Friday May 11, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, May 11, 1979

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Philadelphia    21   8  2.84   30   9   6   266   228   90   84   14   75  133
St. Louis       15  14  3.16   30   4   6   276   262  109   97   21  115  156
Houston         18  14  3.41   32   9   6   293   262  130  111   23  109  190
Montreal        19   9  3.52   28   6   8   256   233  116  100   29   78  117
Cincinnati      18  13  3.79   31   3  10   288   289  149  121   26   96  153
Los Angeles     16  18  3.84   34   8   5   305   260  143  130   21  124  171
San Francisco   15  17  4.05   32   6   6   282   294  150  127   27  100  161
Chicago         14  12  4.05   26   4   7   242   240  118  109   15   88  149
New York        10  18  4.07   28   2   5   252   250  131  114   20  137  124
Pittsburgh      11  16  4.35   27   4   6   244   260  136  118   23   84  175
San Diego       12  21  4.70   33   3   6   293   311  171  153   23  119  181
Atlanta         10  19  4.83   29   6   5   253   275  159  136   28   98  132

 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
Steve Mura (SD)        2   1  2.36   9   4   0   0   0   34   22   11    9    3   14   37
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

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Adrian Devine          1   0  2.40   8   0   0   0   0   15   17    5    4    1    5    2
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
Craig Skok             0   0  5.06  14   0   0   0   0   21   26   12   12    2    9   11
Gene Garber            1   5  5.13  13   0   0   5   0   26   33   23   15    5    2   14
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  7.83   7   7   1   0   0   33   36   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  1.06   9   0   0   6   0   17   11    2    2    1    6   20
Willie Hernandez       0   0  2.81  11   0   0   0   0   16   15    6    5    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          2   4  4.74   8   8   1   0   0   49   57   26   26    4   11   26
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  2.95  13   0   0   6   0   21   18    7    7    1   15   17
Dave Tomlin            1   1  3.00  15   0   0   0   0   15   14    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  4.91   4   4   0   0   0   22   22   12   12    3    8   11
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  2.22  14   0   0   3   0   24   21    6    6    2    8   20
Ken Forsch             3   2  2.67   8   7   5   0   2   57   49   22   17    4   13   23
Joaquin Andujar        3   1  2.93  13   2   1   3   0   31   21   10   10    2   18   19
Vern Ruhle             1   3  3.16   7   6   1   0   1   43   36   15   15    5    6   21
J.R. Richard           4   2  3.28   8   8   1   0   0   49   44   23   18    3   20   54
Frank Riccelli         2   2  3.54   9   2   0   0   0   20   18    9    8    0   16   18
Joe Niekro             2   2  3.92   7   7   1   0   1   41   37   24   18    4   19   21
Bo McLaughlin          1   0  6.48   8   0   0   0   0    8   10    6    6    0    2    5
Tom Dixon              0   1 11.57   2   0   0   0   0    2    5    4    3    1    1    0
Gary Wilson            0   0 12.27   6   0   0   0   0    7   15   11   10    2    6    6

 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
Doug Rau               1   4  5.85   7   7   1   0   1   32   42   22   21    1   16   15
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

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rudy May               1   0  1.80   6   0   0   0   0    5    5    2    1    1    3    1
Elias Sosa             2   1  1.80  12   0   0   3   0   20   15    6    4    1    9   12
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  3.06  10   0   0   2   0   18   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
Ross Grimsley          3   1  3.70   7   7   2   0   0   41   39   17   17    5   17    5
Bill Lee               4   1  4.35   6   6   1   0   1   41   44   20   20    7    5   13
David Palmer           2   1  5.79   9   0   0   2   0   14   17   12    9    3    4    9

