Wednesday May 9, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, May 9, 1979

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Philadelphia    20   7  2.89   28   9   5   249   215   86   80   12   71  123
St. Louis       14  13  3.31   28   4   5   258   254  105   95   20  105  147
Houston         18  12  3.41   30   9   6   275   245  122  104   23  105  176
Montreal        18   8  3.51   26   5   8   239   221  109   93   25   75  108
Cincinnati      17  12  3.75   29   3   9   261   261  136  109   22   89  136
New York         9  17  3.83   26   2   5   235   230  117  100   17  128  116
Los Angeles     14  18  4.05   32   7   5   287   253  142  129   20  117  163
Chicago         12  12  4.10   24   4   6   215   209  107   98   14   84  130
Pittsburgh      11  15  4.21   26   4   6   235   246  128  110   21   82  166
San Francisco   14  16  4.22   30   6   5   264   277  146  124   26   98  152
San Diego       12  19  4.88   31   2   6   275   299  164  149   21  112  172
Atlanta          9  19  5.01   28   6   4   244   268  159  136   28   97  129

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Nino Espinosa (PHI)    4   1  1.05   6   6   3   0   2   43   26    8    5    2   14   26
Dick Ruthven (PHI)     6   0  1.65   7   7   3   0   2   55   37   10   10    0   14   25
Pete Vuckovich (STL)   3   2  2.03   8   7   1   0   0   49   51   18   11    6   10   28
Silvio Martinez (STL)  1   1  2.22   6   3   0   0   0   28   24    7    7    0   13   12
Dennis Lamp (CHI)      3   0  2.36   8   4   2   0   1   34   29    9    9    1    6   13
Rick Sutcliffe (LA)    3   2  2.41  11   2   1   0   0   37   30   11   10    2   12   20
Craig Swan (NY)        3   2  2.47   7   7   1   0   1   51   45   18   14    2   16   26
Burt Hooton (LA)       3   2  2.47   6   6   2   0   0   47   35   13   13    3   11   31
Don Sutton (LA)        4   3  2.54   7   7   4   0   0   57   36   21   16    3   15   37
Bob Welch (LA)         2   1  2.65   7   5   0   2   0   34   25   12   10    1   11   23

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Phil Niekro            3   5  3.55   9   9   4   0   0   63   61   33   25    8   26   34
Rick Matula            2   3  3.90   5   5   0   0   0   30   33   13   13    2    7   17
Eddie Solomon          2   1  3.96   5   4   1   0   0   25   21   12   11    1   11   12
Adrian Devine          0   0  4.00   7   0   0   0   0    9   11    5    4    1    4    1
Craig Skok             0   0  5.06  14   0   0   0   0   21   26   12   12    2    9   11
Gene Garber            1   5  5.55  12   0   0   4   0   24   33   23   15    5    2   12
Mickey Mahler          0   3  5.76   6   4   0   0   0   25   34   21   16    3   14   18
Rick Mahler            0   0  5.87   6   0   0   0   0    8    7    5    5    1    5    2
Larry McWilliams       1   2  8.07   6   6   1   0   0   32   35   29   29    3   14   17
Frank Lacorte          0   0  8.53   5   0   0   0   0    6    7    6    6    2    5    5

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bruce Sutter           1   0  0.00   7   0   0   5   0   10    6    0    0    0    5    9
Dennis Lamp            3   0  2.36   8   4   2   0   1   34   29    9    9    1    6   13
Willie Hernandez       0   0  3.00   9   0   0   0   0   12    8    5    4    0    4    8
Ken Holtzman           2   2  3.86   5   4   0   0   0   23   23   14   10    2   11   12
Mike Krukow            1   1  4.08   5   5   0   0   0   29   27   13   13    1   20   26
Donnie Moore           1   2  4.11   9   0   0   0   0   15   17    7    7    1    6   10
Lynn McGlothen         3   3  4.86   9   4   1   1   0   33   35   20   18    5    9   19
Rick Reuschel          1   4  4.95   7   7   1   0   0   44   49   24   24    4   10   25
Ray Burris             0   0  8.36  10   0   0   0   0   14   15   15   13    0   13    8

