Monday May 23, 1977
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Monday, May 23, 1977

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Pittsburgh      25  12  3.36   37   3  12   337   296  143  126   28  104  201
Los Angeles     30  10  3.39   40   9  12   363   351  154  137   33  118  238
San Francisco   17  23  3.44   40   7   8   351   348  161  134   24  130  214
New York        15  24  3.59   39  10   4   341   318  150  136   26  101  243
St. Louis       22  16  3.62   38   4  10   338   334  149  136   29  121  174
Chicago         23  13  3.75   36   4  15   319   319  154  133   20  106  198
Montreal        14  21  3.78   35   7   4   326   327  169  137   27  136  206
Philadelphia    19  17  3.85   36   7   9   320   322  154  137   32  118  209
Houston         16  23  3.89   39   6   6   354   341  178  153   17  143  196
Cincinnati      18  20  4.13   38   3  11   335   353  168  154   30  114  192
San Diego       17  26  4.86   43   1  10   392   443  241  212   56  141  185
Atlanta         15  26  5.74   41   8   7   362   431  256  231   51  171  220

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Candelaria (PIT)  6   0  1.63   7   7   0   0   0   50   44   11    9    2    9   28
Charlie Hough (LA)     3   2  2.15  22   0   0  11   0   46   34   13   11    3   19   36
Steve Rogers (MON)     5   3  2.28  11  11   6   0   0   83   76   29   21    2   17   65
Rollie Fingers (SD)    3   1  2.43  23   0   0   7   0   41   40   14   11    5   12   29
Burt Hooton (LA)       4   1  2.51   8   8   2   0   1   57   51   18   16    1   18   44
Don Sutton (LA)        6   1  2.62   9   9   3   0   0   65   55   24   19    5   24   33
Bob Forsch (STL)       6   1  2.79   9   9   2   0   0   61   56   21   19    5   20   26
Jerry Koosman (NY)     3   5  2.84   9   9   3   0   1   67   46   26   21    4   25   54
J.R. Richard (HOU)     3   4  2.85  10  10   4   0   0   76   58   26   24    3   32   51
Jim Rooker (PIT)       4   2  3.05   7   7   1   0   1   44   40   15   15    6   12   22

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Campbell          0   0  2.89   8   0   0   1   0    9    9    3    3    0    3    3
Dick Ruthven           3   3  3.21   6   6   2   0   1   42   40   16   15    3   17   26
Andy Messersmith       3   1  3.76   6   6   1   0   0   38   35   16   16    2    7   18
Rick Camp              2   1  3.90  19   0   0   4   0   32   38   18   14    4   14   23
Max Leon               1   2  4.28   6   4   0   0   0   27   22   15   13    1    6   10
Jamie Easterly         1   0  5.91  13   2   0   1   0   35   43   28   23    3   19   18
Phil Niekro            2   7  5.96  13  12   5   0   1   77   90   54   51   10   42   56
Don Collins            0   3  6.06   7   2   0   1   0   16   20   12   11    1    9    4
Bob Johnson            0   1  7.23  12   0   0   0   0   19   18   15   15    7   13   14
Buzz Capra             1   4  7.68  13   4   0   0   0   36   51   32   31   11   23   23
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  0.56  18   0   0  10   0   32   14    3    2    0    2   34
Paul Reuschel          1   0  1.21  12   0   0   3   0   22   17    3    3    1    6   12
Willie Hernandez       0   0  1.25  12   0   0   1   0   22   16    4    3    0    5   13
Donnie Moore           1   0  3.00   2   1   0   0   0    6    5    2    2    0    3    8
Steve Renko            0   0  3.00   3   0   0   0   0    6    8    5    2    2    4    5
Bill Bonham            5   3  3.56   9   9   1   0   0   61   56   24   24    3   18   33
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
Mike Krukow            3   2  6.49   9   8   0   0   0   35   47   28   25    5   21   21
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  1.76  17   0   0   7   0   31   20    6    6    2    5   14
Gary Nolan             3   0  1.89   3   3   0   0   0   19   15    4    4    3    6   15
Pedro Borbon           0   2  2.61  19   0   0   1   0   31   28   10    9    0    5   14
Mike Caldwell          0   0  3.68   8   0   0   1   0   15   14    6    6    1    7    9
Fred Norman            3   2  3.86   9   9   0   0   0   54   46   27   23    8   23   46
Jack Billingham        5   3  3.92   9   9   1   0   1   62   77   33   27    3   20   31
Pat Zachry             2   5  5.23   8   8   2   0   0   52   55   31   30    3   18   25
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            1   1  6.35  11   0   0   1   0   17   24   13   12    1    3    8

