Monday May 8, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Monday, May 8, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     13   8  2.18   21   7   5   190   157   54   46    7   55  111
Philadelphia    13   7  2.64   20  10   2   181   144   58   53    8   62  116
San Diego        9  12  2.99   21   6   2   193   165   70   64   16   83  136
Chicago          8  11  3.34   19   6   2   170   161   74   63   13   66   92
Montreal        11   7  3.42   18   4   5   168   158   68   64   10   80   97
New York        12   6  3.59   18   4   5   163   143   70   65   13   50  124
Houston         12   6  3.71   18   2   7   165   157   80   68   12   61   91
St. Louis        8  11  3.74   19   7   1   169   161   75   70   13   69   98
San Francisco    7  15  4.33   22   5   4   195   189  109   94   22   62  128
Pittsburgh       8  10  4.61   18   1   4   168   155   89   86   21   70  103
Cincinnati       8  11  5.04   19   0   4   173   198  104   97   25   54  101
Atlanta          8  13  5.19   21   3   4   184   224  115  106   16   55   86

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Sutton (LA)        4   0  0.42   5   5   2   0   2   43   18    2    2    1    9   25
Steve Arlin (SD)       2   3  0.95   5   5   2   0   2   38   24    6    4    0   20   26
Claude Osteen (LA)     3   1  1.31   4   4   2   0   1   34   29    5    5    2   11   12
Carl Morton (MON)      1   1  1.46   3   3   0   0   0   25   21    5    4    0    6    9
Steve Carlton (PHI)    5   1  1.73   6   6   5   0   2   52   27   10   10    1    9   56
Tommy John (LA)        2   2  1.93   4   4   1   0   0   28   26    7    6    0    5   15
Tom Seaver (NY)        4   1  2.09   5   5   2   0   1   39   31   11    9    4    5   41
Woodie Fryman (PHI)    1   0  2.13   4   4   1   0   1   25   26    9    6    0    6   11
Clay Kirby (SD)        2   1  2.31   5   5   1   0   0   39   28   10   10    2   17   25
Milt Pappas (CHI)      2   2  2.40   4   4   1   0   1   30   31   11    8    3    5   16

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ron Schueler           1   0  0.00   7   0   0   0   0    9    6    0    0    0    2    7
Cecil Upshaw           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   1   0    2    2    0    0    0    0    0
Phil Niekro            3   3  2.88   6   5   3   0   0   41   38   14   13    2    3   25
Tom Kelley             1   2  5.00   4   4   0   0   0   27   29   16   15    2   10    9
Mike McQueen           0   1  5.40   3   1   0   1   0   10   12    8    6    2    6    4
Ron Reed               1   3  5.54   5   5   0   0   0   26   30   19   16    2    9   11
Steve Barber           0   0  5.74   5   0   0   0   0   16   18   10   10    1    6    6
Gary Neibauer          0   0  6.19   6   0   0   0   0   16   25   12   11    5    3    8
Pat Jarvis             2   2  6.45   5   4   0   0   0   22   34   17   16    2    5   11
Jim Nash               0   0  9.00   5   0   0   1   0    8   10    8    8    0    8    1
George Stone           0   2 14.85   5   2   0   1   0    7   20   11   11    0    3    4

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Hamilton         0   0  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    2    3    0    0    0    1    2
Dan McGinn             0   1  1.93   7   0   0   2   0    9    7    4    2    0    1    6
Phil Regan             0   1  2.25   5   0   0   0   0    4    6    1    1    0    2    2
Milt Pappas            2   2  2.40   4   4   1   0   1   30   31   11    8    3    5   16
Juan Pizarro           1   1  3.12   3   2   0   0   0   17   15    7    6    1    8    7
Fergie Jenkins         2   2  3.15   5   5   3   0   0   40   36   17   14    5   11   21
Burt Hooton            2   3  3.41   5   5   1   0   1   37   25   14   14    2   23   25
Bill Hands             1   1  4.22   5   3   1   0   0   21   27   12   10    0    7    6
Tom Phoebus            0   0  4.91   3   0   0   0   0    7    6    4    4    1    5    5
Larry Gura             0   0 20.25   2   0   0   0   0    1    4    3    3    1    2    2
Joe Decker             0   0  Inf    1   0   0   0   0    0    1    1    1    0    1    0

