Monday June 4, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Monday, June 4, 1979

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Houston         33  23  2.95   56  22   8   509   444  197  167   31  176  288
Montreal        30  18  3.24   48  12  12   434   408  179  156   41  122  225
St. Louis       27  20  3.45   48  10  10   444   430  184  170   36  161  256
Pittsburgh      25  23  3.64   49   7  11   445   431  212  180   41  158  288
Philadelphia    28  24  3.75   53  13   7   465   463  212  194   42  130  254
Cincinnati      29  25  3.82   54   6  15   490   499  248  208   51  174  257
New York        19  29  3.97   49   3  11   449   455  231  198   42  216  243
San Diego       25  31  4.01   56   7   9   499   495  258  222   37  175  287
Los Angeles     27  29  4.06   56  12  10   505   492  256  228   38  206  280
San Francisco   26  28  4.24   54  11  11   478   491  254  225   56  183  263
Chicago         22  26  4.60   48   7  12   435   479  242  222   42  165  274
Atlanta         19  34  4.73   53  10  12   468   502  289  246   56  172  252

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gaylord Perry (SD)     5   4  2.32  12  12   4   0   0   93   77   30   24    4   21   56
Mike Lacoss (CIN)      6   0  2.40  13  11   1   0   1   79   69   31   21    5   27   32
Silvio Martinez (STL)  3   1  2.61  10   7   0   0   0   59   55   17   17    1   20   32
Joe Niekro (HOU)       8   2  2.70  13  13   5   0   3   93   73   34   28    6   34   34
Ken Forsch (HOU)       4   3  2.71  10   9   6   0   2   73   62   28   22    4   17   27
Steve Rogers (MON)     5   3  2.85  13  13   5   0   3   88   81   33   28    5   18   46
Pete Vuckovich (STL)   5   3  2.85  12  11   3   0   0   82   78   33   26    9   14   53
Paul Moskau (CIN)      4   2  2.95  10   6   0   0   0   58   50   26   19    5   27   26
Nino Espinosa (PHI)    5   5  3.00  11  11   3   0   2   72   62   29   24    7   26   35
Burt Hooton (LA)       4   3  3.00  11  11   4   0   0   87   78   34   29    3   28   55

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Adrian Devine          1   2  3.18  19   0   0   0   0   28   35   12   10    3   12    6
Craig Skok             1   1  3.66  24   0   0   1   0   32   33   14   13    3   11   15
Phil Niekro            6   8  3.94  15  15   7   0   0  110  104   63   48   18   45   60
Rick Matula            2   4  4.06   9   9   0   0   0   58   61   28   26    5   17   26
Gene Garber            2   7  4.26  25   0   0  11   0   44   50   29   21    7    6   25
Rick Mahler            0   0  4.80  11   0   0   0   0   15   11    8    8    3    9    7
Mickey Mahler          2   5  5.05  11   9   1   0   0   57   68   39   32    4   22   36
Tony Brizzolara        1   2  5.11   4   4   0   0   0   25   28   16   14    1   12   18
Eddie Solomon          3   2  5.13   9   8   1   0   0   47   48   29   27    5   15   29
Frank Lacorte          0   0  7.56   6   0   0   0   0    8    9    7    7    2    5    6
Larry McWilliams       1   2  7.83   7   7   1   0   0   33   36   29   29    3   14   17
Bo McLaughlin          0   1  8.59   3   1   0   0   0    7   12    9    7    2    1    4
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           1   2  1.55  16   0   0  10   0   29   19    6    5    2    9   29
Dick Tidrow            1   1  2.12   7   0   0   1   0   17   14    4    4    0   10    7
Mike Krukow            2   4  3.47  10  10   0   0   0   57   51   24   22    3   36   46
Dennis Lamp            4   1  4.21  13   9   2   0   1   58   64   27   27    6   12   31
Ken Holtzman           4   4  4.66  10   9   2   0   1   58   70   34   30    8   20   27
Lynn McGlothen         6   6  4.90  16   9   2   1   0   68   73   39   37   11   15   44
Rick Reuschel          3   5  5.31  10  10   1   0   0   59   71   35   35    4   16   29
Willie Hernandez       0   0  5.65  20   0   0   0   0   29   35   21   18    4   12   18
Bill Caudill           0   1  5.84   4   1   0   0   0   12   20   12    8    2    9   13
Ray Burris             0   0  6.23  14   0   0   0   0   22   23   17   15    0   15   14
Donnie Moore           1   2  7.27  16   0   0   0   0   26   39   23   21    2   11   16

