Saturday June 23, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, June 23, 1979

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         43  29  3.10   72  28  11   657   577  260  226   40  236  371
Montreal        40  24  3.12   64  14  15   578   535  228  200   52  162  302
Pittsburgh      34  29  3.48   64   8  18   583   545  264  225   58  214  370
Cincinnati      36  34  3.71   70   9  18   631   623  309  260   56  225  341
New York        26  37  3.75   64   7  12   588   575  279  245   51  271  314
St. Louis       34  29  3.85   64  13  12   586   593  276  251   56  222  343
San Diego       32  41  3.89   73  10  12   652   650  322  282   45  228  375
Philadelphia    35  33  3.90   69  18   7   605   615  291  262   57  181  321
San Francisco   35  35  4.20   70  14  15   624   655  329  291   70  242  362
Los Angeles     32  40  4.22   72  16  12   640   652  344  300   52  262  357
Atlanta         26  44  4.55   70  11  14   618   669  369  312   65  227  330
Chicago         33  31  4.56   64   7  22   575   619  318  291   63  231  367

 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
Steve Rogers (MON)     7   4  2.47  17  17   7   0   4  120  103   38   33    5   26   65
Gaylord Perry (SD)     7   5  2.51  16  16   6   0   0  122  117   41   34    6   30   78
Ken Forsch (HOU)       4   3  2.71  10   9   6   0   2   73   62   28   22    4   17   27
Silvio Martinez (STL)  5   2  2.89  14  11   1   0   0   87   81   30   28    5   29   46
Joe Niekro (HOU)      11   3  2.89  17  17   7   0   4  121   98   46   39    8   46   48
Joaquin Andujar (HOU)  7   4  3.01  24   7   4   3   0   78   52   27   26    2   44   41
Burt Hooton (LA)       7   3  3.08  14  14   7   0   0  111  103   44   38    5   34   66
Craig Swan (NY)        7   5  3.09  16  16   5   0   2  117  101   45   40   11   26   73
Nino Espinosa (PHI)    6   7  3.09  14  14   4   0   3   90   83   37   31   10   26   38

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Joey McLaughlin        0   1  1.50   6   0   0   0   0   12   10    5    2    1    4    6
Adrian Devine          1   2  3.06  24   0   0   0   0   35   46   14   12    4   16   12
Gene Garber            3   9  3.43  35   0   0  13   0   60   66   36   23    7   11   34
Craig Skok             1   2  3.46  30   0   0   1   0   39   39   16   15    4   11   18
Rick Matula            4   5  3.87  12  12   0   0   0   74   80   35   32    6   23   32
Phil Niekro            9   9  4.10  20  20   8   0   0  143  140   82   65   21   59   75
Tony Brizzolara        2   2  4.54   7   7   0   0   0   40   47   24   20    1   15   29
Bo McLaughlin          0   1  5.00  11   1   0   0   0   18   23   12   10    2    4   15
Eddie Solomon          3   3  5.14  12  11   1   0   0   63   64   38   36    5   23   34
Mickey Mahler          2   8  5.61  14  12   1   0   0   69   79   50   43    6   28   39
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  1.50  24   0   0  17   0   42   24    8    7    2   12   44
Dick Tidrow            3   1  1.55  14   0   0   3   0   29   23    5    5    0   15   13
Mike Krukow            4   5  4.24  14  14   0   0   0   81   78   40   38    8   49   65
Rick Reuschel          5   5  4.48  14  14   1   0   0   84   93   42   42    7   25   43
Willie Hernandez       1   0  4.98  24   0   0   0   0   34   38   22   19    4   15   22
Lynn McGlothen         7   6  4.99  20   9   2   2   0   79   84   47   44   13   22   51
Ken Holtzman           5   6  5.00  14  13   2   0   1   76   91   46   42   12   29   36
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   3  3.25  13   9   0   0   0   72   65   33   26    5   32   37
Pedro Borbon           2   2  3.46  28   0   0   2   0   42   44   16   16    2    8   21
Tom Hume               5   5  3.51  23   9   1   2   0   85   94   37   33   11   20   41
Fred Norman            3   7  3.76  15  13   2   0   0   79   75   39   33    5   32   45
Doug Bair              3   2  3.89  28   0   0   9   0   39   35   17   17    4   25   34
Bill Bonham            3   1  4.08  11  11   0   0   0   64   64   32   29    7   21   30
Tom Seaver             4   5  4.48  13  13   4   0   1   76   73   42   38    8   22   48
Manny Sarmiento        0   3  4.63   7   0   0   0   0   12   11    7    6    0    4    7
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

