Sunday May 20, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, May 20, 1979

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
St. Louis       20  16  3.15   37   6   7   345   316  133  121   26  136  197
Houston         23  19  3.17   42  14   6   386   338  163  136   27  145  229
Montreal        23  13  3.48   36   7  11   329   306  147  127   35   97  172
Cincinnati      23  16  3.66   39   3  12   359   355  177  146   32  123  186
Philadelphia    24  13  3.71   38  10   6   337   328  151  139   28   96  180
Los Angeles     20  22  3.83   42   8   7   376   332  177  160   25  156  209
New York        12  23  3.89   35   2   6   322   308  164  139   27  165  161
San Francisco   22  19  3.89   41  10   8   365   363  183  158   36  133  199
Pittsburgh      17  18  4.02   35   5   9   320   331  166  143   29  120  213
San Diego       16  26  4.38   42   4   6   372   384  203  181   28  147  230
Atlanta         13  25  4.77   38   7   7   336   364  206  178   40  123  169
Chicago         16  19  4.86   35   7   7   322   342  187  174   30  125  206

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Pete Vuckovich (STL)   4   2  2.30  10   9   2   0   0   67   63   24   17    7   13   39
Dick Ruthven (PHI)     6   1  2.31   9   9   3   0   2   66   51   17   17    1   16   31
Silvio Martinez (STL)  1   1  2.64   8   5   0   0   0   44   36   13   13    1   18   23
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
Nino Espinosa (PHI)    5   3  2.80   9   9   3   0   2   61   50   24   19    5   24   32
Bob Knepper (SF)       4   2  2.83  10  10   2   0   1   70   67   24   22    5   24   34
Don Sutton (LA)        5   3  2.85   9   9   4   0   0   73   53   29   23    5   19   47
Burt Hooton (LA)       3   2  2.89   8   8   2   0   0   62   48   21   20    3   22   38
Joe Niekro (HOU)       4   2  3.03   9   9   3   0   2   59   46   26   20    5   25   26

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Adrian Devine          1   1  2.33  12   0   0   0   0   19   23    6    5    2    6    2
Tony Brizzolara        0   0  3.00   1   1   0   0   0    6    6    2    2    0    3    3
Phil Niekro            4   6  3.76  11  11   5   0   0   79   77   43   33   11   31   41
Rick Matula            2   3  4.09   7   7   0   0   0   44   49   22   20    4   11   23
Craig Skok             0   1  4.44  17   0   0   0   0   26   31   14   13    3   10   12
Eddie Solomon          3   2  4.50   7   6   1   0   0   36   34   19   18    3   14   19
Gene Garber            1   7  5.18  18   0   0   7   0   33   41   27   19    6    4   18
Mickey Mahler          1   3  5.72   8   6   0   0   0   39   48   30   25    3   18   24
Rick Mahler            0   0  5.73   8   0   0   0   0   11   10    7    7    3    7    4
Frank Lacorte          0   0  7.56   6   0   0   0   0    8    9    7    7    2    5    6
Larry McWilliams       1   2  7.83   7   7   1   0   0   33   36   29   29    3   14   17

 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  1.35  11   0   0   6   0   20   12    3    3    2    7   21
Mike Krukow            1   3  3.86   7   7   0   0   0   42   37   19   18    2   27   37
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  4.70  15   0   0   0   0   23   23   15   12    2   12   15
Lynn McGlothen         5   5  5.05  13   7   2   1   0   52   54   31   29    8   13   30
Rick Reuschel          2   5  5.79   9   9   1   0   0   51   63   33   33    4   14   28
Ray Burris             0   0  6.23  14   0   0   0   0   22   23   17   15    0   15   14
Bill Caudill           0   0  7.36   3   0   0   0   0    7   10    7    6    2    4   11
Donnie Moore           1   2  7.71  13   0   0   0   0   23   35   20   20    2   10   13

