Thursday May 25, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, May 25, 1978

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
San Francisco   26  14  2.98   40   9   9   366   341  133  121   17   98  220
Philadelphia    19  18  3.38   37   7   5   328   318  144  123   21  118  177
Montreal        21  20  3.42   41  10   9   366   357  156  139   34  137  202
Los Angeles     24  17  3.48   41  14   8   368   360  160  142   37  118  207
San Diego       19  22  3.50   41   4  11   365   360  165  142   18  137  190
Chicago         21  17  3.57   38   5  10   348   330  157  138   28  149  169
New York        20  23  3.59   43   6   9   401   376  178  160   28  151  232
Houston         18  21  3.61   39  11   3   349   303  155  140   24  182  223
St. Louis       15  28  3.62   43  12   1   383   347  184  154   23  147  243
Pittsburgh      19  22  3.82   41   9   5   363   360  181  154   24  133  238
Cincinnati      26  17  3.93   43   2  14   394   386  192  172   37  165  259
Atlanta         15  24  4.18   39   7   5   344   350  182  160   23  163  203

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rick Reuschel (CHI)    5   3  1.97  11  11   3   0   0   82   73   19   18    2   19   28
Joaquin Andujar (HOU)  3   2  2.10   8   8   2   0   0   56   37   15   13    2   23   28
Bob Forsch (STL)       6   3  2.28  10  10   5   0   3   71   50   21   18    2   22   35
Craig Swan (NY)        1   2  2.40   9   9   1   0   1   64   40   19   17    4   18   35
Bob Knepper (SF)       5   2  2.42   9   9   4   0   1   67   54   20   18    4   21   42
Don Robinson (PIT)     4   1  2.48  10   8   3   1   1   69   54   23   19    3   10   40
Gaylord Perry (SD)     3   1  2.51   9   9   1   0   0   65   61   22   18    0   17   42
Tommy John (LA)        6   2  2.51   9   9   5   0   0   72   62   25   20    3   19   43
Ross Grimsley (MON)    7   2  2.53  10  10   6   0   1   75   70   26   21    6   23   22
Bill Bonham (CIN)      5   0  2.58   6   6   1   0   0   45   41   13   13    4   10   29

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mickey Mahler          0   1  1.50  11   1   0   0   0   24   13    6    4    1    9   19
Phil Niekro            4   6  3.11  11  11   5   0   1   81   70   35   28    2   31   64
Preston Hanna          3   0  3.46   8   8   0   0   0   39   29   18   15    4   31   28
Dick Ruthven           2   4  3.79   9   9   2   0   1   57   55   26   24    4   23   25
Eddie Solomon          1   3  4.18  16   0   0   2   0   28   31   15   13    3   11   15
Jamie Easterly         0   1  5.18   9   3   0   0   0   24   35   16   14    1   10   14
Rick Camp              0   1  5.52  12   0   0   0   0   15   19   10    9    1    5    3
Dave Campbell          2   1  5.60  13   0   0   0   0   18   22   13   11    4   16   11
Adrian Devine          2   2  5.86  19   0   0   3   0   28   34   18   18    0   11   15
Tommy Boggs            1   5  6.97   7   7   0   0   0   31   42   25   24    3   16    9

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bruce Sutter           4   2  1.52  18   0   0   6   0   30   17    9    5    1   12   33
Rick Reuschel          5   3  1.97  11  11   3   0   0   82   73   19   18    2   19   28
Willie Hernandez       3   1  3.26  17   0   0   0   0   19   17    7    7    1   12   11
Dave Roberts           1   0  3.31   7   1   0   0   0   16   17    8    6    0    8    9
Donnie Moore           2   0  4.03  20   0   0   4   0   29   31   17   13    2   11   13
Dennis Lamp            1   4  4.17   8   8   1   0   1   41   34   19   19    5   13   16
Ray Burris             2   3  4.41  11  10   1   0   0   63   62   34   31    7   33   27
Woodie Fryman          2   4  5.01  10   8   0   0   0   47   53   31   26    6   32   26
Paul Reuschel          1   0  5.06   6   0   0   0   0   11   11    6    6    3    6    2
Mike Krukow            0   0  6.30   6   0   0   0   0   10   15    7    7    1    3    4

