Sunday June 3, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, June 3, 1979

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         32  23  3.01   55  21   8   500   438  197  167   31  175  284
Montreal        29  18  3.31   47  12  12   425   404  178  156   41  119  224
St. Louis       27  20  3.45   48  10  10   444   430  184  170   36  161  256
Pittsburgh      25  22  3.63   48   7  11   436   423  208  176   40  154  283
Philadelphia    28  23  3.76   52  13   7   457   456  209  191   42  129  250
Cincinnati      29  24  3.78   53   6  15   481   487  242  202   49  171  249
San Diego       25  31  4.01   56   7   9   499   495  258  222   37  175  287
New York        18  29  4.01   48   2  11   440   449  229  196   40  214  236
Los Angeles     26  29  4.10   55  11  10   496   488  254  226   37  203  278
San Francisco   26  28  4.24   54  11  11   478   491  254  225   56  183  263
Chicago         22  26  4.60   48   7  12   435   479  242  222   42  165  274
Atlanta         19  33  4.75   52  10  12   459   492  281  242   55  166  247

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gaylord Perry (SD)     5   4  2.32  12  12   4   0   0   93   77   30   24    4   21   56
Mike Lacoss (CIN)      6   0  2.40  13  11   1   0   1   79   69   31   21    5   27   32
Silvio Martinez (STL)  3   1  2.61  10   7   0   0   0   59   55   17   17    1   20   32
Bruce Kison (PIT)      3   1  2.61  13   6   1   0   1   52   40   18   15    2   14   43
Joe Niekro (HOU)       8   2  2.70  13  13   5   0   3   93   73   34   28    6   34   34
Ken Forsch (HOU)       4   3  2.71  10   9   6   0   2   73   62   28   22    4   17   27
Steve Rogers (MON)     5   3  2.85  13  13   5   0   3   88   81   33   28    5   18   46
Pete Vuckovich (STL)   5   3  2.85  12  11   3   0   0   82   78   33   26    9   14   53
Paul Moskau (CIN)      4   2  2.95  10   6   0   0   0   58   50   26   19    5   27   26
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   2  3.18  19   0   0   0   0   28   35   12   10    3   12    6
Craig Skok             1   1  3.77  23   0   0   1   0   31   33   14   13    3   11   15
Phil Niekro            6   8  3.94  15  15   7   0   0  110  104   63   48   18   45   60
Rick Matula            2   4  4.06   9   9   0   0   0   58   61   28   26    5   17   26
Gene Garber            2   7  4.26  25   0   0  11   0   44   50   29   21    7    6   25
Rick Mahler            0   0  4.50  10   0   0   0   0   14   10    7    7    3    8    7
Mickey Mahler          2   5  5.05  11   9   1   0   0   57   68   39   32    4   22   36
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  9.95   2   1   0   0   0    6   10    7    7    1    1    4
Jamie Easterly         0   0 13.50   4   0   0   0   0    3    7    6    4    0    3    3

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bruce Sutter           1   2  1.55  16   0   0  10   0   29   19    6    5    2    9   29
Dick Tidrow            1   1  2.12   7   0   0   1   0   17   14    4    4    0   10    7
Mike Krukow            2   4  3.47  10  10   0   0   0   57   51   24   22    3   36   46
Dennis Lamp            4   1  4.21  13   9   2   0   1   58   64   27   27    6   12   31
Ken Holtzman           4   4  4.66  10   9   2   0   1   58   70   34   30    8   20   27
Lynn McGlothen         6   6  4.90  16   9   2   1   0   68   73   39   37   11   15   44
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            6   0  2.40  13  11   1   0   1   79   69   31   21    5   27   32
Doug Bair              3   0  2.54  21   0   0   7   0   28   23    8    8    2   20   23
Paul Moskau            4   2  2.95  10   6   0   0   0   58   50   26   19    5   27   26
Pedro Borbon           2   2  3.08  23   0   0   2   0   38   37   13   13    2    6   16
Fred Norman            2   5  3.41  11   9   2   0   0   58   53   28   22    5   24   28
Manny Sarmiento        0   1  3.86   2   0   0   0   0    2    3    1    1    0    2    1
Tom Hume               4   4  4.14  15   9   1   1   0   67   81   35   31   11   14   34
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

