Thursday August 13, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, August 13, 1981

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         30  31  2.88   61  13  14   556   502  204  178   18  178  362
Los Angeles     38  23  2.94   61  17  13   551   485  191  180   29  171  333
Pittsburgh      26  26  3.30   53   8  13   481   466  194  176   36  154  252
Montreal        33  26  3.36   59  12  13   527   500  221  197   35  134  261
San Francisco   28  34  3.37   62   4  18   563   524  237  211   33  225  319
St. Louis       33  21  3.53   55   7  18   500   450  215  196   21  159  215
San Diego       24  36  3.65   60   5  14   542   551  242  220   43  204  260
Atlanta         29  29  3.77   59   6  14   535   529  243  224   36  188  249
New York        20  35  3.82   56   4  11   492   501  253  209   45  188  289
Cincinnati      36  23  3.91   59  16   9   527   475  249  229   38  216  329
Philadelphia    35  24  3.97   59  14  13   526   540  252  232   43  170  298
Chicago         16  40  4.28   58   2   7   524   549  278  249   27  242  296

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Nolan Ryan (HOU)       5   3  1.37  11  11   2   0   2   79   55   16   12    0   35   76
Bob Knepper (HOU)      5   2  1.49  12  12   5   0   4   90   71   17   15    1   20   41
Jerry Reuss (LAN)      6   2  1.77  12  12   6   0   1   87   79   18   17    2   14   28
Scott Sanderson (MON)  6   2  2.14  11  11   3   0   0   76   62   22   18    5   13   42
Vida Blue (SFN)        5   5  2.46  12  12   1   0   0   84   67   28   23    7   40   45
Jim Bibby (PIT)        4   3  2.59  11  11   2   0   2   76   65   25   22    2   21   36
Tom Seaver (CIN)       7   2  2.59  13  13   5   0   1   90   67   29   26    5   42   53
F. Valenzuela (LAN)    9   4  2.60  15  15   8   0   5  114   81   34   33    7   39  106
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  0.47  12   0   0   0   0   19   14    2    1    0    5    8
Rick Camp              6   1  1.27  28   0   0   9   0   43   34    7    6    2    9   26
Gene Garber            2   1  3.20  12   0   0   1   0   20   18    7    7    1    5   11
Rick Mahler            3   2  3.21  24   4   0   2   0   48   50   19   17    0   22   21
Gaylord Perry          6   4  3.39  13  13   3   0   0   88   97   37   33    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  3.81  18   7   0   1   0   57   51   24   24    6   21   22
Larry Bradford         2   0  4.50  22   0   0   1   0   22   23   11   11    1    7   10
Tommy Boggs            2  10  4.52  15  14   1   0   0   84   83   44   42    9   30   43
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  1.50   3   0   0   1   0    6    5    1    1    0    1    3
Doug Bird              1   0  1.80   1   1   0   0   0    5    5    1    1    1    1    1
Doug Capilla           0   0  2.51  29   0   0   0   0   32   29   10    9    0   19   18
Rawly Eastwick         0   1  2.53  21   0   0   0   0   32   34   11    9    1   14   20
Rick Reuschel          4   7  3.47  13  13   1   0   0   86   87   40   33    4   23   53
Lee Smith              1   4  4.08  21   0   0   0   0   35   32   19   16    1   15   26
Dick Tidrow            2   5  4.24  31   0   0   6   0   47   39   25   22    4   15   28
Randy Martz            3   5  4.31  16  11   1   0   0   65   71   32   31    4   30   23
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  5.40  17  10   0   0   0   58   64   38   35    5   28   35
Ken Kravec             0   3  6.56  16   4   0   0   0   36   40   28   26    1   29   16

