Friday May 29, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, May 29, 1981

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     32  14  2.49   46  14  11   419   362  124  116   17  128  242
Houston         23  23  2.62   46  10   9   423   371  136  123    9  135  274
San Francisco   24  24  3.00   48   4  14   437   385  165  146   25  181  246
Pittsburgh      19  19  3.09   39   6  10   356   352  139  122   21  117  184
Atlanta         22  21  3.46   44   6   8   403   382  171  155   31  145  197
Montreal        25  18  3.58   43   6  12   387   380  174  154   26  101  197
Cincinnati      26  19  3.60   45  10   8   405   356  180  162   28  170  251
New York        14  26  3.65   41   4   6   357   362  183  145   34  129  222
St. Louis       23  15  3.66   39   5  12   352   316  159  143   14  117  161
San Diego       17  29  3.84   46   3  11   412   415  194  176   37  166  209
Philadelphia    25  19  4.01   44  12   6   391   396  185  174   31  124  226
Chicago          9  32  4.29   43   2   3   386   398  208  184   18  189  228

 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
Jerry Reuss (LAN)      4   1  1.62   8   8   5   0   1   67   66   13   12    1   11   17
Vida Blue (SFN)        5   3  1.82   9   9   1   0   0   69   49   17   14    6   32   36
Doyle Alexander (SFN)  5   3  1.84  10  10   0   0   0   68   59   15   14    3   24   36
F. Valenzuela (LAN)    8   2  1.89  11  11   7   0   5   91   60   20   19    3   27   79
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)  5   2  2.34   9   9   2   0   0   62   55   20   16    5   11   33

 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  1.65  22   0   0   5   0   33   28    7    6    2    4   22
Larry Bradford         2   0  1.96  18   0   0   1   0   18   14    4    4    0    5   10
Phil Niekro            3   3  2.80   9   9   2   0   2   64   55   24   20    2   25   36
Gaylord Perry          4   3  3.44  10  10   3   0   0   68   76   29   26    5    8   30
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  2.35  15   0   0   0   0   23   22    8    6    0   10   17
Doug Capilla           0   0  2.52  21   0   0   0   0   25   22    8    7    0   16   15
Lee Smith              1   3  3.16  17   0   0   0   0   31   28   12   11    1   10   23
Lynn McGlothen         0   2  3.43  14   6   0   0   0   45   51   20   17    1   22   21
Rick Reuschel          2   6  3.80  10  10   1   0   0   64   65   32   27    3   19   39
Dick Tidrow            2   4  4.24  23   0   0   3   0   34   25   18   16    3   12   24
Randy Martz            2   3  4.71  12   7   1   0   0   42   45   23   22    1   24   14
Bill Caudill           1   4  4.76  12   8   0   0   0   51   51   30   27    5   25   33
Mike Krukow            1   6  6.29   9   9   0   0   0   44   57   35   31    4   31   30
Ken Kravec             0   3  6.67  13   3   0   0   0   27   32   22   20    0   20   12

 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              4   0  2.20  21   0   0   1   0   29   18    7    7    1    9   28
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  4.13  22   0   0   5   0   28   28   14   13    5   16   10
Mike Lacoss            2   5  4.79   9   9   1   0   1   47   58   27   25    4   15   16
Bruce Berenyi          4   2  4.83   9   8   1   0   1   50   37   27   27    1   36   26
Doug Bair              1   1  6.53  14   0   0   0   0   21   28   18   15    2   10   13

 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  1.67  23   0   0   5   0   32   23   10    6    1   12   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   6  3.65  10  10   1   0   1   67   60   27   27    1   17   44
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  0.74  18   0   0   5   0   24   17    3    2    1   10   14
Jerry Reuss            4   1  1.62   8   8   5   0   1   67   66   13   12    1   11   17
Fernando Valenzuela    8   2  1.89  11  11   7   0   5   91   60   20   19    3   27   79
Burt Hooton            7   0  1.96  10  10   2   0   1   69   66   17   15    1   14   34
Rick Sutcliffe         2   2  3.09   8   6   0   0   0   35   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              3   3  3.96  10  10   0   0   0   64   60   28   28    3   23   38
Bobby Castillo         1   4  4.70  16   0   0   5   0   23   17   12   12    2   10   14
Terry Forster          0   0  5.79   8   0   0   0   0    9   18    6    6    0    5    6

