Saturday August 28, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, August 28, 1971

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        65  64  2.98  129  31  17  1173   995  440  389   84  430  900
Houston         64  68  3.22  132  30  23  1190  1082  472  426   61  383  694
Los Angeles     69  63  3.28  132  37  24  1181  1117  485  430   88  337  675
San Diego       49  82  3.32  131  34  17  1161  1122  497  428   78  463  748
Cincinnati      66  68  3.38  134  23  33  1189  1057  480  447   92  432  609
San Francisco   77  56  3.39  133  34  27  1199  1101  540  452  101  411  679
Chicago         70  60  3.43  130  64  11  1155  1146  494  440  107  310  715
Pittsburgh      78  56  3.54  134  35  38  1204  1197  516  473   92  403  663
Philadelphia    57  74  3.72  131  26  20  1194  1129  549  493  112  409  686
Atlanta         69  67  3.81  136  36  26  1238  1300  588  524  132  391  706
St. Louis       73  60  3.99  134  48  19  1203  1225  586  533   88  481  744
Montreal        54  73  4.14  128  39  18  1134  1118  570  522  108  505  660

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Seaver (NY)       15   8  1.96  29  28  15   0   3  225  180   52   49   16   48  226
Dave Roberts (SD)     11  13  2.04  29  26  10   0   2  216  185   58   49    8   51  118
Don Gullett (CIN)     14   5  2.49  28  25   4   0   3  174  154   55   48   11   55   83
Fergie Jenkins (CHI)  20  11  2.71  32  32  25   0   3  269  247   87   81   25   29  216
Larry Dierker (HOU)   12   6  2.72  24  23   6   0   2  159  150   50   48    8   33   91
Don Wilson (HOU)      12   8  2.75  29  28  13   0   3  216  166   69   66   13   67  146
Don Sutton (LA)       12  11  2.76  31  30   8   1   3  208  183   72   64    8   48  137
Juan Marichal (SF)    13   9  2.79  29  29  14   0   4  223  192   85   69   19   48  122
Dock Ellis (PIT)      18   7  2.84  27  27  10   0   2  203  177   75   64    9   55  117
Ken Forsch (HOU)       7   6  2.86  27  17   6   0   1  139  120   51   44    7   48   99

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
George Stone           6   4  2.89  22  19   4   0   2  156  155   57   50   15   25  102
Phil Niekro           13  11  3.04  35  30  15   1   3  225  219   96   76   24   62  150
Tom Kelley             7   5  3.22  23  15   4   0   0  109  110   44   39    7   49   56
Mike McQueen           4   1  3.54  17   3   0   1   0   56   47   24   22    7   23   38
Ron Reed              12  10  3.57  27  27   8   0   1  192  179   86   76   22   45  110
Cecil Upshaw           9   6  3.67  44   0   0  16   0   74   83   31   30    5   25   53
Pat Jarvis             5  12  4.10  27  21   3   1   3  143  144   68   65   15   43   54
Bob Priddy             4   9  4.13  38   0   0   4   0   61   69   34   28    8   38   34
Ron Herbel             0   1  4.70  22   0   0   1   0   44   52   24   23    5   17   16
Jim Nash               7   7  5.18  25  18   2   1   0  115  148   72   66   15   43   59
Steve Barber           2   1  6.21  30   3   0   1   0   58   81   42   40    6   20   28
Tom House              0   0  9.64   6   0   0   0   0    5    7    5    5    1    0    5
Hoyt Wilhelm           0   0 15.43   3   0   0   0   0    2    6    5    4    2    1    1

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ray Newman             1   1  2.30  19   0   0   2   0   27   16    7    7    3    9   26
Fergie Jenkins        20  11  2.71  32  32  25   0   3  269  247   87   81   25   29  216
Juan Pizarro           5   2  2.72   9   7   4   0   1   56   39   19   17    6   23   38
Milt Pappas           16  11  3.28  28  28  14   0   5  211  215   83   77   21   51   76
Bill Hands            10  16  3.42  32  31  12   0   1  213  218  101   81   23   42  114
Phil Regan             4   3  3.56  38   1   0   5   0   61   67   28   24    3   24   23
Joe Decker             2   1  3.72  14   2   0   0   0   29   35   12   12    1   11   21
Jim Colborn            0   0  4.05  10   0   0   0   0    7   10    3    3    0    3    1
Ken Holtzman           9  12  4.09  27  26   9   0   3  178  189   92   81   16   59  135
Ron Tompkins           0   2  4.30  26   0   0   3   0   29   21   14   14    3   17   16
Earl Stephenson        1   0  4.43  16   0   0   1   0   20   24   10   10    1   11   11
Bob Miller             0   0  5.14   2   0   0   0   0    7   10    4    4    0    1    2
Bill Bonham            2   1  5.40  24   2   0   0   0   43   52   31   26    4   25   34
Burt Hooton            0   0  8.10   1   1   0   0   0    3    3    3    3    1    5    2

