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Monday May 15, 1972
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National League pitching statistics through games of Monday, May 15, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     17  10  2.03   27   8   8   248   201   67   56    9   72  144
Philadelphia    15  10  2.75   25  11   2   229   189   77   70   14   74  149
Chicago         11  13  3.00   24  10   3   213   193   83   71   16   74  117
San Diego       12  15  3.15   27   8   3   248   211   93   87   19  114  174
New York        18   7  3.19   25   4   9   231   198   88   82   18   74  172
Montreal        13  12  3.75   25   5   6   230   215  100   96   16  100  138
Houston         15  10  3.77   25   3   8   229   221  111   96   15   82  139
San Francisco    9  19  3.99   28   7   4   246   234  129  109   25   78  170
St. Louis       10  17  4.09   27  10   1   236   235  115  107   20   94  143
Pittsburgh      12  12  4.12   24   2   7   223   203  110  102   25   79  135
Cincinnati      12  13  4.47   25   1   7   227   244  124  113   29   71  137
Atlanta         10  16  4.94   26   5   4   228   270  135  125   22   65  106

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Sutton (LA)        5   0  0.52   6   6   3   0   2   52   22    3    3    1   10   35
Claude Osteen (LA)     4   1  1.27   5   5   2   0   1   43   37    6    6    2   14   13
Steve Arlin (SD)       2   3  1.82   7   7   2   0   2   49   33   12   10    0   26   34
Steve Carlton (PHI)    5   2  1.83   7   7   5   0   2   59   34   13   12    1   11   62
Mike Torrez (MON)      3   0  1.87   5   4   2   0   0   34   23    7    7    1   10   18
Tom Seaver (NY)        5   1  1.93   6   6   2   0   1   47   36   12   10    4    9   47
Tommy John (LA)        3   2  2.02   5   5   1   0   0   36   36   11    8    0    6   16
Milt Pappas (CHI)      3   3  2.23   6   6   2   0   1   44   47   15   11    4    9   25
Fred Norman (SD)       2   2  2.30   6   5   3   0   1   43   29   12   11    3   12   24
Tom Hall (CIN)         2   0  2.33  12   1   1   2   1   27   12    7    7    2    9   35

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Cecil Upshaw           0   0  0.00   2   0   0   1   0    3    2    0    0    0    0    2
Ron Schueler           1   0  0.79   8   0   0   0   0   11    7    1    1    0    4    7
Phil Niekro            5   3  2.76   8   7   5   0   0   59   52   19   18    5    4   33
Ron Reed               1   4  4.76   6   6   0   0   0   34   36   21   18    2   10   17
Tom Kelley             1   4  5.18   6   6   0   0   0   40   48   24   23    5   16   13
Mike McQueen           0   1  5.40   3   1   0   1   0   10   12    8    6    2    6    4
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 Hardin             0   0  9.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    2    1    1    0    0    0
Jim Nash               0   0 10.00   6   0   0   1   0    9   14   11   10    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   3  2.23   6   6   2   0   1   44   47   15   11    4    9   25
Phil Regan             0   1  2.25   5   0   0   0   0    4    6    1    1    0    2    2
Bill Hands             2   1  2.97   6   4   2   0   1   30   32   12   10    0    8   10
Fergie Jenkins         3   3  3.00   7   7   5   0   0   57   46   22   19    7   13   32
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
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
Wayne Simpson          1   0  0.82   2   1   0   0   0   11    6    2    1    0    2    5
Tom Hall               2   0  2.33  12   1   1   2   1   27   12    7    7    2    9   35
Gary Nolan             3   1  2.53   6   6   0   0   0   43   35   16   12    4   11   25
Clay Carroll           3   1  3.06  13   0   0   3   0   18   18    7    6    1    4    7
Ross Grimsley          1   0  3.24   2   1   0   0   0    8   11    3    3    1    2    3
Pedro Borbon           0   1  4.43  12   1   0   2   0   22   28   12   11    1    9   12
Jim Merritt            1   0  4.50   4   1   0   0   0    8   13    4    4    1    2    4
Ed Sprague             0   0  4.73   9   0   0   0   0   13   11    7    7    3    6    4
Jim McGlothlin         0   3  5.40   8   4   0   0   0   27   36   19   16    3    6   12
Jack Billingham        0   5  6.48   8   6   0   0   0   33   43   25   24    5   14   17
Don Gullett            1   2 10.80   6   4   0   0   0   17   28   20   20    7    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
Tom Griffin            0   0  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    7    2    0    0    0    3    4
Fred Gladding          0   1  1.69   5   0   0   3   0    5    3    1    1    0    0    2
Jim Ray                5   0  2.18  11   0   0   3   0   21   14    6    5    0    7    8
George Culver          1   0  2.70   9   0   0   2   0   17   11    5    5    2    8   10
Ken Forsch             1   2  3.38   5   5   0   0   0   40   40   17   15    5   11   26
Jerry Reuss            2   2  3.62   4   4   0   0   0   27   27   16   11    1   15   23
Don Wilson             2   2  3.77   5   5   0   0   0   29   31   17   12    3    9   20
Larry Dierker          2   2  4.10   5   5   1   0   1   37   36   17   17    2   10   19
Dave Roberts           2   1  4.50   6   6   2   0   1   40   51   22   20    1   13   22
Wade Blasingame        0   0 13.50   8   0   0   0   0    5    4    8    8    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             5   0  0.52   6   6   3   0   2   52   22    3    3    1   10   35
Jim Brewer             2   0  1.08  10   0   0   3   0   17    6    2    2    1    7   13
Claude Osteen          4   1  1.27   5   5   2   0   1   43   37    6    6    2   14   13
Tommy John             3   2  2.02   5   5   1   0   0   36   36   11    8    0    6   16
Bill Singer            2   3  2.61   5   5   1   0   1   38   31   14   11    2    8   25
Al Downing             1   2  2.83   6   6   1   0   0   41   41   16   13    2   18   27
Pete Richert           0   1  4.26   5   0   0   2   0    6    8    4    3    1    4    2
Hoyt Wilhelm           0   0  5.79   4   0   0   1   0    5    7    4    3    0    2    5
Pete Mikkelsen         0   1  6.10   7   0   0   2   0   10   12    7    7    0    2    8

