Friday June 21, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, June 21, 1974

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     45  23  2.86   68  19   9   621   512  235  197   42  191  383
Atlanta         39  27  2.99   66  17  12   599   557  224  199   37  212  306
Cincinnati      36  28  3.43   64  13   9   577   523  248  220   49  214  332
Houston         34  34  3.61   68  16   8   604   590  273  242   38  242  309
Philadelphia    35  32  3.62   67  21   9   601   567  269  242   45  279  350
St. Louis       33  31  3.73   64  15   6   565   549  256  234   41  243  295
San Francisco   33  37  3.74   70   8  16   618   627  308  257   53  217  332
New York        26  39  3.77   65  15   6   585   592  279  245   49  208  386
Pittsburgh      27  36  3.90   63  20   5   563   567  271  244   45  237  291
Montreal        30  29  4.00   59  12   9   517   507  262  230   33  221  312
Chicago         27  35  4.36   62  12   6   559   621  318  271   45  215  349
San Diego       29  43  4.93   72   8  11   645   712  395  353   60  315  353

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Buzz Capra (ATL)       7   2  1.40  19   8   4   1   3   83   53   15   13    3   34   55
Larry Dierker (HOU)    5   3  1.86  14  14   3   0   1  102   78   24   21    5   35   68
A. Messersmith (LA)    7   2  2.15  16  16   8   0   2  130   96   38   31   11   38   90
Fred Norman (CIN)      6   5  2.35  14   9   4   0   1   73   54   20   19    3   22   63
Mike Marshall (LA)     5   3  2.37  43   0   0   9   0   76   66   22   20    2   28   51
Jim Lonborg (PHI)      9   5  2.40  16  16   8   0   2  128  119   37   34   12   29   50
Tommy John (LA)       10   2  2.55  16  16   5   0   3  116   99   37   33    3   27   60
Sonny Siebert (STL)    7   4  2.56  13  13   5   0   3   91   92   32   26    4   26   44
Jim Barr (SF)          4   3  2.60  23   7   2   1   2   83   81   26   24    5   17   36
Lynn McGlothen (STL)   9   3  2.69  12  12   4   0   2   90   77   28   27    5   32   61

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Max Leon               0   0  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    8    4    0    0    0    1    0
Joe Niekro             0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    2    3    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             7   2  1.40  19   8   4   1   3   83   53   15   13    3   34   55
Tom House              1   0  1.62  20   0   0   6   0   33   25    6    6    0    8   24
Phil Niekro            8   4  2.75  17  16   5   0   1  124  107   42   38   10   41   86
Carl Morton            9   6  2.84  18  18   3   0   1  136  134   47   43    5   48   58
Ron Reed               5   3  3.67   9   9   2   0   0   54   59   26   22    2   10   26
Jack Aker              0   1  3.78  17   0   0   0   0   17   17   11    7    3    9    7
Roric Harrison         6   7  4.09  14  14   3   0   0   99  109   48   45   10   35   36
Lew Krausse            1   2  4.22   7   0   0   0   0   11   14    5    5    0    6    4
Danny Frisella         2   2  5.82  21   0   0   5   0   22   22   16   14    3   14   10
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
Jim Todd               1   1  1.93  11   1   0   0   0   28   17    7    6    0   13   11
Oscar Zamora           0   0  3.00   2   0   0   1   0    3    1    1    1    1    0    1
Horacio Pina           3   4  3.06  25   0   0   3   0   35   34   13   12    2   19   20
Rick Reuschel          6   4  4.01  16  15   5   0   1  103  108   49   46    8   30   71
Ken Frailing           5   5  4.14  13  13   1   0   0   76  100   42   35    7   28   37
Dave LaRoche           1   2  4.43  12   0   0   1   0   20   21   10   10    3    7   11
Burt Hooton            3   5  4.43  17  13   2   0   0   89  114   57   44    9   24   48
Bill Bonham            4  10  4.54  18  13   4   0   1   85   87   54   43    6   35   80
Steve Stone            2   1  4.75  16   7   0   0   0   61   65   36   32    3   33   34
Ray Burris             2   1  5.85  21   0   0   1   0   32   37   24   21    3   12   14
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
Pedro Borbon           5   3  2.31  31   0   0   7   0   58   51   18   15    5   12   24
Fred Norman            6   5  2.35  14   9   4   0   1   73   54   20   19    3   22   63
Clay Carroll           4   1  2.37  23   1   0   1   0   38   39   10   10    1   14   22
Don Gullett            7   4  3.24  15  14   2   0   0   94   84   39   34   11   32   64
Roger Nelson           3   4  3.45  13  11   1   1   0   78   61   34   30    6   33   39
Clay Kirby             5   4  3.65  14  14   3   0   0   91   84   43   37    6   36   56
Jack Billingham        6   6  4.01  14  14   3   0   1   90   92   47   40    7   32   41
Tom Hall               0   1  4.30  17   0   0   0   0   23   20   11   11    3   12   14
Mike McQueen           0   0  5.40  10   0   0   0   0   15   17   10    9    4   11    5
Pat Osburn             0   0  8.00   6   0   0   0   0    9   11    9    8    2    4    4
Dick Baney             0   0  9.00   3   1   0   0   0    7   10    7    7    1    6    0

