Thursday April 30, 1970
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National League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, April 30, 1970

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        10   9  2.35   19   6   5   176   127   55   46   10   73  140
Los Angeles     10  10  2.53   20   7   2   185   141   59   52   12   45  110
Cincinnati      16   6  2.77   22   5  10   195   156   69   60   12   79  111
St. Louis        9   7  3.08   16   5   3   143   131   58   49    7   75   96
Philadelphia    10   9  3.15   19   3   7   168   151   69   59   13   60  118
Pittsburgh      11   8  3.47   19   3   6   174   151   74   67   11   81  129
Chicago         13   5  3.47   18   6   5   158   165   68   61   15   58  100
San Diego        7  14  3.54   21   1   4   183   164   79   72   16   86  104
Atlanta         10  11  4.86   21   7   2   185   192  114  100   32   56  145
Houston          7  14  4.87   21   4   2   181   178  109   98   24   77  101
San Francisco   10  12  5.11   22   3   4   196   200  125  111   27   86  123
Montreal         5  13  5.69   18   3   3   155   161  107   98   23   88  112

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Wayne Simpson (CIN)    3   1  0.58   4   4   2   0   2   31   10    4    2    1   11   23
Nolan Ryan (NY)        2   1  0.69   3   3   3   0   1   26    6    2    2    0   19   28
Gary Gentry (NY)       2   0  1.82   4   4   0   0   0   30   17   10    6    2   16   24
Tom Seaver (NY)        4   0  1.90   5   5   3   0   1   43   34    9    9    2    5   43
Jim Merritt (CIN)      5   1  1.97   6   6   2   0   0   50   37   11   11    2    3   26
Claude Osteen (LA)     2   3  2.03   5   5   2   0   1   40   33   11    9    1   10   20
Steve Blass (PIT)      2   2  2.08   5   5   2   0   0   39   30   11    9    1   12   22
George Culver (STL)    3   0  2.20   4   4   2   0   0   33   29   10    8    1   10   14
Mike Torrez (STL)      2   2  2.28   4   4   1   0   1   28   18   10    7    2   17   15
Jim Bunning (PHI)      1   2  2.29   3   3   0   0   0   20   17    7    5    1    7   13

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
George Stone           3   1  2.87   5   5   2   0   1   38   36   15   12    6    6   30
Hoyt Wilhelm           1   1  3.68   8   0   0   0   0   15   16    7    6    1   10    7
Pat Jarvis             2   2  3.78   5   5   1   0   0   33   30   17   14    2    7   34
Larry Jaster           0   0  3.97   7   0   0   0   0   11   14    5    5    1    3    5
Jim Nash               2   1  4.33   5   5   2   0   1   27   29   16   13    4   11   22
Bob Priddy             1   0  4.76   6   0   0   2   0   11    9    6    6    2    1    7
Phil Niekro            1   4  5.67   5   5   2   0   1   33   32   23   21   11    5   27
Gary Neibauer          0   1  7.20   4   0   0   0   0    5    3    4    4    0    3    5
Rick Kester            0   0 11.37   4   0   0   0   0    6   10   10    8    1    6    5
Milt Pappas            0   1 19.80   3   1   0   0   0    5   13   11   11    4    4    3

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Larry Gura             0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    2    0    0    0    1    0
Jim Colborn            0   0  1.86   3   0   0   0   0   10   15    3    2    1    3    6
Ted Abernathy          0   0  2.08   5   0   0   1   0    4    6    1    1    0    3    0
Bill Hands             4   0  2.48   5   5   1   0   0   36   37   13   10    1    8   23
Joe Decker             1   0  2.70   3   2   0   0   0   13   12    4    4    1    5    8
Phil Regan             1   0  3.38   6   0   0   3   0    8    7    3    3    1    3    2
Ken Holtzman           3   2  3.52   5   5   3   0   0   38   30   17   15    3   19   35
Hank Aguirre           2   0  4.15   6   0   0   1   0    4    5    2    2    1    2    3
Fergie Jenkins         2   3  4.54   6   6   2   0   0   42   48   22   21    6   13   23
Jim Cosman             0   0 40.50   1   0   0   0   0    1    3    3    3    1    1    0

