Tuesday August 18, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, August 18, 1981

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         34  32  2.80   66  13  16   601   529  213  187   19  189  383
Los Angeles     41  25  2.90   66  18  15   595   522  205  192   32  181  368
San Francisco   32  36  3.24   68   5  20   619   566  251  223   35  249  342
Pittsburgh      27  30  3.29   58   8  14   534   517  216  195   37  173  281
Montreal        34  28  3.33   62  12  14   553   523  230  205   36  138  275
St. Louis       35  22  3.40   58   7  19   531   471  221  201   21  166  226
San Diego       25  40  3.61   65   5  15   591   590  260  237   45  226  273
New York        23  36  3.73   60   4  14   528   529  264  219   48  199  308
Atlanta         30  32  3.83   63   6  15   569   570  262  242   39  198  272
Cincinnati      39  25  3.83   64  16  11   573   519  266  244   41  232  351
Philadelphia    36  27  3.98   63  14  14   559   573  267  247   45  181  321
Chicago         19  42  4.14   63   3   8   577   597  295  265   27  257  327

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Nolan Ryan (HOU)       6   3  1.38  12  12   2   0   2   85   57   17   13    0   37   79
Bob Knepper (HOU)      6   2  1.55  13  13   5   0   4   99   79   19   17    2   21   45
Jerry Reuss (LAN)      6   3  2.04  13  13   6   0   1   93   87   23   21    2   15   30
Scott Sanderson (MON)  6   3  2.16  12  12   3   0   0   83   69   25   20    6   14   44
Vida Blue (SFN)        5   5  2.31  13  13   1   0   0   94   73   29   24    7   44   49
Tom Seaver (CIN)       8   2  2.46  14  14   5   0   1   99   71   30   27    5   46   58
Burt Hooton (LAN)      8   4  2.53  15  15   3   0   2   93   91   31   26    3   21   47
Doyle Alexander (SFN)  6   4  2.58  14  14   0   0   0   91   89   28   26    6   31   46
Jim Bibby (PIT)        4   3  2.61  12  12   2   0   2   83   71   28   24    2   23   40
Joe Niekro (HOU)       7   6  2.73  15  15   4   0   1  109  104   41   33    3   28   54

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Al Hrabosky            0   0  0.41  14   0   0   1   0   22   16    2    1    0    5   10
Rick Camp              6   1  1.18  29   0   0   9   0   46   37    7    6    2    9   28
Rick Mahler            3   3  3.08  25   5   0   2   0   53   56   21   18    0   23   26
Phil Niekro            4   4  3.44  13  13   2   0   2   81   71   35   31    4   33   42
Gaylord Perry          6   4  3.46  14  14   3   0   0   94  106   40   36    5   10   33
Gene Garber            2   1  4.09  15   0   0   1   0   22   22   10   10    1    7   13
John Montefusco        1   3  4.14  20   8   0   1   0   63   61   29   29    8   22   29
Larry Bradford         2   0  4.18  23   0   0   1   0   24   24   11   11    1    8   11
Tommy Boggs            2  10  4.52  15  14   1   0   0   84   83   44   42    9   30   43
Bob Walk               1   4  5.35   9   8   0   0   0   37   37   25   22    6   22   13
Rick Matula            0   0  6.43   5   0   0   0   0    7    8    5    5    1    2    0
Preston Hanna          2   1  6.55  19   1   0   0   0   34   45   27   25    2   23   22
Steve Bedrosian        1   1 11.57   3   0   0   0   0    2    1    3    3    0    2    2
Luis Gomez             0   0 27.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    3    3    3    0    2    0

