Wednesday August 19, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, August 19, 1981

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         35  32  2.76   67  13  17   610   534  214  187   19  189  392
Los Angeles     41  26  2.92   67  18  15   603   531  209  196   32  184  373
Pittsburgh      28  30  3.28   59   8  15   543   524  219  198   37  176  284
San Francisco   32  37  3.30   69   5  20   627   578  258  230   37  252  345
Montreal        34  29  3.43   63  12  14   561   536  239  214   37  141  281
St. Louis       36  22  3.45   59   7  19   540   485  227  207   22  169  229
San Diego       25  41  3.66   66   5  15   600   602  267  244   45  230  279
New York        23  37  3.76   61   4  14   536   540  269  224   49  203  312
Atlanta         31  32  3.80   64   6  16   578   576  264  244   40  199  279
Cincinnati      40  25  3.81   65  16  11   582   529  269  246   41  234  358
Philadelphia    36  28  4.02   64  14  14   567   584  273  253   45  185  326
Chicago         20  42  4.12   64   3   9   586   604  298  268   30  259  331

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Nolan Ryan (HOU)       7   3  1.29  13  13   2   0   2   91   59   17   13    0   37   87
Bob Knepper (HOU)      6   2  1.55  13  13   5   0   4   99   79   19   17    2   21   45
Jerry Reuss (LAN)      6   3  2.04  13  13   6   0   1   93   87   23   21    2   15   30
Vida Blue (SFN)        5   5  2.31  13  13   1   0   0   94   73   29   24    7   44   49
Tom Seaver (CIN)       8   2  2.46  14  14   5   0   1   99   71   30   27    5   46   58
Scott Sanderson (MON)  6   4  2.47  13  13   3   0   0   87   76   29   24    6   14   48
Burt Hooton (LAN)      8   4  2.53  15  15   3   0   2   93   91   31   26    3   21   47
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
Eddie Solomon (PIT)    5   4  2.80  14   9   2   1   0   74   72   25   23    7   10   32

 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  1.13  30   0   0  10   0   48   39    7    6    2    9   29
Rick Mahler            3   3  3.08  25   5   0   2   0   53   56   21   18    0   23   26
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
Gene Garber            2   1  4.09  15   0   0   1   0   22   22   10   10    1    7   13
John Montefusco        1   3  4.14  20   8   0   1   0   63   61   29   29    8   22   29
Larry Bradford         2   0  4.18  23   0   0   1   0   24   24   11   11    1    8   11
Tommy Boggs            3  10  4.37  16  15   1   0   0   91   87   46   44   10   31   49
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
Doug Bird              2   0  1.29   2   2   1   0   0   14   11    2    2    1    3    6
Rawly Eastwick         0   1  2.53  21   0   0   0   0   32   34   11    9    1   14   20
Mike Griffin           0   1  2.70   5   1   0   1   0   13   14    4    4    0    4    5
Doug Capilla           0   0  3.15  32   0   0   0   0   34   33   13   12    0   21   20
Rick Reuschel          4   7  3.47  13  13   1   0   0   86   87   40   33    4   23   53
Lee Smith              1   5  3.86  24   0   0   0   0   42   37   21   18    2   18   31
Randy Martz            4   5  3.89  19  11   1   2   0   72   74   32   31    4   33   23
Dick Tidrow            2   5  4.24  31   0   0   6   0   47   39   25   22    4   15   28
Jay Howell             1   0  4.26   2   1   0   0   0    6    7    4    3    0    2    4
Mike Krukow            4   6  4.41  15  15   0   0   0   82   82   44   40    7   40   56
Lynn McGlothen         1   4  4.77  20   6   0   0   0   55   71   32   29    1   28   26
Bill Caudill           1   5  5.49  20  10   0   0   0   61   70   40   37    5   28   37
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             8   2  2.46  14  14   5   0   1   99   71   30   27    5   46   58
Joe Price              4   0  2.89  26   0   0   1   0   37   31   12   12    3    9   31
Tom Hume               6   2  3.00  31   0   0   8   0   42   36   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  3.83  17   0   0   2   0   40   33   18   17    3   20   22
Bruce Berenyi          5   3  4.03  13  12   2   0   2   76   62   37   34    2   49   46
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             7   3  1.29  13  13   2   0   2   91   59   17   13    0   37   87
Joe Sambito            3   3  1.43  30   0   0   7   0   38   26   10    6    1   14   25
Bob Knepper            6   2  1.55  13  13   5   0   4   99   79   19   17    2   21   45
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   2  3.78  10   8   0   1   0   48   51   21   20    4   11   22
Dave Smith             1   3  3.83  27   0   0   5   0   49   43   23   21    2   17   33
Billy Smith            0   0  3.86   3   0   0   1   0    5    3    2    2    1    1    1
Frank Lacorte          3   2  4.33  25   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  5.26  13   1   0   0   0   26   33   16   15    1   11   15

