Tuesday August 1, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, August 1, 1978

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
San Francisco   63  44  3.17  107  29  19   965   892  380  340   49  306  546
Los Angeles     61  45  3.30  106  30  26   940   916  393  345   76  288  539
Philadelphia    55  46  3.39  101  21  19   894   853  377  337   75  269  486
San Diego       55  52  3.41  107  15  33   948   915  413  359   52  337  480
Montreal        51  57  3.41  108  30  22   963   900  400  365   84  369  495
Pittsburgh      48  53  3.60  101  17  26   905   884  415  362   68  330  571
St. Louis       40  65  3.63  105  25  12   926   839  430  373   64  366  561
Houston         49  56  3.71  105  30  14   949   887  433  391   55  414  611
New York        46  62  3.78  108  17  18   978   945  452  411   78  367  523
Cincinnati      62  44  3.80  106   7  36   953   951  447  402   78  364  591
Chicago         52  51  3.95  103  15  25   922   909  440  405   79  349  441
Atlanta         49  56  4.15  105  18  23   931   921  481  429   86  390  552

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Rogers (MON)    12   7  2.42  25  24  11   1   1  179  148   51   48   11   52  108
Craig Swan (NY)        3   5  2.45  20  19   4   0   1  136  109   39   37    8   40   87
Vida Blue (SF)        15   4  2.52  23  23   7   0   3  178  157   53   50    7   43  120
Pete Vuckovich (STL)   8   8  2.53  34  12   3   1   1  121  111   38   34    6   36   98
Bob Knepper (SF)      11   8  2.72  25  24  11   0   3  179  150   61   54    8   60   96
Rick Reuschel (CHI)    9   9  2.72  21  21   6   0   0  149  131   47   45   10   33   58
Bob Owchinko (SD)      7   7  2.92  24  22   4   0   1  142  132   53   46    6   52   61
J.R. Richard (HOU)    11   9  2.95  24  24  11   0   3  186  129   70   61    9  102  205
Phil Niekro (ATL)     12  11  2.97  29  27  14   1   3  212  178   80   70   11   62  159
Randy Jones (SD)       9   9  2.98  26  25   4   0   2  175  175   72   58    5   48   49

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gene Garber            1   1  1.73  18   0   0  13   0   36   30   10    7    3    4   30
Phil Niekro           12  11  2.97  29  27  14   1   3  212  178   80   70   11   62  159
Rick Camp              2   2  3.25  28   4   0   0   0   53   67   24   19    3   21   17
Larry McWilliams       3   0  3.27   4   4   0   0   0   22   20    8    8    4    7    7
Eddie Solomon          3   4  3.87  32   3   0   2   0   74   71   35   32    8   35   43
Dick Ruthven           2   6  4.11  13  13   2   0   1   81   78   43   37    8   28   45
Mickey Mahler          3   5  4.28  23  11   1   0   0   82   75   47   39    7   41   54
Craig Skok             2   1  4.29  22   0   0   2   0   36   38   21   17    7    9   15
Preston Hanna          7   8  4.54  22  21   0   0   0  113  100   63   57    8   73   72
Dave Campbell          4   2  4.61  40   0   0   1   0   55   51   30   28    9   35   36
Adrian Devine          5   4  6.02  29   6   0   3   0   61   77   43   41    3   23   25
Tommy Boggs            2   6  6.22  10  10   1   0   1   46   61   33   32    6   19   17
Jamie Easterly         3   6  6.37  25   6   0   1   0   59   75   44   42    9   33   32

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bruce Sutter           7   3  1.74  42   0   0  18   0   67   43   18   13    6   21   75
Rick Reuschel          9   9  2.72  21  21   6   0   0  149  131   47   45   10   33   58
Dennis Lamp            5  10  3.50  24  23   4   0   3  139  127   59   54   10   38   40
Mike Krukow            4   0  3.54  14   7   1   0   1   56   50   23   22    4   19   28
Dave Geisel            1   0  3.65  12   1   0   0   0   12   18    5    5    0    5    7
Willie Hernandez       6   2  3.72  33   0   0   1   0   39   36   16   16    3   22   25
Lynn McGlothen         2   1  4.05  22   0   0   0   0   40   35   18   18    4   24   24
Donnie Moore           5   4  4.06  49   0   0   4   0   71   80   39   32    4   25   38
Dave Roberts           4   6  4.66  22  16   1   0   1  110  120   59   57   10   37   32
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   9  5.27  27  22   3   1   1  126  143   78   74   12   54   53
Ken Holtzman           0   3  6.44  14   4   0   1   0   29   33   25   21    6   21   20

