League pitching leaders

League pitching leaders -- American
Regular season -- as of 9/29/1979

Earned run average			Strikeouts			Walks

Swan	HAM	2.56	Carlton	CAR	199	Blue	CAR	107
McGregor	OKI	2.68	Flanagan	HAM	183	Niekro,J	AND	104
Caldwell	OKI	2.85	Jenkins	SPP	158	Sutcliffe	OKI	93
Hooton	NOR	2.88	Rogers	NOR	154	Denny	ASP	91
Jones,Ra	NOR	2.98	Guidry		143	Blyleven	AND	82
John	OKI	3.00	Hooton	NOR	141	Carlton	CAR	76
Leonard,D	SPP	3.13	Blyleven	AND	127	Jenkins	SPP	76
Flanagan	HAM	3.22	Blue	CAR	125	Rogers	NOR	76
Wise	CAR	3.28	Leonard,D	SPP	120	Paxton	ASP	68
Forsch,B	AND	3.43	Swan	HAM	117	Hooton	NOR	68


Wins			Winning percentage			Average run support

Jones,Ra	NOR	24-1	Jones,Ra	NOR	.960	Jones,Ra	NOR	7.1
Rogers	NOR	24-7	Hooton	NOR	.875	Rogers	NOR	6.5
Hooton	NOR	21-3	Sutcliffe	OKI	.800	Hooton	NOR	6.4
John	OKI	21-6	John	OKI	.778	John	OKI	5.9
Caldwell	OKI	21-7	Rogers	NOR	.774	Caldwell	OKI	5.8
Sutcliffe	OKI	20-5	Swan	HAM	.769	Jenkins	SPP	5.8
Swan	HAM	20-6	Caldwell	OKI	.750	Sutcliffe	OKI	5.5
Flanagan	HAM	18-9	McGregor	OKI	.684	Swan	HAM	5.1
Jenkins	SPP	16-15	Flanagan	HAM	.667	Blue	CAR	5.1
Carlton	CAR	15-10	Fulgham	HAM	.647	Candelaria	CST	5.0


Batting average			On-base percentage			Slugging percentage

McGregor	OKI	.228	McGregor	OKI	.261	Caldwell	OKI	.335
Leonard,D	SPP	.231	Swan	HAM	.272	McGregor	OKI	.345
Flanagan	HAM	.232	Caldwell	OKI	.278	Swan	HAM	.353
Hooton	NOR	.233	Leonard,D	SPP	.278	Flanagan	HAM	.358
Carlton	CAR	.233	Flanagan	HAM	.280	Sutcliffe	OKI	.361
Swan	HAM	.236	Jones,Ra	NOR	.289	John	OKI	.362
Langford	SPP	.245	Hooton	NOR	.292	Hooton	NOR	.364
Niekro,J	AND	.246	Lamp	AND	.294	Leonard,D	SPP	.381
Jenkins	SPP	.246	Carlton	CAR	.297	Langford	SPP	.381
Sutcliffe	OKI	.246	Langford	SPP	.300	Jones,Ra	NOR	.382


Hits per 9 innings			Walks per 9 innings			Runners per 9 innings

McGregor	OKI	7.6	Caldwell	OKI	1.3	McGregor	OKI	9.2
Flanagan	HAM	7.8	McGregor	OKI	1.4	Swan	HAM	9.9
Leonard,D	SPP	7.8	Candelaria	CST	1.6	Caldwell	OKI	10.1
Hooton	NOR	7.9	Lamp	AND	1.7	Flanagan	HAM	10.1
Carlton	CAR	7.9	Swan	HAM	1.7	Leonard,D	SPP	10.1
Swan	HAM	8.1	Jones,Ra	NOR	1.9	Jones,Ra	NOR	10.5
Niekro,J	AND	8.2	John	OKI	2.1	Hooton	NOR	10.8
Jenkins	SPP	8.4	Flanagan	HAM	2.1	Lamp	AND	10.9
Sutcliffe	OKI	8.4	Leonard,D	SPP	2.1	Forsch,B	AND	11.2
Langford	SPP	8.5	Forsch,B	AND	2.2	Carlton	CAR	11.2


