Saturday May 29, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, May 29, 1971

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        27  16  2.49   43  12   7   398   319  129  110   26  146  316
Houston         24  23  2.62   47  10  10   433   363  137  126   19  131  239
San Francisco   34  14  2.77   48  16  10   442   375  153  136   30  131  250
Pittsburgh      27  19  2.93   46  11  14   415   403  147  135   25  127  254
Cincinnati      19  28  3.60   47   2  15   420   389  176  168   39  185  218
Montreal        18  21  3.68   40  14   7   352   320  155  144   31  148  202
St. Louis       30  17  3.69   48  20   9   425   422  190  174   29  175  254
Los Angeles     24  24  3.73   48  17   5   422   394  192  175   38  137  238
Philadelphia    16  28  3.83   44   9   6   393   385  186  167   40  135  201
Atlanta         22  26  3.95   48   8   8   440   470  211  193   58  146  258
Chicago         22  25  4.06   47  23   2   415   421  215  187   35  135  280
San Diego       13  35  4.18   48   3   7   420   463  227  195   35  200  276

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Nolan Ryan (NY)        6   1  1.08   8   6   2   0   0   50   23    9    6    1   39   50
Juan Marichal (SF)     8   2  1.94  12  12   8   0   3   97   70   23   21    7   23   54
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
Tom Seaver (NY)        6   2  2.11  11  11   6   0   1   90   69   22   21    6   23   92
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

 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   3  3.52   9   9   2   0   0   61   64   26   24    9   21   31
Bob Priddy             2   1  3.70  16   0   0   2   0   24   24   10   10    3   12   11
George Stone           0   2  3.74   9   6   0   0   0   53   56   26   22    7    9   41
Steve Barber           0   0  4.41  12   0   0   1   0   16   20    9    8    1    6    9
Cecil Upshaw           5   4  4.50  20   0   0   5   0   36   47   19   18    4    9   29
Ron Herbel             0   1  4.96  10   0   0   0   0   16   16    9    9    3    5    5
Jim Nash               4   3  4.96   9   9   1   0   0   49   65   28   27    9   21   24
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
Ray Newman             0   0  2.84   5   0   0   0   0    6    5    2    2    0    5    3
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
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
Bill Hands             4   7  4.12  12  12   5   0   0   74   73   48   34    8   18   48
Phil Regan             0   1  4.13  15   0   0   1   0   24   27   14   11    1   10   11
Ken Holtzman           3   5  4.68  11  11   3   0   1   75   82   41   39    6   33   68
Bob Miller             0   0  5.14   2   0   0   0   0    7   10    4    4    0    1    2
Earl Stephenson        1   0  5.51  13   0   0   1   0   16   22   10   10    1    9    8
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  3.41  24   0   0   5   0   32   27   13   12    2   16   15
Gary Nolan             3   5  3.42  11  11   1   0   0   76   66   30   29    5   25   46
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             1   0  1.35   9   2   1   0   0   33   20    5    5    2   12   23
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
Bill Singer            3   9  4.94  12  12   4   0   0   82   80   51   45    7   33   53
Bob O'Brien            0   1  5.11   6   0   0   0   0   12    8    7    7    1    8    8
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
Claude Raymond         1   1  3.38   8   0   0   0   0   16   18    6    6    1    8    8
Carl Morton            4   6  3.65  12  12   5   0   0   86   89   38   35    8   28   30
Mike Marshall          1   2  4.09  17   0   0   7   0   22   19   10   10    0   11   13
Howie Reed             1   1  4.20  11   0   0   0   0   15   18    7    7    5    5    3
Ernie McAnally         1   5  5.44   9   7   0   0   0   45   35   28   27    4   22   24
John O'Donoghue        0   0  8.10   7   0   0   0   0    7   10    6    6    1    4    4
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             6   1  1.08   8   6   2   0   0   50   23    9    6    1   39   50
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             6   2  2.11  11  11   6   0   1   90   69   22   21    6   23   92
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  3.03  14   2   0   1   0   36   26   14   12    3   12   27
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
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
Rick Wise              4   3  3.93  11  10   3   0   1   66   72   30   29    6   19   25
Bill Champion          0   1  4.68  12   1   0   0   0   25   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  1.71  18   0   0  10   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
Jim Nelson             1   0  2.37   9   0   0   0   0   19   13    5    5    0   10    9
Nelson Briles          3   1  2.87  12   2   0   0   0   31   38   11   10    3   10   17
Bob Johnson            4   3  3.12   9   9   3   0   0   61   57   23   21    4   21   40
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  1.65  28   0   0   6   0   33   33    8    6    0   16   12
Gary Ross              1   2  2.45  11   0   0   0   0   18   20    6    5    0   10   11
Bob Miller             1   1  2.70   8   0   0   1   0   13   16    5    4    0    8   10
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   5  4.41  12  11   0   0   0   63   76   32   31    8   36   41
Steve Arlin            1   7  5.12  11  10   1   0   1   58   61   37   33    1   26   34
Bill Laxton            0   2  5.23  14   0   0   0   0   21   20   16   12    3   18   15
Dick Kelley            0   3  5.31  18   0   0   0   0   20   21   13   12    2    7   18
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          8   2  1.94  12  12   8   0   3   97   70   23   21    7   23   54
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   9   0   0   1   0   10    5    1    0    0    2    5
Frank Linzy            1   0  1.25  18   0   0   5   0   22   17    5    3    1   10    7
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          2   0  3.38  14   0   0   2   0   19   16    7    7    1    7   21
Chuck Taylor           1   0  3.76  13   0   0   1   0   26   22   11   11    1   14   12
Bob Gibson             4   5  4.27  11  11   7   0   0   78   83   40   37    7   25   56
Chris Zachary          2   1  4.34   5   3   1   0   1   29   30   15   14    2    7   15
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)          8
  D. Ellis (PIT)            6
  C. Osteen (LA)            6
  M. Pappas (CHI)           6
  N. Ryan (NY)              6
  T. Seaver (NY)            6
  B. Stoneman (MON)         6

