Friday May 13, 1977
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Friday, May 13, 1977

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
St. Louis       19  11  2.95   30   4   8   268   248   98   88   18   90  145
Los Angeles     24   7  3.14   31   8   9   281   270  108   98   27   82  177
Pittsburgh      20   9  3.26   29   3  10   265   224  113   96   19   76  151
Montreal        13  13  3.30   26   6   4   234   232  107   86   17   98  140
San Francisco   13  18  3.40   31   7   5   275   265  123  104   18  103  165
New York        11  19  3.52   30   8   3   258   244  112  101   19   75  178
Chicago         16  11  3.60   27   4   9   240   229  116   96   17   83  144
Philadelphia    14  13  3.80   27   6   6   241   246  114  102   22   84  161
Houston         13  18  3.99   31   5   5   282   265  142  125   16  112  157
San Diego       14  20  4.38   34   1   8   302   322  172  147   39   98  144
Cincinnati      13  17  4.41   30   3   8   261   292  142  128   22   98  153
Atlanta          9  23  5.74   32   7   4   279   333  194  178   38  133  165

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
John Candelaria (PIT)  4   0  1.56   5   5   0   0   0   35   29    8    6    0    7   19
Steve Rogers (MON)     4   1  1.58   8   8   5   0   0   63   51   15   11    1   15   45
Don Sutton (LA)        5   0  1.63   7   7   3   0   0   55   45   13   10    3   17   26
Charlie Hough (LA)     3   1  1.95  17   0   0   8   0   37   24    9    8    3   12   30
Jerry Koosman (NY)     2   4  2.35   7   7   2   0   1   54   36   17   14    3   18   45
Bob Forsch (STL)       6   1  2.56   8   8   2   0   0   56   51   18   16    3   18   25
John Denny (STL)       5   0  2.68   6   6   0   0   0   40   41   13   12    2   16   16
Bob Shirley (SD)       2   4  2.76   7   7   0   0   0   42   37   23   13    3   15   35
John Montefusco (SF)   2   5  2.87   8   8   2   0   0   53   52   26   17    3   13   45
Randy Lerch (PHI)      4   2  2.89   6   6   1   0   0   44   39   15   14    4   13   25

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dave Campbell          0   0  2.45   2   0   0   0   0    4    1    1    1    0    2    0
Rick Camp              1   1  2.49  13   0   0   4   0   22   21    8    6    1    7   12
Dick Ruthven           3   3  3.21   6   6   2   0   1   42   40   16   15    3   17   26
Max Leon               1   1  3.86   4   2   0   0   0   14   11    7    6    0    3    6
Don Collins            0   2  3.97   3   1   0   0   0   11   11    6    5    1    6    3
Andy Messersmith       2   1  4.18   5   5   1   0   0   32   28   15   15    2    6   14
Phil Niekro            0   7  6.21   9   9   4   0   0   58   72   43   40    9   35   41
Buzz Capra             0   3  6.67   9   3   0   0   0   27   37   21   20    5   14   17
Jamie Easterly         0   0  7.27  11   1   0   0   0   26   35   22   21    1   17   13
Bob Johnson            0   1  7.71  10   0   0   0   0   14   15   12   12    7    9    9
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 12.76   5   5   0   0   0   18   36   26   26    5   13   17

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bruce Sutter           0   1  0.69  14   0   0   7   0   26   13    3    2    0    2   30
Willie Hernandez       0   0  0.92   9   0   0   1   0   20   13    2    2    0    5   13
Paul Reuschel          1   0  1.46   7   0   0   1   0   12   10    2    2    1    2    6
Rick Reuschel          5   1  2.95   6   6   1   0   0   40   35   14   13    4   15   20
Steve Renko            0   0  3.00   3   0   0   0   0    6    8    5    2    2    4    5
Bill Bonham            4   2  3.33   7   7   1   0   0   49   45   18   18    2   14   25
Ray Burris             4   4  4.03   8   8   2   0   1   45   46   25   20    3   13   23
Ramon Hernandez        0   0  5.79   5   0   0   0   0    5    7    5    3    0    2    3
Mike Krukow            2   2  6.92   7   6   0   0   0   26   33   23   20    5   17   14
Jim Todd               0   1 10.22   7   0   0   0   0   12   19   19   14    0    9    5

