Tuesday May 26, 1970
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, May 26, 1970

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     25  18  2.77   43  11  10   399   326  139  123   33  129  236
New York        21  21  3.11   42  14  10   382   308  151  132   32  153  305
Cincinnati      32  14  3.24   46  12  18   411   359  170  148   34  159  211
Chicago         22  17  3.53   39  11  10   342   342  153  134   39  119  244
San Diego       21  28  3.80   49   4  12   446   407  214  188   45  216  285
St. Louis       20  20  3.87   40   8   8   354   342  167  152   26  168  241
Pittsburgh      20  24  3.97   44   8   9   392   352  201  173   32  193  267
Philadelphia    17  25  4.01   42   5   9   388   374  190  173   37  135  285
Atlanta         24  18  4.06   42  13   8   379   368  189  171   49  109  297
Houston         20  25  4.71   45  12   6   395   403  228  207   50  179  241
Montreal        16  25  5.10   41   9   5   360   374  230  204   53  204  262
San Francisco   21  24  5.62   45  12   7   413   440  284  258   58  190  280

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Danny Coombs (SD)      5   3  1.81  12   7   1   0   1   55   44   17   11    3   24   23
Tom Seaver (NY)        7   3  2.01  11  11   7   0   2   94   65   21   21    7   23  104
Sandy Vance (LA)       4   2  2.05   7   7   1   0   0   48   36   12   11    4   14   18
Jim McGlothlin (CIN)   6   3  2.24  10  10   3   0   2   72   46   18   18    4   29   34
Wayne Simpson (CIN)    6   1  2.26   9   9   3   0   2   68   33   20   17    6   29   38
Claude Osteen (LA)     6   4  2.37  11  11   4   0   2   87   77   25   23    6   17   38
Carl Morton (MON)      4   2  2.48  10   7   2   0   1   58   48   22   16    5   32   31
Jim Bunning (PHI)      1   6  2.59   8   8   1   0   0   56   49   21   16    6   16   40
Jerry Koosman (NY)     2   3  2.73   9   9   1   0   1   63   56   25   19    6   22   44
Nolan Ryan (NY)        3   3  2.78   6   6   4   0   1   45   23   14   14    2   31   43

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
George Stone           5   1  3.19   9   9   3   0   1   68   63   27   24    9    9   52
Hoyt Wilhelm           2   1  3.30  18   0   0   4   0   30   27   12   11    3   13   24
Jim Nash               6   1  3.36  10  10   2   0   1   64   62   27   24    6   22   48
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
Larry Jaster           0   0  4.40   9   0   0   0   0   14   18    7    7    1    4    6
Bob Priddy             2   2  5.12  12   0   0   3   0   19   22   11   11    4    4   13
Gary Neibauer          0   2  5.40   6   0   0   0   0    8    7    5    5    0    5    6
Milt Pappas            1   2  7.20   5   3   1   0   0   20   27   17   16    4    5   14
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  2.04   7   0   0   0   0   18   22    6    4    1    5   14
Phil Regan             2   1  2.67  19   0   0   8   0   27   24    9    8    2   10    8
Bill Hands             7   2  2.82  10  10   3   0   0   73   69   27   23    4   18   53
Joe Decker             1   4  3.20   9   8   0   0   0   51   42   21   18    4   23   37
Ken Holtzman           6   3  3.52  11  11   4   0   0   79   75   38   31   11   34   68
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  1.65  13   0   0   2   0   16   10    3    3    1   13   13
Jim McGlothlin         6   3  2.24  10  10   3   0   2   72   46   18   18    4   29   34
Wayne Simpson          6   1  2.26   9   9   3   0   2   68   33   20   17    6   29   38
Jim Merritt            9   3  2.95  12  12   5   0   0   92   81   31   30    7   12   44
Wayne Granger          1   1  3.00  17   0   0  10   0   21   23    9    7    1   10    7
Gary Nolan             6   2  3.12  10  10   1   0   1   66   73   28   23    6   24   39
Clay Carroll           1   1  4.00  18   0   0   5   0   27   26   15   12    1    7   13
Bo Belinsky            0   0  4.50   3   0   0   0   0    8   10    6    4    0    6    6
Pedro Borbon           0   1  4.50   1   1   0   0   0    4    5    4    2    1    1    1
Ray Washburn           0   1  7.02   7   2   0   0   0   17   22   17   13    1   16    9
Jim Maloney            0   0  8.44   2   2   0   0   0    5   10    5    5    1    5    1
Tony Cloninger         1   1  8.79   8   0   0   1   0   14   20   14   14    5    7    6

