Friday May 1, 1970
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National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, May 1, 1970

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        11   9  2.28   20   7   5   185   131   56   47   11   76  150
Los Angeles     10  11  2.46   21   7   2   194   150   62   53   12   49  117
Cincinnati      17   6  2.83   23   5  11   204   167   73   64   13   82  116
Philadelphia    10  10  3.11   20   3   7   176   156   72   61   14   63  124
St. Louis        9   8  3.38   17   5   3   152   142   67   57    8   78  104
Chicago         13   6  3.42   19   6   5   166   169   71   63   16   64  104
San Diego        7  15  3.47   22   1   4   192   171   81   74   16   89  110
Pittsburgh      11   9  3.61   20   3   6   182   160   80   73   12   87  133
Atlanta         11  11  4.73   22   8   2   194   198  116  102   34   58  154
Houston          8  14  4.78   22   5   2   190   186  112  101   25   81  110
San Francisco   11  12  4.88   23   4   4   205   202  126  111   27   90  132
Montreal         6  13  5.38   19   4   3   164   164  108   98   23   93  115

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Nolan Ryan (NY)        2   1  0.69   3   3   3   0   1   26    6    2    2    0   19   28
Wayne Simpson (CIN)    4   1  1.43   5   5   2   0   2   38   18    8    6    2   14   26
Carl Morton (MON)      2   0  1.64   5   2   1   0   0   22   13    5    4    1   11   10
Dave Roberts (SD)      1   2  1.69   8   1   0   0   0   21   10    4    4    1    5   10
Tom Seaver (NY)        5   0  1.74   6   6   4   0   1   52   38   10   10    3    8   53
Gary Gentry (NY)       2   0  1.82   4   4   0   0   0   30   17   10    6    2   16   24
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

 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            2   4  4.89   6   6   3   0   1   42   38   25   23   13    7   36
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   1  2.66   4   3   0   0   0   20   15    7    6    2   11   12
Phil Regan             1   0  3.00   7   0   0   3   0    9    8    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   7   0   0   2   0    9    4    0    0    0    5    7
Wayne Simpson          4   1  1.43   5   5   2   0   2   38   18    8    6    2   14   26
Wayne Granger          1   1  1.69   9   0   0   5   0   11    9    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
Clay Carroll           0   0  3.65  10   0   0   3   0   12   13    7    5    1    5    8
Jim McGlothlin         1   2  3.91   4   4   0   0   0   23   17   10   10    1   14   16
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          4   2  4.23   6   6   3   0   0   45   49   25   21    6   15   32
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
Don Sutton             3   3  2.30   6   6   2   0   1   47   39   15   12    3   15   29
Sandy Vance            1   1  2.40   2   2   1   0   0   15    8    4    4    3    3    3
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  5.63   5   0   0   0   0    8    6    7    5    1    4   11

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Carl Morton            2   0  1.64   5   2   1   0   0   22   13    5    4    1   11   10
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
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
Tom Seaver             5   0  1.74   6   6   4   0   1   52   38   10   10    3    8   53
Gary Gentry            2   0  1.82   4   4   0   0   0   30   17   10    6    2   16   24
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
Woodie Fryman          2   0  2.39   4   4   1   0   1   26   21    8    7    2    7   23
Jim Bunning            1   3  2.45   4   4   0   0   0   26   22   10    7    2   10   17
Bill Wilson            1   0  2.79   6   0   0   0   0   10    4    5    3    1    5    6
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
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
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
Dock Ellis             2   1  4.11   5   5   1   0   0   31   31   15   14    2   17   25
Al McBean              0   0  5.40   4   0   0   1   0    5    6    3    3    0    5    2
Chuck Hartenstein      1   1  7.00   7   0   0   1   0    9   10    9    7    2    4    5
Bob Moose              0   2  7.94   2   2   0   0   0   11   14   10   10    3    5    8
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  1.69   8   1   0   0   0   21   10    4    4    1    5   10
Danny Coombs           1   1  2.25   4   3   0   0   0   16   16    6    4    1    9    3
Al Santorini           1   4  2.84   5   5   0   0   0   32   29   10   10    2   16   16
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
Rich Robertson         1   2  3.93   6   6   1   0   0   37   36   21   16    4   17   26
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
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
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  3.00   6   0   0   0   0    9    6    3    3    1    9    4
Bob Gibson             2   1  3.94   4   4   1   0   0   30   26   14   13    2   12   36
Rich Nye               0   0  4.05   5   0   0   0   0    7   10    4    3    1    5    5
Steve Carlton          1   3  5.47   4   4   1   0   0   26   31   16   16    1   11   19
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
  T. Seaver (NY)            5
  L. Dierker (HOU)          4
  B. Hands (CHI)            4
  G. Nolan (CIN)            4
  W. Simpson (CIN)          4
  G. Culver (STL)           3
  K. Holtzman (CHI)         3
  G. Stone (ATL)            3
  D. Sutton (LA)            3

Losses:

  P. Niekro (ATL)           4
  A. Santorini (SD)         4
  J. Sparma (MON)           4
  B. Stoneman (MON)         4
  R. Bryant (SF)            3
  J. Bunning (PHI)          3
  S. Carlton (STL)          3
  M. Corkins (SD)           3
  T. Griffin (HOU)          3
  G. Jackson (PHI)          3

Complete Games:

  T. Seaver (NY)            4
  L. Dierker (HOU)          3
  K. Holtzman (CHI)         3
  P. Niekro (ATL)           3
  N. Ryan (NY)              3
  S. Blass (PIT)            2
  G. Culver (STL)           2
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          2
  J. Merritt (CIN)          2
  J. Nash (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:

  T. Seaver (NY)         51.2
  J. Merritt (CIN)       50.1
  D. Sutton (LA)         47.0
  G. Perry (SF)          45.0
  L. Dierker (HOU)       44.2
  P. Niekro (ATL)        42.1
  F. Jenkins (CHI)       41.2
  C. Osteen (LA)         40.0
  S. Blass (PIT)         39.0
  A. Foster (LA)         38.2

Hits:

  L. Dierker (HOU)         49
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         48
  G. Perry (SF)            41
  D. Sutton (LA)           39
  P. Niekro (ATL)          38
  G. Nolan (CIN)           38
  T. Seaver (NY)           38
  B. Hands (CHI)           37
  J. Merritt (CIN)         37
  R. Robertson (SF)        36

Runs:

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

Home Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          13
  G. Perry (SF)             7
  L. Dierker (HOU)          6
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          6
  M. McCormick (SF)         6
  J. Sparma (MON)           6
  G. Stone (ATL)            6
  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
  D. Ellis (PIT)           17
  R. Robertson (SF)        17
  M. Torrez (STL)          17
  G. Gentry (NY)           16

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)           53
  B. Gibson (STL)          36
  P. Niekro (ATL)          36
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        35
  P. Jarvis (ATL)          34
  B. Stoneman (MON)        33
  L. Dierker (HOU)         32
  G. Perry (SF)            32
  P. Dobson (SD)           31
  G. Stone (ATL)           30


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