Thursday May 27, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, May 27, 1971

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        25  16  2.58   41  10   7   380   308  127  109   25  140  290
Houston         23  22  2.71   45   9  10   411   354  135  124   18  124  220
San Francisco   32  14  2.84   46  15   9   424   366  149  134   29  123  239
Pittsburgh      26  18  2.90   44  11  13   397   379  139  128   23  123  241
Philadelphia    16  26  3.63   42   9   6   377   361  171  152   40  125  194
Montreal        18  19  3.64   38  14   7   336   302  144  136   29  139  191
St. Louis       28  17  3.74   46  19   9   407   408  183  169   28  168  246
Cincinnati      18  27  3.76   45   2  15   398   375  174  166   38  177  208
Los Angeles     22  24  3.79   46  15   5   404   382  187  170   36  132  228
Atlanta         22  24  3.87   46   8   8   424   448  199  182   57  139  250
Chicago         21  24  4.03   45  22   2   398   405  204  178   31  131  268
San Diego       13  33  4.21   46   3   7   402   444  220  188   34  190  261

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Larry Dierker (HOU)    8   1  1.94  11  11   5   0   2   88   76   21   19    1   18   56
Dock Ellis (PIT)       6   3  1.97  10  10   4   0   0   78   59   20   17    3   15   55
Juan Marichal (SF)     7   2  2.04  11  11   7   0   3   88   65   20   20    6   19   49
Tom Seaver (NY)        5   2  2.23  10  10   5   0   1   81   62   21   20    5   21   82
Gary Gentry (NY)       3   4  2.30  10  10   2   0   0   70   52   26   18    5   26   47
Ron Bryant (SF)        5   2  2.38  11   7   2   0   1   64   60   20   17    2   15   39
Bill Stoneman (MON)    6   2  2.39  10  10   6   0   0   79   54   22   21    5   35   74
Steve Carlton (STL)    8   2  2.53  11  10   6   0   3   75   69   22   21    3   23   34
Al Downing (LA)        3   2  2.63  10   9   3   0   1   72   64   22   21    5   29   31
Jerry Koosman (NY)     3   2  2.74   9   9   1   0   0   66   62   22   20    4   15   38

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike McQueen           2   1  2.67   8   2   0   0   0   30   24   10    9    5   11   23
Tom Kelley             1   0  2.87   6   1   1   0   0   16   11    5    5    1    4   12
Phil Niekro            3   4  2.87  11  11   4   0   1   78   73   32   25    8   23   50
Ron Reed               5   2  3.27   8   8   2   0   0   55   57   22   20    8   17   27
Bob Priddy             2   1  3.38  15   0   0   2   0   24   22    9    9    3   11   11
George Stone           0   2  3.74   9   6   0   0   0   53   56   26   22    7    9   41
Cecil Upshaw           5   3  4.00  19   0   0   5   0   36   44   16   16    4    9   29
Steve Barber           0   0  4.80  11   0   0   1   0   15   20    9    8    1    6    8
Jim Nash               4   3  4.85   8   8   1   0   0   43   56   24   23    9   19   21
Ron Herbel             0   1  4.96  10   0   0   0   0   16   16    9    9    3    5    5
Pat Jarvis             0   7  5.65  11  10   0   0   0   57   69   37   36    8   25   23

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Fergie Jenkins         8   4  3.25  12  12  10   0   1  100   90   40   36   11   10   91
Bill Hands             4   6  3.71  11  11   5   0   0   70   68   42   29    4   18   42
Milt Pappas            5   5  3.77  10  10   4   0   1   74   75   31   31    7   23   32
Ron Tompkins           0   2  3.86  11   0   0   0   0   12    9    5    5    0    9    4
Jim Colborn            0   0  4.05  10   0   0   0   0    7   10    3    3    0    3    1
Ray Newman             0   0  4.15   4   0   0   0   0    4    3    2    2    0    5    2
Phil Regan             0   1  4.30  14   0   0   1   0   23   26   13   11    1    9   10
Ken Holtzman           3   5  4.68  11  11   3   0   1   75   82   41   39    6   33   68
Earl Stephenson        1   0  4.70  12   0   0   1   0   15   20    8    8    1    8    8
Bob Miller             0   0  5.14   2   0   0   0   0    7   10    4    4    0    1    2
Bill Bonham            0   1  8.44   5   1   0   0   0   11   12   15   10    1   12    8

