Sunday May 24, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, May 24, 1981

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     30  12  2.38   42  14   9   385   326  109  102   15  119  224
Houston         20  22  2.74   42   9   7   388   345  130  118    9  122  254
San Francisco   23  21  2.87   44   4  13   404   352  148  129   24  162  232
Pittsburgh      16  17  2.98   34   4   9   311   303  116  103   17  100  162
Atlanta         19  20  3.53   40   6   7   367   344  157  144   29  129  176
St. Louis       22  12  3.58   35   5  11   319   282  142  127   12  107  149
Philadelphia    24  16  3.58   40  12   5   357   352  153  142   25  112  213
Cincinnati      23  18  3.63   41   9   8   370   328  166  149   26  160  224
Montreal        21  18  3.72   39   6   8   351   351  165  145   25   85  179
New York        11  25  3.75   37   2   5   321   326  171  134   34  118  199
San Diego       17  25  3.85   42   3  11   379   386  179  162   36  156  189
Chicago          8  28  4.05   38   1   3   340   343  175  153   17  165  196

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
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
F. Valenzuela (LAN)    8   1  1.24  10  10   7   0   5   87   54   13   12    3   25   77
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
Vida Blue (SFN)        4   3  1.91   8   8   1   0   0   61   45   16   13    6   28   35
Tom Seaver (CIN)       5   1  1.95  10  10   3   0   1   69   48   18   15    3   34   43
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
Rick Rhoden (PIT)      5   0  2.25   7   7   1   0   1   48   43   12   12    2   17   31

 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  1.56  17   0   0   1   0   17   11    3    3    0    5   10
Rick Mahler            2   0  1.71  19   0   0   2   0   26   22    5    5    0   14   12
Rick Camp              4   1  1.88  19   0   0   4   0   29   26    7    6    2    4   19
Phil Niekro            2   3  3.14   8   8   2   0   2   57   48   23   20    2   22   32
Gaylord Perry          3   3  3.30   9   9   3   0   0   60   67   25   22    4    7   27
Preston Hanna          2   0  3.42  12   0   0   0   0   24   23   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  4.22  10   7   0   0   0   43   39   20   20    5   17   12
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          2   5  3.93   9   9   0   0   0   55   56   29   24    3   18   33
Bill Caudill           1   3  4.21  11   7   0   0   0   47   43   25   22    5   24   33
Dick Tidrow            1   4  4.45  21   0   0   3   0   32   23   18   16    3   11   21
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  1.95  10  10   3   0   1   69   48   18   15    3   34   43
Joe Price              3   0  2.36  20   0   0   1   0   27   18    7    7    1    9   27
Mario Soto             3   5  3.03   9   9   3   0   0   65   50   25   22    5   23   55
Paul Moskau            2   1  3.90  11   0   0   2   0   28   22   13   12    3   13   16
Tom Hume               2   2  3.95  21   0   0   5   0   27   27   13   12    4   16    9
Frank Pastore          1   2  4.01   7   7   1   0   1   43   43   23   19    3    7   26
Geoff Combe            0   0  4.05   5   0   0   0   0    7    8    3    3    1    4    4
Mike Lacoss            2   4  4.61   8   8   1   0   1   41   51   23   21    3   13   13
Bruce Berenyi          4   2  4.87   8   7   1   0   1   44   35   24   24    1   32   20
Doug Bair              1   1  6.75  13   0   0   0   0   19   26   17   14    2    9   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          2   1  1.83  17   0   0   2   0   20   12    4    4    0   14   23
Joe Sambito            1   3  1.95  20   0   0   3   0   28   21   10    6    1   11   21
Joe Niekro             5   3  2.22   9   9   4   0   1   73   62   18   18    2   16   34
Vern Ruhle             0   1  2.86   5   5   0   0   0   28   28    9    9    2    6   15
Don Sutton             3   5  3.66   9   9   1   0   1   59   55   24   24    1   13   37
Bobby Sprowl           0   1  5.09   9   1   0   0   0   18   22   11   10    1    6   10
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           3   0  0.00   8   0   0   0   0   13    6    0    0    0    8   10
Steve Howe             4   1  0.40  16   0   0   4   0   22   13    2    1    0   10   14
Fernando Valenzuela    8   1  1.24  10  10   7   0   5   87   54   13   12    3   25   77
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
Rick Sutcliffe         2   2  3.38   7   6   0   0   0   32   28   15   12    3   13   12
Dave Goltz             0   0  3.70  11   1   0   1   0   24   23   10   10    3    7   18
Bob Welch              2   3  4.15   9   9   0   0   0   56   52   26   26    2   22   31
Terry Forster          0   0  4.50   7   0   0   0   0    8   13    4    4    0    4    4
Bobby Castillo         1   4  5.59  15   0   0   4   0   19   16   12   12    2    9   13

