Friday May 25, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, May 25, 1979

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
St. Louis       21  18  3.16   40   7   8   371   340  142  130   28  143  210
Houston         24  22  3.19   46  15   6   420   370  179  149   30  153  243
Montreal        25  14  3.37   39   8  12   356   332  154  133   38  104  189
Philadelphia    26  15  3.60   42  11   6   373   364  161  149   31  102  205
New York        14  24  3.75   39   2   8   360   339  180  150   32  178  189
San Francisco   25  20  3.81   45  11  10   401   396  195  170   41  146  220
Los Angeles     22  24  3.83   46  10   7   412   374  195  175   28  171  229
Pittsburgh      18  20  3.88   39   5  10   355   363  180  153   30  126  233
Cincinnati      24  19  3.88   43   4  12   392   397  208  169   39  138  197
San Diego       19  27  4.19   46   5   6   410   417  216  191   29  160  243
Atlanta         15  27  4.71   42   8   9   371   394  226  194   46  137  191
Chicago         18  21  4.73   39   7   9   356   377  202  187   32  136  228

 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
Silvio Martinez (STL)  2   1  2.41   9   6   0   0   0   52   43   14   14    1   19   29
Dick Ruthven (PHI)     6   2  2.52  10  10   3   0   2   71   57   20   20    1   18   34
Mike Lacoss (CIN)      5   0  2.64  11   9   1   0   1   61   52   28   18    4   22   28
Paul Moskau (CIN)      4   1  2.66   8   4   0   0   0   44   39   20   13    3   19   14
Ken Forsch (HOU)       4   3  2.71  10   9   6   0   2   73   62   28   22    4   17   27
Gaylord Perry (SD)     3   4  2.76  10  10   2   0   0   75   66   26   23    4   20   45
Joe Niekro (HOU)       5   2  2.77  10  10   4   0   2   68   52   27   21    5   27   27
Burt Hooton (LA)       4   2  2.78   9   9   3   0   0   71   54   23   22    3   24   43
Don Sutton (LA)        5   3  2.85   9   9   4   0   0   73   53   29   23    5   19   47

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Adrian Devine          1   1  2.21  13   0   0   0   0   20   23    6    5    2    6    3
Tony Brizzolara        1   0  3.86   2   2   0   0   0   14   13    6    6    0    5   10
Phil Niekro            5   7  4.04  13  13   6   0   0   94   90   54   42   16   40   51
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  5.00  20   0   0   9   0   36   43   28   20    6    5   18
Mickey Mahler          1   4  5.13   9   7   0   0   0   47   56   34   27    4   20   28
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   2   0   0   0   0    4    2    0    0    0    1    2
Bruce Sutter           1   1  1.52  13   0   0   8   0   24   14    5    4    2    7   24
Mike Krukow            1   4  3.94   8   8   0   0   0   48   43   23   21    2   32   39
Ken Holtzman           4   3  4.37   8   7   2   0   1   47   52   27   23    5   18   22
Lynn McGlothen         6   5  4.37  14   8   2   1   0   60   58   31   29    8   15   36
Willie Hernandez       0   0  4.62  17   0   0   0   0   25   26   16   13    2   12   16
Dennis Lamp            3   1  4.63  11   7   2   0   1   45   51   23   23    5    8   23
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  2.27  17   0   0   1   0   32   28    8    8    1    3   15
Dave Tomlin            1   1  2.31  22   0   0   1   0   23   24   13    6    1    8   13
Mike Lacoss            5   0  2.64  11   9   1   0   1   61   52   28   18    4   22   28
Paul Moskau            4   1  2.66   8   4   0   0   0   44   39   20   13    3   19   14
Doug Bair              2   0  2.96  16   0   0   6   0   24   21    8    8    2   16   19
Fred Norman            1   4  3.68   9   7   1   0   0   44   38   24   18    4   21   20
Bill Bonham            2   1  4.32   6   6   0   0   0   33   33   18   16    3   11   15
Tom Hume               3   4  4.63  11   8   0   0   0   56   71   33   29   10   12   23
Tom Seaver             2   3  5.26   8   8   2   0   1   39   44   26   23    5   13   25
Frank Pastore          1   4  7.57  17   1   0   4   0   27   38   23   23    5    7   25
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          1   1  1.25   8   4   1   0   1   36   31    5    5    1    5   10
Randy Niemann          0   0  1.29   1   1   0   0   0    7    5    2    1    0    4    0
Joe Sambito            2   2  1.78  19   0   0   3   0   30   27    8    6    2   10   23
Ken Forsch             4   3  2.71  10   9   6   0   2   73   62   28   22    4   17   27
Joe Niekro             5   2  2.77  10  10   4   0   2   68   52   27   21    5   27   27
Vern Ruhle             1   3  3.16   7   6   1   0   1   43   36   15   15    5    6   21
Joaquin Andujar        4   2  3.23  19   2   1   3   0   39   25   15   14    2   25   23
Frank Riccelli         2   2  3.54   9   2   0   0   0   20   18    9    8    0   16   18
J.R. Richard           4   4  3.73  11  11   2   0   0   70   62   35   29    5   28   75
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
Terry Forster          0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0
Bob Welch              4   1  2.68  12   5   0   3   0   40   33   14   12    2   15   27
Burt Hooton            4   2  2.78   9   9   3   0   0   71   54   23   22    3   24   43
Don Sutton             5   3  2.85   9   9   4   0   0   73   53   29   23    5   19   47
Rick Sutcliffe         5   3  3.74  14   5   1   0   0   55   57   24   23    3   18   29
Jerry Reuss            1   4  3.86  13   0   0   3   0   23   26   13   10    0   11   14
Andy Messersmith       2   4  4.55   9   9   1   0   0   55   47   28   28    7   33   22
Lerrin LaGrow          0   0  4.91   3   0   0   0   0    4    6    2    2    1    0    3
Doug Rau               1   4  5.02   9   9   1   0   1   43   56   27   24    1   19   20
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  2.08  11   0   0   2   0   17   14    7    4    0    6   11
Dan Schatzeder         1   0  2.45   9   2   0   1   0   29   23    9    8    1   12   26
Steve Rogers           4   2  2.87  11  11   4   0   2   75   69   29   24    5   16   37
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
Ross Grimsley          4   2  4.70  10  10   2   0   0   54   58   30   28    7   18   10
David Palmer           2   1  4.76  12   0   0   2   0   17   18   12    9    3    5   11

