Tuesday May 19, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, May 19, 1981

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     26  11  2.35   37  14   8   336   280   93   88   14  101  190
Houston         18  19  2.76   37   9   6   336   289  113  103    9  101  217
San Francisco   21  19  2.91   40   4  12   362   317  135  117   22  144  210
Pittsburgh      13  16  3.08   30   3   7   275   268  107   94   15   94  149
Cincinnati      21  14  3.31   35   9   6   313   270  129  115   17  128  194
Atlanta         18  17  3.38   36   6   7   330   301  133  124   25  114  156
Philadelphia    23  13  3.51   36  12   4   323   316  136  126   21  100  195
Montreal        19  16  3.63   35   5   8   317   315  148  128   23   76  164
St. Louis       20   9  3.65   30   4  10   271   240  123  110   10   90  133
New York         8  24  3.77   33   1   5   284   294  156  119   32   98  177
San Diego       15  23  3.77   38   3   9   342   347  159  143   30  136  168
Chicago          5  26  4.08   33   0   1   295   296  152  134   11  148  174

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
F. Valenzuela (LAN)    8   1  0.91   9   9   7   0   5   79   46    8    8    3   19   74
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
Scott Sanderson (MON)  4   1  1.98   7   7   2   0   0   50   46   15   11    4    8   25
Vida Blue (SFN)        3   3  2.00   7   7   1   0   0   54   40   15   12    5   26   29
Tom Seaver (CIN)       5   1  2.04   9   9   3   0   1   66   47   18   15    3   33   41
Burt Hooton (LAN)      6   0  2.06   8   8   2   0   1   57   53   14   13    0   10   25

 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
Rick Mahler            2   0  1.88  17   0   0   2   0   24   21    5    5    0   13    9
Larry Bradford         2   0  2.03  14   0   0   1   0   13    8    3    3    0    5    7
Rick Camp              3   1  2.28  16   0   0   4   0   24   22    7    6    2    4   16
Phil Niekro            2   2  2.54   7   7   2   0   2   50   41   16   14    1   17   30
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  2.66  16   0   0   0   0   20   19    7    6    0   14   10
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
Randy Martz            1   2  3.76   9   4   0   0   0   26   26   12   11    0   14    8
Dick Tidrow            1   4  3.81  18   0   0   1   0   26   18   13   11    1    9   17
Rick Reuschel          1   5  4.13   8   8   0   0   0   48   47   26   22    3   16   28
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             5   1  2.04   9   9   3   0   1   66   47   18   15    3   33   41
Paul Moskau            1   0  2.42   9   0   0   2   0   22   17    7    6    1    9   12
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
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  2.42  16   0   0   2   0   22   16   10    6    1    9   17
Vern Ruhle             0   1  3.04   4   4   0   0   0   24   19    8    8    2    4   14
Don Sutton             3   4  3.88   8   8   1   0   1   51   48   22   22    1   11   29
Joaquin Andujar        1   2  4.09   7   3   0   0   0   22   27   11   10    1    9   17
Bobby Sprowl           0   1  4.86   7   1   0   0   0   17   18   10    9    1    5    9
Dave Smith             1   3  6.18  16   0   0   2   0   28   29   20   19    1   13   21

