Tuesday May 17, 1977
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, May 17, 1977

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Pittsburgh      23   9  3.05   32   3  12   292   247  116   99   21   85  167
Los Angeles     27   8  3.19   35   8  11   319   310  129  113   28  102  208
St. Louis       20  13  3.44   33   4   9   293   282  124  112   24  106  154
New York        12  21  3.47   33   9   3   288   269  122  111   22   83  202
San Francisco   14  20  3.48   34   7   5   300   290  140  116   21  117  181
Montreal        13  17  3.50   30   6   4   270   271  130  105   20  110  166
Chicago         21  11  3.63   32   4  14   285   280  136  115   19   99  174
Philadelphia    17  14  3.86   31   7   8   277   282  133  119   28  103  188
Houston         14  20  3.91   34   5   5   309   288  153  134   16  128  173
Cincinnati      14  19  4.28   33   3   8   288   310  151  137   26  104  160
San Diego       14  24  5.14   38   1   8   334   380  218  191   52  119  159
Atlanta         11  24  5.91   35   7   5   306   374  219  201   44  148  178

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Candelaria (PIT)  5   0  1.27   6   6   0   0   0   43   35    8    6    0    7   25
Don Sutton (LA)        6   0  1.73   8   8   3   0   0   62   50   17   12    4   20   31
Steve Rogers (MON)     4   2  1.81   9   9   5   0   0   70   58   21   14    1   16   52
Charlie Hough (LA)     3   1  1.87  20   0   0  10   0   43   29   11    9    3   16   33
Jerry Koosman (NY)     3   4  2.15   8   8   3   0   1   63   40   18   15    3   20   52
Bob Forsch (STL)       6   1  2.56   8   8   2   0   0   56   51   18   16    3   18   25
Jim Rooker (PIT)       4   1  2.65   6   6   1   0   1   37   33   11   11    4   10   19
Burt Hooton (LA)       3   1  2.72   7   7   2   0   1   50   47   17   15    1   15   38
Steve Carlton (PHI)    5   1  2.83   7   7   4   0   1   57   50   21   18    8   16   41
Tom Seaver (NY)        4   2  2.83   8   8   3   0   2   60   49   19   19    5   17   47

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Campbell          0   0  1.59   4   0   0   0   0    6    3    1    1    0    2    1
Dick Ruthven           3   3  3.21   6   6   2   0   1   42   40   16   15    3   17   26
Don Collins            0   2  3.68   6   1   0   1   0   15   14    7    6    1    8    4
Max Leon               1   1  3.80   5   3   0   0   0   21   16   10    9    0    5    7
Rick Camp              2   1  4.15  16   0   0   4   0   26   32   14   12    4   10   16
Andy Messersmith       2   1  4.18   5   5   1   0   0   32   28   15   15    2    6   14
Phil Niekro            1   7  6.71  11  10   4   0   0   62   79   49   46    9   38   43
Buzz Capra             0   4  7.03  10   4   0   0   0   32   46   26   25    8   18   19
Bob Johnson            0   1  7.20  11   0   0   0   0   15   16   12   12    7    9   10
Jamie Easterly         0   0  7.27  11   1   0   0   0   26   35   22   21    1   17   13
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 13.50   6   5   0   0   0   19   39   30   28    5   14   18

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bruce Sutter           0   1  0.64  16   0   0   9   0   28   14    3    2    0    2   31
Paul Reuschel          1   0  0.96   9   0   0   3   0   19   12    2    2    1    5   11
Willie Hernandez       0   0  1.31  11   0   0   1   0   21   15    4    3    0    5   13
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            5   2  3.29   8   8   1   0   0   55   50   20   20    2   17   29
Ray Burris             5   4  3.96   9   9   2   0   1   52   57   28   23    4   15   27
Donnie Moore           0   0  4.91   1   1   0   0   0    4    4    2    2    0    3    6
Mike Krukow            3   2  6.39   8   7   0   0   0   31   40   25   22    5   18   17
Ramon Hernandez        0   0  8.22   6   0   0   1   0    8   11    9    7    1    3    4
Jim Todd               1   1  9.82   8   0   0   0   0   15   22   21   16    0   11    8

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gary Nolan             2   0  1.50   2   2   0   0   0   12    7    2    2    2    3    6
Rawly Eastwick         1   2  1.71  15   0   0   6   0   26   18    5    5    1    4   12
Pedro Borbon           0   1  2.19  16   0   0   0   0   25   19    7    6    0    5   10
Fred Norman            2   2  3.61   7   7   0   0   0   42   37   21   17    6   20   37
Jack Billingham        4   3  4.25   8   8   1   0   1   55   71   32   26    3   18   27
Mike Caldwell          0   0  4.26   7   0   0   1   0   13   14    6    6    1    7    8
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
Ken Forsch             4   2  2.96  15   0   0   3   0   27   25   11    9    1    8   14
J.R. Richard           2   4  2.97   9   9   3   0   0   67   51   24   22    3   31   48
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  7.09   6   5   1   0   0   27   31   24   21    3   15   26

