Sunday August 16, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, August 16, 1981

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         33  31  2.76   64  13  15   583   512  205  179   18  183  376
Los Angeles     40  24  2.96   64  17  15   578   510  202  190   32  177  357
Pittsburgh      27  28  3.28   56   8  14   514   500  207  187   37  164  273
San Francisco   30  36  3.31   66   5  19   599   552  248  220   35  241  332
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  39  3.67   63   5  14   569   575  255  232   44  214  266
New York        22  36  3.80   59   4  13   519   523  264  219   48  197  304
Atlanta         30  31  3.84   62   6  15   560   560  258  239   37  197  263
Cincinnati      38  25  3.88   63  16  10   564   514  265  243   41  228  346
Philadelphia    36  26  3.99   62  14  14   551   565  264  244   45  177  316
Chicago         18  41  4.17   61   2   8   559   580  289  259   27  252  315

 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
Jim Bibby (PIT)        4   3  2.61  12  12   2   0   2   83   71   28   24    2   23   40
Joe Niekro (HOU)       7   6  2.73  15  15   4   0   1  109  104   41   33    3   28   54
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
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
Phil Niekro            4   4  3.44  13  13   2   0   2   81   71   35   31    4   33   42
Gaylord Perry          6   4  3.46  14  14   3   0   0   94  106   40   36    5   10   33
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
Gene Garber            2   1  4.29  14   0   0   1   0   21   22   10   10    1    7   12
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
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
Steve Bedrosian        1   1 11.57   3   0   0   0   0    2    1    3    3    0    2    2
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  31   0   0   0   0   33   31   11   10    0   20   18
Rick Reuschel          4   7  3.47  13  13   1   0   0   86   87   40   33    4   23   53
Lee Smith              1   5  3.70  23   0   0   0   0   41   36   20   17    1   17   31
Randy Martz            4   5  3.95  18  11   1   1   0   71   73   32   31    4   32   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
Jay Howell             1   0  5.06   1   1   0   0   0    5    6    4    3    0    1    3
Bill Caudill           1   5  5.64  19  10   0   0   0   59   68   40   37    5   28   35
Ken Kravec             0   3  5.91  17   5   0   0   0   43   45   30   28    1   30   22

 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  3.20  29   0   0   7   0   39   34   15   14    5   20   16
Mario Soto             7   6  3.43  15  15   6   0   1  105   87   43   40    7   38   94
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             7   6  2.73  15  15   4   0   1  109  104   41   33    3   28   54
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  4.08  26   0   0   4   0   46   40   22   21    2   17   32
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         1   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    2    0    0    0    1    2
Alejandro Pena         0   0  0.00   2   0   0   1   0    5    1    0    0    0    1    5
Dave Stewart           4   1  0.39  14   0   0   1   0   23   16    1    1    0    8   16
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
Burt Hooton            7   4  2.80  14  14   2   0   1   84   87   31   26    3   20   42
Fernando Valenzuela    9   4  2.87  16  16   8   0   5  119   89   39   38   10   39  115
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  2.93  25   0   0   9   0   40   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
Pat Zachry             6   7  3.96  15  15   3   0   0   91  101   48   40    8   38   52
Randy Jones            1   7  3.97  11  11   0   0   0   57   56   41   25    7   36   14
Greg Harris            2   2  4.36   7   6   0   1   0   33   26   17   16    3   15   27
Dan Boitano            0   0  4.50   1   0   0   0   0    2    3    1    1    0    1    1
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
Sparky Lyle            5   1  4.31  24   0   0   0   0   40   44   19   19    3   18   20
Dick Ruthven           8   5  4.50  14  14   4   0   0   96  101   55   48    6   32   51
Nino Espinosa          2   5  5.56  12  12   2   0   0   70   88   45   43   10   19   21
Dickie Noles           0   0 15.43   3   0   0   0   0    5   10    8    8    2    2    1

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Odell Jones            0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    4    4    0    0    0    3    5
Grant Jackson          1   2  1.71  27   0   0   2   0   21   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
Kent Tekulve           4   3  3.19  21   0   0   1   0   31   30   11   11    0   13   16
Rick Rhoden            6   1  3.40  13  13   2   0   1   85   85   34   32    4   32   50
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
Pascual Perez          2   4  3.78  10   7   2   0   0   52   50   22   22    5   14   22
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  2.30  33   0   0  10   0   55   52   18   14    1   17   33
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   9  4.05  15  15   1   0   0   98  109   49   44    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   2   0   0   0   0    1    1    1    0    0    1    1
Fred Breining          2   2  2.06  27   1   0   0   0   44   35   14   10    1   24   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  3.02  27   0   0   4   0   51   46   20   17    1   24   32
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   6  4.13  14  14   2   0   0   85   73   43   39    6   36   55
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
  J. Niekro (HOU)           7
  T. Seaver (CIN)           7
  M. Soto (CIN)             7
  D. Alexander (SFN)        6

Losses:

  T. Boggs (ATL)           10
  S. Mura (SDN)             9
  R. Jones (NYN)            7
  R. Reuschel (NYA)         7
  D. Sutton (HOU)           7
  P. Zachry (NYN)           7
  L. Christenson (PHI)      6
  T. Griffin (SFN)          6
  B. Gullickson (MON)       6
  M. Krukow (CHN)           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
  N. Allen (NYN)            9
  R. Camp (ATL)             9
  E. Romo (PIT)             8
  S. Howe (LAN)             7
  T. Hume (CIN)             7
  T. McGraw (PHI)           7
  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)   119.1
  S. Carlton (PHI)      113.0
  J. Niekro (HOU)       108.2
  M. Soto (CIN)         105.0
  S. Rogers (MON)       103.1
  S. Mura (SDN)          97.2
  D. Ruthven (PHI)       96.0
  D. Sutton (HOU)        95.2
  G. Perry (ATL)         93.2
  J. Reuss (LAN)         92.2

Hits:

  S. Mura (SDN)           109
  S. Rogers (MON)         109
  G. Perry (ATL)          106
  J. Niekro (HOU)         104
  D. Ruthven (PHI)        101
  P. Zachry (NYN)         101
  S. Carlton (PHI)        100
  D. Alexander (SFN)       89
  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      89
  N. Espinosa (PHI)        88

Runs:

  D. Ruthven (PHI)         55
  S. Rogers (MON)          50
  S. Mura (SDN)            49
  P. Zachry (NYN)          48
  N. Espinosa (PHI)        45
  T. Boggs (ATL)           44
  T. Griffin (SFN)         43
  M. Scott (NYN)           43
  M. Soto (CIN)            43
  M. Krukow (CHN)          42

Home Runs:

  N. Espinosa (PHI)        10
  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      10
  T. Boggs (ATL)            9
  J. Curtis (SDN)           9
  R. Wise (SDN)             9
  M. Scott (NYN)            8
  P. Zachry (NYN)           8
  V. Blue (SFN)             7
  R. Burris (MON)           7
  L. Christenson (PHI)      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
  M. Soto (CIN)            38
  P. Zachry (NYN)          38
  N. Ryan (HOU)            37
  T. Griffin (SFN)         36

Strikeouts:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)     115
  S. Carlton (PHI)         99
  M. Soto (CIN)            94
  N. Ryan (HOU)            79
  D. Sutton (HOU)          63
  B. Gullickson (MON)      62
  L. Christenson (PHI)     55
  T. Griffin (SFN)         55
  J. Niekro (HOU)          54
  R. Reuschel (NYA)        53

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