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Doug Bird              2   0  1.29   2   2   1   0   0   14   11    2    2    1    3    6
Rawly Eastwick         0   1  2.53  21   0   0   0   0   32   34   11    9    1   14   20
Mike Griffin           0   1  2.70   5   1   0   1   0   13   14    4    4    0    4    5
Doug Capilla           0   0  3.15  32   0   0   0   0   34   33   13   12    0   21   20
Rick Reuschel          4   7  3.47  13  13   1   0   0   86   87   40   33    4   23   53
Lee Smith              1   5  3.70  23   0   0   0   0   41   36   20   17    1   17   31
Randy Martz            4   5  3.95  18  11   1   1   0   71   73   32   31    4   32   23
Dick Tidrow            2   5  4.24  31   0   0   6   0   47   39   25   22    4   15   28
Jay Howell             1   0  4.26   2   1   0   0   0    6    7    4    3    0    2    4
Mike Krukow            3   6  4.60  14  14   0   0   0   74   77   42   38    5   40   52
Lynn McGlothen         1   4  4.77  20   6   0   0   0   55   71   32   29    1   28   26
Bill Caudill           1   5  5.49  20  10   0   0   0   61   70   40   37    5   28   37
Ken Kravec             0   3  5.91  17   5   0   0   0   43   45   30   28    1   30   22

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Scott Brown            1   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    4    0    0    0    0    0
Tom Seaver             8   2  2.46  14  14   5   0   1   99   71   30   27    5   46   58
Joe Price              4   0  2.89  26   0   0   1   0   37   31   12   12    3    9   31
Tom Hume               5   2  3.15  30   0   0   8   0   40   35   15   14    5   20   16
Mario Soto             7   6  3.43  15  15   6   0   1  105   87   43   40    7   38   94
Frank Pastore          3   4  3.79  13  13   2   0   1   78   74   40   33    6   15   49
Paul Moskau            2   1  3.89  16   0   0   2   0   39   33   18   17    3   20   21
Bruce Berenyi          5   3  4.13  12  11   2   0   2   70   53   34   32    2   47   40
Doug Bair              1   1  5.64  19   0   0   0   0   30   34   22   19    4   12   14
Mike Lacoss            2   6  6.19  11  11   1   0   1   57   76   41   39    5   19   20
Geoff Combe            1   0  7.07  11   0   0   0   0   14   21   11   11    1    6    8

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Nolan Ryan             6   3  1.38  12  12   2   0   2   85   57   17   13    0   37   79
Joe Sambito            3   3  1.43  30   0   0   7   0   38   26   10    6    1   14   25
Bob Knepper            6   2  1.55  13  13   5   0   4   99   79   19   17    2   21   45
Joe Niekro             7   6  2.73  15  15   4   0   1  109  104   41   33    3   28   54
Don Sutton             5   7  3.20  14  14   2   0   1   96   84   35   34    2   20   63
Vern Ruhle             1   2  3.78  10   8   0   1   0   48   51   21   20    4   11   22
Billy Smith            0   0  3.86   3   0   0   1   0    5    3    2    2    1    1    1
Dave Smith             1   3  4.08  26   0   0   4   0   46   40   22   21    2   17   32
Frank Lacorte          3   2  4.33  25   0   0   3   0   27   23   13   13    1   17   29
Joaquin Andujar        2   3  4.94   9   3   0   0   0   24   29   17   13    2   12   18
Bobby Sprowl           0   1  5.26  13   1   0   0   0   26   33   16   15    1   11   15

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Niedenfuer         1   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    2    0    0    0    1    2
Alejandro Pena         0   0  0.00   3   0   0   1   0    7    3    0    0    0    1    5
Dave Stewart           4   1  0.39  14   0   0   1   0   23   16    1    1    0    8   16
Steve Howe             4   2  2.03  23   0   0   7   0   31   25    8    7    1   14   17
Jerry Reuss            6   3  2.04  13  13   6   0   1   93   87   23   21    2   15   30
Dave Goltz             2   0  2.34  16   2   0   1   0   42   31   11   11    3   11   33
Burt Hooton            8   4  2.53  15  15   3   0   2   93   91   31   26    3   21   47
Fernando Valenzuela    9   4  2.87  16  16   8   0   5  119   89   39   38   10   39  115
Bob Welch              4   4  3.50  14  14   1   0   1   90   83   36   35    4   28   57
Rick Sutcliffe         2   2  4.30  12   6   0   0   0   44   40   24   21    5   20   16
Bobby Castillo         1   4  5.60  26   0   0   5   0   35   30   22   22    3   17   21
Terry Forster          0   1  6.00  11   0   0   0   0   15   25   10   10    1    6    9