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Woodie Fryman          3   1  2.13  14   0   0   3   0   13   18    7    3    1    1    6
Charlie Lea            3   1  2.25   8   5   2   0   2   36   24    9    9    1   11   22
Scott Sanderson        4   2  2.41   8   8   2   0   0   56   52   19   15    4    9   30
Elias Sosa             1   0  2.77  10   0   0   2   0   13   11    4    4    2    3    6
Bill Lee               1   2  2.87  13   2   0   2   0   31   32   13   10    3    4   14
Bill Gullickson        1   4  3.59   7   7   0   0   0   53   49   22   21    1   11   41
Ray Burris             2   4  3.83   8   8   1   0   0   47   42   25   20    5   15   18
Steve Rogers           4   3  5.15   9   9   1   0   0   65   76   38   37    3   18   28
Stan Bahnsen           1   0  6.20  12   0   0   1   0   20   24   14   14    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  1.85  12   0   0   0   0   24   28   11    5    2    7   15
Neil Allen             3   1  1.96  13   0   0   4   0   23   13    6    5    2   10   17
Tom Hausman            0   1  2.48  17   0   0   0   0   29   27    8    8    2    7   13
Pete Falcone           1   2  2.70  14   1   0   0   0   30   26   13    9    1   16   30
Ed Lynch               1   2  2.73   5   4   0   0   0   26   33   10    8    3    3    9
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
Mike Scott             1   4  4.53   8   8   0   0   0   50   52   27   25    5   11   27
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
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
Steve Carlton          7   0  2.69   9   9   6   0   0   77   72   24   23    2   22   73
Mike Proly             1   0  2.70  13   0   0   0   0   17   17    6    5    1    5    8
Ron Reed               0   0  3.18  10   0   0   2   0   17   12    6    6    3    5   10
Marty Bystrom          3   3  3.40   8   8   1   0   0   48   47   19   18    3   15   22
Tug McGraw             1   4  3.60  13   0   0   3   0   15   18    6    6    2    9    8
Dick Ruthven           6   1  3.65   8   8   3   0   0   62   54   28   25    3   20   28
Nino Espinosa          2   3  4.15   7   7   2   0   0   48   53   24   22    7    9   16
Larry Christenson      1   4  4.44   8   8   0   0   0   51   54   28   25    4   16   33
Sparky Lyle            3   1  4.63  15   0   0   0   0   23   25   12   12    0   11   15

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Victor Cruz            1   0  0.82   5   0   0   1   0   11    8    1    1    1    5    9
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  1.76  17   0   0   1   0   15   12    4    3    1    3    6
Rick Rhoden            5   0  2.25   7   7   1   0   1   48   43   12   12    2   17   31
Jim Bibby              3   2  2.50   8   8   2   0   2   58   51   19   16    0   14   26
Eddie Solomon          2   3  2.50   9   4   0   1   0   36   36   12   10    2    4   13
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
Enrique Romo           0   2  4.88  17   0   0   5   0   24   32   18   13    3   10   12
Don Robinson           0   1  4.91   2   1   0   0   0    7   12    5    4    1    1    3
Kent Tekulve           0   3  6.28  12   0   0   0   0   14   18   10   10    0   11    9

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Urrea             2   0  0.35  18   0   0   0   0   26   16    1    1    0   14    9
Danny Boone            0   0  2.08  10   0   0   1   0   22   19    7    5    1    8   20
Gary Lucas             3   5  2.65  22   0   0   7   0   37   38   15   11    1   14   21
Juan Eichelberger      4   2  3.38   9   9   1   0   1   53   51   20   20    4   24   33
Rick Wise              2   3  3.52   7   7   0   0   0   38   44   17   15    8    9   12
Chris Welsh            2   2  3.56   9   7   2   0   1   48   45   20   19    4   22   19
Steve Mura             1   6  3.68   9   9   0   0   0   59   62   28   24    2   20   34
John Littlefield       1   2  4.50  19   0   0   2   0   28   29   14   14    4    8   12
John Curtis            1   2  6.21  10   8   0   0   0   42   50   31   29    9   20   19
Tim Lollar             1   3  8.31  12   2   0   1   0   26   32   26   24    3   17   10

