Friday May 2, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, May 2, 1980

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         14   6  2.64   20   5   4   191   149   65   56    6   76  142
Pittsburgh      12   6  3.17   18   4   4   162   146   62   57   11   58   90
Cincinnati      13   8  3.25   21   6   4   188   158   75   68   14   71   98
Los Angeles     13   8  3.38   21   3   5   192   160   76   72   13   74  106
San Diego        9  11  3.43   20   0   6   173   178   75   66   12   51   80
San Francisco    6  15  3.69   21   4   1   180   185   83   74   15   59   97
Atlanta          7  12  3.81   19   2   2   165   149   82   70   15   69  100
Philadelphia     8   9  4.00   17   3   3   151   152   73   67   12   61   80
New York         6  12  4.15   18   1   5   158   159   82   73   23   61  103
Montreal         7  11  4.16   18   1   3   160   191   92   74   16   35   65
St. Louis        9  10  4.19   19   5   2   168   171   91   78    9   54   85
Chicago         10   6  4.24   16   0   8   144   162   81   68   10   59   81

 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
J.R. Richard (HOU)     4   0  1.67   5   5   1   0   1   38   13    8    7    0   14   48
Joe Niekro (HOU)       3   1  1.86   5   5   3   0   0   39   27   15    8    0   16   23
Steve Carlton (PHI)    4   1  2.03   5   5   2   0   1   40   30    9    9    1   10   26
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
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
Frank Pastore (CIN)    3   1  2.25   5   5   3   0   1   36   25    9    9    3    4   23
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   9   0   0   0   0   10    7    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   1  2.77   9   0   0   0   0   13   14    6    4    0    3    4
Al Hrabosky            1   1  3.72   9   0   0   2   0   10    7    4    4    2    5    4
Tommy Boggs            0   0  4.12   5   2   0   0   0   20   14    9    9    2    5   12
Phil Niekro            1   4  4.35   6   6   1   0   0   41   35   22   20    5   15   30
Doyle Alexander        0   1  4.37   4   4   0   0   0   23   24   14   11    1   15   16
Gene Garber            1   1  8.59   8   0   0   0   0    7   14    7    7    1    4    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  1.50   8   0   0   1   0   12    9    3    2    1    3   11
Bruce Sutter           2   1  2.45  10   0   0   7   0   15   12    4    4    1    1    8
Mike Krukow            1   1  2.52   4   4   0   0   0   25   19   14    7    2   11   12
Bill Caudill           0   0  2.70  10   0   0   0   0   13   10    4    4    1    5   13
Doug Capilla           1   0  3.00   5   0   0   0   0    6    5    2    2    1    6    1
Willie Hernandez       1   1  3.38   4   2   0   0   0   11   11    5    4    0    5    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 10.03   6   0   0   0   0   12   22   13   13    2    5    7

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Doug Bair              0   1  1.17   8   0   0   1   0    8    5    1    1    0    7    1
Charlie Leibrandt      1   2  2.25   4   4   1   0   1   32   24    8    8    2   11   16
Frank Pastore          3   1  2.25   5   5   3   0   1   36   25    9    9    3    4   23
Tom Hume               2   1  2.29   9   0   0   3   0   20   14    5    5    0    7   10
Bill Bonham            1   0  2.63   2   2   0   0   0   14   10    4    4    1    3    9
Mike Lacoss            3   2  3.09   5   5   2   0   1   32   35   16   11    1   12    8
Tom Seaver             1   1  4.01   4   4   0   0   0   25   19   13   11    4   12   16
Paul Moskau            0   0  6.00   2   1   0   0   0    9    5    6    6    1    7    4
Mario Soto             0   0  8.53   5   0   0   0   0    6    6    6    6    1    5    7
Dave Tomlin            2   0  8.59   8   0   0   0   0    7   15    7    7    1    3    4

