Friday May 9, 1980
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National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, May 9, 1980

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         17   9  2.98   26   6   6   242   199   91   80    8   94  174
Pittsburgh      16   7  3.03   23   5   4   208   185   79   70   12   68  113
Cincinnati      18  10  3.36   28   7   7   260   229  105   97   16  102  136
San Diego       13  14  3.58   27   1   9   234   234  102   93   17   70  108
New York         9  16  3.71   25   2   6   230   216  108   95   25  100  152
Philadelphia    11  11  3.93   22   4   4   195   197   99   85   15   86  115
Montreal        10  15  4.00   25   1   5   223   249  118   99   18   56  110
St. Louis       13  12  4.10   25   5   4   222   225  120  101   12   74  108
Chicago         12  11  4.16   23   1   9   205   215  113   95   15   92  112
Atlanta          9  15  4.28   24   2   3   208   205  117   99   24   84  116
Los Angeles     14  12  4.29   26   3   6   233   223  117  111   24   89  125
San Francisco    9  19  4.47   28   5   3   239   263  129  119   17   85  143

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Carlton (PHI)    5   1  1.84   6   6   3   0   1   49   33   10   10    2   15   37
Rick Matula (ATL)      2   2  1.97   5   5   1   0   1   32   26   11    7    2   12   14
Tom Hume (CIN)         3   1  2.03  12   0   0   4   0   27   17    7    6    1   12   11
Joe Niekro (HOU)       4   1  2.08   6   6   4   0   0   48   34   19   11    0   18   26
C. Leibrandt (CIN)     3   2  2.11   6   6   2   0   1   47   38   11   11    2   17   21
Ray Burris (NYN)       2   2  2.19   6   6   0   0   0   37   27   12    9    4   16   24
Frank Pastore (CIN)    3   1  2.23   6   6   3   0   1   44   32   11   11    3    8   27
Craig Swan (NYN)       2   2  2.25   6   6   1   0   0   36   30   14    9    2    4   25
Pete Vuckovich (SLN)   5   1  2.37   6   6   2   0   1   46   36   15   12    3   13   33
Don Sutton (LAN)       2   0  2.38   5   5   1   0   1   34   25   10    9    3   10   20

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Larry Bradford         1   1  1.46  12   0   0   1   0   12    9    4    2    2    5   10
Rick Matula            2   2  1.97   5   5   1   0   1   32   26   11    7    2   12   14
Rick Camp              0   1  3.38  13   0   0   0   0   19   22    9    7    1    5    5
Phil Niekro            1   4  4.35   6   6   1   0   0   41   35   22   20    5   15   30
Tommy Boggs            0   1  4.62   7   3   0   0   0   25   18   13   13    2    9   15
Preston Hanna          0   0  4.76   5   0   0   0   0    6    2    3    3    1    8    2
Larry McWilliams       2   2  5.11   5   5   0   0   0   25   30   17   14    7    4    9
Al Hrabosky            2   1  5.25  11   0   0   2   0   12   12    8    7    2    5    5
Doyle Alexander        0   2  5.68   5   5   0   0   0   25   32   19   16    1   16   18
Gene Garber            1   1  8.18  10   0   0   0   0   11   19   11   10    1    5    8

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dick Tidrow            1   0  2.12  12   0   0   1   0   17   13    5    4    2    4   15
Bill Caudill           0   1  2.41  15   0   0   0   0   19   12    5    5    2    8   19
Doug Capilla           1   0  2.45   8   0   0   0   0    7    8    2    2    1    7    2
Mike Krukow            3   1  2.50   6   6   1   0   0   40   31   18   11    3   16   16
Bruce Sutter           2   2  3.57  12   0   0   8   0   18   18    8    7    1    2    9
Rick Reuschel          2   2  4.01   7   7   0   0   0   43   50   24   19    0   22   20
Willie Hernandez       1   2  4.32   6   3   0   0   0   17   15    9    8    0   15   13
Dennis Lamp            2   3  7.26   7   7   0   0   0   31   45   28   25    3   12   10
Lynn McGlothen         0   0  8.59   7   0   0   0   0   15   23   14   14    3    6    8

