Saturday June 5, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, June 5, 1971

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        30  19  2.51   49  13   8   451   366  145  126   31  172  356
Houston         27  27  2.65   54  11  12   492   421  158  145   23  145  267
Pittsburgh      32  21  2.79   53  14  16   478   452  161  148   26  147  291
San Francisco   37  18  2.93   55  16  11   507   444  185  165   33  147  291
Los Angeles     28  26  3.40   54  17   7   479   439  202  181   39  151  272
Cincinnati      21  33  3.49   54   4  15   483   447  197  187   46  197  234
Philadelphia    19  31  3.66   50   9   8   447   431  207  182   43  149  246
Montreal        21  25  3.74   47  15   9   412   373  183  171   37  182  246
St. Louis       34  20  3.90   55  23  10   485   499  230  210   31  193  288
San Diego       16  38  3.95   54   6   7   474   507  240  208   37  215  307
Chicago         26  28  4.00   54  26   3   477   482  241  212   43  154  314
Atlanta         25  30  4.01   55   9  10   503   543  247  224   63  165  282

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Nolan Ryan (NY)        6   2  1.32   9   7   2   0   0   55   29   11    8    1   41   54
Dock Ellis (PIT)       7   3  1.77  11  11   5   0   1   87   62   20   17    3   17   59
Larry Dierker (HOU)   10   1  1.80  13  13   6   0   2  105   93   23   21    1   20   66
Tom Seaver (NY)        7   2  2.01  12  12   7   0   1   99   75   23   22    7   23   98
Juan Marichal (SF)     8   3  2.24  13  13   8   0   3  104   79   28   26    8   23   58
Steve Carlton (STL)   10   2  2.33  13  12   8   0   3   93   84   26   24    3   27   49
Ron Bryant (SF)        5   2  2.45  13   9   2   0   1   77   70   24   21    2   19   48
Bill Stoneman (MON)    7   3  2.47  12  12   7   0   0   95   63   28   26    7   45   91
Gary Gentry (NY)       4   4  2.56  11  11   2   0   0   77   60   30   22    6   31   54
Al Downing (LA)        4   3  2.59  12  11   4   0   1   87   77   28   25    6   36   39

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike McQueen           2   1  3.13   9   2   0   0   0   32   27   12   11    5   11   24
Ron Reed               6   3  3.23  10  10   2   0   0   70   68   27   25   10   22   34
Tom Kelley             1   1  3.38   8   2   1   0   0   21   18    9    8    3    6   13
Phil Niekro            3   6  3.52  13  13   4   0   1   84   86   42   33    9   27   52
Bob Priddy             2   1  3.60  18   0   0   3   0   30   27   12   12    3   14   13
George Stone           0   3  3.60  11   8   1   0   0   70   71   32   28    7   10   49
Cecil Upshaw           6   4  4.31  23   0   0   6   0   40   52   20   19    4   13   32
Pat Jarvis             1   7  4.91  15  10   0   0   0   66   75   37   36    8   27   25
Steve Barber           0   0  5.03  15   0   0   1   0   20   28   12   11    1    6    9
Jim Nash               4   3  5.11  10  10   1   0   0   49   66   30   28    9   22   24
Ron Herbel             0   1  5.57  12   0   0   0   0   21   25   14   13    4    7    7

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ray Newman             0   0  2.35   7   0   0   0   0    8    5    2    2    0    5    4
Ron Tompkins           0   2  3.00  13   0   0   1   0   15   10    5    5    0   12    6
Fergie Jenkins         9   5  3.19  14  14  11   0   2  116  103   45   41   13   13  100
Milt Pappas            6   5  3.58  11  11   5   0   1   83   81   33   33    7   25   36
Joe Decker             0   0  3.68   2   1   0   0   0    7   12    3    3    1    0    4
Bill Hands             5   7  4.00  13  13   6   0   0   83   84   51   37    9   23   50
Jim Colborn            0   0  4.05  10   0   0   0   0    7   10    3    3    0    3    1
Phil Regan             1   2  4.40  18   0   0   1   0   29   32   18   14    2   11   13
Earl Stephenson        1   0  4.50  15   0   0   1   0   20   23   10   10    1   11   10
Ken Holtzman           4   6  4.91  14  13   4   0   2   88   94   50   48    9   37   79
Bob Miller             0   0  5.14   2   0   0   0   0    7   10    4    4    0    1    2
Bill Bonham            0   1  7.20   6   2   0   0   0   15   18   17   12    1   13    9