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Doug Bair              4   3  1.50  46   0   0  20   0   66   53   11   11    4   27   57
Tom Seaver            10   9  3.10  23  23   5   0   1  160  147   63   55   15   55  140
Bill Bonham            9   2  3.19  15  15   1   0   0   96   97   34   34    5   35   60
Manny Sarmiento        9   6  3.41  44   4   0   5   0   98   73   40   37    9   39   52
Fred Norman            9   6  3.61  24  24   0   0   0  137  132   63   55   16   60   78
Dave Tomlin            6   1  4.01  44   0   0   4   0   49   63   36   22    1   18   23
Dale Murray            1   1  4.13  15   0   0   2   0   33   34   20   15    1   17   25
Paul Moskau            2   2  4.15  16  15   0   1   0   85   85   40   39    8   37   58
Pedro Borbon           5   2  4.56  46   0   0   4   0   77   76   39   39    6   16   25
Tom Hume               5  10  5.16  23  19   1   0   0  120  153   75   69   10   40   57
Mike Lacoss            2   1  5.73   4   3   0   0   0   22   24   14   14    2    9    7
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
Vern Ruhle             0   0  2.38   2   2   0   0   0   11   14    3    3    0    2    7
J.R. Richard          11   9  2.95  24  24  11   0   3  186  129   70   61    9  102  205
Ken Forsch             6   4  2.99  38   0   0   3   0   72   82   27   24    0   27   32
Joaquin Andujar        4   4  3.04  14  13   2   0   0   83   62   31   28    2   38   40
Joe Sambito            4   6  3.06  42   0   0   8   0   62   60   22   21    3   23   61
Tom Dixon              5   7  3.65  21  13   2   1   1  101  103   47   41    4   28   52
Mark Lemongello        7   9  3.77  21  21   7   0   1  155  142   68   65   14   49   58
Floyd Bannister        3   6  4.38  19  13   2   0   2   86   93   42   42   10   53   69
Joe Niekro             8   8  4.55  23  17   6   0   1  115  108   67   58    7   48   51
Rick Williams          1   2  4.88  10   1   0   0   0   24   32   14   13    1    8   12
Bo McLaughlin          0   1  5.01  12   1   0   2   0   23   30   17   13    2   16   10
Gene Pentz             0   0  6.00  10   0   0   0   0   15   12   13   10    1   13    8
Oscar Zamora           0   0  7.20  10   0   0   0   0   15   20   12   12    2    7    6

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dennis Lewallyn        0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    2    0    0    0    0    0
Lance Rautzhan         1   0  1.50  26   0   0   3   0   36   38    8    6    1   10   19
Terry Forster          3   3  2.14  34   0   0  14   0   46   40   16   11    2   17   37
Bob Welch              2   0  2.20  12   3   0   3   0   33   27    8    8    0    4   28
Charlie Hough          3   2  2.51  35   0   0   4   0   65   46   22   18    4   34   47
Burt Hooton           11   8  3.12  21  21   5   0   1  147  130   53   51   14   39   70
Tommy John            12   7  3.40  23  21   5   1   0  151  165   73   57    6   44   88
Don Sutton            11   9  3.48  22  22   9   0   1  155  152   67   60   22   29   90
Rick Rhoden            8   6  3.90  21  20   5   0   2  132  129   64   57   10   42   68
Doug Rau              10   6  3.91  19  19   6   0   1  127  149   56   55   12   37   59
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
Woodie Fryman          4   3  1.83   8   8   3   0   2   59   43   13   12    1   23   35
Hal Dues               4   4  2.17  20  11   1   1   0   87   76   24   21    4   32   31
Dan Schatzeder         4   2  2.23  17   6   1   0   0   69   49   18   17    3   26   35
Steve Rogers          12   7  2.42  25  24  11   1   1  179  148   51   48   11   52  108
Darold Knowles         2   3  2.62  40   0   0   4   0   55   47   16   16    5   23   23
Ross Grimsley         12   8  3.42  24  24  12   0   2  171  165   76   65   15   47   60
Bill Atkinson          2   2  3.86  22   0   0   2   0   37   38   16   16    3   23   25
Stan Bahnsen           0   4  3.88  25   1   0   5   0   46   46   22   20    5   20   30
Rudy May               6   9  4.34  22  19   2   0   0  114  123   66   55   14   31   68
Mike Garman            2   3  5.35  29   0   0   9   0   37   33   22   22    5   17   15
Gerry Pirtle           0   2  5.71  12   0   0   0   0   17   19   11   11    2   14    7
Wayne Twitchell        3  10  5.96  20  15   0   0   0   83   97   55   55   13   53   55
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            2   2  2.02  15   5   0   0   0   49   39   16   11    5   17   23
Craig Swan             3   5  2.45  20  19   4   0   1  136  109   39   37    8   40   87
Dwight Bernard         0   1  2.93  10   1   0   0   0   15   11    6    5    1   12   12
Bob Myrick             0   3  3.28  17   0   0   0   0   25   18   10    9    3   13   13
Pat Zachry            10   6  3.33  21  21   5   0   2  138  120   57   51    9   60   78
Skip Lockwood          7   9  3.51  46   0   0  13   0   77   67   30   30    9   25   61
Mardie Cornejo         3   2  3.75  18   0   0   2   0   24   23   11   10    1   11   12
Jerry Koosman          3  11  3.89  23  22   3   0   0  155  148   72   67   12   53   94
Nino Espinosa          9   9  4.17  22  22   5   0   1  147  156   74   68   15   54   56
Dale Murray            4   3  4.35  31   0   0   2   0   52   47   26   25    3   23   18
Mike Bruhert           2   5  5.00  16  13   0   0   0   76  102   53   42    3   16   34
Paul Siebert           0   2  5.32  23   0   0   1   0   24   26   14   14    2   17   10
Tom Hausman            2   1  5.63   5   5   0   0   0   24   31   16   15    3    4    4
Butch Metzger          1   3  6.51  25   0   0   0   0   37   48   28   27    4   22   21