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Skip Lockwood          0   5  1.76  21   0   0   7   0   31   22    6    6    2   12   32
Kevin Kobel            2   0  1.87   6   4   0   0   0   34   21   10    7    3   14   14
Pat Zachry             3   0  3.00   4   4   1   0   0   24   23    8    8    3   11   10
Dale Murray            2   4  3.16  20   0   0   1   0   37   37   15   13    1   19   12
Craig Swan             4   3  3.29  11  11   1   0   1   77   68   33   28    6   22   50
Mike Scott             1   0  3.45   7   5   0   0   0   31   29   16   12    2   10    9
Jesse Orosco           1   2  4.26  12   0   0   0   0   19   16   10    9    3   10   12
Dwight Bernard         0   1  4.50  17   0   0   0   0   20   26   12   10    1   12    8
Pete Falcone           0   4  5.06   9   9   0   0   0   48   53   32   27    7   28   20
Neil Allen             1   5  6.57   9   5   0   0   0   25   34   21   18    2   18   12
Wayne Twitchell        0   0  7.36   7   1   0   0   0   15   10   17   12    2   22   10

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dick Ruthven           6   2  2.52  10  10   3   0   2   71   57   20   20    1   18   34
Nino Espinosa          5   4  3.00  10  10   3   0   2   66   58   27   22    6   26   34
Tug McGraw             2   0  3.06  15   0   0   3   0   18   10    9    6    2    6   17
Ron Reed               4   1  3.45  16   0   0   2   0   29   32   12   11    1    8   17
Steve Carlton          5   5  3.58  10  10   3   0   1   73   67   29   29    6   18   50
Randy Lerch            2   2  3.63  10  10   2   0   0   62   70   27   25    7   13   23
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  7.04  11   0   0   0   0   23   37   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  0.59   2   2   0   0   0   15    6    1    1    0    2    2
Grant Jackson          2   0  3.00  19   0   0   5   0   18   18    7    6    0    5    8
John Candelaria        3   3  3.47  10   9   2   0   0   60   67   28   23    6   11   37
Bruce Kison            1   1  3.50   8   5   0   0   0   36   36   17   14    1   10   33
Don Robinson           3   3  3.58   9   9   2   0   0   55   60   25   22    6   21   31
Enrique Romo           1   2  3.60  17   0   0   0   0   20   24    9    8    3    9   21
Jim Bibby              3   1  3.72  11   0   0   0   0   19   17   12    8    2    9   19
Kent Tekulve           2   4  4.36  27   0   0   4   0   33   32   19   16    2   15   24
Bert Blyleven          1   2  4.64  10  10   1   0   0   64   66   35   33    9   23   42
Ed Whitson             1   3  5.52  12   3   0   1   0   29   32   23   18    1   19   14
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  1.00   6   0   0   0   0    9    8    1    1    0    4    4
Gaylord Perry          3   4  2.76  10  10   2   0   0   75   66   26   23    4   20   45
Rollie Fingers         5   3  3.23  18   0   0   5   0   39   37   16   14    1   12   30
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
Bob Owchinko           1   1  4.46   9   6   1   0   0   34   39   19   17    2   18   20
Randy Jones            4   3  4.48  11  11   1   0   0   64   68   34   32    4   19   24
Bob Shirley            1   4  4.58  17   3   0   0   0   35   38   19   18    2   13   17
Eric Rasmussen         1   4  4.83  12   7   1   0   0   50   58   27   27    4   17   19
John D'Acquisto        2   4  7.31  18   1   0   1   0   28   29   28   23    5   30   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  1.52  19   0   0   6   0   30   31    8    5    2   14   25
Dave Roberts           0   0  1.99  13   1   0   2   0   23   17    5    5    0    9   11
Phil Nastu             2   2  2.65   6   6   1   0   0   37   40   12   11    3   11   12
Bob Knepper            5   2  3.03  11  11   2   0   1   77   72   28   26    7   28   39
John Montefusco        1   2  3.38   4   4   0   0   0   27   24   10   10    2    6   11
Ed Halicki             5   3  3.48  10  10   3   0   1   65   61   32   25    5   21   34
Tom Griffin            2   4  4.25  17   2   0   1   0   36   32   20   17    5   14   28
