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Tuesday May 23, 1978
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National League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, May 23, 1978

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
San Francisco   24  14  3.11   38   8   8   348   330  132  120   16   97  204
Philadelphia    19  16  3.31   35   7   5   310   299  133  114   19  111  168
Los Angeles     24  16  3.40   40  14   8   360   347  151  136   35  113  198
San Diego       18  22  3.51   40   4  10   356   349  162  139   18  134  178
Montreal        20  19  3.53   39   9   9   349   343  152  137   34  134  198
New York        19  22  3.59   41   6   9   381   359  170  152   28  142  222
Chicago         19  17  3.63   36   5   9   329   314  152  133   27  145  160
Houston         18  19  3.65   37  11   3   333   286  144  135   24  171  210
St. Louis       14  27  3.70   41  11   1   365   334  173  150   23  146  235
Pittsburgh      18  21  3.90   39   9   5   342   337  173  148   22  129  226
Cincinnati      25  17  3.92   42   2  14   385   382  188  168   37  160  255
Atlanta         15  23  4.15   38   7   5   336   340  177  155   23  157  198

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Joaquin Andujar (HOU)  3   2  2.10   8   8   2   0   0   56   37   15   13    2   23   28
Rick Reuschel (CHI)    4   3  2.12  10  10   3   0   0   76   70   19   18    2   19   26
Gaylord Perry (SD)     2   1  2.26   8   8   1   0   0   60   52   19   15    0   16   35
Bob Forsch (STL)       6   3  2.28  10  10   5   0   3   71   50   21   18    2   22   35
Don Robinson (PIT)     4   1  2.36   9   7   3   1   1   61   43   19   16    2   10   36
Bob Knepper (SF)       5   2  2.42   9   9   4   0   1   67   54   20   18    4   21   42
Craig Swan (NY)        1   2  2.43   8   8   1   0   1   56   35   17   15    4   16   32
Tommy John (LA)        6   2  2.51   9   9   5   0   0   72   62   25   20    3   19   43
Bill Bonham (CIN)      5   0  2.58   6   6   1   0   0   45   41   13   13    4   10   29
Randy Jones (SD)       3   3  2.59  10  10   1   0   1   66   58   22   19    2   16   18

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mickey Mahler          0   1  1.50  10   1   0   0   0   24   13    6    4    1    8   19
Phil Niekro            4   6  3.11  11  11   5   0   1   81   70   35   28    2   31   64
Preston Hanna          3   0  3.46   8   8   0   0   0   39   29   18   15    4   31   28
Dick Ruthven           2   4  3.79   9   9   2   0   1   57   55   26   24    4   23   25
Eddie Solomon          1   3  4.18  16   0   0   2   0   28   31   15   13    3   11   15
Jamie Easterly         0   1  5.19   8   2   0   0   0   17   26   12   10    1    7    9
Dave Campbell          2   1  5.60  13   0   0   0   0   18   22   13   11    4   16   11
Rick Camp              0   1  5.65  11   0   0   0   0   14   19   10    9    1    5    3
Adrian Devine          2   1  5.67  18   0   0   3   0   27   33   17   17    0    9   15
Tommy Boggs            1   5  6.97   7   7   0   0   0   31   42   25   24    3   16    9

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bruce Sutter           3   2  1.73  16   0   0   5   0   26   15    9    5    1   11   29
Rick Reuschel          4   3  2.12  10  10   3   0   0   76   70   19   18    2   19   26
Willie Hernandez       3   1  2.89  15   0   0   0   0   19   16    6    6    1   10   10
Dave Roberts           1   0  3.31   7   1   0   0   0   16   17    8    6    0    8    9
Dennis Lamp            1   4  4.17   8   8   1   0   1   41   34   19   19    5   13   16
Ray Burris             2   3  4.26  10   9   1   0   0   57   54   30   27    6   32   26
Donnie Moore           2   0  4.39  19   0   0   4   0   27   29   17   13    2   11   12
Woodie Fryman          2   4  5.01  10   8   0   0   0   47   53   31   26    6   32   26
Paul Reuschel          1   0  5.06   6   0   0   0   0   11   11    6    6    3    6    2
Mike Krukow            0   0  6.30   6   0   0   0   0   10   15    7    7    1    3    4

