Sunday May 17, 1970
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National League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, May 17, 1970

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     20  15  2.61   35   9   7   328   254  110   95   25  111  189
New York        18  16  2.83   34  11   9   312   246  112   98   25  119  248
Cincinnati      27  10  3.11   37  10  15   333   281  129  115   29  136  173
Chicago         17  15  3.59   32  10   7   281   284  126  112   33   98  197
San Diego       17  22  3.60   39   3   9   353   309  156  141   32  178  219
St. Louis       16  16  3.93   32   6   7   284   275  137  124   23  129  185
Pittsburgh      16  20  4.19   36   5   8   318   296  173  148   28  163  223
Atlanta         19  16  4.32   35  10   7   316   318  168  152   48   93  251
Philadelphia    13  21  4.37   34   4   8   311   315  166  151   32  112  224
Houston         18  19  4.47   37  10   5   324   322  179  161   42  142  188
San Francisco   18  20  5.44   38   9   6   343   361  227  207   47  163  235
Montreal        12  21  5.52   33   6   5   288   307  196  177   38  169  207

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gary Gentry (NY)       4   1  1.71   7   7   1   0   1   53   29   15   10    4   20   43
Danny Coombs (SD)      3   2  1.73   9   5   1   0   1   42   31   13    8    3   19   17
Tom Seaver (NY)        7   1  1.96   9   9   6   0   2   78   58   17   17    6   15   88
Wayne Simpson (CIN)    5   1  2.11   8   8   3   0   2   60   28   17   14    6   26   35
Claude Osteen (LA)     4   4  2.18   9   9   3   0   2   70   59   19   17    4   16   31
Bill Hands (CHI)       5   2  2.54   8   8   3   0   0   60   53   21   17    3   14   44
Jerry Koosman (NY)     2   2  2.64   8   8   1   0   1   61   54   21   18    5   20   44
Jim Bunning (PHI)      1   4  2.66   6   6   1   0   0   41   37   16   12    4   13   29
Jim Merritt (CIN)      8   2  2.67  10  10   4   0   0   78   62   24   23    5   11   33
Jim McGlothlin (CIN)   4   3  2.72   8   8   2   0   1   56   40   17   17    3   26   30

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Larry Jaster           0   0  3.14   8   0   0   0   0   14   16    5    5    1    4    6
Hoyt Wilhelm           1   1  3.24  14   0   0   3   0   25   25   10    9    3   12   19
George Stone           4   1  3.53   8   8   2   0   1   59   60   26   23    9    7   49
Jim Nash               5   1  3.72   8   8   2   0   1   48   47   23   20    5   17   38
Phil Niekro            4   5  3.80   9   9   4   0   2   66   61   32   28   14   16   58
Pat Jarvis             3   3  4.04   9   9   2   0   0   62   53   31   28    4   18   54
Bob Priddy             2   2  5.30  11   0   0   3   0   19   21   11   11    4    3   12
Gary Neibauer          0   2  6.14   5   0   0   0   0    7    6    5    5    0    5    6
Ron Kline              0   0  9.00   3   0   0   1   0    4    6    4    4    3    1    1
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
Ted Abernathy          0   0  1.23   9   0   0   1   0    7    7    1    1    0    3    1
Bill Hands             5   2  2.54   8   8   3   0   0   60   53   21   17    3   14   44
Joe Decker             1   2  3.03   7   6   0   0   0   39   33   16   13    4   18   25
Jim Colborn            0   0  3.48   4   0   0   0   0   10   18    5    4    1    4    7
Phil Regan             2   1  3.48  16   0   0   5   0   21   20    8    8    2    7    6
Ken Holtzman           5   3  3.56   9   9   3   0   0   66   61   31   26    8   30   60
Archie Reynolds        0   1  3.86   2   0   0   0   0    2    1    1    1    1    3    1
Hank Aguirre           2   0  4.32   8   0   0   1   0    8    9    4    4    2    3    7
Fergie Jenkins         2   6  4.82   9   9   4   0   0   65   77   36   35   11   14   46
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
Bo Belinsky            0   0  1.93   2   0   0   0   0    5    6    3    1    0    4    5
Don Gullett            2   0  1.93  10   0   0   2   0   14    9    3    3    1   10   12
Wayne Simpson          5   1  2.11   8   8   3   0   2   60   28   17   14    6   26   35
Clay Carroll           1   0  2.49  15   0   0   5   0   22   19    8    6    1    6   11
Jim Merritt            8   2  2.67  10  10   4   0   0   78   62   24   23    5   11   33
Wayne Granger          1   1  2.70  13   0   0   7   0   17   17    7    5    1    9    5
Jim McGlothlin         4   3  2.72   8   8   2   0   1   56   40   17   17    3   26   30
Gary Nolan             5   2  3.27   8   8   1   0   1   52   58   23   19    6   20   29
Ray Washburn           0   0  5.54   5   1   0   0   0   13   14    8    8    0   13    8
Jim Maloney            0   0  8.44   2   2   0   0   0    5   10    5    5    1    5    1
Tony Cloninger         1   1 11.12   6   0   0   1   0   11   18   14   14    5    6    4

