Wednesday August 16, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, August 16, 1978

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     70  50  3.14  120  36  27  1065  1010  427  372   83  331  610
San Francisco   69  51  3.23  120  33  22  1081  1008  431  388   61  344  611
San Diego       61  59  3.31  120  17  38  1059  1013  448  389   58  372  545
Montreal        58  62  3.34  120  33  24  1074   988  437  398   90  416  544
Philadelphia    63  53  3.38  116  25  21  1025   973  430  385   85  294  554
St. Louis       49  71  3.53  120  27  16  1062   944  477  416   66  438  644
Houston         56  62  3.66  118  35  16  1062   986  474  432   62  453  680
Pittsburgh      54  62  3.66  116  19  29  1036  1007  483  422   77  383  649
New York        49  70  3.81  119  17  19  1076  1052  498  455   84  394  567
Cincinnati      68  52  3.81  120  10  37  1075  1067  510  455   86  420  661
Chicago         61  57  3.94  118  18  29  1060  1049  507  464   94  385  529
Atlanta         55  64  4.22  119  21  26  1052  1038  554  493   97  442  621

 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)        6   5  2.37  23  22   4   0   1  159  130   45   42    8   46   96
Vida Blue (SF)        16   6  2.67  26  26   8   0   3  199  171   62   59   10   52  135
Bob Owchinko (SD)      8   9  2.82  28  26   4   0   1  169  151   60   53    8   65   77
Bob Knepper (SF)      12   9  2.87  27  26  12   0   3  188  161   67   60    9   64  100
Randy Jones (SD)      10  11  2.88  29  28   6   0   2  197  200   81   63    5   52   52
Phil Niekro (ATL)     15  12  2.89  33  31  17   1   4  246  207   92   79   13   69  187
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

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gene Garber            1   1  2.37  23   0   0  16   0   46   36   16   12    8    6   35
Phil Niekro           15  12  2.89  33  31  17   1   4  246  207   92   79   13   69  187
Max Leon               0   0  3.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    2    1    1    0    2    0
Larry McWilliams       5   0  3.29   7   7   0   0   0   38   32   14   14    5   12   13
Rick Camp              2   3  3.41  31   4   0   0   0   58   77   29   22    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
Craig Skok             2   1  4.40  29   0   0   2   0   43   45   25   21    8   13   18
Mickey Mahler          4   6  4.47  26  13   1   0   0   93   85   55   46    7   48   60
Preston Hanna          7  11  4.82  25  24   0   0   0  127  114   74   68    9   81   84
Dave Campbell          4   2  4.97  44   0   0   1   0   58   56   34   32    9   41   37
Adrian Devine          5   4  6.02  29   6   0   3   0   61   77   43   41    3   23   25
Jamie Easterly         3   6  6.22  30   6   0   1   0   68   83   50   47    9   38   36
Tommy Boggs            2   8  6.67  13  12   1   0   1   55   75   43   41    7   24   21

