Monday May 27, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Monday, May 27, 1974

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     33  14  2.92   47  14   6   432   354  165  140   30  135  283
Cincinnati      24  19  3.14   43   8   9   390   327  159  136   28  143  245
Atlanta         24  22  3.40   46  11   7   415   396  179  157   31  147  225
Philadelphia    25  20  3.56   45  11   8   405   383  179  160   23  200  231
Houston         23  24  3.58   47  11   4   412   404  192  164   32  160  209
San Francisco   25  24  3.72   49   5  11   436   422  215  180   39  162  224
St. Louis       23  20  3.73   43  11   4   381   356  178  158   27  164  185
Montreal        20  17  3.78   37   9   6   324   298  160  136   23  141  198
New York        20  25  3.83   45  12   5   402   413  193  171   36  127  269
Pittsburgh      16  26  4.08   42  10   3   384   404  197  174   30  159  191
Chicago         17  23  4.64   40   8   3   359   400  219  185   32  146  213
San Diego       18  34  5.20   52   6   6   468   533  299  270   47  217  252

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jon Matlack (NY)       5   2  2.12   8   8   3   0   2   59   47   14   14    2   12   54
Mike Marshall (LA)     2   2  2.13  30   0   0   6   0   55   47   15   13    1   22   37
Jim Rooker (PIT)       2   3  2.34   8   8   2   0   0   62   56   20   16    2   22   23
Mike Caldwell (SF)     7   2  2.44  12  12   4   0   2   85   75   33   23    7   26   39
Larry Dierker (HOU)    2   3  2.47   9   9   1   0   0   58   51   19   16    3   22   33
Fred Norman (CIN)      4   5  2.53  12   7   3   0   1   57   42   17   16    3   16   52
Sonny Siebert (STL)    4   3  2.57   8   8   4   0   2   56   50   21   16    3   16   29
Don Gullett (CIN)      5   3  2.58  10   9   1   0   0   59   50   22   17    5   24   44
Tom Griffin (HOU)      6   1  2.62  10  10   3   0   1   69   48   24   20    5   33   46
Lynn McGlothen (STL)   6   2  2.67   8   8   3   0   1   61   52   19   18    4   23   41

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Max Leon               0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    1    0    0    0    0    0
Gary Gentry            0   0  1.35   3   1   0   0   0    7    4    1    1    1    2    0
Buzz Capra             3   2  1.73  13   2   2   1   1   42   21   10    8    3   17   32
Lew Krausse            1   1  1.93   3   0   0   0   0    5    4    1    1    0    0    2
Tom House              0   0  2.25  14   0   0   2   0   20   18    5    5    0    6   14
Phil Niekro            6   3  2.79  13  12   4   0   1   94   80   33   29    8   31   70
Carl Morton            6   4  3.48  12  12   2   0   0   88   91   36   34    4   33   41
Ron Reed               5   3  3.67   9   9   2   0   0   54   59   26   22    2   10   26
Danny Frisella         0   2  3.86  15   0   0   4   0   16   12    9    7    2    9    7
Jack Aker              0   1  4.30  15   0   0   0   0   15   16   11    7    3    8    6
Roric Harrison         3   6  4.82  10  10   1   0   0   71   84   40   38    8   27   27
Jamie Easterly         0   0 16.88   3   0   0   0   0    3    6    7    5    0    4    0

