Sunday May 28, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Sunday, May 28, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     23  16  2.16   39  12   9   358   280  104   86   17  107  203
Chicago         19  17  2.80   36  16   7   325   288  117  101   23  112  183
New York        27  11  3.07   38   7  15   349   305  126  119   24  112  244
San Diego       16  24  3.20   40  11   4   363   312  141  129   30  168  250
Houston         24  14  3.23   38  11   9   348   310  144  125   21  117  205
Pittsburgh      22  14  3.25   36   5  11   338   304  137  122   29  113  194
Philadelphia    16  21  3.30   37  13   3   335   298  134  123   29  116  227
Cincinnati      20  18  3.86   38   5  11   342   341  162  147   38   97  201
St. Louis       15  24  4.00   39  15   1   347   355  171  154   28  137  202
San Francisco   15  28  4.08   43  11   8   381   357  204  173   38  139  231
Montreal        17  21  4.10   38   9   6   338   324  162  154   21  158  192
Atlanta         16  22  4.71   38   8   6   335   380  192  175   35  103  167

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Claude Osteen (LA)     5   2  1.06   7   7   3   0   1   60   46    8    7    2   17   20
Don Sutton (LA)        6   0  1.29   8   8   4   0   2   70   32   11   10    4   16   50
Steve Stone (SF)       2   4  1.84  10   8   3   0   1   59   43   15   12    2   19   40
Fred Norman (SD)       4   3  2.07   9   8   5   0   3   65   45   16   15    4   21   43
Steve Arlin (SD)       4   4  2.19  10  10   3   0   2   74   50   21   18    2   36   47
Al Downing (LA)        2   2  2.25   8   8   2   0   1   56   50   19   14    2   22   34
Gary Nolan (CIN)       6   1  2.25   9   9   2   0   1   68   54   21   17    5   13   40
Jon Matlack (NY)       5   0  2.26   8   6   2   0   0   56   43   15   14    1   11   32
Bill Singer (LA)       3   4  2.39   8   8   2   0   2   60   50   19   16    3   14   42
Steve Carlton (PHI)    5   5  2.46  10  10   7   0   2   84   56   25   23    5   21   88

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Hardin             0   0  2.45   4   0   0   0   0    4    3    1    1    0    3    0
Ron Schueler           1   1  2.56  11   3   0   0   0   32   26   12    9    3   11   21
Cecil Upshaw           0   1  3.38   8   0   0   3   0   11   12    4    4    1    0    8
Phil Niekro            6   4  3.72  11  10   6   0   0   77   76   34   32    6    5   42
Tom Kelley             3   4  4.16   9   9   0   0   0   63   68   32   29    8   27   29
Ron Reed               2   6  4.53   9   9   2   0   0   58   58   33   29    4   17   28
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
Pat Jarvis             3   2  6.08   9   4   0   0   0   27   39   19   18    2    8   15
Gary Neibauer          0   0  7.27   8   0   0   0   0   17   27   15   14    6    6    8
Jim Nash               1   0  7.94   7   0   0   1   0   11   14   11   10    0    9    2
George Stone           0   3 11.70   8   2   0   1   0   10   27   13   13    2    5    4