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Marshall          3   0  1.83  11   0   0   4   0   20   21    5    4    1   14   18
Mike Torrez            3   0  1.87   5   4   2   0   0   34   23    7    7    1   10   18
Carl Morton            1   2  2.73   4   4   0   0   0   30   25   10    9    1   11   11
Bill Stoneman          3   3  2.92   7   7   3   0   0   49   41   16   16    3   20   39
John Strohmayer        0   1  3.76  13   0   0   2   0   26   22   11   11    2    8   18
Tom Walker             0   1  4.32   7   0   0   0   0    8    8    4    4    1    1    2
Ernie McAnally         0   2  5.27   5   5   0   0   0   27   30   16   16    3    7   14
Steve Renko            1   3  6.35   5   5   0   0   0   23   25   18   16    3   24   11
Joe Gilbert            0   0  6.75   2   0   0   0   0    4    2    3    3    0    2    3
Denny Lemaster         2   0  9.64   6   0   0   0   0    9   18   10   10    1    3    4

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tug McGraw             2   0  0.41   9   0   0   5   0   22    6    1    1    0    6   22
Danny Frisella         1   0  1.35   5   0   0   2   0    7    5    1    1    1    0    2
Tom Seaver             5   1  1.93   6   6   2   0   1   47   36   12   10    4    9   47
Jon Matlack            4   0  2.50   6   4   1   0   0   40   33   12   11    1    8   26
Gary Gentry            2   1  2.54   6   6   1   0   0   39   27   13   11    3   20   29
Buzz Capra             2   1  3.75   6   3   0   0   0   24   23   10   10    3    9   15
Jim McAndrew           1   1  4.11   5   1   0   1   0   15   14    7    7    2    5   13
Chuck Taylor           0   0  4.50  10   0   0   1   0   12   14    6    6    0    5    2
Ray Sadecki            1   0  7.56   4   1   0   0   0    8   12    7    7    1    5    4
Jerry Koosman          0   3  9.35   6   4   0   0   0   17   28   19   18    3    7   12

