Thursday August 27, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, August 27, 1981

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         36  37  2.90   73  13  17   659   584  241  212   25  205  424
Los Angeles     47  27  2.99   74  21  17   667   594  235  222   37  194  416
San Francisco   36  40  3.31   76   5  23   693   642  285  255   39  277  384
Montreal        39  31  3.32   70  14  15   624   577  256  230   41  153  315
St. Louis       40  25  3.40   66   7  21   608   552  252  230   25  193  253
Pittsburgh      31  35  3.44   67   8  18   620   615  265  237   41  200  321
Atlanta         36  35  3.65   72   6  19   657   642  291  266   46  224  305
New York        27  41  3.68   69   4  16   606   604  297  248   50  234  342
San Diego       26  48  3.82   74   5  16   672   681  310  285   50  261  314
Cincinnati      42  30  3.87   72  18  11   643   580  306  276   45  255  401
Philadelphia    40  30  4.01   70  14  15   626   644  303  279   49  209  364
Chicago         24  45  4.17   71   3  10   650   668  333  301   36  285  361

 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
Bob Knepper (HOU)      6   3  1.99  14  14   5   0   4  104   88   25   23    3   21   46
Jerry Reuss (LAN)      8   3  2.19  15  15   7   0   2  107  101   28   26    4   15   34
Vida Blue (SFN)        6   5  2.24  15  15   1   0   0  109   84   33   27    7   48   54
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
F. Valenzuela (LAN)   11   4  2.63  18  18   9   0   6  137   97   41   40   10   45  137
Bill Gullickson (MON)  4   6  2.72  14  14   2   0   1  109   94   35   33    1   23   75

 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              7   1  1.40  35   0   0  13   0   58   49   11    9    4   10   36
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  3.31  16  16   3   0   0  109  119   44   40    6   12   37
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
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  2.76  35   0   0   0   0   42   38   14   13    1   27   23
Doug Bird              2   1  3.12   4   4   1   0   0   26   24    9    9    2    5    8
Rick Reuschel          4   7  3.47  13  13   1   0   0   86   87   40   33    4   23   53
Lee Smith              3   5  3.60  26   0   0   0   0   45   39   21   18    2   18   33
Randy Martz            4   6  3.92  21  13   1   2   0   80   82   38   35    4   41   26
Dick Tidrow            2   6  4.38  34   0   0   6   0   51   44   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
Jay Howell             1   0  5.06   5   1   0   0   0   11   12    7    6    0    3    4
Ken Kravec             1   3  5.37  19   7   0   0   0   54   54   34   32    2   31   33
Bill Caudill           1   5  5.51  23  10   0   0   0   64   74   42   39    7   29   38
Willie Hernandez       0   0  6.75   4   0   0   1   0    4    4    3    3    0    3    2