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jack Aker              0   0  0.00   2   0   0   1   0    3    0    0    0    0    1    1
Steve Hamilton         0   0  0.00   4   0   0   0   0    3    3    0    0    0    1    3
Phil Regan             0   1  2.25   5   0   0   0   0    4    6    1    1    0    2    2
Bill Hands             3   1  2.47   9   7   2   0   1   51   48   16   14    1   12   26
Milt Pappas            3   3  2.62   7   7   2   0   1   45   50   17   13    4   11   25
Juan Pizarro           3   1  2.70   6   3   0   0   0   30   30   10    9    2   13   12
Burt Hooton            4   4  2.71   9   9   4   0   1   70   46   24   21    4   35   47
Fergie Jenkins         5   4  2.82  10  10   8   0   0   83   69   30   26    9   20   47
Dan McGinn             0   3  3.10  13   0   0   4   0   20   18    9    7    0    7   11
Tom Phoebus            1   0  3.68   8   0   0   2   0   15   13    6    6    2    7    7
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          2   1  2.17   5   4   0   0   0   29   31    9    7    4    8   11
Gary Nolan             6   1  2.25   9   9   2   0   1   68   54   21   17    5   13   40
Clay Carroll           3   1  2.35  18   0   0   7   0   23   19    7    6    1    5   11
Wayne Simpson          1   1  2.96   4   3   0   0   0   24   20    9    8    2    5   12
Tom Hall               2   1  3.31  14   2   1   2   1   33   18   13   12    3   11   40
Ed Sprague             0   0  4.00  12   0   0   0   0   18   13    9    8    3    9    6
Jim McGlothlin         2   4  4.11  11   6   1   0   1   46   51   24   21    4   10   25
Pedro Borbon           1   1  4.33  15   1   0   2   0   27   35   14   13    1   10   12
Jim Merritt            1   0  4.50   4   1   0   0   0    8   13    4    4    1    2    4
Jack Billingham        1   6  5.21  10   8   1   0   1   48   54   29   28    6   17   27
Don Gullett            1   2 10.70   7   4   0   0   0   18   30   21   21    7    6   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            1   0  0.00   4   1   1   0   1   16    6    0    0    0    5    9
Fred Gladding          0   2  1.00   8   0   0   4   0    9    4    2    1    0    0    5
George Culver          1   0  2.38  12   0   0   2   0   23   14    6    6    2   12   13
Jim Ray                7   0  2.39  15   0   0   3   0   26   22    8    7    0   13   10
Ken Forsch             2   2  2.89   7   7   1   0   0   56   58   20   18    5   17   33
Larry Dierker          4   2  2.98   8   8   3   0   3   63   52   22   21    2   14   31
Don Wilson             3   3  3.15   7   7   2   0   0   46   42   21   16    4   11   32
Dave Roberts           3   2  4.02   8   8   3   0   1   56   61   28   25    2   17   24
Jerry Reuss            3   3  4.02   7   7   1   0   0   47   45   27   21    5   22   43
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
Claude Osteen          5   2  1.06   7   7   3   0   1   60   46    8    7    2   17   20
Don Sutton             6   0  1.29   8   8   4   0   2   70   32   11   10    4   16   50
Jim Brewer             3   2  1.40  15   0   0   3   0   26   12    5    4    1   11   16
Al Downing             2   2  2.25   8   8   2   0   1   56   50   19   14    2   22   34
Bill Singer            3   4  2.39   8   8   2   0   2   60   50   19   16    3   14   42
Tommy John             3   3  2.96   8   8   1   0   0   49   50   20   16    2   12   21
Pete Richert           0   1  3.00   8   0   0   3   0    9    9    4    3    1    4    3
Pete Mikkelsen         1   1  4.61  10   0   0   2   0   14   13    7    7    0    2    9
Hoyt Wilhelm           0   0  4.63   7   0   0   1   0   12   12    8    6    0    5    5
Mike Strahler          0   1  7.36   2   0   0   0   0    4    6    3    3    2    4    3

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Marshall          4   0  1.30  16   0   0   4   0   28   27    6    4    1   17   20
Mike Torrez            4   2  2.78   8   7   4   0   0   55   41   17   17    1   24   30
Tom Walker             0   1  2.81  11   0   0   0   0   16   16    5    5    1    5    7
Bill Stoneman          4   4  3.25  10  10   4   0   0   69   62   26   25    4   27   50
Carl Morton            2   4  3.74   7   7   1   0   0   46   40   21   19    3   16   16
John Strohmayer        0   1  4.45  17   0   0   2   0   30   27   15   15    2   13   19
Ernie McAnally         0   5  5.59   8   8   0   0   0   39   42   25   24    3   16   18
Steve Renko            1   3  6.03   8   6   0   0   0   31   35   23   21    4   30   15
Joe Gilbert            0   1  7.45   6   0   0   0   0   10    9    8    8    0    5    8
Denny Lemaster         2   0  9.82  10   0   0   0   0   15   25   16   16    2    5    9

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tug McGraw             3   1  0.56  13   0   0   7   0   32   15    2    2    0    9   27
Danny Frisella         1   0  0.77   8   0   0   4   0   12    7    1    1    1    1    5
Jon Matlack            5   0  2.26   8   6   2   0   0   56   43   15   14    1   11   32
Gary Gentry            3   2  2.47   9   9   2   0   0   58   45   19   16    3   28   40
Jim McAndrew           3   1  2.67   7   3   1   1   0   30   24    9    9    2    8   22
Tom Seaver             7   2  3.00   9   9   2   0   1   66   58   24   22    7   18   56
Buzz Capra             3   2  4.38   8   5   0   0   0   37   36   18   18    6   14   31
Chuck Taylor           0   0  4.79  14   0   0   2   0   21   30   11   11    0    5    5
Ray Sadecki            1   0  5.40   6   2   0   0   0   13   17    8    8    1    8    6
Jerry Koosman          1   3  6.75  10   4   0   1   0   24   30   19   18    3   10   20