 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              4   3  1.91   8   8   1   0   0   61   45   16   13    6   28   35
Fred Breining          1   0  2.42  15   1   0   0   0   22   17    7    6    1   10   14
Gary Lavelle           0   2  2.42  14   0   0   3   0   26   18   10    7    1    7   17
Allen Ripley           4   3  2.44   8   8   1   0   0   55   52   18   15    3   16   29
Greg Minton            2   2  3.16  22   0   0   9   0   37   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   5  4.03   9   9   0   0   0   51   53   24   23    5   20   34
Al Holland             3   1  4.32  15   0   0   1   0   25   30   14   12    0   15   11
Randy Moffitt          0   0  9.53   6   0   0   0   0    6    7    6    6    1    1    7

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Kaat               2   0  1.71  17   0   0   3   0   21   15    6    4    0    6    4
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
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
Bob Shirley            4   1  3.43   9   7   1   0   0   45   41   19   17    3   18   24
Bob Forsch             4   2  3.60   7   7   0   0   0   40   31   16   16    4   11   12
Bruce Sutter           1   3  3.64  16   0   0   8   0   30   23   12   12    1   15   23
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
  V. Blue (SFN)             4

Losses:

  T. Boggs (ATL)            7
  S. Mura (SDN)             6
  R. Jones (NYN)            5
  M. Krukow (CHN)           5
  G. Lucas (SDN)            5
  R. Reuschel (CHN)         5
  M. Soto (CIN)             5
  D. Sutton (HOU)           5
  E. Whitson (SFN)          5
  P. Zachry (NYN)           5

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)           9
  B. Sutter (SLN)           8
  G. Lucas (SDN)            7
  T. Hume (CIN)             5
  E. Romo (PIT)             5
  N. Allen (NYN)            4
  R. Camp (ATL)             4
  B. Castillo (LAN)         4
  S. Howe (LAN)             4
  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)    87.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)       77.0
  J. Niekro (HOU)        73.0
  T. Seaver (CIN)        69.1
  M. Soto (CIN)          65.1
  S. Rogers (MON)        64.2
  B. Hooton (LAN)        63.2
  D. Alexander (SFN)     62.1
  D. Ruthven (PHI)       61.2
  V. Blue (SFN)          61.1

Hits:

  S. Rogers (MON)          76
  S. Carlton (PHI)         72
  G. Perry (ATL)           67
  S. Mura (SDN)            62
  J. Niekro (HOU)          62
  J. Reuss (LAN)           61
  B. Hooton (LAN)          60
  T. Boggs (ATL)           58
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        56
  D. Sutton (HOU)          55

Runs:

  S. Rogers (MON)          38
  T. Boggs (ATL)           35
  R. Jones (NYN)           32
  J. Curtis (SDN)          31
  M. Krukow (CHN)          30
  P. Zachry (NYN)          30
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        29
  L. Christenson (PHI)     28
  S. Mura (SDN)            28
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         28

Home Runs:

  J. Curtis (SDN)           9
  T. Boggs (ATL)            8
  R. Wise (SDN)             8
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         7
  V. Blue (SFN)             6
  R. Jones (NYN)            6
  B. Walk (ATL)             6
  R. Burris (MON)           5
  B. Caudill (CHN)          5
  J. Montefusco (ATL)       5

Walks:

  T. Seaver (CIN)          34
  B. Berenyi (CIN)         32
  M. Krukow (CHN)          30
  V. Blue (SFN)            28
  T. Griffin (SFN)         25
  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      25
  P. Zachry (NYN)          25
  B. Caudill (CHN)         24
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)    24
  M. Soto (CIN)            23

Strikeouts:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      77
  S. Carlton (PHI)         73
  M. Soto (CIN)            55
  N. Ryan (HOU)            48
  T. Seaver (CIN)          43
  B. Gullickson (MON)      41
  T. Griffin (SFN)         39
  D. Sutton (HOU)          37
  V. Blue (SFN)            35
  S. Mura (SDN)            34


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