Tuesday July 3, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, July 3, 1979

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         51  31  2.98   82  33  14   746   640  283  247   45  261  411
Montreal        44  28  3.11   72  16  17   647   608  255  224   56  184  340
Pittsburgh      39  34  3.51   74   9  22   672   635  305  262   70  243  427
Cincinnati      41  40  3.69   81  11  20   725   706  347  297   61  260  391
San Diego       36  48  3.77   84  13  13   752   744  361  315   53  268  449
New York        31  43  3.89   75   8  15   685   678  333  296   61  313  368
St. Louis       38  36  3.93   75  14  12   686   693  327  300   65  250  393
Philadelphia    41  38  4.12   80  19  12   701   732  352  321   66  219  365
San Francisco   40  40  4.18   80  14  18   712   740  372  331   76  286  425
Los Angeles     34  48  4.20   82  17  12   732   744  387  342   60  304  414
Atlanta         33  47  4.33   80  13  19   706   734  397  340   71  256  384
Chicago         39  34  4.41   73   9  22   658   697  351  322   69  260  423

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Lacoss (CIN)      8   3  2.43  18  16   2   0   1  111   95   41   30    8   46   40
Gaylord Perry (SD)     8   6  2.45  19  19   7   0   0  147  136   49   40    9   40   97
Steve Rogers (MON)     8   5  2.48  19  19   8   0   5  134  118   42   37    5   31   72
Joaquin Andujar (HOU)  9   4  2.63  26   9   6   3   0   96   66   29   28    3   49   48
Ken Forsch (HOU)       5   3  2.72  12  11   7   0   2   89   74   33   27    4   18   31
Bob Shirley (SD)       3   8  2.79  28   6   1   0   0   84   74   29   26    3   21   52
Silvio Martinez (STL)  6   2  2.81  16  13   2   0   1  102   90   34   32    5   29   56
Joe Niekro (HOU)      12   3  2.90  19  19   7   0   4  137  111   52   44   10   52   56
Pete Vuckovich (STL)   7   4  3.06  16  15   4   0   0  109  106   46   37   11   21   73
Burt Hooton (LA)       7   5  3.09  17  17   8   0   0  134  125   52   46    6   41   83

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Joey McLaughlin        1   1  1.04   9   0   0   1   0   17   11    5    2    1    7   10
Adrian Devine          1   2  2.57  26   0   0   0   0   42   50   14   12    4   16   14
Craig Skok             1   2  3.30  33   0   0   2   0   44   43   17   16    5   12   22
Gene Garber            4  10  3.56  40   0   0  16   0   68   73   40   27    8   16   38
Rick Matula            6   5  3.59  14  14   1   0   0   90   91   39   36    8   26   43
Phil Niekro           10  10  3.85  22  22   9   0   0  159  151   85   68   22   63   84
Eddie Solomon          4   3  4.44  14  13   1   0   0   77   68   40   38    5   26   42
Bo McLaughlin          0   1  4.74  12   1   0   0   0   19   23   12   10    2    4   17
Tony Brizzolara        3   3  4.88   9   9   0   0   0   52   63   32   28    1   20   38
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
Bruce Sutter           3   2  1.37  26   0   0  17   0   46   25    8    7    2   15   49
Dick Tidrow            4   2  2.78  20   0   0   3   0   36   33   11   11    2   17   17
Mike Krukow            5   5  3.99  16  16   0   0   0   95   86   44   42    9   54   73
Rick Reuschel          6   5  4.04  16  16   2   0   1  100  109   45   45    8   28   52
Lynn McGlothen         9   6  4.30  22  11   3   2   0   96   99   51   46   13   28   61
Willie Hernandez       1   0  4.50  27   0   0   0   0   38   40   22   19    4   15   26
Ken Holtzman           5   6  4.96  15  14   2   0   1   82   95   49   45   12   35   39
Dennis Lamp            5   4  5.01  19  15   2   0   1   83  104   51   46    9   24   43
Ray Burris             0   0  6.23  14   0   0   0   0   22   23   17   15    0   15   14
Bill Caudill           0   1  6.27   9   1   0   0   0   19   26   17   13    4   12   23
Donnie Moore           1   3  7.07  22   0   0   0   0   42   57   36   33    6   17   26