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ken Reynolds           0   0  1.42   7   0   0   0   0   13    8    2    2    1    3    9
Joe Hoerner            0   2  1.98  11   0   0   1   0   14   14    4    3    0    3    7
Steve Carlton          5   5  2.46  10  10   7   0   2   84   56   25   23    5   21   88
Barry Lersch           1   2  2.67   9   2   1   0   0   27   19    8    8    3    9   10
Woodie Fryman          2   3  3.10   8   8   2   0   2   52   52   21   18    4   11   30
Bill Champion          3   2  3.61   8   8   2   0   0   47   51   21   19    4   20   22
Darrell Brandon        2   1  3.68   9   0   0   0   0   15   20    6    6    3    1   12
Dick Selma             1   5  4.70   9   9   1   0   0   54   46   30   28    7   34   24
Chris Short            0   1  4.85  11   0   0   1   0   13   18    8    7    2    4   12
Wayne Twitchell        2   0  4.86  16   0   0   1   0   17   14    9    9    0   10   13

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ramon Hernandez        2   0  0.56  13   0   0   3   0   16    4    2    1    0    4   11
Bob Miller             2   1  1.08  13   0   0   2   0   17   16    2    2    0   12    8
Bruce Kison            0   0  2.61   9   0   0   3   0   21   13    7    6    1    7   17
Dock Ellis             5   2  2.80   7   7   1   0   0   45   40   15   14    3    6   28
Luke Walker            2   1  3.09   6   3   0   0   0   23   23   10    8    0   13    9
Steve Blass            5   1  3.09   9   9   2   0   1   67   66   24   23    8   19   29
Bob Moose              2   2  3.67   7   6   1   1   1   49   40   21   20    5    7   30
Bob Johnson            0   2  3.89   7   7   0   0   0   44   40   21   19    5   20   26
Dave Giusti            1   4  4.22  14   0   0   2   0   21   24   10   10    1    9   10
Nelson Briles          3   1  4.50   5   4   1   0   0   26   28   18   13    6    9   20
Bob Veale              0   0  6.00   5   0   0   0   0    9   10    7    6    0    7    6

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mark Schaeffer         0   0  2.03  11   0   0   0   0   13   10    3    3    0    9   11
Fred Norman            4   3  2.07   9   8   5   0   3   65   45   16   15    4   21   43
Steve Arlin            4   4  2.19  10  10   3   0   2   74   50   21   18    2   36   47
Mike Caldwell          1   1  2.25  12   0   0   2   0   20   18    5    5    1   12   12
Mike Kilkenny          0   0  2.70   4   0   0   0   0    3    4    1    1    0    2    5
Gary Ross              0   1  2.70  13   0   0   0   0   20   20    8    6    0   15   11
Mike Corkins           0   1  3.29  11   1   0   2   0   14   12    5    5    2    6   12
Clay Kirby             3   5  3.71  10  10   2   0   0   70   58   32   29    6   36   49
Ed Acosta              1   2  3.76  11   1   0   0   0   26   28   13   11    4    8   18
Bill Greif             3   6  4.66  10   9   1   0   1   46   55   25   24    4   17   34
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
Steve Stone            2   4  1.84  10   8   3   0   1   59   43   15   12    2   19   40
Charlie Williams       0   0  2.70   1   0   0   0   0    3    3    1    1    0    2    0
Don McMahon            0   1  3.22  15   0   0   3   0   22   14    8    8    3    7   11
Ron Bryant             2   3  3.33  12   5   1   0   0   54   44   23   20    4   16   38
Juan Marichal          1   8  3.63  10  10   4   0   0   72   67   36   29    6   20   32
Jim Barr               0   2  4.11  17   0   0   1   0   31   32   16   14    4    8   24
Don Carrithers         1   3  4.20   9   4   0   1   0   30   26   17   14    4   12   14
John Morris            0   0  4.26   7   0   0   0   0    6    9    6    3    2    2    5
Sam McDowell           6   1  4.31  10  10   3   0   0   65   58   36   31    5   33   52
John Cumberland        0   4  9.13   7   6   0   0   0   23   34   27   23    6    7    7
Jerry Johnson          3   2  9.72  14   0   0   3   0   17   27   19   18    2   13    8