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Seaver             8   2  2.42  15  15   5   0   1  108   75   32   29    5   47   60
Scott Brown            1   0  3.00   4   0   0   0   0    6    8    2    2    0    0    1
Tom Hume               6   3  3.05  34   0   0   8   0   44   39   16   15    5   21   17
Joe Price              4   0  3.32  28   0   0   1   0   41   36   16   15    3   10   34
Mario Soto             8   7  3.49  17  17   7   0   2  119   98   49   46    8   43  105
Bruce Berenyi          6   3  3.60  14  13   3   0   3   85   64   37   34    2   51   58
Frank Pastore          3   6  3.76  15  15   2   0   1   91   87   51   38    8   19   58
Paul Moskau            2   1  4.14  19   0   0   2   0   41   34   20   19    4   22   23
Doug Bair              1   1  5.50  21   0   0   0   0   34   35   24   21    4   14   16
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   5  1.80  33   0   0   7   0   40   30   12    8    2   15   28
Bob Knepper            6   3  1.99  14  14   5   0   4  104   88   25   23    3   21   46
Joe Niekro             7   7  3.00  17  17   4   0   1  120  116   48   40    5   30   58
Don Sutton             6   7  3.29  16  16   2   0   1  107   98   41   39    2   25   72
Dave Smith             1   3  3.68  28   0   0   5   0   51   43   23   21    2   17   35
Vern Ruhle             1   3  3.83  12   8   0   1   0   52   54   23   22    4   14   24
Frank Lacorte          3   2  3.99  27   0   0   3   0   29   24   13   13    1   18   33
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            8   3  2.19  15  15   7   0   2  107  101   28   26    4   15   34
Burt Hooton            9   4  2.30  16  16   4   0   3  102   95   31   26    3   22   51
Steve Howe             4   2  2.36  26   0   0   7   0   34   29   10    9    1   14   21
Fernando Valenzuela   11   4  2.63  18  18   9   0   6  137   97   41   40   10   45  137
Alejandro Pena         1   0  2.70   6   0   0   1   0   13    9    4    4    1    2    8
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
Jeff Reardon           0   0  1.80   8   0   0   1   0   10    5    2    2    1    3    8
Woodie Fryman          4   2  1.88  22   0   0   4   0   24   26   11    5    1    7   15
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        4   6  2.72  14  14   2   0   1  109   94   35   33    1   23   75
Ray Burris             6   5  2.86  14  14   3   0   0   88   69   34   28    8   23   32
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  1.35   6   1   0   0   0   13    7    3    2    1    5    8
Tom Hausman            0   1  2.18  20   0   0   0   0   33   28    8    8    2    7   13
Neil Allen             5   3  2.49  29   0   0  12   0   47   35   15   13    3   18   37
Pete Falcone           2   3  2.84  27   3   0   1   0   57   52   22   18    2   25   42
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  3.41  21   0   0   0   0   34   43   19   13    2   14   20
Jeff Reardon           1   0  3.45  18   0   0   2   0   29   27   11   11    2   12   28
Dan Boitano            1   0  3.52   5   0   0   0   0    8    8    3    3    0    3    3
Pat Zachry             6   9  3.92  17  17   3   0   0  101  108   54   44    8   46   56
Randy Jones            1   7  3.97  11  11   0   0   0   57   56   41   25    7   36   14
Mike Marshall          2   0  4.05   6   0   0   0   0    7    9    3    3    0    2    1
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
Ray Searage            1   0  5.25   9   0   0   0   0   12   15    7    7    1    7    9
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   1  2.93  23   0   0   5   0   40   34   15   13    3   11   24
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  4.43  16  16   4   0   0  110  117   62   54    7   37   58
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
Grant Jackson          1   2  2.67  34   0   0   4   0   30   26   10    9    1    9   15
Eddie Solomon          5   4  2.73  16  11   2   1   0   89   89   32   27    8   13   33
Victor Cruz            1   1  2.81  13   0   0   1   0   26   25    8    8    6   10   19
Kent Tekulve           4   5  2.91  29   0   0   2   0   43   42   15   14    0   14   20
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
Rick Rhoden            7   2  4.10  15  15   2   0   1   99  104   47   45    4   39   54
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   2  8.78   5   2   0   0   0   13   24   15   13    3    6    7

