Thursday June 1, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, June 1, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Los Angeles     26  17  2.26   43  12  11   394   309  118   99   18  118  228
Chicago         21  18  2.71   39  19   7   352   308  123  106   24  115  191
New York        30  11  2.99   41   9  15   376   323  133  125   25  124  265
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  25  3.60   41  13   3   367   343  158  147   33  128  248
Houston         24  18  3.80   42  11   9   384   354  183  162   29  142  249
Cincinnati      24  18  3.83   42   6  14   378   370  177  161   42  112  221
San Francisco   16  31  4.02   47  12   8   418   385  221  187   43  152  253
St. Louis       16  26  4.06   42  16   1   373   373  185  168   31  152  216
Montreal        18  22  4.08   40  10   6   355   337  169  161   22  165  202
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)       3   4  1.60  11   9   4   0   1   68   48   17   12    2   22   46
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 Hands (CHI)       4   1  2.40  10   8   3   0   1   60   54   19   16    1   13   28
Gary Gentry (NY)       3   2  2.47   9   9   2   0   0   58   45   19   16    3   28   40
Milt Pappas (CHI)      4   3  2.52   8   8   3   0   1   54   56   19   15    5   11   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             4   1  2.40  10   8   3   0   1   60   54   19   16    1   13   28
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
Pedro Borbon           1   1  3.77  16   1   0   3   0   31   38   14   13    1   11   15
Ed Sprague             1   0  3.79  13   0   0   0   0   19   13    9    8    3   10    6
Jim McGlothlin         2   4  4.32  12   7   1   0   1   50   55   27   24    6   14   29
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  0.43   6   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  4.40  17   0   0   3   0   29   29   15   14    2   14   13
Jerry Reuss            3   4  4.44   8   8   1   0   0   53   52   33   26    6   25   51
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 11.57   3   0   0   0   0    2    3    3    3    2    2    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
Al Downing             2   2  2.59   9   9   2   0   1   63   56   23   18    2   25   41
Bill Singer            3   5  2.85   9   9   2   0   2   66   56   24   21    3   16   48
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  4.76   3   0   0   0   0    6    7    3    3    2    5    4

 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
Jim McAndrew           4   1  2.29   8   4   2   1   0   39   31   10   10    3   10   28
Gary Gentry            3   2  2.47   9   9   2   0   0   58   45   19   16    3   28   40
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
Barry Lersch           1   2  2.43  11   2   1   0   0   30   22    8    8    3   10   10
Joe Hoerner            0   2  2.45  12   0   0   1   0   15   16    5    4    1    3    7
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
Chris Short            0   1  3.78  13   0   0   1   0   17   20    8    7    2    4   13
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
Dick Selma             1   6  5.27  10  10   1   0   0   56   51   35   33    8   38   26

 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            3   4  1.60  11   9   4   0   1   68   48   17   12    2   22   46
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   5   0   0   0   0    4    1    0    0    0    4    1
Lowell Palmer          0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    2    1    0    0    0    1    1
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
Bob Gibson             2   5  3.59  10  10   5   0   1   73   68   31   29    7   21   49
Rick Wise              4   5  3.80  10  10   5   0   0   73   78   34   31    5   20   36
Reggie Cleveland       4   3  4.14   9   9   3   0   0   63   65   34   29    7   21   38
Al Santorini           2   6  5.34  10   3   0   0   0   30   32   20   18    2    8   15
Dennis Higgins         0   2  5.40   9   0   0   0   0   13   12   11    8    0   14   11
Tony Cloninger         0   1  5.52  10   0   0   0   0   15   14    9    9    1   10    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
  D. Selma (PHI)            6
  B. Gibson (STL)           5
  F. Jenkins (CHI)          5
  C. Kirby (SD)             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
  S. Stone (SF)             4
  B. Stoneman (MON)         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
  P. Borbon (CIN)           3
  D. Giusti (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
  R. Wise (STL)          73.1
  B. Gibson (STL)        72.2
  J. Marichal (SF)       72.0
  S. McDowell (SF)       72.0

Hits:

  R. Wise (STL)            78
  F. Jenkins (CHI)         77
  P. Niekro (ATL)          76
  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
  D. Selma (PHI)           35
  J. Billingham (CIN)      34
  R. Cleveland (STL)       34
  P. Niekro (ATL)          34
  D. Roberts (HOU)         34
  R. Wise (STL)            34
  J. Reuss (HOU)           33

Home Runs:

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

Walks:

  D. Selma (PHI)           38
  S. McDowell (SF)         37
  S. Arlin (SD)            36
  C. Kirby (SD)            36
  B. Hooton (CHI)          35
  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
  J. Reuss (HOU)           51
  B. Stoneman (MON)        50
  B. Gibson (STL)          49
  C. Kirby (SD)            49


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