 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        3   0  2.09  34   0   0   0   0   52   44   14   12    0   19   38
Dick Ruthven           6   2  2.24   8   8   3   0   1   56   52   15   14    4   10   29
Ron Reed               1   0  2.35  39   0   0   8   0   69   57   18   18    5   19   50
Tug McGraw             8   3  2.44  37   0   0   8   0   59   49   20   16    1   18   38
Steve Carlton          9  11  3.27  24  24   6   0   1  165  160   72   60   22   48  104
Larry Christenson      7  10  3.45  21  21   6   0   1  143  130   62   55   11   35   72
Rawly Eastwick         2   1  3.74  13   0   0   0   0   22   15   11    9    3    7    6
Jim Kaat               5   3  4.34  16  14   2   0   1   87   96   45   42    6   21   31
Randy Lerch            5   6  4.53  19  15   3   0   0   97  107   56   49    8   42   51
Jim Lonborg            7   9  4.83  19  19   1   0   0  104  117   58   56   14   39   43

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ed Whitson             3   4  2.01  24   0   0   3   0   45   33   13   10    0   23   37
Kent Tekulve           5   6  2.24  59   0   0  17   0   84   70   26   21    3   42   49
Grant Jackson          4   3  2.77  38   0   0   3   0   49   66   19   15    1   22   29
Bruce Kison            2   3  3.30  18   2   0   0   0   44   40   17   16    1   24   29
John Candelaria        8  11  3.44  23  22   3   1   1  147  153   61   56    9   42   77
Dave Hamilton          0   2  3.45  12   0   0   1   0   16   13    8    6    1    9    9
Bert Blyleven          9   6  3.45  22  22   7   0   3  151  142   67   58   14   39  113
Jim Bibby              6   5  3.48  25  10   2   0   1   78   69   39   30    9   27   57
Don Robinson           5   5  3.54  22  19   4   1   1  132  121   58   52   11   38   82
Jim Rooker             6   7  4.53  19  19   1   0   0  109  101   62   55   12   46   54
Jerry Reuss            0   1  7.02  15   7   0   0   0   42   61   34   33    4   16   29
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  1.42  10   0   0   0   0   13   12    2    2    0    3    4
John D'Acquisto        2   3  2.37  31   1   0   8   0   57   36   17   15    1   37   68
Bob Owchinko           7   7  2.92  24  22   4   0   1  142  132   53   46    6   52   61
Randy Jones            9   9  2.98  26  25   4   0   2  175  175   72   58    5   48   49
Gaylord Perry         12   4  3.19  23  23   3   0   2  161  160   68   57    6   48   94
Rollie Fingers         4  11  3.24  46   0   0  24   0   72   59   29   26    3   23   42
Mark Lee               3   1  3.51  34   0   0   0   0   49   42   21   19    0   21   18
Eric Rasmussen         8   2  3.59  14  12   2   0   1   78   72   33   31   11   22   28
Bob Shirley            6  11  4.16  29  19   2   1   0  128  129   65   59   10   51   79
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
Vida Blue             15   4  2.52  23  23   7   0   3  178  157   53   50    7   43  120
Bob Knepper           11   8  2.72  25  24  11   0   3  179  150   61   54    8   60   96
Ed Halicki             5   5  3.03  17  17   5   0   3  116   95   45   39    8   30   53
Jim Barr               6   8  3.21  18  17   4   0   2  104  108   40   37    3   19   24
Randy Moffitt          6   4  3.25  50   0   0   8   0   64   59   26   23    3   26   41
Gary Lavelle           9   8  3.26  47   0   0  11   0   69   67   28   25    1   35   43
John Curtis            3   1  3.27  31   0   0   0   0   44   38   20   16    0   22   21
Greg Minton            0   0  3.86   4   0   0   0   0    7    6    3    3    0    3    5
John Montefusco        7   4  3.87  24  24   2   0   0  158  156   76   68   17   42  122
Charlie Williams       1   2  4.81  17   1   0   0   0   34   41   19   18    2   22   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
Mark Littell           1   7  2.23  46   2   0   4   0   77   53   24   19    6   40   98
Pete Vuckovich         8   8  2.53  34  12   3   1   1  121  111   38   34    6   36   98
John Denny             8   8  3.12  23  23  10   0   2  161  143   59   56   11   47   73
Bob Forsch             9  11  3.15  24  24   6   0   3  168  133   68   59   10   67   84
Silvio Martinez        5   5  3.36  13  13   3   0   1   83   66   35   31    6   43   23
Buddy Schultz          2   3  3.90  38   0   0   5   0   60   47   27   26    2   26   52
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
Aurelio Lopez          0   0  4.63   4   0   0   0   0   12   10    6    6    3    2    6
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)             15
  R. Grimsley (MON)        12
  T. John (LA)             12
  P. Niekro (ATL)          12
  G. Perry (SD)            12
  S. Rogers (MON)          12
  B. Hooton (LA)           11
  B. Knepper (SF)          11
  J. Richard (HOU)         11
  D. Sutton (LA)           11

