League pitching leaders

League pitching leaders -- National League
Regular season -- as of 4/30/1979

Earned Run Average			Wins			Strikeouts

Owchinko	SD	1.05	Blue	SF	5-1	Richard	Hou	41
Seaver	Cin	1.15	Bair	Cin	3-0	Swan	NYN	34
Candelaria	Pit	1.55	Seaver	Cin	3-0	Niekro	Atl	31
Lamp	ChN	1.57	Blyleven	Pit	3-1	Blyleven	Pit	28
Ruthven	Phi	1.89	Lerch	Phi	3-1	Blue	SF	28
Jones	SD	1.99	Grimsley	Mon	3-2	Carlton	Phi	27
Welch	LA	2.08	Swan	NYN	3-2	Sutton	LA	26
Norman	Cin	2.10	Vuckovich	SL	3-2	Rogers	Mon	26
Krukow	ChN	2.14	30 tied with		2	Knepper	SF	25
LaCoss	Cin	2.27				Welch	LA	24
Swan	NYN	2.33				Seaver	Cin	24
Hooton	LA	2.43				Vuckovich	SL	23


Games			Innings			Winning percentage

Garber	Atl	12	Swan	NYN	46.1	Bair	Cin	1.000
Hough	LA	12	Blue	SF	41.2	Seaver	Cin	1.000
Reed	Phi	11	Niekro	Atl	41.2	Devine	Atl	1.000
Bair	Cin	10	Jones	SD	40.2	Hernandez	ChN	1.000
D'Acquisto	SD	10	Rogers	Mon	39.2	Lamp	ChN	1.000
Devine	Atl	10	Forsch	Hou	39.0	Martinez	SL	1.000
Fingers	SD	10	Seaver	Cin	39.0	Norman	Cin	1.000
Lee	SD	10	Ruthven	Phi	38.0	Blue	SF	.833
Littell	SL	10	Hooton	LA	37.0	Blyleven	Pit	.750
Reuss	LA	10	Carlton	Phi	35.1	Lerch	Phi	.750
Sambito	Hou	10	Grimsley	Mon	35.1	11 tied with		.667
Tekulve	Pit	10	Vuckovich	SL	35.1


Starts			Complete games			Shutouts

Blue	SF	6	Forsch	Hou	3	Hume	Cin	2
Jones	SD	6	Candelaria	Pit	2	Knepper	SF	2
Niekro	Atl	6	Hooton	LA	2	Ruthven	Phi	2
Rogers	Mon	6	Hume	Cin	2	10 tied with		1
Swan	NYN	6	Knepper	SF	2
22 tied with		5	Ruthven	Phi	2
			Seaver	Cin	2
			Blue	SF	2
			Jones	SD	2
			Swan	NYN	2
			14 tied with		1



Saves			Save percentage			Holds

Garber	Atl	6	Sosa	Mon	1.000	Tekulve	Pit	4
Sosa	Mon	5	Lavelle	SF	1.000	Eastwick	Phi	3
Lavelle	SF	4	Pastore	Cin	1.000	Devine	Atl	3
Jackson	Pit	3	Reuss	LA	1.000	Knowles	SL	2
Sutter	ChN	3	Schultz	SL	1.000	Hernandez	ChN	2
8 tied with		2	Jackson	Pit	.750	15 tied with		1
			Sutter	ChN	.750
			Garber	Atl	.667
			McGraw	Phi	.667
			Roberts	SF	.667
			Sambito	Hou	.667
			4 tied with		.500


Batting average			Hits per 9 innings			Runners per 9 innings

Owchinko	SD	.148	Owchinko	SD	4.6	Candelaria	Pit	7.1
Richard	Hou	.161	Krukow	ChN	5.1	Owchinko	SD	7.4
Krukow	ChN	.164	Richard	Hou	5.3	Krukow	ChN	7.7
Seaver	Cin	.182	Seaver	Cin	5.8	Lamp	ChN	7.8
Welch	LA	.194	Welch	LA	6.2	Lee	Mon	8.5
Candelaria	Pit	.196	Ruthven	Phi	6.4	Hume	Cin	8.5
Ruthven	Phi	.199	Vuckovich	SL	6.6	LaCoss	Cin	8.5
Vuckovich	SL	.200	Candelaria	Pit	6.8	Knepper	SF	8.8
Hume	Cin	.210	Hume	Cin	6.9	Seaver	Cin	9.0
Knepper	SF	.211	Knepper	SF	7.0	Ruthven	Phi	9.2
Blyleven	Pit	.217	Lee	Mon	7.3	Welch	LA	9.3
Sutton	LA	.218	Jones	SD	7.3	Vuckovich	SL	9.4