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Tomlin            2   1  2.30  26   0   0   1   0   27   27   14    7    1    9   16
Mike Lacoss            6   0  2.40  13  11   1   0   1   79   69   31   21    5   27   32
Paul Moskau            4   2  2.95  10   6   0   0   0   58   50   26   19    5   27   26
Pedro Borbon           2   2  3.08  23   0   0   2   0   38   37   13   13    2    6   16
Doug Bair              3   0  3.30  22   0   0   7   0   30   27   11   11    4   20   25
Fred Norman            2   5  3.41  11   9   2   0   0   58   53   28   22    5   24   28
Manny Sarmiento        0   1  3.86   2   0   0   0   0    2    3    1    1    0    2    1
Tom Hume               4   4  4.14  15   9   1   1   0   67   81   35   31   11   14   34
Bill Bonham            2   1  4.60   8   8   0   0   0   45   48   25   23    6   15   20
Tom Seaver             2   5  5.44  10  10   2   0   1   51   58   34   31    6   17   34
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
Bert Roberge           0   0  0.00   2   0   0   1   0    4    0    0    0    0    2    0
Randy Niemann          2   0  0.72   3   3   2   0   1   25   19    3    2    0    5   10
Rick Williams          2   1  1.00   9   5   2   0   2   45   38    5    5    1    8   14
Joe Sambito            2   2  1.74  21   0   0   4   0   31   27    8    6    2   10   23
Joe Niekro             8   2  2.70  13  13   5   0   3   93   73   34   28    6   34   34
Ken Forsch             4   3  2.71  10   9   6   0   2   73   62   28   22    4   17   27
Vern Ruhle             1   3  3.16   7   6   1   0   1   43   36   15   15    5    6   21
Joaquin Andujar        5   3  3.35  21   4   2   3   0   54   40   21   20    2   33   33
J.R. Richard           6   4  3.38  13  13   4   0   0   88   79   39   33    5   30   89
Frank Riccelli         2   2  3.54   9   2   0   0   0   20   18    9    8    0   16   18
Bo McLaughlin          1   2  5.51  12   0   0   0   0   16   22   15   10    2    4   12
Tom Dixon              0   1  7.45   5   1   0   0   0   10   15    9    8    2    5    1
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  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    4    4    0    0    0    1    1
Lerrin LaGrow          1   0  1.80   8   0   0   1   0   10   10    2    2    1    2    6
Burt Hooton            4   3  3.00  11  11   4   0   0   87   78   34   29    3   28   55
Bob Welch              4   2  3.11  16   5   0   5   0   46   46   18   16    3   20   35
Don Sutton             6   4  3.54  11  11   4   0   0   86   72   41   34    6   23   54
Rick Sutcliffe         6   3  3.79  16   7   2   0   0   71   70   31   30    5   23   34
Jerry Reuss            2   4  3.86  17   0   0   3   0   28   33   17   12    0   15   15
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
Charlie Hough          0   2  6.14  17   0   0   0   0   44   42   33   30    8   27   21
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
Elias Sosa             3   2  1.60  18   0   0   5   0   34   26    8    6    2   13   23
Woodie Fryman          1   2  1.86  12   0   0   2   0   19   15    7    4    0    7   13
Dan Schatzeder         1   0  2.25  10   3   0   1   0   36   29   10    9    1   16   30
Steve Rogers           5   3  2.85  13  13   5   0   3   88   81   33   28    5   18   46
Scott Sanderson        4   3  3.03  10  10   3   0   2   62   50   23   21    8   14   46
Stan Bahnsen           2   1  3.38  15   0   0   2   0   27   27   10   10    4    9   14
Bill Lee               6   2  3.46  10  10   2   0   2   68   65   28   26    7   12   19
Rudy May               2   0  3.94  11   0   0   0   0   16   19    9    7    2    7   12
David Palmer           2   1  4.58  14   0   0   2   0   20   20   13   10    4    6   11
Ross Grimsley          4   4  4.92  12  12   2   0   0   64   76   38   35    8   20   11

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Skip Lockwood          2   5  1.34  27   0   0   9   0   40   31    6    6    2   14   41
Kevin Kobel            2   0  2.27   8   6   0   0   0   44   35   14   11    3   15   18
Ed Glynn               0   1  2.45   2   0   0   1   0    4    5    1    1    0    4    3
Pat Zachry             5   0  2.89   6   6   1   0   0   37   37   14   12    3   17   17
Craig Swan             5   4  3.38  13  13   2   0   1   91   84   39   34    9   24   60
Dale Murray            2   5  3.53  26   0   0   1   0   43   43   19   17    2   25   16
Dwight Bernard         0   1  4.50  17   0   0   0   0   20   26   12   10    1   12    8
Mike Scott             1   1  4.91  10   7   0   0   0   37   38   24   20    4   16   12
Jesse Orosco           1   2  5.13  16   0   0   0   0   26   25   16   15    4   14   17
Pete Falcone           0   5  5.46  11  11   0   0   0   58   66   40   35   10   29   25
Wayne Twitchell        0   0  6.41   9   1   0   0   0   20   20   20   14    2   23   12
Neil Allen             1   5  7.06  12   5   0   0   0   29   45   26   23    2   23   14