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ross Grimsley          0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    2    0    0    0    1    3
Wayne Simpson          0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    5    3    1    0    0    2    3
Gary Nolan             3   0  2.95   5   5   0   0   0   37   30   12   12    4    9   19
Clay Carroll           3   1  3.29   9   0   0   1   0   14   17    6    5    0    2    5
Tom Hall               1   0  3.50  11   0   0   2   0   18    9    7    7    2    6   23
Jim Merritt            1   0  4.50   4   1   0   0   0    8   13    4    4    1    2    4
Ed Sprague             0   0  5.00   8   0   0   0   0    9    7    5    5    3    5    1
Jim McGlothlin         0   2  5.09   6   2   0   0   0   18   25   13   10    2    4    6
Pedro Borbon           0   1  5.19  10   1   0   1   0   17   23   11   10    1    6    8
Jack Billingham        0   5  6.75   6   6   0   0   0   31   40   24   23    5   11   16
Don Gullett            0   2 11.40   4   4   0   0   0   15   26   19   19    6    5   12
Joe Gibbon             0   0 54.00   2   0   0   0   0    0    3    2    2    1    1    1

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Fred Gladding          0   0  0.00   4   0   0   3   0    5    2    0    0    0    0    2
Tom Griffin            0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    6    1    0    0    0    1    4
George Culver          1   0  2.63   7   0   0   2   0   14    8    4    4    2    8    7
Jim Ray                4   0  2.76   8   0   0   2   0   16   12    6    5    0    5    7
Don Wilson             1   1  2.87   3   3   0   0   0   16   16    9    5    2    3   10
Jerry Reuss            2   1  3.72   3   3   0   0   0   19   19   12    8    1   12   15
Larry Dierker          2   1  4.08   4   4   1   0   1   29   27   13   13    1    9   13
Ken Forsch             1   2  4.34   4   4   0   0   0   29   31   16   14    5   10   15
Dave Roberts           1   1  5.04   4   4   1   0   1   25   37   15   14    0    9   13
Wade Blasingame        0   0  5.40   5   0   0   0   0    5    2    3    3    1    2    5
Jim York               0   0 18.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    2    2    2    0    2    0

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Strahler          0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    0    0    0    1    0
Don Sutton             4   0  0.42   5   5   2   0   2   43   18    2    2    1    9   25
Jim Brewer             1   0  0.77   7   0   0   2   0   12    4    1    1    1    6    8
Claude Osteen          3   1  1.31   4   4   2   0   1   34   29    5    5    2   11   12
Tommy John             2   2  1.93   4   4   1   0   0   28   26    7    6    0    5   15
Bill Singer            2   2  2.90   4   4   1   0   1   31   26   12   10    1    5   20
Al Downing             1   2  3.38   4   4   1   0   0   27   30   13   10    1   12   18
Pete Richert           0   1  5.40   4   0   0   1   0    5    7    4    3    1    4    2
Hoyt Wilhelm           0   0  7.36   3   0   0   1   0    4    7    4    3    0    1    5
Pete Mikkelsen         0   0  8.10   5   0   0   1   0    7    9    6    6    0    1    6

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Marshall          3   0  1.04   8   0   0   3   0   17   17    3    2    1   13   14
Carl Morton            1   1  1.46   3   3   0   0   0   25   21    5    4    0    6    9
Mike Torrez            1   0  1.62   3   2   1   0   0   17    9    3    3    0    6    8
Bill Stoneman          3   2  2.58   5   5   3   0   0   38   32   11   11    3   15   29
John Strohmayer        0   0  3.52   8   0   0   2   0   15   15    6    6    0    5   11
Tom Walker             0   1  3.60   5   0   0   0   0    5    3    2    2    1    1    1
Ernie McAnally         0   1  5.03   4   4   0   0   0   20   22   11   11    1    6   10
Steve Renko            1   2  5.14   4   4   0   0   0   21   19   14   12    3   23   11
Denny Lemaster         2   0  9.64   6   0   0   0   0    9   18   10   10    1    3    4
Joe Gilbert            0   0 27.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    2    3    3    0    2    0

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tug McGraw             1   0  0.56   7   0   0   4   0   16    5    1    1    0    4   14
Jim McAndrew           1   0  1.69   3   0   0   0   0    5    4    1    1    0    4    6
Tom Seaver             4   1  2.09   5   5   2   0   1   39   31   11    9    4    5   41
Danny Frisella         0   0  2.25   2   0   0   0   0    4    2    1    1    1    0    1
Jon Matlack            3   0  2.42   4   2   1   0   0   22   16    6    6    0    5   17
Gary Gentry            2   1  2.81   5   5   1   0   0   32   20   12   10    2   14   23
Chuck Taylor           0   0  5.40   8   0   0   1   0   10   13    6    6    0    4    2
Buzz Capra             1   1  5.63   5   2   0   0   0   16   20   10   10    3    4    8
Ray Sadecki            0   0  8.10   3   0   0   0   0    3    6    3    3    0    3    2
Jerry Koosman          0   3 10.57   5   4   0   0   0   15   26   19   18    3    7   10

