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Wednesday June 6, 1979
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National League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, June 6, 1979

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         34  24  3.04   58  22   9   527   468  208  178   33  182  295
Montreal        31  19  3.22   50  12  12   451   420  185  161   42  128  235
St. Louis       29  20  3.47   50  10  11   462   449  193  178   40  170  269
Pittsburgh      27  23  3.60   51   7  13   463   445  217  185   45  168  298
Philadelphia    29  25  3.70   55  14   7   482   472  216  198   43  138  261
Cincinnati      30  26  3.79   56   6  15   508   517  254  214   51  177  266
San Diego       26  32  3.98   58   8   9   516   510  264  228   38  180  291
New York        20  30  4.00   51   3  12   466   471  240  207   45  229  255
Los Angeles     27  31  4.01   58  12  10   521   507  264  232   41  208  289
San Francisco   26  30  4.26   56  11  11   494   517  265  234   59  191  270
Chicago         23  27  4.57   50   7  13   453   494  253  230   44  170  286
Atlanta         20  35  4.76   55  10  13   486   523  302  257   56  177  262

 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
Craig Skok             1   1  3.44  25   0   0   1   0   34   34   14   13    3   11   16
Rick Matula            3   4  3.62  10  10   0   0   0   65   66   28   26    5   19   28
Gene Garber            2   7  4.08  26   0   0  12   0   46   51   30   21    7    6   26
Phil Niekro            6   9  4.39  16  16   7   0   0  113  111   71   55   18   47   63
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
Rick Mahler            0   0  5.68  12   0   0   0   0   19   18   12   12    3   10   10
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  1.45  17   0   0  11   0   31   19    6    5    2    9   31
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
Rick Reuschel          4   5  4.75  11  11   1   0   0   66   75   35   35    4   17   34
Lynn McGlothen         6   6  4.90  16   9   2   1   0   68   73   39   37   11   15   44
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  2.28  27   0   0   1   0   28   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
Fred Norman            3   5  3.14  12  10   2   0   0   66   58   29   23    5   25   33
Pedro Borbon           2   2  3.20  25   0   0   2   0   39   40   14   14    2    6   16
Doug Bair              3   0  3.30  22   0   0   7   0   30   27   11   11    4   20   25
Tom Hume               4   4  4.02  16   9   1   1   0   69   84   35   31   11   14   35
Bill Bonham            2   1  4.24   9   9   0   0   0   51   52   26   24    6   17   23
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
Manny Sarmiento        0   2 13.50   3   0   0   0   0    3    6    4    4    0    2    1

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bert Roberge           0   0  0.00   3   0   0   2   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            3   2  1.67  22   0   0   4   0   32   29    8    6    2   11   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
George Throop          0   0  3.38   1   0   0   0   0    3    4    1    1    1    1    0
J.R. Richard           6   4  3.41  14  14   4   0   0   95   84   42   36    6   32   94
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   4   0   0   0   0    5    5    1    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   3  3.28  17   5   0   5   0   47   47   19   17    4   20   36
Jerry Reuss            2   4  3.34  18   1   0   3   0   35   38   20   13    1   15   18
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
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  4.15  15   0   0   2   0   22   20   13   10    4    6   13
Ross Grimsley          5   4  4.56  13  13   2   0   0   71   82   40   36    8   21   15

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Skip Lockwood          2   5  1.49  28   0   0   9   0   42   33    7    7    3   14   42
Ed Glynn               0   1  1.93   3   0   0   2   0    5    5    1    1    0    5    4
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            3   5  3.45  27   0   0   1   0   44   44   19   17    2   25   17
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  4.88  17   1   0   0   0   31   29   18   17    4   18   19
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  2.66  21   0   0   4   0   24   16   10    7    2   10   20
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  3.53  13  13   2   0   0   82   87   34   32    9   20   28
Ron Reed               5   2  4.06  21   0   0   2   0   38   45   19   17    4   10   20
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           2   2  2.97  24   0   0   0   0   30   33   12   10    3   11   24
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
Kent Tekulve           3   5  4.54  32   0   0   6   0   42   40   24   21    4   17   29
Bert Blyleven          2   2  4.61  13  13   1   0   0   80   84   43   41   12   35   54
Ed Whitson             1   3  5.14  16   5   0   1   0   42   45   32   24    5   28   22
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
Rollie Fingers         5   3  2.80  24   0   0   8   0   45   40   16   14    1   14   33
Dennis Kinney          0   0  2.87  10   0   0   0   0   16   15    6    5    2    6    8
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   4  4.64  14  14   1   0   0   83   92   46   43    4   23   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  2.17  26   0   0   7   0   37   39   12    9    2   19   31
Dave Roberts           0   1  2.70  19   1   0   2   0   30   32   12    9    3   14   17
John Montefusco        1   2  3.38   4   4   0   0   0   27   24   10   10    2    6   11
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
Phil Nastu             2   4  3.60   9   9   1   0   0   55   57   24   22    7   18   19
Greg Minton            0   0  4.50   1   0   0   0   0    2    3    1    1    0    0    0
Tom Griffin            2   4  4.69  22   2   0   1   0   40   36   24   21    5   17   31
Vida Blue              6   6  5.98  14  14   5   0   0   93  100   67   62   14   41   51
Randy Moffitt          1   4  7.27  18   0   0   1   0   26   34   23   21    4   12   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
Will McEnaney          0   0  2.84   7   0   0   0   0    6    7    2    2    0    1    2
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  2.89  22   0   0   4   0   28   19    9    9    0   22   22
Darold Knowles         2   1  3.07  18   0   0   5   0   15   19    5    5    1    6    8
Tom Bruno              1   2  3.28  19   0   0   0   0   25   21    9    9    1   15   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          4   2  3.90  20   0   0   2   0   30   29   13   13    6   11   30
Bob Sykes              4   2  5.06  10   9   0   0   0   53   66   33   30    5   29   30

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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)           9
  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)          11
  S. Lockwood (NY)          9
  R. Fingers (SD)           8
  D. Bair (CIN)             7
  G. Lavelle (SF)           7
  G. Jackson (PIT)          6
  K. Tekulve (PIT)          6
  D. Knowles (STL)          5
  E. Sosa (MON)             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)       112.2
  S. Carlton (PHI)       99.0
  J. Richard (HOU)       95.0
  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

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)         111
  V. Blue (SF)            100
  R. Jones (SD)            92
  B. Knepper (SF)          87
  R. Lerch (PHI)           87
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        84
  T. Hume (CIN)            84
  J. Richard (HOU)         84
  C. Swan (NY)             84
  R. Grimsley (MON)        82

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          71
  V. Blue (SF)             67
  R. Jones (SD)            46
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        43
  D. Sutton (LA)           43
  J. Richard (HOU)         42
  P. Falcone (NY)          40
  R. Grimsley (MON)        40
  M. Mahler (ATL)          39
  L. McGlothen (CHI)       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)          47
  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. Richard (HOU)         32

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)         94
  S. Carlton (PHI)         65
  P. Niekro (ATL)          63
  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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