Saturday May 12, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, May 12, 1979

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Philadelphia    21   9  2.86   31   9   6   274   236   94   87   14   78  140
St. Louis       16  14  3.25   31   4   6   285   271  115  103   21  120  163
Houston         19  15  3.33   34  10   6   311   281  135  115   23  113  199
Montreal        19  10  3.52   29   6   8   266   243  120  104   32   80  131
Cincinnati      18  14  3.77   32   3  10   296   297  152  124   26   99  156
Los Angeles     17  18  3.79   35   8   5   316   272  146  133   22  130  177
San Francisco   16  17  3.92   33   7   6   291   296  151  127   27  103  169
New York        10  19  4.02   29   2   5   260   256  133  116   20  143  125
Chicago         15  13  4.14   28   5   7   259   262  129  119   15   95  160
Pittsburgh      12  16  4.23   28   4   7   253   263  138  119   23   92  186
San Diego       13  21  4.59   34   4   6   302   317  172  154   23  125  186
Atlanta         10  20  4.92   30   6   5   262   286  166  143   28  103  136

 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  2.44   7   7   2   0   0   55   42   15   15    3   16   35
Don Sutton (LA)        4   3  2.54   7   7   4   0   0   57   36   21   16    3   15   37
Ken Forsch (HOU)       4   2  2.58   9   8   6   0   2   66   56   25   19    4   14   25
Mike Lacoss (CIN)      3   0  2.58   8   6   0   0   0   38   35   20   11    1   15   20
Ken Holtzman (CHI)     3   2  2.78   6   5   1   0   1   32   29   14   10    2   13   16

 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  4.84  15   0   0   0   0   22   26   12   12    2   10   11
Gene Garber            1   6  5.74  14   0   0   5   0   27   36   25   17    5    4   15
Rick Mahler            0   0  5.87   6   0   0   0   0    8    7    5    5    1    5    2
Mickey Mahler          0   3  5.91   7   5   0   0   0   32   42   26   21    3   16   21
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
Bill Caudill           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    3    1    1    0    0    1    4
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
Ken Holtzman           3   2  2.78   6   5   1   0   1   32   29   14   10    2   13   16
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
Mike Krukow            1   1  4.08   5   5   0   0   0   29   27   13   13    1   20   26
Rick Reuschel          2   4  4.74   8   8   1   0   0   49   57   26   26    4   11   26
Donnie Moore           1   2  5.14  11   0   0   0   0   21   28   12   12    1    8   12
Lynn McGlothen         4   4  5.89  11   5   1   1   0   37   40   26   24    5   11   22
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
Dave Tomlin            1   1  2.76  16   0   0   0   0   16   17    7    5    1    2    9
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
Fred Norman            1   4  3.74   8   7   1   0   0   43   37   24   18    4   20   20
Tom Seaver             2   2  3.86   6   6   2   0   1   30   27   16   13    2    9   21
Frank Pastore          1   3  4.15  13   1   0   4   0   22   25   10   10    0    3   20
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   1  0.66   5   1   0   0   0   14   15    1    1    0    2    7
Joe Sambito            2   1  2.22  14   0   0   3   0   24   21    6    6    2    8   20
Ken Forsch             4   2  2.58   9   8   6   0   2   66   56   25   19    4   14   25
Joaquin Andujar        3   1  2.84  14   2   1   3   0   32   21   10   10    2   18   20
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  5.56   9   0   0   0   0   11   13    7    7    0    3    7
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
Lerrin LaGrow          0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    2    0    0    0    0    0
Rick Sutcliffe         3   2  2.41  11   2   1   0   0   37   30   11   10    2   12   20
Burt Hooton            3   2  2.44   7   7   2   0   0   55   42   15   15    3   16   35
Don Sutton             4   3  2.54   7   7   4   0   0   57   36   21   16    3   15   37
Bob Welch              3   1  2.83   8   5   0   2   0   35   26   13   11    2   12   24
Jerry Reuss            1   2  4.58  10   0   0   2   0   18   21   11    9    0    7   10
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  1.96  13   0   0   3   0   23   17    7    5    2    9   17
Dan Schatzeder         1   0  2.45   7   1   0   0   0   18   16    6    5    1    7   14
Woodie Fryman          1   2  3.00   8   0   0   1   0   12   12    7    4    0    5    8
Steve Rogers           3   1  3.35   8   8   2   0   1   54   47   24   20    4   12   26
Scott Sanderson        2   2  3.43   7   7   1   0   1   39   29   17   15    5   10   28
Ross Grimsley          3   1  3.70   7   7   2   0   0   41   39   17   17    5   17    5
Stan Bahnsen           0   1  4.08  11   0   0   2   0   18   16    8    8    4    7   10
Bill Lee               4   1  4.35   6   6   1   0   1   41   44   20   20    7    5   13
David Palmer           2   1  5.65  10   0   0   2   0   14   18   12    9    3    5    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  1.86  14   0   0   5   0   19   14    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  3.86   9   0   0   0   0   14   12    6    6    2    7    8
Pete Falcone           0   3  4.57   7   7   0   0   0   41   42   22   21    5   25   18
Dwight Bernard         0   0  4.91  15   0   0   0   0   18   25   10   10    1   11    7
Neil Allen             0   5  7.48   6   5   0   0   0   22   28   18   18    2   17    9
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
Larry Christenson      0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    0    1
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
Tug McGraw             1   0  1.64   8   0   0   3   0   11    5    2    2    0    3   10
Dick Ruthven           6   0  1.65   7   7   3   0   2   55   37   10   10    0   14   25
Randy Lerch            2   2  3.19   8   8   2   0   0   54   58   21   19    5   11   16
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  6.28   8   0   0   0   0   14   20   10   10    0    3    7
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  1.32  14   0   0   4   0   14   11    3    2    0    4    5
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              3   1  3.86   8   0   0   0   0   16   13   10    7    2    7   18
Bruce Kison            1   1  3.94   6   5   0   0   0   32   34   17   14    1   10   31
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  5.25  20   0   0   2   0   24   23   17   14    2   12   17
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 Owchinko           1   1  5.24   7   4   1   0   0   22   27   13   13    0   15   16
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
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
Ed Halicki             3   3  4.44   8   8   1   0   0   47   50   30   23    5   13   29
Vida Blue              6   2  4.62   8   8   5   0   0   64   62   36   33    5   23   35
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
Darold Knowles         1   0  2.53  14   0   0   3   0   11   14    3    3    0    4    6
Silvio Martinez        1   1  2.80   7   4   0   0   0   35   30   11   11    0   15   16
Mark Littell           3   1  3.00  14   0   0   1   0   18    8    6    6    0   17   17
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          2   1  4.30  13   0   0   2   0   23   20   11   11    5    8   20
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
  K. Forsch (HOU)           4
  R. Jones (SD)             4
  B. Lee (MON)              4
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        4
  J. Richard (HOU)          4
  D. Sutton (LA)            4
  J. Andujar (HOU)          3