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Pedro Borbon           2   0  2.37  16   0   0   1   0   30   27    8    8    1    3   14
Dave Tomlin            1   1  2.41  19   0   0   1   0   19   19    8    5    1    3   12
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
Paul Moskau            4   0  3.11   7   3   0   0   0   38   35   18   13    3   16   13
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   7   7   2   0   1   37   34   19   16    3   12   24
Frank Pastore          1   4  4.50  15   1   0   4   0   24   28   12   12    0    5   22
Tom Hume               3   4  4.72  10   8   0   0   0   55   71   33   29   10   12   23
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
Randy Niemann          0   0  1.29   1   1   0   0   0    7    5    2    1    0    4    0
Rick Williams          1   1  1.29   7   3   1   0   1   28   26    4    4    0    4    9
Joe Sambito            2   1  1.88  17   0   0   3   0   29   25    7    6    2   10   22
Ken Forsch             4   3  2.71  10   9   6   0   2   73   62   28   22    4   17   27
Joaquin Andujar        4   1  2.72  17   2   1   3   0   36   21   11   11    2   22   23
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   4  3.71  10  10   2   0   0   63   58   32   26    5   27   67
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   2   0   0   0   0    2    3    0    0    0    0    2
Bob Welch              4   1  2.58  11   5   0   3   0   38   28   13   11    2   14   26
Don Sutton             5   3  2.85   9   9   4   0   0   73   53   29   23    5   19   47
Burt Hooton            3   2  2.89   8   8   2   0   0   62   48   21   20    3   22   38
Rick Sutcliffe         4   3  3.23  13   4   1   0   0   47   43   18   17    2   18   22
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  5.75  14   0   0   0   0   36   33   26   23    6   21   19
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               2   0  0.90   8   0   0   0   0   10    9    3    1    1    5    8
Elias Sosa             3   1  1.44  16   0   0   5   0   31   24    7    5    2   11   23
Woodie Fryman          1   2  2.45  10   0   0   1   0   15   13    7    4    0    5    9
Dan Schatzeder         1   0  2.45   9   2   0   1   0   29   23    9    8    1   12   26
Steve Rogers           3   2  3.26  10  10   3   0   1   66   61   29   24    5   15   35
Stan Bahnsen           2   1  3.42  13   0   0   2   0   24   23    9    9    4    9   14
Scott Sanderson        2   2  3.43   7   7   1   0   1   39   29   17   15    5   10   28
Bill Lee               4   2  4.62   8   8   1   0   1   51   55   27   26    7    8   13
Ross Grimsley          3   2  4.94   9   9   2   0   0   47   51   27   26    7   17    6
David Palmer           2   1  5.06  11   0   0   2   0   16   18   12    9    3    5   10

 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  1.95  19   0   0   6   0   28   20    6    6    2   12   26
Pat Zachry             2   0  3.18   3   3   1   0   0   17   19    6    6    2    9    7
Craig Swan             4   3  3.41  10  10   1   0   1   69   63   30   26    5   20   41
Mike Scott             1   0  3.45   7   5   0   0   0   31   29   16   12    2   10    9
Dale Murray            2   4  3.66  18   0   0   0   0   32   34   15   13    1   18   12
Jesse Orosco           1   2  4.24  11   0   0   0   0   17   13    9    8    3    9   11
Dwight Bernard         0   1  4.50  17   0   0   0   0   20   26   12   10    1   12    8
Pete Falcone           0   3  4.96   8   8   0   0   0   45   48   26   25    6   26   19
Neil Allen             1   5  6.85   8   5   0   0   0   24   33   21   18    2   18   11
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
Dick Ruthven           6   1  2.31   9   9   3   0   2   66   51   17   17    1   16   31
Nino Espinosa          5   3  2.80   9   9   3   0   2   61   50   24   19    5   24   32
Steve Carlton          4   5  3.66   9   9   2   0   1   64   59   26   26    5   18   43
Ron Reed               4   1  3.71  15   0   0   2   0   27   31   12   11    1    8   15
Tug McGraw             1   0  3.95  12   0   0   3   0   14    9    9    6    2    6   13
Randy Lerch            2   2  4.00   9   9   2   0   0   54   63   26   24    6   11   16
Larry Christenson      0   0  4.32   3   1   0   0   0    8   10    4    4    2    0    7
Jim Kaat               1   0  4.32   3   1   0   0   0    8    9    4    4    1    5    2
Rawly Eastwick         1   1  5.93   9   0   0   1   0   14   13   10    9    0    3    7
Doug Bird              0   0  8.10  10   0   0   0   0   20   32   18   18    5    3   12
Jim Lonborg            0   0  9.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    1    1    0    2    2

