Monday June 18, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Monday, June 18, 1979

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Montreal        36  24  3.17   60  13  13   540   507  217  190   48  151  280
Houston         39  29  3.17   68  27  10   621   558  252  219   40  222  351
Pittsburgh      31  28  3.49   60   8  16   547   516  249  212   53  205  349
Cincinnati      36  30  3.70   66   9  18   594   586  293  244   54  215  319
New York        26  34  3.72   61   6  12   564   550  267  233   48  263  300
Philadelphia    34  30  3.85   65  17   7   572   577  268  245   55  168  310
San Diego       31  38  3.92   69   9  12   618   620  309  269   45  215  354
St. Louis       32  28  3.98   61  11  12   560   570  269  248   55  217  326
San Francisco   33  33  4.16   66  14  13   588   615  308  272   64  231  341
Los Angeles     31  37  4.19   68  15  11   606   615  323  282   50  238  340
Chicago         31  30  4.56   61   7  20   549   589  304  278   61  218  351
Atlanta         23  42  4.60   65  11  13   573   627  344  293   59  206  303

 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
Gaylord Perry (SD)     6   5  2.63  15  15   5   0   0  113  106   40   33    6   29   73
Steve Rogers (MON)     6   4  2.67  16  16   6   0   3  111  102   38   33    5   22   60
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)       7   3  3.08  14  14   7   0   0  111  103   44   38    5   34   66
Silvio Martinez (STL)  4   2  3.10  13  10   0   0   0   78   74   28   27    4   27   42

 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
Gene Garber            3   9  3.61  32   0   0  12   0   57   64   36   23    7   11   32
Rick Matula            4   5  3.87  12  12   0   0   0   74   80   35   32    6   23   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
Bo McLaughlin          0   1  5.63   9   1   0   0   0   16   23   12   10    2    4   12
Tony Brizzolara        1   2  5.68   6   6   0   0   0   32   40   22   20    1   12   22
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
Lynn McGlothen         7   6  4.90  19   9   2   2   0   79   82   45   43   13   21   51
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
Dennis Lamp            5   3  5.03  17  13   2   0   1   73   93   46   41    9   22   37
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  6.46  20   0   0   0   0   39   50   31   28    5   16   24

 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
Bill Bonham            3   1  4.08  11  11   0   0   0   64   64   32   29    7   21   30
Doug Bair              3   2  4.15  26   0   0   9   0   35   32   16   16    4   24   29
Tom Seaver             4   5  4.41  12  12   4   0   1   69   67   38   34    6   21   45
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  1.31  24   0   0   5   0   41   34    8    6    2   13   28
Bert Roberge           1   0  1.93   6   0   0   2   0    9    6    2    2    0    5    1
Randy Niemann          2   0  2.16   6   4   2   0   1   33   32    9    8    0    9   11
Rick Williams          2   3  2.53  12   8   2   0   2   57   54   16   16    2   13   18
Ken Forsch             4   3  2.71  10   9   6   0   2   73   62   28   22    4   17   27
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
Tom Dixon              0   1  4.00  10   1   0   0   0   18   21    9    8    2    9    5
Frank Riccelli         2   2  4.09  11   2   0   0   0   22   22   11   10    0   18   20
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            7   3  3.08  14  14   7   0   0  111  103   44   38    5   34   66
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  1.61  14   0   0   2   0   22   19    7    4    0    8   15
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   4  2.67  16  16   6   0   3  111  102   38   33    5   22   60
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  0.93   6   0   0   2   0   10    8    1    1    0    7    5
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
Dock Ellis             0   0  3.00   1   1   0   0   0    6    7    2    2    0    2    1
Kevin Kobel            3   2  3.08  11   9   1   0   1   61   53   25   21    5   22   27
Dale Murray            4   5  3.16  30   0   0   1   0   51   50   20   18    3   26   19
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
Tom Hausman            0   2  4.09   2   1   0   0   0   11   13    5    5    0    5    2
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

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Kevin Saucier          0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    3    0    0    0    0    1    0
Tug McGraw             3   0  1.95  26   0   0   4   0   32   20   10    7    2   13   29
Nino Espinosa          6   6  3.13  13  13   4   0   3   83   76   34   29   10   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  5.32  25   0   0   2   0   42   54   29   25    4   15   23
Doug Bird              0   0  5.74  16   0   0   0   0   31   48   20   20    6    7   16
Rawly Eastwick         1   1  6.75  15   0   0   1   0   23   25   18   17    2    9   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  2.83  30   0   0  10   0   54   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            6   5  4.17  17  17   1   0   0  106  109   52   49    5   29   43
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  2.08  13   0   0   0   0   17   15    5    4    1    4    5
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   6  4.11  14  14   4   0   0   92   95   48   42   10   26   41
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
  B. Hooton (LA)            7
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        7
  P. Niekro (ATL)           7
  R. Sutcliffe (LA)         7
  C. Swan (NY)              7
  J. Andujar (HOU)          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
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         6
  B. Forsch (STL)           6
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        6

Complete Games:

  P. Niekro (ATL)           8
  B. Hooton (LA)            7
  J. Niekro (HOU)           7
  V. Blue (SF)              6
  S. Carlton (PHI)          6
  K. Forsch (HOU)           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)          10
  D. Bair (CIN)             9
  S. Lockwood (NY)          9
  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
  S. Rogers (MON)       111.1
  B. Hooton (LA)        111.0
  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

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)         124
  V. Blue (SF)            114
  B. Knepper (SF)         114
  R. Jones (SD)           109
  G. Perry (SD)           106
  B. Hooton (LA)          103
  R. Lerch (PHI)          103
  S. Rogers (MON)         102
  J. Denny (STL)          101
  J. Richard (HOU)         99

Runs:

  V. Blue (SF)             75
  P. Niekro (ATL)          75
  J. Denny (STL)           52
  R. Jones (SD)            52
  D. Sutton (LA)           51
  J. Richard (HOU)         50
  B. Knepper (SF)          49
  B. Forsch (STL)          48
  R. Grimsley (MON)        47
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        46

Home Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          19
  B. Knepper (SF)          15
  V. Blue (SF)             14
  L. McGlothen (CHI)       13
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        12
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        12
  J. Denny (STL)           11
  P. Falcone (NY)          11
  T. Hume (CIN)            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
  B. Hooton (LA)           66
  P. Vuckovich (STL)       66
  B. Knepper (SF)          65
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        64


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