Saturday August 19, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, August 19, 1978

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     72  51  3.14  123  36  29  1091  1033  440  381   84  340  625
San Francisco   71  52  3.20  123  34  22  1107  1028  439  394   63  349  627
San Diego       64  59  3.25  123  17  41  1086  1028  454  392   58  381  549
Montreal        58  65  3.31  123  33  24  1101  1011  446  405   91  428  552
Philadelphia    64  55  3.38  119  26  21  1052   996  441  395   87  302  572
St. Louis       51  72  3.50  123  27  17  1089   966  484  423   67  447  659
Pittsburgh      58  62  3.60  120  20  32  1072  1038  491  429   78  389  672
Houston         56  66  3.69  122  35  16  1094  1015  492  448   63  468  696
Cincinnati      70  53  3.79  123  10  38  1102  1095  522  464   90  433  680
New York        50  72  3.85  122  17  20  1103  1083  518  472   88  413  589
Chicago         62  59  3.96  121  19  29  1088  1082  524  479   98  393  551
Atlanta         56  66  4.20  122  22  26  1077  1055  563  502   97  453  633

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Pete Vuckovich (STL)  11   9  2.18  38  16   5   1   2  153  135   43   37    6   49  120
Craig Swan (NY)        6   5  2.37  23  22   4   0   1  159  130   45   42    8   46   96
Steve Rogers (MON)    13   8  2.42  28  27  11   1   1  205  171   58   55   11   60  118
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
Randy Jones (SD)      11  11  2.78  30  29   6   0   2  204  204   83   63    5   55   53
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  2.88  28  27  12   0   3  194  167   70   62   10   67  104
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  1.80   4   0   0   0   0    5    2    1    1    0    2    1
Gene Garber            1   1  2.31  24   0   0  16   0   47   36   16   12    8    6   35
Larry McWilliams       6   0  2.66   8   8   1   0   1   47   36   14   14    5   14   17
Phil Niekro           15  12  2.89  33  31  17   1   4  246  207   92   79   13   69  187
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
Dave Campbell          4   2  4.97  44   0   0   1   0   58   56   34   32    9   41   37
Preston Hanna          7  12  4.98  26  25   0   0   0  132  119   79   73    9   84   86
Adrian Devine          5   4  6.02  29   6   0   3   0   61   77   43   41    3   23   25
Jamie Easterly         3   6  6.13  31   6   0   1   0   69   84   50   47    9   38   37
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   4  2.54  49   0   0  22   0   78   61   27   22    7   23   86
Rick Reuschel         12  10  2.83  25  25   8   0   1  178  157   58   56   11   35   78
Dennis Lamp            5  12  3.31  28  27   5   0   3  163  151   72   60   14   45   54
Lynn McGlothen         4   1  3.40  31   0   0   0   0   56   55   21   21    5   26   39
Dave Geisel            1   0  3.65  12   1   0   0   0   12   18    5    5    0    5    7
Donnie Moore           8   5  3.77  56   0   0   4   0   86   93   43   36    4   26   44
Mike Krukow            5   1  3.84  18  11   1   0   1   82   73   37   35    9   25   38
Willie Hernandez       6   2  4.17  38   0   0   1   0   45   44   21   21    4   28   31
Ray Burris             5   9  5.05  31  23   3   1   1  137  151   81   77   13   61   63
Dave Roberts           5   8  5.09  26  20   2   0   1  133  147   79   75   15   47   48
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  1.42  52   0   0  21   0   76   64   13   12    4   31   68
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  3.65  28  26   0   0   0  148  144   68   60   18   65   89
Manny Sarmiento        9   6  3.79  52   4   0   5   0  109   87   49   46   10   46   60
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
Paul Moskau            3   3  4.26  20  19   1   1   1  108  107   52   51   10   48   70
Pedro Borbon           6   2  4.34  49   0   0   4   0   83   79   41   40    6   19   28
Tom Hume               6  11  4.78  30  20   1   1   0  137  166   80   73   11   43   70
Dave Tomlin            6   1  5.29  48   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   1  2.01   5   5   2   0   2   31   28    7    7    0    7   16
Joe Sambito            4   6  2.74  48   0   0   8   0   69   65   22   21    3   23   70
Joaquin Andujar        4   4  2.96  21  13   2   0   0   94   72   34   31    2   42   42
J.R. Richard          12  11  3.01  27  27  12   0   3  209  144   79   70    9  111  230
