Saturday May 14, 1977
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Saturday, May 14, 1977

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
St. Louis       20  11  3.02   31   4   9   277   259  104   93   19   92  148
Los Angeles     25   7  3.17   32   8  10   290   280  112  102   27   88  184
Pittsburgh      21   9  3.22   30   3  11   274   233  115   98   21   79  159
Montreal        13  14  3.29   27   6   4   243   240  113   89   17   99  148
San Francisco   14  18  3.39   32   7   5   284   272  126  107   18  106  171
New York        11  20  3.57   31   8   3   267   252  117  106   21   76  188
Chicago         17  11  3.58   28   4  10   249   241  119   99   17   84  148
Philadelphia    15  13  3.85   28   6   7   250   256  119  107   23   91  166
Houston         13  19  3.99   32   5   5   291   273  148  129   16  120  161
Cincinnati      13  18  4.39   31   3   8   270   299  146  132   23  101  158
San Diego       14  21  4.52   35   1   8   310   334  181  156   43  101  149
Atlanta          9  24  5.78   33   7   4   288   347  201  185   42  138  170

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Candelaria (PIT)  4   0  1.56   5   5   0   0   0   35   29    8    6    0    7   19
Don Sutton (LA)        5   0  1.63   7   7   3   0   0   55   45   13   10    3   17   26
Steve Rogers (MON)     4   2  1.81   9   9   5   0   0   70   58   21   14    1   16   52
Charlie Hough (LA)     3   1  1.83  18   0   0   9   0   39   25    9    8    3   14   31
Jerry Koosman (NY)     2   4  2.35   7   7   2   0   1   54   36   17   14    3   18   45
Bob Forsch (STL)       6   1  2.56   8   8   2   0   0   56   51   18   16    3   18   25
John Denny (STL)       5   0  2.68   6   6   0   0   0   40   41   13   12    2   16   16
Bob Shirley (SD)       2   4  2.76   7   7   0   0   0   42   37   23   13    3   15   35
John Montefusco (SF)   2   5  2.87   8   8   2   0   0   53   52   26   17    3   13   45
Randy Lerch (PHI)      4   2  2.89   6   6   1   0   0   44   39   15   14    4   13   25

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Campbell          0   0  2.45   2   0   0   0   0    4    1    1    1    0    2    0
Rick Camp              1   1  3.04  14   0   0   4   0   24   25   10    8    2    7   15
Dick Ruthven           3   3  3.21   6   6   2   0   1   42   40   16   15    3   17   26
Don Collins            0   2  3.38   4   1   0   0   0   13   12    6    5    1    7    3
Max Leon               1   1  3.86   4   2   0   0   0   14   11    7    6    0    3    6
Andy Messersmith       2   1  4.18   5   5   1   0   0   32   28   15   15    2    6   14
Phil Niekro            0   7  6.21   9   9   4   0   0   58   72   43   40    9   35   41
Buzz Capra             0   4  7.03  10   4   0   0   0   32   46   26   25    8   18   19
Jamie Easterly         0   0  7.27  11   1   0   0   0   26   35   22   21    1   17   13
Bob Johnson            0   1  7.71  10   0   0   0   0   14   15   12   12    7    9    9
Mike Marshall          1   0  9.00   4   0   0   0   0    6   12    6    6    1    2    6
Mike Beard             0   0  9.64   4   0   0   0   0    5   14   11    5    3    2    1
Frank Lacorte          1   4 12.76   5   5   0   0   0   18   36   26   26    5   13   17

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bruce Sutter           0   1  0.67  15   0   0   8   0   27   13    3    2    0    2   31
Willie Hernandez       0   0  0.92   9   0   0   1   0   20   13    2    2    0    5   13
Paul Reuschel          1   0  1.46   7   0   0   1   0   12   10    2    2    1    2    6
Steve Renko            0   0  3.00   3   0   0   0   0    6    8    5    2    2    4    5
Rick Reuschel          6   1  3.02   7   7   1   0   0   48   47   17   16    4   16   23
Bill Bonham            4   2  3.33   7   7   1   0   0   49   45   18   18    2   14   25
Ray Burris             4   4  4.03   8   8   2   0   1   45   46   25   20    3   13   23
Ramon Hernandez        0   0  5.79   5   0   0   0   0    5    7    5    3    0    2    3
Mike Krukow            2   2  6.92   7   6   0   0   0   26   33   23   20    5   17   14
Jim Todd               0   1 10.22   7   0   0   0   0   12   19   19   14    0    9    5

