Sunday June 1, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, June 1, 1980

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         25  20  2.85   45  10   9   408   352  150  129   13  150  276
Pittsburgh      26  18  3.23   44   9   9   404   381  168  145   26  129  220
San Diego       23  25  3.44   48   3  13   418   414  172  160   31  120  197
Los Angeles     28  19  3.63   47   7  15   419   397  180  169   42  143  221
Philadelphia    23  19  3.66   42   6   8   374   362  177  152   28  144  244
Montreal        22  20  3.74   42   6  13   381   401  181  158   25  104  211
San Francisco   20  27  3.77   47  12   5   422   435  197  177   26  130  254
Chicago         21  21  3.79   42   3  13   376   382  180  158   29  147  214
Cincinnati      27  20  3.90   47  10  14   427   397  200  185   32  158  239
Atlanta         18  26  3.94   44   6   9   388   373  195  170   37  153  213
New York        19  24  3.96   43   4  10   384   370  194  169   46  154  252
St. Louis       16  29  4.35   45   7   6   398   403  227  192   24  156  190

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Carlton (PHI)    9   2  1.84  12  12   4   0   2   93   62   21   19    5   30   91
J.R. Richard (HOU)     6   3  1.85  11  11   2   0   2   78   46   23   16    0   28   77
David Palmer (MON)     3   1  1.94  11   6   1   0   0   51   43   15   11    1   14   33
Bob Welch (LAN)        5   1  2.16   9   9   2   0   1   67   46   17   16    6   13   32
Ray Burris (NYN)       3   3  2.39  10  10   0   0   0   60   51   22   16    4   26   40
Craig Swan (NYN)       3   4  2.44  10  10   2   0   1   66   50   23   18    6   14   47
Don Sutton (LAN)       4   2  2.64   9   9   1   0   1   58   41   18   17    8   18   40
Randy Jones (SDN)      4   3  2.65  11  11   3   0   3   78   69   24   23    7    7   32
Rick Matula (ATL)      3   4  2.65   9   9   1   0   1   58   49   23   17    3   20   23
Pete Vuckovich (SLN)   5   4  2.75  12  10   3   1   1   79   65   31   24    6   25   52

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Larry Bradford         1   1  1.59  20   0   0   2   0   23   16    6    4    2   12   16
Rick Camp              0   2  2.30  21   0   0   3   0   31   37   11    8    1    8   10
Rick Matula            3   4  2.65   9   9   1   0   1   58   49   23   17    3   20   23
Al Hrabosky            3   1  3.72  16   0   0   2   0   19   16    9    8    3    8   11
Tommy Boggs            2   1  3.77  11   5   0   0   0   45   34   19   19    3   14   24
Phil Niekro            3   7  3.84  11  11   5   0   1   82   74   37   35    8   32   51
Doyle Alexander        2   2  4.42  10  10   0   0   0   59   57   33   29    5   28   46
Gene Garber            1   4  5.31  19   0   0   2   0   20   24   15   12    1   11   11
Preston Hanna          0   0  6.14   8   1   0   0   0   15   12   10   10    2   14    6
Larry McWilliams       3   4  7.00   8   8   0   0   0   36   54   32   28    9    6   15

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dick Tidrow            2   0  1.72  23   0   0   2   0   31   21    8    6    4    7   30
Doug Capilla           1   0  2.16   9   0   0   0   0    8    9    2    2    1    8    2
Bill Caudill           0   1  2.45  22   0   0   0   0   29   18    8    8    4   15   28
Mike Krukow            3   5  3.04  11  11   1   0   0   71   63   31   24    4   24   32
Bruce Sutter           3   3  3.33  19   0   0  11   0   27   26   11   10    1    3   17
Rick Reuschel          4   4  3.71  12  12   1   0   0   78   92   38   32    2   33   39
Willie Hernandez       1   4  4.60  11   5   0   0   0   31   33   18   16    1   20   21
Dennis Lamp            5   4  4.73  13  12   1   0   1   67   76   39   35    5   28   26
Lynn McGlothen         2   0  6.82  11   2   0   0   0   33   44   25   25    7    9   19

