Wednesday September 2, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, September 2, 1981

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         43  37  2.75   80  15  18   724   632  252  221   27  222  456
Los Angeles     50  30  2.91   80  21  19   727   647  250  235   38  205  453
San Francisco   40  41  3.21   81   7  24   738   682  296  263   39  291  411
Montreal        42  34  3.32   76  15  16   680   633  283  251   42  165  342
St. Louis       43  27  3.40   71   8  24   651   598  273  246   27  213  268
Pittsburgh      32  40  3.48   73   8  19   675   680  296  261   44  239  345
Atlanta         38  39  3.65   78   6  19   712   697  318  289   52  244  333
New York        28  46  3.75   75   4  17   658   664  327  274   53  246  357
Cincinnati      46  32  3.78   78  20  11   696   625  326  292   49  276  433
San Diego       30  50  3.79   80   6  17   727   738  335  306   51  292  343
Philadelphia    42  35  4.00   77  15  16   687   701  330  305   52  227  392
Chicago         26  49  4.07   77   3  12   701   723  353  317   39  303  397

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Nolan Ryan (HOU)       7   3  1.37  15  15   2   0   2  105   70   21   16    1   46   98
Bob Knepper (HOU)      7   3  1.80  16  16   6   0   5  120   96   27   24    3   23   56
Tom Seaver (CIN)      10   2  2.24  17  17   6   0   1  125   86   34   31    6   51   70
Jerry Reuss (LAN)      8   3  2.25  16  16   7   0   2  112  106   31   28    4   16   38
Vida Blue (SFN)        7   5  2.28  16  16   1   0   0  115   88   35   29    7   51   58
Burt Hooton (LAN)      9   5  2.30  17  17   4   0   3  110   99   33   28    3   23   59
Scott Sanderson (MON)  7   4  2.35  15  15   3   0   0  100   85   31   26    6   15   55
Jim Bibby (PIT)        5   3  2.44  13  13   2   0   2   89   75   28   24    2   25   44
Steve Carlton (PHI)   11   3  2.47  18  18   8   0   1  142  113   42   39    5   43  123
F. Valenzuela (LAN)   11   4  2.51  19  19   9   0   6  147  105   42   41   10   46  144

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Al Hrabosky            0   1  1.35  19   0   0   1   0   27   21    5    4    1    6   10
Rick Camp              7   1  1.59  37   0   0  13   0   62   54   13   11    4   12   38
Rick Mahler            4   5  3.05  28   8   0   2   0   74   76   28   25    2   32   32
Phil Niekro            6   4  3.18  16  16   2   0   2  102   82   41   36    4   41   51
Gene Garber            4   3  3.31  22   0   0   1   0   35   30   14   13    2   14   18
Gaylord Perry          6   5  3.66  17  17   3   0   0  113  129   50   46    9   13   41
John Montefusco        2   3  3.73  23   9   0   1   0   72   70   32   30    9   24   32
Larry Bradford         2   0  4.01  24   0   0   1   0   25   25   13   11    1   11   11
Tommy Boggs            3  10  4.20  19  18   1   0   0  109  108   53   51   10   36   59
Steve Bedrosian        1   2  5.06   6   1   0   0   0   11    7    8    6    1    6    5
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
Larry McWilliams       0   0  6.75   1   0   0   0   0    1    2    1    1    0    0    1
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
Dave Geisel            0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    1    1
Mike Griffin           1   1  2.36   8   3   0   1   0   27   27    7    7    0    6   13
Rawly Eastwick         0   1  2.53  21   0   0   0   0   32   34   11    9    1   14   20
Doug Bird              3   1  2.73   5   5   1   0   0   33   30   10   10    2    5   12
Doug Capilla           1   0  2.86  38   0   0   0   0   44   40   15   14    1   30   25
Lee Smith              3   5  3.26  29   0   0   1   0   50   44   22   18    2   20   36
Rick Reuschel          4   7  3.47  13  13   1   0   0   86   87   40   33    4   23   53
Randy Martz            4   6  3.86  22  13   1   2   0   82   83   39   35    4   41   26
Willie Hernandez       0   0  4.26   5   0   0   1   0    6    5    3    3    0    3    4
Mike Krukow            4   8  4.72  18  18   0   0   0   95  103   55   50    9   47   67
Lynn McGlothen         1   4  4.77  20   6   0   0   0   55   71   32   29    1   28   26
Dick Tidrow            2   7  4.82  37   0   0   7   0   56   52   33   30    4   20   33
Ken Kravec             1   4  4.98  20   8   0   0   0   60   58   36   33    3   33   39
Bill Caudill           1   5  5.51  23  10   0   0   0   64   74   42   39    7   29   38
Jay Howell             1   0  5.56   6   1   0   0   0   11   15    8    7    1    3    4

