Saturday June 9, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, June 9, 1979

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         35  25  3.01   60  23   9   544   477  212  182   33  186  304
Montreal        31  21  3.28   52  12  12   467   438  195  170   46  131  244
Pittsburgh      28  24  3.59   53   7  14   481   461  225  192   47  172  308
St. Louis       30  22  3.68   53  11  11   490   484  217  200   45  182  283
Cincinnati      32  26  3.68   58   8  15   526   527  257  215   52  181  274
Philadelphia    30  26  3.75   57  15   7   501   495  230  209   45  144  271
New York        21  31  3.94   53   4  12   484   486  245  212   45  234  259
Los Angeles     28  32  4.02   60  13  10   535   525  273  239   41  217  296
San Diego       27  34  4.07   61   8  10   542   550  282  245   40  189  306
San Francisco   28  31  4.31   59  12  12   520   544  280  249   62  204  289
Chicago         25  28  4.65   53   7  15   478   521  270  247   50  182  302
Atlanta         21  36  4.75   57  10  13   504   551  316  266   56  186  274

 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
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
Pete Vuckovich (STL)   6   3  2.97  13  12   4   0   0   91   86   37   30   10   15   59
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  2.81  20   0   0   0   0   32   41   12   10    3   13   10
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
Tony Brizzolara        1   2  5.11   4   4   0   0   0   25   28   16   14    1   12   18
Mickey Mahler          2   6  5.86  12  10   1   0   0   58   74   45   38    4   23   37
Bo McLaughlin          0   1  6.10   5   1   0   0   0   10   14    9    7    2    2    6
Rick Mahler            0   0  6.30  13   0   0   0   0   20   23   15   14    3   11   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
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  2.08   9   0   0   2   0   22   18    5    5    0   12    9
Mike Krukow            2   5  4.40  11  11   0   0   0   61   57   32   30    6   40   52
Dennis Lamp            5   2  4.61  15  11   2   0   1   66   76   37   34    7   17   34
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             3   5  4.62  11  11   3   0   1   60   61   35   31    6   17   39
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
George Throop          0   0  2.45   2   0   0   0   0    4    4    1    1    1    1    1
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
J.R. Richard           6   4  3.41  14  14   4   0   0   95   84   42   36    6   32   94
Joaquin Andujar        5   4  3.62  22   5   2   3   0   60   45   25   24    2   35   37
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  5.54   7   1   0   0   0   13   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
Dave Patterson         0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    0    0    0    0    3    0
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   4  3.84  17   8   2   0   0   77   78   35   33    5   26   37
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  6.29  18   0   0   0   0   44   44   34   31    8   28   22
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  3.26  17   0   0   2   0   30   30   11   11    5    9   17
Bill Lee               6   3  3.88  11  11   2   0   2   72   72   34   31    9   13   19
Rudy May               2   0  3.94  11   0   0   0   0   16   19    9    7    2    7   12
David Palmer           2   1  3.97  16   0   0   2   0   23   20   13   10    4    6   16
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
Craig Swan             6   4  3.07  14  14   3   0   2  100   91   39   34    9   24   63
Kevin Kobel            2   1  3.23   9   7   0   0   0   47   43   20   17    5   18   21
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
Larry Christenson      1   3  3.35   7   5   1   0   0   38   36   14   14    3    1   23
Dick Ruthven           6   3  3.41  13  13   3   0   2   87   82   34   33    3   24   46
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  1.98   5   5   1   0   0   36   21    9    8    3    9   14
Enrique Romo           3   2  2.78  25   0   0   0   0   32   34   13   10    3   11   27
Grant Jackson          3   0  2.81  26   0   0   7   0   26   22    9    8    2    8   12
Don Robinson           4   3  2.99  11  11   2   0   0   69   70   26   23    6   23   39
Bruce Kison            3   2  3.10  14   6   1   0   1   52   42   21   18    2   15   44
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  4.50  33   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  2.70  11   0   0   0   0   17   15    6    5    2    6    9
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
Mickey Lolich          0   2  4.25  11   5   0   0   0   30   33   21   14    2   10   14
Eric Rasmussen         3   6  4.28  16  11   2   0   0   74   76   37   35    5   23   26
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  6.16  22   1   0   2   0   38   38   32   26    6   32   27
Mark Lee               0   1  9.00  10   0   0   0   0   12   21   15   12    2    4    8
Tom Tellmann           0   0 16.88   1   0   0   0   0    3    7    5    5    1    0    1

 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              7   6  5.63  15  15   6   0   0  102  105   69   64   14   46   57
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
Silvio Martinez        3   1  2.88  11   8   0   0   0   66   63   21   21    2   22   37
Pete Vuckovich         6   3  2.97  13  12   4   0   0   91   86   37   30   10   15   59
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

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League Leaders

Wins:

  J. Niekro (HOU)           9
  V. Blue (SF)              7
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           7
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        7
  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
  M. Mahler (ATL)           6
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        6
  E. Rasmussen (SD)         6
  B. Shirley (SD)           6
  N. Allen (NY)             5
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         5

Complete Games:

  P. Niekro (ATL)           7
  V. Blue (SF)              6
  S. Carlton (PHI)          6
  K. Forsch (HOU)           6
  J. Niekro (HOU)           6
  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
  C. Swan (NY)              2
  R. Williams (HOU)         2

Innings Pitched:

  P. Niekro (ATL)       112.2
  V. Blue (SF)          102.1
  J. Niekro (HOU)       102.1
  C. Swan (NY)           99.2
  S. Carlton (PHI)       99.0
  G. Perry (SD)          97.0
  J. Richard (HOU)       95.0
  S. Rogers (MON)        94.1
  B. Hooton (LA)         93.0
  D. Sutton (LA)         91.1

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)         111
  V. Blue (SF)            105
  B. Knepper (SF)          96
  R. Jones (SD)            92
  C. Swan (NY)             91
  R. Lerch (PHI)           87
  B. Hooton (LA)           86
  S. Rogers (MON)          86
  P. Vuckovich (STL)       86
  G. Perry (SD)            85

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          71
  V. Blue (SF)             69
  R. Jones (SD)            46
  M. Mahler (ATL)          45
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        43
  B. Knepper (SF)          43
  D. Sutton (LA)           43
  J. Richard (HOU)         42
  J. Denny (STL)           41
  P. Falcone (NY)          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
  P. Vuckovich (STL)       10

Walks:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          47
  V. Blue (SF)             46
  M. Krukow (CHI)          40
  J. Niekro (HOU)          36
  J. Andujar (HOU)         35
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        35
  B. Knepper (SF)          35
  A. Messersmith (LA)      34
  J. Denny (STL)           33
  J. D'Acquisto (SD)       32

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)         94
  S. Carlton (PHI)         65
  P. Niekro (ATL)          63
  C. Swan (NY)             63
  G. Perry (SD)            60
  P. Vuckovich (STL)       59
  B. Hooton (LA)           58
  D. Sutton (LA)           58
  V. Blue (SF)             57
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        54


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