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Doug Bair              0   2  1.29  12   0   0   2   0   14   10    2    2    0    8   10
Tom Hume               3   1  2.03  12   0   0   4   0   27   17    7    6    1   12   11
Charlie Leibrandt      3   2  2.11   6   6   2   0   1   47   38   11   11    2   17   21
Frank Pastore          3   1  2.23   6   6   3   0   1   44   32   11   11    3    8   27
Tom Seaver             1   1  3.58   5   5   0   0   0   33   25   15   13    4   12   19
Mike Lacoss            3   2  4.38   6   6   2   0   1   37   47   23   18    1   13   10
Paul Moskau            1   0  4.82   4   2   0   1   0   19   16   10   10    1   11   10
Mario Soto             0   0  5.63   7   0   0   0   0   16   12   10   10    2   14   14
Bill Bonham            1   1  5.79   3   3   0   0   0   14   15    9    9    1    4   10
Dave Tomlin            3   0  6.75   9   0   0   0   0    9   17    7    7    1    3    4

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Frank Lacorte          1   0  0.56  12   0   0   3   0   16    6    1    1    0    8   14
Joe Niekro             4   1  2.08   6   6   4   0   0   48   34   19   11    0   18   26
Dave Smith             1   2  2.08   9   0   0   0   0   13   11    3    3    0    5   11
J.R. Richard           4   1  2.61   6   6   1   0   1   38   18   12   11    0   15   48
Joe Sambito            1   0  2.93  10   0   0   2   0   15   14    6    5    1    3    8
Ken Forsch             4   1  2.98   6   6   1   0   1   42   44   14   14    2    9   19
Joaquin Andujar        0   1  3.09   5   0   0   1   0   12   16    5    4    1    1   10
Nolan Ryan             1   2  4.12   6   6   0   0   0   39   34   18   18    3   28   31
Vern Ruhle             1   1  5.06   4   2   0   0   0   16   16    9    9    1    5    7
Randy Niemann          0   0 13.50   3   0   0   0   0    3    6    4    4    0    2    0

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jerry Reuss            3   0  1.08   6   0   0   1   0   17    9    2    2    0    4   10
Joe Beckwith           2   0  1.17   6   0   0   0   0    8    8    1    1    0    0    6
Don Sutton             2   0  2.38   5   5   1   0   1   34   25   10    9    3   10   20
Dave Goltz             2   2  3.11   5   5   2   0   2   38   40   15   13    2   13   19
Bob Welch              1   1  3.34   5   5   0   0   0   35   26   13   13    5    9   13
Steve Howe             1   1  3.77  11   0   0   3   0   14   13    7    6    0    5    7
Bobby Castillo         1   1  4.50  10   0   0   0   0   16   12    8    8    3    9    8
Burt Hooton            2   2  6.04   6   5   0   1   0   25   25   17   17    5    8   15
Charlie Hough          0   2  7.43  10   0   0   1   0   13   15   12   11    1   14   11
Rick Sutcliffe         0   2  8.33   6   6   0   0   0   27   41   26   25    4   13   15
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  0.96  11   0   0   0   0   19   13    7    2    0    5    6
Woodie Fryman          0   1  1.00  11   0   0   3   0    9   11    1    1    0    1    4
David Palmer           1   0  1.69   7   2   0   0   0   21   21    8    4    0    5   14
Elias Sosa             2   2  2.77  10   0   0   1   0   13    8    4    4    0    1   11
Steve Rogers           2   4  3.86   7   7   1   0   0   49   44   24   21    4   18   31
Scott Sanderson        2   2  4.20   6   6   0   0   0   30   36   16   14    5   11   11
Ross Grimsley          1   2  5.06   4   4   0   0   0   21   31   13   12    1    3    3
Bill Lee               0   3  5.90   6   6   0   0   0   29   44   22   19    4    2    8
Fred Norman            0   0  6.11  11   0   0   1   0   18   19   12   12    2    6   16
Dale Murray            0   0  6.43   9   0   0   0   0   14   22   11   10    2    4    6

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Pat Zachry             0   1  1.80   2   0   0   0   0    5    6    1    1    0    3    3
Ray Burris             2   2  2.19   6   6   0   0   0   37   27   12    9    4   16   24
Craig Swan             2   2  2.25   6   6   1   0   0   36   30   14    9    2    4   25
Mark Bomback           2   0  2.67   6   3   1   0   1   27   24    8    8    3   14   10
Ed Glynn               1   1  2.70   6   0   0   0   0   10    5    3    3    1    4    7
Jeff Reardon           1   2  2.81  12   0   0   1   0   16   13    6    5    2   15   20
John Pacella           0   0  3.46   8   1   0   0   0   13   15    5    5    1   11    9
Pete Falcone           1   2  5.09   5   5   0   0   0   23   21   14   13    4    6   23
Tom Hausman            0   1  5.14   8   3   0   0   0   28   28   16   16    2    4   12
Neil Allen             0   3  6.17  13   0   0   5   0   23   26   17   16    3   12   14
Kevin Kobel            0   2  7.50   8   1   0   0   0   12   21   12   10    3   11    5

