Tuesday May 29, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, May 29, 1979

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         27  23  3.11   50  18   6   455   402  187  157   30  164  264
St. Louis       22  20  3.29   43   8   8   397   372  159  145   29  149  224
Montreal        27  15  3.43   42  10  12   383   365  168  146   40  108  203
Philadelphia    27  18  3.71   46  12   6   408   402  182  168   35  109  223
Pittsburgh      21  21  3.78   43   5  11   390   391  192  164   33  139  259
Los Angeles     24  26  3.79   50  10   8   452   415  213  190   31  186  255
Cincinnati      26  21  3.82   47   5  13   429   433  221  182   42  152  217
New York        16  26  3.82   43   2   9   396   381  198  168   34  196  205
San Francisco   25  24  3.97   49  11  10   437   436  220  193   47  166  240
San Diego       22  29  4.02   51   6   8   455   458  238  203   31  165  264
Chicago         20  23  4.57   43   7  11   390   422  218  198   36  148  247
Atlanta         18  29  4.66   47  10  11   414   439  248  214   50  152  218

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
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
Gaylord Perry (SD)     4   4  2.46  11  11   3   0   0   84   73   29   23    4   20   55
Steve Rogers (MON)     5   2  2.56  12  12   5   0   3   84   75   29   24    5   17   43
Paul Moskau (CIN)      4   2  2.60   9   5   0   0   0   52   45   22   15    3   21   18
Ken Forsch (HOU)       4   3  2.71  10   9   6   0   2   73   62   28   22    4   17   27
Pete Vuckovich (STL)   4   3  2.71  11  10   2   0   0   73   71   29   22    7   13   41
Don Sutton (LA)        5   4  2.82  10  10   4   0   0   80   59   32   25    6   20   49
Nino Espinosa (PHI)    5   4  3.00  10  10   3   0   2   66   58   27   22    6   26   34

 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  2.78  16   0   0   0   0   23   27    9    7    2    9    3
Craig Skok             1   1  3.94  21   0   0   1   0   30   32   14   13    3   11   14
Phil Niekro            5   8  3.98  14  14   7   0   0  102   97   57   45   17   42   54
Rick Matula            2   3  4.09   8   8   0   0   0   51   54   25   23    4   15   25
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
Tony Brizzolara        1   1  5.30   3   3   0   0   0   19   21   11   11    1    7   13
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
Lynn McGlothen         6   5  4.37  14   8   2   1   0   60   58   31   29    8   15   36
Ken Holtzman           4   4  4.47   9   8   2   0   1   54   63   31   27    7   19   26
Willie Hernandez       0   0  5.20  19   0   0   0   0   28   32   19   16    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  7.20  15   0   0   0   0   25   37   22   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   2  2.60   9   5   0   0   0   52   45   22   15    3   21   18
Doug Bair              2   0  2.81  19   0   0   6   0   26   23    8    8    2   18   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
Randy Niemann          1   0  1.13   2   2   1   0   0   16   13    3    2    0    4    6
Rick Williams          1   1  1.25   8   4   1   0   1   36   31    5    5    1    5   10
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          1   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    2    1    0    0    0    1    1
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
Don Sutton             5   4  2.82  10  10   4   0   0   80   59   32   25    6   20   49
Burt Hooton            4   2  3.08  10  10   3   0   0   79   66   28   27    3   26   52
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           5   2  2.56  12  12   5   0   3   84   75   29   24    5   17   43
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  1.57  24   0   0   8   0   34   27    6    6    2   13   37
Kevin Kobel            2   0  1.73   7   5   0   0   0   42   28   11    8    3   15   17
Pat Zachry             4   0  2.87   5   5   1   0   0   31   32   10   10    3   14   12
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
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
Dick Ruthven           6   3  3.20  11  11   3   0   2   76   66   27   27    2   19   39
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
Jim Lonborg            0   0  4.50   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    1    1    0    2    3
Rawly Eastwick         1   1  6.19  10   0   0   1   0   16   15   12   11    0    4    8
Doug Bird              0   0  7.04  11   0   0   0   0   23   37   18   18    5    3   12

