Friday June 1, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, June 1, 1979

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         30  23  3.02   53  20   7   482   422  192  162   30  172  277
Montreal        29  16  3.28   45  12  12   409   387  171  149   41  111  214
St. Louis       25  20  3.40   46   8  10   426   413  175  161   33  158  240
Philadelphia    27  21  3.60   49  13   6   432   418  189  173   36  115  236
Pittsburgh      24  21  3.72   46   6  11   418   416  205  173   38  149  276
Cincinnati      27  23  3.81   50   5  14   454   462  232  192   46  158  226
New York        17  28  3.98   46   2  10   423   429  218  187   38  207  222
Los Angeles     26  27  3.99   53  10  10   480   462  236  213   34  198  272
San Diego       24  30  4.00   54   6   9   482   481  250  214   32  172  283
San Francisco   25  27  4.24   52  11  10   461   472  246  217   52  178  252
Chicago         21  25  4.60   46   7  11   417   461  233  213   38  157  262
Atlanta         18  32  4.74   50  10  11   441   470  266  232   53  158  235

 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   2  2.84  18   0   0   0   0   25   31   10    8    2    9    6
Craig Skok             1   1  3.90  22   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
Gene Garber            2   7  4.36  24   0   0  10   0   43   50   29   21    7    6   25
Mickey Mahler          2   4  4.47  10   8   1   0   0   56   64   35   28    4   21   35
Rick Mahler            0   0  4.97   9   0   0   0   0   13   10    7    7    3    7    4
Eddie Solomon          3   2  5.13   9   8   1   0   0   47   48   29   27    5   15   29
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  0.64   6   0   0   1   0   14   10    1    1    0    6    6
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
Rick Reuschel          3   5  5.31  10  10   1   0   0   59   71   35   35    4   16   29
Willie Hernandez       0   0  5.65  20   0   0   0   0   29   35   21   18    4   12   18
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
Dave Tomlin            2   1  2.33  25   0   0   1   0   27   25   14    7    1    9   15
Mike Lacoss            5   0  2.40  12  10   1   0   1   71   61   29   19    5   26   31
Paul Moskau            4   2  2.60   9   5   0   0   0   52   45   22   15    3   21   18
Pedro Borbon           2   1  2.68  22   0   0   2   0   37   34   11   11    2    5   16
Doug Bair              3   0  2.70  20   0   0   6   0   27   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  4.60   8   8   0   0   0   45   48   25   23    6   15   20
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           6   4  3.38  13  13   4   0   0   88   79   39   33    5   30   89
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   3   0   0   0   0    4    4    0    0    0    1    1
Lerrin LaGrow          1   0  1.80   8   0   0   1   0   10   10    2    2    1    2    6
Burt Hooton            4   2  3.08  10  10   3   0   0   79   66   28   27    3   26   52
Bob Welch              4   2  3.11  16   5   0   5   0   46   46   18   16    3   20   35
Don Sutton             6   4  3.54  11  11   4   0   0   86   72   41   34    6   23   54
Jerry Reuss            2   4  3.86  17   0   0   3   0   28   33   17   12    0   15   15
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
Andy Messersmith       2   4  4.91  11  11   1   0   0   62   55   34   34    9   34   26
Charlie Hough          0   2  6.30  16   0   0   0   0   40   41   31   28    7   26   21
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  1.39  17   0   0   5   0   32   25    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  3.38  15   0   0   2   0   27   27   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   4  4.92  12  12   2   0   0   64   76   38   35    8   20   11

