Monday July 16, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Monday, July 16, 1979

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         54  40  3.12   94  34  17   850   752  336  295   54  300  474
Montreal        50  35  3.17   85  18  21   767   724  308  270   68  220  411
Pittsburgh      46  39  3.54   86  11  26   775   719  348  305   78  276  482
Cincinnati      48  46  3.56   94  14  22   842   819  385  333   64  287  452
San Diego       43  53  3.76   96  16  15   859   852  409  359   63  313  498
New York        38  49  3.82   88  11  18   805   797  388  342   69  360  451
St. Louis       44  42  3.94   87  18  13   791   799  375  346   74  284  442
Philadelphia    50  41  4.04   92  22  17   809   837  396  363   79  266  429
Chicago         48  38  4.10   86  11  28   773   786  390  352   75  299  497
San Francisco   45  48  4.16   93  16  20   826   852  430  382   91  336  493
Los Angeles     36  57  4.29   93  18  14   824   851  453  393   66  344  460
Atlanta         39  53  4.33   92  16  21   815   862  463  392   90  283  443

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Lacoss (CIN)      9   3  2.23  21  18   3   0   1  129  111   43   32    8   46   44
Steve Rogers (MON)     9   6  2.52  21  21   9   0   5  150  133   47   42    7   38   79
Joaquin Andujar (HOU) 11   5  2.65  29  12   6   3   0  116   84   36   34    4   55   54
Gaylord Perry (SD)     9   6  2.68  21  21   8   0   0  161  149   57   48   10   44  102
Bob Shirley (SD)       4   9  2.87  32   9   2   0   1  103   90   36   33    4   29   61
Silvio Martinez (STL)  7   3  2.99  18  15   3   0   2  114  105   40   38    6   32   66
Ken Forsch (HOU)       5   5  3.02  14  13   7   0   2  101   88   40   34    5   22   36
Joe Niekro (HOU)      13   4  3.02  21  21   7   0   4  152  123   59   51   14   58   59
Burt Hooton (LA)       7   7  3.05  19  19   8   0   0  142  133   61   48    6   44   87
Paul Moskau (CIN)      5   3  3.19  17  13   1   0   0   99   90   42   35    8   44   55

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Joey McLaughlin        2   1  1.42  13   0   0   1   0   25   17    7    4    2    9   14
Adrian Devine          1   2  2.62  27   0   0   0   0   45   53   15   13    5   16   14
Craig Skok             1   3  3.12  38   0   0   2   0   49   49   19   17    6   13   25
Rick Matula            6   6  3.59  17  17   1   0   0  108  114   50   43   10   31   47
Bo McLaughlin          0   1  3.80  16   1   0   0   0   24   25   13   10    2    6   22
Phil Niekro           12  11  3.89  25  25  11   0   0  183  178  100   79   25   71  100
Gene Garber            5  10  4.13  45   0   0  18   0   76   86   48   35    9   17   40
Tony Brizzolara        5   3  4.39  11  11   1   0   0   68   80   37   33    1   24   48
Eddie Solomon          4   6  4.76  17  16   1   0   0   96   93   57   51   12   28   52
Rick Mahler            0   0  6.30  13   0   0   0   0   20   23   15   14    3   11   10
Mickey Mahler          2   8  6.38  17  14   1   0   0   73   89   59   52   10   34   45
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           4   2  1.34  32   0   0  22   0   54   26    9    8    2   17   62
Dick Tidrow            5   2  2.49  24   0   0   3   0   43   38   13   12    2   20   19
Mike Krukow            7   5  3.49  18  18   0   0   0  108   95   44   42    9   58   82
Rick Reuschel          8   6  3.91  19  19   2   0   1  122  129   56   53    9   37   63
Willie Hernandez       1   0  4.33  30   0   0   0   0   44   46   24   21    5   21   30
Dennis Lamp            7   4  4.40  21  17   3   0   1  100  117   55   49    9   24   52
Ken Holtzman           6   6  4.50  17  16   3   0   2   94  102   54   47   12   41   41
Lynn McGlothen         9   8  4.61  25  13   3   2   0  107  115   60   55   15   32   67
Bill Caudill           0   2  5.04  13   3   0   0   0   30   32   22   17    6   17   36
Donnie Moore           1   3  6.19  26   0   0   1   0   48   63   36   33    6   17   31
Ray Burris             0   0  6.23  14   0   0   0   0   22   23   17   15    0   15   14

