   3   0   14   16    5    5    1    8    8
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
Larry Christenson      1   3  4.47   7   7   0   0   0   44   50   25   22    4   13   32
Nino Espinosa          1   3  4.64   5   5   1   0   0   33   35   18   17    5    8   10

 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
Victor Cruz            1   0  1.29   3   0   0   0   0    7    7    1    1    1    5    8
Grant Jackson          1   2  1.29  16   0   0   1   0   14    9    3    2    0    3    5
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   2  4.31   6   5   0   1   0   31   33   15   15    3   14   29
Don Robinson           0   1  4.91   2   1   0   0   0    7   12    5    4    1    1    3
Enrique Romo           0   2  4.95  15   0   0   4   0   20   29   16   11    3    9   11
Kent Tekulve           0   2  5.93  11   0   0   0   0   14   16    9    9    0   10    9

 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       1   2  5.57  15   0   0   2   0   21   24   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  8.39  11   2   0   1   0   25   30   25   23    3   17    9

 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
Tom Griffin            3   3  3.53   8   8   2   0   0   51   39   24   20    3   24   34
Ed Whitson             1   4  3.66   8   8   0   0   0   47   46   20   19    5   14   32
Al Holland             1   1  6.75  12   0   0   1   0   15   23   13   11    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  2.38  12   0   0   7   0   23   13    6    6    1   14   17
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        1   2  3.15   5   5   0   0   0   34   34   17   12    0   14   14
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
  B. Hooton (LAN)           6
  D. Alexander (SFN)        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)            6
  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
  B. Hooton (LAN)           2
  C. Lea (MON)              2

Saves:

  B. Sutter (SLN)           7
  G. Minton (SFN)           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
  C. Lea (MON)              2
  P. Niekro (ATL)           2
  B. Berenyi (CIN)          1
  J. Bibby (PIT)            1
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)     1
  B. Hooton (LAN)           1
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           1
  J. Niekro (HOU)           1

Innings Pitched:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)    72.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)       69.0
  J. Niekro (HOU)        63.0
  T. Seaver (CIN)        61.1
  B. Hooton (LAN)        56.2
  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

Hits:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         68
  S. Rogers (MON)          68
  S. Mura (SDN)            58
  B. Hooton (LAN)          53
  T. Boggs (ATL)           52
  J. Niekro (HOU)          52
  L. Christenson (PHI)     50
  J. Curtis (SDN)          49
  G. Perry (ATL)           48
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         47

Runs:

  S. Rogers (MON)          36
  R. Jones (NYN)           32
  T. Boggs (ATL)           31
  J. Curtis (SDN)          30
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         26
  L. Christenson (PHI)     25
  T. Lollar (SDN)          25
  T. Griffin (SFN)         24
  S. Mura (SDN)            23
  S. Carlton (PHI)         22

Home Runs:

  T. Boggs (ATL)            8
  J. Curtis (SDN)           8
  R. Jones (NYN)            6
  R. Wise (SDN)             6
  V. Blue (SFN)             5
  R. Burris (MON)           5
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         5
  J. Montefusco (ATL)       5
  D. Roberts (NYN)          5
  B. Walk (ATL)             5

Walks:

  T. Seaver (CIN)          29
  V. Blue (SFN)            26
  T. Griffin (SFN)         24
  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
  N. Ryan (HOU)            42
  T. Seaver (CIN)          38
  B. Gullickson (MON)      36
  T. Griffin (SFN)         34
  L. Christenson (PHI)     32
  E. Whitson (SFN)         32
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)    30

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