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gary Nolan             1   0  0.00   1   1   0   0   0    5    3    0    0    0    0    4
Rawly Eastwick         1   2  1.85  14   0   0   6   0   24   18    5    5    1    4   12
Pedro Borbon           0   1  2.19  16   0   0   0   0   25   19    7    6    0    5   10
Mike Caldwell          0   0  3.09   6   0   0   1   0   12   12    4    4    0    7    8
Fred Norman            2   2  3.61   7   7   0   0   0   42   37   21   17    6   20   37
Jack Billingham        4   2  4.79   7   7   1   0   1   47   66   31   25    3   18   27
Pat Zachry             2   5  4.84   7   7   2   0   0   48   50   27   26    3   17   23
Santo Alcala           1   1  5.74   7   2   0   0   0   16   22   11   10    1    7    9
Woodie Fryman          2   4  6.39   8   7   0   0   0   38   51   27   27    8   20   21
Dale Murray            0   1  8.10   9   0   0   1   0   13   21   13   12    1    3    7

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gene Pentz             0   0  1.80   3   0   0   0   0    5    5    1    1    0    5    5
Bo McLaughlin          0   1  2.45   6   1   0   1   0   18   12    7    5    1    4    8
Joe Sambito            3   1  2.63  15   0   0   0   0   24   16    9    7    1    9   13
J.R. Richard           2   3  2.93   8   8   3   0   0   58   43   21   19    3   27   41
Ken Forsch             3   2  3.28  13   0   0   3   0   25   23   11    9    1    8   13
Mark Lemongello        1   4  3.45   7   7   0   0   0   44   50   17   17    4   11   15
Joaquin Andujar        2   3  4.40   8   8   1   0   1   43   42   26   21    0   21   19
Dan Larson             0   1  4.60  10   0   0   0   0   16   13   10    8    1    8    9
Joe Niekro             0   0  4.86   9   0   0   1   0   17   17    9    9    1    8    9
Doug Konieczny         1   1  6.00   4   4   0   0   0   21   26   15   14    1    8    7
Floyd Bannister        1   3  8.69   5   4   1   0   0   20   26   22   19    3   11   22

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Sutton             5   0  1.63   7   7   3   0   0   55   45   13   10    3   17   26
Charlie Hough          3   1  1.83  18   0   0   9   0   39   25    9    8    3   14   31
Burt Hooton            3   1  3.02   6   6   2   0   1   42   40   16   14    1   13   30
Doug Rau               5   0  3.48   7   7   0   0   0   44   51   17   17    2    9   24
Tommy John             3   1  3.68   6   6   1   0   0   37   48   18   15    4    7   21
Mike Garman            0   0  3.86  10   0   0   1   0    9   12    4    4    2    7    6
Al Downing             0   1  4.32   5   0   0   0   0    8    8    4    4    1    7   11
Rick Rhoden            5   1  4.33   6   6   2   0   0   44   40   22   21    8   10   28
Stan Wall              1   1  6.75   7   0   0   0   0    7    7    5    5    1    2    3
Elias Sosa             0   1  7.71   3   0   0   0   0    5    4    4    4    2    2    4

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Atkinson          2   0  0.69  11   0   0   2   0   13   11    3    1    0    5   11
Joe Kerrigan           0   0  1.62  12   0   0   2   0   17   16    4    3    1    5    8
Steve Rogers           4   2  1.81   9   9   5   0   0   70   58   21   14    1   16   52
Don Stanhouse          3   4  3.70   8   8   1   0   1   49   49   25   20    4   26   26
Will McEnaney          1   1  3.80  13   0   0   0   0   21   23    9    9    1    5    9
Gerry Hannahs          1   4  4.33   6   6   0   0   0   35   40   23   17    6   15   19
Jackie Brown           1   2  4.57   6   3   0   0   0   22   19   14   11    3   10   13
Dan Warthen            1   1  7.36   6   1   0   0   0   11   11    9    9    1   13    5
Jeff Terpko            0   0  7.50   5   0   0   0   0    6   13    5    5    0    4    5

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jackson Todd           0   0  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    6    2    0    0    0    0    6
Jerry Koosman          2   4  2.35   7   7   2   0   1   54   36   17   14    3   18   45
Bob Apodaca            0   0  2.70  12   0   0   0   0   13   13    5    4    0    6   10
Tom Seaver             4   2  3.16   7   7   3   0   2   51   40   18   18    5   14   42
Bob Myrick             0   1  3.60   9   0   0   0   0   15   15    9    6    1    4    6
Nino Espinosa          2   3  4.00   8   5   1   0   0   36   40   17   16    3    9   17
Jon Matlack            2   4  4.03   7   7   2   0   1   51   59   26   23    5    7   39
Skip Lockwood          0   1  4.76   9   0   0   3   0   11   11    6    6    0    6    9
Craig Swan             1   4  5.81   5   5   0   0   0   26   33   17   17    3    9   14
Ray Sadecki            0   1  6.00   4   0   0   0   0    3    3    2    2    1    3    0