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Paul Moskau            2   0  2.31   5   1   0   0   0   23   21   11    6    3    7    8
Pedro Borbon           1   0  2.66  12   0   0   0   0   24   22    7    7    0    3   10
Mike Lacoss            3   0  2.88   7   6   0   0   0   34   34   20   11    1   13   17
Dave Tomlin            0   1  3.29  14   0   0   0   0   14   13    7    5    1    2    9
Doug Bair              2   0  3.45  11   0   0   5   0   16   13    6    6    1   15   14
Frank Pastore          1   2  3.79  11   1   0   4   0   19   20    8    8    0    3   18
Tom Seaver             2   2  3.86   6   6   2   0   1   30   27   16   13    2    9   21
Fred Norman            1   4  4.10   7   6   1   0   0   37   35   23   17    4   17   18
Bill Bonham            1   0  4.50   3   3   0   0   0   16   15    8    8    2    5    5
Tom Hume               3   3  4.75   7   6   0   0   0   42   54   24   22    7   10   16
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  0.00   4   0   0   0   0    9    6    0    0    0    0    3
Joe Sambito            2   1  2.42  12   0   0   3   0   22   17    6    6    2    8   19
Ken Forsch             3   2  2.67   8   7   5   0   2   57   49   22   17    4   13   23
Frank Riccelli         2   1  2.76   8   1   0   0   0   16   13    5    5    0   16   16
Joaquin Andujar        3   1  3.14  12   2   1   3   0   29   20   10   10    2   16   18
J.R. Richard           4   1  3.21   7   7   1   0   0   42   38   20   15    3   20   47
Vern Ruhle             1   3  3.29   6   6   1   0   1   41   36   15   15    5    6   19
Joe Niekro             2   2  3.92   7   7   1   0   1   41   37   24   18    4   19   21
Bo McLaughlin          1   0  7.36   7   0   0   0   0    7   10    6    6    0    2    4
Gary Wilson            0   0 11.05   5   0   0   0   0    7   14   10    9    2    4    6
Tom Dixon              0   1 11.57   2   0   0   0   0    2    5    4    3    1    1    0

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rick Sutcliffe         3   2  2.41  11   2   1   0   0   37   30   11   10    2   12   20
Burt Hooton            3   2  2.47   6   6   2   0   0   47   35   13   13    3   11   31
Don Sutton             4   3  2.54   7   7   4   0   0   57   36   21   16    3   15   37
Bob Welch              2   1  2.65   7   5   0   2   0   34   25   12   10    1   11   23
Jerry Reuss            1   2  4.76   9   0   0   2   0   17   19   11    9    0    7    9
Andy Messersmith       1   2  5.85   6   6   0   0   0   32   30   21   21    5   20   14
Charlie Hough          0   0  6.52  11   0   0   0   0   29   28   22   21    5   18   13
Lance Rautzhan         0   2  7.45  12   0   0   1   0   10    9    9    8    0   11    5
Doug Rau               0   4  8.10   6   6   0   0   0   23   41   22   21    1   12   11

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Elias Sosa             2   1  1.80  12   0   0   3   0   20   15    6    4    1    9   12
Rudy May               1   0  2.25   5   0   0   0   0    4    5    2    1    1    2    1
Dan Schatzeder         1   0  2.92   6   1   0   0   0   12   11    5    4    0    7    6
Woodie Fryman          1   2  3.00   8   0   0   1   0   12   12    7    4    0    5    8
Stan Bahnsen           0   0  3.12   9   0   0   2   0   17   14    6    6    3    6   10
Scott Sanderson        2   2  3.52   6   6   1   0   1   38   29   17   15    5   10   27
Bill Lee               4   0  3.68   5   5   1   0   1   37   36   15   15    4    5   12
Ross Grimsley          3   1  3.70   7   7   2   0   0   41   39   17   17    5   17    5
Steve Rogers           2   1  4.03   7   7   1   0   0   45   44   24   20    4   11   21
David Palmer           2   1  5.25   8   0   0   2   0   12   16   10    7    2    3    6

