1979 National League Cy Young Award

Award Voting[edit]

Player	Team	Points	Points Share (Max Points)	First Votes	W - L	SV	G	GS	CG	SHO	RA	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	ER	ERA	WHIP	K/IP
Bruce Sutter	Chicago Cubs	72	0.600 (120)	10	6 - 6	37	62	0	0	0	62	101.1	67	3	32	110	25	2.22	0.977	1.09
Joe Niekro	Houston Astros	66	0.550 (120)	9	21 - 11	0	38	38	11	5	0	263.2	221	17	107	119	88	3.00	1.244	0.45
J.R. Richard	Houston Astros	41	0.342 (120)	4	18 - 13	0	38	38	19	4	0	292.1	220	13	98	313	88	2.71	1.088	1.07
Tom Seaver	Cincinnati Reds	20	0.167 (120)	0	16 - 6	0	32	32	9	5	0	215.0	187	16	61	131	75	3.14	1.153	0.61
Kent Tekulve	Pittsburgh Pirates	14	0.117 (120)	1	10 - 8	31	94	0	0	0	94	134.1	109	5	49	75	41	2.75	1.176	0.56
Phil Niekro	Atlanta Braves	3	0.025 (120)	0	21 - 20	0	44	44	23	1	0	342.0	311	41	113	208	129	3.39	1.240	0.61

Preceded by
1978

Cy Young Award
American
1979

Succeeded by
1980