Tuesday August 25, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, August 25, 1981

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         35  36  2.89   71  13  17   642   570  235  206   25  203  411
Los Angeles     45  27  2.99   72  20  17   649   579  229  216   34  192  402
San Francisco   35  39  3.24   74   5  23   672   616  272  242   38  272  373
Pittsburgh      31  33  3.32   65   8  18   599   585  244  221   39  194  314
Montreal        37  31  3.41   68  13  15   606   572  256  230   41  152  305
St. Louis       38  25  3.44   64   7  20   586   530  246  224   25  183  245
New York        26  40  3.63   67   4  15   588   584  286  237   50  226  334
Atlanta         35  35  3.66   71   6  19   647   633  288  263   46  223  298
San Diego       26  46  3.79   72   5  16   651   660  298  274   46  253  305
Cincinnati      42  28  3.79   70  18  11   627   559  288  264   43  248  393
Philadelphia    40  29  4.03   69  14  15   616   628  298  276   48  205  357
Chicago         23  44  4.13   69   3  10   633   648  320  290   35  277  358

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Nolan Ryan (HOU)       7   3  1.19  14  14   2   0   2   98   62   18   13    0   41   94
Jerry Reuss (LAN)      7   3  1.86  14  14   7   0   2  102   91   23   21    2   15   33
Bob Knepper (HOU)      6   3  1.99  14  14   5   0   4  104   88   25   23    3   21   46
Vida Blue (SFN)        6   5  2.12  14  14   1   0   0  102   76   30   24    7   48   51
Scott Sanderson (MON)  7   4  2.29  14  14   3   0   0   94   81   29   24    6   14   51
Burt Hooton (LAN)      9   4  2.30  16  16   4   0   3  102   95   31   26    3   22   51
Tom Seaver (CIN)       8   2  2.42  15  15   5   0   1  108   75   32   29    5   47   60
Jim Bibby (PIT)        5   3  2.44  13  13   2   0   2   89   75   28   24    2   25   44
Steve Carlton (PHI)   10   3  2.76  16  16   7   0   0  127  108   42   39    5   41  111
Doyle Alexander (SFN)  6   5  2.81  16  16   0   0   0   99  100   33   31    7   31   52

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Al Hrabosky            0   1  1.11  16   0   0   1   0   24   20    4    3    1    6   10
Rick Camp              6   1  1.47  34   0   0  13   0   55   48   11    9    4   10   33
Rick Mahler            4   3  2.82  26   6   0   2   0   61   64   22   19    0   28   28
Phil Niekro            6   4  3.22  15  15   2   0   2   95   81   38   34    4   37   47
Gaylord Perry          6   4  3.28  15  15   3   0   0  102  111   41   37    6   11   33
John Montefusco        2   3  3.78  21   9   0   1   0   69   65   29   29    8   22   30
Gene Garber            2   2  3.86  18   0   0   1   0   30   25   13   13    2    9   15
Larry Bradford         2   0  4.01  24   0   0   1   0   25   25   13   11    1   11   11
Tommy Boggs            3  10  4.30  17  16   1   0   0   98   94   49   47   10   34   54
Bob Walk               1   4  5.35   9   8   0   0   0   37   37   25   22    6   22   13
Preston Hanna          2   1  6.37  20   1   0   0   0   35   45   27   25    2   23   22
Rick Matula            0   0  6.43   5   0   0   0   0    7    8    5    5    1    2    0
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           1   0  2.75  34   0   0   0   0   39   37   13   12    0   24   23
Jay Howell             1   0  3.12   4   1   0   0   0    9    8    4    3    0    2    4
Rick Reuschel          4   7  3.47  13  13   1   0   0   86   87   40   33    4   23   53
Lee Smith              2   5  3.68  25   0   0   0   0   44   38   21   18    2   18   33
Randy Martz            4   5  4.06  20  12   1   2   0   75   78   35   34    4   38   25
Dick Tidrow            2   6  4.41  33   0   0   6   0   51   43   28   25    4   18   29
Lynn McGlothen         1   4  4.77  20   6   0   0   0   55   71   32   29    1   28   26
Mike Krukow            4   6  4.81  16  16   0   0   0   86   91   50   46    8   41   59
Ken Kravec             1   3  5.37  19   7   0   0   0   54   54   34   32    2   31   33
Willie Hernandez       0   0  5.40   3   0   0   1   0    3    3    2    2    0    3    1
Bill Caudill           1   5  5.60  22  10   0   0   0   63   73   42   39    7   29   37