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Horacio Pina           2   2  2.38  15   0   0   1   0   23   17    7    6    1   15   12
Dave LaRoche           1   0  2.70   5   0   0   1   0   13   12    4    4    1    3    6
Ken Frailing           3   4  4.19   9   9   1   0   0   54   77   30   25    4   19   25
Jim Todd               0   0  4.26   7   0   0   0   0   13   14    6    6    0   10    3
Rick Reuschel          3   3  4.55  10   9   3   0   0   61   55   34   31    5   19   41
Burt Hooton            2   4  4.62  10   9   2   0   0   60   73   37   31    8   14   30
Bill Bonham            3   8  4.66  13   8   2   0   1   48   48   33   25    5   21   46
Steve Stone            1   0  5.12   9   5   0   0   0   32   35   22   18    2   19   15
Ray Burris             2   0  5.52  18   0   0   1   0   29   32   21   18    3   12   13
Herb Hutson            0   0  6.00   8   0   0   0   0    9   11    7    6    1    3    7
Jim Kremmel            0   1  6.46  15   0   0   0   0   15   22   14   11    1   10   14
Mike Paul              0   1 27.00   2   0   0   0   0    1    4    4    4    1    1    1

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Hall               0   0  0.63  11   0   0   0   0   14    6    1    1    1    6   12
Pedro Borbon           2   2  1.86  21   0   0   7   0   39   28   10    8    1   11   13
Mike McQueen           0   0  2.08   6   0   0   0   0    9    9    3    2    0    8    4
Fred Norman            4   5  2.53  12   7   3   0   1   57   42   17   16    3   16   52
Don Gullett            5   3  2.58  10   9   1   0   0   59   50   22   17    5   24   44
Clay Carroll           2   0  2.78  15   0   0   1   0   23   23    7    7    1   10   11
Roger Nelson           3   3  2.81  10   8   1   1   0   64   43   23   20    5   26   33
Jack Billingham        6   3  3.78  10  10   2   0   1   67   67   35   28    5   25   34
Clay Kirby             2   3  5.15   9   9   1   0   0   51   49   32   29    5   13   40
Pat Osburn             0   0  9.39   5   0   0   0   0    8   10    9    8    2    4    2

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Cosgrove          0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    4    2    0    0    0    1    1
Larry Dierker          2   3  2.47   9   9   1   0   0   58   51   19   16    3   22   33
Tom Griffin            6   1  2.62  10  10   3   0   1   69   48   24   20    5   33   46
Claude Osteen          5   4  2.82  10  10   3   0   1   70   74   31   22    5   25   24
Ken Forsch             2   1  2.91  16   0   0   3   0   22   18    7    7    1    8   10
Dave Roberts           5   5  3.50  11  11   3   0   0   75   82   34   29    4   22   23
Jerry Johnson          1   0  3.60  16   0   0   0   0   25   25   11   10    2   11   20
Fred Scherman          0   3  3.65  21   0   0   1   0   25   25   14   10    3    7   14
Don Wilson             1   3  6.00   9   4   1   0   0   36   44   24   24    6   14   25
Doug Konieczny         0   3  7.88   6   3   0   0   0   16   18   15   14    0   12    8
Mike Nagy              1   1  8.53   9   0   0   0   0   13   17   13   12    3    5    5

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Geoff Zahn             0   0  1.50   4   0   0   0   0    6    7    3    1    0    0    5
Charlie Hough          4   1  1.71  10   0   0   0   0   21    8    5    4    3    5   19
Jim Brewer             4   2  1.93  11   0   0   0   0   19   13    6    4    1    3   10
Mike Marshall          2   2  2.13  30   0   0   6   0   55   47   15   13    1   22   37
Doug Rau               4   1  2.68   9   8   1   0   0   54   42   18   16    6   15   32
Tommy John             7   1  2.90  11  11   4   0   2   78   69   29   25    1   19   44
Andy Messersmith       4   1  3.10  11  11   4   0   0   87   72   33   30   11   27   62
Don Sutton             6   4  3.43  11  11   5   0   3   79   63   33   30    5   24   50
Al Downing             2   2  4.50   6   6   0   0   0   34   33   23   17    2   20   24