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bert Roberge           0   0  0.00   2   0   0   1   0    4    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             8   2  2.70  13  13   5   0   3   93   73   34   28    6   34   34
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
Joaquin Andujar        5   3  3.35  21   4   2   3   0   54   40   21   20    2   33   33
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
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   3  3.00  11  11   4   0   0   87   78   34   29    3   28   55
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
Andy Messersmith       2   4  4.91  11  11   1   0   0   62   55   34   34    9   34   26
Doug Rau               1   5  5.30  11  11   1   0   1   56   73   37   33    3   22   28
Charlie Hough          0   2  6.14  17   0   0   0   0   44   42   33   30    8   27   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   2  1.60  18   0   0   5   0   34   26    8    6    2   13   23
Woodie Fryman          1   2  1.86  12   0   0   2   0   19   15    7    4    0    7   13
Dan Schatzeder         1   0  2.25  10   3   0   1   0   36   29   10    9    1   16   30
Steve Rogers           5   3  2.85  13  13   5   0   3   88   81   33   28    5   18   46
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
Bill Lee               5   2  3.92   9   9   2   0   2   60   61   27   26    7   10   18
Rudy May               2   0  3.94  11   0   0   0   0   16   19    9    7    2    7   12
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
Skip Lockwood          2   5  1.34  27   0   0   9   0   40   31    6    6    2   14   41
Kevin Kobel            2   0  2.27   8   6   0   0   0   44   35   14   11    3   15   18
Ed Glynn               0   1  2.45   2   0   0   1   0    4    5    1    1    0    4    3
Pat Zachry             5   0  2.89   6   6   1   0   0   37   37   14   12    3   17   17
Craig Swan             4   4  3.53  12  12   1   0   1   82   78   37   32    7   22   53
Dale Murray            2   5  3.53  26   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  4.91  10   7   0   0   0   37   38   24   20    4   16   12
Jesse Orosco           1   2  5.13  16   0   0   0   0   26   25   16   15    4   14   17
Pete Falcone           0   5  5.46  11  11   0   0   0   58   66   40   35   10   29   25
Wayne Twitchell        0   0  6.41   9   1   0   0   0   20   20   20   14    2   23   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  2.82  19   0   0   4   0   22   15   10    7    2    9   19
Nino Espinosa          5   5  3.00  11  11   3   0   2   72   62   29   24    7   26   35
Dick Ruthven           6   3  3.22  12  12   3   0   2   81   72   29   29    2   22   43
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   4  3.57  12  12   2   0   0   76   82   32   30    9   17   28
Ron Reed               5   1  3.75  20   0   0   2   0   36   42   17   15    3    9   18
Jim Kaat               1   0  4.32   3   1   0   0   0    8    9    4    4    1    5    2
Doug Bird              0   0  6.51  13   0   0   0   0   28   44   20   20    6    7   14
Rawly Eastwick         1   1  7.50  11   0   0   1   0   18   20   16   15    1    6   10
Jim Lonborg            0   1 12.46   3   1   0   0   0    4    9    7    6    2    3    5