 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           8   2  2.13  52   0   0  14   0   80   60   19   19    4   33   53
Don Gullett           14   5  2.49  28  25   4   0   3  174  154   55   48   11   55   83
Joe Gibbon             3   5  2.87  43   0   0  10   0   60   49   23   19    3   30   32
Wayne Granger          5   4  3.09  57   0   0   9   0   82   72   30   28    5   25   40
Gary Nolan            11  13  3.28  29  29   8   0   0  203  174   79   74   11   55  123
Ross Grimsley          9   5  3.30  20  20   5   0   3  128  116   50   47   10   33   49
Jim McGlothlin         7  10  3.53  25  22   4   0   0  138  126   58   54   13   36   80
Tony Cloninger         3   6  3.60  26   8   1   0   1   95   75   38   38   12   47   50
Milt Wilcox            2   1  4.02  14   2   0   0   0   31   30   15   14    1   15   15
Jim Merritt            1  11  4.70  24  10   0   0   0   96  105   53   50   14   29   31
Wayne Simpson          3   5  5.28  18  17   1   0   0   94   89   59   55    8   64   51

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Ray                9   3  2.20  37   1   0   3   0   82   59   22   20    3   22   35
Fred Gladding          3   4  2.27  39   0   0  11   0   44   45   16   11    0   19   13
Larry Dierker         12   6  2.72  24  23   6   0   2  159  150   50   48    8   33   91
Don Wilson            12   8  2.75  29  28  13   0   3  216  166   69   66   13   67  146
George Culver          5   7  2.77  51   0   0   7   0   78   71   28   24    4   33   46
Ken Forsch             7   6  2.86  27  17   6   0   1  139  120   51   44    7   48   99
Denny Lemaster         0   2  3.16  38   0   0   2   0   57   52   20   20    4   22   26
Jack Billingham        6  13  3.65  26  26   3   0   1  178  167   83   72    6   57   99
Wade Blasingame        9   9  4.16  26  25   2   0   0  149  156   78   69    9   44   84
Ron Cook               0   3  4.42   3   3   0   0   0   18   15    9    9    1    6    6
Tom Griffin            0   5  5.08   8   6   0   0   0   34   40   21   19    3   16   24
Buddy Harris           1   1  5.33  17   0   0   0   0   25   27   15   15    2    9   15
Bill Greif             0   1  7.15   4   3   0   0   0   11   14   10    9    1    7   10

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Hoyt Wilhelm           0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    1    0    0    0    0    2
Jim Brewer             5   5  2.18  46   0   0  16   0   66   50   16   16    3   20   58
Don Sutton            12  11  2.76  31  30   8   1   3  208  183   72   64    8   48  137
Al Downing            15   8  2.88  30  29   9   0   3  212  200   82   68   14   74  114
Bob O'Brien            2   2  3.00  14   4   1   0   1   42   42   18   14    4   13   15
Joe Moeller            0   3  3.07  23   1   0   1   0   59   62   24   20    4    9   28
Doyle Alexander        5   4  3.12  11   9   3   0   0   69   69   27   24    3   13   22
Pete Mikkelsen         8   5  3.39  38   0   0   5   0   69   62   33   26    9   14   42
Claude Osteen         12   9  3.43  32  32  10   0   4  223  224   90   85   20   55   94
Mike Strahler          0   0  3.60   3   0   0   0   0    5    5    2    2    1    6    2
Jose Pena              1   0  3.65  18   0   0   1   0   37   29   16   15    6   14   36
Charlie Hough          0   0  4.15   4   0   0   0   0    4    3    3    2    1    3    4
Bill Singer            7  15  4.26  24  24   6   0   1  156  149   81   74   14   59  110
Sandy Vance            2   1  6.92  10   3   0   0   0   26   38   21   20    1    9   11