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ken Reynolds           0   0  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    4    1    0    0    0    0    2
Steve Carlton          5   1  1.73   6   6   5   0   2   52   27   10   10    1    9   56
Barry Lersch           1   1  1.84   4   1   1   0   0   15   12    3    3    2    5    4
Woodie Fryman          1   0  2.13   4   4   1   0   1   25   26    9    6    0    6   11
Bill Champion          3   0  2.43   4   4   2   0   0   30   28    9    8    1   11   15
Dick Selma             1   2  2.57   5   5   1   0   0   35   23   11   10    2   19   10
Joe Hoerner            0   1  5.06   6   0   0   1   0    5    7    3    3    0    2    3
Darrell Brandon        1   1  5.79   4   0   0   0   0    5    7    3    3    1    1    3
Wayne Twitchell        1   0  7.88   7   0   0   1   0    8    7    7    7    0    6    9
Chris Short            0   1 11.57   4   0   0   0   0    2    6    3    3    1    3    3

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ramon Hernandez        1   0  0.00   7   0   0   1   0   10    1    0    0    0    3    6
Bob Miller             1   1  2.16   7   0   0   0   0    8    7    2    2    0    7    5
Dock Ellis             2   1  4.00   3   3   0   0   0   18   16    8    8    2    3   13
Steve Blass            2   1  4.01   5   5   1   0   0   34   28   15   15    6   12   17
Bob Johnson            0   1  4.44   4   4   0   0   0   26   25   14   13    4    8   16
Nelson Briles          2   0  4.70   3   2   0   0   0   15   15    8    8    4    4   10
Dave Giusti            0   3  4.91   8   0   0   1   0   11   15    6    6    1    8    6
Bob Veale              0   0  6.00   5   0   0   0   0    9   10    7    6    0    7    6
Bruce Kison            0   0  6.48   5   0   0   1   0    8    9    6    6    1    3   10
Bob Moose              0   2  6.86   4   3   0   1   0   21   21   16   16    3    7   12
Luke Walker            0   1  7.71   3   1   0   0   0    7    8    7    6    0    8    2

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mark Schaeffer         0   0  0.00   5   0   0   0   0    7    5    0    0    0    3    6
Steve Arlin            2   3  0.95   5   5   2   0   2   38   24    6    4    0   20   26
Clay Kirby             2   1  2.31   5   5   1   0   0   39   28   10   10    2   17   25
Mike Caldwell          1   0  2.31   7   0   0   2   0   12   12    3    3    0    5   10
Gary Ross              0   0  2.79   8   0   0   0   0   10    9    3    3    0    6    7
Fred Norman            1   2  2.91   5   4   2   0   0   34   25   12   11    3   10   22
Ed Acosta              1   1  3.09   6   0   0   0   0   12   12    6    4    2    3    9
Bill Greif             2   3  5.55   5   5   1   0   1   24   31   16   15    2    7   19
Mike Corkins           0   1  5.63   6   1   0   0   0    8   10    5    5    2    6    4
Tom Phoebus            0   1  7.94   1   1   0   0   0    6    3    5    5    2    6    8
Ron Taylor             0   0 10.80   3   0   0   0   0    3    6    4    4    3    0    0

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Sam McDowell           4   0  2.45   5   5   2   0   0   33   29   11    9    2   13   28
Steve Stone            0   2  2.81   5   3   0   0   0   16   15    7    5    0    6   12
Jim Barr               0   0  2.89   8   0   0   0   0   19   16    8    6    3    4   12
Don McMahon            0   1  3.00   8   0   0   1   0   12    7    4    4    2    3    8
Juan Marichal          1   4  3.38   5   5   3   0   0   37   31   14   14    4    8   22
Ron Bryant             0   2  4.24   8   1   0   0   0   23   20   13   11    2    6   21
John Morris            0   0  4.26   7   0   0   0   0    6    9    6    3    2    2    5
Don Carrithers         1   2  5.57   4   4   0   0   0   21   20   14   13    3    8    9
John Cumberland        0   3  7.64   4   4   0   0   0   18   22   17   15    4    6    5
Jerry Johnson          1   1 12.60   9   0   0   3   0   10   20   15   14    0    6    6