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gary Nolan             1   0  0.00   1   1   0   0   0    5    3    0    0    0    0    4
Rawly Eastwick         1   2  1.85  14   0   0   6   0   24   18    5    5    1    4   12
Pedro Borbon           0   1  2.25  15   0   0   0   0   24   18    7    6    0    4    9
Mike Caldwell          0   0  3.09   6   0   0   1   0   12   12    4    4    0    7    8
Fred Norman            2   2  3.61   7   7   0   0   0   42   37   21   17    6   20   37
Jack Billingham        4   2  4.79   7   7   1   0   1   47   66   31   25    3   18   27
Pat Zachry             2   5  4.84   7   7   2   0   0   48   50   27   26    3   17   23
Woodie Fryman          2   3  6.31   7   7   0   0   0   36   48   25   25    8   19   19
Santo Alcala           1   1  7.45   6   1   0   0   0   10   19    9    8    0    6    7
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  2.45  14   0   0   0   0   22   14    7    6    1    7   11
J.R. Richard           2   3  2.93   8   8   3   0   0   58   43   21   19    3   27   41
Ken Forsch             3   2  3.28  13   0   0   3   0   25   23   11    9    1    8   13
Mark Lemongello        1   4  3.45   7   7   0   0   0   44   50   17   17    4   11   15
Dan Larson             0   1  4.30   9   0   0   0   0   15   11    9    7    1    7    9
Joaquin Andujar        2   2  4.62   7   7   1   0   1   37   38   23   19    0   16   17
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  8.69   5   4   1   0   0   20   26   22   19    3   11   22

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Sutton             5   0  1.63   7   7   3   0   0   55   45   13   10    3   17   26
Charlie Hough          3   1  1.95  17   0   0   8   0   37   24    9    8    3   12   30
Burt Hooton            3   1  3.02   6   6   2   0   1   42   40   16   14    1   13   30
Doug Rau               4   0  3.23   6   6   0   0   0   39   44   14   14    2    6   20
Mike Garman            0   0  3.52   9   0   0   1   0    8   10    3    3    2    6    4
Tommy John             3   1  3.68   6   6   1   0   0   37   48   18   15    4    7   21
Al Downing             0   1  4.32   5   0   0   0   0    8    8    4    4    1    7   11
Rick Rhoden            5   1  4.33   6   6   2   0   0   44   40   22   21    8   10   28
Stan Wall              1   1  6.75   7   0   0   0   0    7    7    5    5    1    2    3
Elias Sosa             0   1  7.71   3   0   0   0   0    5    4    4    4    2    2    4

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Atkinson          2   0  0.82  10   0   0   2   0   11   10    3    1    0    5   10
Steve Rogers           4   1  1.58   8   8   5   0   0   63   51   15   11    1   15   45
Joe Kerrigan           0   0  1.62  12   0   0   2   0   17   16    4    3    1    5    8
Don Stanhouse          3   4  3.70   8   8   1   0   1   49   49   25   20    4   26   26
Will McEnaney          1   1  3.80  13   0   0   0   0   21   23    9    9    1    5    9
Gerry Hannahs          1   4  4.33   6   6   0   0   0   35   40   23   17    6   15   19
Jackie Brown           1   2  4.57   6   3   0   0   0   22   19   14   11    3   10   13
Dan Warthen            1   1  7.36   6   1   0   0   0   11   11    9    9    1   13    5
Jeff Terpko            0   0  7.50   5   0   0   0   0    6   13    5    5    0    4    5