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Sutton             6   0  1.73   8   8   3   0   0   62   50   17   12    4   20   31
Charlie Hough          3   1  1.87  20   0   0  10   0   43   29   11    9    3   16   33
Burt Hooton            3   1  2.72   7   7   2   0   1   50   47   17   15    1   15   38
Mike Garman            1   0  3.27  11   0   0   1   0   11   12    4    4    2    8    8
Doug Rau               5   0  3.48   7   7   0   0   0   44   51   17   17    2    9   24
Tommy John             3   2  4.12   7   7   1   0   0   39   56   24   18    4    8   23
Rick Rhoden            5   1  4.33   6   6   2   0   0   44   40   22   21    8   10   28
Al Downing             0   1  5.56   6   0   0   0   0   11   12    7    7    1   10   15
Elias Sosa             0   1  6.43   4   0   0   0   0    7    6    5    5    2    2    5
Stan Wall              1   1  6.43   8   0   0   0   0    7    7    5    5    1    4    3

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Rogers           4   2  1.81   9   9   5   0   0   70   58   21   14    1   16   52
Joe Kerrigan           0   0  1.86  14   0   0   2   0   19   20    6    4    1    6    9
Bill Atkinson          2   1  2.77  12   0   0   2   0   13   13    6    4    1    6   11
Will McEnaney          1   1  3.70  14   0   0   0   0   24   26   10   10    1    6   11
Don Stanhouse          3   5  3.95   9   9   1   0   1   55   56   29   24    4   27   29
Gerry Hannahs          1   4  4.21   7   6   0   0   0   36   41   23   17    6   15   20
Jeff Terpko            0   0  4.38   8   0   0   0   0   12   18    6    6    1    4   11
Jackie Brown           1   3  4.97   8   4   0   0   0   25   26   17   14    3   11   15
Dan Warthen            1   1  7.20   7   2   0   0   0   15   13   12   12    2   19    8

 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          3   4  2.15   8   8   3   0   1   63   40   18   15    3   20   52
Tom Seaver             4   2  2.83   8   8   3   0   2   60   49   19   19    5   17   47
Bob Apodaca            0   1  3.00  13   0   0   0   0   15   16    6    5    0    6   11
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
Craig Swan             1   4  5.74   6   5   0   0   0   27   33   17   17    3    9   14
Skip Lockwood          0   1  5.84  10   0   0   3   0   12   12    8    8    1    8   10
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  1.42   4   0   0   0   0    6    4    1    1    0    2    8
Steve Carlton          5   1  2.83   7   7   4   0   1   57   50   21   18    8   16   41
Ron Reed               1   1  2.86  14   0   0   4   0   22   21    7    7    3    8   15
Gene Garber            1   2  3.00  14   0   0   4   0   21   14    7    7    3    3   13
Tug McGraw             0   0  3.00   3   0   0   0   0    3    7    1    1    0    2    4
Randy Lerch            5   2  3.02   7   7   1   0   0   51   46   20   17    5   16   30
Wayne Twitchell        0   3  3.58   7   7   0   0   0   38   38   19   15    1   20   31
Larry Christenson      3   4  5.12   8   8   2   0   1   46   54   28   26    5   17   32
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  0.93  17   0   0   8   0   29   15    3    3    2   14   31
John Candelaria        5   0  1.27   6   6   0   0   0   43   35    8    6    0    7   25
Kent Tekulve           3   0  1.59  16   0   0   3   0   23   11    6    4    0    8   12
Grant Jackson          0   0  2.38   9   0   0   1   0   11    8    3    3    1    4    8
Jim Rooker             4   1  2.65   6   6   1   0   1   37   33   11   11    4   10   19
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
Terry Forster          1   0  6.75   8   0   0   0   0   11   12    9    8    1    5    6
Odell Jones            1   1  6.75   7   0   0   0   0   11   11    8    8    2    1    9

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rollie Fingers         3   1  3.00  20   0   0   6   0   30   29   13   10    4    9   22
Dave Tomlin            0   1  3.12  18   0   0   2   0   26   24    9    9    0    5   12
Bob Shirley            2   5  3.60   8   8   0   0   0   45   42   28   18    4   18   38
Tom Griffin            3   2  4.35   8   6   0   0   0   41   43   24   20    6   19   19
Randy Jones            3   5  4.79   9   9   1   0   0   56   72   32   30    7    9   20
Dan Spillner           1   0  5.00   7   0   0   0   0    9   10    5    5    2    1    5
Victor Bernal          1   1  5.31  15   0   0   0   0   20   23   13   12    4    9    6
Butch Metzger          0   0  5.56  17   1   0   0   0   23   27   16   14    5   12    6
Dave Freisleben        0   4  6.49   9   4   0   0   0   26   29   20   19    7    8   10
Rick Sawyer            1   3  6.86   9   7   0   0   0   41   58   33   31    8   17   13
Brent Strom            0   2 12.42   8   3   0   0   0   17   23   25   23    5   12    8

