Sunday May 17, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, May 17, 1981

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     26   9  2.29   35  14   8   318   272   86   81   13   95  177
Houston         18  18  2.41   36   9   6   328   271   98   88    9   99  213
San Francisco   19  19  3.01   38   4  10   344   302  133  115   21  135  193
Pittsburgh      12  16  3.18   29   2   7   266   267  107   94   15   94  146
Atlanta         18  16  3.33   35   6   7   322   290  128  119   25  114  153
Cincinnati      20  14  3.41   34   9   5   304   266  129  115   17  123  186
St. Louis       19   9  3.50   29   4  10   262   224  111  102   10   87  129
Philadelphia    21  13  3.66   34  11   4   305   303  134  124   20   94  186
Montreal        18  15  3.70   33   5   7   299   295  143  123   23   76  155
New York         8  22  3.76   31   1   5   268   275  149  112   29   96  167
San Diego       14  22  3.88   36   3   8   323   331  155  139   29  130  160
Chicago          5  25  4.05   32   0   1   286   287  147  129   11  143  168

 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)      4   0  1.03   7   7   3   0   3   53   37    7    6    0   10   24
Nolan Ryan (HOU)       3   1  1.07   6   6   1   0   1   42   33    7    5    0   17   42
Doyle Alexander (SFN)  5   2  1.49   8   8   0   0   0   54   46   10    9    3   17   28
Jerry Reuss (LAN)      4   1  1.56   6   6   5   0   1   52   52    9    9    1    7   13
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  1.99  16   0   0   2   0   23   20    5    5    0   13    9
Larry Bradford         2   0  2.19  13   0   0   1   0   12    8    3    3    0    5    7
Rick Camp              3   1  2.28  16   0   0   4   0   24   22    7    6    2    4   16
Gaylord Perry          3   3  2.65   8   8   3   0   0   58   57   19   17    3    7   27
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  2.84  15   0   0   0   0   19   18    7    6    0   13    9
Lee Smith              1   2  2.97  15   0   0   0   0   30   26   10   10    1   10   21
Lynn McGlothen         0   2  3.18  11   6   0   0   0   40   43   17   14    1   17   21
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  4.13  17   0   0   1   0   24   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   4  5.91   7   7   0   0   0   32   41   24   21    3   27   19
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             3   5  2.78   8   8   3   0   0   58   43   21   18    2   21   53
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            4   0  1.03   7   7   3   0   3   53   37    7    6    0   10   24
Nolan Ryan             3   1  1.07   6   6   1   0   1   42   33    7    5    0   17   42
Frank Lacorte          1   1  1.80  15   0   0   2   0   15   10    3    3    0   10   18
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            4   1  1.56   6   6   5   0   1   52   52    9    9    1    7   13
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  0.90  12   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
Charlie Lea            2   1  2.79   7   4   2   0   2   29   20    9    9    1   10   20
Bill Lee               1   2  2.83  10   2   0   1   0   29   29   12    9    3    4   12
Ray Burris             2   3  3.54   7   7   1   0   0   41   37   21   16    5   12   16
Bill Gullickson        1   3  3.55   6   6   0   0   0   46   42   19   18    1   11   36
Steve Rogers           3   3  5.66   8   8   0   0   0   56   68   36   35    3   14   25
Stan Bahnsen           1   0  5.95  11   0   0   1   0   20   22   13   13    3    6   10
Steve Ratzer           1   1  6.23  12   0   0   0   0   17   23   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  2.28  15   0   0   0   0   28   26    7    7    2    6   12
Jeff Reardon           0   0  4.22  15   0   0   1   0   21   21   10   10    2   11   22
Pat Zachry             3   5  4.63   8   8   1   0   0   45   46   27   23    5   20   25
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
Nino Espinosa          2   3  4.07   6   6   2   0   0   42   42   21   19    6    9   13
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

