Wednesday May 16, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, May 16, 1979

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Philadelphia    23  10  2.91   34  10   6   300   262  104   97   15   81  156
St. Louis       19  14  3.06   34   6   7   312   285  118  106   22  124  175
Houston         20  17  3.38   37  11   6   339   306  151  127   24  126  207
Montreal        19  13  3.53   32   7   8   291   270  131  114   34   84  144
Cincinnati      21  15  3.58   36   3  11   332   325  161  132   27  111  170
Los Angeles     19  19  3.73   38   8   6   343   292  155  142   23  145  187
New York        11  21  3.81   32   2   6   291   277  142  123   23  151  145
San Francisco   18  18  4.06   36   8   6   319   326  168  144   30  117  180
Pittsburgh      13  18  4.09   31   4   7   284   293  151  129   26  111  204
Chicago         16  15  4.26   31   6   7   285   291  146  135   18  105  180
San Diego       15  23  4.62   38   4   6   337   353  191  173   26  139  212
Atlanta         11  22  4.86   33   6   6   289   316  180  156   31  109  149

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
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
Nino Espinosa (PHI)    5   2  2.30   8   8   3   0   2   55   42   17   14    4   18   30
Burt Hooton (LA)       3   2  2.44   7   7   2   0   0   55   42   15   15    3   16   35
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
Bob Welch (LA)         4   1  2.65  10   5   0   2   0   37   27   13   11    2   14   25
John Denny (STL)       3   2  2.72   8   8   3   0   1   60   49   19   18    3   25   26
Don Sutton (LA)        4   3  2.78   8   8   4   0   0   65   44   25   20    4   19   41

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Adrian Devine          1   1  2.76  10   0   0   0   0   16   21    6    5    2    6    2
Eddie Solomon          3   1  3.55   6   5   1   0   0   33   26   14   13    2   12   18
Phil Niekro            3   6  3.99  10  10   4   0   0   70   70   40   31    9   28   38
Rick Matula            2   3  4.14   6   6   0   0   0   37   42   17   17    2    9   19
Craig Skok             0   0  4.63  16   0   0   0   0   23   28   12   12    2   10   11
Gene Garber            1   6  5.22  16   0   0   6   0   29   37   25   17    5    4   16
Rick Mahler            0   0  5.63   7   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
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
Lynn McGlothen         5   4  4.93  12   6   2   1   0   46   49   27   25    6   12   26
Donnie Moore           1   2  5.14  11   0   0   0   0   21   28   12   12    1    8   12
Rick Reuschel          2   5  5.79   9   9   1   0   0   51   63   33   33    4   14   28
Ray Burris             0   0  7.11  12   0   0   0   0   19   21   17   15    0   15   12
Bill Caudill           0   0  7.50   2   0   0   0   0    6    7    6    5    2    2    8