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jeff Reardon           0   0  0.00   4   0   0   0   0    5    3    0    0    0    1    3
Woodie Fryman          3   2  2.05  21   0   0   4   0   22   26   11    5    1    7   11
Scott Sanderson        6   3  2.16  12  12   3   0   0   83   69   25   20    6   14   44
Bill Lee               2   2  2.63  21   2   0   6   0   48   43   17   14    4    7   21
Ray Burris             5   5  2.96  12  12   3   0   0   76   63   31   25    7   21   29
Bill Gullickson        3   6  3.16  12  12   1   0   0   91   83   34   32    1   21   62
Elias Sosa             1   1  3.86  17   0   0   3   0   19   19    8    8    3    4   10
Charlie Lea            4   3  3.91  11   8   2   0   2   53   47   23   23    3   20   27
Steve Rogers           8   5  4.16  15  15   3   0   1  110  115   52   51    6   27   51
Stan Bahnsen           1   0  4.76  14   1   0   1   0   28   32   15   15    3    9   13
Steve Ratzer           1   1  6.23  12   0   0   0   0   17   23   14   12    2    7    4

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tim Leary              0   0  0.00   1   1   0   0   0    2    0    0    0    0    1    3
Tom Hausman            0   1  2.18  20   0   0   0   0   33   28    8    8    2    7   13
Pete Falcone           2   3  2.74  24   1   0   1   0   46   40   18   14    2   21   38
Neil Allen             4   3  2.83  26   0   0  10   0   41   31   15   13    3   15   32
Craig Swan             0   2  2.89   4   2   0   0   0    9    6    4    3    0    1    6
Terry Leach            0   0  3.00   2   1   0   0   0    6    6    3    2    1    1    5
Dyar Miller            1   0  3.00  19   0   0   0   0   33   41   17   11    2   12   19
Ed Lynch               2   3  3.07   9   6   0   0   0   41   47   16   14    4   10   16
Jeff Reardon           1   0  3.45  18   0   0   2   0   29   27   11   11    2   12   28
Pat Zachry             6   7  3.96  15  15   3   0   0   91  101   48   40    8   38   52
Randy Jones            1   7  3.97  11  11   0   0   0   57   56   41   25    7   36   14
Greg Harris            2   2  4.36   7   6   0   1   0   33   26   17   16    3   15   27
Dan Boitano            0   0  4.50   1   0   0   0   0    2    3    1    1    0    1    1
Mike Scott             3   5  4.50  13  13   1   0   0   82   83   43   41    8   19   37
Ray Searage            1   0  4.50   5   0   0   0   0    8    8    4    4    1    5    7
Dave Roberts           0   3  9.39   7   4   0   0   0   15   26   18   16    5    5   10

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Carlton          9   3  2.93  15  15   7   0   0  120  106   42   39    5   39  104
Ron Reed               2   0  3.06  20   0   0   5   0   35   28   13   12    3   10   20
Mike Proly             2   0  3.21  24   0   0   2   0   34   34   13   12    4   10   11
Marty Bystrom          4   3  3.35   9   9   1   0   0   54   55   21   20    3   16   24
Tug McGraw             1   4  3.55  21   0   0   7   0   25   25   10   10    2   12   14
Larry Christenson      3   6  4.02  13  13   0   0   0   81   82   41   36    7   23   55
Sparky Lyle            5   1  4.31  24   0   0   0   0   40   44   19   19    3   18   20
Dick Ruthven           8   5  4.50  14  14   4   0   0   96  101   55   48    6   32   51
Nino Espinosa          2   5  5.56  12  12   2   0   0   70   88   45   43   10   19   21
Dickie Noles           0   0 15.43   3   0   0   0   0    5   10    8    8    2    2    1