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Scott Brown            1   0  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    4    4    0    0    0    0    0
Tom Seaver             8   2  2.42  15  15   5   0   1  108   75   32   29    5   47   60
Joe Price              4   0  2.68  27   0   0   1   0   40   32   12   12    3   10   34
Tom Hume               6   3  3.12  33   0   0   8   0   43   38   16   15    5   21   17
Mario Soto             8   6  3.16  16  16   7   0   2  114   91   43   40    7   39  102
Bruce Berenyi          6   3  3.60  14  13   3   0   3   85   64   37   34    2   51   58
Frank Pastore          3   5  3.87  14  14   2   0   1   86   82   45   37    7   16   55
Paul Moskau            2   1  4.17  18   0   0   2   0   41   34   20   19    4   22   23
Doug Bair              1   1  6.03  20   0   0   0   0   31   35   24   21    4   14   15
Mike Lacoss            2   7  6.94  12  12   1   0   1   60   83   48   46    5   22   21
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  1.19  14  14   2   0   2   98   62   18   13    0   41   94
Joe Sambito            3   4  1.59  32   0   0   7   0   40   28   11    7    2   15   27
Bob Knepper            6   3  1.99  14  14   5   0   4  104   88   25   23    3   21   46
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
Billy Smith            0   0  5.19   5   0   0   1   0    9    7    5    5    3    1    1
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
Dave Stewart           4   1  1.13  16   0   0   2   0   24   19    3    3    1    8   17
Tom Niedenfuer         1   0  1.50   4   0   0   1   0    6    4    1    1    0    1    4
Jerry Reuss            7   3  1.86  14  14   7   0   2  102   91   23   21    2   15   33
Burt Hooton            9   4  2.30  16  16   4   0   3  102   95   31   26    3   22   51
Steve Howe             4   2  2.43  25   0   0   7   0   33   29   10    9    1   14   18
Alejandro Pena         1   0  2.61   5   0   0   1   0   10    8    3    3    0    2    8
Fernando Valenzuela   10   4  2.81  17  17   8   0   5  128   93   41   40   10   43  127
Dave Goltz             2   1  2.83  18   4   0   1   0   54   47   17   17    3   15   38
Bob Welch              4   5  3.90  15  15   1   0   1   92   90   41   40    5   28   57
Rick Sutcliffe         2   2  4.30  12   6   0   0   0   44   40   24   21    5   20   16
Bobby Castillo         1   4  5.59  27   0   0   5   0   37   33   23   23    3   18   24
Terry Forster          0   1  6.35  12   0   0   0   0   17   30   12   12    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        7   4  2.29  14  14   3   0   0   94   81   29   24    6   14   51
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   6  3.95  16  16   4   0   1  118  118   54   52    6   27   52
Charlie Lea            4   4  4.26  13   9   2   0   2   57   54   27   27    3   25   29
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
Terry Leach            0   0  1.59   5   1   0   0   0   11    7    3    2    1    5    7
Tom Hausman            0   1  2.18  20   0   0   0   0   33   28    8    8    2    7   13
Neil Allen             5   3  2.53  28   0   0  11   0   46   35   15   13    3   18   36
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
Ed Lynch               2   3  2.96  10   7   0   0   0   46   53   18   15    4   10   18
Dyar Miller            1   0  2.97  20   0   0   0   0   33   41   17   11    2   13   20
Ray Searage            1   0  3.27   8   0   0   0   0   11   11    4    4    1    7    9
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
Greg Harris            2   3  4.39   9   8   0   1   0   41   35   22   20    4   19   32
Mike Scott             3   7  4.42  15  15   1   0   0   96   96   49   47    9   23   42
Dan Boitano            1   0  4.76   4   0   0   0   0    6    7    3    3    0    3    3
Mike Marshall          1   0  5.06   5   0   0   0   0    5    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
Tug McGraw             2   4  2.73  25   0   0   8   0   33   27   10   10    2   13   21
Steve Carlton         10   3  2.76  16  16   7   0   0  127  108   42   39    5   41  111
Ron Reed               2   0  2.92  22   0   0   5   0   37   28   13   12    3   10   22
Marty Bystrom          4   3  3.35   9   9   1   0   0   54   55   21   20    3   16   24
Mike Proly             2   0  3.44  25   0   0   2   0   37   39   15   14    5   10   13
Larry Christenson      3   6  3.90  15  15   0   0   0   95   98   47   41    8   27   61
Dick Ruthven           9   5  4.56  15  15   4   0   0  103  107   59   52    6   34   53
Sparky Lyle            6   2  4.73  29   0   0   0   0   46   54   25   24    3   22   21
Nino Espinosa          2   5  5.78  13  13   2   0   0   72   91   48   46   10   22   22
Dickie Noles           0   0  7.82   5   0   0   0   0   13   17   11   11    2    6    8
Mark Davis             0   1 63.00   1   1   0   0   0    1    4    7    7    1    4    1

