Sunday June 10, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, June 10, 1979

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         36  25  2.98   61  23  10   553   487  215  183   33  190  311
Montreal        31  22  3.28   53  12  12   475   447  198  173   47  134  250
Pittsburgh      28  25  3.60   54   7  14   490   474  232  196   48  176  316
St. Louis       31  22  3.63   54  11  12   499   490  219  201   45  185  286
Cincinnati      33  26  3.65   59   8  16   535   533  259  217   52  183  287
Philadelphia    30  27  3.83   58  15   7   510   510  240  217   47  148  280
New York        21  32  3.95   54   4  12   493   498  250  216   45  239  263
San Diego       27  35  4.06   62   8  10   550   556  285  248   41  193  311
Los Angeles     28  33  4.09   61  13  10   543   535  283  247   43  219  299
San Francisco   29  31  4.30   60  12  12   529   554  284  253   62  206  295
Chicago         26  28  4.62   54   7  16   487   528  273  250   50  186  309
Atlanta         22  36  4.72   58  11  13   513   559  319  269   57  189  276

 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
Silvio Martinez (STL)  4   1  2.69  12   9   0   0   0   74   69   23   22    2   25   40
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
Paul Moskau (CIN)      4   2  2.94  11   7   0   0   0   64   55   28   21    5   28   35
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
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  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            7   9  4.29  17  17   8   0   0  122  119   74   58   19   50   65
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
Rick Reuschel          5   5  4.48  12  12   1   0   0   72   80   36   36    4   20   40
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
Lynn McGlothen         7   6  4.80  18   9   2   2   0   75   79   42   40   11   18   45
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  2.94  11   7   0   0   0   64   55   28   21    5   28   35
Doug Bair              3   0  3.09  23   0   0   8   0   32   27   11   11    4   20   28
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
Tom Hume               5   4  3.99  17   9   1   1   0   70   85   35   31   11   15   36
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  1.00   4   4   2   0   1   27   24    4    3    0    6   10
George Throop          1   0  1.35   3   0   0   0   0    7    8    3    1    1    2    4
Joe Sambito            3   2  1.49  23   0   0   5   0   36   30    8    6    2   13   27
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
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   5   0   0   0   0    6    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
Rick Sutcliffe         6   4  3.84  17   8   2   0   0   77   78   35   33    5   26   37
Don Sutton             6   6  3.86  13  13   4   0   0   96   83   50   41    7   27   61
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  6.51  19   0   0   0   0   47   47   37   34   10   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
Woodie Fryman          1   2  1.86  12   0   0   2   0   19   15    7    4    0    7   13
Elias Sosa             3   3  1.88  21   0   0   5   0   38   33   10    8    2   15   24
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  3.19  12  12   3   0   2   73   60   28   26   10   20   55
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
Ed Glynn               0   1  1.35   4   0   0   2   0    7    8    1    1    0    6    4
Skip Lockwood          2   5  1.49  28   0   0   9   0   42   33    7    7    3   14   42
Craig Swan             6   4  3.07  14  14   3   0   2  100   91   39   34    9   24   63
Dale Murray            3   5  3.38  28   0   0   1   0   45   45   19   17    2   25   17
Pat Zachry             5   1  3.59   7   7   1   0   0   43   44   19   17    3   21   17
Kevin Kobel            2   2  3.61  10   8   0   0   0   52   50   25   21    5   22   24
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
Wayne Twitchell        0   0  5.11  12   1   0   0   0   25   22   20   14    2   25   16
Pete Falcone           0   5  5.19  13  11   0   0   0   61   67   40   35   10   32   27
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
Nino Espinosa          5   5  3.00  11  11   3   0   2   72   62   29   24    7   26   35
Steve Carlton          7   7  3.29  14  14   6   0   2  101   87   43   37    7   31   68
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  5.93  15   0   0   0   0   30   47   20   20    6    7   16
Rawly Eastwick         1   1  6.97  13   0   0   1   0   21   22   17   16    2    7   12
Jim Lonborg            0   1 11.05   4   1   0   0   0    7   14   10    9    3    4    7

 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
Grant Jackson          3   0  2.83  27   0   0   7   0   29   24   10    9    3    8   16
Enrique Romo           3   3  2.97  26   0   0   0   0   33   35   16   11    3   13   27
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  4.55  14  14   1   0   0   85   94   46   43   12   37   58
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  3.17  26   0   0   8   0   48   47   19   17    1   15   36
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   5  4.58  15  15   1   0   0   90   98   49   46    5   26   37
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           4   2  2.01  27   0   0   7   0   40   40   12    9    2   19   33
Dave Roberts           0   1  3.00  21   1   0   2   0   33   35   14   11    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  3.62  10  10   1   0   0   60   63   26   24    7   20   23
Bob Knepper            5   2  4.05  14  14   2   0   1   91   96   43   41   13   35   50
Tom Griffin            3   4  4.54  24   2   0   1   0   42   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        4   1  2.69  12   9   0   0   0   74   69   23   22    2   25   40
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
Buddy Schultz          4   2  3.73  22   0   0   3   0   31   29   13   13    6   11   30
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
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
  P. Niekro (ATL)           7
  R. Fingers (SD)           6
  B. Lee (MON)              6
  J. Richard (HOU)          6
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          6

Losses:

  P. Niekro (ATL)           9
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  G. Garber (ATL)           7
  V. Blue (SF)              6
  M. Mahler (ATL)           6
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        6
  E. Rasmussen (SD)         6
  B. Shirley (SD)           6
  D. Sutton (LA)            6
  N. Allen (NY)             5

Complete Games:

  P. Niekro (ATL)           8
  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
  D. Bair (CIN)             8
  R. Fingers (SD)           8
  G. Jackson (PIT)          7
  G. Lavelle (SF)           7
  K. Tekulve (PIT)          6
  D. Knowles (STL)          5
  J. Sambito (HOU)          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)       121.2
  V. Blue (SF)          102.1
  J. Niekro (HOU)       102.1
  S. Carlton (PHI)      101.1
  C. Swan (NY)           99.2
  G. Perry (SD)          97.0
  D. Sutton (LA)         95.2
  J. Richard (HOU)       95.0
  S. Rogers (MON)        94.1
  B. Hooton (LA)         93.0

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)         119
  V. Blue (SF)            105
  R. Jones (SD)            98
  B. Knepper (SF)          96
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        94
  C. Swan (NY)             91
  S. Carlton (PHI)         87
  R. Lerch (PHI)           87
  B. Hooton (LA)           86
  S. Rogers (MON)          86

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          74
  V. Blue (SF)             69
  D. Sutton (LA)           50
  R. Jones (SD)            49
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        46
  M. Mahler (ATL)          45
  S. Carlton (PHI)         43
  B. Knepper (SF)          43
  L. McGlothen (CHI)       42
  J. Richard (HOU)         42

Home Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          19
  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
  C. Hough (LA)            10

Walks:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          50
  V. Blue (SF)             46
  M. Krukow (CHI)          40
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        37
  J. Niekro (HOU)          36
  J. Andujar (HOU)         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)         68
  P. Niekro (ATL)          65
  C. Swan (NY)             63
  D. Sutton (LA)           61
  G. Perry (SD)            60
  P. Vuckovich (STL)       59
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        58
  B. Hooton (LA)           58
  V. Blue (SF)             57


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