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Skip Lockwood          0   3  2.08  12   0   0   5   0   17   13    4    4    1    7   18
Kevin Kobel            0   0  2.31   3   1   0   0   0   12    7    5    3    1    7    2
Craig Swan             3   2  2.47   7   7   1   0   1   51   45   18   14    2   16   26
Dwight Bernard         0   0  2.76  14   0   0   0   0   16   19    5    5    0   10    7
Mike Scott             1   0  2.84   5   3   0   0   0   19   19   10    6    0    7    8
Pat Zachry             2   0  3.18   3   3   1   0   0   17   19    6    6    2    9    7
Dale Murray            2   4  3.91  13   0   0   0   0   23   26   11   10    1   12    8
Jesse Orosco           1   1  4.05   8   0   0   0   0   13   11    6    6    2    7    8
Pete Falcone           0   3  4.95   6   6   0   0   0   36   40   21   20    5   21   18
Neil Allen             0   4  7.52   5   5   0   0   0   20   26   17   17    2   15    8
Wayne Twitchell        0   0  8.38   5   1   0   0   0   10    5   14    9    1   17    6

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ron Reed               3   1  0.61   9   0   0   1   0   15   10    2    1    0    5    7
Nino Espinosa          4   1  1.05   6   6   3   0   2   43   26    8    5    2   14   26
Dick Ruthven           6   0  1.65   7   7   3   0   2   55   37   10   10    0   14   25
Tug McGraw             1   0  1.74   7   0   0   3   0   10    5    2    2    0    3   10
Randy Lerch            2   1  3.28   7   7   2   0   0   49   52   19   18    5   11   12
Jim Kaat               1   0  4.32   3   1   0   0   0    8    9    4    4    1    5    2
Steve Carlton          3   4  4.50   7   7   1   0   0   48   50   24   24    4   16   32
Doug Bird              0   0  5.84   7   0   0   0   0   12   18    8    8    0    0    5
Rawly Eastwick         0   0  8.64   5   0   0   1   0    8    8    9    8    0    3    4

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Grant Jackson          2   0  1.46  13   0   0   3   0   12   11    3    2    0    3    4
John Candelaria        2   1  3.23   7   6   1   0   0   39   41   17   14    2    8   28
Don Robinson           2   2  3.53   7   7   2   0   0   43   48   20   17    5   11   26
Jim Bibby              2   1  3.77   7   0   0   0   0   14   11    8    6    2    6   14
Kent Tekulve           1   4  4.50  18   0   0   2   0   22   19   14   11    2    8   13
Bruce Kison            1   1  4.67   5   4   0   0   0   27   33   17   14    1    6   27
Ed Whitson             1   1  4.74   8   1   0   1   0   19   15   12   10    1   14    9
Enrique Romo           0   2  4.76  11   0   0   0   0   11   15    7    6    2    7   14
Bert Blyleven          0   2  5.62   7   7   1   0   0   42   48   26   26    6   17   29
Rick Rhoden            0   1  7.20   1   1   0   0   0    5    5    4    4    0    2    2

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dennis Kinney          0   0  1.80   2   0   0   0   0    5    2    1    1    0    1    4
Steve Mura             2   0  2.96   8   3   0   0   0   27   19    9    9    2   10   32
Rollie Fingers         1   2  3.41  12   0   0   5   0   29   27   13   11    0    9   20
Gaylord Perry          3   2  3.98   6   6   1   0   0   43   45   20   19    3   13   28
Eric Rasmussen         0   3  4.38   9   5   0   0   0   37   44   18   18    3   15   14
Randy Jones            4   2  4.50   8   8   1   0   0   44   44   24   22    3   12   18
Mickey Lolich          0   1  4.96   5   2   0   0   0   16   21   14    9    2    6    7
Bob Shirley            0   4  6.31  10   3   0   0   0   26   31   18   18    2   12   10
John D'Acquisto        2   3  7.25  12   1   0   1   0   22   24   20   18    4   21   20
Bob Owchinko           0   1  8.10   6   3   0   0   0   13   21   12   12    0    9   11
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           2   0  1.21  13   0   0   3   0   22   22    6    3    1   10   20
Dave Roberts           0   0  1.88  10   0   0   2   0   14    9    3    3    0    7   10
Bob Knepper            2   2  3.17   7   7   1   0   1   48   49   19   17    4   19   28
John Montefusco        1   2  3.38   4   4   0   0   0   27   24   10   10    2    6   11
Tom Griffin            1   4  4.56  10   2   0   0   0   24   23   15   12    3   11   16
Vida Blue              6   2  4.62   8   8   5   0   0   64   62   36   33    5   23   35
Phil Nastu             0   1  4.66   2   2   0   0   0   10   15    5    5    2    1    3
Ed Halicki             2   3  5.50   7   7   0   0   0   38   48   29   23    5   10   21
Randy Moffitt          0   1  7.84   5   0   0   0   0   10   10   10    9    3    3    4
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
Will McEnaney          0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    1    0    0    0    1    0
Pete Vuckovich         3   2  2.03   8   7   1   0   0   49   51   18   11    6   10   28
Silvio Martinez        1   1  2.22   6   3   0   0   0   28   24    7    7    0   13   12
Mark Littell           3   1  2.76  12   0   0   0   0   16    8    5    5    0   14   15
Darold Knowles         1   0  2.79  12   0   0   3   0   10   13    3    3    0    3    6
John Denny             2   2  3.20   7   7   2   0   0   51   47   19   18    3   21   21
Tom Bruno              1   2  3.78  13   0   0   0   0   17   13    7    7    0   10   11
Buddy Schultz          1   1  4.09  12   0   0   2   0   22   18   10   10    5    8   18
Bob Forsch             0   2  4.46   6   6   1   0   0   38   41   20   19    5   11   18
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)              6
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          6
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         4
  R. Jones (SD)             4
  B. Lee (MON)              4
  J. Richard (HOU)          4
  D. Sutton (LA)            4
  J. Andujar (HOU)          3
  S. Carlton (PHI)          3
  K. Forsch (HOU)           3

