Friday May 4, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, May 4, 1979

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Philadelphia    15   7  3.00   23   7   4   201   179   72   67   11   57  101
Houston         16   9  3.04   25   8   6   225   194   89   76   17   80  143
Montreal        16   6  3.52   22   4   7   205   192   89   80   22   62   93
Cincinnati      13  11  3.54   24   3   6   216   210  110   85   18   74  106
St. Louis       12  11  3.55   24   4   3   215   215   91   85   20   88  133
Chicago         10  10  3.57   20   3   6   179   166   76   71   11   68  110
New York         8  13  3.76   21   2   4   194   194   92   81   13   97   96
Los Angeles     11  16  4.02   27   6   3   242   211  121  108   16   97  146
Pittsburgh       8  13  4.08   21   4   3   192   200  104   87   17   64  133
San Francisco   12  14  4.41   26   5   5   228   240  131  112   24   89  137
Atlanta          8  15  4.70   23   5   4   201   214  114  105   17   77  113
San Diego       11  15  4.84   26   2   5   227   247  132  122   18   93  142

 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  1.46  10   1   1   3   0   25   12    4    4    2   11   17
Dennis Lamp (CHI)      2   0  2.13   7   3   1   0   1   25   21    6    6    0    6   11
Pete Vuckovich (STL)   2   1  2.25   6   6   1   0   0   40   40   14   10    6    9   23
Dick Ruthven (PHI)     4   0  2.33   5   5   2   0   1   39   34   10   10    0   10   21
Rick Sutcliffe (LA)    2   2  2.37  10   1   1   0   0   30   25    9    8    2    7   18
Craig Swan (NY)        3   2  2.40   6   6   1   0   1   45   40   14   12    2   13   22
Ken Forsch (HOU)       3   1  2.47   6   6   4   0   2   47   40   18   13    2   10   18
Mike Lacoss (CIN)      2   0  2.51   6   5   0   0   0   29   25   16    8    1   11   13
Burt Hooton (LA)       2   2  2.52   5   5   2   0   0   39   27   11   11    2    8   28

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Phil Niekro            3   4  2.59   7   7   4   0   0   56   47   19   16    3   23   31
Craig Skok             0   0  3.45  11   0   0   0   0   16   17    6    6    1    6   11
Rick Matula            2   3  3.90   5   5   0   0   0   30   33   13   13    2    7   17
Adrian Devine          0   0  4.00   7   0   0   0   0    9   11    5    4    1    4    1
Gene Garber            1   3  5.59  10   0   0   4   0   19   23   13   12    3    2    9
Eddie Solomon          1   1  5.63   4   3   0   0   0   16   18   11   10    1   11   10
Larry McWilliams       1   2  6.30   5   5   1   0   0   30   28   21   21    2   12   16
Mickey Mahler          0   2  7.50   5   3   0   0   0   18   27   18   15    2    8   13
Rick Mahler            0   0  7.71   3   0   0   0   0    2    3    2    2    0    1    1
Frank Lacorte          0   0 10.80   4   0   0   0   0    5    7    6    6    2    3    4

 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  2.53   7   0   0   0   0   11   10    3    3    0    4    7
Ken Holtzman           2   1  3.20   4   3   0   0   0   20   17    7    7    2    7    8
Willie Hernandez       0   0  3.52   7   0   0   0   0    8    7    4    3    0    3    4
Mike Krukow            1   1  3.57   4   4   0   0   0   23   20    9    9    1   17   23
Rick Reuschel          1   4  4.04   6   6   1   0   0   42   42   19   19    3    9   25
Lynn McGlothen         3   2  4.30   6   4   1   1   0   29   31   16   14    5    5   17
Ray Burris             0   0  7.50   8   0   0   0   0   12   13   12   10    0   12    7