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Doug Bair              1   0  0.64  19   0   0   6   0   28   22    2    2    1   12   24
Manny Sarmiento        3   2  1.27  14   2   0   1   0   35   21    6    5    2   17   17
Bill Bonham            5   0  2.58   6   6   1   0   0   45   41   13   13    4   10   29
Fred Norman            5   1  2.79  10  10   0   0   0   68   50   23   21    4   35   43
Dale Murray            1   1  4.13  15   0   0   2   0   33   34   20   15    1   17   25
Tom Seaver             3   4  4.34  10  10   1   0   0   58   66   30   28   10   23   55
Dave Tomlin            3   1  4.41  17   0   0   1   0   16   23   15    8    1    4    9
Pedro Borbon           2   1  6.20  16   0   0   3   0   25   26   17   17    2    7    6
Paul Moskau            0   1  6.23   3   2   0   1   0   13   15    9    9    3    3   13
Tom Hume               2   5  6.41  10   9   0   0   0   53   70   41   38    8   21   25
Doug Capilla           0   1  9.82   6   3   0   0   0   11   14   12   12    1   11    9

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Oscar Zamora           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    1    1
Tom Dixon              2   0  1.90   9   1   0   1   0   24   23    5    5    0    7   11
Joaquin Andujar        3   2  2.10   8   8   2   0   0   56   37   15   13    2   23   28
Floyd Bannister        1   2  2.37   7   3   1   0   1   30   22    8    8    2   21   20
Joe Sambito            2   2  3.04  16   0   0   2   0   27   20    9    9    2   10   26
Ken Forsch             1   1  3.20  13   0   0   0   0   25   33    9    9    0   12   10
J.R. Richard           4   3  3.48   9   9   5   0   3   65   44   25   25    5   41   74
Mark Lemongello        3   5  4.08   8   8   2   0   0   53   46   25   24    7   18   20
Gene Pentz             0   0  6.00  10   0   0   0   0   15   12   13   10    1   13    8
Joe Niekro             2   4  7.78   9   8   1   0   0   37   49   35   32    5   25   12

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Lance Rautzhan         0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    0    0    0    1    0
Terry Forster          1   0  1.31  13   0   0   7   0   21   12    3    3    1    6   18
Tommy John             6   2  2.51   9   9   5   0   0   72   62   25   20    3   19   43
Doug Rau               5   0  2.74   7   7   2   0   0   49   54   15   15    6   13   24
Burt Hooton            3   4  3.31   8   8   2   0   0   54   50   20   20    5    9   24
Bobby Castillo         0   3  3.60  10   0   0   1   0   20   17    8    8    1   17   16
Charlie Hough          1   0  3.86  10   0   0   0   0   21   16   10    9    1   16   10
Rick Rhoden            4   2  3.93   8   7   3   0   1   53   53   27   23    4   17   27
Mike Garman            0   1  4.41  10   0   0   0   0   16   15    8    8    3    3    5
Don Sutton             4   4  5.09   9   9   2   0   0   53   67   35   30   11   12   31

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Garman            0   0  0.00   1   0   0   1   0    3    1    0    0    0    1    1
Darold Knowles         2   0  1.64  15   0   0   2   0   22   16    4    4    1    6   14
Ross Grimsley          6   2  2.60   9   9   5   0   1   66   61   24   19    6   22   22
Steve Rogers           5   4  2.69  10  10   4   0   1   74   61   22   22    3   25   47
Bill Atkinson          2   1  3.09  13   0   0   1   0   23   22    8    8    2   11   19
Hal Dues               0   1  3.27   7   2   0   0   0   22   19    8    8    0   10    9
Rudy May               3   5  4.19  10  10   0   0   0   62   67   34   29   10   14   32
Stan Bahnsen           0   2  4.26  15   0   0   5   0   19   24   11    9    2   11   12
Dan Schatzeder         0   0  4.76   3   0   0   0   0    6    5    3    3    0    3    5
Wayne Twitchell        2   4  5.73   8   8   0   0   0   44   51   28   28    7   23   34
Fred Holdsworth        0   0  7.27   6   0   0   0   0    9   16   10    7    3    8    3

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Kevin Kobel            0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0
Paul Siebert           0   0  1.35   7   0   0   0   0    7    9    1    1    0    7    4
Craig Swan             1   2  2.43   8   8   1   0   1   56   35   17   15    4   16   32
Skip Lockwood          4   3  3.18  21   0   0   7   0   40   31   14   14    3   13   35
Bob Myrick             0   3  3.28  17   0   0   0   0   25   18   10    9    3   13   13
Jerry Koosman          2   4  3.29   9   9   2   0   0   63   55   24   23    6   16   37
Nino Espinosa          4   2  3.68   9   9   2   0   0   59   64   28   24    6   18   26
Mike Bruhert           1   3  3.69   7   7   0   0   0   39   44   22   16    1    8   15
Pat Zachry             4   1  3.72   8   8   1   0   1   46   44   21   19    2   25   32
Mardie Cornejo         3   2  3.75  18   0   0   2   0   24   23   11   10    1   11   12
Butch Metzger          0   1  6.86  14   0   0   0   0   21   30   17   16    2   13   15
Dale Murray            0   1 22.50   1   0   0   0   0    2    6    5    5    0    2    1