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Cosgrove          2   0  0.32   8   0   0   0   0   28    9    1    1    0   11   11
Larry Dierker          5   3  1.86  14  14   3   0   1  102   78   24   21    5   35   68
Jim York               0   1  2.70   4   0   0   0   0   10   12    3    3    0    3    5
Fred Scherman          1   3  3.75  31   0   0   4   0   36   33   19   15    3   13   18
Claude Osteen          5   7  3.75  15  13   3   0   1   86   99   45   36    6   31   30
Tom Griffin            7   3  3.76  15  15   4   0   1   91   85   44   38    7   42   59
Ken Forsch             3   2  3.82  25   0   0   3   0   31   29   13   13    1   13   16
Dave Roberts           5   7  3.87  16  15   4   1   0   93  105   45   40    4   29   28
Jerry Johnson          2   0  4.46  24   0   0   0   0   34   36   18   17    2   16   23
Don Wilson             3   4  4.52  13   8   2   0   1   64   69   33   32    7   32   38
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  1.29   5   0   0   0   0    7    8    3    1    0    0    6
Jim Brewer             4   3  1.99  13   0   0   0   0   23   16    7    5    1    5   13
Charlie Hough          6   2  2.13  19   0   0   0   0   42   21   12   10    4   16   29
Andy Messersmith       7   2  2.15  16  16   8   0   2  130   96   38   31   11   38   90
Mike Marshall          5   3  2.37  43   0   0   9   0   76   66   22   20    2   28   51
Tommy John            10   2  2.55  16  16   5   0   3  116   99   37   33    3   27   60
Doug Rau               5   3  3.12  14  13   1   0   0   84   70   33   29    7   25   47
Don Sutton             6   6  4.05  16  16   5   0   3  104   96   56   47   11   31   62
Al Downing             2   2  4.93   7   7   0   0   0   38   40   27   21    3   21   25

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Montague          1   0  1.25  18   0   0   1   0   36   24    8    5    1   14   19
Chuck Taylor           2   1  2.47  26   0   0   6   0   44   45   12   12    4   12   20
Tom Walker             2   1  3.50  18   0   0   2   0   36   40   17   14    1    9   26
Don DeMola             1   0  3.77  16   0   0   0   0   31   29   13   13    5   14   20
Ernie McAnally         5   6  3.79  13  12   4   0   2   76   61   35   32    4   35   50
Mike Torrez            7   4  3.84  13  13   1   0   0   80   87   45   34    6   32   38
Balor Moore            0   2  3.95   8   2   0   0   0   14   13    8    6    1   15   16
Dennis Blair           1   1  4.57   4   4   0   0   0   22   19   12   11    0   18   18
Steve Renko            4   7  4.77  14  14   2   0   0   83   85   48   44    6   38   44
Steve Rogers           7   7  5.46  14  14   5   0   0   96  101   60   58    5   32   60
Terry Enyart           0   0  9.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    3    4    1    0    2    1

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Harry Parker           1   6  2.63  17   5   0   2   0   48   47   18   14    4   18   19
Jon Matlack            5   5  2.69  13  13   3   0   2   97   83   29   29    3   32   72
Jack Aker              0   0  3.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    2    1    1    1    1    0
Jerry Koosman          7   4  3.31  15  15   5   0   0  117  117   49   43    7   34   91
Bob Miller             1   1  3.41  27   0   0   1   0   34   37   16   13    0   15   13
Tom Seaver             4   6  3.64  16  16   6   0   2  119  103   50   48   15   34  113
Craig Swan             1   3  4.45   7   5   0   0   0   30   28   19   15    1   21   10
George Stone           2   5  4.85  10   9   1   0   0   59   76   45   32    8   16   22
Ray Sadecki            4   2  4.97  17   1   0   0   0   29   34   17   16    4   11   14
Bob Apodaca            1   4  5.68  17   1   0   1   0   32   36   21   20    3   18   21
Tug McGraw             0   3  7.41  13   0   0   2   0   17   29   14   14    3    8   11

