Tuesday June 19, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, June 19, 1979

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         40  29  3.14   69  28  10   630   560  253  220   40  229  353
Montreal        37  24  3.15   61  13  14   549   513  219  192   49  153  283
Pittsburgh      32  28  3.50   61   8  17   556   524  253  216   56  207  353
Cincinnati      36  31  3.69   67   9  18   602   596  296  247   54  217  322
New York        26  35  3.72   62   6  12   572   558  270  236   48  267  306
St. Louis       33  28  3.92   62  12  12   569   578  271  248   55  218  332
Philadelphia    34  31  3.93   66  17   7   580   589  278  253   56  173  313
San Diego       31  39  3.96   70   9  12   627   630  316  276   45  220  358
Los Angeles     31  38  4.21   69  15  11   615   625  330  288   50  247  342
San Francisco   33  34  4.22   67  14  13   597   630  317  280   65  235  346
Chicago         32  30  4.55   62   7  21   558   599  308  282   63  222  355
Atlanta         24  42  4.60   66  11  13   582   636  348  297   60  209  307

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Lacoss (CIN)      8   1  2.39  16  14   2   0   1   98   86   37   26    6   36   37
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
Joaquin Andujar (HOU)  7   4  3.01  24   7   4   3   0   78   52   27   26    2   44   41
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

 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  3.32  29   0   0   1   0   38   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            8   9  4.21  19  19   8   0   0  135  133   79   63   20   54   72
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  1.15  23   0   0  16   0   39   23    6    5    2   10   40
Dick Tidrow            3   1  1.55  14   0   0   3   0   29   23    5    5    0   15   13
Mike Krukow            3   5  4.46  13  13   0   0   0   75   72   39   37    8   46   61
Rick Reuschel          5   5  4.48  14  14   1   0   0   84   93   42   42    7   25   43
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   1  2.39  16  14   2   0   1   98   86   37   26    6   36   37
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
Tom Hume               5   4  3.53  21   9   1   2   0   79   88   35   31   11   18   38
Pedro Borbon           2   2  3.54  27   0   0   2   0   41   44   16   16    2    8   18
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  9.00   6   0   0   0   0    6    8    7    6    0    3    5

 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
Joaquin Andujar        7   4  3.01  24   7   4   3   0   78   52   27   26    2   44   41
Vern Ruhle             1   3  3.16   7   6   1   0   1   43   36   15   15    5    6   21
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
Lerrin LaGrow          1   1  3.00  13   0   0   1   0   18   22    7    6    2    4    9
Burt Hooton            7   3  3.08  14  14   7   0   0  111  103   44   38    5   34   66
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
Dave Patterson         0   0  3.86   4   0   0   0   0    7    7    3    3    1    5    2
Rick Sutcliffe         7   5  3.91  19  10   2   0   0   92   95   47   40    6   39   45
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
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 13.50   3   0   0   0   0    3    7    5    5    0    1    1

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Woodie Fryman          2   2  1.48  15   0   0   3   0   24   19    7    4    0    8   16
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
Bill Lee               7   3  3.66  13  13   2   0   2   86   89   39   35   10   15   21
Rudy May               2   0  3.71  13   0   0   0   0   17   21    9    7    2   10   12
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  0.84   7   0   0   2   0   11    9    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
Andy Hassler           0   1  3.86   1   1   0   0   0    7    7    3    3    0    4    6
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  2.91  27   0   0   4   0   34   24   14   11    2   15   30
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
Jim Kaat               1   0  4.32   3   1   0   0   0    8    9    4    4    1    5    2
Larry Christenson      1   5  4.41   9   7   1   0   0   49   52   26   24    5    7   26
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
Enrique Romo           3   3  2.45  29   0   0   1   0   40   37   16   11    3   13   33
Grant Jackson          3   0  2.64  29   0   0   7   0   31   26   10    9    3   11   16
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        5   6  3.95  15  13   2   0   0   82   93   42   36   12   21   47
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
Randy Jones            6   5  4.17  17  17   1   0   0  106  109   52   49    5   29   43
Mickey Lolich          0   2  4.28  14   5   0   0   0   34   35   23   16    2   15   15
Eric Rasmussen         3   7  4.30  18  13   2   0   0   84   86   42   40    6   26   29
Bob Owchinko           3   3  4.86  15  11   1   0   0   63   72   39   34    9   26   31
John D'Acquisto        3   5  5.77  26   1   0   2   0   44   46   34   28    6   34   33
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  2.65  23   1   0   2   0   37   37   14   11    3   16   21
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
Tom Griffin            3   4  3.94  27   2   0   1   0   48   40   26   21    5   21   38
Bob Knepper            6   2  3.94  16  16   3   0   1  107  114   49   47   15   44   65
John Montefusco        1   3  4.46   6   6   0   0   0   34   38   17   17    2    9   15
John Curtis            2   3  5.02  12   4   1   0   0   38   43   23   21    6   12   27
Greg Minton            0   0  5.40   3   0   0   0   0    5    7    3    3    0    1    0
Vida Blue              7   6  5.55  16  16   6   0   0  110  114   75   68   14   52   60
Randy Moffitt          2   5  7.26  25   0   0   2   0   31   43   28   25    5   14   15

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Fulgham           1   0  0.00   1   1   1   0   0    9    8    2    0    0    1    6
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
  P. Niekro (ATL)           8
  J. Andujar (HOU)          7
  V. Blue (SF)              7
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  B. Hooton (LA)            7
  B. Lee (MON)              7
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        7
  R. Sutcliffe (LA)         7

Losses:

  G. Garber (ATL)           9
  P. Niekro (ATL)           9
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  M. Mahler (ATL)           7
  E. Rasmussen (SD)         7
  D. Sutton (LA)            7
  V. Blue (SF)              6
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       6
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         6
  B. Forsch (STL)           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
  J. Andujar (HOU)          4

Saves:

  B. Sutter (CHI)          16
  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)       134.2
  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)         133
  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:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          79
  V. Blue (SF)             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
  R. Sutcliffe (LA)        47

Home Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          20
  B. Knepper (SF)          15
  V. Blue (SF)             14
  L. McGlothen (CHI)       13
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        12
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      12
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        12
  J. Denny (STL)           11
  P. Falcone (NY)          11
  T. Hume (CIN)            11

Walks:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          54
  V. Blue (SF)             52
  M. Krukow (CHI)          46
  J. Andujar (HOU)         44
  B. Knepper (SF)          44
  J. Niekro (HOU)          43
  J. Denny (STL)           42
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        41
  J. Richard (HOU)         40
  R. Sutcliffe (LA)        39

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)        111
  S. Carlton (PHI)         76
  G. Perry (SD)            73
  P. Niekro (ATL)          72
  D. Sutton (LA)           70
  C. Swan (NY)             70
  B. Hooton (LA)           66
  P. Vuckovich (STL)       66
  B. Knepper (SF)          65
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        64

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