Monday May 29, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Monday, May 29, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     24  16  2.13   40  12  10   367   284  106   87   17  109  208
Chicago         20  17  2.78   37  17   7   334   294  119  103   24  112  184
New York        28  11  3.12   39   7  15   358   313  132  124   24  117  253
Pittsburgh      24  14  3.16   38   5  12   356   323  142  125   29  120  208
San Diego       16  25  3.18   41  11   4   371   318  143  131   30  172  255
Houston         24  15  3.35   39  11   9   357   319  152  133   22  127  216
Philadelphia    16  23  3.44   39  13   3   351   323  145  134   31  119  234
Cincinnati      21  18  3.84   39   5  12   351   345  165  150   39  105  205
St. Louis       15  25  4.07   40  15   1   356   361  178  161   30  146  207
San Francisco   15  29  4.10   44  11   8   390   365  209  178   41  139  235
Montreal        17  22  4.13   39   9   6   346   332  167  159   21  160  199
Atlanta         17  22  4.61   39   8   6   344   385  193  176   35  106  173

 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)        7   0  1.27   9   9   4   0   2   78   36   13   11    4   18   55
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
Jim Nash               1   0  5.12   8   1   0   1   0   19   18   12   11    0   12    8
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             4   2  5.86  10   4   0   0   0   28   40   19   18    2    8   15
Gary Neibauer          0   0  7.27   8   0   0   0   0   17   27   15   14    6    6    8
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            4   3  2.52   8   8   3   0   1   54   56   19   15    5   11   26
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  2.31  19   0   0   8   0   23   19    7    6    1    5   11
Tom Hall               2   1  3.06  15   2   1   2   1   35   18   13   12    3   14   42
Wayne Simpson          2   1  3.26   5   4   0   0   0   30   24   12   11    3   10   14
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
Joe Gibbon             0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    1    0
Tom Griffin            1   1  0.44   5   1   1   0   1   21    9    1    1    0    7   16
Fred Gladding          0   2  1.00   8   0   0   4   0    9    4    2    1    0    0    5
George Culver          1   0  2.52  13   0   0   2   0   25   15    7    7    2   15   16
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
Ken Forsch             2   2  3.18   8   8   1   0   0   57   59   22   20    5   21   34
Jim Ray                7   0  3.76  16   0   0   3   0   26   26   12   11    1   13   10
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             7   0  1.27   9   9   4   0   2   78   36   13   11    4   18   55
Jim Brewer             3   2  1.35  16   0   0   4   0   27   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   5  4.21   8   8   1   0   0   51   46   26   24    3   16   18
John Strohmayer        0   1  4.26  18   0   0   2   0   32   28   15   15    2   13   21
Ernie McAnally         0   5  5.59   8   8   0   0   0   39   42   25   24    3   16   18
Steve Renko            1   3  5.85   9   6   0   0   0   32   36   23   21    4   32   18
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
Danny Frisella         1   0  0.77   8   0   0   4   0   12    7    1    1    1    1    5
Tug McGraw             3   1  1.30  14   0   0   7   0   35   20    6    5    0   12   29
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  4.25   9   6   0   0   0   42   39   20   20    6   16   37
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          2   3  6.48  11   4   0   1   0   25   30   19   18    3   10   21

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ken Reynolds           0   1  1.93   8   1   0   0   0   19   13    4    4    1    3   11
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  2.54  10   2   1   0   0   28   21    8    8    3   10   10
Bill Champion          3   2  3.61   8   8   2   0   0   47   51   21   19    4   20   22
Woodie Fryman          2   4  3.81   9   9   2   0   2   59   66   28   25    6   12   34
Darrell Brandon        2   1  4.50  10   0   0   0   0   16   23    8    8    3    2   13
Chris Short            0   1  4.61  12   0   0   1   0   14   19    8    7    2    4   12
Dick Selma             1   5  4.70   9   9   1   0   0   54   46   30   28    7   34   24
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        3   0  0.47  14   0   0   3   0   19    8    2    1    0    4   17
Bob Miller             2   1  1.08  13   0   0   2   0   17   16    2    2    0   12    8
Bruce Kison            0   0  2.22  10   0   0   3   0   24   16    7    6    1   10   18
Dock Ellis             5   2  2.80   7   7   1   0   0   45   40   15   14    3    6   28
Steve Blass            5   1  3.09   9   9   2   0   1   67   66   24   23    8   19   29
Luke Walker            2   1  3.20   7   4   0   0   0   25   27   13    9    0   15   11
Bob Moose              3   2  3.43   8   7   1   1   1   58   48   23   22    5    9   35
Bob Johnson            0   2  3.89   7   7   0   0   0   44   40   21   19    5   20   26
Dave Giusti            1   4  4.15  15   0   0   3   0   22   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  12   1   0   2   0   14   13    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   7  4.31  11  10   1   0   1   54   60   27   26    4   21   39
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
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
Don Carrithers         1   3  3.82  10   4   0   1   0   33   27   17   14    4   12   16
Jim Barr               0   2  4.11  17   0   0   1   0   31   32   16   14    4    8   24
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
Charlie Williams       0   1  6.48   2   1   0   0   0    8   10    6    6    3    2    2
John Cumberland        0   4  9.13   7   6   0   0   0   23   34   27   23    6    7    7
Jerry Johnson          3   2  9.17  15   0   0   3   0   18   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   4   0   0   0   0    3    1    0    0    0    3    0
Moe Drabowsky          1   1  2.61  13   0   0   1   0   10   13    3    3    2    5    5
Scipio Spinks          3   1  2.84   9   9   3   0   0   70   58   23   22    4   34   53
Rick Wise              4   4  3.10   9   9   5   0   0   73   72   28   25    5   19   36
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
Tony Cloninger         0   1  6.39   9   0   0   0   0   13   13    9    9    1    9    3
Joe Grzenda            0   0  8.10   9   0   0   0   0   10   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
  D. Sutton (LA)            7
  S. McDowell (SF)          6
  P. Niekro (ATL)           6
  G. Nolan (CIN)            6
  S. Blass (PIT)            5
  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  D. Ellis (PIT)            5
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          5

Losses:

  J. Marichal (SF)          8
  B. Greif (SD)             7
  J. Billingham (CIN)       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
  C. Morton (MON)           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)          8
  T. McGraw (NY)            7
  J. Brewer (LA)            4
  D. Frisella (NY)          4
  F. Gladding (HOU)         4
  M. Marshall (MON)         4
  D. McGinn (CHI)           4
  D. Giusti (PIT)           3
  R. Hernandez (PIT)        3
  J. Johnson (SF)           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
  D. Sutton (LA)         77.2
  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
  S. Spinks (STL)        69.2

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
  W. Fryman (PHI)          66
  R. Cleveland (STL)       65
  B. Gibson (STL)          65
  B. Stoneman (MON)        62

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. Spinks (STL)          34
  S. McDowell (SF)         33
  S. Renko (MON)           32
  G. Gentry (NY)           28
  T. Kelley (ATL)          27
  B. Stoneman (MON)        27

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         88
  T. Seaver (NY)           56
  D. Sutton (LA)           55
  S. Spinks (STL)          53
  S. McDowell (SF)         52
  B. Stoneman (MON)        50
  C. Kirby (SD)            49
  S. Arlin (SD)            47
  B. Hooton (CHI)          47
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         47


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