Saturday August 22, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, August 22, 1981

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         35  34  2.86   69  13  17   626   556  227  199   23  198  401
Los Angeles     43  26  2.87   69  19  16   621   539  211  198   32  188  389
San Francisco   34  37  3.25   71   5  22   645   589  262  233   37  260  353
Pittsburgh      30  31  3.30   62   8  17   570   552  230  209   37  187  293
St. Louis       36  24  3.45   61   7  19   558   505  234  214   24  173  235
Montreal        36  30  3.48   66  12  15   589   561  253  228   41  151  300
San Diego       26  43  3.70   69   5  16   625   633  280  257   46  237  287
New York        24  39  3.74   64   4  15   561   562  281  233   50  217  321
Atlanta         33  34  3.74   68   6  18   616   608  278  256   44  210  288
Cincinnati      41  26  3.78   67  17  11   600   542  276  252   42  239  373
Philadelphia    38  28  4.02   66  14  15   585   599  281  261   45  193  336
Chicago         20  44  4.09   66   3   9   604   620  304  274   32  263  341

 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)      7   3  1.86  14  14   7   0   2  102   91   23   21    2   15   33
Vida Blue (SFN)        6   5  2.12  14  14   1   0   0  102   76   30   24    7   48   51
Jim Bibby (PIT)        5   3  2.44  13  13   2   0   2   89   75   28   24    2   25   44
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
F. Valenzuela (LAN)   10   4  2.81  17  17   8   0   5  128   93   41   40   10   43  127
Chris Welsh (SDN)      5   4  2.83  14  12   3   0   1   86   74   28   27    6   31   34

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Al Hrabosky            0   0  0.38  15   0   0   1   0   24   18    2    1    0    6   10
Rick Camp              6   1  1.37  32   0   0  12   0   53   46    9    8    3    9   32
Rick Mahler            3   3  3.08  25   5   0   2   0   53   56   21   18    0   23   26
Gaylord Perry          6   4  3.28  15  15   3   0   0  102  111   41   37    6   11   33
Phil Niekro            5   4  3.48  14  14   2   0   2   88   77   38   34    4   37   46
John Montefusco        2   3  3.78  21   9   0   1   0   69   65   29   29    8   22   30
Larry Bradford         2   0  4.18  23   0   0   1   0   24   24   11   11    1    8   11
Gene Garber            2   2  4.28  17   0   0   1   0   27   24   13   13    2    8   14
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   2  7.36   4   1   0   0   0    7    7    8    6    1    6    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   1  1.64   3   3   1   0   0   22   17    4    4    2    4    8
Mike Griffin           0   1  2.51   6   1   0   1   0   14   14    4    4    0    4    7
Rawly Eastwick         0   1  2.53  21   0   0   0   0   32   34   11    9    1   14   20
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
Jay Howell             1   0  3.68   3   1   0   0   0    7    8    4    3    0    2    4
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   6  4.17  32   0   0   6   0   50   41   26   23    4   16   29
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  5.40  21  10   0   0   0   62   71   40   37    5   29   37
Ken Kravec             0   3  5.98  18   6   0   0   0   47   51   33   31    2   31   27

 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  2.98  32   0   0   8   0   42   36   15   14    5   21   16
Mario Soto             8   6  3.16  16  16   7   0   2  114   91   43   40    7   39  102
Paul Moskau            2   1  3.83  17   0   0   2   0   40   33   18   17    3   20   22
Frank Pastore          3   5  3.87  14  14   2   0   1   86   82   45   37    7   16   55
Bruce Berenyi          5   3  4.03  13  12   2   0   2   76   62   37   34    2   49   46
Doug Bair              1   1  6.03  20   0   0   0   0   31   35   24   21    4   14   15
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   7  3.04  16  16   4   0   1  113  111   46   38    5   29   54
Don Sutton             5   7  3.19  15  15   2   0   1  102   92   38   36    2   24   68
Dave Smith             1   3  3.83  27   0   0   5   0   49   43   23   21    2   17   33
Vern Ruhle             1   3  3.99  11   8   0   1   0   50   53   23   22    4   14   23
Frank Lacorte          3   2  4.03  26   0   0   3   0   29   24   13   13    1   18   32
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
Billy Smith            0   0  6.75   4   0   0   1   0    7    7    5    5    3    1    1

