Wednesday June 27, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, June 27, 1979

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         46  31  3.07   77  30  12   701   609  274  239   43  249  391
Montreal        42  26  3.14   68  15  16   613   571  243  214   54  170  325
Pittsburgh      36  32  3.52   69   9  19   627   588  287  245   63  230  398
Cincinnati      39  36  3.71   75  10  19   674   662  328  278   58  242  358
New York        29  39  3.74   69   8  13   633   614  300  263   53  293  339
San Diego       34  44  3.82   78  11  12   695   694  337  295   48  243  401
St. Louis       35  32  3.89   68  14  12   622   624  295  269   59  232  364
Philadelphia    37  35  4.00   73  18   9   639   660  315  284   62  195  340
San Francisco   37  37  4.26   74  14  16   659   692  351  312   74  259  388
Los Angeles     33  43  4.28   76  16  12   675   686  365  321   55  277  382
Chicago         36  32  4.42   68   8  22   611   648  329  300   65  243  385
Atlanta         29  46  4.43   75  13  16   661   697  382  325   69  239  357

 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
Gaylord Perry (SD)     7   5  2.49  17  17   6   0   0  130  122   43   36    8   32   82
Silvio Martinez (STL)  6   2  2.62  15  12   2   0   1   96   82   30   28    5   29   53
Steve Rogers (MON)     7   5  2.66  18  18   7   0   4  125  110   42   37    5   28   70
Bob Shirley (SD)       3   7  2.72  27   5   1   0   0   76   67   26   23    2   20   45
Ken Forsch (HOU)       4   3  2.80  11  10   6   0   2   80   68   31   25    4   17   30
Joaquin Andujar (HOU)  8   4  2.80  25   8   5   3   0   87   59   28   27    2   47   43
Joe Niekro (HOU)      11   3  3.02  18  18   7   0   4  128  103   51   43   10   50   51
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

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Joey McLaughlin        1   1  1.10   8   0   0   0   0   16   10    5    2    1    5   10
Adrian Devine          1   2  2.70  25   0   0   0   0   40   48   14   12    4   16   13
Craig Skok             1   2  3.43  31   0   0   2   0   42   41   17   16    5   11   21
Gene Garber            3  10  3.55  37   0   0  14   0   63   69   38   25    8   13   35
Rick Matula            5   5  3.67  13  13   1   0   0   83   87   37   34    7   24   39
Phil Niekro            9  10  3.99  21  21   9   0   0  151  146   84   67   21   63   81
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  4.74  12   1   0   0   0   19   23   12   10    2    4   17
Mickey Mahler          2   8  6.23  15  13   1   0   0   69   82   55   48    7   30   39
Rick Mahler            0   0  6.30  13   0   0   0   0   20   23   15   14    3   11   10
Larry McWilliams       1   2  7.30   8   8   1   0   0   37   39   30   30    3   15   17
Frank Lacorte          0   0  7.56   6   0   0   0   0    8    9    7    7    2    5    6
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
Dick Tidrow            3   1  1.38  17   0   0   3   0   33   27    5    5    0   16   14
Bruce Sutter           2   2  1.50  24   0   0  17   0   42   24    8    7    2   12   44
Rick Reuschel          6   5  4.05  15  15   2   0   1   93   98   42   42    7   26   47
Mike Krukow            5   5  4.11  15  15   0   0   0   88   80   42   40    8   52   67
Lynn McGlothen         8   6  4.53  21  10   2   2   0   87   92   49   44   13   27   54
Dennis Lamp            5   3  4.83  18  14   2   0   1   76   95   46   41    9   22   38
Willie Hernandez       1   0  4.89  25   0   0   0   0   35   38   22   19    4   15   23
Ken Holtzman           5   6  5.00  14  13   2   0   1   76   91   46   42   12   29   36
Ray Burris             0   0  6.23  14   0   0   0   0   22   23   17   15    0   15   14
Bill Caudill           0   1  6.62   8   1   0   0   0   18   25   17   13    4   12   22
Donnie Moore           1   3  6.97  21   0   0   0   0   41   55   35   32    6   17   26