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bruce Sutter           7   3  1.91  48   0   0  22   0   75   54   21   16    6   23   82
Rick Reuschel         11  10  2.98  24  24   7   0   0  169  153   58   56   11   35   71
Dennis Lamp            5  12  3.28  27  26   5   0   3  156  144   69   57   13   42   53
Lynn McGlothen         4   1  3.52  29   0   0   0   0   54   52   21   21    5   25   37
Donnie Moore           8   5  3.60  55   0   0   4   0   85   91   41   34    4   26   44
Dave Geisel            1   0  3.65  12   1   0   0   0   12   18    5    5    0    5    7
Mike Krukow            5   1  3.84  18  11   1   0   1   82   73   37   35    9   25   38
Willie Hernandez       6   2  4.06  37   0   0   1   0   44   42   20   20    4   27   29
Ray Burris             5   9  5.05  31  23   3   1   1  137  151   81   77   13   61   63
Dave Roberts           5   7  5.10  25  19   2   0   1  127  139   74   72   13   44   42
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              6   4  1.34  51   0   0  21   0   74   61   12   11    4   30   66
Tom Seaver            11  11  3.05  26  26   6   0   1  183  163   73   62   17   60  158
Bill Bonham            9   3  3.32  18  18   1   0   0  114  116   42   42    7   43   66
Fred Norman           10   7  3.60  26  25   0   0   0  145  138   66   58   16   63   86
Manny Sarmiento        9   6  3.71  51   4   0   5   0  107   83   47   44   10   45   59
Paul Moskau            3   3  4.13  19  18   1   1   1  105  103   49   48    9   45   68
Dale Murray            1   1  4.13  15   0   0   2   0   33   34   20   15    1   17   25
Mike Lacoss            3   2  4.22   7   6   1   0   0   43   43   26   20    3   25   10
Pedro Borbon           5   2  4.48  48   0   0   4   0   80   78   40   40    6   17   27
Tom Hume               5  11  5.02  27  20   1   0   0  131  162   79   73   11   42   63
Dave Tomlin            6   1  5.33  47   0   0   4   0   51   72   44   30    1   22   24
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
Joe Sambito            4   6  2.84  47   0   0   8   0   67   64   22   21    3   23   67
J.R. Richard          12  10  2.94  26  26  12   0   3  202  138   75   66    9  109  229
Joaquin Andujar        4   4  3.01  18  13   2   0   0   90   69   33   30    2   41   41
Ken Forsch             6   4  3.32  42   0   0   5   0   79   92   32   29    0   30   38
Tom Dixon              6   9  3.57  24  16   3   1   2  121  118   54   48    6   36   59
Mark Lemongello        8  10  4.05  23  23   7   0   1  164  153   77   74   17   54   58
Joe Niekro            10   9  4.18  26  20   7   0   1  138  128   73   64    8   56   60
Rick Williams          1   2  4.50  12   1   0   0   0   28   36   15   14    1    9   14
Floyd Bannister        3   7  4.73  22  14   2   0   2   91  103   48   48   11   54   75
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  1.35  28   0   0   4   0   40   39    8    6    1   12   20
Bob Welch              5   0  1.84  15   6   2   3   1   59   47   12   12    3   10   42
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
Doug Rau              12   7  3.35  22  22   7   0   2  151  164   62   56   13   47   74
Don Sutton            12   9  3.48  25  25  10   0   1  176  174   77   68   23   38  102
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
Woodie Fryman          5   3  2.01  11  11   4   0   3   72   54   17   16    2   28   41
Hal Dues               5   4  2.09  23  11   1   1   0   90   77   24   21    4   37   32
Dan Schatzeder         5   3  2.14  20   9   2   0   0   92   61   25   22    5   39   42
Scott Sanderson        0   1  2.19   2   2   0   0   0   12   10    3    3    1    5   10
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  4.22  30   1   0   6   0   53   54   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
Craig Swan             6   5  2.37  23  22   4   0   1  159  130   45   42    8   46   96
Kevin Kobel            2   3  2.37  18   6   0   0   0   61   49   21   16    5   19   27
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
Pat Zachry            10   6  3.33  21  21   5   0   2  138  120   57   51    9   60   78
Skip Lockwood          7  10  3.36  52   0   0  14   0   86   72   32   32   10   27   67
Mardie Cornejo         3   2  3.75  18   0   0   2   0   24   23   11   10    1   11   12
Jerry Koosman          3  13  3.87  27  26   3   0   0  181  171   84   78   16   61  111
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  1.76  42   0   0   0   0   61   54   14   12    0   21   43
Ron Reed               1   0  2.33  43   0   0   9   0   77   63   23   20    6   21   55
Tug McGraw             8   3  2.35  42   0   0   9   0   65   56   21   17    1   18   42
Dick Ruthven           8   3  2.43  11  11   5   0   1   81   74   23   22    8   13   39
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   5  4.82  19  17   2   0   1  103  116   58   55    7   24   36
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  2.05  65   0   0  19   0   92   76   26   21    3   43   54
Grant Jackson          4   3  2.72  45   0   0   4   0   60   75   22   18    2   25   32
Ed Whitson             3   6  3.06  29   0   0   3   0   53   44   22   18    3   27   47
Bert Blyleven          9   8  3.35  25  25   7   0   3  172  159   75   64   14   46  129
John Candelaria        9  11  3.42  24  23   3   1   1  153  160   63   58    9   44   78
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             7   8  4.44  22  22   1   0   0  128  117   70   63   12   58   65
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        3   3  2.23  34   1   0   8   0   61   38   17   15    1   40   74
Bob Owchinko           8   9  2.82  28  26   4   0   1  169  151   60   53    8   65   77
Randy Jones           10  11  2.88  29  28   6   0   2  197  200   81   63    5   52   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  3.31  37   0   0   0   0   54   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   6  2.67  26  26   8   0   3  199  171   62   59   10   52  135
John Curtis            4   1  2.82  35   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  3.43  56   0   0  10   0   66   63   28   25    4   28   42
Jim Barr               6   9  3.46  21  20   4   0   2  122  132   50   47    4   23   29
John Montefusco        9   4  3.83  27  27   3   0   0  179  178   84   76   20   50  136
Charlie Williams       1   3  4.36  22   1   0   0   0   43   50   23   21    4   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  1.20   5   1   0   1   0   15   12    2    2    0    5    6
Pete Vuckovich        10   9  2.22  37  15   5   1   2  146  127   42   36    6   46  115
Mark Littell           1   7  2.60  54   2   0   6   0   87   64   30   25    6   46  112
John Denny             9   8  2.99  24  24  10   0   2  168  144   60   56   11   50   77
Silvio Martinez        6   6  3.07  16  16   3   0   1  103   80   39   35    6   54   31
Bob Forsch             9  14  3.52  27  27   6   0   3  189  157   83   74   11   81   96
Buddy Schultz          2   3  3.59  45   0   0   5   0   68   49   28   27    3   30   55
George Frazier         0   2  4.15   8   0   0   0   0   13   17    9    6    2    2    5
Aurelio Lopez          3   1  4.15   8   3   0   0   0   35   28   17   16    3   11   23
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
  P. Niekro (ATL)          15
  R. Grimsley (MON)        14
  T. John (LA)             13
  G. Perry (SD)            13
  S. Rogers (MON)          13
  B. Hooton (LA)           12
  B. Knepper (SF)          12
  D. Rau (LA)              12
  J. Richard (HOU)         12

