Wednesday May 27, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, May 27, 1981

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     31  13  2.35   44  14  10   402   340  113  105   16  124  231
Houston         23  22  2.60   45  10   9   415   366  133  120    9  130  267
San Francisco   23  23  2.95   46   4  13   420   370  157  138   25  169  243
Pittsburgh      18  18  3.06   37   5  10   339   335  132  115   19  112  177
Atlanta         20  21  3.53   42   6   7   385   364  166  151   30  141  187
Cincinnati      25  18  3.55   43  10   8   388   344  171  153   26  163  238
Montreal        24  18  3.62   42   6  11   378   373  172  152   25   99  192
St. Louis       22  15  3.65   38   5  11   343   310  155  139   13  114  157
New York        13  26  3.72   40   3   6   348   353  182  144   34  128  220
San Diego       17  28  3.80   45   3  11   403   404  187  170   36  165  205
Philadelphia    25  18  3.84   43  12   6   382   381  174  163   29  119  226
Chicago          9  30  4.14   41   2   3   369   376  193  170   17  174  216

 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)      5   0  1.02   9   9   4   0   4   70   54    9    8    0   12   31
F. Valenzuela (LAN)    8   1  1.24  10  10   7   0   5   87   54   13   12    3   25   77
Jerry Reuss (LAN)      4   1  1.62   8   8   5   0   1   67   66   13   12    1   11   17
Doyle Alexander (SFN)  5   3  1.84  10  10   0   0   0   68   59   15   14    3   24   36
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
Charlie Lea (MON)      4   1  2.09   9   6   2   0   2   43   28   10   10    1   18   26
Joe Niekro (HOU)       6   3  2.26  10  10   4   0   1   80   71   21   20    2   19   35

 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              5   1  1.82  20   0   0   4   0   30   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  3.94  12   7   0   0   0   46   41   20   20    5   19   17
Tommy Boggs            1   7  5.11  11  10   1   0   0   62   64   37   35    8   23   29
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   6  3.80  10  10   1   0   0   64   65   32   27    3   19   39
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             4   5  2.91  10  10   4   0   0   74   58   27   24    5   26   62
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            5   0  1.02   9   9   4   0   4   70   54    9    8    0   12   31
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   9   0   0   0   0   13    7    0    0    0    8   10
Steve Howe             4   2  0.79  17   0   0   4   0   23   14    3    2    1   10   14
Fernando Valenzuela    8   1  1.24  10  10   7   0   5   87   54   13   12    3   25   77
Jerry Reuss            4   1  1.62   8   8   5   0   1   67   66   13   12    1   11   17
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            4   1  2.09   9   6   2   0   2   43   28   10   10    1   18   26
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  2.65  15   2   0   4   0   34   34   13   10    3    5   15
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             5   5  3.88  10  10   3   0   0   63   57   31   27    5   25   38
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  3.20  15   0   0   0   0   20   20    8    7    1    6    9
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   5  4.37   9   9   0   0   0   58   60   31   28    5   17   36
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          2   0  1.38   3   3   2   0   0   26   20    4    4    1    6   13
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  1.90  12   0   0   1   0   24   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
Chris Welsh            2   3  3.33  10   8   2   0   1   54   50   21   20    4   24   22
Rick Wise              2   3  3.52   7   7   0   0   0   38   44   17   15    8    9   12
Steve Mura             1   7  4.31  10  10   0   0   0   63   68   34   30    2   24   35
John Littlefield       1   2  4.34  20   0   0   2   0   29   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   3  1.84  10  10   0   0   0   68   59   15   14    3   24   36
Vida Blue              4   3  1.91   8   8   1   0   0   61   45   16   13    6   28   35
Fred Breining          1   0  2.22  16   1   0   0   0   24   18    7    6    1   12   16
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
Jim Kaat               2   1  2.05  19   0   0   3   0   22   19    8    5    0    6    4
Mark Littell           0   0  2.08   2   0   0   0   0    4    1    1    1    0    3    4
John Martin            1   1  2.61   4   2   1   0   0   21   13    6    6    1    7    6
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  4.57  17   0   0   0   0   22   26   13   11    2   12   13
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. Camp (ATL)             5
  B. Knepper (HOU)          5
  R. Rhoden (PIT)           5
  S. Rogers (MON)           5

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)       7
  S. Carlton (PHI)          6
  J. Reuss (LAN)            5
  B. Knepper (HOU)          4
  J. Niekro (HOU)           4
  M. Soto (CIN)             4
  G. Perry (ATL)            3
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          3
  T. Seaver (CIN)           3
  P. Zachry (NYN)           3

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)          4
  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
  M. Soto (CIN)          74.1
  S. Rogers (MON)        71.2
  B. Knepper (HOU)       70.1
  T. Seaver (CIN)        69.1
  B. Hooton (LAN)        69.0
  D. Alexander (SFN)     68.1
  J. Reuss (LAN)         66.2

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)           66
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        65
  T. Boggs (ATL)           64
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         61

Runs:

  S. Rogers (MON)          41
  T. Boggs (ATL)           37
  R. Jones (NYN)           36
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         36
  M. Krukow (CHN)          35
  S. Mura (SDN)            34
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        32
  L. Christenson (PHI)     31
  J. Curtis (SDN)          31
  P. Zachry (NYN)          31

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
  L. Christenson (PHI)      5

Walks:

  T. Seaver (CIN)          34
  B. Berenyi (CIN)         32
  M. Krukow (CHN)          31
  V. Blue (SFN)            28
  M. Soto (CIN)            26
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)    25
  T. Griffin (SFN)         25
  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      25
  P. Zachry (NYN)          25
  D. Alexander (SFN)       24

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         77
  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      77
  M. Soto (CIN)            62
  N. Ryan (HOU)            54
  B. Gullickson (MON)      45
  T. Seaver (CIN)          43
  T. Griffin (SFN)         39
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        39
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)    38
  P. Zachry (NYN)          38

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