Sunday August 13, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, August 13, 1978

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     68  50  3.18  118  35  26  1047  1000  421  370   82  326  601
San Francisco   69  49  3.24  118  32  22  1064   994  426  383   59  338  601
San Diego       60  58  3.33  118  16  38  1042  1001  444  385   58  368  537
Philadelphia    63  51  3.35  114  25  21  1007   957  420  375   82  288  545
Montreal        56  62  3.38  118  32  24  1056   982  434  396   89  409  536
St. Louis       48  69  3.49  117  27  16  1035   917  462  401   65  426  626
Houston         54  61  3.64  115  33  16  1036   959  461  419   60  447  666
Pittsburgh      52  61  3.70  113  19  27  1008   981  473  414   75  373  637
Cincinnati      67  50  3.73  117  10  37  1049  1030  487  435   82  405  649
New York        48  69  3.85  117  17  18  1058  1038  495  453   83  391  557
Chicago         59  56  3.89  115  18  29  1033  1016  483  447   85  372  507
Atlanta         54  62  4.15  116  20  26  1027  1005  529  473   95  428  611

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Pete Vuckovich (STL)  10   9  2.22  37  15   5   1   2  146  127   42   36    6   46  115
Steve Rogers (MON)    13   7  2.36  27  26  11   1   1  198  164   55   52   11   57  116
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
Bob Knepper (SF)      12   9  2.87  27  26  12   0   3  188  161   67   60    9   64  100
Ed Halicki (SF)        5   6  2.92  20  19   6   1   3  133  106   50   43    9   33   60
J.R. Richard (HOU)    12  10  2.94  26  26  12   0   3  202  138   75   66    9  109  229
Rick Reuschel (CHI)   11  10  2.98  24  24   7   0   0  169  153   58   56   11   35   71

 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  12  3.00  32  30  16   1   3  237  204   92   79   13   68  182
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  3.98  27   0   0   2   0   41   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  11  4.82  25  24   0   0   0  127  114   74   68    9   81   84
Dave Campbell          4   2  5.02  43   0   0   1   0   57   56   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  6.31  29   6   0   1   0   67   83   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  1.95  47   0   0  22   0   74   52   21   16    6   22   81
Rick Reuschel         11  10  2.98  24  24   7   0   0  169  153   58   56   11   35   71
Lynn McGlothen         3   1  3.24  28   0   0   0   0   50   46   18   18    4   25   31
Dennis Lamp            5  12  3.26  26  25   5   0   3  155  137   62   56   12   42   51
Mike Krukow            5   0  3.36  17  10   1   0   1   75   65   29   28    6   22   35
Dave Geisel            1   0  3.65  12   1   0   0   0   12   18    5    5    0    5    7
Donnie Moore           7   5  3.76  54   0   0   4   0   79   88   40   33    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  5.09  29  23   3   1   1  134  149   80   76   12   58   60
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  11  3.05  26  26   6   0   1  183  163   73   62   17   60  158
Manny Sarmiento        9   6  3.30  49   4   0   5   0  104   76   41   38    9   43   56
Fred Norman           10   7  3.60  26  25   0   0   0  145  138   66   58   16   63   86
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  5.09  26  20   1   0   0  129  162   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             2   0  0.92   4   4   2   0   2   29   23    3    3    0    5   15
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          12  10  2.94  26  26  12   0   3  202  138   75   66    9  109  229
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
Charlie Hough          3   3  2.35  41   0   0   4   0   73   48   23   19    4   39   52
Terry Forster          4   4  2.61  37   0   0  14   0   48   43   19   14    2   21   38
Burt Hooton           12   8  3.01  23  23   6   0   1  164  140   57   55   14   43   80
Tommy John            13   9  3.26  26  24   6   1   0  174  185   79   63    8   47  101
Don Sutton            12   9  3.48  25  25  10   0   1  176  174   77   68   23   38  102
Doug Rau              11   7  3.53  21  21   7   0   2  143  160   58   56   13   44   70
Rick Rhoden            8   6  3.89  22  20   5   0   2  132  130   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
Dan Schatzeder         5   3  2.11  19   8   2   0   0   85   58   22   20    4   35   38
Hal Dues               4   4  2.12  22  11   1   1   0   89   76   24   21    4   36   32
Scott Sanderson        0   1  2.19   2   2   0   0   0   12   10    3    3    1    5   10
Woodie Fryman          4   3  2.30  10  10   3   0   2   63   53   17   16    2   26   37
Steve Rogers          13   7  2.36  27  26  11   1   1  198  164   55   52   11   57  116
Darold Knowles         2   3  2.48  46   0   0   5   0   58   53   16   16    5   25   26
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
Stan Bahnsen           1   4  4.30  29   1   0   6   0   52   53   27   25    6   22   32
Rudy May               6   9  4.34  22  19   2   0   0  114  123   66   55   14   31   68
Gerry Pirtle           0   2  4.98  15   0   0   0   0   22   20   12   12    2   18   13
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   3  2.37  18   6   0   0   0   61   49   21   16    5   19   27
Craig Swan             5   5  2.50  22  21   4   0   1  151  125   44   42    8   44   94
Dwight Bernard         0   1  2.66  13   1   0   0   0   20   19    7    6    1   14   13
Bob Myrick             0   3  3.28  17   0   0   0   0   25   18   10    9    3   13   13
Skip Lockwood          7   9  3.31  50   0   0  13   0   84   70   31   31    9   27   66
Pat Zachry            10   6  3.33  21  21   5   0   2  138  120   57   51    9   60   78
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  4.35  36   0   0   2   0   60   56   30   29    3   25   22
Nino Espinosa          9  10  4.39  23  23   5   0   1  150  164   79   73   16   55   56
Mike Bruhert           2   6  4.97  19  14   0   0   0   87  120   59   48    3   19   37
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  1.84  40   0   0   0   0   59   50   14   12    0   20   43
Dick Ruthven           8   2  2.06  10  10   5   0   1   74   66   18   17    6   11   36
Tug McGraw             8   3  2.39  41   0   0   9   0   64   56   21   17    1   18   40
Ron Reed               1   0  2.42  42   0   0   9   0   74   63   23   20    6   19   53
Steve Carlton         11  11  3.16  26  26   7   0   2  182  169   76   64   23   49  115
Rawly Eastwick         2   1  3.34  17   0   0   0   0   30   19   14   11    3   12   10
Larry Christenson      8  12  3.46  24  24   7   0   2  161  151   69   62   12   36   85
Randy Lerch            7   7  4.25  22  18   3   0   0  119  124   63   56   10   47   61
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
Kent Tekulve           5   6  2.11  63   0   0  18   0   90   74   26   21    3   42   51
Grant Jackson          4   3  2.52  42   0   0   3   0   54   70   19   15    1   24   32
Ed Whitson             3   5  2.94  28   0   0   3   0   52   43   21   17    2   27   46
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           8   5  3.53  25  22   6   1   1  158  141   68   62   14   44   98
Bruce Kison            3   4  3.67  21   4   0   0   0   56   48   24   23    2   29   36
Jim Bibby              6   7  3.95  27  12   2   0   1   87   81   48   38    9   35   62
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  3.00  51   0   0  27   0   78   62   29   26    3   23   52
Gaylord Perry         13   5  3.14  26  26   3   0   2  180  175   75   63    8   55  105
Mark Lee               3   1  3.42  36   0   0   0   0   53   46   22   20    0   22   20
Bob Shirley            7  11  3.90  34  19   2   3   0  136  136   65   59   10   52   85
Eric Rasmussen         9   4  3.97  17  15   2   0   1   95   94   44   42   13   28   38
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            4   1  2.84  34   0   0   0   0   51   41   21   16    0   22   26
Bob Knepper           12   9  2.87  27  26  12   0   3  188  161   67   60    9   64  100
Ed Halicki             5   6  2.92  20  19   6   1   3  133  106   50   43    9   33   60
Gary Lavelle           9   9  3.04  51   0   0  11   0   77   77   29   26    1   36   50
Randy Moffitt          7   4  3.18  55   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  3.83  27  27   3   0   0  179  178   84   76   20   50  136
Charlie Williams       1   2  4.22  21   1   0   0   0   43   49   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  6.55   7   0   0   0   0   11   14    8    8    0    6    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        10   9  2.22  37  15   5   1   2  146  127   42   36    6   46  115
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             9   8  2.99  24  24  10   0   2  168  144   60   56   11   50   77
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  4.43  11   1   0   3   0   20   17   12   10    0   12   10
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
  G. Perry (SD)            13
  S. Rogers (MON)          13
  B. Hooton (LA)           12
  B. Knepper (SF)          12
  J. Richard (HOU)         12
  D. Sutton (LA)           12