Walks			Walks per 9 innings			Strikeouts per 9 innings

Niekro	Hou	22	Candelaria	Pit	0.3	Richard	Hou	10.9
Niekro	Atl	19	Lamp	ChN	0.4	Blyleven	Pit	8.4
Sykes	SL	16	Grimsley	Mon	0.8	Welch	LA	8.3
Messersmith	LA	16	Lee	Mon	0.8	Shirley	SD	7.9
D'Acquisto	SD	15	Espinosa	Phi	0.9	Sykes	SL	7.3
Griffin	SF	15	LaCoss	Cin	1.1	Sutton	LA	7.2
Richard	Hou	15	Forsch	Hou	1.2	Sanderson	Mon	7.1
Denny	SL	14	Ruhle	Hou	1.2	McWilliams	Atl	7.0
Jones	SD	14	Norman	Cin	1.5	Carlton	Phi	6.9
Carlton	Phi	13	Robinson,D	Pit	1.5	McGlothen	ChN	6.8
Seaver	Cin	13	Rau	LA	1.6	Niekro	Atl	6.7
Swan	NYN	13	Hume	Cin	1.6	Swan	NYN	6.6


WHIP			Homeruns			Average run support

Candelaria	Pit	0.79	Blue	SF	7	Krukow	ChN	7.3
Owchinko	SD	0.82	Kison	Pit	6	Rau	LA	6.6
Krukow	ChN	0.86	Messersmith	LA	5	Rogers	Mon	6.5
Lamp	ChN	0.87	Lerch	Phi	5	Lerch	Phi	6.2
Lee	Mon	0.90	Vuckovich	SL	5	Blue	SF	6.0
Hume	Cin	0.94	Niekro	Atl	5	Denny	SL	6.0
LaCoss	Cin	0.95	8 tied with		4	Espinosa	Phi	6.0
Seaver	Cin	0.97				Vuckovich	SL	5.8
Knepper	SF	0.98				Forsch	SL	5.8
Ruthven	Phi	1.03				McGlothen	ChN	5.5
Richard	Hou	1.03				4 tied with		5.4
Norman	Cin	1.03


Batters faced			Batters faced per game			Decisions

Swan	NYN	188	Shirley	SD	34.00	Blue	SF	6
Niekro	Atl	185	Forsch	Hou	32.20	Grimsley	Mon	5
Blue	SF	170	Swan	NYN	31.33	Vuckovich	SL	5
Jones	SD	168	Niekro	Atl	30.83	Jones	SD	5
Rogers	Mon	167	Seaver	Cin	30.80	Niekro	Atl	5
Forsch	Hou	161	Carlton	Phi	30.60	Swan	NYN	5
Seaver	Cin	154	McGlothen	ChN	30.50	Sykes	SL	5
Carlton	Phi	153	Hooton	LA	30.20	16 tied with		4
Hooton	LA	151	LaCoss	Cin	30.00
Ruthven	Phi	149	Norman	Cin	30.00
Reuschel	ChN	147	Ruthven	Phi	29.80
Denny	SL	144	Reuschel	ChN	29.40


Losses			Games finished			Runs

Jones	SD	1-4	Garber	Atl	9	Rau	LA	23
Kison	Pit	0-3	McGraw	Phi	8	Carlton	Phi	23
Perry	SD	0-3	Sosa	Mon	8	Halicki	SF	20
Sambito	Hou	0-3	Lavelle	SF	7	Niekro	Atl	20
Zachry	NYN	0-3	Fingers	SD	7	Sykes	SL	19
Niekro	Hou	1-3	Hough	LA	7	McGlothen	ChN	19
Rau	LA	1-3	Sutter	ChN	6	Lee	SD	18
Niekro	Atl	2-3	Lockwood	NYN	6	Messersmith	LA	18
Sykes	SL	2-3	Littell	SL	6	Robinson,D	Pit	18
27 tied with		2	Reuss	LA	6	Denny	SL	18
			Sambito	Hou	6	Forsch	Hou	18
			Tekulve	Pit	6	2 tied with		17


