Thursday May 21, 1970
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, May 21, 1970

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     23  16  2.80   39  10   9   363   290  129  113   31  118  219
New York        19  18  2.99   37  12  10   337   269  126  112   28  135  273
Cincinnati      29  11  3.08   40  11  16   360   304  142  123   29  147  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  18  3.87   36   7   8   319   310  152  137   24  149  213
Pittsburgh      18  22  3.97   40   7   8   358   324  185  158   29  180  248
Philadelphia    15  23  4.05   38   5   8   351   344  174  158   33  118  250
Atlanta         21  17  4.16   38  11   7   344   336  177  159   48  101  275
Houston         19  22  4.47   41  12   5   360   354  197  179   44  162  217
Montreal        15  22  5.38   37   7   5   324   344  213  194   47  188  237
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
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
Claude Osteen (LA)     5   4  2.30  10  10   3   0   2   78   65   22   20    6   16   35
Jim McGlothlin (CIN)   5   3  2.34   9   9   3   0   2   65   42   17   17    3   28   30
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

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Hoyt Wilhelm           2   1  2.93  16   0   0   3   0   28   25   10    9    3   13   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   6  4.03  10  10   4   0   2   74   68   38   33   14   19   66
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
Jim McGlothlin         5   3  2.34   9   9   3   0   2   65   42   17   17    3   28   30
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
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   5  3.71  10  10   3   0   0   70   67   31   29   10   31   41
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
Sandy Vance            4   1  2.18   6   6   1   0   0   41   34   11   10    4    8   15
Jim Brewer             0   0  2.29  12   0   0   5   0   20   11    7    5    2    7   21
Claude Osteen          5   4  2.30  10  10   3   0   2   78   65   22   20    6   16   35
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
Bill Dillman           1   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0
Balor Moore            0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
Carl Morton            4   1  2.65   9   6   2   0   1   51   42   20   15    4   28   28
Claude Raymond         3   2  3.42  16   0   0   5   0   26   25   11   10    2    6   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
Howie Reed             1   2  5.32  15   0   0   0   0   22   28   15   13    2   14   11
Dan McGinn             3   2  5.35  14   3   2   0   1   37   37   25   22    4   20   26
Steve Renko            1   3  6.69   9   8   1   0   0   39   46   33   29    7   27   21
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
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
Joe Hoerner            2   2  3.60  13   0   0   4   0   20   21    8    8    1    5   16
Lowell Palmer          1   1  3.64  12   0   0   0   0   30   26   12   12    3    9   30
Rick Wise              2   2  3.79   8   8   1   0   0   55   58   28   23    3   12   31
Woodie Fryman          2   1  4.27   8   8   1   0   1   46   43   23   22    4   17   30
Chris Short            3   4  4.36   9   8   2   0   2   43   44   21   21    2   13   31
Bill Wilson            1   0  4.74  13   0   0   0   0   19   15   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  1.15  12   0   0   0   0   16   12    4    2    0    7   13
Dave Giusti            1   0  3.10  16   1   0   5   0   29   22   12   10    2   14   22
Steve Blass            2   5  3.20  10  10   2   0   0   65   54   33   23    4   25   41
Bob Veale              2   4  3.43   9   9   1   0   0   63   47   27   24    3   34   49
Luke Walker            5   3  3.65  12   5   0   0   0   37   32   15   15    2   24   31
Lou Marone             0   0  3.86   1   0   0   0   0    2    2    1    1    1    0    0
Gene Garber            0   2  4.02   9   0   0   0   0   16   11    7    7    2    9    4
Dock Ellis             2   4  4.37   9   9   2   0   0   56   55   31   27    4   32   39
Chuck Hartenstein      1   1  4.91  13   0   0   1   0   18   20   12   10    3    7   13
Bob Moose              3   3  5.09   6   6   2   0   0   41   44   23   23    6   13   28
Al McBean              0   0  8.10   7   0   0   1   0   10   13   11    9    2    7    3
Joe Gibbon             0   0  9.95   8   0   0   1   0    6   12    9    7    0    8    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  16   0   0   1   0   21   16    4    4    1   15    9
Billy McCool           0   0  2.70   5   0   0   1   0    3    2    1    1    0    3    1
Mike Torrez            4   3  2.85   8   8   1   0   1   54   40   22   17    5   34   27
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  3.79   8   8   2   0   1   57   56   25   24    4   19   53
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
Frank Linzy            0   1 27.00   1   0   0   0   0    0    1    1    1    0    1    0

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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. McGlothlin (CIN)       5
  J. Nash (ATL)             5
  C. Osteen (LA)            5

Losses:

  T. Griffin (HOU)          6
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          6
  P. Niekro (ATL)           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

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
  D. Lemaster (HOU)         3
  J. McGlothlin (CIN)       3

Saves:

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

Shutouts:

  J. McGlothlin (CIN)       2
  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

Innings Pitched:

  G. Perry (SF)          89.0
  T. Seaver (NY)         86.0
  L. Dierker (HOU)       80.2
  C. Osteen (LA)         78.1
  J. Merritt (CIN)       77.2
  P. Niekro (ATL)        73.2
  D. Sutton (LA)         73.2
  D. Lemaster (HOU)      70.1
  P. Dobson (SD)         69.2
  A. Foster (LA)         66.1

Hits:

  G. Perry (SF)            85
  L. Dierker (HOU)         80
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         77
  P. Niekro (ATL)          68
  D. Lemaster (HOU)        67
  P. Dobson (SD)           66
  B. Gibson (STL)          66
  D. Sutton (LA)           66
  C. Osteen (LA)           65
  B. Hands (CHI)           64

Runs:

  G. Perry (SF)            49
  P. Niekro (ATL)          38
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         36
  B. Stoneman (MON)        36
  B. Gibson (STL)          35
  S. Blass (PIT)           33
  A. Foster (LA)           33
  G. Jackson (PHI)         33
  S. Renko (MON)           33
  R. Robertson (SF)        32

Home Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          14
  G. Perry (SF)            12
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         11
  D. Lemaster (HOU)        10
  B. Stoneman (MON)        10
  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
  D. Lemaster (HOU)        31
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        30

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)           98
  P. Niekro (ATL)          66
  B. Gibson (STL)          63
  G. Perry (SF)            63
  B. Stoneman (MON)        63
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        60
  L. Dierker (HOU)         57
  P. Dobson (SD)           56
  P. Jarvis (ATL)          54
  S. Carlton (STL)         53


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