Thursday May 8, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, May 8, 1975

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Pittsburgh      12  10  2.75   22   9   2   197   191   72   60   11   60  112
Los Angeles     19  10  2.87   29  11   4   273   227   96   87   17   95  185
Montreal         8  13  3.03   21   4   4   181   162   81   61   11   85   91
San Diego       14  14  3.08   28   5   6   254   252  118   87   14   90  134
San Francisco   14  13  3.33   27   5   2   246   207  103   91   14  114  139
Cincinnati      16  13  3.37   29   9   3   265   240  107   99   17   95  145
New York        10  12  3.54   22   6   4   193   191   83   76   11   70  118
Atlanta         14  16  3.80   30  10   4   263   293  136  111   21   74  111
Philadelphia    13  11  3.80   24   6   5   213   196   97   90   15   77  115
Houston         10  21  3.95   31   5   6   271   256  140  119   17  143  166
Chicago         16   8  4.01   24   5   8   211   217  101   94   18   56  132
St. Louis        9  14  4.17   23   3   3   205   203  114   95   12   87  114

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Woodie Fryman (MON)    3   0  0.53   5   4   3   0   3   34   19    2    2    0    9   28
Joe McIntosh (SD)      3   1  1.36   5   5   1   0   0   40   28    8    6    1   10   22
Steve Stone (CHI)      4   0  1.47   4   4   2   0   1   31   22    5    5    0    7   24
Don Sutton (LA)        6   1  1.56   8   8   5   0   2   64   41   14   11    2   12   60
Randy Jones (SD)       4   2  1.62   7   6   2   0   2   50   39   12    9    2    7   22
Tom Seaver (NY)        3   3  1.88   6   6   4   0   0   48   36   11   10    1   13   36
Jim Lonborg (PHI)      3   1  1.88   7   7   2   0   2   53   35   12   11    0   12   28
Pete Falcone (SF)      3   1  1.95   5   5   1   0   1   37   23    9    8    1   20   27
Don Gullett (CIN)      3   1  2.12   6   6   3   0   1   51   36   12   12    2   14   31
A. Messersmith (LA)    5   0  2.28   8   8   4   0   1   67   56   17   17    3   15   50

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jamie Easterly         0   0  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    4    4    0    0    0    3    0
Pablo Torrealba        0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
Carl Morton            5   2  2.88   7   7   3   0   1   56   61   21   18    3   13   13
Phil Niekro            1   3  2.95   6   6   2   0   0   43   54   19   14    5   10   23
Roric Harrison         1   1  3.28   9   2   1   1   0   25   23   10    9    3    5    8
Buzz Capra             2   4  3.35   6   6   3   0   0   40   35   18   15    4   15   20
Ron Reed               3   3  4.21   7   7   1   0   0   51   59   27   24    1   10   24
Mike Thompson          0   0  4.50   1   0   0   0   0    2    2    1    1    0    1    3
Max Leon               0   0  4.70   4   0   0   0   0    8   13    8    4    1    1    4
Gary Gentry            1   1  4.95   7   2   0   0   0   20   25   14   11    3    8   10
Tom House              1   2  9.88  14   0   0   3   0   14   17   18   15    1    8    6

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Darold Knowles         1   0  1.02   9   0   0   5   0   18   10    2    2    0    6   10
Steve Stone            4   0  1.47   4   4   2   0   1   31   22    5    5    0    7   24
Oscar Zamora           2   0  2.50   9   0   0   3   0   18   13    5    5    1    1    7
Bob Locker             0   0  2.70   6   0   0   0   0   10   12    4    3    1    2    6
Ken Frailing           2   1  3.24   7   0   0   0   0   17   16    7    6    2    5    6
Milt Wilcox            0   0  3.86   8   0   0   0   0   14   13    7    6    1    7    8
Ray Burris             3   1  4.02   5   5   1   0   0   31   34   14   14    5    7   17
Bill Bonham            3   1  4.50   6   6   2   0   1   36   40   20   18    2   14   29
Burt Hooton            0   2  8.18   3   3   0   0   0   11   18   12   10    2    4    5
Rick Reuschel          1   3  8.74   5   5   0   0   0   23   34   22   22    3    2   20
Geoff Zahn             0   0  9.00   1   1   0   0   0    3    5    3    3    1    1    0

