Friday June 15, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, June 15, 1979

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         38  27  2.97   65  26  10   587   510  227  194   34  207  330
Montreal        34  23  3.20   57  13  12   513   478  209  182   47  147  272
Pittsburgh      29  28  3.54   58   7  15   529   509  245  208   51  198  335
Cincinnati      35  28  3.64   63   9  17   569   559  278  230   53  203  308
Philadelphia    32  29  3.77   62  17   7   546   547  252  229   49  159  294
New York        24  33  3.90   58   5  12   529   524  263  229   47  253  286
San Diego       30  36  3.90   66   9  11   591   589  294  256   43  207  340
St. Louis       32  25  3.94   58  11  12   536   544  253  235   52  205  314
Los Angeles     30  35  4.18   65  14  11   579   581  309  269   48  232  325
San Francisco   31  33  4.22   64  13  12   570   599  303  267   63  228  323
Chicago         29  29  4.55   58   7  18   523   562  290  264   55  203  331
Atlanta         22  40  4.67   62  11  13   547   600  335  284   57  200  294

 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
Craig Swan (NY)        7   4  2.90  15  15   4   0   2  109   93   40   35   10   24   70
Paul Moskau (CIN)      4   2  2.94  11   7   0   0   0   64   55   28   21    5   28   35
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   1  1.50   3   0   0   0   0    6    6    1    1    0    1    4
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
Gene Garber            3   8  3.67  30   0   0  12   0   54   60   35   22    7   10   30
Rick Matula            3   5  3.67  11  11   0   0   0   69   70   31   28    5   21   31
Phil Niekro            7   9  4.19  18  18   8   0   0  127  124   75   59   19   51   68
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  1.75  12   0   0   3   0   26   20    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  4.31  13  13   1   0   0   79   86   38   38    5   21   43
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       1   0  4.96  23   0   0   0   0   33   36   21   18    4   15   21
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
Tom Seaver             4   5  4.41  12  12   4   0   1   69   67   38   34    6   21   45
Bill Bonham            2   1  4.50  10  10   0   0   0   56   58   30   28    6   20   27
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
Joaquin Andujar        6   4  3.28  23   6   3   3   0   69   50   26   25    2   37   39
J.R. Richard           6   5  3.50  15  15   5   0   0  103   90   46   40    6   38  100
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
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   7  3.68  14  14   4   0   0  103   88   51   42    7   28   70
Jerry Reuss            2   4  4.34  19   2   0   3   0   37   43   25   18    2   16   19
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
Dave Patterson         0   0  5.40   3   0   0   0   0    5    7    3    3    1    4    1
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
Ken Brett              0   0 10.80   2   0   0   0   0    3    4    4    4    0    1    1

 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   4  1.96  23   0   0   5   0   41   34   11    9    2   16   25
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
Stan Bahnsen           2   1  2.94  19   0   0   2   0   34   31   11   11    5    9   20
Scott Sanderson        4   4  3.10  13  13   3   0   2   78   63   29   27   10   21   59
Bill Lee               6   3  3.76  12  12   2   0   2   79   83   37   33    9   13   19
Rudy May               2   0  3.94  12   0   0   0   0   16   19    9    7    2    9   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             7   4  2.90  15  15   4   0   2  109   93   40   35   10   24   70
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  2.05  24   0   0   4   0   31   19   10    7    2   13   29
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
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
Larry Christenson      1   4  4.22   8   6   1   0   0   43   44   20   20    4    4   24
Jim Kaat               1   0  4.32   3   1   0   0   0    8    9    4    4    1    5    2
Ron Reed               5   3  4.69  24   0   0   2   0   40   49   25   21    4   14   21
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
Bert Blyleven          3   2  4.18  15  15   1   0   0   93   98   46   43   12   41   64
Kent Tekulve           3   5  4.57  36   0   0   7   0   45   44   26   23    5   19   31
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  3.36  24   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
Eric Rasmussen         3   6  3.97  17  12   2   0   0   82   80   38   36    6   25   28
Mickey Lolich          0   2  4.20  12   5   0   0   0   30   33   21   14    2   11   14
Bob Owchinko           3   2  4.25  13  10   1   0   0   59   65   33   28    8   26   30
Randy Jones            5   5  4.35  16  16   1   0   0   97  101   50   47    5   29   40
John D'Acquisto        3   5  6.41  24   1   0   2   0   39   43   34   28    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           5   3  2.38  30   0   0   7   0   45   49   15   12    2   21   37
Dave Roberts           0   1  2.83  22   1   0   2   0   35   36   14   11    3   15   21
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  3.72  11  11   1   0   0   65   70   30   27    7   21   29
Bob Knepper            6   2  3.87  15  15   3   0   1  100  105   45   43   14   42   56
Tom Griffin            3   4  4.11  26   2   0   1   0   46   38   26   21    5   20   36
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  7.06  23   0   0   2   0   29   39   25   23    4   14   13

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Will McEnaney          0   0  2.45  11   0   0   0   0   15   14    4    4    1    2    4
Silvio Martinez        4   1  2.69  12   9   0   0   0   74   69   23   22    2   25   40
Pete Vuckovich         6   3  3.25  14  13   4   0   0   97   93   42   35   11   18   66
Mark Littell           4   2  3.45  26   0   0   4   0   31   25   12   12    1   25   25
Darold Knowles         2   3  3.74  23   0   0   5   0   22   27   10    9    2    9   10
Tom Bruno              2   2  4.03  23   0   0   0   0   29   27   13   13    1   20   19
Buddy Schultz          4   2  4.11  24   0   0   3   0   35   33   16   16    6   14   34
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
  C. Swan (NY)              7
  J. Andujar (HOU)          6
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         6

Losses:

  P. Niekro (ATL)           9
  G. Garber (ATL)           8
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  D. Sutton (LA)            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

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)          7
  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)       126.2
  J. Niekro (HOU)       111.1
  V. Blue (SF)          110.1
  C. Swan (NY)          108.2
  G. Perry (SD)         106.0
  S. Rogers (MON)       103.1
  J. Richard (HOU)      103.0
  D. Sutton (LA)        102.2
  B. Hooton (LA)        102.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)      101.1

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)         124
  V. Blue (SF)            114
  B. Knepper (SF)         105
  R. Jones (SD)           101
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        98
  R. Lerch (PHI)           96
  G. Perry (SD)            96
  B. Hooton (LA)           95
  J. Denny (STL)           93
  C. Swan (NY)             93

Runs:

  V. Blue (SF)             75
  P. Niekro (ATL)          75
  D. Sutton (LA)           51
  R. Jones (SD)            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
  P. Vuckovich (STL)       11
  J. Denny (STL)           10
  P. Falcone (NY)          10

Walks:

  V. Blue (SF)             52
  P. Niekro (ATL)          51
  M. Krukow (CHI)          44
  B. Knepper (SF)          42
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        41
  J. Niekro (HOU)          40
  J. Richard (HOU)         38
  J. Andujar (HOU)         37
  P. Falcone (NY)          37
  J. Denny (STL)           36

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)        100
  G. Perry (SD)            70
  D. Sutton (LA)           70
  C. Swan (NY)             70
  S. Carlton (PHI)         68
  P. Niekro (ATL)          68
  P. Vuckovich (STL)       66
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        64
  B. Hooton (LA)           62
  V. Blue (SF)             60


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