Strikeouts per 9 innings			Homeruns per 9 innings			Stolen bases per 9 innings

Carlton	CAR	8.2	Caldwell	OKI	0.3	Candelaria	CST	0.1
Flanagan	HAM	6.9	John	OKI	0.5	Leonard,D	SPP	0.2
Jenkins	SPP	5.8	Sutcliffe	OKI	0.5	Swan	HAM	0.2
Perry	CST	5.7	Wise	CAR	0.6	John	OKI	0.3
Hooton	NOR	5.7	McGregor	OKI	0.6	Flanagan	HAM	0.3
Rogers	NOR	5.3	Lamp	AND	0.7	Caldwell	OKI	0.4
Blyleven	AND	5.2	Swan	HAM	0.8	Carlton	CAR	0.5
Blue	CAR	5.0	Flanagan	HAM	0.8	Lamp	AND	0.5
Swan	HAM	4.8	Hooton	NOR	0.9	Langford	SPP	0.5
Leonard,D	SPP	4.8	Forsch,B	AND	0.9	Jenkins	SPP	0.5


Shutouts			Quality starts			Quality start percentage

McGregor	OKI	6	Jones,Ra	NOR	27	Swan	HAM	.742
Swan	HAM	6	Swan	HAM	23	Jones,Ra	NOR	.730
Sutcliffe	OKI	6	Hooton	NOR	22	Lamp	AND	.714
Langford	SPP	3	Caldwell	OKI	22	Hooton	NOR	.710
Caldwell	OKI	3	Flanagan	HAM	22	Caldwell	OKI	.688
Leonard,D	SPP	3	Rogers	NOR	22	Flanagan	HAM	.688
John	OKI	3	Leonard,D	SPP	21	Leonard,D	SPP	.656
Righetti	CST	2	John	OKI	21	Forsch,B	AND	.645
Candelaria	CST	2	Lamp	AND	20	John	OKI	.636
Carlton	CAR	2	Forsch,B	AND	20	Niekro,J	AND	.594


Save Opportunities			Saves			Save percentage

Griffin,T	SPP	32	Sambito	NOR	26	Sambito	NOR	.839
Sambito	NOR	31	Stoddard	OKI	25	Stoddard	OKI	.833
Stoddard	OKI	30	Tidrow	HAM	22	Tidrow	HAM	.815
Tidrow	HAM	27	Kern	NOR	21	Kern	NOR	.808
Kern	NOR	26	Gossage	CST	19	Gossage	CST	.760
Gossage	CST	25	Griffin,T	SPP	19	Griffin,T	SPP	.594
Farmer	AND	23	Farmer	AND	17
Monge	OKI	21	Forsch,K	CST	14
Baker,S	ASP	18	Roberge	AND	14
Roberge	AND	16	Monge	OKI	14


Holds			Blown saves			Blown save percentage

Niemann	NOR	9	Griffin,T	SPP	13	Griffin,T	SPP	.406
Sosa		8	Baker,S	ASP	7	Gossage	CST	.240
Romo	CAR	8	McClure	SPP	6	Kern	NOR	.192
Cruz,V	SPP	8	Monge	OKI	6	Tidrow	HAM	.185
Noles	NOR	7	Gossage	CST	6	Sambito	NOR	.161
Monge	OKI	7	Welch	CAR	5	Stoddard	OKI	.133
Renko	CST	6	Noles	NOR	5
Lemanczyk	HAM	6	Lemanczyk	HAM	5
Farmer	AND	6	Farmer	AND	5
LaRoche	ASP	6	Kern	NOR	5