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Kevin Kobel            1   0  1.37   4   2   0   0   0   20   13    5    3    1   10    4
Skip Lockwood          0   3  1.96  13   0   0   5   0   18   13    4    4    1    7   19
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  0.52  11   0   0   2   0   17   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
Steve Carlton          3   5  4.25   8   8   1   0   0   55   56   26   26    5   18   38
Jim Kaat               1   0  4.32   3   1   0   0   0    8    9    4    4    1    5    2
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
Bruce Kison            1   1  4.67   5   4   0   0   0   27   33   17   14    1    6   27
Enrique Romo           0   2  4.76  11   0   0   0   0   11   15    7    6    2    7   14
Ed Whitson             1   2  4.79   9   1   0   1   0   21   18   13   11    1   14   11
Kent Tekulve           1   4  5.40  19   0   0   2   0   23   23   17   14    2   10   15
Bert Blyleven          0   2  5.66   8   8   1   0   0   48   55   30   30    8   17   34
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   1  2.36   9   4   0   0   0   34   22   11    9    3   14   37
Gaylord Perry          3   3  3.63   7   7   2   0   0   52   52   23   21    3   14   32
Rollie Fingers         1   2  3.90  13   0   0   5   0   30   29   15   13    1   10   20
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  6.23  11   3   0   0   0   26   31   18   18    2   12   10
John D'Acquisto        2   3  7.04  13   1   0   1   0   23   24   20   18    4   22   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  1.16  14   0   0   4   0   23   24    6    3    1   11   20
Dave Roberts           0   0  1.88  10   0   0   2   0   14    9    3    3    0    7   10
Bob Knepper            3   2  2.89   8   8   1   0   1   56   58   20   18    4   20   29
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  7.59   6   0   0   0   0   11   10   10    9    3    3    5
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  3.50  14   0   0   0   0   18   13    7    7    0   11   11
Bob Forsch             0   3  3.91   7   7   1   0   0   46   44   23   20    6   13   24
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

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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:

  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  G. Garber (ATL)           5
  P. Niekro (ATL)           5
  N. Allen (NY)             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)             6
  B. Sutter (CHI)           6
  R. Fingers (SD)           5
  G. Garber (ATL)           5
  S. Lockwood (NY)          5
  G. Lavelle (SF)           4
  F. Pastore (CIN)          4
  J. Andujar (HOU)          3
  G. Jackson (PIT)          3
  D. Knowles (STL)          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
  D. Rau (LA)               1
  S. Rogers (MON)           1
  V. Ruhle (HOU)            1

Innings Pitched:

  V. Blue (SF)           64.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)        63.1
  K. Forsch (HOU)        57.1
  D. Sutton (LA)         56.2
  B. Knepper (SF)        56.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)       55.0
  D. Ruthven (PHI)       54.2
  S. Rogers (MON)        53.2
  C. Swan (NY)           53.1
  G. Perry (SD)          52.0

Hits:

  T. Hume (CIN)            63
  V. Blue (SF)             62
  P. Niekro (ATL)          61
  B. Knepper (SF)          58
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        57
  S. Carlton (PHI)         56
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        55
  R. Lerch (PHI)           52
  G. Perry (SD)            52
  C. Swan (NY)             51

Runs:

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

Home Runs:

  T. Hume (CIN)             9
  B. Blyleven (PIT)         8
  P. Niekro (ATL)           8
  B. Lee (MON)              7
  B. Forsch (STL)           6
  A. Messersmith (LA)       6
  P. Vuckovich (STL)        6
  V. Blue (SF)              5
  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  P. Falcone (NY)           5

Walks:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          26
  V. Blue (SF)             23
  A. Messersmith (LA)      23
  J. D'Acquisto (SD)       22
  J. Denny (STL)           21
  P. Falcone (NY)          21
  B. Knepper (SF)          20
  M. Krukow (CHI)          20
  J. Richard (HOU)         20
  B. Sykes (STL)           20

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)         54
  S. Carlton (PHI)         38
  S. Mura (SD)             37
  D. Sutton (LA)           37
  V. Blue (SF)             35
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        34
  P. Niekro (ATL)          34
  G. Perry (SD)            32
  B. Hooton (LA)           31
  N. Espinosa (PHI)        29


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