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dennis Blair           1   0  1.13   1   1   0   0   0    8    4    1    1    0    6    6
Chuck Taylor           1   0  2.17  16   0   0   5   0   29   27    7    7    3    9   10
Tom Walker             1   0  2.37   8   0   0   1   0   19   15    7    5    0    4   15
John Montague          0   0  2.76   8   0   0   0   0   16   17    7    5    1    6    6
Don DeMola             0   0  3.47  11   0   0   0   0   23   18    9    9    3    8   12
Mike Torrez            4   4  3.75   8   8   0   0   0   48   49   31   20    6   22   25
Balor Moore            0   2  3.95   8   2   0   0   0   14   13    8    6    1   15   16
Steve Rogers           7   2  3.99   9   9   5   0   0   70   61   32   31    4   21   46
Steve Renko            3   5  4.81  10  10   2   0   0   58   58   35   31    2   29   35
Ernie McAnally         3   4  4.89   8   7   2   0   1   39   36   23   21    3   21   27

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jon Matlack            5   2  2.12   8   8   3   0   2   59   47   14   14    2   12   54
Harry Parker           1   2  2.59  12   2   0   2   0   31   33   10    9    1   13   12
Jerry Koosman          5   2  2.99  10  10   3   0   0   81   75   33   27    6   19   63
Bob Miller             1   1  3.44  17   0   0   1   0   18   20    9    7    0    5   10
Tom Seaver             2   5  3.89  11  11   5   0   2   83   76   38   36   12   20   79
Craig Swan             1   3  4.15   6   5   0   0   0   30   27   18   14    1   21   10
George Stone           2   3  4.34   7   7   1   0   0   48   60   30   23    6   10   15
Bob Apodaca            1   3  6.65  10   1   0   1   0   22   27   16   16    1   14    9
Ray Sadecki            2   1  7.16  11   1   0   0   0   16   25   13   13    4    7    7
Tug McGraw             0   3  9.00  10   0   0   1   0   12   23   12   12    3    6   10

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Wayne Twitchell        0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    1    0    0    0    1    1
Frank Linzy            2   2  2.20  15   0   0   0   0   16   14    6    4    0    4    8
Jim Lonborg            4   4  2.78  10  10   3   0   1   74   75   25   23    6   21   32
Dick Ruthven           2   2  3.12  10  10   0   0   0   61   47   22   21    2   36   44
Ron Schueler           3   4  3.16  11  11   2   0   0   74   69   29   26    4   35   37
Steve Carlton          6   3  3.28  11  11   6   0   0   82   79   36   30    3   37   60
Eddie Watt             1   0  3.57  18   0   0   5   0   18   14    7    7    1   13   11
Mac Scarce             3   3  4.39  24   0   0   3   0   27   24   14   13    2   20   15
Ed Farmer              2   1  5.21   6   3   0   0   0   19   23   13   11    1   13   12
Mike Wallace           1   0  5.40   8   0   0   0   0    8   12    6    5    0    2    1
George Culver          1   0  6.98  12   0   0   0   0   19   19   15   15    1   14    7
Dave Wallace           0   1  9.00   3   0   0   0   0    3    4    4    3    2    3    3
Ron Diorio             0   0 18.00   2   0   0   0   0    1    2    2    2    1    1    0

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Rooker             2   3  2.34   8   8   2   0   0   62   56   20   16    2   22   23
Ramon Hernandez        0   1  2.84  17   0   0   0   0   19   20    6    6    0    9    8
Bruce Kison            2   2  2.91  14   2   0   1   0   34   30   14   11    1   17   21
Ken Brett              5   3  3.02   9   9   4   0   2   63   56   24   21    4   16   37
John Morlan            0   1  3.32  13   0   0   0   0   19   18   11    7    1   17   12
Kent Tekulve           1   0  4.15   4   0   0   0   0    4    5    2    2    1    3    3
Dave Giusti            1   2  4.40  19   0   0   2   0   31   34   15   15    1   15   19
Jerry Reuss            3   3  4.71   9   9   3   0   0   57   62   33   30    8   24   22
Dock Ellis             1   5  4.93   8   8   1   0   0   46   52   28   25    5   13   28
Jim Sadowski           0   1  6.00   4   0   0   0   0    9    7    6    6    1    9    1
Bob Moose              1   5  7.57   7   6   0   0   0   36   59   30   30    4    7   15
Steve Blass            0   0  9.00   1   0   0   0   0    5    5    8    5    2    7    2

