Sunday May 4, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, May 4, 1980

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         16   6  2.58   22   5   6   209   163   69   60    7   78  151
Pittsburgh      13   7  3.18   20   5   4   181   163   69   64   11   62  100
Cincinnati      15   9  3.39   24   6   6   215   187   88   81   15   87  117
San Diego       11  12  3.44   23   0   8   199   196   85   76   14   61   91
San Francisco    8  16  3.71   24   4   3   206   210   95   85   16   69  120
Los Angeles     14   9  3.75   23   3   6   209   183   93   87   17   78  115
New York         7  14  3.84   21   1   6   185   178   90   79   24   78  119
Atlanta          8  13  4.03   21   2   2   183   173   96   82   18   75  106
Chicago         11   8  4.09   19   1   8   169   179   90   77   12   68   94
St. Louis        9  12  4.12   21   5   2   186   188   99   85    9   63   90
Philadelphia     9  10  4.16   19   3   3   169   175   88   78   14   68   93
Montreal         8  13  4.24   21   1   4   187   218  107   88   18   45   82

 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
Gary Lucas (SDN)       2   0  1.50   4   3   0   0   0   24   20    4    4    1    6   11
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
Mike Krukow (CHN)      2   1  2.12   5   5   1   0   0   34   23   15    8    2   14   15
C. Leibrandt (CIN)     2   2  2.13   5   5   1   0   1   38   31    9    9    2   14   20
Pete Vuckovich (SLN)   4   1  2.17   5   5   2   0   1   37   28   10    9    2    8   28
Ken Forsch (HOU)       4   0  2.23   5   5   1   0   1   36   36    9    9    1    7   14

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rick Matula            2   1  0.95   4   4   1   0   1   28   18    4    3    0   11   13
Larry Bradford         1   1  1.69  10   0   0   0   0   11    9    4    2    2    4   10
Al Hrabosky            2   1  3.27  10   0   0   2   0   11    8    4    4    2    5    4
Rick Camp              0   1  3.86  11   0   0   0   0   16   20    9    7    1    4    5
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
Tommy Boggs            0   1  4.91   6   3   0   0   0   22   17   12   12    2    6   13
Larry McWilliams       1   2  5.09   4   4   0   0   0   18   22   13   10    3    3    7
Preston Hanna          0   0  6.23   4   0   0   0   0    4    2    3    3    1    7    2
Gene Garber            1   1 10.00   9   0   0   0   0    9   18   11   10    1    5    6

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dick Tidrow            1   0  2.08   9   0   0   1   0   13   10    4    3    2    3   11
Mike Krukow            2   1  2.12   5   5   1   0   0   34   23   15    8    2   14   15
Bruce Sutter           2   1  2.45  10   0   0   7   0   15   12    4    4    1    1    8
Doug Capilla           1   0  2.70   6   0   0   0   0    7    6    2    2    1    6    2
Bill Caudill           0   1  2.76  12   0   0   0   0   16   11    5    5    2    6   17
Willie Hernandez       1   1  3.38   4   2   0   0   0   11   11    5    4    0    5    6
Rick Reuschel          2   2  3.82   6   6   0   0   0   35   43   18   15    0   21   18
Dennis Lamp            2   2  7.67   6   6   0   0   0   27   41   24   23    2    7   10
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  0.93  10   0   0   2   0   10    6    1    1    0    7    5
Charlie Leibrandt      2   2  2.13   5   5   1   0   1   38   31    9    9    2   14   20
Frank Pastore          3   1  2.25   5   5   3   0   1   36   25    9    9    3    4   23
Tom Hume               2   1  2.38  10   0   0   4   0   23   15    6    6    1    9   10
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            1   0  5.09   3   2   0   0   0   18   15   10   10    1   11    9
Mario Soto             0   0  5.40   6   0   0   0   0   13   11    8    8    1   11   12
Bill Bonham            1   1  5.79   3   3   0   0   0   14   15    9    9    1    4   10
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  0.66  10   0   0   3   0   14    5    1    1    0    6   10
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             4   0  2.23   5   5   1   0   1   36   36    9    9    1    7   14
Dave Smith             1   2  2.31   7   0   0   0   0   12   11    3    3    0    3    9
Joe Sambito            1   0  3.14   9   0   0   2   0   14   13    6    5    1    2    8
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             1   1  5.06   4   2   0   0   0   16   16    9    9    1    5    7

