Friday May 22, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, May 22, 1981

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     28  11  2.29   39  14   8   358   300   97   91   15  107  204
Houston         19  21  2.75   40   9   7   370   323  125  113    9  115  238
San Francisco   22  20  2.88   42   4  12   387   337  142  124   23  154  222
Pittsburgh      15  16  2.95   32   4   8   293   280  109   96   16   97  155
Cincinnati      22  16  3.40   38   9   7   342   298  145  129   20  140  209
Atlanta         18  19  3.45   38   6   7   347   320  144  133   27  122  169
Philadelphia    23  15  3.47   38  12   4   340   326  142  131   23  105  205
Montreal        21  16  3.57   37   6   8   335   332  153  133   24   81  170
St. Louis       21  11  3.66   33   5  10   300   265  137  122   11  101  144
New York        10  24  3.71   35   2   5   303   308  162  125   33  106  192
San Diego       16  24  3.75   40   3  10   360   362  167  150   33  149  181
Chicago          6  28  4.13   36   1   1   322   324  169  148   15  160  186

 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
Nolan Ryan (HOU)       3   2  1.12   7   7   1   0   1   48   36   10    6    0   20   48
Bob Knepper (HOU)      4   0  1.17   8   8   3   0   3   61   48    9    8    0   11   26
Jerry Reuss (LAN)      4   1  1.51   7   7   5   0   1   60   61   11   10    1   10   15
Doyle Alexander (SFN)  5   2  1.59   9   9   0   0   0   62   53   12   11    3   21   31
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  2.12   9   9   2   0   1   64   60   16   15    1   11   30
Joe Niekro (HOU)       5   3  2.22   9   9   4   0   1   73   62   18   18    2   16   34

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Al Hrabosky            0   0  1.29   6   0   0   0   0    7    4    1    1    0    1    3
Larry Bradford         2   0  1.65  16   0   0   1   0   16   10    3    3    0    5    9
Rick Mahler            2   0  1.88  17   0   0   2   0   24   21    5    5    0   13    9
Rick Camp              3   1  2.10  18   0   0   4   0   26   23    7    6    2    4   19
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  3.57  11   0   0   0   0   23   22   11    9    1   13   13
Gene Garber            1   1  3.65   9   0   0   0   0   12   12    5    5    1    5    8
John Montefusco        1   2  4.50   9   7   0   0   0   40   38   20   20    5   16   11
Bob Walk               1   3  5.00   8   7   0   0   0   36   34   22   20    6   21   13
Tommy Boggs            1   7  5.34  10   9   1   0   0   56   58   35   33    8   20   27

 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  2.53  17   0   0   0   0   21   20    7    6    0   14   11
Lynn McGlothen         0   2  3.05  12   6   0   0   0   41   45   17   14    1   19   21
Randy Martz            2   2  3.06  10   5   1   0   0   35   33   13   12    0   16    9
Lee Smith              1   3  3.26  16   0   0   0   0   30   28   12   11    1   10   21
Rick Reuschel          1   5  4.13   8   8   0   0   0   48   47   26   22    3   16   28
Bill Caudill           0   3  4.58  10   6   0   0   0   39   35   23   20    4   21   30
Dick Tidrow            1   4  4.66  19   0   0   1   0   29   21   17   15    2   11   19
Mike Krukow            1   5  6.44   8   8   0   0   0   36   49   30   26    4   30   23
Ken Kravec             0   3  6.66  11   3   0   0   0   24   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
Joe Price              3   0  2.49  18   0   0   0   0   25   18    7    7    1    7   26
Mario Soto             3   5  2.78   8   8   3   0   0   58   43   21   18    2   21   53
Tom Hume               2   2  2.78  18   0   0   5   0   23   18    8    7    3   14    6
Geoff Combe            0   0  3.60   3   0   0   0   0    5    4    2    2    1    3    3
Frank Pastore          1   2  4.01   7   7   1   0   1   43   43   23   19    3    7   26
Mike Lacoss            2   4  4.61   8   8   1   0   1   41   51   23   21    3   13   13
Bruce Berenyi          4   1  4.87   7   6   1   0   1   41   34   22   22    1   25   18
Doug Bair              1   1  6.23  12   0   0   0   0   17   23   14   12    2    8   11