 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
Frank Lacorte          1   0  0.69   9   0   0   2   0   13    5    1    1    0    6    8
J.R. Richard           4   0  1.67   5   5   1   0   1   38   13    8    7    0   14   48
Joe Niekro             3   1  1.86   5   5   3   0   0   39   27   15    8    0   16   23
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
Joe Sambito            1   0  3.65   7   0   0   1   0   12   12    6    5    1    2    6
Joaquin Andujar        0   1  3.86   4   0   0   1   0    7   10    3    3    1    1    6
Nolan Ryan             1   1  4.05   5   5   0   0   0   33   31   15   15    3   24   26
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   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    0    0    0    0    1
Jerry Reuss            3   0  0.66   4   0   0   0   0   14    6    1    1    0    4    9
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  3.12   7   0   0   0   0    9    5    3    3    1    5    5
Charlie Hough          0   1  3.65   7   0   0   1   0   12    9    6    5    0    8    9
Burt Hooton            2   1  4.13   5   4   0   1   0   24   19   11   11    3    7   15
Rick Sutcliffe         0   1  7.01   5   5   0   0   0   26   34   21   20    3   13   14
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
Stan Bahnsen           1   1  0.56   8   0   0   0   0   16   11    6    1    0    4    4
David Palmer           0   0  1.84   6   1   0   0   0   15   18    7    3    0    4    7
Woodie Fryman          0   1  2.45   7   0   0   2   0    4    6    1    1    0    1    1
Elias Sosa             2   1  3.12   7   0   0   0   0    9    5    3    3    0    1    6
Ross Grimsley          1   1  3.44   3   3   0   0   0   18   23    8    7    1    3    3
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
Bill Lee               0   3  5.96   5   5   0   0   0   23   35   18   15    3    2    7
Fred Norman            0   0  6.14   8   0   0   1   0   15   16   10   10    2    3   11
Scott Sanderson        1   2  6.75   4   4   0   0   0   16   26   14   12    4    5    3

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jeff Reardon           0   0  2.45   9   0   0   1   0   11    7    3    3    2   11   12
Mark Bomback           2   0  2.49   5   2   1   0   1   22   20    6    6    3    8    8
Ray Burris             2   2  2.70   5   5   0   0   0   30   24   10    9    4   10   19
Pete Falcone           1   2  3.00   4   4   0   0   0   21   15    8    7    3    4   22
Craig Swan             1   1  3.00   4   4   0   0   0   21   22   11    7    2    2   15
John Pacella           0   0  3.52   6   0   0   0   0    8    7    3    3    1    5    8
Neil Allen             0   3  7.27  10   0   0   4   0   17   22   15   14    3    8   11
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
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   7   0   0   1   0   11    6    1    0    0    5    9
Lerrin LaGrow          0   2  1.17   5   0   0   0   0    8   10    5    1    2    1    3
Steve Carlton          4   1  2.03   5   5   2   0   1   40   30    9    9    1   10   26
Scott Munninghoff      0   0  3.00   3   0   0   0   0    6    7    2    2    0    3    2
Tug McGraw             0   1  3.24   5   0   0   2   0    8    8    3    3    0    4    6
Randy Lerch            0   3  4.45   4   4   1   0   0   28   29   14   14    4    9   13
Kevin Saucier          1   0  5.68   4   0   0   0   0    6    9    4    4    0    5    3
Ron Reed               1   0  5.91   6   0   0   0   0   11    9    7    7    1    8    3
Larry Christenson      1   0  6.55   3   3   0   0   0   11   11    9    8    2    6    8
Dick Ruthven           1   2  7.89   5   5   0   0   0   22   33   19   19    2   10    7

