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National League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, June 5, 1979

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         33  24  3.04   57  22   8   518   461  205  175   32  179  290
Montreal        30  19  3.26   49  12  12   442   414  183  160   42  127  229
St. Louis       28  20  3.46   49  10  10   453   439  188  174   37  164  263
Pittsburgh      26  23  3.59   50   7  12   454   438  213  181   42  165  293
Philadelphia    29  24  3.68   54  14   7   474   464  212  194   42  134  258
Cincinnati      30  25  3.77   55   6  15   499   505  249  209   51  175  262
San Diego       26  31  3.99   57   8   9   508   501  261  225   38  178  290
New York        19  30  4.02   50   3  11   457   464  237  204   44  224  250
Los Angeles     27  30  4.03   57  12  10   513   500  259  230   39  208  285
San Francisco   26  29  4.22   55  11  11   486   504  259  228   57  189  267
Atlanta         20  34  4.64   54  10  13   477   508  290  246   56  174  255
Chicago         22  27  4.67   49   7  12   444   490  253  230   44  169  279

 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
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
Silvio Martinez (STL)  3   1  2.88  11   8   0   0   0   66   63   21   21    2   22   37
Paul Moskau (CIN)      4   2  2.95  10   6   0   0   0   58   50   26   19    5   27   26
Steve Carlton (PHI)    7   6  3.00  13  13   6   0   2   99   80   37   33    7   29   65
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
Rick Matula            3   4  3.62  10  10   0   0   0   65   66   28   26    5   19   28
Craig Skok             1   1  3.66  24   0   0   1   0   32   33   14   13    3   11   15
Phil Niekro            6   8  3.94  15  15   7   0   0  110  104   63   48   18   45   60
Gene Garber            2   7  4.08  26   0   0  12   0   46   51   30   21    7    6   26
Rick Mahler            0   0  4.80  11   0   0   0   0   15   11    8    8    3    9    7
Mickey Mahler          2   5  5.05  11   9   1   0   0   57   68   39   32    4   22   36
Tony Brizzolara        1   2  5.11   4   4   0   0   0   25   28   16   14    1   12   18
Eddie Solomon          3   2  5.13   9   8   1   0   0   47   48   29   27    5   15   29
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  8.59   3   1   0   0   0    7   12    9    7    2    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   2  4.62  14  10   2   0   1   60   70   34   31    6   14   32
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
Ray Burris             0   0  6.23  14   0   0   0   0   22   23   17   15    0   15   14
Donnie Moore           1   2  6.61  17   0   0   0   0   31   42   25   23    3   12   19
Bill Caudill           0   1  6.75   5   1   0   0   0   13   22   14   10    3   10   14

