Wednesday June 17, 1970
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, June 17, 1970

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     35  28  3.07   63  17  12   581   503  220  198   47  186  350
New York        31  30  3.28   61  20  13   552   452  223  201   52  213  424
Cincinnati      45  18  3.40   63  18  23   559   499  238  211   50  227  314
Chicago         33  24  3.75   57  16  13   501   494  239  209   58  188  355
St. Louis       28  31  3.76   59  16   9   524   494  244  219   33  253  374
Pittsburgh      31  33  3.84   64  17  12   570   512  276  243   42  261  411
Philadelphia    27  33  3.94   60   8  15   553   535  268  242   48  202  407
Atlanta         33  26  4.04   59  20  11   528   515  263  237   68  172  397
San Diego       29  39  4.10   68   6  17   613   585  315  279   65  284  381
Houston         27  37  4.48   64  16   8   571   574  310  284   64  262  385
Montreal        22  38  4.93   60  10  10   529   533  323  290   73  298  372
San Francisco   29  33  5.57   62  19   8   560   606  383  347   76  246  363

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Danny Coombs (SD)      6   5  2.19  16  11   2   0   1   78   65   27   19    3   33   39
Wayne Simpson (CIN)    9   1  2.34  14  14   6   0   2  104   65   32   27    8   48   69
Jim McGlothlin (CIN)   9   3  2.35  14  14   5   0   3  103   70   27   27    8   40   50
Tom Seaver (NY)        9   5  2.41  15  15   9   0   2  127   89   35   34   12   34  129
Jerry Koosman (NY)     2   3  2.57  10   9   1   0   1   67   57   25   19    6   23   45
Claude Osteen (LA)     9   6  2.80  16  16   6   0   4  125  118   42   39    8   22   57
Dave Roberts (SD)      5   3  2.90  24   4   0   1   0   68   62   23   22    5   17   43
Jim Bunning (PHI)      5   6  2.93  12  12   2   0   0   83   72   33   27    9   26   60
Mike Torrez (STL)      5   6  3.02  13  13   2   0   1   89   70   38   30    5   58   51
Don Sutton (LA)        8   5  3.18  16  16   6   0   3  119  102   45   42   12   36   84

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Hoyt Wilhelm           2   2  3.28  22   0   0   4   0   36   31   14   13    5   19   31
Pat Jarvis             6   5  3.33  14  14   6   0   1  103   90   43   38    5   28   88
George Stone           6   1  3.35  13  13   4   0   1   91   88   38   34   11   20   64
Jim Nash               8   2  3.74  14  14   3   0   1   91   89   41   38    9   32   72
Phil Niekro            6   8  3.83  14  14   6   0   2  103   93   50   44   19   33   78
Gary Neibauer          0   3  4.97   7   0   0   0   0   13   11    7    7    0    8    9
Bob Priddy             2   2  4.97  17   0   0   5   0   25   24   14   14    5    8   14
Larry Jaster           1   0  5.95  12   0   0   0   0   20   27   13   13    3    5    8
Milt Pappas            2   2  5.97   8   3   1   0   0   29   34   20   19    5    7   20
Ron Kline              0   0  7.11   5   0   0   1   0    6    9    5    5    4    2    3
Mike McQueen           0   1  7.20   3   1   0   1   0    5    9    8    4    1    4    5
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  2.00  11   0   0   1   0    9    9    2    2    0    5    2
Jim Colborn            2   0  2.70  15   1   0   2   0   27   34   10    8    1    9   21
Bill Hands             8   5  3.19  15  15   4   0   0  107  100   45   38    8   35   81
Hank Aguirre           3   0  3.27  12   0   0   1   0   11   11    4    4    2    4    9
Ken Holtzman           8   3  3.41  16  16   6   0   0  113  106   53   43   16   46   90
Joe Decker             1   4  3.61  13  10   0   0   0   67   59   33   27    5   34   47
Phil Regan             4   2  3.72  27   0   0   9   0   39   40   18   16    3   15   13
Archie Reynolds        0   1  3.86   2   0   0   0   0    2    1    1    1    1    3    1
Fergie Jenkins         7   7  4.69  15  15   6   0   0  113  116   62   59   20   27   88
Jim Dunegan            0   2  5.40   3   0   0   0   0    7    5    4    4    1    5    0
Steve Barber           0   0  9.82   3   0   0   0   0    4    8    4    4    0    3    3
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  1.35  18   0   0   3   0   20   12    3    3    1   17   17
Wayne Simpson          9   1  2.34  14  14   6   0   2  104   65   32   27    8   48   69
Jim McGlothlin         9   3  2.35  14  14   5   0   3  103   70   27   27    8   40   50
Wayne Granger          2   1  2.36  22   0   0  14   0   27   28    9    7    1   10   11
Clay Carroll           4   1  3.08  25   0   0   5   0   38   36   16   13    2    8   21
Jim Merritt           11   5  3.37  16  16   6   0   0  118  113   47   44   11   15   59
Gary Nolan             7   3  4.01  14  14   1   0   1   90   95   45   40   10   41   57
Bo Belinsky            0   0  4.50   3   0   0   0   0    8   10    6    4    0    6    6
Pedro Borbon           0   2  7.11   4   1   0   0   0    6    7    7    5    2    3    3
Tony Cloninger         1   1  8.00  10   0   0   1   0   18   23   16   16    5   13    8
Ray Washburn           0   1  8.18  10   2   0   0   0   22   30   25   20    1   21   12
Jim Maloney            0   0  8.44   2   2   0   0   0    5   10    5    5    1    5    1

