Wednesday May 30, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, May 30, 1979

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         28  23  3.10   51  18   7   464   408  190  160   30  167  265
St. Louis       23  20  3.28   44   8   9   406   387  162  148   29  152  228
Montreal        28  15  3.35   43  11  12   392   371  168  146   40  110  208
Philadelphia    27  19  3.68   47  12   6   416   407  184  170   36  110  225
Pittsburgh      22  21  3.72   44   6  11   399   393  194  165   34  142  264
Los Angeles     25  26  3.81   51  10   9   461   426  218  195   32  188  260
Cincinnati      26  22  3.85   48   5  13   437   442  227  187   43  155  221
New York        16  27  3.90   44   2   9   404   396  205  175   36  198  210
San Diego       23  29  3.98   52   6   8   464   462  240  205   31  168  272
San Francisco   25  25  4.02   50  11  10   445   445  226  199   49  167  246
Chicago         20  24  4.68   44   7  11   398   439  227  207   38  149  254
Atlanta         18  30  4.78   48  10  11   422   451  258  224   51  154  224

 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
Gaylord Perry (SD)     4   4  2.46  11  11   3   0   0   84   73   29   23    4   20   55
Joe Niekro (HOU)       7   2  2.51  12  12   5   0   3   86   64   30   24    5   34   33
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
Silvio Martinez (STL)  3   1  2.61  10   7   0   0   0   59   55   17   17    1   20   32
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   5  3.00  11  11   3   0   2   72   62   29   24    7   26   35

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Adrian Devine          1   1  2.55  17   0   0   0   0   25   28    9    7    2    9    6
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
Rick Mahler            0   0  4.97   9   0   0   0   0   13   10    7    7    3    7    4
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
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
Bo McLaughlin          0   1 12.46   1   1   0   0   0    4    7    6    6    1    1    3
Jamie Easterly         0   0 21.60   3   0   0   0   0    2    4    4    4    0    3    3

 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   4  4.47   9   8   2   0   1   54   63   31   27    7   19   26
Lynn McGlothen         6   6  4.80  15   9   2   1   0   66   70   37   35    9   15   41
Willie Hernandez       0   0  5.65  20   0   0   0   0   29   35   21   18    4   12   18
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  7.27  16   0   0   0   0   26   39   23   21    2   11   16

 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  2.42  24   0   0   1   0   26   25   14    7    1    9   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  2.91  20   0   0   1   0   34   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   4  5.68   9   9   2   0   1   44   52   31   28    6   14   29
Frank Pastore          1   4  7.48  18   1   0   4   0   28   39   24   23    5    8   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  1.74  21   0   0   4   0   31   27    8    6    2   10   23
Joe Niekro             7   2  2.51  12  12   5   0   3   86   64   30   24    5   34   33
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  2.25   7   0   0   1   0    8   10    2    2    1    2    5
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  4.04  15   6   1   0   0   62   66   29   28    4   20   32
Doug Rau               1   4  4.15  10  10   1   0   1   52   60   27   24    1   20   25
Jerry Reuss            2   4  4.15  16   0   0   3   0   26   31   17   12    0   14   15
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               5   2  3.92   9   9   2   0   2   60   61   27   26    7   10   18
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   4  3.53  12  12   1   0   1   82   78   37   32    7   22   53
Dale Murray            2   5  3.76  23   0   0   1   0   41   43   19   17    2   22   15
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
Pete Falcone           0   5  4.91  10  10   0   0   0   55   60   35   30    8   28   22
Jesse Orosco           1   2  5.73  15   0   0   0   0   22   19   15   14    4   14   13
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  2.66  17   0   0   3   0   20   13    9    6    2    8   18
Nino Espinosa          5   5  3.00  11  11   3   0   2   72   62   29   24    7   26   35
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             2   0  0.74   3   3   1   0   0   24    8    3    2    1    5    7
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 Shirley            2   4  3.50  19   3   0   0   0   46   42   19   18    2   13   27
Bob Owchinko           2   1  3.83  10   7   1   0   0   42   44   21   18    3   19   22
Randy Jones            5   3  4.32  12  12   1   0   0   73   76   38   35    4   20   29
Mickey Lolich          0   2  4.50  10   5   0   0   0   28   33   21   14    2   10   14
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   2  2.45  23   0   0   6   0   33   36   12    9    2   17   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  9.00   9   1   0   0   0   15   23   17   15    3    6   14

 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        3   1  2.61  10   7   0   0   0   59   55   17   17    1   20   32
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  3.38  17   0   0   4   0   13   19    5    5    1    6    7
Mark Littell           3   1  3.38  19   0   0   3   0   24   16    9    9    0   19   20
John Denny             3   4  3.54  10  10   3   0   1   69   63   28   27    5   28   32
Buddy Schultz          2   2  4.00  17   0   0   2   0   27   26   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:

  J. Niekro (HOU)           7
  V. Blue (SF)              6
  S. Carlton (PHI)          6
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        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
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        6
  N. Allen (NY)             5
  V. Blue (SF)              5
  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         5
  P. Falcone (NY)           5
  S. Lockwood (NY)          5
  D. Murray (NY)            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
  D. Knowles (STL)          4
  F. Pastore (CIN)          4

Shutouts:

  J. Niekro (HOU)           3
  S. Rogers (MON)           3
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         2
  K. Forsch (HOU)           2
  B. Lee (MON)              2
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          2
  S. Carlton (PHI)          1
  J. Denny (STL)            1
  E. Halicki (SF)           1
  K. Holtzman (CHI)         1

Innings Pitched:

  P. Niekro (ATL)       101.2
  J. Niekro (HOU)        86.0
  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
  C. Swan (NY)           81.2
  D. Sutton (LA)         79.2
  B. Hooton (LA)         79.0

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          97
  V. Blue (SF)             82
  B. Knepper (SF)          79
  C. Swan (NY)             78
  R. Jones (SD)            76
  R. Lerch (PHI)           75
  S. Rogers (MON)          75
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      73
  T. Hume (CIN)            73
  G. Perry (SD)            73

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          57
  V. Blue (SF)             54
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        40
  R. Jones (SD)            38
  L. McGlothen (CHI)       37
  J. Richard (HOU)         37
  C. Swan (NY)             37
  P. Falcone (NY)          35
  R. Grimsley (MON)        35
  E. Halicki (SF)          35

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          42
  V. Blue (SF)             35
  A. Messersmith (LA)      34
  J. Niekro (HOU)          34
  M. Krukow (CHI)          33
  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
  C. Swan (NY)             53
  B. Hooton (LA)           52
  D. Sutton (LA)           49
  V. Blue (SF)             47
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        45
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      44

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