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ed Glynn               0   0  0.00   1   0   0   1   0    1    0    0    0    0    2    0
Skip Lockwood          2   5  1.45  26   0   0   8   0   37   30    6    6    2   14   39
Kevin Kobel            2   0  2.27   8   6   0   0   0   44   35   14   11    3   15   18
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  3.56  25   0   0   1   0   43   43   19   17    2   25   16
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  5.13  16   0   0   0   0   26   25   16   15    4   14   17
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
Steve Carlton          6   6  3.30  12  12   5   0   1   90   79   37   33    7   25   61
Larry Christenson      0   2  3.32   5   3   0   0   0   22   22    8    8    2    0   15
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  3.55  21   0   0   0   0   25   33   12   10    3   11   22
Bert Blyleven          1   2  4.95  12  12   1   0   0   73   78   42   40   11   28   49
Kent Tekulve           3   5  5.11  29   0   0   4   0   37   37   24   21    4   16   28
Ed Whitson             1   3  5.14  15   4   0   1   0   35   39   28   20    2   25   18
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  2.84   9   0   0   0   0   13   13    5    4    1    4    6
Rollie Fingers         5   3  2.91  23   0   0   8   0   43   40   16   14    1   14   32
Steve Mura             2   2  3.41  10   5   0   0   0   37   27   16   14    3   17   38
Bob Shirley            2   5  3.69  20   3   0   0   0   46   43   20   19    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
Mickey Lolich          0   2  4.50  10   5   0   0   0   28   33   21   14    2   10   14
Randy Jones            5   3  4.68  13  13   1   0   0   77   83   43   40    4   21   33
John D'Acquisto        2   4  6.69  20   1   0   1   0   35   35   32   26    6   31   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  2.70  18   1   0   2   0   30   30   12    9    3   14   17
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
Phil Nastu             2   4  3.47   8   8   1   0   0   49   50   21   19    5   17   17
Ed Halicki             5   3  3.57  11  11   3   0   1   71   71   35   28    6   22   37
Greg Minton            0   0  4.50   1   0   0   0   0    2    3    1    1    0    0    0
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
Mark Littell           3   1  3.12  20   0   0   3   0   26   18    9    9    0   21   21
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
John Denny             3   4  3.87  11  11   3   0   1   77   73   34   33    8   29   35
Buddy Schultz          3   2  4.18  18   0   0   2   0   28   27   13   13    6   11   26
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
  J. Richard (HOU)          6
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          6
  D. Sutton (LA)            6
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         5
  R. Fingers (SD)           5
  E. Halicki (SF)           5

Losses:

  P. Niekro (ATL)           8
  G. Garber (ATL)           7
  V. Blue (SF)              6
  S. Carlton (PHI)          6
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        6
  N. Allen (NY)             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
  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  J. Niekro (HOU)           5
  S. Rogers (MON)           5
  J. Richard (HOU)          4
  D. Sutton (LA)            4
  J. Denny (STL)            3
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         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
  S. Carlton (PHI)       90.0
  J. Richard (HOU)       88.0
  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
  C. Swan (NY)           81.2

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          97
  V. Blue (SF)             90
  R. Jones (SD)            83
  S. Carlton (PHI)         79
  B. Knepper (SF)          79
  J. Richard (HOU)         79
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        78
  C. Swan (NY)             78
  R. Grimsley (MON)        76
  R. Lerch (PHI)           75

Runs:

  V. Blue (SF)             63
  P. Niekro (ATL)          57
  R. Jones (SD)            43
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        42
  D. Sutton (LA)           41
  J. Richard (HOU)         39
  R. Grimsley (MON)        38
  S. Carlton (PHI)         37
  L. McGlothen (CHI)       37
  C. Swan (NY)             37

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
  A. Messersmith (LA)       9
  J. Denny (STL)            8
  P. Falcone (NY)           8
  R. Grimsley (MON)         8

Walks:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          42
  V. Blue (SF)             39
  A. Messersmith (LA)      34
  J. Niekro (HOU)          34
  M. Krukow (CHI)          33
  J. D'Acquisto (SD)       31
  J. Andujar (HOU)         30
  J. Richard (HOU)         30
  J. Denny (STL)           29
  B. Knepper (SF)          29

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)         89
  S. Carlton (PHI)         61
  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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