Tuesday May 1, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, May 1, 1979

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Philadelphia    14   6  2.93   21   6   4   184   161   65   60   10   50   95
Houston         15   7  2.99   22   7   5   199   163   77   66   16   71  133
Montreal        15   5  3.36   20   3   7   188   175   78   70   18   58   89
New York         8  11  3.59   19   2   4   178   174   81   71    9   88   83
Chicago          9   9  3.61   18   3   5   162   148   70   65   11   61   97
St. Louis       10  10  3.63   21   3   2   188   183   82   76   18   80  123
Cincinnati      11  11  3.74   22   3   5   197   197  104   82   17   67   99
Los Angeles     10  15  4.10   25   5   3   224   196  114  102   14   92  133
Pittsburgh       7  12  4.17   19   3   3   175   182   98   81   16   60  121
Atlanta          8  13  4.33   21   5   4   185   191   98   89   15   67  107
San Francisco   10  14  4.45   24   4   4   210   225  123  104   24   83  128
San Diego       10  14  4.69   24   2   4   209   222  118  109   16   89  136

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Nino Espinosa (PHI)    3   1  1.32   5   5   2   0   1   34   20    8    5    2   12   20
Joaquin Andujar (HOU)  3   0  1.52   9   1   1   2   0   24   12    4    4    2   10   16
Dennis Lamp (CHI)      2   0  2.13   7   3   1   0   1   25   21    6    6    0    6   11
Pete Vuckovich (STL)   2   0  2.25   5   5   1   0   0   32   29   12    8    5    9   20
Ken Forsch (HOU)       3   0  2.29   5   5   3   0   2   39   31   13   10    2    9   16
Dick Ruthven (PHI)     4   0  2.33   5   5   2   0   1   39   34   10   10    0   10   21
Craig Swan (NY)        3   2  2.40   6   6   1   0   1   45   40   14   12    2   13   22
Don Robinson (PIT)     2   1  2.43   5   5   2   0   0   33   30   11    9    5    6   19
Burt Hooton (LA)       2   2  2.52   5   5   2   0   0   39   27   11   11    2    8   28
Phil Niekro (ATL)      3   4  2.59   7   7   4   0   0   56   47   19   16    3   23   31

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Craig Skok             0   0  1.88   9   0   0   0   0   14   15    3    3    1    4   11
Phil Niekro            3   4  2.59   7   7   4   0   0   56   47   19   16    3   23   31
Rick Matula            2   2  3.60   4   4   0   0   0   25   29   10   10    2    4   15
Mickey Mahler          0   1  5.28   4   2   0   0   0   15   20   12    9    1    7   11
Gene Garber            1   3  5.79   9   0   0   4   0   19   22   13   12    3    2    9
Adrian Devine          0   0  6.00   5   0   0   0   0    6    8    5    4    1    2    1
Eddie Solomon          1   1  6.00   3   3   0   0   0   15   17   11   10    1   10   10
Larry McWilliams       1   2  6.30   5   5   1   0   0   30   28   21   21    2   12   16
Rick Mahler            0   0  6.75   2   0   0   0   0    1    1    1    1    0    1    0
Frank Lacorte          0   0  7.36   3   0   0   0   0    4    4    3    3    1    2    3

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bruce Sutter           0   0  0.00   6   0   0   5   0    9    5    0    0    0    5    8
Dennis Lamp            2   0  2.13   7   3   1   0   1   25   21    6    6    0    6   11
Donnie Moore           1   2  2.79   6   0   0   0   0   10   10    3    3    0    4    5
Ken Holtzman           2   1  3.20   4   3   0   0   0   20   17    7    7    2    7    8
Mike Krukow            0   1  3.78   3   3   0   0   0   17   14    7    7    1   12   16
Willie Hernandez       0   0  3.86   6   0   0   0   0    7    7    4    3    0    3    4
Rick Reuschel          1   3  3.86   5   5   1   0   0   37   35   16   16    3    7   23
Lynn McGlothen         3   2  4.78   5   4   1   0   0   26   28   16   14    5    5   15
Ray Burris             0   0  7.59   7   0   0   0   0   11   11   11    9    0   12    7

