Friday June 8, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, June 8, 1979

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         35  24  2.99   59  23   9   536   472  208  178   33  184  299
Montreal        31  20  3.22   51  12  12   459   428  188  164   43  130  238
Pittsburgh      28  23  3.55   52   7  14   472   451  219  186   45  168  303
St. Louis       29  22  3.67   52  10  11   481   476  213  196   44  181  277
Cincinnati      31  26  3.74   57   7  15   517   524  256  215   52  181  269
Philadelphia    29  26  3.77   56  14   7   492   487  227  206   44  143  267
Los Angeles     28  31  4.01   59  13  10   527   515  268  235   41  210  292
San Diego       27  33  4.01   60   8  10   534   540  275  238   39  187  304
New York        20  31  4.02   52   3  12   475   479  245  212   45  234  256
San Francisco   27  31  4.35   58  11  12   511   539  278  247   62  199  283
Atlanta         21  35  4.68   56  10  13   496   533  307  258   56  183  268
Chicago         24  28  4.69   52   7  14   469   513  267  244   49  178  299

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Lacoss (CIN)      7   0  2.26  14  12   2   0   1   88   76   33   22    6   31   35
Gaylord Perry (SD)     5   4  2.41  13  13   4   0   0   97   85   32   26    4   23   60
Joe Niekro (HOU)       9   2  2.46  14  14   6   0   4  102   77   34   28    6   36   38
Ken Forsch (HOU)       4   3  2.71  10   9   6   0   2   73   62   28   22    4   17   27
Steve Rogers (MON)     5   3  2.77  14  14   5   0   3   94   86   34   29    5   19   49
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
Don Robinson (PIT)     4   3  2.99  11  11   2   0   0   69   70   26   23    6   23   39
Steve Carlton (PHI)    7   6  3.00  13  13   6   0   2   99   80   37   33    7   29   65

 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            3   7  3.78  27   0   0  12   0   50   55   34   21    7    8   29
Phil Niekro            6   9  4.39  16  16   7   0   0  113  111   71   55   18   47   63
Eddie Solomon          3   2  4.78  10   9   1   0   0   53   53   30   28    5   18   31
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
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
Bo McLaughlin          0   1  7.56   4   1   0   0   0    8   13    9    7    2    2    5
Larry McWilliams       1   2  7.83   7   7   1   0   0   33   36   29   29    3   14   17
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  2.41   8   0   0   1   0   19   16    5    5    0   11    8
Mike Krukow            2   5  4.40  11  11   0   0   0   61   57   32   30    6   40   52
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
Bill Caudill           0   1  6.75   5   1   0   0   0   13   22   14   10    3   10   14
Donnie Moore           1   2  6.96  18   0   0   0   0   32   44   27   25    3   13   20

