Wednesday July 19, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, July 19, 1978

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
San Francisco   57  38  3.23   95  25  17   858   806  346  308   48  278  487
Montreal        46  49  3.35   95  29  19   841   779  345  313   69  320  428
Philadelphia    48  39  3.41   87  16  18   770   738  330  292   63  240  426
Los Angeles     54  40  3.42   94  27  22   833   819  357  317   72  265  479
San Diego       46  49  3.53   95  11  29   841   821  379  330   47  309  437
St. Louis       37  58  3.59   95  22  11   843   762  391  336   55  323  510
Pittsburgh      45  44  3.61   89  14  25   804   784  370  322   64  282  510
Cincinnati      54  39  3.62   93   7  31   835   805  371  336   65  315  519
Houston         41  50  3.65   91  27  13   820   758  372  333   46  363  540
New York        39  56  3.85   95  15  16   861   830  405  368   70  331  459
Chicago         47  44  3.99   91  13  22   819   816  396  363   72  298  396
Atlanta         42  50  4.03   92  15  18   817   797  417  366   68  345  484

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Rogers (MON)    11   7  2.12  22  21  11   1   1  161  127   40   38    7   46  101
Pete Vuckovich (STL)   7   7  2.38  32  10   2   1   0  106   97   31   28    5   26   87
Craig Swan (NY)        2   5  2.48  18  17   3   0   1  120   95   35   33    8   34   75
Rick Reuschel (CHI)    8   7  2.57  18  18   6   0   0  130  116   38   37    9   22   51
Bob Knepper (SF)      11   5  2.61  22  21  10   0   3  158  136   53   46    8   51   86
Vida Blue (SF)        13   4  2.69  21  21   5   0   2  160  142   51   48    7   41  105
Ed Halicki (SF)        5   3  2.76  14  14   5   0   3   98   79   34   30    8   24   46
John Denny (STL)       8   6  2.96  21  21  10   0   2  149  126   52   49    9   38   68
Phil Niekro (ATL)     11   9  3.02  25  24  12   0   3  185  154   72   62    9   56  136
Randy Jones (SD)       7   8  3.10  23  22   2   0   1  151  150   65   52    5   44   44

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Larry McWilliams       1   0  0.00   1   1   0   0   0    7    5    0    0    0    2    2
Craig Skok             2   1  1.57  18   0   0   1   0   29   24    9    5    2    6   12
Gene Garber            1   1  2.39  14   0   0  10   0   26   25   10    7    3    4   23
Phil Niekro           11   9  3.02  25  24  12   0   3  185  154   72   62    9   56  136
Mickey Mahler          3   5  3.16  20  10   1   0   0   74   57   34   26    5   35   47
Rick Camp              2   2  3.25  28   4   0   0   0   53   67   24   19    3   21   17
Dick Ruthven           2   6  4.11  13  13   2   0   1   81   78   43   37    8   28   45
Eddie Solomon          2   4  4.16  31   2   0   2   0   67   64   34   31    7   31   39
Dave Campbell          3   2  4.38  36   0   0   1   0   49   45   26   24    9   29   33
Preston Hanna          7   6  4.49  20  19   0   0   0  100   89   55   50    7   62   63
Adrian Devine          5   4  6.02  29   6   0   3   0   61   77   43   41    3   23   25
Jamie Easterly         2   5  6.80  23   5   0   1   0   49   63   39   37    8   30   32
Tommy Boggs            1   5  6.88   8   8   0   0   0   35   49   28   27    4   18   10

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bruce Sutter           7   3  1.71  38   0   0  16   0   63   39   17   12    5   21   69
Rick Reuschel          8   7  2.57  18  18   6   0   0  130  116   38   37    9   22   51
Mike Krukow            4   0  2.93  11   4   1   0   1   40   34   13   13    2   13   20
Willie Hernandez       5   2  3.38  31   0   0   1   0   37   34   14   14    3   21   25
Dave Geisel            1   0  3.86  11   1   0   0   0   12   17    5    5    0    5    7
Dennis Lamp            2  10  3.88  21  20   2   0   2  114  102   54   49    9   32   33
Donnie Moore           5   2  3.93  45   0   0   4   0   66   74   36   29    4   23   38
Lynn McGlothen         2   1  4.09  17   0   0   0   0   33   29   15   15    4   15   18
Dave Roberts           4   4  4.61  19  13   1   0   1   94  104   50   48    8   27   26
Paul Reuschel          2   0  5.14  16   0   0   0   0   28   29   16   16    4   13   13
Woodie Fryman          2   4  5.17  13   9   0   0   0   56   64   37   32    6   37   28
Ray Burris             5   8  5.31  24  22   3   0   1  122  142   76   72   12   53   50
Ken Holtzman           0   3  7.56  11   4   0   1   0   25   32   25   21    6   16   18

