Thursday June 7, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, June 7, 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
Pittsburgh      27  23  3.60   51   7  13   463   445  217  185   45  168  298
St. Louis       29  21  3.61   51  10  11   471   464  205  189   43  176  274
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  33  3.99   59   8   9   524   524  268  232   38  183  296
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   27  30  4.37   57  11  12   503   532  275  244   60  196  279
Chicago         24  27  4.54   51   7  14   462   503  256  233   46  172  291
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
Mike Lacoss (CIN)      6   0  2.40  13  11   1   0   1   79   69   31   21    5   27   32
Gaylord Perry (SD)     5   4  2.41  13  13   4   0   0   97   85   32   26    4   23   60
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  1.41  18   0   0  12   0   32   20    6    5    2    9   32
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  4.65  11  10   2   0   1   62   74   36   32   10   20   31
Rick Reuschel          4   5  4.75  11  11   1   0   0   66   75   35   35    4   17   34
Lynn McGlothen         7   6  4.75  17   9   2   1   0   72   77   40   38   11   17   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  2.41  13  13   4   0   0   97   85   32   26    4   23   60
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   6  3.57  22   3   0   0   0   53   50   22   21    2   14   29
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  2.53  20   1   0   2   0   32   32   12    9    3   15   19
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
Phil Nastu             2   4  3.60   9   9   1   0   0   55   57   24   22    7   18   19
Bob Knepper            5   2  4.05  14  14   2   0   1   91   96   43   41   13   35   50
Tom Griffin            3   4  4.57  23   2   0   1   0   41   37   24   21    5   17   32
Vida Blue              6   6  5.98  14  14   5   0   0   93  100   67   62   14   41   51
Greg Minton            0   0  6.75   2   0   0   0   0    4    6    3    3    0    1    0
John Curtis            1   2  7.29  10   2   0   0   0   21   31   19   17    4    8   17
Randy Moffitt          1   4  7.33  19   0   0   2   0   27   36   24   22    4   12   12

 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
Bob Forsch             3   4  3.36  11  11   4   0   0   80   74   34   30    8   21   36
Tom Bruno              1   2  3.55  20   0   0   0   0   25   23   10   10    1   15   17
Darold Knowles         2   1  3.68  19   0   0   5   0   15   20    6    6    1    6    8
Mark Littell           4   2  3.77  23   0   0   4   0   29   21   12   12    1   24   22
Buddy Schultz          4   2  3.86  21   0   0   2   0   30   29   13   13    6   11   30
John Denny             3   4  4.18  12  12   3   0   1   84   83   41   39   10   33   39
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
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        7
  V. Blue (SF)              6
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           6
  B. Lee (MON)              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
  B. Shirley (SD)           6
  N. Allen (NY)             5
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         5
  P. Falcone (NY)           5
  S. Lockwood (NY)          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)          12
  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
  G. Perry (SD)          97.0
  J. Richard (HOU)       95.0
  V. Blue (SF)           93.1
  J. Niekro (HOU)        93.1
  D. Sutton (LA)         91.1
  B. Knepper (SF)        91.0
  C. Swan (NY)           90.2
  S. Rogers (MON)        88.1

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)         111
  V. Blue (SF)            100
  B. Knepper (SF)          96
  R. Jones (SD)            92
  R. Lerch (PHI)           87
  G. Perry (SD)            85
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        84
  T. Hume (CIN)            84
  J. Richard (HOU)         84
  C. Swan (NY)             84

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          71
  V. Blue (SF)             67
  R. Jones (SD)            46
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        43
  B. Knepper (SF)          43
  D. Sutton (LA)           43
  J. Richard (HOU)         42
  J. Denny (STL)           41
  P. Falcone (NY)          40
  R. Grimsley (MON)        40

Home Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          18
  V. Blue (SF)             14
  B. Knepper (SF)          13
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        12
  T. Hume (CIN)            11
  L. McGlothen (CHI)       11
  J. Denny (STL)           10
  P. Falcone (NY)          10
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        10
  R. Lerch (PHI)            9

Walks:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          47
  V. Blue (SF)             41
  M. Krukow (CHI)          36
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        35
  B. Knepper (SF)          35
  A. Messersmith (LA)      34
  J. Niekro (HOU)          34
  J. Andujar (HOU)         33
  J. Denny (STL)           33
  P. Falcone (NY)          32

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)         94
  S. Carlton (PHI)         65
  P. Niekro (ATL)          63
  G. Perry (SD)            60
  C. Swan (NY)             60
  D. Sutton (LA)           58
  B. Hooton (LA)           55
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        54
  P. Vuckovich (STL)       53
  V. Blue (SF)             51


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