 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
Bruce Kison            3   1  2.61  13   6   1   0   1   52   40   18   15    2   14   43
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
Enrique Romo           1   2  3.29  22   0   0   0   0   27   33   12   10    3   11   22
John Candelaria        4   4  3.31  12  11   2   0   0   73   78   32   27    8   15   45
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          5   4  2.32  12  12   4   0   0   93   77   30   24    4   21   56
Dennis Kinney          0   0  2.87  10   0   0   0   0   16   15    6    5    2    6    8
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  3.49  21   3   0   0   0   49   44   20   19    2   13   28
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
Bob Owchinko           2   2  4.84  11   8   1   0   0   45   51   27   24    7   19   22
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  2.34  24   0   0   7   0   35   36   12    9    2   17   30
Dave Roberts           0   1  2.70  18   1   0   2   0   30   30   12    9    3   14   17
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
Bob Knepper            5   2  3.48  13  13   2   0   1   88   87   36   34   12   32   45
Ed Halicki             5   3  3.57  11  11   3   0   1   71   71   35   28    6   22   37
Tom Griffin            2   4  4.35  21   2   0   1   0   39   34   22   19    5   17   30
Greg Minton            0   0  4.50   1   0   0   0   0    2    3    1    1    0    0    0
Vida Blue              6   6  6.08  13  13   5   0   0   87   90   63   59   13   39   48
Randy Moffitt          1   2  7.11  16   0   0   1   0   25   32   21   20    4    9   11
John Curtis            1   2  7.29  10   2   0   0   0   21   31   19   17    4    8   17

 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         5   3  2.85  12  11   3   0   0   82   78   33   26    9   14   53
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             3   4  3.36  11  11   4   0   0   80   74   34   30    8   21   36
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)           8
  V. Blue (SF)              6
  S. Carlton (PHI)          6
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           6
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        6
  P. Niekro (ATL)           6
  J. Richard (HOU)          6
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          6
  D. Sutton (LA)            6
  J. Andujar (HOU)          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
  M. Mahler (ATL)           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
  B. Forsch (STL)           4
  B. Hooton (LA)            4
  G. Perry (SD)             4
  J. Richard (HOU)          4

Saves:

  G. Garber (ATL)          11
  B. Sutter (CHI)          10
  S. Lockwood (NY)          9
  R. Fingers (SD)           8
  D. Bair (CIN)             7
  G. Lavelle (SF)           7
  G. Jackson (PIT)          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)       109.2
  J. Niekro (HOU)        93.1
  G. Perry (SD)          93.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)       90.0
  S. Rogers (MON)        88.1
  B. Knepper (SF)        88.0
  J. Richard (HOU)       88.0
  V. Blue (SF)           87.1
  B. Hooton (LA)         87.0
  D. Sutton (LA)         86.1

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)         104
  V. Blue (SF)             90
  B. Knepper (SF)          87
  R. Jones (SD)            83
  R. Lerch (PHI)           82
  T. Hume (CIN)            81
  S. Rogers (MON)          81
  S. Carlton (PHI)         79
  J. Richard (HOU)         79
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        78

Runs:

  V. Blue (SF)             63
  P. Niekro (ATL)          63
  R. Jones (SD)            43
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        42
  D. Sutton (LA)           41
  P. Falcone (NY)          40
  M. Mahler (ATL)          39
  L. McGlothen (CHI)       39
  J. Richard (HOU)         39
  R. Grimsley (MON)        38

Home Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          18
  V. Blue (SF)             13
  B. Knepper (SF)          12
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        11
  T. Hume (CIN)            11
  L. McGlothen (CHI)       11
  P. Falcone (NY)          10
  R. Lerch (PHI)            9
  A. Messersmith (LA)       9
  P. Vuckovich (STL)        9

Walks:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          45
  V. Blue (SF)             39
  M. Krukow (CHI)          36
  A. Messersmith (LA)      34
  J. Niekro (HOU)          34
  J. Andujar (HOU)         33
  B. Knepper (SF)          32
  J. D'Acquisto (SD)       31
  J. Richard (HOU)         30
  J. Denny (STL)           29

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)         89
  S. Carlton (PHI)         61
  P. Niekro (ATL)          60
  G. Perry (SD)            56
  B. Hooton (LA)           55
  D. Sutton (LA)           54
  C. Swan (NY)             53
  P. Vuckovich (STL)       53
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        49
  V. Blue (SF)             48


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