Sunday May 13, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, May 13, 1979

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Philadelphia    22   9  2.86   32   9   6   283   245   97   90   14   79  148
Houston         20  15  3.24   35  11   6   320   286  135  115   23  114  200
St. Louis       17  14  3.24   32   5   6   294   277  118  106   22  120  167
Montreal        19  11  3.65   30   6   8   274   256  128  111   34   81  138
Cincinnati      19  14  3.72   33   3  10   305   306  155  126   27  103  158
Los Angeles     18  18  3.74   36   8   6   325   278  148  135   22  136  180
New York        10  20  4.00   30   2   5   270   264  138  120   21  149  131
Chicago         15  14  4.08   29   5   7   267   266  132  121   15   99  167
San Francisco   16  18  4.17   34   7   6   300   311  163  139   28  109  173
Pittsburgh      12  17  4.26   29   4   7   262   277  145  124   25   96  193
San Diego       14  21  4.56   35   4   6   312   326  176  158   24  129  190
Atlanta         10  21  4.97   31   6   5   270   297  173  149   29  105  140

 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  1.97   8   8   3   0   2   59   44   13   13    0   15   28
Pete Vuckovich (STL)   4   2  2.19   9   8   2   0   0   58   57   21   14    7   10   32
Steve Mura (SD)        2   1  2.36   9   4   0   0   0   34   22   11    9    3   14   37
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
Rick Sutcliffe (LA)    4   2  2.55  12   3   1   0   0   42   35   13   12    2   16   21
Ken Forsch (HOU)       4   2  2.58   9   8   6   0   2   66   56   25   19    4   14   25
Mike Lacoss (CIN)      4   0  2.60   9   7   0   0   0   45   42   23   13    2   18   21
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
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
Phil Niekro            3   6  3.99  10  10   4   0   0   70   70   40   31    9   28   38
Craig Skok             0   0  4.63  16   0   0   0   0   23   28   12   12    2   10   11
Rick Mahler            0   0  5.63   7   0   0   0   0    8    7    5    5    1    5    2
Gene Garber            1   6  5.74  14   0   0   5   0   27   36   25   17    5    4   15
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
Willie Hernandez       0   0  2.50  12   0   0   0   0   18   15    6    5    0    4   10
Ken Holtzman           3   2  2.78   6   5   1   0   1   32   29   14   10    2   13   16
Dennis Lamp            3   0  3.05   9   5   2   0   1   38   36   13   13    1    6   16
Mike Krukow            1   2  3.89   6   6   0   0   0   35   31   16   15    1   24   31
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            4   0  2.60   9   7   0   0   0   45   42   23   13    2   18   21
Doug Bair              2   0  2.70  14   0   0   6   0   23   19    7    7    1   16   18
Dave Tomlin            1   1  2.70  17   0   0   0   0   17   18    7    5    1    2    9
Pedro Borbon           1   0  2.81  13   0   0   0   0   26   23    8    8    1    3   11
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
Joe Niekro             3   2  3.22   8   8   2   0   2   50   42   24   18    4   20   22
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
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
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
Rick Sutcliffe         4   2  2.55  12   3   1   0   0   42   35   13   12    2   16   21
Bob Welch              3   1  2.83   8   5   0   2   0   35   26   13   11    2   12   24
Jerry Reuss            1   2  3.74  11   0   0   3   0   22   22   11    9    0    9   12
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  1.00   7   0   0   0   0    9    9    3    1    1    4    8
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
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
Ross Grimsley          3   2  4.76   8   8   2   0   0   45   48   24   24    7   17    5
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   4  2.05  15   0   0   5   0   22   16    5    5    1   10   21
Pat Zachry             2   0  3.18   3   3   1   0   0   17   19    6    6    2    9    7
Dale Murray            2   4  3.21  15   0   0   0   0   28   30   12   10    1   14   11
Mike Scott             1   0  3.52   6   4   0   0   0   23   22   13    9    1    8    9
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               4   1  0.42  12   0   0   2   0   21   13    2    1    0    5   13
Nino Espinosa          5   1  1.25   7   7   3   0   2   50   32   10    7    3   16   29
Tug McGraw             1   0  1.59   9   0   0   3   0   11    5    2    2    0    3   10
Dick Ruthven           6   0  1.97   8   8   3   0   2   59   44   13   13    0   15   28
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   2  3.43   8   7   1   0   0   45   51   22   17    3   10   32
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  4.73  12   0   0   0   0   13   17    8    7    3    7   16
Ed Whitson             1   2  4.91  10   1   0   1   0   22   20   14   12    1   16   12
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  1.69   3   0   0   0   0    5    3    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  4.59   9   9   1   0   0   51   52   28   26    4   15   21
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            1   4  5.79  12   3   0   0   0   28   31   18   18    2   12   11
John D'Acquisto        2   3  6.85  14   1   0   1   0   24   24   20   18    4   23   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  1.72  11   0   0   2   0   16    9    3    3    0    8   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
Ed Halicki             3   3  4.44   8   8   1   0   0   47   50   30   23    5   13   29
Vida Blue              6   3  4.80   9   9   5   0   0   69   67   40   37    6   25   38
Tom Griffin            1   4  4.94  12   2   0   0   0   27   26   18   15    3   13   21
Randy Moffitt          0   1 10.80   7   0   0   0   0   12   15   15   14    3    4    6
John Curtis            0   1 18.69   5   0   0   0   0    4   14   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         4   2  2.19   9   8   2   0   0   58   57   21   14    7   10   32
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
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           4
  B. Lee (MON)              4
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        4
  R. Reed (PHI)             4
  J. Richard (HOU)          4

Losses:

  G. Garber (ATL)           6
  P. Niekro (ATL)           6
  N. Allen (NY)             5
  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  T. Griffin (SF)           4
  S. Lockwood (NY)          4
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        4
  D. Murray (NY)            4
  F. Norman (CIN)           4
  D. Rau (LA)               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
  J. Niekro (HOU)           2
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          2
  K. Holtzman (CHI)         1
  B. Knepper (SF)           1
  D. Lamp (CHI)             1
  B. Lee (MON)              1
  D. Rau (LA)               1
  S. Rogers (MON)           1

Innings Pitched:

  P. Niekro (ATL)        70.0
  V. Blue (SF)           69.1
  K. Forsch (HOU)        66.1
  D. Ruthven (PHI)       59.1
  P. Vuckovich (STL)     57.2
  D. Sutton (LA)         56.2
  B. Knepper (SF)        56.0
  B. Hooton (LA)         55.1
  S. Carlton (PHI)       55.0
  R. Lerch (PHI)         53.2

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          70
  V. Blue (SF)             67
  T. Hume (CIN)            63
  B. Knepper (SF)          58
  R. Lerch (PHI)           58
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        57
  P. Vuckovich (STL)       57
  S. Carlton (PHI)         56
  K. Forsch (HOU)          56
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        55

Runs:

  V. Blue (SF)             40
  P. Niekro (ATL)          40
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        30
  E. Halicki (SF)          30
  T. Hume (CIN)            30
  L. McWilliams (ATL)      29
  R. Jones (SD)            28
  S. Carlton (PHI)         26
  M. Mahler (ATL)          26
  L. McGlothen (CHI)       26

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          28
  V. Blue (SF)             25
  P. Falcone (NY)          25
  M. Krukow (CHI)          24
  J. D'Acquisto (SD)       23
  A. Messersmith (LA)      23
  J. Denny (STL)           21
  B. Knepper (SF)          20
  J. Niekro (HOU)          20
  F. Norman (CIN)          20

Strikeouts:

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

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