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Lerrin LaGrow          0   2  1.54   7   0   0   0   0   12   15    6    2    2    3    7
Steve Carlton          5   1  1.84   6   6   3   0   1   49   33   10   10    2   15   37
Dickie Noles           0   1  2.03   9   0   0   2   0   13   13    4    3    0    6   12
Tug McGraw             0   1  2.89   6   0   0   2   0    9    8    3    3    0    5    8
Ron Reed               1   0  4.20   9   0   0   0   0   15   13    7    7    1    8    4
Scott Munninghoff      0   0  4.50   4   0   0   0   0    6    8    3    3    0    5    2
Kevin Saucier          1   0  4.91   5   0   0   0   0    7    9    4    4    0    5    4
Larry Christenson      2   0  5.09   4   4   0   0   0   18   15   11   10    2    9   12
Randy Lerch            0   4  5.50   6   6   1   0   0   38   45   27   23    6   15   19
Dick Ruthven           2   2  6.51   6   6   0   0   0   28   38   24   20    2   15   10

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Kent Tekulve           5   0  1.10  12   0   0   3   0   16   11    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  1.84  10   0   0   0   0   15   15    6    3    1    5   10
Rod Scurry             0   0  2.84   2   0   0   0   0    6    5    2    2    1    1    4
John Candelaria        2   1  2.93   6   6   2   0   0   43   43   16   14    0   11   17
Bert Blyleven          0   2  3.13   5   5   0   0   0   32   20   11   11    5   11   28
Grant Jackson          2   1  3.48  11   0   0   1   0   10   10    4    4    1    4    3
Jim Rooker             2   2  3.50   4   4   0   0   0   18   16    7    7    0   12    8
Jim Bibby              4   0  3.59   6   6   3   0   1   43   38   18   17    3   11   24
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
Pascual Perez          0   0  4.50   1   1   0   0   0    6    7    3    3    0    1    4

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Shirley            2   1  2.08  12   0   0   4   0   17   20    6    4    2    3   10
Randy Jones            2   2  2.61   6   6   1   0   1   41   35   13   12    2    4   18
Gary Lucas             2   0  3.14   5   4   0   0   0   29   28   10   10    1    7   14
Rollie Fingers         2   3  3.21  11   0   0   3   0   14   14    6    5    0    6    9
John D'Acquisto        0   0  3.38   7   0   0   0   0   13   12    5    5    0    8    9
Steve Mura             0   0  3.38  10   0   0   2   0   16    9    7    6    2   10    7
John Curtis            2   2  3.57   6   6   0   0   0   40   37   16   16    3   15   14
Eric Rasmussen         1   3  4.23   5   5   0   0   0   28   30   16   13    1   10   12
Rick Wise              2   2  4.85   6   6   0   0   0   30   40   16   16    5    4   12
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  1.54   9   0   0   1   0   12   11    2    2    1    4    8
Greg Minton            1   1  1.93   9   0   0   1   0   14   12    4    3    0    5    4
John Montefusco        2   3  3.98   6   6   1   0   0   41   34   18   18    5   13   33
Vida Blue              3   2  4.27   7   7   2   0   0   46   55   22   22    3   16   24
Bob Knepper            2   3  4.69   7   7   2   0   0   48   53   27   25    4   11   25
Gary Lavelle           0   4  4.91  10   0   0   1   0   11   15    9    6    0    8   10
Ed Whitson             0   5  5.06   7   7   0   0   0   37   43   25   21    1   16   18
Ed Halicki             0   0  5.84   5   1   0   0   0   12   16    8    8    2    6    6
Tom Griffin            0   0  6.75   4   0   0   0   0   11   14    8    8    0    5    9
Randy Moffitt          1   1  7.36   8   0   0   0   0    7   10    6    6    1    1    6

