Saturday May 23, 1970
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National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, May 23, 1970

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     23  18  2.81   41  10   9   381   303  135  119   33  127  230
Cincinnati      31  11  3.05   42  12  17   378   320  147  128   29  150  194
New York        19  20  3.22   39  12  10   355   293  146  127   31  147  282
Chicago         20  16  3.67   36  10   9   316   323  146  129   37  111  225
St. Louis       20  18  3.77   38   8   8   337   324  156  141   24  153  235
Atlanta         23  17  3.97   40  13   7   362   344  178  160   48  106  286
San Diego       19  25  3.98   44   3  10   403   370  197  178   40  203  251
Pittsburgh      19  23  4.00   42   7   9   375   338  195  167   31  187  256
Philadelphia    15  25  4.05   40   5   8   369   359  183  166   36  123  270
Houston         19  24  4.64   43  12   5   378   381  216  195   48  170  231
Montreal        16  23  5.26   39   8   5   342   358  224  200   51  195  249
San Francisco   19  23  5.45   42  11   6   386   407  258  234   54  185  265

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
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
Danny Coombs (SD)      4   3  2.08  11   6   1   0   1   48   38   16   11    3   23   19
Wayne Simpson (CIN)    6   1  2.26   9   9   3   0   2   68   33   20   17    6   29   38
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   6  2.59   8   8   1   0   0   56   49   21   16    6   16   40
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
Jerry Koosman (NY)     2   3  2.73   9   9   1   0   1   63   56   25   19    6   22   44

 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
George Stone           5   1  3.19   9   9   3   0   1   68   63   27   24    9    9   52
Jim Nash               5   1  3.30   9   9   2   0   1   57   53   24   21    5   20   43
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
Phil Regan             2   1  2.88  18   0   0   7   0   25   24    9    8    2    9    7
Bill Hands             6   2  2.98   9   9   3   0   0   66   64   26   22    4   15   49
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         3   6  5.05  10  10   4   0   0   73   87   43   41   13   17   54
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          6   1  2.26   9   9   3   0   2   68   33   20   17    6   29   38
Jim McGlothlin         5   3  2.34   9   9   3   0   2   65   42   17   17    3   28   30
Wayne Granger          1   1  2.41  15   0   0   9   0   19   18    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
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
Jim Ray                1   2  3.77  14   2   0   1   0   31   27   14   13    5   18   21
Fred Gladding          2   0  4.96  13   0   0   4   0   16   21   11    9    2    6    8
Jack DiLauro           0   2  5.00  13   0   0   0   0    9    8    6    5    2    4    4
Don Wilson             1   1  5.88   7   5   0   0   0   26   24   19   17    3   17    9
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  6.85  17   0   0   0   0   22   25   20   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 10.13   3   2   0   0   0   11   12   12   12    4    7    5

 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  0.79   9   0   0   2   0   11    5    1    1    0    6    7
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
Bill Singer            1   2  3.32   3   3   1   0   1   19   18    8    7    0    4   16
Don Sutton             6   5  3.33  11  11   4   0   2   81   73   33   30    9   26   53
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   2   0   0   0   0    1    1    1    0    0    1    0
Carl Morton            4   1  2.65   9   6   2   0   1   51   42   20   15    4   28   28
Mike Wegener           0   0  3.00   1   0   0   0   0    3    1    1    1    1    0    1
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
Dan McGinn             3   3  5.09  15   4   2   0   1   41   42   30   23    5   21   27
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
Steve Renko            1   3  6.69   9   8   1   0   0   39   46   33   29    7   27   21
John Strohmayer        1   0  6.86  10   0   0   0   0   20   24   15   15    6   12   21
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
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
Gary Gentry            4   2  3.00   9   9   1   0   1   63   44   27   21    5   27   54
Nolan Ryan             2   3  3.22   5   5   3   0   1   36   21   13   13    2   26   35
Cal Koonce             0   2  3.50  11   0   0   0   0   18   20    8    7    2   13    8
Tug McGraw             0   2  3.93  14   0   0   5   0   18   18   10    8    1   16   12
Ray Sadecki            2   0  4.01   6   3   0   0   0   25   22   11   11    4   12   12
Don Cardwell           0   1  6.75  10   0   0   0   0   13   16   11   10    3    4    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   6  2.59   8   8   1   0   0   56   49   21   16    6   16   40
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  4.50  14   0   0   0   0   20   15   12   10    3   14   16
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  3.00  17   1   0   6   0   30   23   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             3   4  4.24  10  10   2   0   0   64   58   35   30    5   38   41
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  1.71  14   0   0   2   0   21   17   10    4    1    9   17
Danny Coombs           4   3  2.08  11   6   1   0   1   48   38   16   11    3   23   19
Ron Herbel             1   0  3.29  19   0   0   6   0   38   34   15   14    2   15   20
Dave Roberts           4   2  3.50  17   3   0   1   0   46   42   19   18    3   12   28
Pat Dobson             3   4  3.88  11   9   1   1   1   70   66   31   30    4   33   56
Mike Corkins           3   4  4.45  12   9   1   0   0   61   53   32   30    8   44   42
Al Santorini           1   4  4.81   8   7   0   0   0   39   41   22   21    5   22   21
Gary Ross              1   3  5.53  16   0   0   0   0   28   28   17   17    4   17   20
Clay Kirby             2   5  5.71  10  10   0   0   0   52   51   35   33   10   28   28