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gene Pentz             0   0  1.29   5   0   0   0   0    7    5    1    1    0    6    7
Joe Sambito            3   1  2.49  17   0   0   1   0   25   16    9    7    1    9   13
Bo McLaughlin          0   1  2.59   8   2   0   1   0   24   15   10    7    2    9    9
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
Joe Niekro             0   0  4.58  10   0   0   1   0   20   20   10   10    1    9   10
Dan Larson             0   2  5.74  11   0   0   0   0   16   16   13   10    1    8    9
Doug Konieczny         1   1  6.00   4   4   0   0   0   21   26   15   14    1    8    7
Floyd Bannister        1   4  7.01   7   6   1   0   0   35   43   30   27    3   17   33

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
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
Don Sutton             6   1  2.62   9   9   3   0   0   65   55   24   19    5   24   33
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             4   2  3.91   8   8   2   0   0   48   61   27   21    4    9   28
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  5.65   7   0   0   0   0   14   15    9    9    2   12   18
Elias Sosa             0   1  7.00   5   0   0   0   0    9    9    7    7    4    3    6

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Rogers           5   3  2.28  11  11   6   0   0   83   76   29   21    2   17   65
Bill Atkinson          2   1  2.37  14   0   0   2   0   19   18    7    5    2   11   14
Joe Kerrigan           0   0  2.66  17   0   0   2   0   24   27    9    7    1    7   10
Jackie Brown           1   3  3.93  11   4   0   0   0   34   30   19   15    3   13   17
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
Gerry Hannahs          1   5  4.86   8   7   0   0   0   37   43   27   20    7   17   21
Jeff Terpko            0   1  5.89  10   0   0   0   0   18   25   12   12    2    9   14
Dan Warthen            1   1  6.53   8   3   0   0   0   21   16   18   15    3   23   16

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jackson Todd           2   0  1.76   5   1   0   0   0   15   12    3    3    1    2   12
Jerry Koosman          3   5  2.84   9   9   3   0   1   67   46   26   21    4   25   54
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  3.54  12   0   0   0   0   20   20   11    8    1    7   10
Skip Lockwood          0   1  3.66  13   0   0   4   0   20   15    8    8    1   10   18
Bob Apodaca            0   2  3.86  15   0   0   0   0   19   19    9    8    0    7   14
Nino Espinosa          2   3  4.17   9   6   1   0   0   41   45   20   19    4   10   20
Ray Sadecki            0   1  6.00   4   0   0   0   0    3    3    2    2    1    3    0
Craig Swan             1   4  6.16   7   6   0   0   0   31   39   21   21    4   11   19

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Warren Brusstar        0   0  2.25   7   0   0   1   0   12    9    3    3    1    2   11
Ron Reed               2   1  2.25  16   0   0   4   0   28   25    7    7    3    9   16
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
Steve Carlton          5   2  3.13   8   8   4   0   1   63   54   26   22    9   20   42
Randy Lerch            5   2  3.46   8   8   1   0   0   55   50   24   21    7   20   32
Wayne Twitchell        0   4  4.20   8   8   0   0   0   41   44   23   19    1   23   33
Larry Christenson      4   4  4.67   9   9   2   0   1   54   61   31   28    5   18   38
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  0.82  19   0   0   8   0   33   17    3    3    2   14   41
Kent Tekulve           3   0  1.63  19   0   0   3   0   28   15    7    5    0    9   14
John Candelaria        6   0  1.63   7   7   0   0   0   50   44   11    9    2    9   28
Jim Rooker             4   2  3.05   7   7   1   0   1   44   40   15   15    6   12   22
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
Dave Wehrmeister       0   0  1.69   2   0   0   0   0    5    4    1    1    0    1    1
Rollie Fingers         3   1  2.43  23   0   0   7   0   41   40   14   11    5   12   29
John D'Acquisto        0   1  2.57   1   1   0   0   0    7    4    3    2    0    5    4
Dave Tomlin            0   2  3.38  20   0   0   2   0   29   27   11   11    0    8   15
Dan Spillner           1   0  3.68  10   0   0   1   0   15   14    6    6    2    2    5
Bob Shirley            3   5  3.76   9   9   0   0   0   50   52   32   21    5   18   43
Randy Jones            4   5  4.70  10  10   1   0   0   61   78   34   32    7   10   21
Tom Griffin            3   2  4.84   9   7   0   0   0   45   50   28   24    7   23   20
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
Rick Sawyer            2   3  5.73  10   7   0   0   0   49   63   33   31    8   20   17
Dave Freisleben        0   4  6.49   9   4   0   0   0   26   29   20   19    7    8   10
Bob Owchinko           0   0 10.38   1   1   0   0   0    4    9    5    5    1    1    0
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  0.61  19   0   0   5   0   30   20    6    2    0   12   24
Randy Moffitt          1   1  1.69  14   0   0   3   0   16   11    5    3    1    6    8
Dave Heaverlo          0   0  1.76   9   0   0   0   0   15   12    3    3    2    5    6
John Curtis            1   0  2.31  12   1   1   0   1   23   22    6    6    0   13    9
Terry Cornutt          0   1  3.00  12   1   0   0   0   18    9    6    6    1    9   12
Charlie Williams       0   1  3.32  13   0   0   0   0   22   20   10    8    1   15    6
John Montefusco        2   7  3.75  10  10   2   0   0   62   67   37   26    6   18   50
Ed Halicki             3   4  3.98   9   9   0   0   0   52   59   28   23    6   19   39
Jim Barr               6   4  4.02  10  10   2   0   0   65   76   31   29    3   11   31
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  1.31  12   0   0   0   0   21   17    4    3    1    6   13
John Urrea             1   2  2.20  15   0   0   4   0   29   24    8    7    2    7   14
Butch Metzger          0   0  2.25   2   0   0   0   0    4    5    1    1    0    1    1
Clay Carroll           2   0  2.36  14   0   0   2   0   27   23    8    7    2    3   12
Bob Forsch             6   1  2.79   9   9   2   0   0   61   56   21   19    5   20   26
Larry Dierker          0   1  3.60   1   1   0   0   0    5    3    2    2    1    5    0
John Denny             6   0  3.76   8   8   0   0   0   50   59   22   21    5   21   23
Eric Rasmussen         2   6  4.14   9   9   2   0   1   54   53   26   25    5   16   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:

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

Losses:

  J. Montefusco (SF)        7
  P. Niekro (ATL)           7
  E. Rasmussen (STL)        6
  D. Stanhouse (MON)        6
  G. Hannahs (MON)          5
  R. Jones (SD)             5
  J. Koosman (NY)           5
  M. Lemongello (HOU)       5
  J. Reuss (PIT)            5
  B. Shirley (SD)           5

Complete Games:

  S. Rogers (MON)           6
  P. Niekro (ATL)           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)          10
  R. Gossage (PIT)          8
  R. Eastwick (CIN)         7
  R. Fingers (SD)           7
  G. Lavelle (SF)           5
  R. Camp (ATL)             4
  G. Garber (PHI)           4
  A. Hrabosky (STL)         4
  S. Lockwood (NY)          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)        83.0
  P. Niekro (ATL)        77.0
  J. Richard (HOU)       75.2
  J. Koosman (NY)        66.2
  T. Seaver (NY)         65.1
  D. Sutton (LA)         65.1
  J. Barr (SF)           65.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)       63.1
  J. Montefusco (SF)     62.1
  J. Billingham (CIN)    62.0

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          90
  R. Jones (SD)            78
  J. Billingham (CIN)      77
  J. Barr (SF)             76
  S. Rogers (MON)          76
  J. Montefusco (SF)       67
  R. Burris (CHI)          65
  J. Matlack (NY)          64
  R. Sawyer (SD)           63
  L. Christenson (PHI)     61

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          54
  J. Montefusco (SF)       37
  J. Reuss (PIT)           36
  R. Jones (SD)            34
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       34
  J. Billingham (CIN)      33
  R. Sawyer (SD)           33
  R. Burris (CHI)          32
  B. Capra (ATL)           32
  B. Kison (PIT)           32

Home Runs:

  B. Capra (ATL)           11
  P. Niekro (ATL)          10
  S. Carlton (PHI)          9
  W. Fryman (CIN)           8
  F. Norman (CIN)           8
  R. Rhoden (LA)            8
  R. Sawyer (SD)            8
  P. Falcone (STL)          7
  D. Freisleben (SD)        7
  T. Griffin (SD)           7

Walks:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          42
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       33
  J. Richard (HOU)         32
  J. Koosman (NY)          25
  J. Andujar (HOU)         24
  D. Sutton (LA)           24
  B. Capra (ATL)           23
  T. Griffin (SD)          23
  F. Norman (CIN)          23
  W. Twitchell (PHI)       23

Strikeouts:

  S. Rogers (MON)          65
  P. Niekro (ATL)          56
  J. Koosman (NY)          54
  J. Richard (HOU)         51
  J. Montefusco (SF)       50
  T. Seaver (NY)           50
  J. Matlack (NY)          46
  F. Norman (CIN)          46
  B. Hooton (LA)           44
  B. Shirley (SD)          43

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