Saturday May 2, 1970
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, May 2, 1970

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        11  10  2.42   21   7   5   193   139   61   52   11   78  153
Los Angeles     11  11  2.48   22   7   2   203   154   65   56   12   57  119
Cincinnati      18   6  2.79   24   6  11   213   173   75   66   14   86  121
Philadelphia    10  11  3.32   21   3   7   184   165   79   68   16   65  132
St. Louis        9   9  3.44   18   5   3   162   154   72   62    8   80  113
Chicago         13   7  3.47   20   6   5   174   177   75   67   18   70  110
San Diego        8  15  3.49   23   1   5   201   176   85   78   17   91  113
Pittsburgh      11  10  3.79   21   3   6   190   169   87   80   12   94  139
Atlanta         12  11  4.61   23   9   2   203   201  118  104   35   62  157
Houston          9  14  4.64   23   5   2   200   191  115  103   27   86  115
San Francisco   12  12  4.72   24   5   4   214   208  127  112   28   92  137
Montreal         6  14  5.49   20   4   3   172   177  115  105   23   98  119

 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
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
Mike Torrez (STL)      2   2  2.28   4   4   1   0   1   28   18   10    7    2   17   15

 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
Pat Jarvis             3   2  3.40   6   6   2   0   0   42   33   19   16    3   11   37
Hoyt Wilhelm           1   1  3.68   8   0   0   0   0   15   16    7    6    1   10    7
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
Archie Reynolds        0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    2    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  2.70   8   0   0   3   0   10    9    3    3    1    4    2
Ken Holtzman           3   3  3.89   6   6   3   0   0   44   37   21   19    5   22   41
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
Jim McGlothlin         2   2  3.38   5   5   1   0   0   32   23   12   12    2   18   21
Clay Carroll           0   0  3.65  10   0   0   3   0   12   13    7    5    1    5    8
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  1.69   4   0   0   0   0    5    6    2    1    0    4    2
Jim Ray                0   1  2.29   7   2   0   0   0   20   14    5    5    2    8   11
Don Wilson             0   0  3.00   3   1   0   0   0    9    4    5    3    1    6    3
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
Fred Gladding          2   0  5.06   8   0   0   2   0   11   11    6    6    2    4    3
Tom Griffin            1   3  5.40   5   5   1   0   0   28   22   17   17    2   21   17
Jack Billingham        0   0  5.93  12   0   0   0   0   14   12    9    9    3    4    8
Jack DiLauro           0   2  6.75   9   0   0   0   0    7    7    5    5    2    2    3
Jim Bouton             1   2  7.03   5   4   0   0   0   24   30   22   19    4    6   18
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
Joe Moeller            1   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    4    0    0    0    0    2    2
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  3.12   6   6   1   0   0   43   37   16   15    3   16   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
John Strohmayer        0   0  2.25   2   0   0   0   0    4    3    1    1    1    0    5
Claude Raymond         0   1  2.45   8   0   0   3   0   11   10    3    3    0    4    2
Gary Waslewski         0   1  3.60   5   3   0   0   0   20   15    8    8    2   14   15
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
Joe Sparma             0   4  6.12   6   5   1   0   0   25   27   18   17    6   16   21
Howie Reed             1   1  6.17   8   0   0   0   0   12   15    9    8    2    6    5
Ken Johnson            0   0  7.50   3   0   0   0   0    6    9    6    5    1    1    4
Dan McGinn             1   1 11.17   9   0   0   0   0   10   15   13   12    1    5    5
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  2.84   4   0   0   0   0    6    4    3    2    0    2    4
Ron Taylor             1   2  3.27   9   0   0   3   0   11    8    4    4    1    2    3
Cal Koonce             0   1  3.86   5   0   0   0   0    7    7    3    3    1    5    5
Ray Sadecki            0   0  6.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    2    2    2    0    2    2
Jim McAndrew           1   2  9.90   3   3   0   0   0   10   14   11   11    1    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  3.86   6   0   0   0   0    7    6    3    3    1    3    7
Chris Short            2   3  4.45   5   5   1   0   1   30   29   15   15    1   10   19
Grant Jackson          1   3  6.55   5   4   0   0   0   22   27   19   16    5    8   12

