Wednesday August 26, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, August 26, 1981

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         36  36  2.89   72  13  17   651   577  238  209   25  204  418
Los Angeles     46  27  3.03   73  20  17   658   590  235  222   37  192  406
San Francisco   35  40  3.32   75   5  23   680   628  281  251   39  275  377
Montreal        38  31  3.36   69  14  15   615   576  256  230   41  152  311
St. Louis       39  25  3.45   65   7  21   595   543  250  228   25  188  247
Pittsburgh      31  34  3.48   66   8  18   608   604  260  235   39  199  319
Atlanta         36  35  3.65   72   6  19   657   642  291  266   46  224  305
New York        26  41  3.71   68   4  15   597   595  295  246   50  231  338
Cincinnati      42  29  3.83   71  18  11   635   566  294  270   44  252  397
San Diego       26  47  3.85   73   5  16   659   671  307  282   49  259  309
Philadelphia    40  30  4.01   70  14  15   626   644  303  279   49  209  364
Chicago         24  44  4.17   70   3  10   642   659  327  297   36  281  359

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Nolan Ryan (HOU)       7   3  1.19  14  14   2   0   2   98   62   18   13    0   41   94
Bob Knepper (HOU)      6   3  1.99  14  14   5   0   4  104   88   25   23    3   21   46
Vida Blue (SFN)        6   5  2.12  14  14   1   0   0  102   76   30   24    7   48   51
Jerry Reuss (LAN)      8   3  2.19  15  15   7   0   2  107  101   28   26    4   15   34
Scott Sanderson (MON)  7   4  2.29  14  14   3   0   0   94   81   29   24    6   14   51
Burt Hooton (LAN)      9   4  2.30  16  16   4   0   3  102   95   31   26    3   22   51
Tom Seaver (CIN)       8   2  2.42  15  15   5   0   1  108   75   32   29    5   47   60
Jim Bibby (PIT)        5   3  2.44  13  13   2   0   2   89   75   28   24    2   25   44
Bill Gullickson (MON)  4   6  2.72  14  14   2   0   1  109   94   35   33    1   23   75
Steve Carlton (PHI)   10   3  2.76  16  16   7   0   0  127  108   42   39    5   41  111

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Al Hrabosky            0   1  1.11  16   0   0   1   0   24   20    4    3    1    6   10
Rick Camp              7   1  1.40  35   0   0  13   0   58   49   11    9    4   10   36
Rick Mahler            4   3  2.82  26   6   0   2   0   61   64   22   19    0   28   28
Phil Niekro            6   4  3.22  15  15   2   0   2   95   81   38   34    4   37   47
Gaylord Perry          6   4  3.31  16  16   3   0   0  109  119   44   40    6   12   37
John Montefusco        2   3  3.78  21   9   0   1   0   69   65   29   29    8   22   30
Gene Garber            2   2  3.86  18   0   0   1   0   30   25   13   13    2    9   15
Larry Bradford         2   0  4.01  24   0   0   1   0   25   25   13   11    1   11   11
Tommy Boggs            3  10  4.30  17  16   1   0   0   98   94   49   47   10   34   54
Bob Walk               1   4  5.35   9   8   0   0   0   37   37   25   22    6   22   13
Preston Hanna          2   1  6.37  20   1   0   0   0   35   45   27   25    2   23   22
Rick Matula            0   0  6.43   5   0   0   0   0    7    8    5    5    1    2    0
Steve Bedrosian        1   2  7.36   4   1   0   0   0    7    7    8    6    1    6    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
Mike Griffin           0   1  2.51   6   1   0   1   0   14   14    4    4    0    4    7
Rawly Eastwick         0   1  2.53  21   0   0   0   0   32   34   11    9    1   14   20
Doug Capilla           1   0  2.76  35   0   0   0   0   42   38   14   13    1   27   23
Doug Bird              2   1  3.12   4   4   1   0   0   26   24    9    9    2    5    8
Jay Howell             1   0  3.12   4   1   0   0   0    9    8    4    3    0    2    4
Rick Reuschel          4   7  3.47  13  13   1   0   0   86   87   40   33    4   23   53
Lee Smith              3   5  3.60  26   0   0   0   0   45   39   21   18    2   18   33
Randy Martz            4   5  4.06  20  12   1   2   0   75   78   35   34    4   38   25
Dick Tidrow            2   6  4.38  34   0   0   6   0   51   44   28   25    4   18   29
Lynn McGlothen         1   4  4.77  20   6   0   0   0   55   71   32   29    1   28   26
Mike Krukow            4   6  4.81  16  16   0   0   0   86   91   50   46    8   41   59
Ken Kravec             1   3  5.37  19   7   0   0   0   54   54   34   32    2   31   33
Bill Caudill           1   5  5.60  22  10   0   0   0   63   73   42   39    7   29   37
Willie Hernandez       0   0  6.75   4   0   0   1   0    4    4    3    3    0    3    2