Earned runs			Hits			Doubles

Carlton	Phi	21	Swan	NYN	44	Rau	LA	14
Rau	LA	20	Rogers	Mon	40	Ruhle	Hou	11
Sykes	SL	19	Rau	LA	39	Halicki	SF	10
Niekro	Atl	19	Niekro	Atl	39	Ruthven	Phi	10
Lee	SD	18	Forsch	Hou	38	Swan	NYN	8
McGlothen	ChN	18	Robinson,D	Pit	37	Sykes	SL	7
Perry	SD	17	Carlton	Phi	37	Montefusco	SF	7
Messersmith	LA	17	Ruhle	Hou	36	Candelaria	Pit	7
Lerch	Phi	17	Grimsley	Mon	35	Hume	Cin	7
Halicki	SF	16	Denny	SL	35	Grimsley	Mon	7
Robinson,D	Pit	16	Blue	SF	35	Forsch	Hou	7
Forsch	Hou	16	2 tied with		34	Blue	SF	7


Triples			Stolen bases			Steal percentage

Burris	ChN	3	Halicki	SF	9	Ruthven	Phi	.000
Candelaria	Pit	3	Sutton	LA	9	Schultz	SL	.000
Hume	Cin	3	Swan	NYN	7	Kison	Pit	.250
Grimsley	Mon	3	Forsch	SL	6	Lamp	ChN	.250
10 tied with		2	Allen	NYN	5	Andujar	Hou	.333
			Niekro	Atl	5	Devine	Atl	.333
			Rasmussen	SD	5	LaCoss	Cin	.333
			Matula	Atl	4	Reuschel	ChN	.500
			McWilliams	Atl	4	Kaat	Phi	.500
			Mura	SD	4	Mahler,M	Atl	.500
			Jones	SD	4	McGlothen	ChN	.500
			13 tied with		3	Skok	Atl	.500


Hit by pitch			Wild pitches			Balks

Rau	LA	5	Littell	SL	3	Sutcliffe	LA	3
Coleman	Pit	3	Robinson,D	Pit	3	Fingers	SD	2
Burris	ChN	2	Knepper	SF	3	Sanderson	Mon	2
Eastwick	Phi	2	Sutter	ChN	2	Jackson	Pit	1
Zachry	NYN	2	Mahler,M	Atl	2	Krukow	ChN	1
Norman	Cin	2	Hough	LA	2	Carlton	Phi	1
Reuschel	ChN	2	Reuss	LA	2	Forsch	Hou	1
30 tied with		1	Niekro	Hou	2
			Denny	SL	2
			22 tied with		1




Runners left scored percentage			Inherited runners scored pct			Ground ball DP

26 tied with		.000	Sosa	Mon	.000	Niekro	Hou	6
			Garber	Atl	.100	Messersmith	LA	5
			Reed	Phi	.100	Denny	SL	5
			Skok	Atl	.111	Seaver	Cin	5
			D'Acquisto	SD	.143	Jones	SD	5
			Devine	Atl	.143	11 tied with		4
			Tekulve	Pit	.167
			Tomlin	Cin	.167
			Jackson	Pit	.200
			Fryman	Mon	.222
			Sutcliffe	LA	.250
			2 tied with		.286


Plate appearances vs RHB			Atbats vs RHB			On-base plus slugging vs RHB

Jones	SD	138	Jones	SD	123	LaCoss	Cin	.313
Blue	SF	119	Rau	LA	107	Scott	NYN	.328
Carlton	Phi	116	Blue	SF	106	Welch	LA	.411
Rau	LA	115	Carlton	Phi	104	Lamp	ChN	.415
Lerch	Phi	109	Grimsley	Mon	104	Owchinko	SD	.429
Grimsley	Mon	106	Lerch	Phi	102	Seaver	Cin	.432
Swan	NYN	104	Forsch	Hou	97	Rogers	Mon	.448
Forsch	Hou	101	Swan	NYN	97	Kison	Pit	.500
Knepper	SF	98	Knepper	SF	91	Jones	SD	.507
Niekro	Atl	96	Candelaria	Pit	88	Krukow	ChN	.512
Norman	Cin	93	Norman	Cin	86	Hume	Cin	.522
Vuckovich	SL	92	Vuckovich	SL	86	Richard	Hou	.525