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jerry Johnson          0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    3    2    2    0    0    4    2
Rich Robertson         4   3  3.69  11  11   4   0   0   71   62   36   29    7   37   57
Mike McCormick         1   2  4.78  14   6   1   2   0   49   46   30   26    9   21   20
Gaylord Perry          5   5  4.85  11  11   3   0   0   89   85   49   48   12   41   63
Ron Bryant             2   4  5.51  17   1   0   0   0   33   36   23   20    4   11   31
Don McMahon            2   1  6.00  13   0   0   2   0   18   14   12   12    3   10   16
Bill Faul              0   0  6.75   4   0   0   0   0    5    9    4    4    0    4    2
Juan Marichal          1   2  6.94   6   6   2   0   0   35   44   27   27    9    8   16
Frank Reberger         0   2  6.96  16   3   0   1   0   32   43   31   25    3   22   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   3  8.20   5   4   1   0   0   19   25   18   17    5   11   14

 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             3   3  4.73   9   9   2   0   0   65   70   36   34    4   24   79
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
  W. Simpson (CIN)          6
  D. Sutton (LA)            6
  K. Holtzman (CHI)         5
  J. McGlothlin (CIN)       5
  J. Nash (ATL)             5

Losses:

  J. Bunning (PHI)          6
  T. Griffin (HOU)          6
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          6
  P. Niekro (ATL)           6
  B. Stoneman (MON)         6
  S. Blass (PIT)            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)          9
  P. Regan (CHI)            7
  D. Giusti (PIT)           6
  R. Herbel (SD)            6
  J. Brewer (LA)            5
  C. Carroll (CIN)          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
  D. Sutton (LA)         81.0
  C. Osteen (LA)         78.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)        73.2
  F. Jenkins (CHI)       73.0
  B. Stoneman (MON)      71.2
  P. Jarvis (ATL)        71.1

Hits:

  L. Dierker (HOU)         91
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         87
  G. Perry (SF)            85
  D. Sutton (LA)           73
  J. Merritt (CIN)         72
  B. Gibson (STL)          70
  B. Stoneman (MON)        69
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        68
  P. Niekro (ATL)          68
  D. Lemaster (HOU)        67

Runs:

  G. Perry (SF)            49
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         43
  B. Stoneman (MON)        39
  P. Niekro (ATL)          38
  B. Gibson (STL)          36
  G. Jackson (PHI)         36
  R. Robertson (SF)        36
  D. Ellis (PIT)           35
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        35
  C. Kirby (SD)            35

Home Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          14
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         13
  G. Perry (SF)            12
  B. Stoneman (MON)        11
  L. Dierker (HOU)         10
  C. Kirby (SD)            10
  D. Lemaster (HOU)        10
  K. Holtzman (CHI)         9
  J. Marichal (SF)          9
  M. McCormick (SF)         9

Walks:

  M. Corkins (SD)          44
  G. Perry (SF)            41
  D. Ellis (PIT)           38
  R. Robertson (SF)        37
  B. Stoneman (MON)        34
  M. Torrez (STL)          34
  B. Veale (PIT)           34
  P. Dobson (SD)           33
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        33
  T. Griffin (HOU)         31

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)           98
  B. Gibson (STL)          79
  B. Stoneman (MON)        70
  P. Niekro (ATL)          66
  L. Dierker (HOU)         65
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        63
  G. Perry (SF)            63
  P. Jarvis (ATL)          62
  R. Robertson (SF)        57
  P. Dobson (SD)           56

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