Thursday May 7, 1970
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National League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, May 7, 1970

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     14  12  2.41   26   7   4   239   183   75   64   12   76  139
New York        13  13  2.59   26   7   7   240   188   82   69   15   92  183
Cincinnati      22   6  2.79   28   7  14   249   202   88   77   17   96  135
San Diego       11  17  3.44   28   1   6   246   214  105   94   20  116  151
Chicago         13  10  3.62   23   7   5   199   205   90   80   20   74  129
Philadelphia    13  13  3.86   26   3   8   233   224  113  100   27   81  168
St. Louis       10  12  3.86   22   5   4   196   192   96   84   14   98  127
Pittsburgh      12  14  4.29   26   3   7   231   210  123  110   19  123  165
Houston         12  16  4.39   28   8   2   244   228  135  119   32  112  138
Atlanta         15  11  4.42   26  10   4   230   229  127  113   36   63  178
San Francisco   13  15  5.16   28   6   4   253   260  164  145   35  116  176
Montreal         7  16  5.82   23   4   4   198   211  142  128   24  119  134

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Wayne Simpson (CIN)    5   1  1.35   6   6   3   0   2   47   21    9    7    3   17   31
Dave Roberts (SD)      3   2  1.37  10   1   0   0   0   26   14    4    4    1    5   16
Nolan Ryan (NY)        2   2  1.64   4   4   3   0   1   33   14    6    6    0   24   33
Gary Gentry (NY)       3   0  1.72   5   5   0   0   0   37   23   12    7    2   18   29
Claude Osteen (LA)     3   3  1.88   6   6   2   0   1   48   42   12   10    1   11   22
Tom Seaver (NY)        6   0  2.10   7   7   4   0   1   60   49   14   14    5    9   61
Jim Merritt (CIN)      6   1  2.38   7   7   2   0   0   57   47   16   15    2    4   27
Gary Nolan (CIN)       5   0  2.47   6   6   1   0   1   44   44   16   12    4   14   22
Jim Bunning (PHI)      1   3  2.48   5   5   0   0   0   33   31   13    9    3   11   24
Bill Hands (CHI)       4   1  2.55   6   6   1   0   0   42   40   16   12    1    9   26

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
George Stone           4   1  3.30   6   6   2   0   1   44   43   19   16    6    6   34
Pat Jarvis             3   2  3.40   6   6   2   0   0   42   33   19   16    3   11   37
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
Phil Niekro            3   4  4.03   7   7   4   0   2   51   43   25   23   13    8   46
Hoyt Wilhelm           1   1  4.08   9   0   0   1   0   18   19    9    8    2   10    9
Jim Nash               3   1  4.28   6   6   2   0   1   34   39   19   16    4   11   26
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
Ted Abernathy          0   0  1.80   6   0   0   1   0    5    6    1    1    0    3    0
Jim Colborn            0   0  1.86   3   0   0   0   0   10   15    3    2    1    3    6
Bill Hands             4   1  2.55   6   6   1   0   0   42   40   16   12    1    9   26
Joe Decker             1   2  3.38   5   4   0   0   0   27   24   12   10    3   12   18
Ken Holtzman           3   3  3.89   6   6   3   0   0   44   37   21   19    5   22   41
Phil Regan             1   0  4.15  10   0   0   3   0   13   14    6    6    1    6    4
Fergie Jenkins         2   4  4.35   7   7   3   0   0   50   57   25   24    7   13   30
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          5   1  1.35   6   6   3   0   2   47   21    9    7    3   17   31
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
Jim McGlothlin         3   2  3.12   6   6   1   0   0   40   28   14   14    2   22   24
Bo Belinsky            0   0  3.38   1   0   0   0   0    3    4    3    1    0    4    3
Clay Carroll           0   0  3.60  12   0   0   5   0   15   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   6   0   0   0   0   11   12    3    2    0    8    6
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
Larry Dierker          5   2  3.69   7   7   4   0   0   54   53   26   22    7   17   35
Fred Gladding          2   0  4.50   9   0   0   2   0   12   12    7    6    2    6    5
Jim Bouton             2   3  5.66   7   5   1   0   0   35   37   26   22    4   12   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  11   0   0   0   0    7    7    6    5    2    3    3
Don Wilson             0   0  6.75   4   2   0   0   0    9    8    9    7    3    6    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
Al McBean              0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    0    0    0    0    0
Joe Moeller            1   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    5    0    0    0    0    2    2
Jose Pena              0   0  0.00   4   0   0   1   0    5    1    0    0    0    1    3
Jim Brewer             0   0  0.61   7   0   0   2   0   15    4    3    1    0    2   15
Camilo Pascual         0   0  1.80   3   0   0   0   0    5    5    1    1    0    1    2
Sandy Vance            2   1  1.80   3   3   1   0   0   20   13    4    4    3    4    5
Claude Osteen          3   3  1.88   6   6   2   0   1   48   42   12   10    1   11   22
Alan Foster            2   2  2.90   7   7   1   0   0   50   39   17   16    3   21   20
Ray Lamb               2   0  3.00   6   0   0   0   0    9    8    3    3    1    3    9
Don Sutton             3   4  3.06   7   7   2   0   1   50   45   20   17    3   19   30
Bill Singer            1   2  3.32   3   3   1   0   1   19   18    8    7    0    4   16
Fred Norman            0   0  3.75   6   0   0   1   0   12    7    7    5    1    8   15