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Frank Pastore          6   2  2.84  10  10   4   0   2   73   59   23   23    4   11   42
Doug Bair              0   2  3.03  22   0   0   5   0   30   25   10   10    1   12   22
Tom Hume               3   5  3.35  22   0   0   7   0   40   32   18   15    2   18   14
Paul Moskau            3   0  3.64  10   4   0   2   0   42   35   17   17    1   13   31
Mario Soto             0   0  3.79  15   1   0   0   0   40   29   18   17    4   27   43
Sheldon Burnside       1   0  3.86   3   0   0   0   0    2    3    1    1    1    0    1
Charlie Leibrandt      4   3  3.86  10  10   2   0   1   65   69   29   28    6   24   27
Tom Seaver             2   3  4.47   9   9   1   0   0   54   44   30   27   10   23   30
Mike Lacoss            4   4  5.04  10  10   3   0   1   55   68   38   31    1   23   14
Bill Bonham            1   1  5.79   3   3   0   0   0   14   15    9    9    1    4   10
Dave Tomlin            3   0  6.10  11   0   0   0   0   10   18    7    7    1    3    5

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Frank Lacorte          3   0  0.40  16   0   0   4   0   22    9    1    1    0   12   20
J.R. Richard           6   3  1.85  11  11   2   0   2   78   46   23   16    0   28   77
Dave Smith             1   2  1.86  14   0   0   0   0   19   14    4    4    0    7   12
Nolan Ryan             3   4  2.87  10  10   2   0   2   69   53   24   22    4   43   58
Joe Sambito            1   0  3.18  17   0   0   4   0   23   18    9    8    1    6   17
Joaquin Andujar        0   2  3.22   8   1   0   1   0   22   27    9    8    1    4   16
Ken Forsch             5   4  3.24  10  10   2   0   1   72   78   26   26    5   12   28
Joe Niekro             5   4  3.72  11  11   4   0   0   75   76   41   31    1   28   39
Vern Ruhle             1   1  4.05   6   2   0   0   0   20   21    9    9    1    7    8
Randy Niemann          0   0  5.14   6   0   0   0   0    7   10    4    4    0    3    1

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Welch              5   1  2.16   9   9   2   0   1   67   46   17   16    6   13   32
Steve Howe             1   2  2.45  18   0   0   5   0   22   22    9    6    0    5    9
Joe Beckwith           3   0  2.60  12   0   0   0   0   17   20    7    5    1    4   13
Don Sutton             4   2  2.64   9   9   1   0   1   58   41   18   17    8   18   40
Jerry Reuss            6   1  2.85  12   4   1   3   1   47   46   15   15    2    6   20
Bobby Castillo         1   1  3.86  17   0   0   2   0   26   21   11   11    3   15   15
Dave Goltz             3   4  4.14   9   9   2   0   2   59   67   29   27    4   25   27
Burt Hooton            5   3  4.15  11  10   1   1   0   61   54   28   28   11   20   27
Charlie Hough          0   2  5.48  14   0   0   1   0   21   25   14   13    2   17   18
Rick Sutcliffe         0   2  6.43  12   6   0   3   0   35   46   26   25    4   16   19
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   1  0.44  18   0   0   7   0   20   12    1    1    0    4   15
Stan Bahnsen           4   1  0.93  16   0   0   1   0   29   18    8    3    0   10   10
David Palmer           3   1  1.94  11   6   1   0   0   51   43   15   11    1   14   33
Elias Sosa             2   2  2.70  17   0   0   3   0   20   17    6    6    0    4   15
Steve Rogers           5   5  3.50  11  11   3   0   1   80   74   34   31    5   25   54
Scott Sanderson        5   3  3.57  10  10   1   0   0   58   62   25   23    7   18   32
Bill Gullickson        0   0  4.50   1   0   0   0   0    2    4    1    1    0    0    3
Ross Grimsley          1   2  5.06   4   4   0   0   0   21   31   13   12    1    3    3
Bill Lee               2   4  5.34  11  11   1   0   0   62   90   41   37    6    7   21
Fred Norman            0   0  8.02  16   0   0   2   0   21   26   22   19    2   11   18
Dale Murray            0   1  8.04  10   0   0   0   0   16   24   15   14    3    8    7