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Warren Brusstar        0   0  1.50   3   0   0   0   0    6    4    1    1    0    2    8
Ron Reed               1   1  2.70  13   0   0   3   0   20   19    6    6    2    8   15
Randy Lerch            4   2  2.89   6   6   1   0   0   44   39   15   14    4   13   25
Steve Carlton          4   1  2.98   6   6   3   0   1   48   45   19   16    7   11   30
Tug McGraw             0   0  3.00   3   0   0   0   0    3    7    1    1    0    2    4
Gene Garber            1   2  3.32  13   0   0   4   0   19   12    7    7    3    3   13
Wayne Twitchell        0   3  3.58   7   7   0   0   0   38   38   19   15    1   20   31
Larry Christenson      3   3  4.62   7   7   2   0   1   39   44   22   20    3   13   26
Tom Underwood          2   0  6.27   6   0   0   0   0   19   25   14   13    2   12   11
Jim Kaat               0   1  8.40   8   2   0   0   0   15   23   15   14    1    7    3

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rich Gossage           3   0  0.96  16   0   0   7   0   28   14    3    3    2   14   31
John Candelaria        4   0  1.56   5   5   0   0   0   35   29    8    6    0    7   19
Kent Tekulve           2   0  1.80  15   0   0   3   0   20   10    6    4    0    6   12
Grant Jackson          0   0  2.38   9   0   0   1   0   11    8    3    3    1    4    8
Jim Rooker             4   1  3.16   5   5   1   0   1   31   28   11   11    4    6   17
Larry Demery           3   1  3.23   8   4   0   0   0   31   29   11   11    3    9   11
Bruce Kison            3   2  3.69   8   8   2   0   1   54   42   27   22    6   14   26
Jerry Reuss            0   4  4.74   8   8   0   0   0   44   51   30   23    2   13   20
Odell Jones            1   1  6.10   6   0   0   0   0   10   10    7    7    2    1    9
Terry Forster          1   0  6.75   8   0   0   0   0   11   12    9    8    1    5    6

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Tomlin            0   1  2.25  16   0   0   2   0   24   20    6    6    0    5   12
Bob Shirley            2   4  2.76   7   7   0   0   0   42   37   23   13    3   15   35
Rollie Fingers         3   1  3.00  18   0   0   6   0   27   27   11    9    3    7   19
Tom Griffin            3   1  3.03   7   5   0   0   0   39   36   17   13    4   17   19
Victor Bernal          1   1  3.66  13   0   0   0   0   20   19    9    8    4    7    6
Dan Spillner           1   0  4.32   5   0   0   0   0    8    9    4    4    1    1    5
Butch Metzger          0   0  4.57  15   1   0   0   0   22   23   13   11    2   10    6
Randy Jones            3   4  4.65   8   8   1   0   0   50   63   28   26    7    5   16
Dave Freisleben        0   4  6.49   9   4   0   0   0   26   29   20   19    7    8   10
Rick Sawyer            1   3  6.87   7   7   0   0   0   37   51   30   28    7   15   13
Brent Strom            0   2 11.15   7   3   0   0   0   15   20   20   19    5   11    8

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gary Lavelle           1   1  0.42  14   0   0   3   0   22   11    3    1    0    9   17
Randy Moffitt          1   1  1.26  11   0   0   2   0   14    7    3    2    1    6    7
John Curtis            1   0  1.45   9   1   1   0   1   19   14    3    3    0   10    5
Dave Heaverlo          0   0  1.74   7   0   0   0   0   10    9    2    2    1    4    4
John Montefusco        2   5  2.87   8   8   2   0   0   53   52   26   17    3   13   45
Terry Cornutt          0   1  3.38  10   1   0   0   0   16    8    6    6    1    8   10
Charlie Williams       0   1  3.79  12   0   0   0   0   19   20   10    8    1   14    6
Ed Halicki             2   3  4.23   7   7   0   0   0   38   42   22   18    4   15   26
Lynn McGlothen         2   3  4.57   7   7   2   0   0   41   43   21   21    4   16   24
Jim Barr               5   3  5.12   8   8   2   0   0   51   66   30   29    3   11   27