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Paul Moskau            1   0  0.73   3   0   0   0   0   12    6    3    1    1    3    1
Bill Bonham            1   0  2.77   2   2   0   0   0   13   10    4    4    1    3    4
Doug Bair              1   0  3.00   7   0   0   3   0    9    7    3    3    0    9    9
Mike Lacoss            1   0  3.00   5   4   0   0   0   21   22   15    7    1    8   11
Dave Tomlin            0   1  3.24  10   0   0   0   0    8   10    4    3    1    2    7
Fred Norman            1   3  3.27   6   5   1   0   0   33   30   18   12    4   13   14
Pedro Borbon           0   0  3.38   9   0   0   0   0   16   18    6    6    0    2    8
Tom Seaver             2   2  3.68   5   5   2   0   1   29   25   15   12    2    9   21
Frank Pastore          1   2  4.91   8   1   0   2   0   15   17    8    8    0    3    9
Tom Hume               2   3  5.24   6   5   0   0   0   34   45   22   20    6   10   15
Doug Capilla           1   0  8.53   5   0   0   0   0    6    7    6    6    1    5    0

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Joaquin Andujar        3   0  1.52   9   1   1   2   0   24   12    4    4    2   10   16
Frank Riccelli         1   0  2.16   6   0   0   0   0    8    7    2    2    0    8    9
Ken Forsch             3   0  2.29   5   5   3   0   2   39   31   13   10    2    9   16
J.R. Richard           4   0  2.66   6   6   1   0   0   41   34   13   12    1   17   44
Vern Ruhle             1   3  2.75   5   5   1   0   1   36   28   11   11    4    3   15
Joe Sambito            2   1  3.31   9   0   0   3   0   16   12    6    6    2    8   15
Joe Niekro             1   2  4.23   5   5   1   0   1   28   24   19   13    3   14   17
Bo McLaughlin          0   0  9.00   3   0   0   0   0    2    5    2    2    0    0    0
Tom Dixon              0   1 11.57   2   0   0   0   0    2    5    4    3    1    1    0
Gary Wilson            0   0 11.57   3   0   0   0   0    2    5    3    3    1    1    1

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Burt Hooton            2   2  2.52   5   5   2   0   0   39   27   11   11    2    8   28
Rick Sutcliffe         1   2  2.53   9   0   0   0   0   21   18    7    6    1    6   11
Don Sutton             3   2  2.66   5   5   3   0   0   41   28   16   12    2   10   27
Bob Welch              2   1  2.90   5   5   0   0   0   31   24   12   10    1   10   20
Jerry Reuss            1   2  4.20   8   0   0   2   0   15   16    9    7    0    7    9
Andy Messersmith       1   1  4.94   5   5   0   0   0   27   20   15   15    4   18   13
Charlie Hough          0   0  5.70   9   0   0   0   0   24   22   16   15    4   15   12
Lance Rautzhan         0   2  7.00  10   0   0   1   0    9    9    8    7    0    8    5
Doug Rau               0   3 10.47   5   5   0   0   0   16   32   20   19    0   10    8

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Elias Sosa             2   1  1.45  11   0   0   3   0   19   13    5    3    0    9   12
Woodie Fryman          1   1  1.74   6   0   0   0   0   10   10    5    2    0    4    7
Dan Schatzeder         1   0  2.38   5   1   0   0   0   11    9    3    3    0    7    5
David Palmer           2   1  2.89   6   0   0   2   0    9    8    3    3    1    2    4
Bill Lee               3   0  3.00   4   4   1   0   1   30   28   10   10    3    3   10
Rudy May               1   0  3.00   4   0   0   0   0    3    4    1    1    1    1    1
Stan Bahnsen           0   0  3.68   7   0   0   2   0   15   13    6    6    3    5   10
Scott Sanderson        1   1  3.75   4   4   0   0   0   24   21   12   10    3    8   16
Ross Grimsley          2   0  3.90   5   5   1   0   0   28   30   12   12    4   10    4
Steve Rogers           2   1  4.66   6   6   1   0   0   39   39   21   20    3    9   20

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Skip Lockwood          0   2  1.29   9   0   0   4   0   14   10    2    2    1    5   14
Jesse Orosco           1   0  1.50   5   0   0   0   0    6    3    1    1    0    2    3
Craig Swan             3   2  2.40   6   6   1   0   1   45   40   14   12    2   13   22
Pete Falcone           0   1  3.10   4   4   0   0   0   29   26   10   10    1   18   12
Kevin Kobel            0   0  3.18   2   0   0   0   0    6    4    2    2    1    2    1
Pat Zachry             2   0  3.18   3   3   1   0   0   17   19    6    6    2    9    7
Dale Murray            1   3  3.93  10   0   0   0   0   18   21    9    8    1    9    8
Mike Scott             1   0  3.97   3   2   0   0   0   11   14    7    5    0    2    2
Dwight Bernard         0   0  4.22  10   0   0   0   0   11   16    5    5    0    6    6
Neil Allen             0   3  6.91   3   3   0   0   0   14   16   11   11    0    9    4
Wayne Twitchell        0   0 12.15   4   1   0   0   0    7    5   14    9    1   13    4

