Monday August 10, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Monday, August 10, 1981

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         29  29  2.75   58  13  13   531   473  188  162   16  169  345
Los Angeles     37  21  2.75   58  17  12   524   453  170  160   25  159  320
Pittsburgh      25  24  3.25   50   8  13   454   439  181  164   33  149  238
Montreal        31  25  3.38   56  12  12   500   479  211  188   33  126  248
San Francisco   27  33  3.38   60   4  17   545   503  230  205   33  223  314
St. Louis       31  20  3.52   52   7  16   473   427  204  185   18  146  208
San Diego       23  34  3.72   57   5  14   513   525  232  212   43  195  247
Cincinnati      35  22  3.80   57  16   8   510   451  235  215   36  208  323
New York        18  34  3.81   53   4  10   465   479  241  197   41  178  272
Philadelphia    34  22  3.83   56  14  13   498   507  231  212   40  156  285
Atlanta         26  29  3.91   56   6  12   506   506  238  220   36  185  239
Chicago         15  38  4.32   55   2   6   496   515  266  238   25  228  284

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Knepper (HOU)      5   1  1.15  11  11   5   0   4   86   66   13   11    1   18   39
Nolan Ryan (HOU)       5   3  1.37  11  11   2   0   2   79   55   16   12    0   35   76
Jerry Reuss (LAN)      6   2  1.77  12  12   6   0   1   87   79   18   17    2   14   28
Tom Seaver (CIN)       7   1  2.06  12  12   5   0   1   87   59   23   20    5   37   52
Scott Sanderson (MON)  6   2  2.14  11  11   3   0   0   76   62   22   18    5   13   42
Vida Blue (SFN)        5   5  2.21  11  11   1   0   0   81   61   25   20    7   40   44
F. Valenzuela (LAN)    9   4  2.45  14  14   8   0   5  110   76   31   30    6   35  103
Jim Bibby (PIT)        4   3  2.59  11  11   2   0   2   76   65   25   22    2   21   36
Doyle Alexander (SFN)  5   4  2.61  13  13   0   0   0   83   80   26   24    5   29   44
J. Eichelberger (SDN)  6   3  2.75  14  14   1   0   1   88   80   27   27    4   38   52

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Al Hrabosky            0   0  0.56  11   0   0   0   0   16   11    2    1    0    5    7
Rick Camp              5   1  1.36  26   0   0   9   0   40   31    7    6    2    8   25
Gene Garber            2   1  3.14  10   0   0   0   0   14   13    5    5    1    5    8
Rick Mahler            3   2  3.38  23   3   0   2   0   43   46   17   16    0   21   19
Gaylord Perry          5   4  3.48  12  12   3   0   0   83   92   36   32    5   10   32
Phil Niekro            4   4  3.51  12  12   2   0   2   77   69   34   30    3   31   42
John Montefusco        1   2  3.88  17   7   0   0   0   56   51   24   24    6   21   21
Larry Bradford         2   0  4.64  21   0   0   1   0   21   23   11   11    1    7   10
Tommy Boggs            1  10  4.87  14  13   1   0   0   78   80   44   42    9   29   41
Bob Walk               1   4  5.35   9   8   0   0   0   37   37   25   22    6   22   13
Preston Hanna          2   1  6.09  18   1   0   0   0   34   42   25   23    2   22   21
Rick Matula            0   0  6.43   5   0   0   0   0    7    8    5    5    1    2    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
Mike Griffin           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0
Doug Capilla           0   0  2.23  27   0   0   0   0   32   28    9    8    0   18   18
Rawly Eastwick         0   1  2.61  20   0   0   0   0   31   33   11    9    1   13   20
Rick Reuschel          4   7  3.47  13  13   1   0   0   86   87   40   33    4   23   53
Lee Smith              1   3  3.90  19   0   0   0   0   32   29   17   14    1   12   25
Dick Tidrow            2   4  4.09  29   0   0   6   0   44   34   22   20    4   14   28
Randy Martz            3   5  4.50  15  10   1   0   0   60   63   31   30    4   28   20
Lynn McGlothen         1   4  4.77  20   6   0   0   0   55   71   32   29    1   28   26
Mike Krukow            3   6  4.95  13  13   0   0   0   67   72   41   37    5   39   47
Bill Caudill           1   5  5.21  16  10   0   0   0   57   61   36   33    5   27   35
Ken Kravec             0   3  7.34  15   3   0   0   0   31   37   27   25    0   26   12