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Charlie Hudson         0   0  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    3    1    0    0    0    3    0
Moe Drabowsky          1   1  2.61  12   0   0   1   0   10   13    3    3    2    3    5
Scipio Spinks          3   1  2.77   8   8   3   0   0   62   55   20   19    3   28   48
Rick Wise              4   4  3.10   9   9   5   0   0   73   72   28   25    5   19   36
Tony Cloninger         0   0  3.65   8   0   0   0   0   12   10    5    5    0    8    3
Bob Gibson             1   5  4.10   9   9   4   0   0   64   65   31   29    7   19   44
Reggie Cleveland       4   3  4.14   9   9   3   0   0   63   65   34   29    7   21   38
Dennis Higgins         0   2  5.40   9   0   0   0   0   13   12   11    8    0   14   11
Al Santorini           2   6  5.46   9   3   0   0   0   28   31   19   17    1    8   13
Joe Grzenda            0   0  8.68   8   0   0   0   0    9   17    9    9    0    6    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 10.13   3   1   0   0   0    5    8    7    6    1    5    2

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League Leaders

Wins:

  J. Ray (HOU)              7
  T. Seaver (NY)            7
  S. McDowell (SF)          6
  P. Niekro (ATL)           6
  G. Nolan (CIN)            6
  D. Sutton (LA)            6
  S. Blass (PIT)            5
  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  D. Ellis (PIT)            5
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          5

Losses:

  J. Marichal (SF)          8
  J. Billingham (CIN)       6
  B. Greif (SD)             6
  R. Reed (ATL)             6
  A. Santorini (STL)        6
  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  B. Gibson (STL)           5
  C. Kirby (SD)             5
  E. McAnally (MON)         5
  D. Selma (PHI)            5

Complete Games:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)          8
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  P. Niekro (ATL)           6
  F. Norman (SD)            5
  R. Wise (STL)             5
  B. Gibson (STL)           4
  B. Hooton (CHI)           4
  J. Marichal (SF)          4
  B. Stoneman (MON)         4
  D. Sutton (LA)            4

Saves:

  C. Carroll (CIN)          7
  T. McGraw (NY)            7
  D. Frisella (NY)          4
  F. Gladding (HOU)         4
  M. Marshall (MON)         4
  D. McGinn (CHI)           4
  J. Brewer (LA)            3
  R. Hernandez (PIT)        3
  J. Johnson (SF)           3
  B. Kison (PIT)            3

Shutouts:

  L. Dierker (HOU)          3
  F. Norman (SD)            3
  S. Arlin (SD)             2
  S. Carlton (PHI)          2
  W. Fryman (PHI)           2
  B. Singer (LA)            2
  D. Sutton (LA)            2
  J. Billingham (CIN)       1
  S. Blass (PIT)            1
  A. Downing (LA)           1

Innings Pitched:

  S. Carlton (PHI)       84.0
  F. Jenkins (CHI)       83.0
  P. Niekro (ATL)        77.1
  S. Arlin (SD)          74.0
  R. Wise (STL)          72.2
  J. Marichal (SF)       72.0
  C. Kirby (SD)          70.1
  B. Hooton (CHI)        69.2
  D. Sutton (LA)         69.2
  B. Stoneman (MON)      69.1

Hits:

  P. Niekro (ATL)          76
  R. Wise (STL)            72
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         69
  T. Kelley (ATL)          68
  J. Marichal (SF)         67
  S. Blass (PIT)           66
  R. Cleveland (STL)       65
  B. Gibson (STL)          65
  B. Stoneman (MON)        62
  D. Roberts (HOU)         61

Runs:

  J. Marichal (SF)         36
  S. McDowell (SF)         36
  R. Cleveland (STL)       34
  P. Niekro (ATL)          34
  R. Reed (ATL)            33
  T. Kelley (ATL)          32
  C. Kirby (SD)            32
  B. Gibson (STL)          31
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         30
  D. Selma (PHI)           30

Home Runs:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)          9
  S. Blass (PIT)            8
  T. Kelley (ATL)           8
  R. Cleveland (STL)        7
  B. Gibson (STL)           7
  D. Gullett (CIN)          7
  T. Seaver (NY)            7
  D. Selma (PHI)            7
  J. Billingham (CIN)       6
  N. Briles (PIT)           6

Walks:

  S. Arlin (SD)            36
  C. Kirby (SD)            36
  B. Hooton (CHI)          35
  D. Selma (PHI)           34
  S. McDowell (SF)         33
  S. Renko (MON)           30
  G. Gentry (NY)           28
  S. Spinks (STL)          28
  T. Kelley (ATL)          27
  B. Stoneman (MON)        27

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         88
  T. Seaver (NY)           56
  S. McDowell (SF)         52
  B. Stoneman (MON)        50
  D. Sutton (LA)           50
  C. Kirby (SD)            49
  S. Spinks (STL)          48
  S. Arlin (SD)            47
  B. Hooton (CHI)          47
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         47

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