Thursday August 17, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, August 17, 1978

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     71  50  3.13  121  36  28  1074  1017  429  374   83  334  611
San Francisco   70  51  3.20  121  34  22  1090  1012  431  388   61  345  615
San Diego       62  59  3.30  121  17  39  1068  1018  450  391   58  374  545
Montreal        58  63  3.33  121  33  24  1083   997  440  401   91  419  546
Philadelphia    63  54  3.39  117  25  21  1034   977  435  389   85  300  559
St. Louis       50  71  3.52  121  27  17  1071   950  480  419   67  441  648
Pittsburgh      56  62  3.62  118  20  30  1054  1019  486  424   77  386  665
Houston         56  64  3.66  120  35  16  1078   999  482  438   62  458  686
Cincinnati      68  53  3.79  121  10  37  1083  1073  512  456   87  423  665
New York        49  71  3.85  120  17  19  1085  1064  507  464   86  399  574
Chicago         62  57  3.91  119  19  29  1069  1053  507  464   94  385  536
Atlanta         55  65  4.22  120  21  26  1060  1045  558  497   97  448  626

 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
Ed Halicki (SF)        6   6  2.73  21  20   7   1   4  142  110   50   43    9   34   64
Bob Owchinko (SD)      8   9  2.82  28  26   4   0   1  169  151   60   53    8   65   77
Rick Reuschel (CHI)   12  10  2.83  25  25   8   0   1  178  157   58   56   11   35   78
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

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Max Leon               0   0  2.25   3   0   0   0   0    4    2    1    1    0    2    1
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
Larry McWilliams       5   0  3.29   7   7   0   0   0   38   32   14   14    5   12   13
Rick Camp              2   3  3.64  32   4   0   0   0   59   79   31   24    3   24   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  4.36  30   0   0   2   0   43   45   25   21    8   13   19
Mickey Mahler          4   7  4.41  27  14   1   0   0   98   90   57   48    7   52   63
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         12  10  2.83  25  25   8   0   1  178  157   58   56   11   35   78
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  12  2.99  27  27   6   0   1  190  169   75   63   18   63  161
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  4.98  28  20   1   0   0  132  162   79   73   11   42   64
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  2.74  48   0   0   8   0   69   65   22   21    3   23   70
J.R. Richard          12  11  3.01  27  27  12   0   3  209  144   79   70    9  111  230
Joaquin Andujar        4   4  3.08  19  13   2   0   0   91   70   34   31    2   41   42
Ken Forsch             6   4  3.24  43   0   0   5   0   81   93   32   29    0   30   39
Tom Dixon              6   9  3.57  24  16   3   1   2  121  118   54   48    6   36   59
Mark Lemongello        8  11  4.02  24  24   7   0   1  168  157   80   75   17   57   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  2.59  38   0   0  15   0   49   43   19   14    2   21   39
Burt Hooton           13   8  2.97  24  24   6   0   1  173  147   59   57   14   46   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   9  3.35  27  27  13   0   3  191  184   83   71   16   50   63
Bill Atkinson          2   2  3.86  22   0   0   2   0   37   38   16   16    3   23   25
Stan Bahnsen           1   4  4.14  31   1   0   6   0   54   54   27   25    6   22   33
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  5.67  23  15   0   0   0   94  107   59   59   14   57   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  2.30  19   6   0   0   0   63   50   21   16    5   19   29
Craig Swan             6   5  2.37  23  22   4   0   1  159  130   45   42    8   46   96
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
Dwight Bernard         0   1  3.91  14   1   0   0   0   23   24   11   10    2   14   14
Dale Murray            4   4  4.26  37   0   0   2   0   61   58   30   29    3   26   24
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
Juan Berenguer         0   1 15.00   1   1   0   0   0    3    4    5    5    1    4    2

 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
Dick Ruthven           8   3  2.43  11  11   5   0   1   81   74   23   22    8   13   39
Tug McGraw             8   4  2.69  43   0   0   9   0   67   57   25   20    1   21   43
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  4.08  23  19   3   0   0  126  127   64   57   10   50   65
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  2.01  66   0   0  20   0   94   77   26   21    3   43   57
Grant Jackson          4   3  2.69  46   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
Don Robinson           9   5  3.34  26  23   7   1   1  167  145   69   62   14   45  104
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
Bruce Kison            4   4  3.59  22   5   0   0   0   63   55   26   25    2   31   43
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  1.10  12   0   0   1   0   16   13    2    2    0    5    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         14   5  3.14  27  27   3   0   2  186  180   77   65    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
Ed Halicki             6   6  2.73  21  20   7   1   4  142  110   50   43    9   34   64
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
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  2.67  55   2   0   7   0   88   66   31   26    7   47  112
John Denny            10   8  2.96  25  25  10   0   2  176  148   62   58   11   52   81
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
  G. Perry (SD)            14
  B. Hooton (LA)           13
  T. John (LA)             13
  S. Rogers (MON)          13
  B. Knepper (SF)          12
  D. Rau (LA)              12
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        12

Losses:

  B. Forsch (STL)          14
  J. Koosman (NY)          13
  L. Christenson (PHI)     12
  D. Lamp (CHI)            12
  P. Niekro (ATL)          12
  T. Seaver (CIN)          12
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      11
  S. Carlton (PHI)         11
  R. Fingers (SD)          11
  P. Hanna (ATL)           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
  R. Reuschel (CHI)         8
  B. Blyleven (PIT)         7

Saves:

  R. Fingers (SD)          27
  B. Sutter (CHI)          22
  D. Bair (CIN)            21
  K. Tekulve (PIT)         20
  G. Garber (ATL)          19
  T. Forster (LA)          15
  S. Lockwood (NY)         14
  G. Lavelle (SF)          11
  R. Moffitt (SF)          10
  M. Garman (MON)           9

Shutouts:

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

Innings Pitched:

  P. Niekro (ATL)       246.1
  J. Richard (HOU)      209.0
  V. Blue (SF)          198.2
  S. Rogers (MON)       198.1
  R. Jones (SD)         197.0
  R. Grimsley (MON)     190.2
  T. Seaver (CIN)       189.2
  B. Forsch (STL)       189.1
  B. Knepper (SF)       188.0
  G. Perry (SD)         186.1

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)         207
  R. Jones (SD)           200
  T. John (LA)            185
  R. Grimsley (MON)       184
  G. Perry (SD)           180
  J. Montefusco (SF)      178
  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. Grimsley (MON)        83
  R. Burris (CHI)          81
  R. Jones (SD)            81
  M. Lemongello (HOU)      80
  N. Espinosa (NY)         79
  T. Hume (CIN)            79

Home Runs:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         23
  D. Sutton (LA)           23
  J. Montefusco (SF)       20
  T. Seaver (CIN)          18
  M. Lemongello (HOU)      17
  E. Rasmussen (SD)        17
  N. Espinosa (NY)         16
  R. Grimsley (MON)        16
  J. Koosman (NY)          16
  F. Norman (CIN)          16

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)        111
  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
  T. Seaver (CIN)          63
  R. Burris (CHI)          61

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)        230
  P. Niekro (ATL)         187
  T. Seaver (CIN)         161
  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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