Innings			Batters faced per game			Complete games

Jones,Ra	NOR	272.0	Forsch,B	AND	31.00	Swan	HAM	12
Rogers	NOR	261.0	McGregor	OKI	30.92	Caldwell	OKI	12
Jenkins	SPP	247.0	Sutcliffe	OKI	30.42	McGregor	OKI	11
Caldwell	OKI	246.0	John	OKI	30.39	Flanagan	HAM	11
Flanagan	HAM	240.0	Flanagan	HAM	30.25	John	OKI	11
John	OKI	239.2	Jenkins	SPP	30.21	Carlton	CAR	10
Sutcliffe	OKI	234.2	Caldwell	OKI	30.18	Wise	CAR	9
Forsch,B	AND	233.2	Jones,Ra	NOR	29.86	Sutcliffe	OKI	9
Leonard,D	SPP	227.1	Niekro,J	AND	29.69	Langford	SPP	8
Blue	CAR	224.1	Hooton	NOR	29.55	Forsch,B	AND	8


Doubles			Triples			Homeruns

Candelaria	CST	50	Tiant	CAR	17	Jenkins	SPP	43
Sutcliffe	OKI	49	Jenkins	SPP	14	Tiant	CAR	32
Jones,Ra	NOR	46	Lamp	AND	12	Candelaria	CST	31
Tiant	CAR	45	Wise	CAR	11	Leonard,D	SPP	30
Paxton	ASP	44	Blue	CAR	10	Blue	CAR	29
Caldwell	OKI	44	Paxton	ASP	9	Rogers	NOR	29
Rogers	NOR	42	Candelaria	CST	8	Blyleven	AND	28
Robinson,Do	CAR	40	John	OKI	8	Niekro,J	AND	28
Wise	CAR	39	Pastore	CAR	7	Jones,Ra	NOR	27
Carlton	CAR	38	McGregor	OKI	7	Stone	SPP	26


Stolen bases			Steal percentage			Pickoffs

Niekro,J	AND	22	Jenkins	SPP	.455	Niekro,J	AND	5
Fingers	CST	20	Solomon	CST	.550	Langford	SPP	4
Blyleven	AND	20	Carlton	CAR	.571	Forsch,B	AND	4
Haas	ASP	20	Ellis,D	ASP	.611	Grimsley	ASP	3
Wise	CAR	20	Wise	CAR	.625	Blue	CAR	3
Hooton	NOR	18	Forsch,B	AND	.640	Haas	ASP	3
Rogers	NOR	18	Jones,Ra	NOR	.654	Jenkins	SPP	3
Tiant	CAR	18	Niekro,J	AND	.667	Stieb	CST	2
Denny	ASP	17	Blyleven	AND	.667	Tidrow	HAM	2
Perry	CST	17	Haas	ASP	.667	Baker,S	ASP	2


Hit by pitch			Wild pitches			Balks

Welch	CAR	7	Niekro,J	AND	18	Cruz,V	SPP	6
Langford	SPP	7	Haas	ASP	11	Carlton	CAR	5
Rogers	NOR	7	Langford	SPP	11	Rasmussen	HAM	4
LaRoche	ASP	6	Hough	ASP	10	Fingers	CST	3
Baker,S	ASP	6	Freisleben	ASP	9	Monge	OKI	3
Norris,M	HAM	6	Rogers	NOR	9	Romo	CAR	3
Robinson,Do	CAR	6	McClure	SPP	8	Norris,M	HAM	3
Shirley	AND	6	Lemanczyk	HAM	8	May,R	HAM	2
John	OKI	6	John	OKI	8	Noles	NOR	2
Sutcliffe	OKI	6	Farmer	AND	7	Baker,S	ASP	2


Games			Starts			Batters faced

Kern	NOR	86	Rogers	NOR	38	Jones,Ra	NOR	1105
LaRoche	ASP	71	Jones,Ra	NOR	37	Rogers	NOR	1094
Cruz,V	SPP	70	Blue	CAR	35	Jenkins	SPP	1027
Monge	OKI	69	Blyleven	AND	33	Sutcliffe	OKI	1004
Freisleben	ASP	68	John	OKI	33	John	OKI	1003
Romo	CAR	68	Sutcliffe	OKI	33	Caldwell	OKI	996
Griffin,T	SPP	63	Jenkins	SPP	33	Blue	CAR	982
Baker,S	ASP	61	Flanagan	HAM	32	Flanagan	HAM	968
Marshall	CAR	60	Leonard,D	SPP	32	Forsch,B	AND	961
Sambito	NOR	60	Niekro,J	AND	32	Niekro,J	AND	950