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Greg Garrett           0   1  1.04   2   1   0   0   0    9    7    1    1    0   10    2
Clay Carroll           1   1  1.85  23   0   0   6   0   34   28    7    7    1   17   23
Tony Cloninger         2   2  2.63  11   4   0   0   0   41   31   12   12    5   22   26
Joe Gibbon             0   1  2.83  17   0   0   4   0   29   20    9    9    2   15   13
Wayne Granger          1   3  3.52  23   0   0   5   0   31   27   13   12    2   16   15
Gary Nolan             3   4  3.56  10  10   1   0   0   68   60   28   27    4   23   44
Milt Wilcox            2   1  4.26  13   1   0   0   0   25   24   13   12    1   12   13
Jim McGlothlin         2   3  4.38   8   7   0   0   0   39   39   19   19    6   11   21
Don Gullett            5   2  4.75  10   7   1   0   1   42   44   23   22    4   18   17
Jim Merritt            0   7  4.96   8   8   0   0   0   45   55   28   25    9   15   13
Wayne Simpson          1   1  5.12   5   4   0   0   0   19   18   11   11    1   17   15
Ross Grimsley          1   1  5.17   3   3   0   0   0   16   22   10    9    3    1    6

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Buddy Harris           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    1    0    0    0    0    0
Denny Lemaster         0   0  0.73  14   0   0   2   0   12    8    1    1    0    3    7
Ken Forsch             0   0  1.48   8   1   0   0   0   24   17    4    4    1   10   16
Fred Gladding          1   1  1.72  13   0   0   4   0   16   17    4    3    0    5    2
Larry Dierker          8   1  1.94  11  11   5   0   2   88   76   21   19    1   18   56
George Culver          3   4  1.99  18   0   0   3   0   23   15    5    5    1   13   12
Jim Ray                1   1  2.82  13   0   0   1   0   22   21    7    7    2    3   11
Jack Billingham        3   3  3.08   8   8   1   0   0   61   45   24   21    2   17   27
Don Wilson             4   2  3.11  10  10   3   0   1   75   69   26   26    5   20   38
Wade Blasingame        3   5  3.19   9   9   0   0   0   54   45   22   19    3   19   27
Tom Griffin            0   5  5.08   8   6   0   0   0   34   40   21   19    3   16   24

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jose Pena              0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    1    0    0    0    1    3
Joe Moeller            0   1  2.25   8   0   0   1   0   20   15    8    5    1    4    5
Jim Brewer             2   1  2.50  15   0   0   2   0   18   15    5    5    1    9   17
Al Downing             3   2  2.63  10   9   3   0   1   72   64   22   21    5   29   31
Claude Osteen          6   2  2.98  12  12   6   0   2   85   77   28   28   11   20   39
Pete Mikkelsen         5   2  3.65  14   0   0   2   0   25   24   14   10    3    4   17
Don Sutton             2   5  4.14  11  11   3   0   1   72   72   35   33    6   15   49
Charlie Hough          0   0  4.15   4   0   0   0   0    4    3    3    2    1    3    4
Bob O'Brien            0   1  5.11   6   0   0   0   0   12    8    7    7    1    8    8
Bill Singer            2   9  5.18  11  11   3   0   0   73   75   48   42    6   32   47
Sandy Vance            2   1  7.65   7   3   0   0   0   20   28   17   17    1    7    8

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Stoneman          6   2  2.39  10  10   6   0   0   79   54   22   21    5   35   74
Carl Morton            4   5  3.22  11  11   5   0   0   81   79   32   29    7   24   28
Claude Raymond         1   1  3.38   8   0   0   0   0   16   18    6    6    1    8    8
Steve Renko            4   3  3.41  10  10   3   0   0   71   66   30   27    5   31   38
Howie Reed             1   1  3.77  10   0   0   0   0   14   16    6    6    4    4    3
Mike Marshall          1   2  4.29  16   0   0   7   0   21   19   10   10    0   11   12
Ernie McAnally         1   5  5.44   9   7   0   0   0   45   35   28   27    4   22   24
John O'Donoghue        0   0  9.64   6   0   0   0   0    5    7    5    5    1    3    1
John Strohmayer        0   0 11.25   3   0   0   0   0    4    8    5    5    2    1    3

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Nolan Ryan             5   1  1.32   7   5   1   0   0   41   19    8    6    1   35   34
Ray Sadecki            2   0  1.82   7   2   1   0   1   25   20    5    5    1    7   15
Ron Taylor             2   1  1.84  11   0   0   0   0   15   14    3    3    1    4    2
Tom Seaver             5   2  2.23  10  10   5   0   1   81   62   21   20    5   21   82
Danny Frisella         2   1  2.25  14   0   0   5   0   20   14    5    5    2    4   26
Gary Gentry            3   4  2.30  10  10   2   0   0   70   52   26   18    5   26   47
Tug McGraw             3   2  2.33  13   0   0   2   0   27   22    8    7    0   15   27
Jerry Koosman          3   2  2.74   9   9   1   0   0   66   62   22   20    4   15   38
Jim McAndrew           0   2  6.23   5   5   0   0   0   26   33   20   18    5    6   15
Charlie Williams       0   1  6.52   4   0   0   0   0   10   10    9    7    1    7    4