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Vicente Romo           1   1  2.75  23   0   0   5   0   36   30   18   11    2   17   17
Joe McIntosh           0   0  3.60   5   0   0   0   0   10   12    5    4    2    5    5
Dave Freisleben        3   2  4.01   8   7   2   0   0   43   39   21   19    3   16   21
Larry Hardy            3   1  4.06  18   0   0   0   0   31   40   14   14    3   13   15
Gary Ross              0   0  4.50   9   0   0   0   0   18   23   10    9    1    6   11
Mike Corkins           2   2  4.73  21   2   0   0   0   51   49   29   27    5   29   37
Jim McAndrew           1   4  5.18  14   5   1   0   0   40   44   27   23    6   13   15
Dave Tomlin            0   0  5.63  10   0   0   0   0   16   16   10   10    3    8   10
Randy Jones            3   8  5.65  12  12   1   0   0   65   74   43   41    6   28   44
Bill Greif             2   8  5.69  13  12   1   0   0   68   82   48   43    4   34   40
Ralph Garcia           0   0  6.10   8   0   0   0   0   10   15    8    7    1    7    9
Steve Arlin            1   6  6.15  12  11   1   0   0   53   71   40   36    4   31   14
Rich Troedson          1   1  8.68  15   1   0   1   0   19   24   18   18    6    8   11
Dan Spillner           1   1  9.39   3   2   0   0   0    8   14    8    8    1    2    3

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Elias Sosa             5   0  1.87  20   0   0   0   0   34   25   13    7    1   22   14
Mike Caldwell          7   2  2.44  12  12   4   0   2   85   75   33   23    7   26   39
Charlie Williams       1   0  2.54  20   1   0   0   0   39   31   11   11    2    8   22
Randy Moffitt          2   2  2.88  24   0   0  10   0   34   22   11   11    2    7   18
Jim Barr               1   3  3.62  17   5   0   1   0   55   59   24   22    5    9   22
John D'Acquisto        2   5  3.89  10   9   0   0   0   44   39   21   19    5   31   37
Tom Bradley            5   4  4.12  12  11   1   0   0   74   73   42   34    7   28   43
Don McMahon            0   0  4.50   4   0   0   0   0    6    7    3    3    1    2    2
Jim Willoughby         1   4  4.85  16   4   0   0   0   39   48   23   21    6    9   11
Don Rose               0   0  9.00   2   0   0   0   0    1    4    1    1    0    1    0
Ron Bryant             1   4  9.95  10   7   0   0   0   25   39   33   28    3   19   16

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Orlando Pena           2   0  1.10  17   0   0   0   0   16   11    2    2    0    3    7
Rich Folkers           1   0  2.12  15   0   0   2   0   17   10    4    4    0    8    7
Mike Garman            2   1  2.31  16   0   0   0   0   23   15    7    6    0    9    8
Sonny Siebert          4   3  2.57   8   8   4   0   2   56   50   21   16    3   16   29
Lynn McGlothen         6   2  2.67   8   8   3   0   1   61   52   19   18    4   23   41
Pete Richert           0   0  3.86   8   0   0   1   0    5    5    6    2    0    6    1
Al Hrabosky            1   0  4.12  15   0   0   1   0   20   21    9    9    2   11   11
Alan Foster            1   4  4.13   8   8   2   0   0   52   55   29   24    4   21   22
Bob Gibson             3   4  5.08   9   9   1   0   0   62   64   38   35    7   27   29
John Curtis            3   5  5.37   9   9   1   0   1   54   55   33   32    7   26   21
Mike Thompson          0   1  5.87  10   1   0   0   0   15   18   10   10    0   14    9

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League Leaders

Wins:

  M. Caldwell (SF)          7
  T. John (LA)              7
  S. Rogers (MON)           7
  J. Billingham (CIN)       6
  S. Carlton (PHI)          6
  T. Griffin (HOU)          6
  L. McGlothen (STL)        6
  C. Morton (ATL)           6
  P. Niekro (ATL)           6
  D. Sutton (LA)            6

Losses:

  B. Bonham (CHI)           8
  B. Greif (SD)             8
  R. Jones (SD)             8
  S. Arlin (SD)             6
  R. Harrison (ATL)         6
  J. Curtis (STL)           5
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)        5
  D. Ellis (PIT)            5
  B. Moose (PIT)            5
  F. Norman (CIN)           5

Complete Games:

  S. Carlton (PHI)          6
  S. Rogers (MON)           5
  T. Seaver (NY)            5
  D. Sutton (LA)            5
  K. Brett (PIT)            4
  M. Caldwell (SF)          4
  T. John (LA)              4
  A. Messersmith (LA)       4
  P. Niekro (ATL)           4
  S. Siebert (STL)          4

Saves:

  R. Moffitt (SF)          10
  P. Borbon (CIN)           7
  M. Marshall (LA)          6
  V. Romo (SD)              5
  C. Taylor (MON)           5
  E. Watt (PHI)             5
  D. Frisella (ATL)         4
  K. Forsch (HOU)           3
  M. Scarce (PHI)           3
  R. Folkers (STL)          2

Shutouts:

  D. Sutton (LA)            3
  K. Brett (PIT)            2
  M. Caldwell (SF)          2
  T. John (LA)              2
  J. Matlack (NY)           2
  T. Seaver (NY)            2
  S. Siebert (STL)          2
  J. Billingham (CIN)       1
  B. Bonham (CHI)           1
  B. Capra (ATL)            1

Innings Pitched:

  P. Niekro (ATL)        93.2
  C. Morton (ATL)        88.0
  A. Messersmith (LA)    87.0
  M. Caldwell (SF)       84.2
  T. Seaver (NY)         83.1
  S. Carlton (PHI)       82.1
  J. Koosman (NY)        81.1
  D. Sutton (LA)         78.2
  T. John (LA)           77.2
  D. Roberts (HOU)       74.2

Hits:

  C. Morton (ATL)          91
  R. Harrison (ATL)        84
  B. Greif (SD)            82
  D. Roberts (HOU)         82
  P. Niekro (ATL)          80
  S. Carlton (PHI)         79
  K. Frailing (CHI)        77
  T. Seaver (NY)           76
  M. Caldwell (SF)         75
  J. Koosman (NY)          75

Runs:

  B. Greif (SD)            48
  R. Jones (SD)            43
  T. Bradley (SF)          42
  S. Arlin (SD)            40
  R. Harrison (ATL)        40
  B. Gibson (STL)          38
  T. Seaver (NY)           38
  B. Hooton (CHI)          37
  S. Carlton (PHI)         36
  C. Morton (ATL)          36

Home Runs:

  T. Seaver (NY)           12
  A. Messersmith (LA)      11
  R. Harrison (ATL)         8
  B. Hooton (CHI)           8
  P. Niekro (ATL)           8
  J. Reuss (PIT)            8
  T. Bradley (SF)           7
  M. Caldwell (SF)          7
  J. Curtis (STL)           7
  B. Gibson (STL)           7

Walks:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         37
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         36
  R. Schueler (PHI)        35
  B. Greif (SD)            34
  T. Griffin (HOU)         33
  C. Morton (ATL)          33
  S. Arlin (SD)            31
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       31
  P. Niekro (ATL)          31
  M. Corkins (SD)          29

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)           79
  P. Niekro (ATL)          70
  J. Koosman (NY)          63
  A. Messersmith (LA)      62
  S. Carlton (PHI)         60
  J. Matlack (NY)          54
  F. Norman (CIN)          52
  D. Sutton (LA)           50
  B. Bonham (CHI)          46
  T. Griffin (HOU)         46

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