Saturday May 30, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, May 30, 1981

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         24  23  2.53   47  10  10   437   382  144  123   10  137  282
Los Angeles     32  15  2.58   47  14  11   428   373  133  123   18  132  253
Pittsburgh      20  19  3.06   40   7  10   365   359  141  124   21  119  189
San Francisco   24  25  3.07   49   4  14   451   406  174  154   25  185  254
Cincinnati      27  19  3.55   46  10   8   414   363  181  163   28  173  253
Montreal        25  19  3.57   44   6  12   396   387  177  157   26  104  201
Atlanta         22  22  3.64   45   6   8   411   400  182  166   31  150  198
San Diego       18  29  3.78   47   4  11   421   426  195  177   38  166  212
New York        14  27  3.81   42   4   6   366   378  193  155   34  134  223
St. Louis       23  16  3.83   40   5  12   360   330  169  153   15  120  169
Philadelphia    26  19  3.92   45  13   6   400   405  187  174   31  124  233
Chicago         10  32  4.26   44   2   3   395   408  211  187   18  194  229

 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
Joe Niekro (HOU)       6   3  2.05  11  11   4   0   1   88   78   26   20    2   20   40
Burt Hooton (LAN)      7   1  2.19  11  11   2   0   1   74   74   22   18    1   16   40
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  1.13   7   0   0   0   0    8    5    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
Phil Niekro            3   3  2.80   9   9   2   0   2   64   55   24   20    2   25   36
Larry Bradford         2   0  3.26  19   0   0   1   0   19   20    7    7    0    5   10
Gaylord Perry          4   3  3.44  10  10   3   0   0   68   76   29   26    5    8   30
Gene Garber            1   1  3.65   9   0   0   0   0   12   12    5    5    1    5    8
John Montefusco        1   2  3.78  13   7   0   0   0   48   44   20   20    5   19   18
Preston Hanna          2   1  4.55  14   1   0   0   0   28   30   16   14    2   19   16
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
Rick Matula            0   0  6.00   1   0   0   0   0    3    3    2    2    0    1    0
Luis Gomez             0   0 27.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    3    3    3    0    2    0

 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  4.50  24   0   0   3   0   36   30   20   18    3   13   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            2   6  5.61  10  10   0   0   0   51   62   36   32    4   35   31
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          2   2  3.47   9   9   1   0   1   57   55   27   22    3   10   33
Tom Hume               2   2  3.90  23   0   0   5   0   30   29   14   13    5   16   10
Paul Moskau            2   1  3.90  11   0   0   2   0   28   22   13   12    3   13   16
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  1.65  24   0   0   5   0   33   23   10    6    1   12   22
Frank Lacorte          2   1  1.77  18   0   0   2   0   20   12    4    4    0   14   23
Joe Niekro             6   3  2.05  11  11   4   0   1   88   78   26   20    2   20   40
Vern Ruhle             0   1  2.76   6   5   0   1   0   29   29    9    9    2    6   15
Don Sutton             3   6  3.65  10  10   1   0   1   67   60   27   27    1   17   44
Joaquin Andujar        2   3  4.94   9   3   0   0   0   24   29   17   13    2   12   18
Bobby Sprowl           0   1  5.09   9   1   0   0   0   18   22   11   10    1    6   10
Dave Smith             1   3  5.45  19   0   0   2   0   33   35   21   20    1   14   25

