Wednesday May 20, 1970
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National League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, May 20, 1970

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     22  16  2.80   38  10   8   354   283  126  110   29  117  213
New York        19  18  2.99   37  12  10   337   269  126  112   28  135  273
Cincinnati      28  11  3.16   39  10  16   351   302  142  123   29  145  184
Chicago         18  16  3.62   34  10   8   298   303  134  120   34  104  211
San Diego       18  24  3.72   42   3  10   380   338  172  157   34  187  229
St. Louis       18  17  3.86   35   7   8   310   299  148  133   23  146  196
Pittsburgh      18  21  3.91   39   7   8   350   315  178  152   29  174  246
Philadelphia    14  23  4.08   37   5   8   342   337  171  155   32  115  247
Atlanta         21  16  4.12   37  11   7   336   329  171  154   48   97  267
Houston         19  21  4.51   40  11   5   351   345  194  176   43  155  209
Montreal        14  22  5.37   36   7   5   315   328  207  188   46  187  234
San Francisco   18  22  5.39   40  10   6   362   380  237  217   49  169  245

 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   2  1.99  10  10   7   0   2   86   61   19   19    6   22   98
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
Carl Morton (MON)      4   1  2.65   9   6   2   0   1   51   42   20   15    4   28   28
Jim Merritt (CIN)      8   2  2.67  10  10   4   0   0   78   62   24   23    5   11   33

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Hoyt Wilhelm           2   1  3.00  15   0   0   3   0   27   25   10    9    3   12   21
Larry Jaster           0   0  3.14   8   0   0   0   0   14   16    5    5    1    4    6
Jim Nash               5   1  3.30   9   9   2   0   1   57   53   24   21    5   20   43
George Stone           4   1  3.53   8   8   2   0   1   59   60   26   23    9    7   49
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
Milt Pappas            1   1  7.71   4   2   1   0   0   14   18   13   12    4    5   12
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

 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  1.13  10   0   0   1   0    8    8    1    1    0    4    2
Bill Hands             6   2  2.98   9   9   3   0   0   66   64   26   22    4   15   49
Phil Regan             2   1  3.04  17   0   0   6   0   24   22    8    8    2    9    7
Jim Colborn            0   0  3.18   5   0   0   0   0   11   19    5    4    1    4    9
Joe Decker             1   3  3.22   8   7   0   0   0   45   37   19   16    4   20   30
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  4.15   9   0   0   1   0    9    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  1.80  11   0   0   2   0   15    9    3    3    1   11   12
Wayne Simpson          5   1  2.11   8   8   3   0   2   60   28   17   14    6   26   35
Wayne Granger          1   1  2.55  14   0   0   8   0   18   17    7    5    1    9    5
Jim Merritt            8   2  2.67  10  10   4   0   0   78   62   24   23    5   11   33
Jim McGlothlin         4   3  2.72   8   8   2   0   1   56   40   17   17    3   26   30
Gary Nolan             6   2  2.88   9   9   1   0   1   59   63   24   19    6   23   36
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  0.93  10   0   0   0   0   19   17    3    2    0    9   12
Jim Ray                1   2  2.51  13   2   0   1   0   29   21    9    8    3   16   20
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
Jack DiLauro           0   2  5.63  12   0   0   0   0    8    8    6    5    2    4    4
Jim Bouton             2   3  6.16  10   5   1   0   0   38   41   31   26    4   14   21
Tom Griffin            1   6  6.34   8   8   1   0   0   44   43   31   31    5   31   29
Jack Billingham        1   0  7.91  15   0   0   0   0   19   21   17   17    3    7   12
Dan Osinski            0   1  9.82   3   0   0   0   0    4    5    4    4    0    2    1
Scipio Spinks          0   1 11.17   2   2   0   0   0   10   11   12   12    4    6    4

 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  0.93   8   0   0   2   0   10    2    1    1    0    6    6
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
Ray Lamb               2   0  2.70   9   0   0   0   0   13   11    5    4    2    5   13
Don Sutton             6   4  3.05  10  10   4   0   2   74   66   28   25    7   23   47
Bill Singer            1   2  3.32   3   3   1   0   1   19   18    8    7    0    4   16
Fred Norman            1   0  3.66  10   0   0   1   0   20   13   10    8    1   12   22
Alan Foster            2   5  3.93  10  10   1   0   0   66   57   33   29    7   29   31
Camilo Pascual         0   0  4.00   6   0   0   0   0    9   10    4    4    2    1    6