Games finished			Runners left scored percentage			Inherited runners scored pct

Kern	NOR	66	Wise	CAR	.174	May,R	HAM	.160
Sambito	NOR	47	Jones,Ra	NOR	.214	Noles	NOR	.222
Monge	OKI	41	Jenkins	SPP	.222	Griffin,T	SPP	.225
Baker,S	ASP	39	Blue	CAR	.259	Tidrow	HAM	.237
Griffin,T	SPP	39	Carlton	CAR	.267	Stoddard	OKI	.241
Gossage	CST	37	Flanagan	HAM	.278	Cruz,V	SPP	.256
Tidrow	HAM	33	Blyleven	AND	.280	Romo	CAR	.265
Stoddard	OKI	31	Hooton	NOR	.286	Kern	NOR	.274
Forsch,K	CST	29	Rogers	NOR	.313	Sambito	NOR	.279
Farmer	AND	28	Leonard,D	SPP	.316	Welch	CAR	.325


Ground ball DP			Decisions			Losses

Rogers	NOR	31	Jenkins	SPP	31	Tiant	CAR	3-17
Niekro,J	AND	29	Rogers	NOR	31	Paxton	ASP	5-15
Jones,Ra	NOR	28	Caldwell	OKI	28	Niekro,J	AND	11-15
Flanagan	HAM	27	Forsch,B	AND	27	Jenkins	SPP	16-15
Forsch,B	AND	26	Flanagan	HAM	27	Langford	SPP	9-13
Denny	ASP	25	John	OKI	27	Wise	CAR	11-13
John	OKI	25	Blue	CAR	27	Blue	CAR	14-13
Lamp	AND	24	Swan	HAM	26	Forsch,B	AND	14-13
Blyleven	AND	23	Leonard,D	SPP	26	Grimsley	ASP	4-12
McGregor	OKI	22	Niekro,J	AND	26	Hough	ASP	5-12


On-base plus slugging			Walks plus hits per inning			Strikeout/walk ratio

McGregor	OKI	.606	McGregor	OKI	1.01	Flanagan	HAM	3.2
Caldwell	OKI	.613	Swan	HAM	1.09	McGregor	OKI	3.0
Swan	HAM	.625	Caldwell	OKI	1.10	Swan	HAM	2.8
Flanagan	HAM	.638	Flanagan	HAM	1.10	Candelaria	CST	2.7
Hooton	NOR	.655	Leonard,D	SPP	1.11	Carlton	CAR	2.6
Leonard,D	SPP	.659	Jones,Ra	NOR	1.15	Caldwell	OKI	2.6
John	OKI	.671	Lamp	AND	1.18	Leonard,D	SPP	2.2
Jones,Ra	NOR	.671	Hooton	NOR	1.18	Perry	CST	2.1
Sutcliffe	OKI	.680	Langford	SPP	1.21	Jenkins	SPP	2.1
Carlton	CAR	.681	Forsch,B	AND	1.23	Hooton	NOR	2.1


Runs created per 27 outs			Runs created ERA			Component ERA

McGregor	OKI	2.7	McGregor	OKI	2.51	McGregor	OKI	2.28
Caldwell	OKI	3.1	Caldwell	OKI	2.82	Caldwell	OKI	2.56
Swan	HAM	3.1	Swan	HAM	2.89	Swan	HAM	2.69
Flanagan	HAM	3.2	Flanagan	HAM	2.89	Flanagan	HAM	2.80
Leonard,D	SPP	3.4	Leonard,D	SPP	3.10	Leonard,D	SPP	3.01
Jones,Ra	NOR	3.5	Jones,Ra	NOR	3.22	Hooton	NOR	3.07
Hooton	NOR	3.6	Hooton	NOR	3.25	Jones,Ra	NOR	3.11
John	OKI	3.7	John	OKI	3.35	Lamp	AND	3.15
Lamp	AND	3.7	Lamp	AND	3.38	Carlton	CAR	3.31
Forsch,B	AND	3.9	Forsch,B	AND	3.50	Langford	SPP	3.37