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ron Cook               0   0  2.49  11   0   0   0   0   25   22    8    7    1   15   12
Larry Dierker          8   4  3.36  12  12   7   0   1   94  101   39   35   11   26   70
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
Jack DiLauro           0   2  4.50  14   0   0   1   0   10    9    6    5    2    4    5
Fred Gladding          3   0  4.67  14   0   0   4   0   17   21   11    9    2    6    9
Don Wilson             1   1  5.88   7   5   0   0   0   26   24   19   17    3   17    9
Jack Billingham        1   0  6.04  19   0   0   0   0   25   28   20   17    3    7   18
Tom Griffin            1   6  6.34   8   8   1   0   0   44   43   31   31    5   31   29
Jim Bouton             2   3  6.63  11   6   1   0   0   38   44   33   28    4   15   21
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   8   0   0   2   0   16    3    0    0    0    8    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          6   4  2.37  11  11   4   0   2   87   77   25   23    6   17   38
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            3   5  3.70  11  11   1   0   0   73   68   34   30    7   29   34
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
Balor Moore            0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    1    1    1    0    0    1    0
Carl Morton            4   2  2.48  10   7   2   0   1   58   48   22   16    5   32   31
Bill Dillman           1   0  3.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    2    1    1    0    1    3
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   7  4.46  12  12   3   0   1   81   77   42   40   12   38   77
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   3  2.01  11  11   7   0   2   94   65   21   21    7   23  104
Jerry Koosman          2   3  2.73   9   9   1   0   1   63   56   25   19    6   22   44
Nolan Ryan             3   3  2.78   6   6   4   0   1   45   23   14   14    2   31   43
Gary Gentry            4   2  3.00   9   9   1   0   1   63   44   27   21    5   27   54
Ron Taylor             1   2  3.18  15   0   0   5   0   17   14    6    6    1    2    8
Ray Sadecki            3   0  3.21   7   4   1   0   0   34   29   12   12    4   12   19
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
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           1   1  1.42   5   0   0   0   0    6    6    1    1    0    4    4
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
Rick Wise              3   2  3.45   9   9   1   0   0   63   63   29   24    3   14   35
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
Dick Selma             2   3  3.79  22   0   0   5   0   38   34   16   16    4   17   42
Bill Wilson            1   0  3.80  15   0   0   0   0   24   16   12   10    3   16   18
Woodie Fryman          2   1  4.27   8   8   1   0   1   46   43   23   22    4   17   30
Chris Short            3   4  5.12  10   9   2   0   2   46   50   26   26    2   15   34
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
Bob Veale              3   4  3.00  10  10   2   0   1   72   50   27   24    3   40   59
Gene Garber            0   2  3.20  11   0   0   0   0   20   14    7    7    2    9    6
Luke Walker            5   3  3.65  12   5   0   0   0   37   32   15   15    2   24   31
Steve Blass            2   6  3.76  11  11   2   0   0   69   62   39   29    5   25   41
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  4.58  14   0   0   1   0   20   21   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  10   0   0   1   0    9   13    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
Roberto Rodriquez      0   0  0.00   1   0   0   1   0    2    2    0    0    0    0    2
Tom Dukes              0   0  1.48  16   0   0   3   0   24   17   10    4    1    9   21
Danny Coombs           5   3  1.81  12   7   1   0   1   55   44   17   11    3   24   23
Dave Roberts           4   2  3.42  18   3   0   1   0   47   42   19   18    3   12   29
Ron Herbel             1   1  3.57  20   1   0   6   0   45   41   19   18    5   19   25
Pat Dobson             3   5  3.59  12  10   2   1   1   78   72   38   31    4   36   65
Mike Corkins           4   4  4.16  13  10   1   0   0   67   59   33   31    8   48   47
Al Santorini           1   4  4.81   8   7   0   0   0   39   41   22   21    5   22   21
Clay Kirby             2   6  5.31  11  11   0   0   0   59   58   37   35   11   29   32
Gary Ross              1   3  5.97  17   0   0   0   0   29   31   19   19    5   17   20

