Wednesday May 31, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Wednesday, May 31, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     26  16  2.19   42  12  11   386   302  113   94   18  115  221
Chicago         20  18  2.73   38  18   7   343   302  120  104   24  114  189
New York        29  11  3.04   40   8  15   367   316  132  124   24  122  259
Pittsburgh      24  15  3.14   39   5  12   364   333  145  127   30  123  213
San Diego       16  26  3.18   42  11   4   379   323  148  134   31  180  259
Philadelphia    16  24  3.53   40  13   3   359   334  152  141   31  124  245
Houston         24  17  3.67   41  11   9   375   343  173  153   26  137  238
Cincinnati      23  18  3.85   41   6  13   369   363  174  158   40  106  214
St. Louis       16  25  3.97   41  16   1   365   364  178  161   30  148  212
Montreal        18  22  4.08   40  10   6   355   337  169  161   22  165  202
San Francisco   15  31  4.11   46  11   8   409   380  219  187   43  149  247
Atlanta         18  22  4.57   40   8   7   353   393  197  179   36  110  180

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Sutton (LA)        7   0  1.27   9   9   4   0   2   78   36   13   11    4   18   55
Claude Osteen (LA)     6   2  1.35   8   8   3   0   1   67   55   11   10    3   18   23
Steve Stone (SF)       2   4  1.84  10   8   3   0   1   59   43   15   12    2   19   40
Jon Matlack (NY)       6   0  1.95   9   7   3   0   1   65   46   15   14    1   16   38
Steve Arlin (SD)       4   4  2.19  10  10   3   0   2   74   50   21   18    2   36   47
Fred Norman (SD)       4   4  2.25  10   9   5   0   3   68   49   20   17    5   24   44
Gary Nolan (CIN)       7   1  2.34  10  10   3   0   1   77   62   25   20    6   14   43
Bill Singer (LA)       3   4  2.39   8   8   2   0   2   60   50   19   16    3   14   42
Gary Gentry (NY)       3   2  2.47   9   9   2   0   0   58   45   19   16    3   28   40
Bill Hands (CHI)       3   1  2.47   9   7   2   0   1   51   48   16   14    1   12   26

 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  3.09   9   0   0   4   0   12   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               3   6  4.39  10  10   2   0   0   66   66   37   32    5   21   35
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
Fergie Jenkins         5   5  2.64  11  11   9   0   0   92   77   31   27    9   22   52
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
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
Clay Carroll           3   1  2.25  20   0   0   9   0   24   20    7    6    1    5   11
Gary Nolan             7   1  2.34  10  10   3   0   1   77   62   25   20    6   14   43
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        2   6  5.24  11   9   1   0   1   57   63   34   33    6   17   33
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   1  0.44   5   1   1   0   1   21    9    1    1    0    7   16
George Culver          1   0  2.10  15   0   0   2   0   30   17    7    7    2   16   23
Larry Dierker          4   2  2.98   8   8   3   0   3   63   52   22   21    2   14   31
Don Wilson             3   4  3.53   8   8   2   0   0   51   49   25   20    5   12   38
Ken Forsch             2   2  3.75   9   8   1   0   0   58   62   26   24    6   22   35
Jim Ray                7   0  3.76  16   0   0   3   0   26   26   12   11    1   13   10
Jerry Reuss            3   3  4.02   7   7   1   0   0   47   45   27   21    5   22   43
Dave Roberts           3   3  4.76   9   9   3   0   1   59   69   34   31    3   19   27
Fred Gladding          0   2  4.82   9   0   0   4   0    9    6    6    5    0    1    5
Wade Blasingame        0   0  8.64  10   0   0   0   0    8    4    9    8    1    8    9
Joe Gibbon             0   0 10.80   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    2    2    1    1    1
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
Jim Brewer             4   2  1.26  17   0   0   4   0   29   12    5    4    1   11   17
Don Sutton             7   0  1.27   9   9   4   0   2   78   36   13   11    4   18   55
Claude Osteen          6   2  1.35   8   8   3   0   1   67   55   11   10    3   18   23
Bill Singer            3   4  2.39   8   8   2   0   2   60   50   19   16    3   14   42
Al Downing             2   2  2.59   9   9   2   0   1   63   56   23   18    2   25   41
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  4.02  11   0   0   3   0   16   16    7    7    0    3   11
Hoyt Wilhelm           0   0  4.15   8   0   0   1   0   13   12    8    6    0    6    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         1   5  4.91   9   9   1   0   0   48   47   27   26    4   21   21
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            6   0  1.95   9   7   3   0   1   65   46   15   14    1   16   38
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
Barry Lersch           1   2  2.54  10   2   1   0   0   28   21    8    8    3   10   10
Steve Carlton          5   6  2.95  11  11   7   0   2   88   64   31   29    5   24   94
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
Wayne Twitchell        2   0  4.43  17   0   0   1   0   20   17   10   10    0   12   18
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