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Scott Brown            1   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    2    0    0    0    0    0
Tom Seaver             7   2  2.59  13  13   5   0   1   90   67   29   26    5   42   53
Joe Price              4   0  2.97  24   0   0   1   0   33   27   11   11    3    9   30
Tom Hume               4   2  3.53  27   0   0   6   0   36   33   15   14    5   19   15
Mario Soto             6   6  3.56  14  14   6   0   1   99   81   42   39    7   37   88
Frank Pastore          3   3  3.58  12  12   2   0   1   73   69   36   29    4   13   46
Paul Moskau            2   1  3.89  16   0   0   2   0   39   33   18   17    3   20   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  6.31  17   0   0   0   0   26   32   21   18    3   12   14
Geoff Combe            1   0  7.62   9   0   0   0   0   13   20   11   11    1    5    8

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Nolan Ryan             5   3  1.37  11  11   2   0   2   79   55   16   12    0   35   76
Bob Knepper            5   2  1.49  12  12   5   0   4   90   71   17   15    1   20   41
Joe Sambito            3   3  1.53  27   0   0   6   0   35   24   10    6    1   14   22
Joe Niekro             6   6  2.92  14  14   4   0   1  102  102   41   33    3   27   53
Vern Ruhle             1   1  3.29   9   7   0   1   0   41   43   16   15    4    8   21
Don Sutton             4   7  3.49  13  13   2   0   1   88   81   35   34    2   19   57
Billy Smith            0   0  3.86   3   0   0   1   0    5    3    2    2    1    1    1
Frank Lacorte          3   2  4.39  24   0   0   3   0   27   23   13   13    1   17   29
Dave Smith             1   3  4.46  24   0   0   3   0   42   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  5.32  12   1   0   0   0   24   32   15   14    1    9   13

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Alejandro Pena         0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    0    1
Dave Stewart           4   1  0.43  13   0   0   0   0   21   14    1    1    0    8   14
Jerry Reuss            6   2  1.77  12  12   6   0   1   87   79   18   17    2   14   28
Steve Howe             4   2  2.03  23   0   0   7   0   31   25    8    7    1   14   17
Fernando Valenzuela    9   4  2.60  15  15   8   0   5  114   81   34   33    7   39  106
Dave Goltz             1   0  2.65  15   1   0   1   0   37   29   11   11    3    8   29
Burt Hooton            7   4  2.80  14  14   2   0   1   84   87   31   26    3   20   42
Bob Welch              4   3  3.51  13  13   1   0   1   85   77   33   33    4   25   51
Rick Sutcliffe         2   2  4.30  12   6   0   0   0   44   40   24   21    5   20   16
Bobby Castillo         1   4  5.79  24   0   0   5   0   33   28   21   21    3   17   20
Terry Forster          0   1  6.00  11   0   0   0   0   15   25   10   10    1    6    9

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jeff Reardon           0   0  0.00   4   0   0   0   0    5    3    0    0    0    1    3
Scott Sanderson        6   2  2.14  11  11   3   0   0   76   62   22   18    5   13   42
Woodie Fryman          3   2  2.29  19   0   0   3   0   20   25   11    5    1    5    9
Bill Lee               2   2  2.30  20   2   0   6   0   47   41   15   12    4    7   20
Ray Burris             4   5  3.00  11  11   3   0   0   69   57   29   23    7   20   26
Bill Gullickson        3   6  3.16  12  12   1   0   0   91   83   34   32    1   21   62
Charlie Lea            4   3  3.91  11   8   2   0   2   53   47   23   23    3   20   27
Elias Sosa             1   1  4.08  16   0   0   3   0   18   18    8    8    3    4   10
Steve Rogers           8   4  4.27  14  14   3   0   1  103  109   50   49    6   27   45
Stan Bahnsen           1   0  4.76  14   1   0   1   0   28   32   15   15    3    9   13
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  2.79  22   1   0   1   0   42   38   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  3.00  19   0   0   0   0   33   41   17   11    2   12   19
Neil Allen             4   3  3.16  23   0   0   7   0   37   30   15   13    3   14   29
Jeff Reardon           1   0  3.45  18   0   0   2   0   29   27   11   11    2   12   28
Ed Lynch               1   3  3.78   8   5   0   0   0   33   42   16   14    4    8   13
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
Pat Zachry             5   7  4.13  14  14   3   0   0   85   95   47   39    7   35   48
Greg Harris            2   2  4.36   7   6   0   1   0   33   26   17   16    3   15   27
Ray Searage            1   0  6.00   4   0   0   0   0    6    7    4    4    1    4    6
Dave Roberts           0   3  9.39   7   4   0   0   0   15   26   18   16    5    5   10
Terry Leach            0   0 18.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    3    2    2    1    1    1

