Sunday May 27, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, May 27, 1979

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         26  22  3.10   48  17   6   438   386  181  151   30  157  254
St. Louis       22  19  3.23   42   8   8   388   358  153  139   29  148  220
Montreal        26  15  3.52   41   9  12   374   359  168  146   40  107  197
Philadelphia    27  16  3.57   44  12   6   391   383  169  155   32  105  213
Los Angeles     23  25  3.81   48  10   8   430   393  205  182   30  178  239
New York        15  25  3.81   41   2   8   378   361  190  160   33  189  200
Cincinnati      25  20  3.92   45   5  12   409   414  217  178   41  143  208
Pittsburgh      19  21  3.94   41   5  10   372   379  191  163   33  132  246
San Francisco   25  22  3.95   47  11  10   419   417  210  184   44  158  231
San Diego       19  29  4.18   48   5   6   428   438  229  199   30  163  247
Chicago         19  22  4.61   41   7  10   373   396  209  191   34  144  239
Atlanta         17  27  4.75   44   8  11   389   413  238  205   48  145  205

 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
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
Steve Rogers (MON)     4   2  2.87  11  11   4   0   2   75   69   29   24    5   16   37

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jamie Easterly         0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    2    0    0    0    0    2    3
Adrian Devine          1   1  3.05  15   0   0   0   0   21   25    8    7    2    8    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             1   1  4.13  20   0   0   1   0   28   31   14   13    3   10   14
Gene Garber            2   7  4.69  22   0   0  10   0   40   49   29   21    7    5   21
Mickey Mahler          1   4  5.13   9   7   0   0   0   47   56   34   27    4   20   28
Eddie Solomon          3   2  5.26   8   7   1   0   0   39   40   25   23    4   14   23
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  4.61  18   0   0   0   0   27   29   17   14    3   12   17
Rick Reuschel          2   5  5.79   9   9   1   0   0   51   63   33   33    4   14   28
Bill Caudill           0   1  5.84   4   1   0   0   0   12   20   12    8    2    9   13
Ray Burris             0   0  6.23  14   0   0   0   0   22   23   17   15    0   15   14
Donnie Moore           1   2  7.40  14   0   0   0   0   24   36   20   20    2   10   15

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
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  2.84  17   0   0   6   0   25   22    8    8    2   17   19
Pedro Borbon           2   1  3.03  18   0   0   1   0   33   31   11   11    2    3   16
Fred Norman            2   4  3.23  10   8   2   0   0   53   44   25   19    4   22   26
Tom Hume               3   4  4.61  12   8   0   0   0   57   72   33   29   10   12   23
Bill Bonham            2   1  4.85   7   7   0   0   0   39   39   23   21    4   14   19
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
J.R. Richard           5   4  3.53  12  12   3   0   0   79   72   37   31    5   28   81
Frank Riccelli         2   2  3.54   9   2   0   0   0   20   18    9    8    0   16   18
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  2.55  13   5   0   4   0   42   36   14   12    2   17   30
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          1   0  2.84   5   0   0   0   0    6    9    2    2    1    2    4
Rick Sutcliffe         5   3  3.74  14   5   1   0   0   55   57   24   23    3   18   29
Andy Messersmith       2   4  4.55  10  10   1   0   0   61   51   31   31    8   34   26
Jerry Reuss            1   4  4.56  14   0   0   3   0   24   29   17   12    0   12   14
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
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
Scott Sanderson        3   3  3.54   9   9   2   0   1   53   44   23   21    8   13   40
Stan Bahnsen           2   1  3.65  14   0   0   2   0   25   25   10   10    4    9   14
Rudy May               2   0  3.86  10   0   0   0   0   14   16    8    6    2    7   11
Bill Lee               4   2  4.62   8   8   1   0   1   51   55   27   26    7    8   13
David Palmer           2   1  4.82  13   0   0   2   0   19   20   13   10    4    5   11
Ross Grimsley          4   3  4.88  11  11   2   0   0   59   69   35   32    7   20   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  1.73   7   5   0   0   0   42   28   11    8    3   15   17
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
Mike Scott             1   0  3.82   8   6   0   0   0   35   34   19   15    2   15   11
Dale Murray            2   5  3.92  22   0   0   1   0   39   40   19   17    2   22   13
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
Steve Carlton          6   5  3.40  11  11   4   0   1   82   71   33   31    7   20   55
Ron Reed               4   1  3.52  17   0   0   2   0   31   35   13   12    1    8   17
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          3   0  3.05  21   0   0   5   0   21   19    8    7    1    5   12
Jim Bibby              3   1  3.18  12   1   0   0   0   23   20   12    8    2    9   20
Bruce Kison            1   1  3.32  10   5   0   0   0   41   37   18   15    2   11   36
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  3.63  19   0   0   0   0   22   29   11    9    3   10   22
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
Dennis Kinney          0   0  3.00   8   0   0   0   0   12   12    5    4    1    4    5
Rollie Fingers         5   3  3.15  19   0   0   5   0   40   38   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   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   5  4.74  13   8   1   0   0   57   65   31   30    4   19   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  1.42  21   0   0   6   0   32   32    8    5    2   15   27
Dave Roberts           0   1  2.52  15   1   0   2   0   25   20    8    7    1   10   13
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  4.58  19   2   0   1   0   37   34   22   19    5   16   29
Vida Blue              6   5  5.36  12  12   5   0   0   84   82   54   50   13   35   47
Randy Moffitt          0   2  8.68  13   0   0   1   0   19   23   19   18    4    7    8
John Curtis            1   1 12.86   7   0   0   0   0    7   16   12   10    1    6    8