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Lance Clemons          0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    2    0    0    0    0    1
Moe Drabowsky          0   0  1.69   6   0   0   1   0    5    7    1    1    0    1    4
Reggie Cleveland       3   0  3.03   5   5   2   0   0   39   33   14   13    3   14   20
Scipio Spinks          1   1  3.18   4   4   1   0   0   28   26   10   10    1   15   25
Rick Wise              2   2  3.18   5   5   2   0   0   40   39   16   14    3    8   14
Al Santorini           2   2  3.68   5   0   0   0   0    7    6    4    3    0    2    7
Bob Gibson             0   4  4.55   5   5   2   0   0   32   30   17   16    4   13   21
Tony Cloninger         0   0  5.40   3   0   0   0   0    2    1    1    1    0    1    0
Joe Grzenda            0   0  6.75   5   0   0   0   0    5    7    4    4    0    4    1
Dennis Higgins         0   1  6.75   4   0   0   0   0    7    4    5    5    0    9    5
Santiago Guzman        0   0  9.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    1    1    1    0    0
Don Shaw               0   1 10.80   6   0   0   0   0    2    5    2    2    1    2    0

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League Leaders

Wins:

  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  S. McDowell (SF)          4
  J. Ray (HOU)              4
  T. Seaver (NY)            4
  D. Sutton (LA)            4
  C. Carroll (CIN)          3
  B. Champion (PHI)         3
  R. Cleveland (STL)        3
  M. Marshall (MON)         3
  J. Matlack (NY)           3

Losses:

  J. Billingham (CIN)       5
  B. Gibson (STL)           4
  J. Marichal (SF)          4
  S. Arlin (SD)             3
  J. Cumberland (SF)        3
  D. Giusti (PIT)           3
  B. Greif (SD)             3
  B. Hooton (CHI)           3
  J. Koosman (NY)           3
  P. Niekro (ATL)           3

Complete Games:

  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          3
  J. Marichal (SF)          3
  P. Niekro (ATL)           3
  B. Stoneman (MON)         3
  S. Arlin (SD)             2
  B. Champion (PHI)         2
  R. Cleveland (STL)        2
  B. Gibson (STL)           2
  S. McDowell (SF)          2

Saves:

  T. McGraw (NY)            4
  F. Gladding (HOU)         3
  J. Johnson (SF)           3
  M. Marshall (MON)         3
  J. Brewer (LA)            2
  M. Caldwell (SD)          2
  G. Culver (HOU)           2
  T. Hall (CIN)             2
  D. McGinn (CHI)           2
  J. Ray (HOU)              2

Shutouts:

  S. Arlin (SD)             2
  S. Carlton (PHI)          2
  D. Sutton (LA)            2
  L. Dierker (HOU)          1
  W. Fryman (PHI)           1
  B. Greif (SD)             1
  B. Hooton (CHI)           1
  C. Osteen (LA)            1
  M. Pappas (CHI)           1
  D. Roberts (HOU)          1

Innings Pitched:

  S. Carlton (PHI)       52.0
  D. Sutton (LA)         42.2
  P. Niekro (ATL)        40.2
  F. Jenkins (CHI)       40.0
  R. Wise (STL)          39.2
  C. Kirby (SD)          39.0
  R. Cleveland (STL)     38.2
  T. Seaver (NY)         38.2
  B. Stoneman (MON)      38.1
  S. Arlin (SD)          38.0

Hits:

  J. Billingham (CIN)      40
  R. Wise (STL)            39
  P. Niekro (ATL)          38
  D. Roberts (HOU)         37
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         36
  P. Jarvis (ATL)          34
  R. Cleveland (STL)       33
  B. Stoneman (MON)        32
  K. Forsch (HOU)          31
  B. Greif (SD)            31

Runs:

  J. Billingham (CIN)      24
  D. Gullett (CIN)         19
  J. Koosman (NY)          19
  R. Reed (ATL)            19
  J. Cumberland (SF)       17
  B. Gibson (STL)          17
  P. Jarvis (ATL)          17
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         17
  K. Forsch (HOU)          16
  B. Greif (SD)            16

Home Runs:

  S. Blass (PIT)            6
  D. Gullett (CIN)          6
  J. Billingham (CIN)       5
  K. Forsch (HOU)           5
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          5
  G. Neibauer (ATL)         5
  N. Briles (PIT)           4
  J. Cumberland (SF)        4
  B. Gibson (STL)           4
  B. Johnson (PIT)          4

Walks:

  B. Hooton (CHI)          23
  S. Renko (MON)           23
  S. Arlin (SD)            20
  D. Selma (PHI)           19
  C. Kirby (SD)            17
  S. Spinks (STL)          15
  B. Stoneman (MON)        15
  R. Cleveland (STL)       14
  G. Gentry (NY)           14
  B. Gibson (STL)          13

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         56
  T. Seaver (NY)           41
  B. Stoneman (MON)        29
  S. McDowell (SF)         28
  S. Arlin (SD)            26
  B. Hooton (CHI)          25
  C. Kirby (SD)            25
  P. Niekro (ATL)          25
  S. Spinks (STL)          25
  D. Sutton (LA)           25

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