 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   2  2.54  25   0   0   6   0   39   34   11   11    2   19   27
Ross Grimsley          3   1  2.67   5   5   2   0   1   34   32   11   10    4    3    9
Joe Gibbon             0   1  2.73  18   0   0   4   0   30   21    9    9    2   15   13
Gary Nolan             3   6  3.09  12  12   1   0   0   84   71   31   29    5   25   49
Wayne Granger          1   4  3.35  28   0   0   5   0   38   30   16   14    3   16   17
Tony Cloninger         2   4  3.35  13   6   0   0   0   54   48   20   20    8   27   30
Don Gullett            5   2  3.53  12   9   1   0   1   59   60   24   23    5   22   23
Milt Wilcox            2   1  4.02  14   2   0   0   0   31   30   15   14    1   15   15
Jim McGlothlin         2   3  4.50   9   7   0   0   0   40   41   20   20    6   12   21
Jim Merritt            0   7  4.82   9   8   0   0   0   47   55   28   25    9   16   13
Wayne Simpson          1   1  5.12   5   4   0   0   0   19   18   11   11    1   17   15

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Buddy Harris           0   0  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    5    2    0    0    0    1    2
Fred Gladding          1   1  1.42  16   0   0   6   0   19   18    4    3    0    7    5
Denny Lemaster         0   0  1.62  17   0   0   2   0   17   11    3    3    1    5    8
Larry Dierker         10   1  1.80  13  13   6   0   2  105   93   23   21    1   20   66
George Culver          3   5  2.28  22   0   0   3   0   28   21    7    7    1   14   17
Ken Forsch             1   1  2.35  10   3   1   0   0   38   28   10   10    2   13   26
Jim Ray                1   1  2.82  13   0   0   1   0   22   21    7    7    2    3   11
Don Wilson             4   3  2.89  12  12   3   0   1   90   76   29   29    6   26   45
Jack Billingham        3   5  2.95  10  10   1   0   0   73   57   29   24    3   20   32
Wade Blasingame        4   5  3.28  10  10   0   0   0   60   54   25   22    4   20   31
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
Jim Brewer             3   1  2.11  17   0   0   3   0   21   17    5    5    1   10   21
Joe Moeller            0   1  2.45   9   0   0   1   0   22   17    9    6    1    5    6
Al Downing             4   3  2.59  12  11   4   0   1   87   77   28   25    6   36   39
Claude Osteen          6   3  2.63  14  14   6   0   2  103   93   32   30   11   22   47
Pete Mikkelsen         5   2  2.93  17   0   0   3   0   31   27   14   10    3    4   21
Don Sutton             4   5  3.52  13  13   3   0   1   84   83   35   33    6   19   57
Bob O'Brien            1   1  3.93   7   0   0   0   0   18   11    8    8    2   10   11
Charlie Hough          0   0  4.15   4   0   0   0   0    4    3    3    2    1    3    4
Bill Singer            3   9  4.76  13  13   4   0   0   85   82   51   45    7   34   55
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
Jim Britton            0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    1    0    0    0    0    2
Bill Stoneman          7   3  2.47  12  12   7   0   0   95   63   28   26    7   45   91
Steve Renko            6   4  2.91  13  13   3   0   0   93   77   36   30    5   45   49
Howie Reed             1   1  3.44  13   0   0   0   0   18   20    7    7    5    5    5
Claude Raymond         1   1  3.71   9   0   0   0   0   17   20    7    7    1    9    8
Mike Marshall          1   3  3.99  21   0   0   9   0   29   24   13   13    0   15   23
Carl Morton            4   7  4.04  13  13   5   0   0   89   96   43   40    8   28   31
Ernie McAnally         1   6  5.79  10   8   0   0   0   47   40   31   30    5   25   25
John O'Donoghue        0   0  6.17   9   0   0   0   0   12   15    8    8    3    6    6
John Strohmayer        0   0  8.71   4   1   0   0   0   10   17   10   10    3    4    6