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Tomlin            1   1  2.50  18   0   0   1   0   18   18    7    5    1    2   12
Mike Lacoss            4   0  2.60   9   7   0   0   0   45   42   23   13    2   18   21
Pedro Borbon           1   0  2.60  14   0   0   0   0   28   26    8    8    1    3   12
Doug Bair              2   0  2.70  14   0   0   6   0   23   19    7    7    1   16   18
Paul Moskau            3   0  2.90   6   2   0   0   0   31   25   15   10    3   12    8
Bill Bonham            2   0  3.72   5   5   0   0   0   29   26   12   12    3    9   14
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
Tom Hume               3   3  4.47   9   8   0   0   0   54   69   30   27    9   11   22
Frank Pastore          1   4  4.70  14   1   0   4   0   23   27   12   12    0    5   22
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  1.89   6   2   0   0   0   19   21    4    4    0    3    7
Joe Sambito            2   1  2.05  15   0   0   3   0   26   22    6    6    2    9   20
Ken Forsch             4   2  2.58   9   8   6   0   2   66   56   25   19    4   14   25
Joaquin Andujar        3   1  2.80  16   2   1   3   0   35   21   11   11    2   22   22
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
Frank Riccelli         2   2  3.54   9   2   0   0   0   20   18    9    8    0   16   18
J.R. Richard           4   3  3.98   9   9   1   0   0   52   50   28   23    3   23   57
Bo McLaughlin          1   1  5.02  11   0   0   0   0   14   18   12    8    1    4    9
Tom Dixon              0   1  9.64   3   0   0   0   0    5    7    6    5    1    3    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
Rick Sutcliffe         4   2  2.55  12   3   1   0   0   42   35   13   12    2   16   21
Bob Welch              4   1  2.65  10   5   0   2   0   37   27   13   11    2   14   25
Don Sutton             4   3  2.78   8   8   4   0   0   65   44   25   20    4   19   41
Jerry Reuss            1   2  3.74  11   0   0   3   0   22   22   11    9    0    9   12
Andy Messersmith       2   3  4.79   8   8   0   0   0   47   41   25   25    6   26   20
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  2.77   9   0   0   1   0   13   12    7    4    0    5    9
Steve Rogers           3   2  3.03   9   9   3   0   1   62   55   25   21    4   14   31
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   2  4.10   7   7   1   0   1   48   50   22   22    7    6   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  1.63   5   3   0   0   0   28   17    8    5    2   11    9
Skip Lockwood          0   5  2.19  17   0   0   6   0   25   17    6    6    2   10   24
Dale Murray            2   4  3.00  16   0   0   0   0   30   32   12   10    1   14   12
Pat Zachry             2   0  3.18   3   3   1   0   0   17   19    6    6    2    9    7
Craig Swan             4   3  3.21   9   9   1   0   1   62   57   26   22    4   19   34
Mike Scott             1   0  3.52   6   4   0   0   0   23   22   13    9    1    8    9
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   2   0   0   0   0    4    3    0    0    0    0    3
Ron Reed               4   1  0.42  12   0   0   2   0   21   13    2    1    0    5   13
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
Nino Espinosa          5   2  2.30   8   8   3   0   2   55   42   17   14    4   18   30
Randy Lerch            2   2  3.19   8   8   2   0   0   54   58   21   19    5   11   16
Steve Carlton          4   5  3.66   9   9   2   0   1   64   59   26   26    5   18   43
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  7.71   6   0   0   1   0    9    9    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  1.15  16   0   0   4   0   16   14    3    2    0    5    7
John Candelaria        2   2  3.43   8   7   1   0   0   45   51   22   17    3   10   32
Don Robinson           2   3  3.58   8   8   2   0   0   50   52   23   20    6   20   30
Jim Bibby              3   1  3.71   9   0   0   0   0   17   13   10    7    2    7   19
Enrique Romo           1   2  3.86  13   0   0   0   0   16   20    8    7    3    7   17
Bruce Kison            1   1  3.94   6   5   0   0   0   32   34   17   14    1   10   31
Ed Whitson             1   2  4.91  10   1   0   1   0   22   20   14   12    1   16   12
Kent Tekulve           1   4  4.97  22   0   0   2   0   25   24   17   14    2   13   18
Bert Blyleven          0   2  5.17   9   9   1   0   0   56   60   33   32    8   21   36
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  1.04   5   0   0   0   0    9    5    1    1    0    4    4
Gaylord Perry          3   3  3.36   8   8   2   0   0   59   56   24   22    3   16   39
Steve Mura             2   2  3.41  10   5   0   0   0   37   27   16   14    3   17   38
Rollie Fingers         2   2  3.66  14   0   0   5   0   32   31   15   13    1   10   22
Mickey Lolich          0   1  4.19   7   2   0   0   0   19   22   14    9    2    6   10
Randy Jones            4   2  4.59   9   9   1   0   0   51   52   28   26    4   15   21
Bob Owchinko           1   1  5.24   7   4   1   0   0   22   27   13   13    0   15   16
Eric Rasmussen         0   4  5.53  10   6   0   0   0   41   53   25   25    4   15   18
Bob Shirley            1   4  5.59  13   3   0   0   0   29   32   18   18    2   12   12
John D'Acquisto        2   3  6.92  16   1   0   1   0   26   27   22   20    5   25   24
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           3   0  1.07  15   0   0   4   0   25   25    6    3    1   13   20
Dave Roberts           0   0  1.72  11   0   0   2   0   16    9    3    3    0    8   10
Phil Nastu             1   2  2.92   4   4   1   0   0   25   26    9    8    3    4    9
Bob Knepper            3   2  3.10   9   9   1   0   1   61   64   23   21    5   23   30
John Montefusco        1   2  3.38   4   4   0   0   0   27   24   10   10    2    6   11
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  4.91  13   2   0   0   0   29   28   19   16    4   13   22
Randy Moffitt          0   1  9.95   8   0   0   0   0   13   16   15   14    3    4    7
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
John Denny             3   2  2.72   8   8   3   0   1   60   49   19   18    3   25   26
Silvio Martinez        1   1  2.80   7   4   0   0   0   35   30   11   11    0   15   16
Mark Littell           3   1  2.84  15   0   0   2   0   19    8    6    6    0   17   18
Bob Forsch             1   3  3.33   8   8   1   0   0   54   50   23   20    6   13   26
Tom Bruno              1   2  3.50  14   0   0   0   0   18   13    7    7    0   11   11
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
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        5
  S. Carlton (PHI)          4
  K. Forsch (HOU)           4
  R. Jones (SD)             4
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           4
  B. Lee (MON)              4
  R. Reed (PHI)             4