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jack DiLauro           0   2  2.93  22   0   0   1   0   15   13    7    5    2    5   13
Jack Billingham        4   1  3.30  24   3   2   0   1   57   51   24   21    5   13   48
Fred Gladding          3   0  3.38  24   0   0   6   0   29   29   14   11    2   11   18
Ron Cook               0   0  3.44  17   2   0   0   0   34   30   14   13    2   21   21
Larry Dierker          8   7  3.77  15  15   8   0   1  112  123   52   47   12   33   86
Tom Griffin            2   7  4.39  12  12   2   0   1   70   58   34   34    6   47   45
Jim Ray                3   2  4.47  21   2   0   1   0   46   49   24   23    8   23   32
Denny Lemaster         4   9  4.48  16  15   3   0   0   98   95   53   49   14   45   67
Don Wilson             1   2  5.87   9   7   0   0   0   38   41   27   25    4   27   16
Jim Bouton             2   4  6.13  17   6   1   0   0   47   55   37   32    4   22   27
Mike Marshall          0   1  8.44   4   0   0   0   0    5    8    5    5    0    4    5
Dan Osinski            0   1  9.82   3   0   0   0   0    4    5    4    4    0    2    1
Scipio Spinks          0   1  9.88   5   2   0   0   0   14   17   15   15    5    9    6

 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
Jose Pena              3   2  1.19  16   0   0   2   0   30   18    5    4    1   16   18
Joe Moeller            2   2  2.23  13   3   1   3   0   36   27    9    9    0   11   18
Jim Brewer             2   1  2.32  20   0   0   6   0   31   17   10    8    3   11   35
Claude Osteen          9   6  2.80  16  16   6   0   4  125  118   42   39    8   22   57
Pete Mikkelsen         0   0  2.84   5   0   0   0   0    6    7    2    2    1    1    5
Sandy Vance            4   3  3.00  10   9   1   0   0   57   54   22   19    5   14   23
Fred Norman            1   0  3.03  15   0   0   1   0   30   20   12   10    2   18   28
Camilo Pascual         0   0  3.18   8   0   0   0   0   11   11    4    4    2    4    6
Don Sutton             8   5  3.18  16  16   6   0   3  119  102   45   42   12   36   84
Ray Lamb               2   0  3.47  12   0   0   0   0   23   22   11    9    3    9   16
Alan Foster            3   7  4.13  15  15   2   0   0   89   85   46   41    8   38   43
Bill Singer            1   2  4.71   4   4   1   0   1   21   21   12   11    2    6   17

