Thursday June 14, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, June 14, 1979

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         37  27  3.01   64  25  10   578   505  226  193   34  205  328
Montreal        34  22  3.22   56  13  12   504   473  207  180   47  143  264
Pittsburgh      28  28  3.57   57   7  14   520   503  243  206   50  193  329
Cincinnati      34  28  3.65   62   8  17   560   553  275  227   53  199  302
Philadelphia    32  28  3.74   61  17   7   537   538  246  223   48  155  290
St. Louis       32  24  3.88   57  11  12   524   530  244  226   50  197  305
San Diego       30  35  3.91   65   9  11   582   581  291  253   42  204  338
New York        23  33  3.95   57   4  12   520   522  262  228   46  253  279
Los Angeles     30  34  4.15   64  14  11   570   571  303  263   48  229  314
San Francisco   30  33  4.27   63  13  12   557   589  297  264   63  225  311
Chicago         28  29  4.59   57   7  17   514   555  288  262   54  202  327
Atlanta         22  39  4.71   61  11  13   539   591  333  282   57  197  289

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Lacoss (CIN)      8   0  2.23  15  13   2   0   1   93   77   34   23    6   34   36
Joe Niekro (HOU)      10   2  2.43  15  15   7   0   4  111   86   37   30    6   40   45
Gaylord Perry (SD)     6   4  2.46  14  14   5   0   0  106   96   35   29    5   26   70
Steve Rogers (MON)     6   3  2.61  15  15   6   0   3  103   92   35   30    5   21   55
Nino Espinosa (PHI)    6   5  2.67  12  12   4   0   3   81   68   29   24    7   26   37
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
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

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Joey McLaughlin        0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    4    3    0    0    0    0    2
Adrian Devine          1   2  2.78  22   0   0   0   0   32   41   12   10    3   15   10
Craig Skok             1   2  3.47  27   0   0   1   0   36   37   15   14    3   11   16
Rick Matula            3   5  3.67  11  11   0   0   0   69   70   31   28    5   21   31
Gene Garber            3   8  3.74  29   0   0  12   0   53   59   35   22    7    9   30
Phil Niekro            7   9  4.29  17  17   8   0   0  122  119   74   58   19   50   65
Eddie Solomon          3   2  4.68  11  10   1   0   0   60   60   33   31    5   20   33
Bo McLaughlin          0   1  5.40   7   1   0   0   0   13   18   10    8    2    3    9
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           2   2  1.29  20   0   0  13   0   35   20    6    5    2    9   36
Dick Tidrow            2   1  1.82  11   0   0   2   0   25   19    5    5    0   14   10
Mike Krukow            2   5  4.28  12  12   0   0   0   67   62   34   32    6   44   54
Rick Reuschel          5   5  4.48  12  12   1   0   0   72   80   36   36    4   20   40
Dennis Lamp            5   2  4.79  16  12   2   0   1   71   87   43   38    8   19   36
Lynn McGlothen         7   6  4.80  18   9   2   2   0   75   79   42   40   11   18   45
Willie Hernandez       0   0  5.12  22   0   0   0   0   32   36   21   18    4   15   20
Ken Holtzman           4   5  5.20  12  11   2   0   1   62   79   40   36   12   21   31
Bill Caudill           0   1  5.87   6   1   0   0   0   15   22   14   10    3   11   18
Ray Burris             0   0  6.23  14   0   0   0   0   22   23   17   15    0   15   14
Donnie Moore           1   2  6.57  19   0   0   0   0   37   48   30   27    4   16   23

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Tomlin            2   1  2.15  28   0   0   1   0   29   30   19    7    2   12   16
Mike Lacoss            8   0  2.23  15  13   2   0   1   93   77   34   23    6   34   36
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  3.12  26   0   0   2   0   40   42   14   14    2    7   17
Fred Norman            3   6  3.34  13  11   2   0   0   70   63   32   26    5   29   38
Tom Hume               5   4  3.67  19   9   1   2   0   76   86   35   31   11   16   38
Bill Bonham            2   1  4.50  10  10   0   0   0   56   58   30   28    6   20   27
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   3 10.80   5   0   0   0   0    5    8    7    6    0    3    3

