Thursday May 17, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, May 17, 1979

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
St. Louis       19  15  3.04   35   6   7   323   293  121  109   24  127  185
Houston         20  18  3.37   38  11   6   348   314  154  130   24  131  211
Philadelphia    24  10  3.37   35  10   6   310   288  126  116   21   84  160
Montreal        20  13  3.46   33   7   8   302   278  133  116   34   86  153
Cincinnati      21  15  3.58   36   3  11   332   325  161  132   27  111  170
Los Angeles     19  20  3.75   39   8   6   351   303  161  146   24  147  193
New York        11  22  3.89   33   2   6   299   284  148  129   25  153  150
San Francisco   19  18  3.95   37   9   6   328   328  168  144   30  122  180
Pittsburgh      14  18  4.12   32   4   7   293   303  156  134   26  113  208
San Diego       15  23  4.62   38   4   6   337   353  191  173   26  139  212
Chicago         16  16  4.76   32   6   7   295   315  169  156   23  117  187
Atlanta         12  22  4.78   34   7   6   298   323  183  158   33  112  152

 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
Mike Lacoss (CIN)      4   0  2.60   9   7   0   0   0   45   42   23   13    2   18   21
Silvio Martinez (STL)  1   1  2.64   8   5   0   0   0   44   36   13   13    1   18   23
Bob Welch (LA)         4   1  2.65  10   5   0   2   0   37   27   13   11    2   14   25
Ken Forsch (HOU)       4   3  2.71  10   9   6   0   2   73   62   28   22    4   17   27
John Denny (STL)       3   2  2.72   8   8   3   0   1   60   49   19   18    3   25   26

 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            4   6  3.76  11  11   5   0   0   79   77   43   33   11   31   41
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   1  1.42  10   0   0   6   0   19   12    3    3    2    7   21
Ken Holtzman           3   2  2.78   6   5   1   0   1   32   29   14   10    2   13   16
Mike Krukow            1   2  3.89   6   6   0   0   0   35   31   16   15    1   24   31
Dennis Lamp            3   0  4.42  10   6   2   0   1   39   42   19   19    3    6   16
Willie Hernandez       0   0  4.79  13   0   0   0   0   21   22   14   11    1   11   11
Lynn McGlothen         5   4  4.93  12   6   2   1   0   46   49   27   25    6   12   26
Rick Reuschel          2   5  5.79   9   9   1   0   0   51   63   33   33    4   14   28
Ray Burris             0   0  6.53  13   0   0   0   0   21   22   17   15    0   15   13
Bill Caudill           0   0  7.36   3   0   0   0   0    7   10    7    6    2    4   11
Donnie Moore           1   2  7.43  12   0   0   0   0   23   34   19   19    2   10   13

 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  1.95  16   0   0   3   0   28   23    6    6    2   10   21
Ken Forsch             4   3  2.71  10   9   6   0   2   73   62   28   22    4   17   27
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  7.94   4   0   0   0   0    6    8    6    5    1    4    1
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  5.54   8   8   1   0   1   37   49   24   23    1   16   17
Charlie Hough          0   1  6.09  13   0   0   0   0   34   32   26   23    6   20   17
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             3   1  1.78  14   0   0   3   0   25   18    7    5    2    9   18
Woodie Fryman          1   2  2.45  10   0   0   1   0   15   13    7    4    0    5    9
Dan Schatzeder         1   0  2.49   8   2   0   0   0   25   22    8    7    1    9   22
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   2  4.24  10   0   0   0   0   17   13    8    8    3    8   11
Dwight Bernard         0   0  4.66  16   0   0   0   0   19   25   10   10    1   11    8
Pete Falcone           0   3  4.96   8   8   0   0   0   45   48   26   25    6   26   19
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
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
Ron Reed               4   1  2.55  13   0   0   2   0   25   22    8    7    1    5   13
Steve Carlton          4   5  3.66   9   9   2   0   1   64   59   26   26    5   18   43
Randy Lerch            2   2  4.00   9   9   2   0   0   54   63   26   24    6   11   16
Jim Kaat               1   0  4.32   3   1   0   0   0    8    9    4    4    1    5    2
Tug McGraw             1   0  4.50  10   0   0   3   0   12    9    9    6    2    6   11
Rawly Eastwick         1   0  6.35   7   0   0   1   0   11    9    9    8    0    3    5
Doug Bird              0   0  7.00   9   0   0   0   0   18   28   14   14    2    3    9

 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  3.79  10   0   0   0   0   19   15   11    8    2    8   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
Kent Tekulve           2   4  4.61  23   0   0   2   0   27   24   17   14    2   13   21
Bert Blyleven          0   2  5.17   9   9   1   0   0   56   60   33   32    8   21   36
Ed Whitson             1   2  5.33  11   2   0   1   0   27   28   18   16    1   17   13
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             4   3  3.72   9   9   2   0   1   56   52   30   23    5   18   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
Silvio Martinez        1   1  2.64   8   5   0   0   0   44   36   13   13    1   18   23
John Denny             3   2  2.72   8   8   3   0   1   60   49   19   18    3   25   26
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   2  4.32  14   0   0   2   0   25   22   12   12    6    8   23
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
  E. Halicki (SF)           4
  R. Jones (SD)             4
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           4
  B. Lee (MON)              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)           5
  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
  E. Halicki (SF)           1
  K. Holtzman (CHI)         1
  B. Knepper (SF)           1
  D. Lamp (CHI)             1

Innings Pitched:

  P. Niekro (ATL)        79.0
  K. Forsch (HOU)        73.0
  V. Blue (SF)           69.1
  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)          77
  T. Hume (CIN)            69
  V. Blue (SF)             67
  B. Knepper (SF)          64
  R. Lerch (PHI)           63
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        63
  K. Forsch (HOU)          62
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        60
  S. Carlton (PHI)         59
  C. Swan (NY)             57

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          43
  V. Blue (SF)             40
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        33
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        33
  E. Halicki (SF)          30
  T. Hume (CIN)            30
  L. McWilliams (ATL)      29
  K. Forsch (HOU)          28
  R. Jones (SD)            28
  J. Richard (HOU)         28

Home Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          11
  T. Hume (CIN)             9
  B. Blyleven (PIT)         8
  R. Grimsley (MON)         7
  B. Lee (MON)              7
  P. Vuckovich (STL)        7
  V. Blue (SF)              6
  P. Falcone (NY)           6
  B. Forsch (STL)           6
  C. Hough (LA)             6

Walks:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          31
  P. Falcone (NY)          26
  A. Messersmith (LA)      26
  V. Blue (SF)             25
  J. D'Acquisto (SD)       25
  J. Denny (STL)           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
  P. Niekro (ATL)          41
  D. Sutton (LA)           41
  G. Perry (SD)            39
  V. Blue (SF)             38
  S. Mura (SD)             38
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        36
  B. Hooton (LA)           35
  C. Swan (NY)             34

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