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Stewart           1   0  0.00   5   0   0   0   0    8    2    0    0    0    8    4
Steve Howe             3   1  0.53  14   0   0   4   0   17   11    2    1    0    8    9
Fernando Valenzuela    8   1  0.91   9   9   7   0   5   79   46    8    8    3   19   74
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
Dave Goltz             0   0  3.20  10   0   0   1   0   20   18    7    7    3    5   13
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   2  4.20   8   8   0   0   0   49   46   23   23    2   19   26
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          3   1  1.54  13   0   0   3   0   12   14    6    2    1    1    6
Scott Sanderson        4   1  1.98   7   7   2   0   0   50   46   15   11    4    8   25
Bill Lee               1   2  2.67  12   2   0   2   0   30   29   12    9    3    4   13
Charlie Lea            2   1  2.79   7   4   2   0   2   29   20    9    9    1   10   20
Ray Burris             2   3  3.54   7   7   1   0   0   41   37   21   16    5   12   16
Bill Gullickson        1   4  3.59   7   7   0   0   0   53   49   22   21    1   11   41
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  1.59  13   0   0   0   0   28   22    9    5    1   12   29
Neil Allen             2   1  1.83  11   0   0   4   0   20   10    5    4    2    8   15
Tom Hausman            0   1  2.20  16   0   0   0   0   29   27    7    7    2    6   13
Ed Lynch               1   2  2.82   4   4   0   0   0   22   29    9    7    3    2    8
Jeff Reardon           0   0  3.86  16   0   0   1   0   23   23   10   10    2   12   24
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   4  5.27   7   7   0   0   0   41   47   26   24    4    7   23
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
Marty Bystrom          3   2  3.40   7   7   1   0   0   42   40   17   16    2   12   21
Dick Ruthven           6   1  3.65   8   8   3   0   0   62   54   28   25    3   20   28
Ron Reed               0   0  3.77   8   0   0   1   0   14   11    6    6    3    4   10
Nino Espinosa          2   3  4.07   6   6   2   0   0   42   42   21   19    6    9   13
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              2   2  2.66   7   7   2   0   2   51   44   18   15    0   13   22
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   4  2.57  20   0   0   6   0   35   34   14   10    1   11   21
Chris Welsh            2   2  2.95   8   6   2   0   1   43   38   15   14    3   20   18
Rick Wise              2   3  2.97   6   6   0   0   0   33   36   13   11    7    7   11
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
John Littlefield       1   2  5.24  16   0   0   2   0   22   26   13   13    3    8   10
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           4   3  2.44   8   8   1   0   0   55   52   18   15    3   16   29
Fred Breining          1   0  2.79  13   1   0   0   0   19   16    7    6    1   10   12
Gary Lavelle           0   2  2.86  12   0   0   3   0   22   15    9    7    1    5   15
Greg Minton            1   1  3.31  19   0   0   8   0   33   29   13   12    0   17   14
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             3   1  4.57  14   0   0   1   0   22   27   13   11    0   14   10
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               2   0  2.12  15   0   0   2   0   17   11    6    4    0    5    4
Lary Sorensen          4   2  3.02   7   7   2   0   1   48   35   18   16    1    7   24
Bruce Sutter           1   1  3.04  14   0   0   8   0   27   17    9    9    1   15   21
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 Forsch             3   2  3.71   6   6   0   0   0   34   24   14   14    4    8   12
Bob Shirley            4   1  3.93   8   6   1   0   0   37   37   18   16    2   16   20
Jim Otten              1   0  5.19  14   0   0   0   0   17   22   10   10    2   10   11
Joe Edelen             1   0 10.45  10   0   0   0   0   10   19   12   12    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. Ruthven (PHI)          6
  D. Alexander (SFN)        5
  T. Seaver (CIN)           5
  B. Berenyi (CIN)          4
  B. Knepper (HOU)          4
  J. Niekro (HOU)           4
  J. Reuss (LAN)            4

Losses:

  T. Boggs (ATL)            6
  R. Jones (NYN)            5
  S. Mura (SDN)             5
  R. Reuschel (CHN)         5
  M. Soto (CIN)             5
  P. Zachry (NYN)           5
  B. Castillo (LAN)         4
  B. Gullickson (MON)       4
  M. Krukow (CHN)           4
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           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
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          3
  T. Seaver (CIN)           3
  M. Soto (CIN)             3
  J. Bibby (PIT)            2

Saves:

  G. Minton (SFN)           8
  B. Sutter (SLN)           8
  G. Lucas (SDN)            6
  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
  J. Bibby (PIT)            2
  C. Lea (MON)              2
  P. Niekro (ATL)           2
  B. Berenyi (CIN)          1
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)     1
  B. Hooton (LAN)           1
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           1
  J. Niekro (HOU)           1

Innings Pitched:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)    79.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)       69.0
  T. Seaver (CIN)        66.1
  J. Niekro (HOU)        63.0
  D. Ruthven (PHI)       61.2
  M. Soto (CIN)          58.1
  G. Perry (ATL)         57.2
  B. Hooton (LAN)        56.2
  S. Rogers (MON)        55.2
  A. Ripley (SFN)        55.1

Hits:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         68
  S. Rogers (MON)          68
  S. Mura (SDN)            58
  G. Perry (ATL)           57
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         54
  B. Hooton (LAN)          53
  T. Boggs (ATL)           52
  J. Niekro (HOU)          52
  J. Reuss (LAN)           52
  A. Ripley (SFN)          52

Runs:

  S. Rogers (MON)          36
  R. Jones (NYN)           32
  T. Boggs (ATL)           31
  J. Curtis (SDN)          30
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         28
  P. Zachry (NYN)          27
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        26
  M. Scott (NYN)           26
  L. Christenson (PHI)     25
  T. Lollar (SDN)          25

Home Runs:

  T. Boggs (ATL)            8
  J. Curtis (SDN)           8
  R. Wise (SDN)             7
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         6
  R. Jones (NYN)            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)          33
  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
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         20
  C. Welsh (SDN)           20

Strikeouts:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      74
  S. Carlton (PHI)         65
  M. Soto (CIN)            53
  N. Ryan (HOU)            42
  B. Gullickson (MON)      41
  T. Seaver (CIN)          41
  T. Griffin (SFN)         34
  L. Christenson (PHI)     32
  E. Whitson (SFN)         32
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)    31

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