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Claude Raymond         0   1  2.38   9   0   0   4   0   11   10    3    3    0    4    2
Carl Morton            3   0  2.64   6   3   1   0   0   31   24   13    9    2   15   12
Gary Waslewski         0   1  3.60   5   3   0   0   0   20   15    8    8    2   14   15
Bill Stoneman          1   5  4.89   7   7   1   0   1   42   39   24   23    4   21   42
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  6.75  10   0   0   0   0   15   21   12   11    2    9    6
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   2  1.64   4   4   3   0   1   33   14    6    6    0   24   33
Gary Gentry            3   0  1.72   5   5   0   0   0   37   23   12    7    2   18   29
Tom Seaver             6   0  2.10   7   7   4   0   1   60   49   14   14    5    9   61
Tug McGraw             0   1  2.13   9   0   0   3   0   13   14    5    3    0   12    8
Don Cardwell           0   1  2.35   6   0   0   0   0    8    4    3    2    0    2    5
Jerry Koosman          0   2  2.60   6   6   0   0   0   45   40   16   13    4   12   29
Ron Taylor             1   2  2.84  11   0   0   4   0   13    9    4    4    1    2    4
Cal Koonce             0   2  3.18   7   0   0   0   0   11   11    4    4    1    6    6
Ray Sadecki            0   0  4.00   3   1   0   0   0    9    8    4    4    1    4    5
Jim McAndrew           1   3  9.00   4   3   0   0   0   12   16   14   12    1    3    3

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Joe Hoerner            1   1  0.68   8   0   0   4   0   13   10    1    1    0    3   11
Jim Bunning            1   3  2.48   5   5   0   0   0   33   31   13    9    3   11   24
Lowell Palmer          1   0  2.57   9   0   0   0   0   21   14    6    6    2    5   22
Barry Lersch           0   0  3.38   7   0   0   0   0   16   12    6    6    3    6    9
Dick Selma             2   1  3.60  13   0   0   4   0   20   19    8    8    3    7   24
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  4.61   9   0   0   0   0   14   11    9    7    3    9    8
Chris Short            2   4  5.06   6   6   1   0   1   32   34   18   18    2   12   19
Grant Jackson          1   3  7.01   6   5   0   0   0   26   32   23   20    6   11   15

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bruce Dal Canton       1   0  0.82   7   0   0   0   0   11    7    1    1    0    5    9
Dave Giusti            1   0  0.92  11   0   0   4   0   20    9    4    2    0    8   17
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            4   2  3.94   6   5   0   0   0   30   26   13   13    2   18   27
Dock Ellis             2   2  4.06   6   6   1   0   0   38   35   18   17    3   21   27
Bob Veale              1   3  4.62   6   6   0   0   0   39   33   22   20    2   26   29
Chuck Hartenstein      1   1  5.02  10   0   0   1   0   14   15   10    8    3    5   11
Joe Gibbon             0   0  8.53   7   0   0   1   0    6   12    8    6    0    7    5
Al McBean              0   0  9.00   6   0   0   1   0    8   12   10    8    1    7    3
Bob Moose              0   3 11.30   3   3   0   0   0   14   19   18   18    5    8    9