Losses:

  G. Garber (ATL)           5
  P. Niekro (ATL)           5
  N. Allen (NY)             4
  S. Carlton (PHI)          4
  T. Griffin (SF)           4
  D. Murray (NY)            4
  F. Norman (CIN)           4
  D. Rau (LA)               4
  R. Reuschel (CHI)         4
  B. Shirley (SD)           4

Complete Games:

  V. Blue (SF)              5
  K. Forsch (HOU)           5
  P. Niekro (ATL)           4
  D. Sutton (LA)            4
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         3
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          3
  J. Denny (STL)            2
  R. Grimsley (MON)         2
  B. Hooton (LA)            2
  D. Lamp (CHI)             2

Saves:

  D. Bair (CIN)             5
  R. Fingers (SD)           5
  S. Lockwood (NY)          5
  B. Sutter (CHI)           5
  G. Garber (ATL)           4
  F. Pastore (CIN)          4
  J. Andujar (HOU)          3
  G. Jackson (PIT)          3
  D. Knowles (STL)          3
  G. Lavelle (SF)           3

Shutouts:

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

Innings Pitched:

  V. Blue (SF)           64.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)        63.1
  K. Forsch (HOU)        57.1
  D. Sutton (LA)         56.2
  D. Ruthven (PHI)       54.2
  C. Swan (NY)           51.0
  J. Denny (STL)         50.2
  R. Lerch (PHI)         49.1
  P. Vuckovich (STL)     48.2
  B. Knepper (SF)        48.1

Hits:

  V. Blue (SF)             62
  P. Niekro (ATL)          61
  T. Hume (CIN)            54
  R. Lerch (PHI)           52
  P. Vuckovich (STL)       51
  S. Carlton (PHI)         50
  K. Forsch (HOU)          49
  B. Knepper (SF)          49
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        49
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        48

Runs:

  V. Blue (SF)             36
  P. Niekro (ATL)          33
  E. Halicki (SF)          29
  L. McWilliams (ATL)      29
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        26
  S. Carlton (PHI)         24
  T. Hume (CIN)            24
  R. Jones (SD)            24
  J. Niekro (HOU)          24
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        24

Home Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)           8
  T. Hume (CIN)             7
  B. Blyleven (PIT)         6
  P. Vuckovich (STL)        6
  V. Blue (SF)              5
  P. Falcone (NY)           5
  B. Forsch (STL)           5
  G. Garber (ATL)           5
  R. Grimsley (MON)         5
  E. Halicki (SF)           5

Walks:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          26
  V. Blue (SF)             23
  J. D'Acquisto (SD)       21
  J. Denny (STL)           21
  P. Falcone (NY)          21
  M. Krukow (CHI)          20
  A. Messersmith (LA)      20
  J. Richard (HOU)         20
  B. Knepper (SF)          19
  J. Niekro (HOU)          19

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)         47
  D. Sutton (LA)           37
  V. Blue (SF)             35
  P. Niekro (ATL)          34
  S. Carlton (PHI)         32
  S. Mura (SD)             32
  B. Hooton (LA)           31
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        29
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      28
  B. Knepper (SF)          28

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