 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
Luke Walker            2   1  2.96   8   4   0   0   0   27   28   13    9    0   17   11
Steve Blass            5   1  3.09   9   9   2   0   1   67   66   24   23    8   19   29
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   2  4.22   6   5   1   0   0   32   37   21   15    7   10   25
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
Steve Arlin            4   4  2.19  10  10   3   0   2   74   50   21   18    2   36   47
Fred Norman            4   4  2.25  10   9   5   0   3   68   49   20   17    5   24   44
Gary Ross              0   1  2.45  14   0   0   0   0   22   21    8    6    0   16   12
Mike Caldwell          1   1  2.53  13   0   0   2   0   21   18    6    6    1   14   13
Mike Kilkenny          0   0  2.70   4   0   0   0   0    3    4    1    1    0    2    5
Mike Corkins           0   1  3.14  13   1   0   2   0   14   13    5    5    2    6   12
Ed Acosta              1   2  3.58  12   1   0   0   0   28   28   13   11    4   10   19
Clay Kirby             3   5  3.71  10  10   2   0   0   70   58   32   29    6   36   49
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
Ron Bryant             2   3  3.39  13   6   1   0   0   61   48   27   23    5   20   40
Don McMahon            0   2  3.47  16   0   0   3   0   23   16    9    9    3    8   12
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  3.90  18   0   0   1   0   32   33   16   14    4    9   26
John Morris            0   0  4.26   7   0   0   0   0    6    9    6    3    2    2    5
Sam McDowell           6   2  4.50  11  11   3   0   0   72   65   41   36    6   37   58
Charlie Williams       0   1  6.48   2   1   0   0   0    8   10    6    6    3    2    2
Jerry Johnson          3   2  8.24  16   0   0   3   0   20   28   19   18    2   13    9
John Cumberland        0   4  9.13   7   6   0   0   0   23   34   27   23    6    7    7

 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             2   5  3.59  10  10   5   0   1   73   68   31   29    7   21   49
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:

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

Losses:

  J. Marichal (SF)          8
  B. Greif (SD)             7
  J. Billingham (CIN)       6
  S. Carlton (PHI)          6
  R. Reed (ATL)             6
  A. Santorini (STL)        6
  B. Gibson (STL)           5
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          5
  C. Kirby (SD)             5
  E. McAnally (MON)         5

Complete Games:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)          9
  S. Carlton (PHI)          7
  P. Niekro (ATL)           6
  B. Gibson (STL)           5
  F. Norman (SD)            5
  R. Wise (STL)             5
  B. Hooton (CHI)           4
  J. Marichal (SF)          4
  B. Stoneman (MON)         4
  D. Sutton (LA)            4

Saves:

  C. Carroll (CIN)          9
  T. McGraw (NY)            7
  J. Brewer (LA)            4
  D. Frisella (NY)          4
  F. Gladding (HOU)         4
  M. Marshall (MON)         4
  D. McGinn (CHI)           4
  C. Upshaw (ATL)           4
  D. Giusti (PIT)           3
  R. Hernandez (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:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)       92.0
  S. Carlton (PHI)       88.1
  D. Sutton (LA)         77.2
  P. Niekro (ATL)        77.1
  G. Nolan (CIN)         77.0
  S. Arlin (SD)          74.0
  B. Gibson (STL)        72.2
  R. Wise (STL)          72.2
  J. Marichal (SF)       72.0
  S. McDowell (SF)       72.0

Hits:

  F. Jenkins (CHI)         77
  P. Niekro (ATL)          76
  R. Wise (STL)            72
  D. Roberts (HOU)         69
  B. Gibson (STL)          68
  T. Kelley (ATL)          68
  J. Marichal (SF)         67
  S. Blass (PIT)           66
  W. Fryman (PHI)          66
  R. Reed (ATL)            66

Runs:

  S. McDowell (SF)         41
  R. Reed (ATL)            37
  J. Marichal (SF)         36
  J. Billingham (CIN)      34
  R. Cleveland (STL)       34
  P. Niekro (ATL)          34
  D. Roberts (HOU)         34
  T. Kelley (ATL)          32
  C. Kirby (SD)            32
  S. Carlton (PHI)         31

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  S. McDowell (SF)         37
  S. Arlin (SD)            36
  C. Kirby (SD)            36
  B. Hooton (CHI)          35
  D. Selma (PHI)           34
  S. Spinks (STL)          34
  S. Renko (MON)           32
  G. Gentry (NY)           28
  T. Kelley (ATL)          27
  B. Stoneman (MON)        27

Strikeouts:

  S. Carlton (PHI)         94
  S. McDowell (SF)         58
  T. Seaver (NY)           56
  D. Sutton (LA)           55
  S. Spinks (STL)          53
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         52
  B. Stoneman (MON)        50
  B. Gibson (STL)          49
  C. Kirby (SD)            49
  S. Arlin (SD)            47


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