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tug McGraw             2   0  2.70  20   0   0   4   0   23   16   10    7    2   10   19
Nino Espinosa          5   5  3.00  11  11   3   0   2   72   62   29   24    7   26   35
Dick Ruthven           6   3  3.22  12  12   3   0   2   81   72   29   29    2   22   43
Steve Carlton          6   6  3.30  12  12   5   0   1   90   79   37   33    7   25   61
Larry Christenson      0   3  3.45   6   4   0   0   0   29   28   11   11    2    0   19
Randy Lerch            2   4  3.57  12  12   2   0   0   76   82   32   30    9   17   28
Ron Reed               5   1  3.75  20   0   0   2   0   36   42   17   15    3    9   18
Jim Kaat               1   0  4.32   3   1   0   0   0    8    9    4    4    1    5    2
Doug Bird              0   0  6.51  13   0   0   0   0   28   44   20   20    6    7   14
Rawly Eastwick         1   1  7.50  11   0   0   1   0   18   20   16   15    1    6   10
Jim Lonborg            0   1 12.46   3   1   0   0   0    4    9    7    6    2    3    5

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Rooker             2   1  1.84   4   4   1   0   0   29   15    7    6    2    8   10
Bruce Kison            3   1  2.61  13   6   1   0   1   52   40   18   15    2   14   43
Grant Jackson          3   0  2.66  24   0   0   6   0   24   20    8    7    1    6   12
Enrique Romo           1   2  3.07  23   0   0   0   0   29   33   12   10    3   11   23
Don Robinson           4   3  3.13  10  10   2   0   0   63   65   25   22    6   23   37
Jim Bibby              3   1  3.18  12   1   0   0   0   23   20   12    8    2    9   20
John Candelaria        4   4  3.31  12  11   2   0   0   73   78   32   27    8   15   45
Kent Tekulve           3   5  4.85  30   0   0   4   0   39   38   24   21    4   17   29
Bert Blyleven          1   2  4.95  12  12   1   0   0   73   78   42   40   11   28   49
Ed Whitson             1   3  5.14  15   4   0   1   0   35   39   28   20    2   25   18
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          5   4  2.32  12  12   4   0   0   93   77   30   24    4   21   56
Dennis Kinney          0   0  2.87  10   0   0   0   0   16   15    6    5    2    6    8
Rollie Fingers         5   3  2.91  23   0   0   8   0   43   40   16   14    1   14   32
Steve Mura             2   2  3.41  10   5   0   0   0   37   27   16   14    3   17   38
Bob Shirley            2   5  3.49  21   3   0   0   0   49   44   20   19    2   13   28
Eric Rasmussen         2   5  4.22  14   9   1   0   0   64   69   32   30    4   19   23
Mickey Lolich          0   2  4.50  10   5   0   0   0   28   33   21   14    2   10   14
Randy Jones            5   3  4.68  13  13   1   0   0   77   83   43   40    4   21   33
Bob Owchinko           2   2  4.84  11   8   1   0   0   45   51   27   24    7   19   22
John D'Acquisto        2   4  6.69  20   1   0   1   0   35   35   32   26    6   31   25
Mark Lee               0   1  9.00  10   0   0   0   0   12   21   15   12    2    4    8

 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           3   2  2.34  24   0   0   7   0   35   36   12    9    2   17   30
Dave Roberts           0   1  2.70  18   1   0   2   0   30   30   12    9    3   14   17
John Montefusco        1   2  3.38   4   4   0   0   0   27   24   10   10    2    6   11
Phil Nastu             2   4  3.47   8   8   1   0   0   49   50   21   19    5   17   17
Bob Knepper            5   2  3.48  13  13   2   0   1   88   87   36   34   12   32   45
Ed Halicki             5   3  3.57  11  11   3   0   1   71   71   35   28    6   22   37
Tom Griffin            2   4  4.35  21   2   0   1   0   39   34   22   19    5   17   30
Greg Minton            0   0  4.50   1   0   0   0   0    2    3    1    1    0    0    0
Vida Blue              6   6  6.08  13  13   5   0   0   87   90   63   59   13   39   48
Randy Moffitt          1   2  7.11  16   0   0   1   0   25   32   21   20    4    9   11
John Curtis            1   2  7.29  10   2   0   0   0   21   31   19   17    4    8   17