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jackson Todd           0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    4    2    0    0    0    0    3
Jerry Koosman          2   4  2.35   7   7   2   0   1   54   36   17   14    3   18   45
Nino Espinosa          2   2  3.13   7   4   1   0   0   32   32   12   11    1    8   12
Tom Seaver             4   2  3.16   7   7   3   0   2   51   40   18   18    5   14   42
Bob Apodaca            0   0  3.18  11   0   0   0   0   11   13    5    4    0    6    9
Bob Myrick             0   1  3.60   9   0   0   0   0   15   15    9    6    1    4    6
Jon Matlack            2   4  4.03   7   7   2   0   1   51   59   26   23    5    7   39
Skip Lockwood          0   1  5.23   8   0   0   3   0   10   11    6    6    0    6    8
Craig Swan             1   4  5.81   5   5   0   0   0   26   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  1.80   2   0   0   0   0    5    4    1    1    0    1    7
Ron Reed               1   1  2.70  13   0   0   3   0   20   19    6    6    2    8   15
Randy Lerch            4   2  2.89   6   6   1   0   0   44   39   15   14    4   13   25
Steve Carlton          4   1  2.98   6   6   3   0   1   48   45   19   16    7   11   30
Tug McGraw             0   0  3.00   3   0   0   0   0    3    7    1    1    0    2    4
Gene Garber            1   2  3.44  12   0   0   3   0   18   12    7    7    3    3   12
Wayne Twitchell        0   3  3.58   7   7   0   0   0   38   38   19   15    1   20   31
Larry Christenson      3   3  4.62   7   7   2   0   1   39   44   22   20    3   13   26
Tom Underwood          1   0  7.43   5   0   0   0   0   13   21   12   11    1    6    8
Jim Kaat               0   1  7.62   7   1   0   0   0   13   17   12   11    1    7    3

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Rich Gossage           3   0  1.09  15   0   0   6   0   25   11    3    3    2   14   24
John Candelaria        4   0  1.56   5   5   0   0   0   35   29    8    6    0    7   19
Kent Tekulve           2   0  1.83  14   0   0   3   0   20   10    6    4    0    5   12
Grant Jackson          0   0  2.38   9   0   0   1   0   11    8    3    3    1    4    8
Larry Demery           2   1  3.16   7   3   0   0   0   26   23    9    9    1    7   10
Jim Rooker             4   1  3.16   5   5   1   0   1   31   28   11   11    4    6   17
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
Odell Jones            1   1  6.10   6   0   0   0   0   10   10    7    7    2    1    9
Terry Forster          1   0  6.97   7   0   0   0   0   10   12    9    8    1    5    6

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dan Spillner           1   0  1.23   4   0   0   0   0    7    5    1    1    0    1    4
Dave Tomlin            0   1  2.25  16   0   0   2   0   24   20    6    6    0    5   12
Bob Shirley            2   4  2.76   7   7   0   0   0   42   37   23   13    3   15   35
Rollie Fingers         3   1  3.00  18   0   0   6   0   27   27   11    9    3    7   19
Tom Griffin            3   1  3.03   7   5   0   0   0   39   36   17   13    4   17   19
Victor Bernal          1   1  3.86  12   0   0   0   0   19   17    9    8    4    7    6
Butch Metzger          0   0  4.58  14   1   0   0   0   20   22   12   10    2    8    5
Randy Jones            3   4  4.65   8   8   1   0   0   50   63   28   26    7    5   16
Dave Freisleben        0   4  6.49   9   4   0   0   0   26   29   20   19    7    8   10
Rick Sawyer            1   3  6.87   7   7   0   0   0   37   51   30   28    7   15   13
Brent Strom            0   1 11.12   6   2   0   0   0   11   15   15   14    2   10    5

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gary Lavelle           0   1  0.46  13   0   0   3   0   20   10    3    1    0    9   15
Randy Moffitt          1   1  1.42  10   0   0   2   0   13    7    3    2    1    6    6
John Curtis            1   0  1.47   8   1   1   0   1   18   14    3    3    0    9    5
Dave Heaverlo          0   0  1.74   7   0   0   0   0   10    9    2    2    1    4    4
John Montefusco        2   5  2.87   8   8   2   0   0   53   52   26   17    3   13   45
Terry Cornutt          0   1  3.38  10   1   0   0   0   16    8    6    6    1    8   10
Charlie Williams       0   1  3.79  12   0   0   0   0   19   20   10    8    1   14    6
Ed Halicki             2   3  4.05   6   6   0   0   0   33   36   19   15    4   13   23
Lynn McGlothen         2   3  4.57   7   7   2   0   0   41   43   21   21    4   16   24
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
Doug Capilla           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    0    0    0    0    0    1
Buddy Schultz          2   0  1.23   9   0   0   0   0   15   12    2    2    0    3    7
John Urrea             1   2  1.93  11   0   0   3   0   19   13    5    4    1    4   11
Al Hrabosky            1   0  2.08  13   0   0   4   0   17   16    5    4    1    6   17
John D'Acquisto        0   0  2.25   2   2   0   0   0    8    4    2    2    0    8    9
Bob Forsch             6   1  2.56   8   8   2   0   0   56   51   18   16    3   18   25
John Denny             5   0  2.68   6   6   0   0   0   40   41   13   12    2   16   16
Clay Carroll           1   0  3.18  10   0   0   1   0   17   17    7    6    2    3    8
Eric Rasmussen         2   4  3.26   7   7   2   0   1   47   43   17   17    3   13   19
John Sutton            0   0  4.15   6   0   0   0   0    9   10    6    4    0    3    5
Pete Falcone           1   4  4.93   7   7   0   0   0   38   41   23   21    6   16   27