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ron Reed               2   0  2.91  18   0   0   5   0   34   26   12   11    3   10   19
Steve Carlton          9   2  2.95  14  14   7   0   0  113  100   40   37    5   35   99
Marty Bystrom          4   3  3.35   9   9   1   0   0   54   55   21   20    3   16   24
Mike Proly             2   0  3.52  23   0   0   1   0   31   34   13   12    4    9   10
Tug McGraw             1   4  3.70  20   0   0   7   0   24   24   10   10    2   11   13
Larry Christenson      2   6  3.86  12  12   0   0   0   75   76   37   32    6   22   46
Dick Ruthven           8   4  4.22  13  13   4   0   0   92   94   50   43    5   30   48
Sparky Lyle            5   1  4.54  23   0   0   0   0   38   43   19   19    3   18   20
Nino Espinosa          2   4  5.71  11  11   2   0   0   63   79   42   40   10   17   19
Dickie Noles           0   0 24.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    9    8    8    2    2    0

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Grant Jackson          1   2  1.83  24   0   0   1   0   20   16    5    4    1    5    9
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
Victor Cruz            1   1  2.81  13   0   0   1   0   26   25    8    8    6   10   19
Eddie Solomon          5   4  3.00  13   8   2   1   0   66   67   24   22    7    9   28
Pascual Perez          2   3  3.11   8   6   2   0   0   46   45   16   16    4   11   20
Rick Rhoden            6   1  3.32  12  12   2   0   1   79   78   31   29    4   32   47
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
Enrique Romo           0   3  3.93  26   0   0   8   0   37   40   22   16    4   14   19
Kent Tekulve           3   3  4.07  19   0   0   1   0   24   22   11   11    0   12   14
Luis Tiant             0   1  5.40   1   1   0   0   0    7    6    5    4    0    1    2
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  1.91  18   0   0   1   0   33   29    9    7    1   10   27
Gary Lucas             3   5  2.25  31   0   0  10   0   52   49   17   13    1   16   28
Chris Welsh            4   4  2.75  13  11   3   0   1   79   68   25   24    5   27   31
Juan Eichelberger      6   3  2.75  14  14   1   0   1   88   80   27   27    4   38   52
Rick Wise              2   5  3.55  10  10   0   0   0   58   70   25   23    9   10   13
Steve Mura             4   8  4.18  14  14   1   0   0   90  103   47   42    6   28   46
John Littlefield       1   2  5.94  23   0   0   2   0   33   38   23   22    5   12   12
John Curtis            1   4  6.15  14   8   0   0   0   45   53   34   31    9   24   22
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
Fred Breining          2   2  2.27  25   1   0   0   0   40   32   13   10    1   21   18
Vida Blue              5   5  2.46  12  12   1   0   0   84   67   28   23    7   40   45
Doyle Alexander        5   4  2.61  13  13   0   0   0   83   80   26   24    5   29   44
Al Holland             3   3  3.04  25   0   0   4   0   47   46   19   16    1   21   29
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  3.61  31   0   0  10   0   47   47   20   19    0   26   16
Tom Griffin            5   5  4.22  13  13   2   0   0   79   69   41   37    6   30   51
Ed Whitson             2   5  4.38  11  11   0   0   0   62   64   31   30    6   25   38
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
Andy Rincon            3   1  1.77   5   5   1   0   1   36   27    8    7    0    5   13
Jim Kaat               3   2  1.95  23   0   0   3   0   28   26    9    6    0    7    6
John Martin            4   1  2.03   7   5   2   0   0   44   28   10   10    3   11   15
Bruce Sutter           2   3  2.82  24   0   0  13   0   45   31   14   14    2   15   32
Bob Forsch             7   2  2.92  11  11   0   0   0   65   47   22   21    4   17   19
Lary Sorensen          5   5  3.36  13  13   3   0   1   86   82   35   32    2   14   41
Mark Littell           0   0  3.45   8   0   0   2   0   16    9    6    6    1   10    8
Jim Otten              1   0  3.72  20   0   0   0   0   29   31   14   12    2   14   18
Silvio Martinez        2   4  4.10  11  11   0   0   0   68   69   36   31    0   27   24
Bob Shirley            4   3  4.58  12   9   1   0   0   53   57   30   27    5   23   25
Bob Sykes              1   0  7.41   9   1   0   0   0   17   19   15   14    1   11    5
Joe Edelen             1   0  8.76  11   0   0   0   0   12   20   12   12    0    3    7
Joaquin Andujar        0   0 13.50   1   0   0   0   0    3    4    4    4    1    2    2

