Thursday June 28, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, June 28, 1979

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         47  31  3.08   78  30  13   710   616  279  243   44  254  393
Montreal        42  26  3.14   68  15  16   613   571  243  214   54  170  325
Pittsburgh      36  33  3.51   70   9  19   636   599  290  248   64  235  402
Cincinnati      40  36  3.68   76  10  20   683   668  329  279   58  243  363
New York        30  39  3.72   70   8  14   642   624  302  265   54  295  345
San Diego       35  44  3.83   79  11  13   704   703  342  300   49  248  411
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
Los Angeles     33  44  4.25   77  17  12   684   696  367  323   55  281  387
San Francisco   37  38  4.28   75  14  16   668   701  357  318   75  266  395
Chicago         36  32  4.42   68   8  22   611   648  329  300   65  243  385
Atlanta         29  47  4.45   76  13  16   669   710  388  331   69  243  365

 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
Burt Hooton (LA)       7   5  3.14  16  16   8   0   0  126  120   50   44    5   38   76

 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  2.57  26   0   0   0   0   42   50   14   12    4   16   14
Craig Skok             1   2  3.35  32   0   0   2   0   43   42   17   16    5   11   22
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
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
Tony Brizzolara        2   3  5.28   8   8   0   0   0   44   56   30   26    1   17   34
Mickey Mahler          2   8  6.20  16  13   1   0   0   70   83   55   48    7   32   40
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
Tom Hume               6   5  3.34  24  10   1   2   0   92   99   38   34   11   21   44
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
Doug Bair              4   3  3.86  32   0   0  11   0   44   40   19   19    4   26   39
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  1.62   8   5   3   1   2   44   39    9    8    0   12   13
Bert Roberge           2   0  1.74   7   0   0   2   0   10    6    2    2    0    6    2
Rick Williams          3   3  2.75  14  10   2   0   2   72   63   23   22    3   18   24
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   5  3.14  16  16   8   0   0  126  120   50   44    5   38   76
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  1.76  11   0   0   3   0   15   13    3    3    1    9    8
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  3.31  13  11   1   0   1   71   65   30   26    8   23   32
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             2   5  6.48  14   5   0   0   0   33   49   27   24    2   25   18

 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  2.66  34   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
Don Robinson           5   4  3.16  13  13   3   0   0   85   80   33   30    8   28   49
Jim Bibby              3   2  3.18  16   2   0   0   0   34   35   16   12    3   16   25
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  4.00  41   0   0   9   0   54   50   28   24    5   23   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  3.20  35   0   0  11   0   59   58   23   21    2   21   46
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  4.58  20  15   2   0   0   88   93   47   45    6   28   32
Bob Owchinko           3   4  4.83  17  12   1   0   0   73   85   44   39    9   29   37
John D'Acquisto        4   5  5.10  29   1   0   2   0   55   54   38   31    7   41   43
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
Greg Minton            1   0  2.40   7   0   0   0   0   15   10    5    4    0    6    8
Gary Lavelle           6   4  2.44  35   0   0   9   0   55   55   18   15    2   28   51
Dave Roberts           0   2  2.57  26   1   0   3   0   42   42   15   12    3   18   23
Phil Nastu             3   4  3.49  13  13   1   0   0   80   81   34   31   10   24   33
Ed Halicki             5   3  3.89  12  12   3   0   1   74   75   39   32    7   26   38
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   4  4.87  14   5   1   0   0   44   52   27   24    7   14   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
  B. Hooton (LA)            8
  S. Carlton (PHI)          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)            11
  R. Fingers (SD)          11
  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
  B. Hooton (LA)        126.0
  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

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)         146
  V. Blue (SF)            128
  B. Knepper (SF)         125
  G. Perry (SD)           122
  B. Hooton (LA)          120
  R. Jones (SD)           117
  R. Lerch (PHI)          117
  R. Grimsley (MON)       114
  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)           76
  P. Vuckovich (STL)       71
  B. Knepper (SF)          70


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