 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  15   0   0   2   0   23   16    1    1    0    8   17
Tom Niedenfuer         1   0  1.80   3   0   0   0   0    5    4    1    1    0    1    4
Jerry Reuss            7   3  1.86  14  14   7   0   2  102   91   23   21    2   15   33
Steve Howe             4   2  1.97  24   0   0   7   0   32   26    8    7    1   14   18
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   10   4  2.81  17  17   8   0   5  128   93   41   40   10   43  127
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          4   2  1.88  22   0   0   4   0   24   26   11    5    1    7   15
Jeff Reardon           0   0  2.00   7   0   0   1   0    9    5    2    2    1    3    7
Scott Sanderson        6   4  2.47  13  13   3   0   0   87   76   29   24    6   14   48
Bill Lee               2   2  2.54  22   2   0   6   0   50   45   17   14    4    8   21
Bill Gullickson        3   6  2.97  13  13   1   0   0  100   90   35   33    1   23   69
Ray Burris             5   5  3.15  13  13   3   0   0   80   68   34   28    8   22   29
Steve Rogers           8   5  4.16  15  15   3   0   1  110  115   52   51    6   27   51
Charlie Lea            4   4  4.25  12   9   2   0   2   55   51   26   26    3   24   28
Elias Sosa             1   1  4.56  19   0   0   3   0   24   25   12   12    3    5   12
Stan Bahnsen           2   0  5.73  17   1   0   1   0   33   37   21   21    6   11   16
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
Terry Leach            0   0  2.25   3   1   0   0   0    8    6    3    2    1    2    5
Neil Allen             4   3  2.70  27   0   0  11   0   43   33   15   13    3   16   34
Pete Falcone           2   3  2.88  26   2   0   1   0   50   46   20   16    2   23   39
Craig Swan             0   2  2.89   4   2   0   0   0    9    6    4    3    0    1    6
Dyar Miller            1   0  2.97  20   0   0   0   0   33   41   17   11    2   13   20
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   8  3.67  16  16   3   0   0   98  104   50   40    8   42   53
Randy Jones            1   7  3.97  11  11   0   0   0   57   56   41   25    7   36   14
Ray Searage            1   0  4.00   7   0   0   0   0    9    9    4    4    1    7    8
Mike Scott             3   6  4.57  14  14   1   0   0   89   90   47   45    9   21   41
Greg Harris            2   3  4.75   8   7   0   1   0   36   30   21   19    4   17   27
Dan Boitano            1   0  4.76   4   0   0   0   0    6    7    3    3    0    3    3
Mike Marshall          0   0  8.10   4   0   0   0   0    3    6    3    3    0    1    1
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  2.97  21   0   0   5   0   36   28   13   12    3   10   22
Mike Proly             2   0  3.21  24   0   0   2   0   34   34   13   12    4   10   11
Tug McGraw             1   4  3.33  23   0   0   8   0   27   26   10   10    2   12   16
Marty Bystrom          4   3  3.35   9   9   1   0   0   54   55   21   20    3   16   24
Larry Christenson      3   6  4.05  14  14   0   0   0   87   89   44   39    7   25   59
Dick Ruthven           9   5  4.56  15  15   4   0   0  103  107   59   52    6   34   53
Sparky Lyle            6   2  4.67  27   0   0   0   0   44   51   23   23    3   21   21
Nino Espinosa          2   5  5.78  13  13   2   0   0   72   91   48   46   10   22   22
Dickie Noles           0   0  8.31   4   0   0   0   0    9   12    8    8    2    4    4