In-play average			Balls in park			Extra-base hit rate

Leonard,D	SPP	.233	Jones,Ra	NOR	918	John	OKI	.057
Niekro,J	AND	.240	Caldwell	OKI	853	Caldwell	OKI	.058
McGregor	OKI	.243	Rogers	NOR	828	Swan	HAM	.058
Jones,Ra	NOR	.249	John	OKI	816	Niekro,J	AND	.064
Jenkins	SPP	.251	Sutcliffe	OKI	792	Hooton	NOR	.066
Swan	HAM	.251	Forsch,B	AND	786	Rogers	NOR	.066
Hooton	NOR	.255	Lamp	AND	746	Blyleven	AND	.066
Langford	SPP	.255	Jenkins	SPP	745	McGregor	OKI	.066
Blue	CAR	.259	Niekro,J	AND	729	Flanagan	HAM	.066
Sutcliffe	OKI	.260	Leonard,D	SPP	721	Forsch,B	AND	.069


Total bases + BB + HBP			TB+BB+HBP rate			Single rate

Jenkins	SPP	501	Caldwell	OKI	.358	Carlton	CAR	.135
Rogers	NOR	470	McGregor	OKI	.371	Jenkins	SPP	.136
Blue	CAR	463	Swan	HAM	.380	Tiant	CAR	.138
Jones,Ra	NOR	457	Flanagan	HAM	.396	Leonard,D	SPP	.142
Tiant	CAR	449	John	OKI	.399	Hooton	NOR	.147
Niekro,J	AND	435	Hooton	NOR	.409	Candelaria	CST	.148
Blyleven	AND	425	Jones,Ra	NOR	.414	Blue	CAR	.149
Sutcliffe	OKI	420	Leonard,D	SPP	.414	Flanagan	HAM	.149
Forsch,B	AND	409	Lamp	AND	.416	Sutcliffe	OKI	.149
John	OKI	400	Sutcliffe	OKI	.418	Niekro,J	AND	.149


Total bases plus walks			TB+BB rate			Double rate

Jenkins	SPP	496	Caldwell	OKI	.353	Niekro,J	AND	.028
Rogers	NOR	463	McGregor	OKI	.367	Swan	HAM	.029
Blue	CAR	459	Swan	HAM	.378	Blue	CAR	.031
Jones,Ra	NOR	453	Flanagan	HAM	.390	Blyleven	AND	.031
Tiant	CAR	447	John	OKI	.393	Jenkins	SPP	.032
Niekro,J	AND	430	Hooton	NOR	.406	Perry	CST	.035
Blyleven	AND	421	Jones,Ra	NOR	.410	Hooton	NOR	.035
Sutcliffe	OKI	414	Lamp	AND	.410	Leonard,D	SPP	.036
Forsch,B	AND	405	Leonard,D	SPP	.410	John	OKI	.036
John	OKI	394	Sutcliffe	OKI	.412	Flanagan	HAM	.038


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

Carlton	CAR	.153	Fulgham	HAM	.196	Carlton	CAR	.258
Shirley	AND	.158	Shirley	AND	.216	Shirley	AND	.260
Fulgham	HAM	.170	Carlton	CAR	.231	Fulgham	HAM	.274
Hooton	NOR	.195	Caldwell	OKI	.238	Kern	NOR	.275
Swan	HAM	.203	Swan	HAM	.261	Romo	CAR	.293
Caldwell	OKI	.213	Flanagan	HAM	.266	Caldwell	OKI	.299
Blue	CAR	.216	Hooton	NOR	.273	Blue	CAR	.307
Romo	CAR	.218	Palmer,J	SPP	.281	Tidrow	HAM	.309
Flanagan	HAM	.220	Lamp	AND	.285	Swan	HAM	.313
Tidrow	HAM	.228	Jones,Ra	NOR	.292	Hooton	NOR	.318