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Tomlin            2   1  2.30  33   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
Fred Norman            4   7  3.38  16  14   3   0   0   88   81   40   33    5   32   48
Paul Moskau            4   3  3.39  14  10   0   0   0   80   73   37   30    6   35   41
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   3  4.04  31   0   0  10   0   42   39   19   19    4   26   37
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  1.13  29   0   0   7   0   48   39    8    6    2   13   35
Randy Niemann          3   0  1.70   7   5   3   0   2   42   38    9    8    0   10   12
Bert Roberge           2   0  1.74   7   0   0   2   0   10    6    2    2    0    6    2
Rick Williams          2   3  2.49  13   9   2   0   2   65   57   18   18    2   15   23
Ken Forsch             4   3  2.80  11  10   6   0   2   80   68   31   25    4   17   30
Joaquin Andujar        8   4  2.80  25   8   5   3   0   87   59   28   27    2   47   43
Joe Niekro            11   3  3.02  18  18   7   0   4  128  103   51   43   10   50   51
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
Frank Riccelli         2   2  4.09  11   2   0   0   0   22   22   11   10    0   18   20
Tom Dixon              1   2  5.21  13   1   0   0   0   19   22   12   11    2   11    5
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
Rick Sutcliffe         7   5  3.91  20  11   2   0   0   99  100   50   43    7   40   48
Don Sutton             7   8  3.96  16  16   4   0   0  116  106   60   51   10   32   78
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
Jerry Reuss            2   7  5.36  22   5   0   3   0   50   65   37   30    3   27   26
Charlie Hough          0   2  5.85  21   0   0   0   0   52   48   37   34   10   31   24
Dave Patterson         0   0  6.43   7   0   0   1   0   14   19   10   10    1    7    7
Ken Brett              1   0  7.11   7   0   0   0   0    6    9    5    5    0    3    2
Lance Rautzhan         0   2  7.45  12   0   0   1   0   10    9    9    8    0   11    5

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Woodie Fryman          2   2  1.27  17   0   0   4   0   28   20    7    4    0   10   21
Elias Sosa             5   4  1.70  27   0   0   7   0   48   37   11    9    2   16   28
Dan Schatzeder         3   1  2.51  15   5   1   1   0   57   43   17   16    4   24   41
Steve Rogers           7   5  2.66  18  18   7   0   4  125  110   42   37    5   28   70
Stan Bahnsen           2   1  2.68  21   0   0   2   0   37   32   11   11    5   11   24
Scott Sanderson        4   4  3.27  14  14   3   0   2   85   71   33   31   11   23   65
Rudy May               2   0  3.60  14   0   0   0   0   20   22   10    8    2   10   17
Bill Lee               7   4  3.69  14  14   2   0   2   93  100   42   38   11   17   21
David Palmer           2   1  3.96  18   0   0   2   0   25   22   15   11    4    6   17
Ross Grimsley          8   4  4.69  17  17   2   0   0   94  114   55   49   10   25   21