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Tomlin            2   1  2.27  34   0   0   1   0   32   33   20    8    2   12   16
Mike Lacoss            8   3  2.43  18  16   2   0   1  111   95   41   30    8   46   40
Fred Norman            4   7  3.28  17  15   3   0   0   96   86   42   35    5   33   53
Tom Hume               6   5  3.29  25  10   1   2   0   93  100   38   34   11   21   45
Pedro Borbon           2   2  3.43  30   0   0   2   0   45   48   17   17    2    8   23
Paul Moskau            4   3  3.54  15  11   0   0   0   84   78   40   33    7   39   47
Tom Seaver             6   5  3.77  15  15   5   0   2   93   79   43   39    8   25   57
Doug Bair              4   4  3.88  34   0   0  11   0   46   42   20   20    4   26   39
Bill Bonham            3   1  4.36  13  13   0   0   0   74   75   39   36    8   27   35
Manny Sarmiento        0   4  5.65  10   0   0   0   0   14   18   10    9    0    5    8
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
Mario Soto             0   1 27.00   2   0   0   0   0    2    6    7    7    0    5    3

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Joe Sambito            4   2  1.12  30   0   0   8   0   48   39    8    6    2   13   36
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
Joaquin Andujar        9   4  2.63  26   9   6   3   0   96   66   29   28    3   49   48
Ken Forsch             5   3  2.72  12  11   7   0   2   89   74   33   27    4   18   31
Rick Williams          3   3  2.75  14  10   2   0   2   72   63   23   22    3   18   24
Joe Niekro            12   3  2.90  19  19   7   0   4  137  111   52   44   10   52   56
Vern Ruhle             1   3  3.16   7   6   1   0   1   43   36   15   15    5    6   21
J.R. Richard           7   7  3.27  19  19   7   0   1  135  112   56   49    8   46  132
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
Dennis Lewallyn        0   0  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    2    1    0    0    0    1    0
Lerrin LaGrow          1   1  2.53  16   0   0   1   0   21   23    7    6    2    6   12
Burt Hooton            7   5  3.09  17  17   8   0   0  134  125   52   46    6   41   83
Bob Welch              4   5  3.36  19   7   1   5   0   62   61   28   23    5   24   51
Terry Forster          1   1  3.86  11   0   0   1   0   12   12    6    5    0    8    5
Rick Sutcliffe         7   7  3.95  22  13   2   0   0  114  116   58   50    7   48   54
Don Sutton             7   8  3.99  17  17   4   0   0  124  114   64   55   13   36   80
Andy Messersmith       2   4  4.91  11  11   1   0   0   62   55   34   34    9   34   26
Ken Brett              2   1  5.23   9   0   0   0   0   10   14    6    6    0    5    3
Doug Rau               1   5  5.30  11  11   1   0   1   56   73   37   33    3   22   28
Jerry Reuss            2   7  5.33  23   6   0   3   0   52   68   38   31    3   28   29
Charlie Hough          0   2  5.43  22   0   0   0   0   56   53   37   34   10   33   27
Dave Patterson         0   0  6.06  10   0   0   1   0   16   20   11   11    2    7   11
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   3  1.16  20   0   0   5   0   31   21    8    4    0   12   24
Elias Sosa             5   4  1.79  29   0   0   7   0   50   43   12   10    2   16   29
Steve Rogers           8   5  2.48  19  19   8   0   5  134  118   42   37    5   31   72
Dan Schatzeder         3   1  2.51  15   5   1   1   0   57   43   17   16    4   24   41
Stan Bahnsen           2   1  3.00  22   0   0   2   0   39   35   13   13    5   12   24
Scott Sanderson        5   4  3.25  15  15   3   0   2   91   75   35   33   11   27   68
David Palmer           2   1  3.58  19   0   0   2   0   28   24   15   11    4    7   18
Rudy May               2   0  3.60  14   0   0   0   0   20   22   10    8    2   10   17
Bill Lee               7   5  3.86  15  15   2   0   2   96  106   46   41   13   18   22
Ross Grimsley          8   4  4.56  18  18   2   0   0  101  121   57   51   10   27   25

 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  1.56  14   0   0   4   0   17   14    3    3    1    9   10
Tom Hausman            0   3  2.70   4   3   0   0   0   23   23    7    7    1    8    8
Kevin Kobel            3   3  3.17  14  12   1   0   1   77   70   31   27    8   25   33
Craig Swan             7   6  3.22  18  18   5   0   2  129  114   51   46   12   30   82
Andy Hassler           1   1  3.57   4   2   0   0   0   18   16    7    7    1    9    8
Pat Zachry             5   1  3.59   7   7   1   0   0   43   44   19   17    3   21   17
Dale Murray            4   5  4.26  37   0   0   2   0   61   65   33   29    5   34   22
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        3   2  4.87  20   1   0   0   0   41   34   28   22    3   40   29
Jesse Orosco           1   2  4.89  18   2   0   0   0   35   33   20   19    4   22   22
Dock Ellis             0   1  5.00   3   3   0   0   0   18   24   11   10    1    7    8
Pete Falcone           1   6  5.27  17  15   1   0   1   82   90   53   48   12   39   41
Neil Allen             2   5  5.73  16   5   0   0   0   38   50   27   24    2   25   23