Losses:

  J. Candelaria (PIT)      11
  S. Carlton (PHI)         11
  R. Fingers (SD)          11
  B. Forsch (STL)          11
  J. Koosman (NY)          11
  P. Niekro (ATL)          11
  B. Shirley (SD)          11
  L. Christenson (PHI)     10
  T. Hume (CIN)            10
  D. Lamp (CHI)            10

Complete Games:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          14
  R. Grimsley (MON)        12
  B. Knepper (SF)          11
  J. Richard (HOU)         11
  S. Rogers (MON)          11
  J. Denny (STL)           10
  D. Sutton (LA)            9
  V. Blue (SF)              7
  B. Blyleven (PIT)         7
  M. Lemongello (HOU)       7

Saves:

  R. Fingers (SD)          24
  D. Bair (CIN)            20
  B. Sutter (CHI)          18
  K. Tekulve (PIT)         17
  G. Garber (ATL)          16
  T. Forster (LA)          14
  S. Lockwood (NY)         13
  G. Lavelle (SF)          11
  M. Garman (MON)           9
  J. D'Acquisto (SD)        8

Shutouts:

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

Innings Pitched:

  P. Niekro (ATL)       212.1
  J. Richard (HOU)      186.0
  B. Knepper (SF)       178.2
  S. Rogers (MON)       178.2
  V. Blue (SF)          178.1
  R. Jones (SD)         175.0
  R. Grimsley (MON)     171.0
  B. Forsch (STL)       168.1
  S. Carlton (PHI)      165.1
  J. Denny (STL)        161.1

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)         178
  R. Jones (SD)           175
  R. Grimsley (MON)       165
  T. John (LA)            165
  S. Carlton (PHI)        160
  G. Perry (SD)           160
  V. Blue (SF)            157
  N. Espinosa (NY)        156
  J. Montefusco (SF)      156
  J. Candelaria (PIT)     153

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          80
  R. Burris (CHI)          78
  R. Grimsley (MON)        76
  J. Montefusco (SF)       76
  T. Hume (CIN)            75
  N. Espinosa (NY)         74
  T. John (LA)             73
  S. Carlton (PHI)         72
  R. Jones (SD)            72
  J. Koosman (NY)          72

Home Runs:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         22
  D. Sutton (LA)           22
  J. Montefusco (SF)       17
  F. Norman (CIN)          16
  N. Espinosa (NY)         15
  R. Grimsley (MON)        15
  E. Rasmussen (SD)        15
  T. Seaver (CIN)          15
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        14
  B. Hooton (LA)           14

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)        102
  P. Hanna (ATL)           73
  B. Forsch (STL)          67
  P. Niekro (ATL)          62
  W. Fryman (MON)          60
  B. Knepper (SF)          60
  F. Norman (CIN)          60
  P. Zachry (NY)           60
  T. Seaver (CIN)          55
  R. Burris (CHI)          54

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)        205
  P. Niekro (ATL)         159
  T. Seaver (CIN)         140
  J. Montefusco (SF)      122
  V. Blue (SF)            120
  B. Blyleven (PIT)       113
  S. Rogers (MON)         108
  S. Carlton (PHI)        104
  M. Littell (STL)         98
  P. Vuckovich (STL)       98

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