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Bibby              5   3  2.44  13  13   2   0   2   89   75   28   24    2   25   44
Ernie Camacho          0   0  2.57   3   2   0   0   0   14   10    5    4    0    8    5
Grant Jackson          1   2  2.70  32   0   0   4   0   27   22    9    8    1    8   10
Victor Cruz            1   1  2.81  13   0   0   1   0   26   25    8    8    6   10   19
Eddie Solomon          5   4  2.89  15  10   2   1   0   81   81   28   26    7   12   33
Odell Jones            1   0  2.89   3   1   0   0   0    9    9    3    3    0    6    8
Kent Tekulve           4   4  2.89  25   0   0   2   0   37   36   12   12    0   14   18
Rick Rhoden            7   1  3.29  14  14   2   0   1   93   92   36   34    4   36   53
John Candelaria        2   2  3.54   6   6   0   0   0   41   42   17   16    3   11   14
Pascual Perez          2   4  3.88  11   7   2   0   0   53   51   23   23    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  0.52  26   0   0   1   0   35   24    3    2    0   19   12
Gary Lucas             3   6  2.28  37   0   0  11   0   59   56   19   15    1   22   35
Danny Boone            0   0  2.45  22   0   0   1   0   40   37   13   11    1   10   31
Chris Welsh            5   4  2.83  14  12   3   0   1   86   74   28   27    6   31   34
Juan Eichelberger      6   4  3.35  16  16   1   0   1   94   90   35   35    5   41   54
Rick Wise              2   5  3.59  12  12   0   0   0   68   82   29   27    9   12   15
Steve Mura             4  10  4.08  16  16   1   0   0  104  116   52   47    7   30   47
John Littlefield       1   3  4.97  26   0   0   2   0   42   42   24   23    5   16   14
John Curtis            2   4  5.60  20   8   0   0   0   55   60   37   34    9   26   25
Tim Lollar             1   6  7.13  17   5   0   1   0   42   47   36   33    3   28   20
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          3   2  2.11  29   1   0   0   0   47   37   15   11    1   26   21
Vida Blue              6   5  2.12  14  14   1   0   0  102   76   30   24    7   48   51
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  3.23  37   0   0  14   0   53   50   20   19    0   26   18
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  4.17  15  15   2   0   0   91   79   46   42    6   40   59
Bob Tufts              0   0  7.71   4   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
Mark Littell           0   0  2.75  12   0   0   2   0   20   13    6    6    1   11   10
Bob Forsch             7   3  3.01  12  12   0   0   0   72   56   25   24    5   18   21
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   1  5.93   3   2   0   0   0   14   13    9    9    2    5    3
Bob Sykes              1   0  6.00  11   1   0   0   0   21   23   15   14    1   11    7
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:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      10
  S. Carlton (PHI)          9
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          9
  B. Hooton (LAN)           8
  S. Rogers (MON)           8
  T. Seaver (CIN)           8
  M. Soto (CIN)             8
  B. Forsch (SLN)           7
  J. Niekro (HOU)           7
  J. Reuss (LAN)            7

Losses:

  T. Boggs (ATL)           10
  S. Mura (SDN)            10
  P. Zachry (NYN)           8
  R. Jones (NYN)            7
  J. Niekro (HOU)           7
  R. Reuschel (NYA)         7
  D. Sutton (HOU)           7
  L. Christenson (PHI)      6
  T. Griffin (SFN)          6
  B. Gullickson (MON)       6

Complete Games:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)       8
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  J. Reuss (LAN)            7
  M. Soto (CIN)             7
  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:

  G. Minton (SFN)          14
  B. Sutter (SLN)          14
  R. Camp (ATL)            12
  N. Allen (NYN)           11
  G. Lucas (SDN)           11
  T. Hume (CIN)             8
  T. McGraw (PHI)           8
  E. Romo (PIT)             8
  S. Howe (LAN)             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
  J. Reuss (LAN)            2
  N. Ryan (HOU)             2
  M. Soto (CIN)             2

Innings Pitched:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)   128.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)      120.0
  M. Soto (CIN)         114.0
  J. Niekro (HOU)       112.2
  S. Rogers (MON)       110.1
  S. Mura (SDN)         103.2
  D. Ruthven (PHI)      102.2
  V. Blue (SFN)         101.2
  G. Perry (ATL)        101.2
  J. Reuss (LAN)        101.2

Hits:

  S. Mura (SDN)           116
  S. Rogers (MON)         115
  J. Niekro (HOU)         111
  G. Perry (ATL)          111
  D. Ruthven (PHI)        107
  S. Carlton (PHI)        106
  P. Zachry (NYN)         104
  D. Alexander (SFN)       95
  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      93
  R. Rhoden (PIT)          92

Runs:

  D. Ruthven (PHI)         59
  S. Mura (SDN)            52
  S. Rogers (MON)          52
  P. Zachry (NYN)          50
  N. Espinosa (PHI)        48
  M. Scott (NYN)           47
  T. Boggs (ATL)           46
  T. Griffin (SFN)         46
  J. Niekro (HOU)          46
  F. Pastore (CIN)         45

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
  R. Burris (MON)           8
  J. Montefusco (ATL)       8
  P. Zachry (NYN)           8
  D. Alexander (SFN)        7

Walks:

  B. Berenyi (CIN)         49
  V. Blue (SFN)            48
  T. Seaver (CIN)          46
  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      43
  P. Zachry (NYN)          42
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)    41
  T. Griffin (SFN)         40
  M. Krukow (CHN)          40
  S. Carlton (PHI)         39
  M. Soto (CIN)            39

Strikeouts:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)     127
  S. Carlton (PHI)        104
  M. Soto (CIN)           102
  N. Ryan (HOU)            87
  B. Gullickson (MON)      69
  D. Sutton (HOU)          68
  L. Christenson (PHI)     59
  T. Griffin (SFN)         59
  T. Seaver (CIN)          58
  B. Welch (LAN)           57

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