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Darrell Brandon        2   1  0.95  15   0   0   2   0   19   18    4    2    1   12   12
Woodie Fryman          0   3  2.30  13   2   0   1   0   31   20   10    8    3   10   24
Chris Short            3   6  2.76  10  10   3   0   2   72   64   30   22    8   24   38
Joe Hoerner            1   1  3.31  14   0   0   2   0   16   16    6    6    2    5   12
Ken Reynolds           0   0  3.38  10   1   0   0   0   21   16   10    8    0   11   12
Rick Wise              4   2  3.39  10   9   3   0   1   64   67   25   24    6   15   25
Barry Lersch           4   3  3.62  11  10   2   0   0   70   74   30   28    9   13   38
Dick Selma             0   1  4.91   9   0   0   1   0   11    9    6    6    1    6    7
Bill Champion          0   1  5.57  10   1   0   0   0   21   22   13   13    5   11    5
Jim Bunning            2   8  6.10  10   9   1   0   0   52   55   37   35    5   18   21

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mudcat Grant           3   1  0.72  14   0   0   4   0   25   20    2    2    0    9    5
Dave Giusti            1   1  1.80  16   0   0   9   0   25   24    5    5    0    9   16
Dock Ellis             6   3  1.97  10  10   4   0   0   78   59   20   17    3   15   55
Jim Nelson             1   0  2.51   7   0   0   0   0   14    9    4    4    0    8    6
Bob Johnson            3   3  2.77   8   8   3   0   0   55   50   19   17    3   21   36
Nelson Briles          3   1  2.87  12   2   0   0   0   31   38   11   10    3   10   17
Luke Walker            1   5  3.13   9   9   2   0   1   60   54   22   21    4   21   38
Bob Veale              1   0  3.86   7   0   0   0   0    7    6    4    3    0    2   11
Steve Blass            4   2  4.19   9   9   2   0   2   62   70   29   29    6   20   37
Bob Moose              3   2  4.66   8   6   0   0   0   39   49   23   20    4    8   20

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Al Severinsen          1   0  1.76  27   0   0   6   0   31   32    8    6    0   15   11
Bob Miller             1   1  2.13   7   0   0   1   0   13   13    4    3    0    8    9
Gary Ross              1   2  2.45  11   0   0   0   0   18   20    6    5    0   10   11
Dave Roberts           3   5  2.97  11   8   1   0   0   67   64   24   22    4   18   44
Al Santorini           0   2  3.45  16   2   0   0   0   31   31   15   12    3   11   19
Clay Kirby             2   5  4.33  12  10   1   0   0   62   67   34   30    7   38   50
Tom Phoebus            3   4  4.55  11  10   0   0   0   57   69   30   29    7   30   36
Steve Arlin            1   6  5.15  10   9   1   0   1   51   53   33   29    1   23   29
Bill Laxton            0   2  5.23  14   0   0   0   0   21   20   16   12    3   18   15
Dick Kelley            0   3  5.89  16   0   0   0   0   18   21   13   12    2    7   15
Danny Coombs           1   3  7.64   8   7   0   0   0   33   54   37   28    7   12   22

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jerry Johnson          5   1  0.86  20   0   0   4   0   31   21    3    3    1    9   19
Steve Hamilton         0   0  1.35   7   0   0   0   0    7    6    1    1    1    0    9
Juan Marichal          7   2  2.04  11  11   7   0   3   88   65   20   20    6   19   49
John Cumberland        2   0  2.25  13   0   0   2   0   28   25    8    7    3    6    9
Ron Bryant             5   2  2.38  11   7   2   0   1   64   60   20   17    2   15   39
Gaylord Perry          5   2  2.76  11  11   4   0   1   88   72   34   27    5   22   51
Rich Robertson         1   2  3.94   7   5   1   1   0   32   27   16   14    2   17   18
Frank Reberger         1   0  4.02   5   3   0   0   0   16   15    7    7    1    6    5
Steve Stone            3   2  4.11   9   9   1   0   1   50   50   23   23    5   23   27
Don McMahon            3   3  6.86  14   0   0   2   0   20   25   17   15    3    6   13

