Thursday May 31, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, May 31, 1979

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         29  23  3.04   52  19   7   473   415  190  160   30  170  269
Montreal        29  15  3.28   44  12  12   401   377  168  146   40  111  214
St. Louis       24  20  3.34   45   8  10   415   400  168  154   30  153  233
Philadelphia    27  20  3.63   48  12   6   424   410  185  171   36  110  230
Pittsburgh      23  21  3.70   45   6  11   409   404  197  168   36  146  269
Cincinnati      26  23  3.84   49   5  13   445   452  230  190   44  157  224
San Diego       24  29  3.90   53   6   9   473   467  241  205   31  168  278
Los Angeles     26  26  3.93   52  10  10   470   443  228  205   32  193  269
New York        16  28  4.00   45   2   9   412   413  214  183   38  201  215
San Francisco   25  26  4.19   51  11  10   453   461  238  211   50  174  249
Chicago         20  25  4.66   45   7  11   408   452  231  211   38  155  260
Atlanta         18  31  4.75   49  10  11   430   458  261  227   52  156  226

 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
Nino Espinosa (PHI)    5   5  3.00  11  11   3   0   2   72   62   29   24    7   26   35
Scott Sanderson (MON)  4   3  3.03  10  10   3   0   2   62   50   23   21    8   14   46

 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   4  4.06   9   9   0   0   0   58   61   28   26    5   17   26
Mickey Mahler          2   4  4.47  10   8   1   0   0   56   64   35   28    4   21   35
Gene Garber            2   7  4.57  23   0   0  10   0   41   49   29   21    7    5   22
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  0.69   5   0   0   1   0   13    9    1    1    0    6    5
Bruce Sutter           1   2  1.67  15   0   0   9   0   27   19    6    5    2    9   26
Mike Krukow            1   4  3.78   9   9   0   0   0   50   47   23   21    2   33   42
Dennis Lamp            4   1  4.21  13   9   2   0   1   58   64   27   27    6   12   31
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
Pedro Borbon           2   1  2.75  21   0   0   1   0   36   33   11   11    2    5   16
Doug Bair              2   0  2.81  19   0   0   6   0   26   23    8    8    2   18   19
Fred Norman            2   5  3.41  11   9   2   0   0   58   53   28   22    5   24   28
Tom Hume               3   4  4.47  14   8   0   1   0   58   73   33   29   10   12   25
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
Rick Williams          2   1  1.00   9   5   2   0   2   45   38    5    5    1    8   14
Randy Niemann          1   0  1.13   2   2   1   0   0   16   13    3    2    0    4    6
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  2.76  15   5   0   5   0   46   42   16   14    3   19   34
Burt Hooton            4   2  3.08  10  10   3   0   0   79   66   28   27    3   26   52
Don Sutton             6   4  3.54  11  11   4   0   0   86   72   41   34    6   23   54
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        4   3  3.03  10  10   3   0   2   62   50   23   21    8   14   46
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  1.53  25   0   0   8   0   35   27    6    6    2   13   38
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  3.70  24   0   0   1   0   41   43   19   17    2   22   15
Dwight Bernard         0   1  4.50  17   0   0   0   0   20   26   12   10    1   12    8
Mike Scott             1   1  4.79   9   7   0   0   0   36   37   23   19    4   16   11
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
Wayne Twitchell        0   0  6.87   8   1   0   0   0   18   18   20   14    2   22   12
Neil Allen             1   5  7.06  12   5   0   0   0   29   45   26   23    2   23   14

 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
Larry Christenson      0   2  3.32   5   3   0   0   0   22   22    8    8    2    0   15
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  3.82  19   0   0   2   0   33   38   15   14    2    8   17
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  2.66  24   0   0   6   0   24   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            2   1  3.24  11   5   0   0   0   42   38   18   15    2   11   37
Enrique Romo           1   2  3.65  20   0   0   0   0   25   32   12   10    3   11   22
Kent Tekulve           2   5  4.76  28   0   0   4   0   34   33   21   18    3   16   25
Bert Blyleven          1   2  4.95  12  12   1   0   0   73   78   42   40   11   28   49
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
Rollie Fingers         5   3  2.91  22   0   0   8   0   43   39   16   14    1   12   32
Dennis Kinney          0   0  3.00   8   0   0   0   0   12   12    5    4    1    4    5
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
Eric Rasmussen         2   5  4.22  14   9   1   0   0   64   69   32   30    4   19   23
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
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
Phil Nastu             2   3  2.78   7   7   1   0   0   45   46   16   14    4   14   16
Dave Roberts           0   1  2.89  17   1   0   2   0   28   26   10    9    2   13   15
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   6  6.08  13  13   5   0   0   87   90   63   59   13   39   48
Randy Moffitt          0   2  7.23  15   0   0   1   0   24   29   20   19    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
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
Will McEnaney          0   0  3.00   6   0   0   0   0    6    7    2    2    0    1    2
Darold Knowles         2   1  3.07  18   0   0   5   0   15   19    5    5    1    6    8
Tom Bruno              1   2  3.13  18   0   0   0   0   23   19    8    8    0   13   16
Bob Forsch             2   4  3.15  10  10   3   0   0   71   64   29   25    7   19   32
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              4   2  5.03   9   8   0   0   0   48   60   29   27    3   25   27

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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
  D. Sutton (LA)            6
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         5
  R. Fingers (SD)           5
  E. Halicki (SF)           5
  R. Jones (SD)             5

Losses:

  P. Niekro (ATL)           8
  G. Garber (ATL)           7
  V. Blue (SF)              6
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        6
  N. Allen (NY)             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
  R. Fingers (SD)           8
  S. Lockwood (NY)          8
  D. Bair (CIN)             6
  G. Jackson (PIT)          6
  G. Lavelle (SF)           6
  D. Knowles (STL)          5
  E. Sosa (MON)             5
  B. Welch (LA)             5

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. Sanderson (MON)        2
  R. Williams (HOU)         2
  S. Carlton (PHI)          1
  J. Denny (STL)            1

Innings Pitched:

  P. Niekro (ATL)       101.2
  V. Blue (SF)           87.1
  D. Sutton (LA)         86.1
  J. Niekro (HOU)        86.0
  S. Rogers (MON)        84.1
  G. Perry (SD)          84.0
  B. Knepper (SF)        82.1
  S. Carlton (PHI)       82.0
  C. Swan (NY)           81.2
  B. Hooton (LA)         79.0

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          97
  V. Blue (SF)             90
  B. Knepper (SF)          79
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        78
  C. Swan (NY)             78
  R. Jones (SD)            76
  R. Lerch (PHI)           75
  S. Rogers (MON)          75
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      73
  T. Hume (CIN)            73

Runs:

  V. Blue (SF)             63
  P. Niekro (ATL)          57
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        42
  D. Sutton (LA)           41
  R. Jones (SD)            38
  L. McGlothen (CHI)       37
  J. Richard (HOU)         37
  C. Swan (NY)             37
  P. Falcone (NY)          35
  R. Grimsley (MON)        35

Home Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          17
  V. Blue (SF)             13
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        11
  T. Hume (CIN)            10
  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)             39
  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
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        28
  J. Denny (STL)           28

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)         81
  S. Carlton (PHI)         55
  G. Perry (SD)            55
  P. Niekro (ATL)          54
  D. Sutton (LA)           54
  C. Swan (NY)             53
  B. Hooton (LA)           52
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        49
  V. Blue (SF)             48
  S. Sanderson (MON)       46

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