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Doug Bair              4   3  1.58  39   0   0  16   0   57   43   10   10    4   21   49
Manny Sarmiento        7   5  2.67  38   4   0   5   0   88   57   29   26    7   31   47
Tom Seaver             9   9  3.13  21  21   5   0   1  144  132   58   50   15   48  123
Bill Bonham            9   2  3.19  15  15   1   0   0   96   97   34   34    5   35   60
Fred Norman            8   5  3.42  21  21   0   0   0  126  117   53   48   13   55   70
Dave Tomlin            6   1  3.77  39   0   0   4   0   43   52   27   18    1   16   19
Pedro Borbon           5   1  4.11  39   0   0   3   0   61   57   28   28    2   12   19
Dale Murray            1   1  4.13  15   0   0   2   0   33   34   20   15    1   17   25
Paul Moskau            1   2  4.48  14  13   0   1   0   70   75   35   35    6   30   49
Tom Hume               4   9  5.04  19  16   1   0   0  105  125   64   59    9   39   48
Mike Lacoss            0   0  9.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    2    1    1    1    0    1
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
Ken Forsch             4   3  2.97  33   0   0   3   0   61   66   22   20    0   21   28
Joaquin Andujar        3   4  3.07  13  13   2   0   0   82   62   31   28    2   37   38
J.R. Richard           9   9  3.11  21  21  10   0   3  159  111   63   55    7   86  177
Joe Sambito            3   5  3.16  37   0   0   7   0   57   54   21   20    3   23   57
Tom Dixon              5   6  3.24  19  11   2   1   1   89   89   38   32    4   23   44
Bo McLaughlin          0   1  3.50   8   1   0   2   0   18   24   11    7    0   10    8
Rick Williams          1   1  3.57   9   0   0   0   0   18   22    7    7    0    6   11
Floyd Bannister        3   5  3.65  16  12   2   0   2   81   82   33   33    7   48   68
Mark Lemongello        7   9  3.74  19  19   7   0   1  140  127   61   58   14   49   51
Joe Niekro             6   7  5.11  20  14   4   0   0   92   95   61   52    6   42   45
Gene Pentz             0   0  6.00  10   0   0   0   0   15   12   13   10    1   13    8
Oscar Zamora           0   0 11.00   7   0   0   0   0    9   14   11   11    2    5    5

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Lance Rautzhan         1   0  1.29  21   0   0   3   0   28   27    5    4    0    9   14
Terry Forster          2   2  2.52  27   0   0  11   0   39   30   14   11    2   16   32
Charlie Hough          3   2  2.60  33   0   0   4   0   62   44   22   18    4   34   44
Bob Welch              2   0  3.05   9   2   0   3   0   21   21    7    7    0    2   16
Burt Hooton            9   7  3.18  18  18   4   0   1  122  109   45   43   13   32   56
Doug Rau              10   5  3.67  18  18   6   0   1  125  144   52   51   12   37   58
Tommy John            10   7  3.69  20  19   5   0   0  134  150   67   55    5   42   81
Rick Rhoden            7   5  3.73  18  17   5   0   2  118  113   55   49   10   36   63
Don Sutton            10   8  3.74  20  20   7   0   1  137  143   64   57   21   25   82
Bobby Castillo         0   3  4.11  15   0   0   1   0   31   23   18   14    2   29   28
Mike Garman            0   1  4.41  10   0   0   0   0   16   15    8    8    3    3    5