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Stoneman         14  11  3.00  30  30  16   0   2  231  182   84   77   15  117  195
Howie Reed             2   2  3.66  38   0   0   0   0   52   59   22   21    8   19   20
Steve Renko           12  13  3.69  32  30   8   0   3  222  201  102   91   18  110  107
Carl Morton            9  14  4.44  29  28   8   1   0  182  211  102   90   18   64   71
Ernie McAnally         6   9  4.47  22  17   4   0   1  115   99   60   57    8   57   63
Mike Marshall          4   6  4.55  50   0   0  16   0   83   74   44   42    6   37   74
Claude Raymond         1   7  4.65  33   0   0   0   0   50   75   32   26    5   22   29
John O'Donoghue        0   0  4.67  13   0   0   0   0   17   19   10    9    3    7    7
John Strohmayer        5   5  4.74  21  13   2   1   0  101  106   56   53   16   25   53
Jim Britton            0   2  5.72   9   4   0   0   0   28   33   18   18    6   15   16
Dan McGinn             1   4  6.45  20   6   1   0   0   53   59   40   38    5   32   25

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tug McGraw             9   4  1.83  43   0   0   7   0   88   59   19   18    4   34   83
Tom Seaver            15   8  1.96  29  28  15   0   3  225  180   52   49   16   48  226
Danny Frisella         6   3  2.15  42   0   0   8   0   71   61   21   17    5   23   75
Jerry Koosman          5   8  2.71  19  18   3   0   0  126  111   47   38    7   42   61
Ray Sadecki            5   5  2.78  27  14   3   0   2  120  100   39   37    7   32   91
Gary Gentry           10   9  3.06  27  26   6   0   2  174  144   70   59   13   71  129
Ron Taylor             2   2  3.13  41   0   0   2   0   60   59   21   21    6   11   24
Nolan Ryan             9  11  3.37  24  21   3   0   0  134  105   59   50    8   95  117
Jim McAndrew           0   5  5.05  19   8   0   0   0   71   69   46   40    9   25   31
Jon Matlack            0   3  5.14   5   5   0   0   0   28   26   17   16    2   11   18
Charlie Williams       4   6  5.21  25   9   1   0   0   76   81   49   44    7   38   45

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Joe Hoerner            4   3  1.89  41   0   0   8   0   62   41   15   13    6   12   51
Woodie Fryman          9   5  2.79  32  12   3   2   2  129  104   44   40    6   44   94
Rick Wise             14  10  2.88  31  30  14   0   4  219  210   85   70   15   56  129
Bill Wilson            3   4  2.96  29   0   0   4   0   46   29   15   15    4   18   31
Darrell Brandon        6   5  3.61  42   0   0   4   0   67   64   32   27    3   37   35
Dick Selma             0   1  3.71  13   0   0   1   0   17   15    7    7    2    6   11
Chris Short            7  14  3.93  26  25   5   0   2  163  171   82   71   22   58   92
Barry Lersch           4  12  3.96  30  26   2   0   0  177  177   82   78   26   37   95
Ken Reynolds           4   5  4.18  27  18   1   0   1  125  117   64   58    8   57   65
Bill Champion          1   2  4.85  29   3   0   0   0   69   65   40   37    6   37   23
Jim Bunning            5  12  5.66  27  16   1   1   0  105  122   71   66   11   34   53
Lowell Palmer          0   0  6.00   3   1   0   0   0   15   13   11   10    3   13    6
Manny Muniz            0   1 13.50   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    1    1    0    0    1

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Frank Brosseau         0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    1    0    0    0    0    0
Ramon Hernandez        0   0  0.00   2   0   0   1   0    1    1    0    0    0    0    0
Bob Miller             1   2  2.30   8   0   0   1   0   16   12    5    4    1    5    4
Jim Nelson             2   2  2.34  17   2   0   0   0   35   27    9    9    0   26   11
Dock Ellis            18   7  2.84  27  27  10   0   2  203  177   75   64    9   55  117
Steve Blass           12   7  3.10  28  28   8   0   4  198  193   73   68   15   60  113
Dave Giusti            4   4  3.15  50   0   0  26   0   74   68   27   26    5   29   47
Bruce Kison            3   4  3.52  12  10   2   0   1   72   68   32   28    5   30   42
Mudcat Grant           5   3  3.60  42   0   0   7   0   75   79   32   30    8   28   22
Nelson Briles          5   3  3.61  31   8   1   1   0   95  102   40   38    8   28   57
Bob Johnson            8   9  3.67  24  21   7   0   1  137  134   58   56   17   42   80
Luke Walker            5   8  3.77  23  21   4   0   2  136  134   63   57    9   46   77
Bob Moose              9   7  4.27  24  17   3   0   1  124  148   66   59   10   34   58
Bob Veale              6   0  8.50  28   0   0   2   0   36   53   36   34    5   20   35

