Wednesday April 30, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, April 30, 1980

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         13   5  2.28   18   4   4   174   134   53   44    5   67  127
Cincinnati      13   6  2.80   19   6   4   167   129   54   52   11   63   85
Los Angeles     13   7  3.13   20   3   5   184   151   67   64   11   67  100
Pittsburgh      11   5  3.34   16   4   4   143   131   55   53   11   52   81
San Diego        7  11  3.66   18   0   5   155   161   72   63   12   49   72
San Francisco    6  14  3.66   20   4   1   172   172   79   70   13   56   92
Atlanta          6  11  4.01   17   1   2   148   134   77   66   15   60   93
Philadelphia     6   9  4.14   15   3   2   133   135   67   61   10   53   71
Chicago          9   6  4.35   15   0   8   132   151   77   64    9   57   72
St. Louis        8  10  4.37   18   5   1   159   164   90   77    9   50   82
Montreal         6  10  4.38   16   1   3   142   173   87   69   16   31   55
New York         6  10  4.55   16   1   5   140   152   79   71   22   58   88

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rick Matula (ATL)      2   1  0.95   4   4   1   0   1   28   18    4    3    0   11   13
Joe Niekro (HOU)       2   1  1.52   4   4   2   0   0   30   21   12    5    0   12   17
J.R. Richard (HOU)     4   0  1.67   5   5   1   0   1   38   13    8    7    0   14   48
Bob Welch (LAN)        1   1  2.10   4   4   0   0   0   30   18    7    7    2    9   11
Ken Forsch (HOU)       3   0  2.12   4   4   1   0   1   30   27    7    7    1    6   13
Steve Carlton (PHI)    3   1  2.16   4   4   2   0   1   33   22    8    8    1    6   21
Frank Pastore (CIN)    3   1  2.17   4   4   3   0   1   29   19    7    7    2    2   17
Pete Vuckovich (SLN)   4   1  2.17   5   5   2   0   1   37   28   10    9    2    8   28
C. Leibrandt (CIN)     1   2  2.25   4   4   1   0   1   32   24    8    8    2   11   16
Silvio Martinez (SLN)  1   1  2.28   4   4   1   0   0   24   18   11    6    1    8   10

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Larry Bradford         1   1  0.90   8   0   0   0   0   10    6    3    1    1    4    9
Rick Matula            2   1  0.95   4   4   1   0   1   28   18    4    3    0   11   13
Preston Hanna          0   0  2.25   3   0   0   0   0    4    1    1    1    0    4    2
Rick Camp              0   0  2.84   8   0   0   0   0   13   13    5    4    0    3    4
Al Hrabosky            1   1  3.24   8   0   0   2   0    8    6    3    3    2    4    4
Tommy Boggs            0   0  4.12   5   2   0   0   0   20   14    9    9    2    5   12
Phil Niekro            0   4  5.29   5   5   0   0   0   32   28   21   19    5   13   26
Doyle Alexander        0   1  5.94   3   3   0   0   0   17   22   14   11    1   10   13
Gene Garber            1   1  6.75   7   0   0   0   0    7   11    5    5    1    3    6
Larry McWilliams       1   2  9.64   3   3   0   0   0    9   15   12   10    3    3    4

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dick Tidrow            1   0  0.00   7   0   0   1   0   10    5    1    0    0    2    9
Mike Krukow            1   1  2.52   4   4   0   0   0   25   19   14    7    2   11   12
Willie Hernandez       1   1  2.84   3   1   0   0   0    6    7    3    2    0    4    4
Doug Capilla           1   0  3.00   5   0   0   0   0    6    5    2    2    1    6    1
Bill Caudill           0   0  3.09   9   0   0   0   0   12    9    4    4    1    5   11
Bruce Sutter           1   1  3.09   9   0   0   7   0   12   12    4    4    1    1    6
Rick Reuschel          2   1  3.99   5   5   0   0   0   29   37   16   13    0   19   14
Dennis Lamp            2   2  7.89   5   5   0   0   0   22   37   20   19    2    4    9
Lynn McGlothen         0   0 10.97   5   0   0   0   0   11   20   13   13    2    5    6