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Lonborg            9   5  2.40  16  16   8   0   2  128  119   37   34   12   29   50
Frank Linzy            3   2  2.95  19   0   0   0   0   21   20    9    7    0    4   11
Steve Carlton          9   5  2.98  17  17  10   0   1  133  118   51   44    8   62  106
Ron Schueler           3   8  3.62  16  16   2   0   0  104  104   48   42    8   50   47
Dick Ruthven           2   5  3.71  15  15   1   0   0   95   75   41   39    5   53   69
Mac Scarce             3   4  4.46  33   0   0   4   0   34   32   18   17    3   22   23
Eddie Watt             1   0  5.03  22   0   0   5   0   20   23   13   11    2   14   12
Mike Wallace           1   0  5.40   8   0   0   0   0    8   12    6    5    0    2    1
Ed Farmer              2   1  5.48   9   3   0   0   0   23   29   16   14    2   16   16
George Culver          1   0  6.65  14   0   0   0   0   22   20   16   16    1   16    9
Jesus Hernaiz          0   0  6.75   4   0   0   0   0    3    3    2    2    0    2    0
Wayne Twitchell        1   1  8.10   5   0   0   0   0    7    6    6    6    1    5    3
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
Daryl Patterson        1   0  0.00   2   0   0   1   0    2    1    0    0    0    0    1
John Morlan            0   1  2.45  18   0   0   0   0   26   21   13    7    1   24   15
Ramon Hernandez        0   1  2.86  22   0   0   0   0   22   24    7    7    1    9   10
Ken Brett              8   4  2.97  13  13   7   0   2   94   84   35   31    5   32   51
Jim Rooker             3   6  3.07  13  13   5   0   0  100   88   38   34    5   42   47
Bruce Kison            2   3  3.79  20   3   0   2   0   40   41   20   17    3   23   28
Dave Giusti            2   2  3.83  26   1   0   2   0   45   45   19   19    1   18   25
Dock Ellis             3   6  4.02  11  11   2   0   0   69   69   35   31    8   19   41
Jerry Reuss            6   4  4.06  14  14   6   0   0   95   97   46   43   11   38   34
Larry Demery           0   2  6.00   3   2   0   0   0   12   14    8    8    2    4   15
Jim Sadowski           0   1  6.00   4   0   0   0   0    9    7    6    6    1    9    1
Kent Tekulve           1   1  6.00   8   0   0   0   0    9   12    6    6    1    5    6
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
Dave Freisleben        6   2  3.38  13  11   3   0   1   75   64   31   28    6   34   48
Dan Spillner           3   1  3.45   9   5   1   0   1   31   32   13   12    3   15   20
Joe McIntosh           0   0  3.60   5   0   0   0   0   10   12    5    4    2    5    5
Vicente Romo           3   3  3.80  34   0   0   7   0   47   45   31   20    3   25   20
Gary Ross              0   0  4.50   9   0   0   0   0   18   23   10    9    1    6   11
Larry Hardy            6   2  4.53  29   1   0   0   0   50   65   26   25    5   24   24
Randy Jones            3  11  4.63  17  16   1   1   0   95  103   55   49    6   36   61
Mike Corkins           2   2  4.73  21   2   0   0   0   51   49   29   27    5   29   37
Dave Tomlin            1   0  5.28  24   0   0   1   0   29   28   18   17    3   16   14
Jim McAndrew           1   4  5.62  15   5   1   0   0   42   48   30   26    7   13   16
Bill Greif             2  10  5.68  20  16   1   0   0   89  103   62   56    5   48   51
Steve Arlin            1   7  5.91  16  12   1   1   0   64   85   46   42    5   37   18
Ralph Garcia           0   0  6.10   8   0   0   0   0   10   15    8    7    1    7    9
Lowell Palmer          0   0  7.80   3   3   0   0   0   15   16   13   13    2   12    8
Rich Troedson          1   1  8.68  15   1   0   1   0   19   24   18   18    6    8   11

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Elias Sosa             5   3  2.37  28   0   0   2   0   49   35   19   13    2   25   23
Jim Barr               4   3  2.60  23   7   2   1   2   83   81   26   24    5   17   36
Randy Moffitt          2   3  2.86  30   1   0  12   0   50   44   16   16    3   10   28
Mike Caldwell          7   3  3.17  14  14   4   0   2   88   85   42   31    9   28   41
Charlie Williams       1   0  3.26  28   1   0   0   0   58   56   22   21    4   17   29
Steve Barber           0   0  3.38   2   0   0   1   0    3    2    1    1    0    2    1
John D'Acquisto        5   6  3.48  16  15   1   0   0   88   79   40   34    6   45   74
Don McMahon            0   0  4.15   6   0   0   0   0    9   10    5    4    2    2    3
Tom Bradley            6   7  4.44  17  16   1   0   0   99  107   61   49   10   35   56
Jim Willoughby         1   4  4.65  18   4   0   0   0   41   51   27   21    7    9   12
Ron Bryant             2   8  7.71  15  12   0   0   0   49   73   48   42    5   26   29
Don Rose               0   0  9.00   2   0   0   0   0    1    4    1    1    0    1    0

