Sunday August 6, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, August 6, 1978

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
San Francisco   66  46  3.15  112  31  20  1010   925  394  353   52  319  568
Los Angeles     63  48  3.24  111  32  26   982   953  403  354   78  306  565
Philadelphia    59  47  3.33  106  24  20   938   891  390  347   77  274  512
San Diego       57  54  3.38  111  16  35   982   950  426  369   53  350  503
Montreal        53  60  3.40  113  30  24  1006   946  418  380   86  385  513
Pittsburgh      50  56  3.54  106  18  27   950   915  427  374   69  348  599
St. Louis       42  68  3.62  110  25  14   969   881  448  390   64  398  583
Houston         51  59  3.70  110  31  15   992   926  450  408   57  429  643
Cincinnati      65  45  3.71  110   9  37   989   971  454  408   80  375  615
New York        47  65  3.82  112  17  18  1011   987  471  429   82  372  535
Chicago         56  53  3.92  109  15  28   976   960  460  425   82  361  472
Atlanta         51  59  4.14  110  19  24   976   961  503  449   91  407  583

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Rogers (MON)    13   7  2.35  26  25  11   1   1  187  158   52   49   11   54  111
Craig Swan (NY)        4   5  2.44  21  20   4   0   1  144  118   41   39    8   41   91
Vida Blue (SF)        16   4  2.45  24  24   7   0   3  187  159   54   51    8   45  125
Pete Vuckovich (STL)   8   9  2.53  35  13   3   1   1  128  119   41   36    6   42  104
Rick Reuschel (CHI)   10   9  2.83  22  22   6   0   0  156  137   51   49   10   33   62
Bob Owchinko (SD)      8   7  2.85  25  23   4   0   1  149  137   54   47    6   54   65
Randy Jones (SD)       9  10  2.85  27  26   5   0   2  183  186   75   58    5   49   49
Ed Halicki (SF)        5   6  2.88  18  18   6   0   3  125  100   47   40    8   33   57
Phil Niekro (ATL)     13  11  2.89  30  28  15   1   3  221  188   82   71   11   64  171
Bob Knepper (SF)      11   9  2.92  26  25  11   0   3  179  154   65   58    8   62   96

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Max Leon               0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    0    0    0    1    0
Gene Garber            1   1  2.04  20   0   0  14   0   40   32   12    9    5    4   32
Larry McWilliams       4   0  2.83   5   5   0   0   0   29   24    9    9    5    9    9
Phil Niekro           13  11  2.89  30  28  15   1   3  221  188   82   71   11   64  171
Rick Camp              2   2  3.29  29   4   0   0   0   55   70   25   20    3   22   17
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  4.13  24  11   1   0   0   85   75   47   39    7   41   56
Craig Skok             2   1  4.19  25   0   0   2   0   39   41   22   18    8   10   17
Dave Campbell          4   2  4.69  41   0   0   1   0   56   52   31   29    9   36   36
Preston Hanna          7  10  4.88  24  23   0   0   0  120  108   71   65    8   79   79
Jamie Easterly         3   6  6.00  27   6   0   1   0   63   76   45   42    9   35   34
Adrian Devine          5   4  6.02  29   6   0   3   0   61   77   43   41    3   23   25
Tommy Boggs            2   7  6.45  11  11   1   0   1   52   68   38   37    7   20   19

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bruce Sutter           7   3  1.78  45   0   0  21   0   71   47   19   14    6   22   78
Rick Reuschel         10   9  2.83  22  22   6   0   0  156  137   51   49   10   33   62
Mike Krukow            5   0  3.38  15   8   1   0   1   64   57   25   24    5   19   30
Dennis Lamp            5  11  3.44  25  24   4   0   3  147  133   61   56   12   39   46
Lynn McGlothen         3   1  3.63  26   0   0   0   0   45   40   18   18    4   25   28
Willie Hernandez       6   2  3.63  34   0   0   1   0   40   36   16   16    3   22   25
Dave Geisel            1   0  3.65  12   1   0   0   0   12   18    5    5    0    5    7
Donnie Moore           6   4  3.77  52   0   0   4   0   76   85   39   32    4   25   40
Dave Roberts           4   7  5.02  23  17   1   0   1  115  126   66   64   10   41   34
Ray Burris             5   9  5.13  28  23   3   1   1  133  149   80   76   12   58   59
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
Ken Holtzman           0   3  6.03  15   5   0   1   0   34   39   27   23    6   22   22