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Rogers          11   7  2.12  22  21  11   1   1  161  127   40   38    7   46  101
Gerry Pirtle           0   1  2.30   8   0   0   0   0   16    9    4    4    0   12    5
Hal Dues               4   4  2.33  19  10   1   1   0   81   66   24   21    4   29   25
Woodie Fryman          2   3  2.34   5   5   2   0   1   35   24    9    9    1   16   19
Darold Knowles         2   2  2.42  34   0   0   3   0   45   39   12   12    4   17   19
Dan Schatzeder         3   1  2.65  15   4   1   0   0   54   42   16   16    2   19   29
Ross Grimsley         12   6  3.13  21  21  12   0   2  152  141   64   53   13   44   54
Bill Atkinson          2   2  3.86  22   0   0   2   0   37   38   16   16    3   23   25
Rudy May               6   9  4.34  22  19   2   0   0  114  123   66   55   14   31   68
Stan Bahnsen           0   4  4.50  21   0   0   5   0   32   39   18   16    3   15   20
Mike Garman            1   2  5.47  21   0   0   7   0   25   21   15   15    2   12    7
Wayne Twitchell        3   8  5.71  17  15   0   0   0   80   94   51   51   13   48   53
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            1   2  2.04  12   5   0   0   0   40   33   14    9    3   16   18
Dwight Bernard         0   0  2.35   6   0   0   0   0    8    7    2    2    0    4    4
Craig Swan             2   5  2.48  18  17   3   0   1  120   95   35   33    8   34   75
Pat Zachry            10   6  3.28  20  20   5   0   2  132  111   54   48    9   55   75
Bob Myrick             0   3  3.28  17   0   0   0   0   25   18   10    9    3   13   13
Skip Lockwood          7   7  3.47  41   0   0  11   0   70   58   27   27    8   25   54
Mardie Cornejo         3   2  3.75  18   0   0   2   0   24   23   11   10    1   11   12
Jerry Koosman          3  10  4.03  21  20   3   0   0  138  133   66   62   12   50   82
Nino Espinosa          7   8  4.14  19  19   4   0   1  124  132   63   57   13   44   46
Dale Murray            3   3  4.91  27   0   0   2   0   44   43   25   24    3   23   14
Mike Bruhert           1   5  5.00  13  12   0   0   0   67   90   47   37    2   14   34
Paul Siebert           0   2  5.32  23   0   0   1   0   24   26   14   14    2   17   10
Butch Metzger          1   3  6.51  25   0   0   0   0   37   48   28   27    4   22   21
Tom Hausman            1   0  8.38   2   2   0   0   0   10   13    9    9    2    3    1

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gene Garber            2   1  1.40  22   0   0   3   0   39   26    6    6    1   11   24
Warren Brusstar        2   0  2.32  28   0   0   0   0   43   40   13   11    0   17   34
Ron Reed               0   0  2.47  35   0   0   8   0   62   53   17   17    4   19   42
Tug McGraw             8   3  2.67  35   0   0   7   0   54   46   20   16    1   18   33
Dick Ruthven           4   2  2.82   6   6   1   0   1   38   36   13   12    4    6   19
Steve Carlton          8   9  3.25  21  21   5   0   1  141  138   63   51   19   43   93
Larry Christenson      6   8  3.46  18  18   5   0   1  122  110   52   47    8   30   65
Jim Kaat               5   2  3.86  13  12   2   0   1   75   80   35   32    5   16   29
Jim Lonborg            7   7  4.20  17  17   1   0   0   99  103   48   46   11   36   41
Randy Lerch            4   6  4.92  17  13   2   0   0   82   92   52   45    7   39   41
Rawly Eastwick         2   1  5.52   9   0   0   0   0   15   14   11    9    3    5    5

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ed Whitson             3   3  1.97  20   0   0   3   0   32   24   10    7    0   17   30
Kent Tekulve           5   5  2.15  52   0   0  16   0   75   59   21   18    3   33   43
Grant Jackson          4   3  2.44  34   0   0   3   0   44   60   16   12    1   18   28
John Candelaria        8   9  3.14  21  20   3   1   1  138  141   53   48    9   39   73
Jim Bibby              5   4  3.17  22   7   1   0   0   65   52   32   23    8   25   50
Bruce Kison            1   2  3.22  15   1   0   0   0   36   33   14   13    1   21   23
Bert Blyleven          9   5  3.41  20  20   6   0   3  137  126   59   52   13   34  102
Dave Hamilton          0   2  3.45  11   0   0   1   0   16   12    8    6    1    9    9
Don Robinson           5   4  3.80  20  17   3   1   1  118  114   55   50   11   29   74
Jim Rooker             5   6  4.87  17  17   1   0   0   94   88   58   51   10   42   47
Jerry Reuss            0   1  7.51  13   7   0   0   0   38   60   33   32    4   13   25
Will McEnaney          0   0 10.38   6   0   0   0   0    9   15   11   10    3    2    6