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Paul Moskau            1   0  1.04   4   0   0   0   0   17   12    7    2    2    5    3
Doug Bair              2   0  2.19   9   0   0   4   0   12    9    3    3    0   11   12
Mike Lacoss            2   0  2.51   6   5   0   0   0   29   25   16    8    1   11   13
Bill Bonham            1   0  2.77   2   2   0   0   0   13   10    4    4    1    3    4
Dave Tomlin            0   1  3.00  11   0   0   0   0    9   10    4    3    1    2    7
Pedro Borbon           0   0  3.12  10   0   0   0   0   17   18    6    6    0    2    8
Fred Norman            1   3  3.27   6   5   1   0   0   33   30   18   12    4   13   14
Tom Seaver             2   2  3.86   6   6   2   0   1   30   27   16   13    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
Rick Williams          0   0  Inf    1   0   0   0   0    0    1    0    0    0    0    0
Joaquin Andujar        3   0  1.46  10   1   1   3   0   25   12    4    4    2   11   17
Ken Forsch             3   1  2.47   6   6   4   0   2   47   40   18   13    2   10   18
J.R. Richard           4   0  2.66   6   6   1   0   0   41   34   13   12    1   17   44
Joe Sambito            2   1  2.79  11   0   0   3   0   19   16    6    6    2    8   16
Frank Riccelli         1   1  3.24   7   0   0   0   0    8    8    3    3    0   10    9
Vern Ruhle             1   3  3.29   6   6   1   0   1   41   36   15   15    5    6   19
Joe Niekro             2   2  3.57   6   6   1   0   1   35   31   20   14    3   15   19
Bo McLaughlin          0   0  8.10   4   0   0   0   0    3    6    3    3    0    1    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
Rick Sutcliffe         2   2  2.37  10   1   1   0   0   30   25    9    8    2    7   18
Burt Hooton            2   2  2.52   5   5   2   0   0   39   27   11   11    2    8   28
Don Sutton             3   3  2.64   6   6   3   0   0   48   33   19   14    3   13   32
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  6.04  10   0   0   0   0   25   25   18   17    4   16   13
Lance Rautzhan         0   2  6.75  11   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
Rudy May               1   0  2.25   5   0   0   0   0    4    5    2    1    1    2    1
Dan Schatzeder         1   0  2.38   5   1   0   0   0   11    9    3    3    0    7    5
Bill Lee               3   0  3.00   4   4   1   0   1   30   28   10   10    3    3   10
Ross Grimsley          3   0  3.19   6   6   2   0   0   37   33   13   13    5   12    5
Stan Bahnsen           0   0  3.68   7   0   0   2   0   15   13    6    6    3    5   10
Scott Sanderson        1   2  4.60   5   5   0   0   0   29   28   17   15    5    9   18
Steve Rogers           2   1  4.66   6   6   1   0   0   39   39   21   20    3    9   20
David Palmer           2   1  5.73   7   0   0   2   0   11   14    7    7    2    2    5

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jesse Orosco           1   0  1.13   6   0   0   0   0    8    4    1    1    0    3    5
Skip Lockwood          0   3  1.80  10   0   0   4   0   15   12    3    3    1    5   16
Craig Swan             3   2  2.40   6   6   1   0   1   45   40   14   12    2   13   22
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
Mike Scott             1   0  3.46   4   2   0   0   0   13   16    8    5    0    3    5
Dwight Bernard         0   0  3.65  11   0   0   0   0   12   16    5    5    0    7    6
Dale Murray            1   3  3.72  11   0   0   0   0   19   21    9    8    1    9    8
Pete Falcone           0   2  4.45   5   5   0   0   0   32   34   16   16    4   20   15
Neil Allen             0   3  6.41   4   4   0   0   0   20   23   14   14    1   13    7
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            2   1  2.84   6   6   2   0   0   44   45   15   14    4    8   10
Steve Carlton          2   4  4.93   6   6   1   0   0   42   45   23   23    4   14   26
Doug Bird              0   0  5.25   6   0   0   0   0   12   17    7    7    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   2  2.97   6   6   2   0   0   39   39   15   13    5    9   23
John Candelaria        1   1  3.27   6   5   1   0   0   33   35   15   12    1    7   24
Ed Whitson             1   1  3.60   5   1   0   0   0   15   13    8    6    0    9    8
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
Rollie Fingers         1   2  3.52  10   0   0   4   0   23   20    9    9    0    9   13
Randy Jones            4   2  4.50   7   7   1   0   0   38   41   21   19    3   11   15
Mickey Lolich          0   1  4.96   5   2   0   0   0   16   21   14    9    2    6    7
Eric Rasmussen         0   2  5.33   7   4   0   0   0   27   36   16   16    3   14   12
Bob Shirley            0   4  5.70   8   3   0   0   0   24   27   15   15    2    9   10
Bob Owchinko           0   0  6.30   5   2   0   0   0   10   14    7    7    0    7   11
John D'Acquisto        2   2  7.71  10   1   0   1   0   19   20   16   16    4   16   16
Mark Lee               0   1  9.00  10   0   0   0   0   12   21   15   12    2    4    8