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gary Lavelle           1   1  0.40  15   0   0   3   0   22   12    5    1    0   10   18
Randy Moffitt          1   1  1.23  12   0   0   2   0   15    8    4    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  2.19   8   0   0   0   0   12   10    3    3    2    4    6
Terry Cornutt          0   1  3.18  11   1   0   0   0   17    9    6    6    1    9   11
John Montefusco        2   6  3.19   9   9   2   0   0   59   61   31   21    5   16   46
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   4  4.75   8   8   2   0   0   47   48   26   25    4   22   29
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
Buddy Schultz          2   0  1.84  10   0   0   0   0   15   13    3    3    1    5    7
Bob Forsch             6   1  2.56   8   8   2   0   0   56   51   18   16    3   18   25
John Urrea             1   2  2.66  13   0   0   4   0   24   19    8    7    2    6   12
Clay Carroll           2   0  2.79  11   0   0   1   0   19   17    7    6    2    3   10
John Denny             5   0  3.18   7   7   0   0   0   45   49   17   16    3   20   18
Eric Rasmussen         2   5  3.33   8   8   2   0   1   54   49   21   20    5   15   21
Al Hrabosky            1   1  3.66  14   0   0   4   0   20   20    9    8    1    7   18
John Sutton            0   0  4.15   6   0   0   0   0    9   10    6    4    0    3    5
John D'Acquisto        0   0  4.32   3   2   0   0   0    8    5    4    4    0   10    9
Pete Falcone           1   4  5.27   8   8   0   0   0   41   47   27   24    7   17   28
Doug Capilla           0   0 15.43   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    4    4    0    2    1

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League Leaders

Wins:

  B. Forsch (STL)           6
  R. Reuschel (CHI)         6
  D. Sutton (LA)            6
  J. Barr (SF)              5
  B. Bonham (CHI)           5
  R. Burris (CHI)           5
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       5
  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  J. Denny (STL)            5
  R. Lerch (PHI)            5

Losses:

  P. Niekro (ATL)           7
  J. Montefusco (SF)        6
  R. Jones (SD)             5
  E. Rasmussen (STL)        5
  B. Shirley (SD)           5
  D. Stanhouse (MON)        5
  P. Zachry (CIN)           5
  R. Burris (CHI)           4
  B. Capra (ATL)            4
  L. Christenson (PHI)      4

Complete Games:

  S. Rogers (MON)           5
  S. Carlton (PHI)          4
  P. Niekro (ATL)           4
  J. Koosman (NY)           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

Saves:

  C. Hough (LA)            10
  B. Sutter (CHI)           9
  R. Gossage (PIT)          8
  R. Eastwick (CIN)         6
  R. Fingers (SD)           6
  R. Camp (ATL)             4
  G. Garber (PHI)           4
  A. Hrabosky (STL)         4
  R. Reed (PHI)             4
  J. Urrea (STL)            4

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)       66.2
  J. Koosman (NY)        62.2
  D. Sutton (LA)         62.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)        61.2
  T. Seaver (NY)         60.1
  J. Montefusco (SF)     59.1
  S. Carlton (PHI)       57.1
  B. Forsch (STL)        56.1
  R. Jones (SD)          56.1

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          79
  R. Jones (SD)            72
  J. Billingham (CIN)      71
  J. Barr (SF)             66
  J. Montefusco (SF)       61
  J. Matlack (NY)          59
  S. Rogers (MON)          58
  R. Sawyer (SD)           58
  R. Burris (CHI)          57
  T. John (LA)             56

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          49
  R. Sawyer (SD)           33
  J. Billingham (CIN)      32
  R. Jones (SD)            32
  J. Montefusco (SF)       31
  J. Barr (SF)             30
  F. Lacorte (ATL)         30
  J. Reuss (PIT)           30
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       29
  R. Burris (CHI)          28

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          38
  J. Richard (HOU)         31
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       27
  L. McGlothen (SF)        22
  J. Andujar (HOU)         21
  J. Denny (STL)           20
  W. Fryman (CIN)          20
  J. Koosman (NY)          20
  F. Norman (CIN)          20
  D. Sutton (LA)           20

Strikeouts:

  J. Koosman (NY)          52
  S. Rogers (MON)          52
  J. Richard (HOU)         48
  T. Seaver (NY)           47
  J. Montefusco (SF)       46
  P. Niekro (ATL)          43
  S. Carlton (PHI)         41
  J. Matlack (NY)          39
  B. Hooton (LA)           38
  B. Shirley (SD)          38

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