Tuesday May 9, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Tuesday, May 9, 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          9  11  3.22   20   7   2   179   166   75   64   13   66   97
Montreal        12   7  3.30   19   5   5   177   167   69   65   10   83  100
St. Louis        9  11  3.55   20   8   1   178   167   76   70   13   72  103
New York        12   6  3.59   18   4   5   163   143   70   65   13   50  124
Houston         12   7  3.59   19   2   7   173   163   82   69   12   65   99
San Francisco    7  16  4.25   23   5   4   203   196  116   96   22   64  131
Pittsburgh       9  10  4.47   19   1   5   177   161   91   88   21   71  106
Cincinnati       8  12  5.13   20   0   4   182   212  111  104   26   59  104
Atlanta          8  14  5.19   22   3   4   193   235  120  111   18   60   89

 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
Mike Torrez (MON)      2   0  1.40   4   3   2   0   0   26   18    4    4    0    9   11
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

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Cecil Upshaw           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   1   0    2    2    0    0    0    0    0
Ron Schueler           1   0  0.79   8   0   0   0   0   11    7    1    1    0    4    7
Phil Niekro            3   3  2.88   6   5   3   0   0   41   38   14   13    2    3   25
Tom Kelley             1   3  5.03   5   5   0   0   0   34   39   20   19    4   13   12
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
Fergie Jenkins         3   2  2.76   6   6   4   0   0   49   41   18   15    5   11   26
Juan Pizarro           1   1  3.12   3   2   0   0   0   17   15    7    6    1    8    7
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
Tom Hall               1   0  3.50  11   0   0   2   0   18    9    7    7    2    6   23
Clay Carroll           3   1  3.68  10   0   0   1   0   15   18    7    6    1    3    5
Jim Merritt            1   0  4.50   4   1   0   0   0    8   13    4    4    1    2    4
Pedro Borbon           0   1  4.66  11   1   0   1   0   19   26   11   10    1    7    8
Ed Sprague             0   0  4.73   9   0   0   0   0   13   11    7    7    3    6    4
Jim McGlothlin         0   3  6.52   7   3   0   0   0   19   31   17   14    2    6    6
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  2.30   8   0   0   2   0   16    9    4    4    2    8    8
Don Wilson             1   2  2.49   4   4   0   0   0   22   21   11    6    2    7   17
Jim Ray                4   0  2.76   8   0   0   2   0   16   12    6    5    0    5    7
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
Mike Torrez            2   0  1.40   4   3   2   0   0   26   18    4    4    0    9   11
Carl Morton            1   1  1.46   3   3   0   0   0   25   21    5    4    0    6    9
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             3   1  3.60   4   4   0   0   0   25   22   10   10    2    4   16
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
Bruce Kison            0   0  5.23   6   0   0   2   0   10    9    6    6    1    3   10
Bob Veale              0   0  6.00   5   0   0   0   0    9   10    7    6    0    7    6
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
Jim Barr               0   0  2.75   9   0   0   0   0   20   16    8    6    3    4   13
Steve Stone            0   2  2.81   5   3   0   0   0   16   15    7    5    0    6   12
Don McMahon            0   1  3.00   8   0   0   1   0   12    7    4    4    2    3    8
Juan Marichal          1   5  3.25   6   6   3   0   0   44   38   21   16    4   10   24
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
Scipio Spinks          2   1  2.41   5   5   2   0   0   37   32   11   10    1   18   30
Reggie Cleveland       3   0  3.03   5   5   2   0   0   39   33   14   13    3   14   20
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
  D. Ellis (PIT)            3
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          3

Losses:

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

Complete Games:

  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          4
  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
  B. Kison (PIT)            2
  D. McGinn (CHI)           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
  F. Jenkins (CHI)       49.0
  J. Marichal (SF)       44.1
  D. Sutton (LA)         42.2
  P. Niekro (ATL)        40.2
  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

Hits:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         41
  J. Billingham (CIN)      40
  T. Kelley (ATL)          39
  R. Wise (STL)            39
  J. Marichal (SF)         38
  P. Niekro (ATL)          38
  D. Roberts (HOU)         37
  P. Jarvis (ATL)          34
  R. Cleveland (STL)       33
  S. Spinks (STL)          32

Runs:

  J. Billingham (CIN)      24
  J. Marichal (SF)         21
  T. Kelley (ATL)          20
  D. Gullett (CIN)         19
  J. Koosman (NY)          19
  R. Reed (ATL)            19
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         18
  J. Cumberland (SF)       17
  B. Gibson (STL)          17
  P. Jarvis (ATL)          17

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
  S. Spinks (STL)          18
  C. Kirby (SD)            17
  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
  S. Spinks (STL)          30
  B. Stoneman (MON)        29
  S. McDowell (SF)         28
  S. Arlin (SD)            26
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         26
  B. Hooton (CHI)          25
  C. Kirby (SD)            25
  P. Niekro (ATL)          25


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