Friday August 11, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, August 11, 1978

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     68  48  3.15  116  35  26  1027   982  411  360   80  316  592
San Francisco   67  49  3.23  116  31  21  1044   971  418  375   55  334  588
Philadelphia    62  50  3.34  112  25  21   989   942  412  367   80  284  537
San Diego       58  58  3.36  116  16  36  1024   987  440  382   58  363  527
Montreal        55  61  3.41  116  32  24  1033   970  429  391   88  396  520
St. Louis       46  69  3.55  115  26  16  1017   912  460  401   65  421  613
Pittsburgh      51  60  3.65  111  18  27   991   961  460  402   72  365  621
Houston         52  61  3.69  113  31  16  1018   950  459  417   60  440  650
Cincinnati      67  48  3.75  115  10  37  1033  1016  480  430   82  400  642
New York        48  67  3.83  115  17  18  1040  1012  484  442   83  384  551
Chicago         58  55  3.93  113  17  29  1011   996  478  442   84  369  492
Atlanta         54  60  4.14  114  20  26  1011   986  521  465   94  425  601

 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
Pete Vuckovich (STL)   9   9  2.37  36  14   4   1   2  137  123   41   36    6   45  108
Craig Swan (NY)        5   5  2.50  22  21   4   0   1  151  125   44   42    8   44   94
Vida Blue (SF)        16   5  2.74  25  25   7   0   3  191  168   61   58   10   48  127
Bob Owchinko (SD)      8   9  2.85  27  25   4   0   1  164  147   59   52    8   63   71
Randy Jones (SD)      10  10  2.86  28  27   5   0   2  189  192   78   60    5   50   52
Phil Niekro (ATL)     14  11  2.89  31  29  16   1   3  230  193   87   74   13   67  177
Bob Knepper (SF)      11   9  2.92  26  25  11   0   3  179  154   65   58    8   62   96
Ed Halicki (SF)        5   6  2.93  19  19   6   0   3  132  106   50   43    9   33   60
J.R. Richard (HOU)    11  10  2.98  25  25  11   0   3  193  134   73   64    9  105  216

 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  2.06  22   0   0  16   0   44   33   13   10    6    4   33
Larry McWilliams       5   0  2.21   6   6   0   0   0   37   27    9    9    5   10   13
Phil Niekro           14  11  2.89  31  29  16   1   3  230  193   87   74   13   67  177
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
Craig Skok             2   1  4.02  26   0   0   2   0   40   41   22   18    8   11   17
Mickey Mahler          4   5  4.05  25  12   1   0   0   91   80   49   41    7   46   60
Dick Ruthven           2   6  4.11  13  13   2   0   1   81   78   43   37    8   28   45
Preston Hanna          7  10  4.88  24  23   0   0   0  120  108   71   65    8   79   79
Dave Campbell          4   2  5.08  42   0   0   1   0   57   55   34   32    9   38   36
Adrian Devine          5   4  6.02  29   6   0   3   0   61   77   43   41    3   23   25
Jamie Easterly         3   6  6.41  28   6   0   1   0   66   82   50   47    9   37   36
Tommy Boggs            2   8  6.50  12  12   1   0   1   54   70   40   39    7   24   20