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Scott Brown            1   0  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    4    4    0    0    0    0    0
Tom Seaver             8   2  2.42  15  15   5   0   1  108   75   32   29    5   47   60
Joe Price              4   0  2.68  27   0   0   1   0   40   32   12   12    3   10   34
Tom Hume               6   3  3.12  33   0   0   8   0   43   38   16   15    5   21   17
Mario Soto             8   7  3.49  17  17   7   0   2  119   98   49   46    8   43  105
Bruce Berenyi          6   3  3.60  14  13   3   0   3   85   64   37   34    2   51   58
Frank Pastore          3   5  3.87  14  14   2   0   1   86   82   45   37    7   16   55
Paul Moskau            2   1  4.14  19   0   0   2   0   41   34   20   19    4   22   23
Doug Bair              1   1  5.50  21   0   0   0   0   34   35   24   21    4   14   16
Mike Lacoss            2   7  6.94  12  12   1   0   1   60   83   48   46    5   22   21
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             7   3  1.19  14  14   2   0   2   98   62   18   13    0   41   94
Joe Sambito            3   4  1.59  32   0   0   7   0   40   28   11    7    2   15   27
Bob Knepper            6   3  1.99  14  14   5   0   4  104   88   25   23    3   21   46
Joe Niekro             7   7  3.04  16  16   4   0   1  113  111   46   38    5   29   54
Don Sutton             6   7  3.29  16  16   2   0   1  107   98   41   39    2   25   72
Dave Smith             1   3  3.68  28   0   0   5   0   51   43   23   21    2   17   35
Vern Ruhle             1   3  3.83  12   8   0   1   0   52   54   23   22    4   14   24
Frank Lacorte          3   2  4.03  26   0   0   3   0   29   24   13   13    1   18   32
Joaquin Andujar        2   3  4.94   9   3   0   0   0   24   29   17   13    2   12   18
Billy Smith            0   0  5.19   5   0   0   1   0    9    7    5    5    3    1    1
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
Dave Stewart           4   1  1.13  16   0   0   2   0   24   19    3    3    1    8   17
Tom Niedenfuer         1   0  1.50   4   0   0   1   0    6    4    1    1    0    1    4
Jerry Reuss            8   3  2.19  15  15   7   0   2  107  101   28   26    4   15   34
Burt Hooton            9   4  2.30  16  16   4   0   3  102   95   31   26    3   22   51
Steve Howe             4   2  2.36  26   0   0   7   0   34   29   10    9    1   14   21
Alejandro Pena         1   0  2.70   6   0   0   1   0   13    9    4    4    1    2    8
Fernando Valenzuela   10   4  2.81  17  17   8   0   5  128   93   41   40   10   43  127
Dave Goltz             2   1  2.83  18   4   0   1   0   54   47   17   17    3   15   38
Bob Welch              4   5  3.90  15  15   1   0   1   92   90   41   40    5   28   57
Rick Sutcliffe         2   2  4.30  12   6   0   0   0   44   40   24   21    5   20   16
Bobby Castillo         1   4  5.59  27   0   0   5   0   37   33   23   23    3   18   24
Terry Forster          0   1  6.35  12   0   0   0   0   17   30   12   12    1    6    9