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John O'Donoghue        0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
Claude Raymond         3   4  3.18  24   0   0  10   0   40   35   16   14    3    8   31
Carl Morton            6   4  3.51  16  12   3   0   1   85   85   40   33    8   47   51
Howie Reed             2   3  3.82  19   0   0   0   0   35   38   18   15    3   18   15
Mike Wegener           0   1  3.86   6   4   0   0   0   26   20   13   11    4   15    9
Bill Stoneman          3   8  4.74  19  15   3   0   1  101   97   55   53   14   53   91
Steve Renko            2   3  4.84  14   9   1   0   0   58   53   35   31    8   33   34
Gary Waslewski         0   2  5.11   6   4   0   0   0   25   23   14   14    3   15   19
Dan McGinn             3   5  5.46  21   8   2   0   1   61   65   46   37   10   33   41
Bill Dillman           2   2  5.79  10   0   0   0   0   19   14   12   12    3   14    9
John Strohmayer        1   0  6.21  16   0   0   0   0   29   32   20   20    7   17   33
Joe Sparma             0   4  7.06   9   6   1   0   0   29   34   25   23    7   25   23
Balor Moore            0   2  7.45   6   2   0   0   0   10   14    9    8    0    8    6
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
Rich Folkers           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    1    0    0    0    0    0
Tom Seaver             9   5  2.41  15  15   9   0   2  127   89   35   34   12   34  129
Jerry Koosman          2   3  2.57  10   9   1   0   1   67   57   25   19    6   23   45
Ray Sadecki            5   1  2.81  10   7   2   0   0   58   50   19   18    8   14   40
Ron Taylor             1   3  3.24  23   0   0   8   0   25   21    9    9    1    3   10
Cal Koonce             0   2  3.27  13   0   0   0   0   22   25    9    8    2   14   10
Gary Gentry            6   4  3.32  14  14   2   0   2   98   75   43   36   11   42   78
Nolan Ryan             4   5  3.72  10   9   4   0   1   65   38   27   27    4   45   61
Jim McAndrew           3   4  4.68  10   7   2   0   1   42   44   25   22    3    9   26
Tug McGraw             1   2  5.20  20   0   0   5   0   28   30   18   16    2   24   19
Don Cardwell           0   1  5.89  12   0   0   0   0   18   22   13   12    3    5    6

 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
Joe Hoerner            4   2  2.61  18   0   0   6   0   31   27    9    9    1    8   26
Jim Bunning            5   6  2.93  12  12   2   0   0   83   72   33   27    9   26   60
Barry Lersch           0   0  3.27  12   0   0   1   0   22   20    9    8    4    9   12
Woodie Fryman          5   3  3.39  13  13   3   0   2   85   73   34   32    7   28   63
Dick Selma             2   4  3.50  29   0   0   8   0   54   49   21   21    4   24   60
Rick Wise              4   4  3.68  13  13   1   0   0   88   94   44   36    4   25   46
Lowell Palmer          1   1  3.79  16   0   0   0   0   38   34   17   16    4   14   38
Bill Wilson            1   0  4.71  19   0   0   0   0   29   23   17   15    3   16   21
Chris Short            3   7  5.32  14  13   2   0   2   69   77   43   41    3   28   48
Grant Jackson          1   5  6.75  11   9   0   0   0   48   60   40   36    9   20   29