 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            4   1  2.65   9   6   2   0   1   51   42   20   15    4   28   28
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   2  5.35  14   3   2   0   1   37   37   25   22    4   20   26
Howie Reed             1   2  5.48  14   0   0   0   0   21   26   15   13    2   14   10
John Strohmayer        1   0  6.87   9   0   0   0   0   18   22   14   14    5   12   18
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   2  1.99  10  10   7   0   2   86   61   19   19    6   22   98
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            2   0  4.18   5   3   0   0   0   24   22   11   11    4   12   12
Tug McGraw             0   2  4.70  13   0   0   5   0   15   17   10    8    1   16    9
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
Dick Selma             2   3  3.55  19   0   0   4   0   33   29   13   13    3   13   33
Lowell Palmer          1   1  3.64  12   0   0   0   0   30   26   12   12    3    9   30
Joe Hoerner            1   2  3.66  12   0   0   4   0   20   21    8    8    1    5   16
Rick Wise              2   2  3.79   8   8   1   0   0   55   58   28   23    3   12   31
Chris Short            3   4  4.36   9   8   2   0   2   43   44   21   21    2   13   31
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
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       2   0  0.61  11   0   0   0   0   15   10    3    1    0    6   12
Steve Blass            2   5  3.02   9   9   2   0   0   60   51   29   20    4   23   41
Dave Giusti            1   0  3.10  16   1   0   5   0   29   22   12   10    2   14   22
Bob Veale              2   4  3.43   9   9   1   0   0   63   47   27   24    3   34   49
Luke Walker            5   2  3.44  11   5   0   0   0   37   30   14   14    2   22   31
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   4  4.37   9   9   2   0   0   56   55   31   27    4   32   39
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
Tom Dukes              0   0  2.12  12   0   0   2   0   17   15    6    4    0    6   10
Danny Coombs           3   3  2.27  10   6   1   0   1   44   35   16   11    3   21   18
Dave Roberts           4   2  3.07  16   3   0   1   0   44   36   16   15    3   12   25
Ron Herbel             1   0  3.22  18   0   0   6   0   36   32   14   13    1   14   19
Pat Dobson             3   4  3.88  11   9   1   1   1   70   66   31   30    4   33   56
Mike Corkins           3   3  4.02  10   8   1   0   0   54   45   26   24    7   38   35
Clay Kirby             2   5  4.50   9   9   0   0   0   50   44   27   25    7   26   27
Al Santorini           1   4  4.81   8   7   0   0   0   39   41   22   21    5   22   21
Gary Ross              1   3  4.85  15   0   0   0   0   26   24   14   14    4   15   18

 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  4.31  13   6   1   2   0   48   43   27   23    8   20   20
Gaylord Perry          5   5  4.85  11  11   3   0   0   89   85   49   48   12   41   63
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
Juan Marichal          1   2  6.12   5   5   2   0   0   32   39   22   22    7    7   15
Bill Faul              0   0  6.23   3   0   0   0   0    4    6    3    3    0    3    1
Frank Reberger         0   2  6.32  15   3   0   1   0   31   40   28   22    3   20   26
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  1.48  16   0   0   4   0   24   20    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
Mike Torrez            4   3  2.85   8   8   1   0   1   54   40   22   17    5   34   27
Billy McCool           0   0  3.00   4   0   0   1   0    3    2    1    1    0    3    0
Santiago Guzman        1   0  3.09   5   1   1   0   0   12    7    5    4    0    9    6
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
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
  G. Nolan (CIN)            6
  D. Sutton (LA)            6
  K. Holtzman (CHI)         5
  J. Nash (ATL)             5
  G. Perry (SF)             5
  W. Simpson (CIN)          5

Losses:

  T. Griffin (HOU)          6
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          6
  B. Stoneman (MON)         6
  S. Blass (PIT)            5
  J. Bunning (PHI)          5
  S. Carlton (STL)          5
  A. Foster (LA)            5
  G. Jackson (PHI)          5
  C. Kirby (SD)             5
  P. Niekro (ATL)           5

Complete Games:

  L. Dierker (HOU)          7
  T. Seaver (NY)            7
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          4
  J. Merritt (CIN)          4
  P. Niekro (ATL)           4
  D. Sutton (LA)            4
  B. Hands (CHI)            3
  K. Holtzman (CHI)         3
  C. Osteen (LA)            3
  G. Perry (SF)             3

Saves:

  W. Granger (CIN)          8
  R. Herbel (SD)            6
  P. Regan (CHI)            6
  C. Carroll (CIN)          5
  D. Giusti (PIT)           5
  T. McGraw (NY)            5
  C. Raymond (MON)          5
  R. Taylor (NY)            5
  J. Brewer (LA)            4
  F. Gladding (HOU)         4

Shutouts:

  P. Niekro (ATL)           2
  C. Osteen (LA)            2
  T. Seaver (NY)            2
  C. Short (PHI)            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

Innings Pitched:

  G. Perry (SF)          89.0
  T. Seaver (NY)         86.0
  L. Dierker (HOU)       80.2
  J. Merritt (CIN)       77.2
  D. Sutton (LA)         73.2
  C. Osteen (LA)         70.1
  P. Dobson (SD)         69.2
  A. Foster (LA)         66.1
  B. Hands (CHI)         66.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)        66.1

Hits:

  G. Perry (SF)            85
  L. Dierker (HOU)         80
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         77
  P. Dobson (SD)           66
  B. Gibson (STL)          66
  D. Sutton (LA)           66
  B. Hands (CHI)           64
  B. Stoneman (MON)        64
  G. Nolan (CIN)           63
  J. Merritt (CIN)         62

Runs:

  G. Perry (SF)            49
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         36
  B. Stoneman (MON)        36
  B. Gibson (STL)          35
  A. Foster (LA)           33
  G. Jackson (PHI)         33
  P. Niekro (ATL)          32
  R. Robertson (SF)        32
  J. Bouton (HOU)          31
  P. Dobson (SD)           31

Home Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          14
  G. Perry (SF)            12
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         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:

  G. Perry (SF)            41
  M. Corkins (SD)          38
  M. Torrez (STL)          34
  B. Veale (PIT)           34
  P. Dobson (SD)           33
  R. Robertson (SF)        33
  D. Ellis (PIT)           32
  T. Griffin (HOU)         31
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        30
  A. Foster (LA)           29

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)           98
  B. Gibson (STL)          63
  G. Perry (SF)            63
  B. Stoneman (MON)        63
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        60
  P. Niekro (ATL)          58
  L. Dierker (HOU)         57
  P. Dobson (SD)           56
  P. Jarvis (ATL)          54
  G. Gentry (NY)           52

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