Monday June 25, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Monday, June 25, 1979

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         45  30  3.01   75  30  11   684   595  263  229   41  242  383
Montreal        41  25  3.11   66  15  15   596   556  235  206   54  166  310
Pittsburgh      35  31  3.47   67   9  18   609   569  274  235   61  219  386
Cincinnati      38  35  3.73   73   9  19   657   646  321  272   57  238  351
New York        28  38  3.73   67   8  13   615   596  289  255   51  284  328
San Diego       32  43  3.91   75  10  12   668   666  330  290   48  235  385
Philadelphia    36  34  3.91   71  18   8   622   638  301  270   58  186  329
St. Louis       34  31  3.95   66  13  12   604   613  290  265   59  228  354
Los Angeles     33  41  4.20   74  16  12   657   665  351  307   53  265  368
San Francisco   35  37  4.27   72  14  15   641   677  343  304   73  247  376
Chicago         35  31  4.42   66   8  22   593   633  320  291   63  237  374
Atlanta         28  44  4.46   72  12  15   636   680  372  315   67  229  343

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Lacoss (CIN)      8   2  2.42  17  15   2   0   1  104   91   39   28    6   42   38
Steve Rogers (MON)     7   4  2.47  17  17   7   0   4  120  103   38   33    5   26   65
Gaylord Perry (SD)     7   5  2.49  17  17   6   0   0  130  122   43   36    8   32   82
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
Nino Espinosa (PHI)    6   7  3.09  14  14   4   0   3   90   83   37   31   10   26   38
Craig Swan (NY)        7   6  3.15  17  17   5   0   2  123  107   48   43   11   27   77
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
Craig Skok             1   2  3.43  31   0   0   2   0   42   41   17   16    5   11   21
Gene Garber            3   9  3.43  35   0   0  13   0   60   66   36   23    7   11   34
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
Eddie Solomon          4   3  4.70  13  12   1   0   0   69   66   38   36    5   24   37
Bo McLaughlin          0   1  5.00  11   1   0   0   0   18   23   12   10    2    4   15
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  1.50  15   0   0   3   0   30   24    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
Lynn McGlothen         8   6  4.53  21  10   2   2   0   87   92   49   44   13   27   54
Willie Hernandez       1   0  4.98  24   0   0   0   0   34   38   22   19    4   15   22
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  2.32  32   0   0   1   0   31   31   20    8    2   12   16
Mike Lacoss            8   2  2.42  17  15   2   0   1  104   91   39   28    6   42   38
Paul Moskau            4   3  3.25  13   9   0   0   0   72   65   33   26    5   32   37
Pedro Borbon           2   2  3.43  30   0   0   2   0   45   48   17   17    2    8   23
Tom Hume               5   5  3.51  23   9   1   2   0   85   94   37   33   11   20   41
Doug Bair              4   2  3.61  30   0   0  10   0   42   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             5   5  4.18  14  14   4   0   1   84   76   43   39    8   24   52
Bill Bonham            3   1  4.61  12  12   0   0   0   68   69   38   35    8   26   30
Manny Sarmiento        0   3  4.97   8   0   0   0   0   13   14    8    7    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  1.17  27   0   0   6   0   46   37    8    6    2   13   34
Randy Niemann          3   0  1.70   7   5   3   0   2   42   38    9    8    0   10   12
Bert Roberge           1   0  1.93   6   0   0   2   0    9    6    2    2    0    5    1
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   7  3.50  18  18   6   0   0  126  109   56   49    8   44  126
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  2.53  16   0   0   1   0   21   23    7    6    2    6   12
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  20  11   2   0   0   99  100   50   43    7   40   48
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              1   0  8.44   6   0   0   0   0    5    8    5    5    0    2    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         3   1  2.51  15   5   1   1   0   57   43   17   16    4   24   41
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  0.82   8   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   6  3.15  17  17   5   0   2  123  107   48   43   11   27   77
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
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
Pete Falcone           1   5  4.59  16  14   1   0   1   80   84   46   41   11   38   41
Wayne Twitchell        1   0  4.66  16   1   0   0   0   37   29   25   19    2   36   25
Jesse Orosco           1   2  4.89  18   2   0   0   0   35   33   20   19    4   22   22
Neil Allen             1   5  6.82  13   5   0   0   0   30   46   26   23    2   24   15