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Odell Jones            0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    4    4    0    0    0    3    5
Grant Jackson          1   2  1.69  28   0   0   2   0   21   17    5    4    1    5   10
Ernie Camacho          0   0  2.57   3   2   0   0   0   14   10    5    4    0    8    5
Jim Bibby              4   3  2.61  12  12   2   0   2   83   71   28   24    2   23   40
Eddie Solomon          5   4  2.80  14   9   2   1   0   74   72   25   23    7   10   32
Victor Cruz            1   1  2.81  13   0   0   1   0   26   25    8    8    6   10   19
Kent Tekulve           4   3  2.86  23   0   0   1   0   35   32   11   11    0   14   17
Rick Rhoden            6   1  3.40  13  13   2   0   1   85   85   34   32    4   32   50
John Candelaria        2   2  3.54   6   6   0   0   0   41   42   17   16    3   11   14
Pascual Perez          2   4  3.78  10   7   2   0   0   52   50   22   22    5   14   22
Enrique Romo           0   3  3.93  26   0   0   8   0   37   40   22   16    4   14   19
Rod Scurry             2   4  4.38  10   5   0   1   0   39   40   20   19    3   19   39
Luis Tiant             0   2  4.61   2   2   0   0   0   14   12    9    7    0    6    4
Don Robinson           0   1  7.59   3   2   0   0   0   11   17   10    9    2    4    5

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Urrea             2   1  0.27  24   0   0   1   0   33   21    2    1    0   18   11
Danny Boone            0   0  1.85  19   0   0   1   0   34   32    9    7    1   10   27
Gary Lucas             3   6  2.40  34   0   0  10   0   56   53   19   15    1   21   34
Chris Welsh            5   4  2.83  14  12   3   0   1   86   74   28   27    6   31   34
Juan Eichelberger      6   4  3.05  15  15   1   0   1   91   85   31   31    5   38   52
Rick Wise              2   5  3.32  11  11   0   0   0   65   74   26   24    9   12   15
Steve Mura             4   9  4.05  15  15   1   0   0   98  109   49   44    6   28   46
John Littlefield       1   2  4.91  25   0   0   2   0   40   39   23   22    5   16   13
John Curtis            1   4  5.72  17   8   0   0   0   50   55   35   32    9   25   23
Tim Lollar             1   5  7.82  15   4   0   1   0   36   43   34   31    3   25   18
Mike Armstrong         0   0 27.00   2   0   0   0   0    1    5    4    3    0    2    0

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Tufts              0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    1    1    1    0    0    1    1
Fred Breining          2   2  2.06  27   1   0   0   0   44   35   14   10    1   24   20
Vida Blue              5   5  2.31  13  13   1   0   0   94   73   29   24    7   44   49
Doyle Alexander        6   4  2.58  14  14   0   0   0   91   89   28   26    6   31   46
Al Holland             3   4  2.96  28   0   0   4   0   52   48   20   17    1   24   34
Greg Minton            3   3  3.42  35   0   0  12   0   50   48   20   19    0   26   16
Gary Lavelle           0   3  3.55  21   0   0   4   0   38   30   18   15    1   11   30
Ed Whitson             4   5  3.67  13  13   1   0   1   76   72   32   31    6   29   41
Allen Ripley           4   4  3.69  13  13   1   0   0   78   82   36   32    5   21   39
Tom Griffin            5   6  4.13  14  14   2   0   0   85   73   43   39    6   36   55
Randy Moffitt          0   0  7.94  10   0   0   0   0   11   15   10   10    2    2   11

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Andy Rincon            3   1  1.77   5   5   1   0   1   36   27    8    7    0    5   13
John Martin            4   1  2.03   7   5   2   0   0   44   28   10   10    3   11   15
Jim Kaat               4   2  2.40  25   0   0   3   0   30   28   11    8    0    7    6
Bruce Sutter           2   3  2.54  26   0   0  14   0   50   33   14   14    2   15   35
Bob Forsch             7   2  2.92  11  11   0   0   0   65   47   22   21    4   17   19
Mark Littell           0   0  3.06  10   0   0   2   0   18   11    6    6    1   10    9
Lary Sorensen          5   5  3.11  14  14   3   0   1   93   86   36   32    2   14   43
Jim Otten              1   0  3.72  20   0   0   0   0   29   31   14   12    2   14   18
Silvio Martinez        2   5  4.01  12  12   0   0   0   74   75   38   33    0   31   28
Bob Shirley            4   3  4.37  14   9   1   0   0   56   59   30   27    5   25   26
Joaquin Andujar        1   0  5.87   2   1   0   0   0    8    6    5    5    1    3    2
Bob Sykes              1   0  7.00  10   1   0   0   0   18   20   15   14    1   11    5
Joe Edelen             1   0  8.76  11   0   0   0   0   12   20   12   12    0    3    7