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gene Garber            2   0  1.25  13   0   0   0   0   22   17    3    3    0    8   13
Warren Brusstar        0   0  2.30  10   0   0   0   0   16   14    6    4    0    6   12
Ron Reed               0   0  2.42  14   0   0   2   0   22   20    6    6    0    8   10
Jim Kaat               1   0  2.59   4   3   1   0   1   24   22    7    7    0    5   10
Steve Carlton          4   4  2.76   9   9   2   0   0   62   61   26   19    5   23   36
Tug McGraw             2   3  3.57  14   0   0   3   0   18   19    9    7    1    6   11
Randy Lerch            3   3  3.76   8   8   2   0   0   53   50   28   22    4   26   25
Jim Lonborg            4   3  3.83   7   7   1   0   0   45   38   19   19    5   17   21
Larry Christenson      3   3  4.96   8   8   1   0   1   49   58   29   27    4   12   30

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Kent Tekulve           2   2  2.19  19   0   0   3   0   25   19    7    6    0    9   14
Don Robinson           4   1  2.36   9   7   3   1   1   61   43   19   16    2   10   36
Jim Bibby              3   2  2.79  14   0   0   0   0   19   16   12    6    3   12   19
Bruce Kison            1   2  2.86  10   0   0   0   0   22   16    8    7    1   16   14
John Candelaria        3   6  3.93  10  10   2   0   1   66   79   33   29    4   24   35
Bert Blyleven          3   4  4.10   9   9   4   0   2   64   62   33   29    5   16   54
Grant Jackson          0   1  5.11  13   0   0   1   0   12   21    7    7    0    6   10
Jerry Reuss            0   0  5.52   7   5   0   0   0   29   38   19   18    2    9   20
Jim Rooker             2   3  6.03   8   8   0   0   0   37   35   29   25    3   25   20
Will McEnaney          0   0  7.94   5   0   0   0   0    6    8    6    5    2    2    4

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mickey Lolich          1   0  1.08   5   0   0   0   0    8    5    1    1    0    3    4
John D'Acquisto        1   1  1.13   8   1   0   1   0   16   10    3    2    0    9   20
Gaylord Perry          2   1  2.26   8   8   1   0   0   60   52   19   15    0   16   35
Randy Jones            3   3  2.59  10  10   1   0   1   66   58   22   19    2   16   18
Mark Lee               2   1  3.57  15   0   0   0   0   18   18    7    7    0    7    4
Bob Owchinko           3   3  3.81  10   9   1   0   0   57   58   27   24    4   30   23
Rollie Fingers         2   6  3.82  20   0   0   9   0   33   26   16   14    1    9   16
Dan Spillner           1   0  4.09  14   0   0   0   0   22   29   12   10    1    6   14
Bob Shirley            2   4  5.05  11   8   1   0   0   46   51   31   26    7   19   28
Dave Wehrmeister       1   0  6.14   4   0   0   0   0    7    8    5    5    1    5    2
Dave Freisleben        0   3  6.17   9   4   0   0   0   23   34   19   16    2   14   14

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Knepper            5   2  2.42   9   9   4   0   1   67   54   20   18    4   21   42
Randy Moffitt          3   1  2.74  18   0   0   2   0   23   22    9    7    1    6   16
Ed Halicki             0   0  2.77   2   2   0   0   0   13   11    5    4    1    3    2
Vida Blue              6   1  2.86   9   9   2   0   0   69   65   25   22    3   16   49
Greg Minton            0   0  3.00   3   0   0   0   0    6    4    2    2    0    3    5
Jim Barr               2   4  3.02   9   8   2   0   2   48   50   16   16    2    7   10
John Montefusco        3   2  3.41   9   9   0   0   0   63   62   26   24    4   13   48
John Curtis            1   1  3.60  12   0   0   0   0   15   13    6    6    0    8    7
Gary Lavelle           3   3  3.80  18   0   0   6   0   21   22    9    9    1   11   11
Charlie Williams       1   0  4.76   7   0   0   0   0   11   14    6    6    0    5    7
Lynn McGlothen         0   0  5.06   4   1   0   0   0   11   13    8    6    0    4    7

