Friday May 20, 1977
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, May 20, 1977

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     29   9  3.20   38   8  12   346   335  140  123   29  110  227
Pittsburgh      24  11  3.33   35   3  12   319   276  135  118   24   99  192
New York        14  22  3.41   36  10   4   314   290  131  119   23   87  222
San Francisco   15  22  3.46   37   7   6   325   322  151  125   23  124  195
St. Louis       21  14  3.53   35   4   9   311   301  135  122   26  112  164
Chicago         22  12  3.73   34   4  14   302   303  146  125   19  102  185
Houston         16  21  3.81   37   6   6   336   320  165  142   16  134  185
Montreal        13  20  3.89   33   6   4   296   308  157  128   24  122  183
Philadelphia    17  17  3.90   34   7   8   302   309  147  131   30  112  199
Cincinnati      16  19  4.17   35   3  10   306   325  156  142   28  110  174
San Diego       16  24  5.01   40   1  10   352   399  224  196   53  120  168
Atlanta         13  25  5.84   38   8   6   333   401  240  216   49  162  193

 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
Burt Hooton (LA)       4   1  2.51   8   8   2   0   1   57   51   18   16    1   18   44
Jim Rooker (PIT)       4   1  2.65   6   6   1   0   1   37   33   11   11    4   10   19
Bob Forsch (STL)       6   1  2.79   9   9   2   0   0   61   56   21   19    5   20   26
J.R. Richard (HOU)     3   4  2.85  10  10   4   0   0   76   58   26   24    3   32   51
Randy Lerch (PHI)      5   2  3.02   7   7   1   0   0   51   46   20   17    5   16   30

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Campbell          0   0  1.13   6   0   0   1   0    8    6    1    1    0    2    3
Dick Ruthven           3   3  3.21   6   6   2   0   1   42   40   16   15    3   17   26
Max Leon               1   1  3.80   5   3   0   0   0   21   16   10    9    0    5    7
Rick Camp              2   1  3.86  17   0   0   4   0   28   35   16   12    4   12   18
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
Don Collins            0   3  6.06   7   2   0   1   0   16   20   12   11    1    9    4
Jamie Easterly         1   0  6.19  12   2   0   0   0   32   40   27   22    3   19   14
Bob Johnson            0   1  7.23  12   0   0   0   0   19   18   15   15    7   13   14
Buzz Capra             0   4  8.13  12   4   0   0   0   34   51   32   31   11   21   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  0.62  17   0   0   9   0   29   14    3    2    0    2   31
Paul Reuschel          1   0  0.89  11   0   0   3   0   20   15    2    2    1    6   12
Willie Hernandez       0   0  1.25  12   0   0   1   0   22   16    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             6   4  4.17  10  10   2   0   1   58   65   32   27    4   16   34
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
Rawly Eastwick         1   2  1.71  15   0   0   6   0   26   18    5    5    1    4   12
Gary Nolan             3   0  1.89   3   3   0   0   0   19   15    4    4    3    6   15
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  6.08   9   7   0   1   0   40   52   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
J.R. Richard           3   4  2.85  10  10   4   0   0   76   58   26   24    3   32   51
Ken Forsch             4   2  2.86  16   0   0   3   0   28   30   14    9    1    8   17
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            4   1  2.51   8   8   2   0   1   57   51   18   16    1   18   44
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
Stan Wall              1   1  4.22  10   0   0   0   0   11    8    5    5    1    4    8
Rick Rhoden            6   1  4.26   7   7   2   0   0   51   49   25   24    8   11   29
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
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
Joe Kerrigan           0   0  2.53  16   0   0   2   0   21   24    8    6    1    6    9
Don Stanhouse          3   6  4.09  10  10   1   0   1   62   61   34   28    5   33   34
Will McEnaney          1   1  4.45  16   0   0   0   0   28   31   14   14    2    6   15
Jackie Brown           1   3  4.76  10   4   0   0   0   28   30   19   15    3   13   15
Gerry Hannahs          1   5  4.86   8   7   0   0   0   37   43   27   20    7   17   21
Jeff Terpko            0   0  5.28   9   0   0   0   0   15   22    9    9    1    5   13
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
Bob Apodaca            0   1  3.00  13   0   0   0   0   15   16    6    5    0    6   11
Tom Seaver             4   3  3.17   9   9   3   0   2   65   55   24   23    5   19   50
Jon Matlack            3   4  3.43   8   8   3   0   2   60   64   26   23    5    7   46
Bob Myrick             0   1  3.50  10   0   0   0   0   18   18   10    7    1    5    8
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
Gene Garber            1   3  3.00  16   0   0   4   0   24   16    9    8    3    4   16
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
Steve Carlton          5   2  3.13   8   8   4   0   1   63   54   26   22    9   20   42
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
Grant Jackson          0   0  3.14  11   0   0   1   0   14   15    5    5    1    6   11
Bruce Kison            3   2  4.14   9   9   2   0   1   59   47   32   27    7   15   31
Larry Demery           3   2  4.37   9   5   0   0   0   35   36   17   17    5   12   14
Terry Forster          1   0  4.41  10   0   0   0   0   16   16    9    8    1    7    9
Jerry Reuss            0   5  5.48   9   9   0   0   0   48   55   36   29    2   19   22
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
Dan Spillner           1   0  3.55   8   0   0   1   0   13   11    5    5    2    1    5
Bob Shirley            3   5  3.76   9   9   0   0   0   50   52   32   21    5   18   43
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
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           2   1  0.70  17   0   0   3   0   26   18    6    2    0   11   21
John Curtis            1   0  1.61  11   1   1   0   1   22   20    4    4    0   13    8
Randy Moffitt          1   1  1.69  14   0   0   3   0   16   11    5    3    1    6    8
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  3.32  13   0   0   0   0   22   20   10    8    1   15    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  5.29   9   9   2   0   0   48   52   29   28    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
Clay Carroll           2   0  2.61  12   0   0   1   0   21   18    7    6    2    3   11
John Urrea             1   2  2.63  14   0   0   4   0   24   20    8    7    2    6   12
Bob Forsch             6   1  2.79   9   9   2   0   0   61   56   21   19    5   20   26
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
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
Al Hrabosky            1   2  5.14  15   0   0   4   0   21   24   13   12    1    7   20
Pete Falcone           1   4  5.17   9   9   0   0   0   47   53   30   27    7   20   29
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:

  R. Burris (CHI)           6
  B. Forsch (STL)           6
  R. Reuschel (CHI)         6
  R. Rhoden (LA)            6
  D. Sutton (LA)            6
  J. Barr (SF)              5
  B. Bonham (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
  G. Hannahs (MON)          5
  R. Jones (SD)             5
  M. Lemongello (HOU)       5
  E. Rasmussen (STL)        5
  J. Reuss (PIT)            5
  B. Shirley (SD)           5
  P. Zachry (CIN)           5

Complete Games:

  P. Niekro (ATL)           5
  S. Rogers (MON)           5
  S. Carlton (PHI)          4
  J. Richard (HOU)          4
  J. Koosman (NY)           3
  J. Matlack (NY)           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:

  J. Richard (HOU)       75.2
  S. Rogers (MON)        74.0
  P. Niekro (ATL)        70.2
  T. Seaver (NY)         65.1
  S. Carlton (PHI)       63.1
  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

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          82
  R. Jones (SD)            78
  J. Billingham (CIN)      71
  J. Barr (SF)             70
  S. Rogers (MON)          70
  R. Burris (CHI)          65
  J. Matlack (NY)          64
  J. Montefusco (SF)       61
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       61
  M. Lemongello (HOU)      60

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
  R. Burris (CHI)          32
  B. Capra (ATL)           32
  B. Kison (PIT)           32
  B. Shirley (SD)          32

Home Runs:

  B. Capra (ATL)           11
  S. Carlton (PHI)          9
  P. Niekro (ATL)           9
  W. Fryman (CIN)           8
  R. Rhoden (LA)            8
  R. Sawyer (SD)            8
  P. Falcone (STL)          7
  D. Freisleben (SD)        7
  G. Hannahs (MON)          7
  B. Johnson (ATL)          7

Walks:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          40
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       33
  J. Richard (HOU)         32
  J. Andujar (HOU)         24
  F. Norman (CIN)          23
  W. Twitchell (PHI)       23
  L. McGlothen (SF)        22
  B. Capra (ATL)           21
  S. Carlton (PHI)         20
  J. Denny (STL)           20

Strikeouts:

  S. Rogers (MON)          54
  J. Koosman (NY)          52
  J. Richard (HOU)         51
  T. Seaver (NY)           50
  P. Niekro (ATL)          48
  J. Matlack (NY)          46
  J. Montefusco (SF)       46
  B. Hooton (LA)           44
  B. Shirley (SD)          43
  S. Carlton (PHI)         42


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