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Doug Bair              1   0  0.64  19   0   0   6   0   28   22    2    2    1   12   24
Manny Sarmiento        4   2  1.35  15   2   0   1   0   40   23    7    6    2   17   18
Bill Bonham            5   0  2.58   6   6   1   0   0   45   41   13   13    4   10   29
Fred Norman            5   1  2.79  10  10   0   0   0   68   50   23   21    4   35   43
Dale Murray            1   1  4.13  15   0   0   2   0   33   34   20   15    1   17   25
Tom Seaver             3   4  4.34  10  10   1   0   0   58   66   30   28   10   23   55
Dave Tomlin            3   1  4.41  17   0   0   1   0   16   23   15    8    1    4    9
Pedro Borbon           2   1  6.20  16   0   0   3   0   25   26   17   17    2    7    6
Paul Moskau            0   1  6.23   4   3   0   1   0   17   17   12   12    3    8   16
Tom Hume               2   5  6.41  10   9   0   0   0   53   70   41   38    8   21   25
Doug Capilla           0   1  9.82   6   3   0   0   0   11   14   12   12    1   11    9

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Dixon              2   0  1.90   9   1   0   1   0   24   23    5    5    0    7   11
Floyd Bannister        1   2  2.04   8   4   1   0   1   35   25    8    8    2   25   26
Joaquin Andujar        3   2  2.10   8   8   2   0   0   56   37   15   13    2   23   28
Ken Forsch             1   2  2.96  14   0   0   0   0   27   34   11    9    0   13   11
Joe Sambito            2   2  3.04  16   0   0   2   0   27   20    9    9    2   10   26
J.R. Richard           4   4  3.31  10  10   5   0   3   71   52   30   26    5   44   79
Mark Lemongello        3   5  4.08   8   8   2   0   0   53   46   25   24    7   18   20
Oscar Zamora           0   0  5.40   3   0   0   0   0    3    2    2    2    0    3    2
Gene Pentz             0   0  6.00  10   0   0   0   0   15   12   13   10    1   13    8
Joe Niekro             2   4  8.05  10   8   1   0   0   38   52   37   34    5   26   12

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Lance Rautzhan         0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    1    2    0    0    0    1    0
Terry Forster          1   0  1.31  13   0   0   7   0   21   12    3    3    1    6   18
Tommy John             6   2  2.51   9   9   5   0   0   72   62   25   20    3   19   43
Doug Rau               5   0  2.74   7   7   2   0   0   49   54   15   15    6   13   24
Burt Hooton            3   4  3.31   8   8   2   0   0   54   50   20   20    5    9   24
Bobby Castillo         0   3  3.48  11   0   0   1   0   21   19   11    8    1   19   17
Charlie Hough          1   0  4.13  11   0   0   0   0   24   19   12   11    1   18   15
Rick Rhoden            4   3  4.29   9   8   3   0   1   57   60   31   27    6   18   30
Mike Garman            0   1  4.41  10   0   0   0   0   16   15    8    8    3    3    5
Don Sutton             4   4  5.09   9   9   2   0   0   53   67   35   30   11   12   31

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Garman            0   0  0.00   1   0   0   1   0    3    1    0    0    0    1    1
Darold Knowles         2   0  1.64  15   0   0   2   0   22   16    4    4    1    6   14
Ross Grimsley          7   2  2.53  10  10   6   0   1   75   70   26   21    6   23   22
Hal Dues               0   2  2.67   8   3   0   0   0   27   24   10    8    0   12   10
Steve Rogers           5   4  2.69  10  10   4   0   1   74   61   22   22    3   25   47
Bill Atkinson          2   1  3.09  13   0   0   1   0   23   22    8    8    2   11   19
Dan Schatzeder         0   0  3.12   4   0   0   0   0    9    5    3    3    0    3    8
Rudy May               3   5  4.19  10  10   0   0   0   62   67   34   29   10   14   32
Stan Bahnsen           0   2  4.26  15   0   0   5   0   19   24   11    9    2   11   12
Wayne Twitchell        2   4  5.73   8   8   0   0   0   44   51   28   28    7   23   34
Fred Holdsworth        0   0  7.27   6   0   0   0   0    9   16   10    7    3    8    3

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Kevin Kobel            0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    1    1    0    0    0    1    0
Paul Siebert           0   0  1.23   8   0   0   0   0    7    9    1    1    0    7    4
Craig Swan             1   2  2.40   9   9   1   0   1   64   40   19   17    4   18   35
Bob Myrick             0   3  3.28  17   0   0   0   0   25   18   10    9    3   13   13
Jerry Koosman          2   4  3.29   9   9   2   0   0   63   55   24   23    6   16   37
Skip Lockwood          4   4  3.51  22   0   0   7   0   41   33   16   16    3   15   35
Nino Espinosa          4   2  3.68   9   9   2   0   0   59   64   28   24    6   18   26
Mike Bruhert           1   3  3.69   7   7   0   0   0   39   44   22   16    1    8   15
Mardie Cornejo         3   2  3.75  18   0   0   2   0   24   23   11   10    1   11   12
Pat Zachry             4   1  3.86   9   9   1   0   1   51   49   24   22    2   27   37
Butch Metzger          0   1  6.86  14   0   0   0   0   21   30   17   16    2   13   15
Dale Murray            1   1  8.53   3   0   0   0   0    6   10    6    6    0    4    3