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Hall               0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    0    0    0    2    3
Clay Carroll           3   3  1.40  13   0   0   1   0   19   18    4    3    0    9    8
Don Gullett            3   1  2.12   6   6   3   0   1   51   36   12   12    2   14   31
Will McEnaney          0   0  2.79   9   0   0   1   0   10    9    4    3    0    4    8
Gary Nolan             1   2  2.93   6   6   2   0   0   46   41   15   15    2    8   18
Pat Darcy              1   1  3.45   4   2   0   0   0   16   19    7    6    2    6    6
Pedro Borbon           2   1  3.86  14   0   0   1   0   23   19   10   10    1    7    7
Jack Billingham        3   1  4.19   6   6   2   0   0   39   38   18   18    5   20   22
Fred Norman            2   1  4.61   6   6   1   0   0   41   41   23   21    3   19   29
Clay Kirby             1   3  5.50   5   3   1   0   0   18   17   14   11    2    6   13

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Joe Niekro             0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    2    1    0    0    0    1    2
Wayne Granger          0   0  1.13  15   0   0   3   0   16   14    5    2    1    7    7
Fred Scherman          0   1  1.13  11   0   0   0   0    8    7    3    1    2    1    9
Jim Crawford           0   1  2.20   8   1   0   1   0   16   15    7    4    0    8    2
Mike Cosgrove          0   0  2.45   4   0   0   0   0    7    3    2    2    0    9    4
Dave Roberts           2   2  2.52   5   4   2   0   0   36   28   11   10    2   12   15
Ken Forsch             1   2  3.48  10   1   0   2   0   21   21    9    8    1    5   16
Larry Dierker          3   3  4.29   7   7   1   0   0   42   39   22   20    1   25   25
Doug Konieczny         1   4  4.68   7   7   0   0   0   42   48   24   22    3   17   22
Tom Griffin            0   5  5.29   7   5   1   0   0   34   40   25   20    5   22   26
J.R. Richard           3   1  5.50   6   6   1   0   0   38   29   24   23    2   34   32
Jim York               0   2  6.75   8   0   0   0   0    9   11    8    7    0    2    6

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Marshall          2   1  0.96   8   0   0   1   0   19   12    2    2    0    9   11
Al Downing             0   0  1.17   4   0   0   1   0    8   10    5    1    0    2    3
Jim Brewer             1   1  1.46   8   0   0   1   0   12   11    3    2    0    5    8
Don Sutton             6   1  1.56   8   8   5   0   2   64   41   14   11    2   12   60
Andy Messersmith       5   0  2.28   8   8   4   0   1   67   56   17   17    3   15   50
Doug Rau               4   1  2.70   7   7   2   0   1   50   32   15   15    5   16   26
Charlie Hough          0   3  4.50   9   0   0   1   0   14   10    7    7    1    9    9
Rick Rhoden            1   0  4.82   6   4   0   0   0   28   38   16   15    2   14   15
Geoff Zahn             0   1  9.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    2    3    3    0    5    1
Juan Marichal          0   1 13.50   2   2   0   0   0    6   11    9    9    2    5    1
Burt Hooton            0   1 16.88   1   0   0   0   0    3    4    5    5    2    3    1

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Montague          0   0  0.00   4   0   0   0   0    6    3    0    0    0    1    0
Woodie Fryman          3   0  0.53   5   4   3   0   3   34   19    2    2    0    9   28
Chuck Taylor           0   0  0.71   7   0   0   2   0   13    4    1    1    0    3    5
Don DeMola             0   0  2.70   4   0   0   0   0    7    7    2    2    0    4    3
Dennis Blair           1   3  3.65   4   4   1   0   0   25   20   12   10    3   20   10
Dale Murray            0   2  3.72   9   0   0   2   0   10    9   10    4    0    5    5
Dave McNally           3   3  4.04   7   7   0   0   0   49   54   26   22    5   20   22
Steve Rogers           1   4  4.25   5   5   0   0   0   30   34   20   14    1   20   14
Steve Renko            0   1  5.79   4   1   0   0   0    9   12    8    6    2    3    4

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mac Scarce             0   0  Inf    1   0   0   0   0    0    1    0    0    0    0    0
Tom Hall               0   0  1.50   4   0   0   0   0    6    2    1    1    1    0    3
Tom Seaver             3   3  1.88   6   6   4   0   0   48   36   11   10    1   13   36
Bob Apodaca            0   0  2.08   4   0   0   2   0    9    6    2    2    0    3    2
Hank Webb              0   1  2.57   1   1   0   0   0    7    5    2    2    0    4    4
Randy Tate             1   1  2.70   3   3   0   0   0   20   19    7    6    1    9   11
Rick Baldwin           1   1  3.52   8   0   0   2   0   15   14    7    6    1    7   10
Harry Parker           1   1  3.60   6   0   0   0   0   10    8    4    4    1    7    7
Jerry Cram             0   1  4.50   2   0   0   0   0    2    4    1    1    1    0    0
Jerry Koosman          2   1  5.03   6   6   2   0   1   39   45   22   22    3   17   24
Jon Matlack            2   3  5.35   6   6   0   0   0   37   51   26   22    2   10   21