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Kent Tekulve           2   0  1.80   8   0   0   3   0   10    7    2    2    0    5    7
Grant Jackson          2   0  2.25   8   0   0   1   0    8    8    2    2    1    3    2
Enrique Romo           0   0  2.38   8   0   0   0   0   11   13    3    3    1    4    7
Rod Scurry             0   0  2.84   2   0   0   0   0    6    5    2    2    1    1    4
Bert Blyleven          0   2  3.13   5   5   0   0   0   32   20   11   11    5   11   28
John Candelaria        2   1  3.34   5   5   2   0   0   35   37   15   13    0    9   15
Jim Rooker             2   2  3.50   4   4   0   0   0   18   16    7    7    0   12    8
Jim Bibby              3   0  3.58   4   4   2   0   1   28   26   11   11    2    6   14
Andy Hassler           0   0  3.86   2   0   0   0   0    5    4    2    2    1    1    1
Dave Roberts           0   1  3.86   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    1    1    0    1    1
Eddie Solomon          1   0  3.86   4   0   0   0   0    7    8    6    3    0    5    3

 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
Steve Mura             0   0  1.84   8   0   0   2   0   15    6    4    3    1    8    7
Bob Shirley            1   1  1.88   9   0   0   3   0   14   16    5    3    1    3   10
Rollie Fingers         2   2  3.12   7   0   0   1   0    9   11    4    3    0    1    7
Randy Jones            1   2  3.34   5   5   0   0   0   32   30   13   12    2    4   14
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
Rick Wise              2   1  4.38   5   5   0   0   0   25   33   12   12    4    4   10
John D'Acquisto        0   0  4.66   4   0   0   0   0   10   10    5    5    0    7    5
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  0.77   8   0   0   0   0   12    7    2    1    0    4    3
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  3.74   6   6   2   0   0   43   47   20   18    4    7   22
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
Randy Moffitt          0   0  5.40   4   0   0   0   0    3    5    2    2    1    0    2
Gary Lavelle           0   4  6.14   7   0   0   1   0    7   11    7    5    0    6    6
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   2   0   0   1   0    4    0    0    0    0    0    3
Pete Vuckovich         4   1  2.17   5   5   2   0   1   37   28   10    9    2    8   28
Don Hood               1   1  2.19   7   0   0   0   0   12   15    7    3    0    9    6
Silvio Martinez        1   1  2.28   4   4   1   0   0   24   18   11    6    1    8   10
Bob Forsch             1   1  3.82   5   5   1   0   0   31   33   14   13    1    6    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:

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

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  J. Niekro (HOU)           3
  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
  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
  T. McGraw (PHI)           2

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:

  B. Knepper (SFN)       43.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)        41.1
  S. Carlton (PHI)       40.0
  J. Niekro (HOU)        38.2
  J. Richard (HOU)       37.2
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)     37.1
  V. Blue (SFN)          36.0
  F. Pastore (CIN)       36.0
  J. Candelaria (PIT)    35.0
  J. Montefusco (SFN)    34.0

Hits:

  B. Knepper (SFN)         47
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      37
  D. Lamp (CHN)            37
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        37
  V. Blue (SFN)            36
  M. Lacoss (CIN)          35
  B. Lee (MON)             35
  P. Niekro (ATL)          35
  S. Rogers (MON)          34
  R. Sutcliffe (LAN)       34

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          22
  R. Sutcliffe (LAN)       21
  B. Knepper (SFN)         20
  D. Lamp (CHN)            20
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         19
  B. Lee (MON)             18
  S. Rogers (MON)          18
  E. Whitson (SFN)         17
  M. Lacoss (CIN)          16
  J. Montefusco (SFN)      16

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  N. Ryan (HOU)            24
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        19
  J. Niekro (HOU)          16
  D. Alexander (ATL)       15
  P. Niekro (ATL)          15
  J. Richard (HOU)         14
  V. Blue (SFN)            13
  D. Goltz (LAN)           13
  R. Sutcliffe (LAN)       13
  E. Whitson (SFN)         13

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)         48
  P. Niekro (ATL)          30
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        28
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)       28
  S. Carlton (PHI)         26
  N. Ryan (HOU)            26
  J. Niekro (HOU)          23
  F. Pastore (CIN)         23
  P. Falcone (NYN)         22
  B. Knepper (SFN)         22

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