Thursday May 19, 1977
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, May 19, 1977

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Pittsburgh      24  10  3.25   34   3  12   310   265  129  112   22   94  186
Los Angeles     28   9  3.25   37   8  12   337   330  139  122   29  107  218
New York        14  21  3.35   35  10   4   306   281  125  114   23   84  217
San Francisco   14  22  3.42   36   7   5   316   308  146  120   23  120  191
St. Louis       21  13  3.42   34   4   9   302   289  128  115   26  109  160
Montreal        13  19  3.67   32   6   4   287   293  145  117   22  118  176
Chicago         21  12  3.72   33   4  14   293   293  142  121   19  101  177
Houston         15  21  3.86   36   5   6   327   313  163  140   16  133  182
Philadelphia    17  16  3.88   33   7   8   294   305  142  127   29  108  197
Cincinnati      15  19  4.24   34   3   9   297   316  154  140   27  107  165
San Diego       15  24  5.06   39   1   9   343   388  220  193   52  120  163
Atlanta         13  24  5.69   37   8   6   324   385  227  205   47  154  185

 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
Charlie Hough (LA)     3   2  2.15  22   0   0  11   0   46   34   13   11    3   19   36
Jerry Koosman (NY)     3   4  2.15   8   8   3   0   1   63   40   18   15    3   20   52
Steve Rogers (MON)     4   3  2.43  10  10   5   0   0   74   70   28   20    2   16   54
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
Bob Forsch (STL)       6   1  2.79   9   9   2   0   0   61   56   21   19    5   20   26
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  1.29   5   0   0   1   0    7    4    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            2   7  5.86  12  11   5   0   1   71   82   49   46    9   40   48
Jamie Easterly         1   0  6.19  12   2   0   0   0   32   40   27   22    3   19   14
Bob Johnson            0   1  7.20  11   0   0   0   0   15   16   12   12    7    9   10
Buzz Capra             0   4  7.49  11   4   0   0   0   34   48   29   28    9   20   20
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  0.93  10   0   0   3   0   19   14    2    2    1    6   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
Bill Bonham            5   2  3.29   8   8   1   0   0   55   50   20   20    2   17   29
Rick Reuschel          6   2  3.67   8   8   1   0   0   54   58   23   22    4   17   26
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  9.19   9   0   0   0   0   16   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  1.91  17   0   0   1   0   28   22    7    6    0    5   13
Fred Norman            3   2  3.78   8   8   0   0   0   48   40   24   20    7   23   39
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  2.33   7   1   0   1   0   19   12    7    5    1    4    8
Joe Sambito            3   1  2.49  17   0   0   1   0   25   16    9    7    1    9   13
Ken Forsch             4   2  2.86  16   0   0   3   0   28   30   14    9    1    8   17
J.R. Richard           2   4  2.97   9   9   3   0   0   67   51   24   22    3   31   48
Mark Lemongello        1   5  3.71   8   8   0   0   0   51   60   22   21    4   13   17
Joaquin Andujar        3   3  4.06   9   9   1   0   1   51   52   28   23    0   24   23
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   2  2.15  22   0   0  11   0   46   34   13   11    3   19   36
Burt Hooton            3   1  2.72   7   7   2   0   1   50   47   17   15    1   15   38
Mike Garman            1   0  3.18  12   0   0   1   0   11   12    4    4    2    8    8
Doug Rau               5   0  3.76   8   8   0   0   0   50   57   22   21    3   10   28
Tommy John             3   2  4.12   7   7   1   0   0   39   56   24   18    4    8   23
Rick Rhoden            6   1  4.26   7   7   2   0   0   51   49   25   24    8   11   29
Stan Wall              1   1  4.82   9   0   0   0   0    9    7    5    5    1    4    5
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

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Joe Kerrigan           0   0  2.21  15   0   0   2   0   20   22    7    5    1    6    9
Bill Atkinson          2   1  2.40  13   0   0   2   0   15   14    6    4    1    7   14
Steve Rogers           4   3  2.43  10  10   5   0   0   74   70   28   20    2   16   54
Will McEnaney          1   1  3.55  15   0   0   0   0   25   26   10   10    1    6   11
Don Stanhouse          3   6  4.09  10  10   1   0   1   62   61   34   28    5   33   34
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  5.00   9   4   0   0   0   27   28   19   15    3   12   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           1   0  2.03   4   1   0   0   0   13    9    3    3    1    1   11
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
Jon Matlack            3   4  3.43   8   8   3   0   2   60   64   26   23    5    7   46
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
Skip Lockwood          0   1  5.27  11   0   0   4   0   14   12    8    8    1    8   13
Craig Swan             1   4  5.74   6   5   0   0   0   27   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  2.61   5   0   0   0   0   10    9    3    3    1    2   10
Ron Reed               1   1  2.63  15   0   0   4   0   24   23    7    7    3    8   15
Steve Carlton          5   1  2.83   7   7   4   0   1   57   50   21   18    8   16   41
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
Gene Garber            1   3  3.27  15   0   0   4   0   22   16    9    8    3    4   15
Wayne Twitchell        0   4  4.20   8   8   0   0   0   41   44   23   19    1   23   33
Larry Christenson      3   4  5.12   8   8   2   0   1   46   54   28   26    5   17   32
Tom Underwood          2   0  5.85   7   0   0   0   0   20   26   14   13    2   12   12
Jim Kaat               0   1  6.53   9   3   0   0   0   21   30   16   15    1    8    5