 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  2.23  40   0   0  11   0   65   61   21   16    1   24   35
Danny Boone            0   0  2.33  25   0   0   1   0   46   41   14   12    1   11   34
Chris Welsh            5   5  2.99  16  13   3   0   1   93   84   33   31    6   33   39
Rick Wise              2   5  3.54  13  13   0   0   0   74   89   31   29    9   14   17
Juan Eichelberger      6   4  3.79  18  17   1   0   1   95   93   40   40    5   44   55
John Littlefield       1   3  4.28  30   0   0   2   0   48   45   24   23    5   19   18
Steve Mura             4  10  4.40  17  17   1   0   0  108  122   58   53    9   34   49
John Curtis            2   6  5.64  23   8   0   0   0   61   64   41   38   11   27   29
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
Vida Blue              6   5  2.24  15  15   1   0   0  109   84   33   27    7   48   54
Al Holland             4   4  2.47  33   0   0   5   0   62   57   20   17    1   28   41
Doyle Alexander        6   5  2.81  16  16   0   0   0   99  100   33   31    7   31   52
Fred Breining          3   2  3.06  31   1   0   0   0   47   42   20   16    1   28   21
Greg Minton            3   4  3.24  39   0   0  14   0   58   57   22   21    0   28   21
Bob Tufts              0   0  3.60   5   0   0   0   0    5    6    3    2    1    2    2
Allen Ripley           4   4  3.65  14  13   1   0   0   79   83   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
Gary Lavelle           0   5  4.09  23   1   0   4   0   44   36   23   20    2   15   35
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               6   2  2.04  28   0   0   3   0   35   33   11    8    0    9    6
Bruce Sutter           3   3  2.61  31   0   0  16   0   59   42   17   17    3   18   43
John Martin            4   2  2.67   9   7   2   0   0   57   42   17   17    3   14   18
Bob Forsch             7   3  2.84  13  13   0   0   0   79   61   26   25    5   18   24
Mark Littell           0   0  2.91  15   0   0   2   0   22   15    7    7    1   13   11
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  4.48  18   9   1   0   0   62   65   35   31    6   30   26
Joaquin Andujar        2   1  5.30   4   3   0   0   0   19   22   11   11    2    7    4
Bob Sykes              1   0  6.35  12   1   0   0   0   23   24   17   16    1   14    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)      11
  S. Carlton (PHI)         10
  B. Hooton (LAN)           9
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          9
  J. Reuss (LAN)            8
  S. Rogers (MON)           8
  T. Seaver (CIN)           8
  M. Soto (CIN)             8
  R. Camp (ATL)             7
  B. Forsch (SLN)           7

Losses:

  T. Boggs (ATL)           10
  S. Mura (SDN)            10
  P. Zachry (NYN)           9
  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)       9
  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)          16
  G. Minton (SFN)          14
  R. Camp (ATL)            13
  N. Allen (NYN)           12
  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)       6
  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)   137.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)      127.0
  J. Niekro (HOU)       120.0
  M. Soto (CIN)         118.2
  S. Rogers (MON)       118.1
  D. Ruthven (PHI)      109.2
  B. Gullickson (MON)   109.0
  V. Blue (SFN)         108.2
  G. Perry (ATL)        108.2
  S. Mura (SDN)         108.1

Hits:

  S. Mura (SDN)           122
  G. Perry (ATL)          119
  S. Rogers (MON)         118
  D. Ruthven (PHI)        117
  J. Niekro (HOU)         116
  S. Carlton (PHI)        108
  P. Zachry (NYN)         108
  R. Rhoden (PIT)         104
  J. Reuss (LAN)          101
  D. Alexander (SFN)      100

Runs:

  D. Ruthven (PHI)         62
  S. Mura (SDN)            58
  S. Rogers (MON)          54
  P. Zachry (NYN)          54
  F. Pastore (CIN)         51
  M. Krukow (CHN)          50
  T. Boggs (ATL)           49
  M. Scott (NYN)           49
  M. Soto (CIN)            49
  N. Espinosa (PHI)        48

Home Runs:

  J. Curtis (SDN)          11
  T. Boggs (ATL)           10
  N. Espinosa (PHI)        10
  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      10
  S. Mura (SDN)             9
  M. Scott (NYN)            9
  R. Wise (SDN)             9
  R. Burris (MON)           8
  L. Christenson (PHI)      8
  M. Krukow (CHN)           8

Walks:

  B. Berenyi (CIN)         51
  V. Blue (SFN)            48
  T. Seaver (CIN)          47
  P. Zachry (NYN)          46
  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      45
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)    44
  T. Griffin (SFN)         43
  M. Soto (CIN)            43
  S. Carlton (PHI)         41
  M. Krukow (CHN)          41

Strikeouts:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)     137
  S. Carlton (PHI)        111
  M. Soto (CIN)           105
  N. Ryan (HOU)            94
  B. Gullickson (MON)      75
  D. Sutton (HOU)          72
  T. Griffin (SFN)         62
  L. Christenson (PHI)     61
  T. Seaver (CIN)          60
  M. Krukow (CHN)          59

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