Tuesday May 24, 1977
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, May 24, 1977

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Pittsburgh      26  12  3.33   38   3  13   346   304  145  128   28  107  212
Los Angeles     31  10  3.36   41   9  13   372   359  156  139   33  119  248
San Francisco   17  23  3.44   40   7   8   351   348  161  134   24  130  214
St. Louis       23  16  3.60   39   4  11   347   341  154  139   31  121  177
New York        15  25  3.64   40  10   4   349   328  155  141   27  104  247
Chicago         23  14  3.71   37   4  15   332   333  159  137   21  108  205
Montreal        15  21  3.74   36   7   5   339   339  173  141   28  140  211
Houston         16  24  3.91   40   6   6   362   352  182  157   17  146  199
Philadelphia    19  18  3.97   37   7   9   328   335  162  145   32  120  212
Cincinnati      18  20  4.13   38   3  11   335   353  168  154   30  114  192
San Diego       18  26  4.80   44   1  11   401   448  244  214   56  144  190
Atlanta         15  27  5.72   42   8   7   370   438  260  235   51  181  228

 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  2.05  23   0   0  12   0   48   36   13   11    3   19   39
Steve Rogers (MON)     5   3  2.28  11  11   6   0   0   83   76   29   21    2   17   65
Rollie Fingers (SD)    3   1  2.38  24   0   0   8   0   42   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
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
Bob Forsch (STL)       7   1  2.86  10  10   2   0   0   69   62   26   22    7   20   29
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  2.53   9   0   0   1   0   11    9    3    3    0    5    4
Dick Ruthven           3   3  3.21   6   6   2   0   1   42   40   16   15    3   17   26
Rick Camp              2   1  3.71  20   0   0   4   0   34   39   18   14    4   15   25
Andy Messersmith       3   1  3.76   6   6   1   0   0   38   35   16   16    2    7   18
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  6.75  13   0   0   0   0   20   19   15   15    7   14   16
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   5 12.90   7   6   0   0   0   22   44   34   32    5   20   21

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bruce Sutter           0   1  0.78  19   0   0  10   0   35   17    4    3    1    2   36
Paul Reuschel          1   0  1.11  13   0   0   3   0   24   17    3    3    1    6   14
Willie Hernandez       0   1  1.57  13   0   0   1   0   23   18    5    4    0    6   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  3.58   9   9   1   0   0   60   66   26   24    4   18   29
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  8.82  10   0   0   0   0   16   23   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
Joe Sambito            3   1  2.33  18   0   0   1   0   27   16    9    7    1   10   15
Gene Pentz             0   0  2.45   6   0   0   0   0    7    6    2    2    0    7    7
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   6  3.79   9   9   0   0   0   57   70   25   24    4   14   18
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  2.05  23   0   0  12   0   48   36   13   11    3   19   39
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
Rick Rhoden            7   1  4.08   8   8   2   0   0   57   55   27   26    8   12   36
Stan Wall              1   1  4.22  10   0   0   0   0   11    8    5    5    1    4    8
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
Santo Alcala           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   1   0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0
Bill Atkinson          2   1  2.25  15   0   0   2   0   20   19    7    5    2   11   15
Steve Rogers           5   3  2.28  11  11   6   0   0   83   76   29   21    2   17   65
Joe Kerrigan           1   0  2.45  18   0   0   2   0   26   29    9    7    1    7   10
Jackie Brown           1   3  3.72  12   4   0   0   0   36   32   19   15    3   13   18
Will McEnaney          1   1  4.02  17   0   0   0   0   31   31   14   14    2    8   16
Don Stanhouse          3   6  4.39  11  11   1   0   1   66   68   38   32    6   35   36
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
Rick Baldwin           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0
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
Bob Apodaca            0   2  3.48  16   0   0   0   0   21   20    9    8    0    7   16
Bob Myrick             0   1  3.63  13   0   0   0   0   22   21   12    9    2    8   12
Skip Lockwood          0   1  3.66  13   0   0   4   0   20   15    8    8    1   10   18
Jon Matlack            3   5  3.82   9   9   3   0   2   64   72   30   27    5    9   46
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
Ron Reed               2   1  2.25  16   0   0   4   0   28   25    7    7    3    9   16
Warren Brusstar        0   0  2.70   8   0   0   1   0   13   13    4    4    1    2   12
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  4.22   9   8   0   0   0   43   46   24   20    1   24   35
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   2  7.46  10   4   0   0   0   25   37   22   21    1    9    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  20   0   0   3   0   28   16    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
Terry Forster          1   0  3.79  11   0   0   1   0   19   16    9    8    1    8   14
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
Jerry Reuss            1   5  5.17  10  10   0   0   0   54   62   38   31    2   21   28
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  2.38  24   0   0   8   0   42   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  3.81  10  10   0   0   0   54   57   34   23    5   21   47
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
Rick Sawyer            3   3  5.30  11   7   0   0   0   53   63   34   31    8   20   18
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
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             7   1  2.86  10  10   2   0   0   69   62   26   22    7   20   29
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  4.91  16   0   0   5   0   22   25   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:

  B. Forsch (STL)           7
  R. Rhoden (LA)            7
  J. Barr (SF)              6
  R. Burris (CHI)           6
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       6
  J. Denny (STL)            6
  R. Reuschel (CHI)         6
  D. Sutton (LA)            6
  J. Billingham (CIN)       5
  B. Bonham (CHI)           5

Losses:

  J. Montefusco (SF)        7
  P. Niekro (ATL)           7
  M. Lemongello (HOU)       6
  E. Rasmussen (STL)        6
  D. Stanhouse (MON)        6
  G. Hannahs (MON)          5
  R. Jones (SD)             5
  J. Koosman (NY)           5
  F. Lacorte (ATL)          5
  J. Matlack (NY)           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)            12
  B. Sutter (CHI)          10
  R. Fingers (SD)           8
  R. Gossage (PIT)          8
  R. Eastwick (CIN)         7
  A. Hrabosky (STL)         5
  G. Lavelle (SF)           5
  R. Camp (ATL)             4
  G. Garber (PHI)           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
  B. Forsch (STL)        69.1
  J. Koosman (NY)        66.2
  D. Stanhouse (MON)     65.2
  T. Seaver (NY)         65.1
  D. Sutton (LA)         65.1
  J. Barr (SF)           65.0
  J. Matlack (NY)        63.2

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          90
  R. Jones (SD)            78
  J. Billingham (CIN)      77
  J. Barr (SF)             76
  S. Rogers (MON)          76
  J. Matlack (NY)          72
  M. Lemongello (HOU)      70
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       68
  J. Montefusco (SF)       67
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        66

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          54
  J. Reuss (PIT)           38
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       38
  J. Montefusco (SF)       37
  R. Jones (SD)            34
  F. Lacorte (ATL)         34
  R. Sawyer (SD)           34
  B. Shirley (SD)          34
  J. Billingham (CIN)      33
  R. Burris (CHI)          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
  B. Forsch (STL)           7
  D. Freisleben (SD)        7

Walks:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          42
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       35
  J. Richard (HOU)         32
  J. Koosman (NY)          25
  J. Andujar (HOU)         24
  D. Sutton (LA)           24
  W. Twitchell (PHI)       24
  B. Capra (ATL)           23
  T. Griffin (SD)          23
  F. Norman (CIN)          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
  B. Shirley (SD)          47
  J. Matlack (NY)          46
  F. Norman (CIN)          46
  B. Hooton (LA)           44


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