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Thursday May 10, 1979
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National League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, May 10, 1979

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Philadelphia    21   7  2.86   29   9   6   258   222   88   82   13   73  127
St. Louis       15  13  3.24   29   4   6   267   259  106   96   20  112  150
Montreal        19   8  3.38   27   6   8   248   224  109   93   25   76  113
Houston         18  13  3.39   31   9   6   284   254  125  107   23  105  183
Cincinnati      17  13  3.78   30   3   9   279   280  145  117   25   93  145
Los Angeles     15  18  3.96   33   7   5   296   259  143  130   21  120  167
Chicago         13  12  4.09   25   4   6   233   227  115  106   15   87  144
San Francisco   14  17  4.15   31   6   5   273   283  149  126   27   98  159
Pittsburgh      11  15  4.21   26   4   6   235   246  128  110   21   82  166
New York         9  18  4.22   27   2   5   243   244  131  114   20  134  121
San Diego       12  20  4.79   32   3   6   284   306  167  151   21  113  176
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)    5   1  1.25   7   7   3   0   2   50   32   10    7    3   16   29
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
Rick Sutcliffe (LA)    3   2  2.41  11   2   1   0   0   37   30   11   10    2   12   20
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
Mike Lacoss (CIN)      3   0  2.58   8   6   0   0   0   38   35   20   11    1   15   20
Bob Welch (LA)         2   1  2.65   7   5   0   2   0   34   25   12   10    1   11   23
Ken Forsch (HOU)       3   2  2.67   8   7   5   0   2   57   49   22   17    4   13   23
Dennis Lamp (CHI)      3   0  3.05   9   5   2   0   1   38   36   13   13    1    6   16

 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
Dick Tidrow            0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    1    0    0    0    1    1
Bruce Sutter           1   0  1.17   8   0   0   5   0   15   10    2    2    1    6   16
Willie Hernandez       0   0  2.51  10   0   0   0   0   14   11    5    4    0    4    8
Dennis Lamp            3   0  3.05   9   5   2   0   1   38   36   13   13    1    6   16
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  4.41  10   0   0   0   0   16   18    8    8    1    6   10
Lynn McGlothen         4   3  4.46  10   4   1   1   0   36   35   20   18    5    9   21
Rick Reuschel          1   4  4.95   7   7   1   0   0   44   49   24   24    4   10   25
Ray Burris             0   0  8.40  11   0   0   0   0   15   17   16   14    0   14    9

 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
Mike Lacoss            3   0  2.58   8   6   0   0   0   38   35   20   11    1   15   20
Pedro Borbon           1   0  2.81  13   0   0   0   0   26   23    8    8    1    3   11
Doug Bair              2   0  3.20  12   0   0   5   0   20   17    7    7    1   15   15
Dave Tomlin            0   1  3.29  14   0   0   0   0   14   13    7    5    1    2    9
Frank Pastore          1   2  3.43  12   1   0   4   0   21   22    8    8    0    3   19
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  5.21   8   7   0   0   0   47   63   30   27    9   11   19
Doug Capilla           1   0  8.53   5   0   0   0   0    6    7    6    6    1    5    0
Manny Sarmiento        0   1 27.00   1   0   0   0   0    0    2    1    1    0    1    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  2.25  13   0   0   3   0   24   20    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   2  3.28   8   8   1   0   0   49   44   23   18    3   20   54
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       2   2  5.03   7   7   0   0   0   39   36   22   22    6   23   18
Charlie Hough          0   0  6.10  12   0   0   0   0   31   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
Steve Rogers           3   1  3.35   8   8   2   0   1   54   47   24   20    4   12   26
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
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
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  3.60  14   0   0   0   0   25   27   11   10    1   12    8
Craig Swan             3   3  3.71   8   8   1   0   1   53   51   26   22    4   18   29
Jesse Orosco           1   1  4.05   8   0   0   0   0   13   11    6    6    2    7    8
Dwight Bernard         0   0  4.91  15   0   0   0   0   18   25   10   10    1   11    7
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  7.94   6   1   0   0   0   11    6   15   10    1   20    8

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ron Reed               3   1  0.55  10   0   0   2   0   16   11    2    1    0    5    8
Nino Espinosa          5   1  1.25   7   7   3   0   2   50   32   10    7    3   16   29
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   3  3.63   7   7   2   0   0   52   52   23   21    3   14   32
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
Phil Nastu             0   2  4.02   3   3   0   0   0   16   21    8    7    3    1    5
Tom Griffin            1   4  4.05  11   2   0   0   0   27   23   15   12    3   11   21
Vida Blue              6   2  4.62   8   8   5   0   0   64   62   36   33    5   23   35
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  2.55  13   0   0   1   0   18    8    5    5    0   15   16
Darold Knowles         1   0  2.70  13   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 Sykes              3   2  4.41   6   6   0   0   0   33   43   17   16    1   20   20
Bob Forsch             0   2  4.46   6   6   1   0   0   38   41   20   19    5   11   18

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League Leaders

Wins:

  V. Blue (SF)              6
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          6
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         5
  R. Jones (SD)             4
  B. Lee (MON)              4
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        4
  J. Richard (HOU)          4
  D. Sutton (LA)            4
  J. Andujar (HOU)          3
  S. Carlton (PHI)          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
  S. Rogers (MON)           1
  V. Ruhle (HOU)            1
  S. Sanderson (MON)        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
  S. Rogers (MON)        53.2
  C. Swan (NY)           53.1
  G. Perry (SD)          52.0
  J. Denny (STL)         50.2
  N. Espinosa (PHI)      50.1

Hits:

  T. Hume (CIN)            63
  V. Blue (SF)             62
  P. Niekro (ATL)          61
  R. Lerch (PHI)           52
  G. Perry (SD)            52
  C. Swan (NY)             51
  P. Vuckovich (STL)       51
  S. Carlton (PHI)         50
  K. Forsch (HOU)          49
  B. Knepper (SF)          49

Runs:

  V. Blue (SF)             36
  P. Niekro (ATL)          33
  T. Hume (CIN)            30
  E. Halicki (SF)          29
  L. McWilliams (ATL)      29
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        26
  C. Swan (NY)             26
  S. Carlton (PHI)         24
  R. Jones (SD)            24
  J. Niekro (HOU)          24

Home Runs:

  T. Hume (CIN)             9
  P. Niekro (ATL)           8
  B. Blyleven (PIT)         6
  A. Messersmith (LA)       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

Walks:

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

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)         54
  D. Sutton (LA)           37
  V. Blue (SF)             35
  P. Niekro (ATL)          34
  S. Carlton (PHI)         32
  S. Mura (SD)             32
  G. Perry (SD)            32
  B. Hooton (LA)           31
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        29
  N. Espinosa (PHI)        29


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