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Hume               2   0  0.00   8   0   0   3   0   15    7    0    0    0    7    6
Doug Bair              0   1  1.17   8   0   0   1   0    8    5    1    1    0    7    1
Frank Pastore          3   1  2.17   4   4   3   0   1   29   19    7    7    2    2   17
Charlie Leibrandt      1   2  2.25   4   4   1   0   1   32   24    8    8    2   11   16
Bill Bonham            1   0  2.63   2   2   0   0   0   14   10    4    4    1    3    9
Mike Lacoss            3   1  2.70   4   4   2   0   1   27   25    8    8    0   10    6
Tom Seaver             1   1  4.01   4   4   0   0   0   25   19   13   11    4   12   16
Dave Tomlin            2   0  5.40   6   0   0   0   0    5    9    3    3    0    3    4
Paul Moskau            0   0  6.00   2   1   0   0   0    9    5    6    6    1    7    4
Mario Soto             0   0  8.31   3   0   0   0   0    4    6    4    4    1    1    6

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Randy Niemann          0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    0    1    0    0    0    0    0
Joe Sambito            1   0  0.73   6   0   0   1   0   12    9    2    1    0    1    6
Frank Lacorte          1   0  0.79   8   0   0   2   0   11    5    1    1    0    6    5
Joe Niekro             2   1  1.52   4   4   2   0   0   30   21   12    5    0   12   17
J.R. Richard           4   0  1.67   5   5   1   0   1   38   13    8    7    0   14   48
Ken Forsch             3   0  2.12   4   4   1   0   1   30   27    7    7    1    6   13
Dave Smith             1   2  2.31   7   0   0   0   0   12   11    3    3    0    3    9
Nolan Ryan             1   0  3.33   4   4   0   0   0   27   25   10   10    3   20   20
Joaquin Andujar        0   1  3.86   4   0   0   1   0    7   10    3    3    1    1    6
Vern Ruhle             0   1  8.59   3   1   0   0   0    7   12    7    7    0    4    3

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Joe Beckwith           1   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    1    0    0    0    0    1
Jerry Reuss            3   0  0.66   4   0   0   0   0   14    6    1    1    0    4    9
Charlie Hough          0   0  0.84   6   0   0   1   0   11    8    2    1    0    3    7
Bob Welch              1   1  2.10   4   4   0   0   0   30   18    7    7    2    9   11
Dave Goltz             2   2  2.30   4   4   2   0   2   31   31    8    8    0   13   17
Steve Howe             1   0  2.38   8   0   0   3   0   11    8    4    3    0    3    4
Don Sutton             2   0  2.67   4   4   1   0   1   27   19    9    8    3    8   20
Bobby Castillo         1   1  3.52   6   0   0   0   0    8    4    3    3    1    5    5
Burt Hooton            2   1  4.13   5   4   0   1   0   24   19   11   11    3    7   15
Rick Sutcliffe         0   1  6.97   4   4   0   0   0   21   28   16   16    1   11   10
Don Stanhouse          0   1  9.00   3   0   0   0   0    6    9    6    6    1    4    1

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Woodie Fryman          0   0  0.00   5   0   0   2   0    3    4    0    0    0    1    1
Stan Bahnsen           0   1  0.59   7   0   0   0   0   15   10    6    1    0    4    4
Elias Sosa             2   1  1.50   5   0   0   0   0    6    3    1    1    0    0    4
David Palmer           0   0  1.86   5   0   0   0   0   10   11    6    2    0    2    4
Steve Rogers           2   2  4.24   5   5   1   0   0   34   34   18   16    4    9   19
Dale Murray            0   0  4.76   6   0   0   0   0   11   17    7    6    2    3    4
Ross Grimsley          1   1  4.91   2   2   0   0   0   11   17    7    6    1    2    1
Bill Lee               0   3  5.96   5   5   0   0   0   23   35   18   15    3    2    7
Scott Sanderson        1   2  6.75   4   4   0   0   0   16   26   14   12    4    5    3
Fred Norman            0   0  7.11   7   0   0   1   0   13   16   10   10    2    3    8

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mark Bomback           2   0  2.49   5   2   1   0   1   22   20    6    6    3    8    8
Jeff Reardon           0   0  2.70   8   0   0   1   0   10    7    3    3    2   11   10
Craig Swan             1   1  3.00   4   4   0   0   0   21   22   11    7    2    2   15
Pete Falcone           1   1  3.21   3   3   0   0   0   14   12    6    5    2    3   14
John Pacella           0   0  3.52   6   0   0   0   0    8    7    3    3    1    5    8
Ray Burris             2   1  3.68   4   4   0   0   0   22   22    9    9    4    8   15
Tom Hausman            0   1  7.27   4   3   0   0   0   17   25   14   14    2    3    4
Ed Glynn               0   1  7.36   3   0   0   0   0    4    3    3    3    1    2    1
Neil Allen             0   3  8.22   9   0   0   4   0   15   20   15   14    3    8   10
Kevin Kobel            0   2  8.22   6   0   0   0   0    8   14    9    7    2    8    3