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Lacoss            9   3  2.23  21  18   3   0   1  129  111   43   32    8   46   44
Dave Tomlin            2   2  2.25  39   0   0   1   0   36   35   21    9    3   12   19
Paul Moskau            5   3  3.19  17  13   1   0   0   99   90   42   35    8   44   55
Fred Norman            5   8  3.27  19  17   4   0   0  110   99   47   40    6   36   57
Tom Hume               6   5  3.42  28  11   1   2   0  105  113   44   40   11   22   53
Pedro Borbon           2   2  3.43  30   0   0   2   0   45   48   17   17    2    8   23
Tom Seaver             9   5  3.50  18  18   5   0   2  113  100   49   44    8   32   74
Doug Bair              5   5  4.04  42   0   0  13   0   56   48   25   25    4   31   49
Bill Bonham            3   4  4.24  16  16   0   0   0   93   98   48   44    8   32   41
Manny Sarmiento        0   4  5.60  13   0   0   0   0   18   25   12   11    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 14.54   3   0   0   0   0    4    6    7    7    0    6    4

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Joe Sambito            4   2  0.95  36   0   0  11   0   57   45    8    6    2   13   45
Bert Roberge           2   0  1.04  12   0   0   2   0   17   10    2    2    0    9    9
Joaquin Andujar       11   5  2.65  29  12   6   3   0  116   84   36   34    4   55   54
Rick Williams          3   4  2.87  16  11   2   0   2   78   74   26   25    3   21   27
Randy Niemann          3   1  2.92  10   6   3   1   2   49   50   18   16    1   15   14
Ken Forsch             5   5  3.02  14  13   7   0   2  101   88   40   34    5   22   36
Joe Niekro            13   4  3.02  21  21   7   0   4  152  123   59   51   14   58   59
Vern Ruhle             1   3  3.16   7   6   1   0   1   43   36   15   15    5    6   21
J.R. Richard           7  10  3.52  22  22   8   0   1  159  138   69   62   10   55  157
Frank Riccelli         2   2  4.09  11   2   0   0   0   22   22   11   10    0   18   20
George Throop          1   0  4.82   7   0   0   0   0    9   14    7    5    4    5    8
Bo McLaughlin          1   2  5.51  12   0   0   0   0   16   22   15   10    2    4   12
Tom Dixon              1   2  5.96  16   1   0   0   0   23   31   19   15    2   13    6
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
Lerrin LaGrow          1   1  2.38  18   0   0   2   0   23   23    7    6    2    8   12
Burt Hooton            7   7  3.05  19  19   8   0   0  142  133   61   48    6   44   87
Rick Sutcliffe         8   8  3.76  24  15   3   0   0  129  127   64   54    7   56   61
Bob Welch              4   6  3.99  21   9   1   5   0   68   68   36   30    6   29   56
Terry Forster          1   1  4.26  12   0   0   1   0   13   13    7    6    0    9    7
Ken Brett              2   1  4.32  12   0   0   0   0   17   24    8    8    1    5    4
Don Sutton             7  11  4.44  20  20   4   0   0  140  134   79   69   16   43   94
Charlie Hough          1   2  4.66  28   0   0   0   0   68   59   39   35   10   38   33
Andy Messersmith       2   4  4.91  11  11   1   0   0   62   55   34   34    9   34   26
Dennis Lewallyn        0   1  5.11   7   0   0   0   0   12   19    8    7    0    5    1
Doug Rau               1   5  5.30  11  11   1   0   1   56   73   37   33    3   22   28
Jerry Reuss            2   8  5.59  26   8   0   3   0   66   89   50   41    3   33   32
Dave Patterson         0   0  6.52  14   0   0   2   0   19   25   14   14    3    7   14
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   4  2.06  23   0   0   6   0   35   29   13    8    1   13   29
Elias Sosa             5   5  2.07  35   0   0  10   0   61   49   16   14    2   22   37
Dan Schatzeder         4   2  2.45  18   7   1   1   0   77   56   22   21    5   28   50
Steve Rogers           9   6  2.52  21  21   9   0   5  150  133   47   42    7   38   79
Stan Bahnsen           2   1  3.22  27   0   0   2   0   45   40   16   16    5   15   29
Scott Sanderson        6   5  3.28  18  18   3   0   2  107   92   43   39   12   31   85
Bill Lee               9   6  3.35  18  18   3   0   3  118  126   52   44   14   23   29
Rudy May               3   0  3.38  18   0   0   0   0   27   28   12   10    3   12   25
David Palmer           2   1  3.63  21   1   0   2   0   35   31   19   14    6    8   21
Ross Grimsley          8   5  4.94  20  20   2   0   0  113  140   68   62   13   30   27