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Charlie Leibrandt      0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    0    1    0    0    0    0    0
Tom Seaver            10   2  2.24  17  17   6   0   1  125   86   34   31    6   51   70
Scott Brown            1   0  2.84   5   0   0   0   0    6    8    2    2    0    1    1
Joe Price              4   1  3.21  30   0   0   1   0   42   37   18   15    3   10   35
Tom Hume               6   3  3.40  36   0   0   8   0   48   44   19   18    6   22   17
Bruce Berenyi          6   4  3.48  15  14   4   0   3   93   70   40   36    2   54   69
Mario Soto             8   7  3.53  18  18   7   0   2  125  104   53   49    9   46  110
Frank Pastore          3   6  3.71  16  16   2   0   1   97   91   53   40    8   22   60
Paul Moskau            2   1  4.17  20   1   0   2   0   45   38   22   21    4   25   25
Doug Bair              2   1  5.55  22   0   0   0   0   36   37   25   22    5   15   16
Mike Lacoss            3   7  6.54  13  12   1   0   1   65   88   49   47    5   24   22
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  1.37  15  15   2   0   2  105   70   21   16    1   46   98
Bob Knepper            7   3  1.80  16  16   6   0   5  120   96   27   24    3   23   56
Joe Sambito            4   5  1.86  35   0   0   7   0   44   34   13    9    2   17   29
Billy Smith            1   0  2.87   6   1   0   1   0   16   12    5    5    3    2    2
Joe Niekro             7   7  2.99  18  18   4   0   1  126  119   50   42    5   32   63
Don Sutton             7   7  3.11  17  17   3   0   1  116  107   42   40    3   26   80
Dave Smith             3   3  3.32  32   0   0   5   0   57   46   23   21    2   18   35
Frank Lacorte          3   2  3.51  29   0   0   4   0   33   25   14   13    1   19   34
Vern Ruhle             2   3  3.57  13   9   0   1   0   58   61   24   23    4   16   26
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
Dave Stewart           4   2  1.16  19   0   0   3   0   31   27    5    4    1    9   20
Tom Niedenfuer         2   0  1.17   6   0   0   1   0    8    5    1    1    0    1    4
Alejandro Pena         1   0  2.25   9   0   0   2   0   20   13    5    5    1    3   10
Jerry Reuss            8   3  2.25  16  16   7   0   2  112  106   31   28    4   16   38
Burt Hooton            9   5  2.30  17  17   4   0   3  110   99   33   28    3   23   59
Fernando Valenzuela   11   4  2.51  19  19   9   0   6  147  105   42   41   10   46  144
Steve Howe             4   2  2.52  28   0   0   7   0   36   31   11   10    1   14   22
Dave Goltz             2   2  2.76  19   5   0   1   0   62   55   19   19    3   19   43
Bob Welch              6   5  3.72  17  17   1   0   1  104  103   44   43    6   30   64
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  6.23  13   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
Tom Gorman             0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    3    1    0    0    0    1    3
Jeff Reardon           1   0  1.10  10   0   0   2   0   16    7    2    2    1    3   11
Woodie Fryman          4   2  2.00  24   0   0   4   0   27   28   12    6    1    8   15
Scott Sanderson        7   4  2.35  15  15   3   0   0  100   85   31   26    6   15   55
Bill Lee               2   4  2.53  24   2   0   6   0   53   50   19   15    4    8   21
Bill Gullickson        4   6  2.84  15  15   2   0   1  114  104   38   36    1   24   78
Ray Burris             6   5  3.11  15  15   3   0   0   93   78   42   32    8   26   33
Steve Rogers           9   6  3.68  17  17   5   0   2  127  124   54   52    6   29   57
Charlie Lea            5   4  4.14  14  10   2   0   2   63   59   30   29    3   25   31
Elias Sosa             1   1  4.44  22   0   0   3   0   26   29   13   13    3    5   12
Stan Bahnsen           2   1  5.68  19   2   0   1   0   38   39   24   24    7   13   20
Steve Ratzer           1   1  6.23  12   0   0   0   0   17   23   14   12    2    7    4
Rick Engle             0   0 18.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    6    4    4    0    1    2