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Joe Sambito            4   2  1.20  26   0   0   6   0   45   35    8    6    2   13   33
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  2.49  13   9   2   0   2   65   57   18   18    2   15   23
Ken Forsch             4   3  2.71  10   9   6   0   2   73   62   28   22    4   17   27
Joe Niekro            11   3  2.89  17  17   7   0   4  121   98   46   39    8   46   48
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  3.58  17  17   6   0   0  118  106   54   47    7   42  118
Tom Dixon              1   1  3.79  11   1   0   0   0   19   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  1.93   8   0   0   1   0    9    8    3    2    0    6    4
Lerrin LaGrow          1   1  3.00  14   0   0   1   0   18   22    7    6    2    5    9
Burt Hooton            7   3  3.08  14  14   7   0   0  111  103   44   38    5   34   66
Bob Welch              4   5  3.36  19   7   1   5   0   62   61   28   23    5   24   51
Don Sutton             7   7  3.76  15  15   4   0   0  110   99   55   46    9   29   76
Rick Sutcliffe         7   5  3.91  19  10   2   0   0   92   95   47   40    6   39   45
Jerry Reuss            2   6  4.80  21   4   0   3   0   45   57   31   24    2   21   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  5.56   6   0   0   1   0   11   14    7    7    1    6    3
Charlie Hough          0   2  6.20  20   0   0   0   0   49   48   37   34   10   30   23
Lance Rautzhan         0   2  7.45  12   0   0   1   0   10    9    9    8    0   11    5
Ken Brett              0   0  9.64   5   0   0   0   0    5    8    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             5   4  1.71  26   0   0   7   0   47   37   11    9    2   16   28
Steve Rogers           7   4  2.47  17  17   7   0   4  120  103   38   33    5   26   65
Dan Schatzeder         2   1  2.61  14   4   0   1   0   48   36   15   14    3   24   36
Stan Bahnsen           2   1  2.78  20   0   0   2   0   36   31   11   11    5   10   23
Scott Sanderson        4   4  3.27  14  14   3   0   2   85   71   33   31   11   23   65
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          7   4  4.67  16  16   2   0   0   89  108   52   46   10   24   20

 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
Dock Ellis             0   0  3.00   1   1   0   0   0    6    7    2    2    0    2    1
Craig Swan             7   5  3.09  16  16   5   0   2  117  101   45   40   11   26   73
Dale Murray            4   5  3.16  30   0   0   1   0   51   50   20   18    3   26   19
Kevin Kobel            3   3  3.34  12  10   1   0   1   67   60   29   25    7   22   31
Pat Zachry             5   1  3.59   7   7   1   0   0   43   44   19   17    3   21   17
Wayne Twitchell        1   0  3.60  15   1   0   0   0   35   26   20   14    2   32   23
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  2.83  28   0   0   4   0   35   25   14   11    2   15   30
Nino Espinosa          6   7  3.09  14  14   4   0   3   90   83   37   31   10   26   38
Steve Carlton          8   7  3.26  16  16   7   0   2  119   98   50   43   10   39   80
Randy Lerch            4   5  3.43  16  16   3   0   0  102  113   43   39   10   25   37
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  4.96  27   0   0   2   0   45   56   29   25    4   15   25
Doug Bird              0   0  5.74  16   0   0   0   0   31   48   20   20    6    7   16
Rawly Eastwick         1   1  7.13  16   0   0   1   0   24   27   20   19    2   12   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  2.36   7   7   1   0   0   50   31   15   13    3   14   21
Grant Jackson          4   0  2.43  32   0   0   7   0   33   26   10    9    3   12   16
Enrique Romo           3   3  2.43  30   0   0   1   0   41   38   16   11    3   13   33
Jim Bibby              3   1  3.08  14   1   0   0   0   26   24   13    9    2   12   21
Don Robinson           5   4  3.16  13  13   3   0   0   85   80   33   30    8   28   49
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          4   2  3.99  16  16   1   0   0   99  104   48   44   13   45   68
Kent Tekulve           3   5  4.06  39   0   0   9   0   51   46   26   23    5   20   37
Ed Whitson             2   3  4.35  18   6   0   1   0   52   48   33   25    6   32   29
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          7   5  2.51  16  16   6   0   0  122  117   41   34    6   30   78
Rollie Fingers         6   4  3.04  32   0   0  10   0   56   54   21   19    1   20   41
Bob Shirley            2   7  3.09  26   4   0   0   0   67   56   25   23    2   18   40
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  3.97  18  18   1   0   0  113  112   53   50    5   31   51
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
Dave Roberts           0   1  2.52  24   1   0   2   0   39   38   14   11    3   17   22
Gary Lavelle           5   4  2.63  33   0   0   9   0   51   53   18   15    2   24   44
Phil Nastu             3   4  3.53  12  12   1   0   0   74   77   32   29    9   22   31
Ed Halicki             5   3  3.57  11  11   3   0   1   71   71   35   28    6   22   37
Greg Minton            0   0  3.86   4   0   0   0   0    7    7    3    3    0    1    0
Tom Griffin            3   4  3.91  28   2   0   2   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            3   3  4.53  13   5   1   0   0   44   49   25   22    7   12   33
Vida Blue              7   6  5.80  17  17   6   0   0  113  122   80   73   16   54   62
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  1.86  14   0   0   0   0   19   15    5    4    1    4    6
Silvio Martinez        5   2  2.89  14  11   1   0   0   87   81   30   28    5   29   46
Pete Vuckovich         6   4  3.26  15  14   4   0   0  102  100   45   37   11   20   71
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
Buddy Schultz          4   3  4.66  26   0   0   3   0   37   37   19   19    6   14   35
John Denny             3   5  4.77  14  14   3   0   1   94  101   52   50   11   42   46
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)          11
  P. Niekro (ATL)           9
  S. Carlton (PHI)          8
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           8
  J. Andujar (HOU)          7
  V. Blue (SF)              7
  R. Grimsley (MON)         7
  B. Hooton (LA)            7
  B. Lee (MON)              7
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        7