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mickey Lolich          1   0  1.64   7   0   0   0   0   11   10    2    2    0    3    4
John D'Acquisto        1   3  2.18  28   1   0   8   0   54   35   15   13    1   33   64
Randy Jones            7   8  3.10  23  22   2   0   1  151  150   65   52    5   44   44
Bob Owchinko           5   7  3.19  21  19   2   0   1  119  114   48   42    6   49   50
Gaylord Perry         10   4  3.33  20  20   3   0   2  141  138   60   52    5   39   87
Rollie Fingers         4  10  3.43  40   0   0  20   0   63   52   27   24    3   21   35
Eric Rasmussen         7   2  3.45  11   9   2   0   1   60   58   25   23    7   17   23
Mark Lee               3   1  3.74  32   0   0   0   0   46   41   21   19    0   21   17
Bob Shirley            5  10  4.18  26  19   2   1   0  123  125   63   57   10   50   76
Dan Spillner           1   0  4.56  17   0   0   0   0   26   32   15   13    2    7   16
Mark Wiley             1   0  5.87   4   1   0   0   0    8   11    6    5    1    1    1
Dave Freisleben        0   3  6.08  12   4   0   0   0   27   41   22   18    3   15   16
Dave Wehrmeister       1   0  6.14   4   0   0   0   0    7    8    5    5    1    5    2
Dennis Kinney          0   1  6.43   7   0   0   0   0    7    6    5    5    3    4    2

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Knepper           11   5  2.61  22  21  10   0   3  158  136   53   46    8   51   86
Vida Blue             13   4  2.69  21  21   5   0   2  160  142   51   48    7   41  105
Ed Halicki             5   3  2.76  14  14   5   0   3   98   79   34   30    8   24   46
Greg Minton            0   0  3.00   3   0   0   0   0    6    4    2    2    0    3    5
Gary Lavelle           8   7  3.19  42   0   0  11   0   59   56   24   21    1   30   39
Jim Barr               4   8  3.50  16  15   3   0   2   87   97   37   34    3   16   21
John Curtis            2   1  3.60  28   0   0   0   0   40   37   20   16    0   22   19
Randy Moffitt          6   4  3.61  44   0   0   6   0   57   55   26   23    3   26   37
John Montefusco        7   4  3.95  22  22   2   0   0  146  147   72   64   16   40  108
Charlie Williams       1   2  4.68  16   1   0   0   0   33   38   18   17    2   21   12
Lynn McGlothen         0   0  4.97   5   1   0   0   0   13   15    9    7    0    4    9

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Aurelio Lopez          0   0  2.16   2   0   0   0   0    8    6    2    2    1    0    4
Mark Littell           1   7  2.28  42   2   0   3   0   71   48   23   18    6   38   87
Pete Vuckovich         7   7  2.38  32  10   2   1   0  106   97   31   28    5   26   87
John Denny             8   6  2.96  21  21  10   0   2  149  126   52   49    9   38   68
Bob Forsch             9   9  3.12  21  21   5   0   3  147  116   60   51    7   59   72
Silvio Martinez        4   3  3.48  10  10   2   0   1   62   51   27   24    5   34   18
Buddy Schultz          1   3  3.60  33   0   0   5   0   55   42   23   22    2   23   47
George Frazier         0   2  4.15   8   0   0   0   0   13   17    9    6    2    2    5
Eric Rasmussen         2   5  4.18  10  10   2   0   1   60   61   32   28    4   20   32
Roy Thomas             1   1  5.40   8   1   0   2   0   17   16   12   10    0    8    8
Pete Falcone           1   6  5.63  14  10   0   0   0   54   68   38   34    5   25   21
John Urrea             3   9  5.67  24  10   1   0   0   86   98   69   54    4   44   53
Dave Hamilton          0   0  6.43  13   0   0   0   0   14   16   13   10    5    6    8