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bruce Dal Canton       1   0  1.13   4   0   0   0   0    8    6    1    1    0    1    6
Dave Giusti            1   0  1.15   8   0   0   3   0   16    8    3    2    0    7   15
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
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
Bob Veale              1   3  4.41   5   5   0   0   0   33   27   17   16    2   19   26
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  3.86  10   0   0   4   0   21   23   10    9    0    7    9
Gary Ross              1   1  4.26   7   0   0   0   0   13   11    6    6    3    7    9
Clay Kirby             1   2  4.30   5   5   0   0   0   29   24   14   14    4   10   17
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
Gaylord Perry          3   3  4.17   7   7   3   0   0   54   47   26   25    8   21   37
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
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   1  1.93   6   0   0   1   0    5    6    1    1    0    1    1
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  2.53   7   0   0   0   0   11    6    3    3    1   10    4
Chuck Taylor           0   1  2.89   9   0   0   2   0    9   10    4    3    0    6    4
Bob Gibson             2   1  3.93   5   5   1   0   0   37   35   17   16    2   13   45
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
  P. Jarvis (ATL)           3
  G. Perry (SF)             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
  K. Holtzman (CHI)         3

Complete Games:

  T. Seaver (NY)            4
  L. Dierker (HOU)          3
  K. Holtzman (CHI)         3
  P. Niekro (ATL)           3
  G. Perry (SF)             3
  N. Ryan (NY)              3
  S. Blass (PIT)            2
  G. Culver (STL)           2
  P. Jarvis (ATL)           2
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          2

Saves:

  W. Granger (CIN)          5
  R. Herbel (SD)            4
  D. Selma (PHI)            4
  C. Carroll (CIN)          3
  D. Giusti (PIT)           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:

  G. Perry (SF)          54.0
  T. Seaver (NY)         51.2
  J. Merritt (CIN)       50.1
  D. Sutton (LA)         47.0
  L. Dierker (HOU)       44.2
  K. Holtzman (CHI)      44.0
  A. Foster (LA)         43.1
  P. Jarvis (ATL)        42.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)        42.1
  F. Jenkins (CHI)       41.2

Hits:

  L. Dierker (HOU)         49
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         48
  G. Perry (SF)            47
  D. Sutton (LA)           39
  P. Niekro (ATL)          38
  G. Nolan (CIN)           38
  T. Seaver (NY)           38
  A. Foster (LA)           37
  B. Hands (CHI)           37
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        37

Runs:

  G. Perry (SF)            26
  L. Dierker (HOU)         25
  P. Niekro (ATL)          25
  J. Bouton (HOU)          22
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         22
  F. Reberger (SF)         22
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        21
  R. Robertson (SF)        21
  B. Stoneman (MON)        21
  G. Jackson (PHI)         19

Home Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          13
  G. Perry (SF)             8
  L. Dierker (HOU)          6
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          6
  M. McCormick (SF)         6
  J. Sparma (MON)           6
  G. Stone (ATL)            6
  K. Holtzman (CHI)         5
  G. Jackson (PHI)          5
  D. Lemaster (HOU)         5

Walks:

  K. Holtzman (CHI)        22
  T. Griffin (HOU)         21
  G. Perry (SF)            21
  N. Ryan (NY)             19
  B. Veale (PIT)           19
  P. Dobson (SD)           18
  J. McGlothlin (CIN)      18
  M. Corkins (SD)          17
  D. Ellis (PIT)           17
  R. Robertson (SF)        17

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)           53
  B. Gibson (STL)          45
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        41
  P. Jarvis (ATL)          37
  G. Perry (SF)            37
  P. Niekro (ATL)          36
  B. Stoneman (MON)        33
  L. Dierker (HOU)         32
  P. Dobson (SD)           31
  G. Stone (ATL)           30


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