Saturday August 15, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, August 15, 1981

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         32  31  2.81   63  13  14   574   510  205  179   18  181  374
Los Angeles     39  24  2.92   63  17  14   569   499  197  185   29  177  345
Pittsburgh      26  27  3.24   54   8  13   495   480  198  178   36  160  265
San Francisco   30  35  3.32   65   5  19   591   547  246  218   35  232  327
Montreal        33  27  3.34   60  12  13   536   508  224  199   36  136  264
St. Louis       34  21  3.48   56   7  19   509   453  216  197   21  161  218
San Diego       24  38  3.68   62   5  14   560   566  252  229   44  213  262
Atlanta         30  30  3.80   61   6  15   552   548  252  233   37  195  261
New York        21  36  3.83   58   4  12   510   514  262  217   47  193  299
Cincinnati      37  25  3.93   62  16   9   555   507  264  242   41  226  339
Philadelphia    36  25  3.96   61  14  14   543   556  259  239   44  175  312
Chicago         17  40  4.21   59   2   7   539   563  281  252   27  247  303

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Nolan Ryan (HOU)       6   3  1.38  12  12   2   0   2   85   57   17   13    0   37   79
Bob Knepper (HOU)      5   2  1.49  12  12   5   0   4   90   71   17   15    1   20   41
Jerry Reuss (LAN)      6   3  2.04  13  13   6   0   1   93   87   23   21    2   15   30
Scott Sanderson (MON)  6   3  2.16  12  12   3   0   0   83   69   25   20    6   14   44
Vida Blue (SFN)        5   5  2.46  12  12   1   0   0   84   67   28   23    7   40   45
Doyle Alexander (SFN)  6   4  2.58  14  14   0   0   0   91   89   28   26    6   31   46
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
Jim Bibby (PIT)        4   3  2.61  12  12   2   0   2   83   71   28   24    2   23   40
Chris Welsh (SDN)      4   4  2.75  13  11   3   0   1   79   68   25   24    5   27   31

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Bedrosian        1   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    2    0    0    0    0    0    2
Al Hrabosky            0   0  0.41  14   0   0   1   0   22   16    2    1    0    5   10
Rick Camp              6   1  1.18  29   0   0   9   0   46   37    7    6    2    9   28
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  3.44  13  13   2   0   2   81   71   35   31    4   33   42
John Montefusco        1   3  4.05  19   8   0   1   0   60   57   27   27    6   22   26
Larry Bradford         2   0  4.18  23   0   0   1   0   24   24   11   11    1    8   11
Tommy Boggs            2  10  4.52  15  14   1   0   0   84   83   44   42    9   30   43
Gene Garber            2   1  4.58  13   0   0   1   0   20   20   10   10    1    7   11
Bob Walk               1   4  5.35   9   8   0   0   0   37   37   25   22    6   22   13
Rick Matula            0   0  6.43   5   0   0   0   0    7    8    5    5    1    2    0
Preston Hanna          2   1  6.55  19   1   0   0   0   34   45   27   25    2   23   22
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  1.04   4   0   0   1   0    9    8    1    1    0    3    3
Doug Bird              1   0  1.80   1   1   0   0   0    5    5    1    1    1    1    1
Rawly Eastwick         0   1  2.53  21   0   0   0   0   32   34   11    9    1   14   20
Doug Capilla           0   0  2.76  30   0   0   0   0   33   31   11   10    0   19   18
Rick Reuschel          4   7  3.47  13  13   1   0   0   86   87   40   33    4   23   53
Lee Smith              1   4  3.86  22   0   0   0   0   37   34   19   16    1   16   28
Randy Martz            4   5  4.16  17  11   1   0   0   67   72   32   31    4   31   23
Dick Tidrow            2   5  4.24  31   0   0   6   0   47   39   25   22    4   15   28
Mike Krukow            3   6  4.60  14  14   0   0   0   74   77   42   38    5   40   52
Lynn McGlothen         1   4  4.77  20   6   0   0   0   55   71   32   29    1   28   26
Bill Caudill           1   5  5.49  18  10   0   0   0   59   65   39   36    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   2   0   0   0   0    3    4    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  2.89  26   0   0   1   0   37   31   12   12    3    9   31
Tom Hume               5   2  3.44  28   0   0   6   0   37   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   4  3.79  13  13   2   0   1   78   74   40   33    6   15   49
Paul Moskau            2   1  3.89  16   0   0   2   0   39   33   18   17    3   20   21
Bruce Berenyi          5   3  4.13  12  11   2   0   2   70   53   34   32    2   47   40
Doug Bair              1   1  5.64  19   0   0   0   0   30   34   22   19    4   12   14
Mike Lacoss            2   6  6.19  11  11   1   0   1   57   76   41   39    5   19   20
Geoff Combe            1   0  7.07  11   0   0   0   0   14   21   11   11    1    6    8