 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   1  2.19  11  11   2   0   1   74   74   22   18    1   16   40
Rick Sutcliffe         2   2  3.09   8   6   0   0   0   35   28   15   12    3   13   12
Dave Goltz             0   0  3.42  12   1   0   1   0   26   23   10   10    3    7   22
Bob Welch              3   3  3.96  10  10   0   0   0   64   60   28   28    3   23   38
Bobby Castillo         1   4  5.76  17   0   0   5   0   25   20   16   16    3   12   15
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
Jeff Reardon           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    0    0    0    0    1
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   5  3.52   9   9   0   0   0   69   63   28   27    1   17   48
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
Tom Hausman            0   1  2.40  18   0   0   0   0   30   27    8    8    2    7   13
Pete Falcone           1   2  2.59  15   1   0   0   0   31   28   13    9    1   16   31
Dyar Miller            0   0  2.60  14   0   0   0   0   28   34   14    8    2   10   16
Neil Allen             3   2  2.77  14   0   0   4   0   26   21    9    8    2   11   20
Jeff Reardon           1   0  3.45  18   0   0   2   0   29   27   11   11    2   12   28
Ed Lynch               1   2  3.71   6   4   0   0   0   27   36   13   11    3    4    9
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
Greg Harris            1   1  4.80   3   3   0   0   0   15   15    8    8    1    7   11
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
Dick Ruthven           7   2  4.09  10  10   4   0   0   73   70   38   33    4   22   37
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
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
Rick Rhoden            6   0  2.53   9   9   2   0   1   64   57   20   18    3   23   39
Ernie Camacho          0   0  2.57   3   2   0   0   0   14   10    5    4    0    8    5
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             2   7  3.89  11  11   1   0   0   72   79   35   31    3   24   38
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   1  2.30  18   1   0   0   0   27   22    9    7    1   14   16
Allen Ripley           4   3  3.18  10  10   1   0   0   65   66   26   23    4   19   33
Tom Griffin            3   3  3.57   9   9   2   0   0   58   45   27   23    4   25   39
Greg Minton            2   2  3.60  25   0   0   9   0   40   39   17   16    0   20   15
Al Holland             3   2  3.82  18   0   0   2   0   31   35   15   13    0   16   14
Gary Lavelle           0   3  3.86  16   0   0   3   0   30   26   16   13    1   10   22
Ed Whitson             1   5  3.97  10  10   0   0   0   57   58   26   25    5   24   36
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
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
Lary Sorensen          4   4  3.80  10  10   2   0   1   66   62   30   28    2   12   36
Bob Forsch             5   2  3.80   8   8   0   0   0   45   36   19   19    4   11   14
Jim Otten              1   0  4.13  18   0   0   0   0   24   27   13   11    2   12   15
Silvio Martinez        1   3  4.22   7   7   0   0   0   43   46   25   20    0   18   17
Joe Edelen             1   0  8.76  11   0   0   0   0   12   20   12   12    0    3    7
Bob Sykes              0   0 14.54   6   1   0   0   0    9   14   15   14    1    7    4

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League Leaders

Wins:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)       8
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  B. Hooton (LAN)           7
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          7
  J. Niekro (HOU)           6
  R. Rhoden (PIT)           6
  D. Alexander (SFN)        5
  V. Blue (SFN)             5
  R. Camp (ATL)             5
  B. Forsch (SLN)           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
  B. Gullickson (MON)       5
  R. Jones (NYN)            5
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           5
  G. Lucas (SDN)            5

Complete Games:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)       7
  S. Carlton (PHI)          6
  J. Reuss (LAN)            5
  B. Knepper (HOU)          4
  J. Niekro (HOU)           4
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          4
  M. Soto (CIN)             4
  G. Perry (ATL)            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
  J. Niekro (HOU)        88.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)       83.0
  M. Soto (CIN)          74.1
  B. Hooton (LAN)        74.0
  D. Ruthven (PHI)       72.2
  S. Mura (SDN)          71.2
  S. Rogers (MON)        71.2
  B. Knepper (HOU)       70.1
  V. Blue (SFN)          69.1

Hits:

  S. Rogers (MON)          83
  S. Carlton (PHI)         80
  S. Mura (SDN)            79
  J. Niekro (HOU)          78
  G. Perry (ATL)           76
  B. Hooton (LAN)          74
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         70
  J. Reuss (LAN)           66
  A. Ripley (SFN)          66
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        65

Runs:

  S. Rogers (MON)          41
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         38
  T. Boggs (ATL)           37
  R. Jones (NYN)           36
  M. Krukow (CHN)          36
  S. Mura (SDN)            35
  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
  M. Krukow (CHN)          35
  T. Seaver (CIN)          34
  V. Blue (SFN)            32
  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)      48
  D. Sutton (HOU)          44
  T. Seaver (CIN)          43
  B. Hooton (LAN)          40
  J. Niekro (HOU)          40
  T. Griffin (SFN)         39

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