Wednesday May 10, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, May 10, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     13   9  2.21   22   7   5   204   167   58   50    8   60  120
Philadelphia    13   8  2.75   21  10   2   190   152   63   58   10   63  121
San Diego       10  12  2.99   22   7   2   202   170   73   67   16   91  145
Chicago         10  11  3.11   21   7   3   188   174   77   65   13   70  103
New York        13   6  3.46   19   4   5   177   153   73   68   14   53  135
Montreal        12   8  3.48   20   5   5   186   180   76   72   10   86  109
Houston         13   7  3.76   20   2   7   182   171   89   76   13   73  102
St. Louis        9  12  3.86   21   8   1   187   178   86   80   15   75  109
San Francisco    8  16  4.20   24   6   4   212   203  119   99   23   66  139
Pittsburgh       9  11  4.62   20   1   5   185   176   99   95   21   74  109
Cincinnati       8  13  4.89   21   0   4   191   218  115  104   26   65  110
Atlanta          9  14  5.13   23   4   4   202   244  124  115   20   60   93

 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
Milt Pappas (CHI)      3   2  2.25   5   5   1   0   1   36   38   13    9    3    8   21
Scipio Spinks (STL)    2   1  2.41   5   5   2   0   0   37   32   11   10    1   18   30

 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            4   3  3.08   7   6   4   0   0   50   47   18   17    4    3   29
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  1.59   8   0   0   3   0   11    7    4    2    0    2    6
Milt Pappas            3   2  2.25   5   5   1   0   1   36   38   13    9    3    8   21
Phil Regan             0   1  2.25   5   0   0   0   0    4    6    1    1    0    2    2
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  4.32   4   0   0   0   0    8    7    4    4    1    5    6
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   1  2.53   6   6   0   0   0   43   35   16   12    4   11   25
Clay Carroll           3   1  3.45  11   0   0   1   0   16   18    7    6    1    4    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
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
Jack Billingham        0   5  6.34   7   6   0   0   0   33   41   24   23    5   14   16
Jim McGlothlin         0   3  6.52   7   3   0   0   0   19   31   17   14    2    6    6
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   3   0   0   0   0    7    2    0    0    0    3    4
George Culver          1   0  2.30   8   0   0   2   0   16    9    4    4    2    8    8
Jim Ray                5   0  2.45   9   0   0   2   0   18   12    6    5    0    6    7
Don Wilson             1   2  2.49   4   4   0   0   0   22   21   11    6    2    7   17
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  5.52   5   5   1   0   1   31   44   20   19    1   12   16
Wade Blasingame        0   0  8.44   6   0   0   0   0    5    2    5    5    1    4    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  0.61   8   0   0   2   0   15    4    1    1    1    6   11
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   5   5   1   0   0   35   37   16   13    2   16   22
Pete Richert           0   1  5.40   4   0   0   1   0    5    7    4    3    1    4    2
Pete Mikkelsen         0   1  6.75   6   0   0   1   0    9   12    7    7    0    2    8
Hoyt Wilhelm           0   0  7.36   3   0   0   1   0    4    7    4    3    0    1    5

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
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
Mike Marshall          3   0  1.96   9   0   0   3   0   18   21    5    4    1   14   16
Bill Stoneman          3   3  3.18   6   6   3   0   0   45   40   16   16    3   17   36
John Strohmayer        0   0  3.31   9   0   0   2   0   16   16    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             2   0  0.43   8   0   0   4   0   21    6    1    1    0    6   19
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  2.59   5   3   1   0   0   31   25    9    9    1    6   23
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
Barry Lersch           1   1  1.53   5   1   1   0   0   18   13    3    3    2    5    5
Steve Carlton          5   1  1.73   6   6   5   0   2   52   27   10   10    1    9   56
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
Woodie Fryman          1   1  3.26   5   5   1   0   1   30   32   14   11    2    7   15
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  7.00   8   0   0   1   0    9    8    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  0.87   8   0   0   1   0   10    3    2    1    0    3    6
Bob Miller             1   1  1.86   8   0   0   0   0   10    8    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
Nelson Briles          2   0  4.70   3   2   0   0   0   15   15    8    8    4    4   10
Bob Johnson            0   2  5.14   5   5   0   0   0   28   30   17   16    4   10   17
Bruce Kison            0   0  5.23   6   0   0   2   0   10    9    6    6    1    3   10
Dave Giusti            0   3  5.84   9   0   0   1   0   12   18    8    8    1    8    6
Bob Veale              0   0  6.00   5   0   0   0   0    9   10    7    6    0    7    6
Luke Walker            0   1  6.10   4   1   0   0   0   10   12    8    7    0    9    4
Bob Moose              0   2  6.86   4   3   0   1   0   21   21   16   16    3    7   12