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Alejandro Pena         0   0  0.00   3   0   0   1   0    7    3    0    0    0    1    5
Dave Stewart           4   1  0.39  14   0   0   1   0   23   16    1    1    0    8   16
Tom Niedenfuer         1   0  1.80   3   0   0   0   0    5    4    1    1    0    1    4
Steve Howe             4   2  1.97  24   0   0   7   0   32   26    8    7    1   14   18
Jerry Reuss            6   3  2.04  13  13   6   0   1   93   87   23   21    2   15   30
Burt Hooton            8   4  2.53  15  15   3   0   2   93   91   31   26    3   21   47
Dave Goltz             2   1  2.66  17   3   0   1   0   47   37   14   14    3   14   35
Fernando Valenzuela    9   4  2.87  16  16   8   0   5  119   89   39   38   10   39  115
Bob Welch              4   4  3.50  14  14   1   0   1   90   83   36   35    4   28   57
Rick Sutcliffe         2   2  4.30  12   6   0   0   0   44   40   24   21    5   20   16
Bobby Castillo         1   4  5.60  26   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
Woodie Fryman          3   2  2.05  21   0   0   4   0   22   26   11    5    1    7   11
Scott Sanderson        6   4  2.47  13  13   3   0   0   87   76   29   24    6   14   48
Bill Lee               2   2  2.63  21   2   0   6   0   48   43   17   14    4    7   21
Jeff Reardon           0   0  2.84   5   0   0   0   0    6    5    2    2    1    1    4
Ray Burris             5   5  2.96  12  12   3   0   0   76   63   31   25    7   21   29
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
Steve Rogers           8   5  4.16  15  15   3   0   1  110  115   52   51    6   27   51
Stan Bahnsen           1   0  4.60  15   1   0   1   0   29   32   15   15    3   11   13
Elias Sosa             1   1  4.79  18   0   0   3   0   21   23   11   11    3    5   11
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
Mike Marshall          0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    0    2    0    0    0    0    0
Tom Hausman            0   1  2.18  20   0   0   0   0   33   28    8    8    2    7   13
Neil Allen             4   3  2.83  26   0   0  10   0   41   31   15   13    3   15   32
Craig Swan             0   2  2.89   4   2   0   0   0    9    6    4    3    0    1    6
Pete Falcone           2   3  2.93  25   1   0   1   0   46   41   19   15    2   22   38
Dan Boitano            0   0  3.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    4    1    1    0    2    1
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
Ed Lynch               2   3  3.07   9   6   0   0   0   41   47   16   14    4   10   16
Jeff Reardon           1   0  3.45  18   0   0   2   0   29   27   11   11    2   12   28
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
Ray Searage            1   0  4.50   5   0   0   0   0    8    8    4    4    1    5    7
Mike Scott             3   6  4.57  14  14   1   0   0   89   90   47   45    9   21   41
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   3  2.93  15  15   7   0   0  120  106   42   39    5   39  104
Ron Reed               2   0  3.06  20   0   0   5   0   35   28   13   12    3   10   20
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  3.46  22   0   0   7   0   26   25   10   10    2   12   15
Larry Christenson      3   6  4.05  14  14   0   0   0   87   89   44   39    7   25   59
Dick Ruthven           8   5  4.50  14  14   4   0   0   96  101   55   48    6   32   51
Sparky Lyle            5   2  4.83  25   0   0   0   0   41   48   22   22    3   20   20
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
Grant Jackson          1   2  1.46  29   0   0   3   0   25   19    5    4    1    5   10
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
Eddie Solomon          5   4  2.80  14   9   2   1   0   74   72   25   23    7   10   32
Victor Cruz            1   1  2.81  13   0   0   1   0   26   25    8    8    6   10   19
Kent Tekulve           4   3  2.86  23   0   0   1   0   35   32   11   11    0   14   17
Odell Jones            1   0  2.89   3   1   0   0   0    9    9    3    3    0    6    8
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
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
Rod Scurry             2   4  4.38  10   5   0   1   0   39   40   20   19    3   19   39
Luis Tiant             0   2  4.61   2   2   0   0   0   14   12    9    7    0    6    4
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  0.27  24   0   0   1   0   33   21    2    1    0   18   11
Danny Boone            0   0  2.25  20   0   0   1   0   36   34   11    9    1   10   28
Gary Lucas             3   6  2.38  35   0   0  10   0   57   55   19   15    1   21   34
Chris Welsh            5   4  2.83  14  12   3   0   1   86   74   28   27    6   31   34
Rick Wise              2   5  3.32  11  11   0   0   0   65   74   26   24    9   12   15
Juan Eichelberger      6   4  3.35  16  16   1   0   1   94   90   35   35    5   41   54
Steve Mura             4   9  4.05  15  15   1   0   0   98  109   49   44    6   28   46
John Littlefield       1   3  4.97  26   0   0   2   0   42   42   24   23    5   16   14
John Curtis            1   4  5.57  18   8   0   0   0   52   55   35   32    9   25   25
Tim Lollar             1   5  7.61  16   4   0   1   0   37   43   34   31    3   26   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
Fred Breining          2   2  2.17  28   1   0   0   0   46   37   15   11    1   26   21
Vida Blue              5   5  2.31  13  13   1   0   0   94   73   29   24    7   44   49
Al Holland             3   4  2.85  29   0   0   4   0   54   50   20   17    1   24   34
Doyle Alexander        6   5  2.89  15  15   0   0   0   93   95   32   30    7   31   48
Greg Minton            3   3  3.42  35   0   0  12   0   50   48   20   19    0   26   16
Gary Lavelle           0   3  3.55  21   0   0   4   0   38   30   18   15    1   11   30
Ed Whitson             4   5  3.67  13  13   1   0   1   76   72   32   31    6   29   41
Allen Ripley           4   4  3.69  13  13   1   0   0   78   82   36   32    5   21   39
Tom Griffin            5   6  4.13  14  14   2   0   0   85   73   43   39    6   36   55
Bob Tufts              0   0  7.71   3   0   0   0   0    2    3    3    2    1    2    1
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               4   2  2.40  25   0   0   3   0   30   28   11    8    0    7    6
John Martin            4   1  2.50   8   6   2   0   0   50   36   14   14    3   12   17
Bruce Sutter           3   3  2.60  27   0   0  14   0   52   35   15   15    3   17   36
Bob Forsch             7   2  2.92  11  11   0   0   0   65   47   22   21    4   17   19
Mark Littell           0   0  3.06  11   0   0   2   0   18   12    6    6    1   10    9
Lary Sorensen          5   5  3.11  14  14   3   0   1   93   86   36   32    2   14   43
Jim Otten              1   0  3.72  20   0   0   0   0   29   31   14   12    2   14   18
Silvio Martinez        2   5  4.01  12  12   0   0   0   74   75   38   33    0   31   28
Bob Shirley            4   3  4.47  15   9   1   0   0   56   62   31   28    5   25   26
Joaquin Andujar        1   0  5.87   2   1   0   0   0    8    6    5    5    1    3    2
Bob Sykes              1   0  7.00  10   1   0   0   0   18   20   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
  B. Hooton (LAN)           8
  S. Rogers (MON)           8
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          8
  T. Seaver (CIN)           8
  B. Forsch (SLN)           7
  J. Niekro (HOU)           7
  N. Ryan (HOU)             7
  M. Soto (CIN)             7

