Monday May 21, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Monday, May 21, 1979

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
St. Louis       20  17  3.21   38   6   7   353   326  138  126   27  140  202
Houston         23  20  3.22   43  14   6   394   351  170  141   29  147  232
Montreal        23  14  3.49   37   7  11   338   316  151  131   38  101  181
Cincinnati      23  16  3.66   39   3  12   359   355  177  146   32  123  186
Philadelphia    25  13  3.69   39  11   6   346   336  154  142   29   96  187
Los Angeles     20  23  3.82   43   9   7   384   338  180  163   26  163  211
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      18  18  3.94   36   5  10   329   337  168  144   30  122  220
San Diego       17  26  4.32   43   5   6   381   389  205  183   28  149  231
Atlanta         14  25  4.75   39   7   8   345   369  211  182   41  131  172
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
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
Mike Lacoss (CIN)      4   0  3.10  10   8   0   0   0   52   49   28   18    4   21   25

 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            5   6  3.89  12  12   5   0   0   86   82   48   37   12   38   44
Rick Matula            2   3  4.09   7   7   0   0   0   44   49   22   20    4   11   23
Craig Skok             0   1  4.39  18   0   0   0   0   27   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  4.89  19   0   0   8   0   35   41   27   19    6    5   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
Joaquin Andujar        4   1  2.58  18   2   1   3   0   38   23   12   11    2   23   23
Ken Forsch             4   3  2.71  10   9   6   0   2   73   62   28   22    4   17   27
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   2  5.51  12   0   0   0   0   16   22   15   10    2    4   12
Tom Dixon              0   1  7.45   5   1   0   0   0   10   15    9    8    2    5    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   4  4.55   9   9   1   0   0   55   47   28   28    7   33   22
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  1.38   9   0   0   0   0   13   12    4    2    2    7   10
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   3  3.65   8   8   1   0   1   44   36   20   18    7   12   34
Bill Lee               4   2  4.62   8   8   1   0   1   51   55   27   26    7    8   13
David Palmer           2   1  4.76  12   0   0   2   0   17   18   12    9    3    5   11
Ross Grimsley          3   2  4.94   9   9   2   0   0   47   51   27   26    7   17    6

 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          5   5  3.58  10  10   3   0   1   73   67   29   29    6   18   50
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  4.11  25   0   0   4   0   31   27   17   14    2   14   22
Bert Blyleven          1   2  4.64  10  10   1   0   0   64   66   35   33    9   23   42
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
Eric Rasmussen         1   4  4.89  11   7   1   0   0   50   58   27   27    4   17   19
Bob Shirley            1   4  5.28  15   3   0   0   0   31   36   19   18    2   12   14
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
Will McEnaney          0   0  2.25   3   0   0   0   0    4    4    1    1    0    1    0
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   3  3.20   9   9   3   0   1   65   56   24   23    4   28   28
Tom Bruno              1   2  3.32  15   0   0   0   0   19   15    7    7    0   12   14
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
Mark Littell           3   1  3.54  16   0   0   2   0   20   10    8    8    0   17   19
Buddy Schultz          2   2  4.05  16   0   0   2   0   27   24   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
  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         5
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        5
  P. Niekro (ATL)           5
  D. Sutton (LA)            5
  J. Andujar (HOU)          4
  K. Forsch (HOU)           4
  E. Halicki (SF)           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
  S. Carlton (PHI)          3
  J. Denny (STL)            3
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         3
  J. Niekro (HOU)           3
  S. Rogers (MON)           3
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          3

Saves:

  G. Garber (ATL)           8
  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
  K. Tekulve (PIT)          4

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)        85.2
  V. Blue (SF)           74.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)       73.0
  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

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          82
  V. Blue (SF)             72
  T. Hume (CIN)            71
  S. Carlton (PHI)         67
  B. Knepper (SF)          67
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        66
  R. Lerch (PHI)           63
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        63
  C. Swan (NY)             63
  P. Vuckovich (STL)       63

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          48
  V. Blue (SF)             45
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        35
  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)          12
  T. Hume (CIN)            10
  V. Blue (SF)              9
  B. Blyleven (PIT)         9
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        8
  R. Grimsley (MON)         7
  B. Lee (MON)              7
  A. Messersmith (LA)       7
  S. Sanderson (MON)        7
  P. Vuckovich (STL)        7

Walks:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          38
  A. Messersmith (LA)      33
  V. Blue (SF)             29
  J. D'Acquisto (SD)       28
  J. Denny (STL)           28
  M. Krukow (CHI)          27
  J. Richard (HOU)         27
  P. Falcone (NY)          26
  J. Niekro (HOU)          25
  N. Espinosa (PHI)        24

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)         67
  S. Carlton (PHI)         50
  D. Sutton (LA)           47
  P. Niekro (ATL)          44
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        42
  G. Perry (SD)            42
  C. Swan (NY)             41
  V. Blue (SF)             40
  P. Vuckovich (STL)       39
  B. Hooton (LA)           38

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