Tuesday May 26, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, May 26, 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         22  22  2.66   44   9   9   406   360  133  120    9  129  262
San Francisco   23  22  2.95   45   4  13   412   363  154  135   25  164  236
Pittsburgh      17  18  3.08   36   4  10   330   326  130  113   19  109  171
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  14  3.65   37   5  11   335   302  151  136   13  112  155
Montreal        23  18  3.68   41   6  10   369   367  171  151   25   91  187
New York        12  26  3.79   39   2   6   339   347  181  143   34  128  213
San Diego       17  27  3.85   44   3  11   395   399  186  169   36  163  202
Philadelphia    25  17  3.85   42  12   6   374   375  171  160   28  118  222
Chicago          9  29  4.17   40   1   3   360   367  190  167   17  173  210

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Nolan Ryan (HOU)       4   2  0.98   8   8   1   0   1   55   40   10    6    0   24   54
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  2.21  13   0   0   0   0   20   20    6    5    0    5   15
Doug Capilla           0   0  2.82  19   0   0   0   0   22   21    8    7    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  4.24  23   0   0   3   0   34   25   18   16    3   12   24
Mike Krukow            1   6  6.29   9   9   0   0   0   44   57   35   31    4   31   30
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             4   2  0.98   8   8   1   0   1   55   40   10    6    0   24   54
Bob Knepper            4   0  1.17   8   8   3   0   3   61   48    9    8    0   11   26
Joe Sambito            1   3  1.69  22   0   0   5   0   32   23   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  1.93  15   0   0   3   0   14   19    7    3    1    3    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  2.63  11   0   0   3   0   14   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           5   3  5.02  10  10   1   0   0   72   83   41   40    3   19   32
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  1.82  13   0   0   0   0   25   28   11    5    2    8   16
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
Neil Allen             3   2  2.77  14   0   0   4   0   26   21    9    8    2   11   20
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  4.86   8   8   0   0   0   37   41   36   20    6   24   11
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
Ron Reed               1   0  2.57  12   0   0   2   0   21   14    6    6    3    5   12
Steve Carlton          7   0  3.04  10  10   6   0   0   83   80   29   28    4   24   77
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
Tug McGraw             1   4  4.50  15   0   0   4   0   18   21    9    9    2   10    9
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

 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
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
Ernie Camacho          0   0  2.57   3   2   0   0   0   14   10    5    4    0    8    5
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  4.97  19   0   0   6   0   25   34   20   14    3   11   13
Kent Tekulve           1   3  5.51  13   0   0   0   0   16   20   10   10    0   12   11

 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  2.56  23   0   0   7   0   39   38   15   11    1   14   23
Juan Eichelberger      4   3  3.15  10  10   1   0   1   60   57   21   21    4   25   38
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
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  2.08   2   0   0   0   0    4    1    1    1    0    3    4
Jim Kaat               2   1  2.11  18   0   0   3   0   21   18    7    5    0    6    4
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  4.22   7   7   0   0   0   43   46   25   20    0   18   17
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
  S. Rogers (MON)           5
  T. Seaver (CIN)           5
  B. Berenyi (CIN)          4

Losses:

  T. Boggs (ATL)            7
  S. Mura (SDN)             7
  M. Krukow (CHN)           6
  R. Jones (NYN)            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
  E. Romo (PIT)             6
  B. Castillo (LAN)         5
  T. Hume (CIN)             5
  J. Sambito (HOU)          5
  N. Allen (NYN)            4
  R. Camp (ATL)             4
  S. Howe (LAN)             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
  S. Carlton (PHI)       83.0
  J. Niekro (HOU)        79.2
  S. Rogers (MON)        71.2
  T. Seaver (CIN)        69.1
  B. Hooton (LAN)        69.0
  M. Soto (CIN)          65.1
  D. Ruthven (PHI)       63.2
  L. Sorensen (SLN)      63.1
  S. Mura (SDN)          62.2

Hits:

  S. Rogers (MON)          83
  S. Carlton (PHI)         80
  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)          41
  R. Jones (NYN)           36
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         36
  T. Boggs (ATL)           35
  M. Krukow (CHN)          35
  S. Mura (SDN)            34
  J. Curtis (SDN)          31
  P. Zachry (NYN)          30
  S. Carlton (PHI)         29
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        29

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)          31
  V. Blue (SFN)            28
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)    25
  T. Griffin (SFN)         25
  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      25
  P. Zachry (NYN)          25
  S. Carlton (PHI)         24
  B. Caudill (CHN)         24

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         77
  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      77
  M. Soto (CIN)            55
  N. Ryan (HOU)            54
  B. Gullickson (MON)      45
  T. Seaver (CIN)          43
  T. Griffin (SFN)         39
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)    38
  D. Sutton (HOU)          37
  V. Blue (SFN)            35

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