 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  1.96   9   1   0   0   0   18   13    5    4    1    6    8
Tom Hausman            0   1  2.18  20   0   0   0   0   33   28    8    8    2    7   13
Ed Lynch               2   3  2.77  11   8   0   0   0   52   55   19   16    4   11   18
Craig Swan             0   2  2.89   4   2   0   0   0    9    6    4    3    0    1    6
Pete Falcone           2   3  2.90  28   4   0   1   0   62   58   24   20    2   25   42
Neil Allen             5   4  3.12  31   0   0  13   0   49   41   19   17    3   20   37
Dyar Miller            1   0  3.29  23   0   0   0   0   38   49   20   14    2   15   22
Mike Marshall          2   1  3.38   8   0   0   0   0   11   12    5    4    0    2    2
Jeff Reardon           1   0  3.45  18   0   0   2   0   29   27   11   11    2   12   28
Pat Zachry             6  10  3.79  18  18   3   0   0  107  113   58   45    8   47   59
Randy Jones            1   7  3.97  11  11   0   0   0   57   56   41   25    7   36   14
Mike Scott             4   8  4.49  17  17   1   0   0  106  107   55   53   10   24   46
Greg Harris            2   4  4.68  10   9   0   1   0   42   38   24   22    4   21   33
Dan Boitano            1   0  5.06   8   0   0   0   0   11   14    6    6    2    4    5
Ray Searage            1   0  5.51  13   0   0   0   0   16   21   10   10    1    9   11
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         11   3  2.47  18  18   8   0   1  142  113   42   39    5   43  123
Ron Reed               2   1  2.76  26   0   0   6   0   46   42   16   14    4   11   26
Mike Proly             2   0  2.93  27   0   0   2   0   43   41   15   14    5   10   14
Tug McGraw             2   4  3.00  27   0   0   8   0   36   30   12   12    2   14   22
Marty Bystrom          4   3  3.35   9   9   1   0   0   54   55   21   20    3   16   24
Larry Christenson      3   6  3.90  15  15   0   0   0   95   98   47   41    8   27   61
Sparky Lyle            6   4  4.41  33   0   0   0   0   51   60   27   25    3   26   23
Dickie Noles           0   1  4.68   7   2   0   0   0   25   25   13   13    2    9   13
Dick Ruthven          10   5  4.84  17  17   4   0   0  115  123   70   62    8   41   60
Nino Espinosa          2   5  6.11  14  14   2   0   0   74   98   52   50   11   24   22
Warren Brusstar        0   1  7.71   2   0   0   0   0    2    3    2    2    0    1    1
Mark Davis             0   2 25.07   2   2   0   0   0    5   13   13   13    1    5    3

