Monday May 4, 1970
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National League pitching statistics through games of Monday, May 4, 1970

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        12  11  2.38   23   7   6   212   156   67   56   12   82  164
Los Angeles     12  11  2.42   23   7   3   212   163   66   57   12   59  121
Cincinnati      20   6  2.89   26   6  13   231   194   85   74   16   89  127
San Diego        9  16  3.44   25   1   5   220   189   91   84   17  100  132
Philadelphia    12  11  3.45   23   3   7   206   186   91   79   19   70  148
Chicago         13   8  3.61   21   6   5   182   185   82   73   18   72  114
St. Louis       10  11  3.83   21   5   4   188   185   91   80   12   95  123
Pittsburgh      11  12  4.02   23   3   6   206   190  103   92   15  103  154
Houston         11  15  4.42   26   7   2   226   212  125  111   29  102  129
Atlanta         13  11  4.54   24   9   3   212   214  121  107   35   62  162
San Francisco   12  14  4.96   26   5   4   236   237  148  130   32  101  159
Montreal         6  15  5.95   21   4   3   180   193  130  119   23  107  122

 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
Dave Roberts (SD)      2   2  1.48   9   1   0   0   0   24   10    4    4    1    5   15
Gary Gentry (NY)       3   0  1.72   5   5   0   0   0   37   23   12    7    2   18   29
Tom Seaver (NY)        5   0  1.74   6   6   4   0   1   52   38   10   10    3    8   53
Claude Osteen (LA)     3   3  1.88   6   6   2   0   1   48   42   12   10    1   11   22
Don Sutton (LA)        3   3  2.30   6   6   2   0   1   47   39   15   12    3   15   29
Jim Merritt (CIN)      6   1  2.38   7   7   2   0   0   57   47   16   15    2    4   27
Jim Bunning (PHI)      1   3  2.45   4   4   0   0   0   26   22   10    7    2   10   17
Gary Nolan (CIN)       5   0  2.47   6   6   1   0   1   44   44   16   12    4   14   22