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ray Burris             3   3  2.39  10  10   0   0   0   60   51   22   16    4   26   40
Craig Swan             3   4  2.44  10  10   2   0   1   66   50   23   18    6   14   47
Pat Zachry             1   2  3.15   5   3   1   0   0   20   18    7    7    3    7   14
Ed Glynn               1   1  3.94  11   0   0   0   0   16   12    7    7    2    6   10
Jeff Reardon           2   2  3.96  18   0   0   1   0   25   22   12   11    3   19   27
John Pacella           0   0  4.32  13   1   0   0   0   17   18    9    8    1   14   15
Pete Falcone           3   4  4.63   9   9   0   0   0   47   43   30   24    8   15   39
Neil Allen             2   3  4.68  19   0   0   9   0   33   32   18   17    3   16   20
Mark Bomback           3   0  4.81  11   6   1   0   1   39   47   22   21    9   18   14
Tom Hausman            0   1  5.27  15   3   0   0   0   41   45   26   24    3    8   20
Kevin Kobel            1   4  7.08  12   1   0   0   0   20   32   18   16    4   11    6

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Carlton          9   2  1.84  12  12   4   0   2   93   62   21   19    5   30   91
Dickie Noles           0   2  1.96  16   0   0   3   0   23   17    6    5    0   13   18
Kevin Saucier          2   0  2.25  14   0   0   0   0   20   20    5    5    0    7   10
Tug McGraw             0   1  2.59  14   0   0   3   0   24   20    7    7    0    7   16
Ron Reed               3   1  3.21  16   0   0   2   0   28   23   10   10    1   11   14
Lerrin LaGrow          0   2  3.72  12   0   0   0   0   19   23   12    8    4    5    9
Scott Munninghoff      0   0  4.50   4   0   0   0   0    6    8    3    3    0    5    2
Dick Ruthven           5   4  4.71  11  11   1   0   1   63   81   40   33    3   22   24
Randy Lerch            1   6  4.92   9   9   1   0   0   57   67   37   31    8   18   28
Dan Larson             0   1  5.68   2   2   0   0   0    6    6    8    4    2    4    2
Larry Christenson      3   0  6.31   6   6   0   0   0   26   28   19   18    2   12   21
Bob Walk               0   0  9.72   2   2   0   0   0    8    7    9    9    3   10    9

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Enrique Romo           3   0  1.60  20   0   0   2   0   34   28    9    6    1    9   21
Grant Jackson          4   1  1.69  20   0   0   1   0   21   20    4    4    1    6    8
Rod Scurry             0   1  2.35   5   0   0   0   0   15   11    4    4    1    5   10
Eddie Solomon          2   0  2.37   6   2   0   0   0   19   23   12    5    1    8    7
Jim Bibby              6   1  2.88  11  11   4   0   1   81   68   29   26    6   24   50
Bert Blyleven          1   4  3.31  11  10   2   0   1   71   61   29   26    7   22   59
Jim Rooker             2   2  3.50   4   4   0   0   0   18   16    7    7    0   12    8
John Candelaria        2   4  3.68  11  11   3   0   0   73   74   35   30    2   19   22
Andy Hassler           0   0  3.72   5   0   0   0   0   10    8    5    4    1    4    3
Dave Roberts           0   1  3.86   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    1    1    0    1    1
Pascual Perez          0   0  4.50   1   1   0   0   0    6    7    3    3    0    1    4
Don Robinson           1   1  4.66   6   5   0   0   0   29   35   15   15    5    4   17
Kent Tekulve           5   3  5.18  22   0   0   6   0   24   28   15   14    1   14   10