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ernie Camacho          0   0  2.25   4   2   0   0   0   16   13    5    4    0    9    7
Mark Lee               0   0  2.25   2   0   0   0   0    4    2    1    1    1    0    2
Odell Jones            2   2  2.35   7   2   0   0   0   23   21    7    6    2   11   17
Jim Bibby              5   3  2.44  13  13   2   0   2   89   75   28   24    2   25   44
Grant Jackson          1   2  2.51  35   0   0   4   0   32   30   10    9    1   10   17
Eddie Solomon          5   4  2.65  17  12   2   1   0   95   99   33   28    8   13   33
Kent Tekulve           4   5  2.84  30   0   0   2   0   44   42   15   14    0   15   20
Victor Cruz            1   1  2.93  15   0   0   1   0   28   28    9    9    6   12   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
Rick Rhoden            7   2  4.04  16  16   2   0   1  105  109   51   47    5   41   57
Rod Scurry             3   5  4.27  13   7   0   1   0   53   55   27   25    4   27   45
Pascual Perez          2   5  4.34  13   9   2   0   0   66   69   34   32    5   26   30
Luis Tiant             0   3  5.60   3   3   0   0   0   18   18   16   11    0   11    9
Don Robinson           0   2  6.20   8   2   0   1   0   20   28   16   14    3   13    8
Bob Long               0   1  9.64   1   1   0   0   0    5    9    5    5    0    1    2

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Eric Show              0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    0    0    0    0    1    1
John Urrea             2   1  1.10  30   0   0   2   0   41   31    6    5    0   23   15
Gary Lucas             5   7  2.06  43   0   0  11   0   70   67   22   16    1   30   37
Danny Boone            0   0  2.61  27   0   0   1   0   52   50   17   15    1   13   37
Rick Wise              3   5  3.39  14  14   0   0   0   80   94   32   30    9   14   22
Chris Welsh            5   6  3.40  18  15   3   0   1  103   95   41   39    7   36   43
Juan Eichelberger      6   5  3.92  19  18   1   0   1   96   95   45   42    5   50   55
John Littlefield       1   3  4.11  31   0   0   2   0   50   46   24   23    5   22   18
Steve Mura             5  10  4.14  18  18   2   0   0  117  128   59   54    9   37   58
John Curtis            2   6  5.29  25   8   0   0   0   65   68   41   38   11   29   31
Tim Lollar             1   7  7.38  19   7   0   1   0   50   59   44   41    3   35   26
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              7   5  2.28  16  16   1   0   0  115   88   35   29    7   51   58
Al Holland             4   4  2.32  35   0   0   6   0   66   59   20   17    1   28   46
Doyle Alexander        7   5  2.81  17  17   0   0   0  106  111   35   33    7   33   57
Fred Breining          3   2  3.02  32   1   0   0   0   48   42   21   16    1   31   22
Greg Minton            3   4  3.38  41   0   0  14   0   61   63   24   23    0   29   22
Ed Whitson             5   6  3.57  16  16   2   0   1   96   89   41   38    6   31   50
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
Tom Griffin            7   6  3.66  17  17   3   0   1  106   90   48   43    7   47   69
Gary Lavelle           0   5  3.91  24   1   0   4   0   46   36   23   20    2   16   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  2.11  30   0   0   3   0   38   37   12    9    0   11    6
Bruce Sutter           3   3  2.59  33   0   0  18   0   63   46   18   18    3   20   46
Bob Forsch             7   4  2.78  14  14   1   0   0   87   67   30   27    5   22   26
John Martin            4   2  2.80  10   8   2   0   0   61   46   21   19    3   17   19
Lary Sorensen          7   5  3.11  17  17   3   0   1  107  105   42   37    2   20   49
Jim Otten              1   0  3.72  20   0   0   0   0   29   31   14   12    2   14   18
Mark Littell           0   1  3.74  16   0   0   2   0   22   16    9    9    1   13   11
Silvio Martinez        2   5  3.90  14  14   0   0   0   85   87   42   37    2   33   32
Bob Shirley            5   3  4.25  19   9   1   1   0   66   67   35   31    6   32   29
Joaquin Andujar        2   1  5.40   5   3   0   0   0   20   23   13   12    2    8    4
Bob Sykes              2   0  5.68  14   1   0   0   0   25   26   17   16    1   15    8
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)         11
  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      11
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         10
  T. Seaver (CIN)          10
  B. Hooton (LAN)           9
  S. Rogers (MON)           9
  J. Reuss (LAN)            8
  M. Soto (CIN)             8
  D. Alexander (SFN)        7
  V. Blue (SFN)             7