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Orlando Pena           4   0  0.75  25   0   0   1   0   24   16    2    2    0    7   12
Pete Richert           0   0  2.38  13   0   0   1   0   11   10    7    3    1   11    4
Sonny Siebert          7   4  2.56  13  13   5   0   3   91   92   32   26    4   26   44
Lynn McGlothen         9   3  2.69  12  12   4   0   2   90   77   28   27    5   32   61
Mike Garman            2   2  2.97  25   0   0   0   0   33   23   12   11    2   13   14
Rich Folkers           1   0  3.18  19   0   0   2   0   23   17    8    8    0   12    9
Al Hrabosky            1   0  3.91  23   0   0   2   0   25   25   11   11    2   16   17
Alan Foster            2   5  4.28  12  10   3   0   1   67   72   37   32    6   25   35
John Curtis            4   7  4.74  13  13   1   0   1   80   83   43   42    8   37   33
Bob Gibson             3   8  5.17  14  14   2   0   0   96  105   59   55   12   44   49
Mike Thompson          0   2  6.38  14   2   0   0   0   24   29   17   17    1   20   17

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League Leaders

Wins:

  T. John (LA)             10
  S. Carlton (PHI)          9
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          9
  L. McGlothen (STL)        9
  C. Morton (ATL)           9
  K. Brett (PIT)            8
  P. Niekro (ATL)           8
  M. Caldwell (SF)          7
  B. Capra (ATL)            7
  T. Griffin (HOU)          7

Losses:

  R. Jones (SD)            11
  B. Bonham (CHI)          10
  B. Greif (SD)            10
  R. Bryant (SF)            8
  B. Gibson (STL)           8
  R. Schueler (PHI)         8
  S. Arlin (CLE)            7
  T. Bradley (SF)           7
  J. Curtis (STL)           7
  R. Harrison (ATL)         7

Complete Games:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         10
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          8
  A. Messersmith (LA)       8
  K. Brett (PIT)            7
  J. Reuss (PIT)            6
  T. Seaver (NY)            6
  T. John (LA)              5
  J. Koosman (NY)           5
  P. Niekro (ATL)           5
  R. Reuschel (CHI)         5

Saves:

  R. Moffitt (SF)          12
  M. Marshall (LA)          9
  P. Borbon (CIN)           7
  V. Romo (SD)              7
  T. House (ATL)            6
  C. Taylor (MON)           6
  D. Frisella (ATL)         5
  E. Watt (PHI)             5
  M. Scarce (PHI)           4
  F. Scherman (HOU)         4

Shutouts:

  B. Capra (ATL)            3
  T. John (LA)              3
  S. Siebert (STL)          3
  D. Sutton (LA)            3
  J. Barr (SF)              2
  K. Brett (PIT)            2
  M. Caldwell (SF)          2
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          2
  J. Matlack (NY)           2
  E. McAnally (MON)         2

Innings Pitched:

  C. Morton (ATL)       136.1
  S. Carlton (PHI)      132.2
  A. Messersmith (LA)   130.0
  J. Lonborg (PHI)      127.2
  P. Niekro (ATL)       124.1
  T. Seaver (NY)        118.2
  J. Koosman (NY)       117.0
  T. John (LA)          116.1
  R. Schueler (PHI)     104.1
  D. Sutton (LA)        104.1

Hits:

  C. Morton (ATL)         134
  J. Lonborg (PHI)        119
  S. Carlton (PHI)        118
  J. Koosman (NY)         117
  B. Hooton (CHI)         114
  R. Harrison (ATL)       109
  R. Reuschel (CHI)       108
  T. Bradley (SF)         107
  P. Niekro (ATL)         107
  B. Gibson (STL)         105

Runs:

  B. Greif (SD)            62
  T. Bradley (SF)          61
  S. Rogers (MON)          60
  B. Gibson (STL)          59
  B. Hooton (CHI)          57
  D. Sutton (LA)           56
  R. Jones (SD)            55
  B. Bonham (CHI)          54
  S. Carlton (PHI)         51
  T. Seaver (NY)           50

Home Runs:

  T. Seaver (NY)           15
  B. Gibson (STL)          12
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         12
  D. Gullett (CIN)         11
  A. Messersmith (LA)      11
  J. Reuss (PIT)           11
  D. Sutton (LA)           11
  T. Bradley (SF)          10
  R. Harrison (ATL)        10
  P. Niekro (ATL)          10

Walks:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         62
  D. Ruthven (PHI)         53
  R. Schueler (PHI)        50
  B. Greif (SD)            48
  C. Morton (ATL)          48
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       45
  B. Gibson (STL)          44
  T. Griffin (HOU)         42
  J. Rooker (PIT)          42
  P. Niekro (ATL)          41

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)          113
  S. Carlton (PHI)        106
  J. Koosman (NY)          91
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