Losses:

  B. Singer (LA)            9
  J. Bunning (PHI)          8
  S. Arlin (SD)             7
  B. Hands (CHI)            7
  P. Jarvis (ATL)           7
  J. Merritt (CIN)          7
  C. Short (PHI)            7
  C. Morton (MON)           6
  L. Walker (PIT)           6
  W. Blasingame (HOU)       5

Complete Games:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         10
  J. Marichal (SF)          8
  B. Gibson (STL)           7
  S. Carlton (STL)          6
  C. Osteen (LA)            6
  T. Seaver (NY)            6
  B. Stoneman (MON)         6
  L. Dierker (HOU)          5
  B. Hands (CHI)            5
  C. Morton (MON)           5

Saves:

  D. Giusti (PIT)          10
  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)       97.1
  T. Seaver (NY)         89.2
  L. Dierker (HOU)       88.0
  G. Perry (SF)          88.0
  C. Morton (MON)        86.1
  C. Osteen (LA)         84.2
  D. Wilson (HOU)        83.1
  M. Pappas (CHI)        83.0
  B. Singer (LA)         82.0

Hits:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         90
  C. Morton (MON)          89
  B. Gibson (STL)          83
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        82
  M. Pappas (CHI)          81
  B. Singer (LA)           80
  C. Osteen (LA)           77
  L. Dierker (HOU)         76
  T. Phoebus (SD)          76
  B. Lersch (PHI)          74

Runs:

  B. Singer (LA)           51
  B. Hands (CHI)           48
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        41
  B. Gibson (STL)          40
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         40
  C. Morton (MON)          38
  S. Arlin (SD)            37
  J. Bunning (PHI)         37
  D. Coombs (SD)           37
  P. Jarvis (ATL)          37

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
  B. Hands (CHI)            8
  P. Jarvis (ATL)           8
  C. Morton (MON)           8
  P. Niekro (ATL)           8

Walks:

  N. Ryan (NY)             39
  C. Kirby (SD)            38
  T. Phoebus (SD)          36
  B. Stoneman (MON)        35
  S. Renko (MON)           34
  A. Downing (LA)          33
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        33
  B. Singer (LA)           33
  J. Reuss (STL)           30
  C. Morton (MON)          28

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)           92
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         91
  B. Stoneman (MON)        74
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        68
  L. Dierker (HOU)         56
  B. Gibson (STL)          56
  D. Ellis (PIT)           55
  J. Marichal (SF)         54
  B. Singer (LA)           53
  G. Perry (SF)            51

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