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tug McGraw             1   0  0.00   5   0   0   2   0    8    2    0    0    0    1    4
Jim Lonborg            3   1  1.88   7   7   2   0   2   53   35   12   11    0   12   28
Tom Hilgendorf         0   0  2.00   5   0   0   0   0    9    7    2    2    1    1    3
Joe Hoerner            0   0  2.08   6   0   0   0   0    4    5    1    1    1    0    2
Gene Garber            1   1  2.30   9   0   0   2   0   16   12    4    4    0    9   10
Tom Underwood          3   2  3.09   5   5   1   0   1   32   34   12   11    1   10    9
Wayne Twitchell        3   3  4.98   6   6   0   0   0   34   32   21   19    4   18   21
Cy Acosta              0   0  6.23   6   0   0   1   0    9    9    7    6    2    3    2
Steve Carlton          1   4  6.27   6   6   3   0   0   33   35   24   23    5   15   24
Ron Schueler           1   0  7.47   9   0   0   0   0   16   25   14   13    1    8   12

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Giusti            1   0  0.00   6   0   0   2   0   12    9    0    0    0    1    6
Ken Brett              2   1  1.64   3   3   2   0   0   22   19    4    4    2    3   13
Ramon Hernandez        0   1  1.80   4   0   0   0   0    5    5    1    1    0    4    3
Sam McDowell           0   1  1.98   5   0   0   0   0   14    9    3    3    0    8   14
Larry Demery           1   0  2.19   7   0   0   0   0   12    7    3    3    1    2   10
Jerry Reuss            2   2  2.60   5   5   2   0   1   35   38   13   10    1   13   16
Jim Rooker             2   1  3.00   3   3   2   0   0   24   24   10    8    1    6    9
Bruce Kison            3   1  3.34   5   5   2   0   0   35   29   19   13    4   14   18
Dock Ellis             1   2  4.11   5   5   1   0   1   31   41   15   14    1    8   18
Bob Moose              0   1  4.91   3   1   0   0   0    7   10    4    4    1    1    5

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Joe McIntosh           3   1  1.36   5   5   1   0   0   40   28    8    6    1   10   22
Randy Jones            4   2  1.62   7   6   2   0   2   50   39   12    9    2    7   22
Alan Foster            1   1  2.55   8   1   0   0   0   18   17    6    5    1    9   10
Dave Tomlin            0   0  2.77  13   0   0   1   0   13   15    6    4    1    5    4
Sonny Siebert          3   1  3.24   5   5   0   0   0   25   32   11    9    2    9   10
Bill Greif             0   0  3.46  11   0   0   4   0   13   13   11    5    1    9    8
Dan Spillner           2   3  3.72   6   6   2   0   0   39   38   20   16    2   13   24
Danny Frisella         0   0  3.95  10   0   0   1   0   14    9    6    6    0    8    7
Dave Freisleben        1   3  4.71   6   5   0   0   0   29   38   26   15    3   17   15
Rich Folkers           0   3  7.36   9   0   0   0   0   15   23   12   12    1    3   12

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tommy Toms             0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    0    0    0    0    3    3
Randy Moffitt          3   0  1.38  11   0   0   1   0   13    8    2    2    1    7    7
Dave Heaverlo          0   0  1.54   8   0   0   1   0   12   11    2    2    0    5    6
Gary Lavelle           2   0  1.84  11   0   0   0   0   15   14    3    3    0    3   11
Pete Falcone           3   1  1.95   5   5   1   0   1   37   23    9    8    1   20   27
Jim Barr               3   2  2.61   7   6   2   0   1   48   40   15   14    4   11   18
Tom Bradley            0   0  3.18   2   0   0   0   0    6    5    4    2    0    5    3
Charlie Williams       0   1  3.38  10   0   0   0   0   19   19    9    7    0   10    8
Mike Caldwell          0   4  3.64   6   6   0   0   0   42   42   20   17    3    9   13
John Montefusco        2   2  3.73   5   5   2   0   1   31   27   13   13    2   13   25
John D'Acquisto        1   3  9.70   5   5   0   0   0   21   18   26   23    3   28   18