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Nolan Ryan             6   3  1.38  12  12   2   0   2   85   57   17   13    0   37   79
Joe Sambito            3   3  1.45  29   0   0   6   0   37   26   10    6    1   14   25
Bob Knepper            5   2  1.49  12  12   5   0   4   90   71   17   15    1   20   41
Joe Niekro             6   6  2.92  14  14   4   0   1  102  102   41   33    3   27   53
Don Sutton             5   7  3.20  14  14   2   0   1   96   84   35   34    2   20   63
Vern Ruhle             1   1  3.29   9   7   0   1   0   41   43   16   15    4    8   21
Billy Smith            0   0  3.86   3   0   0   1   0    5    3    2    2    1    1    1
Dave Smith             1   3  4.26  25   0   0   3   0   44   40   22   21    2   16   31
Frank Lacorte          3   2  4.39  24   0   0   3   0   27   23   13   13    1   17   29
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
Tom Niedenfuer         0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    0    0    0    1    1
Alejandro Pena         0   0  0.00   2   0   0   1   0    5    1    0    0    0    1    5
Dave Stewart           4   1  0.43  13   0   0   0   0   21   14    1    1    0    8   14
Steve Howe             4   2  2.03  23   0   0   7   0   31   25    8    7    1   14   17
Jerry Reuss            6   3  2.04  13  13   6   0   1   93   87   23   21    2   15   30
Dave Goltz             2   0  2.34  16   2   0   1   0   42   31   11   11    3   11   33
Fernando Valenzuela    9   4  2.60  15  15   8   0   5  114   81   34   33    7   39  106
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  5.71  25   0   0   5   0   35   30   22   22    3   17   21
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   3  2.16  12  12   3   0   0   83   69   25   20    6   14   44
Woodie Fryman          3   2  2.25  20   0   0   3   0   20   25   11    5    1    6   10
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
Elias Sosa             1   1  3.86  17   0   0   3   0   19   19    8    8    3    4   10
Charlie Lea            4   3  3.91  11   8   2   0   2   53   47   23   23    3   20   27
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           2   3  2.74  24   1   0   1   0   46   40   18   14    2   21   38
Craig Swan             0   2  2.89   4   2   0   0   0    9    6    4    3    0    1    6
Neil Allen             4   3  3.00  24   0   0   8   0   39   30   15   13    3   15   31
Terry Leach            0   0  3.00   2   1   0   0   0    6    6    3    2    1    1    5
Dyar Miller            1   0  3.00  19   0   0   0   0   33   41   17   11    2   12   19
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
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
Mike Scott             3   5  4.50  13  13   1   0   0   82   83   43   41    8   19   37
Ray Searage            1   0  4.50   5   0   0   0   0    8    8    4    4    1    5    7
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               2   0  2.88  19   0   0   5   0   34   26   12   11    3   10   20
Steve Carlton          9   2  2.95  14  14   7   0   0  113  100   40   37    5   35   99
Mike Proly             2   0  3.21  24   0   0   2   0   34   34   13   12    4   10   11
Marty Bystrom          4   3  3.35   9   9   1   0   0   54   55   21   20    3   16   24
Tug McGraw             1   4  3.55  21   0   0   7   0   25   25   10   10    2   12   14
Larry Christenson      3   6  4.02  13  13   0   0   0   81   82   41   36    7   23   55
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   5  5.56  12  12   2   0   0   70   88   45   43   10   19   21
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
Odell Jones            0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    1    0    0    0    1    3
Grant Jackson          1   2  1.80  25   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  2.61  12  12   2   0   2   83   71   28   24    2   23   40
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   9   6   2   0   0   46   45   16   16    4   12   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   3  3.55   9   5   0   1   0   38   37   16   15    3   17   39
Kent Tekulve           3   3  3.71  20   0   0   1   0   27   25   11   11    0   13   15
Enrique Romo           0   3  3.93  26   0   0   8   0   37   40   22   16    4   14   19
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  0.28  23   0   0   0   0   33   21    2    1    0   18   11
Danny Boone            0   0  1.91  18   0   0   1   0   33   29    9    7    1   10   27
Gary Lucas             3   5  2.21  32   0   0  10   0   53   49   17   13    1   16   29
Chris Welsh            4   4  2.75  13  11   3   0   1   79   68   25   24    5   27   31
Juan Eichelberger      6   4  3.05  15  15   1   0   1   91   85   31   31    5   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  5.17  24   0   0   2   0   38   38   23   22    5   15   12
John Curtis            1   4  6.00  16   8   0   0   0   48   55   35   32    9   24   23
Tim Lollar             1   5  7.82  15   4   0   1   0   36   43   34   31    3   25   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  2.11  26   1   0   0   0   43   34   14   10    1   23   20
Vida Blue              5   5  2.46  12  12   1   0   0   84   67   28   23    7   40   45
Doyle Alexander        6   4  2.58  14  14   0   0   0   91   89   28   26    6   31   46
Al Holland             3   4  3.08  26   0   0   4   0   50   46   20   17    1   23   31
Greg Minton            2   3  3.51  33   0   0  11   0   49   48   20   19    0   26   16
Gary Lavelle           0   3  3.57  20   0   0   4   0   35   28   17   14    1   10   28
Allen Ripley           4   4  3.69  13  13   1   0   0   78   82   36   32    5   21   39
Ed Whitson             3   5  3.82  12  12   1   0   1   71   68   31   30    6   26   39
Tom Griffin            5   5  4.22  13  13   2   0   0   79   69   41   37    6   30   51
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  2.70  25   0   0  14   0   47   31   14   14    2   15   33
Bob Forsch             7   2  2.92  11  11   0   0   0   65   47   22   21    4   17   19
Mark Littell           0   0  3.18   9   0   0   2   0   17   10    6    6    1   10    9
Lary Sorensen          5   5  3.36  13  13   3   0   1   86   82   35   32    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  4.10  11  11   0   0   0   68   69   36   31    0   27   24
Bob Shirley            4   3  4.53  13   9   1   0   0   54   57   30   27    5   24   26
Joaquin Andujar        1   0  5.87   2   1   0   0   0    8    6    5    5    1    3    2
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