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  14   1   0   0   0   32   40   17   16    2    9   17
Floyd Bannister        3   8  4.79  23  15   2   0   2   98  108   52   52   11   61   81
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  2.38  43   0   0   5   0   76   50   24   20    4   40   55
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            14   9  3.28  27  25   6   1   0  181  194   82   66    9   47  104
Doug Rau              12   7  3.35  22  22   7   0   2  151  164   62   56   13   47   74
Don Sutton            12  10  3.52  26  26  10   0   1  181  179   84   71   23   43  109
Rick Rhoden            8   6  3.86  23  20   5   0   2  133  130   64   57   10   42   69
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   1  1.88   3   2   0   0   0   14   11    3    3    1    6   12
Woodie Fryman          5   3  2.01  11  11   4   0   3   72   54   17   16    2   28   41
Dan Schatzeder         5   4  2.08  21  10   2   0   0   99   67   28   23    5   44   44
Hal Dues               5   4  2.09  23  11   1   1   0   90   77   24   21    4   37   32
Steve Rogers          13   8  2.42  28  27  11   1   1  205  171   58   55   11   60  118
Darold Knowles         2   3  2.47  47   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  3.97  32   1   0   6   0   57   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  2.19  20   6   0   0   0   66   53   22   16    5   20   31
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  3.35  53   0   0  15   0   89   74   33   33   10   30   71
Dwight Bernard         0   1  3.70  15   1   0   0   0   24   25   11   10    2   16   16
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            5   4  4.06  39   0   0   2   0   64   60   30   29    3   27   26
Nino Espinosa          9  11  4.52  24  24   5   0   1  153  171   85   77   17   59   58
Mike Bruhert           2   6  5.04  20  15   0   0   0   91  124   62   51    4   22   40
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  2.27  44   0   0   9   0   79   64   23   20    6   21   59
Dick Ruthven           8   3  2.43  11  11   5   0   1   81   74   23   22    8   13   39
Tug McGraw             8   5  2.91  44   0   0   9   0   68   59   27   22    2   21   43
Steve Carlton         12  11  3.01  27  27   8   0   3  191  179   76   64   23   50  119
Rawly Eastwick         2   1  3.34  17   0   0   0   0   30   19   14   11    3   12   10
Larry Christenson      8  12  3.55  25  25   7   0   2  167  157   73   66   13   37   90
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  1.95  68   0   0  22   0   97   78   26   21    3   44   58
Grant Jackson          4   3  2.66  48   0   0   4   0   61   75   22   18    2   25   32
Ed Whitson             3   6  2.98  30   0   0   3   0   54   46   22   18    3   29   47
Bert Blyleven         10   8  3.30  26  26   7   0   3  180  165   77   66   14   46  131
Don Robinson           9   5  3.34  26  23   7   1   1  167  145   69   62   14   45  104
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              7   7  4.03  28  13   2   0   1   92   91   51   41   10   35   66
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
Randy Jones           11  11  2.78  30  29   6   0   2  204  204   83   63    5   55   53
Bob Owchinko           8   9  2.82  28  26   4   0   1  169  151   60   53    8   65   77
Rollie Fingers         4  11  2.93  52   0   0  28   0   80   63   29   26    3   23   52
Mark Lee               3   1  3.14  38   0   0   1   0   57   46   22   20    0   22   20
Gaylord Perry         14   5  3.14  27  27   3   0   2  186  180   77   65    8   55  105
Eric Rasmussen        10   4  3.82  18  16   2   0   1  101   99   46   43   13   32   41
Bob Shirley            7  11  3.90  34  19   2   3   0  136  136   65   59   10   52   85
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  2.88  28  27  12   0   3  194  167   70   62   10   67  104
Gary Lavelle          10   9  2.97  52   0   0  11   0   79   79   30   26    1   36   51
Jim Barr               6   9  3.46  21  20   4   0   2  122  132   50   47    4   23   29
Randy Moffitt          7   4  3.49  57   0   0  10   0   67   65   29   26    4   28   44
John Montefusco        9   5  3.83  28  28   3   0   0  186  183   87   79   21   50  141
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  6.00   8   0   0   0   0   12   15    8    8    0    7    5