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Seaver             7   1  2.06  12  12   5   0   1   87   59   23   20    5   37   52
Joe Price              4   0  2.59  23   0   0   1   0   31   23    9    9    2    9   29
Mario Soto             6   6  3.15  13  13   6   0   1   94   73   36   33    6   35   86
Frank Pastore          3   3  3.58  12  12   2   0   1   73   69   36   29    4   13   46
Tom Hume               4   2  3.60  26   0   0   5   0   35   33   15   14    5   19   14
Paul Moskau            2   1  4.10  15   0   0   2   0   37   32   18   17    3   19   21
Bruce Berenyi          5   2  4.31  11  10   2   0   2   65   47   31   31    2   41   38
Mike Lacoss            2   6  5.86  10  10   1   0   1   51   64   35   33    5   18   16
Doug Bair              1   1  6.75  16   0   0   0   0   24   31   21   18    3   12   14
Geoff Combe            1   0  8.25   8   0   0   0   0   12   20   11   11    1    5    7

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Knepper            5   1  1.15  11  11   5   0   4   86   66   13   11    1   18   39
Nolan Ryan             5   3  1.37  11  11   2   0   2   79   55   16   12    0   35   76
Joe Sambito            2   3  1.59  26   0   0   6   0   34   23   10    6    1   13   22
Vern Ruhle             1   1  2.80   8   6   0   1   0   35   37   12   11    2    8   17
Joe Niekro             6   5  2.83  13  13   4   0   1   95   92   38   30    3   25   46
Frank Lacorte          3   2  3.28  23   0   0   3   0   25   17    9    9    1   16   27
Don Sutton             4   7  3.49  13  13   2   0   1   88   81   35   34    2   19   57
Dave Smith             1   3  4.57  23   0   0   3   0   41   39   22   21    2   16   31
Joaquin Andujar        2   3  4.94   9   3   0   0   0   24   29   17   13    2   12   18
Bobby Sprowl           0   1  5.40  11   1   0   0   0   22   31   14   13    1    7   12
Billy Smith            0   0  9.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    3    2    2    1    0    0

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Stewart           3   1  0.54  11   0   0   0   0   17    8    1    1    0    8   10
Jerry Reuss            6   2  1.77  12  12   6   0   1   87   79   18   17    2   14   28
Steve Howe             4   2  1.84  22   0   0   6   0   29   22    7    6    1   14   17
Fernando Valenzuela    9   4  2.45  14  14   8   0   5  110   76   31   30    6   35  103
Dave Goltz             1   0  2.65  15   1   0   1   0   37   29   11   11    3    8   29
Burt Hooton            7   3  2.97  13  13   2   0   1   79   85   30   26    3   20   41
Bob Welch              4   3  3.24  12  12   1   0   1   81   72   29   29    3   24   51
Rick Sutcliffe         2   2  3.27  11   6   0   0   0   41   34   18   15    4   16   15
Terry Forster          0   0  4.38  10   0   0   0   0   12   21    6    6    0    6    8
Bobby Castillo         1   4  5.46  22   0   0   5   0   31   27   19   19    3   14   18

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jeff Reardon           0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    2    0    0    0    1    2
Woodie Fryman          3   1  1.47  18   0   0   3   0   18   22    8    3    1    4    8
Scott Sanderson        6   2  2.14  11  11   3   0   0   76   62   22   18    5   13   42
Bill Lee               2   2  2.33  19   2   0   5   0   46   41   15   12    4    6   19
Elias Sosa             1   1  2.65  15   0   0   3   0   17   15    5    5    2    4    9
Ray Burris             3   5  3.09  10  10   3   0   0   64   52   28   22    6   18   24
Bill Gullickson        3   6  3.43  11  11   1   0   0   84   82   34   32    1   21   60
Charlie Lea            4   3  3.91  11   8   2   0   2   53   47   23   23    3   20   27
Steve Rogers           7   4  4.39  13  13   3   0   1   96  104   48   47    6   26   41
Stan Bahnsen           1   0  4.97  13   1   0   1   0   25   29   14   14    3    6   12
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  2.18  20   0   0   0   0   33   28    8    8    2    7   13
Pete Falcone           1   3  2.85  21   1   0   1   0   41   36   17   13    2   21   38
Craig Swan             0   2  2.89   4   2   0   0   0    9    6    4    3    0    1    6
Dyar Miller            1   0  3.19  18   0   0   0   0   31   40   17   11    2   11   17
Jeff Reardon           1   0  3.45  18   0   0   2   0   29   27   11   11    2   12   28
Neil Allen             3   3  3.55  21   0   0   6   0   33   29   15   13    3   14   27
Ed Lynch               1   3  3.95   7   4   0   0   0   27   39   14   12    3    6    9
Randy Jones            1   7  3.97  11  11   0   0   0   57   56   41   25    7   36   14
Mike Scott             3   4  3.97  12  12   1   0   0   77   76   36   34    6   16   34
Greg Harris            2   1  4.03   6   5   0   1   0   29   24   14   13    2   13   24
Pat Zachry             5   7  4.16  13  13   3   0   0   80   88   45   37    7   35   47
Ray Searage            0   0  4.50   2   0   0   0   0    2    4    1    1    0    0    2
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          9   1  2.80  13  13   7   0   0  106   93   36   33    5   32   94
Mike Proly             2   0  3.14  22   0   0   1   0   29   32   11   10    3    9   10
Ron Reed               1   0  3.19  16   0   0   5   0   31   24   11   11    3   10   16
Marty Bystrom          4   3  3.35   9   9   1   0   0   54   55   21   20    3   16   24
Larry Christenson      2   6  3.86  12  12   0   0   0   75   76   37   32    6   22   46
Tug McGraw             1   4  4.03  19   0   0   7   0   22   23   10   10    2   10   11
Dick Ruthven           8   3  4.05  12  12   4   0   0   87   87   46   39    5   25   47
Sparky Lyle            5   1  4.66  22   0   0   0   0   37   43   19   19    3   17   20
Nino Espinosa          2   4  5.90  10  10   2   0   0   58   74   40   38   10   15   17