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Forsch             6   3  2.28  10  10   5   0   3   71   50   21   18    2   22   35
Pete Vuckovich         0   4  2.83  20   0   0   1   0   29   26   10    9    1   13   26
Buddy Schultz          0   0  3.28  12   0   0   0   0   25   18   10    9    1   13   17
John Denny             3   2  3.38   9   9   3   0   1   64   59   24   24    3   18   36
Mark Littell           1   6  3.38  17   2   0   0   0   35   28   17   13    2   25   37
Eric Rasmussen         2   5  4.18  10  10   2   0   1   60   61   32   28    4   20   32
John Urrea             2   5  4.69  12   6   1   0   0   48   54   31   25    2   17   34
Pete Falcone           0   2  6.26   6   4   0   0   0   23   26   17   16    3   13   12
Dave Hamilton          0   0  6.97  11   0   0   0   0   10   12   11    8    5    5    6

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League Leaders

Wins:

  V. Blue (SF)              6
  B. Forsch (STL)           6
  R. Grimsley (MON)         6
  T. John (LA)              6
  B. Bonham (CIN)           5
  B. Knepper (SF)           5
  F. Norman (CIN)           5
  D. Rau (LA)               5
  S. Rogers (MON)           5
  S. Carlton (PHI)          4

Losses:

  J. Candelaria (PIT)       6
  R. Fingers (SD)           6
  M. Littell (STL)          6
  P. Niekro (ATL)           6
  T. Boggs (ATL)            5
  T. Hume (CIN)             5
  M. Lemongello (HOU)       5
  R. May (MON)              5
  E. Rasmussen (STL)        5
  J. Urrea (STL)            5

Complete Games:

  B. Forsch (STL)           5
  R. Grimsley (MON)         5
  T. John (LA)              5
  P. Niekro (ATL)           5
  J. Richard (HOU)          5
  B. Blyleven (PIT)         4
  B. Knepper (SF)           4
  S. Rogers (MON)           4
  J. Denny (STL)            3
  R. Reuschel (CHI)         3

Saves:

  R. Fingers (SD)           9
  T. Forster (LA)           7
  S. Lockwood (NY)          7
  D. Bair (CIN)             6
  G. Lavelle (SF)           6
  S. Bahnsen (MON)          5
  B. Sutter (CHI)           5
  D. Moore (CHI)            4
  P. Borbon (CIN)           3
  A. Devine (ATL)           3

Shutouts:

  B. Forsch (STL)           3
  J. Richard (HOU)          3
  J. Barr (SF)              2
  B. Blyleven (PIT)         2
  F. Bannister (HOU)        1
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       1
  L. Christenson (PHI)      1
  J. Denny (STL)            1
  R. Grimsley (MON)         1
  R. Jones (SD)             1

Innings Pitched:

  P. Niekro (ATL)        81.0
  R. Reuschel (CHI)      76.1
  S. Rogers (MON)        73.2
  T. John (LA)           71.2
  B. Forsch (STL)        71.0
  V. Blue (SF)           69.1
  F. Norman (CIN)        67.2
  B. Knepper (SF)        67.0
  J. Candelaria (PIT)    66.1
  R. Jones (SD)          66.0

Hits:

  J. Candelaria (PIT)      79
  T. Hume (CIN)            70
  P. Niekro (ATL)          70
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        70
  R. May (MON)             67
  D. Sutton (LA)           67
  T. Seaver (CIN)          66
  V. Blue (SF)             65
  N. Espinosa (NY)         64
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        62

Runs:

  T. Hume (CIN)            41
  J. Niekro (HOU)          35
  P. Niekro (ATL)          35
  D. Sutton (LA)           35
  R. May (MON)             34
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        33
  J. Candelaria (PIT)      33
  E. Rasmussen (STL)       32
  W. Fryman (CHI)          31
  B. Shirley (SD)          31

Home Runs:

  D. Sutton (LA)           11
  R. May (MON)             10
  T. Seaver (CIN)          10
  T. Hume (CIN)             8
  M. Lemongello (HOU)       7
  B. Shirley (SD)           7
  W. Twitchell (MON)        7
  R. Burris (CHI)           6
  N. Espinosa (NY)          6
  W. Fryman (CHI)           6

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)         41
  F. Norman (CIN)          35
  R. Burris (CHI)          32
  W. Fryman (CHI)          32
  P. Hanna (ATL)           31
  P. Niekro (ATL)          31
  B. Owchinko (SD)         30
  R. Lerch (PHI)           26
  M. Littell (STL)         25
  J. Niekro (HOU)          25

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)         74
  P. Niekro (ATL)          64
  T. Seaver (CIN)          55
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        54
  V. Blue (SF)             49
  J. Montefusco (SF)       48
  S. Rogers (MON)          47
  T. John (LA)             43
  F. Norman (CIN)          43
  B. Knepper (SF)          42


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