 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
Bob Priddy             1   0  3.95   7   0   0   3   0   14   12    6    6    2    1    8
Larry Jaster           0   0  3.97   7   0   0   0   0   11   14    5    5    1    3    5
Jim Nash               3   1  4.28   6   6   2   0   1   34   39   19   16    4   11   26
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   1  2.55   6   6   1   0   0   42   40   16   12    1    9   26
Joe Decker             1   1  2.66   4   3   0   0   0   20   15    7    6    2   11   12
Ken Holtzman           3   3  3.89   6   6   3   0   0   44   37   21   19    5   22   41
Fergie Jenkins         2   3  4.54   6   6   2   0   0   42   48   22   21    6   13   23
Phil Regan             1   0  4.91   9   0   0   3   0   11   12    6    6    1    5    2
Hank Aguirre           2   0  5.06   7   0   0   1   0    5    7    3    3    1    2    4
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  1.54  10   0   0   6   0   12    9    2    2    1    3    2
Jim Merritt            6   1  2.38   7   7   2   0   0   57   47   16   15    2    4   27
Gary Nolan             5   0  2.47   6   6   1   0   1   44   44   16   12    4   14   22
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  3.77  11   0   0   4   0   14   17    8    6    1    5    9
Tony Cloninger         1   1  7.45   5   0   0   1   0   10   11    8    8    3    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  1.59   5   0   0   0   0    6    6    2    1    0    5    2
Jim Ray                0   1  2.11   8   2   0   0   0   21   17    6    5    2   11   13
Denny Lemaster         2   3  2.93   6   6   2   0   0   43   36   16   14    5   18   23
Don Wilson             0   0  3.00   3   1   0   0   0    9    4    5    3    1    6    3
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
Jim Bouton             2   2  5.40   6   5   1   0   0   33   36   24   20    4   10   20
Jack Billingham        0   0  5.93  12   0   0   0   0   14   12    9    9    3    4    8
Tom Griffin            1   4  6.09   6   6   1   0   0   34   29   23   23    4   25   21
Jack DiLauro           0   2  6.43  10   0   0   0   0    7    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
Joe Moeller            1   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    4    0    0    0    0    2    2
Jose Pena              0   0  0.00   3   0   0   1   0    4    1    0    0    0    1    2
Claude Osteen          3   3  1.88   6   6   2   0   1   48   42   12   10    1   11   22
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
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
John Strohmayer        0   0  6.00   3   0   0   0   0    6    6    4    4    1    1    6
Joe Sparma             0   4  6.33   7   5   1   0   0   27   31   21   19    6   17   22
Steve Renko            1   3  6.56   5   5   1   0   0   23   24   21   17    3   18   14
Howie Reed             1   1  7.11   9   0   0   0   0   13   17   11   10    2    8    5
Ken Johnson            0   0  7.50   3   0   0   0   0    6    9    6    5    1    1    4
Dan McGinn             1   1 13.50  10   0   0   0   0   10   18   16   15    1    8    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  0.75   8   0   0   3   0   12   11    3    1    0   11    8
Gary Gentry            3   0  1.72   5   5   0   0   0   37   23   12    7    2   18   29
Tom Seaver             5   0  1.74   6   6   4   0   1   52   38   10   10    3    8   53
Jerry Koosman          0   2  2.60   6   6   0   0   0   45   40   16   13    4   12   29
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   2  3.48   6   0   0   0   0   10   10    4    4    1    6    6
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            1   1  0.73   7   0   0   3   0   12   10    1    1    0    3   11
Dick Selma             1   0  1.15  10   0   0   4   0   16   11    2    2    0    6   22
Lowell Palmer          1   0  2.04   8   0   0   0   0   18   10    4    4    1    4   18
Jim Bunning            1   3  2.45   4   4   0   0   0   26   22   10    7    2   10   17
Barry Lersch           0   0  2.84   6   0   0   0   0   13   10    4    4    2    6    7
Rick Wise              2   1  3.62   5   5   1   0   0   32   35   16   13    2   10   13
Woodie Fryman          2   0  4.05   5   5   1   0   1   27   26   13   12    3    7   23
Bill Wilson            1   0  4.09   7   0   0   0   0   11    6    7    5    3    6    6
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  0.82   6   0   0   0   0   11    7    1    1    0    3    9
Dave Giusti            1   0  1.15   8   0   0   3   0   16    8    3    2    0    7   15
Gene Garber            0   0  2.70   5   0   0   0   0    7    4    2    2    0    5    3
Steve Blass            2   3  3.00   6   6   2   0   0   42   36   16   14    2   13   25
Lou Marone             0   0  3.86   1   0   0   0   0    2    2    1    1    1    0    0
Luke Walker            3   2  4.03   5   5   0   0   0   29   26   13   13    2   18   27
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
Chuck Hartenstein      1   1  5.54   9   0   0   1   0   13   14   10    8    3    5    9
Al McBean              0   0  7.50   5   0   0   1   0    6   10    7    5    0    5    2
Bob Moose              0   2  7.94   2   2   0   0   0   11   14   10   10    3    5    8
Joe Gibbon             0   0  9.53   6   0   0   1   0    6   11    8    6    0    6    5

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Roberts           2   2  1.48   9   1   0   0   0   24   10    4    4    1    5   15
Danny Coombs           1   1  2.00   5   3   0   0   0   18   17    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   3  3.80   7   6   1   0   1   45   41   20   19    2   23   38
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   8   0   0   0   0   13   11    6    6    3    8    9
Clay Kirby             1   2  4.30   5   5   0   0   0   29   24   14   14    4   10   17
Mike Corkins           0   3  4.35   7   5   0   0   0   31   26   17   15    4   20   21

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ron Bryant             2   4  3.60  12   1   0   0   0   25   27   13   10    2    4   22
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  4.29   7   6   1   1   0   42   37   24   20    7   17   18
Juan Marichal          0   0  4.50   2   2   0   0   0   12   14    6    6    2    3    8
Don McMahon            2   1  5.63  12   0   0   2   0   16   12   10   10    3    8   14
Frank Linzy            2   0  5.82  15   0   0   1   0   22   23   14   14    2    9   14
Jim Johnson            1   0  8.10   3   0   0   0   0    7    8    6    6    0    5    2
Frank Reberger         0   2  8.10   9   3   0   0   0   20   29   23   18    3   15   17
Miguel Puente          0   0 27.00   1   1   0   0   0    2    4    5    5    1    2    1

