Saturday May 26, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, May 26, 1979

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         25  22  3.13   47  16   6   429   376  179  149   30  157  248
St. Louis       21  18  3.16   40   7   8   371   340  142  130   28  143  210
Montreal        25  14  3.37   39   8  12   356   332  154  133   38  104  189
Philadelphia    26  16  3.60   43  11   6   382   379  165  153   31  103  208
Los Angeles     22  25  3.79   47  10   7   421   382  198  177   29  173  232
San Francisco   25  21  3.82   46  11  10   410   410  200  174   42  148  224
Cincinnati      25  19  3.82   44   5  12   401   403  209  170   39  139  203
New York        15  24  3.86   40   2   8   369   353  188  158   32  188  196
Pittsburgh      18  21  4.02   40   5  10   363   374  190  162   32  131  240
San Diego       19  28  4.21   47   5   6   419   430  225  196   30  161  247
Chicago         19  21  4.64   40   7  10   365   382  203  188   33  139  234
Atlanta         16  27  4.69   43   8  10   380   402  230  198   47  142  196

 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
Joe Niekro (HOU)       6   2  2.44  11  11   5   0   3   77   58   27   21    5   31   32
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
Burt Hooton (LA)       4   2  2.78   9   9   3   0   0   71   54   23   22    3   24   43
Don Sutton (LA)        5   4  2.82  10  10   4   0   0   80   59   32   25    6   20   49

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jamie Easterly         0   0  Inf    1   0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0    0    1    0
Adrian Devine          1   1  2.21  14   0   0   0   0   20   24    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   8   8   0   0   0   51   54   25   23    4   15   25
Craig Skok             0   1  4.23  19   0   0   1   0   28   31   14   13    3   10   14
Eddie Solomon          3   2  4.50   7   6   1   0   0   36   34   19   18    3   14   19
Gene Garber            2   7  5.06  21   0   0   9   0   37   45   29   21    7    5   19
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   3   0   0   1   0    7    2    0    0    0    4    4
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
Dennis Lamp            4   1  4.26  12   8   2   0   1   51   56   24   24    6    8   27
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
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            2   4  3.23  10   8   2   0   0   53   44   25   19    4   22   26
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
Joe Niekro             6   2  2.44  11  11   5   0   3   77   58   27   21    5   31   32
Ken Forsch             4   3  2.71  10   9   6   0   2   73   62   28   22    4   17   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   4  2.82  10  10   4   0   0   80   59   32   25    6   20   49
Lerrin LaGrow          0   0  3.18   4   0   0   0   0    6    8    2    2    1    1    4
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
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          1   5  1.65  22   0   0   7   0   33   25    6    6    2   12   36
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
Craig Swan             4   3  3.29  11  11   1   0   1   77   68   33   28    6   22   50
Dale Murray            2   4  3.79  21   0   0   1   0   38   39   18   16    1   22   12
Mike Scott             1   0  3.82   8   6   0   0   0   35   34   19   15    2   15   11
Dwight Bernard         0   1  4.50  17   0   0   0   0   20   26   12   10    1   12    8
Jesse Orosco           1   2  5.03  13   0   0   0   0   20   17   12   11    3   12   13
Pete Falcone           0   4  5.06   9   9   0   0   0   48   53   32   27    7   28   20
Neil Allen             1   5  6.23  10   5   0   0   0   26   37   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
Tug McGraw             2   0  2.95  16   0   0   3   0   18   12    9    6    2    7   17
Nino Espinosa          5   4  3.00  10  10   3   0   2   66   58   27   22    6   26   34
Ron Reed               4   1  3.52  17   0   0   2   0   31   35   13   12    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   1  4.30   4   2   0   0   0   15   20    7    7    2    0   10
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  3.32  20   0   0   5   0   19   19    8    7    1    5    9
Bruce Kison            1   1  3.41   9   5   0   0   0   37   36   17   14    1   10   34
John Candelaria        3   3  3.47  10   9   2   0   0   60   67   28   23    6   11   37
Don Robinson           3   3  3.58   9   9   2   0   0   55   60   25   22    6   21   31
Enrique Romo           1   2  3.68  18   0   0   0   0   22   28   11    9    3   10   22
Jim Bibby              3   1  3.72  11   0   0   0   0   19   17   12    8    2    9   19
Kent Tekulve           2   5  4.76  28   0   0   4   0   34   33   21   18    3   16   25
Bert Blyleven          1   2  5.13  11  11   1   0   0   67   71   40   38    9   25   45
Ed Whitson             1   3  5.46  13   3   0   1   0   30   32   23   18    1   20   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
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
Dennis Kinney          0   0  3.38   7   0   0   0   0   11   12    5    4    1    4    5
Steve Mura             2   2  3.41  10   5   0   0   0   37   27   16   14    3   17   38
Mickey Lolich          0   2  4.00   9   4   0   0   0   27   32   19   12    2    7   13
Bob Shirley            1   4  4.23  18   3   0   0   0   38   39   19   18    2   13   20
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
Eric Rasmussen         1   4  4.83  12   7   1   0   0   50   58   27   27    4   17   19
John D'Acquisto        2   4  6.68  19   1   0   1   0   31   31   29   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  1.50  20   0   0   6   0   30   31    8    5    2   14   25
Dave Roberts           0   1  2.25  14   1   0   2   0   24   19    7    6    0    9   12
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  3.57  11  11   3   0   1   71   71   35   28    6   22   37
Tom Griffin            2   4  4.21  18   2   0   1   0   36   33   20   17    5   15   28
Vida Blue              6   5  5.06  11  11   5   0   0   80   78   49   45   12   30   45
Randy Moffitt          0   1  7.85  12   0   0   1   0   18   23   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
  J. Niekro (HOU)           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

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
  K. Tekulve (PIT)          5
  J. D'Acquisto (SD)        4

Complete Games:

  K. Forsch (HOU)           6
  P. Niekro (ATL)           6
  V. Blue (SF)              5
  J. Niekro (HOU)           5
  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:

  J. Niekro (HOU)           3
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         2
  K. Forsch (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
  D. Sutton (LA)         79.2
  B. Knepper (SF)        77.1
  J. Niekro (HOU)        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

Hits:

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

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          54
  V. Blue (SF)             49
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        40
  E. Halicki (SF)          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

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
  G. Garber (ATL)           7
  R. Grimsley (MON)         7
  B. Knepper (SF)           7

Walks:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          40
  A. Messersmith (LA)      33
  M. Krukow (CHI)          32
  J. Niekro (HOU)          31
  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

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)         75
  P. Niekro (ATL)          51
  S. Carlton (PHI)         50
  C. Swan (NY)             50
  D. Sutton (LA)           49
  V. Blue (SF)             45
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        45
  G. Perry (SD)            45
  B. Hooton (LA)           43
  B. Knepper (SF)          39


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