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Nolan Ryan             3   2  1.12   7   7   1   0   1   48   36   10    6    0   20   48
Bob Knepper            4   0  1.17   8   8   3   0   3   61   48    9    8    0   11   26
Frank Lacorte          1   1  1.69  16   0   0   2   0   16   10    3    3    0   12   19
Joe Sambito            1   3  2.03  19   0   0   3   0   27   19   10    6    1   11   19
Joe Niekro             5   3  2.22   9   9   4   0   1   73   62   18   18    2   16   34
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
Bobby Sprowl           0   1  4.76   8   1   0   0   0   17   20   10    9    1    5    9
Joaquin Andujar        1   3  5.16   8   3   0   0   0   23   28   14   13    1   11   17
Dave Smith             1   3  5.93  18   0   0   2   0   30   33   21   20    1   14   23

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Stewart           2   0  0.00   6   0   0   0   0   10    4    0    0    0    8    6
Steve Howe             4   1  0.40  16   0   0   4   0   22   13    2    1    0   10   14
Fernando Valenzuela    8   1  0.91   9   9   7   0   5   79   46    8    8    3   19   74
Jerry Reuss            4   1  1.51   7   7   5   0   1   60   61   11   10    1   10   15
Burt Hooton            6   0  2.12   9   9   2   0   1   64   60   16   15    1   11   30
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
Woodie Fryman          3   1  1.54  13   0   0   3   0   12   14    6    2    1    1    6
Elias Sosa             1   0  1.64   9   0   0   2   0   11    9    2    2    1    3    4
Scott Sanderson        4   1  1.98   7   7   2   0   0   50   46   15   11    4    8   25
Charlie Lea            3   1  2.25   8   5   2   0   2   36   24    9    9    1   11   22
Bill Lee               1   2  2.87  13   2   0   2   0   31   32   13   10    3    4   14
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           4   3  5.15   9   9   1   0   0   65   76   38   37    3   18   28
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  2.08  12   0   0   4   0   22   12    6    5    2    9   16
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
Greg Harris            0   0  3.00   1   1   0   0   0    6    4    2    2    1    2    5
Jeff Reardon           1   0  3.55  17   0   0   1   0   25   26   10   10    2   12   27
Pat Zachry             4   5  4.36   9   9   2   0   0   54   51   30   26    5   25   31
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  2.69   9   9   6   0   0   77   72   24   23    2   22   73
Sparky Lyle            3   1  3.00  13   0   0   0   0   21   20    7    7    0    8   11
Marty Bystrom          3   2  3.40   7   7   1   0   0   42   40   17   16    2   12   21
Tug McGraw             1   4  3.60  13   0   0   3   0   15   18    6    6    2    9    8
Ron Reed               0   0  3.60   9   0   0   1   0   15   11    6    6    3    4   10
Dick Ruthven           6   1  3.65   8   8   3   0   0   62   54   28   25    3   20   28
Nino Espinosa          2   3  4.07   6   6   2   0   0   42   42   21   19    6    9   13
Larry Christenson      1   4  4.44   8   8   0   0   0   51   54   28   25    4   16   33