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Tomlin            2   1  2.30  26   0   0   1   0   27   27   14    7    1    9   16
Mike Lacoss            6   0  2.40  13  11   1   0   1   79   69   31   21    5   27   32
Paul Moskau            4   2  2.95  10   6   0   0   0   58   50   26   19    5   27   26
Pedro Borbon           2   2  3.00  24   0   0   2   0   39   38   13   13    2    6   16
Fred Norman            3   5  3.14  12  10   2   0   0   66   58   29   23    5   25   33
Doug Bair              3   0  3.30  22   0   0   7   0   30   27   11   11    4   20   25
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   5  5.44  10  10   2   0   1   51   58   34   31    6   17   34
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
Randy Niemann          2   0  0.72   3   3   2   0   1   25   19    3    2    0    5   10
Joe Sambito            2   2  1.74  21   0   0   4   0   31   27    8    6    2   10   23
Rick Williams          2   2  1.86  10   6   2   0   2   48   46   10   10    1    8   14
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
George Throop          0   0  3.38   1   0   0   0   0    3    4    1    1    1    1    0
Frank Riccelli         2   2  4.29  10   2   0   0   0   21   21   11   10    0   18   19
Bo McLaughlin          1   2  5.51  12   0   0   0   0   16   22   15   10    2    4   12
Tom Dixon              0   1  6.00   6   1   0   0   0   12   17    9    8    2    5    2
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  1.38   9   0   0   1   0   13   14    3    2    1    2    7
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   5  3.55  12  12   4   0   0   91   76   43   36    7   25   58
Rick Sutcliffe         6   3  3.79  16   7   2   0   0   71   70   31   30    5   23   34
Jerry Reuss            2   4  3.86  17   0   0   3   0   28   33   17   12    0   15   15
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  1.77  19   0   0   5   0   36   29    9    7    2   14   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   4  3.21  11  11   3   0   2   67   53   26   24    9   18   50
Stan Bahnsen           2   1  3.25  16   0   0   2   0   28   27   10   10    4    9   14
Bill Lee               6   2  3.46  10  10   2   0   2   68   65   28   26    7   12   19
Rudy May               2   0  3.94  11   0   0   0   0   16   19    9    7    2    7   12
David Palmer           2   1  4.58  14   0   0   2   0   20   20   13   10    4    6   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
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
Kevin Kobel            2   1  3.23   9   7   0   0   0   47   43   20   17    5   18   21
Craig Swan             5   4  3.38  13  13   2   0   1   91   84   39   34    9   24   60
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  4.86  11   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  5.37  12  11   0   0   0   59   66   40   35   10   32   26
Wayne Twitchell        0   0  5.56  10   1   0   0   0   23   21   20   14    2   25   15
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  2.70  20   0   0   4   0   23   16   10    7    2   10   19
Steve Carlton          7   6  3.00  13  13   6   0   2   99   80   37   33    7   29   65
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
Larry Christenson      0   3  3.45   6   4   0   0   0   29   28   11   11    2    0   19
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   1  1.84   4   4   1   0   0   29   15    7    6    2    8   10
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
Enrique Romo           1   2  3.07  23   0   0   0   0   29   33   12   10    3   11   23
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   4  3.31  12  11   2   0   0   73   78   32   27    8   15   45
Bert Blyleven          2   2  4.61  13  13   1   0   0   80   84   43   41   12   35   54
Kent Tekulve           3   5  4.65  31   0   0   5   0   41   39   24   21    4   17   29
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         3   5  4.07  15  10   2   0   0   73   75   35   33    5   22   26
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  2.21  25   0   0   7   0   37   38   12    9    2   19   31
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  5.98  14  14   5   0   0   93  100   67   62   14   41   51
Randy Moffitt          1   3  7.11  17   0   0   1   0   25   33   22   20    4   11   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
Pete Vuckovich         5   3  2.85  12  11   3   0   0   82   78   33   26    9   14   53
Silvio Martinez        3   1  2.88  11   8   0   0   0   66   63   21   21    2   22   37
Mark Littell           4   1  3.00  21   0   0   3   0   27   18    9    9    0   22   21
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             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  4.03  19   0   0   2   0   29   28   13   13    6   11   28
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
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  V. Blue (SF)              6
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           6
  B. Lee (MON)              6
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        6
  P. Niekro (ATL)           6
  J. Richard (HOU)          6
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          6
  R. Sutcliffe (LA)         6

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
  S. Carlton (PHI)          6
  K. Forsch (HOU)           6
  V. Blue (SF)              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)          12
  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
  K. Tekulve (PIT)          5

Shutouts:

  J. Niekro (HOU)           3
  S. Rogers (MON)           3
  S. Carlton (PHI)          2
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         2
  K. Forsch (HOU)           2
  B. Lee (MON)              2
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          2
  S. Sanderson (MON)        2
  R. Williams (HOU)         2
  J. Denny (STL)            1

Innings Pitched:

  P. Niekro (ATL)       109.2
  S. Carlton (PHI)       99.0
  V. Blue (SF)           93.1
  J. Niekro (HOU)        93.1
  G. Perry (SD)          93.0
  D. Sutton (LA)         91.1
  C. Swan (NY)           90.2
  S. Rogers (MON)        88.1
  B. Knepper (SF)        88.0
  J. Richard (HOU)       88.0

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)         104
  V. Blue (SF)            100
  B. Knepper (SF)          87
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        84
  C. Swan (NY)             84
  R. Jones (SD)            83
  R. Lerch (PHI)           82
  T. Hume (CIN)            81
  S. Rogers (MON)          81
  S. Carlton (PHI)         80

Runs:

  V. Blue (SF)             67
  P. Niekro (ATL)          63
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        43
  R. Jones (SD)            43
  D. Sutton (LA)           43
  P. Falcone (NY)          40
  M. Mahler (ATL)          39
  L. McGlothen (CHI)       39
  J. Richard (HOU)         39
  C. Swan (NY)             39

Home Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          18
  V. Blue (SF)             14
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        12
  B. Knepper (SF)          12
  T. Hume (CIN)            11
  L. McGlothen (CHI)       11
  P. Falcone (NY)          10
  R. Lerch (PHI)            9
  A. Messersmith (LA)       9
  S. Sanderson (MON)        9

Walks:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          45
  V. Blue (SF)             41
  M. Krukow (CHI)          36
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        35
  A. Messersmith (LA)      34
  J. Niekro (HOU)          34
  J. Andujar (HOU)         33
  P. Falcone (NY)          32
  B. Knepper (SF)          32
  J. D'Acquisto (SD)       31

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)         89
  S. Carlton (PHI)         65
  P. Niekro (ATL)          60
  C. Swan (NY)             60
  D. Sutton (LA)           58
  G. Perry (SD)            56
  B. Hooton (LA)           55
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        54
  P. Vuckovich (STL)       53
  V. Blue (SF)             51


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