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Joe Beckwith           2   0  0.00   4   0   0   0   0    5    3    0    0    0    0    5
Jerry Reuss            3   0  1.08   6   0   0   1   0   17    9    2    2    0    4   10
Bob Welch              1   1  2.10   4   4   0   0   0   30   18    7    7    2    9   11
Don Sutton             2   0  2.67   4   4   1   0   1   27   19    9    8    3    8   20
Dave Goltz             2   2  3.11   5   5   2   0   2   38   40   15   13    2   13   19
Bobby Castillo         1   1  3.18   8   0   0   0   0   11    7    4    4    1    6    6
Charlie Hough          0   1  3.55   8   0   0   1   0   13    9    6    5    0    9   10
Steve Howe             1   0  3.75   9   0   0   3   0   12   10    6    5    0    4    4
Burt Hooton            2   2  6.04   6   5   0   1   0   25   25   17   17    5    8   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           2   1  0.51  10   0   0   0   0   18   12    6    1    0    4    5
David Palmer           0   0  1.84   6   1   0   0   0   15   18    7    3    0    4    7
Woodie Fryman          0   1  2.25   8   0   0   2   0    4    7    1    1    0    1    1
Elias Sosa             2   2  3.00   9   0   0   1   0   12    8    4    4    0    1    9
Ross Grimsley          1   1  3.44   3   3   0   0   0   18   23    8    7    1    3    3
Steve Rogers           2   3  4.17   6   6   1   0   0   41   39   22   19    4   13   25
Scott Sanderson        1   2  5.48   5   5   0   0   0   23   31   16   14    5    9    6
Bill Lee               0   3  5.90   6   6   0   0   0   29   44   22   19    4    2    8
Dale Murray            0   0  6.17   7   0   0   0   0   12   18    9    8    2    4    5
Fred Norman            0   0  6.89  10   0   0   1   0   16   18   12   12    2    4   13

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jeff Reardon           0   1  2.08  10   0   0   1   0   13    9    4    3    2   12   14
Mark Bomback           2   0  2.49   5   2   1   0   1   22   20    6    6    3    8    8
Craig Swan             1   2  2.67   5   5   0   0   0   27   27   13    8    2    4   18
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
John Pacella           0   0  3.27   7   1   0   0   0   11   12    4    4    1   10    9
Ed Glynn               1   1  4.26   4   0   0   0   0    6    4    3    3    1    4    2
Tom Hausman            0   1  5.25   6   3   0   0   0   24   25   14   14    2    4   10
Neil Allen             0   3  6.33  12   0   0   5   0   21   23   16   15    3   11   13
Kevin Kobel            0   2  9.00   7   1   0   0   0   10   19   12   10    3   11    4

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Lerrin LaGrow          0   2  1.80   6   0   0   0   0   10   14    6    2    2    1    6
Steve Carlton          4   1  2.03   5   5   2   0   1   40   30    9    9    1   10   26
Dickie Noles           0   1  2.53   8   0   0   1   0   11   10    4    3    0    6    9
Tug McGraw             0   1  2.89   6   0   0   2   0    9    8    3    3    0    5    8
Scott Munninghoff      0   0  4.50   4   0   0   0   0    6    8    3    3    0    5    2
Randy Lerch            0   3  4.86   5   5   1   0   0   33   38   22   18    6    9   16
Kevin Saucier          1   0  4.91   5   0   0   0   0    7    9    4    4    0    5    4
Ron Reed               1   0  4.97   7   0   0   0   0   13   10    7    7    1    8    3
Larry Christenson      2   0  5.09   4   4   0   0   0   18   15   11   10    2    9   12
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  1.64   9   0   0   3   0   11    8    2    2    0    5    8
Don Robinson           0   0  1.80   1   1   0   0   0    5    6    1    1    0    0    2
Enrique Romo           0   0  1.88   9   0   0   0   0   14   13    3    3    1    4    9
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              4   0  3.68   5   5   3   0   1   37   34   15   15    2    9   19
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
Grant Jackson          2   1  4.00   9   0   0   1   0    9   10    4    4    1    4    2

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gary Lucas             2   0  1.50   4   3   0   0   0   24   20    4    4    1    6   11
Bob Shirley            1   1  1.84  10   0   0   4   0   15   16    5    3    1    3   10
Steve Mura             0   0  2.30   9   0   0   2   0   16    7    5    4    2   10    7
Rollie Fingers         2   2  2.89   8   0   0   2   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
John Curtis            2   2  3.67   5   5   0   0   0   34   30   14   14    2   13   11
John D'Acquisto        0   0  4.22   5   0   0   0   0   11   10    5    5    0    7    6
Eric Rasmussen         1   3  4.23   5   5   0   0   0   28   30   16   13    1   10   12
Rick Wise              2   1  4.38   5   5   0   0   0   25   33   12   12    4    4   10
Dennis Kinney          0   1  9.53   6   0   0   0   0    6    9    7    6    1    3    3