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Rooker             1   0  0.00   1   1   0   0   0    8    3    0    0    0    2    1
Grant Jackson          2   0  2.16  18   0   0   5   0   17   16    5    4    0    5    8
Don Robinson           3   3  3.58   9   9   2   0   0   55   60   25   22    6   21   31
John Candelaria        3   2  3.69   9   8   2   0   0   54   61   27   22    6   11   34
Enrique Romo           1   2  3.71  15   0   0   0   0   17   20    8    7    3    8   17
Jim Bibby              3   1  3.72  11   0   0   0   0   19   17   12    8    2    9   19
Bruce Kison            1   1  3.94   6   5   0   0   0   32   34   17   14    1   10   31
Kent Tekulve           2   4  4.20  24   0   0   3   0   30   27   17   14    2   14   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   4  3.14   9   9   2   0   0   66   61   25   23    4   18   42
Steve Mura             2   2  3.41  10   5   0   0   0   37   27   16   14    3   17   38
Mickey Lolich          0   1  3.55   8   3   0   0   0   25   26   15   10    2    6   13
Rollie Fingers         3   3  3.60  16   0   0   5   0   35   35   16   14    1   10   26
Randy Jones            4   2  4.20  10  10   1   0   0   60   58   30   28    4   17   24
Bob Owchinko           1   1  4.30   8   5   1   0   0   29   34   15   14    1   16   18
Bob Shirley            1   4  5.28  15   3   0   0   0   31   36   19   18    2   12   14
Eric Rasmussen         0   4  5.53  10   6   0   0   0   41   53   25   25    4   15   18
John D'Acquisto        2   4  7.24  17   1   0   1   0   27   28   26   22    5   28   25
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  1.63  17   0   0   5   0   28   30    8    5    2   14   22
Dave Roberts           0   0  1.74  12   1   0   2   0   21   14    4    4    0    9   11
Bob Knepper            4   2  2.83  10  10   2   0   1   70   67   24   22    5   24   34
Phil Nastu             1   2  3.03   5   5   1   0   0   30   32   11   10    3    8   10
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            2   4  4.33  16   2   0   1   0   35   31   20   17    5   13   28
Vida Blue              6   4  4.99  10  10   5   0   0   74   72   45   41    9   29   40
Randy Moffitt          0   1  9.00  10   0   0   0   0   16   22   17   16    4    4    7
John Curtis            1   1 15.00   6   0   0   0   0    6   16   12   10    1    6    7

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Pete Vuckovich         4   2  2.30  10   9   2   0   0   67   63   24   17    7   13   39
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
Will McEnaney          0   0  3.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    4    1    1    0    1    0
Bob Forsch             1   3  3.33   8   8   1   0   0   54   50   23   20    6   13   26
Darold Knowles         2   1  3.46  16   0   0   3   0   13   19    5    5    1    6    7
Tom Bruno              1   2  3.50  14   0   0   0   0   18   13    7    7    0   11   11
Mark Littell           3   1  3.54  16   0   0   2   0   20   10    8    8    0   17   19
Buddy Schultz          2   2  4.21  15   0   0   2   0   26   23   12   12    6    9   23
Bob Sykes              3   2  4.43   7   7   0   0   0   41   49   21   20    2   23   23

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League Leaders

Wins:

  V. Blue (SF)              6
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          6
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         5
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        5
  D. Sutton (LA)            5
  J. Andujar (HOU)          4
  S. Carlton (PHI)          4
  K. Forsch (HOU)           4
  E. Halicki (SF)           4
  R. Jones (SD)             4

Losses:

  G. Garber (ATL)           7
  P. Niekro (ATL)           6
  N. Allen (NY)             5
  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  S. Lockwood (NY)          5
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        5
  R. Reuschel (CHI)         5
  V. Blue (SF)              4
  J. D'Acquisto (SD)        4
  T. Griffin (SF)           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)          5
  G. Lavelle (SF)           5
  E. Sosa (MON)             5
  F. Pastore (CIN)          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. Sutton (LA)         72.2
  B. Knepper (SF)        70.0
  C. Swan (NY)           68.2
  P. Vuckovich (STL)     66.2
  S. Rogers (MON)        66.1
  D. Ruthven (PHI)       66.1
  G. Perry (SD)          66.0

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          77
  V. Blue (SF)             72
  T. Hume (CIN)            71
  B. Knepper (SF)          67
  R. Lerch (PHI)           63
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        63
  C. Swan (NY)             63
  P. Vuckovich (STL)       63
  K. Forsch (HOU)          62
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      61

Runs:

  V. Blue (SF)             45
  P. Niekro (ATL)          43
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        33
  T. Hume (CIN)            33
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        33
  J. Richard (HOU)         32
  L. McGlothen (CHI)       31
  E. Halicki (SF)          30
  R. Jones (SD)            30
  M. Mahler (ATL)          30

Home Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          11
  T. Hume (CIN)            10
  V. Blue (SF)              9
  B. Blyleven (PIT)         8
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        8
  R. Grimsley (MON)         7
  B. Lee (MON)              7
  P. Vuckovich (STL)        7
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       6
  P. Falcone (NY)           6

Walks:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          31
  V. Blue (SF)             29
  J. D'Acquisto (SD)       28
  M. Krukow (CHI)          27
  J. Richard (HOU)         27
  P. Falcone (NY)          26
  A. Messersmith (LA)      26
  J. Denny (STL)           25
  J. Niekro (HOU)          25
  N. Espinosa (PHI)        24

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)         67
  D. Sutton (LA)           47
  S. Carlton (PHI)         43
  G. Perry (SD)            42
  P. Niekro (ATL)          41
  C. Swan (NY)             41
  V. Blue (SF)             40
  P. Vuckovich (STL)       39
  B. Hooton (LA)           38
  S. Mura (SD)             38


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