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Roberts           3   2  1.37  10   1   0   0   0   26   14    4    4    1    5   16
Danny Coombs           1   1  1.90   6   3   0   0   0   24   22    8    5    2   12    8
Pat Dobson             3   3  3.42   8   7   1   0   1   53   45   21   20    2   28   44
Ron Herbel             1   0  3.75  13   0   0   5   0   24   26   11   10    0   10   12
Tom Dukes              0   0  3.86   6   0   0   1   0    7    8    4    3    0    2    4
Clay Kirby             1   3  3.93   6   6   0   0   0   37   29   18   16    5   14   21
Al Santorini           1   4  4.22   6   6   0   0   0   32   33   16   15    3   17   16
Gary Ross              1   1  4.26   8   0   0   0   0   13   11    6    6    3    8    9
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
Rich Robertson         2   2  3.35   7   7   2   0   0   46   44   22   17    5   21   38
Ron Bryant             2   4  4.32  13   1   0   0   0   25   27   15   12    2    6   22
Juan Marichal          0   0  4.50   2   2   0   0   0   12   14    6    6    2    3    8
Mike McCormick         1   2  4.60   8   6   1   1   0   43   40   26   22    8   17   19
Gaylord Perry          3   4  5.25   8   8   3   0   0   58   54   35   34    9   28   38
Don McMahon            2   1  5.63  12   0   0   2   0   16   12   10   10    3    8   14
Frank Linzy            2   0  5.64  16   0   0   1   0   22   25   14   14    2    9   14
Frank Reberger         0   2  7.77  10   3   0   0   0   22   32   25   19    3   17   20
Jim Johnson            1   0  8.10   3   0   0   0   0    7    8    6    6    0    5    2
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   2   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
Nelson Briles          1   1  5.40   6   2   0   0   0   12   11    9    7    1    7    6
Steve Carlton          1   4  5.45   5   5   1   0   0   33   38   21   20    3   14   22
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
  T. Seaver (NY)            6
  L. Dierker (HOU)          5
  G. Nolan (CIN)            5
  W. Simpson (CIN)          5
  B. Hands (CHI)            4
  G. Stone (ATL)            4
  L. Walker (PIT)           4
  G. Culver (STL)           3
  P. Dobson (SD)            3

Losses:

  B. Stoneman (MON)         5
  R. Bryant (SF)            4
  S. Carlton (STL)          4
  T. Griffin (HOU)          4
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          4
  P. Niekro (ATL)           4
  G. Perry (SF)             4
  A. Santorini (SD)         4
  C. Short (PHI)            4
  J. Sparma (MON)           4

Complete Games:

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

Saves:

  W. Granger (CIN)          6
  C. Carroll (CIN)          5
  R. Herbel (SD)            5
  D. Giusti (PIT)           4
  J. Hoerner (PHI)          4
  C. Raymond (MON)          4
  D. Selma (PHI)            4
  R. Taylor (NY)            4
  T. McGraw (NY)            3
  B. Priddy (ATL)           3

Shutouts:

  P. Niekro (ATL)           2
  W. Simpson (CIN)          2
  P. Dobson (SD)            1
  W. Fryman (PHI)           1
  J. Nash (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)         60.0
  G. Perry (SF)          58.1
  J. Merritt (CIN)       56.2
  L. Dierker (HOU)       53.2
  P. Dobson (SD)         52.2
  P. Niekro (ATL)        51.1
  D. Sutton (LA)         50.0
  A. Foster (LA)         49.2
  F. Jenkins (CHI)       49.2
  C. Osteen (LA)         48.0

Hits:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         57
  G. Perry (SF)            54
  L. Dierker (HOU)         53
  T. Seaver (NY)           49
  J. Merritt (CIN)         47
  P. Dobson (SD)           45
  D. Sutton (LA)           45
  G. Nolan (CIN)           44
  R. Robertson (SF)        44
  P. Niekro (ATL)          43

Runs:

  G. Perry (SF)            35
  J. Bouton (HOU)          26
  L. Dierker (HOU)         26
  M. McCormick (SF)        26
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         25
  P. Niekro (ATL)          25
  F. Reberger (SF)         25
  B. Stoneman (MON)        24
  T. Griffin (HOU)         23
  G. Jackson (PHI)         23

Home Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          13
  G. Perry (SF)             9
  M. McCormick (SF)         8
  L. Dierker (HOU)          7
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          7
  G. Jackson (PHI)          6
  J. Sparma (MON)           6
  G. Stone (ATL)            6
  K. Holtzman (CHI)         5
  C. Kirby (SD)             5

Walks:

  P. Dobson (SD)           28
  G. Perry (SF)            28
  B. Veale (PIT)           26
  T. Griffin (HOU)         25
  N. Ryan (NY)             24
  M. Torrez (STL)          23
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        22
  J. McGlothlin (CIN)      22
  D. Ellis (PIT)           21
  A. Foster (LA)           21

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)           61
  P. Niekro (ATL)          46
  B. Gibson (STL)          45
  P. Dobson (SD)           44
  B. Stoneman (MON)        42
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        41
  G. Perry (SF)            38
  R. Robertson (SF)        38
  P. Jarvis (ATL)          37
  L. Dierker (HOU)         35

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