Batting average vs RHB			On-base percentage vs RHB			Slugging percentage vs RHB

Scott	NYN	.094	Scott	NYN	.171	LaCoss	Cin	.140
Welch	LA	.137	LaCoss	Cin	.174	Scott	NYN	.156
LaCoss	Cin	.140	Hume	Cin	.188	Welch	LA	.157
Richard	Hou	.145	Lamp	ChN	.190	Seaver	Cin	.182
Rogers	Mon	.154	Candelaria	Pit	.202	Owchinko	SD	.192
Seaver	Cin	.156	Krukow	ChN	.203	Rogers	Mon	.218
Krukow	ChN	.164	Kison	Pit	.206	Lamp	ChN	.225
Owchinko	SD	.164	Sanderson	Mon	.217	Jones	SD	.244
Lamp	ChN	.175	Allen	NYN	.229	Hernandez	ChN	.250
Niekro	Atl	.179	Rogers	Mon	.230	Roberts	SF	.273
Hume	Cin	.182	Knepper	SF	.235	Lerch	Phi	.284
Knepper	SF	.187	Richard	Hou	.235	Richard	Hou	.289


Doubles vs RHB			Triples vs RHB			Homeruns vs RHB

Rau	LA	11	Candelaria	Pit	3	Blue	SF	7
Ruhle	Hou	8	Grimsley	Mon	3	Vuckovich	SL	5
Halicki	SF	7	Kaat	Phi	2	Messersmith	LA	4
Sykes	SL	6	Eastwick	Phi	2	Forsch	Hou	4
Falcone	NYN	6	Hume	Cin	2	Swan	NYN	4
Ruthven	Phi	6	Shirley	SD	2	12 tied with		3
Candelaria	Pit	6	Lerch	Phi	2
Swan	NYN	6	19 tied with		1
Grimsley	Mon	6
Blue	SF	6
6 tied with		5



Hits vs RHB			Extra base hits vs RHB			Total bases vs RHB

Rau	LA	35	Blue	SF	13	Blue	SF	52
McWilliams	Atl	32	Rau	LA	12	Swan	NYN	51
Swan	NYN	31	Ruhle	Hou	11	Rau	LA	49
Grimsley	Mon	28	Swan	NYN	11	Grimsley	Mon	46
Carlton	Phi	25	Grimsley	Mon	11	McWilliams	Atl	45
Blue	SF	25	Candelaria	Pit	10	Carlton	Phi	38
Jones	SD	25	Sykes	SL	9	Ruhle	Hou	37
Forsch	Hou	22	Halicki	SF	9	Vuckovich	SL	37
Hooton	LA	21	Shirley	SD	9	Forsch	Hou	36
Norman	Cin	21	Falcone	NYN	9	Falcone	NYN	35
Lerch	Phi	21	3 tied with		8	Shirley	SD	34
4 tied with		20				Candelaria	Pit	32


Walks vs RHB			Hit by pitch vs RHB			Strikeouts vs RHB

Griffin	SF	13	Coleman	Pit	3	Richard	Hou	27
Niekro	Hou	13	Burris	ChN	2	Swan	NYN	20
Messersmith	LA	11	Zachry	NYN	2	Reuschel	ChN	18
Carlton	Phi	11	Reuschel	ChN	2	Seaver	Cin	18
Jones	SD	11	Norman	Cin	2	Niekro	Atl	18
Seaver	Cin	10	Rau	LA	2	Sutton	LA	17
Blue	SF	10	17 tied with		1	Rogers	Mon	17
Sykes	SL	9				Carlton	Phi	17
Lolich	SD	9				Blue	SF	17
Niekro	Atl	9				Griffin	SF	16
3 tied with		8				Shirley	SD	16
						2 tied with		15


Strikeout/walk ratio vs RHB			Sacrifice bunts vs RHB			Sacrifice flies vs RHB

Allen	NYN	99.0	Rogers	Mon	3	Jones	SD	3
Espinosa	Phi	99.0	Norman	Cin	2	Hume	Cin	2
Kison	Pit	99.0	31 tied with		1	Falcone	NYN	2
Sanderson	Mon	11.0				30 tied with		1
Hume	Cin	9.0
Candelaria	Pit	8.0
Halicki	SF	6.5
Matula	Atl	6.0
Lamp	ChN	6.0
Norman	Cin	5.5
Ruhle	Hou	5.5
Zachry	NYN	5.0

League pitching leaders -- National LeagueRegular season -- as of 4/30/1979

League pitching leaders -- National League
Regular season -- as of 4/30/1979