Saturday June 16, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, June 16, 1979

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         38  28  3.00   66  27  10   595   519  231  198   35  209  341
Montreal        35  23  3.17   58  13  13   522   488  211  184   47  147  274
Pittsburgh      30  28  3.53   59   8  15   538   514  248  211   52  203  341
Cincinnati      35  29  3.65   64   9  17   577   569  282  234   53  208  309
Philadelphia    33  29  3.76   63  17   7   555   555  255  232   51  162  302
New York        25  33  3.83   59   6  12   538   527  263  229   47  253  289
San Diego       30  37  3.90   67   9  11   600   600  299  260   44  211  344
St. Louis       32  26  3.97   59  11  12   544   551  259  240   54  209  319
San Francisco   32  33  4.17   65  14  12   579   604  304  268   63  229  329
Los Angeles     30  36  4.19   66  14  11   588   593  315  274   49  234  333
Chicago         30  29  4.50   59   7  19   532   566  292  266   55  209  334
Atlanta         22  41  4.64   63  11  13   555   605  337  286   58  202  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
Steve Rogers (MON)     6   3  2.61  15  15   6   0   3  103   92   35   30    5   21   55
Gaylord Perry (SD)     6   5  2.63  15  15   5   0   0  113  106   40   33    6   29   73
Nino Espinosa (PHI)    6   5  2.67  12  12   4   0   3   81   68   29   24    7   26   37
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
Don Robinson (PIT)     5   3  2.99  12  12   3   0   0   78   75   29   26    7   28   45
Paul Moskau (CIN)      4   2  3.07  12   8   0   0   0   70   62   31   24    5   29   36
Burt Hooton (LA)       6   3  3.09  13  13   6   0   0  102   95   41   35    4   32   62

 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  3.41  28   0   0   1   0   37   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
Mickey Mahler          2   7  5.37  13  11   1   0   0   65   76   46   39    5   25   37
Bo McLaughlin          0   1  5.93   8   1   0   0   0   14   21   11    9    2    3    9
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  1.23  21   0   0  14   0   37   21    6    5    2   10   37
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
Ken Holtzman           5   5  4.91  13  12   2   0   1   70   82   42   38   12   26   33
Willie Hernandez       1   0  4.96  23   0   0   0   0   33   36   21   18    4   15   21
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  2.10  29   0   0   1   0   30   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  3.07  12   8   0   0   0   70   62   31   24    5   29   36
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
Doug Bair              3   1  3.38  24   0   0   8   0   32   29   12   12    4   22   28
Tom Hume               5   4  3.61  20   9   1   2   0   77   87   35   31   11   18   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   6  3.57  16  16   6   0   0  111   99   50   44    7   40  111
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
Lerrin LaGrow          1   1  3.18  12   0   0   1   0   17   20    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
Bob Welch              4   4  3.69  18   6   0   5   0   54   56   25   22    5   22   44
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  1.87  24   0   0   6   0   43   36   11    9    2   16   26
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          6   4  4.63  15  15   2   0   0   82   96   47   42    8   22   17

 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
Kevin Kobel            3   2  3.08  11   9   1   0   1   61   53   25   21    5   22   27
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
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             3   0  2.01  25   0   0   4   0   31   20   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  3.28  15  15   6   0   2  110   94   46   40    9   34   76
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           5   3  2.99  12  12   3   0   0   78   75   29   26    7   28   45
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   5  2.63  15  15   5   0   0  113  106   40   33    6   29   73
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
Mickey Lolich          0   2  3.94  13   5   0   0   0   32   34   21   14    2   12   15
Eric Rasmussen         3   6  3.97  17  12   2   0   0   82   80   38   36    6   25   28
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
John Curtis            2   3  5.02  12   4   1   0   0   38   43   23   21    6   12   27
Vida Blue              7   6  5.55  16  16   6   0   0  110  114   75   68   14   52   60
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  2.35  12   0   0   0   0   15   15    5    4    1    4    4
Silvio Martinez        4   2  3.10  13  10   0   0   0   78   74   28   27    4   27   42
Pete Vuckovich         6   3  3.25  14  13   4   0   0   97   93   42   35   11   18   66
Mark Littell           4   2  3.34  27   0   0   4   0   32   25   12   12    1   25   26
Darold Knowles         2   3  3.74  23   0   0   5   0   22   27   10    9    2    9   10
Tom Bruno              2   2  3.82  24   0   0   0   0   31   28   13   13    1   20   21
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
  M. Mahler (ATL)           7
  D. Sutton (LA)            7
  V. Blue (SF)              6
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       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
  J. Richard (HOU)          6
  S. Rogers (MON)           6
  G. Perry (SD)             5
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         4

Saves:

  B. Sutter (CHI)          14
  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
  E. Sosa (MON)             6
  D. Knowles (STL)          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
  G. Perry (SD)         113.0
  J. Niekro (HOU)       111.1
  J. Richard (HOU)      111.0
  V. Blue (SF)          110.1
  S. Carlton (PHI)      109.2
  C. Swan (NY)          108.2
  S. Rogers (MON)       103.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        102.2
  B. Hooton (LA)        102.0

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)         124
  V. Blue (SF)            114
  G. Perry (SD)           106
  B. Knepper (SF)         105
  R. Jones (SD)           101
  J. Richard (HOU)         99
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        98
  R. Grimsley (MON)        96
  R. Lerch (PHI)           96
  B. Hooton (LA)           95

Runs:

  V. Blue (SF)             75
  P. Niekro (ATL)          75
  D. Sutton (LA)           51
  R. Jones (SD)            50
  J. Richard (HOU)         50
  J. Denny (STL)           48
  R. Grimsley (MON)        47
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        46
  S. Carlton (PHI)         46
  M. Mahler (ATL)          46

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)         40
  J. Andujar (HOU)         37
  P. Falcone (NY)          37
  J. Denny (STL)           36

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)        111
  S. Carlton (PHI)         76
  G. Perry (SD)            73
  D. Sutton (LA)           70
  C. Swan (NY)             70
  P. Niekro (ATL)          68
  P. Vuckovich (STL)       66
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        64
  B. Hooton (LA)           62
  V. Blue (SF)             60

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