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ed Acosta              1   0  0.00   1   1   1   0   1    9    8    0    0    0    1    1
Bob Miller             7   3  1.41  38   0   0   7   0   64   53   12   10    0   26   36
Dave Roberts          11  13  2.04  29  26  10   0   2  216  185   58   49    8   51  118
Gary Ross              1   2  2.45  11   0   0   0   0   18   20    6    5    0   10   11
Clay Kirby            12  10  2.99  31  29   9   0   2  208  178   81   69   18   82  174
Al Severinsen          2   3  3.36  48   0   0   8   0   59   64   25   22    3   26   25
Steve Arlin            7  16  3.45  29  28   8   0   4  185  178   89   71    6   82  126
Fred Norman            2  11  3.58  16  15   4   0   0  103   93   42   41    7   43   59
Dick Kelley            2   3  3.63  42   1   0   2   0   52   49   24   21    5   18   41
Al Santorini           0   2  3.76  18   3   0   0   0   38   43   19   16    4   11   21
Tom Phoebus            3  11  4.58  24  21   2   0   0  124  138   64   63   13   62   76
Danny Coombs           1   6  6.24  19   7   0   0   0   58   81   52   40   10   25   37
Bill Laxton            0   2  6.83  18   0   0   0   0   28   32   25   21    4   26   23

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jerry Johnson         12   5  2.51  57   0   0  15   0   86   68   27   24    6   39   63
Juan Marichal         13   9  2.79  29  29  14   0   4  223  192   85   69   19   48  122
John Cumberland        7   3  3.09  37  14   3   2   1  137  114   51   47   15   46   49
Gaylord Perry         13  10  3.25  30  30  10   0   1  222  213  105   80   18   58  120
Steve Hamilton         2   2  3.38  34   0   0   4   0   40   27   15   15    4   10   35
Ron Bryant             7   9  3.54  26  21   3   0   2  140  143   65   55    9   48   79
Don McMahon           10   4  3.74  52   0   0   4   0   67   62   31   28    6   31   60
Frank Reberger         3   0  3.92  13   7   0   0   0   44   37   20   19    5   19   21
Steve Stone            5   9  4.05  20  19   2   0   2  107  106   53   48    8   52   61
Don Carrithers         3   2  4.09  17   7   1   1   0   55   49   37   25    4   27   26
Rich Robertson         2   2  4.57  23   6   1   1   0   61   66   40   31    5   31   32
Jim Barr               0   1  5.50   9   0   0   0   0   18   24   11   11    2    2   11

 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
Stan Williams          1   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    3    0    0    0    0    1
Frank Linzy            4   3  2.30  43   0   0   6   0   47   44   15   12    1   24   20
Bob Gibson            13  11  3.13  26  26  17   0   4  204  177   80   71   14   64  151
Don Shaw               4   1  3.18  35   0   0   2   0   40   38   18   14    0   24   15
Steve Carlton         17   7  3.42  30  29  15   0   3  224  222   95   85   17   81  150
Moe Drabowsky          5   1  3.63  43   0   0   7   0   52   42   21   21    2   30   43
Reggie Cleveland      11  10  3.84  28  28   9   0   2  183  187   85   78   16   40  119
Chuck Taylor           2   1  4.02  33   1   0   2   0   63   66   32   28    7   24   42
Al Santorini           0   2  4.46  10   5   0   1   0   34   37   17   17    2   17   15
Jerry Reuss           12  12  4.72  29  29   6   0   2  181  189  104   95   13   90  109
Daryl Patterson        0   0  5.02  10   0   0   1   0   14   13    8    8    1    8    6
Chris Zachary          3   8  5.23  21  10   1   0   1   83  103   51   48    3   22   43
Rudy Arroyo            0   1  5.40   9   0   0   0   0   12   18    8    7    2    5    5
George Brunet          0   1  5.79   7   0   0   0   0    9   12    6    6    3    7    4
Mike Torrez            1   2  6.00   9   6   0   0   0   36   41   27   24    2   30    8
Harry Parker           0   0  7.20   4   0   0   0   0    5    6    4    4    2    2    2
Bob Chlupsa            0   0  9.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    3    2    2    0    0    1
Bob Reynolds           0   0 10.29   4   0   0   0   0    7   15    8    8    2    6    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:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         20
  D. Ellis (PIT)           18
  S. Carlton (STL)         17
  M. Pappas (CHI)          16
  A. Downing (LA)          15
  T. Seaver (NY)           15
  D. Gullett (CIN)         14
  B. Stoneman (MON)        14
  R. Wise (PHI)            14
  B. Gibson (STL)          13

