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Monday May 18, 1970
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National League pitching statistics through games of Monday, May 18, 1970

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     21  15  2.59   36   9   8   337   264  113   97   25  114  195
New York        18  17  2.98   35  11   9   320   258  120  106   26  123  258
Cincinnati      27  11  3.24   38  10  15   342   297  141  123   29  141  177
San Diego       17  23  3.61   40   3   9   362   319  160  145   32  182  224
Chicago         18  15  3.63   33  10   8   290   297  131  117   34  101  203
St. Louis       16  17  4.01   33   6   7   292   288  143  130   23  133  192
Pittsburgh      17  20  4.10   37   6   8   327   301  174  149   28  166  227
Philadelphia    13  22  4.28   35   4   8   319   320  168  152   32  114  230
Atlanta         19  16  4.32   35  10   7   316   318  168  152   48   93  251
Houston         19  19  4.35   38  11   5   333   326  179  161   42  144  197
San Francisco   18  20  5.44   38   9   6   343   361  227  207   47  163  235
Montreal        13  21  5.48   34   6   5   297   316  200  181   41  174  216

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gary Gentry (NY)       4   1  1.95   8   8   1   0   1   60   37   18   13    4   22   52
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
Sandy Vance (LA)       4   1  2.18   6   6   1   0   0   41   34   11   10    4    8   15
Danny Coombs (SD)      3   3  2.27  10   6   1   0   1   44   35   16   11    3   21   18
Jim Bunning (PHI)      1   5  2.45   7   7   1   0   0   48   42   18   13    4   15   33
Jerry Koosman (NY)     2   2  2.64   8   8   1   0   1   61   54   21   18    5   20   44
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             6   2  2.98   9   9   3   0   0   66   64   26   22    4   15   49
Joe Decker             1   2  3.03   7   6   0   0   0   39   33   16   13    4   18   25
Phil Regan             2   1  3.04  17   0   0   6   0   24   22    8    8    2    9    7
Jim Colborn            0   0  3.48   4   0   0   0   0   10   18    5    4    1    4    7
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
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
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
Clay Carroll           1   0  3.42  16   0   0   5   0   24   24   11    9    1    6   13
Bo Belinsky            0   0  4.50   3   0   0   0   0    8   10    6    4    0    6    6
Ray Washburn           0   1  6.14   6   2   0   0   0   15   19   14   10    0   15    8
Jim Maloney            0   0  8.44   2   2   0   0   0    5   10    5    5    1    5    1
Tony Cloninger         1   1  9.45   7   0   0   1   0   13   20   14   14    5    7    5

 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          8   2  2.79  10  10   7   0   1   81   80   29   25    8   22   57
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   6   0   0   1   0   12    2    0    0    0    7    7
Jose Pena              1   0  1.00   7   0   0   2   0    9    1    1    1    0    6    5
Claude Osteen          4   4  2.18   9   9   3   0   2   70   59   19   17    4   16   31
Sandy Vance            4   1  2.18   6   6   1   0   0   41   34   11   10    4    8   15
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         3   2  2.08  15   0   0   5   0   26   21    7    6    2    6   18
Carl Morton            3   1  3.21   8   5   1   0   0   42   39   20   15    4   22   18
Bill Stoneman          1   6  5.03  10  10   1   0   1   63   64   36   35   10   29   63
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  1.95   8   8   1   0   1   60   37   18   13    4   22   52
Tom Seaver             7   1  1.96   9   9   6   0   2   78   58   17   17    6   15   88
Jerry Koosman          2   2  2.64   8   8   1   0   1   61   54   21   18    5   20   44
Ron Taylor             1   2  3.00  13   0   0   5   0   15   11    5    5    1    2    6
Nolan Ryan             2   3  3.22   5   5   3   0   1   36   21   13   13    2   26   35
Cal Koonce             0   2  3.38  10   0   0   0   0   16   17    6    6    2   10    7
Ray Sadecki            1   0  4.20   4   2   0   0   0   15   14    7    7    2    7    8
Tug McGraw             0   2  4.80  12   0   0   4   0   15   17   10    8    1   16    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   5  2.45   7   7   1   0   0   48   42   18   13    4   15   33
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  3.81  18   0   0   4   0   28   24   12   12    3   12   32
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
Bob Moose              3   3  5.09   6   6   2   0   0   41   44   23   23    6   13   28
Chuck Hartenstein      1   1  5.19  12   0   0   1   0   17   19   12   10    3    7   12
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   3  2.27  10   6   1   0   1   44   35   16   11    3   21   18
Tom Dukes              0   0  2.40  11   0   0   2   0   15   15    6    4    0    6   10
Dave Roberts           3   2  2.77  15   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  4.09  14   0   0   0   0   22   19   10   10    3   15   16
Al Santorini           1   4  4.81   8   7   0   0   0   39   41   22   21    5   22   21

 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  1.74  15   0   0   1   0   21   15    4    4    1   15    9
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  3.18   7   0   0   1   0   11    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   3  5.34   8   8   1   0   0   56   66   35   33    4   23   63
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:

  L. Dierker (HOU)          8
  J. Merritt (CIN)          8
  T. Seaver (NY)            7
  B. Hands (CHI)            6
  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
  J. Bunning (PHI)          5
  S. Carlton (STL)          5
  T. Griffin (HOU)          5
  G. Jackson (PHI)          5
  P. Niekro (ATL)           5
  R. Bryant (SF)            4
  P. Dobson (SD)            4

Complete Games:

  L. Dierker (HOU)          7
  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
  P. Regan (CHI)            6
  C. Carroll (CIN)          5
  D. Giusti (PIT)           5
  C. Raymond (MON)          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
  L. Dierker (HOU)          1
  P. Dobson (SD)            1
  W. Fryman (PHI)           1

Innings Pitched:

  L. Dierker (HOU)       80.2
  G. Perry (SF)          79.0
  T. Seaver (NY)         78.0
  J. Merritt (CIN)       77.2
  C. Osteen (LA)         70.1
  B. Hands (CHI)         66.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)        66.1
  P. Dobson (SD)         65.2
  K. Holtzman (CHI)      65.2
  F. Jenkins (CHI)       65.1

Hits:

  L. Dierker (HOU)         80
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         77
  G. Perry (SF)            75
  B. Gibson (STL)          66
  P. Dobson (SD)           64
  B. Hands (CHI)           64
  B. Stoneman (MON)        64
  J. Merritt (CIN)         62
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        61
  P. Niekro (ATL)          61

Runs:

  G. Perry (SF)            44
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         36
  B. Stoneman (MON)        36
  B. Gibson (STL)          35
  G. Jackson (PHI)         33
  P. Niekro (ATL)          32
  R. Robertson (SF)        32
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        31
  P. Jarvis (ATL)          31
  S. Renko (MON)           31

Home Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          14
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         11
  G. Perry (SF)            11
  B. Stoneman (MON)        10
  D. Lemaster (HOU)         9
  G. Stone (ATL)            9
  L. Dierker (HOU)          8
  K. Holtzman (CHI)         8
  M. McCormick (SF)         8
  M. Corkins (SD)           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
  B. Stoneman (MON)        29
  D. Ellis (PIT)           28
  A. Foster (LA)           28

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)           88
  B. Gibson (STL)          63
  B. Stoneman (MON)        63
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        60
  P. Niekro (ATL)          58
  L. Dierker (HOU)         57
  G. Perry (SF)            56
  P. Dobson (SD)           55
  P. Jarvis (ATL)          54
  G. Gentry (NY)           52


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