 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
Tom Hausman            1   4  2.13   9   4   1   1   0   38   32   10    9    2   12   13
Ed Glynn               0   1  2.28  18   0   0   4   0   24   23    7    6    2   14   15
Andy Hassler           3   2  2.58   7   5   1   0   0   38   30   11   11    2   19   25
Craig Swan             8   8  3.29  21  21   6   0   2  150  137   61   55   14   41  103
Kevin Kobel            4   4  3.39  16  14   1   0   1   88   86   40   33    8   27   38
Pat Zachry             5   1  3.59   7   7   1   0   0   43   44   19   17    3   21   17
Dale Murray            4   5  3.95  43   0   0   4   0   71   74   37   31    5   35   28
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
Neil Allen             3   5  4.69  22   5   0   0   0   48   55   28   25    2   29   29
Jesse Orosco           1   2  4.89  18   2   0   0   0   35   33   20   19    4   22   22
Pete Falcone           1   6  5.20  19  17   1   0   1   92  101   58   53   14   43   48
Wayne Twitchell        3   2  5.32  23   1   0   0   0   44   40   33   26    3   42   32
Dock Ellis             1   2  5.81   6   5   0   0   0   31   41   21   20    2   11   16

 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
Dickie Noles           2   1  2.21   3   3   0   0   0   20   14    5    5    2   16   11
Kevin Saucier          1   0  2.95  10   0   0   0   0   21   17    8    7    0   12    5
Nino Espinosa          9   7  3.48  19  19   6   0   3  124  124   55   48   13   36   55
Steve Carlton         11   8  3.50  21  21   9   0   3  152  130   68   59   12   52  113
Randy Lerch            5   8  3.78  20  20   3   0   0  119  131   54   50   16   32   42
Tug McGraw             3   1  3.78  38   1   0  12   0   52   40   25   22    4   21   39
Dick Ruthven           7   4  3.93  16  16   3   0   2  101  101   45   44    6   29   53
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
Ron Reed               6   4  4.87  36   0   0   2   0   57   71   35   31    6   22   30
Doug Bird              1   0  5.40  17   0   0   0   0   33   48   20   20    6    7   17
Warren Brusstar        1   0  5.73  10   0   0   1   0   11   19    7    7    0    3    3
Rawly Eastwick         1   1  5.77  23   0   0   2   0   39   46   26   25    5   17   21
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           4   3  2.54  42   0   0   2   0   60   53   23   17    5   20   53
Dave Roberts           0   0  2.84   4   0   0   0   0    6    6    2    2    0    3    1
Jim Bibby              5   2  3.04  19   4   0   0   0   50   46   21   17    3   21   37
Bruce Kison            5   4  3.10  19  11   2   0   1   87   73   34   30    7   20   73
John Candelaria        8   7  3.41  19  17   4   0   0  111  112   48   42   15   21   55
Grant Jackson          5   2  3.53  42   0   0  10   0   43   36   19   17    7   18   20
Bert Blyleven          7   3  3.66  21  21   1   0   0  133  135   58   54   15   55   93
Kent Tekulve           3   5  3.68  48   0   0  13   0   64   55   30   26    5   26   40
Don Robinson           5   5  3.82  15  15   3   0   0   92   92   42   39    8   33   55
Jim Rooker             2   4  3.95  10  10   1   0   0   66   53   31   29    7   21   22
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          9   6  2.68  21  21   8   0   0  161  149   57   48   10   44  102
Bob Shirley            4   9  2.87  32   9   2   0   1  103   90   36   33    4   29   61