 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
Skip Lockwood          2   5  1.49  28   0   0   9   0   42   33    7    7    3   14   42
Ed Glynn               0   1  2.13  10   0   0   2   0   13   11    3    3    1    9    6
Dock Ellis             0   0  3.00   2   2   0   0   0   12   15    5    4    0    5    5
Craig Swan             7   6  3.15  17  17   5   0   2  123  107   48   43   11   27   77
Dale Murray            4   5  3.23  33   0   0   2   0   56   54   24   20    3   31   19
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
Tom Hausman            0   3  3.44   3   2   0   0   0   18   17    7    7    1    6    7
Pat Zachry             5   1  3.59   7   7   1   0   0   43   44   19   17    3   21   17
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
Wayne Twitchell        2   0  4.54  17   1   0   0   0   38   30   25   19    2   36   26
Pete Falcone           1   5  4.59  16  14   1   0   1   80   84   46   41   11   38   41
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
Mike Anderson          0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    2    0    0    0    0    2
Warren Brusstar        0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0
Tug McGraw             3   0  2.48  30   0   0   6   0   40   26   14   11    2   15   36
Nino Espinosa          6   7  3.09  14  14   4   0   3   90   83   37   31   10   26   38
Kevin Saucier          0   0  3.52   3   0   0   0   0    8    6    3    3    0    6    0
Steve Carlton          8   8  3.68  17  17   7   0   2  120  105   58   49   11   40   81
Randy Lerch            4   6  3.71  17  17   3   0   0  104  117   47   43   11   27   38
Dick Ruthven           7   4  3.76  15  15   3   0   2   96   94   41   40    5   27   51
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  4.56  30   0   0   2   0   49   59   29   25    4   16   27
Doug Bird              0   0  5.74  16   0   0   0   0   31   48   20   20    6    7   16
Rawly Eastwick         1   1  7.39  18   0   0   1   0   28   37   24   23    4   13   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  2.68  33   0   0   1   0   44   43   19   13    4   16   38
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
Grant Jackson          4   1  3.53  35   0   0   8   0   36   32   16   14    5   14   16
John Candelaria        6   6  3.66  16  14   3   0   0   91   98   43   37   12   21   51
Bert Blyleven          5   2  3.77  17  17   1   0   0  107  108   49   45   13   46   76
Kent Tekulve           3   5  4.15  40   0   0   9   0   52   49   28   24    5   22   38
Ed Whitson             2   3  4.37  19   7   0   1   0   58   53   36   28    6   36   31
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            3   7  2.72  27   5   1   0   0   76   67   26   23    2   20   45
Rollie Fingers         7   5  3.22  34   0   0  10   0   59   57   23   21    2   21   45
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  3.81  19  19   1   0   0  120  117   54   51    5   33   53
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   4  4.83  17  12   1   0   0   73   85   44   39    9   29   37
John D'Acquisto        3   5  5.36  28   1   0   2   0   47   48   35   28    6   38   35
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           6   4  2.53  34   0   0   9   0   53   54   18   15    2   27   48
Dave Roberts           0   2  2.57  26   1   0   3   0   42   42   15   12    3   18   23
Greg Minton            1   0  3.00   6   0   0   0   0   12    9    5    4    0    6    5
Phil Nastu             3   4  3.49  13  13   1   0   0   80   81   34   31   10   24   33
Ed Halicki             5   3  3.57  11  11   3   0   1   71   71   35   28    6   22   37
Tom Griffin            3   4  4.20  30   2   0   2   0   49   43   28   23    5   22   40
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  5.79  18  18   6   0   0  120  128   84   77   16   57   65
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
George Frazier         0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
Will McEnaney          0   0  1.57  16   0   0   0   0   23   18    5    4    1    5    7
Silvio Martinez        6   2  2.62  15  12   2   0   1   96   82   30   28    5   29   53
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   6  4.80  15  15   3   0   1  101  109   57   54   11   46   49
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
  R. Grimsley (MON)         8
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           8
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        8
  V. Blue (SF)              7
  R. Fingers (SD)           7
  B. Hooton (LA)            7

Losses:

  G. Garber (ATL)          10
  P. Niekro (ATL)          10
  S. Carlton (PHI)          8
  M. Mahler (ATL)           8
  E. Rasmussen (SD)         8
  D. Sutton (LA)            8
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         7
  B. Forsch (STL)           7
  F. Norman (CIN)           7
  J. Reuss (LA)             7

Complete Games:

  P. Niekro (ATL)           9
  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)          14
  D. Bair (CIN)            10
  R. Fingers (SD)          10
  G. Lavelle (SF)           9
  S. Lockwood (NY)          9
  K. Tekulve (PIT)          9
  G. Jackson (PIT)          8
  J. Sambito (HOU)          7
  E. Sosa (MON)             7

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)       151.0
  G. Perry (SD)         130.0
  J. Niekro (HOU)       128.1
  J. Richard (HOU)      126.0
  S. Rogers (MON)       125.1
  C. Swan (NY)          122.2
  R. Jones (SD)         120.1
  S. Carlton (PHI)      120.0
  V. Blue (SF)          119.2
  B. Hooton (LA)        117.0

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)         146
  V. Blue (SF)            128
  B. Knepper (SF)         125
  G. Perry (SD)           122
  R. Jones (SD)           117
  R. Lerch (PHI)          117
  R. Grimsley (MON)       114
  B. Hooton (LA)          110
  S. Rogers (MON)         110
  J. Denny (STL)          109

Runs:

  V. Blue (SF)             84
  P. Niekro (ATL)          84
  D. Sutton (LA)           60
  S. Carlton (PHI)         58
  J. Denny (STL)           57
  J. Richard (HOU)         56
  R. Grimsley (MON)        55
  B. Knepper (SF)          55
  M. Mahler (ATL)          55
  B. Forsch (STL)          54

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)          63
  V. Blue (SF)             57
  M. Krukow (CHI)          52
  J. Niekro (HOU)          50
  J. Andujar (HOU)         47
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        46
  J. Denny (STL)           46
  B. Knepper (SF)          45
  J. Richard (HOU)         44
  M. Lacoss (CIN)          42

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)        126
  G. Perry (SD)            82
  S. Carlton (PHI)         81
  P. Niekro (ATL)          81
  D. Sutton (LA)           78
  C. Swan (NY)             77
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        76
  B. Hooton (LA)           71
  P. Vuckovich (STL)       71
  B. Knepper (SF)          70

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