Sunday June 17, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, June 17, 1979

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Montreal        36  23  3.17   59  13  13   531   496  214  187   48  150  274
Houston         38  29  3.24   67  27  10   603   543  250  217   40  212  346
Pittsburgh      31  28  3.49   60   8  16   547   516  249  212   53  205  349
Cincinnati      35  30  3.74   65   9  17   585   579  291  243   53  214  316
Philadelphia    34  29  3.75   64  17   7   564   562  258  235   52  165  308
New York        26  33  3.79   60   6  12   547   535  264  230   48  257  295
San Diego       30  38  3.95   68   9  11   609   612  307  267   45  215  351
St. Louis       32  27  4.02   60  11  12   552   563  266  247   55  216  324
San Francisco   33  33  4.16   66  14  13   588   615  308  272   64  231  341
Los Angeles     30  37  4.20   67  14  11   597   607  320  279   49  236  336
Chicago         31  29  4.51   60   7  20   541   578  297  271   57  212  343
Atlanta         22  42  4.60   64  11  13   564   614  339  288   58  203  299

 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
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
Joe Niekro (HOU)      10   3  3.00  16  16   7   0   4  114   92   45   38    8   43   47
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  1.13   4   0   0   0   0    8    7    1    1    0    1    5
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
Rick Matula            3   5  3.67  11  11   0   0   0   69   70   31   28    5   21   31
Gene Garber            3   9  3.67  31   0   0  12   0   56   63   36   23    7   11   32
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
Tony Brizzolara        1   2  5.68   6   6   0   0   0   32   40   22   20    1   12   22
Bo McLaughlin          0   1  5.93   8   1   0   0   0   14   21   11    9    2    3    9
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  1.18  22   0   0  15   0   38   22    6    5    2   10   39
Dick Tidrow            2   1  1.73  13   0   0   3   0   26   21    5    5    0   15   10
Rick Reuschel          5   5  4.31  13  13   1   0   0   79   86   38   38    5   21   43
Mike Krukow            3   5  4.46  13  13   0   0   0   75   72   39   37    8   46   61
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
Fred Norman            3   6  3.43  14  12   2   0   0   76   69   35   29    5   32   43
Pedro Borbon           2   2  3.54  27   0   0   2   0   41   44   16   16    2    8   18
Tom Hume               5   4  3.61  20   9   1   2   0   77   87   35   31   11   18   38
Doug Bair              3   2  4.28  25   0   0   8   0   34   31   16   16    4   24   29
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
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
Randy Niemann          2   0  2.48   5   4   2   0   1   29   31    9    8    0    6   10
Ken Forsch             4   3  2.71  10   9   6   0   2   73   62   28   22    4   17   27
Bert Roberge           0   0  2.84   5   0   0   2   0    6    3    2    2    0    3    0
Joe Niekro            10   3  3.00  16  16   7   0   4  114   92   45   38    8   43   47
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  4.09  11   2   0   0   0   22   22   11   10    0   18   20
Tom Dixon              0   1  4.80   9   1   0   0   0   15   19    9    8    2    6    3
Bo McLaughlin          1   2  5.51  12   0   0   0   0   16   22   15   10    2    4   12
George Throop          1   0  6.43   4   0   0   0   0    7   13    7    5    4    2    5
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  2.16   7   0   0   1   0    8    8    3    2    0    3    4
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   5  4.26  20   3   0   3   0   44   55   28   21    2   16   20
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         2   1  2.61  13   4   0   1   0   48   36   15   14    3   24   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
David Palmer           2   1  3.65  17   0   0   2   0   25   20   13   10    4    6   16
Rudy May               2   0  3.71  13   0   0   0   0   17   21    9    7    2   10   12
Bill Lee               6   3  3.76  12  12   2   0   2   79   83   37   33    9   13   19
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
Jeff Reardon           1   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    0    0    0    0    0
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  3.82  14   1   0   0   0   33   24   20   14    2   30   22
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  5.17  15  13   0   0   0   71   79   46   41   11   37   36
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  1.95  26   0   0   4   0   32   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            4   4  3.38  15  15   3   0   0   99  103   39   37   10   25   36
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
Ed Whitson             2   3  4.35  18   6   0   1   0   52   48   33   25    6   32   29
Kent Tekulve           3   5  4.40  37   0   0   8   0   47   44   26   23    5   19   33
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
Rollie Fingers         6   3  2.87  29   0   0   9   0   53   50   19   17    1   17   41
Bob Shirley            2   6  3.12  25   3   0   0   0   61   54   23   21    2   16   36
Steve Mura             2   2  3.41  10   5   0   0   0   37   27   16   14    3   17   38
Dennis Kinney          0   0  3.57  12   0   0   0   0   18   17    8    7    2    7   10
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
Randy Jones            5   5  4.35  16  16   1   0   0   97  101   50   47    5   29   40
Bob Owchinko           3   3  4.95  14  11   1   0   0   60   70   38   33    9   26   30
John D'Acquisto        3   5  6.10  25   1   0   2   0   41   45   34   28    6   33   31
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  2.33  31   0   0   8   0   46   50   15   12    2   21   39
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  3.94  16  16   3   0   1  107  114   49   47   15   44   65
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          2   5  6.90  24   0   0   2   0   30   40   25   23    4   14   14