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Doug Capilla           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    0    0    0    0    0    1
Buddy Schultz          2   0  1.23   9   0   0   0   0   15   12    2    2    0    3    7
Al Hrabosky            1   0  2.08  13   0   0   4   0   17   16    5    4    1    6   17
John D'Acquisto        0   0  2.25   2   2   0   0   0    8    4    2    2    0    8    9
John Urrea             1   2  2.38  12   0   0   4   0   23   18    7    6    1    5   11
Bob Forsch             6   1  2.56   8   8   2   0   0   56   51   18   16    3   18   25
John Denny             5   0  2.68   6   6   0   0   0   40   41   13   12    2   16   16
Clay Carroll           2   0  2.79  11   0   0   1   0   19   17    7    6    2    3   10
Eric Rasmussen         2   4  3.26   7   7   2   0   1   47   43   17   17    3   13   19
John Sutton            0   0  4.15   6   0   0   0   0    9   10    6    4    0    3    5
Pete Falcone           1   4  5.27   8   8   0   0   0   41   47   27   24    7   17   28

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League Leaders

Wins:

  B. Forsch (STL)           6
  R. Reuschel (CHI)         6
  J. Barr (SF)              5
  J. Denny (STL)            5
  D. Rau (LA)               5
  R. Rhoden (LA)            5
  D. Sutton (LA)            5
  J. Billingham (CIN)       4
  B. Bonham (CHI)           4
  R. Burris (CHI)           4

Losses:

  P. Niekro (ATL)           7
  J. Montefusco (SF)        5
  P. Zachry (CIN)           5
  R. Burris (CHI)           4
  B. Capra (ATL)            4
  P. Falcone (STL)          4
  D. Freisleben (SD)        4
  W. Fryman (CIN)           4
  G. Hannahs (MON)          4
  R. Jones (SD)             4

Complete Games:

  S. Rogers (MON)           5
  P. Niekro (ATL)           4
  S. Carlton (PHI)          3
  J. Richard (HOU)          3
  T. Seaver (NY)            3
  D. Sutton (LA)            3
  J. Barr (SF)              2
  R. Burris (CHI)           2
  L. Christenson (PHI)      2
  B. Forsch (STL)           2

Saves:

  C. Hough (LA)             9
  B. Sutter (CHI)           8
  R. Gossage (PIT)          7
  R. Eastwick (CIN)         6
  R. Fingers (SD)           6
  R. Camp (ATL)             4
  G. Garber (PHI)           4
  A. Hrabosky (STL)         4
  J. Urrea (STL)            4
  K. Forsch (HOU)           3

Shutouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)            2
  J. Andujar (HOU)          1
  J. Billingham (CIN)       1
  R. Burris (CHI)           1
  S. Carlton (PHI)          1
  L. Christenson (PHI)      1
  J. Curtis (SF)            1
  B. Hooton (LA)            1
  B. Kison (PIT)            1
  J. Koosman (NY)           1

Innings Pitched:

  S. Rogers (MON)        69.2
  J. Richard (HOU)       58.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)        58.0
  B. Forsch (STL)        56.1
  D. Sutton (LA)         55.1
  B. Kison (PIT)         53.2
  J. Koosman (NY)        53.2
  J. Montefusco (SF)     53.1
  J. Matlack (NY)        51.1
  T. Seaver (NY)         51.1

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          72
  J. Barr (SF)             66
  J. Billingham (CIN)      66
  R. Jones (SD)            63
  J. Matlack (NY)          59
  S. Rogers (MON)          58
  J. Montefusco (SF)       52
  B. Forsch (STL)          51
  W. Fryman (CIN)          51
  D. Rau (LA)              51

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          43
  J. Billingham (CIN)      31
  J. Barr (SF)             30
  J. Reuss (PIT)           30
  R. Sawyer (SD)           30
  R. Jones (SD)            28
  P. Falcone (STL)         27
  W. Fryman (CIN)          27
  B. Kison (PIT)           27
  P. Zachry (CIN)          27

Home Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)           9
  B. Capra (ATL)            8
  W. Fryman (CIN)           8
  R. Rhoden (LA)            8
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  P. Falcone (STL)          7
  D. Freisleben (SD)        7
  B. Johnson (ATL)          7
  R. Jones (SD)             7
  R. Sawyer (SD)            7

Walks:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          35
  J. Richard (HOU)         27
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       26
  J. Andujar (HOU)         21
  W. Fryman (CIN)          20
  F. Norman (CIN)          20
  W. Twitchell (PHI)       20
  J. Billingham (CIN)      18
  B. Capra (ATL)           18
  B. Forsch (STL)          18

Strikeouts:

  S. Rogers (MON)          52
  J. Koosman (NY)          45
  J. Montefusco (SF)       45
  T. Seaver (NY)           42
  P. Niekro (ATL)          41
  J. Richard (HOU)         41
  J. Matlack (NY)          39
  F. Norman (CIN)          37
  B. Shirley (SD)          35
  R. Gossage (PIT)         31


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