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bruce Sutter           7   3  1.77  46   0   0  22   0   71   48   19   14    6   22   79
Rick Reuschel         10  10  3.09  23  23   6   0   0  160  145   57   55   11   34   65
Dennis Lamp            5  12  3.26  26  25   5   0   3  155  137   62   56   12   42   51
Lynn McGlothen         3   1  3.38  27   0   0   0   0   48   43   18   18    4   25   29
Mike Krukow            5   0  3.57  16   9   1   0   1   68   63   28   27    5   20   31
Dave Geisel            1   0  3.65  12   1   0   0   0   12   18    5    5    0    5    7
Donnie Moore           7   4  3.66  53   0   0   4   0   79   85   39   32    4   25   41
Willie Hernandez       6   2  4.15  36   0   0   1   0   43   42   20   20    4   25   27
Dave Roberts           5   7  4.95  24  18   2   0   1  124  134   70   68   10   41   40
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              5   4  1.38  50   0   0  21   0   72   59   12   11    4   29   64
Bill Bonham            9   2  2.92  17  17   1   0   0  108  105   35   35    5   39   64
Tom Seaver            11  10  3.07  25  25   6   0   1  176  156   69   60   17   58  155
Manny Sarmiento        9   6  3.36  48   4   0   5   0  102   76   41   38    9   43   55
Fred Norman           10   6  3.56  25  24   0   0   0  139  133   63   55   16   60   83
Paul Moskau            3   2  3.67  18  17   1   1   1  101   94   42   41    8   44   67
Dale Murray            1   1  4.13  15   0   0   2   0   33   34   20   15    1   17   25
Pedro Borbon           5   2  4.60  47   0   0   4   0   78   77   40   40    6   17   26
Mike Lacoss            3   2  4.91   6   5   1   0   0   37   36   23   20    3   19    9
Tom Hume               5  11  5.13  25  20   1   0   0  128  160   79   73   11   42   62
Dave Tomlin            6   1  5.44  46   0   0   4   0   50   72   44   30    1   21   23
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  2.87  17  13   2   0   0   88   67   31   28    2   40   40
Joe Sambito            4   6  2.88  46   0   0   8   0   66   63   22   21    3   23   66
Ken Forsch             6   4  2.90  41   0   0   5   0   78   86   28   25    0   30   37
J.R. Richard          11  10  2.98  25  25  11   0   3  193  134   73   64    9  105  216
Tom Dixon              5   9  3.86  23  15   2   1   1  112  114   54   48    6   33   56
Mark Lemongello        8  10  4.05  23  23   7   0   1  164  153   77   74   17   54   58
Floyd Bannister        3   6  4.33  21  13   2   0   2   89   96   43   43   10   53   72
Joe Niekro             9   9  4.34  25  19   6   0   1  129  122   71   62    7   55   55
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              4   0  1.81  14   5   1   3   1   50   41   10   10    2    8   37
Terry Forster          4   4  2.27  36   0   0  14   0   48   42   17   12    2   19   38
Charlie Hough          3   2  2.33  39   0   0   4   0   70   46   22   18    4   39   50
Burt Hooton           12   8  3.01  23  23   6   0   1  164  140   57   55   14   43   80
Tommy John            13   8  3.24  25  23   6   1   0  167  178   76   60    6   46   98
Don Sutton            12   9  3.45  24  24  10   0   1  167  167   73   64   23   31   98
Doug Rau              11   7  3.53  21  21   7   0   2  143  160   58   56   13   44   70
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
Dan Schatzeder         5   3  2.11  19   8   2   0   0   85   58   22   20    4   35   38
Hal Dues               4   4  2.15  21  11   1   1   0   88   76   24   21    4   32   31
Woodie Fryman          4   3  2.30  10  10   3   0   2   63   53   17   16    2   26   37
Steve Rogers          13   7  2.35  26  25  11   1   1  187  158   52   49   11   54  111
Darold Knowles         2   3  2.53  44   0   0   5   0   57   51   16   16    5   23   24
Ross Grimsley         14   8  3.31  26  26  13   0   3  185  175   80   68   15   49   62
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  4.35  28   1   0   6   0   52   53   27   25    6   21   32
Gerry Pirtle           0   2  5.40  14   0   0   0   0   20   20   12   12    2   17   11
Wayne Twitchell        3  11  5.81  22  15   0   0   0   91  107   59   59   14   55   59
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
Dwight Bernard         0   1  2.45  12   1   0   0   0   18   14    6    5    1   13   12
Craig Swan             5   5  2.50  22  21   4   0   1  151  125   44   42    8   44   94
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  3.36  49   0   0  13   0   83   70   31   31    9   26   65
Mardie Cornejo         3   2  3.75  18   0   0   2   0   24   23   11   10    1   11   12
Jerry Koosman          3  13  4.01  26  25   3   0   0  173  164   83   77   16   60  104
Dale Murray            4   4  4.30  35   0   0   2   0   59   54   29   28    3   24   21
Nino Espinosa          9  10  4.39  23  23   5   0   1  150  164   79   73   16   55   56
Mike Bruhert           2   5  4.87  18  13   0   0   0   81  110   55   44    3   17   36
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            2   2  7.40   6   6   0   0   0   24   36   21   20    3    5    4