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dickie Noles           0   0  0.00   6   0   0   1   0   10    5    1    0    0    3    9
Lerrin LaGrow          0   2  1.17   5   0   0   0   0    8   10    5    1    2    1    3
Steve Carlton          3   1  2.16   4   4   2   0   1   33   22    8    8    1    6   21
Scott Munninghoff      0   0  3.00   3   0   0   0   0    6    7    2    2    0    3    2
Ron Reed               0   0  4.15   5   0   0   0   0    9    6    4    4    0    7    2
Randy Lerch            0   3  4.45   4   4   1   0   0   28   29   14   14    4    9   13
Tug McGraw             0   1  4.50   4   0   0   1   0    6    8    3    3    0    4    5
Kevin Saucier          1   0  5.68   4   0   0   0   0    6    9    4    4    0    5    3
Larry Christenson      1   0  6.55   3   3   0   0   0   11   11    9    8    2    6    8
Dick Ruthven           1   2  9.77   4   4   0   0   0   16   28   17   17    1    9    5

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Kent Tekulve           1   0  1.86   7   0   0   3   0   10    6    2    2    0    5    7
Enrique Romo           0   0  2.38   8   0   0   0   0   11   13    3    3    1    4    7
Grant Jackson          2   0  2.45   7   0   0   1   0    7    6    2    2    1    3    2
Jim Rooker             2   1  2.55   3   3   0   0   0   18   16    5    5    0   10    7
Bert Blyleven          0   2  3.13   5   5   0   0   0   32   20   11   11    5   11   28
Jim Bibby              3   0  3.58   4   4   2   0   1   28   26   11   11    2    6   14
Dave Roberts           0   1  3.86   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    1    1    0    1    1
John Candelaria        2   1  4.15   4   4   2   0   0   26   32   14   12    0    7   11
Rod Scurry             0   0  4.50   1   0   0   0   0    2    3    1    1    1    0    1
Eddie Solomon          1   0  5.79   3   0   0   0   0    5    4    3    3    0    4    2
Andy Hassler           0   0  6.75   1   0   0   0   0    3    3    2    2    1    1    1

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gary Lucas             1   0  1.72   3   2   0   0   0   16   16    3    3    0    4    7
Bob Shirley            0   1  2.03   8   0   0   3   0   13   14    5    3    1    3   10
Steve Mura             0   0  2.31   6   0   0   1   0   12    3    4    3    1    8    5
Randy Jones            1   2  3.12   4   4   0   0   0   26   24   10    9    2    4   11
Rollie Fingers         2   2  3.38   6   0   0   1   0    8   10    4    3    0    1    7
Eric Rasmussen         1   2  3.52   4   4   0   0   0   23   23   12    9    1    7   10
John Curtis            1   2  3.86   4   4   0   0   0   26   25   11   11    2   11    7
John D'Acquisto        0   0  5.00   3   0   0   0   0    9   10    5    5    0    6    5
Rick Wise              1   1  5.89   4   4   0   0   0   18   28   12   12    4    3    7
Dennis Kinney          0   1 10.38   5   0   0   0   0    4    8    6    5    1    2    3

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Al Holland             0   0  0.00   5   0   0   0   0    6    5    0    0    0    2    5
Greg Minton            1   1  0.82   7   0   0   0   0   11    6    2    1    0    3    2
Ed Halicki             0   0  1.69   3   0   0   0   0    5    6    1    1    1    2    2
Vida Blue              2   1  3.25   5   5   1   0   0   36   36   13   13    3   13   19
Bob Knepper            2   2  3.75   5   5   2   0   0   36   37   17   15    2    7   19
John Montefusco        1   3  4.24   5   5   1   0   0   34   30   16   16    5   10   22
Ed Whitson             0   4  4.50   5   5   0   0   0   26   29   17   13    1   13   12
Gary Lavelle           0   3  5.14   6   0   0   1   0    7    9    6    4    0    4    5
Randy Moffitt          0   0  5.40   4   0   0   0   0    3    5    2    2    1    0    2
Tom Griffin            0   0  6.43   3   0   0   0   0    7    9    5    5    0    2    4