 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  2.74  23   0   0   6   0   23   20    8    7    1    6   12
Don Robinson           4   3  3.13  10  10   2   0   0   63   65   25   22    6   23   37
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
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          4   4  2.46  11  11   3   0   0   84   73   29   23    4   20   55
Dennis Kinney          0   0  3.00   8   0   0   0   0   12   12    5    4    1    4    5
Rollie Fingers         5   3  3.05  21   0   0   7   0   41   38   16   14    1   12   30
Steve Mura             2   2  3.41  10   5   0   0   0   37   27   16   14    3   17   38
Bob Owchinko           2   1  3.83  10   7   1   0   0   42   44   21   18    3   19   22
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
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   1  2.25  22   0   0   6   0   32   34   11    8    2   16   27
Dave Roberts           0   1  2.49  16   1   0   2   0   25   22    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  3.17  12  12   2   0   1   82   79   31   29    9   29   42
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  20   2   0   1   0   37   34   22   19    5   17   29
Vida Blue              6   5  5.36  12  12   5   0   0   84   82   54   50   13   35   47
Randy Moffitt          0   2  7.48  14   0   0   1   0   22   25   19   18    4    9   10
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  1.50   5   0   0   0   0    6    5    1    1    0    1    2
Silvio Martinez        2   1  2.41   9   6   0   0   0   52   43   14   14    1   19   29
Pete Vuckovich         4   3  2.71  11  10   2   0   0   73   71   29   22    7   13   41
Bob Forsch             2   4  3.15  10  10   3   0   0   71   64   29   25    7   19   32
Tom Bruno              1   2  3.18  17   0   0   0   0   23   18    8    8    0   13   16
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
Mark Littell           3   1  3.68  18   0   0   3   0   22   15    9    9    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  4.83   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:

  P. Niekro (ATL)           8
  G. Garber (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:

  P. Niekro (ATL)           7
  K. Forsch (HOU)           6
  V. Blue (SF)              5
  J. Niekro (HOU)           5
  S. Rogers (MON)           5
  S. Carlton (PHI)          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)          8
  R. Fingers (SD)           7
  D. Bair (CIN)             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
  S. Rogers (MON)           3
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         2
  K. Forsch (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

Innings Pitched:

  P. Niekro (ATL)       101.2
  S. Rogers (MON)        84.1
  V. Blue (SF)           84.0
  G. Perry (SD)          84.0
  B. Knepper (SF)        82.1
  S. Carlton (PHI)       82.0
  D. Sutton (LA)         79.2
  B. Hooton (LA)         79.0
  J. Richard (HOU)       79.0
  J. Niekro (HOU)        77.1

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          97
  V. Blue (SF)             82
  B. Knepper (SF)          79
  R. Jones (SD)            76
  R. Lerch (PHI)           75
  S. Rogers (MON)          75
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      73
  T. Hume (CIN)            73
  G. Perry (SD)            73
  J. Richard (HOU)         72

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          57
  V. Blue (SF)             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)          17
  V. Blue (SF)             13
  T. Hume (CIN)            10
  B. Blyleven (PIT)         9
  B. Knepper (SF)           9
  P. Falcone (NY)           8
  R. Lerch (PHI)            8
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        8
  A. Messersmith (LA)       8
  S. Sanderson (MON)        8

Walks:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          42
  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
  B. Knepper (SF)          29
  J. Denny (STL)           28
  P. Falcone (NY)          28

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)         81
  S. Carlton (PHI)         55
  G. Perry (SD)            55
  P. Niekro (ATL)          54
  B. Hooton (LA)           52
  C. Swan (NY)             50
  D. Sutton (LA)           49
  V. Blue (SF)             47
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        45
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      44


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