 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    2    2    0    0    0    0    2
Don Shaw               2   0  0.00   8   0   0   1   0   10    4    0    0    0    1    5
Frank Linzy            1   0  1.33  17   0   0   5   0   20   15    4    3    1   10    6
Steve Carlton          8   2  2.53  11  10   6   0   3   75   69   22   21    3   23   34
Reggie Cleveland       4   2  3.39   9   9   3   0   0   58   61   24   22    2   18   36
Moe Drabowsky          1   0  3.44  13   0   0   2   0   18   16    7    7    1    6   21
Bob Gibson             4   5  3.84  10  10   7   0   0   75   77   35   32    6   23   55
Chris Zachary          2   1  4.34   5   3   1   0   1   29   30   15   14    2    7   15
Chuck Taylor           1   0  4.43  12   0   0   1   0   22   21   11   11    1   13   11
Jerry Reuss            4   4  5.14  10  10   2   0   1   56   65   35   32    6   30   45
Mike Torrez            1   2  5.20   7   4   0   0   0   28   29   19   16    2   23    8
George Brunet          0   1  5.79   7   0   0   0   0    9   12    6    6    3    7    4
Fred Norman            0   0 12.27   4   0   0   0   0    4    7    5    5    1    7    4

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League Leaders

Wins:

  S. Carlton (STL)          8
  L. Dierker (HOU)          8
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          8
  J. Marichal (SF)          7
  D. Ellis (PIT)            6
  C. Osteen (LA)            6
  B. Stoneman (MON)         6
  R. Bryant (SF)            5
  D. Gullett (CIN)          5
  J. Johnson (SF)           5

Losses:

  B. Singer (LA)            9
  J. Bunning (PHI)          8
  P. Jarvis (ATL)           7
  J. Merritt (CIN)          7
  S. Arlin (SD)             6
  B. Hands (CHI)            6
  C. Short (PHI)            6
  W. Blasingame (HOU)       5
  B. Gibson (STL)           5
  T. Griffin (HOU)          5

Complete Games:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         10
  B. Gibson (STL)           7
  J. Marichal (SF)          7
  S. Carlton (STL)          6
  C. Osteen (LA)            6
  B. Stoneman (MON)         6
  L. Dierker (HOU)          5
  B. Hands (CHI)            5
  C. Morton (MON)           5
  T. Seaver (NY)            5

Saves:

  D. Giusti (PIT)           9
  M. Marshall (MON)         7
  C. Carroll (CIN)          6
  A. Severinsen (SD)        6
  D. Frisella (NY)          5
  W. Granger (CIN)          5
  F. Linzy (STL)            5
  C. Upshaw (ATL)           5
  J. Gibbon (CIN)           4
  F. Gladding (HOU)         4

Shutouts:

  S. Carlton (STL)          3
  J. Marichal (SF)          3
  S. Blass (PIT)            2
  L. Dierker (HOU)          2
  C. Osteen (LA)            2
  C. Short (PHI)            2
  S. Arlin (SD)             1
  R. Bryant (SF)            1
  A. Downing (LA)           1
  D. Gullett (CIN)          1

Innings Pitched:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)       99.2
  J. Marichal (SF)       88.1
  L. Dierker (HOU)       88.0
  G. Perry (SF)          88.0
  C. Osteen (LA)         84.2
  C. Morton (MON)        81.0
  T. Seaver (NY)         80.2
  B. Stoneman (MON)      79.0
  P. Niekro (ATL)        78.1
  D. Ellis (PIT)         77.2

Hits:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         90
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        82
  C. Morton (MON)          79
  B. Gibson (STL)          77
  C. Osteen (LA)           77
  L. Dierker (HOU)         76
  M. Pappas (CHI)          75
  B. Singer (LA)           75
  B. Lersch (PHI)          74
  P. Niekro (ATL)          73

Runs:

  B. Singer (LA)           48
  B. Hands (CHI)           42
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        41
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         40
  J. Bunning (PHI)         37
  D. Coombs (SD)           37
  P. Jarvis (ATL)          37
  B. Gibson (STL)          35
  J. Reuss (STL)           35
  D. Sutton (LA)           35

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         11
  C. Osteen (LA)           11
  B. Lersch (PHI)           9
  J. Merritt (CIN)          9
  J. Nash (ATL)             9
  P. Jarvis (ATL)           8
  P. Niekro (ATL)           8
  R. Reed (ATL)             8
  C. Short (PHI)            8
  D. Coombs (SD)            7

Walks:

  C. Kirby (SD)            38
  N. Ryan (NY)             35
  B. Stoneman (MON)        35
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        33
  B. Singer (LA)           32
  S. Renko (MON)           31
  T. Phoebus (SD)          30
  J. Reuss (STL)           30
  A. Downing (LA)          29
  G. Gentry (NY)           26

Strikeouts:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         91
  T. Seaver (NY)           82
  B. Stoneman (MON)        74
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        68
  L. Dierker (HOU)         56
  D. Ellis (PIT)           55
  B. Gibson (STL)          55
  G. Perry (SF)            51
  C. Kirby (SD)            50
  P. Niekro (ATL)          50

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