Monday May 28, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Monday, May 28, 1979

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         26  23  3.15   49  17   6   446   394  186  156   30  164  258
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  17  3.58   45  12   6   400   390  173  159   34  107  216
Los Angeles     23  26  3.76   49  10   8   443   402  208  185   31  183  245
Cincinnati      26  20  3.85   46   5  13   421   426  219  180   42  149  213
New York        15  26  3.86   42   2   8   387   370  196  166   34  192  202
Pittsburgh      20  21  3.87   42   5  11   381   386  192  164   33  136  253
San Francisco   25  23  3.93   48  11  10   428   423  214  187   45  161  235
San Diego       20  29  4.16   49   5   7   437   446  233  202   30  164  252
Chicago         20  22  4.52   42   7  11   382   407  210  192   34  147  243
Atlanta         18  27  4.66   45   9  11   398   421  239  206   48  146  212

 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
Mike Lacoss (CIN)      5   0  2.40  12  10   1   0   1   71   61   29   19    5   26   31
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
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
Phil Nastu (SF)        2   3  2.78   7   7   1   0   0   45   46   16   14    4   14   16
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  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
Mickey Mahler          2   4  4.47  10   8   1   0   0   56   64   35   28    4   21   35
Gene Garber            2   7  4.69  22   0   0  10   0   40   49   29   21    7    5   21
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            1   0  0.77   4   0   0   1   0   12    8    1    1    0    6    4
Bruce Sutter           1   1  1.40  14   0   0   9   0   26   15    5    4    2    7   25
Mike Krukow            1   4  3.78   9   9   0   0   0   50   47   23   21    2   33   42
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
Mike Lacoss            5   0  2.40  12  10   1   0   1   71   61   29   19    5   26   31
Dave Tomlin            2   1  2.59  23   0   0   1   0   24   25   14    7    1    8   14
Paul Moskau            4   1  2.66   8   4   0   0   0   44   39   20   13    3   19   14
Doug Bair              2   0  2.81  18   0   0   6   0   26   22    8    8    2   17   19
Pedro Borbon           2   1  3.00  19   0   0   1   0   33   32   11   11    2    5   16
Fred Norman            2   4  3.23  10   8   2   0   0   53   44   25   19    4   22   26
Tom Hume               3   4  4.55  13   8   0   1   0   57   73   33   29   10   12   24
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
Bert Roberge           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    0    0    0    0    2    0
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  1.76  20   0   0   3   0   31   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
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
Joaquin Andujar        4   3  3.83  20   3   1   3   0   45   33   20   19    2   30   27
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
Lerrin LaGrow          1   0  2.45   6   0   0   0   0    7   10    2    2    1    2    4
Bob Welch              4   1  2.70  14   5   0   4   0   43   38   15   13    3   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
Rick Sutcliffe         5   3  3.74  14   5   1   0   0   55   57   24   23    3   18   29
Doug Rau               1   4  4.15  10  10   1   0   1   52   60   27   24    1   20   25
Jerry Reuss            1   4  4.38  15   0   0   3   0   25   29   17   12    0   14   14
Andy Messersmith       2   4  4.55  10  10   1   0   0   61   51   31   31    8   34   26
Charlie Hough          0   2  6.08  15   0   0   0   0   37   35   28   25    6   23   20
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  23   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  4.79  14   0   0   0   0   21   17   12   11    3   12   13
Pete Falcone           0   5  4.91  10  10   0   0   0   55   60   35   30    8   28   22
Neil Allen             1   5  7.00  11   5   0   0   0   27   39   24   21    2   21   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
Randy Lerch            2   3  3.49  11  11   2   0   0   70   75   29   27    8   15   26
Ron Reed               4   1  3.94  18   0   0   2   0   32   37   15   14    2    8   17
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  2.86  22   0   0   6   0   22   20    8    7    1    5   12
Jim Bibby              3   1  3.18  12   1   0   0   0   23   20   12    8    2    9   20
John Candelaria        4   3  3.21  11  10   2   0   0   67   73   29   24    6   13   44
Bruce Kison            1   1  3.32  10   5   0   0   0   41   37   18   15    2   11   36
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  14   3   0   1   0   30   32   23   18    1   22   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  3.12  20   0   0   6   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
Randy Jones            5   3  4.32  12  12   1   0   0   73   76   38   35    4   20   29
Bob Owchinko           1   1  4.46   9   6   1   0   0   34   39   19   17    2   18   20
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   3  2.78   7   7   1   0   0   45   46   16   14    4   14   16
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 11.25   8   0   0   0   0    8   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
  R. Jones (SD)             5
  B. Knepper (SF)           5

Losses:

  G. Garber (ATL)           7
  P. Niekro (ATL)           7
  N. Allen (NY)             5
  V. Blue (SF)              5
  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  P. Falcone (NY)           5
  S. Lockwood (NY)          5
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        5
  D. Murray (NY)            5
  E. Rasmussen (SD)         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)           9
  S. Lockwood (NY)          7
  D. Bair (CIN)             6
  R. Fingers (SD)           6
  G. Jackson (PIT)          6
  G. Lavelle (SF)           6
  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
  R. Jones (SD)            76
  R. Lerch (PHI)           75
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      73
  T. Hume (CIN)            73
  B. Knepper (SF)          72
  J. Richard (HOU)         72
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        71
  S. Carlton (PHI)         71

Runs:

  V. Blue (SF)             54
  P. Niekro (ATL)          54
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        40
  R. Jones (SD)            38
  J. Richard (HOU)         37
  P. Falcone (NY)          35
  R. Grimsley (MON)        35
  E. Halicki (SF)          35
  M. Mahler (ATL)          35
  S. Carlton (PHI)         33

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          40
  V. Blue (SF)             35
  A. Messersmith (LA)      34
  M. Krukow (CHI)          33
  J. Niekro (HOU)          31
  J. Andujar (HOU)         30
  J. D'Acquisto (SD)       30
  J. Denny (STL)           28
  P. Falcone (NY)          28
  B. Knepper (SF)          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
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      44
  B. Hooton (LA)           43

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