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Nolan Ryan             6   2  1.32   9   7   2   0   0   55   29   11    8    1   41   54
Ron Taylor             2   1  1.50  13   0   0   0   0   18   17    3    3    1    5    5
Danny Frisella         2   1  1.96  17   0   0   5   0   23   15    5    5    2    7   29
Tom Seaver             7   2  2.01  12  12   7   0   1   99   75   23   22    7   23   98
Tug McGraw             3   2  2.12  15   0   0   3   0   30   23    8    7    0   16   32
Gary Gentry            4   4  2.56  11  11   2   0   0   77   60   30   22    6   31   54
Jerry Koosman          3   3  2.62  10  10   1   0   0   76   67   24   22    5   20   41
Ray Sadecki            2   1  2.78   9   3   1   0   1   32   31   10   10    3   12   20
Charlie Williams       1   1  4.30   5   0   0   0   0   15   12    9    7    1    9    8
Jim McAndrew           0   2  6.59   6   6   0   0   0   27   37   22   20    5    8   15

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Darrell Brandon        2   2  1.31  17   0   0   3   0   21   20    5    3    1   14   14
Ken Reynolds           0   0  2.58  12   3   0   0   0   38   26   14   11    0   16   26
Joe Hoerner            2   1  3.09  17   0   0   2   0   23   22   10    8    3    6   19
Chris Short            4   7  3.29  12  12   3   0   2   82   84   38   30    8   25   48
Woodie Fryman          0   3  3.35  15   2   0   1   0   38   30   16   14    3   13   29
Rick Wise              4   4  3.61  12  11   3   0   1   72   76   33   29    7   21   29
Barry Lersch           4   4  3.81  12  11   2   0   0   76   81   34   32   10   15   41
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            3   8  5.28  12  10   1   1   0   61   60   38   36    5   19   28

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mudcat Grant           3   1  1.19  17   0   0   4   0   30   24    5    4    1   11    9
Dave Giusti            1   1  1.67  20   0   0  11   0   27   25    5    5    0   10   17
Dock Ellis             7   3  1.77  11  11   5   0   1   87   62   20   17    3   17   59
Jim Nelson             1   0  2.37  10   0   0   0   0   19   13    5    5    0   12    9
Bob Veale              1   0  2.70   9   0   0   1   0   10    8    4    3    0    3   15
Luke Walker            2   6  3.04  11  11   2   0   1   71   70   26   24    5   23   47
Nelson Briles          3   1  3.18  13   2   0   0   0   34   41   13   12    3   12   17
Bob Johnson            4   4  3.32  10  10   3   0   0   65   64   26   24    4   24   41
Bob Moose              5   2  3.51  10   8   1   0   1   56   60   25   22    4    9   30
Steve Blass            5   3  3.66  11  11   3   0   3   79   85   32   32    6   26   47

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Miller             2   1  1.83  10   0   0   1   0   20   21    5    4    0    9   13
Al Severinsen          1   1  2.16  29   0   0   6   0   33   35   10    8    0   16   12
Gary Ross              1   2  2.45  11   0   0   0   0   18   20    6    5    0   10   11
Dave Roberts           3   5  2.77  12   9   1   0   0   75   67   25   23    4   19   45
Clay Kirby             3   6  3.86  14  12   2   0   0   79   80   38   34    8   42   61
Al Santorini           0   2  3.86  17   3   0   0   0   35   38   18   15    4   11   21
Tom Phoebus            3   6  4.23  13  12   1   0   0   72   84   35   34    8   40   48
Steve Arlin            2   7  4.43  12  11   2   0   2   67   66   37   33    1   31   41
Dick Kelley            0   3  5.23  19   0   0   0   0   21   22   13   12    2    7   18
Bill Laxton            0   2  5.23  14   0   0   0   0   21   20   16   12    3   18   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          6   2  1.14  25   0   0   6   0   39   32    5    5    2   12   24
Steve Hamilton         1   0  1.80  10   0   0   0   0   10    8    2    2    1    1   10
Juan Marichal          8   3  2.24  13  13   8   0   3  104   79   28   26    8   23   58
John Cumberland        2   0  2.30  16   0   0   2   0   31   29    9    8    3    8   10
Ron Bryant             5   2  2.45  13   9   2   0   1   77   70   24   21    2   19   48
Gaylord Perry          6   3  2.90  13  13   4   0   1   99   87   41   32    5   23   59
Frank Reberger         1   0  3.72   6   3   0   0   0   19   16    8    8    2    6    9
Steve Stone            4   3  4.14  11  11   1   0   1   63   58   29   29    5   29   35
Rich Robertson         1   2  4.38  10   6   1   1   0   39   38   22   19    2   19   19
Don McMahon            3   3  5.47  19   0   0   2   0   25   27   17   15    3    7   19