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Grant Jackson          1   2  1.86  23   0   0   1   0   19   16    5    4    1    5    9
Victor Cruz            1   1  2.22  11   0   0   1   0   24   22    6    6    4   10   18
Ernie Camacho          0   0  2.57   3   2   0   0   0   14   10    5    4    0    8    5
Jim Bibby              4   3  2.59  11  11   2   0   2   76   65   25   22    2   21   36
Eddie Solomon          5   3  2.85  12   7   2   1   0   60   60   21   19    6    9   23
Pascual Perez          2   3  3.25   7   6   2   0   0   44   44   16   16    4   11   20
Rick Rhoden            6   1  3.30  11  11   2   0   1   74   72   29   27    4   30   43
John Candelaria        2   2  3.54   6   6   0   0   0   41   42   17   16    3   11   14
Rod Scurry             2   2  3.86   8   5   0   1   0   35   33   15   15    3   16   34
Kent Tekulve           2   3  4.03  18   0   0   1   0   22   21   10   10    0   12   13
Enrique Romo           0   3  4.36  24   0   0   8   0   33   37   22   16    4   12   18
Don Robinson           0   1  7.59   3   2   0   0   0   11   17   10    9    2    4    5

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Urrea             2   1  0.31  21   0   0   0   0   29   18    2    1    0   15   11
Danny Boone            0   0  2.17  16   0   0   1   0   29   25    9    7    1    9   24
Gary Lucas             3   5  2.44  29   0   0  10   0   48   48   17   13    1   16   26
Juan Eichelberger      6   3  2.75  14  14   1   0   1   88   80   27   27    4   38   52
Chris Welsh            3   4  2.89  12  10   3   0   1   72   62   24   23    5   25   28
Rick Wise              2   5  3.44   9   9   0   0   0   52   60   22   20    9    9   13
Steve Mura             4   7  4.11  13  13   1   0   0   85   99   43   39    6   25   42
John Littlefield       1   2  6.03  22   0   0   2   0   31   37   22   21    5   11   12
John Curtis            1   3  6.29  13   8   0   0   0   44   53   33   31    9   23   21
Tim Lollar             1   4  7.29  14   3   0   1   0   33   38   29   27    3   22   18
Mike Armstrong         0   0 27.00   2   0   0   0   0    1    5    4    3    0    2    0

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Tufts              0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    1    0    0    0    1
Vida Blue              5   5  2.21  11  11   1   0   0   81   61   25   20    7   40   44
Fred Breining          2   2  2.41  24   1   0   0   0   37   28   12   10    1   20   18
Doyle Alexander        5   4  2.61  13  13   0   0   0   83   80   26   24    5   29   44
Al Holland             3   2  3.00  24   0   0   4   0   45   43   18   15    1   21   28
Allen Ripley           4   4  3.41  12  12   1   0   0   74   75   31   28    4   21   38
Gary Lavelle           0   3  3.57  20   0   0   4   0   35   28   17   14    1   10   28
Greg Minton            2   3  3.80  29   0   0   9   0   45   45   20   19    0   25   16
Ed Whitson             2   5  4.38  11  11   0   0   0   62   64   31   30    6   25   38
Tom Griffin            4   5  4.46  12  12   2   0   0   71   63   39   35    6   30   48
Randy Moffitt          0   0  7.94  10   0   0   0   0   11   15   10   10    2    2   11