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gene Garber            2   1  1.99  14   0   0   0   0   23   18    5    5    1    8   14
Jim Kaat               1   0  2.37   5   4   1   0   1   30   27    9    8    0    7   12
Ron Reed               0   0  2.70  15   0   0   2   0   23   21    7    7    0   10   10
Steve Carlton          4   5  2.87  10  10   2   0   0   69   69   30   22    6   25   41
Warren Brusstar        0   0  2.95  11   0   0   0   0   18   18    8    6    0    7   13
Tug McGraw             2   3  3.57  14   0   0   3   0   18   19    9    7    1    6   11
Randy Lerch            3   3  3.76   8   8   2   0   0   53   50   28   22    4   26   25
Jim Lonborg            4   3  3.83   7   7   1   0   0   45   38   19   19    5   17   21
Larry Christenson      3   3  4.96   8   8   1   0   1   49   58   29   27    4   12   30

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Kent Tekulve           3   3  2.20  21   0   0   3   0   29   22    9    7    1   11   16
Don Robinson           4   1  2.48  10   8   3   1   1   69   54   23   19    3   10   40
Bruce Kison            1   2  2.70  11   0   0   0   0   23   19    8    7    1   16   14
Jim Bibby              3   2  2.79  14   0   0   0   0   19   16   12    6    3   12   19
John Candelaria        3   6  3.93  10  10   2   0   1   66   79   33   29    4   24   35
Bert Blyleven          3   4  3.95  10  10   4   0   2   71   68   35   31    5   17   60
Grant Jackson          0   1  4.85  14   0   0   1   0   13   21    7    7    0    7   10
Jerry Reuss            0   0  5.52   7   5   0   0   0   29   38   19   18    2    9   20
Jim Rooker             2   3  6.03   8   8   0   0   0   37   35   29   25    3   25   20
Will McEnaney          0   0  7.94   5   0   0   0   0    6    8    6    5    2    2    4

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John D'Acquisto        1   1  0.90   9   1   0   2   0   20   12    3    2    0   11   25
Mickey Lolich          1   0  1.08   5   0   0   0   0    8    5    1    1    0    3    4
Gaylord Perry          3   1  2.51   9   9   1   0   0   65   61   22   18    0   17   42
Randy Jones            3   3  2.59  10  10   1   0   1   66   58   22   19    2   16   18
Mark Lee               2   1  3.57  15   0   0   0   0   18   18    7    7    0    7    4
Bob Owchinko           3   3  3.81  10   9   1   0   0   57   58   27   24    4   30   23
Rollie Fingers         2   6  3.82  20   0   0   9   0   33   26   16   14    1    9   16
Dan Spillner           1   0  4.09  14   0   0   0   0   22   29   12   10    1    6   14
Bob Shirley            2   4  5.05  11   8   1   0   0   46   51   31   26    7   19   28
Dave Wehrmeister       1   0  6.14   4   0   0   0   0    7    8    5    5    1    5    2
Dave Freisleben        0   3  6.17   9   4   0   0   0   23   34   19   16    2   14   14

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ed Halicki             1   0  2.05   3   3   1   0   0   22   17    6    5    2    4    7
Bob Knepper            5   2  2.42   9   9   4   0   1   67   54   20   18    4   21   42
Randy Moffitt          3   1  2.74  18   0   0   2   0   23   22    9    7    1    6   16
Vida Blue              6   1  2.86   9   9   2   0   0   69   65   25   22    3   16   49
Greg Minton            0   0  3.00   3   0   0   0   0    6    4    2    2    0    3    5
Jim Barr               2   4  3.02   9   8   2   0   2   48   50   16   16    2    7   10
John Montefusco        4   2  3.12  10  10   0   0   0   69   65   26   24    4   13   55
Gary Lavelle           3   3  3.33  19   0   0   7   0   24   24    9    9    1   11   15
John Curtis            1   1  3.60  12   0   0   0   0   15   13    6    6    0    8    7
Charlie Williams       1   0  4.76   7   0   0   0   0   11   14    6    6    0    5    7
Lynn McGlothen         0   0  5.06   4   1   0   0   0   11   13    8    6    0    4    7