Losses:

  G. Garber (ATL)           6
  N. Allen (NY)             5
  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  P. Niekro (ATL)           5
  T. Griffin (SF)           4
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        4
  D. Murray (NY)            4
  F. Norman (CIN)           4
  D. Rau (LA)               4
  R. Reuschel (CHI)         4

Complete Games:

  K. Forsch (HOU)           6
  V. Blue (SF)              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. Jackson (PIT)          4
  G. Lavelle (SF)           4
  F. Pastore (CIN)          4
  J. Andujar (HOU)          3
  D. Knowles (STL)          3

Shutouts:

  N. Espinosa (PHI)         2
  K. Forsch (HOU)           2
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          2
  K. Holtzman (CHI)         1
  B. Knepper (SF)           1
  D. Lamp (CHI)             1
  B. Lee (MON)              1
  J. Niekro (HOU)           1
  D. Rau (LA)               1
  S. Rogers (MON)           1

Innings Pitched:

  K. Forsch (HOU)        66.1
  V. Blue (SF)           64.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)        63.1
  D. Sutton (LA)         56.2
  B. Knepper (SF)        56.0
  B. Hooton (LA)         55.1
  S. Carlton (PHI)       55.0
  D. Ruthven (PHI)       54.2
  R. Lerch (PHI)         53.2
  S. Rogers (MON)        53.2

Hits:

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

Runs:

  V. Blue (SF)             36
  P. Niekro (ATL)          33
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        30
  E. Halicki (SF)          30
  T. Hume (CIN)            30
  L. McWilliams (ATL)      29
  S. Carlton (PHI)         26
  M. Mahler (ATL)          26
  L. McGlothen (CHI)       26
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        26

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
  P. Falcone (NY)          25
  V. Blue (SF)             23
  A. Messersmith (LA)      23
  J. D'Acquisto (SD)       22
  J. Denny (STL)           21
  B. Knepper (SF)          20
  M. Krukow (CHI)          20
  F. Norman (CIN)          20
  J. Richard (HOU)         20

Strikeouts:

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


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