 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  1.76  13   0   0   1   0   15   12    5    3    0    5    7
Frank Linzy            1   0  1.93  21   0   0   5   0   23   21    8    5    1   12    9
Steve Carlton         10   2  2.33  13  12   8   0   3   93   84   26   24    3   27   49
Moe Drabowsky          2   0  3.00  16   0   0   3   0   21   18    7    7    1    7   23
Reggie Cleveland       5   3  3.28  11  11   4   0   1   71   71   28   26    2   21   44
Rudy Arroyo            0   0  4.15   1   0   0   0   0    4    7    3    2    0    1    2
Bob Gibson             4   5  4.27  11  11   7   0   0   78   83   40   37    7   25   56
Jerry Reuss            6   4  4.56  12  12   3   0   1   73   80   40   37    6   32   47
Chuck Taylor           1   0  4.76  14   0   0   1   0   28   27   15   15    3   14   13
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
Chris Zachary          2   3  6.89   7   5   1   0   1   33   43   26   25    2   12   19
Bob Chlupsa            0   0  9.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    3    2    2    0    0    1
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)         10
  L. Dierker (HOU)         10
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          9
  J. Marichal (SF)          8
  D. Ellis (PIT)            7
  T. Seaver (NY)            7
  B. Stoneman (MON)         7
  J. Johnson (SF)           6
  C. Osteen (LA)            6
  M. Pappas (CHI)           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. Morton (MON)           7
  C. Short (PHI)            7
  K. Holtzman (CHI)         6
  C. Kirby (SD)             6

Complete Games:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         11
  S. Carlton (STL)          8
  J. Marichal (SF)          8
  B. Gibson (STL)           7
  T. Seaver (NY)            7
  B. Stoneman (MON)         7
  L. Dierker (HOU)          6
  B. Hands (CHI)            6
  C. Osteen (LA)            6
  D. Ellis (PIT)            5

Saves:

  D. Giusti (PIT)          11
  M. Marshall (MON)         9
  C. Carroll (CIN)          6
  F. Gladding (HOU)         6
  J. Johnson (SF)           6
  A. Severinsen (SD)        6
  C. Upshaw (ATL)           6
  D. Frisella (NY)          5
  W. Granger (CIN)          5
  F. Linzy (STL)            5

Shutouts:

  S. Blass (PIT)            3
  S. Carlton (STL)          3
  J. Marichal (SF)          3
  S. Arlin (SD)             2
  L. Dierker (HOU)          2
  K. Holtzman (CHI)         2
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          2
  C. Osteen (LA)            2
  C. Short (PHI)            2
  R. Bryant (SF)            1

Innings Pitched:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)      115.2
  L. Dierker (HOU)      105.0
  J. Marichal (SF)      104.1
  C. Osteen (LA)        102.2
  G. Perry (SF)          99.1
  T. Seaver (NY)         98.2
  B. Stoneman (MON)      94.2
  S. Carlton (STL)       92.2
  S. Renko (MON)         92.2
  D. Wilson (HOU)        90.1

Hits:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)        103
  C. Morton (MON)          96
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        94
  L. Dierker (HOU)         93
  C. Osteen (LA)           93
  G. Perry (SF)            87
  P. Niekro (ATL)          86
  S. Blass (PIT)           85
  S. Carlton (STL)         84
  B. Hands (CHI)           84

Runs:

  B. Hands (CHI)           51
  B. Singer (LA)           51
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        50
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         45
  C. Morton (MON)          43
  P. Niekro (ATL)          42
  G. Perry (SF)            41
  B. Gibson (STL)          40
  J. Reuss (STL)           40
  J. Bunning (PHI)         38

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         13
  C. Osteen (LA)           11
  B. Lersch (PHI)          10
  R. Reed (ATL)            10
  B. Hands (CHI)            9
  K. Holtzman (CHI)         9
  J. Merritt (CIN)          9
  J. Nash (ATL)             9
  P. Niekro (ATL)           9
  T. Cloninger (CIN)        8

Walks:

  S. Renko (MON)           45
  B. Stoneman (MON)        45
  C. Kirby (SD)            42
  N. Ryan (NY)             41
  T. Phoebus (SD)          40
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        37
  A. Downing (LA)          36
  B. Singer (LA)           34
  J. Reuss (STL)           32
  S. Arlin (SD)            31

Strikeouts:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)        100
  T. Seaver (NY)           98
  B. Stoneman (MON)        91
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        79
  L. Dierker (HOU)         66
  C. Kirby (SD)            61
  D. Ellis (PIT)           59
  G. Perry (SF)            59
  J. Marichal (SF)         58
  D. Sutton (LA)           57


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