Losses:

  S. Arlin (SD)            16
  B. Hands (CHI)           16
  B. Singer (LA)           15
  C. Morton (MON)          14
  C. Short (PHI)           14
  J. Billingham (HOU)      13
  G. Nolan (CIN)           13
  S. Renko (MON)           13
  D. Roberts (SD)          13
  J. Bunning (PHI)         12

Complete Games:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         25
  B. Gibson (STL)          17
  B. Stoneman (MON)        16
  S. Carlton (STL)         15
  P. Niekro (ATL)          15
  T. Seaver (NY)           15
  J. Marichal (SF)         14
  M. Pappas (CHI)          14
  R. Wise (PHI)            14
  D. Wilson (HOU)          13

Saves:

  D. Giusti (PIT)          26
  J. Brewer (LA)           16
  M. Marshall (MON)        16
  C. Upshaw (ATL)          16
  J. Johnson (SF)          15
  C. Carroll (CIN)         14
  F. Gladding (HOU)        11
  J. Gibbon (CIN)          10
  W. Granger (CIN)          9
  D. Frisella (NY)          8

Shutouts:

  M. Pappas (CHI)           5
  S. Arlin (SD)             4
  S. Blass (PIT)            4
  B. Gibson (STL)           4
  J. Marichal (SF)          4
  C. Osteen (LA)            4
  R. Wise (PHI)             4
  S. Carlton (STL)          3
  A. Downing (LA)           3
  R. Grimsley (CIN)         3

Innings Pitched:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)      268.2
  B. Stoneman (MON)     230.2
  T. Seaver (NY)        225.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)       224.2
  S. Carlton (STL)      223.2
  C. Osteen (LA)        223.1
  J. Marichal (SF)      222.2
  G. Perry (SF)         221.2
  S. Renko (MON)        221.2
  R. Wise (PHI)         219.0

Hits:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)        247
  C. Osteen (LA)          224
  S. Carlton (STL)        222
  P. Niekro (ATL)         219
  B. Hands (CHI)          218
  M. Pappas (CHI)         215
  G. Perry (SF)           213
  C. Morton (MON)         211
  R. Wise (PHI)           210
  S. Renko (MON)          201

Runs:

  G. Perry (SF)           105
  J. Reuss (STL)          104
  C. Morton (MON)         102
  S. Renko (MON)          102
  B. Hands (CHI)          101
  P. Niekro (ATL)          96
  S. Carlton (STL)         95
  K. Holtzman (CHI)        92
  C. Osteen (LA)           90
  S. Arlin (SD)            89

Home Runs:

  B. Lersch (PHI)          26
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         25
  P. Niekro (ATL)          24
  B. Hands (CHI)           23
  R. Reed (ATL)            22
  C. Short (PHI)           22
  M. Pappas (CHI)          21
  C. Osteen (LA)           20
  J. Marichal (SF)         19
  C. Kirby (SD)            18

Walks:

  B. Stoneman (MON)       117
  S. Renko (MON)          110
  N. Ryan (NY)             95
  J. Reuss (STL)           90
  S. Arlin (SD)            82
  C. Kirby (SD)            82
  S. Carlton (STL)         81
  A. Downing (LA)          74
  G. Gentry (NY)           71
  D. Wilson (HOU)          67

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          226
  F. Jenkins (CHI)        216
  B. Stoneman (MON)       195
  C. Kirby (SD)           174
  B. Gibson (STL)         151
  S. Carlton (STL)        150
  P. Niekro (ATL)         150
  D. Wilson (HOU)         146
  D. Sutton (LA)          137
  K. Holtzman (CHI)       135


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