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ron Cook               0   0  1.17   8   0   0   0   0   15   15    3    2    0    8   10
Jim Ray                1   2  2.70  12   2   0   1   0   27   20    9    8    3   15   16
Larry Dierker          7   2  3.14   9   9   6   0   0   72   76   29   25    8   20   48
Denny Lemaster         3   4  3.82   9   9   2   0   0   61   58   28   26    9   24   33
Don Wilson             1   0  4.43   6   4   0   0   0   22   19   13   11    3   14    8
Fred Gladding          2   0  4.96  13   0   0   4   0   16   21   11    9    2    6    8
Jim Bouton             2   3  5.75   9   5   1   0   0   36   38   28   23    4   13   20
Jack DiLauro           0   2  6.43  11   0   0   0   0    7    7    6    5    2    3    3
Jack Billingham        1   0  6.52  14   0   0   0   0   19   19   14   14    3    6   12
Tom Griffin            1   5  6.52   7   7   1   0   0   39   39   28   28    5   29   25
Scipio Spinks          0   0  9.00   1   1   0   0   0    6    5    6    6    3    2    4
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   5   0   0   0   0    9    1    0    0    0    4    4
Jose Pena              1   0  1.00   7   0   0   2   0    9    1    1    1    0    6    5
Sandy Vance            3   1  2.06   5   5   1   0   0   35   25    8    8    4    8   12
Claude Osteen          4   4  2.18   9   9   3   0   2   70   59   19   17    4   16   31
Jim Brewer             0   0  2.41  11   0   0   4   0   19   10    7    5    2    6   19
Fred Norman            1   0  2.55   9   0   0   1   0   18   10    7    5    1   10   20
Ray Lamb               2   0  2.70   9   0   0   0   0   13   11    5    4    2    5   13
Don Sutton             5   4  3.06   9   9   3   0   2   65   58   25   22    5   23   39
Alan Foster            2   4  3.23   9   9   1   0   0   64   51   27   23    6   28   28
Bill Singer            1   2  3.32   3   3   1   0   1   19   18    8    7    0    4   16
Camilo Pascual         0   0  4.50   5   0   0   0   0    6    9    3    3    1    1    2

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Claude Raymond         2   2  2.19  14   0   0   5   0   25   21    7    6    2    6   16
Carl Morton            3   1  3.21   8   5   1   0   0   42   39   20   15    4   22   18
Bill Stoneman          1   6  5.07   9   9   1   0   1   55   55   32   31    7   24   56
Gary Waslewski         0   2  5.11   6   4   0   0   0   25   23   14   14    3   15   19
Dan McGinn             3   1  5.23  13   2   2   0   1   31   32   21   18    2   16   21
Howie Reed             1   2  5.57  13   0   0   0   0   21   26   15   13    2   14   10
John Strohmayer        1   0  6.32   8   0   0   0   0   16   18   11   11    2    9   15
Joe Sparma             0   4  7.06   9   6   1   0   0   29   34   25   23    7   25   23
Ken Johnson            0   0  7.50   3   0   0   0   0    6    9    6    5    1    1    4
Steve Renko            1   3  7.52   8   7   1   0   0   32   36   31   27    6   26   19
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
Gary Gentry            4   1  1.71   7   7   1   0   1   53   29   15   10    4   20   43
Tom Seaver             7   1  1.96   9   9   6   0   2   78   58   17   17    6   15   88
Ron Taylor             1   2  2.51  12   0   0   5   0   14    9    4    4    1    2    5
Jerry Koosman          2   2  2.64   8   8   1   0   1   61   54   21   18    5   20   44
Cal Koonce             0   2  2.81   9   0   0   0   0   16   16    5    5    1   10    7
Tug McGraw             0   1  3.07  11   0   0   4   0   15   16    7    5    1   14    8
Nolan Ryan             2   3  3.22   5   5   3   0   1   36   21   13   13    2   26   35
Ray Sadecki            1   0  4.20   4   2   0   0   0   15   14    7    7    2    7    8
Don Cardwell           0   1  6.52   8   0   0   0   0   10   11    8    7    2    2    5
Jim McAndrew           1   3  7.71   5   3   0   0   0   14   18   15   12    1    3    5