Hits vs LHB			Runs batted in vs LHB			On-base plus slugging vs LHB

Rogers	NOR	135	Jenkins	SPP	59	Fulgham	HAM	.470
Sutcliffe	OKI	126	Paxton	ASP	56	Shirley	AND	.476
Jenkins	SPP	125	Rogers	NOR	56	Carlton	CAR	.488
Forsch,B	AND	117	Tiant	CAR	53	Caldwell	OKI	.536
Paxton	ASP	114	Robinson,Do	CAR	50	Swan	HAM	.574
Tiant	CAR	114	Forsch,B	AND	49	Hooton	NOR	.591
Wise	CAR	110	Niekro,J	AND	46	Blue	CAR	.600
Leonard,D	SPP	107	Blyleven	AND	46	Flanagan	HAM	.601
Lamp	AND	106	Sutcliffe	OKI	44	Palmer,J	SPP	.606
Blyleven	AND	104	Welch	CAR	39	Romo	CAR	.621


Doubles vs LHB			Triples vs LHB			Homeruns vs LHB

Sutcliffe	OKI	35	Tiant	CAR	15	Jenkins	SPP	18
Paxton	ASP	28	Jenkins	SPP	11	Tiant	CAR	17
Tiant	CAR	22	Wise	CAR	7	Rogers	NOR	15
Rogers	NOR	22	Lamp	AND	7	Blyleven	AND	13
Denny	ASP	21	Paxton	ASP	6	Stone	SPP	12
Wise	CAR	21	Hoffman	SPP	5	Paxton	ASP	12
Robinson,Do	CAR	20	Guidry		4	Niekro,J	AND	12
Langford	SPP	19	Candelaria	CST	4	Forsch,B	AND	12
Lamp	AND	19	Pastore	CAR	4	Leonard,D	SPP	11
Forsch,B	AND	18	Solomon	CST	4	Forsch,K	CST	10


Extra base hits vs LHB			Total bases vs LHB			Isolated power vs LHB

Tiant	CAR	54	Tiant	CAR	217	Kern	NOR	.046
Paxton	ASP	46	Jenkins	SPP	216	Farmer	AND	.069
Sutcliffe	OKI	46	Rogers	NOR	202	Romo	CAR	.074
Jenkins	SPP	44	Sutcliffe	OKI	191	Norris,M	HAM	.077
Rogers	NOR	37	Paxton	ASP	190	Tidrow	HAM	.081
Wise	CAR	34	Forsch,B	AND	173	Marshall	CAR	.084
Blyleven	AND	34	Blyleven	AND	168	Caldwell	OKI	.086
Robinson,Do	CAR	32	Wise	CAR	163	Rasmussen	HAM	.089
Forsch,B	AND	31	Leonard,D	SPP	161	Blue	CAR	.091
Leonard,D	SPP	30	Robinson,Do	CAR	150	Palmer,J	SPP	.095


Walks vs LHB			Strikeouts vs LHB			Hit by pitch vs LHB

Jenkins	SPP	61	Hooton	NOR	70	Flanagan	HAM	5
Niekro,J	AND	57	Blyleven	AND	64	Shirley	AND	4
Denny	ASP	56	Jenkins	SPP	63	Baker,S	ASP	4
Sutcliffe	OKI	51	Carlton	CAR	58	John	OKI	4
Blyleven	AND	45	Rogers	NOR	53	Fryman	HAM	3
Hooton	NOR	42	Leonard,D	SPP	50	Waits	CST	3
Kern	NOR	39	Flanagan	HAM	48	Splittorff	AND	3
Paxton	ASP	38	Barker	CST	44	Grimsley	ASP	3
Wise	CAR	38	Wise	CAR	44	Sambito	NOR	3
Rogers	NOR	38	Swan	HAM	42	May,R	HAM	3


Sacrifice bunts vs LHB			Sacrifice flies vs LHB			Atbats vs LHB

Haas	ASP	6	Tiant	CAR	7	Rogers	NOR	493
Wise	CAR	6	Hrabosky	AND	6	Jenkins	SPP	476
Forsch,B	AND	5	Shirley	AND	4	Sutcliffe	OKI	454
Barker	CST	4	Williams	NOR	4	Forsch,B	AND	425
Robinson,Do	CAR	4	Robinson,Do	CAR	4	Lamp	AND	423
Perry	CST	4	Davis,R	OKI	3	Blyleven	AND	419
Niekro,J	AND	4	Hunter	ASP	3	Leonard,D	SPP	414
Stoddard	OKI	3	Welch	CAR	3	Swan	HAM	409
Leonard,D	SPP	3	Tidrow	HAM	3	Niekro,J	AND	395
Sutcliffe	OKI	3	Rasmussen	HAM	3	Wise	CAR	387