 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  0.90  12   0   0   3   0   20   20    5    2    0   10   19
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              5   2  5.20   7   7   4   0   0   55   52   34   32    5   21   29
Ed Halicki             2   2  6.25   6   6   0   0   0   32   44   28   22    5    9   17
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
Silvio Martinez        0   1  2.21   5   2   0   0   0   20   18    5    5    0   10   10
Pete Vuckovich         2   1  2.25   6   6   1   0   0   40   40   14   10    6    9   23
John Denny             2   2  3.00   6   6   2   0   0   45   40   15   15    3   17   20
Mark Littell           3   1  3.29  10   0   0   0   0   14    6    5    5    0   12   14
Tom Bruno              1   1  3.95  11   0   0   0   0   14   10    6    6    0    8    9
Darold Knowles         1   0  4.05   8   0   0   1   0    7    9    3    3    0    2    6
Bob Forsch             0   2  4.60   5   5   1   0   0   31   36   17   16    5    8   16
Buddy Schultz          1   1  4.66  10   0   0   2   0   19   18   10   10    5    8   17
Bob Sykes              2   2  5.33   5   5   0   0   0   25   38   16   15    1   14   18

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League Leaders

Wins:

  V. Blue (SF)              5
  R. Jones (SD)             4
  J. Richard (HOU)          4
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          4
  J. Andujar (HOU)          3
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         3
  K. Forsch (HOU)           3
  R. Grimsley (MON)         3
  B. Lee (MON)              3
  M. Littell (STL)          3

Losses:

  S. Carlton (PHI)          4
  T. Griffin (SF)           4
  P. Niekro (ATL)           4
  R. Reuschel (CHI)         4
  B. Shirley (SD)           4
  K. Tekulve (PIT)          4
  N. Allen (NY)             3
  G. Garber (ATL)           3
  T. Hume (CIN)             3
  S. Lockwood (NY)          3

Complete Games:

  V. Blue (SF)              4
  K. Forsch (HOU)           4
  P. Niekro (ATL)           4
  D. Sutton (LA)            3
  J. Denny (STL)            2
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         2
  R. Grimsley (MON)         2
  B. Hooton (LA)            2
  R. Lerch (PHI)            2
  D. Robinson (PIT)         2

Saves:

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

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)           55.1
  D. Sutton (LA)         47.2
  K. Forsch (HOU)        47.1
  J. Denny (STL)         45.0
  C. Swan (NY)           45.0
  R. Lerch (PHI)         44.1
  R. Reuschel (CHI)      42.1
  S. Carlton (PHI)       42.0
  B. Knepper (SF)        41.1

Hits:

  V. Blue (SF)             52
  P. Niekro (ATL)          47
  S. Carlton (PHI)         45
  T. Hume (CIN)            45
  R. Lerch (PHI)           45
  E. Halicki (SF)          44
  B. Knepper (SF)          43
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        42
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        42
  R. Jones (SD)            41

Runs:

  V. Blue (SF)             34
  E. Halicki (SF)          28
  S. Carlton (PHI)         23
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        22
  T. Hume (CIN)            22
  R. Jones (SD)            21
  L. McWilliams (ATL)      21
  S. Rogers (MON)          21
  J. Niekro (HOU)          20
  D. Rau (LA)              20

Home Runs:

  T. Hume (CIN)             6
  P. Vuckovich (STL)        6
  V. Blue (SF)              5
  B. Blyleven (PIT)         5
  B. Forsch (STL)           5
  R. Grimsley (MON)         5
  E. Halicki (SF)           5
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        5
  D. Robinson (PIT)         5
  V. Ruhle (HOU)            5

Walks:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          23
  V. Blue (SF)             21
  P. Falcone (NY)          20
  A. Messersmith (LA)      18
  J. Denny (STL)           17
  M. Krukow (CHI)          17
  J. Richard (HOU)         17
  J. D'Acquisto (SD)       16
  C. Hough (LA)            16
  B. Knepper (SF)          15

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)         44
  D. Sutton (LA)           32
  P. Niekro (ATL)          31
  V. Blue (SF)             29
  B. Hooton (LA)           28
  S. Carlton (PHI)         26
  S. Mura (SD)             26
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        25
  B. Knepper (SF)          25
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        25

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