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Pedro Borbon           1   0  1.00   3   0   0   1   0    9    8    3    1    0    3    3
Pete Vuckovich         5   1  2.37   6   6   2   0   1   46   36   15   12    3   13   33
Don Hood               1   1  2.65   8   1   0   0   0   17   19   10    5    1   10    7
Jim Kaat               0   0  2.70   4   0   0   2   0    7    2    2    2    1    1    3
Silvio Martinez        1   2  2.96   5   5   1   0   0   27   22   14    9    1   13   10
Bob Forsch             2   1  3.11   6   6   1   0   0   38   36   14   13    1    7   14
John Fulgham           1   2  5.12   4   3   1   0   0   19   18   12   11    0    7   10
Donnie Moore           1   0  6.14   7   0   0   0   0   15   19   10   10    1    4    7
Roy Thomas             0   0  6.61   8   2   0   0   0   16   23   14   12    1    3    8
Mark Littell           0   1  7.00   9   0   0   1   0    9   10    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:

  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  K. Tekulve (PIT)          5
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)        5
  J. Bibby (PIT)            4
  K. Forsch (HOU)           4
  J. Niekro (HOU)           4
  J. Richard (HOU)          4
  V. Blue (SFN)             3
  T. Hume (CIN)             3
  M. Krukow (CHN)           3

Losses:

  E. Whitson (SFN)          5
  G. Lavelle (SFN)          4
  R. Lerch (PHI)            4
  P. Niekro (ATL)           4
  S. Rogers (MON)           4
  N. Allen (NYN)            3
  R. Fingers (SDN)          3
  B. Knepper (SFN)          3
  D. Lamp (CHN)             3
  B. Lee (MON)              3

Complete Games:

  J. Niekro (HOU)           4
  J. Bibby (PIT)            3
  S. Carlton (PHI)          3
  F. Pastore (CIN)          3
  V. Blue (SFN)             2
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       2
  D. Goltz (LAN)            2
  B. Knepper (SFN)          2
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           2
  C. Leibrandt (CIN)        2

Saves:

  B. Sutter (CHN)           8
  N. Allen (NYN)            5
  T. Hume (CIN)             4
  B. Shirley (SDN)          4
  R. Fingers (SDN)          3
  W. Fryman (MON)           3
  S. Howe (LAN)             3
  F. Lacorte (HOU)          3
  K. Tekulve (PIT)          3
  D. Bair (CIN)             2

Shutouts:

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

Innings Pitched:

  S. Carlton (PHI)       49.0
  S. Rogers (MON)        49.0
  B. Knepper (SFN)       48.0
  J. Niekro (HOU)        47.2
  C. Leibrandt (CIN)     47.0
  V. Blue (SFN)          46.1
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)     45.2
  F. Pastore (CIN)       44.1
  J. Candelaria (PIT)    43.0
  J. Bibby (PIT)         42.2

Hits:

  V. Blue (SFN)            55
  B. Knepper (SFN)         53
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        50
  M. Lacoss (CIN)          47
  D. Lamp (CHN)            45
  R. Lerch (PHI)           45
  K. Forsch (HOU)          44
  B. Lee (MON)             44
  S. Rogers (MON)          44
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      43

Runs:

  D. Lamp (CHN)            28
  B. Knepper (SFN)         27
  R. Lerch (PHI)           27
  R. Sutcliffe (LAN)       26
  E. Whitson (SFN)         25
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        24
  S. Rogers (MON)          24
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         24
  M. Lacoss (CIN)          23
  V. Blue (SFN)            22

Home Runs:

  L. McWilliams (ATL)       7
  R. Lerch (PHI)            6
  B. Blyleven (PIT)         5
  B. Hooton (LAN)           5
  J. Montefusco (SFN)       5
  P. Niekro (ATL)           5
  S. Sanderson (MON)        5
  B. Welch (LAN)            5
  R. Wise (SDN)             5
  R. Burris (NYN)           4

Walks:

  N. Ryan (HOU)            28
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        22
  J. Niekro (HOU)          18
  S. Rogers (MON)          18
  C. Leibrandt (CIN)       17
  D. Alexander (ATL)       16
  V. Blue (SFN)            16
  R. Burris (NYN)          16
  M. Krukow (CHN)          16
  E. Whitson (SFN)         16

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)         48
  S. Carlton (PHI)         37
  J. Montefusco (SFN)      33
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)       33
  S. Rogers (MON)          31
  N. Ryan (HOU)            31
  P. Niekro (ATL)          30
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        28
  F. Pastore (CIN)         27
  J. Niekro (HOU)          26

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