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rich Gossage           4   0  0.84  18   0   0   8   0   32   16    3    3    2   14   39
John Candelaria        5   0  1.27   6   6   0   0   0   43   35    8    6    0    7   25
Kent Tekulve           3   0  1.46  17   0   0   3   0   25   12    6    4    0    8   13
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
Grant Jackson          0   0  3.38  10   0   0   1   0   13   14    5    5    1    6   10
Bruce Kison            3   2  4.14   9   9   2   0   1   59   47   32   27    7   15   31
Jerry Reuss            0   5  5.48   9   9   0   0   0   48   55   36   29    2   19   22
Terry Forster          1   0  5.68   9   0   0   0   0   13   13    9    8    1    5    7
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  2.65  21   0   0   7   0   34   31   13   10    4    9   25
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            4   5  4.70  10  10   1   0   0   61   78   34   32    7   10   21
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  0.77  16   0   0   3   0   23   15    6    2    0   10   20
Randy Moffitt          1   1  1.20  13   0   0   2   0   15    8    4    2    1    6    8
John Curtis            1   0  1.37  10   1   1   0   1   20   16    3    3    0   11    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   4  4.20   8   8   0   0   0   45   51   26   21    6   17   31
Jim Barr               5   4  4.50   9   9   2   0   0   58   70   31   29    3   11   29
Lynn McGlothen         2   4  4.75   8   8   2   0   0   47   48   26   25    4   22   29

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Buddy Schultz          3   0  1.45  11   0   0   0   0   19   15    4    3    1    6   12
John Urrea             1   2  2.66  13   0   0   4   0   24   19    8    7    2    6   12
Bob Forsch             6   1  2.79   9   9   2   0   0   61   56   21   19    5   20   26
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
  R. Rhoden (LA)            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

Losses:

  P. Niekro (ATL)           7
  J. Montefusco (SF)        6
  D. Stanhouse (MON)        6
  R. Jones (SD)             5
  M. Lemongello (HOU)       5
  E. Rasmussen (STL)        5
  J. Reuss (PIT)            5
  B. Shirley (SD)           5
  P. Zachry (CIN)           5
  J. Barr (SF)              4

Complete Games:

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

Saves:

  C. Hough (LA)            11
  B. Sutter (CHI)           9
  R. Gossage (PIT)          8
  R. Fingers (SD)           7
  R. Eastwick (CIN)         6
  R. Camp (ATL)             4
  G. Garber (PHI)           4
  A. Hrabosky (STL)         4
  S. Lockwood (NY)          4
  R. Reed (PHI)             4

Shutouts:

  J. Matlack (NY)           2
  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

Innings Pitched:

  S. Rogers (MON)        74.0
  P. Niekro (ATL)        70.2
  J. Richard (HOU)       66.2
  J. Koosman (NY)        62.2
  D. Sutton (LA)         62.1
  D. Stanhouse (MON)     61.2
  B. Forsch (STL)        61.1
  R. Jones (SD)          61.1
  J. Matlack (NY)        60.1
  T. Seaver (NY)         60.1

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          82
  R. Jones (SD)            78
  J. Billingham (CIN)      71
  J. Barr (SF)             70
  S. Rogers (MON)          70
  J. Matlack (NY)          64
  J. Montefusco (SF)       61
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       61
  M. Lemongello (HOU)      60
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        58

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          49
  J. Reuss (PIT)           36
  R. Jones (SD)            34
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       34
  R. Sawyer (SD)           33
  J. Billingham (CIN)      32
  B. Kison (PIT)           32
  J. Barr (SF)             31
  J. Montefusco (SF)       31
  F. Lacorte (ATL)         30

Home Runs:

  B. Capra (ATL)            9
  P. Niekro (ATL)           9
  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)          40
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       33
  J. Richard (HOU)         31
  J. Andujar (HOU)         24
  F. Norman (CIN)          23
  W. Twitchell (PHI)       23
  L. McGlothen (SF)        22
  B. Capra (ATL)           20
  J. Denny (STL)           20
  B. Forsch (STL)          20

Strikeouts:

  S. Rogers (MON)          54
  J. Koosman (NY)          52
  P. Niekro (ATL)          48
  J. Richard (HOU)         48
  T. Seaver (NY)           47
  J. Matlack (NY)          46
  J. Montefusco (SF)       46
  S. Carlton (PHI)         41
  R. Gossage (PIT)         39
  F. Norman (CIN)          39

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