 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        5   2  2.34   9   9   2   0   0   62   55   20   16    5   11   33
Elias Sosa             1   0  2.63  11   0   0   3   0   14   11    4    4    2    3    6
Bill Lee               1   2  2.65  16   2   0   5   0   37   38   14   11    3    5   17
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             2   4  3.99   9   9   1   0   0   59   61   28   26    5   12   29
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
Steve Carlton          7   0  3.04  10  10   6   0   0   83   80   29   28    4   24   77
Mike Proly             1   0  3.32  16   0   0   0   0   22   23    9    8    1    7    9
Marty Bystrom          3   3  3.40   8   8   1   0   0   48   47   19   18    3   15   22
Ron Reed               1   0  3.52  13   0   0   2   0   23   18    9    9    3    7   12
Sparky Lyle            3   1  4.10  16   0   0   0   0   26   26   12   12    0   12   15
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
Dick Ruthven           6   2  4.66   9   9   3   0   0   64   61   36   33    4   22   30
Nino Espinosa          2   4  5.26   8   8   2   0   0   50   60   31   29    9   10   16

 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
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
Jim Bibby              3   3  2.69   9   9   2   0   2   64   57   22   19    0   18   28
Eddie Solomon          3   3  2.80  10   5   1   1   0   45   47   16   14    4    5   15
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  4.61  20   0   0   6   0   27   34   20   14    3   11   16
Don Robinson           0   1  4.91   2   1   0   0   0    7   12    5    4    1    1    3
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  1.85  13   0   0   1   0   24   19    7    5    1    8   23
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   4  3.55   8   8   0   0   0   46   51   20   18    9    9   13
Steve Mura             1   7  4.31  10  10   0   0   0   63   68   34   30    2   24   35
John Littlefield       1   2  5.22  21   0   0   2   0   29   33   18   17    4    9   12
John Curtis            1   2  6.12  11   8   0   0   0   43   50   31   29    9   20   21
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
Vida Blue              5   3  1.82   9   9   1   0   0   69   49   17   14    6   32   36
Doyle Alexander        5   3  1.84  10  10   0   0   0   68   59   15   14    3   24   36
Fred Breining          1   0  2.39  17   1   0   0   0   26   21    8    7    1   14   16
Allen Ripley           4   3  2.64   9   9   1   0   0   61   58   21   18    4   18   31
Gary Lavelle           0   3  3.42  15   0   0   3   0   26   19   13   10    1    9   17
Tom Griffin            3   3  3.57   9   9   2   0   0   58   45   27   23    4   25   39
Greg Minton            2   2  3.79  24   0   0   9   0   38   37   17   16    0   19   15
Ed Whitson             1   5  3.97  10  10   0   0   0   57   58   26   25    5   24   36
Al Holland             3   2  4.28  17   0   0   2   0   27   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  2.16   3   0   0   1   0    8    2    2    2    1    6    6
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
Bruce Sutter           1   3  3.64  16   0   0   8   0   30   23   12   12    1   15   23
Bob Forsch             5   2  3.80   8   8   0   0   0   45   36   19   19    4   11   14
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
  V. Blue (SFN)             5
  R. Camp (ATL)             5
  B. Forsch (SLN)           5
  B. Knepper (HOU)          5

Losses:

  T. Boggs (ATL)            7
  S. Mura (SDN)             7
  M. Krukow (CHN)           6
  R. Reuschel (CHN)         6
  D. Sutton (HOU)           6
  L. Christenson (PHI)      5
  R. Jones (NYN)            5
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           5
  G. Lucas (SDN)            5
  M. Soto (CIN)             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
  R. Camp (ATL)             5
  B. Castillo (LAN)         5
  S. Howe (LAN)             5
  T. Hume (CIN)             5
  B. Lee (MON)              5
  J. Sambito (HOU)          5

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)    90.2
  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
  V. Blue (SFN)          69.1
  T. Seaver (CIN)        69.1
  B. Hooton (LAN)        69.0
  D. Alexander (SFN)     68.1

Hits:

  S. Rogers (MON)          83
  S. Carlton (PHI)         80
  G. Perry (ATL)           76
  J. Niekro (HOU)          71
  S. Mura (SDN)            68
  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
  N. Espinosa (PHI)        31

Home Runs:

  J. Curtis (SDN)           9
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         9
  R. Wise (SDN)             9
  T. Boggs (ATL)            8
  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:

  B. Berenyi (CIN)         36
  T. Seaver (CIN)          34
  V. Blue (SFN)            32
  M. Krukow (CHN)          31
  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      27
  M. Soto (CIN)            26
  B. Caudill (CHN)         25
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)    25
  T. Griffin (SFN)         25
  P. Niekro (ATL)          25

Strikeouts:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      79
  S. Carlton (PHI)         77
  M. Soto (CIN)            62
  N. Ryan (HOU)            54
  B. Gullickson (MON)      45
  D. Sutton (HOU)          44
  T. Seaver (CIN)          43
  T. Griffin (SFN)         39
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        39
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)    38

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