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Gullett            1   0  0.00   6   0   0   1   0    9    4    0    0    0    5    6
Wayne Simpson          3   1  0.58   4   4   2   0   2   31   10    4    2    1   11   23
Wayne Granger          1   1  1.80   8   0   0   5   0   10    8    2    2    1    3    2
Jim Merritt            5   1  1.97   6   6   2   0   0   50   37   11   11    2    3   26
Gary Nolan             4   0  2.52   5   5   1   0   1   36   38   13   10    3   12   18
Bo Belinsky            0   0  3.38   1   0   0   0   0    3    4    3    1    0    4    3
Jim McGlothlin         1   2  3.91   4   4   0   0   0   23   17   10   10    1   14   16
Clay Carroll           0   0  4.09   9   0   0   3   0   11   11    7    5    1    5    7
Tony Cloninger         1   1  7.00   4   0   0   1   0    9   10    7    7    2    4    4
Ray Washburn           0   0  7.88   3   1   0   0   0    8    7    7    7    0   13    5
Jim Maloney            0   0  8.44   2   2   0   0   0    5   10    5    5    1    5    1

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ron Cook               0   0  1.80   3   0   0   0   0    5    6    2    1    0    4    2
Jim Ray                0   1  2.29   6   2   0   0   0   20   13    5    5    2    7   11
Denny Lemaster         1   3  3.44   5   5   1   0   0   34   31   15   13    5   14   17
Larry Dierker          3   2  4.54   5   5   2   0   0   36   41   22   18    5   11   23
Tom Griffin            1   3  5.40   5   5   1   0   0   28   22   17   17    2   21   17
Jack Billingham        0   0  5.84  11   0   0   0   0   12   10    8    8    2    3    7
Don Wilson             0   0  6.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    2    3    2    0    3    0
Fred Gladding          1   0  6.23   7   0   0   2   0    9   11    6    6    2    4    2
Jim Bouton             1   2  7.03   5   4   0   0   0   24   30   22   19    4    6   18
Jack DiLauro           0   2  7.11   8   0   0   0   0    6    7    5    5    2    2    3
Dan Osinski            0   1  9.82   3   0   0   0   0    4    5    4    4    0    2    1

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Brewer             0   0  0.00   6   0   0   2   0   13    1    0    0    0    1   12
Al McBean              0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    0    0    0    0    0
Jose Pena              0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    1    0    0    0    0    2
Claude Osteen          2   3  2.03   5   5   2   0   1   40   33   11    9    1   10   20
Sandy Vance            1   1  2.40   2   2   1   0   0   15    8    4    4    3    3    3
Don Sutton             3   2  2.70   5   5   2   0   1   40   32   13   12    3   12   24
Alan Foster            2   2  2.79   5   5   1   0   0   39   33   13   12    3   10   17
Bill Singer            1   2  3.32   3   3   1   0   1   19   18    8    7    0    4   16
Ray Lamb               1   0  3.86   5   0   0   0   0    7    8    3    3    1    1    7
Camilo Pascual         0   0  4.50   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    1    1    0    1    0
Fred Norman            0   0  6.00   4   0   0   0   0    6    4    6    4    1    3    9

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gary Waslewski         0   0  2.25   4   2   0   0   0   16    9    4    4    2   10   15
Claude Raymond         0   1  2.45   8   0   0   3   0   11   10    3    3    0    4    2
Carl Morton            1   0  2.77   4   1   0   0   0   13   10    4    4    1    6    7
John Strohmayer        0   0  4.50   1   0   0   0   0    2    1    1    1    1    0    3
Bill Stoneman          1   4  5.09   6   6   1   0   1   35   36   21   20    4   14   33
Steve Renko            1   2  5.66   4   4   1   0   0   21   20   17   13    3   16   13
Howie Reed             1   1  6.35   7   0   0   0   0   11   14    9    8    2    6    5
Joe Sparma             0   4  6.38   5   5   1   0   0   24   26   18   17    6   16   20
Ken Johnson            0   0  7.50   3   0   0   0   0    6    9    6    5    1    1    4
Dan McGinn             1   1  9.00   8   0   0   0   0    9   12   10    9    1    4    4
Carroll Sembera        0   0 18.90   5   0   0   0   0    7   14   14   14    2   11    6

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Nolan Ryan             2   1  0.69   3   3   3   0   1   26    6    2    2    0   19   28
Tug McGraw             0   1  0.90   7   0   0   2   0   10   10    3    1    0   11    7
Gary Gentry            2   0  1.82   4   4   0   0   0   30   17   10    6    2   16   24
Tom Seaver             4   0  1.90   5   5   3   0   1   43   34    9    9    2    5   43
Jerry Koosman          0   2  2.56   5   5   0   0   0   39   33   13   11    3   11   25
Don Cardwell           0   1  3.86   3   0   0   0   0    2    0    2    1    0    1    1
Cal Koonce             0   1  3.86   5   0   0   0   0    7    7    3    3    1    5    5
Ron Taylor             1   2  4.00   8   0   0   3   0    9    8    4    4    1    2    3
Jim McAndrew           1   1  7.00   2   2   0   0   0    9   10    7    7    1    1    2
Ray Sadecki            0   0  9.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    2    2    2    0    2    2