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tug McGraw             1   0  0.00   6   0   0   3   0   10    5    0    0    0    1   10
Ron Reed               3   1  0.84   7   0   0   1   0   11    6    2    1    0    4    6
Nino Espinosa          3   1  1.32   5   5   2   0   1   34   20    8    5    2   12   20
Dick Ruthven           4   0  2.33   5   5   2   0   1   39   34   10   10    0   10   21
Randy Lerch            1   1  3.06   5   5   1   0   0   35   39   13   12    3    4    9
Steve Carlton          2   3  4.79   5   5   1   0   0   36   36   19   19    4   11   21
Doug Bird              0   0  5.23   5   0   0   0   0   10   14    6    6    0    0    5
Jim Kaat               0   0  6.23   2   1   0   0   0    4    5    3    3    1    5    1
Rawly Eastwick         0   0  6.75   4   0   0   0   0    5    2    4    4    0    3    2

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Grant Jackson          1   0  1.74   9   0   0   3   0   10   10    3    2    0    3    3
Don Robinson           2   1  2.43   5   5   2   0   0   33   30   11    9    5    6   19
John Candelaria        0   1  3.75   5   4   0   0   0   24   27   13   10    0    7   18
Ed Whitson             1   1  4.15   4   1   0   0   0   13   12    8    6    0    8    6
Bruce Kison            1   0  4.29   4   3   0   0   0   21   25   13   10    0    5   21
Enrique Romo           0   2  4.82   9   0   0   0   0    9   11    6    5    2    6   13
Bert Blyleven          0   2  5.21   6   6   1   0   0   38   42   22   22    5   14   25
Kent Tekulve           1   4  5.60  15   0   0   0   0   18   17   14   11    2    7   10
Jim Bibby              1   1  6.48   4   0   0   0   0    8    8    8    6    2    4    6

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Mura             1   0  2.66   7   2   0   0   0   20   14    6    6    0    6   26
Gaylord Perry          3   1  3.08   5   5   1   0   0   38   33   13   13    2   11   24
Mickey Lolich          0   1  3.86   4   2   0   0   0   14   16   11    6    2    6    7
Rollie Fingers         1   2  4.05   9   0   0   3   0   20   18    9    9    0    9   11
Randy Jones            3   2  5.06   6   6   1   0   0   32   33   19   18    3    9   13
John D'Acquisto        2   1  5.30   9   0   0   1   0   19   17   11   11    2   14   16
Eric Rasmussen         0   2  5.33   7   4   0   0   0   27   36   16   16    3   14   12
Bob Owchinko           0   0  6.30   5   2   0   0   0   10   14    7    7    0    7   11
Mark Lee               0   1  6.97   9   0   0   0   0   10   17   11    8    2    4    7
Bob Shirley            0   4  7.23   7   3   0   0   0   19   24   15   15    2    9    9

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Joe Coleman            0   0  0.00   5   0   0   0   0    4    3    2    0    0    2    0
Gary Lavelle           1   0  1.06  11   0   0   2   0   17   19    5    2    0   10   16
Dave Roberts           0   0  2.03   9   0   0   2   0   13    8    3    3    0    7   10
Bob Knepper            2   2  3.05   6   6   1   0   1   41   43   15   14    4   15   25
John Montefusco        1   2  3.38   4   4   0   0   0   27   24   10   10    2    6   11
Tom Griffin            1   4  4.03   9   2   0   0   0   22   21   13   10    3   11   16
Vida Blue              4   2  5.63   6   6   3   0   0   46   46   31   29    5   18   26
Ed Halicki             1   2  5.96   5   5   0   0   0   26   36   23   17    5    6   14
Phil Nastu             0   1  8.31   1   1   0   0   0    4    7    4    4    2    1    3
Randy Moffitt          0   0  8.53   3   0   0   0   0    6    6    6    6    2    1    3
John Curtis            0   1 24.30   4   0   0   0   0    3   12   11    9    1    6    4

