Thursday May 22, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, May 22, 1975

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
San Diego       20  20  2.81   40  11   6   362   346  148  113   18  116  169
Los Angeles     27  15  2.91   42  18   4   390   334  140  126   20  121  270
Pittsburgh      18  16  3.17   34  11   4   306   286  122  108   19  122  170
Cincinnati      21  20  3.35   41  11   5   368   352  151  137   29  127  197
Philadelphia    20  17  3.50   37   9   6   326   291  144  127   27  123  178
St. Louis       14  21  3.61   35   7   6   311   292  153  125   17  139  171
New York        16  16  3.65   32   8   7   281   276  130  114   18  116  179
Chicago         22  15  3.76   37   8  12   323   327  156  135   23   95  192
Montreal        13  20  3.78   33   5   8   288   277  145  121   26  144  158
San Francisco   19  19  3.86   38   7   2   343   310  159  147   22  158  201
Atlanta         21  21  4.00   42  14   6   369   415  198  164   31  121  185
Houston         16  27  4.03   43   8  10   375   361  193  168   22  208  231

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Stone (CHI)      5   0  1.02   6   6   2   0   1   44   36    7    5    0   11   27
Joe McIntosh (SD)      5   2  1.41   8   8   3   0   1   64   47   13   10    2   12   29
Don Sutton (LA)        7   3  1.59  11  11   8   0   3   91   59   19   16    3   14   83
Randy Jones (SD)       5   2  1.80   9   8   3   0   3   65   46   16   13    2   10   26
A. Messersmith (LA)    7   0  1.86  11  11   6   0   2   92   77   22   19    3   23   66
Jim Lonborg (PHI)      3   1  1.89   9   9   2   0   2   67   46   17   14    2   15   31
Tom Seaver (NY)        5   4  2.23   9   9   5   0   0   69   60   22   17    3   19   52
Jim Barr (SF)          5   3  2.37  10   8   3   0   2   65   53   18   17    4   17   27
Tom Underwood (PHI)    5   3  2.41   8   8   3   0   2   56   50   16   15    1   19   24
Don Gullett (CIN)      4   3  2.42   9   9   4   0   1   71   57   23   19    4   22   47

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jamie Easterly         0   0  0.00   4   0   0   0   0    6    6    2    0    0    6    0
Pablo Torrealba        0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
Phil Niekro            4   4  2.63  10   9   4   0   0   72   82   28   21    7   17   46
Max Leon               0   0  3.31   9   0   0   2   0   16   23   10    6    1    5   11
Roric Harrison         3   2  3.51  13   5   2   1   0   49   47   22   19    6   13   19
Ron Reed               4   4  4.19   9   9   1   0   0   67   80   35   31    1   14   36
Buzz Capra             3   5  4.24   8   8   4   0   0   51   48   27   24    7   19   29
Carl Morton            5   3  4.31   9   9   3   0   1   63   76   34   30    5   18   16
Gary Gentry            1   1  4.95   7   2   0   0   0   20   25   14   11    3    8   10
Mike Thompson          0   0  5.63   3   0   0   0   0    8    8    6    5    0   10    9
Mike Beard             0   0  6.75   1   0   0   0   0    1    2    1    1    0    0    2
Tom House              1   2  9.19  16   0   0   3   0   16   18   19   16    1   11    7

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Stone            5   0  1.02   6   6   2   0   1   44   36    7    5    0   11   27
Darold Knowles         1   2  2.74  13   0   0   6   0   23   18    8    7    1    8   11
Oscar Zamora           2   0  2.82  14   0   0   5   0   22   18    7    7    1    1   10
Bob Locker             0   0  2.87  10   0   0   0   0   16   18    6    5    1    3   10
Ken Frailing           2   1  3.80  10   0   0   0   0   21   27   13    9    3    6   10
Bill Bonham            4   3  3.99   9   9   4   0   1   56   57   29   25    3   23   40
Ray Burris             5   3  4.17   9   9   1   0   0   54   57   29   25    6   13   30
Geoff Zahn             0   1  4.38   4   2   0   1   0   12   12    6    6    1    7    4
Milt Wilcox            0   0  5.06  10   0   0   0   0   16   17   10    9    2    8    8
Rick Reuschel          3   3  5.15   8   8   1   0   0   44   47   27   25    3   10   34
Tom Dettore            0   0  6.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    2    2    2    0    1    3
Burt Hooton            0   2  8.18   3   3   0   0   0   11   18   12   10    2    4    5