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Bruno              2   0  1.06   6   1   0   1   0   17   14    2    2    0    5    6
Pete Vuckovich        11   9  2.18  38  16   5   1   2  153  135   43   37    6   49  120
Mark Littell           1   7  2.71  56   2   0   7   0   90   67   32   27    7   48  113
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  15  3.48  28  28   6   0   3  196  162   85   76   11   83  101
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)             14
  G. Perry (SD)            14
  B. Hooton (LA)           13
  S. Rogers (MON)          13
  S. Carlton (PHI)         12
  B. Knepper (SF)          12
  E. Rasmussen (SD)        12

Losses:

  B. Forsch (STL)          15
  J. Koosman (NY)          13
  L. Christenson (PHI)     12
  P. Hanna (ATL)           12
  D. Lamp (CHI)            12
  P. Niekro (ATL)          12
  T. Seaver (CIN)          12
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      11
  S. Carlton (PHI)         11
  N. Espinosa (NY)         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
  S. Carlton (PHI)          8
  R. Reuschel (CHI)         8

Saves:

  R. Fingers (SD)          28
  B. Sutter (CHI)          22
  K. Tekulve (PIT)         22
  D. Bair (CIN)            21
  G. Garber (ATL)          19
  T. Forster (LA)          15
  S. Lockwood (NY)         15
  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
  S. Carlton (PHI)          3
  B. Forsch (STL)           3
  W. Fryman (MON)           3
  R. Grimsley (MON)         3
  B. Knepper (SF)           3
  D. Lamp (CHI)             3

Innings Pitched:

  P. Niekro (ATL)       246.1
  J. Richard (HOU)      209.0
  S. Rogers (MON)       204.2
  R. Jones (SD)         204.0
  V. Blue (SF)          198.2
  B. Forsch (STL)       196.1
  B. Knepper (SF)       194.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)      191.1
  R. Grimsley (MON)     190.2
  T. Seaver (CIN)       189.2

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)         207
  R. Jones (SD)           204
  T. John (LA)            194
  R. Grimsley (MON)       184
  J. Montefusco (SF)      183
  G. Perry (SD)           180
  S. Carlton (PHI)        179
  D. Sutton (LA)          179
  V. Blue (SF)            171
  N. Espinosa (NY)        171

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          92
  J. Montefusco (SF)       87
  N. Espinosa (NY)         85
  B. Forsch (STL)          85
  J. Koosman (NY)          84
  D. Sutton (LA)           84
  R. Grimsley (MON)        83
  R. Jones (SD)            83
  T. John (LA)             82
  R. Burris (CHI)          81

Home Runs:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         23
  D. Sutton (LA)           23
  J. Montefusco (SF)       21
  F. Norman (CIN)          18
  T. Seaver (CIN)          18
  N. Espinosa (NY)         17
  M. Lemongello (HOU)      17
  E. Rasmussen (SD)        17
  R. Grimsley (MON)        16
  J. Koosman (NY)          16

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)        111
  P. Hanna (ATL)           84
  B. Forsch (STL)          83
  P. Niekro (ATL)          69
  B. Knepper (SF)          67
  W. Fryman (MON)          65
  F. Norman (CIN)          65
  B. Owchinko (SD)         65
  T. Seaver (CIN)          63
  F. Bannister (HOU)       61

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)        230
  P. Niekro (ATL)         187
  T. Seaver (CIN)         161
  J. Montefusco (SF)      141
  V. Blue (SF)            135
  B. Blyleven (PIT)       131
  P. Vuckovich (STL)      120
  S. Carlton (PHI)        119
  S. Rogers (MON)         118
  M. Littell (STL)        113


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