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mark Littell           3   1  1.98   9   0   0   0   0   14    5    3    3    0   11   14
Silvio Martinez        0   1  2.21   5   2   0   0   0   20   18    5    5    0   10   10
Pete Vuckovich         2   0  2.25   5   5   1   0   0   32   29   12    8    5    9   20
John Denny             1   2  3.25   5   5   1   0   0   36   32   13   13    2   13   19
Tom Bruno              1   1  4.05  10   0   0   0   0   13   10    6    6    0    8    9
Darold Knowles         1   0  4.50   7   0   0   1   0    6    7    3    3    0    2    5
Bob Forsch             0   2  4.60   5   5   1   0   0   31   36   17   16    5    8   16
Buddy Schultz          1   1  5.19   9   0   0   1   0   17   18   10   10    5    8   16
Bob Sykes              1   2  5.89   4   4   0   0   0   18   28   13   12    1   11   14

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League Leaders

Wins:

  V. Blue (SF)              4
  J. Richard (HOU)          4
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          4
  J. Andujar (HOU)          3
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         3
  K. Forsch (HOU)           3
  R. Jones (SD)             3
  B. Lee (MON)              3
  M. Littell (STL)          3
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        3

Losses:

  T. Griffin (SF)           4
  P. Niekro (ATL)           4
  B. Shirley (SD)           4
  K. Tekulve (PIT)          4
  N. Allen (NY)             3
  S. Carlton (PHI)          3
  G. Garber (ATL)           3
  T. Hume (CIN)             3
  D. Murray (NY)            3
  F. Norman (CIN)           3

Complete Games:

  P. Niekro (ATL)           4
  V. Blue (SF)              3
  K. Forsch (HOU)           3
  D. Sutton (LA)            3
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         2
  B. Hooton (LA)            2
  D. Robinson (PIT)         2
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          2
  T. Seaver (CIN)           2
  J. Andujar (HOU)          1

Saves:

  B. Sutter (CHI)           5
  G. Garber (ATL)           4
  S. Lockwood (NY)          4
  D. Bair (CIN)             3
  R. Fingers (SD)           3
  G. Jackson (PIT)          3
  T. McGraw (PHI)           3
  J. Sambito (HOU)          3
  E. Sosa (MON)             3
  J. Andujar (HOU)          2

Shutouts:

  K. Forsch (HOU)           2
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         1
  B. Knepper (SF)           1
  D. Lamp (CHI)             1
  B. Lee (MON)              1
  J. Niekro (HOU)           1
  V. Ruhle (HOU)            1
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          1
  T. Seaver (CIN)           1
  C. Swan (NY)              1

Innings Pitched:

  P. Niekro (ATL)        55.2
  V. Blue (SF)           46.1
  C. Swan (NY)           45.0
  B. Knepper (SF)        41.1
  J. Richard (HOU)       40.2
  D. Sutton (LA)         40.2
  K. Forsch (HOU)        39.1
  B. Hooton (LA)         39.1
  S. Rogers (MON)        38.2
  D. Ruthven (PHI)       38.2

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          47
  V. Blue (SF)             46
  T. Hume (CIN)            45
  B. Knepper (SF)          43
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        42
  C. Swan (NY)             40
  R. Lerch (PHI)           39
  S. Rogers (MON)          39
  S. Carlton (PHI)         36
  B. Forsch (STL)          36

Runs:

  V. Blue (SF)             31
  E. Halicki (SF)          23
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        22
  T. Hume (CIN)            22
  L. McWilliams (ATL)      21
  S. Rogers (MON)          21
  D. Rau (LA)              20
  S. Carlton (PHI)         19
  R. Jones (SD)            19
  J. Niekro (HOU)          19

Home Runs:

  T. Hume (CIN)             6
  V. Blue (SF)              5
  B. Blyleven (PIT)         5
  B. Forsch (STL)           5
  E. Halicki (SF)           5
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        5
  D. Robinson (PIT)         5
  B. Schultz (STL)          5
  P. Vuckovich (STL)        5
  S. Carlton (PHI)          4

Walks:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          23
  V. Blue (SF)             18
  P. Falcone (NY)          18
  A. Messersmith (LA)      18
  J. Richard (HOU)         17
  C. Hough (LA)            15
  B. Knepper (SF)          15
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        14
  J. D'Acquisto (SD)       14
  J. Niekro (HOU)          14

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)         44
  P. Niekro (ATL)          31
  B. Hooton (LA)           28
  D. Sutton (LA)           27
  V. Blue (SF)             26
  S. Mura (SD)             26
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        25
  B. Knepper (SF)          25
  G. Perry (SD)            24
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        23


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