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Joe Hoerner            0   1  1.08   6   0   0   3   0    8    7    1    1    0    2    7
Dick Selma             1   0  1.15  10   0   0   4   0   16   11    2    2    0    6   22
Jim Bunning            1   2  2.29   3   3   0   0   0   20   17    7    5    1    7   13
Woodie Fryman          2   0  2.39   4   4   1   0   1   26   21    8    7    2    7   23
Barry Lersch           0   0  2.84   6   0   0   0   0   13   10    4    4    2    6    7
Rick Wise              2   1  3.38   4   4   1   0   0   27   28   12   10    2    8   12
Bill Wilson            1   0  3.52   5   0   0   0   0    8    4    5    3    1    5    4
Lowell Palmer          0   0  3.60   5   0   0   0   0    5    3    2    2    1    3    4
Chris Short            2   2  4.10   4   4   1   0   1   26   26   12   12    0    9   15
Grant Jackson          1   3  5.85   4   4   0   0   0   20   24   16   13    4    7   11

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Giusti            1   0  0.64   7   0   0   3   0   14    7    2    1    0    6   14
Bruce Dal Canton       1   0  1.13   4   0   0   0   0    8    6    1    1    0    1    6
Steve Blass            2   2  2.08   5   5   2   0   0   39   30   11    9    1   12   22
Gene Garber            0   0  2.70   5   0   0   0   0    7    4    2    2    0    5    3
Dock Ellis             2   0  3.12   4   4   1   0   0   26   24   10    9    1   14   24
Luke Walker            3   1  3.24   4   4   0   0   0   25   20    9    9    1   15   23
Bob Veale              1   2  3.42   4   4   0   0   0   26   19   11   10    2   13   21
Lou Marone             0   0  3.86   1   0   0   0   0    2    2    1    1    1    0    0
Chuck Hartenstein      1   1  7.04   6   0   0   1   0    8    9    8    6    2    2    3
Bob Moose              0   2  7.94   2   2   0   0   0   11   14   10   10    3    5    8
Al McBean              0   0  9.00   3   0   0   1   0    3    5    3    3    0    4    1
Joe Gibbon             0   0 11.57   5   0   0   1   0    5   11    6    6    0    4    4

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Roberts           1   2  1.86   7   1   0   0   0   19   10    4    4    1    5    9
Danny Coombs           1   1  2.25   4   3   0   0   0   16   16    6    4    1    9    3
Al Santorini           1   3  2.92   4   4   0   0   0   25   22    8    8    2   13   11
Pat Dobson             2   2  3.79   6   5   1   0   1   38   34   17   16    2   18   31
Tom Dukes              0   0  3.86   6   0   0   1   0    7    8    4    3    0    2    4
Ron Herbel             1   0  4.00   9   0   0   3   0   18   21    9    8    0    7    8
Clay Kirby             0   2  4.24   4   4   0   0   0   23   21   11   11    3    8   15
Gary Ross              1   1  4.26   7   0   0   0   0   13   11    6    6    3    7    9
Mike Corkins           0   3  4.50   6   4   0   0   0   24   21   14   12    4   17   14

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Frank Linzy            2   0  3.43  13   0   0   1   0   21   17    8    8    2    8   14
Ron Bryant             2   3  3.93  10   1   0   0   0   18   21   10    8    1    3   13
Mike McCormick         1   2  4.46   6   5   1   1   0   34   30   19   17    6   15   12
Juan Marichal          0   0  4.50   2   2   0   0   0   12   14    6    6    2    3    8
Gaylord Perry          2   3  4.80   6   6   2   0   0   45   41   25   24    7   19   32
Rich Robertson         0   2  5.20   5   5   0   0   0   28   34   20   16    4   13   17
Don McMahon            2   1  6.39  10   0   0   2   0   13   10    9    9    2    7   10
Jim Johnson            1   0  8.10   3   0   0   0   0    7    8    6    6    0    5    2
Frank Reberger         0   1  8.50   8   3   0   0   0   18   25   22   17    3   13   15