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ken Reynolds           0   0  1.23   4   0   0   0   0    7    4    1    1    1    2    6
Barry Lersch           1   1  1.31   7   1   1   0   0   21   15    3    3    2    5    5
Steve Carlton          5   2  1.83   7   7   5   0   2   59   34   13   12    1   11   62
Woodie Fryman          2   1  2.52   6   6   2   0   2   39   38   14   11    2    9   22
Bill Champion          3   0  2.94   5   5   2   0   0   34   33   13   11    2   12   15
Dick Selma             1   3  3.40   6   6   1   0   0   40   30   16   15    3   22   15
Joe Hoerner            0   1  3.68   7   0   0   1   0    7    7    3    3    0    2    5
Darrell Brandon        1   1  4.15   5   0   0   0   0    9   12    4    4    2    1    7
Wayne Twitchell        2   0  6.30   9   0   0   1   0   10    9    7    7    0    7    9
Chris Short            0   1  8.10   5   0   0   0   0    3    7    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  1.54  10   0   0   2   0   12   10    2    2    0    8    7
Dock Ellis             4   1  2.91   5   5   1   0   0   34   27   11   11    2    5   23
Steve Blass            3   1  3.46   6   6   1   0   0   42   35   17   16    7   12   21
Bruce Kison            0   0  3.68   7   0   0   2   0   15   12    7    6    1    4   13
Bob Moose              1   2  4.78   5   4   0   1   0   32   27   17   17    4    7   20
Dave Giusti            0   3  5.02  10   0   0   1   0   14   18    8    8    1    8    7
Bob Johnson            0   2  5.14   5   5   0   0   0   28   30   17   16    4   10   17
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
Nelson Briles          2   1  6.35   4   3   0   0   0   17   19   14   12    6    6   11

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mark Schaeffer         0   0  0.00   6   0   0   0   0    8    5    0    0    0    4    8
Steve Arlin            2   3  1.82   7   7   2   0   2   49   33   12   10    0   26   34
Mike Caldwell          1   1  2.25   9   0   0   2   0   16   16    4    4    0   12   11
Fred Norman            2   2  2.30   6   5   3   0   1   43   29   12   11    3   12   24
Ed Acosta              1   1  2.35   7   0   0   0   0   15   16    6    4    2    3   13
Clay Kirby             3   2  3.04   7   7   2   0   0   53   39   18   18    2   27   38
Gary Ross              0   1  3.97  10   0   0   0   0   11   12    5    5    0    9    8
Mike Corkins           0   1  4.35   8   1   0   1   0   10   11    5    5    2    6    9
Bill Greif             3   3  5.28   6   6   1   0   1   31   38   19   18    3    9   21
Tom Phoebus            0   1  7.94   1   1   0   0   0    6    3    5    5    2    6    8
Ron Taylor             0   0 12.60   4   0   0   0   0    5    9    7    7    5    0    0

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Barr               0   0  2.28  11   0   0   0   0   24   17    8    6    3    5   20
Steve Stone            0   2  2.28   6   4   0   0   0   24   21    8    6    0    8   17
Juan Marichal          1   6  2.98   7   7   3   0   0   51   45   22   17    4   11   28
Don McMahon            0   1  3.00   8   0   0   1   0   12    7    4    4    2    3    8
Sam McDowell           5   0  3.13   7   7   3   0   0   46   38   18   16    4   19   43
Ron Bryant             1   2  3.62   9   2   1   0   0   32   32   15   13    2    6   28
John Morris            0   0  4.26   7   0   0   0   0    6    9    6    3    2    2    5
Don Carrithers         1   3  5.73   5   4   0   0   0   22   21   15   14    4   10   10
John Cumberland        0   3  7.64   4   4   0   0   0   18   22   17   15    4    6    5
Jerry Johnson          1   2 12.66  10   0   0   3   0   11   22   16   15    0    8    6

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Scipio Spinks          2   1  2.44   6   6   2   0   0   44   35   13   12    1   22   35
Rick Wise              3   2  3.14   6   6   3   0   0   49   49   19   17    3   12   23
Reggie Cleveland       3   1  3.35   6   6   2   0   0   46   42   19   17    4   16   28
Moe Drabowsky          0   1  3.86   9   0   0   1   0    7   11    3    3    2    2    4
Bob Gibson             0   5  4.82   7   7   3   0   0   47   48   27   25    6   16   29
Al Santorini           2   4  5.14   7   1   0   0   0   14   16    9    8    1    3    9
Dennis Higgins         0   1  5.59   6   0   0   0   0   10    7    6    6    0   10   10
Joe Grzenda            0   0  6.35   6   0   0   0   0    6    8    4    4    0    4    1
Tony Cloninger         0   0  6.75   4   0   0   0   0    7    7    5    5    0    3    2
Santiago Guzman        0   0  9.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    1    1    1    0    0
Don Shaw               0   1  9.00   8   0   0   0   0    3    5    3    3    1    3    0
Lance Clemons          0   1 16.20   2   1   0   0   0    3    6    6    6    1    3    2