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Woodie Fryman          4   2  1.88  22   0   0   4   0   24   26   11    5    1    7   15
Jeff Reardon           0   0  2.00   7   0   0   1   0    9    5    2    2    1    3    7
Scott Sanderson        7   4  2.29  14  14   3   0   0   94   81   29   24    6   14   51
Bill Lee               2   2  2.54  22   2   0   6   0   50   45   17   14    4    8   21
Bill Gullickson        4   6  2.72  14  14   2   0   1  109   94   35   33    1   23   75
Ray Burris             5   5  3.15  13  13   3   0   0   80   68   34   28    8   22   29
Steve Rogers           8   6  3.95  16  16   4   0   1  118  118   54   52    6   27   52
Charlie Lea            4   4  4.26  13   9   2   0   2   57   54   27   27    3   25   29
Elias Sosa             1   1  4.56  19   0   0   3   0   24   25   12   12    3    5   12
Stan Bahnsen           2   0  5.73  17   1   0   1   0   33   37   21   21    6   11   16
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
Terry Leach            0   0  1.35   6   1   0   0   0   13    7    3    2    1    5    8
Tom Hausman            0   1  2.18  20   0   0   0   0   33   28    8    8    2    7   13
Neil Allen             5   3  2.53  28   0   0  11   0   46   35   15   13    3   18   36
Pete Falcone           2   3  2.88  26   2   0   1   0   50   46   20   16    2   23   39
Craig Swan             0   2  2.89   4   2   0   0   0    9    6    4    3    0    1    6
Ed Lynch               2   3  2.96  10   7   0   0   0   46   53   18   15    4   10   18
Dyar Miller            1   0  3.41  21   0   0   0   0   34   43   19   13    2   14   20
Jeff Reardon           1   0  3.45  18   0   0   2   0   29   27   11   11    2   12   28
Dan Boitano            1   0  3.52   5   0   0   0   0    8    8    3    3    0    3    3
Pat Zachry             6   9  3.92  17  17   3   0   0  101  108   54   44    8   46   56
Randy Jones            1   7  3.97  11  11   0   0   0   57   56   41   25    7   36   14
Greg Harris            2   3  4.39   9   8   0   1   0   41   35   22   20    4   19   32
Mike Scott             3   7  4.42  15  15   1   0   0   96   96   49   47    9   23   42
Mike Marshall          1   0  5.06   5   0   0   0   0    5    6    3    3    0    1    1
Ray Searage            1   0  5.25   9   0   0   0   0   12   15    7    7    1    7    9
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
Tug McGraw             2   4  2.73  25   0   0   8   0   33   27   10   10    2   13   21
Steve Carlton         10   3  2.76  16  16   7   0   0  127  108   42   39    5   41  111
Ron Reed               2   1  2.93  23   0   0   5   0   40   34   15   13    3   11   24
Marty Bystrom          4   3  3.35   9   9   1   0   0   54   55   21   20    3   16   24
Mike Proly             2   0  3.44  25   0   0   2   0   37   39   15   14    5   10   13
Larry Christenson      3   6  3.90  15  15   0   0   0   95   98   47   41    8   27   61
Dick Ruthven           9   5  4.43  16  16   4   0   0  110  117   62   54    7   37   58
Sparky Lyle            6   2  4.73  29   0   0   0   0   46   54   25   24    3   22   21
Nino Espinosa          2   5  5.78  13  13   2   0   0   72   91   48   46   10   22   22
Dickie Noles           0   0  7.82   5   0   0   0   0   13   17   11   11    2    6    8
Mark Davis             0   1 63.00   1   1   0   0   0    1    4    7    7    1    4    1