 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
Odell Jones            1   1  2.60   4   2   0   0   0   17   16    6    5    2    7   13
Victor Cruz            1   1  2.81  13   0   0   1   0   26   25    8    8    6   10   19
Grant Jackson          1   2  2.86  33   0   0   4   0   28   24   10    9    1    9   13
Eddie Solomon          5   4  2.89  15  10   2   1   0   81   81   28   26    7   12   33
Kent Tekulve           4   5  3.12  27   0   0   2   0   40   41   14   14    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
Enrique Romo           0   3  3.86  28   0   0   9   0   37   40   22   16    4   14   20
Rod Scurry             3   4  3.97  11   6   0   1   0   48   48   22   21    3   21   44
Pascual Perez          2   4  4.18  12   8   2   0   0   60   62   29   28    5   17   29
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  0.77  27   0   0   1   0   35   25    4    3    0   20   13
Gary Lucas             3   7  2.37  38   0   0  11   0   61   59   20   16    1   23   35
Danny Boone            0   0  2.44  24   0   0   1   0   44   41   14   12    1   11   32
Chris Welsh            5   5  3.03  15  13   3   0   1   92   83   33   31    6   32   38
Rick Wise              2   5  3.59  12  12   0   0   0   68   82   29   27    9   12   15
Juan Eichelberger      6   4  3.79  18  17   1   0   1   95   93   40   40    5   44   55
Steve Mura             4  10  4.08  16  16   1   0   0  104  116   52   47    7   30   47
John Littlefield       1   3  4.47  29   0   0   2   0   46   43   24   23    5   19   18
John Curtis            2   4  5.34  21   8   0   0   0   59   61   38   35    9   27   27
Tim Lollar             1   7  7.24  18   6   0   1   0   46   52   40   37    3   33   25
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  30   1   0   0   0   47   39   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  2.55  32   0   0   5   0   60   55   20   17    1   26   39
Doyle Alexander        6   5  2.81  16  16   0   0   0   99  100   33   31    7   31   52
Greg Minton            3   4  3.31  38   0   0  14   0   54   53   21   20    0   28   19
Gary Lavelle           0   4  3.63  22   0   0   4   0   40   31   19   16    1   14   32
Allen Ripley           4   4  3.69  13  13   1   0   0   78   82   36   32    5   21   39
Ed Whitson             4   5  3.97  14  14   1   0   1   82   78   37   36    6   31   46
Tom Griffin            6   6  4.00  16  16   2   0   0   97   84   48   43    7   43   62
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               5   2  2.32  26   0   0   3   0   31   29   11    8    0    8    6
Bruce Sutter           3   3  2.57  29   0   0  15   0   56   39   16   16    3   17   40
John Martin            4   2  2.67   9   7   2   0   0   57   42   17   17    3   14   18
Mark Littell           0   0  2.95  14   0   0   2   0   21   15    7    7    1   12   10
Bob Forsch             7   3  3.01  12  12   0   0   0   72   56   25   24    5   18   21
Lary Sorensen          5   5  3.24  15  15   3   0   1   94   91   39   34    2   16   44
Silvio Martinez        2   5  3.67  13  13   0   0   0   81   79   38   33    0   32   32
Jim Otten              1   0  3.72  20   0   0   0   0   29   31   14   12    2   14   18
Bob Shirley            5   3  4.50  17   9   1   0   0   62   65   35   31    6   28   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:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         10
  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      10
  B. Hooton (LAN)           9
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          9
  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
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           7
  T. Lollar (SDN)           7
  G. Lucas (SDN)            7
  J. Niekro (HOU)           7
  R. Reuschel (NYA)         7
  M. Scott (NYN)            7