 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  1.91  38   0   0   0   0   57   49   14   12    0   19   42
Dick Ruthven           8   2  2.06  10  10   5   0   1   74   66   18   17    6   11   36
Tug McGraw             8   3  2.47  40   0   0   9   0   62   56   21   17    1   18   39
Ron Reed               1   0  2.49  41   0   0   9   0   72   61   23   20    6   19   53
Rawly Eastwick         2   1  2.93  16   0   0   0   0   28   17   12    9    3   10    7
Steve Carlton         11  11  3.16  26  26   7   0   2  182  169   76   64   23   49  115
Larry Christenson      8  11  3.22  23  23   7   0   2  159  144   64   57   11   36   85
Randy Lerch            6   7  4.47  21  17   3   0   0  111  121   62   55    9   46   58
Jim Kaat               6   4  4.58  18  16   2   0   1   98  112   53   50    6   23   34
Jim Lonborg            7  10  5.08  20  20   1   0   0  106  121   63   60   14   42   44

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ed Whitson             3   5  2.02  27   0   0   3   0   49   35   15   11    0   26   42
Kent Tekulve           5   6  2.11  63   0   0  18   0   90   74   26   21    3   42   51
Grant Jackson          4   3  2.56  41   0   0   3   0   53   69   19   15    1   24   31
John Candelaria        8  11  3.44  23  22   3   1   1  147  153   61   56    9   42   77
Bert Blyleven          9   8  3.48  24  24   7   0   3  165  156   73   64   14   42  123
Don Robinson           7   5  3.56  24  21   5   1   1  149  135   65   59   13   41   91
Bruce Kison            3   4  3.67  21   4   0   0   0   56   48   24   23    2   29   36
Jim Bibby              6   6  3.81  26  11   2   0   1   83   76   44   35    9   31   58
Dave Hamilton          0   2  4.15  14   0   0   1   0   22   22   16   10    2   12   13
Jim Rooker             6   8  4.51  21  21   1   0   0  122  109   68   61   12   56   64
Jerry Reuss            0   2  6.94  17   8   0   0   0   48   69   38   37    4   18   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  2.30  33   1   0   8   0   59   38   17   15    1   40   72
Bob Owchinko           8   9  2.85  27  25   4   0   1  164  147   59   52    8   63   71
Randy Jones           10  10  2.86  28  27   5   0   2  189  192   78   60    5   50   52
Rollie Fingers         4  11  3.05  50   0   0  26   0   77   61   29   26    3   23   49
Gaylord Perry         12   5  3.23  25  25   3   0   2  173  170   73   62    8   52  101
Mark Lee               3   1  3.42  36   0   0   0   0   53   46   22   20    0   22   20
Bob Shirley            7  11  3.98  32  19   2   2   0  133  136   65   59   10   51   84
Eric Rasmussen         8   4  4.04  16  14   2   0   1   89   86   42   40   13   27   36
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   5  2.74  25  25   7   0   3  191  168   61   58   10   48  127
John Curtis            3   1  2.88  33   0   0   0   0   50   40   21   16    0   22   26
Bob Knepper           11   9  2.92  26  25  11   0   3  179  154   65   58    8   62   96
Ed Halicki             5   6  2.93  19  19   6   0   3  132  106   50   43    9   33   60
Gary Lavelle           9   9  3.19  50   0   0  11   0   73   74   29   26    1   35   46
Randy Moffitt          7   4  3.20  54   0   0  10   0   65   59   26   23    3   28   42
Jim Barr               6   9  3.59  20  19   4   0   2  115  126   49   46    4   21   27
John Montefusco        9   4  3.72  26  26   3   0   0  174  170   80   72   17   50  131
Charlie Williams       1   2  4.25  20   1   0   0   0   42   48   22   20    3   26   19
Lynn McGlothen         0   0  4.97   5   1   0   0   0   13   15    9    7    0    4    9
Greg Minton            0   0  5.23   6   0   0   0   0   10   11    6    6    0    5    5