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Doug Bair              4   4  1.43  48   0   0  21   0   69   56   12   11    4   28   59
Tom Seaver            11   9  3.04  24  24   6   0   1  169  150   65   57   17   55  150
Bill Bonham            9   2  3.12  16  16   1   0   0  101  101   35   35    5   37   61
Manny Sarmiento        9   6  3.38  45   4   0   5   0   99   73   40   37    9   40   53
Fred Norman           10   6  3.56  25  24   0   0   0  139  133   63   55   16   60   83
Dave Tomlin            6   1  4.01  44   0   0   4   0   49   63   36   22    1   18   23
Paul Moskau            2   2  4.03  17  16   0   1   0   92   90   42   41    8   42   62
Dale Murray            1   1  4.13  15   0   0   2   0   33   34   20   15    1   17   25
Mike Lacoss            3   1  4.35   5   4   1   0   0   31   28   15   15    2   11    8
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
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             1   0  1.33   3   3   1   0   1   20   18    3    3    0    2   12
Joaquin Andujar        4   4  2.90  16  13   2   0   0   87   67   31   28    2   39   40
Ken Forsch             6   4  2.93  40   0   0   4   0   77   86   28   25    0   30   37
Joe Sambito            4   6  2.98  44   0   0   8   0   63   61   22   21    3   23   64
J.R. Richard          11  10  2.98  25  25  11   0   3  193  134   73   64    9  105  216
Tom Dixon              5   8  3.82  22  14   2   1   1  106  109   51   45    5   29   55
Mark Lemongello        7  10  3.97  22  22   7   0   1  156  145   72   69   15   51   58
Floyd Bannister        3   6  4.33  21  13   2   0   2   89   96   43   43   10   53   72
Joe Niekro             9   8  4.55  24  18   6   0   1  121  113   70   61    7   52   51
Rick Williams          1   2  4.85  11   1   0   0   0   26   35   15   14    1    9   14
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  1.38  27   0   0   3   0   39   39    8    6    1   12   20
Bob Welch              3   0  1.73  13   4   1   3   1   42   36    8    8    0    6   31
Terry Forster          3   4  2.31  35   0   0  14   0   47   41   17   12    2   19   37
Charlie Hough          3   2  2.36  38   0   0   4   0   69   46   22   18    4   38   49
Burt Hooton           12   8  2.99  22  22   6   0   1  156  134   54   52   14   41   76
Tommy John            12   8  3.37  24  22   5   1   0  158  172   75   59    6   44   95
Don Sutton            11   9  3.65  23  23   9   0   1  158  161   71   64   23   30   93
Doug Rau              10   7  3.77  20  20   6   0   1  134  155   58   56   13   42   63
Rick Rhoden            8   6  3.90  21  20   5   0   2  132  129   64   57   10   42   68
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
Scott Sanderson        0   0  1.69   1   1   0   0   0    5    6    1    1    0    3    4
Hal Dues               4   4  2.17  20  11   1   1   0   87   76   24   21    4   32   31
Woodie Fryman          4   3  2.23   9   9   3   0   2   61   48   16   15    2   24   35
Dan Schatzeder         4   3  2.24  18   7   1   0   0   76   55   21   19    4   28   38
Steve Rogers          13   7  2.35  26  25  11   1   1  187  158   52   49   11   54  111
Darold Knowles         2   3  2.57  43   0   0   5   0   56   50   16   16    5   23   23
Ross Grimsley         13   8  3.48  25  25  12   0   2  176  173   80   68   15   48   61
Stan Bahnsen           0   4  3.55  27   1   0   6   0   51   47   22   20    5   21   32
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
Gerry Pirtle           0   2  5.40  14   0   0   0   0   20   20   12   12    2   17   11
Wayne Twitchell        3  10  5.67  21  15   0   0   0   87  100   55   55   13   54   56
Mike Garman            2   5  5.95  31   0   0   9   0   39   36   27   26    5   19   15
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  1.87  17   5   0   0   0   53   40   16   11    5   17   25
Craig Swan             4   5  2.44  21  20   4   0   1  144  118   41   39    8   41   91
Dwight Bernard         0   1  2.76  11   1   0   0   0   16   13    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  3.58  47   0   0  13   0   78   70   31   31    9   25   62
Mardie Cornejo         3   2  3.75  18   0   0   2   0   24   23   11   10    1   11   12
Dale Murray            4   3  4.04  33   0   0   2   0   56   50   26   25    3   23   19
Jerry Koosman          3  13  4.15  25  24   3   0   0  165  160   82   76   15   56   98
Nino Espinosa          9  10  4.39  23  23   5   0   1  150  164   79   73   16   55   56
Mike Bruhert           2   5  4.98  17  13   0   0   0   78  106   54   43    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  2.04  35   0   0   0   0   53   45   14   12    0   19   40
Dick Ruthven           7   2  2.20   9   9   4   0   1   65   60   17   16    5   11   32