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Garman            1   1  1.26  12   0   0   1   0   14   11    4    2    1    7   10
Al Hrabosky            0   1  2.16  12   0   0   2   0   17   13    4    4    1    4   11
Elias Sosa             0   1  2.95   9   0   0   0   0   18   13    7    6    1    5   10
Bob Forsch             2   3  3.65   6   6   2   0   1   37   31   17   15    2   13   22
Ray Sadecki            1   0  3.86   6   0   0   0   0    9   12    7    4    0    7    6
Tommy Moore            0   0  3.97   7   0   0   0   0   11    8    7    5    0    7    4
John Denny             2   2  4.56   6   6   0   0   0   24   31   16   12    1    8    7
John Curtis            0   1  5.14   4   0   0   0   0    7    9    7    4    0    6    1
Bob Gibson             1   3  5.26   6   6   0   0   0   39   42   25   23    4   21   21
Lynn McGlothen         2   2  6.43   5   5   1   0   1   28   33   20   20    2    9   22

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League Leaders

Wins:

  D. Sutton (LA)            6
  A. Messersmith (LA)       5
  C. Morton (ATL)           5
  R. Jones (SD)             4
  D. Rau (LA)               4
  S. Stone (CHI)            4
  J. Barr (SF)              3
  J. Billingham (CIN)       3
  B. Bonham (CHI)           3
  R. Burris (CHI)           3

Losses:

  T. Griffin (HOU)          5
  M. Caldwell (SF)          4
  B. Capra (ATL)            4
  S. Carlton (PHI)          4
  D. Konieczny (HOU)        4
  S. Rogers (MON)           4
  D. Blair (MON)            3
  C. Carroll (CIN)          3
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)        3
  L. Dierker (HOU)          3

Complete Games:

  D. Sutton (LA)            5
  A. Messersmith (LA)       4
  T. Seaver (NY)            4
  B. Capra (ATL)            3
  S. Carlton (PHI)          3
  W. Fryman (MON)           3
  D. Gullett (CIN)          3
  C. Morton (ATL)           3
  J. Barr (SF)              2
  J. Billingham (CIN)       2

Saves:

  D. Knowles (CHI)          5
  B. Greif (SD)             4
  W. Granger (HOU)          3
  T. House (ATL)            3
  O. Zamora (CHI)           3
  B. Apodaca (NY)           2
  R. Baldwin (NY)           2
  K. Forsch (HOU)           2
  G. Garber (PHI)           2
  D. Giusti (PIT)           2

Shutouts:

  W. Fryman (MON)           3
  R. Jones (SD)             2
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          2
  D. Sutton (LA)            2
  J. Barr (SF)              1
  B. Bonham (CHI)           1
  D. Ellis (PIT)            1
  P. Falcone (SF)           1
  B. Forsch (STL)           1
  D. Gullett (CIN)          1

Innings Pitched:

  A. Messersmith (LA)    67.0
  D. Sutton (LA)         63.2
  C. Morton (ATL)        56.1
  J. Lonborg (PHI)       52.2
  R. Reed (ATL)          51.1
  D. Gullett (CIN)       51.0
  R. Jones (SD)          50.0
  D. Rau (LA)            50.0
  D. McNally (MON)       49.0
  J. Barr (SF)           48.1

Hits:

  C. Morton (ATL)          61
  R. Reed (ATL)            59
  A. Messersmith (LA)      56
  D. McNally (MON)         54
  P. Niekro (ATL)          54
  J. Matlack (NY)          51
  D. Konieczny (HOU)       48
  J. Koosman (NY)          45
  M. Caldwell (SF)         42
  B. Gibson (STL)          42

Runs:

  R. Reed (ATL)            27
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       26
  D. Freisleben (SD)       26
  J. Matlack (NY)          26
  D. McNally (MON)         26
  B. Gibson (STL)          25
  T. Griffin (HOU)         25
  S. Carlton (PHI)         24
  D. Konieczny (HOU)       24
  J. Richard (HOU)         24

Home Runs:

  J. Billingham (CIN)       5
  R. Burris (CHI)           5
  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  T. Griffin (HOU)          5
  D. McNally (MON)          5
  P. Niekro (ATL)           5
  D. Rau (LA)               5
  J. Barr (SF)              4
  B. Capra (ATL)            4
  B. Gibson (STL)           4

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)         34
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       28
  L. Dierker (HOU)         25
  T. Griffin (HOU)         22
  B. Gibson (STL)          21
  J. Billingham (CIN)      20
  D. Blair (MON)           20
  P. Falcone (SF)          20
  D. McNally (MON)         20
  S. Rogers (MON)          20

Strikeouts:

  D. Sutton (LA)           60
  A. Messersmith (LA)      50
  T. Seaver (NY)           36
  J. Richard (HOU)         32
  D. Gullett (CIN)         31
  B. Bonham (CHI)          29
  F. Norman (CIN)          29
  W. Fryman (MON)          28
  J. Lonborg (PHI)         28
  P. Falcone (SF)          27

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