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Hilgendorf         0   0  0.00   5   0   0   1   0    4    5    0    0    0    1    1
Rich Nye               0   0  1.93   4   0   0   0   0    5    6    1    1    0    4    5
Chuck Taylor           0   1  2.16   8   0   0   2   0    8    8    3    2    0    6    4
George Culver          3   0  2.20   4   4   2   0   0   33   29   10    8    1   10   14
Mike Torrez            2   2  2.28   4   4   1   0   1   28   18   10    7    2   17   15
Sal Campisi            1   0  3.86   5   0   0   0   0    7    6    3    3    1    9    4
Bob Gibson             2   1  3.94   4   4   1   0   0   30   26   14   13    2   12   36
Steve Carlton          1   2  4.22   3   3   1   0   0   21   24   10   10    1    9   11
Nelson Briles          0   1  5.79   4   1   0   0   0    5    7    5    3    0    4    2
Santiago Guzman        0   0  6.75   4   0   0   0   0    3    2    2    2    0    3    4

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League Leaders

Wins:

  J. Merritt (CIN)          5
  B. Hands (CHI)            4
  G. Nolan (CIN)            4
  T. Seaver (NY)            4
  G. Culver (STL)           3
  L. Dierker (HOU)          3
  K. Holtzman (CHI)         3
  W. Simpson (CIN)          3
  G. Stone (ATL)            3
  D. Sutton (LA)            3

Losses:

  P. Niekro (ATL)           4
  J. Sparma (MON)           4
  B. Stoneman (MON)         4
  R. Bryant (SF)            3
  M. Corkins (SD)           3
  T. Griffin (HOU)          3
  G. Jackson (PHI)          3
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          3
  D. Lemaster (HOU)         3
  C. Osteen (LA)            3

Complete Games:

  K. Holtzman (CHI)         3
  N. Ryan (NY)              3
  T. Seaver (NY)            3
  S. Blass (PIT)            2
  G. Culver (STL)           2
  L. Dierker (HOU)          2
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          2
  J. Merritt (CIN)          2
  J. Nash (ATL)             2
  P. Niekro (ATL)           2

Saves:

  W. Granger (CIN)          5
  D. Selma (PHI)            4
  C. Carroll (CIN)          3
  D. Giusti (PIT)           3
  R. Herbel (SD)            3
  J. Hoerner (PHI)          3
  C. Raymond (MON)          3
  P. Regan (CHI)            3
  R. Taylor (NY)            3
  J. Brewer (LA)            2

Shutouts:

  W. Simpson (CIN)          2
  P. Dobson (SD)            1
  W. Fryman (PHI)           1
  J. Nash (ATL)             1
  P. Niekro (ATL)           1
  G. Nolan (CIN)            1
  C. Osteen (LA)            1
  N. Ryan (NY)              1
  T. Seaver (NY)            1
  C. Short (PHI)            1

Innings Pitched:

  J. Merritt (CIN)       50.1
  G. Perry (SF)          45.0
  T. Seaver (NY)         42.2
  F. Jenkins (CHI)       41.2
  C. Osteen (LA)         40.0
  D. Sutton (LA)         40.0
  S. Blass (PIT)         39.0
  A. Foster (LA)         38.2
  J. Koosman (NY)        38.2
  K. Holtzman (CHI)      38.1

Hits:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         48
  L. Dierker (HOU)         41
  G. Perry (SF)            41
  G. Nolan (CIN)           38
  B. Hands (CHI)           37
  J. Merritt (CIN)         37
  G. Stone (ATL)           36
  B. Stoneman (MON)        36
  P. Dobson (SD)           34
  R. Robertson (SF)        34

Runs:

  G. Perry (SF)            25
  P. Niekro (ATL)          23
  J. Bouton (HOU)          22
  L. Dierker (HOU)         22
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         22
  F. Reberger (SF)         22
  B. Stoneman (MON)        21
  R. Robertson (SF)        20
  M. McCormick (SF)        19
  J. Sparma (MON)          18

Home Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          11
  G. Perry (SF)             7
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          6
  M. McCormick (SF)         6
  J. Sparma (MON)           6
  G. Stone (ATL)            6
  L. Dierker (HOU)          5
  D. Lemaster (HOU)         5
  J. Bouton (HOU)           4
  M. Corkins (SD)           4

Walks:

  T. Griffin (HOU)         21
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        19
  G. Perry (SF)            19
  N. Ryan (NY)             19
  P. Dobson (SD)           18
  M. Corkins (SD)          17
  M. Torrez (STL)          17
  G. Gentry (NY)           16
  S. Renko (MON)           16
  J. Sparma (MON)          16

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)           43
  B. Gibson (STL)          36
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        35
  P. Jarvis (ATL)          34
  B. Stoneman (MON)        33
  G. Perry (SF)            32
  P. Dobson (SD)           31
  G. Stone (ATL)           30
  N. Ryan (NY)             28
  P. Niekro (ATL)          27

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