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bert Roberge           0   0  0.00   4   0   0   2   0    5    0    0    0    0    3    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   3  2.32  11   7   2   0   2   54   49   14   14    2   11   18
Joe Niekro            10   2  2.43  15  15   7   0   4  111   86   37   30    6   40   45
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
Tom Dixon              0   1  5.14   8   1   0   0   0   14   17    9    8    2    6    2
Bo McLaughlin          1   2  5.51  12   0   0   0   0   16   22   15   10    2    4   12
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   6   0   0   1   0    6    6    1    0    0    1    2
Dave Patterson         0   0  2.08   2   0   0   0   0    4    4    1    1    1    3    0
Burt Hooton            6   3  3.09  13  13   6   0   0  102   95   41   35    4   32   62
Bob Welch              4   3  3.28  17   5   0   5   0   47   47   19   17    4   20   36
Lerrin LaGrow          1   1  3.60  11   0   0   1   0   15   17    7    6    2    4    8
Rick Sutcliffe         7   4  3.66  18   9   2   0   0   86   90   41   35    6   31   45
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             4   3  1.79  22   0   0   5   0   40   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           6   3  2.61  15  15   6   0   3  103   92   35   30    5   21   55
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  3.76  12  12   2   0   2   79   83   37   33    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  1.17   5   0   0   2   0    8    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            4   5  3.35  29   0   0   1   0   48   47   20   18    3   25   18
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
Mike Scott             1   1  4.39  14   7   0   0   0   41   41   24   20    4   18   15
Dwight Bernard         0   1  4.50  17   0   0   0   0   20   26   12   10    1   12    8
Jesse Orosco           1   2  4.89  18   2   0   0   0   35   33   20   19    4   22   22
Pete Falcone           0   5  5.43  14  12   0   0   0   66   73   45   40   10   37   32
Neil Allen             1   5  7.06  12   5   0   0   0   29   45   26   23    2   23   14
Tom Hausman            0   1  7.20   1   1   0   0   0    5    8    4    4    0    3    0

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tug McGraw             2   0  2.20  23   0   0   4   0   29   19   10    7    2   13   27
Nino Espinosa          6   5  2.67  12  12   4   0   3   81   68   29   24    7   26   37
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   4  3.67  14  14   3   0   2   91   90   38   37    4   25   48
Jim Kaat               1   0  4.32   3   1   0   0   0    8    9    4    4    1    5    2
Ron Reed               5   3  4.93  23   0   0   2   0   38   48   25   21    4   13   20
Doug Bird              0   0  5.74  16   0   0   0   0   31   48   20   20    6    7   16
Rawly Eastwick         1   1  6.65  14   0   0   1   0   22   23   17   16    2    8   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  1.87   6   6   1   0   0   43   24   10    9    3   13   16
Grant Jackson          3   0  2.64  29   0   0   7   0   31   26   10    9    3   11   16
Enrique Romo           3   3  2.65  28   0   0   0   0   37   36   16   11    3   13   30
Don Robinson           4   3  2.99  11  11   2   0   0   69   70   26   23    6   23   39
Jim Bibby              3   1  3.08  14   1   0   0   0   26   24   13    9    2   12   21
Bruce Kison            3   3  3.24  15   7   1   0   1   58   50   24   21    3   15   47
John Candelaria        4   6  3.79  14  12   2   0   0   76   86   38   32    9   19   46
Kent Tekulve           3   5  4.30  35   0   0   6   0   44   42   24   21    4   18   31
Bert Blyleven          2   2  4.55  14  14   1   0   0   85   94   46   43   12   37   58
Ed Whitson             1   3  4.87  17   5   0   1   0   44   46   32   24    5   30   23
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          6   4  2.46  14  14   5   0   0  106   96   35   29    5   26   70
Dennis Kinney          0   0  2.70  11   0   0   0   0   17   15    6    5    2    6    9
Rollie Fingers         6   3  2.92  28   0   0   9   0   52   50   19   17    1   17   41
Bob Shirley            2   6  3.38  23   3   0   0   0   56   51   22   21    2   14   32
Steve Mura             2   2  3.41  10   5   0   0   0   37   27   16   14    3   17   38
Mickey Lolich          0   2  4.25  11   5   0   0   0   30   33   21   14    2   10   14
Bob Owchinko           3   2  4.25  13  10   1   0   0   59   65   33   28    8   26   30
Eric Rasmussen         3   6  4.28  16  11   2   0   0   74   76   37   35    5   23   26
Randy Jones            5   5  4.35  16  16   1   0   0   97  101   50   47    5   29   40
John D'Acquisto        3   4  6.00  23   1   0   2   0   39   39   32   26    6   32   29
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   3  2.51  29   0   0   7   0   43   47   15   12    2   21   34
Dave Roberts           0   1  3.00  21   1   0   2   0   33   35   14   11    3   15   19
John Montefusco        1   2  3.13   5   5   0   0   0   32   30   11   11    2    7   13
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            6   2  3.87  15  15   3   0   1  100  105   45   43   14   42   56
Tom Griffin            3   4  4.33  25   2   0   1   0   44   38   24   21    5   19   35
Vida Blue              7   6  5.55  16  16   6   0   0  110  114   75   68   14   52   60
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   5  7.22  22   0   0   2   0   29   39   25   23    4   13   13