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Bibby              5   3  2.44  13  13   2   0   2   89   75   28   24    2   25   44
Ernie Camacho          0   0  2.57   3   2   0   0   0   14   10    5    4    0    8    5
Odell Jones            1   1  2.60   4   2   0   0   0   17   16    6    5    2    7   13
Victor Cruz            1   1  2.81  13   0   0   1   0   26   25    8    8    6   10   19
Grant Jackson          1   2  2.86  33   0   0   4   0   28   24   10    9    1    9   13
Eddie Solomon          5   4  2.89  15  10   2   1   0   81   81   28   26    7   12   33
Kent Tekulve           4   5  3.05  28   0   0   2   0   41   42   15   14    0   14   20
John Candelaria        2   2  3.54   6   6   0   0   0   41   42   17   16    3   11   14
Enrique Romo           0   3  3.86  28   0   0   9   0   37   40   22   16    4   14   20
Rod Scurry             3   4  3.97  11   6   0   1   0   48   48   22   21    3   21   44
Rick Rhoden            7   2  4.10  15  15   2   0   1   99  104   47   45    4   39   54
Pascual Perez          2   4  4.18  12   8   2   0   0   60   62   29   28    5   17   29
Luis Tiant             0   2  4.61   2   2   0   0   0   14   12    9    7    0    6    4
Don Robinson           0   1  8.31   4   2   0   0   0   13   23   14   12    2    6    7

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Urrea             2   1  0.77  27   0   0   1   0   35   25    4    3    0   20   13
Gary Lucas             3   7  2.30  39   0   0  11   0   63   61   21   16    1   24   35
Danny Boone            0   0  2.44  24   0   0   1   0   44   41   14   12    1   11   32
Chris Welsh            5   5  2.99  16  13   3   0   1   93   84   33   31    6   33   39
Rick Wise              2   5  3.59  12  12   0   0   0   68   82   29   27    9   12   15
Juan Eichelberger      6   4  3.79  18  17   1   0   1   95   93   40   40    5   44   55
Steve Mura             4  10  4.40  17  17   1   0   0  108  122   58   53    9   34   49
John Littlefield       1   3  4.47  29   0   0   2   0   46   43   24   23    5   19   18
John Curtis            2   5  5.58  22   8   0   0   0   60   63   40   37   10   27   28
Tim Lollar             1   7  7.24  18   6   0   1   0   46   52   40   37    3   33   25
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
Vida Blue              6   5  2.12  14  14   1   0   0  102   76   30   24    7   48   51
Al Holland             3   4  2.55  32   0   0   5   0   60   55   20   17    1   26   39
Doyle Alexander        6   5  2.81  16  16   0   0   0   99  100   33   31    7   31   52
Fred Breining          3   2  3.06  31   1   0   0   0   47   42   20   16    1   28   21
Greg Minton            3   4  3.31  38   0   0  14   0   54   53   21   20    0   28   19
Bob Tufts              0   0  3.60   5   0   0   0   0    5    6    3    2    1    2    2
Allen Ripley           4   4  3.65  14  13   1   0   0   79   83   36   32    5   21   39
Ed Whitson             4   5  3.97  14  14   1   0   1   82   78   37   36    6   31   46
Tom Griffin            6   6  4.00  16  16   2   0   0   97   84   48   43    7   43   62
Gary Lavelle           0   5  4.09  23   1   0   4   0   44   36   23   20    2   15   35
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
Jim Kaat               5   2  2.18  27   0   0   3   0   33   32   11    8    0    8    6
Bruce Sutter           3   3  2.56  30   0   0  16   0   56   39   16   16    3   17   41
John Martin            4   2  2.67   9   7   2   0   0   57   42   17   17    3   14   18
Mark Littell           0   0  2.95  14   0   0   2   0   21   15    7    7    1   12   10
Bob Forsch             7   3  3.01  12  12   0   0   0   72   56   25   24    5   18   21
Lary Sorensen          5   5  3.24  15  15   3   0   1   94   91   39   34    2   16   44
Silvio Martinez        2   5  3.67  13  13   0   0   0   81   79   38   33    0   32   32
Jim Otten              1   0  3.72  20   0   0   0   0   29   31   14   12    2   14   18
Bob Shirley            5   3  4.50  17   9   1   0   0   62   65   35   31    6   28   26
Joaquin Andujar        2   1  5.30   4   3   0   0   0   19   22   11   11    2    7    4
Bob Sykes              1   0  6.35  12   1   0   0   0   23   24   17   16    1   14    7
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)         10
  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      10
  B. Hooton (LAN)           9
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          9
  J. Reuss (LAN)            8
  S. Rogers (MON)           8
  T. Seaver (CIN)           8
  M. Soto (CIN)             8
  R. Camp (ATL)             7
  B. Forsch (SLN)           7