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jerry Johnson          0   0  0.00   1   0   0   1   0    3    1    0    0    0    1    1
Tom Hilgendorf         0   1  1.59   7   0   0   1   0    6    6    1    1    0    2    1
Chuck Taylor           0   1  2.61  10   0   0   2   0   10   11    4    3    0    6    4
Sal Campisi            1   0  2.84   8   0   0   0   0   13   10    4    4    1   10    5
Mike Torrez            2   3  3.31   5   5   1   0   1   33   24   16   12    4   23   17
George Culver          3   1  3.43   5   5   2   0   0   39   41   17   15    1   13   17
Bob Gibson             2   1  3.93   5   5   1   0   0   37   35   17   16    2   13   45
Rich Nye               0   0  4.50   6   0   0   0   0    8   13    5    4    2    6    5
Steve Carlton          1   3  5.47   4   4   1   0   0   26   31   16   16    1   11   19
Nelson Briles          1   1  5.91   5   2   0   0   0   11   11    9    7    1    7    5
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)          6
  G. Nolan (CIN)            5
  T. Seaver (NY)            5
  L. Dierker (HOU)          4
  B. Hands (CHI)            4
  W. Simpson (CIN)          4
  G. Culver (STL)           3
  G. Gentry (NY)            3
  K. Holtzman (CHI)         3
  P. Jarvis (ATL)           3

Losses:

  R. Bryant (SF)            4
  T. Griffin (HOU)          4
  P. Niekro (ATL)           4
  A. Santorini (SD)         4
  J. Sparma (MON)           4
  B. Stoneman (MON)         4
  S. Blass (PIT)            3
  J. Bunning (PHI)          3
  S. Carlton (STL)          3
  M. Corkins (SD)           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)          6
  C. Carroll (CIN)          4
  R. Herbel (SD)            4
  D. Selma (PHI)            4
  D. Giusti (PIT)           3
  J. Hoerner (PHI)          3
  T. McGraw (NY)            3
  B. Priddy (ATL)           3
  C. Raymond (MON)          3
  P. Regan (CHI)            3

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)       56.2
  G. Perry (SF)          54.0
  T. Seaver (NY)         51.2
  C. Osteen (LA)         48.0
  D. Sutton (LA)         47.0
  P. Dobson (SD)         45.0
  J. Koosman (NY)        45.0
  L. Dierker (HOU)       44.2
  K. Holtzman (CHI)      44.0
  G. Nolan (CIN)         43.2

Hits:

  L. Dierker (HOU)         49
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         48
  J. Merritt (CIN)         47
  G. Perry (SF)            47
  G. Nolan (CIN)           44
  C. Osteen (LA)           42
  G. Culver (STL)          41
  P. Dobson (SD)           41
  B. Hands (CHI)           40
  J. Koosman (NY)          40

Runs:

  G. Perry (SF)            26
  L. Dierker (HOU)         25
  P. Niekro (ATL)          25
  J. Bouton (HOU)          24
  M. McCormick (SF)        24
  T. Griffin (HOU)         23
  F. Reberger (SF)         23
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         22
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        21
  S. Renko (MON)           21

Home Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          13
  G. Perry (SF)             8
  M. McCormick (SF)         7
  L. Dierker (HOU)          6
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          6
  J. Sparma (MON)           6
  G. Stone (ATL)            6
  K. Holtzman (CHI)         5
  G. Jackson (PHI)          5
  D. Lemaster (HOU)         5

Walks:

  T. Griffin (HOU)         25
  P. Dobson (SD)           23
  M. Torrez (STL)          23
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        22
  G. Perry (SF)            21
  M. Corkins (SD)          20
  N. Ryan (NY)             19
  B. Veale (PIT)           19
  G. Gentry (NY)           18
  D. Lemaster (HOU)        18

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)           53
  B. Gibson (STL)          45
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        41
  P. Dobson (SD)           38
  P. Jarvis (ATL)          37
  G. Perry (SF)            37
  P. Niekro (ATL)          36
  B. Stoneman (MON)        33
  L. Dierker (HOU)         32
  G. Stone (ATL)           30

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