Losses:

  B. Forsch (STL)          14
  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)          17
  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)              8
  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)         19
  T. Forster (LA)          14
  S. Lockwood (NY)         14
  G. Lavelle (SF)          11
  R. Moffitt (SF)          10
  M. Garman (MON)           9

Shutouts:

  P. Niekro (ATL)           4
  V. Blue (SF)              3
  B. Blyleven (PIT)         3
  B. Forsch (STL)           3
  W. Fryman (MON)           3
  R. Grimsley (MON)         3
  E. Halicki (SF)           3
  B. Knepper (SF)           3
  D. Lamp (CHI)             3
  J. Richard (HOU)          3

Innings Pitched:

  P. Niekro (ATL)       246.1
  J. Richard (HOU)      202.0
  V. Blue (SF)          198.2
  S. Rogers (MON)       198.1
  R. Jones (SD)         197.0
  B. Forsch (STL)       189.1
  B. Knepper (SF)       188.0
  R. Grimsley (MON)     185.0
  T. Seaver (CIN)       182.2
  S. Carlton (PHI)      182.1

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)         207
  R. Jones (SD)           200
  T. John (LA)            185
  J. Montefusco (SF)      178
  R. Grimsley (MON)       175
  G. Perry (SD)           175
  D. Sutton (LA)          174
  V. Blue (SF)            171
  J. Koosman (NY)         171
  S. Carlton (PHI)        169

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          92
  J. Koosman (NY)          84
  J. Montefusco (SF)       84
  B. Forsch (STL)          83
  R. Burris (CHI)          81
  R. Jones (SD)            81
  R. Grimsley (MON)        80
  N. Espinosa (NY)         79
  T. Hume (CIN)            79
  T. John (LA)             79

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
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         16

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)        109
  B. Forsch (STL)          81
  P. Hanna (ATL)           81
  P. Niekro (ATL)          69
  W. Fryman (MON)          65
  B. Owchinko (SD)         65
  B. Knepper (SF)          64
  F. Norman (CIN)          63
  R. Burris (CHI)          61
  J. Koosman (NY)          61

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)        229
  P. Niekro (ATL)         187
  T. Seaver (CIN)         158
  J. Montefusco (SF)      136
  V. Blue (SF)            135
  B. Blyleven (PIT)       129
  S. Rogers (MON)         116
  S. Carlton (PHI)        115
  P. Vuckovich (STL)      115
  M. Littell (STL)        112

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