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Kevin Saucier          0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    6    3    0    0    0    3    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
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
Steve Carlton          8   8  3.68  17  17   7   0   2  120  105   58   49   11   40   81
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  4.86  28   0   0   2   0   46   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  6.41  17   0   0   1   0   27   31   20   19    2   12   14
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
Enrique Romo           3   3  2.53  32   0   0   1   0   43   41   17   12    4   14   37
Grant Jackson          4   0  2.67  33   0   0   7   0   34   27   11   10    3   12   16
Jim Rooker             2   2  2.73   8   8   1   0   0   56   42   19   17    4   15   22
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        6   6  3.66  16  14   3   0   0   91   98   43   37   12   21   51
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  2.49  17  17   6   0   0  130  122   43   36    8   32   82
Bob Shirley            2   7  3.09  26   4   0   0   0   67   56   25   23    2   18   40
Rollie Fingers         6   5  3.34  33   0   0  10   0   57   55   23   21    2   21   42
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
Greg Minton            0   0  2.70   5   0   0   0   0   10    8    4    3    0    3    4
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
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 Curtis            3   3  4.53  13   5   1   0   0   44   49   25   22    7   12   33
John Montefusco        1   4  4.91   7   7   0   0   0   40   44   22   22    4   10   19
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
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
Mark Littell           4   2  3.12  29   0   0   4   0   35   26   12   12    1   27   28
Darold Knowles         2   3  3.24  26   0   0   5   0   25   28   10    9    2    9   10
Pete Vuckovich         6   4  3.26  15  14   4   0   0  102  100   45   37   11   20   71
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
John Fulgham           1   1  4.50   2   2   1   0   0   12   15    8    6    2    3   10
John Denny             3   5  4.77  14  14   3   0   1   94  101   52   50   11   42   46
Buddy Schultz          4   3  4.89  27   0   0   3   0   39   39   21   21    7   14   37
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
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        8
  V. Blue (SF)              7
  R. Grimsley (MON)         7
  B. Hooton (LA)            7
  B. Lee (MON)              7

Losses:

  G. Garber (ATL)           9
  P. Niekro (ATL)           9
  S. Carlton (PHI)          8
  M. Mahler (ATL)           8
  E. Rasmussen (SD)         8
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         7
  B. Forsch (STL)           7
  F. Norman (CIN)           7
  J. Richard (HOU)          7
  B. Shirley (SD)           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
  D. Bair (CIN)            10
  R. Fingers (SD)          10
  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
  R. Niemann (HOU)          2
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          2
  S. Sanderson (MON)        2
  C. Swan (NY)              2

Innings Pitched:

  P. Niekro (ATL)       142.2
  G. Perry (SD)         130.0
  J. Richard (HOU)      126.0
  C. Swan (NY)          122.2
  J. Niekro (HOU)       121.1
  S. Rogers (MON)       120.1
  S. Carlton (PHI)      120.0
  B. Hooton (LA)        117.0
  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)           122
  R. Lerch (PHI)          113
  R. Jones (SD)           112
  B. Hooton (LA)          110
  J. Richard (HOU)        109
  R. Grimsley (MON)       108
  C. Swan (NY)            107

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          82
  V. Blue (SF)             80
  S. Carlton (PHI)         58
  J. Richard (HOU)         56
  B. Knepper (SF)          55
  D. Sutton (LA)           55
  B. Forsch (STL)          54
  R. Jones (SD)            53
  J. Denny (STL)           52
  R. Grimsley (MON)        52

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
  S. Carlton (PHI)         11
  J. Denny (STL)           11
  P. Falcone (NY)          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. Richard (HOU)         44
  J. Denny (STL)           42
  M. Lacoss (CIN)          42

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)        126
  G. Perry (SD)            82
  S. Carlton (PHI)         81
  C. Swan (NY)             77
  D. Sutton (LA)           76
  P. Niekro (ATL)          75
  B. Hooton (LA)           71
  P. Vuckovich (STL)       71
  B. Knepper (SF)          70
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        68

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