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Bruno              2   0  0.77   3   1   0   1   0   12    9    1    1    0    3    6
Pete Vuckovich         9   9  2.37  36  14   4   1   2  137  123   41   36    6   45  108
Mark Littell           1   7  2.68  52   2   0   6   0   84   61   30   25    6   45  108
Silvio Martinez        6   5  2.95  15  15   3   0   1   98   74   36   32    6   51   28
John Denny             8   8  3.12  23  23  10   0   2  161  143   59   56   11   47   73
Bob Forsch             9  13  3.36  26  26   6   0   3  182  150   77   68   10   77   92
Aurelio Lopez          2   1  3.58   7   2   0   0   0   28   20   12   11    3   10   16
Buddy Schultz          2   3  3.70  43   0   0   5   0   66   49   28   27    3   29   55
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  4.91  10   1   0   3   0   18   17   12   10    0   11    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)        14
  P. Niekro (ATL)          14
  T. John (LA)             13
  S. Rogers (MON)          13
  B. Hooton (LA)           12
  G. Perry (SD)            12
  D. Sutton (LA)           12
  S. Carlton (PHI)         11
  B. Knepper (SF)          11

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          16
  R. Grimsley (MON)        13
  B. Knepper (SF)          11
  J. Richard (HOU)         11
  S. Rogers (MON)          11
  J. Denny (STL)           10
  D. Sutton (LA)           10
  V. Blue (SF)              7
  B. Blyleven (PIT)         7
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7

Saves:

  R. Fingers (SD)          26
  B. Sutter (CHI)          22
  D. Bair (CIN)            21
  G. Garber (ATL)          19
  K. Tekulve (PIT)         18
  T. Forster (LA)          14
  S. Lockwood (NY)         13
  G. Lavelle (SF)          11
  R. Moffitt (SF)          10
  M. Garman (MON)           9

Shutouts:

  V. Blue (SF)              3
  B. Blyleven (PIT)         3
  B. Forsch (STL)           3
  R. Grimsley (MON)         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

Innings Pitched:

  P. Niekro (ATL)       230.1
  J. Richard (HOU)      193.0
  V. Blue (SF)          190.2
  R. Jones (SD)         189.0
  S. Rogers (MON)       187.1
  R. Grimsley (MON)     185.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)      182.1
  B. Forsch (STL)       182.1
  B. Knepper (SF)       179.0
  T. Seaver (CIN)       175.2

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)         193
  R. Jones (SD)           192
  T. John (LA)            178
  R. Grimsley (MON)       175
  J. Montefusco (SF)      170
  G. Perry (SD)           170
  S. Carlton (PHI)        169
  V. Blue (SF)            168
  D. Sutton (LA)          167
  N. Espinosa (NY)        164

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          87
  J. Koosman (NY)          83
  R. Burris (CHI)          80
  R. Grimsley (MON)        80
  J. Montefusco (SF)       80
  N. Espinosa (NY)         79
  T. Hume (CIN)            79
  R. Jones (SD)            78
  B. Forsch (STL)          77
  M. Lemongello (HOU)      77

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)        105
  P. Hanna (ATL)           79
  B. Forsch (STL)          77
  P. Niekro (ATL)          67
  W. Fryman (MON)          63
  B. Owchinko (SD)         63
  B. Knepper (SF)          62
  J. Koosman (NY)          60
  F. Norman (CIN)          60
  P. Zachry (NY)           60

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)        216
  P. Niekro (ATL)         177
  T. Seaver (CIN)         155
  J. Montefusco (SF)      131
  V. Blue (SF)            127
  B. Blyleven (PIT)       123
  S. Carlton (PHI)        115
  S. Rogers (MON)         111
  M. Littell (STL)        108
  P. Vuckovich (STL)      108

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