Monday May 25, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Monday, May 25, 1981

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     31  12  2.33   43  14  10   394   333  110  102   15  123  229
Houston         21  22  2.72   43   9   8   397   355  133  120    9  125  256
San Francisco   23  22  2.95   45   4  13   412   363  154  135   25  164  236
Pittsburgh      16  18  3.09   35   4   9   321   318  126  110   19  106  166
Atlanta         19  21  3.57   41   6   7   376   357  164  149   30  137  182
Cincinnati      24  18  3.59   42   9   8   379   336  169  151   26  160  231
St. Louis       22  13  3.63   36   5  11   327   293  147  132   13  110  152
Montreal        22  18  3.70   40   6   9   360   359  168  148   25   88  183
New York        12  25  3.73   38   2   6   330   333  174  137   34  121  206
Philadelphia    24  17  3.83   41  12   5   365   367  166  155   26  116  216
San Diego       17  26  3.91   43   3  11   387   393  185  168   36  162  195
Chicago          9  28  4.12   39   1   3   351   356  184  161   17  171  201

 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)      7   0  1.96  10  10   2   0   1   69   66   17   15    1   14   34
Joe Niekro (HOU)       6   3  2.26  10  10   4   0   1   80   71   21   20    2   19   35
Scott Sanderson (MON)  4   2  2.41   8   8   2   0   0   56   52   19   15    4    9   30

 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
Rick Mahler            2   0  1.59  20   0   0   2   0   28   23    6    5    0   16   13
Rick Camp              4   1  1.88  19   0   0   4   0   29   26    7    6    2    4   19
Larry Bradford         2   0  1.96  18   0   0   1   0   18   14    4    4    0    5   10
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  3.58  13   0   0   0   0   28   28   13   11    2   17   16
Gene Garber            1   1  3.65   9   0   0   0   0   12   12    5    5    1    5    8
John Montefusco        1   2  4.12  11   7   0   0   0   44   40   20   20    5   18   14
Tommy Boggs            1   7  5.34  10   9   1   0   0   56   58   35   33    8   20   27
Bob Walk               1   4  5.35   9   8   0   0   0   37   37   25   22    6   22   13

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rawly Eastwick         0   1  2.25  12   0   0   0   0   20   20    6    5    0    5   15
Doug Capilla           0   0  2.42  18   0   0   0   0   22   20    7    6    0   14   12
Lynn McGlothen         0   2  2.91  13   6   0   0   0   43   48   17   14    1   20   21
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
Randy Martz            2   2  4.06  11   6   1   0   0   38   37   18   17    0   20   10
Bill Caudill           1   3  4.21  11   7   0   0   0   47   43   25   22    5   24   33
Dick Tidrow            2   4  4.32  22   0   0   3   0   33   23   18   16    3   11   22
Mike Krukow            1   5  6.44   8   8   0   0   0   36   49   30   26    4   30   23
Ken Kravec             0   3  6.92  12   3   0   0   0   26   32   22   20    0   19   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
Geoff Combe            1   0  3.12   6   0   0   0   0    9   10    3    3    1    4    6
Frank Pastore          1   2  3.81   8   8   1   0   1   50   49   26   21    3    7   31
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
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
Joe Sambito            1   3  1.80  21   0   0   4   0   30   22   10    6    1   11   22
Frank Lacorte          2   1  1.83  17   0   0   2   0   20   12    4    4    0   14   23
Joe Niekro             6   3  2.26  10  10   4   0   1   80   71   21   20    2   19   35
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            7   0  1.96  10  10   2   0   1   69   66   17   15    1   14   34
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  4.70  16   0   0   5   0   23   17   12   12    2   10   14

 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  2.81  14   2   0   3   0   32   32   13   10    3    4   14
Bill Gullickson        2   4  3.54   8   8   0   0   0   61   57   25   24    1   14   45
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            1   0  3.09   2   2   0   0   0   12   10    4    4    1    5   11
Jeff Reardon           1   0  3.45  18   0   0   2   0   29   27   11   11    2   12   28
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
Ron Reed               0   0  2.84  11   0   0   2   0   19   14    6    6    3    5   11
Mike Proly             1   0  3.38  14   0   0   0   0   19   20    8    7    1    6    8
Marty Bystrom          3   3  3.40   8   8   1   0   0   48   47   19   18    3   15   22
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
Dick Ruthven           6   2  4.66   9   9   3   0   0   64   61   36   33    4   22   30
Tug McGraw             1   4  4.76  14   0   0   3   0   17   21    9    9    2   10    8

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
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  18   0   0   1   0   15   13    4    3    1    3    6
Victor Cruz            1   1  1.98   6   0   0   1   0   14   14    3    3    2    7   10
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
Rick Rhoden            5   0  2.62   8   8   1   0   1   55   50   18   16    3   21   34
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  5.18  18   0   0   5   0   24   33   20   14    3   10   12
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  1.99  11   0   0   1   0   23   19    7    5    1    8   22
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   7  4.31  10  10   0   0   0   63   68   34   30    2   24   35
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  7.45  13   2   0   1   0   29   33   26   24    3   19   13

 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  2.64   9   9   1   0   0   61   58   21   18    4   18   31
Tom Griffin            3   3  3.57   9   9   2   0   0   58   45   27   23    4   25   39
Greg Minton            2   2  3.58  23   0   0   9   0   38   35   16   15    0   19   15
Ed Whitson             1   5  4.03   9   9   0   0   0   51   53   24   23    5   20   34
Al Holland             3   2  4.44  16   0   0   1   0   26   32   15   13    0   15   13
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   3  3.41   9   9   2   0   1   63   52   26   24    2   12   30
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  4.79  16   0   0   0   0   21   25   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)           7
  J. Niekro (HOU)           6
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          6
  D. Alexander (SFN)        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)             7
  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
  B. Castillo (LAN)         5
  T. Hume (CIN)             5
  E. Romo (PIT)             5
  N. Allen (NYN)            4
  R. Camp (ATL)             4
  S. Howe (LAN)             4
  J. Sambito (HOU)          4

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
  J. Niekro (HOU)        79.2
  S. Carlton (PHI)       77.0
  T. Seaver (CIN)        69.1
  B. Hooton (LAN)        69.0
  M. Soto (CIN)          65.1
  S. Rogers (MON)        64.2
  D. Ruthven (PHI)       63.2
  L. Sorensen (SLN)      63.1
  S. Mura (SDN)          62.2

Hits:

  S. Rogers (MON)          76
  S. Carlton (PHI)         72
  J. Niekro (HOU)          71
  S. Mura (SDN)            68
  G. Perry (ATL)           67
  B. Hooton (LAN)          66
  J. Reuss (LAN)           61
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         61
  T. Boggs (ATL)           58
  A. Ripley (SFN)          58

Runs:

  S. Rogers (MON)          38
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         36
  T. Boggs (ATL)           35
  S. Mura (SDN)            34
  R. Jones (NYN)           32
  J. Curtis (SDN)          31
  M. Krukow (CHN)          30
  P. Zachry (NYN)          30
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        29
  L. Christenson (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
  S. Mura (SDN)            24

Strikeouts:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      77
  S. Carlton (PHI)         73
  M. Soto (CIN)            55
  N. Ryan (HOU)            48
  B. Gullickson (MON)      45
  T. Seaver (CIN)          43
  T. Griffin (SFN)         39
  D. Sutton (HOU)          37
  V. Blue (SFN)            35
  S. Mura (SDN)            35

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