Monday June 11, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Monday, June 11, 1979

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         36  26  3.00   62  24  10   561   493  219  187   33  196  317
Montreal        32  22  3.28   54  12  12   486   456  203  177   47  141  258
Pittsburgh      28  25  3.60   54   7  14   490   474  232  196   48  176  316
Cincinnati      33  27  3.65   60   8  16   543   539  262  220   52  187  295
St. Louis       32  22  3.69   55  11  12   508   501  226  208   48  188  292
Philadelphia    31  27  3.80   59  16   7   519   519  242  219   47  150  282
New York        22  32  3.91   55   4  12   502   503  252  218   45  244  270
San Diego       27  35  4.06   62   8  10   550   556  285  248   41  193  311
Los Angeles     28  34  4.17   62  13  10   552   547  292  256   46  221  301
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  37  4.73   59  11  13   523   571  325  275   57  191  283

 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
Joey McLaughlin        0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    0    0    0    0    0    2
Adrian Devine          1   2  2.81  21   0   0   0   0   32   41   12   10    3   15   10
Craig Skok             1   2  3.53  26   0   0   1   0   36   37   15   14    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  3.63  28   0   0  12   0   52   56   34   21    7    8   30
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
Bo McLaughlin          0   1  5.11   6   1   0   0   0   12   15    9    7    2    2    8
Mickey Mahler          2   6  5.86  12  10   1   0   0   58   74   45   38    4   23   37
Tony Brizzolara        1   2  6.18   5   5   0   0   0   28   35   21   19    1   12   20
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
Pedro Borbon           2   2  3.20  25   0   0   2   0   39   40   14   14    2    6   16
Fred Norman            3   6  3.34  13  11   2   0   0   70   63   32   26    5   29   38
Tom Hume               5   4  3.88  18   9   1   1   0   72   85   35   31   11   15   37
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
Manny Sarmiento        0   2  7.71   4   0   0   0   0    5    7    4    4    0    2    3
Doug Capilla           1   0  8.53   5   0   0   0   0    6    7    6    6    1    5    0

 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   5  3.50  15  15   5   0   0  103   90   46   40    6   38  100
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  2.08   2   0   0   0   0    4    4    1    1    1    3    0
Lerrin LaGrow          1   1  2.40  10   0   0   1   0   15   15    5    4    2    3    8
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
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
Jerry Reuss            2   4  4.34  19   2   0   3   0   37   43   25   18    2   16   19
Ken Brett              0   0  4.50   1   0   0   0   0    2    2    1    1    0    0    0
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          2   2  1.69  13   0   0   2   0   21   18    7    4    0    8   14
Elias Sosa             3   3  1.88  21   0   0   5   0   38   33   10    8    2   15   24
Dan Schatzeder         1   1  2.34  12   3   0   1   0   42   30   12   11    2   22   36
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  3.23  18   0   0   2   0   31   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  4.82  14  14   2   0   0   75   88   45   40    8   22   16

 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
Wayne Twitchell        1   0  4.20  13   1   0   0   0   30   23   20   14    2   26   20
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  4.89  18   2   0   0   0   35   33   20   19    4   22   22
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
Randy Lerch            3   4  3.38  14  14   3   0   0   91   96   36   34    9   22   30
Dick Ruthven           6   3  3.41  13  13   3   0   2   87   82   34   33    3   24   46
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              2   2  3.29  21   0   0   0   0   27   24   10   10    1   16   18
Mark Littell           4   2  3.68  24   0   0   4   0   29   22   12   12    1   24   23
Buddy Schultz          4   2  3.73  22   0   0   3   0   31   29   13   13    6   11   30
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  5.58  11  10   0   0   0   60   75   40   37    8   31   34

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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
  F. Norman (CIN)           6
  E. Rasmussen (SD)         6
  B. Shirley (SD)           6
  D. Sutton (LA)            6

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
  J. Richard (HOU)          5
  S. Rogers (MON)           5
  B. Forsch (STL)           4
  G. Perry (SD)             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
  J. Richard (HOU)      103.0
  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
  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
  R. Lerch (PHI)           96
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        94
  C. Swan (NY)             91
  J. Richard (HOU)         90
  R. Grimsley (MON)        88
  S. Carlton (PHI)         87

Runs:

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

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
  J. Richard (HOU)         38
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        37
  J. Niekro (HOU)          36
  J. Andujar (HOU)         35
  B. Knepper (SF)          35
  A. Messersmith (LA)      34
  J. Denny (STL)           33

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)        100
  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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