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
  B. Hooton (LAN)           3

Saves:

  B. Sutter (SLN)          14
  G. Minton (SFN)          12
  N. Allen (NYN)           10
  R. Camp (ATL)            10
  G. Lucas (SDN)           10
  T. Hume (CIN)             8
  E. Romo (PIT)             8
  S. Howe (LAN)             7
  T. McGraw (PHI)           7
  J. Sambito (HOU)          7

Shutouts:

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

Innings Pitched:

  S. Carlton (PHI)      120.0
  F. Valenzuela (LAN)   119.1
  S. Rogers (MON)       110.1
  J. Niekro (HOU)       108.2
  M. Soto (CIN)         105.0
  B. Knepper (HOU)       99.0
  T. Seaver (CIN)        98.2
  S. Mura (SDN)          97.2
  D. Ruthven (PHI)       96.0
  D. Sutton (HOU)        95.2

Hits:

  S. Rogers (MON)         115
  S. Mura (SDN)           109
  S. Carlton (PHI)        106
  G. Perry (ATL)          106
  J. Niekro (HOU)         104
  D. Ruthven (PHI)        101
  P. Zachry (NYN)         101
  D. Alexander (SFN)       95
  B. Hooton (LAN)          91
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)    90

Runs:

  D. Ruthven (PHI)         55
  S. Rogers (MON)          52
  S. Mura (SDN)            49
  P. Zachry (NYN)          48
  M. Scott (NYN)           47
  T. Boggs (ATL)           46
  N. Espinosa (PHI)        45
  L. Christenson (PHI)     44
  M. Krukow (CHN)          44
  T. Griffin (SFN)         43

Home Runs:

  T. Boggs (ATL)           10
  N. Espinosa (PHI)        10
  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      10
  J. Curtis (SDN)           9
  M. Scott (NYN)            9
  R. Wise (SDN)             9
  J. Montefusco (ATL)       8
  P. Zachry (NYN)           8
  D. Alexander (SFN)        7
  V. Blue (SFN)             7

Walks:

  B. Berenyi (CIN)         49
  T. Seaver (CIN)          46
  V. Blue (SFN)            44
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)    41
  M. Krukow (CHN)          40
  S. Carlton (PHI)         39
  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      39
  M. Soto (CIN)            38
  P. Zachry (NYN)          38
  N. Ryan (HOU)            37

Strikeouts:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)     115
  S. Carlton (PHI)        104
  M. Soto (CIN)            94
  N. Ryan (HOU)            87
  D. Sutton (HOU)          63
  B. Gullickson (MON)      62
  L. Christenson (PHI)     59
  T. Seaver (CIN)          58
  B. Welch (LAN)           57
  M. Krukow (CHN)          56

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