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Jackson           0   0  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    4    5    0    0    0    1    3
Jim Bunning            1   4  2.66   6   6   1   0   0   41   37   16   12    4   13   29
Barry Lersch           0   0  3.38   7   0   0   0   0   16   12    6    6    3    6    9
Lowell Palmer          1   1  3.64  12   0   0   0   0   30   26   12   12    3    9   30
Dick Selma             2   2  3.95  17   0   0   4   0   27   24   12   12    3   12   30
Rick Wise              2   2  3.97   7   7   1   0   0   48   50   26   21    3   12   26
Joe Hoerner            1   2  4.08  11   0   0   4   0   18   21    8    8    1    5   15
Woodie Fryman          2   1  4.54   7   7   1   0   1   38   37   20   19    3   14   27
Bill Wilson            1   0  4.74  12   0   0   0   0   19   14   12   10    3   13   15
Chris Short            2   4  5.50   8   7   1   0   1   34   40   21   21    2   13   21
Grant Jackson          1   5  7.30   8   7   0   0   0   37   49   33   30    7   14   19

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bruce Dal Canton       1   0  0.71  10   0   0   0   0   13   10    3    1    0    5    9
Steve Blass            2   5  3.02   9   9   2   0   0   60   51   29   20    4   23   41
Luke Walker            5   2  3.44  11   5   0   0   0   37   30   14   14    2   22   31
Bob Veale              2   4  3.70   8   8   1   0   0   56   42   25   23    2   33   43
Dave Giusti            1   0  3.75  15   1   0   5   0   24   20   12   10    2   12   18
Lou Marone             0   0  3.86   1   0   0   0   0    2    2    1    1    1    0    0
Gene Garber            0   2  4.30   8   0   0   0   0   15   10    7    7    2    9    4
Dock Ellis             2   3  4.82   8   8   1   0   0   47   48   29   25    4   28   33
Chuck Hartenstein      1   1  5.19  12   0   0   1   0   17   19   12   10    3    7   12
Bob Moose              2   3  6.25   5   5   1   0   0   32   39   22   22    6   10   24
Al McBean              0   0  8.10   7   0   0   1   0   10   13   11    9    2    7    3
Joe Gibbon             0   0  8.53   7   0   0   1   0    6   12    8    6    0    7    5

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Danny Coombs           3   2  1.73   9   5   1   0   1   42   31   13    8    3   19   17
Tom Dukes              0   0  2.77  10   0   0   2   0   13   13    6    4    0    6    9
Dave Roberts           3   2  2.79  14   2   0   1   0   39   29   13   12    2   11   23
Ron Herbel             1   0  3.22  18   0   0   6   0   36   32   14   13    1   14   19
Pat Dobson             3   4  3.97  10   9   1   0   1   66   64   30   29    4   33   55
Clay Kirby             2   4  4.02   8   8   0   0   0   47   39   23   21    7   22   27
Mike Corkins           3   3  4.02  10   8   1   0   0   54   45   26   24    7   38   35
Gary Ross              1   3  4.43  13   0   0   0   0   20   17   10   10    3   15   15
Al Santorini           1   4  4.95   7   7   0   0   0   36   39   21   20    5   20   19

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rich Robertson         3   3  3.94  10  10   3   0   0   62   56   32   27    7   33   48
Mike McCormick         1   2  4.13  12   6   1   2   0   48   42   26   22    8   18   20
Gaylord Perry          5   4  4.90  10  10   3   0   0   79   75   44   43   11   38   56
Ron Bryant             2   4  5.28  16   1   0   0   0   31   35   21   18    3   10   28
Don McMahon            2   1  6.00  13   0   0   2   0   18   14   12   12    3   10   16
Bill Faul              0   0  6.23   3   0   0   0   0    4    6    3    3    0    3    1
Frank Reberger         0   2  6.46  14   3   0   1   0   31   40   28   22    3   20   26
Juan Marichal          1   1  6.94   4   4   1   0   0   23   31   18   18    6    6   12
Frank Linzy            2   1  7.01  20   0   0   1   0   26   33   20   20    2   11   16
Jim Johnson            1   0  8.10   3   0   0   0   0    7    8    6    6    0    5    2
Miguel Puente          1   2  9.82   4   4   1   0   0   15   21   17   16    4    9   10

