Friday May 28, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, May 28, 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  23  2.66   46   9  10   424   360  136  125   18  129  232
San Francisco   33  14  2.80   47  15  10   433   370  150  135   29  127  245
Pittsburgh      26  19  2.90   45  11  13   406   394  143  131   24  125  248
Montreal        18  20  3.56   39  14   7   344   305  147  136   29  142  197
Cincinnati      19  27  3.64   46   2  15   411   383  174  166   38  183  216
St. Louis       29  17  3.66   47  20   9   416   412  183  169   28  170  251
Philadelphia    16  27  3.70   43   9   6   385   374  177  158   40  129  198
Los Angeles     23  24  3.75   47  16   5   413   389  189  172   37  136  232
Atlanta         22  25  3.88   47   8   8   432   456  203  186   58  143  254
Chicago         22  24  3.98   46  23   2   407   411  206  180   31  133  272
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)        4   2  2.56  11  10   4   0   1   81   71   24   23    6   33   35
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
Bob Priddy             2   1  3.38  15   0   0   2   0   24   22    9    9    3   11   11
Ron Reed               5   3  3.52   9   9   2   0   0   61   64   26   24    9   21   31
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  5.49  12  10   0   0   0   59   70   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
Milt Pappas            6   5  3.58  11  11   5   0   1   83   81   33   33    7   25   36
Bill Hands             4   6  3.71  11  11   5   0   0   70   68   42   29    4   18   42
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           2   1  1.70  24   0   0   6   0   37   29    7    7    1   19   27
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
Don Gullett            5   2  3.83  11   8   1   0   1   52   51   23   22    4   22   21
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
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  1.53  14   0   0   4   0   18   17    4    3    0    6    5
Larry Dierker          8   1  1.94  11  11   5   0   2   88   76   21   19    1   18   56
George Culver          3   5  2.16  19   0   0   3   0   25   19    6    6    1   14   14
Don Wilson             4   2  2.81  11  11   3   0   1   83   71   26   26    5   23   45
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
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             4   2  2.56  11  10   4   0   1   81   71   24   23    6   33   35
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
Steve Renko            4   4  3.10  11  11   3   0   0   78   69   33   27    5   34   43
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
Howie Reed             1   1  3.77  10   0   0   0   0   14   16    6    6    4    4    3
Mike Marshall          1   2  4.09  17   0   0   7   0   22   19   10   10    0   11   13
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   7  3.25  11  11   3   0   2   75   73   35   27    8   25   42
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
Joe Hoerner            1   1  3.44  15   0   0   2   0   18   19    7    7    2    5   12
Barry Lersch           4   3  3.62  11  10   2   0   0   70   74   30   28    9   13   38
Bill Champion          0   1  4.88  11   1   0   0   0   24   23   13   13    5   14    5
Dick Selma             0   1  4.91   9   0   0   1   0   11    9    6    6    1    6    7
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  0.67  15   0   0   4   0   27   22    2    2    0   10    7
Dave Giusti            1   1  1.73  17   0   0   9   0   26   24    5    5    0    9   17
Dock Ellis             6   3  1.97  10  10   4   0   0   78   59   20   17    3   15   55
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
Jim Nelson             1   0  2.87   8   0   0   0   0   16   11    5    5    0    8    7
Luke Walker            1   6  3.18  10  10   2   0   1   65   65   25   23    5   22   41
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  0.84  21   0   0   5   0   32   23    3    3    1    9   21
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
Steve Stone            4   2  3.70  10  10   1   0   1   58   52   24   24    5   27   31
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
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       5   2  2.94  10  10   4   0   1   67   65   24   22    2   20   41
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

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".

















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
  M. Pappas (CHI)           6
  B. Stoneman (MON)         6
  R. Bryant (SF)            5
  R. Cleveland (STL)        5

Losses:

  B. Singer (LA)            9
  J. Bunning (PHI)          8
  P. Jarvis (ATL)           7
  J. Merritt (CIN)          7
  C. Short (PHI)            7
  S. Arlin (SD)             6
  B. Hands (CHI)            6
  L. Walker (PIT)           6
  W. Blasingame (HOU)       5
  G. Culver (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
  M. Pappas (CHI)           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
  J. Johnson (SF)           5
  F. Linzy (STL)            5
  C. Upshaw (ATL)           5
  J. Gibbon (CIN)           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
  R. Cleveland (STL)        1
  A. Downing (LA)           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
  D. Wilson (HOU)        83.1
  M. Pappas (CHI)        83.0
  A. Downing (LA)        81.0
  C. Morton (MON)        81.0
  T. Seaver (NY)         80.2

Hits:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         90
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        82
  M. Pappas (CHI)          81
  C. Morton (MON)          79
  B. Gibson (STL)          77
  C. Osteen (LA)           77
  L. Dierker (HOU)         76
  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
  C. Short (PHI)           35

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  C. Kirby (SD)            38
  N. Ryan (NY)             35
  B. Stoneman (MON)        35
  S. Renko (MON)           34
  A. Downing (LA)          33
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        33
  B. Singer (LA)           32
  T. Phoebus (SD)          30
  J. Reuss (STL)           30
  S. Stone (SF)            27

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


Copyright © 2014-2024, All Rights Reserved   •   Privacy Policy   •   Contact Us   •   Status Report