Tug McGraw             8   3  2.40  38   0   0   9   0   60   52   20   16    1   18   38
Ron Reed               1   0  2.57  40   0   0   8   0   70   60   23   20    6   19   52
Steve Carlton         10  11  3.10  25  25   7   0   2  174  163   72   60   22   48  106
Larry Christenson      8  10  3.25  22  22   7   0   2  152  136   62   55   11   35   81
Rawly Eastwick         2   1  3.42  14   0   0   0   0   24   16   11    9    3    7    7
Randy Lerch            6   6  4.31  20  16   3   0   0  104  113   57   50    8   45   56
Jim Kaat               5   4  4.61  17  15   2   0   1   92  103   50   47    6   22   33
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  1.97  25   0   0   3   0   46   33   13   10    0   23   39
Kent Tekulve           5   6  2.16  61   0   0  18   0   87   71   26   21    3   42   50
Grant Jackson          4   3  2.72  39   0   0   3   0   50   67   19   15    1   23   29
Bruce Kison            3   3  2.79  19   3   0   0   0   52   43   17   16    1   26   36
Dave Hamilton          0   2  2.89  13   0   0   1   0   19   15    8    6    1    9   12
John Candelaria        8  11  3.44  23  22   3   1   1  147  153   61   56    9   42   77
Don Robinson           6   5  3.44  23  20   5   1   1  141  126   60   54   12   40   87
Bert Blyleven          9   7  3.47  23  23   7   0   3  158  151   70   61   14   42  116
Jim Bibby              6   6  3.81  26  11   2   0   1   83   76   44   35    9   31   58
Jim Rooker             6   8  4.37  20  20   1   0   0  117  104   64   57   12   52   60
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  1.35  11   0   0   0   0   13   13    2    2    0    3    5
John D'Acquisto        2   3  2.34  32   1   0   8   0   58   37   17   15    1   39   69
Bob Owchinko           8   7  2.85  25  23   4   0   1  149  137   54   47    6   54   65
Randy Jones            9  10  2.85  27  26   5   0   2  183  186   75   58    5   49   49
Rollie Fingers         4  11  3.09  48   0   0  26   0   76   60   29   26    3   23   47
Gaylord Perry         12   4  3.19  24  24   3   0   2  167  165   70   59    6   52   99
Mark Lee               3   1  3.48  35   0   0   0   0   52   45   22   20    0   22   19
Eric Rasmussen         8   3  4.06  15  13   2   0   1   82   79   39   37   12   25   34
Bob Shirley            7  11  4.13  30  19   2   1   0  129  130   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             16   4  2.45  24  24   7   0   3  187  159   54   51    8   45  125
Ed Halicki             5   6  2.88  18  18   6   0   3  125  100   47   40    8   33   57
Bob Knepper           11   9  2.92  26  25  11   0   3  179  154   65   58    8   62   96
John Curtis            3   1  3.06  32   0   0   0   0   47   38   20   16    0   22   23
Gary Lavelle           9   8  3.21  48   0   0  11   0   70   67   28   25    1   35   44
Randy Moffitt          7   4  3.22  52   0   0   9   0   64   59   26   23    3   26   41
Jim Barr               6   8  3.28  19  18   4   0   2  112  120   44   41    4   19   27
John Montefusco        8   4  3.77  25  25   3   0   0  167  163   78   70   17   46  125
Greg Minton            0   0  3.86   4   0   0   0   0    7    6    3    3    0    3    5
Charlie Williams       1   2  4.46  18   1   0   0   0   38   44   20   19    3   24   16
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
Tom Bruno              1   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    4    5    0    0    0    1    1
Pete Vuckovich         8   9  2.53  35  13   3   1   1  128  119   41   36    6   42  104
Mark Littell           1   7  2.59  49   2   0   5   0   80   57   28   23    6   42  104
John Denny             8   8  3.12  23  23  10   0   2  161  143   59   56   11   47   73
Silvio Martinez        6   5  3.18  14  14   3   0   1   91   71   36   32    6   47   24
Bob Forsch             9  12  3.23  25  25   6   0   3  175  140   72   63   10   74   88
Buddy Schultz          2   3  3.77  41   0   0   5   0   62   48   27   26    2   28   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   1  4.34   5   1   0   0   0   19   15    9    9    3    6   10
Roy Thomas             1   1  5.00   9   1   0   3   0   18   17   12   10    0    8    8
John Urrea             3   9  5.67  24  10   1   0   0   86   98   69   54    4   44   53
Pete Falcone           1   6  5.71  15  11   0   0   0   58   74   41   37    5   31   21
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)             16
  R. Grimsley (MON)        13
  P. Niekro (ATL)          13
  S. Rogers (MON)          13
  B. Hooton (LA)           12
  T. John (LA)             12
  G. Perry (SD)            12
  B. Knepper (SF)          11
  J. Richard (HOU)         11
  T. Seaver (CIN)          11

