PN Pitching Leaders -- Peanut League
Regular season -- as of 7/5/1978

Earned run average Strikeouts Walks
           
MatlackIC 2.45 RichardCC149 RichardCC83
GuidryCC 2.66 GuidryCC138 BarriosTR70
CaldwellLH 2.91 CarltonAW114 GoltzAW54
KnepperTR 3.00 SeaverCC106 CarltonAW54
LangfordLH 3.13 MatlackIC99 GuidryCC53
Martinez,DCC 3.20 BlylevenCO97 StoneAW52
Robinson,DLH 3.24 EckersleyAW96 KrukowSC51
BurrisSC 3.26 GossageVR87 EricksonQU51
GoltzAW 3.29 MontefuscoQU87 TorrezVR49
HalickiGP 3.29 Martinez,DCC82 WilcoxIC49
           
           
Wins Winning percentage Average run support
           
MatlackIC11-2 RuhleAW1.000 Johnson,JHQU 6.1
RuthvenQU11-4 MatlackIC .846 BurrisSC 5.9
CaldwellLH10-3 Johnson,JHQU .778 RuthvenQU 5.5
WilcoxIC10-3 CaldwellLH .769 SwanIC 5.4
RichardCC10-6 WilcoxIC .769 WilcoxIC 5.4
CarltonAW10-7 RuthvenQU .733 FlanaganVR 5.3
GoltzAW9-6 Martinez,DCC .727 OwchinkoSC 5.3
TorrezVR9-7 GuidryCC .667 PerryVR 5.2
EckersleyAW9-8 BairIC .667 WaitsIC 5.1
RuhleAW8-0 AugustineSC .636 EricksonQU 5.1
           
           
Batting average On-base percentage Slugging percentage
           
GuidryCC .197 MatlackIC .258 CaldwellLH .274
RichardCC .207 GuidryCC .275 GuidryCC .309
CaldwellLH .209 CaldwellLH .278 GoltzAW .315
NiekroLH .223 LampVR .296 RichardCC .342
MatlackIC .223 RuthvenQU .296 TorrezVR .343
CarltonAW .229 CarltonAW .296 LangfordLH .348
BarriosTR .236 Robinson,DLH .299 Martinez,DCC .361
GoltzAW .238 Johnson,JHQU .299 MatlackIC .365
WilcoxIC .243 KnepperTR .299 HalickiGP .366
Johnson,JHQU .245 PerryVR .300 BurrisSC .368
           
           
Hits per 9 innings Walks per 9 innings Runners per 9 innings
           
GuidryCC 6.4 McGregorGP 1.3 MatlackIC 9.3
RichardCC 6.8 MatlackIC 1.5 CaldwellLH 10.0
CaldwellLH 6.8 SuttonTR 1.7 GuidryCC 10.0
NiekroLH 7.5 HalickiGP 1.8 RuthvenQU 10.7
MatlackIC 7.6 RuthvenQU 2.1 LampVR 10.9
CarltonAW 7.7 Robinson,DLH 2.2 CarltonAW 10.9
BarriosTR 7.8 Reuschel,RGP 2.3 Robinson,DLH 11.0
WilcoxIC 7.9 KnepperTR 2.3 KnepperTR 11.1
GoltzAW 8.0 JohnTR 2.4 PerryVR 11.1
StoneAW 8.3 LampVR 2.4 EckersleyAW 11.1
           
           
Strikeouts per 9 innings Homeruns per 9 innings Stolen bases per 9 innings
           
RichardCC 10.0 CaldwellLH 0.2 McGregorGP 0.3
GuidryCC 8.5 BurrisSC 0.3 BurrisSC 0.3
SeaverCC 7.7 GoltzAW 0.4 GuidryCC 0.3
BlylevenCO 6.7 HalickiGP 0.5 WilcoxIC 0.3
MontefuscoQU 6.5 TorrezVR 0.5 CandelariaGP 0.3
CarltonAW 6.4 LangfordLH 0.6 Johnson,JHQU 0.3
KrukowSC 6.0 AugustineSC 0.6 Reuschel,RGP 0.4
FlanaganVR 5.9 McGregorGP 0.6 CarltonAW 0.4
StoneAW 5.8 KrukowSC 0.6 FlanaganVR 0.4
Martinez,DCC 5.7 GuidryCC 0.6 CaldwellLH 0.5
           
           
Shutouts Quality starts Quality start percentage
           
GuidryCC3 MatlackIC18 MatlackIC .818
LeonardCO2 Johnson,JHQU15 LampVR .737
Martinez,DCC2 GoltzAW15 PerryVR .737
TorrezVR2 LampVR14 AugustineSC .722
KnepperTR2 PerryVR14 Johnson,JHQU .714
MatlackIC2 WilcoxIC14 LangfordLH .706
CarltonAW2 KnepperTR14 HootonCO .684
EckersleyAW2 RuthvenQU14 Martinez,DCC .684
LerchCC1 CarltonAW14 RichardCC .684
Ellis,DLH1 EckersleyAW14 SeaverCC .684
           