 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
Kevin Saucier          1   0  2.76   7   0   0   0   0   16   13    5    5    0    9    3
Nino Espinosa          7   7  3.43  16  16   5   0   3  102   96   45   39   11   30   46
Tug McGraw             3   1  3.47  34   0   0   9   0   47   34   21   18    3   19   37
Randy Lerch            4   7  3.61  18  18   3   0   0  112  122   49   45   12   30   41
Steve Carlton          8   8  3.80  18  18   7   0   2  126  113   62   53   11   43   85
Dick Ruthven           7   4  3.93  16  16   3   0   2  101  101   45   44    6   29   53
Ron Reed               6   3  4.30  33   0   0   2   0   52   62   29   25    4   18   28
Jim Kaat               1   0  4.32   3   1   0   0   0    8    9    4    4    1    5    2
Larry Christenson      2   6  4.65  12  10   1   0   0   62   71   34   32    5   10   29
Doug Bird              0   0  5.74  16   0   0   0   0   31   48   20   20    6    7   16
Rawly Eastwick         1   1  6.90  19   0   0   1   0   30   38   24   23    4   14   15
Warren Brusstar        1   0  8.31   5   0   0   0   0    4    9    4    4    0    1    1
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
Dave Roberts           0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    4    3    0    0    0    1    1
Enrique Romo           4   3  2.36  37   0   0   2   0   50   46   19   13    4   16   42
Jim Rooker             2   2  2.73   8   8   1   0   0   56   42   19   17    4   15   22
Jim Bibby              3   2  3.18  16   2   0   0   0   34   35   16   12    3   16   25
Don Robinson           5   4  3.38  14  14   3   0   0   91   88   37   34    8   29   55
Bruce Kison            4   4  3.55  17   9   1   0   1   71   63   32   28    6   19   61
John Candelaria        7   6  3.56  17  15   3   0   0   96  100   44   38   13   21   51
Grant Jackson          4   1  3.58  37   0   0   9   0   38   34   17   15    6   16   17
Kent Tekulve           3   5  3.81  42   0   0  10   0   57   51   28   24    5   23   39
Bert Blyleven          5   3  3.89  18  18   1   0   0  113  115   53   49   15   49   81
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          8   6  2.45  19  19   7   0   0  147  136   49   40    9   40   97
Bob Shirley            3   8  2.79  28   6   1   0   0   84   74   29   26    3   21   52
Steve Mura             2   2  3.15  12   5   0   0   0   40   28   16   14    3   20   39
Rollie Fingers         7   5  3.25  36   0   0  11   0   61   61   24   22    2   22   46
Dennis Kinney          0   0  3.50  13   0   0   0   0   18   17    8    7    2    8   11
Randy Jones            6   6  3.69  20  20   2   0   0  129  124   58   53    5   36   61
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
John D'Acquisto        4   5  4.82  30   2   0   2   0   62   60   40   33    8   44   48
Bob Owchinko           3   5  5.06  19  12   1   0   0   75   88   47   42   10   30   39
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
Pedro Borbon           1   0  0.00   2   0   0   1   0    3    3    0    0    0    0    2
Joe Coleman            0   0  0.00   5   0   0   0   0    4    3    2    0    0    2    0
Greg Minton            1   0  1.59  10   0   0   0   0   23   13    5    4    0    7   11
Gary Lavelle           7   4  2.25  38   0   0  10   0   60   57   18   15    2   29   56
Dave Roberts           0   2  2.57  26   1   0   3   0   42   42   15   12    3   18   23
Tom Griffin            3   4  3.72  33   2   0   2   0   56   47   28   23    5   26   44
Phil Nastu             3   4  3.78  14  14   1   0   0   81   84   37   34   10   26   35
Ed Halicki             5   4  4.16  13  13   3   0   1   76   80   44   35    8   28   39
John Montefusco        1   4  4.27   8   8   0   0   0   46   47   22   22    4   12   24
Bob Knepper            6   2  4.30  18  18   3   0   1  119  134   59   57   16   49   73
John Curtis            4   4  4.38  15   6   1   0   0   51   58   28   25    7   16   37
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
Ed Whitson             0   1 18.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    2    2    0    2    1