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Kaat               0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    0    0    0    0    0    1
Pete Vuckovich         4   1  2.17   5   5   2   0   1   37   28   10    9    2    8   28
Silvio Martinez        1   1  2.28   4   4   1   0   0   24   18   11    6    1    8   10
Don Hood               0   1  2.70   6   0   0   0   0    7    9    6    2    0    6    5
Bob Forsch             1   1  3.94   4   4   1   0   0   30   32   14   13    1    5    7
Donnie Moore           0   0  4.22   5   0   0   0   0   11   12    5    5    1    3    7
John Fulgham           1   2  5.12   4   3   1   0   0   19   18   12   11    0    7   10
Roy Thomas             0   0  8.31   6   1   0   0   0    9   13    9    8    1    2    3
Bob Sykes              1   2  9.45   7   1   0   0   0   13   22   14   14    1    7    5
Mark Littell           0   1 10.50   7   0   0   1   0    6    9    7    7    1    4    5
Darold Knowles         0   1 10.80   2   0   0   0   0    2    3    2    2    1    0    1

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League Leaders

Wins:

  J. Richard (HOU)          4
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)        4
  J. Bibby (PIT)            3
  S. Carlton (PHI)          3
  K. Forsch (HOU)           3
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           3
  F. Pastore (CIN)          3
  J. Reuss (LAN)            3
  V. Blue (SFN)             2
  M. Bomback (NYN)          2

Losses:

  P. Niekro (ATL)           4
  E. Whitson (SFN)          4
  N. Allen (NYN)            3
  G. Lavelle (SFN)          3
  B. Lee (MON)              3
  R. Lerch (PHI)            3
  J. Montefusco (SFN)       3
  B. Blyleven (PIT)         2
  J. Curtis (SDN)           2
  R. Fingers (SDN)          2

Complete Games:

  F. Pastore (CIN)          3
  J. Bibby (PIT)            2
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       2
  S. Carlton (PHI)          2
  D. Goltz (LAN)            2
  B. Knepper (SFN)          2
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           2
  J. Niekro (HOU)           2
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)        2
  V. Blue (SFN)             1

Saves:

  B. Sutter (CHN)           7
  N. Allen (NYN)            4
  S. Howe (LAN)             3
  T. Hume (CIN)             3
  B. Shirley (SDN)          3
  K. Tekulve (PIT)          3
  W. Fryman (MON)           2
  A. Hrabosky (ATL)         2
  F. Lacorte (HOU)          2
  J. Andujar (HOU)          1

Shutouts:

  D. Goltz (LAN)            2
  J. Bibby (PIT)            1
  M. Bomback (NYN)          1
  S. Carlton (PHI)          1
  K. Forsch (HOU)           1
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           1
  C. Leibrandt (CIN)        1
  R. Matula (ATL)           1
  F. Pastore (CIN)          1
  J. Richard (HOU)          1

Innings Pitched:

  J. Richard (HOU)       37.2
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)     37.1
  V. Blue (SFN)          36.0
  B. Knepper (SFN)       36.0
  J. Montefusco (SFN)    34.0
  S. Rogers (MON)        34.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)       33.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)        32.1
  C. Leibrandt (CIN)     32.0
  B. Blyleven (PIT)      31.2

Hits:

  B. Knepper (SFN)         37
  D. Lamp (CHN)            37
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        37
  V. Blue (SFN)            36
  B. Lee (MON)             35
  S. Rogers (MON)          34
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      32
  B. Forsch (SLN)          32
  D. Goltz (LAN)           31
  J. Montefusco (SFN)      30

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          21
  D. Lamp (CHN)            20
  B. Lee (MON)             18
  S. Rogers (MON)          18
  B. Knepper (SFN)         17
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         17
  E. Whitson (SFN)         17
  J. Montefusco (SFN)      16
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        16
  R. Sutcliffe (LAN)       16

Home Runs:

  B. Blyleven (PIT)         5
  J. Montefusco (SFN)       5
  P. Niekro (ATL)           5
  R. Burris (NYN)           4
  R. Lerch (PHI)            4
  S. Rogers (MON)           4
  S. Sanderson (MON)        4
  T. Seaver (CIN)           4
  R. Wise (SDN)             4
  N. Allen (NYN)            3

Walks:

  N. Ryan (HOU)            20
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        19
  J. Richard (HOU)         14
  V. Blue (SFN)            13
  D. Goltz (LAN)           13
  P. Niekro (ATL)          13
  E. Whitson (SFN)         13
  J. Niekro (HOU)          12
  T. Seaver (CIN)          12
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        11

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)         48
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        28
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)       28
  P. Niekro (ATL)          26
  J. Montefusco (SFN)      22
  S. Carlton (PHI)         21
  N. Ryan (HOU)            20
  D. Sutton (LAN)          20
  V. Blue (SFN)            19
  B. Knepper (SFN)         19

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