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Nelson             1   0  0.69   3   1   0   0   0   13    7    2    1    0    4   11
Dave Giusti            2   0  2.90  24   1   0   9   0   40   32   15   13    3   17   28
Bob Veale              5   7  3.23  15  15   3   0   1  103   78   42   37    5   50   92
Luke Walker            5   3  3.77  16   5   0   0   0   43   38   18   18    2   28   36
Steve Blass            4   8  3.79  15  15   4   0   0   95   84   51   40    6   39   64
Lou Marone             0   0  3.86   1   0   0   0   0    2    2    1    1    1    0    0
Dock Ellis             5   5  3.90  15  15   4   0   1   97   84   47   42    5   54   59
Bob Moose              6   6  3.96  12  12   6   0   2   86   87   38   38   10   25   68
Bruce Dal Canton       2   0  4.37  16   0   0   0   0   23   25   13   11    1   11   19
Orlando Pena           0   0  4.50   1   0   0   0   0    2    2    1    1    0    0    1
Chuck Hartenstein      1   1  4.56  17   0   0   1   0   24   25   15   12    3    8   14
Gene Garber            0   3  5.24  14   0   0   0   0   22   22   13   13    4   10    7
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
Ron Willis             0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    1    0    0    1    0
Tom Dukes              0   2  2.12  25   0   0   5   0   34   26   14    8    4   10   29
Danny Coombs           6   5  2.19  16  11   2   0   1   78   65   27   19    3   33   39
Dave Roberts           5   3  2.90  24   4   0   1   0   68   62   23   22    5   17   43
Ron Herbel             4   2  3.69  32   1   0   7   0   63   58   28   26    6   24   29
Pat Dobson             5   6  4.32  16  14   2   1   1  106  102   59   51   10   43   80
Al Santorini           1   5  4.65  11   8   0   0   0   50   52   27   26    6   26   29
Mike Corkins           4   6  4.95  18  14   1   0   0   84   79   49   46   10   64   57
Clay Kirby             3   7  5.30  15  14   1   0   0   75   71   46   44   14   41   42
Roberto Rodriquez      0   0  5.51   9   0   0   3   0   16   24   14   10    1    4    8
Gary Ross              1   3  6.63  19   2   0   0   0   37   45   27   27    6   21   25

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gaylord Perry         10   6  4.18  17  17   8   0   0  140  128   67   65   15   47   91
Rich Robertson         4   5  4.73  16  16   4   0   0   93   92   57   49   11   53   65
Don McMahon            3   1  5.08  18   0   0   2   0   28   23   16   16    5   11   25
Ron Bryant             3   4  5.18  22   1   0   0   0   40   42   27   23    4   11   37
Juan Marichal          3   5  5.68  11  11   5   0   0   70   82   52   44   13   18   31
Mike McCormick         2   2  5.79  17   8   1   2   0   61   66   43   39    9   27   25
Skip Pitlock           0   2  6.10   2   2   0   0   0   10    9    7    7    2    4    6
Frank Linzy            2   1  7.01  20   0   0   1   0   26   33   20   20    2   11   16
Bill Faul              0   0  7.45   7   0   0   1   0   10   15    9    8    1    6    6
Jerry Johnson          0   0  7.90   7   0   0   0   0   14   20   14   12    3   11    8
Frank Reberger         0   3  8.03  21   3   0   2   0   40   58   42   36    5   29   36
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
Mike Davison           0   1 13.50   3   0   0   0   0    3    5    5    5    1    2    1

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Al Hrabosky            0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    0    0    0    0    0
Tom Hilgendorf         0   1  1.59   7   0   0   1   0    6    6    1    1    0    2    1
Chuck Taylor           2   4  2.30  23   2   1   4   1   43   41   12   11    2   13   17
Ted Abernathy          0   0  2.70   6   0   0   1   0   10    9    3    3    0    6    5
Frank Linzy            1   2  2.87  11   0   0   0   0   16   14    5    5    1    8    5
Mike Torrez            5   6  3.02  13  13   2   0   1   89   70   38   30    5   58   51
Jerry Johnson          2   0  3.18   7   0   0   1   0   11    6    4    4    1    3    5
Steve Carlton          3   8  3.19  13  13   4   0   1   99   87   39   35    8   40   93
Bob Gibson             8   3  3.76  14  14   6   0   1  108  101   51   45    4   41  126
Sal Campisi            2   1  4.26  19   0   0   1   0   25   23   12   12    1   19   11
Rich Nye               0   0  4.50   6   0   0   0   0    8   13    5    4    2    6    5
George Culver          3   3  4.61  11   7   2   0   0   57   64   31   29    6   24   23
Billy McCool           0   1  4.91  10   0   0   1   0   15   13    8    8    0    9    9
Santiago Guzman        1   1  7.62   7   3   1   0   0   13   14   12   11    1   12    8
Nelson Briles          1   1  7.99  12   7   0   0   0   24   32   23   21    2   12   15