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rich Robertson         4   4  4.26  12  12   4   0   0   74   70   42   35    8   38   58
Gaylord Perry          6   5  4.50  12  12   4   0   0   98   89   50   49   13   42   68
Jerry Johnson          0   0  5.40   2   0   0   0   0    5    5    5    3    2    4    2
Mike McCormick         2   2  5.49  16   7   1   2   0   57   57   39   35    9   23   24
Ron Bryant             2   4  5.77  18   1   0   0   0   34   39   26   22    4   11   33
Don McMahon            2   1  6.00  13   0   0   2   0   18   14   12   12    3   10   16
Frank Reberger         0   2  6.49  17   3   0   2   0   35   44   31   25    3   22   29
Juan Marichal          1   2  6.94   6   6   2   0   0   35   44   27   27    9    8   16
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   6   4   1   0   0   19   25   18   17    5   11   14
Bill Faul              0   0 10.50   5   0   0   0   0    6   12    8    7    0    5    2

 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
Billy McCool           0   0  2.08   7   0   0   1   0    9    6    2    2    0    6    6
Chuck Taylor           1   3  2.16  18   0   0   4   0   25   25    7    6    1   10   12
Sal Campisi            2   0  2.86  17   0   0   1   0   22   17    7    7    1   17    9
Mike Torrez            4   4  2.87   9   9   1   0   1   60   44   24   19    5   37   31
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
Frank Linzy            1   1  4.05   4   0   0   0   0    7    6    3    3    1    3    1
George Culver          3   2  4.50   8   7   2   0   0   50   56   27   25    4   21   19
Rich Nye               0   0  4.50   6   0   0   0   0    8   13    5    4    2    6    5
Bob Gibson             3   3  4.73   9   9   2   0   0   65   70   36   34    4   24   79
Santiago Guzman        1   0  5.11   6   2   1   0   0   12   10    8    7    1   10    6
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
  B. Hands (CHI)            7
  T. Seaver (NY)            7
  K. Holtzman (CHI)         6
  J. McGlothlin (CIN)       6
  J. Nash (ATL)             6
  G. Nolan (CIN)            6
  C. Osteen (LA)            6
  G. Perry (SF)             6

Losses:

  B. Stoneman (MON)         7
  S. Blass (PIT)            6
  J. Bunning (PHI)          6
  T. Griffin (HOU)          6
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          6
  C. Kirby (SD)             6
  P. Niekro (ATL)           6
  S. Carlton (STL)          5
  P. Dobson (SD)            5
  A. Foster (LA)            5

Complete Games:

  L. Dierker (HOU)          7
  T. Seaver (NY)            7
  J. Merritt (CIN)          5
  K. Holtzman (CHI)         4
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          4
  P. Niekro (ATL)           4
  C. Osteen (LA)            4
  G. Perry (SF)             4
  R. Robertson (SF)         4
  N. Ryan (NY)              4

Saves:

  W. Granger (CIN)         10
  P. Regan (CHI)            8
  D. Giusti (PIT)           6
  R. Herbel (SD)            6
  J. Brewer (LA)            5
  C. Carroll (CIN)          5
  T. McGraw (NY)            5
  C. Raymond (MON)          5
  D. Selma (PHI)            5
  R. Taylor (NY)            5

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)          98.0
  T. Seaver (NY)         94.0
  L. Dierker (HOU)       93.2
  J. Merritt (CIN)       91.2
  C. Osteen (LA)         87.1
  D. Sutton (LA)         81.0
  B. Stoneman (MON)      80.2
  K. Holtzman (CHI)      79.1
  P. Dobson (SD)         77.2
  R. Robertson (SF)      74.0

Hits:

  L. Dierker (HOU)        101
  G. Perry (SF)            89
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         87
  J. Merritt (CIN)         81
  C. Osteen (LA)           77
  B. Stoneman (MON)        77
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        75
  G. Nolan (CIN)           73
  D. Sutton (LA)           73
  P. Dobson (SD)           72

Runs:

  G. Perry (SF)            50
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         43
  R. Robertson (SF)        42
  B. Stoneman (MON)        42
  S. Blass (PIT)           39
  L. Dierker (HOU)         39
  M. McCormick (SF)        39
  P. Dobson (SD)           38
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        38
  P. Niekro (ATL)          38

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  M. Corkins (SD)          48
  G. Perry (SF)            42
  B. Veale (PIT)           40
  D. Ellis (PIT)           38
  R. Robertson (SF)        38
  B. Stoneman (MON)        38
  M. Torrez (STL)          37
  P. Dobson (SD)           36
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        34
  C. Morton (MON)          32

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          104
  B. Gibson (STL)          79
  B. Stoneman (MON)        77
  L. Dierker (HOU)         70
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        68
  G. Perry (SF)            68
  P. Niekro (ATL)          66
  P. Dobson (SD)           65
  P. Jarvis (ATL)          62
  B. Veale (PIT)           59


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