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
  B. Hooton (LAN)           4
  J. Niekro (HOU)           4
  S. Rogers (MON)           4
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          4

Saves:

  B. Sutter (SLN)          15
  G. Minton (SFN)          14
  R. Camp (ATL)            13
  N. Allen (NYN)           11
  G. Lucas (SDN)           11
  E. Romo (PIT)             9
  T. Hume (CIN)             8
  T. McGraw (PHI)           8
  S. Howe (LAN)             7
  J. Sambito (HOU)          7

Shutouts:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)       5
  B. Knepper (HOU)          4
  B. Berenyi (CIN)          3
  B. Hooton (LAN)           3
  J. Bibby (PIT)            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)      127.0
  S. Rogers (MON)       118.1
  M. Soto (CIN)         114.0
  J. Niekro (HOU)       112.2
  T. Seaver (CIN)       107.2
  B. Knepper (HOU)      104.0
  S. Mura (SDN)         103.2
  D. Ruthven (PHI)      102.2
  V. Blue (SFN)         101.2

Hits:

  S. Rogers (MON)         118
  S. Mura (SDN)           116
  J. Niekro (HOU)         111
  G. Perry (ATL)          111
  S. Carlton (PHI)        108
  D. Ruthven (PHI)        107
  P. Zachry (NYN)         104
  D. Alexander (SFN)      100
  L. Christenson (PHI)     98
  M. Scott (NYN)           96

Runs:

  D. Ruthven (PHI)         59
  S. Rogers (MON)          54
  S. Mura (SDN)            52
  M. Krukow (CHN)          50
  P. Zachry (NYN)          50
  T. Boggs (ATL)           49
  M. Scott (NYN)           49
  N. Espinosa (PHI)        48
  T. Griffin (SFN)         48
  M. Lacoss (CIN)          48

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
  L. Christenson (PHI)      8
  M. Krukow (CHN)           8
  J. Montefusco (ATL)       8

Walks:

  B. Berenyi (CIN)         51
  V. Blue (SFN)            48
  T. Seaver (CIN)          47
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)    44
  T. Griffin (SFN)         43
  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      43
  P. Zachry (NYN)          42
  S. Carlton (PHI)         41
  M. Krukow (CHN)          41
  N. Ryan (HOU)            41

Strikeouts:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)     127
  S. Carlton (PHI)        111
  M. Soto (CIN)           102
  N. Ryan (HOU)            94
  B. Gullickson (MON)      69
  D. Sutton (HOU)          68
  T. Griffin (SFN)         62
  L. Christenson (PHI)     61
  T. Seaver (CIN)          60
  M. Krukow (CHN)          59

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