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League Leaders

Wins:

  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  S. McDowell (SF)          5
  P. Niekro (ATL)           5
  J. Ray (HOU)              5
  T. Seaver (NY)            5
  D. Sutton (LA)            5
  D. Ellis (PIT)            4
  J. Matlack (NY)           4
  C. Osteen (LA)            4
  S. Blass (PIT)            3

Losses:

  J. Marichal (SF)          6
  J. Billingham (CIN)       5
  B. Gibson (STL)           5
  T. Kelley (ATL)           4
  R. Reed (ATL)             4
  A. Santorini (STL)        4
  S. Arlin (SD)             3
  D. Carrithers (SF)        3
  J. Cumberland (SF)        3
  D. Giusti (PIT)           3

Complete Games:

  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          5
  P. Niekro (ATL)           5
  B. Gibson (STL)           3
  J. Marichal (SF)          3
  S. McDowell (SF)          3
  F. Norman (SD)            3
  B. Stoneman (MON)         3
  D. Sutton (LA)            3
  R. Wise (STL)             3

Saves:

  T. McGraw (NY)            5
  M. Marshall (MON)         4
  J. Brewer (LA)            3
  C. Carroll (CIN)          3
  F. Gladding (HOU)         3
  J. Johnson (SF)           3
  D. McGinn (CHI)           3
  J. Ray (HOU)              3
  P. Borbon (CIN)           2
  M. Caldwell (SD)          2

Shutouts:

  S. Arlin (SD)             2
  S. Carlton (PHI)          2
  W. Fryman (PHI)           2
  D. Sutton (LA)            2
  L. Dierker (HOU)          1
  B. Greif (SD)             1
  T. Hall (CIN)             1
  B. Hands (CHI)            1
  B. Hooton (CHI)           1
  F. Norman (SD)            1

Innings Pitched:

  S. Carlton (PHI)       59.0
  P. Niekro (ATL)        58.2
  F. Jenkins (CHI)       57.0
  C. Kirby (SD)          53.1
  D. Sutton (LA)         51.2
  J. Marichal (SF)       51.1
  S. Arlin (SD)          49.1
  B. Stoneman (MON)      49.1
  R. Wise (STL)          48.2
  B. Gibson (STL)        46.2

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          52
  D. Roberts (HOU)         51
  R. Wise (STL)            49
  B. Gibson (STL)          48
  T. Kelley (ATL)          48
  M. Pappas (CHI)          47
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         46
  J. Marichal (SF)         45
  J. Billingham (CIN)      43
  R. Cleveland (STL)       42

Runs:

  B. Gibson (STL)          27
  J. Billingham (CIN)      25
  T. Kelley (ATL)          24
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         22
  J. Marichal (SF)         22
  D. Roberts (HOU)         22
  R. Reed (ATL)            21
  D. Gullett (CIN)         20
  R. Cleveland (STL)       19
  B. Greif (SD)            19

Home Runs:

  S. Blass (PIT)            7
  D. Gullett (CIN)          7
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          7
  N. Briles (PIT)           6
  B. Gibson (STL)           6
  J. Billingham (CIN)       5
  K. Forsch (HOU)           5
  T. Kelley (ATL)           5
  G. Neibauer (ATL)         5
  P. Niekro (ATL)           5

Walks:

  C. Kirby (SD)            27
  S. Arlin (SD)            26
  S. Renko (MON)           24
  B. Hooton (CHI)          23
  D. Selma (PHI)           22
  S. Spinks (STL)          22
  G. Gentry (NY)           20
  B. Stoneman (MON)        20
  S. McDowell (SF)         19
  A. Downing (LA)          18

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         62
  T. Seaver (NY)           47
  S. McDowell (SF)         43
  B. Stoneman (MON)        39
  C. Kirby (SD)            38
  T. Hall (CIN)            35
  S. Spinks (STL)          35
  D. Sutton (LA)           35
  S. Arlin (SD)            34
  P. Niekro (ATL)          33


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