 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  3.31  28   0   0   4   0   33   26   12   12    1   26   27
Darold Knowles         2   3  3.57  24   0   0   5   0   23   27   10    9    2    9   10
Tom Bruno              2   2  3.82  24   0   0   0   0   31   28   13   13    1   20   21
Bob Forsch             3   5  4.29  13  13   4   0   0   86   88   45   41   10   25   40
John Denny             3   5  4.77  14  14   3   0   1   94  101   52   50   11   42   46
Buddy Schultz          4   3  4.79  25   0   0   3   0   36   36   19   19    6   14   34
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:

  G. Garber (ATL)           9
  P. Niekro (ATL)           9
  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)          15
  G. Garber (ATL)          12
  R. Fingers (SD)           9
  S. Lockwood (NY)          9
  D. Bair (CIN)             8
  G. Lavelle (SF)           8
  K. Tekulve (PIT)          8
  G. Jackson (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
  J. Niekro (HOU)       114.0
  G. Perry (SD)         113.0
  J. Richard (HOU)      111.0
  V. Blue (SF)          110.1
  S. Carlton (PHI)      109.2
  C. Swan (NY)          108.2
  B. Knepper (SF)       107.1
  S. Rogers (MON)       103.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        102.2

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)         124
  V. Blue (SF)            114
  B. Knepper (SF)         114
  G. Perry (SD)           106
  R. Lerch (PHI)          103
  J. Denny (STL)          101
  R. Jones (SD)           101
  J. Richard (HOU)         99
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        98
  R. Grimsley (MON)        96

Runs:

  V. Blue (SF)             75
  P. Niekro (ATL)          75
  J. Denny (STL)           52
  D. Sutton (LA)           51
  R. Jones (SD)            50
  J. Richard (HOU)         50
  B. Knepper (SF)          49
  R. Grimsley (MON)        47
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        46
  S. Carlton (PHI)         46

Home Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          19
  B. Knepper (SF)          15
  V. Blue (SF)             14
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        12
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        12
  J. Denny (STL)           11
  P. Falcone (NY)          11
  T. Hume (CIN)            11
  L. McGlothen (CHI)       11
  P. Vuckovich (STL)       11

Walks:

  V. Blue (SF)             52
  P. Niekro (ATL)          51
  M. Krukow (CHI)          46
  B. Knepper (SF)          44
  J. Niekro (HOU)          43
  J. Denny (STL)           42
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        41
  J. Richard (HOU)         40
  J. Andujar (HOU)         37
  P. Falcone (NY)          37

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. Knepper (SF)          65
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        64
  B. Hooton (LA)           62


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