Losses:

  G. Garber (ATL)           9
  P. Niekro (ATL)           9
  M. Mahler (ATL)           8
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         7
  F. Norman (CIN)           7
  E. Rasmussen (SD)         7
  B. Shirley (SD)           7
  D. Sutton (LA)            7
  V. Blue (SF)              6

Complete Games:

  P. Niekro (ATL)           8
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  B. Hooton (LA)            7
  J. Niekro (HOU)           7
  S. Rogers (MON)           7
  V. Blue (SF)              6
  K. Forsch (HOU)           6
  G. Perry (SD)             6
  J. Richard (HOU)          6
  C. Swan (NY)              5

Saves:

  B. Sutter (CHI)          17
  G. Garber (ATL)          13
  R. Fingers (SD)          10
  D. Bair (CIN)             9
  G. Lavelle (SF)           9
  S. Lockwood (NY)          9
  K. Tekulve (PIT)          9
  G. Jackson (PIT)          7
  E. Sosa (MON)             7
  J. Sambito (HOU)          6

Shutouts:

  J. Niekro (HOU)           4
  S. Rogers (MON)           4
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         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)       142.2
  G. Perry (SD)         122.0
  J. Niekro (HOU)       121.1
  S. Rogers (MON)       120.1
  S. Carlton (PHI)      118.2
  J. Richard (HOU)      118.0
  C. Swan (NY)          116.2
  V. Blue (SF)          113.1
  R. Jones (SD)         113.1
  B. Hooton (LA)        111.0

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)         140
  V. Blue (SF)            122
  G. Perry (SD)           117
  B. Knepper (SF)         114
  R. Lerch (PHI)          113
  R. Jones (SD)           112
  R. Grimsley (MON)       108
  J. Richard (HOU)        106
  B. Blyleven (PIT)       104
  B. Hooton (LA)          103

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          82
  V. Blue (SF)             80
  D. Sutton (LA)           55
  J. Richard (HOU)         54
  R. Jones (SD)            53
  J. Denny (STL)           52
  R. Grimsley (MON)        52
  S. Carlton (PHI)         50
  M. Mahler (ATL)          50
  B. Knepper (SF)          49

Home Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          21
  V. Blue (SF)             16
  B. Knepper (SF)          15
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        13
  L. McGlothen (CHI)       13
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      12
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        12
  J. Denny (STL)           11
  P. Falcone (NY)          11
  T. Hume (CIN)            11

Walks:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          59
  V. Blue (SF)             54
  M. Krukow (CHI)          49
  J. Niekro (HOU)          46
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        45
  J. Andujar (HOU)         44
  B. Knepper (SF)          44
  J. Denny (STL)           42
  J. Richard (HOU)         42
  S. Carlton (PHI)         39

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)        118
  S. Carlton (PHI)         80
  G. Perry (SD)            78
  D. Sutton (LA)           76
  P. Niekro (ATL)          75
  C. Swan (NY)             73
  P. Vuckovich (STL)       71
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        68
  B. Hooton (LA)           66
  B. Knepper (SF)          65


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