 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
Pascual Perez          1   0  1.06   2   2   1   0   0   17   11    2    2    1    3    7
Ernie Camacho          0   0  1.13   2   1   0   0   0    8    5    1    1    0    7    3
Grant Jackson          1   2  1.29  16   0   0   1   0   14    9    3    2    0    3    5
Rick Rhoden            5   0  2.25   7   7   1   0   1   48   43   12   12    2   17   31
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
Enrique Romo           0   2  4.30  16   0   0   5   0   23   29   16   11    3   10   12
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
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  0.37  16   0   0   0   0   24   14    1    1    0   13    8
Danny Boone            0   0  2.21   9   0   0   0   0   20   18    7    5    1    8   18
Gary Lucas             3   4  2.50  21   0   0   7   0   36   35   14   10    1   12   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
Juan Eichelberger      4   2  3.38   9   9   1   0   1   53   51   20   20    4   24   33
Steve Mura             1   6  3.68   9   9   0   0   0   59   62   28   24    2   20   34
John Littlefield       1   2  4.78  18   0   0   2   0   26   29   14   14    4    8   12
John Curtis            0   2  6.30   9   8   0   0   0   40   49   30   28    8   20   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  1.59   9   9   0   0   0   62   53   12   11    3   21   31
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  2.53  14   1   0   0   0   21   16    7    6    1   10   13
Gary Lavelle           0   2  2.63  13   0   0   3   0   24   16    9    7    1    7   16
Greg Minton            2   2  3.31  21   0   0   8   0   35   32   14   13    0   19   15
Tom Griffin            3   3  3.57   9   9   2   0   0   58   45   27   23    4   25   39
Ed Whitson             1   4  3.66   8   8   0   0   0   47   46   20   19    5   14   32
Al Holland             3   1  4.32  15   0   0   1   0   25   30   14   12    0   15   11
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
John Martin            1   0  1.88   3   1   1   0   0   14    7    3    3    1    5    5
Jim Kaat               2   0  2.00  16   0   0   2   0   18   13    6    4    0    5    4
Mark Littell           0   0  3.00   1   0   0   0   0    3    1    1    1    0    2    3
Lary Sorensen          4   2  3.02   8   8   2   0   1   57   42   21   19    1    9   27
Bruce Sutter           1   2  3.25  15   0   0   8   0   28   19   10   10    1   15   22
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
Silvio Martinez        1   3  4.21   6   6   0   0   0   36   40   22   17    0   17   15
Jim Otten              1   0  5.12  15   0   0   0   0   19   24   13   11    2   12   12
Joe Edelen             1   0  8.76  11   0   0   0   0   12   20   12   12    0    3    7
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
  J. Niekro (HOU)           5
  R. Rhoden (PIT)           5
  T. Seaver (CIN)           5
  B. Berenyi (CIN)          4
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)     4

Losses:

  T. Boggs (ATL)            7
  S. Mura (SDN)             6
  R. Jones (NYN)            5
  M. Krukow (CHN)           5
  R. Reuschel (CHN)         5
  M. Soto (CIN)             5
  P. Zachry (NYN)           5
  B. Castillo (LAN)         4
  L. Christenson (PHI)      4
  B. Gullickson (MON)       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)            7
  T. Hume (CIN)             5
  E. Romo (PIT)             5
  N. Allen (NYN)            4
  R. Camp (ATL)             4
  S. Howe (LAN)             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)       77.0
  J. Niekro (HOU)        73.0
  T. Seaver (CIN)        66.1
  S. Rogers (MON)        64.2
  B. Hooton (LAN)        63.2
  D. Alexander (SFN)     62.1
  D. Ruthven (PHI)       61.2
  B. Knepper (HOU)       61.1
  J. Reuss (LAN)         59.2

Hits:

  S. Rogers (MON)          76
  S. Carlton (PHI)         72
  S. Mura (SDN)            62
  J. Niekro (HOU)          62
  J. Reuss (LAN)           61
  B. Hooton (LAN)          60
  T. Boggs (ATL)           58
  G. Perry (ATL)           57
  L. Christenson (PHI)     54
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         54

Runs:

  S. Rogers (MON)          38
  T. Boggs (ATL)           35
  R. Jones (NYN)           32
  J. Curtis (SDN)          30
  M. Krukow (CHN)          30
  P. Zachry (NYN)          30
  L. Christenson (PHI)     28
  S. Mura (SDN)            28
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         28
  T. Griffin (SFN)         27

Home Runs:

  T. Boggs (ATL)            8
  J. Curtis (SDN)           8
  R. Wise (SDN)             7
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         6
  R. Jones (NYN)            6
  B. Walk (ATL)             6
  V. Blue (SFN)             5
  R. Burris (MON)           5
  J. Montefusco (ATL)       5
  D. Roberts (PIT)          5

Walks:

  T. Seaver (CIN)          33
  M. Krukow (CHN)          30
  V. Blue (SFN)            26
  B. Berenyi (CIN)         25
  T. Griffin (SFN)         25
  P. Zachry (NYN)          25
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)    24
  S. Carlton (PHI)         22
  D. Alexander (SFN)       21
  B. Caudill (CHN)         21

Strikeouts:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      74
  S. Carlton (PHI)         73
  M. Soto (CIN)            53
  N. Ryan (HOU)            48
  B. Gullickson (MON)      41
  T. Seaver (CIN)          41
  T. Griffin (SFN)         39
  S. Mura (SDN)            34
  J. Niekro (HOU)          34
  L. Christenson (PHI)     33


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