Sunday June 24, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, June 24, 1979

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         44  29  3.07   73  29  11   666   584  261  227   40  239  373
Montreal        40  25  3.13   65  14  15   587   549  233  204   53  166  305
Pittsburgh      34  30  3.50   65   8  18   592   552  269  230   60  217  377
New York        27  37  3.73   65   7  13   597   581  281  247   51  277  316
Cincinnati      37  34  3.76   71   9  18   640   633  316  267   57  230  345
Philadelphia    36  33  3.87   70  18   8   614   624  293  264   57  183  326
St. Louis       34  30  3.89   65  13  12   595   604  282  257   56  225  347
San Diego       32  42  3.90   74  10  12   660   660  326  286   45  232  380
Los Angeles     32  41  4.22   73  16  12   648   660  348  304   52  262  363
San Francisco   35  36  4.26   71  14  15   632   670  337  299   71  244  368
Chicago         34  31  4.49   65   8  22   584   624  318  291   63  232  371
Atlanta         27  44  4.51   71  12  14   627   676  371  314   66  228  337

 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
Joaquin Andujar (HOU)  8   4  2.80  25   8   5   3   0   87   59   28   27    2   47   43
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
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
Don Robinson (PIT)     5   4  3.16  13  13   3   0   0   85   80   33   30    8   28   49

 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            5   5  3.67  13  13   1   0   0   83   87   37   34    7   24   39
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
Rick Reuschel          6   5  4.05  15  15   2   0   1   93   98   42   42    7   26   47
Mike Krukow            4   5  4.24  14  14   0   0   0   81   78   40   38    8   49   65
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  2.05  30   0   0   1   0   31   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  3.50  29   0   0   2   0   44   47   17   17    2    8   22
Tom Hume               5   5  3.51  23   9   1   2   0   85   94   37   33   11   20   41
Doug Bair              4   2  3.70  29   0   0   9   0   41   37   17   17    4   25   37
Fred Norman            3   7  3.76  15  13   2   0   0   79   75   39   33    5   32   45
Tom Seaver             4   5  4.48  13  13   4   0   1   76   73   42   38    8   22   48
Bill Bonham            3   1  4.61  12  12   0   0   0   68   69   38   35    8   26   30
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
Joaquin Andujar        8   4  2.80  25   8   5   3   0   87   59   28   27    2   47   43
Joe Niekro            11   3  2.89  17  17   7   0   4  121   98   46   39    8   46   48
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  2.70  15   0   0   1   0   20   23    7    6    2    5   10
Burt Hooton            7   4  3.23  15  15   7   0   0  117  110   48   42    5   34   71
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  1.38  16   0   0   3   0   26   20    7    4    0   10   18
Elias Sosa             5   4  1.70  27   0   0   7   0   48   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
Bill Lee               7   4  3.69  14  14   2   0   2   93  100   42   38   11   17   21
Rudy May               2   0  3.71  13   0   0   0   0   17   21    9    7    2   10   12
David Palmer           2   1  3.96  18   0   0   2   0   25   22   15   11    4    6   17
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
Dale Murray            4   5  3.02  31   0   0   2   0   54   51   20   18    3   28   19
Craig Swan             7   5  3.09  16  16   5   0   2  117  101   45   40   11   26   73
Andy Hassler           1   1  3.29   2   2   0   0   0   14   12    5    5    0    8    8
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
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  2.61  29   0   0   5   0   38   26   14   11    2   15   33
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
Larry Christenson      2   5  4.25  10   8   1   0   0   55   60   28   26    5    9   28
Jim Kaat               1   0  4.32   3   1   0   0   0    8    9    4    4    1    5    2
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
Enrique Romo           3   3  2.63  31   0   0   1   0   41   40   17   12    4   13   33
Grant Jackson          4   0  2.67  33   0   0   7   0   34   27   11   10    3   12   16
Jim Bibby              3   1  2.96  15   1   0   0   0   27   25   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   4  3.29  16   8   1   0   1   66   53   27   24    4   18   54
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  3.50  13   0   0   0   0   18   17    8    7    2    8   11
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   8  4.43  19  14   2   0   0   87   91   45   43    6   26   31
Bob Owchinko           3   3  4.85  16  11   1   0   0   65   76   40   35    9   27   32
John D'Acquisto        3   5  5.52  27   1   0   2   0   46   47   34   28    6   36   34
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   4  2.63  33   0   0   9   0   51   53   18   15    2   24   44
Dave Roberts           0   2  2.63  25   1   0   2   0   41   41   15   12    3   18   22
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  4.07  29   2   0   2   0   49   41   27   22    5   21   39
Bob Knepper            6   2  4.21  17  17   3   0   1  113  125   55   53   16   45   70
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  1.69  15   0   0   0   0   21   16    5    4    1    5    7
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  3.52  25   0   0   5   0   23   28   10    9    2    9   10
Tom Bruno              2   2  3.82  25   0   0   0   0   31   29   13   13    1   20   21
Bob Forsch             3   7  4.38  15  15   4   0   0   99  103   54   48   10   28   44
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
  J. Andujar (HOU)          8
  S. Carlton (PHI)          8
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           8
  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
  E. Rasmussen (SD)         8
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         7
  B. Forsch (STL)           7
  F. Norman (CIN)           7
  B. Shirley (SD)           7
  D. Sutton (LA)            7

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
  J. Andujar (HOU)          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
  B. Hooton (LA)        117.0
  C. Swan (NY)          116.2
  V. Blue (SF)          113.1
  R. Jones (SD)         113.1

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)         140
  B. Knepper (SF)         125
  V. Blue (SF)            122
  G. Perry (SD)           117
  R. Lerch (PHI)          113
  R. Jones (SD)           112
  B. Hooton (LA)          110
  R. Grimsley (MON)       108
  J. Richard (HOU)        106
  B. Blyleven (PIT)       104

Runs:

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

Home Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          21
  V. Blue (SF)             16
  B. Knepper (SF)          16
  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. Andujar (HOU)         47
  J. Niekro (HOU)          46
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        45
  B. Knepper (SF)          45
  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
  B. Hooton (LA)           71
  P. Vuckovich (STL)       71
  B. Knepper (SF)          70
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        68


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