 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
Will McEnaney          1   0  1.42  15   0   0   2   0   19   16    4    3    0    6   13
Clay Carroll           3   4  2.08  18   0   0   2   0   26   24    8    6    0   11   11
Don Gullett            4   3  2.42   9   9   4   0   1   71   57   23   19    4   22   47
Gary Nolan             2   3  2.80   8   8   3   0   0   61   52   19   19    4   10   22
Pat Darcy              1   2  3.48   5   3   0   0   0   21   26    9    8    2    6   10
Jack Billingham        4   3  3.97   9   9   2   0   0   59   58   27   26    7   24   27
Fred Norman            2   1  4.41   7   7   1   0   0   49   49   26   24    5   24   36
Rawly Eastwick         0   0  4.50   1   0   0   0   0    2    2    1    1    0    1    1
Pedro Borbon           2   1  4.71  18   0   0   1   0   29   33   15   15    3    8    9
Clay Kirby             2   3  4.75   8   5   1   0   0   30   33   19   16    4   13   18

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Wayne Granger          0   0  0.93  16   0   0   4   0   19   15    5    2    1    8    8
Mike Cosgrove          0   0  2.45   4   0   0   0   0    7    3    2    2    0    9    4
Jim Crawford           0   2  2.49  12   1   0   2   0   22   20   10    6    0   14    4
Fred Scherman          0   1  2.93  14   0   0   0   0   15   17    7    5    3    2   12
Ken Forsch             2   2  3.12  14   1   0   2   0   26   25   10    9    1    7   17
Larry Dierker          5   4  3.73  10  10   3   0   2   63   56   28   26    2   35   37
Dave Roberts           2   4  3.78   7   6   2   0   0   48   43   21   20    2   16   24
Doug Konieczny         2   5  4.50   9   9   1   0   0   56   59   31   28    3   27   29
J.R. Richard           3   2  4.91   9   9   1   0   0   55   44   32   30    3   53   49
Tom Griffin            2   5  5.36  10   7   1   0   0   45   58   32   27    6   30   31
Joe Niekro             0   0  5.59   7   0   0   2   0   10   10    7    6    1    5   10
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
Don Sutton             7   3  1.59  11  11   8   0   3   91   59   19   16    3   14   83
Andy Messersmith       7   0  1.86  11  11   6   0   2   92   77   22   19    3   23   66
Jim Brewer             3   1  1.89  11   0   0   1   0   19   18    5    4    0    7   11
Al Downing             0   0  2.19   6   0   0   1   0   12   14    8    3    0    4    5
Doug Rau               5   2  3.28  10  10   3   0   1   69   54   25   25    5   17   42
Charlie Hough          0   3  3.94  11   0   0   1   0   16   11    7    7    1   11   11
Burt Hooton            2   2  4.11   5   4   1   0   1   31   28   15   14    3    9   23
Rick Rhoden            1   0  4.35   7   4   0   0   0   31   41   16   15    2   14   16
Mike Marshall          2   2  4.79   9   0   0   1   0   21   19   11   11    1   12   11
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

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dan Warthen            0   0  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    5    3    0    0    0    3    2
Woodie Fryman          4   1  2.54   8   7   3   0   3   46   35   13   13    3   16   38
Dennis Blair           2   4  2.72   7   6   1   0   0   43   34   17   13    3   33   22
Fred Scherman          0   0  3.00   1   0   0   0   0    3    4    1    1    0    1    1
Steve Rogers           2   4  3.15   7   7   1   0   0   46   46   24   16    2   25   23
Dale Murray            1   2  3.46  11   0   0   3   0   13   14   11    5    0    5    6
Chuck Taylor           0   0  3.72  11   0   0   3   0   19   15    8    8    0    6    7
Don DeMola             1   0  3.95  10   0   0   0   0   14   12    6    6    2    6    8
John Montague          0   1  4.02  10   0   0   2   0   16   17    7    7    3    5    8
Dave McNally           3   5  5.01   9   9   0   0   0   59   66   37   33    7   27   28
Steve Renko            0   3  7.03   8   4   0   0   0   24   31   21   19    6   17   15

 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
Bob Apodaca            0   0  1.23   7   0   0   3   0   15    9    2    2    0    6    4
Tom Seaver             5   4  2.23   9   9   5   0   0   69   60   22   17    3   19   52
Harry Parker           1   1  3.14   8   0   0   1   0   14   10    5    5    1    7   11
Rick Baldwin           1   1  3.86  13   0   0   2   0   21   25   10    9    2    9   13
Tom Hall               0   0  3.86   8   0   0   1   0   12    9    7    5    3    2    9
Jerry Koosman          4   1  4.02   8   8   3   0   1   56   57   25   25    4   30   35
Jon Matlack            4   3  4.32   8   8   0   0   0   50   60   30   24    2   13   31
Randy Tate             1   3  5.26   5   5   0   0   0   26   25   16   15    1   16   14
Jerry Cram             0   1  5.40   4   0   0   0   0    5    7    3    3    2    2    2
Hank Webb              0   2  5.65   3   2   0   0   0   14   13   10    9    0   12    8