           
Save Opportunities Saves Save percentage
           
RomoQU31 HillerIC23 RuhleAW .941
HillerIC27 RomoQU20 MooreCO .895
MarshallGP22 MooreCO17 HillerIC .852
TekulveSC21 RuhleAW16 TekulveSC .762
MooreCO19 TekulveSC16 Miller,DCC .733
LaGrowTR18 MarshallGP16 MarshallGP .727
RuhleAW17 LaGrowTR13 LaGrowTR .722
Miller,DCC15 ForsterLH11 RomoQU .645
ForsterLH13 Miller,DCC11    
KisonQU11 LaceyLH9    
           
           
Holds Blown saves Blown save percentage
           
ClevelandQU20 RomoQU11 RomoQU .355
BairIC17 KisonQU6 LaGrowTR .278
LaRocheQU14 MarshallGP6 MarshallGP .273
D'AcquistoGP10 BannisterSC5 Miller,DCC .267
KinneyCO10 LaGrowTR5 TekulveSC .238
KisonQU9 TekulveSC5 HillerIC .148
Frazier 7 HraboskyVR4 MooreCO .105
ForschSC7 Miller,DCC4 RuhleAW .059
SpillnerCO6 HillerIC4    
GossageVR6 D'AcquistoGP3    
           
           
Innings Batters faced per game Complete games
           
EckersleyAW163.0 RichardCC30.84 MatlackIC6
MatlackIC161.1 GuidryCC29.70 TorrezVR4
CarltonAW160.0 MatlackIC29.68 CarltonAW4
GoltzAW156.0 BlylevenCO29.32 EckersleyAW4
RuthvenQU146.2 Martinez,DCC28.68 AugustineSC3
GuidryCC145.2 AugustineSC28.50 BurrisSC3
WilcoxIC141.1 GoltzAW28.35 OwchinkoSC3
KnepperTR138.0 PerryVR28.05 Martinez,DCC3
EricksonQU137.2 EckersleyAW28.00 Robinson,DLH3
CaldwellLH136.0 TorrezVR28.00 CaldwellLH3
           
           
Doubles Triples Homeruns
           
CarltonAW33 McGregorGP9 WilcoxIC23
CandelariaGP32 BurrisSC8 WaitsIC21
MontefuscoQU32 SuttonTR8 MatlackIC20
SuttonTR31 EastwickGP6 SeaverCC19
FlanaganVR27 SwanIC6 RuthvenQU19
KnepperTR27 WaitsIC6 MontefuscoQU18
OwchinkoSC26 LampVR6 CarltonAW18
Reuschel,RGP26 BibbySC5 Johnson,JHQU17
PerryVR25 NiekroLH5 SuttonTR17
EricksonQU25 StoneAW5 BarriosTR16
           
           
Stolen bases Steal percentage Pickoffs
           
HalickiGP25 BurrisSC .444 GuidryCC3
MontefuscoQU24 CandelariaGP .444 GoltzAW3
BlylevenCO22 WilcoxIC .455 BarriosTR3
JohnTR19 EricksonQU .500 TorrezVR3
TorrezVR16 LampVR .529 EckersleyAW3
EckersleyAW16 Martinez,DCC .529 KucekLH2
MoskauCO15 ZachrySC .545 LaceyLH2
RichardCC13 GuidryCC .556 FlanaganVR2
KnepperTR13 WaitsIC .563 LangfordLH2
SuttonTR13 StoneAW .615 ZachrySC2
           
           
Hit by pitch Wild pitches Balks
           
NiekroLH6 RichardCC9 HraboskyVR6
AugustineSC6 LeonardCO7 EricksonQU6
WilcoxIC6 TorrezVR7 McGregorGP5
HalickiGP5 RuthvenQU6 CandelariaGP5
CaldwellLH5 MooreCO5 MoskauCO4
BarriosTR5 Reuschel,RGP5 AugustineSC4
GuidryCC5 BurrisSC5 MontefuscoQU4
LyleAW4 Martinez,DCC5 CarltonAW4
KobelTR4 EricksonQU5 PerryVR3
ZahnVR4 GoltzAW5 RasmussenGP2
           
           
Games Starts Batters faced
           
HraboskyVR56 CarltonAW24 EckersleyAW672
GossageVR55 EckersleyAW24 CarltonAW666
LaRocheQU49 GoltzAW23 MatlackIC653
MurphyTR48 RuthvenQU23 GoltzAW652
TekulveSC45 EricksonQU22 RuthvenQU596
KobelTR44 JohnTR22 GuidryCC594
BairIC43 KnepperTR22 EricksonQU593
SpillnerCO43 MatlackIC22 RichardCC586
ClevelandQU43 SuttonTR22 BarriosTR578
D'AcquistoGP42 BarriosTR22 KnepperTR574
           
           
Games finished Runners left scored percentage Inherited runners scored pct
           
RuhleAW36 WaitsIC .000 SchatzederIC .067
HillerIC35 TorrezVR .000 GossageVR .150
MooreCO32 MatlackIC .000 ClevelandQU .158
TekulveSC32 FlanaganVR .000 RuhleAW .167
RomoQU29 GuidryCC .000 KnowlesVR .176
LaGrowTR27 BarriosTR .091 TidrowAW .200
GossageVR27 CandelariaGP .125 MurphyTR .208
MarshallGP25 SwanIC .125 Miller,DCC .222
LaceyLH21 PerryVR .143 HraboskyVR .233
ForsterLH20 BurrisSC .154 KobelTR .238
           