Losses:

  T. Boggs (ATL)           10
  S. Mura (SDN)            10
  P. Zachry (NYN)           9
  R. Jones (NYN)            7
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           7
  T. Lollar (SDN)           7
  G. Lucas (SDN)            7
  J. Niekro (HOU)           7
  R. Reuschel (NYA)         7
  M. Scott (NYN)            7

Complete Games:

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

Saves:

  B. Sutter (SLN)          16
  G. Minton (SFN)          14
  R. Camp (ATL)            13
  N. Allen (NYN)           11
  G. Lucas (SDN)           11
  E. Romo (PIT)             9
  T. Hume (CIN)             8
  T. McGraw (PHI)           8
  S. Howe (LAN)             7
  J. Sambito (HOU)          7

Shutouts:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)       5
  B. Knepper (HOU)          4
  B. Berenyi (CIN)          3
  B. Hooton (LAN)           3
  J. Bibby (PIT)            2
  C. Lea (MON)              2
  P. Niekro (ATL)           2
  J. Reuss (LAN)            2
  N. Ryan (HOU)             2
  M. Soto (CIN)             2

Innings Pitched:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)   128.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)      127.0
  M. Soto (CIN)         118.2
  S. Rogers (MON)       118.1
  J. Niekro (HOU)       112.2
  D. Ruthven (PHI)      109.2
  B. Gullickson (MON)   109.0
  G. Perry (ATL)        108.2
  S. Mura (SDN)         108.1
  T. Seaver (CIN)       107.2

Hits:

  S. Mura (SDN)           122
  G. Perry (ATL)          119
  S. Rogers (MON)         118
  D. Ruthven (PHI)        117
  J. Niekro (HOU)         111
  S. Carlton (PHI)        108
  P. Zachry (NYN)         108
  R. Rhoden (PIT)         104
  J. Reuss (LAN)          101
  D. Alexander (SFN)      100

Runs:

  D. Ruthven (PHI)         62
  S. Mura (SDN)            58
  S. Rogers (MON)          54
  P. Zachry (NYN)          54
  M. Krukow (CHN)          50
  T. Boggs (ATL)           49
  M. Scott (NYN)           49
  M. Soto (CIN)            49
  N. Espinosa (PHI)        48
  T. Griffin (SFN)         48

Home Runs:

  T. Boggs (ATL)           10
  J. Curtis (SDN)          10
  N. Espinosa (PHI)        10
  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      10
  S. Mura (SDN)             9
  M. Scott (NYN)            9
  R. Wise (SDN)             9
  R. Burris (MON)           8
  L. Christenson (PHI)      8
  M. Krukow (CHN)           8

Walks:

  B. Berenyi (CIN)         51
  V. Blue (SFN)            48
  T. Seaver (CIN)          47
  P. Zachry (NYN)          46
  J. Eichelberger (SDN)    44
  T. Griffin (SFN)         43
  M. Soto (CIN)            43
  F. Valenzuela (LAN)      43
  S. Carlton (PHI)         41
  M. Krukow (CHN)          41

Strikeouts:

  F. Valenzuela (LAN)     127
  S. Carlton (PHI)        111
  M. Soto (CIN)           105
  N. Ryan (HOU)            94
  B. Gullickson (MON)      75
  D. Sutton (HOU)          72
  T. Griffin (SFN)         62
  L. Christenson (PHI)     61
  T. Seaver (CIN)          60
  M. Krukow (CHN)          59

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