Steve Mura             2   2  3.12  16   5   0   0   0   43   33   17   15    4   22   40
Dennis Kinney          0   0  3.50  13   0   0   0   0   18   17    8    7    2    8   11
Randy Jones            7   6  3.71  23  23   3   0   0  148  144   66   61    7   42   65
Rollie Fingers         7   7  3.80  40   0   0  12   0   64   67   29   27    4   23   50
Eric Rasmussen         3   8  4.34  23  16   2   1   0   93   96   47   45    6   30   33
Bob Owchinko           4   6  4.54  23  12   1   0   0   83   90   51   42   10   36   42
Mickey Lolich          0   2  4.63  15   5   0   0   0   35   39   25   18    2   16   16
John D'Acquisto        6   6  4.73  33   5   0   2   0   80   80   49   42   11   52   65
Mark Lee               1   1  5.33  15   0   0   0   0   27   40   19   16    2   11   12
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   1  1.62  15   0   0   0   0   33   22    9    6    0   10   16
Gary Lavelle           7   5  2.41  44   0   0  11   0   67   61   21   18    4   31   59
Dave Roberts           0   2  2.57  26   1   0   3   0   42   42   15   12    3   18   23
Tom Griffin            4   4  3.39  38   2   0   2   0   64   51   29   24    5   31   50
Phil Nastu             3   4  3.71  17  14   1   0   0   85   87   38   35   11   27   36
John Curtis            5   5  3.84  17   8   2   0   1   63   66   32   27    7   24   45
Ed Halicki             5   5  4.26  14  14   3   0   1   80   86   47   38    8   30   43
Bob Knepper            6   4  4.49  21  21   3   0   1  132  153   71   66   19   54   83
John Montefusco        2   4  4.55  10  10   0   0   0   59   61   30   30    8   19   33
Pedro Borbon           2   0  5.14   7   0   0   2   0   14   20    8    8    2    1    9
Ed Whitson             1   1  5.17   4   3   0   0   0   16   17    9    9    2    9    8
Vida Blue              7   8  5.61  20  20   7   0   0  135  140   91   84   17   66   73
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  1.82  24   0   0   0   0   35   27    8    7    1   10    8
John Fulgham           3   2  2.81   6   6   3   0   1   42   41   15   13    5    7   25
Mark Littell           6   3  2.83  34   0   0   5   0   41   32   13   13    1   29   33
Silvio Martinez        7   3  2.99  18  15   3   0   2  114  105   40   38    6   32   66
George Frazier         1   1  3.00   8   0   0   0   0   12   10    4    4    1    3    5
Pete Vuckovich         8   6  3.31  19  18   5   0   0  131  127   57   48   13   28   84
Roy Thomas             0   0  3.57   4   2   0   0   0   18   16    7    7    3    4    7
Tom Bruno              2   2  3.82  25   0   0   0   0   31   29   13   13    1   20   21
Darold Knowles         2   4  3.97  31   0   0   5   0   34   40   16   15    4   11   14
Buddy Schultz          4   3  4.69  30   0   0   3   0   40   39   21   21    7   14   37
John Denny             4   7  4.95  18  18   3   0   1  120  129   71   66   12   61   58
Bob Forsch             3   9  5.07  18  18   4   0   0  114  129   70   64   12   34   50
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)          13
  P. Niekro (ATL)          12
  J. Andujar (HOU)         11
  S. Carlton (PHI)         11
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         9
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           9
  B. Lee (MON)              9
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        9
  G. Perry (SD)             9
  S. Rogers (MON)           9