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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
  D. Alexander (SFN)        6
  R. Camp (ATL)             6
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)     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)          14
  G. Minton (SFN)          11
  G. Lucas (SDN)           10
  R. Camp (ATL)             9
  N. Allen (NYN)            8
  E. Romo (PIT)             8
  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. Sutton (HOU)        95.2
  J. Reuss (LAN)         92.2
  D. Ruthven (PHI)       91.2
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)  91.1
  B. Gullickson (MON)    91.0

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
  D. Alexander (SFN)       89
  N. Espinosa (PHI)        88
  B. Hooton (LAN)          87

Runs:

  S. Rogers (MON)          50
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         50
  S. Mura (SDN)            47
  P. Zachry (NYN)          47
  N. Espinosa (PHI)        45
  T. Boggs (ATL)           44
  M. Scott (NYN)           43
  M. Krukow (CHN)          42
  M. Soto (CIN)            42
  L. Christenson (PHI)     41

Home Runs:

  N. Espinosa (PHI)        10
  T. Boggs (ATL)            9
  J. Curtis (SDN)           9
  R. Wise (SDN)             9
  M. Scott (NYN)            8
  V. Blue (SFN)             7
  R. Burris (MON)           7
  L. Christenson (PHI)      7
  R. Jones (NYN)            7
  E. Solomon (PIT)          7

Walks:

  B. Berenyi (CIN)         47
  T. Seaver (CIN)          42
  V. Blue (SFN)            40
  M. Krukow (CHN)          40
  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      39
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)    38
  N. Ryan (HOU)            37
  M. Soto (CIN)            37
  R. Jones (NYN)           36
  S. Carlton (PHI)         35

Strikeouts:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)     106
  S. Carlton (PHI)         99
  M. Soto (CIN)            88
  N. Ryan (HOU)            79
  D. Sutton (HOU)          63
  B. Gullickson (MON)      62
  L. Christenson (PHI)     55
  J. Niekro (HOU)          53
  R. Reuschel (NYA)        53
  T. Seaver (CIN)          53

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