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Victor Cruz            1   0  1.00   4   0   0   0   0    9    7    1    1    1    5    8
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
Rick Rhoden            4   0  2.36   6   6   1   0   1   42   37   11   11    2   16   27
Eddie Solomon          2   3  2.40   8   3   0   1   0   30   29   10    8    2    3   12
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  0.41  14   0   0   0   0   22   14    1    1    0   11    7
Danny Boone            0   0  2.41   8   0   0   0   0   19   16    7    5    1    7   14
Gary Lucas             3   3  2.53  18   0   0   5   0   32   30   13    9    1   11   19
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
Juan Eichelberger      3   2  3.35   8   8   1   0   1   48   46   18   18    3   21   31
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  1.49   8   8   0   0   0   54   46   10    9    3   17   28
Vida Blue              3   3  2.00   7   7   1   0   0   54   40   15   12    5   26   29
Allen Ripley           3   3  2.66   7   7   1   0   0   47   46   17   14    2   13   21
Gary Lavelle           0   2  2.86  12   0   0   3   0   22   15    9    7    1    5   15
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             2   1  5.60  13   0   0   1   0   18   23   13   11    0   12    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  2.57  14   0   0   2   0   14    9    4    4    0    3    4
Bruce Sutter           1   1  2.92  13   0   0   8   0   25   16    8    8    1   15   19
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  3.38   2   0   0   0   0    5    3    2    2    0    3    4
Bob Shirley            4   1  3.63   7   5   1   0   0   35   32   14   14    2   16   18
Bob Forsch             3   2  3.71   6   6   0   0   0   34   24   14   14    4    8   12
Jim Otten              1   0  4.11  13   0   0   0   0   15   17    7    7    2    9   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
  B. Knepper (HOU)          4
  J. Niekro (HOU)           4
  J. Reuss (LAN)            4
  R. Rhoden (PIT)           4

Losses:

  T. Boggs (ATL)            6
  R. Jones (NYN)            5
  S. Mura (SDN)             5
  M. Soto (CIN)             5
  P. Zachry (NYN)           5
  B. Castillo (LAN)         4
  M. Krukow (CHN)           4
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           4
  R. Reuschel (CHN)         4
  D. Sutton (HOU)           4

Complete Games:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)       7
  S. Carlton (PHI)          6
  J. Reuss (LAN)            5
  J. Niekro (HOU)           4
  B. Knepper (HOU)          3
  G. Perry (ATL)            3
  T. Seaver (CIN)           3
  M. Soto (CIN)             3
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         2
  T. Griffin (SFN)          2

Saves:

  B. Sutter (SLN)           8
  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
  M. Soto (CIN)          58.1
  G. Perry (ATL)         57.2
  B. Hooton (LAN)        56.2
  S. Rogers (MON)        55.2
  S. Mura (SDN)          54.2
  D. Alexander (SFN)     54.1

Hits:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         68
  S. Rogers (MON)          68
  S. Mura (SDN)            58
  G. Perry (ATL)           57
  B. Hooton (LAN)          53
  T. Boggs (ATL)           52
  J. Niekro (HOU)          52
  J. Reuss (LAN)           52
  L. Christenson (PHI)     50
  J. Curtis (SDN)          49

Runs:

  S. Rogers (MON)          36
  R. Jones (NYN)           32
  T. Boggs (ATL)           31
  J. Curtis (SDN)          30
  P. Zachry (NYN)          27
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         26
  L. Christenson (PHI)     25
  T. Lollar (SDN)          25
  T. Griffin (SFN)         24
  M. Krukow (CHN)          24

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  T. Seaver (CIN)          29
  M. Krukow (CHN)          27
  V. Blue (SFN)            26
  T. Griffin (SFN)         24
  B. Berenyi (CIN)         21
  S. Carlton (PHI)         21
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)    21
  M. Soto (CIN)            21
  P. Zachry (NYN)          20
  J. Curtis (SDN)          19

Strikeouts:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      68
  S. Carlton (PHI)         65
  M. Soto (CIN)            53
  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)    31

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