AB per homerun vs LHB			AB per double vs LHB			Plate appearances vs LHB

Tiant	CAR	21.9	Beattie	ASP	9.7	Jenkins	SPP	544
Stone	SPP	22.4	Ellis,D	ASP	11.1	Rogers	NOR	534
Baker,S	ASP	23.1	Paxton	ASP	11.3	Sutcliffe	OKI	514
Comer	NOR	23.1	McGregor	OKI	11.7	Forsch,B	AND	469
Williams	NOR	24.9	Sutcliffe	OKI	13.0	Blyleven	AND	468
Paxton	ASP	26.4	Comer	NOR	13.5	Niekro,J	AND	459
Jenkins	SPP	26.4	Denny	ASP	14.7	Leonard,D	SPP	455
Forsch,K	CST	27.0	Lemanczyk	HAM	14.8	Lamp	AND	447
Slaton	CST	27.0	Robinson,Do	CAR	15.4	Swan	HAM	445
Welch	CAR	29.4	Freisleben	ASP	16.9	Wise	CAR	434


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

Forsch,K	CST	.200	Forsch,K	CST	.239	Forsch,K	CST	.264
Leonard,D	SPP	.204	Leonard,D	SPP	.243	Sutcliffe	OKI	.298
Sutcliffe	OKI	.213	McGregor	OKI	.243	McGregor	OKI	.330
Kravec		.213	Jenkins	SPP	.256	Caldwell	OKI	.343
Fulgham	HAM	.216	Fulgham	HAM	.258	John	OKI	.350
McGregor	OKI	.219	Rasmussen	HAM	.279	Fulgham	HAM	.362
Rasmussen	HAM	.225	Kravec		.280	Rogers	NOR	.363
Jenkins	SPP	.229	Forsch,B	AND	.283	Flanagan	HAM	.364
Perry	CST	.233	Swan	HAM	.283	Wise	CAR	.372
Flanagan	HAM	.235	Flanagan	HAM	.284	Leonard,D	SPP	.373


Hits vs RHB			Runs batted in vs RHB			On-base plus slugging vs RHB

Jones,Ra	NOR	204	Blue	CAR	96	Forsch,K	CST	.503
Caldwell	OKI	198	Carlton	CAR	86	McGregor	OKI	.573
John	OKI	183	Jones,Ra	NOR	76	Sutcliffe	OKI	.582
Blue	CAR	177	Caldwell	OKI	71	Leonard,D	SPP	.616
Carlton	CAR	168	Jenkins	SPP	70	Fulgham	HAM	.620
Flanagan	HAM	164	Flanagan	HAM	68	Caldwell	OKI	.630
Candelaria	CST	155	Schatzeder	OKI	66	Flanagan	HAM	.648
Schatzeder	OKI	123	Candelaria	CST	64	John	OKI	.652
Hooton	NOR	121	John	OKI	62	Kravec		.653
Rogers	NOR	121	Ellis,D	ASP	59	Rogers	NOR	.659


Doubles vs RHB			Triples vs RHB			Homeruns vs RHB

Candelaria	CST	44	Blue	CAR	8	Blue	CAR	27
Caldwell	OKI	40	McGregor	OKI	6	Candelaria	CST	26
Jones,Ra	NOR	39	Lamp	AND	5	Jenkins	SPP	25
Carlton	CAR	34	Swan	HAM	5	Carlton	CAR	21
John	OKI	29	Forsch,B	AND	5	Jones,Ra	NOR	20
Flanagan	HAM	28	Carlton	CAR	5	Leonard,D	SPP	19
Guidry		24	John	OKI	5	Guidry		18
Blue	CAR	24	Jones,Ra	NOR	5	Flanagan	HAM	18
Grimsley	ASP	23	Mahler,M	ASP	4	Shirley	AND	17
Tiant	CAR	23	Comer	NOR	4	Niekro,J	AND	16