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Shirley            5   1  1.65  23   0   0   4   0   33   27    8    6    3   10   19
John D'Acquisto        0   0  1.69  14   0   0   1   0   27   24    5    5    0    9   16
Randy Jones            4   3  2.65  11  11   3   0   3   78   69   24   23    7    7   32
Rollie Fingers         5   5  3.00  20   0   0   6   0   27   24   10    9    1   10   14
Rick Wise              2   3  3.43  10  10   0   0   0   58   64   22   22    6    8   22
Gary Lucas             2   2  3.47   9   8   0   0   0   49   51   22   19    3   15   27
Dennis Kinney          1   1  3.60  12   0   0   0   0   20   16    9    8    1    6   11
John Curtis            3   4  4.02  10  10   0   0   0   63   66   28   28    5   24   21
Eric Rasmussen         1   5  5.05  11   8   0   0   0   41   53   26   23    2   14   23
Steve Mura             0   1  6.56  15   1   0   2   0   23   20   18   17    3   17   12

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Al Holland             1   1  0.79  15   0   0   2   0   23   22    4    2    1    8   19
Allen Ripley           0   0  1.29   1   1   0   0   0    7    5    1    1    0    0    3
Gary Lavelle           0   5  2.63  19   0   0   2   0   24   23   11    7    0   12   20
Vida Blue              8   2  2.89  12  12   6   0   1   90   85   29   29    5   23   49
Greg Minton            1   2  3.48  16   0   0   1   0   21   18    9    8    0   11    5
Ed Whitson             2   5  3.50  12  12   2   0   2   72   78   33   28    2   22   35
John Montefusco        2   4  4.10   9   7   1   0   0   53   50   28   24    6   16   41
Bob Knepper            4   6  4.82  13  13   3   0   0   84   93   49   45    4   20   49
Ed Halicki             0   0  5.79  10   2   0   0   0   23   29   15   15    5   10   13
Tom Griffin            1   1  5.94   8   0   0   0   0   17   20   11   11    1    7   14
Randy Moffitt          1   1  7.00   9   0   0   0   0    9   12    7    7    2    1    6

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Hood               1   2  2.45  13   3   0   0   0   33   35   17    9    1   16   13
John Fulgham           1   2  2.58   7   6   1   0   0   38   29   12   11    0   15   21
Pete Vuckovich         5   4  2.75  12  10   3   1   1   79   65   31   24    6   25   52
Bob Forsch             4   3  3.27  11  11   2   0   0   74   75   33   27    2   13   34
Pedro Borbon           1   0  3.79  10   0   0   1   0   19   17   10    8    3   10    4
Silvio Martinez        1   3  4.50  11   8   1   0   0   44   41   31   22    1   28   16
George Frazier         0   2  4.91   4   0   0   0   0    4    6    2    2    0    1    1
Roy Thomas             1   2  5.24  15   4   0   0   0   34   39   22   20    2   13   14
Donnie Moore           1   1  6.23  11   0   0   0   0   22   25   15   15    1    5   10
Jim Kaat               0   3  7.27  13   1   0   2   0   17   16   14   14    3    7    8
Mark Littell           0   2  9.28  14   0   0   2   0   11   14   11   11    2    7    7
Bob Sykes              1   4 10.13  10   2   0   0   0   19   34   21   21    2   10    8
Darold Knowles         0   1 10.80   2   0   0   0   0    2    3    2    2    1    0    1
Jim Otten              0   0 23.14   3   0   0   0   0    2    4    6    6    0    6    1

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League Leaders

Wins:

  S. Carlton (PHI)          9
  V. Blue (SFN)             8
  J. Bibby (PIT)            6
  F. Pastore (CIN)          6
  J. Reuss (LAN)            6
  J. Richard (HOU)          6
  R. Fingers (SDN)          5
  K. Forsch (HOU)           5
  B. Hooton (LAN)           5
  D. Lamp (CHN)             5

Losses:

  P. Niekro (ATL)           7
  B. Knepper (SFN)          6
  R. Lerch (PHI)            6
  R. Fingers (SDN)          5
  T. Hume (CIN)             5
  M. Krukow (CHN)           5
  G. Lavelle (SFN)          5
  E. Rasmussen (SDN)        5
  S. Rogers (MON)           5
  E. Whitson (SFN)          5

Complete Games:

  V. Blue (SFN)             6
  P. Niekro (ATL)           5
  J. Bibby (PIT)            4
  S. Carlton (PHI)          4
  J. Niekro (HOU)           4
  F. Pastore (CIN)          4
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       3
  R. Jones (SDN)            3
  B. Knepper (SFN)          3
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           3

Saves:

  B. Sutter (CHN)          11
  N. Allen (NYN)            9
  W. Fryman (MON)           7
  T. Hume (CIN)             7
  R. Fingers (SDN)          6
  K. Tekulve (PIT)          6
  D. Bair (CIN)             5
  S. Howe (LAN)             5
  F. Lacorte (HOU)          4
  J. Sambito (HOU)          4

Shutouts:

  R. Jones (SDN)            3
  S. Carlton (PHI)          2
  D. Goltz (LAN)            2
  F. Pastore (CIN)          2
  J. Richard (HOU)          2
  N. Ryan (HOU)             2
  E. Whitson (SFN)          2
  J. Bibby (PIT)            1
  V. Blue (SFN)             1
  B. Blyleven (PIT)         1

Innings Pitched:

  S. Carlton (PHI)       93.0
  V. Blue (SFN)          90.1
  B. Knepper (SFN)       84.0
  P. Niekro (ATL)        82.0
  J. Bibby (PIT)         81.1
  S. Rogers (MON)        79.2
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)     78.2
  R. Jones (SDN)         78.0
  J. Richard (HOU)       78.0
  R. Reuschel (CHN)      77.2

Hits:

  B. Knepper (SFN)         93
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        92
  B. Lee (MON)             90
  V. Blue (SFN)            85
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         81
  K. Forsch (HOU)          78
  E. Whitson (SFN)         78
  D. Lamp (CHN)            76
  J. Niekro (HOU)          76
  B. Forsch (SLN)          75

Runs:

  B. Knepper (SFN)         49
  B. Lee (MON)             41
  J. Niekro (HOU)          41
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         40
  D. Lamp (CHN)            39
  M. Lacoss (CIN)          38
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        38
  R. Lerch (PHI)           37
  P. Niekro (ATL)          37
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      35

Home Runs:

  B. Hooton (LAN)          11
  T. Seaver (CIN)          10
  M. Bomback (NYN)          9
  L. McWilliams (ATL)       9
  P. Falcone (NYN)          8
  R. Lerch (PHI)            8
  P. Niekro (ATL)           8
  D. Sutton (LAN)           8
  B. Blyleven (PIT)         7
  R. Jones (SDN)            7

Walks:

  N. Ryan (HOU)            43
  R. Reuschel (CHN)        33
  P. Niekro (ATL)          32
  S. Carlton (PHI)         30
  D. Alexander (ATL)       28
  D. Lamp (CHN)            28
  S. Martinez (SLN)        28
  J. Niekro (HOU)          28
  J. Richard (HOU)         28
  M. Soto (CIN)            27

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         91
  J. Richard (HOU)         77
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        59
  N. Ryan (HOU)            58
  S. Rogers (MON)          54
  P. Vuckovich (SLN)       52
  P. Niekro (ATL)          51
  J. Bibby (PIT)           50
  V. Blue (SFN)            49
  B. Knepper (SFN)         49

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