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Al Holland             0   0  0.00   6   0   0   1   0    7    6    0    0    0    3    5
Greg Minton            1   1  1.93   9   0   0   1   0   14   12    4    3    0    5    4
Ed Halicki             0   0  3.18   4   1   0   0   0   11   11    4    4    2    5    5
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        2   3  3.98   6   6   1   0   0   41   34   18   18    5   13   33
Ed Whitson             0   4  4.18   6   6   0   0   0   32   34   19   15    1   14   16
Gary Lavelle           0   4  5.00   9   0   0   1   0    9   13    8    5    0    7    8
Tom Griffin            0   0  6.43   3   0   0   0   0    7    9    5    5    0    2    4
Randy Moffitt          1   1  6.75   6   0   0   0   0    5    8    4    4    1    0    4

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Pedro Borbon           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    3    2    0    0    0    1    1
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   2  2.96   5   5   1   0   0   27   22   14    9    1   13   10
Bob Forsch             1   1  3.82   5   5   1   0   0   31   33   14   13    1    6    7
Donnie Moore           0   0  4.15   6   0   0   0   0   13   14    6    6    1    4    7
John Fulgham           1   2  5.12   4   3   1   0   0   19   18   12   11    0    7   10
Roy Thomas             0   0  6.17   7   1   0   0   0   12   15   10    8    1    2    5
Mark Littell           0   1  7.88   8   0   0   1   0    8    9    7    7    1    5    6
Bob Sykes              1   3  8.83   8   2   0   0   0   17   29   17   17    1    8    6
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. Bibby (PIT)            4
  S. Carlton (PHI)          4
  K. Forsch (HOU)           4
  J. Richard (HOU)          4
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)        4
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           3
  J. Niekro (HOU)           3
  F. Pastore (CIN)          3
  J. Reuss (LAN)            3
  S. Bahnsen (MON)          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
  E. Rasmussen (SDN)        3
  S. Rogers (MON)           3
  B. Sykes (SLN)            3

Complete Games:

  J. Bibby (PIT)            3
  J. Niekro (HOU)           3
  F. Pastore (CIN)          3
  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)            5
  T. Hume (CIN)             4
  B. Shirley (SDN)          4
  S. Howe (LAN)             3
  F. Lacorte (HOU)          3
  K. Tekulve (PIT)          3
  D. Bair (CIN)             2
  R. Fingers (SDN)          2
  W. Fryman (MON)           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. Rogers (MON)        41.0
  J. Montefusco (SFN)    40.2
  S. Carlton (PHI)       40.0
  J. Niekro (HOU)        38.2
  C. Leibrandt (CIN)     38.0
  D. Goltz (LAN)         37.2
  J. Richard (HOU)       37.2
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)     37.1

Hits:

  B. Knepper (SFN)         47
  B. Lee (MON)             44
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        43
  D. Lamp (CHN)            41
  D. Goltz (LAN)           40
  S. Rogers (MON)          39
  R. Lerch (PHI)           38
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      37
  V. Blue (SFN)            36
  K. Forsch (HOU)          36

Runs:

  D. Lamp (CHN)            24
  B. Lee (MON)             22
  R. Lerch (PHI)           22
  P. Niekro (ATL)          22
  S. Rogers (MON)          22
  R. Sutcliffe (LAN)       21
  B. Knepper (SFN)         20
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         19
  E. Whitson (SFN)         19
  J. Montefusco (SFN)      18

Home Runs:

  R. Lerch (PHI)            6
  B. Blyleven (PIT)         5
  B. Hooton (LAN)           5
  J. Montefusco (SFN)       5
  P. Niekro (ATL)           5
  S. Sanderson (MON)        5
  R. Burris (NYN)           4
  B. Knepper (SFN)          4
  B. Lee (MON)              4
  S. Rogers (MON)           4

Walks:

  N. Ryan (HOU)            24
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        21
  J. Niekro (HOU)          16
  D. Alexander (ATL)       15
  P. Niekro (ATL)          15
  M. Krukow (CHN)          14
  C. Leibrandt (CIN)       14
  J. Richard (HOU)         14
  E. Whitson (SFN)         14
  V. Blue (SFN)            13

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)         48
  J. Montefusco (SFN)      33
  P. Niekro (ATL)          30
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        28
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)       28
  S. Carlton (PHI)         26
  N. Ryan (HOU)            26
  S. Rogers (MON)          25
  J. Niekro (HOU)          23
  F. Pastore (CIN)         23

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