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League Leaders

Wins:

  J. Merritt (CIN)         11
  G. Perry (SF)            10
  J. McGlothlin (CIN)       9
  C. Osteen (LA)            9
  T. Seaver (NY)            9
  W. Simpson (CIN)          9
  L. Dierker (HOU)          8
  B. Gibson (STL)           8
  B. Hands (CHI)            8
  K. Holtzman (CHI)         8

Losses:

  D. Lemaster (HOU)         9
  S. Blass (PIT)            8
  S. Carlton (STL)          8
  P. Niekro (ATL)           8
  B. Stoneman (MON)         8
  L. Dierker (HOU)          7
  A. Foster (LA)            7
  T. Griffin (HOU)          7
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          7
  C. Kirby (SD)             7

Complete Games:

  T. Seaver (NY)            9
  L. Dierker (HOU)          8
  G. Perry (SF)             8
  B. Gibson (STL)           6
  K. Holtzman (CHI)         6
  P. Jarvis (ATL)           6
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          6
  J. Merritt (CIN)          6
  B. Moose (PIT)            6
  P. Niekro (ATL)           6

Saves:

  W. Granger (CIN)         14
  C. Raymond (MON)         10
  D. Giusti (PIT)           9
  P. Regan (CHI)            9
  D. Selma (PHI)            8
  R. Taylor (NY)            8
  R. Herbel (SD)            7
  J. Brewer (LA)            6
  F. Gladding (HOU)         6
  J. Hoerner (PHI)          6

Shutouts:

  C. Osteen (LA)            4
  J. McGlothlin (CIN)       3
  D. Sutton (LA)            3
  W. Fryman (PHI)           2
  G. Gentry (NY)            2
  B. Moose (PIT)            2
  P. Niekro (ATL)           2
  T. Seaver (NY)            2
  C. Short (PHI)            2
  W. Simpson (CIN)          2

Innings Pitched:

  G. Perry (SF)         140.0
  T. Seaver (NY)        127.0
  C. Osteen (LA)        125.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        119.0
  J. Merritt (CIN)      117.2
  K. Holtzman (CHI)     113.1
  F. Jenkins (CHI)      113.1
  L. Dierker (HOU)      112.1
  B. Gibson (STL)       107.2
  B. Hands (CHI)        107.1

Hits:

  G. Perry (SF)           128
  L. Dierker (HOU)        123
  C. Osteen (LA)          118
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        116
  J. Merritt (CIN)        113
  K. Holtzman (CHI)       106
  P. Dobson (SD)          102
  D. Sutton (LA)          102
  B. Gibson (STL)         101
  B. Hands (CHI)          100

Runs:

  G. Perry (SF)            67
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         62
  P. Dobson (SD)           59
  R. Robertson (SF)        57
  B. Stoneman (MON)        55
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        53
  D. Lemaster (HOU)        53
  L. Dierker (HOU)         52
  J. Marichal (SF)         52
  S. Blass (PIT)           51

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         20
  P. Niekro (ATL)          19
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        16
  G. Perry (SF)            15
  C. Kirby (SD)            14
  D. Lemaster (HOU)        14
  B. Stoneman (MON)        14
  J. Marichal (SF)         13
  L. Dierker (HOU)         12
  T. Seaver (NY)           12

Walks:

  M. Corkins (SD)          64
  M. Torrez (STL)          58
  D. Ellis (PIT)           54
  R. Robertson (SF)        53
  B. Stoneman (MON)        53
  B. Veale (PIT)           50
  W. Simpson (CIN)         48
  T. Griffin (HOU)         47
  C. Morton (MON)          47
  G. Perry (SF)            47

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          129
  B. Gibson (STL)         126
  S. Carlton (STL)         93
  B. Veale (PIT)           92
  G. Perry (SF)            91
  B. Stoneman (MON)        91
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        90
  P. Jarvis (ATL)          88
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         88
  L. Dierker (HOU)         86


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