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League Leaders

Wins:

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

Losses:

  T. Boggs (ATL)           10
  S. Mura (SDN)             8
  R. Jones (NYN)            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)          13
  G. Lucas (SDN)           10
  G. Minton (SFN)          10
  R. Camp (ATL)             9
  E. Romo (PIT)             8
  N. Allen (NYN)            7
  S. Howe (LAN)             7
  T. McGraw (PHI)           7
  T. Hume (CIN)             6
  B. Lee (MON)              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)   114.1
  S. Carlton (PHI)      113.0
  S. Rogers (MON)       103.1
  J. Niekro (HOU)       101.2
  M. Soto (CIN)          98.2
  D. Ruthven (PHI)       91.2
  B. Gullickson (MON)    91.0
  B. Knepper (HOU)       90.1
  S. Mura (SDN)          90.1
  T. Seaver (CIN)        90.1

Hits:

  S. Rogers (MON)         109
  S. Mura (SDN)           103
  J. Niekro (HOU)         102
  S. Carlton (PHI)        100
  G. Perry (ATL)           97
  P. Zachry (NYN)          95
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         94
  B. Hooton (LAN)          87
  R. Reuschel (NYA)        87
  T. Boggs (ATL)           83

Runs:

  S. Rogers (MON)          50
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         50
  S. Mura (SDN)            47
  P. Zachry (NYN)          47
  T. Boggs (ATL)           44
  N. Espinosa (PHI)        42
  M. Soto (CIN)            42
  T. Griffin (SFN)         41
  R. Jones (NYN)           41
  M. Krukow (CHN)          41

Home Runs:

  N. Espinosa (PHI)        10
  T. Boggs (ATL)            9
  J. Curtis (SDN)           9
  R. Wise (SDN)             9
  V. Blue (SFN)             7
  R. Burris (MON)           7
  R. Jones (NYN)            7
  E. Solomon (PIT)          7
  M. Soto (CIN)             7
  F. Valenzuela (LAN)       7

Walks:

  T. Seaver (CIN)          42
  B. Berenyi (CIN)         41
  V. Blue (SFN)            40
  M. Krukow (CHN)          39
  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      39
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)    38
  M. Soto (CIN)            37
  R. Jones (NYN)           36
  S. Carlton (PHI)         35
  N. Ryan (HOU)            35

Strikeouts:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)     106
  S. Carlton (PHI)         99
  M. Soto (CIN)            88
  N. Ryan (HOU)            76
  B. Gullickson (MON)      62
  D. Sutton (HOU)          57
  J. Niekro (HOU)          53
  R. Reuschel (NYA)        53
  T. Seaver (CIN)          53
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)    52

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