Vida Blue              6   5  5.06  11  11   5   0   0   80   78   49   45   12   30   45
Randy Moffitt          0   1  8.31  11   0   0   1   0   17   22   17   16    4    5    8
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        2   1  2.41   9   6   0   0   0   52   43   14   14    1   19   29
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   4  3.32   9   9   2   0   0   62   56   26   23    7   15   28
Mark Littell           3   1  3.38  17   0   0   3   0   21   11    8    8    0   17   19
Darold Knowles         2   1  3.46  16   0   0   3   0   13   19    5    5    1    6    7
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
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        6
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          6
  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         5
  R. Fingers (SD)           5
  E. Halicki (SF)           5
  B. Knepper (SF)           5
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           5
  J. Niekro (HOU)           5

Losses:

  G. Garber (ATL)           7
  P. Niekro (ATL)           7
  N. Allen (NY)             5
  V. Blue (SF)              5
  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  S. Lockwood (NY)          5
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        5
  R. Reuschel (CHI)         5
  J. D'Acquisto (SD)        4
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         4

Complete Games:

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

Saves:

  G. Garber (ATL)           9
  B. Sutter (CHI)           8
  S. Lockwood (NY)          7
  D. Bair (CIN)             6
  G. Lavelle (SF)           6
  R. Fingers (SD)           5
  G. Jackson (PIT)          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
  S. Rogers (MON)           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

Innings Pitched:

  P. Niekro (ATL)        93.2
  V. Blue (SF)           80.0
  B. Knepper (SF)        77.1
  C. Swan (NY)           76.2
  S. Rogers (MON)        75.1
  G. Perry (SD)          75.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)       73.0
  K. Forsch (HOU)        73.0
  D. Sutton (LA)         72.2
  B. Hooton (LA)         71.1

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          90
  V. Blue (SF)             78
  B. Knepper (SF)          72
  T. Hume (CIN)            71
  R. Lerch (PHI)           70
  S. Rogers (MON)          69
  R. Jones (SD)            68
  C. Swan (NY)             68
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      67
  S. Carlton (PHI)         67

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          54
  V. Blue (SF)             49
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        35
  J. Richard (HOU)         35
  R. Jones (SD)            34
  M. Mahler (ATL)          34
  T. Hume (CIN)            33
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        33
  C. Swan (NY)             33
  P. Falcone (NY)          32

Home Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          16
  V. Blue (SF)             12
  T. Hume (CIN)            10
  B. Blyleven (PIT)         9
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        8
  P. Falcone (NY)           7
  B. Forsch (STL)           7
  R. Grimsley (MON)         7
  B. Knepper (SF)           7
  B. Lee (MON)              7

Walks:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          40
  A. Messersmith (LA)      33
  M. Krukow (CHI)          32
  V. Blue (SF)             30
  J. D'Acquisto (SD)       30
  J. Denny (STL)           28
  P. Falcone (NY)          28
  B. Knepper (SF)          28
  J. Richard (HOU)         28
  J. Niekro (HOU)          27

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)         75
  P. Niekro (ATL)          51
  S. Carlton (PHI)         50
  C. Swan (NY)             50
  D. Sutton (LA)           47
  V. Blue (SF)             45
  G. Perry (SD)            45
  B. Hooton (LA)           43
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        42
  B. Knepper (SF)          39

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