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Chuck Taylor           1   2  1.54  15   0   0   3   0   23   19    5    4    1    8   11
Tom Hilgendorf         0   1  1.59   7   0   0   1   0    6    6    1    1    0    2    1
Sal Campisi            2   0  1.83  14   0   0   1   0   20   14    4    4    1   15    8
Billy McCool           0   0  3.00   4   0   0   1   0    3    2    1    1    0    3    0
Mike Torrez            3   3  3.15   7   7   1   0   1   46   35   20   16    5   27   25
Jerry Johnson          2   0  3.60   6   0   0   1   0   10    6    4    4    1    3    5
Steve Carlton          2   5  3.86   7   7   2   0   1   49   47   22   21    3   17   37
Rich Nye               0   0  4.50   6   0   0   0   0    8   13    5    4    2    6    5
George Culver          3   2  4.66   7   7   2   0   0   48   55   27   25    4   18   19
Bob Gibson             2   2  4.86   7   7   1   0   0   50   54   29   27    4   19   57
Santiago Guzman        0   0  6.75   4   0   0   0   0    3    2    2    2    0    3    4
Nelson Briles          1   1  7.23   8   4   0   0   0   19   22   17   15    2    8   13

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League Leaders

Wins:

  J. Merritt (CIN)          8
  L. Dierker (HOU)          7
  T. Seaver (NY)            7
  B. Hands (CHI)            5
  K. Holtzman (CHI)         5
  J. Nash (ATL)             5
  G. Nolan (CIN)            5
  G. Perry (SF)             5
  W. Simpson (CIN)          5
  D. Sutton (LA)            5

Losses:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)          6
  B. Stoneman (MON)         6
  S. Blass (PIT)            5
  S. Carlton (STL)          5
  T. Griffin (HOU)          5
  G. Jackson (PHI)          5
  P. Niekro (ATL)           5
  R. Bryant (SF)            4
  J. Bunning (PHI)          4
  P. Dobson (SD)            4

Complete Games:

  L. Dierker (HOU)          6
  T. Seaver (NY)            6
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          4
  J. Merritt (CIN)          4
  P. Niekro (ATL)           4
  B. Hands (CHI)            3
  K. Holtzman (CHI)         3
  C. Osteen (LA)            3
  G. Perry (SF)             3
  R. Robertson (SF)         3

Saves:

  W. Granger (CIN)          7
  R. Herbel (SD)            6
  C. Carroll (CIN)          5
  D. Giusti (PIT)           5
  C. Raymond (MON)          5
  P. Regan (CHI)            5
  R. Taylor (NY)            5
  J. Brewer (LA)            4
  F. Gladding (HOU)         4
  J. Hoerner (PHI)          4

Shutouts:

  P. Niekro (ATL)           2
  C. Osteen (LA)            2
  T. Seaver (NY)            2
  W. Simpson (CIN)          2
  D. Sutton (LA)            2
  S. Carlton (STL)          1
  D. Coombs (SD)            1
  P. Dobson (SD)            1
  W. Fryman (PHI)           1
  G. Gentry (NY)            1

Innings Pitched:

  G. Perry (SF)          79.0
  T. Seaver (NY)         78.0
  J. Merritt (CIN)       77.2
  L. Dierker (HOU)       71.2
  C. Osteen (LA)         70.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)        66.1
  P. Dobson (SD)         65.2
  K. Holtzman (CHI)      65.2
  F. Jenkins (CHI)       65.1
  D. Sutton (LA)         64.2

Hits:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         77
  L. Dierker (HOU)         76
  G. Perry (SF)            75
  P. Dobson (SD)           64
  J. Merritt (CIN)         62
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        61
  P. Niekro (ATL)          61
  G. Stone (ATL)           60
  C. Osteen (LA)           59
  D. Lemaster (HOU)        58

Runs:

  G. Perry (SF)            44
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         36
  G. Jackson (PHI)         33
  P. Niekro (ATL)          32
  R. Robertson (SF)        32
  B. Stoneman (MON)        32
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        31
  P. Jarvis (ATL)          31
  S. Renko (MON)           31
  P. Dobson (SD)           30

Home Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          14
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         11
  G. Perry (SF)            11
  D. Lemaster (HOU)         9
  G. Stone (ATL)            9
  L. Dierker (HOU)          8
  K. Holtzman (CHI)         8
  M. McCormick (SF)         8
  M. Corkins (SD)           7
  G. Jackson (PHI)          7

Walks:

  M. Corkins (SD)          38
  G. Perry (SF)            38
  P. Dobson (SD)           33
  R. Robertson (SF)        33
  B. Veale (PIT)           33
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        30
  T. Griffin (HOU)         29
  D. Ellis (PIT)           28
  A. Foster (LA)           28
  M. Torrez (STL)          27

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)           88
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        60
  P. Niekro (ATL)          58
  B. Gibson (STL)          57
  G. Perry (SF)            56
  B. Stoneman (MON)        56
  P. Dobson (SD)           55
  P. Jarvis (ATL)          54
  G. Stone (ATL)           49
  L. Dierker (HOU)         48


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