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
George Frazier         0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    2    0    0    0    0    2
Bob Forsch             6   3  2.28  10  10   5   0   3   71   50   21   18    2   22   35
Pete Vuckovich         0   4  2.83  20   0   0   1   0   29   26   10    9    1   13   26
John Denny             4   2  2.96  10  10   4   0   2   73   61   24   24    3   19   39
Mark Littell           1   6  3.28  18   2   0   0   0   36   29   17   13    2   25   38
Buddy Schultz          0   0  3.28  12   0   0   0   0   25   18   10    9    1   13   17
Eric Rasmussen         2   5  4.18  10  10   2   0   1   60   61   32   28    4   20   32
John Urrea             2   6  4.85  13   7   1   0   0   52   60   41   28    2   17   35
Pete Falcone           0   2  6.26   6   4   0   0   0   23   26   17   16    3   13   12
Dave Hamilton          0   0  6.57  12   0   0   0   0   12   14   12    9    5    5    7

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League Leaders

Wins:

  R. Grimsley (MON)         7
  V. Blue (SF)              6
  B. Forsch (STL)           6
  T. John (LA)              6
  B. Bonham (CIN)           5
  B. Knepper (SF)           5
  F. Norman (CIN)           5
  D. Rau (LA)               5
  R. Reuschel (CHI)         5
  S. Rogers (MON)           5

Losses:

  J. Candelaria (PIT)       6
  R. Fingers (SD)           6
  M. Littell (STL)          6
  P. Niekro (ATL)           6
  J. Urrea (STL)            6
  T. Boggs (ATL)            5
  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  T. Hume (CIN)             5
  M. Lemongello (HOU)       5
  R. May (MON)              5

Complete Games:

  R. Grimsley (MON)         6
  B. Forsch (STL)           5
  T. John (LA)              5
  P. Niekro (ATL)           5
  J. Richard (HOU)          5
  B. Blyleven (PIT)         4
  J. Denny (STL)            4
  B. Knepper (SF)           4
  S. Rogers (MON)           4
  R. Reuschel (CHI)         3

Saves:

  R. Fingers (SD)           9
  T. Forster (LA)           7
  G. Lavelle (SF)           7
  S. Lockwood (NY)          7
  D. Bair (CIN)             6
  B. Sutter (CHI)           6
  S. Bahnsen (MON)          5
  D. Moore (CHI)            4
  P. Borbon (CIN)           3
  A. Devine (ATL)           3

Shutouts:

  B. Forsch (STL)           3
  J. Richard (HOU)          3
  J. Barr (SF)              2
  B. Blyleven (PIT)         2
  J. Denny (STL)            2
  F. Bannister (HOU)        1
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       1
  L. Christenson (PHI)      1
  R. Grimsley (MON)         1
  R. Jones (SD)             1

Innings Pitched:

  R. Reuschel (CHI)      82.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)        81.0
  R. Grimsley (MON)      74.2
  S. Rogers (MON)        73.2
  J. Denny (STL)         73.0
  T. John (LA)           71.2
  B. Forsch (STL)        71.0
  B. Blyleven (PIT)      70.2
  J. Richard (HOU)       70.2
  V. Blue (SF)           69.1

Hits:

  J. Candelaria (PIT)      79
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        73
  R. Grimsley (MON)        70
  T. Hume (CIN)            70
  P. Niekro (ATL)          70
  S. Carlton (PHI)         69
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        68
  R. May (MON)             67
  D. Sutton (LA)           67
  T. Seaver (CIN)          66

Runs:

  T. Hume (CIN)            41
  J. Urrea (STL)           41
  J. Niekro (HOU)          37
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        35
  P. Niekro (ATL)          35
  D. Sutton (LA)           35
  R. Burris (CHI)          34
  R. May (MON)             34
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      33
  E. Rasmussen (STL)       32

Home Runs:

  D. Sutton (LA)           11
  R. May (MON)             10
  T. Seaver (CIN)          10
  T. Hume (CIN)             8
  R. Burris (CHI)           7
  M. Lemongello (HOU)       7
  B. Shirley (SD)           7
  W. Twitchell (MON)        7
  S. Carlton (PHI)          6
  N. Espinosa (NY)          6

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)         44
  F. Norman (CIN)          35
  R. Burris (CHI)          33
  W. Fryman (CHI)          32
  P. Hanna (ATL)           31
  P. Niekro (ATL)          31
  B. Owchinko (SD)         30
  P. Zachry (NY)           27
  R. Lerch (PHI)           26
  J. Niekro (HOU)          26

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)         79
  P. Niekro (ATL)          64
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        60
  J. Montefusco (SF)       55
  T. Seaver (CIN)          55
  V. Blue (SF)             49
  S. Rogers (MON)          47
  T. John (LA)             43
  F. Norman (CIN)          43
  B. Knepper (SF)          42


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