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Will McEnaney          0   0  1.80   4   0   0   0   0    5    4    1    1    0    1    1
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
Bob Forsch             2   4  3.15  10  10   3   0   0   71   64   29   25    7   19   32
Tom Bruno              1   2  3.32  16   0   0   0   0   22   17    8    8    0   12   15
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
John Denny             3   4  3.54  10  10   3   0   1   69   63   28   27    5   28   32
Buddy Schultz          2   2  4.05  16   0   0   2   0   27   24   12   12    6    9   23
Bob Sykes              3   2  4.83   8   7   0   0   0   41   50   24   22    2   24   23

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League Leaders

Wins:

  V. Blue (SF)              6
  S. Carlton (PHI)          6
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        6
  J. Niekro (HOU)           6
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          6
  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
  D. Murray (NY)            5
  E. Rasmussen (SD)         5
  R. Reuschel (CHI)         5

Complete Games:

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

Saves:

  G. Garber (ATL)          10
  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)           84.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)       82.0
  D. Sutton (LA)         79.2
  J. Richard (HOU)       79.0
  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

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          90
  V. Blue (SF)             82
  T. Hume (CIN)            72
  B. Knepper (SF)          72
  J. Richard (HOU)         72
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        71
  S. Carlton (PHI)         71
  E. Halicki (SF)          71
  R. Lerch (PHI)           70
  R. Grimsley (MON)        69

Runs:

  V. Blue (SF)             54
  P. Niekro (ATL)          54
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        40
  J. Richard (HOU)         37
  R. Grimsley (MON)        35
  E. Halicki (SF)          35
  R. Jones (SD)            34
  M. Mahler (ATL)          34
  S. Carlton (PHI)         33
  T. Hume (CIN)            33

Home Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          16
  V. Blue (SF)             13
  T. Hume (CIN)            10
  B. Blyleven (PIT)         9
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        8
  A. Messersmith (LA)       8
  S. Sanderson (MON)        8
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  P. Falcone (NY)           7
  B. Forsch (STL)           7

Walks:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          40
  V. Blue (SF)             35
  A. Messersmith (LA)      34
  M. Krukow (CHI)          32
  J. Niekro (HOU)          31
  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)         81
  S. Carlton (PHI)         55
  P. Niekro (ATL)          51
  C. Swan (NY)             50
  D. Sutton (LA)           49
  V. Blue (SF)             47
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        45
  G. Perry (SD)            45
  B. Hooton (LA)           43
  S. Sanderson (MON)       40


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