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Silvio Martinez        4   1  2.69  12   9   0   0   0   74   69   23   22    2   25   40
Will McEnaney          0   0  2.77  10   0   0   0   0   13   13    4    4    1    2    4
Darold Knowles         2   2  2.84  22   0   0   5   0   19   23    7    6    1    7    9
Pete Vuckovich         6   3  2.97  13  12   4   0   0   91   86   37   30   10   15   59
Mark Littell           4   2  3.48  25   0   0   4   0   31   25   12   12    1   25   25
Buddy Schultz          4   2  4.05  23   0   0   3   0   33   32   15   15    6   12   33
Tom Bruno              2   2  4.08  22   0   0   0   0   29   26   13   13    1   19   19
Bob Forsch             3   5  4.29  13  13   4   0   0   86   88   45   41   10   25   40
John Denny             3   5  4.69  13  13   3   0   1   88   93   48   46   10   36   42
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)          10
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           8
  V. Blue (SF)              7
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        7
  P. Niekro (ATL)           7
  R. Sutcliffe (LA)         7
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         6
  R. Fingers (SD)           6
  B. Hooton (LA)            6

Losses:

  P. Niekro (ATL)           9
  G. Garber (ATL)           8
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  V. Blue (SF)              6
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       6
  M. Mahler (ATL)           6
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        6
  F. Norman (CIN)           6
  E. Rasmussen (SD)         6
  B. Shirley (SD)           6

Complete Games:

  P. Niekro (ATL)           8
  J. Niekro (HOU)           7
  V. Blue (SF)              6
  S. Carlton (PHI)          6
  K. Forsch (HOU)           6
  B. Hooton (LA)            6
  S. Rogers (MON)           6
  G. Perry (SD)             5
  J. Richard (HOU)          5
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         4

Saves:

  B. Sutter (CHI)          13
  G. Garber (ATL)          12
  R. Fingers (SD)           9
  S. Lockwood (NY)          9
  D. Bair (CIN)             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
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         3
  S. Rogers (MON)           3
  S. Carlton (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. Niekro (HOU)       111.1
  V. Blue (SF)          110.1
  G. Perry (SD)         106.0
  S. Rogers (MON)       103.1
  J. Richard (HOU)      103.0
  B. Hooton (LA)        102.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)      101.1
  B. Knepper (SF)       100.0
  C. Swan (NY)           99.2

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)         119
  V. Blue (SF)            114
  B. Knepper (SF)         105
  R. Jones (SD)           101
  R. Lerch (PHI)           96
  G. Perry (SD)            96
  B. Hooton (LA)           95
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        94
  J. Denny (STL)           93
  S. Rogers (MON)          92

Runs:

  V. Blue (SF)             75
  P. Niekro (ATL)          74
  R. Jones (SD)            50
  D. Sutton (LA)           50
  J. Denny (STL)           48
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        46
  J. Richard (HOU)         46
  P. Falcone (NY)          45
  B. Forsch (STL)          45
  R. Grimsley (MON)        45

Home Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          19
  V. Blue (SF)             14
  B. Knepper (SF)          14
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        12
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        12
  T. Hume (CIN)            11
  L. McGlothen (CHI)       11
  J. Denny (STL)           10
  P. Falcone (NY)          10
  B. Forsch (STL)          10

Walks:

  V. Blue (SF)             52
  P. Niekro (ATL)          50
  M. Krukow (CHI)          44
  B. Knepper (SF)          42
  J. Niekro (HOU)          40
  J. Richard (HOU)         38
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        37
  P. Falcone (NY)          37
  J. Denny (STL)           36
  J. Andujar (HOU)         35

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)        100
  G. Perry (SD)            70
  S. Carlton (PHI)         68
  P. Niekro (ATL)          65
  C. Swan (NY)             63
  B. Hooton (LA)           62
  D. Sutton (LA)           61
  V. Blue (SF)             60
  P. Vuckovich (STL)       59
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        58

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