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Kaat               3   1  1.73  22   0   0   3   0   26   23    8    5    0    6    6
Andy Rincon            3   1  1.77   5   5   1   0   1   36   27    8    7    0    5   13
John Martin            3   1  1.93   6   4   2   0   0   37   24    8    8    1   11   12
Bob Forsch             7   2  2.92  11  11   0   0   0   65   47   22   21    4   17   19
Bruce Sutter           2   3  2.95  22   0   0  12   0   43   30   14   14    2   15   31
Lary Sorensen          5   5  3.46  12  12   3   0   1   81   78   34   31    2   14   41
Jim Otten              1   0  3.72  20   0   0   0   0   29   31   14   12    2   14   18
Silvio Martinez        2   4  3.88  10  10   0   0   0   65   66   33   28    0   23   23
Mark Littell           0   0  4.15   7   0   0   1   0   13    9    6    6    1    8    8
Bob Shirley            4   3  4.58  12   9   1   0   0   53   57   30   27    5   23   25
Joe Edelen             1   0  8.76  11   0   0   0   0   12   20   12   12    0    3    7
Bob Sykes              0   0  9.22   8   1   0   0   0   14   15   15   14    1    7    5

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League Leaders

Wins:

  S. Carlton (PHI)          9
  F. Valenzuela (LAN)       9
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          8
  B. Forsch (SLN)           7
  B. Hooton (LAN)           7
  S. Rogers (MON)           7
  T. Seaver (CIN)           7
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)     6
  J. Niekro (HOU)           6
  J. Reuss (LAN)            6

Losses:

  T. Boggs (ATL)           10
  R. Jones (NYN)            7
  S. Mura (SDN)             7
  R. Reuschel (NYA)         7
  D. Sutton (HOU)           7
  P. Zachry (NYN)           7
  L. Christenson (PHI)      6
  B. Gullickson (MON)       6
  M. Krukow (CHN)           6
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           6

Complete Games:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)       8
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  J. Reuss (LAN)            6
  M. Soto (CIN)             6
  B. Knepper (HOU)          5
  T. Seaver (CIN)           5
  J. Niekro (HOU)           4
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          4
  R. Burris (MON)           3
  G. Perry (ATL)            3

Saves:

  B. Sutter (SLN)          12
  G. Lucas (SDN)           10
  R. Camp (ATL)             9
  G. Minton (SFN)           9
  E. Romo (PIT)             8
  T. McGraw (PHI)           7
  N. Allen (NYN)            6
  S. Howe (LAN)             6
  J. Sambito (HOU)          6
  D. Tidrow (CHN)           6

Shutouts:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)       5
  B. Knepper (HOU)          4
  B. Berenyi (CIN)          2
  J. Bibby (PIT)            2
  C. Lea (MON)              2
  P. Niekro (ATL)           2
  N. Ryan (HOU)             2
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)     1
  B. Hooton (LAN)           1
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           1

Innings Pitched:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)   110.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)      106.0
  S. Rogers (MON)        96.1
  J. Niekro (HOU)        95.1
  M. Soto (CIN)          94.1
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)  88.1
  D. Sutton (HOU)        87.2
  T. Seaver (CIN)        87.1
  J. Reuss (LAN)         86.2
  D. Ruthven (PHI)       86.2

Hits:

  S. Rogers (MON)         104
  S. Mura (SDN)            99
  S. Carlton (PHI)         93
  J. Niekro (HOU)          92
  G. Perry (ATL)           92
  P. Zachry (NYN)          88
  R. Reuschel (NYA)        87
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         87
  B. Hooton (LAN)          85
  B. Gullickson (MON)      82

Runs:

  S. Rogers (MON)          48
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         46
  P. Zachry (NYN)          45
  T. Boggs (ATL)           44
  S. Mura (SDN)            43
  R. Jones (NYN)           41
  M. Krukow (CHN)          41
  N. Espinosa (PHI)        40
  R. Reuschel (NYA)        40
  T. Griffin (SFN)         39

Home Runs:

  N. Espinosa (PHI)        10
  T. Boggs (ATL)            9
  J. Curtis (SDN)           9
  R. Wise (SDN)             9
  V. Blue (SFN)             7
  R. Jones (NYN)            7
  P. Zachry (NYN)           7
  R. Burris (MON)           6
  L. Christenson (PHI)      6
  T. Griffin (SFN)          6

Walks:

  B. Berenyi (CIN)         41
  V. Blue (SFN)            40
  M. Krukow (CHN)          39
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)    38
  T. Seaver (CIN)          37
  R. Jones (NYN)           36
  N. Ryan (HOU)            35
  M. Soto (CIN)            35
  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      35
  P. Zachry (NYN)          35

Strikeouts:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)     103
  S. Carlton (PHI)         94
  M. Soto (CIN)            86
  N. Ryan (HOU)            76
  B. Gullickson (MON)      60
  D. Sutton (HOU)          57
  R. Reuschel (NYA)        53
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)    52
  T. Seaver (CIN)          52
  B. Welch (LAN)           51

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