Friday May 18, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, May 18, 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         21  18  3.33   39  12   6   357   318  156  132   25  136  215
Philadelphia    24  11  3.41   36  10   6   319   298  131  121   22   87  164
Montreal        21  13  3.42   34   7   9   311   286  136  118   34   89  159
Cincinnati      22  15  3.65   37   3  11   341   334  167  138   30  114  175
Los Angeles     19  21  3.81   40   8   6   359   312  168  152   24  153  197
New York        11  22  3.89   33   2   6   299   284  148  129   25  153  150
San Francisco   19  19  3.99   38   9   6   336   337  174  149   34  126  183
Pittsburgh      15  18  4.14   33   5   7   302   313  161  139   29  114  210
San Diego       15  24  4.57   39   4   6   345   363  194  175   27  140  215
Atlanta         13  22  4.75   35   7   7   307   331  187  162   33  114  157
Chicago         16  17  4.88   33   7   7   304   328  178  165   26  120  191

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
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
Dick Ruthven (PHI)     6   1  2.31   9   9   3   0   2   66   51   17   17    1   16   31
Rick Sutcliffe (LA)    4   2  2.55  12   3   1   0   0   42   35   13   12    2   16   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
Don Sutton (LA)        4   3  2.78   8   8   4   0   0   65   44   25   20    4   19   41
Burt Hooton (LA)       3   2  2.89   8   8   2   0   0   62   48   21   20    3   22   38

 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  4.94  17   0   0   7   0   31   39   25   17    5    4   18
Rick Mahler            0   0  5.63   7   0   0   0   0    8    7    5    5    1    5    2
Mickey Mahler          1   3  5.72   8   6   0   0   0   39   48   30   25    3   18   24
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
Mike Krukow            1   2  3.89   6   6   0   0   0   35   31   16   15    1   24   31
Ken Holtzman           3   3  4.14   7   6   2   0   1   41   42   23   19    5   16   20
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
Pedro Borbon           2   0  2.51  15   0   0   0   0   29   27    8    8    1    3   12
Paul Moskau            3   0  2.90   6   2   0   0   0   31   25   15   10    3   12    8
Doug Bair              2   0  3.00  15   0   0   6   0   24   20    8    8    2   16   19
Mike Lacoss            4   0  3.10  10   8   0   0   0   52   49   28   18    4   21   25
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
Joe Niekro             4   2  3.03   9   9   3   0   2   59   46   26   20    5   25   26
Vern Ruhle             1   3  3.16   7   6   1   0   1   43   36   15   15    5    6   21
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
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
Burt Hooton            3   2  2.89   8   8   2   0   0   62   48   21   20    3   22   38
Jerry Reuss            1   3  3.91  12   0   0   3   0   23   25   12   10    0    9   13
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  1.59  15   0   0   4   0   28   20    7    5    2   10   21
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
Stan Bahnsen           1   1  3.32  12   0   0   2   0   22   19    8    8    4    9   12
Scott Sanderson        2   2  3.43   7   7   1   0   1   39   29   17   15    5   10   28
Bill Lee               4   2  4.10   7   7   1   0   1   48   50   22   22    7    6   13
Ross Grimsley          3   2  4.94   9   9   2   0   0   47   51   27   26    7   17    6
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
Nino Espinosa          5   2  2.30   8   8   3   0   2   55   42   17   14    4   18   30
Dick Ruthven           6   1  2.31   9   9   3   0   2   66   51   17   17    1   16   31
Ron Reed               4   1  2.81  14   0   0   2   0   26   25    9    8    1    7   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
Tug McGraw             1   0  4.15  11   0   0   3   0   13    9    9    6    2    6   12
Jim Kaat               1   0  4.32   3   1   0   0   0    8    9    4    4    1    5    2
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
Don Robinson           2   3  3.58   8   8   2   0   0   50   52   23   20    6   20   30
John Candelaria        3   2  3.69   9   8   2   0   0   54   61   27   22    6   11   34
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   3  3.82  15   0   0   5   0   33   34   16   14    1   10   23
Mickey Lolich          0   1  4.19   7   2   0   0   0   19   22   14    9    2    6   10
Bob Owchinko           1   1  4.30   8   5   1   0   0   29   34   15   14    1   16   18
Randy Jones            4   2  4.59   9   9   1   0   0   51   52   28   26    4   15   21
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
Tom Griffin            1   4  4.83  14   2   0   0   0   32   30   20   17    5   13   23
Vida Blue              6   4  4.99  10  10   5   0   0   74   72   45   41    9   29   40
Randy Moffitt          0   1  9.22   9   0   0   0   0   14   18   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
  V. Blue (SF)              4
  T. Griffin (SF)           4
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        4
  D. Murray (NY)            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
  J. Niekro (HOU)           3
  S. Rogers (MON)           3
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          3
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       2

Saves:

  G. Garber (ATL)           7
  D. Bair (CIN)             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
  E. Sosa (MON)             4
  J. Andujar (HOU)          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
  V. Blue (SF)           74.0
  K. Forsch (HOU)        73.0
  D. Ruthven (PHI)       66.1
  D. Sutton (LA)         64.2
  S. Carlton (PHI)       64.0
  B. Hooton (LA)         62.1
  S. Rogers (MON)        62.1
  C. Swan (NY)           61.2
  B. Knepper (SF)        61.0

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          77
  V. Blue (SF)             72
  T. Hume (CIN)            69
  B. Knepper (SF)          64
  R. Lerch (PHI)           63
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        63
  K. Forsch (HOU)          62
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      61
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        60
  S. Carlton (PHI)         59

Runs:

  V. Blue (SF)             45
  P. Niekro (ATL)          43
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        33
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        33
  E. Halicki (SF)          30
  T. Hume (CIN)            30
  M. Mahler (ATL)          30
  L. McWilliams (ATL)      29
  K. Forsch (HOU)          28
  R. Jones (SD)            28

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          31
  V. Blue (SF)             29
  P. Falcone (NY)          26
  A. Messersmith (LA)      26
  J. D'Acquisto (SD)       25
  J. Denny (STL)           25
  J. Niekro (HOU)          25
  M. Krukow (CHI)          24
  B. Knepper (SF)          23
  J. Richard (HOU)         23

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)         57
  S. Carlton (PHI)         43
  P. Niekro (ATL)          41
  D. Sutton (LA)           41
  V. Blue (SF)             40
  G. Perry (SD)            39
  B. Hooton (LA)           38
  S. Mura (SD)             38
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        36
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      34


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