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Roy Thomas             0   0  1.29   1   1   0   0   0    7    3    1    1    0    2    5
Will McEnaney          0   0  1.59  20   0   0   0   0   28   23    6    5    1    9    7
Silvio Martinez        6   2  2.81  16  13   2   0   1  102   90   34   32    5   29   56
Mark Littell           6   2  2.87  31   0   0   4   0   38   28   12   12    1   27   32
Pete Vuckovich         7   4  3.06  16  15   4   0   0  109  106   46   37   11   21   73
Darold Knowles         2   4  3.10  28   0   0   5   0   29   31   11   10    2    9   11
Tom Bruno              2   2  3.82  25   0   0   0   0   31   29   13   13    1   20   21
John Fulgham           1   1  3.92   3   3   1   0   0   21   21   11    9    4    3   14
Buddy Schultz          4   3  4.76  29   0   0   3   0   40   39   21   21    7   14   37
Bob Forsch             3   9  4.91  17  17   4   0   0  110  123   66   60   12   33   49
John Denny             3   6  5.00  16  16   3   0   1  108  119   63   60   12   52   52
Bob Sykes              4   2  5.58  11  10   0   0   0   60   75   40   37    8   31   34
George Frazier         0   1  6.23   4   0   0   0   0    4    6    3    3    1    0    2

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League Leaders

Wins:

  J. Niekro (HOU)          12
  P. Niekro (ATL)          10
  J. Andujar (HOU)          9
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        9
  S. Carlton (PHI)          8
  R. Grimsley (MON)         8
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           8
  G. Perry (SD)             8
  S. Rogers (MON)           8
  V. Blue (SF)              7

Losses:

  G. Garber (ATL)          10
  P. Niekro (ATL)          10
  B. Forsch (STL)           9
  S. Carlton (PHI)          8
  M. Mahler (ATL)           8
  E. Rasmussen (SD)         8
  B. Shirley (SD)           8
  D. Sutton (LA)            8
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         7
  R. Lerch (PHI)            7

Complete Games:

  P. Niekro (ATL)           9
  B. Hooton (LA)            8
  S. Rogers (MON)           8
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  K. Forsch (HOU)           7
  J. Niekro (HOU)           7
  G. Perry (SD)             7
  J. Richard (HOU)          7
  J. Andujar (HOU)          6
  V. Blue (SF)              6

Saves:

  B. Sutter (CHI)          17
  G. Garber (ATL)          16
  D. Bair (CIN)            11
  R. Fingers (SD)          11
  G. Lavelle (SF)          10
  K. Tekulve (PIT)         10
  G. Jackson (PIT)          9
  S. Lockwood (NY)          9
  T. McGraw (PHI)           9
  J. Sambito (HOU)          8

Shutouts:

  S. Rogers (MON)           5
  J. Niekro (HOU)           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
  T. Seaver (CIN)           2

Innings Pitched:

  P. Niekro (ATL)       159.0
  G. Perry (SD)         147.0
  J. Niekro (HOU)       136.2
  J. Richard (HOU)      135.0
  S. Rogers (MON)       134.1
  B. Hooton (LA)        134.0
  R. Jones (SD)         129.1
  C. Swan (NY)          128.2
  S. Carlton (PHI)      125.2
  D. Sutton (LA)        124.0

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)         151
  G. Perry (SD)           136
  B. Knepper (SF)         134
  V. Blue (SF)            128
  B. Hooton (LA)          125
  R. Jones (SD)           124
  B. Forsch (STL)         123
  R. Lerch (PHI)          122
  R. Grimsley (MON)       121
  J. Denny (STL)          119

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          85
  V. Blue (SF)             84
  B. Forsch (STL)          66
  D. Sutton (LA)           64
  J. Denny (STL)           63
  S. Carlton (PHI)         62
  B. Knepper (SF)          59
  R. Jones (SD)            58
  R. Sutcliffe (LA)        58
  R. Grimsley (MON)        57

Home Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          22
  V. Blue (SF)             16
  B. Knepper (SF)          16
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        15
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      13
  B. Lee (MON)             13
  L. McGlothen (CHI)       13
  D. Sutton (LA)           13
  J. Denny (STL)           12
  P. Falcone (NY)          12

Walks:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          63
  V. Blue (SF)             57
  M. Krukow (CHI)          54
  J. Denny (STL)           52
  J. Niekro (HOU)          52
  J. Andujar (HOU)         49
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        49
  B. Knepper (SF)          49
  R. Sutcliffe (LA)        48
  M. Lacoss (CIN)          46

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)        132
  G. Perry (SD)            97
  S. Carlton (PHI)         85
  P. Niekro (ATL)          84
  B. Hooton (LA)           83
  C. Swan (NY)             82
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        81
  D. Sutton (LA)           80
  B. Knepper (SF)          73
  M. Krukow (CHI)          73


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