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Silvio Martinez        3   1  2.61  10   7   0   0   0   59   55   17   17    1   20   32
Pete Vuckovich         5   3  2.85  12  11   3   0   0   82   78   33   26    9   14   53
Will McEnaney          0   0  3.00   6   0   0   0   0    6    7    2    2    0    1    2
Darold Knowles         2   1  3.07  18   0   0   5   0   15   19    5    5    1    6    8
Mark Littell           3   1  3.12  20   0   0   3   0   26   18    9    9    0   21   21
Tom Bruno              1   2  3.13  18   0   0   0   0   23   19    8    8    0   13   16
Bob Forsch             3   4  3.36  11  11   4   0   0   80   74   34   30    8   21   36
John Denny             3   4  3.87  11  11   3   0   1   77   73   34   33    8   29   35
Buddy Schultz          3   2  4.18  18   0   0   2   0   28   27   13   13    6   11   26
Bob Sykes              4   2  5.03   9   8   0   0   0   48   60   29   27    3   25   27

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League Leaders

Wins:

  J. Niekro (HOU)           8
  V. Blue (SF)              6
  S. Carlton (PHI)          6
  M. Lacoss (CIN)           6
  B. Lee (MON)              6
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        6
  P. Niekro (ATL)           6
  J. Richard (HOU)          6
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          6
  R. Sutcliffe (LA)         6

Losses:

  P. Niekro (ATL)           8
  G. Garber (ATL)           7
  V. Blue (SF)              6
  S. Carlton (PHI)          6
  L. McGlothen (CHI)        6
  N. Allen (NY)             5
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         5
  P. Falcone (NY)           5
  S. Lockwood (NY)          5
  M. Mahler (ATL)           5

Complete Games:

  P. Niekro (ATL)           7
  K. Forsch (HOU)           6
  V. Blue (SF)              5
  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  J. Niekro (HOU)           5
  S. Rogers (MON)           5
  B. Forsch (STL)           4
  B. Hooton (LA)            4
  G. Perry (SD)             4
  J. Richard (HOU)          4

Saves:

  G. Garber (ATL)          11
  B. Sutter (CHI)          10
  S. Lockwood (NY)          9
  R. Fingers (SD)           8
  D. Bair (CIN)             7
  G. Lavelle (SF)           7
  G. Jackson (PIT)          6
  D. Knowles (STL)          5
  E. Sosa (MON)             5
  B. Welch (LA)             5

Shutouts:

  J. Niekro (HOU)           3
  S. Rogers (MON)           3
  N. Espinosa (PHI)         2
  K. Forsch (HOU)           2
  B. Lee (MON)              2
  D. Ruthven (PHI)          2
  S. Sanderson (MON)        2
  R. Williams (HOU)         2
  S. Carlton (PHI)          1
  J. Denny (STL)            1

Innings Pitched:

  P. Niekro (ATL)       109.2
  J. Niekro (HOU)        93.1
  G. Perry (SD)          93.0
  C. Swan (NY)           90.2
  S. Carlton (PHI)       90.0
  S. Rogers (MON)        88.1
  B. Knepper (SF)        88.0
  J. Richard (HOU)       88.0
  V. Blue (SF)           87.1
  B. Hooton (LA)         87.0

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)         104
  V. Blue (SF)             90
  B. Knepper (SF)          87
  C. Swan (NY)             84
  R. Jones (SD)            83
  R. Lerch (PHI)           82
  T. Hume (CIN)            81
  S. Rogers (MON)          81
  S. Carlton (PHI)         79
  J. Richard (HOU)         79

Runs:

  V. Blue (SF)             63
  P. Niekro (ATL)          63
  R. Jones (SD)            43
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        42
  D. Sutton (LA)           41
  P. Falcone (NY)          40
  M. Mahler (ATL)          39
  L. McGlothen (CHI)       39
  J. Richard (HOU)         39
  C. Swan (NY)             39

Home Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          18
  V. Blue (SF)             13
  B. Knepper (SF)          12
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        11
  T. Hume (CIN)            11
  L. McGlothen (CHI)       11
  P. Falcone (NY)          10
  R. Lerch (PHI)            9
  A. Messersmith (LA)       9
  C. Swan (NY)              9

Walks:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          45
  V. Blue (SF)             39
  M. Krukow (CHI)          36
  A. Messersmith (LA)      34
  J. Niekro (HOU)          34
  J. Andujar (HOU)         33
  B. Knepper (SF)          32
  J. D'Acquisto (SD)       31
  J. Richard (HOU)         30
  J. Denny (STL)           29

Strikeouts:

  J. Richard (HOU)         89
  S. Carlton (PHI)         61
  P. Niekro (ATL)          60
  C. Swan (NY)             60
  G. Perry (SD)            56
  B. Hooton (LA)           55
  D. Sutton (LA)           54
  P. Vuckovich (STL)       53
  B. Blyleven (PIT)        49
  V. Blue (SF)             48

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