 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
Mike Caldwell          1   0  2.31   7   0   0   2   0   12   12    3    3    0    5   10
Clay Kirby             3   1  2.44   6   6   2   0   0   48   33   13   13    2   25   34
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           5   0  2.57   6   6   3   0   0   42   36   14   12    3   15   36
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
Scipio Spinks          2   1  2.41   5   5   2   0   0   37   32   11   10    1   18   30
Moe Drabowsky          0   0  2.84   7   0   0   1   0    6    8    2    2    1    1    4
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
Bob Gibson             0   4  5.12   6   6   2   0   0   39   37   23   22    5   15   27
Tony Cloninger         0   0  5.40   3   0   0   0   0    2    1    1    1    0    1    0
Joe Grzenda            0   0  6.35   6   0   0   0   0    6    8    4    4    0    4    1
Dennis Higgins         0   1  6.75   4   0   0   0   0    7    4    5    5    0    9    5
Al Santorini           2   3  6.75   6   0   0   0   0    8    8    7    6    0    3    7
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)          5
  J. Ray (HOU)              5
  P. Niekro (ATL)           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

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
  P. Niekro (ATL)           4
  J. Marichal (SF)          3
  S. McDowell (SF)          3
  B. Stoneman (MON)         3
  S. Arlin (SD)             2
  B. Champion (PHI)         2
  R. Cleveland (STL)        2
  B. Gibson (STL)           2

Saves:

  T. McGraw (NY)            4
  F. Gladding (HOU)         3
  J. Johnson (SF)           3
  M. Marshall (MON)         3
  D. McGinn (CHI)           3
  J. Brewer (LA)            2
  M. Caldwell (SD)          2
  G. Culver (HOU)           2
  T. Hall (CIN)             2
  B. Kison (PIT)            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
  P. Niekro (ATL)        49.2
  F. Jenkins (CHI)       49.0
  C. Kirby (SD)          48.0
  B. Stoneman (MON)      45.1
  J. Marichal (SF)       44.1
  G. Nolan (CIN)         42.2
  D. Sutton (LA)         42.2
  S. McDowell (SF)       42.0
  R. Wise (STL)          39.2

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          47
  D. Roberts (HOU)         44
  J. Billingham (CIN)      41
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         41
  B. Stoneman (MON)        40
  T. Kelley (ATL)          39
  R. Wise (STL)            39
  J. Marichal (SF)         38
  M. Pappas (CHI)          38
  A. Downing (LA)          37

Runs:

  J. Billingham (CIN)      24
  B. Gibson (STL)          23
  J. Marichal (SF)         21
  T. Kelley (ATL)          20
  D. Roberts (HOU)         20
  D. Gullett (CIN)         19
  J. Koosman (NY)          19
  R. Reed (ATL)            19
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         18
  P. Niekro (ATL)          18

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  C. Kirby (SD)            25
  B. Hooton (CHI)          23
  S. Renko (MON)           23
  S. Arlin (SD)            20
  D. Selma (PHI)           19
  S. Spinks (STL)          18
  B. Stoneman (MON)        17
  A. Downing (LA)          16
  B. Gibson (STL)          15
  S. McDowell (SF)         15

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         56
  T. Seaver (NY)           41
  S. McDowell (SF)         36
  B. Stoneman (MON)        36
  C. Kirby (SD)            34
  S. Spinks (STL)          30
  P. Niekro (ATL)          29
  B. Gibson (STL)          27
  S. Arlin (SD)            26
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         26


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