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League Leaders

Wins:

  V. Blue (SF)             13
  R. Grimsley (MON)        12
  B. Knepper (SF)          11
  P. Niekro (ATL)          11
  S. Rogers (MON)          11
  T. John (LA)             10
  G. Perry (SD)            10
  D. Rau (LA)              10
  D. Sutton (LA)           10
  P. Zachry (NY)           10

Losses:

  R. Fingers (SD)          10
  J. Koosman (NY)          10
  D. Lamp (CHI)            10
  B. Shirley (SD)          10
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       9
  S. Carlton (PHI)          9
  B. Forsch (STL)           9
  T. Hume (CIN)             9
  M. Lemongello (HOU)       9
  R. May (MON)              9

Complete Games:

  R. Grimsley (MON)        12
  P. Niekro (ATL)          12
  S. Rogers (MON)          11
  J. Denny (STL)           10
  B. Knepper (SF)          10
  J. Richard (HOU)         10
  M. Lemongello (HOU)       7
  D. Sutton (LA)            7
  B. Blyleven (PIT)         6
  D. Rau (LA)               6

Saves:

  R. Fingers (SD)          20
  D. Bair (CIN)            16
  B. Sutter (CHI)          16
  K. Tekulve (PIT)         16
  G. Garber (ATL)          13
  T. Forster (LA)          11
  G. Lavelle (SF)          11
  S. Lockwood (NY)         11
  J. D'Acquisto (SD)        8
  R. Reed (PHI)             8

Shutouts:

  B. Blyleven (PIT)         3
  B. Forsch (STL)           3
  E. Halicki (SF)           3
  B. Knepper (SF)           3
  P. Niekro (ATL)           3
  J. Richard (HOU)          3
  F. Bannister (HOU)        2
  J. Barr (SF)              2
  V. Blue (SF)              2
  J. Denny (STL)            2

Innings Pitched:

  P. Niekro (ATL)       185.0
  S. Rogers (MON)       161.0
  V. Blue (SF)          160.1
  J. Richard (HOU)      159.1
  B. Knepper (SF)       158.1
  R. Grimsley (MON)     152.1
  R. Jones (SD)         151.0
  J. Denny (STL)        149.0
  B. Forsch (STL)       147.1
  J. Montefusco (SF)    146.0

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)         154
  T. John (LA)            150
  R. Jones (SD)           150
  J. Montefusco (SF)      147
  D. Rau (LA)             144
  D. Sutton (LA)          143
  V. Blue (SF)            142
  R. Burris (CHI)         142
  J. Candelaria (PIT)     141
  R. Grimsley (MON)       141

Runs:

  R. Burris (CHI)          76
  J. Montefusco (SF)       72
  P. Niekro (ATL)          72
  J. Urrea (STL)           69
  T. John (LA)             67
  J. Koosman (NY)          66
  R. May (MON)             66
  R. Jones (SD)            65
  R. Grimsley (MON)        64
  T. Hume (CIN)            64

Home Runs:

  D. Sutton (LA)           21
  S. Carlton (PHI)         19
  J. Montefusco (SF)       16
  T. Seaver (CIN)          15
  M. Lemongello (HOU)      14
  R. May (MON)             14
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        13
  N. Espinosa (NY)         13
  R. Grimsley (MON)        13
  B. Hooton (LA)           13

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)         86
  P. Hanna (ATL)           62
  B. Forsch (STL)          59
  P. Niekro (ATL)          56
  F. Norman (CIN)          55
  P. Zachry (NY)           55
  R. Burris (CHI)          53
  W. Fryman (MON)          53
  B. Knepper (SF)          51
  J. Koosman (NY)          50

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)        177
  P. Niekro (ATL)         136
  T. Seaver (CIN)         123
  J. Montefusco (SF)      108
  V. Blue (SF)            105
  B. Blyleven (PIT)       102
  S. Rogers (MON)         101
  S. Carlton (PHI)         93
  M. Littell (STL)         87
  G. Perry (SD)            87

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