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League Leaders

Wins:

  B. Forsch (STL)           6
  J. Barr (SF)              5
  J. Denny (STL)            5
  R. Reuschel (CHI)         5
  R. Rhoden (LA)            5
  D. Sutton (LA)            5
  J. Billingham (CIN)       4
  B. Bonham (CHI)           4
  R. Burris (CHI)           4
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       4

Losses:

  P. Niekro (ATL)           7
  J. Montefusco (SF)        5
  P. Zachry (CIN)           5
  R. Burris (CHI)           4
  P. Falcone (STL)          4
  D. Freisleben (SD)        4
  G. Hannahs (MON)          4
  R. Jones (SD)             4
  J. Koosman (NY)           4
  F. Lacorte (ATL)          4

Complete Games:

  S. Rogers (MON)           5
  P. Niekro (ATL)           4
  S. Carlton (PHI)          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
  B. Forsch (STL)           2

Saves:

  C. Hough (LA)             8
  B. Sutter (CHI)           7
  R. Eastwick (CIN)         6
  R. Fingers (SD)           6
  R. Gossage (PIT)          6
  R. Camp (ATL)             4
  A. Hrabosky (STL)         4
  K. Forsch (HOU)           3
  G. Garber (PHI)           3
  G. Lavelle (SF)           3

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)        62.2
  J. Richard (HOU)       58.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)        58.0
  B. Forsch (STL)        56.1
  D. Sutton (LA)         55.1
  B. Kison (PIT)         53.2
  J. Koosman (NY)        53.2
  J. Montefusco (SF)     53.1
  J. Matlack (NY)        51.1
  T. Seaver (NY)         51.1

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          72
  J. Barr (SF)             66
  J. Billingham (CIN)      66
  R. Jones (SD)            63
  J. Matlack (NY)          59
  J. Montefusco (SF)       52
  B. Forsch (STL)          51
  J. Reuss (PIT)           51
  S. Rogers (MON)          51
  R. Sawyer (SD)           51

Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          43
  J. Billingham (CIN)      31
  J. Barr (SF)             30
  J. Reuss (PIT)           30
  R. Sawyer (SD)           30
  R. Jones (SD)            28
  B. Kison (PIT)           27
  P. Zachry (CIN)          27
  F. Lacorte (ATL)         26
  J. Matlack (NY)          26

Home Runs:

  P. Niekro (ATL)           9
  W. Fryman (CIN)           8
  R. Rhoden (LA)            8
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  D. Freisleben (SD)        7
  B. Johnson (ATL)          7
  R. Jones (SD)             7
  R. Sawyer (SD)            7
  P. Falcone (STL)          6
  G. Hannahs (MON)          6

Walks:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          35
  J. Richard (HOU)         27
  D. Stanhouse (MON)       26
  F. Norman (CIN)          20
  W. Twitchell (PHI)       20
  W. Fryman (CIN)          19
  J. Billingham (CIN)      18
  B. Forsch (STL)          18
  J. Koosman (NY)          18
  J. Easterly (ATL)        17

Strikeouts:

  J. Koosman (NY)          45
  J. Montefusco (SF)       45
  S. Rogers (MON)          45
  T. Seaver (NY)           42
  P. Niekro (ATL)          41
  J. Richard (HOU)         41
  J. Matlack (NY)          39
  F. Norman (CIN)          37
  B. Shirley (SD)          35
  W. Twitchell (PHI)       31

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