Losses:

  T. Boggs (ATL)           10
  S. Mura (SDN)            10
  P. Zachry (NYN)          10
  M. Krukow (CHN)           8
  M. Scott (NYN)            8
  R. Jones (NYN)            7
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           7
  T. Lollar (SDN)           7
  G. Lucas (SDN)            7
  J. Niekro (HOU)           7

Complete Games:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)       9
  S. Carlton (PHI)          8
  J. Reuss (LAN)            7
  M. Soto (CIN)             7
  B. Knepper (HOU)          6
  T. Seaver (CIN)           6
  S. Rogers (MON)           5
  B. Berenyi (CIN)          4
  B. Hooton (LAN)           4
  J. Niekro (HOU)           4

Saves:

  B. Sutter (SLN)          18
  G. Minton (SFN)          14
  N. Allen (NYN)           13
  R. Camp (ATL)            13
  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)          5
  B. Berenyi (CIN)          3
  B. Hooton (LAN)           3
  J. Bibby (PIT)            2
  C. Lea (MON)              2
  P. Niekro (ATL)           2
  J. Reuss (LAN)            2
  S. Rogers (MON)           2
  N. Ryan (HOU)             2

Innings Pitched:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)   147.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)      142.0
  S. Rogers (MON)       127.1
  J. Niekro (HOU)       126.1
  M. Soto (CIN)         125.0
  T. Seaver (CIN)       124.2
  B. Knepper (HOU)      120.0
  S. Mura (SDN)         117.1
  D. Sutton (HOU)       115.2
  D. Ruthven (PHI)      115.1

Hits:

  G. Perry (ATL)          129
  S. Mura (SDN)           128
  S. Rogers (MON)         124
  D. Ruthven (PHI)        123
  J. Niekro (HOU)         119
  S. Carlton (PHI)        113
  P. Zachry (NYN)         113
  D. Alexander (SFN)      111
  R. Rhoden (PIT)         109
  T. Boggs (ATL)          108

Runs:

  D. Ruthven (PHI)         70
  S. Mura (SDN)            59
  P. Zachry (NYN)          58
  M. Krukow (CHN)          55
  M. Scott (NYN)           55
  S. Rogers (MON)          54
  T. Boggs (ATL)           53
  F. Pastore (CIN)         53
  M. Soto (CIN)            53
  N. Espinosa (TOR)        52

Home Runs:

  J. Curtis (SDN)          11
  N. Espinosa (TOR)        11
  T. Boggs (ATL)           10
  M. Scott (NYN)           10
  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      10
  M. Krukow (CHN)           9
  J. Montefusco (ATL)       9
  S. Mura (SDN)             9
  G. Perry (ATL)            9
  M. Soto (CIN)             9

Walks:

  B. Berenyi (CIN)         54
  V. Blue (SFN)            51
  T. Seaver (CIN)          51
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)    50
  T. Griffin (SFN)         47
  M. Krukow (CHN)          47
  P. Zachry (NYN)          47
  N. Ryan (HOU)            46
  M. Soto (CIN)            46
  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      46

Strikeouts:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)     144
  S. Carlton (PHI)        123
  M. Soto (CIN)           110
  N. Ryan (HOU)            98
  D. Sutton (HOU)          80
  B. Gullickson (MON)      78
  T. Seaver (CIN)          70
  B. Berenyi (CIN)         69
  T. Griffin (SFN)         69
  M. Krukow (CHN)          67

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