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  K. Forsch (HOU)           6
  V. Blue (SF)              5
  P. Niekro (ATL)           4
  D. Sutton (LA)            4
  J. Denny (STL)            3
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         3
  S. Rogers (MON)           3
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          3
  S. Carlton (PHI)          2
  R. Grimsley (MON)         2

Saves:

  D. Bair (CIN)             6
  G. Garber (ATL)           6
  S. Lockwood (NY)          6
  B. Sutter (CHI)           6
  R. Fingers (SD)           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
  S. Carlton (PHI)          1
  J. Denny (STL)            1
  K. Holtzman (CHI)         1
  B. Knepper (SF)           1
  D. Lamp (CHI)             1
  B. Lee (MON)              1

Innings Pitched:

  P. Niekro (ATL)        70.0
  V. Blue (SF)           69.1
  K. Forsch (HOU)        66.1
  D. Sutton (LA)         64.2
  S. Carlton (PHI)       64.0
  S. Rogers (MON)        62.1
  C. Swan (NY)           61.2
  B. Knepper (SF)        61.0
  J. Denny (STL)         59.2
  D. Ruthven (PHI)       59.1

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          70
  T. Hume (CIN)            69
  V. Blue (SF)             67
  B. Knepper (SF)          64
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        63
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        60
  S. Carlton (PHI)         59
  R. Lerch (PHI)           58
  C. Swan (NY)             57
  P. Vuckovich (STL)       57

Runs:

  V. Blue (SF)             40
  P. Niekro (ATL)          40
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        33
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        33
  E. Halicki (SF)          30
  T. Hume (CIN)            30
  L. McWilliams (ATL)      29
  R. Jones (SD)            28
  J. Richard (HOU)         28
  L. McGlothen (CHI)       27

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
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        6
  A. Messersmith (LA)       6

Walks:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          28
  A. Messersmith (LA)      26
  V. Blue (SF)             25
  J. D'Acquisto (SD)       25
  J. Denny (STL)           25
  P. Falcone (NY)          25
  M. Krukow (CHI)          24
  B. Knepper (SF)          23
  J. Richard (HOU)         23
  J. Andujar (HOU)         22

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)         57
  S. Carlton (PHI)         43
  D. Sutton (LA)           41
  G. Perry (SD)            39
  V. Blue (SF)             38
  S. Mura (SD)             38
  P. Niekro (ATL)          38
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        36
  B. Hooton (LA)           35
  C. Swan (NY)             34

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