Extra base hits vs RHB			Total bases vs RHB			Isolated power vs RHB

Candelaria	CST	74	Jones,Ra	NOR	313	Forsch,K	CST	.064
Jones,Ra	NOR	64	Blue	CAR	298	Sutcliffe	OKI	.085
Carlton	CAR	60	Candelaria	CST	285	Caldwell	OKI	.086
Blue	CAR	59	Carlton	CAR	275	Paxton	ASP	.095
Flanagan	HAM	50	Caldwell	OKI	264	John	OKI	.096
Caldwell	OKI	50	Flanagan	HAM	254	McGregor	OKI	.111
Jenkins	SPP	46	John	OKI	252	Wise	CAR	.120
John	OKI	44	Jenkins	SPP	204	Swan	HAM	.122
Guidry		43	Guidry		199	Rogers	NOR	.126
Tiant	CAR	40	Shirley	AND	195	Flanagan	HAM	.129


Walks vs RHB			Strikeouts vs RHB			Hit by pitch vs RHB

Blue	CAR	89	Carlton	CAR	141	Welch	CAR	7
Carlton	CAR	61	Flanagan	HAM	135	Langford	SPP	7
Guidry		54	Guidry		111	Robinson,Do	CAR	6
Flanagan	HAM	49	Rogers	NOR	101	Rogers	NOR	6
John	OKI	49	Blue	CAR	96	Comer	NOR	5
Schatzeder	OKI	48	Jenkins	SPP	95	Norris,M	HAM	5
Niekro,J	AND	47	John	OKI	81	Lamp	AND	5
Jones,Ra	NOR	47	Perry	CST	78	Noles	NOR	4
Shirley	AND	44	Swan	HAM	75	Hough	ASP	4
Sutcliffe	OKI	42	Hooton	NOR	71	Blyleven	AND	4


Sacrifice bunts vs RHB			Sacrifice flies vs RHB			Atbats vs RHB

Grimsley	ASP	6	Carlton	CAR	9	Jones,Ra	NOR	827
Blue	CAR	6	Schatzeder	OKI	8	Caldwell	OKI	769
Freisleben	ASP	5	Caldwell	OKI	8	John	OKI	720
McWilliams	AND	5	Freisleben	ASP	7	Flanagan	HAM	697
Hernandez,W	AND	5	Blyleven	AND	6	Blue	CAR	681
Leonard,D	SPP	5	Rogers	NOR	6	Carlton	CAR	664
Forsch,B	AND	5	LaRoche	ASP	5	Candelaria	CST	552
Shirley	AND	5	Monge	OKI	5	McGregor	OKI	549
Slaton	CST	4	Johnson,JH	SPP	5	Rogers	NOR	509
Hough	ASP	4	Swan	HAM	5	Guidry		479


AB per homerun vs RHB			AB per double vs RHB			Plate appearances vs RHB

Jenkins	SPP	18.4	Candelaria	CST	12.5	Jones,Ra	NOR	885
Candelaria	CST	21.2	Grimsley	ASP	14.9	Caldwell	OKI	815
Kravec		23.1	Johnson,JH	SPP	15.4	Blue	CAR	783
Leonard,D	SPP	23.4	Tiant	CAR	16.4	John	OKI	778
Perry	CST	24.2	Rasmussen	HAM	18.1	Flanagan	HAM	754
Tiant	CAR	25.2	Caldwell	OKI	19.2	Carlton	CAR	738
Blue	CAR	25.2	Carlton	CAR	19.5	Candelaria	CST	587
Denny	ASP	25.6	Guidry		20.0	McGregor	OKI	574
Haas	ASP	25.6	Paxton	ASP	20.5	Rogers	NOR	560
Shirley	AND	26.2	Jones,Ra	NOR	21.2	Guidry		541

League pitching leaders -- AmericanRegular season -- as of 9/29/1979

League pitching leaders -- American
Regular season -- as of 9/29/1979