Losses:

  J. Koosman (NY)          13
  B. Forsch (STL)          12
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      11
  S. Carlton (PHI)         11
  R. Fingers (SD)          11
  D. Lamp (CHI)            11
  P. Niekro (ATL)          11
  B. Shirley (SD)          11
  L. Christenson (PHI)     10
  N. Espinosa (NY)         10

Complete Games:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          15
  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
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7

Saves:

  R. Fingers (SD)          26
  D. Bair (CIN)            21
  B. Sutter (CHI)          21
  K. Tekulve (PIT)         18
  G. Garber (ATL)          17
  T. Forster (LA)          14
  S. Lockwood (NY)         13
  G. Lavelle (SF)          11
  M. Garman (MON)           9
  T. McGraw (PHI)           9

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)       221.1
  J. Richard (HOU)      193.0
  S. Rogers (MON)       187.1
  V. Blue (SF)          187.0
  R. Jones (SD)         183.0
  B. Knepper (SF)       179.0
  R. Grimsley (MON)     176.0
  B. Forsch (STL)       175.1
  S. Carlton (PHI)      174.1
  T. Seaver (CIN)       168.2

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)         188
  R. Jones (SD)           186
  R. Grimsley (MON)       173
  T. John (LA)            172
  G. Perry (SD)           165
  N. Espinosa (NY)        164
  S. Carlton (PHI)        163
  J. Montefusco (SF)      163
  D. Sutton (LA)          161
  J. Koosman (NY)         160

Runs:

  J. Koosman (NY)          82
  P. Niekro (ATL)          82
  R. Burris (CHI)          80
  R. Grimsley (MON)        80
  N. Espinosa (NY)         79
  J. Montefusco (SF)       78
  T. Hume (CIN)            75
  T. John (LA)             75
  R. Jones (SD)            75
  J. Richard (HOU)         73

Home Runs:

  D. Sutton (LA)           23
  S. Carlton (PHI)         22
  J. Montefusco (SF)       17
  T. Seaver (CIN)          17
  N. Espinosa (NY)         16
  F. Norman (CIN)          16
  E. Rasmussen (SD)        16
  R. Grimsley (MON)        15
  J. Koosman (NY)          15
  M. Lemongello (HOU)      15

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)        105
  P. Hanna (ATL)           79
  B. Forsch (STL)          74
  P. Niekro (ATL)          64
  B. Knepper (SF)          62
  W. Fryman (MON)          61
  F. Norman (CIN)          60
  P. Zachry (NY)           60
  R. Burris (CHI)          58
  J. Koosman (NY)          56

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)        216
  P. Niekro (ATL)         171
  T. Seaver (CIN)         150
  V. Blue (SF)            125
  J. Montefusco (SF)      125
  B. Blyleven (PIT)       116
  S. Rogers (MON)         111
  S. Carlton (PHI)        106
  M. Littell (STL)        104
  P. Vuckovich (STL)      104

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