Friday May 22, 1970
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, May 22, 1970

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     23  17  2.76   40  10   9   372   293  130  114   31  124  223
New York        19  19  2.99   38  12  10   346   278  132  115   29  138  279
Cincinnati      30  11  3.05   41  12  16   369   314  144  125   29  147  191
Chicago         19  16  3.61   35  10   8   307   311  138  123   35  108  217
San Diego       18  25  3.76   43   3  10   388   347  181  162   36  193  239
St. Louis       19  18  3.85   37   7   8   328   320  155  140   24  152  219
Pittsburgh      18  23  4.03   41   7   8   366   334  191  164   30  181  254
Atlanta         22  17  4.05   39  12   7   353   341  177  159   48  104  283
Philadelphia    15  24  4.08   39   5   8   360   352  180  163   34  121  262
Houston         19  23  4.48   42  12   5   369   366  202  184   46  164  228
San Francisco   19  22  5.31   41  11   6   371   386  241  219   49  173  254
Montreal        16  22  5.32   38   8   5   333   349  216  197   48  193  244

 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
Sandy Vance (LA)       4   2  2.05   7   7   1   0   0   48   36   12   11    4   14   18
Wayne Simpson (CIN)    5   1  2.11   8   8   3   0   2   60   28   17   14    6   26   35
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
Jim Merritt (CIN)      9   2  2.60  11  11   5   0   0   87   72   26   25    5   11   40
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
Pat Jarvis             4   3  3.53  10  10   3   0   1   71   58   31   28    4   21   62
Phil Niekro            4   6  4.03  10  10   4   0   2   74   68   38   33   14   19   66
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
Jim Colborn            1   0  2.30   6   0   0   0   0   16   20    5    4    1    5   12
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
Joe Decker             1   3  3.22   8   7   0   0   0   45   37   19   16    4   20   30
Ken Holtzman           5   3  3.71  10  10   3   0   0   70   68   35   29    9   33   63
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            9   2  2.60  11  11   5   0   0   87   72   26   25    5   11   40
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   3  3.08  11  11   7   0   1   88   91   34   30   10   24   65
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  7.17  16   0   0   0   0   21   22   17   17    3    7   15
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   7   0   0   1   0   14    3    0    0    0    7    8
Jose Pena              1   0  0.93   8   0   0   2   0   10    2    1    1    0    6    6
Sandy Vance            4   2  2.05   7   7   1   0   0   48   36   12   11    4   14   18
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          2   6  4.77  11  11   2   0   1   72   69   39   38   11   34   70
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   3  2.73   9   9   1   0   1   63   56   25   19    6   22   44
Ron Taylor             1   2  2.81  14   0   0   5   0   16   12    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
Tug McGraw             0   2  3.93  14   0   0   5   0   18   18   10    8    1   16   12
Ray Sadecki            2   0  4.18   5   3   0   0   0   24   22   11   11    4   12   12
Don Cardwell           0   1  6.10   9   0   0   0   0   10   11    8    7    2    3    5
Jim McAndrew           1   3  7.41   6   3   0   0   0   17   23   17   14    1    3    8

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Jackson           0   1  2.08   4   0   0   0   0    4    6    1    1    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
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
Dick Selma             2   3  3.86  20   0   0   4   0   35   31   15   15    3   14   37
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  6.55   9   8   0   0   0   44   54   36   32    8   16   27

 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
Gene Garber            0   2  3.57  10   0   0   0   0   18   13    7    7    2    9    5
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
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   4  5.98   7   7   2   0   0   44   52   29   29    7   14   29
Joe Gibbon             0   0  6.75   9   0   0   1   0    9   12    9    7    0    8    9
Al McBean              0   0  8.10   7   0   0   1   0   10   13   11    9    2    7    3

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Dukes              0   0  1.89  13   0   0   2   0   19   17   10    4    1    9   13
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   4  4.37  11   9   1   0   0   60   52   31   29    8   41   42
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         4   3  3.69  11  11   4   0   0   71   62   36   29    7   37   57
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
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
Chuck Taylor           1   2  1.80  17   0   0   4   0   25   22    6    5    1    9   12
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
Frank Linzy            1   1  3.38   2   0   0   0   0    3    3    1    1    0    1    0
Billy McCool           0   0  3.38   6   0   0   1   0    5    3    2    2    0    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  6.35   9   5   0   0   0   23   27   18   16    2   10   14

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League Leaders

Wins:

  J. Merritt (CIN)          9
  L. Dierker (HOU)          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
  J. Merritt (CIN)          5
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          4
  P. Niekro (ATL)           4
  R. Robertson (SF)         4
  D. Sutton (LA)            4
  B. Hands (CHI)            3
  K. Holtzman (CHI)         3
  P. Jarvis (ATL)           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
  L. Dierker (HOU)       87.2
  J. Merritt (CIN)       86.2
  T. Seaver (NY)         86.0
  C. Osteen (LA)         78.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)        73.2
  D. Sutton (LA)         73.2
  B. Stoneman (MON)      71.2
  P. Jarvis (ATL)        71.1
  R. Robertson (SF)      70.2

Hits:

  L. Dierker (HOU)         91
  G. Perry (SF)            85
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         77
  J. Merritt (CIN)         72
  B. Stoneman (MON)        69
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        68
  P. Niekro (ATL)          68
  D. Lemaster (HOU)        67
  P. Dobson (SD)           66
  B. Gibson (STL)          66

Runs:

  G. Perry (SF)            49
  B. Stoneman (MON)        39
  P. Niekro (ATL)          38
  G. Jackson (PHI)         36
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         36
  R. Robertson (SF)        36
  B. Gibson (STL)          35
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        35
  L. Dierker (HOU)         34
  S. Blass (PIT)           33

Home Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          14
  G. Perry (SF)            12
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         11
  B. Stoneman (MON)        11
  L. Dierker (HOU)         10
  D. Lemaster (HOU)        10
  K. Holtzman (CHI)         9
  G. Stone (ATL)            9
  M. Corkins (SD)           8
  G. Jackson (PHI)          8

Walks:

  M. Corkins (SD)          41
  G. Perry (SF)            41
  R. Robertson (SF)        37
  B. Stoneman (MON)        34
  M. Torrez (STL)          34
  B. Veale (PIT)           34
  P. Dobson (SD)           33
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        33
  D. Ellis (PIT)           32
  T. Griffin (HOU)         31

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)           98
  B. Stoneman (MON)        70
  P. Niekro (ATL)          66
  L. Dierker (HOU)         65
  B. Gibson (STL)          63
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        63
  G. Perry (SF)            63
  P. Jarvis (ATL)          62
  R. Robertson (SF)        57
  P. Dobson (SD)           56

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