Losses:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          11
  D. Sutton (LA)           11
  G. Garber (ATL)          10
  J. Richard (HOU)         10
  B. Forsch (STL)           9
  B. Shirley (SD)           9
  V. Blue (SF)              8
  S. Carlton (PHI)          8
  R. Lerch (PHI)            8
  M. Mahler (ATL)           8

Complete Games:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          11
  S. Carlton (PHI)          9
  S. Rogers (MON)           9
  B. Hooton (LA)            8
  G. Perry (SD)             8
  J. Richard (HOU)          8
  V. Blue (SF)              7
  K. Forsch (HOU)           7
  J. Niekro (HOU)           7
  J. Andujar (HOU)          6

Saves:

  B. Sutter (CHI)          22
  G. Garber (ATL)          18
  D. Bair (CIN)            13
  K. Tekulve (PIT)         13
  R. Fingers (SD)          12
  T. McGraw (PHI)          12
  G. Lavelle (SF)          11
  J. Sambito (HOU)         11
  G. Jackson (PIT)         10
  E. Sosa (MON)            10

Shutouts:

  S. Rogers (MON)           5
  J. Niekro (HOU)           4
  S. Carlton (PHI)          3
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         3
  B. Lee (MON)              3
  K. Forsch (HOU)           2
  K. Holtzman (CHI)         2
  S. Martinez (STL)         2
  R. Niemann (HOU)          2
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          2

Innings Pitched:

  P. Niekro (ATL)       183.0
  G. Perry (SD)         161.0
  J. Richard (HOU)      158.2
  J. Niekro (HOU)       152.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)      151.2
  C. Swan (NY)          150.1
  S. Rogers (MON)       150.0
  R. Jones (SD)         148.0
  B. Hooton (LA)        141.2
  D. Sutton (LA)        140.0

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)         178
  B. Knepper (SF)         153
  G. Perry (SD)           149
  R. Jones (SD)           144
  V. Blue (SF)            140
  R. Grimsley (MON)       140
  J. Richard (HOU)        138
  C. Swan (NY)            137
  B. Blyleven (PIT)       135
  D. Sutton (LA)          134

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)         100
  V. Blue (SF)             91
  D. Sutton (LA)           79
  J. Denny (STL)           71
  B. Knepper (SF)          71
  B. Forsch (STL)          70
  J. Richard (HOU)         69
  S. Carlton (PHI)         68
  R. Grimsley (MON)        68
  R. Jones (SD)            66

Home Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          25
  B. Knepper (SF)          19
  V. Blue (SF)             17
  R. Lerch (PHI)           16
  D. Sutton (LA)           16
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        15
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      15
  L. McGlothen (CHI)       15
  P. Falcone (NY)          14
  B. Lee (MON)             14

Walks:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          71
  V. Blue (SF)             66
  J. Denny (STL)           61
  M. Krukow (CHI)          58
  J. Niekro (HOU)          58
  R. Sutcliffe (LA)        56
  J. Andujar (HOU)         55
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        55
  J. Richard (HOU)         55
  B. Knepper (SF)          54

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)        157
  S. Carlton (PHI)        113
  C. Swan (NY)            103
  G. Perry (SD)           102
  P. Niekro (ATL)         100
  D. Sutton (LA)           94
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        93
  B. Hooton (LA)           87
  S. Sanderson (MON)       85
  P. Vuckovich (STL)       84

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