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tug McGraw             2   1  1.53  10   0   0   3   0   18    9    3    3    0    8    9
Jim Lonborg            3   1  1.89   9   9   2   0   2   67   46   17   14    2   15   31
Tom Underwood          5   3  2.41   8   8   3   0   2   56   50   16   15    1   19   24
Gene Garber            4   2  2.45  14   0   0   2   0   26   22    7    7    1   10   17
Tom Hilgendorf         0   0  2.65  10   0   0   0   0   17   13    5    5    2    8    7
Steve Carlton          2   5  4.00   9   9   4   0   1   54   49   28   24    6   21   34
Joe Hoerner            0   0  4.26   8   0   0   0   0    6    7    3    3    3    1    5
Wayne Twitchell        3   5  5.03  10   9   0   0   0   48   49   34   27    6   27   32
Cy Acosta              0   0  6.23   6   0   0   1   0    9    9    7    6    2    3    2
Larry Christenson      0   0  7.50   2   1   0   0   0    6    7    5    5    1    1    4
Ron Schueler           1   0  8.10  11   1   0   0   0   20   30   19   18    3   10   13

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Giusti            2   1  0.79  12   0   0   4   0   23   18    2    2    0    7   10
Larry Demery           1   0  1.56   9   0   0   0   0   17    9    4    3    1    3   12
Sam McDowell           1   1  1.89   8   0   0   0   0   19   13    4    4    0   11   17
Bruce Kison            3   1  2.68   7   7   2   0   0   50   38   21   15    5   21   26
Ken Brett              3   2  2.72   5   5   3   0   0   36   26   11   11    3   13   18
Jerry Reuss            3   3  3.09   7   7   3   0   2   47   47   19   16    1   21   31
Jim Rooker             3   2  3.64   6   6   2   0   0   42   39   19   17    4   18   14
Dock Ellis             2   3  4.88   8   8   1   0   1   48   62   28   26    3   15   27
Bob Moose              0   1  4.96   8   1   0   0   0   16   20    9    9    2    7    9
Ramon Hernandez        0   2  5.87   7   0   0   0   0    8   14    5    5    0    6    6

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Joe McIntosh           5   2  1.41   8   8   3   0   1   64   47   13   10    2   12   29
Randy Jones            5   2  1.80   9   8   3   0   3   65   46   16   13    2   10   26
Alan Foster            2   1  2.25  11   2   1   0   0   28   25    8    7    1   11   12
Dave Tomlin            0   0  2.30  16   0   0   1   0   16   18    6    4    1    9    4
Danny Frisella         0   0  2.31  15   0   0   1   0   23   16    6    6    0   10   11
Dan Spillner           2   5  3.35   8   8   2   0   0   51   48   24   19    3   17   28
Dave Freisleben        3   4  3.66   9   8   2   0   0   52   62   32   21    5   23   24
Bill Greif             0   1  3.93  16   0   0   4   0   18   20   15    8    1   10   10
Sonny Siebert          3   2  4.39   6   6   0   0   0   27   37   15   13    2   10   10
Rich Folkers           0   3  5.89  11   0   0   0   0   18   27   13   12    1    4   15

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gary Lavelle           3   0  1.61  18   0   0   0   0   28   23    5    5    0   10   18
Jim Barr               5   3  2.37  10   8   3   0   2   65   53   18   17    4   17   27
John Montefusco        2   2  2.98   7   7   2   0   1   48   38   16   16    3   22   40
Tom Bradley            0   0  3.18   2   0   0   0   0    6    5    4    2    0    5    3
Dave Heaverlo          0   0  3.18  10   0   0   1   0   17   20    6    6    1    6    9
Pete Falcone           3   3  3.52   7   7   1   0   1   46   35   19   18    3   22   31
Tommy Toms             0   0  3.60   2   0   0   0   0    5    6    2    2    0    3    4
Mike Caldwell          1   5  3.95   8   8   1   0   0   57   57   28   25    5   13   21
Randy Moffitt          3   0  4.20  12   0   0   1   0   15   13    7    7    1    9    8
Charlie Williams       0   2  5.33  13   1   0   0   0   25   26   17   15    0   19   12
Ed Halicki             1   0  5.68   1   1   0   0   0    6    9    4    4    1    0    8
John D'Acquisto        1   4 11.10   7   6   0   0   0   24   25   33   30    4   32   20