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League Leaders

Wins:

  S. Carlton (PHI)          9
  F. Valenzuela (LAN)       9
  B. Hooton (LAN)           8
  S. Rogers (MON)           8
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          8
  T. Seaver (CIN)           8
  B. Forsch (SLN)           7
  J. Niekro (HOU)           7
  M. Soto (CIN)             7
  D. Alexander (SFN)        6

Losses:

  T. Boggs (ATL)           10
  S. Mura (SDN)             9
  R. Jones (NYN)            7
  R. Reuschel (NYA)         7
  D. Sutton (HOU)           7
  P. Zachry (NYN)           7
  L. Christenson (PHI)      6
  T. Griffin (SFN)          6
  B. Gullickson (MON)       6
  M. Krukow (CHN)           6

Complete Games:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)       8
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  J. Reuss (LAN)            6
  M. Soto (CIN)             6
  B. Knepper (HOU)          5
  T. Seaver (CIN)           5
  J. Niekro (HOU)           4
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          4
  R. Burris (MON)           3
  B. Hooton (LAN)           3

Saves:

  B. Sutter (SLN)          14
  G. Minton (SFN)          12
  N. Allen (NYN)           10
  G. Lucas (SDN)           10
  R. Camp (ATL)             9
  T. Hume (CIN)             8
  E. Romo (PIT)             8
  S. Howe (LAN)             7
  T. McGraw (PHI)           7
  J. Sambito (HOU)          7

Shutouts:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)       5
  B. Knepper (HOU)          4
  B. Berenyi (CIN)          2
  J. Bibby (PIT)            2
  B. Hooton (LAN)           2
  C. Lea (MON)              2
  P. Niekro (ATL)           2
  N. Ryan (HOU)             2
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)     1
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           1

Innings Pitched:

  S. Carlton (PHI)      120.0
  F. Valenzuela (LAN)   119.1
  S. Rogers (MON)       110.1
  J. Niekro (HOU)       108.2
  M. Soto (CIN)         105.0
  B. Knepper (HOU)       99.0
  T. Seaver (CIN)        98.2
  S. Mura (SDN)          97.2
  D. Ruthven (PHI)       96.0
  D. Sutton (HOU)        95.2

Hits:

  S. Rogers (MON)         115
  S. Mura (SDN)           109
  S. Carlton (PHI)        106
  G. Perry (ATL)          106
  J. Niekro (HOU)         104
  D. Ruthven (PHI)        101
  P. Zachry (NYN)         101
  B. Hooton (LAN)          91
  D. Alexander (SFN)       89
  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      89

Runs:

  D. Ruthven (PHI)         55
  S. Rogers (MON)          52
  S. Mura (SDN)            49
  P. Zachry (NYN)          48
  N. Espinosa (PHI)        45
  T. Boggs (ATL)           44
  T. Griffin (SFN)         43
  M. Scott (NYN)           43
  M. Soto (CIN)            43
  S. Carlton (PHI)         42

Home Runs:

  N. Espinosa (PHI)        10
  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      10
  T. Boggs (ATL)            9
  J. Curtis (SDN)           9
  R. Wise (SDN)             9
  J. Montefusco (ATL)       8
  M. Scott (NYN)            8
  P. Zachry (NYN)           8
  V. Blue (SFN)             7
  R. Burris (MON)           7

Walks:

  B. Berenyi (CIN)         47
  T. Seaver (CIN)          46
  V. Blue (SFN)            44
  M. Krukow (CHN)          40
  S. Carlton (PHI)         39
  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      39
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)    38
  M. Soto (CIN)            38
  P. Zachry (NYN)          38
  N. Ryan (HOU)            37

Strikeouts:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)     115
  S. Carlton (PHI)        104
  M. Soto (CIN)            94
  N. Ryan (HOU)            79
  D. Sutton (HOU)          63
  B. Gullickson (MON)      62
  T. Seaver (CIN)          58
  B. Welch (LAN)           57
  L. Christenson (PHI)     55
  T. Griffin (SFN)         55

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