           
Ground ball DP Decisions Losses
           
WilcoxIC26 JohnTR20 JohnTR7-13
RuthvenQU18 CarltonAW17 McGregorGP3-10
WaitsIC17 EckersleyAW17 BarrGP0-9
KnepperTR15 RichardCC16 D'AcquistoGP1-9
OwchinkoSC14 TorrezVR16 MooreCO1-9
AugustineSC14 GoltzAW15 LampVR4-9
LeonardCO14 RuthvenQU15 SuttonTR4-9
Martinez,DCC14 BarriosTR15 BarriosTR6-9
CandelariaGP13 LeonardCO14 KrukowSC5-8
GoltzAW13 Reuschel,RGP14 KnepperTR6-8
           
           
On-base plus slugging Walks plus hits per inning Strikeout/walk ratio
           
CaldwellLH .552 MatlackIC 1.02 McGregorGP 3.7
GuidryCC .583 CaldwellLH 1.07 MatlackIC 3.7
GoltzAW .618 GuidryCC 1.08 SuttonTR 3.3
MatlackIC .624 RuthvenQU 1.17 SeaverCC 2.9
LangfordLH .655 CarltonAW 1.19 BlylevenCO 2.8
TorrezVR .657 Robinson,DLH 1.20 GuidryCC 2.6
RichardCC .662 KnepperTR 1.20 MontefuscoQU 2.4
PerryVR .672 LampVR 1.21 FlanaganVR 2.3
KnepperTR .672 EckersleyAW 1.21 Robinson,DLH 2.3
HalickiGP .673 PerryVR 1.22 JohnTR 2.2
           
           
Runs created per 27 outs Runs created ERA Component ERA
           
CaldwellLH 2.6 CaldwellLH 2.35 CaldwellLH 2.06
GuidryCC 3.0 GuidryCC 2.68 GuidryCC 2.35
MatlackIC 3.2 MatlackIC 2.96 MatlackIC 2.56
GoltzAW 3.3 GoltzAW 2.98 GoltzAW 2.90
LangfordLH 3.7 LangfordLH 3.29 KnepperTR 3.11
KnepperTR 3.7 TorrezVR 3.34 CarltonAW 3.14
TorrezVR 3.7 PerryVR 3.36 LampVR 3.14
EckersleyAW 3.7 EckersleyAW 3.36 PerryVR 3.17
PerryVR 3.7 KnepperTR 3.37 LangfordLH 3.19
RuthvenQU 3.7 RuthvenQU 3.39 EckersleyAW 3.24
           
           
In-play average Balls in park Extra-base hit rate
           
NiekroLH .223 EckersleyAW512 CaldwellLH .045
BarriosTR .227 GoltzAW511 Martinez,DCC .046
CaldwellLH .228 MatlackIC504 GoltzAW .046
MatlackIC .232 CarltonAW477 JohnTR .049
WilcoxIC .234 RuthvenQU468 TorrezVR .050
WaitsIC .241 EricksonQU465 LangfordLH .052
LampVR .242 KnepperTR455 BlylevenCO .056
GuidryCC .242 TorrezVR452 GuidryCC .057
Johnson,JHQU .248 LampVR447 HootonCO .058
CarltonAW .249 CaldwellLH438 BurrisSC .061
           
           
Total bases + BB + HBP TB+BB+HBP rate Single rate
           
CarltonAW291 CaldwellLH .332 RichardCC .109
EckersleyAW275 GoltzAW .367 NiekroLH .115
MontefuscoQU273 GuidryCC .372 GuidryCC .118
WilcoxIC273 LangfordLH .389 StoneAW .121
SuttonTR270 MatlackIC .389 CarltonAW .122
BarriosTR266 HalickiGP .394 BarriosTR .128
EricksonQU256 TorrezVR .396 WilcoxIC .138
WaitsIC254 Robinson,DLH .406 CaldwellLH .142
RuthvenQU254 JohnTR .409 SwanIC .142
MatlackIC254 EckersleyAW .409 MatlackIC .142
           
           
Total bases plus walks TB+BB rate Double rate
           
CarltonAW288 CaldwellLH .323 JohnTR .024
EckersleyAW272 GuidryCC .364 Martinez,DCC .024
MontefuscoQU270 GoltzAW .365 WaitsIC .027
SuttonTR269 LangfordLH .382 HootonCO .028
WilcoxIC267 HalickiGP .384 TorrezVR .029
BarriosTR261 MatlackIC .384 GuidryCC .032
WaitsIC253 TorrezVR .396 MatlackIC .032
EricksonQU253 Robinson,DLH .400 LangfordLH .032
RuthvenQU251 KnepperTR .402 Johnson,JHQU .033
MatlackIC251 JohnTR .403 WilcoxIC .033