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ryan Kurosaki          0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    0    0    0    0    3    1
Al Hrabosky            0   1  1.61  16   0   0   5   0   22   15    4    4    1    8   20
Mike Garman            1   2  2.25  15   0   0   1   0   20   15    7    5    1   11   11
John Curtis            2   2  2.32   7   3   1   0   0   31   26   14    8    1   16   12
Bob Forsch             4   3  3.23   8   8   3   0   1   53   47   22   19    2   17   30
Ray Sadecki            1   0  3.48   7   0   0   0   0   10   13    7    4    0    7    7
Elias Sosa             0   3  3.71  13   1   0   0   0   27   21   13   11    2   14   14
Tommy Moore            0   0  3.77   8   0   0   0   0   14   10    8    6    0    9    5
Bob Gibson             1   4  4.28   8   8   1   0   0   55   54   29   26    5   28   24
John Denny             2   2  4.33   7   7   0   0   0   27   36   19   13    1   11   11
Lynn McGlothen         3   4  5.19   8   8   2   0   1   50   55   30   29    4   15   36

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League Leaders

Wins:

  A. Messersmith (LA)       7
  D. Sutton (LA)            7
  J. Barr (SF)              5
  R. Burris (CHI)           5
  L. Dierker (HOU)          5
  R. Jones (SD)             5
  J. McIntosh (SD)          5
  C. Morton (ATL)           5
  D. Rau (LA)               5
  T. Seaver (NY)            5

Losses:

  M. Caldwell (SF)          5
  B. Capra (ATL)            5
  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  T. Griffin (HOU)          5
  D. Konieczny (HOU)        5
  D. McNally (MON)          5
  D. Spillner (SD)          5
  W. Twitchell (PHI)        5
  D. Blair (MON)            4
  C. Carroll (CIN)          4

Complete Games:

  D. Sutton (LA)            8
  A. Messersmith (LA)       6
  T. Seaver (NY)            5
  B. Bonham (CHI)           4
  B. Capra (ATL)            4
  S. Carlton (PHI)          4
  D. Gullett (CIN)          4
  P. Niekro (ATL)           4
  J. Barr (SF)              3
  K. Brett (PIT)            3

Saves:

  D. Knowles (CHI)          6
  A. Hrabosky (STL)         5
  O. Zamora (CHI)           5
  D. Giusti (PIT)           4
  W. Granger (HOU)          4
  B. Greif (SD)             4
  B. Apodaca (NY)           3
  T. House (ATL)            3
  T. McGraw (PHI)           3
  D. Murray (MON)           3

Shutouts:

  W. Fryman (MON)           3
  R. Jones (SD)             3
  D. Sutton (LA)            3
  J. Barr (SF)              2
  L. Dierker (HOU)          2
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          2
  A. Messersmith (LA)       2
  J. Reuss (PIT)            2
  T. Underwood (PHI)        2
  B. Bonham (CHI)           1

Innings Pitched:

  A. Messersmith (LA)    92.0
  D. Sutton (LA)         90.2
  P. Niekro (ATL)        72.0
  D. Gullett (CIN)       70.2
  D. Rau (LA)            68.2
  T. Seaver (NY)         68.2
  J. Lonborg (PHI)       66.2
  R. Reed (ATL)          66.2
  R. Jones (SD)          65.0
  J. Barr (SF)           64.2

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          82
  R. Reed (ATL)            80
  A. Messersmith (LA)      77
  C. Morton (ATL)          76
  D. McNally (MON)         66
  D. Ellis (PIT)           62
  D. Freisleben (SD)       62
  J. Matlack (NY)          60
  T. Seaver (NY)           60
  D. Konieczny (HOU)       59

Runs:

  D. McNally (MON)         37
  R. Reed (ATL)            35
  C. Morton (ATL)          34
  W. Twitchell (PHI)       34
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       33
  D. Freisleben (SD)       32
  T. Griffin (HOU)         32
  J. Richard (HOU)         32
  D. Konieczny (HOU)       31
  J. Matlack (NY)          30

Home Runs:

  J. Billingham (CIN)       7
  B. Capra (ATL)            7
  D. McNally (MON)          7
  P. Niekro (ATL)           7
  R. Burris (CHI)           6
  S. Carlton (PHI)          6
  T. Griffin (HOU)          6
  R. Harrison (ATL)         6
  S. Renko (MON)            6
  W. Twitchell (PHI)        6

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)         53
  L. Dierker (HOU)         35
  D. Blair (MON)           33
  J. D'Acquisto (SF)       32
  T. Griffin (HOU)         30
  J. Koosman (NY)          30
  B. Gibson (STL)          28
  D. Konieczny (HOU)       27
  D. McNally (MON)         27
  W. Twitchell (PHI)       27

Strikeouts:

  D. Sutton (LA)           83
  A. Messersmith (LA)      66
  T. Seaver (NY)           52
  J. Richard (HOU)         49
  D. Gullett (CIN)         47
  P. Niekro (ATL)          46
  D. Rau (LA)              42
  B. Bonham (CHI)          40
  J. Montefusco (SF)       40
  W. Fryman (MON)          38

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