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          16
  R. Grimsley (MON)        13
  B. Knepper (SF)          12
  J. Richard (HOU)         12
  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)          27
  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)       237.1
  J. Richard (HOU)      202.0
  S. Rogers (MON)       198.1
  V. Blue (SF)          190.2
  R. Jones (SD)         189.0
  B. Knepper (SF)       188.0
  R. Grimsley (MON)     185.0
  T. Seaver (CIN)       182.2
  S. Carlton (PHI)      182.1
  B. Forsch (STL)       182.1

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)         204
  R. Jones (SD)           192
  T. John (LA)            185
  J. Montefusco (SF)      178
  R. Grimsley (MON)       175
  G. Perry (SD)           175
  D. Sutton (LA)          174
  S. Carlton (PHI)        169
  V. Blue (SF)            168
  N. Espinosa (NY)        164

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          92
  J. Montefusco (SF)       84
  J. Koosman (NY)          83
  R. Burris (CHI)          80
  R. Grimsley (MON)        80
  N. Espinosa (NY)         79
  T. Hume (CIN)            79
  T. John (LA)             79
  R. Jones (SD)            78
  B. Forsch (STL)          77

Home Runs:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         23
  D. Sutton (LA)           23
  J. Montefusco (SF)       20
  M. Lemongello (HOU)      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)        109
  P. Hanna (ATL)           81
  B. Forsch (STL)          77
  P. Niekro (ATL)          68
  B. Knepper (SF)          64
  W. Fryman (MON)          63
  F. Norman (CIN)          63
  B. Owchinko (SD)         63
  J. Koosman (NY)          60
  T. Seaver (CIN)          60

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)        229
  P. Niekro (ATL)         182
  T. Seaver (CIN)         158
  J. Montefusco (SF)      136
  V. Blue (SF)            127
  B. Blyleven (PIT)       123
  S. Rogers (MON)         116
  S. Carlton (PHI)        115
  P. Vuckovich (STL)      115
  M. Littell (STL)        108


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