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Lacoss            7   0  2.26  14  12   2   0   1   88   76   33   22    6   31   35
Dave Tomlin            2   1  2.28  27   0   0   1   0   28   27   14    7    1    9   16
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             9   2  2.46  14  14   6   0   4  102   77   34   28    6   36   38
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            5   3  3.10  12  12   5   0   0   93   86   38   32    3   30   58
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  1.73  20   0   0   5   0   36   31    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   1  2.65  11   3   0   1   0   37   30   12   11    2   17   30
Steve Rogers           5   3  2.77  14  14   5   0   3   94   86   34   29    5   19   49
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
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
Pat Zachry             5   1  3.59   7   7   1   0   0   43   44   19   17    3   21   17
Dwight Bernard         0   1  4.50  17   0   0   0   0   20   26   12   10    1   12    8
Mike Scott             1   1  4.78  12   7   0   0   0   38   38   24   20    4   17   12
Jesse Orosco           1   2  4.88  17   1   0   0   0   31   29   18   17    4   18   19
Pete Falcone           0   5  5.19  13  11   0   0   0   61   67   40   35   10   32   27
Wayne Twitchell        0   0  5.32  11   1   0   0   0   24   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  2.45  22   0   0   4   0   26   16   10    7    2   11   23
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  3.41  13  13   3   0   2   87   82   34   33    3   24   46
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
Jim Kaat               1   0  4.32   3   1   0   0   0    8    9    4    4    1    5    2
Ron Reed               5   3  4.97  22   0   0   2   0   38   48   25   21    4   12   20
Doug Bird              0   0  6.35  14   0   0   0   0   28   45   20   20    6    7   14
Rawly Eastwick         1   1  7.11  12   0   0   1   0   19   21   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
Grant Jackson          3   0  2.55  25   0   0   7   0   25   20    8    7    1    6   12
Bruce Kison            3   1  2.61  13   6   1   0   1   52   40   18   15    2   14   43
Enrique Romo           3   2  2.78  25   0   0   0   0   32   34   13   10    3   11   27
Don Robinson           4   3  2.99  11  11   2   0   0   69   70   26   23    6   23   39
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
Dennis Kinney          0   0  2.87  10   0   0   0   0   16   15    6    5    2    6    8
Rollie Fingers         6   3  3.23  25   0   0   8   0   47   47   19   17    1   14   35
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  4.73  12   9   1   0   0   51   59   31   27    8   23   26
John D'Acquisto        2   4  6.50  21   1   0   2   0   36   36   32   26    6   31   27
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
John Curtis            1   3  6.28  11   3   0   0   0   29   38   22   20    6   11   21
Greg Minton            0   0  6.75   2   0   0   0   0    4    6    3    3    0    1    0
Randy Moffitt          1   4  7.24  20   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  2.61   8   0   0   0   0   10   11    3    3    0    2    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
Darold Knowles         2   2  3.24  20   0   0   5   0   17   22    7    6    1    6    8
Tom Bruno              1   2  3.55  20   0   0   0   0   25   23   10   10    1   15   17
Mark Littell           4   2  3.77  23   0   0   4   0   29   21   12   12    1   24   22
Bob Forsch             3   4  3.84  12  12   4   0   0   84   80   40   36    9   25   39
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

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".

















League Leaders

Wins:

  J. Niekro (HOU)           9
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           7
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        7
  V. Blue (SF)              6
  R. Fingers (SD)           6
  B. Lee (MON)              6
  P. Niekro (ATL)           6
  J. Richard (HOU)          6
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          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
  M. Krukow (CHI)           5

Complete Games:

  P. Niekro (ATL)           7
  S. Carlton (PHI)          6
  K. Forsch (HOU)           6
  J. Niekro (HOU)           6
  V. Blue (SF)              5
  B. Hooton (LA)            5
  S. Rogers (MON)           5
  B. Forsch (STL)           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. Jackson (PIT)          7
  G. Lavelle (SF)           7
  K. Tekulve (PIT)          6
  D. Knowles (STL)          5
  E. Sosa (MON)             5

Shutouts:

  J. Niekro (HOU)           4
  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
  J. Niekro (HOU)       102.1
  S. Carlton (PHI)       99.0
  G. Perry (SD)          97.0
  J. Richard (HOU)       95.0
  S. Rogers (MON)        94.1
  V. Blue (SF)           93.1
  B. Hooton (LA)         93.0
  D. Sutton (LA)         91.1
  B. Knepper (SF)        91.0

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)         111
  V. Blue (SF)            100
  B. Knepper (SF)          96
  R. Jones (SD)            92
  R. Lerch (PHI)           87
  B. Hooton (LA)           86
  S. Rogers (MON)          86
  G. Perry (SD)            85
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        84
  T. Hume (CIN)            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
  B. Forsch (STL)          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
  B. Forsch (STL)           9

Walks:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          47
  V. Blue (SF)             41
  M. Krukow (CHI)          40
  J. Niekro (HOU)          36
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        35
  B. Knepper (SF)          35
  A. Messersmith (LA)      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
  B. Hooton (LA)           58
  D. Sutton (LA)           58
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        54
  P. Vuckovich (STL)       53
  M. Krukow (CHI)          52


Copyright © 2014-2024, All Rights Reserved   •   Privacy Policy   •   Contact Us   •   Status Report